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Wildrose Party at a ‘crossroads’: Smith

Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith offered up her political head if the party fails to win government in the next election.

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AND INITIATIVES, ADVOCATE REPORTER CRYSTAL RHYNO EXAMINES HOW THE CITY’S WASTE REDUCTION STRATEGY IS MAKING AN IMPACT.

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Waste reduction makes headwayThis is the first in a series of stories on the City of Red Deer’s environmental programs and its initiatives for the future.

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

Day after day, trucks loaded with everything from newspapers, plas-tic bags, cardboard boxes to clothing make one last stop at Red Deer’s re-gional landfill.

The sheer volume of waste and the amount that could be recycled is enough to stop you in your tracks.

Last year, on average the city land-filled 300 tonnes of waste per day.

A whopping 91,313 tonnes of waste of all kinds went into the landfill in 2013, compared to 90,266 in 2012 and 86,277 in 2011.

About 87 per cent of the landfill waste comes from Red Deer residents and businesses. The rest comes from the towns within Red Deer County (including Sylvan Lake, Penhold and Bowden, for which there are formal agreements), and Blackfalds. Waste is also accepted from Innisfail, Delburne and Elnora.

In Red Deer alone, nearly 75,000 tonnes of trash was thrown out. That translates to roughly 812 kg per capita. In 2011, the Alberta average was 1,122 kg per capita and the national average was 777 kg of waste per capita. (These numbers reflect combined business and residential waste, divided by the number of residents in the city.)

The city wants to reduce the per capita amount to 500 kg by 2023.

A year after adopting a master plan to tackle garbage, Janet Whitesell, the city’s Waste Management Department superintendent, said the city and its residents are making headway with waste reduction.

The largest generator of waste is the commercial sector, which contributes 63 per cent of all items dumped at the landfill.

Thirty per cent of waste comes from single-family residential and seven per cent from multi-family residential.

The city is laying the groundwork for a plan to divert and reduce busi-ness sector waste.

Whitesell said many municipalities focus on residential waste because that’s where they have the most con-trol. She anticipates this will change because more people and businesses are becoming interested in sustain-ability.

The total weight of solid waste from single family homes decreased slightly to 180 kg per capita in 2013 from 183 kg in 2012. The city’s goal is to get the number down to 164.7 kg per capita by 2015.

Red Deer’s current landfill began accepting waste in 2001. It will run out of space in 35 to 40 years under the current trends. Whitesell said no one wants to get to that point and that’s why the city’s diversion and recycling programs are crucial.

The facility has a large diversion area. Residents can drop off items to be recycled such as refrigerators, yard waste, gypsum drywall, scrap metal, household hazardous waste, electron-ics, tires and blue box items. Yard waste and pallets are composted on site.

Whitesell said they are starting to see more growth in these diversion areas. Most of the items are shipped off as part of provincial programs or to recycling facilities.

Some items, like asphalt shingles, get recycled into asphalt pavement near Calgary.

Most toilets collected through the city’s toilet rebate program will be ground down for use in road construc-

tion and maintenance at the site.Fees were lowered at the landfill

gate this year to encourage residents to bring in unwanted recyclable items.

Next spring, the city will roll out a new residential organics collections pilot. An estimated that 40 per cent of the garbage thrown out at home is organic waste. While details are still being fine-tuned, Whitesell said some 2,000 residents will take part in the pilot. The pilot program will likely ac-cept food scraps, coffee grinds, Kleen-

ex and soiled paper. The city is also considering how to

process the organics — either on site or through a contractor.

In general, the city intends to tackle the trash problem by staggering new programs and initiatives over the next 10 years.

“Everybody knows the three Rs of reduce, reuse and recycle,” said Whi-tesell. “But I don’t think people know they are a hierarchy of what’s the best things to do.”

Within the city’s Environmental Master Plan are seven focus areas: waste, water, ecology, air, built envi-ronment, transportation and energy. The ambitious plan outlines goals and strategies over the next 25 years to pro-tect the environment.

crhyno@reddeeradvocate.comComing next Saturday: a look at the

recycling program in Red Deer and what the future holds.

Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff

ABOVE: Janet Whitesell, waste management superintendent, stands at the city’s regional landfill.BELOW: A graph illustrates the amount of waste sent to Red’s landfill over the past seven years.

Idling vehicles easy prey for auto

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Between Nov. 1 and mid-day on Nov. 13, RC-MP received between 45 and 50 reports of stolen vehicles.

“At least six of the vehicles stolen in Red Deer during this time frame were left un-locked and running,” said RCMP Cpl. Leanne Molzahn.

“More had keys left in the vehicle, often in un-locked garages, and oth-er vehicles were stolen after thieves found spare keys hidden on vehicles or inside garages.”

Police say many vehi-cle thefts happen on im-

pulse when criminals see easy targets. They often steal vehicles to get from one place to another, or use them to commit crimes. Many of the stolen ve-hicles in Red Deer are recovered after having been used for these purposes and then abandoned, and some may be sold to illegal chop shops.

“While anyone can be a victim of crime, there are a number of simple things you can do to make your vehicle less attractive to criminals,” Molzahn said.

“Most vehicle thefts are crimes of opportunity, so the harder you make a criminal work to steal your belongings, the less likely they are to target you.”

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Wildrose at a ‘crossroads’: Smith

BY PAUL COWLEYADVOCATE STAFF

Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith offered up her political head if the party fails to win government in the next election.

“My time as leader of the Official Opposition is coming to an end, one way or the other, in about 500 days,” Smith told about 500 party faithful gathered at the Red Deer Sheraton Ho-tel on Friday night.

“If we don’t win the election in 2016 it will be up to you as Wildrose mem-bers to choose a new leader.

“Either way, we are in for a big change in 500 days.”

Smith told the crowd at the party’s annual general meeting that Wildrose is at a “crossroads.”

While recent disappointing byelec-tion losses in Calgary have been by some as a crisis, Smith prefers to look at it as an opportunity.

In those byelections, voters were not given enough reasons to cast a bal-lot for Wildrose, In the 2012 provin-cial election, the party gave voters too many reasons to vote against them, she said.

Since then, much has been done to broaden the party’s appeal. New poli-cies have been adopted, unpopular positions dumped and stronger candi-dates recruited.

Smith then rhymed off a dozen points that make her party a signifi-cant departure from the ruling Tories, hitting many touchstone issues such as balanced budgets, property rights, low taxes, regionalized health care, better municipal relations and free votes in the Legislature.

“Our program for change could not be more different than what we’re see-ing in the current governing party,” she said.

However, the challenge is to get the party’s message out to Albertans, who don’t want junk mail, spam emails, robocalls and don’t come out to town hall meetings or follow the party on Facebook.

The mainstream media cannot be counted on to deliver the party’s mes-sage, she said.

Smith rolled out a five-point plan, starting with a call to make “politics fun once again,” even suggesting each constituency association could appoint a board members as the local “fun po-lice.”

The party needs to make it enjoy-able for people to come out to Wil-drose meetings.

“I am giving you permission to fire obnoxious board members,” she said, adding that rudeness and disrespect-ful behaviour should not be tolerated anywhere in the party.

While no examples were given, it was an interesting comment in light of the recent controversy in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding, that saw a recent annual general meet-ing collapse amid internal rivalries.

The controversy led to the resigna-tion of the riding’s MLA, Joe Anglin, ahead of a move to drop him from the party.

Edwin Erickson, who was voted con-stituency president in an election since nullified by the party, said on Friday the Wildrose executive is breaking its own rules.

Smith called on 1,000 ambassadors to step forward to deliver the party’s message to 1,000 people over the next 500 days.

Another 100 “voices” were called on to write letters to the editor, phone in to radio talk shows and start up blogs to push the Wildrose advantage.

“One thousand Wildrose ambassa-dors and 100 Wildrose voices will do far more to get our ideas to Alberta voters than any press conference or advertising campaign.”

There are other ways the party can make its mark at the local level, she continued.

“In the spirit of fun and service, we need to create a Wildrose service corps.”

The party could make its local mark organizing food and toy drives, snow clearing crews for seniors, or deliv-ering “baskets of hope” for women’s shelters.

Once in power, the party will ask for 100 changes it can make in its first 100 days.

The annual general meeting contin-ues today.

pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Temporary warming centre for homeless coming soonA temporary warming centre for

the homeless in Red Deer is expected to be up and running sometime next week.

The City of Red Deer is working alongside community agencies to final-ize a location for the centre that Safe Harbour Society will operate. It will accommodate 40 to 60 people who will be able to come and go throughout the day.

The city says the warming centre will be a temporary facility that does not replace Berachah Place, a service that shut down a month ago. There, people were able to get warm, grab a snack, do laundry, shower and store belongings during the day between meals at local soup kitchens and when

overnight shelters were closed.“This solution is temporary, yet

works to demonstrate the city’s flex-ibility and commitment to Red Deer’s most vulnerable,” said Mayor Tara Veer in a press release.

“We’re going to continue the conver-sation with our partners about provid-ing a safe and appropriate place for homeless people to get out of the ele-ments beyond a temporary facility in a manner that is sustainable.”

On Thursday, social service agen-cies that work with the homeless met with city officials to discuss the closure of Berachah Place and the impact.

The city will announce when a loca-tion for the centre has been confirmed and when it will open.

It will only be open for the cold win-ter months, and will strictly be a place to warm up. No food or amenities will be available there.

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The department, which is promoting a theme this year of “get protected, not infected,” says the current total stands at 848,771 vaccinations.

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EDMONTON — Alberta’s chief med-ical officer of health is panning quar-antines for healthy people returning from Ebola-infected countries.

Dr. James Talbot says such steps ignore scientific evidence that people with Ebola are not infectious until they show symptoms.

Earlier this week, the federal gov-ernment announced a policy that forc-es travellers who have come into con-tact with a known Ebola case to isolate themselves at home or at a facility for 21 days.

Returning health-care workers are not automatically slotted into the high-risk category.

Instead, local public health authori-ties can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to require returning medical workers to isolate themselves.

Talbot says in a letter to the editor that quarantining health people only serves to stigmatize the illness and makes it harder for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to attract help at a time when they need it the most.

“Quarantining those who return from countries affected by Ebola who have no symptoms ignores scientific evidence,” Talbot writes. “It is dis-criminatory and stigmatizing, and it makes it harder for the heroes who put their lives on the line to protect us.”

He says if people really want to be safe from Ebola, they should donate to agencies fighting it such as Doctors without Borders and the Red Cross.

Wildrose MLA Forsyth plans on leaving politics

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

RED DEER — Wildrose legislature member Heather Forsyth said Friday she will not be seeking re-election in 2016, and may leave sooner than that.

The 64-year-old Calgary-Fish Creek MLA said the decision was made for “personal reasons.”

“At this time I’m doing one day at a time, so I will see how things go over the next few weeks,” Forsyth said at the Wildrose annual general meeting.

Forsyth has been dealing with hear-ing issues and now travels with a ser-vice dog that can alert her to different sounds.

The dog even accompanies her into the chamber of the legislature.

Forsyth, a six-term MLA, has been in politics for more than 20 years.

She was elected as a Progressive Conservative under former premier Ralph Klein in 1993 and by 2001 was in cabinet, as solicitor general and as

children’s services minister.She launched Alberta’s Amber

Alert program and steered through legislation to protect drug-endangered children, two programs she cited Fri-day as career highlights.

“I’ve been very fortunate to be able to help people and very fortunate to bring forward ground breaking legisla-tion in this country,” she said.

In January 2010, she and fellow Tory Rob Anderson crossed the floor to join the fledgling Wildrose.

At the time, Forsyth had been criti-cal of then-premier Ed Stelmach’s leadership. Stelmach dumped her from cabinet after the 2008 election.

Forsyth said Friday that going to the opposition meant learning to research and speak on the fly on a variety of is-sues compared with focusing on one area as a cabinet minister.

She remembers once having to speak to a bill on a moment’s notice with no chance to prepare.

“As a member of the opposition, you

have to literally learn every bill that’s coming forward in the legislature,” she said.

She said it’s been a wild ride, going from government backbencher to cabi-net minister and finally to opposition critic.

“The biggest thing is I’ve been blessed with going full circle,” she said. “How many MLAs in this country can truly say they’ve had that?”

Forsyth is only one of two Wildrose MLAs in Calgary. The other is Jeff Wil-son in Calgary-Shaw.

Her resignation will put in play a key riding Forsyth narrowly won in the 2012 campaign. She defeated Tory Wendelin Fraser by just 38 votes.

An early departure could trigger a byelection at a time her party is still rebounding from four byelection loss-es to the Tories on Oct. 27.

Forsyth said she is aware of that, but said it remains “a family decision. I have to make that based on what’s right, so that’s what I’m going to do.”

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Prentice says ‘nobody writing obituaries’ of Alberta

ConservativesBANFF — Alberta Premier Jim

Prentice delivered an upbeat message to convention delegates in his first convention speech since becoming PC leader and served notice on the op-position that the party is once again a force to be reckoned with.

“This party is back my friends. There’s nobody writing obituaries of this party, this weekend,” he said to loud applause Friday evening.

Prentice stressed that there’s plenty of hard work still ahead but said the party has pulled together over the past 10 weeks.

He touched only briefly on the PC winning all four byelections last month but warned the same kind of hard work will be necessary in the next election.

“As we look to 2016 we aren’t going to take any constituency in Alberta for granted,” Prentice said. “We will earn it.”

The new premier took a couple of shots at the opposition Wildrose and leader Danielle Smith, who are at their annual general meeting in Red Deer, Alta., trying to sort out what led to their losses in the byelections.

“We’re having fun this weekend. Not everyone is having fun this week-end,” Prentice said to loud laughter from the audience.

Winnipeg teenager who was attacked and beaten is

discharged from hospitalWINNIPEG — The 16-year-old girl

who was beaten and left for dead in downtown Winnipeg a week ago has been released from hospital.

Grand Chief David Harper, who represents northern First Nations, confirmed that Rinelle Harper was discharged Friday afternoon.

He said she will be staying with her parents in Winnipeg while she contin-ues to get follow-up medical care.

“She’s still achy,” he said. “She needs to rest at home with the family.”

He also said the family is hoping to arrange a meeting with the two Win-nipeg construction workers who found her lying near the Assiniboine River and cared for her until help could ar-rive.

“They want to meet the two gentle-men that found her. The family wants to say thank you to them personally.”

Two suspects — a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — are facing charges of attempted murder and sexual assault.

Harper in Australia forG20 summit

BRISBANE, Australia — Stephen Harper and other G20 leaders kicked off their annual summit in a tense atmosphere dominated by Western anger towards Russian President Vladimir Putin and under pressure to address climate change, fight Ebola and kickstart economic growth.

A senior government source said

the prime minister has no intention of talking at all to Putin during the sum-mit, saying the Russian leader is well aware of Canada’s position on his ag-gression in Ukraine.

The brilliant blue skies overhead this seaside city buzzed with security helicopters as the leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, arrived at the Queensland Parliament House in downtown Brisbane for a leaders’ retreat.

Harper chatted with British Prime Minister David Cameron as they en-tered the building on a steamy morn-ing. The city is currently enduring a record-breaking heatwave, with the mercury expected to climb as high as 40 C later in the day.

The prime minister arrived in swel-tering Australia from chilly New Zea-land late Friday night — early Friday morning back in much of Canada —and told the media he agreed with Aus-tralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the summit’s chairman, that the event should focus on economic issues.

Abbott wants his fellow G20 lead-ers to commit to pumping up economic growth by up to two trillion dollars in the years to come.

“I certainly respect the decision of Prime Minister Abbott to try to focus the G20 agenda on the purpose of the G20, which is the economy,” Harper told a news conference in Auckland before heading to Brisbane.

Second psychiatrist tells murder trial Magnotta was

in psychotic stateMONTREAL — A second forensic

psychiatrist who assessed Luka Rocco Magnotta’s criminal responsibility said Friday he concluded the accused was suffering a schizophrenia-linked psychotic episode when he killed and dismembered Jun Lin.

Defence witness Joel Watts testified that an exhaustive look at the evidence and Magnotta’s medical history led him to believe that while the accused was aware of his actions, he could not differentiate right from wrong.

Magnotta has admitted to killing Lin in May 2012, but has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder.

The Crown contends the slaying was planned and deliberate.

Watts’ assessment is similar to that of another psychiatrist hired by the de-fence. Marie-Frederique Allard testi-fied previously that Magnotta’s schizo-phrenia was out of control in May 2012.

Watts met with Magnotta face-to-face over 38 hours between September 2012 and September 2013. He spoke to relatives and one friend and also saw Magnotta for a few hours last month.

“My opinion regarding Mr. Magnot-ta’s mental state at the time ... is that he was suffering from an acute episode of psychosis,” Watts said.

“He suffers from schizophrenia and on those days (in May 2012), he was suf-fering from an acute psychotic break of that schizophrenia.”

Ship crew strandedis running low on water,

food: union leaderN.L. —

Eleven men stranded on a cargo ship at the port of

Argentia in Newfoundland are low on food and water and are among increas-ing numbers of abandoned crews, say union leaders.

“My concern right now is these guys do not have a penny in their pocket,” Gerard Bradbury, an inspector with the International Transport Workers Federation, told a news conference Friday. “They have no winter clothing whatsoever.”

Bradbury is appealing for donations to help the eight Ukrainian and three Russian crew members stranded at the port in southeastern Newfound-land since Aug. 4. The crew aboard the 131-metre MV Jana arrived in Argentia from Poland after delivering its cargo of steel rails in Halifax, Bradbury said.

The 12-year-old vessel is in rela-tively good shape but needs significant repairs to its main engine shaft, he added.

Bradbury said the crew has not been paid since June and is now owed about US$160,000. The vessel was last owned by a German company that claims the ship was seized when it filed for bankruptcy, he said.

Gregor Reiter, a legal adviser for the company’s insolvency administra-tor, confirmed Friday that the ship is now tied up in court proceedings in Germany that could take several more weeks.

Family of aboriginal girl with cancer can opt for

traditional medicine: JudgeBRANTFORD, Ont. — The family

of an 11-year-old aboriginal girl with cancer has a constitutional right to opt for traditional medicine over chemo-therapy, an Ontario judge ruled Friday in what some observers called a land-mark decision.

A hospital that had been treating the First Nations girl sought to have the child apprehended and placed

back into chemotherapy after her mother had pulled her out of the treat-ment earlier this year, but its applica-tion was dismissed by Judge Gethin Edward.

The decision doesn’t prevent the girl from seeking treatment in a hos-pital in the future though, and one lawyer in the case said the child had already been referred to an oncologist at a different hospital.

The case in Brantford, Ont., west of Hamilton, saw the McMaster Chil-dren’s Hospital take the Brant Family and Children’s Services to court over the issue of the girl’s treatment.

The girl, whose name cannot be re-vealed due to a publication ban, was receiving chemo before her mother removed her in mid-September to take her to Florida for alternative therapy, which involved herbal treatments and lifestyle changes.

At that point, the hospital asked the BFCS to intervene to ensure the girl continued her chemotherapy but the agency refused, triggering the legal case.

The girl and her immediate family were not in court on Friday, but the decision was hailed by the chief of the Six Nations Reserve, where the child is from.

“I don’t think we’re risking our kids’ lives. Her mother loves her to the world and back,” said Chief Ava Hill. “We’ve been practising traditional medicine, we’ve never stopped, and now we’re just going to do it more openly.”

The court’s decision also sent a message about the right of aboriginal communities to look after their own, said Hill.

“No longer are we going to let peo-ple come and take our kids,” she said. “The residential school era has ended, we’re moving on, now we’ve got a lot of healing to do because of that era and we’re not going to let anybody else take our kids anymore.”

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So I’m having this little book party tomorrow — Sunday, Nov. 16 — and you are all invited!

This is something I’d normally be quite pumped about, as they used to say, or psyched, as they used to say, or stoked as … well, you get the point.

Thing is, this little book party, which is at Fratters Speakeasy downtown and is at 6 p.m., might not be so much of a “book” party as, say, an IOU party.

You see, as of this writing (Thursday) my book order is, shall we say, not quite as complete as I’d like it to be. In other words, there is ab-solutely no sign of any boxes of books, mine or otherwise anywhere near where I am.

In fact, I just found out that they haven’t technically been successfully printed yet. Which is a bit of a problem. …

Let me back up a smidgen. I’ve been working on assembling my third book of Red Deer Advocate columns since early last spring. Choosing the so-called “best” (yeah, right) of the Sat-urday Hay’s Daze columns that have appeared in the Advocate since the other two collections of columns were published (Hay’s Daze 2010 and Hay’s Daze Too 2012).

This means slogging through really a lot of words, a whole bunch of sen-tences and many paragraphs that I had filed away during the years 2011-2013. This is a lot of slogging, I can assure you, especially when the writer you are dealing with is such a meathead and his articles are often fairly dumb.

But I managed to cleverly circum-navigate that particular problem by enlisting a talented young artist from Edmonton, whom I shall call Malorie (because that’s her name) to not on-ly once again design the cover of this book like she did for my Christmas book last year, but to also contribute a bunch of cartoon sketches for each of the chapter headings. This certainly serves to elevate the artistic net worth of the book significantly.

I should tell you that the new book is called I Seem To Have Misplaced My Marbles, which is not only a true state-ment (in more ways than one) but is also one of the columns included in the book.

So Malorie, being a highly educated, experienced and surprisingly versatile artist, checked out some old photo-graphs of what Yours Truly looked like back in the skinny hippie days and us-ing the “marble” theme, made me look appropriately ridiculous in cartoon form. Which is basically how I live my life.

In fact, my Rotten Kid, the son one, is always saying that his old man’s life is “one big cartoon.” Or he calls me a

“Muppet.” I kind of like both descrip-tions.

But as someone once said: “Some people never grow up; they just learn how to act in public.” But I digress.

So anyway, the summer launch target of complet-ing and printing the book by June came and went as fast as you can say “What — you mean it isn’t 1979 anymore?”

After proof reading ev-ery … single … one … of the many words in the book approximately 200 times to check for errant commas, weird spelling and wheth-er some of the sentences actually make sense or not, I finally email the whole kit and caboodle to some-one I’ll call Iryna (because that’s her name) in Victo-ria, B.C., who designs, for-

mats, paginates and performs voodoo on your cyber-digital book for printing on actual pages.

It’s already September. Deadline is looming, and so is that migraine.

Iryna sends back a zillion book files for approval. Lots of changes of course — mostly mistakes I had made and hadn’t noticed during my previous 200 proof readings. So I proof read the new files another 100 or so more times and send back the book through the inter-web ether. Fingers crossed.

Ooops, I haven’t added the cover design file thingy yet. Or the car-toon sketches yet. And at this point, I haven’t found my brain either.

There’s a little framed picture on my office wall. It has a symbol of a person and it says underneath: “I can’t brain today. I have the dumb.” This is very fitting and very typical for Yours Truly. But I digress.

September somehow comes and goes, and with the book party launch thingy is mid-November, it is with trembling hands and a mild case of dysrhythmia that I finally receive one “proof” copy of I Seem To Have Mis-placed My Marbles in the mail. This is truly an exciting moment that I have been lucky enough to experience five times. This time, however, it is all short lived on account of it’s now well into October and there are some glaring problems with the proof copy.

Murphy, the guy who made up Mur-phy’s Law — if anything can go wrong at the worst possible time, it certainly will — must have been thinking of the book business.

Again, time passes quickly as it is wont to do and suddenly in the midst of several other busy projects, last week-end arrived and I suddenly smacked my own forehead with the palm of my own hand (no wonder I always have a headache) and said right out loud: “OMG, the book launch thingy is next

weekend already!”It was then that I realized that I

hadn’t seen hide nor hair of my new books.

So, many phone calls, emails, texts, letters, Twitters, telegrams, Instagrams and angiograms later, it’s already the end of the week and yes there has been a mix-up in the printing but very very sorry Harley but I’m pretty sure if you pay to fly your books special delivery by extremely expensive airplane over-night delivery, there’s a “really good chance” you’ll have your new books by the time the book party starts. …

So if you happen to drop by tomor-row and happen to want a fresh copy of I Seem To Have Misplaced My Marbles,which would make a great Christmas present for someone you don’t particu-larly like, I may have to sign an IOU instead.

If I can get some printed in time.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Satur-days in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Sometimes an idea looks pretty good on paper but you just know it would be a disaster in real life.

Such is the notion of U.S. creative thinker Benjamin Barber, a senior research scholar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written a pro-vocative, challenging and entertaining book entitled If Mayor’s Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Ris-ing Cities. He argues with passion and logic that the emerging city-states of the world would be a far more effective way to deal with 21st century challenges than the failed national govern-ments with their last-centu-ry notions of borders.

“The nation-state is fail-ing us on a global scale,” Barber writes in his book. “It was the perfect politi-cal recipe for the liberty and indepen-dence of autonomous people and na-tions. It is utterly unsuited to interde-pendence.”

As he writes, globalization has cre-ated a level of interdependence that just didn’t exist in the past. In fact, he contends, there are a host of issues

that jurisdictions created several cen-turies ago are not designed to address.

Global cities are a relatively new phenomenon, says Barber. One hun-

dred years ago, 20 per cent of the world’s population lived in cities; today it’s more than half, and it is forecast to reach 70 per cent by 2050.

Barber presented his ideas in Calgary recently to an enthusiastic crowd, including the city’s mayor (and national media dar-ling) Naheed Nenshi, who would like nothing more than to see his city achieve charter city status. (In fact, he and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson pitched the con-cept of charter city status to the provincial government

recently.)Barber is even more charismatic

and convincing in person. He speaks with authority and passion on the subject of cities as a superior form of government. It’s quite possible to get caught up in the moment — until you stop to think it through.

Because, as exciting as the concept of a new, localized form of government

may seem, it’s also fundamentally flawed.

Barber’s critique of national gov-ernments has considerable merit. It is true that our countries are stymied by such challenges as immigration in a globalized environment. For evidence, you need look no further than our fed-eral government’s clumsy dithering over temporary foreign workers.

Where he gets shaky is when he ar-gues that city governments are bet-ter suited to deal with such issues be-cause they are much more in touch with the “grassroots.” For every shred of evidence he calls to mind, there is an equally compelling counterpoint.

Consider, for example, the chaos in Toronto city council this year, as its substance-abusing mayor went rogue and for a time appeared unstoppable.

Corruption seems to flourish at the civic level, too. Has Barber never heard of Chicago’s Richard Daley or Detroit’s Kwame Kilpatrick?

Consider, too, how party politics is beginning to creep into councils in other major cities, such as Vancouver. With such organization, comes a new doctrinaire — the very “discipline” that undermines that grassroots qual-ity Barber so admires.

Look at voter turnout, as well. If

city governments have so much merit, why do municipal elections draw even fewer (at times, less than 20 per cent) voters than either provincial or fed-eral elections? Councillors often get to keep their jobs because voters are so disengaged they don’t even get to know the candidates’ names.

Barber’s notion that there must be a better form of government is appeal-ing, but I don’t buy the belief that cit-ies can save the world. I find myself wondering whether he feels that way because he’s from New York, one of the most powerful and influential cit-ies in the world. Or maybe I dismiss his thesis because I grew up outside of a city, and am constantly reminded how farmers, naturalists and others who value alternatives to an urban en-vironment consistently get short shrift.

He’s identified the problem well. It is true than many of our institutions, including governments, are ill-suited to the modern world.

But rather than throwing our lot in with the cabal of third-tier politicians who run our cities, we’d to do well to focus on finding more creative solu-tions.

Doug Firby is editor-in-chief of Troy Media and national affairs columnist (www.troymedia.com).

Mayors can’t really save the worldRATHER THAN THROWING OUR LOT IN WITH THE THIRD-TIER POLITICIANS WHO RUN OUR

CITIES, WE’D TO DO WELL TO FOCUS ON FINDING MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

DOUGFIRBY

INSIGHT

What’s a book launch without books?

HARLEYHAY

HAY’S DAZE Drawings by Malorie Shmyr

Above and below: A couple of drawings found in Harley Hay’s new book I Seem To Have Misplaced My Marbles.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 A7

Somewhere in this country we have dropped the ball; furthermore, we have placed cushions all over, so the ball won’t make a noise or a harmful impact.

Confused? Well so am I!I am still trying to wrap

my head around what I see and hear in the media and the seemingly losing battle I see society struggling to cope with.

On the one hand, I see a country spending count-less dollars and an infinite amount of energy battling violence against women, while on the other, we listen to a public figure declare that he is into violent sex, which involves beating, striking and otherwise de-meaning women by indulg-ing in his sexual fantasies.

What is worse is that we as a com-munity of living, breathing and hope-fully caring people sit back to observe this drama unfolding before our eyes, and declare that we have no right to denounce what goes on behind closed doors. We feel that we are not by law

allowed to oppose the deviant sexual preferences that some individuals de-clare publicly and usually practise in private.

Are we really that brain dead? Have we learned ab-solutely nothing from his-tory?

Every day at the soup kitchen, I see young women who choose to align them-selves with violent males. I don’t know if they are into violent sex, but they are definitely into violent domi-nance. The whipped puppy look on these young females tells a story that is painful to watch.

The young men usually come across as subservi-ent to other males, but the bruises and other marks on the girls indicate their tem-

per and violent attitude, which lies just barely below the surface.

As much as possible when we see a situation like this, we do our best to get the girls away from these guys, but that is much harder done than said.

It often involves a young girl who

has been so brutalized by a parent or family member that they have abso-lutely no self-worth left. That brutal-ization could have come from physical, sexual, or mental abuse, but it was violent enough to strip these girls of all normalcy.

A few nice words by well-meaning folks is not enough to reinstate the trust and well-being that these girls should have grown up with. Instead, it will take years of patient counselling by loving people to rebuild that bal-ance.

We have offered the choice to some of these girls, including opening up our own homes as a safe place for them to be, but fear drives them to re-fuse the help extended; they are just plain scared. It’s almost like an elec-tric fence or barrier has been put up to keep them out.

Even though they can see the green-er grass on the other side of the fence, livestock will not cross over that fence.

They do not realize that a small push will break that fence, instead they stay on the outside looking in and longing for that greener grass. People are no different; even though we can see the benefit of crossing over, fear

becomes that fence.When we know all this, and we have

full knowledge of the detrimental ef-fects of brutal practices as in the case of that public figure; how can we in all good and fair conscience permit these people to speak out as if their lifestyle is totally normal?

And why is this being tried like a court on TV?

I could spend my words condemn-ing this man, but I feel that he obvious-ly went through some kind of trauma himself to take on this kind of aberrant behaviour.

Having said that, what I think is the real problem is society’s attitude of indifference to the whole affair of vio-lent sex or just plain violence.

The constant barrage of gratuitous violence on TV and in theatres has taught us well; despite the fact, so we are told, that they have no influence on us.

I was going to say we have to wake up, but we already are awake, and watching a corporation try the case on air to justify their own actions and philosophies.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

Shortly after his inauguration, U.S. President Barack Obama flew to Ot-tawa to show he wanted to be a friend of Canada. This was in February 2009. Prime Minis-ter Stephen Harper exult-ed, proclaim-ing this was a chance for the two countries to deal with cli-mate change.

Later that year, countries from around the world were to meet in Co-penhagen to cement a new climate change agreement.

C a n a d a , Harper told CNN, had been blocked from its desire for an integrated North American climate strategy because the U.S. — read U.S. president George W. Bush — “has not been willing to do so.” But Obama, he suggested, would be different. “I think, quite frankly, the fact that we have a president and an administration that wants to see some kind of regulation on this is an encour-agement.”

Flash forward to today, and the Harper government is quietly celebrat-ing the emergence of an anti-Obama Republican majority in the U.S. Sen-ate in the hope that this will garner the votes to approve the planned Keystone XL Pipeline to move oilsands oil to Texas oil refineries. Not much talk of climate change now, though just over a year from now nations will be meet-ing in Paris in an urgent bid to reach a deal to avert catastrophic climate change, making up for what they failed to do in Copenhagen in 2009.

But the climate prospects have just turned worse with Republican control of the U.S. Senate. The expected chair of the all-important Environment and Public Works Committee is one James Inhofe, perhaps the most strident cli-mate change denier in the Senate. His goal will be to block any significant U.S. action on climate change.

In Canada, the Harper government has never been a strong advocate of dealing with climate change and over time its limited efforts have weakened while its interest in promoting rapid development of the oilsands, Canada’s fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, has intensified.

After winning the 2006 federal elec-tion, the Conservatives promised to

force all major emitting industries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2007, then environment minister John Baird introduced his Turning the Cor-ner plan that would set tough targets for emission reductions, including a form of carbon tax that would allow companies to meet their targets by con-tinuing to a fund for new technologies.

In the 2008 election campaign, the Conservatives promised to introduce policies so that Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions would be 20 per cent lower in 2020 than they were in 2005. They promised a cap-and-trade emis-sions trading system, provided the U.S. did so as well. Canadian climate change policy would follow the U.S.

By December 2009 and the Copen-hagen climate conference, Canada had cut back its emissions reduction target to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by 2020 and dropped its support for a cap-and-trade system.

But as Environment Canada showed in its recent report on Canada’s emis-sion trends, the commitment will not be met. Moreover, the reductions in emissions achieved to date have been the result of provincial actions, includ-ing Ontario’s elimination of coal burn-ing power plants and B.C.’s carbon tax.

Tellingly, despite repeated prom-ises over the past five years, the gov-ernment has never come up with emis-sion reduction targets for the oil and gas industry, and now appears to have abandoned the effort altogether.

Yet we have to act on climate change. The most recent report of the International Panel on Climate Change warns that “in recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on nat-ural and human systems on all conti-nents and across the oceans.” Without much stronger action to reduce green-house gas emissions, this will only get worse.

We need a climate action plan for 2020 and beyond. It would help a lot if the U.S. and Canada were aligned on climate actions. But Republican con-trol of the U.S. Congress makes mean-ingful joint action unlikely, so Canada will have to act on its own. It’s hard to be hopeful it will.

As French President Francois Hol-lande, who will host the 2015 climate summit in Paris, told our own Parlia-ment in a recent address, “inaction will lead to a catastrophic scenario which would be unacceptable. Our generation might be able to survive, but it would be unlivable for our chil-dren and grandchildren.”

If a key role of government is to rep-resent the future to the present, then surely climate change should be at the top of the political agenda.

Economist David Crane is a syndi-cated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

BY LAWRENCE SUMMERSSPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Epidemics and pandemics are like earthquakes. Tragic, inevitable and unpredictable. It starts as a random event. A virus jumps species from a bird, bat or other animal to “patient zero” — who passes it on to other hu-man beings.

More likely than not, over the course of this century we will face an influ-enza pandemic similar to the one in 1918 that killed an estimated 50 mil-lion people.

Crises are opportunities to learn. They point to measures that will pre-vent the collapse of institutions when they are under extreme pressure.

While the focus now is understand-ably on responding to Ebola, it is equally important that the crisis serve as a wake-up call with respect to inad-equacies that threaten not just trag-edy on an unprecedented scale but the basic security of wealthy nations. As with climate change, no part of the world can insulate itself from the con-sequences of epidemic and pandemic.

The Global Health 2035 report by the Commission on Investing in Health, which I co-chaired, points up three crucial lessons. First, collective action must be taken to build strong health systems in every corner of the globe. In West Africa, Ebola was a “stress test”

on national health systems, and in Si-erra Leone, Liberia and Guinea the systems could not cope. There were too few trained health professionals, too little equipment and supplies, and too little capacity for public health surveillance and control.

Nigeria’s success in containing the virus after the first case was diagnosed there in July is instructive. Its success, hailed by the World Health Organi-zation as a piece of “world-class epi-demiological detective work,” is ex-plained by its aggressive, co-ordinated surveillance and control response. It already had a polio surveillance sys-tem, with skilled outbreak specialists who could be quickly put to work tack-ling Ebola. While much of Nigeria’s health system, such as primary care services, remains very weak, on Ebola the surveillance and control system worked. Every country needs this kind of system. Prevention is cheaper than cure, and leads to better outcomes.

Building these systems takes time and money. Our research, conducted with an international team of econ-omists and health experts and pub-lished last year in the medical journal the Lancet, suggests that the price of this “systems strengthening” would be about $30 billion a year for the next two decades. The good news is that we have the funds to pay for this through a combination of aid and domestic spending. The cost is well under one percent of the additional gross domes-

tic product that will be available to low- and lower-middle-income coun-tries due to increased GDP growth over the next 20 years.

The second lesson is that the lack of investment in public health is a global emergency. The WHO’s slow response to Ebola was not surprising, given its recent staff cuts. For that, we all share the blame. Since 1994, the WHO’s reg-ular budget has declined steadily in real terms. Even before the Ebola cri-sis, it struggled to fund basic functions. Its entire budget for influenza was just $7.7 million in 2013 — less than a third of what New York City alone devotes to preparing for public health emer-gencies.

It takes just one infected airline pas-senger to introduce an infection into a country. We need the WHO more than ever. It alone has the mandate and le-gitimacy to serve as a health protection agency for all countries, rich and poor. Starving it of funds is reckless.

The third lesson concerns scientif-ic innovation. When it comes to dis-covering and developing medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests, we have largely ignored the infectious diseases that disproportionately kill the world’s poor.

Consequently, we still have no medicines or vaccine for Ebola. All we can do is provide basic life sup-port, such as fluids and blood pressure treatment. For prevention, we have to rely on old-fashioned measures such

as quarantine.Margaret Chan, the WHO’s direc-

tor-general, has explained the reason for this neglect. Doctors were “empty-handed,” she said, because “a prof-it-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay.” Ebola affects poor African nations, so drug companies see no profit in work-ing on it.

Nor is there an adequate incentive to invest in prevention. No society will allow companies to reap huge profits when disease is spreading rapidly.

Rich governments and donors need to step up. Investing several billion dollars a year, less than 0.01 percent of global GDP, could be decisive in pre-venting tragedy on the scale of world war.

Some issues are even more impor-tant than recessions and elections. Eb-ola is a tragedy. Let us hope that it will also be a spur to taking the necessary steps to prevent the far greater one that is nearly inevitable on the current policy trajectory. The next Ebola is just around the corner.

The writer is a professor at and past president of Harvard University. He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and economic adviser to U.S. President Ba-rack Obama from 2009 through 2010. Gavin Yamey, head of the Evidence-to-Policy Initiative at the University of Cali-fornia at San Francisco, and a member of the Global Health 2035 commission, contributed to this column.

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It is 11 a.m. on a weekday and I am watching a woman in a bright red T-shirt cut cilantro at a small table just off the curb in Old Town Puerto Vallarta. Beside her, a group of locals are gath-ered around a taco stand ordering birria as quickly as the two people working inside the stand can make it.

Birria is a spicy stew made from goat, beef or chicken and served with corn tortillas, onion and lime as a breakfast dish and hangover remedy. It is such an important cultural dish in Mexico’s Jalisco state that there are annual competitions held in the capital city of Guadalajara to deter-mine who makes the best birria in the state.

The Robles family who have operated this particular birria stand in Puerto Vallarta for more than 45 years have won the competition four times.

It has been said that “food is culture” and there is no doubt that experiencing local food is an important way to discover the culture of a place, but in many Mexican destinations it can be a little worrisome to sample food from the street vendors who cook for most of the lo-cal populace. Proper sanitation is challenging without running water and you have to be care-ful to stick to taco stands that are reputable.

That said, you get a real taste of local culture by eating where locals do rather than frequent-ing high-priced restaurants that cater to tour-ists.

“A local food tour is a really nice way to showcase Mexican culture,” our guide Alex from Vallarta Food Tours had said at the start of our tour. “We’ll explore Old Town and Zona Romantica on foot, taking you to 10 local food stops that really highlight local Mexican food and drink. We’ll also supply a list of restau-rants we recommend, so you can explore more on your own.”

Each person in our little tour group received a plate covered with a fresh plastic bag and a fresh birria from the Tacos Robles stand to try.

A single birria costs 1.5 Mexican pesos or about $1.25 Canadian.

We stood near the stand tentatively tasting the first few bites, but it wasn’t long before we were hooked. The birria was quite honestly the best I had ever tasted and I was certain that I would be back for breakfast another day.

“The best taco stands aren’t typically in the tourist sites,” advised Alex as we walked to our next stop. “You’ll find them where the local people are.”

Even though taco stands are regulated by the government, he said you should always look carefully before you buy. Make sure that the person who handles the money and the dirty dishes is not also handling the food. Taco stands should use disposable plates or reus-able plates covered in clean plastic bags.

The number of customers is also a sign of the food quality. Locals know where the best taco stands are and food never sits around at a busy taco stand.

Our next stop was Tacos El Cunado, the most traditional taco stand in Puerto Vallarta, ac-cording to Alex.

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Tacos El Cunado is the most traditional taco stand in Puerto Vallarta, according to our guide, Alex. The tacos cost about $1 each and they are fantastic.

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LEFT: Tacos Robles has been in business for 45 years as a family business. The taco chef here is the grandson of the original taco stand owner.RIGHT: It was nice to have some advice on the salsas. I decided to avoid the one Alex described as “a bomb in your mouth.”

ABOVE LEFT: Mr. Concepcion sells his tuba drink in the main square of Puerto Vallarta. Since our guide assured us that tuba salesmen are tightly regulated and always make their drinks with purified water, I tried some. Mr. Concepcion wears the classic garb of most tuba salesmen.ABOVE RIGHT: One of the reasons the ceviche and other seafood is so good is that it is made from fresh fish caught daily off the shores of Puerto Vallarta. Purto Vallarta originated as a fishing village and the fishing is still good. A fisherman poses with the mahi-mahi (also known as dorado) he caught.

TACO: ‘The real magic starts with the salsa’

Located near the Old Town pier, the proprietor of this busy taco stand has been in business for 40 years and pre-pares tacos made with kidney beans, beef steak and onions, and quickly as-sembles them to meet the demands of the crowd surrounding the stand.

“The real magic starts with the sal-sas,” explained Alex. “Salsa gives the taco flavour and there are many dif-ferent kinds. The one that I am hold-ing is like a bomb in your mouth. It is made with pineapple, red onions and habanero peppers and it is worth try-ing — if you can handle the heat.”

Tour participants each enjoyed a taco from Tacos El Cunado and discov-ered that you can get an amazing taste treat for only 12 pesos or about C$1. I steered clear of the “bomb in your mouth” salsa and enjoyed another one Alex had recom-mended.

A highlight of the tour was a visit to Cevicheria El Guero, another family-

owned business that began as a food stand and has moved into a sit-down restaurant space. For under C1, you can buy a tostado piled high with fresh ceviche made from dorado or mahi-mahi.

Ceviche originates from Peru, but it has become a popular dish in modern day Mexico. It is prepared from fresh raw fish cured in lime juice and spiced with aji or chili peppers, onion, salt and cilantro, so it is vital that the fish be absolutely fresh.

We all agreed that the ceviche at El Guero was some of the best we had ever tasted.

My lips were burning as I walked away and I understood what our guide Alex had meant when he said the house salsa “develops.”

There were many more food experi-ences on our three-hour tour, but one of the final stops took me to place I never imagined I would go. Walking along the Malecón in downtown Puerto Vallarta, I have passed tuba hawk-

ers on many occasions. They dress in white and sell a coconut-based non-al-coholic drink that originated from the Philippines and has become popular in Mexico.

Our guide explained that Puerto Vallarta’s tuba vendors are tightly reg-ulated and must make their beverages from purified water and ice.

We found Mr. Concepcion standing in the plaza right outside city hall, a good spot for a law-abiding tuba ven-dor and we each sampled his sweet drink made with chopped apples, walnuts and ice. Though it wasn’t my particular taste treat, I believe it is something I could get used to if I tried it a few more times.

The trouble is, I’m not sure I am ready to trust anyone but Mr. Concep-cion just yet.

I have always known that locals eat differently than tourists do and spending a morning away from our all-inclusive resort gave me a chance to discover the culture of Puerto Vallarta

through food.Along the way, I realized that you

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If you goThe Zona Romantica/Centro Food

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Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based free-lance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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Jigger, a school-bus size whale, slowly blew bubbles, placing them in a neat circle about 15 metres across, like a teacher drawing a circle on a blackboard.

The column of bubbles the hump-back pushed to the surface would in-creasingly fluster the ball of herring we couldn’t see under the surface. The fish would huddle together for secu-rity.

Soon, Jigger would make an open-mouthed rush to the surface through the circle’s centre, scooping up food to satisfy the appetite of a 40-tonne body.

At the surface, I saw Jigger explode out of the water, mouth agape before clamping its jaws shut and forcing wa-ter out through its baleen plates. If Jigger was human, I suspect he or she might have smacked their lips in satis-faction.

“This is the first time I’ve seen that,” said Orcella Expeditions captain Jim Borrowman, and he’s been plying the waters east of northern Vancouver Island for over three decades.

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There are no humpbacks in captiv-ity so everything we know about these cetaceans is gleaned from hours of ob-servation. We know that the whales I was seeing were likely to appear for Canadian snowbirds in Maui this winter as they mate or give birth. But due to the distances whales travel and that much behaviour occurs under water, there is still much to learn.

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Filming unusual behaviours or tak-ing identifying photos of tail flukes while on a whale watching trip can help naturalists too busy to capture all the action.

I felt like Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame, or a citizen scientist, when I captured a humpback named Conger trap feeding near the boat and MERS asked for a copy (http://youtu.be/2jHEMwbIFnk).

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Sandhu pots pair in winBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rebels 4 Hurricanes 1The Red Deer Rebels have been

playing a desperate game as of late and their determination paid off with a Western Hockey League victory Friday night at the Enmax Centrium.

The Rebels were the superior team through the better part of a scoreless two periods and watched the ‘Canes strike first early in the third period. But they didn’t abandon their game plan and did all their damage over the final 16 minutes in a 4-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes in front of 5,194 fans.

“It was one of those games where you just had to stay with it. It was a tight-checking type of game,” said Red Deer GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“I thought we had some quality scor-ing chances in the second period, we just didn’t bury our opportunities and their goalie made a couple of big saves. For the most part we were really good five-on-five. They got some chances off their power play, but we didn’t give up a whole lot even strength.”

The Rebels held a 22-13 advantage in shots through 40 minutes without being rewarded. And when ‘Canes overage forward Zane Jones buried a rebound at 3:07 of the final frame — just a split second after Red Deer netminder Rylan Toth made a sizzling pad save on Riley Sheen — the visitors could smell an upset.

But Tyler Sandhu scored his first of two goals on the evening just 69 sec-onds later, burying a rebound of a shot by linemate Grayson Pawlenchuk, and the Rebels were off and running.

“We stayed with it. Even after they got that first goal we never got fazed, we just stayed with our game,” said Sutter. “That was a big goal by Sandhu, it allowed us to get our momentum back right away.”

Sandhu then notched the even-tual winner at 9:24, capping a nifty three-way passing play that involved Pawlenchuk and Conner Bleackley.

“They did all the work on that one,” said Sandhu, saluting his linemates. “I just had to tap it in.

“Big thanks to Bleacks and Pawly, they made some nice plays. That was a good shot by Pawly on my first goal. The puck came right onto my stick, if I would have missed that I probably would have been a little mad. They created a couple of great plays and I

was just lucky to get those bounces.”Brooks Maxwell, while parked just

outside of the crease, tipped Haydn Fleury’s point shot past Hurricanes netminder Zac Robidoux at 14:40, and Scott Feser added an empty-net goal three minutes later when Tyler John-son passed up the shot and instead fed his teammate.

Robidoux was sharp through two periods and finished with 31 saves. Toth, meanwhile, stopped 19 shots for his ninth win of the season and was calm and composed through the entire game.

“He’s certainly a goalie we’ve been leaning on and rightly so, he’s earned it,” said Sutter. “Any team that wants to have success needs goaltending and Tother has certainly given us that.

“Burms (Taz Burman) has also been really good at times. We just have to stay with these young kids and develop them.”

The victory was the Rebels’ seventh over a 10-game stretch. The team has lost just once in regulation time during that span.

“We just tried to go out there and work hard,” said Sandhu. “We just

came off a good road trip that took us through the U.S. and we wanted to keep it up at home. We kept pucks in their end tonight and overall I thought we did a good job.”

The Rebels, who are tied with the Calgary Hitmen for third place in the Central Division, one point behind the Edmonton Oil Kings and six back of the front-running Medicine Hat Tigers, host the Saskatoon Blades tonight.

● Referee Tyler Adair, working alone, called just two penalties Friday — both to the Rebels.

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Former Peterman rink well represented at Classic

BY GREG MEACHEMADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

United for five successful years, the members of Jocelyn Peterman’s Red Deer junior women’s curling team have gone their separate ways.

Three players from the 2012 Cana-dian championship squad are current-ly competing in the $39,000 Red Deer Curling Classic at the Pidherney Cen-tre. Peterman is tossing second stones for Heather Nedohin’s Edmonton squad, Brittany Tran is playing lead for Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge and Rebecca Konschuh holds down the lead position with Crystal Webster out of Calgary.

The fourth player with the heralded junior foursome, Kristine Anderson, has temporarily stepped away from the game to focus on her work career.

“The three of us got some good op-portunities with some pretty elite women’s teams, so we figured it would be a good learning experience for us to play with these great women’s curl-ers,” Tran said Friday, explaining the break-up after a 5-4 loss to Tanilla Doyle of Calgary in opening-draw ac-tion.

Tran, 21, hooked up with Scheide-gger’s team, which also consists of third Cary-Anne McTaggart and sec-ond Jessie Scheidegger, during the off season.

“I played against Casey and Jessie in juniors a few times and I saw Jessie quite a bit,” said the Red Deer native.

“They heard I was looking for a team and called me up. I thought it was a great opportunity because they’re a good team.”

A third-year environmental science student at the University of Calgary, Tran was Peterman’s third during the glory years but has easily adjusted to her new position.

“I played mainly third for 10 years, but in fun ‘spiels we’d switch it up sometimes,” she said. “I enjoy playing lead, it’s kind of nice to play a differ-ent position and get a different feel for the game.”

The Peterman foursome fell just short in their quest for a second trip to the Canadian junior championship over the two years following their 2012 provincial and national conquests and ensuing appearance in the worlds.

The Red Deer quartet posted a 6-3 round-robin record and then fell 11-10 to Russian in a tie-breaker in the global event in Sweden.

Still, one Canadian championship is one more than 99.9 per cent of ju-nior teams will experience. Therefore, Tran has no regrets.

“It would have been nice to get back (to the Canadian/world finals), but it was a great journey,” she said. “I love the girls and we’re still all friends.

We had some amazing experiences, not just at worlds but other interna-tional and national events, including the Canada Winter Games.

“I don’t regret any of that.”

Lightning, Cougars claim high school zone titlesBY JOSH ALDRICH

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Two programs ended long droughts on Friday to claim Central Alberta high school volleyball zone titles.

The Hunting Hills Lightning needed all five sets to beat the Lindsay Thurb-er Raiders 3-2 (25-17, 21-25, 25-21, 20-25, 15-13) and sweep the senior girls’ best-of-three zone final. The Notre Dame Cougars, meanwhile, did not drop a set to the Raiders to win both matches of the senior boys’ final, including 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-20) to clinch it.

The Lightning made their final as

exciting as possible, in front of a rau-cous and mostly full Hunting Hills gym.

“It feels so good, especially beating them two games in a row,” said Hunt-ing Hills captain and setter Emma De-lemont. “It just feels awesome to have that win over our rival school.”

The match was a game of momentum with both schools taking turns with the throttle. The Raiders appeared to be on the verge of forcing a third and fi-nal match this morning, after winning the fourth set and taking a 7-4 lead in

the fifth.But Hunting Hills came roaring back

to take an 8-7 lead as they switched sides and led by as many as 14-11.

Thurber won the next two points and held service as they tried to tie the match. But the Lightning returned the serve and then Bailey Beingessne stuff blocked a Raiders attack on clinch the victory.

“I was just hoping they weren’t go-ing to dig it up (on match point) be-cause they dig up so many of our hits, I was just hopping they weren’t going to dig it up again,” said Lightning head coach Blake MacKay.

The Raiders got a huge game out

of both Beingessne and power Jae-dyn Paanup, both coming up with big points and blocks at key times through-out the evening.

“They’ve both been with me for three years and they just keep on work-ing,” said MacKay. “They’re not afraid to hit, no matter what happened on the previous play, they’re not afraid to keep hitting.”

Meanwhile, libero Morgan Whit-bread had a big final defensively and passing the ball out of the back court for Hunting Hills, setting up their of-fence.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Throwing lead rocks for Team Scheidegger, Brittany Tran makes a shot at during the opening draw of the Red Deer Curling Classic on Friday morning. Action continues through the weekend with the finals going on Monday.

Photo by ROB WALLATOR/Freelance

Rebels forward Tyler Sandhu lets loose with a one-timer that resulted in his first of two goals on the night.

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VOLLEYBALL: ASAA Championship

The Lightning started off the season with a win over the Raiders at the Red Deer College tournament, but failed to beat them again until Game 1 of the final on Thursday. They have man-aged to come a long way in a few short months. While their work ethic has al-ways been strong, it’s been the mental game which has come the furthest for them.

“Their attitude is better where if they get down a few points they fight back, where as before if they got down a few points, they got down on each other and down on themselves, now they’re a much better team that way,” said MacKay.

Up next is the Alberta Schools Ath-letic Association championships in Lloydminster, hosted by Lloydminster Comprehensive High School, next weekend.

Delemont’s goal after eliminating the Notre Dame Cougars in the semi-final was just to extend their season, now they are hoping to shock the prov-ince with their first title in more than 10 years.

“If we play like we did tonight and last night I’m expecting us to do de-cent, but the right team has to show up,” said MacKay.

The Cougars boys locked horns with the Raiders all year, splitting the season series. However, Notre Dame held the advantage in tournament play and it showed in their final series to win the zone title and punch their own

ticket to the Border City“We had some guys who had played

a lot of volleyball and a lot of high-quality volleyball through club and school seasons, and I think that matu-rity really made the difference in the final,” said Notre Dame head coach AJ Mahoney.

Still, despite not dropping a set to the reigning provincial champion Raiders, Mahoney says the final was close, particularly Friday’s Game 3.

“Like always when we play them, it was very back-and-forth,” said Mahon-ey. “It was a battle until the very end, we managed to pull away when it mat-tered but they fought the entire time.”

The Cougars were led by a trio of Grade 12 players setter Nick Schu-macher, outside hitter Jordy Quinn and libero Kane Leblanc.

They were part of last year’s squad that went to provincials as a wild card. This time they earned their way their and Mahoney said he could sense them grab the moment.

“After last year, a bunch of these guys had to sit and watch ... and so I think they were here to play and ready to take their opportunity and make the most of their time on the floor,” he said. “They didn’t want it to be their last game so we really wanted to push for next week.”

The Cougars have not won a zone title in the last half decade and are go-ing into provincials under the radar. They have played some of the teams that will be there and have held their own and are hoping to sneak their way onto the podium.

“We’re going in with high expecta-tions with having a good shot of plac-ing well,” said Mahoney.

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CURLING: Never took game tooseriously

The junior squad was successful be-cause they never took the game too seriously, Tran suggested.

“All of us had so much fun together, we were best friends on and off the ice. I think that helped a lot — that we just had fun when we were playing,” she said.

Those days are over and Tran is now focusing on helping her new team-mates climb the ladder of success. The foursome is competing in its fifth World Curling Tour event this week-end in Red Deer and has earned $7,125 to date — including $4,500 for taking top honours in the Medicine Hat Char-ity Classic.

“I definitely feel this team has a lot of potential,” said Tran. “We’re playing against a lot of the top Alberta teams here and I think we have a very good shot this weekend.”

Rinks skipped by Webster, Trish Paulsen, Hannah Fleming, Leslie Rog-ers, Nadine Chyz and Michelle Englot each won twice Friday. Former Cana-dian champion Rachel Homan of Ot-tawa earned a first-round bye and was 1-0, as were Jill Thurston and Alina Paetz of Switzerland.

● Dustin Eckstrand’s Red Deer foursome posted a 2-0 record on open-ing day of the men’s division, joining Wade White, Josh Heidt, Brendan Bot-tcher, Brady Clark, Grant Dezura, Sean O’Connor and Mick Lizmore with the same mark.

Lowell Peterman and Harvey Kelts, also of Red Deer, were 1-1 Friday.

The Red Deer Curling Classic re-sumed this morning and concludes Monday with both finals slated for 3:30 p.m.

Scores FridayWomen

9:30 a.m. (A event) — Trish Paulsen 7 Shan-non Kleibrink 6; Kelly Scott 7 Jodi Marthaller 2; Diane Gushaluk 6 Kristie Moore 2; Chelsey Carey 7 Norma Brown 2; Tanilla Doyle 5 Casey Scheide-gger; Hannah Fleming 6 Tiffany Game 2.

1 p.m. (A event) — Michelle Englet 8 Brenda Doroshuk 2; Leslie Rogers 6 Mari Motohashi 4; Nadine Chyz 6 Brett Barber 5; Dailene Silvertson 8 Delia DeJong 7; Crystal Webster 7 Teryn Hamilton 4; Suji Kim 7 Susan O’Connor 5.

4:30 p.m. (A event) — Fleming 10 Carey 2; Ra-chel Homan 5 Doyle 3; Paulsen 5 Kelly Scott 3; Jill Thurston 6 Gushulak 4.

4:30 p.m. (B event) — Brown 8 Game 1; Kleibrink 6 Marthaller 1.

8 p.m. (A event) — Paetz 8 Rogers 2; Webster 6 Nedohin 5; Englot 7 Sivertson 4; Chyz 6 Kim 5

8 p.m. (B event) — O’Connor 9 Barber 4; De-Jong 6 Doroshuk 0.

Men9:30 a.m. (A event) — Warren Cross 6 Sean

Geall 5; Kevin Marsh 5 Matt Willerton 4; Wade White 5 Jason Ackerman 3; Josh Heidt 7 Chris Bai-er 2; Aaron Sluchinksi 9 Bill Merklinger 4; Brock Vir-tue 6 Alexey Tselouson 3; Dustin Eckstrand 5 Mark Johnson 4; Brendan Bottcher 5 Harvey Kelts 3.

1 p.m. (A event) — Sean O’Connor 9 John Stroh 0; Grant Dezura 10 Dave Manser 3; Brady Clark 6 Lowell Peterman 4; Marc Pfister 11 Rob Johnson 3; Jaime King 7 Thomas Usselman 6; Scott Manners 11 Rob Schlender 7; Mick Lizmore 7 Seung Min Kim 6; Drew Heidt 5 Mario Freiberger 4.

4:30 p.m. (A event) — Bottcher 5 Marsh 2; Eckstrand 5 Sluchinski 4; White 6 Cross 4; J. Heidt 7 Virtue 6.

4:30 p.m. (B event) — M. Johnson 6 Merklinger 3; Kelts 5 Willerton 4; Geall 6 Ackerman 5; Tselou-son 11 Baier 4.

8 p.m. (A event) — Lizmore 8 D. Heidt 3; Clark 6 King 3; O’Connor 6 Pfister 1; Dezura 5 Manners 2.

8 p.m. (B event) — Schlender 5 Manser 2; Kim 8 Freiberger 5; Stroh 6 R. Johnson 5; Peterman 7 Usselman 4.

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Kings tame Kodiaks, Queens get mauledBY DANNY RODE

SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Kings 72 Kodiaks 60The RDC Kings have enough offence

to play with anyone in the Alberta Col-leges Men’s Basketball League.

What they’ve shown during their championship years is outstanding de-fence.

That defence was on display during the second half of their ACAC meeting with the Lethbridge Kodiaks at RDC Friday. The Kings held the Kodiaks, who came in ranked No. 2 in Canada, to 23 second-half points in recording a 72-60 victory.

“Our defence was great the second half, that made all the difference,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. “Plus we fixed a few things we were doing in the first half that just wasn’t our style of basketball. Then all of a sudden, for whatever reason — possi-bly it was my excellent halftime speech — they decided they would play.”

The Kings trailed 37-29 at the half and were behind by as much as nine in the third quarter before slowly taking control. They took the lead at 45-44 and never looked back.

The Kings, despite giving up some height, also started to control the

boards, especially Benny Bankazo and Tyler Wise.

“Benny grabbed a couple key offen-sive boards in there and Tyler cleaned up the defensive boards,” said Pot-tinger.

Bankazo finished with 13 rebounds and Wise 12. Overall, the Kings had 57 rebounds, including 23 on the offensive end, while Lethbridge finished with 30.

The Kings also got an outstanding effort from JP Leblanc, who took over at point guard in the second half with starter Matt Johnson nursing an injury. Leblanc led the Kings with 19 points while grabbing six rebounds before he injured his ankle with five minutes remaining. When Leblanc went down Pottinger was forced to bring Johnson back in and he came in cold to hit two free throws and finished the game with 11 points.

The Kings are playing short-handed as it is and as a result dressed Joel Carroll for the first time this season.

“We’re a bit banged up, which makes it even more impressive when you’re going that deep on the bench and getting contributions from guys willing to play,” said Pottinger, who was pleased to see the team win the first of the two-game weekend series. The teams meet again today, following the women’s contest, which tips off at 1 p.m.

“Every weekend we lost the first game, similar to our first half today and then battled to come back,” said Pottinger. “We as coaches, and play-ers, need to address that. We have to throw the first punch and dominate the game from beginning to end rather than playing catch up.”

Wise was the RDC player of the game, adding 17 points and two as-sists to his rebounds while Bankazo also had 11 points. Will Hickey led the Kodiaks with 16 points while Dalton Spencer added 12.

Kodiaks 92 Queens 22The Kodiaks came in with experi-

ence, a deep bench, height and ranked No. 3 in Canada. The Queens have two returnees and four players with col-lege experience.

The difference, especially in the first half when the Kodiaks used their full court press, was more than evident as they rolled to a 92-22 victory.

“We worked all week on the press, but we just made fundamental mis-takes that we can’t make,” said Queens head coach Ken King.

The Queens’ lack of experience showed, especially in the turnover de-partment as they coughed up the ball 43 times, including 29 in the first half. Lethbridge had 14 turnovers.

“We need someone who wants the

ball, to be strong with the ball, and do it on a consistent basis,” said King. “We’ve seen players do great things this season and then the next week are not the same.

“As well, a large part of today was coming in and believing we can win,” King added. “The coaches believe and some of the girls believe but we have to get every player to believe. If we have that we’ll be more competitive early. But that’s definitely an experi-ence thing.”

The Queens trailed 22-0 before get-ting on the board and were down 29-6 after 10 minutes. They failed to score in the second quarter and were behind 56-6 at the half. To the Kodiaks credit they took the press off late in the sec-ond quarter and for the entire second half.

Ann Stewart was named the Queens player of the game; although she had only two points she worked hard inside and had seven boards. Morgan Dool had seven points and five rebounds.

Fifth-year guard Ali Cameron had 27 points and four assists for the Kodi-aks while Jordyn Kirk added 17 points and Emma Lowry 15.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate re-porter and can be reached at drode@red-deeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog

Grizzlys double up CanucksOLDS — The Olds Grizzlys (11-10-3) bounced back

after a rough night against the Brooks Bandits earli-er this week to crush the Calgary Canucks 6-3 on Fri-day at the Olds Sportsplex in Alberta Junior Hockey League action.

Alex Brewer, Christopher Gerrie, Sean Richards, BJ Duffin, Jack Goranson and Cale Brown all scored for Red Deer while Jesse Gordichuk made 25 saves for his first win since being traded to the Grizzlys from the Fort McMurray Oil Barons one week ago.

Trent Geiger, Brendon Benson and Nolan Caroth-ers responded with goals for the Canucks while Bol-ton Pouliot stopped 41 of 46 shots.

The Canucks (8-13-4) were 3-for-7 on the power play while the Grizzlys were 3-for-8 with the man ad-vantage and added a short-handed marker.

The Grizzlys are in Camrose to play the Kodiaks (18-3-2) tonight at 7 p.m.

Red Deer soccer looking for a better challenge

In an effort to improve their play in the summer, the Red Deer City Soccer Association announced on Friday that they will be play in Calgary’s men’s and women’s major leagues.

The RDCSA will be represented by the Red Deer Renegades in the Calgary Women’s Soccer Associa-tion and the Red Deer Rovers in the Calgary United Soccer Association.

The leagues are made up of the top southern Al-berta Major Soccer League teams — Canada’s high-est level of amateur soccer.

“It is the first time that both men’s and women’s from Red Deer are playing indoor soccer in the Cal-gary major leagues. The hope is that with our teams competing in these leagues, Red Deer will gain expe-rience and advance their level of play and be better prepared for the outdoor season,” said Renegades coach and manager Paul Morigeau in a press re-lease.

This year in the Alberta Major Soccer League the women finished in last place at 2-10-2, citing an in ability to play year round like most of the other teams as a reason for their struggles. This is a big step forward in remedying that situation.

This will be the men’s second season in the CUSA and are hoping to regain a foothold in the AMSL men’s division.

“We will continue to build on our success from last year and look forward to competing among the best,” says Rovers Manager Kurt Jensen.

The teams are made up of Red Deer College and other top players from the region.

Both teams kick off their seasons on Nov. 16 at 5 p.m.at the Calgary Soccer Centre as the men play the Calgary Thistle and the women the Calgary Foothill Saints.

Kings, Queens rein supreme in CalgaryCALGARY — The Red Deer College Kings were

pushed to the limit by the Ambrose University Col-lege Lions, eking out a 3-2 (29-27, 20-25, 25-27, 25-21, 15-12) win in Alberta Colleges Athletic College men’s volleyball action in Calgary on Friday.

The Kings hobbled by injuries to several of their top players went with mostly young, unproven play-ers for most of the game, and it showed. Luke Bris-bane was the Kings player of the game with 54 assists and two blocks while Kashtin De Souza and Tanner Rehn had 17 kills each.

The RDC Queens, meanwhile, swept the Lions 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-15) in the women’s game.

Alex Donaghy led the Queens with 10 kills, two

digs and a block.The two teams play again tonight in Red Deer,

with the women at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.• The MacEwan University Griffins beat the RDC

Kings 3-2 in men’s hockey in Edmonton on Friday. Riley Point and Blair Mulder scored for RDC while Kraymer Barnstable stopped 19 of 22 shots. They play each other again at the Penhold Regional Multi-plex tonight at 7 p.m.

Ringette tournament schedule releasedThe annual Ice Breakers Tournament hosted by

Lacombe Ringette released its schedule for this year’s tournament on Friday.

The Tournament runs From Nov. 21-23 at the Bar-nett Arenas in Lacombe and this year will feature 29 teams from across Alberta in five divisions from U6 to U10.

The first games get underway at 9 a.m. on the Fri-day and will wrap up with final championship game at 5:40 p.m. on Sunday.

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TORONTO — Corey Hirsch and the rest of his 1994 Canadian Olympic teammates were so focused on Swedish stars Mats Naslund and Hakan Loob that they didn’t pay much attention to 20-year-old Peter Forsberg.

“He just kind of hid in the shadows of those guys,” Hirsch said. “As far as us, Canadians, we didn’t know much about him.”

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On Monday night those three Can-ada killers go into the Hall of Fame together, along with the late Pat Burns, longtime Canadian defenceman Rob Blake and referee Bill McCreary. To Hirsch, it’s no shock that this class ex-celled internationally at Canada’s ex-pense.

“That’s why they’re Hall of Fam-ers because they’ve done everything and they’ve been able to succeed in high-pressure situations,” Hirsch said by phone Friday. “That’s what great players do. They do amazing things at opportune times.”

Hasek’s domination in Nagano was the most amazing. He shut out Fin-land earlier in the tournament and then blanked Russia for gold, but be-fore that he took his place in Canadian hockey history.

After receiving his Hall of Fame ring Friday, Hasek said he and his teammates started to believe this was a special run after beating the U.S. in the quarters. Then Hasek shined as the Czechs pushed Canada to a shootout.

“I remember knowing that you had Dominik Hasek in the other net,” said Blake, who was named the top de-fenceman in those Olympics. “There’s no gimmes, we knew that going into the game, and then finally when you come down to kind of a one-on-one

showdown and you got one of the great-est goalies to play at the other end, it makes it tough.”

Before the shootout Hasek left his crease to ask McCreary if Wayne Gretz-ky was shooting.

“Once I told him I didn’t know who was shooting, he went back into his net and as he always did, he stopped everybody,” McCreary said.

As everyone knows now, Gretzky didn’t shoot. Hasek stopped Theo Fl-eury, Ray Bourque, Joe Nieuwendyk, Eric Lindros and Brendan Shanahan.

“I probably saw him play the best that he could,” Blake said.

Hasek said winning gold in Na-gano was the top accomplishment of his career, slightly ahead of winning the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings.

“We won the gold medal, we flew with a charter our president sent for

us and we came back to Prague and we spend one night in Prague and this night I will never, ever forget,” Hasek said.

Hasek at that time was in the midst of arguably the best stretch of any goal-tender in NHL history. Eleven years earlier at the 1987 Canada Cup, he showed the potential to grow into that.

“You realized how good he was then,” said Canada’s starter in that tournament, Grant Fuhr. “It’s just he’d never had a chance to show it because the Czechs weren’t going to beat the Russians and they couldn’t beat us be-cause both our teams just happened to be better teams overall.”

Like Hasek in 1998, Forsberg helped Sweden dispel that at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway. With the gold medal on the line, Hirsch did what he thought was his best to stop him in the shootout.

“As he took me to his left — my right — I really took everything away from him,” Hirsch said. “I had him. I had him in the sense that he had nothing. The only thing he could do was what he did, and at that point in time was something that nobody had ever really seen before.”

Forsberg went the other way with a move so memorable its image made it onto a stamp in Sweden.

“It was kind of a lucky shot, he was so close to saving it,” Forsberg said. “I was fortunate to be on the better part of that shootout. Fantastic moment. First time Sweden ever won the Olym-pic gold. It was a great kick-start for me to come over to the NHL right after. For me it was a fantastic moment.”

Patric Hornqvist of the Pittsburgh Penguins was 7 at the time but rec-ognized the historical importance of Forsberg’s goal.

Hasek, Forsberg excelled at Canada’s expense

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From left, Hockey Hall of Fame 2014 inductees Mike Modano, Bill McCreary, Dominik Hasek, Peter Forsberg, the wife of the late Pat Burns Lynn Burns, and Rob Blake pose for a photograph at The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Friday, November 14, 2014.

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When heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was forced out of his latest title defence with an injury, the UFC’s debut in Mexico lost much of its lustre.

Fabricio Werdum and Mark Hunt will try to re-store that appeal when they fight for the interim belt at UFC 180 in Mexico City on Saturday night.

This event was supposed to be a showcase for Ve-lasquez, the Mexican-American champion who has a strong following in Mexico. Instead, the oft-injured Velasquez hurt his right knee and dropped out of his bout against Werdum (18-5-1) last month, sending the UFC scrambling for something to show the 21,000 fans who sold out the Arena Cuidad de Mexico in eight hours.

The promotion came up with a matchup between Werdum, the 37-year-old Brazilian veteran on a four-fight winning streak, and Hunt (10-8-1), the 40-year-old Australian brawler with a history of thrilling fights. Yet even the fighters in the main event can’t pretend their showcase is an ideal situation, know-ing they’re fighting for a belt with an asterisk.

“It’s not for the championship,” Hunt said. “Cain is the champion. It’s a shot to fight the champion. It’s bad news for Fabricio, but it’s great for me. I’ve already won just by being here. Six years ago, people were laughing at me. Now I’m here and I’m winning.”

While Hunt is seizing his unlikely opportunity, Werdum realizes he has little to gain and plenty to lose when he steps in with Hunt, one of the UFC’s most powerful punchers.

Werdum, who famously beat Fedor Emelianenko in a 2010 Strikeforce bout, patiently worked his way up the ranks after rejoining the UFC three years ago, only to watch his long-awaited title shot turn into an interim fight when Velasquez couldn’t stay healthy.

At least he’s probably the new crowd favourite: Werdum, who speaks fluent Spanish, plans to walk to the cage to the strains of “Cielito Lindo,” the classic Mexican song.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — The wild ride that Jonathan Crompton has been on this season will now take him to his first Canadian Football League playoff game.

The 27-year-old who was cut from his job as a backup quarterback by the Edmonton Eskimos in July put up an unlikely 8-2 record since taking over as the Montreal Alouettes’ starter in August.

His numbers were so-so and he was hardly daz-zling behind centre, but the Asheville, N.C. native earned enough wins for the Alouettes to turn a 1-7 record into a 9-9 mark and claim second place in the East Division.

He will get his first playoff start Sunday when the Alouettes play host to the crossover B.C. Lions in the East Division semifinal at Percival Molson Stadium.

“I don’t think I’m trying to prove anything to my-self,” Crompton said Friday. “We’re out here as a team, trying to make sure we execute our game plan.”

Crompton is not at the point where he says a lot to the media. But neither did Anthony Calvillo when he first became the Montreal starter in 2000, before he went on to win three Grey Cups and set the league’s all-time passing record before he retired after the 2013 season.

Finding a replacement for Calvillo was a night-mare early in the campaign, as his designated suc-cessor Troy Smith struggled to find receivers, then got injured and then was let go.

The experienced Alex Brink didn’t do much bet-ter, and Tanner Marsh didn’t get much action other than running the ball on short yardage plays.

Then along came Crompton, who looked good in his first appearance in relief of Brink in a loss at Winnipeg on Aug. 22.

He took over as the starter the next week against Ottawa and the team went on a roll. It helped that the Alouettes had made an in-season coaching change that brought in former CFL and NFL star Jeff Garcia to handle the quarterbacks.

Thanks mostly to remarkable play by the defence, the Alouettes won games even though Crompton did not have a single game with 300 yards passing.

The Alouettes had won six in a row before a regu-lar season-ending loss in bad weather in Hamilton last week in which he passed for a season high 284

yards.Now, Crompton gets his first test in a win-or-go-

home game.“I expect him to handle it like he’s handled most

of the games he’s started, which has been pretty good,” said general manager Jim Popp. “He’s that type of guy.

“He’ll go with the flow. Hopefully we can just manage the game, take care of the ball and give us a chance.”

He has done that. Crompton threw 11 touchdown passes while being picked off only eight times.

After the team’s early season quarterback woes, all-star tackle Josh Bourke is glad to have a pivot that gets the job done.

“I think he’d admit he’s still a work in progress, along with our whole offence,” said Bourke. “He has a calm demeanour. He’s very confident and he com-mands the huddle well.

“The good thing is we don’t need him to throw for 500 yards. He doesn’t have to be A.C. because of how good the defence is.”

Werdum, Hunt step up for

heavyweight title shot

Als’ Crompton ready for first CFL playoff start

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Montreal Alouettes quarterback Jonathan Crompton fires a pass during a practice Friday in Montreal. The Alouettes will face the B.C. Lions in the CFL Eastern semifinal Sunday.

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● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Hampton Inn & Suites at the Collicutt Centre.● World Curling Tour: Red Deer Curling Classic, draws at 9:30 a.m., 1, 4:30 and 8 p.m., Pidherney Centre and Michener Hill Curling Club.● Senior high volleyball: Game 3 of best-of-three zone girls and boys finals, if necessary; Girls — Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, 11 a.m.; Boys — Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.● College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Elks, 2 p.m., Arena; Lethbridge at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena.● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Warriors at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.● Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre.● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Sylvan Lake, 5:15 p.m., Caroline.● College volleyball: Ambrose at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.● WHL: Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.● College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Mountainview at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu.

Sunday● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Hampton Inn & Suites at the Collicutt Centre.● World Curling Tour: Red Deer Curling Classic, draws at 9 a.m., 12:15, 3:30 and 7 p.m., Pidherney Centre and Michener Hill Curling Club.● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre.● Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, noon, Arena.● Major midget girls hockey: Calgary at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Bentley, 2 p.m.● Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A.● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Canadians at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

Golf

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FootballCFL Playoffs

Sunday, Nov. 16Division SemifinalsEastBye: HamiltonB.C. at Montreal, 11 a.m.WestBye: CalgarySaskatchewan at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 23Division FinalsEastMontreal-B.C. winner at Hamilton, 11 a.m.WestEdmonton-Saskatchewan winner at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

102nd Grey CupSunday, Nov. 30At VancouverEast Champion vs. West Champion, 4 p.m.

2014 Canadian Football League Award Nomi-nees ListTORONTO — East and West Division nominees announced Thursday for the 2014 Canadian Foot-ball League end-of-year awards (to be selected Nov. 27 in Vancouver):EAST DIVISIONMost Outstanding Player — Ricky Ray, QB, To-ronto ArgonautsMost Outstanding Defensive Player — Bear Woods, LB, Montreal AlouettesMost Outstanding Canadian — Ted Laurent, DT, Hamilton Tiger-CatsMost Outstanding Offensive Lineman — Jeff Per-

rett, Montreal AlouettesMost Outstanding Special Teams Player — Swayze Waters, K/P, Toronto ArgonautsMost Outstanding Rookie — Tristan Okpalaugo, DL, Toronto ArgonautsWEST DIVISIONMost Outstanding Player — Solomon Elimimian, LB, B.C. LionsMost Outstanding Defensive Player — Solomon Elimimian, LB, B.C. LionsMost Outstanding Canadian — Jon Cornish, RB, Calgary StampedersMost Outstanding Offensive Lineman — Brett Jones, Calgary StampedersMost Outstanding Special Teams Player — Lirim Hajrullahu, K/P, Winnipeg Blue BombersMost Outstanding Rookie — Dexter McCoil, LB, Edmonton Eskimos

National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 2 0 .778 281 198Miami 6 4 0 .600 249 180Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 200 204N.Y. Jets 2 8 0 .200 174 265

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 211Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 197Tennessee 2 7 0 .222 144 223Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 158 282

North W L T Pct PF PACleveland 6 3 0 .667 209 172Cincinnati 5 3 1 .611 197 211Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 261 239

Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 261 181West

W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 2 0 .778 286 202Kansas City 6 3 0 .667 217 151San Diego 5 4 0 .556 205 186Oakland 0 9 0 .000 146 252

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 7 2 0 .778 279 198Dallas 7 3 0 .700 261 212N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 195 247Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 229

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 4 5 0 .444 251 225Carolina 3 6 1 .350 198 281Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 219 238Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 167 272

North W L T Pct PF PADetroit 7 2 0 .778 182 142Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 277 205Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 168 199Chicago 3 6 0 .333 194 277

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 8 1 0 .889 223 170Seattle 6 3 0 .667 240 191San Francisco 5 4 0 .556 195 202St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 163 251

Thursday’s GameMiami 22, Buffalo 9

Sunday’s Games

Minnesota at Chicago, 11 a.m.Seattle at Kansas City, 11 a.m.Cincinnati at New Orleans, 11 a.m.Denver at St. Louis, 11 a.m.Houston at Cleveland, 11 a.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m.Tampa Bay at Washington, 11 a.m.San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.Oakland at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.Detroit at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m.New England at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m.Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets

Monday’s GamePittsburgh at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Odds(Odds provided by Western Canada Lottery; favou-rites in capital letters) Spread O/UThursdayBuffalo at MIAMI 5.5 42.5SundayMinnesota at CHICAGO 3.5 46.5SAN FRANCISCO at NY Giants 4.5 43.5DENVER at St. Louis 9.5 51.5Tampa Bay at WASHINGTON 7.5 45.5Cincinnati at NEW ORLEANS 7.5 50.5Atlanta at CAROLINA 1.5 46.5Seattle at KANSAS CITY 1.5 42.5Houston at CLEVELAND 3.5 42.5Oakland at SAN DIEGO 10.5 44.5Philadelphia at GREEN BAY 5.5 56.5Detroit at ARIZONA 1.5 41.5New England at INDIANAPOLIS 2.5 57.5MondayPITTSBURGH at Tennessee 5.5 46.5

WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtBrandon 21 16 4 1 0 104 66 33Swift Current 22 11 8 0 3 62 61 25Regina 20 10 9 1 0 70 56 21Moose Jaw 21 9 10 1 1 60 71 20Prince Albert 21 8 13 0 0 61 75 16Saskatoon 20 6 14 0 0 51 93 12

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtMedicine Hat 19 14 4 1 0 74 44 29Edmonton 21 11 8 0 2 62 50 24Red Deer 21 10 8 2 1 74 72 23Calgary 21 10 8 1 2 76 63 23Kootenay 20 7 13 0 0 52 87 14Lethbridge 20 5 11 3 1 50 83 14

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtKelowna 20 18 1 1 0 98 44 37Prince George 20 11 9 0 0 59 81 22Victoria 21 10 9 2 0 65 71 22Kamloops 21 9 9 2 1 67 74 21Vancouver 19 8 11 0 0 60 59 16

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtEverett 17 12 2 2 1 67 41 27Tri-City 21 12 9 0 0 58 56 24Seattle 20 9 8 2 1 56 58 21Spokane 17 8 6 3 0 50 52 19Portland 21 8 11 0 2 65 84 18

z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked

in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout

receives one point which is registered in the OTL or

SOL columnsFriday’s results

Regina 6 Medicine Hat 2Moose Jaw 5 Prince Albert 3

Seattle 6 Brandon 4Edmonton 7 Saskatoon 1

Kootenay 7 Calgary 6 (OT)Red Deer 4 Lethbridge 1

Spokane at Kamloops, 8 p.m.Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Today’s gamesSeattle at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.Victoria at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIESRebels 4, Hurricanes 1

First PeriodNo Scoring.

Second PeriodNo Scoring.

Third Period1. Lethbridge, Jones 10 (Sheen) 3:07.2. Red Deer, Sandhu 6 (Pawlenchuk, Cote) 4:16.3. Red Deer, Sandhu 7 (Bleackley, Pawlenchuk) 9:24.4. Red Deer, Maxwell 5 (Fleury, Johnson) 14:40.5. Red Deer, Feser 6 (Johnson, Musil) 17:46 (-EN).

Shots on goal byLethbridge 5 8 7 — 20Red Deer 8 14 13 — 35Goal — Lethbridge: Robidoux (L, 1-6-3); Red Deer: Toth (W, 9-5-2).

Ice 7, Hitmen 6 (OT)First Period

1. Calgary, Virtanen 3 (unassisted) 10:31.2. Calgary, Sanheim 2 (Morrison, Twarynski) 18:31.3. Kootenay, Philp 7 (Reinhart, Bozon) 19:44.

Second Period4. Kootenay, Descheneau 9 (Philp, Vetterl) 3:54.5. Kootenay, Loschiavo 3 (Murray, Chynoweth) 12:16.6. Calgary, Lang 9 (Peterson) 14:18 (short-handed-SH).7. Kootenay, King 1 (Zborosky) 16:46.8. Calgary, Tambellini 12 (unassisted) 18:57.

Third Period9. Calgary, Fazleev 9 (Thomas, Sanheim) 5:02.10. Kootenay, Zborosky 5 (Reinhart, King) 8:10.11. Calgary, Sanheim 3 (Twarynski, Draude) 12:04.12. Kootenay, Bozon 3 (Reinhart, Philp) 18:52 (short-handed-SH).

Overtime13. Kootenay, Philp 8 (Reinhart, Valiev) 4:45.

Shots on goal byCalgary 12 11 11 4 — 38Kootenay 10 12 12 3 — 37Goal — Calgary: Johnson (LS, 3-2-0); Kootenay: Hoflin (W, 6-10-0).

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 17 12 4 1 25 45 43Tampa Bay 17 11 4 2 24 61 46Detroit 16 8 3 5 21 44 38Ottawa 16 8 4 4 20 45 41Toronto 17 9 6 2 20 54 45Boston 18 10 8 0 20 49 48Florida 14 5 4 5 15 27 35Buffalo 18 3 13 2 8 24 66

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 15 11 3 1 23 57 33N.Y. Islanders 16 11 5 0 22 52 45New Jersey 17 8 7 2 18 44 50Washington 16 7 6 3 17 49 45N.Y. Rangers 16 7 6 3 17 47 50

Philadelphia 15 7 6 2 16 48 47Carolina 15 5 7 3 13 36 47Columbus 16 5 10 1 11 42 58

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GASt. Louis 16 11 4 1 23 45 32Nashville 16 10 4 2 22 41 34Winnipeg 17 9 6 2 20 33 36Chicago 17 9 7 1 19 45 34Minnesota 15 8 7 0 16 44 35Dallas 16 6 6 4 16 46 53Colorado 18 5 8 5 15 44 59

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 17 11 3 3 25 47 37Vancouver 17 12 5 0 24 53 47Calgary 18 10 6 2 22 55 48Los Angeles 17 8 5 4 20 42 38San Jose 18 9 7 2 20 53 51Edmonton 17 6 9 2 14 43 58Arizona 16 6 9 1 13 40 56NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.Friday’s Games

N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 3, SOColumbus 4, Philadelphia 3New Jersey 1, Washington 0

Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 1Detroit 4, Chicago 1

Arizona at Vancouver, lateSaturday’s Games

Carolina at Boston, 11 a.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 12 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Colorado at New Jersey, 5 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m.Winnipeg at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 6 p.m.Ottawa at Calgary, 8 p.m.

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A great time was had by all at the Soroptimist International of Cen-tral Alberta Pyjamas and Pearls fundraiser, which was held at the Holiday Inn and Suites South on Nov. 1.

Meg and Vinnie from Cruz 100.7FM were entertaining emcees. We laughed over din-ner to Cam Cook and were regaled by the delightful music of Randi Boulton!

Before the event even started, Debbie Wilmer won the early bird draw, which was a one-night stay donated by the Holiday Inn and Suites South.

While some women v i e d f o r

the amazing silent auction items — including tickets and back-seat passes to April Wine and Trooper, donated by Cruz, an autographed guitar do-nated by Gord Bamford, a condo stay in Palm Springs donated by War-ren Sinclair LLP and Earl’s Restaurant, a Coach bag and accessories, donated by Jen-nifer Neil with Avenue Financial Calgary and a child’s battery operated motorcycle — other women of all ages danced the night away or visited with friends.

Winners of the raffle prizes: a Saskatche-wan Roughriders deck cooler filled with goodies donated by Candy B a g s S w e e t

Stop (Robert

Clark); a Tra-eger smoker and meat package donated by Jet Uniform (Dave Feaver); and pearl jew-elry donated by People’s Jewellers in Bower Mall (Megan Chernoff) were ecstatic and picked them up at the close of the evening!

“It’s so much more fun to party in pyja-mas,” “best PJs ever” and “loved every-thing” were quotes made by some of the ladies attending the annual fundraiser to secure funds for the club’s programs for women and girls in Central Alberta and in-ternationally.

Scholarships for head-of-the-house wom-en returning to school, a mother-daughter conference and human trafficking initia-tives are among supported causes.

Although final figures have not been tal-lied, well over $10,000 was raised, it was a successful event and our community will be better for the efforts of Soroptimist In-ternational of Central Alberta!

Photos by PAUL HOWARD PHOTOGRAPHY

LOCAL C2SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 2014

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM

Court losing patience with suspect

ADVOCATE STAFF

A Red Deer RCMP constable who was caught on video beating a man arrested for impaired driving two years ago could be investigated.

Cory Nielsen was acquitted of impaired driving and resisting a peace officer after his convictions were overturned on appeal on Oct. 24. The judge at his original trial had ruled that the police officer did not use excessive force.

Now Nielsen’s Edmonton-based lawyer, Deborah Hatch, has filed a complaint with the RCMP public

complaints commission seeking an investigation into the conduct of Const. Eric Pomerleau, the officer al-legedly involved in the incident.

Security video footage from the Red Deer RCMP detachment shows Nielsen standing by the RCMP security desk, where he was expected to sign release forms.

He pulls out a cellphone, there is some mild arm-gesturing and Nielsen is seen backing away.

A police officer twists his arm behind his back, pulls him to the ground, and then with help from another officer, attempts to restrain him. Numerous blows are delivered to Nielsen’s face and body.

Hatch said when you see that kind of gratuitous

force being applied by a police officer, it’s very con-cerning for everybody.

“I think we know that police beatings go on in places like Afghanistan,” she said. “I don’t think anyone expects these sorts of things to happen in Canada. We expect courts to dispense justice and de-cide what should happen in the case.

“We don’t allow our police officers to dispense the kind of justice that they see fit. In Canada we have the presumption of innocence and it’s not for a po-lice officer to decide what’s to happen to somebody.”

Nielsen had been arrested on Dec. 20, 2012, for running a red light and suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

MUSTACHE DAY

Primary Care Network hostinghealth cafe

The upcoming health cafe focuses on how to cre-ate holidays with more comfort and joy.

Organized by the Primary Care Network, the health cafe invites people to come and experience some new positive psychology inspired ways to re-connect with the deeper meanings and traditions of the holiday season. As well, people can learn some practical ways to create some new traditions that are likely to create more meaning, comfort and joy.

The event will be presented by Rene Joslin, a registered psychologist and Dr. Morne Odendaal. It takes place on Nov. 19 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pidherney Curling Club, 4725 43rd St. There is a $5 fee at the door. To reserve a space call 403-343-9100 or email events@rdpcn.com.

Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum holding pie sale

The Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum are put-ting on a pie sale, just in time for Christmas.

On Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the farm museum, 4701 30th St., the ready-to-bake pies will be available.

Apple, peach, blueberry, cherry, raisin, mince-ment, rhubarb and raspberry and strawberry rhu-barb will be available for $12. Mincemeat and butter tarts will also be available for $6 a box.

For more information call 403-340-3511.

Fourth annual Grad Preview NightEven though Graduation is a long way off, stu-

dents are invited to get ready for the culmination of their hard work in style at the fourth annual Grad Preview Night.

Put on by Bridal Couture Dezigns, the preview is a free event for upcoming local grads. The night includes a New York inspired fashion show and pre-views the latest 2015 styles on the red carpet. There will even be a draw to win a grad dress, as well as other prizes.

The preview night is on Nov. 22 at the Gary Moe Mazda Showroom, 81 Gasoline Alley East. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the fashion show starts at 7 p.m.

Lacombe seeks feedback on dog parkLacombe is hoping for some feedback from resi-

dents and dog owners about a proposed off-leash dog park.

The proposal would put a permanent off-leash dog park in the second phase of the Len Thompson In-dustrial Park, off of Wolf Creek Drive and accessible form Len Thompson Drive.

Now that the project has a home, they are hoping for residents to contribute their thoughts to the dis-cussion. To provide feedback, and read more details about the project, visit www.lacombe.ca/living/ame-nities/parks/off-leash-dog-park.

Red Deer River Watershed Alliance ambassador breakfast

A watershed awareness program highlights the monthly Red Deer River Watershed Alliance ambas-sador breakfast this month.

Karen Tewnion and Val Schumacher with Stream of Dreams Calgary will talk about the watershed awareness program that started in Burnaby, B.C.

after a toxic spill wiped out the entire fish popula-tion of Byrnes Creek. The talk will focus on the local watershed and fish population and will be followed by participants painting a wooden fish, which will be installed as part of a colourful fence mural.

The breakfast is scheduled for Nov. 21 from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Quality Inn, North Hill, 7150 50th Ave. It costs $15 per person.

To reserve a place email info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by 12 p.m. on Nov. 19.

Noodlebox raises $3,600 for shelterPartnering with the Central Alberta Women’s

Emergency Shelter, Noodlebox raised more than $3,600 for the shelter in seven hours.

Staff donated volunteered their time, the sup-plier donated the food and the grand opening of the third Noodlebox location was deemed a success by the company. Located at the Village Mall Shopping Centre, 6320 50th Ave., Noodlebox used its grand opening to give back to a local social support organi-zation.

Apple Talks in Stettler later this monthApple Talks, a discussion about how different

parenting styles contribute to a health, nurturing upbringing, will be in Stettler later this month for an evening presentation.

Run through Alberta Health Services, the Apple Talks invite moms and dads to learn about how they approach language and communication, problem-solving and play differently. And how both parents can provide safe, nurturing care and learn how their different styles are good for their children.

The discussion will be held on Nov. 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Evergreen Parent Link Centre, 5104 50th Ave. Free child care will be provided. Space is limited, so people are asked to register in advance by emailing stettlerplc@mcman.ca.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Sporting a fine mustache Callie Hokins, right, joined with her classmates including Brooklyn Harvey, left, in Kent Rathgeber’s Grade 2 class at Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School Friday. All students and staff were encouraged to grow a little instant mustache to celebrate their November theme spirit day. The tradition is only two years old and began to support male staff members who are participating in Movember at the school. Mustache Day has become one of the favorite spirit days of the year, says principal Clint Saunders.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWANADVOCATE STAFF

A Penhold woman implicated in the death of a longboarder late in May has been given two more weeks to make some decisions on a growing list of criminal charges.

Jessica Masyk, 25, has been in custody since Aug. 18 when she and another suspect were arrested in Red Deer by police investigating a violent incident in the Highland Green residential subdivision.

Red Deer City RCMP reported at the time that suspects attempting to escape in a stolen pickup truck had smashed into a number of other vehicles, including two police cars. Masyk was charged with assaulting a police officer with a weapon, flight from police and possession of stolen property.

At the time of her arrest, Masyk had been granted

bail and was awaiting court proceedings on charges laid earlier in connection with the death of Trystan Sorensen, 18. Sorensen was struck down on May 20 while longboarding along Hwy 592, west of Penhold.

Masyk has yet to enter pleas on charges, including leaving the scene of an injury or fatal collision, pub-lic mischief and driving while disqualified.

Further investigations since she was returned to custody resulted in new charges being laid by Sylvan Lake RCMP, alleging that she was a party to the theft of a pickup truck in Eckville on Aug. 6 and was found in Sylvan Lake in possession of a stolen pickup truck, other stolen property and a variety of illegal drugs. Masyk was also charged with harbouring sus-pect Steve Lagace, who was unlawfully at large at the time.

Lagace is now serving a 26-month sentence after pleading guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Oct. 14 to arson in connection with the SUV alleged to

have killed Sorensen.Masyk had originally reported the vehicle stolen.

Its burned-out remains were later found abandoned in a field east of Innisfail.

Lagace admitted during court proceedings to tak-ing the vehicle and setting it on fire.

A second man arrested in connection with the ar-son is to stand trial in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 11.

In Red Deer provincial court on Friday, Judge David Plosz warned Masyk and her counsel, through a law student acting as her agent, that they will have no more opportunities to adjourn the proceedings against her. Masyk was told that she and defence counsel Kaitlyn Perrin of Calgary must come to court prepared to enter her elections and pleas or she will be presumed to have pleaded not guilty and hearings will be scheduled for her.

bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

JESSICA MASYK HAS TWO MORE WEEKS TO ENTER A PLEA

Lawyer files complaint against RCMP constable

LOCALBRIEFS

Schedule of Services

Helping people encounter the goodness of GodCorner of 55th St & 46th Ave streamschurch.com10:30 am Contemporary Worship 403.342.7441Streams Christian Church af liated with the PAOC

SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CANADA

WWW.CROSSROADSCHURCH.CA

November 16 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm Not by Bread Alone #10 Loyal& CrossRoads Kids (infant to grade 6)

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY - EVERYONE WELCOME!

Sundays at 9:30 am and 11:15 am

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca

403.347.7311

Sunday Services 9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

Sunday Services9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

THE PRESBYTERIANCHURCH IN CANADA

Established1898

West Park Presbyterian3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP11:00 am

WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)Sunday 10:00 a.m.

SpeakerRev. Reg Graves

Everyone Welcome

KNOX4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

MinisterThe Rev. Wayne Reid

“Becoming Good Stewards”

10:30 amWorship Service

Sunday, November 16

LUTHERAN CHURCHESOF RED DEER

WELCOME YOUSunday, November 16

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

SUNDAY10:00 a.m. DIVINE SERVICE

10:15 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL7:00 p.m. DIVINE SERVICE Kings Kids Playschool

www.mclcrd.org

MOUNTCALVARY

(LC-C)#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk

Sunday9:30 a.m. Sunday School

Youth & Adult Forum10:30 a.m. Worship

Holy Communion at all Services Everyone Welcome

Saved by grace - called to serve

Rev. Dr. Marc Jerry

40 Holmes St.403-340-1022

GOOD SHEPHERD

Living FaithLutheran Church10:00 a.m.

Pastor Glen CarlsonBethany Collegeside

99 College Circle RDCEveryone Welcome

Rooted in the word of God. Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out

by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.)

10:30 am Worship ServiceSpeaker: Fred Thomson

“True Greatness”Mark 9: 30-37

Sunday School Ages 2 1/2-Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

Balmoral Bible Chapel403-347-5450

11:00 a.m.

Celebration

Service

Rev. Valentine Owenwww.cslreddeer.org

#3 - 6315 Horn Street

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL“A Church For All Ages”43 Avenue & 44 Street

403-346-6769www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair8:00 a.m. Holy Communion

9:00 a.m. Celebration Service

10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery

2:00 p.m. Communion at St. Paul’s, Hillsdown

7:00 p.m.“The Gathering” Prayer and Praise

The Anglican Church of Canada

Sunday, November 16

SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M.2nd Wed. each month - Testimonial Meetings noon

Christian Science Reading Room:Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

4907 GAETZ AVE. 403-346-0811

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

For more information on Christian Science visit christianscience.com

Babyfold, Toddler Room, Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org“Do What You Do Do Well!”

Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

Sunnybrook United ChurchCaring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive

12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

10:30 a.m.Children’s Programs Weekly

4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1X2 403-347-2244“Sharing Faith, Serving Community”

website: www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADAGAETZ MEMORIAL

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

RELIGION C3SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 2014

Today

M o u n t C a l v a r y Church Cookie Walk, Craft, Bake, and Quilting Sale will be held on Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cookie boxes cost $7. Phone 403-347-1044.

Sunnybrook United Church Bazaar and Cof-fee Party goes Nov. 15, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. High-lights include crafts, bake table, and white elephant sale. Contact Linda at 4023-347-6073.

Nov 21

Visions Country Gos-pel Christmas Concert will be held at Blackfalds United Church on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults, and under 16 years are free.

There will also be a si-lent auction and snacks provided.

See blackfaldsunit-edchurch.com, or phone 403-885-4857, or 403-885-4780.

COMING EVENTS

DAVE ALBERTSON

SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

The church is a bourgeois institution. And not just in our times — it’s always been this way.

From the very beginning, Christian com-munities were composed of urban dwellers of the middle class.

Saint Paul’s travels were focused on cit-ies that had established synagogues and vibrant marketplaces.

He engaged the intellectual establish-ment, praised those who patronized the early movement, and described his work in Rome as a fundraising trip for the poor church in Jerusalem (Romans 15:22-29).

Later, as Peter Brown has shown, Con-stantine established the clergy in the mid-dle class and gave them the benefits of the elite.

Most of the Church Fathers threw in their support.

Saint Augustine urged that managing wealth and using it to build and maintain the church was of more spiritual value than vows of poverty.

And while the Protestant Reformation was a critique of ecclesiastical fundraising, it was not a working class movement. Lu-ther’s view of the two kingdoms — church and state being God’s left and right hands — is thoroughly bourgeois. Luther and the peasants had a pretty awful relationship, which ended in a bloody uprising, the vic-

tory of the ruling class, and Luther siding firmly with the establishment.

In America, church has always been a free market commodity primarily oriented toward the middle class.

In class conflicts, the church has gener-ally sided with management. Church con-gregants have not been working poor, but rather business owners and managers.

Even the noble response of the initial social justice movement of a century ago was bourgeois. Its purpose was not to find solidarity with the poor, but to lend a hand to the poor to hoist them into the middle class.

Today, church planters target bourgeois zip codes and church stewardship and fundraising professionals utilize planned giving and endowments.

Modern church facilities mirror other middle class establishments: coffee shops, restaurants, theaters, and college campus-es. My favorite example of this is a video called What if Starbucks Marketed like the Church? It’s chief complaint is that the church is dated and not bourgeois enough to attract intelligent consumers.

The church is, and always has been, a bourgeois institution.

It is no surprise, then, that the long de-cay of the church over the past generation coincides perfectly with the long decay of the middle class.

The correlation is unmistakable. Read-ing Thomas Piketty’s much-discussed Capi-tal in the Twenty-First Century is like read-

ing a history of the incredible rise and de-cay of the institutional church.

Piketty never mentions the church as he describes the bubble of egalitarian eco-nomics from 1930-1980.

But chapter after chapter and chart af-ter chart tell the same story that denomi-national leaders and sociologists of reli-gion have been describing for decades: a steep incline in the 30’s and 40’s, a plateau through the mid-70’s, and a steady decline ever since.

Even more haunting is Charles Murray’s Coming Apart. Murray explains that for the past several decades, church participation within the middle class has hardly changed, but it has disappeared almost entirely with-in the working class.

His observation is easily confirmed by attending worship services.

The working class is poorly represented in our congregations; people in lower class-es have little means to support a congrega-tion with time, talent, or treasure, and they perceive little value in the institution.

Christians around the country are won-dering why churches are in decline. The reason is not Darwin or Marx, science or atheism, culture wars, or competition. It’s economics.

As goes the middle class, so goes the church.

Dave Albertson is the pastor of Living Grace Lutheran Church outside Frederick, Mary-land.

Why Christianity and the middle class are both in decline

AS THE MIDDLE CLASS GOES, SO GOES THE CHURCH

ENTERTAINMENT C4SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 2014

BY LANA MICHELINADVOCATE STAFF

To go forward, you sometimes need to go back.

It seems like something the Red Queen would say to Alice in the book Through the Looking Glass, but Cana-dian electro-pop singer Lights came to this realization while trying to write new songs for her latest release Little Machines.

Having set expectations high with her previous two albums, the singer who performs on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre, became weighed down by the idea of being artistically experimental on her third CD.

When new tunes wouldn’t come, she began thinking it might be over for her music career. “I spent so many nights just bawling,” Lights revealed on her website, “What am I gonna do? I don’t have it anymore. I’ve just lost it . . . ”

Judging by her latest hit from the Little Machines album, Up We Go, Lights didn’t lose her knack for writing a catchy tune. But she did have to look deep inside herself to find her way back to a positive mindset as a song-writer.

First Lights began thinking of what inspired her to write music when she was a teenager, such as the songs of Patti Smith, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. Then she decided she had to simplify life for a while by living “off the grid” in New Mexico while songwriting.

And suddenly the tunes started to flow.

Unlike her forward-thinking last al-bum Siberia, the new release reflects the singer’s past in songs such as Run-ning With the Boys. There’s a sense of nostalgia and longing for a less compli-cated time, admitted Lights.

“I was sort of rediscovering my cre-ativity and sense of imagination. You can get crippled by too much logic. Things like numbers and money are what crush creativity. They are the nemesis of creativity.”

The 27-year-old singer was born in Timmins, Ont, and named Valerie Anne Poxleitner before she officially changed her moniker to her nickname, Lights. She grew up in the Philippines, Jamaica and Ontario, (her parents did a stint as missionaries), and actually did run with the boys in those places — but never thought of herself as a tomboy.

“I just thought I was doing the

things I liked, like picking up snakes and skateboarding . . . I just thought this was fun.”

Since TV and video games were off-limits to her and her home-schooled siblings when they were children, they would instead create art and poetry and use their imaginations to invent imaginary worlds. “We made this little town called Scrawny Town” in a grove of trees that now looks so small, re-called Lights.

She also became inspired by the Christian-themed storytelling of C.S. Lewis in his Narnia books. “They were imagination at its finest,” said the sing-er, who consider herself spiritual rath-er than religious, as reflected in the lyrics of her new song Portal.

She received music lessons from her father, an architect who according to Lights, “should have been a rock star.” Since he didn’t know any theory, she learned to play piano and guitar by ear.

But her gift shone through at an ear-ly age, and her parents supported her goal of a music career.

Lights, who signed her first record-ing contract at age 15, remembers they would pay to fly her to Toronto and Los Angeles to meet with industry officials. “They were so proud and excited.”

After being discovered in 2007 by Jian Ghomeshi, Lights won a 2009 Juno Award for best new artist and had the hits Drive My Soul, Ice, Second Go, andToes. The singer recently fired Ghome-shi as her manager after allegations of his abuse surfaced from nine women. (The former CBC radio star has denied this, saying that any violence or rough sexual play he engaged in were con-sensual).

“I hope everyone can heal from this,” Lights stated.

She had no further comment on the subject when interviewed, but said she’s thrilled to be coming to perform in Red Deer for the first time.

She’ll be bringing her baby daugh-ter Rocket Wild and her musician hus-band, Beau Bokan. Although he fronts the L.A. metal band blessthefall, Bo-kan is hitting the road with his wife for this tour, and “it’s nice. It’s really nice,” said Lights.

Having her family around distracts her from obsessing over small prob-lems and helps her focus on what re-ally matters, she said.

“It’s de-stressing.”Tickets to the 8 p.m. show with To-

ronto rockers Wildlife are $38.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Still dumb (and funny) after all these years

Lights rediscovers her creativity

Contributed photo

Electro-pop singer Lights plays the Memorial Centre in Red Deer on Saturday, Nov. 22.

Dumb and Dumber To2.5 stars (out of four)PG

For lo, these 20 years, fans of Dumb a n d D u m b e r have pondered the fate of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, the two lov-able lunkheads played by Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

Did they ev-er open their worm shop, I’ve Got Worms?

Did another busload of biki-ni babes invite them to frolic?

Did they ever grow another brain cell?

The long-awaited sequel Dumb and Dumber To indirectly answers the first two questions, but it resoundingly belches out the third response.

Not only did these two maroons not get any smarter, it’s entirely pos-sible that their room-temperature IQs dropped a few digits in the past two decades.

Stooge-browed Lloyd and wild-haired Harry are still making colos-sally dumb moves, such as confusing embalming fluid for Kool-Aid, assum-ing that a blind bird fancier would make a great cat-sitter and playing a car game called “He Who Smelt It” (three guesses what that is, the first two don’t count).

There are new locales and charac-ters, including a not-so-swift gal played by Rachel Melvin who amusingly makes the case for idiocy running in the family.

But there’s still a riotous road trip in the Mutt Cutts van involving the pur-suit of a woman who doesn’t want to be

pursued, and still a pile of money at stake that bad people want to get their hands on.

Rehashing plot points of the origi-nal is perfectly OK, as it turns out. I laughed a lot at this movie, possibly even more than I did at the original film, which I enjoyed quite a bit.

Dumb and Dumber To is that rare long-delayed sequel that hasn’t suf-fered from a weight of unrealized ex-pectations, probably because the bar is always low on comedies like this.

Torontonians might be momentarily confused by the “To” in the title, which is a deliberate misspelling of “2” and not a shout-out to Hogtown.

But the Farrellys and their co-writ-ers do enjoying messing with us, be-cause one of the nerds at the brainiacs convention in Texas where Lloyd and Harry end up sports a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey.

There are a couple of other nyuks at the expense of Canucks.

That convention in El Paso, by the way, is where the humour starts to get a little thin as the plot gets more seri-ous yet even more stupid.

Overall, it’s just a pleasure to see Carrey and Daniels being dumb to-gether again, both looking a little older but none the worse for wear.

Especially Carrey, who really seems to enjoy playing the kind of insane role that made him famous. Just watching him eat a hotdog made me laugh.

Daniels makes a most excellent comic foil, even if he never gets a mo-

ment to rival the infamous toilet scene from the first movie.

Dumb and Dumber To also doesn’t have Lauren Holly from the origi-nal hit, but it does have a very game Kathleen Turner, who sets in motion a quest for Lloyd and Harry to find the child whom Harry sired, but never knew.

The film is directed, as was the orig-inal, by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, who

have made the humour even grosser than the first time, which marked their debut as feature directors.

They’re keeping up with more ex-plicit times and also their own can-you-top-this sibling sensibilities.

Which just goes to show you: Even if you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, you can certainly teach them ruder ones.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

PETERHOWELL

MOVIES

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Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jim Carrey, left, and Jeff Daniels in a scene from Dumb and Dumber To.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Chelsea Peretti’s ultra-confident onstage persona started as an act. But the comedian and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star says that faking self-assurance actually helped make it real.

“It’s funny because I think I started being inter-ested in that kind of persona and then it wound up being kind of self-actualizing,” she said in a tele-phone interview.

“When you’re young, you think you can do any-thing. Then when you’re spit out into the world and you have to get a job... you start going, ’Maybe I’m not this child genius that I thought I was.’ Hopefully now I have a more balanced view of things.”

In her new Netflix special premiering Friday, Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, she said she tried to shed her “tough” persona and embrace the silliness that is also a part of her personality.

The special opens with Peretti riding a motor-cycle, reflecting on her “countless one-hour specials where she looked like a damn fool,” with clips of her adopting different ridiculous comedic styles.

Filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the special also plays with the genre’s convention of “reaction shots.”

Dogs, clowns and a moustachioed man salting a boiled egg are among the unusual guests in Peretti’s audience.

“I really wanted to innovate and I wanted to show what it feels like to do stand-up for me. I wanted to be vulnerable, and show the things that you might see that are distracting,” she said.

“There are some very bizarre things you’ll see from being on stage. People don’t think you’re seeing them, but you really are seeing people unless you have the lights in the house completely out.”

Peretti, 36, hails from California and has been a familiar face on the stand-up circuit for years. Before starring alongside Andy Samberg and Terry Crews in Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, she was known for guest roles on Louie and The

Sarah Silverman Program.When she first started doing stand-up, she found

she was always the “female comedian” on the line-up.

Shows with multiple women taking the stage be-come “female shows,” whereas all-male rosters are never considered “male shows,” she said.

“The reason that I believe that my stand-up is good is that I talk about themes that human beings can relate to. Hopefully someday you can just be called a comedian and it won’t even be a ’female co-median,”’ she said.

She said she’s hopeful that things are changing. She mused that a joke she has about male confi-dence — “My fantasy of what it’s like to be a guy is you just wake up in the morning and your eyes open, and you’re like ’I’m awesome! People probably want to hear what I have to say!”’ — will become obsolete in a few years.

“Pretty much almost once a year... there’s this whole slew of articles that come out asking if women can be funny. I find it almost bizarre that society even tolerates the question, which to me seems huge-ly insulting. That’s like asking if someone can be intelligent,” she said. “I think that people are getting increasingly intolerant of those kinds of questions. There’s been a long line of women that have certain-ly proven that we are a voice and we have a comedic sensibility because we’re human beings.”

But Peretti stressed that she didn’t want to dwell too much on her gender. She hopes her stand-up tackles topics that hit home for men and women.

“I hope it’s not all about being a woman,” she said. “The themes that I want-ed to talk about in my stand-up are social me-dia, being reclusive and having a fear of peeing and eating around people and a fear of sweating.”

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AC/DC members not in touch with Phil Rudd since charges; says drummer

was behaving oddlyNEW YORK — Angus Young of AC/DC says his

band mates have not been in touch with Phil Rudd since he was charged with threatening to kill and possessing methamphetamine and marijuana last week.

Young, 59, said in an interview Thursday that Rudd’s behaviour was somewhat erratic while re-cording the band’s new album, Rock or Bust, which is due to be released on Dec. 2.

“Well, we had a few problems. The situation he’s in — that took everyone by surprise. We had a few is-sues before with him, even when we were recording it was hard even to get to him to do the recording,” Young said, sitting in a room with bassist Cliff Wil-liams.

“And then he was supposed to show up to do pro-mos with us, to do video shoots and a few shoots and a few other things, and he never showed up for that either. So, at this stage, it’s a pretty tough call for us.”

Rudd, who has been with the band on and off for nearly four decades, was released last week. He is expected to appear in court in New Zealand on Nov. 27.

“We haven’t had contact,” Young said in New York City. “But he has his people that represent him. He’s got himself in a pickle.”

Police had initially accused Rudd of trying to ar-range for a hit man to carry out two killings. Police had charged him with attempting to procure murder, which comes with a maximum 10-year sentence; the charge was dropped after a day.

Rudd, 60, could face a maximum prison term of seven years for the charge of threatening to kill.

Young says AC/DC will continue to promote the album and perform without Rudd, if need be. The band will launch a tour next year.

“We were resolved for us to go forward and I think Phil’s got — it’s something he’s got to do himself. He’s got to sort himself out I think,” Young said. “But we were resolved to go forward. So at this point it’s kind of a question mark. But if we’re touring, there will be a drummer in place, put it that way.”

The Australian band also faced a shake-up in its lineup when 61-year-old guitarist Malcolm Young, who has dementia, announced in September he was leaving the group because of his health. Stevie Young, nephew of founding members Malco

Roots musician to take the stage at Leah’s Bar and Grill

Red Deer roots musician Levi Cuss has a local gig lined up for Wednesday

Cuss will be performing at Leah’s Bar and Grill at 6315 Horn Street beginning at 8 p.m.

The musician’s poetic songs about war and heart-break are played on Alberta’s public broadcaster CKUA.

He landed a 10-week residency in the fall of 2013 at The Banff Centre, where he got to play with musi-cal mentors as singer/songwriters Ron Sexsmith, Hawksley Workman and Danny Michel.

Tickets are free. Those attending must be at least 18, or accompanied by an adult.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — If you go to a Sam Smith concert, you’ll probably hear his stories of unrequited love and how he’s never been in a relationship. But he says that void has been slowly filled — partly thanks to meeting men and going on dates — but mainly because of his devoted fans who have helped him top the charts with his album, push millions of singles and sell out stadi-ums like Madison Square Garden.

“I’m going on dates, here and there, meeting people,” Smith said in a re-cent interview. “I’m not lonely any-more because of that, but obviously I would like someone next to me while I sleep.”

He added with a laugh: “But I’m working on that.”

Smith has become the year’s break-through act thanks to his booming,

soulful voice, playful demeanour and deep, honest lyrics that help break up the monotonous, dance heavy sound on pop radio.

In the Lonely Hour, his debut al-bum released in June, has sold more than 772,969 units. His single Stay With Me peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over 3 million tracks; and other songs have built on his buzz, from another Top 10 hit and multi-platinum success, Latch with Disclosure, to the upbeat La La La with Naughty Boy to Smith’s newest single, I’m Not the Only One, which jumped to No. 11 this week. The 22-year-old has number of big-name fans — from Be-yonce to Mary J. Blige, with whom he’s recorded. And he’s been getting calls to collaborate with others.

“I remember being ecstatic for hav-ing 200 Facebook likes. ...Now I take that completely for granted now that I have like a million. But I’m now think-

ing, ’I really would like two million,”’ he said.

In the Lonely Hour features pop grooves and ballads about love lapses and loneliness. The lyrics are brave and straightforward — Smith tells one man to leave his lover for him on one song, and one another he’s open about being in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same. And “Stay With

Me” opens with the line: “Guess it’s true, I’m not good at a one-night stand.” When I’m speaking about my insecuri-ties ... that’s when my music is the best. And that doesn’t happen every day, so this writing process was quite dramat-ic and because I was trying to get these songs that were honest and brutal and real,” said Smith, who co-wrote each of the songs.

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The Faculty of Health and Community Studies at MacEwan University invites applications from Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses for Sessional (part-time) faculty appointments with the Psychiatric Nursing program at our program site in Ponoka. If you are committed to innovative quality programming, excellence in teaching and practice, and student-centred learning, and you have knowledge and experience in acute care or psychiatric/mental health nursing, this may be the right position for you.

Teaching opportunities for the winter and spring terms primarily involve one or more 5-week full-time clinical courses in Year Two that focus on care of adults in acute care (medical-surgical) settings. Clinical teaching opportunities in mental health settings may also exist in Year One within Foundations in Nursing Practice, scheduled on Mondays within the winter term, or in a concentrated bi-weekly practice experience in May scheduled in conjunction with Mental Health Nursing I.

Candidates require a baccalaureate degree in Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, or Mental Health as well as strong interpersonal and health assessment skills,

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR“Making a Diff erence…One Kid at a Time,” The Youth and Volunteer Centre (YVC) is a non-profi t, community-based organization that has been serving the Central Alberta region since 1976. The YVC governs youth oriented programs including:• Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District• Boys and Girls Clubs of Red Deer and District• 49th Avenue Youth Shelter and the Winter Inn Youth Shelter Program• Camp Alexo.The YVC positively impacts youth and the future of our community. As Executive Director you have the opportunity to ensure that the center is connecting and impacting youth through excellence in programming. Building on our success, you will assist in developing a vision that will lead the organization for the next decade. We are looking for an individual who brings a sense of innovation and business acumen to the operations of the YVC.

The Executive Director:• Ensures the eff ective leadership and management of the organization according to the strategic directions established by the Executive Director and the Board of Directors.

• Takes responsibility for all aspects of the organization and to ensure the goals and objectives of the company are successfully achieved.

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Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over fi ve decades to become one of the largest disability based service providers in Alberta. Parkland C.L.A.S.S. exists to improve the quality of life of children & adults with developmental disabilities through individual choice, dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people we serve, measuring our success against the goals they set for themselves.

Individuals or couples willing to open up their home have the opportunity to make an incredible difference in the life of someone in need. As a Full Time Proprietor you will provide a caring, safe & structured environment with fun activities and dependable routines. Part Time Proprietors will work 1 to 2, 48 hr. weekends per month. This commitment involves the inclusion of the child/adult in your regular family life.

Proprietors will provide a very individualized service that is based on the needs of the individual. Experience with young children, youth and/or adults with developmental disabilities would be ideal. Knowledge of First Nations culture & some related post-secondary education would be an asset. Individual must have a private room & be in a non-smoking environment. Driver’s license & transportation are required.

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TORONTO — Gillian Anderson says she had never seen a character like Stella Gibson before she read the script for The Fall.

Gibson is a driven, talented detec-tive who travels from London to over-see an investigation into a series of murders in Belfast. She has a strong understanding of the killer, even paint-ing her nails red — as he does to his victims — to catch his attention during her televised press conferences.

“I think she’s very good at her job and she places herself in the mindset of the killer in a sense,” Anderson said in a telephone interview from the U.K.

“I also think she’s acutely aware of and intrigued by what is the same amongst human beings, the aspects that we all share with people that are not that far removed except for that one thing. That is intriguing for audi-ence... and it’s also intriguing for the detective.”

The Fall returns for a second sea-son Friday on Bravo. The series has a unique structure for a detective dra-ma: from the very first episode, the audience knows the killer’s identity — Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) — and he is as much a lead character as Gibson.

While Gibson doggedly pursues clues to track the killer down, the viewer also sees Spector lead a rela-tively ordinary life with his wife and children while sneaking away to stalk and kill young, professional women.

“I think at first there was a question of whether it would be as interesting and as tense when you knew who the killer was all along. But that’s also part of the appeal of it,” said Anderson.

“The tension is in the hunt and not knowing obviously what he’s going to do next, because he has such a normal and therefore disturbing life outside of his stalking and kills. It compels the audience in a very provocative and compelling way.”

Gibson is a deeply private, inde-pendent woman, who early in the first season has a one-night stand with a male detective and then chides him for seeking emotional attachment. Asked whether she thought this depiction of female sexuality — so rarely shown on screen — marked a step forward, An-derson said not exactly.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that it was a step forward as much as an ac-curate portrayal of the complexity of female desire, which is not as categori-cal as it is often portrayed. And that there are many different versions of how sexuality plays itself out in the world,” she said.

“I’m often shocked at how shocked people are by this one thing that she does in what was 2013 that is honestly no different than what men commonly do in life all the time. It was just as-tounding to me that it continued to be a through line in questions and re-marks about the show — that it was the thing that stood out.”

Anderson has portrayed her fair share of powerful women, beginning with her iconic role as Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files. Currently, she also plays Hannibal Lecter’s therapist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in NBC’s Han-nibal, set to return for a third season next year.

But she said she doesn’t see Du Maurier as a “strong” female charac-ter.

“She is a very complicated char-

acter that we are still learning about what her modus operandi is and where she stands in all of it, but I wouldn’t necessarily use her as an example (of a strong female character),” she said with a laugh.

The 46-year-old actress speaks with a hint of an English accent, as she spent part of her childhood in the U.K. and returned after The X-Files wrapped in 2002.

She praised her co-star in The Fall, Dornan, an Irish actor who will star as titular character Christian Grey in the hotly anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey next year.

“Jamie’s a great guy, really ground-ed and funny and personable and

lovely to everybody and works very hard,” said Anderson. “He gets an op-portunity in the second season to show how good an actor he is. I think that was an effort on (writer-director Allan Cubitt’s) part to create some meatier stuff.”

Gibson and Spector’s twin narra-tives came to a dramatic crescendo at the end of the first season. The second season will be more “thrilling and dis-turbing in psychological ways,” prom-ised Anderson.

“I think it’s fantastic. I think what Allan has created, and he directed this, which is no small feat, to write, produce and direct something. I think he’s done an extraordinary job.”

Anderson on her ‘compelling’ role in the The Fall

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Gillian Anderson stars as Det.-Supt. Stella Gibson in ‘The Fall,’ returning for a second season Friday on Bravo.

Sam Smith has breakthrough with honest album

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ubisoft hopes to take gamers from Paris, on the eve of the French Revolution, to the modern-day fictional Himalayan region of Kyrat this holiday season.

With the release of Assassin’s Creed Unity on Nov. 11 and Far Cry 4 on Nov. 18, two of Ubisoft’s showcase made-in-Canada video game franchises will be front and centre in stores. They are journeys that look to entertain while swelling the Ubisoft bottom line.

Ubisoft Montreal was the lead on both titles, with help from sister studios in Toronto and Quebec City as well as others around the world.

It’s a time to savour for Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto.

“There’s always pride when you release a game. But I have to say that this year we’re pretty proud because I can’t think of any other studio that is re-leasing two big triple-A next-gen games seven days apart,” Mallat said in a recent interview.

“And if you think about a 12-month span, you have (Assassin’s Creed) Black Flag, Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Chlld of Light, and Shape Up. That’s six games (with Assassin’s Creed: Unity) coming from our Canadian studios in a year, four of them big next-gen triple-A games. So yes, it feels great.”

The Assassin’s Creed franchise has already sold 78 million copies, with Far Cry at 20 million. Watch Dogs, a new franchise, has sold nine million already.

Mallat, 40, takes pride in the immersive world of his studios’ games, with Paris in the late 18th century the star of the new Assassin’s Creed game.

“When you spend half an hour in Notre-Dame (Ca-thedral), with all the astonishing details, it is indeed a blast,” Mallat said.

“The level of reality is absolutely insane,” he added.

A native of Nantes, France, Mallat spent three years as a teenager in the Ivory Coast, where his dip-lomat mother was stationed.

He returned to Paris to study agronomy (the sci-ence of soil management and crop production) be-fore travelling to the Ivory Coast and then Burkina Faso to do humanitarian work.

He moved to Quebec City in 1997, to work at the University of Laval on development projects. Com-bining his desire to change careers and his passion for video games, he went back to school to earn an MBA at HEC Montreal that ultimately opened the door to Ubisoft in 1999.

He started as a third-party producer, taking over as CEO of Ubisoft Montreal in 2006 at the age of 32. In 2009, Mallat added a new Toronto studio under his umbrella.

Ubisoft opened its Montreal studio in 1997 with 50 employees. There were 400 employees when Mallat first came on board and 1,400 when he took over as CEO. Today that number has swelled to 2,700, with plans to reach 3,000 next year.

Mallat speaks of his flagship studio with great pride.

“When you give a talented team time, means, in-sane objectives and trust, usually they come back with greatness,” he said.

The Toronto studio (340 employees) is slated to reach 800 in 2020 while there are another 500 at Ubi-soft Quebec.

They may just be games but there is much at stake.

Ubisoft reported worldwide sales of 484.2 million euros (C$684 million) for the six months ending Sept. 30, up from 293.3 euros (C$414 million) over the same period a year before.

And Ubisoft expects sales to reach 730 million euros (C$1.03 billion) in the lucrative current holiday quarter, up 40 per cent from last year.

Hit titles, digital downloadable content and a flourishing back catalogue have helped drive rev-enue.

Amidst all the numbers, Mallat looks for more human values. He understands that gamers give up time as well as money in playing Ubisoft titles and that it is not worth abusing that trust with add-on content that doesn’t make sense.

And with time tight, Mallat says gamers want an accessible and entertaining experience.

“We want to be the king of the living room and we will,” he said.

There is no shortage of feedback.“Gamers are very vocal, very vocal,” he said. “Un-

fortunately the most vocal people are the most angry ones. But it’s a gift for us because when those gamers react to the game that we just released, it gives us a clear list of what to do with the next opus.”

With 29 studios in 19 countries, Ubisoft games are a collaboration between the lead studio and others

around the globe. Trust and communication have proved to be key

in making the partnerships work.Mallat remembers Assassin’s Creed 2, when the

Montreal studio was working with a new outfit in Singapore.

There were no real ties between the two at the time and confidence in the new studio was lacking. Then one of the Montreal team members moved to Singapore.

“Having that guy there suddenly erased the confi-dence issue,” recalled Mallat, snapping his fingers.

Assassin’s Creed Unity is available on Xbox One,

PlayStation 4 and Windows PC while Far Cry 4 is

available for PlayStation 3 and 4, Xbox 360 and One,

and Windows PC. Both are rated M for Mature.

Dear Harlan; I’ve hung out on and off with a very cool girl and we get along great, but I always initi-ate the conversation. We end up hanging out late at night, usually drunk.

How can I turn this from a booty call into a rela-tionship? — Hanging Out

Dear Hanging Out; Don’t hang out. Don’t get drunk. Don’t get naked. Ask her on a real date. Do it during daylight hours while totally clothed.

Make it clear that you want to do something with her. Do not use the words “hang out.” Call it a date.

“Date” states intention (“I want to kiss you”). I know this is scary. You’re afraid she might reject you. That’s a frightening thought. But if you want a real relation-ship that includes honest emotions, vul-nerable conversation and the ability to legally consent should things get roman-tic — this is how you do it.

If the word “date” freaks you out — good. It means you actually like her. It means you’re emotionally invested and want to do more than just hang out and hook up.

If she doesn’t want to go on a date, ask her why (she might have a boyfriend). Then decide if you want a booty call or a meaningful relationship with someone else.

Dear Harlan; My boyfriend and I have a compli-cated past. The problem is that he doesn’t trust me — or, rather, doesn’t trust other guys.

We have a long-distance relationship; I’m at col-lege, and he’s working. He believes that all the guys at my college just want to hook up with girls and that I might cheat on him. Therefore, he doesn’t want me

talking or hanging out with guys. I have told him multiple times that he is the only

one I want to be with, that there is nothing to worry about, and that I would never cheat on anyone.

I am always honest with him and tell him my feel-ings. He is saying that I need to work on building his trust and that I haven’t been trying. I think I have

been, but obviously it’s not working for him.

I have asked him what I need to do, but he says I should figure it out on my own (or he probably doesn’t know himself). Are there certain things I can do to build his trust? — Complicated

Dear Complicated; It’s not complicated. Try broken. Try possibly emotionally abu-sive. Try out of control.

As a rule, when a man tries to control you, he’s out of control. Other guys aren’t the problem. He’s the problem. If you haven’t earned his trust by this point in the relationship, it’s not happening. It’s not complicated — he doesn’t trust you. He won’t trust you. Trust it.

Feel free to see a couples’ counselor, but that will just give him more time to ma-nipulate, control and isolate you.

Hi Harlan; My friend’s brother asked for my number a few months ago. We talked for a few weeks and had dinner.

We had a great time and for about a month after-ward we saw each other often, talked every day and generally seemed to both be really enjoying where things were going.

He was really sweet and told me often that he liked me and found me very attractive. We were mak-ing a bunch of plans together and he even took me

out to dinner with his family. Everything seemed to be going great. A week after

dinner with his family, he told me in a text message that he had too much going on and didn’t have time for a girlfriend. He ended things just like that.

I didn’t sleep with him and his sister assured me that the family liked me very much, so I’m complete-ly at a loss as to what happened.

He hasn’t said much to me since then, and he never really gave me any answers. He texted me last night and said that he hopes he didn’t ruin things be-tween us. But that’s it.

Despite the way things ended, I still really like him. But does he deserve another chance after the way he just suddenly and inexplicably dropped me? And what in the world could have happened to make him want to end things out of nowhere? — Burned

Dear Burned; I bet it’s an ex. It’s usually an ex. I can’t be sure, but I’m pretty sure. Besides prison

or unexpected medical situations, an ex is the only good reason a man ignores an amazing woman out of the blue.

Here’s the good news — he’s back. Here’s the not-so-good news — don’t run back to him. You made it clear that you demand respect when you didn’t sleep with him. If he wants to date you, he needs to explain exactly what happened. Ask him what happened. Ex-plain that you need to trust him to date him. Tell him that you really liked him.

Then see if he can open up. See if you can trust him. Then decide if you can date him. My guess — it was another girl.

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COLLEGE SCHEDULERThe Office of the Registrar has an opportunity for a regular full-time Scheduler. The College Scheduler is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the central timetabling software and to produce a stable Master Schedule that optimizes the use of available facilities and instructional resources for both credit and non-credit programming within established, fi xed deadlines.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Comprehensive screening programs that detect lung cancer early and improve patients’ chances of survival are lacking across the country, says a report by Lung Can-cer Canada, an advocacy and research fundraising organization.

The report, entitled “The Faces of Lung Cancer: Fighting Disease, Fight-ing Disparity,” says lung cancer is the Canada’s No. 1 cancer killer for both men and women, yet unlike breast and colon cancer, there are no provincial or national screening programs for early detection of the disease. Almost half of lung cancer diagnoses are made when the malignancy is at its most ad-vanced stage, dramatically reducing the chance of survival.

With screening, “we predict 1,200 Canadian lives can be saved every year,” said Dr. Natasha Leighl, presi-dent of Lung Cancer Canada.

“We think it’s so important that provinces really move to implement lung cancer screening as quickly as possible,” she said Thursday in an in-terview. “We really believe there is a tremendous ability here to save lives and really change the face of lung can-cer and the impact that lung cancer has on Canadians every single day.”

Leighl, a medical oncologist at Prin-cess Margaret Cancer Centre in To-ronto, said the U.S. Medicare program recently agreed to cover the cost of low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer, and private health insurers are also required to cover the test.

“Here, we’ve really lagged behind,” she said, noting that the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer has been trying to organize a framework to help provinces set up screening programs, “but nobody has yet bitten.”

The report also notes there are pro-vincial differences in access to diagno-sis, treatment and survival outcomes. One-year survival rates vary across the country, and some of these differences may be related to medical resources. P.E.I., for instance, has a severe short-age of specialists in the area, and Al-berta has among the longest wait times for tumour-removing thoracic surgery in the country.

“Every Canadian should have ac-cess to the same level of care, no mat-

ter where you live,” said oncologist Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price, chairman of the group’s medical advisory committee.

“This means the same access to gold-standard therapies, including life-saving drugs or modern surgical and radiotherapy technologies,” he said in a statement. “The reality that there are such stark differences across different provinces should be alarming to Cana-dians. This is simply unacceptable and something we need to change.”

Despite being Canada’s deadliest cancer, there is often stigma attached to having the disease. Findings from a Lung Cancer Canada survey suggest that more than one in five Canadians feels less sympathy for people with lung cancer than those with other can-cers because of its link to smoking.

And when it comes to fundraising to support research, dollars earmarked for lung cancer represent less than one per cent of all private cancer dona-tions, and the disease accounts for just seven per cent of government funding for cancer-specific research.

Yet more than 15 per cent of people who get the disease never smoked and more than 35 per cent are ex-smokers, who in many cases quit years before their diagnosis.

“I still find that I have to justify my husband’s disease to others,” said Natalie Deschamp of Ottawa, whose spouse has lung cancer, although he never smoked and was healthy and athletic. “He was still running regu-larly when he went to the doctor for a spot at the back of his eye,” she said. “It turned out to be a secondary tu-mour from his lung cancer. That was three years ago. He was 40 and our girls were five and seven.”

By the end of 2014, an estimated 26,100 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer — 13,400 men and 12,700 women. Overall, about 20,500 will die from the disease, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Among those who succumb to the disease will be about 9,700 women; their number will exceed the rough-ly 8,000 women who will die from all the other female cancers combined — breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical.

While lung cancer incidence rates in men have been declining since the mid-1980s, the annual rate of new cas-es among women was continuing to rise until 2006.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Canadian researchers have developed a genetic test to iden-tify which men are at highest risk for recurrence of prostate cancer follow-ing localized treatment with surgery or radiation therapy.

The genetic test provides a quick and highly accurate tool to determine which men with prostate cancer would do well with only surgery or radia-tion, and those who would need addi-tional treatment — chemotherapy and hormone therapy, say the research-ers, whose findings are described in Wednesday’s online edition of the jour-nal Lancet Oncology.

“Our findings set the stage to tackle the ongoing clinical problem of under-treating men with aggressive disease that will recur in 30 per cent to 50 per cent of patients due to hidden, micro-scopic disease that is already outside the prostate gland during initial treat-ment,” said Dr. Robert Bristow, a cli-nician-scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.

“This genetic test could increase cure rates in intermediate- to high-risk men by preventing progression to this metastatic spread of prostate cancer,” said Bristow, who co-led the study with Dr. Paul Boutros, a scientist at the On-tario Institute for Cancer Research.

The predictive test analyzes biop-sy tissue taken before treatment even starts to identify abnormal genetic characteristics in the tumour and its oxygen content. Low oxygen, known as hypoxia, makes prostate cancer cells “leaner and meaner,” giving them the ability to invade blood vessels and spread throughout the body.

Together, this information can pre-dict with almost 80 per cent accuracy which men with prostate cancer are at greatest risk of their disease returning in the form of secondary tumours out-side the prostate, the study shows.

“The clinical potential is enor-mous for thousands of patients,” said Bristow. “This is personalized cancer medicine to the hilt — the ability to provide more targeted treatment to patients based on their unique cancer genetic fingerprint plus what’s going on in the cancer cell’s surrounding environment. We hope to improve cure rates by reducing the chances of the cancer recurring and prevent the cells from spreading.”

An estimated 23,600 Canadian men will be diagnosed this year with pros-tate cancer, the most common cancer diagnosed in men and the third lead-ing cause of death from cancer. About 4,000 Canadians will die from the dis-ease this year, according to Canadian Cancer Society statistics.

The researchers developed the ge-netic test with two groups of patients. In the first group, they analyzed DNA in biopsied cancer cells from 126 men who were treated with image-guided radiotherapy, monitoring them for an average of eight years. The test was

also used in a second group of 150 men whose tumours were removed surgical-ly. The study showed that the men with the best outcomes — those who had a less than seven per cent recurrence of prostate cancer at five years — had low levels of genetic changes and little hypoxia. For men with high levels of genetic changes and high hypoxia, out-comes were worse — more than half had their cancer come back.

“Within this search, we found a dis-tinct pattern of chromosome and gene changes that predicted early recur-rence of prostate cancer, for example, within two years following local treat-ment,” Bristow said in an email inter-view.

“The patients with this unique genetic signature had a 50 per cent chance of failing local treatment. These patients therefore need new in-tensified and personalized treatments to cure them. Once we validate our test, we will offer these patients novel treatments in future clinical trials.”

Men who did not have the genetic signature did well with surgery or ra-diotherapy, so treatment would not change, he said. The next step involves testing the genetic signatures of pros-tate tumours in hundreds of patients around the world over the next three years in order to validate the test as a predictive tool that could be used in the clinic. Currently, the test is in “re-search mode” only and not ready for use by doctors, Bristow said.

The research team hopes to have the test validated, approved by Health Canada and ready for use in five years, he said.

“We need to know who is at risk of having higher recurrence so we can personalize and change their treat-ment to improve the chance of cure. Without doing this, the likelihood of cure is only 50 per cent. But the test tells us who these patients are and therefore who needs intensified treat-ment. In the future, we’d love to move that cure rate from 50 per cent to 80 per cent or more with personalized treatment.”

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NEW YORK — Use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled over three years, according to a new gov-ernment report released Thursday.

In a large national survey last year, 4.5 per cent of high school stu-dents said they had used e-cigarettes in the pre-vious month. That’s up from 1.5 per cent in 2011 and 2.8 per cent in 2012.

It’s not known, though, how many were repeat-edly using e-cigarettes and how many only tried it once during that month and didn’t do it again.

E-cigarettes began to appear in the United States in late 2006, but marketing has exploded in recent years. The de-vices heat liquid nico-tine into a vapour. They are often described as a less dangerous alterna-tive to regular cigarettes, but experts say nicotine — including the nicotine in e-cigarettes — is es-pecially harmful to chil-dren. Dozens of states outlaw the sale of e-ciga-rettes to minors, and fed-eral officials have pro-posed a nationwide ban on such sales.

Provinces need screening programs to find lung cancer when most treatable: report

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Dr. Robert Bristow, part of the Canadian research team that have developed a genetic test to identify which men are at highest risk for recurrence of prostate cancer following localized treatment with surgery or radiation therapy.

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Dear Working Wise: My son is working part time while he completes Grade 12, but he’s not saving any money for college. We’ve saved some money for his education, but not enough for four years.

How can we encourage him to start saving — Anx-ious Dad

Dear Anxious: Higher education is not getting any cheaper — that’s why it’s important for your son to start thinking about how he’s going to pay for his education. Fortunately, there are a number of differ-ent ways he can help pay for his education, including savings from part-time work.

First, in addition to registered education savings plans and gifts from parents, scholarships and bursa-ries are a great source of educational funding.

Many scholarships are awarded on academic achievement while others are awarded for athletic involvement, leadership, community service, area of interest and the school you are attending. Bursaries are awards based primarily on financial need, but may also require additional criteria, such as commu-nity involvement or proven leadership skills.

There are a vast number of different awards. For more information on scholarships and bursaries, including a searchable list of awards, visit http://alis.alberta.ca/hs/fo/pay/scholarships.

Second, students can apply for government stu-

dent loans through Student Aid Alberta which can help cover basic costs of learning and living. The goals of the program are to reduce finan-cial barriers and enable ac-cess to post-secondary edu-cation. Students can apply online at www.studentaid.alberta.ca.

Third, students can work while they are in post-sec-ondary. Research shows that most students can work 10 to 15 hours per week with-out any noticeable impacts to their studies.

Working a few hours a week helps post-secondary students learn time man-agement and employability skills.

It can also save years of repaying loans for not only tuition and books, but pocket money used to buy movie tickets and pizza.

Fourth, your son might want to consider an edu-cation that allows him to earn while he learns. Ap-

prenticeships and co-op education programs allow students to earn an income for part of the year while they learn on the job. For more information on Al-berta’s 50 registered trades, visit http://tradesecrets.alberta.ca.

Finally, working part time while in high school is a fantastic way for students to help pay for their post-secondary education.

But it’s the kind of good idea that’s hard to sell un-til frosh week begins.

Discussing with your son what his education is go-ing to cost, showing him what you can contribute and what he will need to pay through scholarships, loans, working and saving might help him understand why it’s important to start saving now. Setting goals and coming up with a plan might also make university seem a little more real and get him excited about saving for post-secondary.

The Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) website has a whole section devoted to advising high school students on post-secondary costs, ways to pay, and how to manage their money at http://alis.alberta.ca.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general in-formation. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

WASHINGTON — The biggest development in the Keystone XL saga Friday wasn’t witnessed in the U.S. Congress. It was witnessed, however, by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

That’s because it happened in Myanmar.That’s where U.S. President Barack Obama made

his most critical comments ever about the pipeline, which has stagnated for six years amid legal and po-litical disputes.

A bill to approve the project made it one-third of the way to reality Friday. It easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the ninth time the Repub-lican-dominated chamber adopted such a measure. It faces a tougher test next week in the Senate, which is still controlled by Democrats until a new session begins next year.

But the final hurdle is the White House.No matter what happens, the pipeline needs the

presidential seal of approval. To cross the Canada-U.S. border and get connected to its already-built southern leg, the project needs Obama’s endorse-ment.

If lawmakers try forcing a bill on the issue, as they are now, it needs Obama’s signature to pass.

And on Friday, the U.S. president sounded like a man making the case against the project. In an ironic twist, he happened to shrug off that Canadian oil project while standing beside an honourary Cana-dian citizen.

Obama was asked about political developments back home during a joint news conference with Suu Kyi, the long-persecuted democracy activist. With his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner by his side, Obama went to war against the logic used by pipeline propo-nents.

He heaped scorn on the idea that the project will do much for Americans. He suggested that because

it doesn’t mean much to Americans on economic grounds, he’ll judge the plan on its environmental merits.

“I have to constantly push back against this idea that, somehow, the Keystone pipeline is either this massive jobs bill for the United States or is somehow lowering gas prices,” Obama said during the news conference.

“Understand what this project is: It is provid-ing the ability of Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else. It doesn’t have an impact on U.S. gas prices.”

He emphasized the words “Canada” and “their.”Some Canadians weighed in with their side of the

story:—The pipeline company trying to finish the proj-

ect pushed back. TransCanada Corp. issued a state-ment noting that it would create tens of thousands of U.S. construction jobs, pick up some oil from the Midwestern U.S., and carry its cargo through the already-completed southern portion of the pipeline to U.S. refineries in Texas.

—The federal government also challenged Obama’s facts. In a carefully worded statement, it pointed to findings from the Obama administration’s own review of the project — findings that contra-dicted him.

It cited the State Department’s conclusion that the pipeline was unlikely to be used for exports. As for the environment, that same review also found that pipeline shipments would mean lower greenhouse-gas emissions than rail.

In the long run, this week’s developments might not mean much.

Obama critical of pipeline as Congress approves it

KEYSTONE XL

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio strides from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, after the Republican-controlled House passed legislation approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The bill’s passage now sets the stage for a showdown in the Senate.

Please see KEYSTONE on Page C10

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

An invitation by Canada Revenue Agency for sug-gestions on how the federal department can reduce red tape received an enthusiastic reply in Red Deer this week.

More than 25 people braved the cold and crowded into the Red Deer and District Chamber of Com-merce office on Wednesday to discuss how the CRA can lighten the load for small and medium-sized businesses.

One of about 20 such meetings being held across Canada, the Red Deer gathering was the largest to date, said local MP Earl Dreeshen.

“They were quite happy with that,” he said, list-

ing the CRA’s assistant commissioner, its director for Southern Alberta and its senior manager in Red Deer as among the officials on hand.

They exchanged suggestions and tips with busi-ness owners, accountants and others, he said, adding that the feedback received by the CRA should help it streamline its systems.

“The online services work very well, but those that are using it all the time say there are some parts to it that are confusing.”

Dreeshen thought Red Deer was a good place for the CRA to seek input, since the city represents a di-verse range of industries and businesses.

He expects the consultation process to wrap up by

Christmas.“Then they’re going to be compiling a public re-

port to develop an action plan to further reduce the burden of red tape.”

The CRA undertook a similar exercise two years ago, with a number of procedural changes resulting. Dreeshen said this work is important because it al-lows businesses to spend more time doing what they do best.

“That’s been our initiative, as far as our red tape reduction commission is concerned, to help people navigate the system and kind of get out of their way and let them do what they need to do to be success-ful.”

BY HARLEY RICHARDSADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Home inspectors in Alberta are warning that the cost of their services could triple if proposed new standards are adopted.

Approximately 100 professional home inspec-tors met in Red Deer two weeks ago to discuss a draft standard of practice prepared by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Doug MacDonald, past-president of the Alberta branch of the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors (CAHPI) and owner of the Pillar To Post franchise in Red Deer, said he and many of his counterparts are wor-ried about the impact the new standards could have on their industry — and customers.

“It’ll impact the general public immensely.”CAHPI’s current set of standards consist of about

eight pages, said MacDonald, who has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years. Those proposed by the CSA are eight times that length, and would take much more work and time to satisfy, and mean high-er bills for clients.

CAHPI predicts that the cost of a home inspec-tion could jump from the current range of about $400 to $600, to between $1,200 and $1,800 — or more. It thinks that would prompt many homebuyers to fore-go an inspection, to their potential detriment.

“There’s going to be a certain amount that can af-ford to pay for that, and those people probably aren’t as at-risk as the ones that can’t afford it,” said Mac-Donald.

Prospective clients might also balk at the longer time period required to complete an inspection, he added.

Among the things home inspectors would be re-quired to do under the proposed new standards would be to measure the posts under a deck, said MacDonald.

“Most of the general public don’t care how big the posts are underneath their deck,” he said. “They just want to know, ‘Will the deck stand?’”

Another requirement under the CSA standards would be the completion of a report on noxious weeds on the property being inspected, said Mac-Donald.

And precise measurements of every wall would be necessary, he added.

“If this proposed standard is accepted, it could effectively cripple the industry as we know it,” said CAHPI in a release.

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ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 125.62Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.15Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.77Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.99

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MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.83Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.33First Quantum Minerals . 17.46Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.04Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.70Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.08Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.47Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.99Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.10EnergyArc Resources . . . . . . . . 27.98Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 31.12Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 59.89Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.83Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 48.77Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 40.65Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 17.34Canyon Services Group. 11.25Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.07CWC Well Services . . . 0.7200Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.21Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.03

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 95.09Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 55.08High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.01Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.95Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 54.25Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.27Penn West Energy . . . . . . 4.75Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.045Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.90Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.57Talisman Energy. . . . . . . . 6.41Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.28Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 61.59

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.19Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 68.66CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.45Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.09Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.19Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.10IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 47.80Intact Financial Corp. . . . 80.01Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.74National Bank . . . . . . . . . 54.61Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.30Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 82.21Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.16TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.06

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto

stock market closed higher Fri-day as energy stocks advanced and oil prices clawed back some of Thursday’s big loss.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 64.33 points to 14,843.1 amid a strong collection of economic data from Canada and the United States.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.78 of a cent at 88.68 cents US amid better than ex-pected readings on Canadian manufacturing and U.S. retail sales.

Statistics Canada says man-ufacturing sales rose 2.1 per cent to $53 billion in September following a sharp 3.5 per cent drop the previous month.

U.S. markets were uneven as retail sales rose 0.3 per cent last month after falling by the same amount in September. Al-so, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose 2.5 points to a reading of 89, the strongest reading since 2007.

The reaction was muted, however, with the Dow industri-als and S&P 500 near or at re-cord high levels following a short, shallow retracement last month. Analysts are looking for a cata-lyst to boost indexes further.

“I think it comes down to the same thing,” said Bob Gorman, chief portfolio strategist at TD Waterhouse.

“Growth is below average but accelerating and, as long as that continues to play out as a long recovery, then earnings will con-tinue to advance. At the end of the day, stocks are a reflection of earnings. That’s what you’re buy-ing and as long as the earnings as going up, we’re all right.”

The Dow Jones industri-als gave back 18.05 points to 17,634.74, while the Nasdaq rose 8.4 points to 4,688.54 and the S&P 500 index edged 0.49 of a point higher to 2039.82.

The TSX energy sector was ahead 1.15 per cent as the De-cember crude oil contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.61 to US$75.66 a bar-rel. The group tumbled three per cent and oil dropped $3 Thurs-day to its first close below $75 in

four years after data showed that U.S. crude supplies decreased 1.7 million barrels last week, much more than the 500,000 barrel drop that analysts had ex-pected. However, gasoline in-ventories rose by 1.8 million bar-rels against an expected 280,000 decrease.

An imbalance between sup-ply and demand has helped drive crude prices down by about 30 per cent from the highs of the summer when Iraqi oil supplies were threatened by Islamic State insurgents. Many analysts think the dive to the mid-70s won’t last and point to economic funda-mentals suggesting oil should be trading around the $90 level.

The gold sector led advanc-ers, up about 5.6 per cent as the December bullion contract gained $24.10 to US$1,185.60 an ounce. That TSX gold sector has plunged 14 per cent in the past month while bullion prices have headed steadily downward, pressured in part by a U.S. dollar that strengthened as the Federal Reserve removed its last quanti-tative easing stimulus at the end of October.

The December copper con-tract was ahead five cents at US$3.04 a pound and the base metals sector climbed 2.25 per cent.

Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ap-prove TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) Keystone XL oil pipeline Friday afternoon. A separate Senate vote is expected early next week. But the big question is whether a positive vote for the pipeline will be vetoed by President Barrack Obama. TransCanada shares were down 65 cents at $55.80.

The TSX ended the week up 152 points or one per cent, leav-ing the Toronto market up nine per cent for the year so far. The Dow inched up 61 points or 0.35 per cent.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close of

Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 14,843.10, up 64.33 points

Dow — 17,634.74, down 18.05 points

S&P 500 — 2,039.82, up 0.49 of a point

Nasdaq — 4,688.54, up 8.40 points

Currencies:Cdn — 88.68 cents US, up

0.78 of a centPound — C$1.7673, down

1.99 centsEuro — C$1.4127, down

0.69 of a centEuro — US$1.2527, up 0.48

of a cent

Oil futures:US$75.82 per barrel, up

$1.61(December contract)

Gold futures:US$1,185.60 per oz., up

$24.10(December contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$18.774 oz., up 27.1 cents$603.58 kg., up $8.71

ICE FUTURESWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov. ’14 $2.70 high-

er $442.70; Jan ’15 $3.20 higher $427.80; March ’15 $2.50 higher $431.30; May ’15 $2.00 higher $433.20; July ’15 $0.90 higher $435.40; Nov ’15 $0.30 lower $431.70; Jan. ’16 $0.30 lower $438.20; March ’16 $0.30 lower $442.80; May ’16 $0.30 lower $442.80; July ’16 $0.30 lower $442.80; Nov. ’16 $0.30 lower $442.80.

Barley (Western): Dec. ’14 $2.00 higher $160.00; March ’15 $3.00 higher $163.00; May ’15 $3.00 higher $163.00; July ’15 $3.00 higher $163.00; Oct. ’15 $3.00 higher $163.00; Dec. ’15 $3.00 higher $163.00; March ’16 $3.00 higher $163.00; May ’16 $3.00 higher $163.00; July ’16 $3.00 higher $163.00; Oct. ’16 $3.00 higher $163.00; Dec. ’16 $3.00 higher $163.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 599,440 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Bar-ley) Total: 599,440.

INSPECTIONS: Potential to hurt real estate

“It has the potential to negatively impact the real estate industry as a whole.”

Allison Hawkins, the CSA’s manag-er of corporate affairs, downplayed the potential impact of her organization’s draft standards.

“All of our standards are volun-tary,” she pointed out. “So anything that we publish, we have no mandate to require anyone to follow our stan-dards.”

MacDonald fears the Alberta gov-ernment will adopt the CSA standards and make them mandatory for home inspectors.

Hawkins said CSA standards are developed by a committee of industry experts, and usually represent the best practices for the industry. She added that proposed standards are subject to a minimum 60-day public review, the feedback from which is reviewed by the committee that developed the standards.

CAHPI is urging its members, and others in the home inspection indus-try, to express their concerns to the CSA and the province, said MacDon-ald.

Hawkins said the creation of CSA standards is usually triggered by a re-quest from within an industry or a be-lief by the CSA that formal standards would be beneficial.

“My understanding is that there’s no one particular standard for home inspectors,” she said.

MacDonald said the existing stan-dards used by CAHPI and the Interna-tional Association of Certified Home Inspectors are similar.

“They’re still in the ballpark, where this one (by the CSA) is deviating right into the parking lot of the ballpark.”

The CSA standards are well-inten-tioned, but go too far, he said.

“You’ve got to make it affordable for the public, yet give them some help in choosing a house so that they don’t end up with a white elephant.”

hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

KEYSTONE: Push unexpected

The fact that the issue popped up on the first day of congressional work after the U.S. midterms caught people off-guard. All signs had pointed to the issue resurfacing in the new year.

Two unrelated but major develop-ments have yet to occur: the comple-tion of the State Department-led review, and the swearing-in of a new Republican-dominated Congress.

At that point, Obama would either have to approve the pipeline on his own, or face consistent pressure to do so by a Republican party that has made it a top priority.

The main actor in pushing Keystone this week is Mary Landrieu, a Demo-cratic senator who is expected to lose her seat in Louisiana.

STORIES FROM C9

Cenovus gets OK from regulators for

oilsands projectCALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc.

(TSX:CVE) says it has received approv-al from Alberta regulators to proceed with its 100 per cent owned Telephone Lake thermal oilsands project north-east of Fort McMurray.

Initial production capacity at the steam-assisted gravity drainage proj-ect is for 90,000 barrels per day to be developed in two, 45,000 barrel per day phases.

Telephone Lake is expected to even-tually have total production capacity in excess of 300,000 barrels per day, with a project life of more than 40 years.

“We’re pleased to have received regulatory approval for Telephone Lake as it has the potential to be an-other cornerstone asset within our portfolio,” president and CEO Brian Ferguson said in a release issued after markets closed on Friday.

“We’re excited about the opportuni-ty that this high quality asset provides for us to create future value.”

The company said it expects to make a decision on timing of develop-ment sometime next year.

Social-irresponsibility can lead to punishment

OTTAWA — The federal govern-ment is planning to punish bad behav-iour by Canadian resource firms op-erating abroad if they break Ottawa’s new rules on corporate social respon-sibility.

International Trade Minister Ed

Fast announced Friday that Ottawa will withdraw government support from Canadian mining and energy companies that refuse to help resolve disputes with local communities. Fast said companies that do not co-operate will lose the support of Ottawa’s eco-nomic diplomacy and trade services, according to the prepared text of a speech he delivered in New Westmin-ster, B.C.

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Welcome to Canada’s messiest garage. Quite the shocker, huh?

Imagine our horror as we rolled the door to reveal a scene of benign, chaotic neglect. But of course no job is too big, no task to massive and no disaster unfixable for the reparative wands of these intrepid Scots.

And so it came to pass that our gargantuan gut-down began. A gut-down so ambitious, in fact, we needed two large dumpsters to contain, variously, three dilapidated prams, a collection of broken bi-cycles and numerous derelict lawn chairs. Oh, and not forgetting kitchen cabinetry from the year dot, a mountain of wonky shelving and enough wooden off-cuts to build a small fortress.

Anything salvageable was arranged into a separate pile and the next day our client held a yard sale and raised four hundred bucks. Thrilled to have collected (what he thought would be) useful cash to bolster his vacation fund, we intervened: “Sorry, we need those dollars in our pot to help with the project.”

Rolling of eyes ensued but we’re stubborn: after heated debate, Mexico went on a back burner and our budget-ary woes were (marginally) al-layed.

Discussions with Kevin, the master of this garage catastrophe, revealed he likes to putter, tackle odd jobs and fix things around the house. With this much clutter, however, we won-dered how he ever found space to tinker: he’d have been hard pressed to pass a screwdriver through the junk, let alone wield it, in reparative fashion, over needy household fix-ups.

But to which kind of ‘look’ did our chap aspire?In a nutshell, Kevin hoped for a clean space to

park the family car (and room sufficient to work on its maintenance) sheltered from the vagaries of the Canadian climate. Simple.

Gut downTwo dumpsters, a hoard of hefty dudes and a

whole load of heave ho.Tea break.Job done. Moving on.

Painted woodPitched garages, with their butterfly beams and

overhead timbers, benefit from a paint job to visu-ally disentangle the mess of supports and strapping.

We opted for crisp white eggshell to minimize fuss, and inhibit the reappearance of stains. When painting wood, we always recommend using under-coat: come on: don’t be a klutz — take your time.

Prep is everything.

LightingJust because a pendant is designed to hang over

a table — or centre stage in your lounge — it doesn’t mean it can’t be used elsewhere.

We found these spun metal Ikea storm lamps perfect for garage illumination and, when arranged in a neat triptych, they proffered an industrial yet

friendly aesthetic.

FlooringOur first plan, to grind and polish the original

concrete, proved expensive and our second plan was abandoned when we realized that the poured rubber compound we planned using would take days to dry.

Our solution?Big box store rubber look product — try G Floor

from Home Depot. At less than two bucks per square foot, it’s a great problem solver.

When installing this type of product, it’s essential surfaces are smooth and grit free: detritus below, when driven on from above, may create holes in the surface.

So sand and sweep before rolling out your rubber.

Open storageOpen and closed storage: factors to consider in

any garage overhaul.There’ll be items, certainly, that you’ll want to

hand but there’ll be things (chemicals and oils, etc.) that are best stashed under lock and key.

We’ll come to closed storage in a moment, but for the moment let’s talk shelving.

Structures like these bracketed wire racks allow items to be seen for easy access, while hooks and ba-tons allow garden tools to be wall mounted, avoiding trip hazards into the bargain.

CabinetryA cross between kitchen units and sports lockers,

these red-painted cupboards are a godsend.We employed a specialist supplier and fitter, but

Canadian Tire’s Mastercraft DIY range (shelves, closets, racks and rails) is a perfect mix of form and function. Our client now lives by the maxim: “A place for everything and everything in its place.”

WindowsThe existing windows were sound and needed

little more than a fine quality paint brush and some white eggshell to bring them to life.

Enhanced with metal Venetians, the resultant aesthetic is smart and business-like.

It might seem strange to lavish workshop windows in such a way, but we reckon a ‘guyrage’ deserves the same level of attention as anywhere else.

All things considered, Kevin now has an utterly tailored man zone, the reversion of which was an ab-solute pleasure: we hope the radical transformation inspires!

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, coli-nandjustin.tv.

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DESIGN

Contributed photos

After gutting down the cluttered mess, Colin and Justin were able to create a simple clean and organized space with painted cupboards, and storage space for everything the client needs. The room before is below.

A tailored A tailored ‘guyrage’‘guyrage’

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Are your windows getting wet from condensation again? Now’s the time to do something about it.

Every year at this time, outdoor temperatures begin their slow decline into winter, and every year windows across Canada start to get wet from conden-sation on interior surfaces.

The degree of wetness ranges from insignificant to downright debilitating, and understanding how to keep windows dry is a must-have skill for every Canadian hom-eowner.

Windows ‘sweat’ during winter as indoor air cools against cold window glass and loses its ability to hold mois-ture.

This excess water’s got to come out somewhere, and glass and window frames are excellent places for droplets of condensation to form.

Besides being a powerful trigger of mould growth, win-dow condensation is also a signal that your home is suffering from inadequate ventilation. If enough excess moisture is being held inside your home to cause running window conden-sation, then it’s almost certain that your household air has more contaminants than it should, too.

That’s why many Canadians need to consider intentionally ventilating their homes in some way when window condensation begins to appear. There are two ways to do it.

Drafty homes that naturally leak lots of cold air never need intentional ventilation because enough fresh air comes inside on its own.

That’s why you’ll never see window condensation in an old, cold farmhouse. But a leaky home is an expensive home to heat, and that’s why we’ve been building houses tighter and tighter for more than 40 years.

The easiest way to boost indoor air quality and reduce window condensation in a tight home is by opening windows a little and running exhaust fans more often in the bathroom and kitchen.

For every cubic foot of stale air pushed outside by fans, another cubic foot of fresh air is drawn in through windows opened a little here and there. Do this enough to reduce window condensation and you’ll be healthier for it. Healthier, but poorer, since you’ll also be losing quite a bit of heat in your quest to breathe easier.

Adding fresh air into your home from outside while also retaining most of the heat invested in the stale air before it gets sent outside is what a heat re-covery ventilator (HRV) is for.

I write about these things every year because poor indoor air quality and window condensation is the most common home situation people ask for help about during winter.

HRV technology was invented in Canada more than 30 years ago, but many Canadians still don’t know how it works or the difference HRVs make. You can learn more with my indoor air quality video tutorial at www.stevemaxwell.ca/hrv-lesson.

If you’ve had excess window condensation in past winters, chances are good that you’ve got at least a little mold around window edges right now.

Maybe a lot. Killing this mould is a good way to start the heating season because dormant mold can start growing again at lower moisture levels than would normally be required to trigger mold growth from a fresh start. Just don’t use bleach solutions for the job.

Bleach is the traditional way to kill mould, but according to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in the U.S., “the use of a bio-cide, such as chlorine bleach, is not recommended as a routine practice during mould remediation.” Besides being toxic to people, bleach can’t properly kill mould roots on porous surfaces like drywall and wood.

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Steve Maxwell has been helping people make the most of their homes since 1988. Talk to Steve directly at www.stevemaxwell.ca.

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Dear Debbie: I am setting up a home office in a corner of our living room. (We don’t use this room much except when we have friends over for dinner.)

I work mainly from my laptop and spend many hours doing research and keyboarding.

Have you any tips on how to make it practical and stylish? — Sandra

Dear Sandra: Your first priority is to create a work space that is comfort-able, and allows you to work on your laptop without causing fatigue and in-jury.

We have all jumped on the comput-er bandwagon, spending hours bent over ei-ther working or playing, check-ing Facebook and Twitter. Keeping con-nected with business asso-ciates and then f a m i l y a n d friends has be-come a real ad-diction.

T h e c h a l -l e n g e i s t o maintain the necessary ties without suffer-ing from the effects of sit-ting too long in a position that compromises our posture.

Back aches, headaches and repeti-tive stress syndrome are all too com-mon, and in severe cases cause pro-longed time off work and suffering.

So, begin by setting yourself up with the right desk, chair and light.

As a researcher, you will quickly find plenty of information on the In-ternet pertaining to products that are specifically designed to set you up in the best position.

Working on your lap is not good. I discovered a new company called Un-caged Ergonomics. www.uncagedergo-nomics.com.

They produce laptop stands that sit on your desk and can be raised and tilted to your specifications, and desk risers, stands that extend high enough for you to work standing up. (This is a good thing.)

There are foot rests, monitor risers and keyboard trays.

The most innovative solution is their Wobble Stool. These stools were designed for the sit-to-stand world and were created to keep you moving dur-ing your work day.

You can adjust the height to suit your favourite work position.

The rocking (wobbling) motion al-lows you to move from task to task by calling your muscles into play.

The stools are very portable and can also be used as bar stools, around the kitchen for prepping food and eating, anywhere you need good support.

As far as style goes, you’ll find that your friends will want to check out your new work station. If you would like to block off your work space, make or buy a room screen that can be deco-rated on one side to complement your living room décor, and painted on the work side in a colour that energizes you.

Dear Debbie: Why do they make hall cupboards so small? Have you any so-lutions for where to put the coats and other outerwear that anyone living in a four-seasons climate needs?

I have two kids and the hall is al-ways a mess, especially in the winter. — Rebecca

Dear Rebecca: This is such a com-mon problem, I agree it doesn’t make sense.

A friend of mine recently moved and came up with a solution that’s bril-liant.

There was a large closet in the liv-ing room, so that’s where the coats go. She then turned the narrow hall closet into a linen cupboard.

She removed the hanging bar, add-ed four shelves and now has a place for towels, sheets, and tablecloths.

The top shelf is perfect for sleep-ing bags, and under the bottom shelf there is room for milk crates to hold bike helmets, and other sports gear and boots.

Now the trick is to get the kids to walk that extra few yards to hang up their coats.

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clark Griswold would be proud.Thanks to advances in lighting tech-

nology, suburban dads (and moms) across the country have a lot to choose from when it comes to creative ways to deck their halls for the holidays this year.

Forget about white incandescent lights and animatronic reindeer.

Think lasers. Think smartphones. And hundreds, if not millions, of colour choices.

RGB LIGHTSSingle light bulbs that hold three

LEDs — red, green and blue — are the secret behind a new category of holi-day lights that offer up to 16 million colour combinations.

Known as RGB lights, they can be dialed up or down in a variety of ways via a smartphone app. And because their colour range is so varied, they can be kept up year-round and used for any number of holidays — Hallow-een, the Fourth of July, Easter, you name it.

Lumenplay offers the most colours by far at more than 16 million. The exotic lighting system doesn’t come cheap ($79.99 for a starter pack) and is only available in 10-foot strands. But you can string as many as 500 lights to-gether on one controller, which comes with the starter pack.

GE also offers RGB lighting technol-ogy with its new iTwinkle light sets and pre-lit Christmas trees, while Texas-based decorating firm Christmas De-cor is offering the lights as an option for holiday customers this year.

’SMART’ LIGHTSAll the talk of RGB technology

leads right into the next holiday light-ing trend this year — “smart” lights or lighting systems controlled by your smartphone.

Both the Lumenplay and iTwinkle systems are operated via apps avail-able for Apple and Android phones. With just a swipe of your screen, you can dim or brighten outdoor lights, set them to music, or choose new colours and patterns.

With iTwinkle, you can even record a greeting to play, like “Happy Holi-days” or “Merry Christmas,” spokes-woman Amanda Hayes says.

Most of these apps have a range of up to 150 feet, meaning you can con-trol the action from across the yard or while plopped on your couch watching “It’s A Wonderful Life” (or the Gris-

wolds in “National Lampoon’s Christ-mas Vacation”) for the 10th time.

“No longer do you have to venture outside to plug in your lights,” says Dave Geraci with Ohio-based Techni-cal Consumer Products.

TCP recently unveiled a smart home lighting system known as Connected by TCP, which links to a home’s Wi-Fi or mobile network and is controlled via smartphone, computer or a special re-mote.

PROJECTED LASER LIGHTS

Using small spotlights, this tech-nology projects thousands of tiny pin-points of red, green or red AND green lights onto your home or any other hard surface.

California-based BlissLights offers them for $179 or $199 each, depending on whether the lights are in motion.

To a passerby, “at first glance, they look like traditional holiday rope lights, but actually they float freely across the house’s exterior, plants and more to create a display that neigh-bours will think took hours to design and hang,” BlissLights spokeswoman Natalia Barclay says.

There are no cords or wires in-volved with the laser lights, says Nick Burks of Atlanta-based Pinnacle Light-ing Group.

“For people who live in the north-ern part of the country, it’s extremely helpful when you have to take them down and it’s zero degrees outside,” he says.

“Instead of taking a string of lights down in January, just unplug the fix-ture and put it in a box and you’re done.”

BATTERY-POWERED LIGHTS

This technology has been around a while but was mostly limited to small-er, incandescent light strands that you’d put in a window box or small porch display.

Now they come in LED strands up to 30 feet long with batteries that are much more powerful and longer-last-ing. Many feature auto-timers and but-tons that control blinking and other patterns.

At online retailer Lights.com, you can connect up to six strands of bat-tery-powered lights for a total of 600 LED lights on one battery pack, spokes-woman Aimee Majoros says.

You know what that means? 180 feet of energy-saving holiday sparkle.

Photo submitted

Set up a work station that is designed with your health in mind.

DEBBIETRAVIS

HOUSETO HOME

Design for work

New lighting tech can jazz up your holiday display

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this photo provided by Restoration Hardware, lighting is used to create atmosphere of warmth and charm so evocative of the holiday season. LED light technology has expanded the design possibilities across the home decor spectrum, and holiday decor is no exception.

WHAT’S HAPPENINGCLASSIFICATIONS

50-70

Arts &Crafts Shows 50

CARSWELL’S24th Annual Red Deer

ChristmasANTIQUE

Show & SaleNov. 15 & 16

Sat. 10-5:30, Sun. 10-4:30Westerner ParkOver 350 Tables

Carswell’s 343-1614

ANNUAL COOKIE WALKCRAFT, BAKE AND

QUILT SALE Sat. Nov. 15th

9 am - 12:30 pmMount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd. Red Deer (Across from 32nd Street Fire Hall)Cookie boxes - $7/eaEveryone welcome!

CHRISTMAS CRAFTAND BAKE SALE,

Golden Circle SeniorResource Centre,

Sat. Nov. 15 , 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 4620 47A Ave.

Handiwork, knitting and much more.

Nearly new boutique will also be open.

ComingEvents 52FREE FLU SHOTSHighland Green Value

Drug Mart 6315 Horn St.

The Farm Studio12th AnnualCHRISTMAS

ART SHOW & SALE

Saturday / SundayNov. 15 & 16

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Raku Ceramics, Watercolours,

other gift ideas.1 Mile West, 1 Mile North

from Aspelund Road & Highway 20 Intersection (approx. 8 kms. north of Sylvan Lake traffi c circle)

Watch for Signs.Call 403-748-2557

For more information.

Lost 54LOST in Eastview, Nov. 6.Orange medium hair tabby

adult cat, was wearing acollar at the time with the

name Petra. Call 403-896-8522 if found.

RED HAND BAGLost Nov. 11th behind Old Court House Professional

Centre. Please call 403-347-6567

Found 56GOLD and diamond ladies bracelet found in Bower Mall on Nov. 12. Call to identify 403-343-3502

Personals 60COCAINE ANONYMOUS

403-396-8298

CLASSIFICATIONS700-920

wegot

jobs

Caregivers/Aides 710Live in Nanny needed for 7and 1 1/2 year old must beable to commute fromsylvan lake to Red deer 403-505-9935

P/T F. caregiver wantedfor F quad. Must be reliable

and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846

Clerical 720EYEWEAR

LIQUIDATORSrequires

RECEPTIONISTMust have computer experience and be

available from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 7 pmApply in person with

resume to: 4924 59 St.Red Deer, AB.

No Phone Calls Please

Clerical 720

CASE IHEQUIPMENT DEALER

in Red Deer is hiring a F/TSERVICE WRITER.

We are looking for a motivated candidate with computer + organization

skills. The successful applicant will be customer

oriented + show strong inter-personal skills,

Service-writing experience is an asset.

Forward your resume to:Future Ag Inc.

Attn. Human ResourcesBox 489

Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1Fax to (403) 342-0396Email: hr@futureag.ca

RECEPTIONISTPOSITION AVAILABLE.

Looking for highly motivated professional individual

looking to enter theinvestment property industry.Successful Applicant will

have good computer,phone and people skills.

Sense of humor is a must.Willing to train

the right person.Please email applications

to: info@hpman.caOnly those selected for an interview will be contacted.

ComputerPersonnel 730

COMPUSOFT

ExperiencedComputer Sales

Person

Salary Position w/Benefi ts

Please submit resume IN PERSON

CompuSoft Ltd. 2067A 50 Ave.

Red Deer

No phone calls please

Farm Work 755FARM/FEEDLOT

LOOKING FOR FULL TIME/YEAR ROUND EMPLOYEE.

Employment includesAnimal Health, Farming

and Equipment Operation, and Feeding Equipment

Operation.†Must be physically fi t.†

Having a Class 3 an asset.Email: dthengs@hotmail.com

Fax 403-638-3908,or Call 403-638-4165.†

Oilfield 800

BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating

primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are

currently accepting applications for a

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard

and learn quickly. Associated industry

experience eg. instrumen-tation or facilities

construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers adiverse and challenging work environment with

competitive pay, attractive benefi ts and the ability to grow within the organiza-tion. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to

within a 20 minute commute of the work

place location (Stettler).Please Submit Resume’s

Attention HumanResources

Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com

Fax: (403) 258-3197Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1

DEX Production Testing req’s exp. day night

supervisors, assistants, and boiler hands. Must

have boilers ticket.Competitive wage & benefi t pkg. Email

resume to: offi ce@dexproduction.com or fax

403-864-8284

JOIN us at Aveda Transportation and Energy

Services as a Class 1 Bed/Texas Bed Truck Driver

We are a young, energetic company that provides

specialized transportation and rental equipment to the oil and gas industry. Please email resumes to

careers@avedaenergy.com

ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY

announcementsObituaries

MAINSSteven MichaelJuly 2, 1968 - Nov. 11, 2014It is with great sadness that we share the loss of our beloved Steven who was taken tragically in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday, November 11. Steve was the third child born to Marg and Bob Mains in Edmonton, Alberta. The family moved to Red Deer in 1971 and Steve completed all of his public schooling here at Mountview School, Eastview Junior High School and Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. He was a skilled hockey player who nurtured his talents with the Red Deer Optimist Midget Chiefs and enjoyed a long career in the AJHL with the Red Deer Rustlers and the Hobbema Hawks. Following his hockey days, he followed in his father’s footsteps and pursued his passion for aviation and all things airplanes working for Chemonics Industries in the summer and proudly earning his private pilot license when he was back home. In 1994, while working in Fort McMurray, he met and married the love of his life, Agatha Marshall. Steve and Agatha moved to Red Deer in the fall when Steve found work with Schlumberger. They fi nally settled in Sylvan Lake and enjoyed travelling to sunny destinations with family, friends and their beloved puppies. He will be lovingly remembered as a kind and gentle soul who had a magical way with animals and all the patience in the world with small children. When Steve hugged you, he pulled you into his heart. We will all miss his sweet face and the beautiful twinkle of his loving eyes. He leaves behind his wife, Agatha, his mother, Margaret, brother, Randy (Dawn, Kyle, Haylee), sister, Sandra (Shawn), numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Also mourning this loss is his sister in law, Rhona (Ken), brother in laws, Ed (Alane), Maurice, mother in law, Ann, and six nieces and nephews, Cody, Jamie, Dylan, Billy, Jake and Kennedy. He was predeceased by his father, Bob Mains and a sister, Suzanne. A Funeral will be held Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Sylvan Lake on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. As an expression of sympathy memo-rial donations may be made in Steve’s honor to the Central Animal Services (CARES).

SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES

AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the

arrangements. 403-887-2151.

Obituaries

PARDUE1936 - 2014It is with much sadness that the family of Margaret “Marge” Elaine Pardue, would like to announce that their dear mother passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at the age of 78 years. Marge is survived by son Brian Pardue; daughters Kathy (Ralph) Card, Susan (Reid) Bergman; her precious grandchildren Levi Pardue, Joel Pardue, Royden (Christina) Card, Jenny Card, Leah Bergman and Kristin Bergman. Marge was predeceased by her husband Rae on March 17, 2014. Also to cherish Marge’s memory are two brothers, a sister, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, nieces, nephews, family members and friends.

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be

so he put his arms around you and whispered, “Come to Me”

With tearful eyes we watched you

and saw you pass away and although we love you dearly we could not make you stay.

A Golden heart stopped beating

hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to

prove us he only takes the best.

A Memorial Service to celebrate Marge’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta, 10531 - Kingsway Ave., Edmonton AB T5H 4K1 or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 202, 5913 - 50 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 4C4. Condolences to Marge’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.caMEANINGFUL MEMORIALS

Funeral ServiceRed Deer 587-876-4944

Obituaries

WELLINGSharmaine 1949 - 2014Sharmaine Ray Welling of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at the age of 65 years. Sharmaine was born on September 13, 1949 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She was raised and grew up on a ranch in the Eagle Butte Area of Southern Alberta. Sharmaine attended the Hillcrest Christian College for her Grade 10. Then she went on to attend Secretarial School and eventually moved to Red Deer. Sharmaine will be deeply missed but forever cherished in the hearts of her family and dear friends. Sharmaine will be lovingly remembered by her spouse, David Vincent, son, Kurtis (Susanne) Welling of Spruce Grove, Alberta, daughter, Sheiligh Welling of Red Deer, three grandsons and brother, Raymond (Rose) Garlough of Calgary. She was predeceased by her mother, Lily Clara Garlough (nee Tinis) in 1989 at the age of 64 years and her father, Wesley Garlough in 1992 at the age of 79 years. A Celebration of Sharmaine’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Ross Helgeton offi ciating. If desired, Memorial Donations in Sharmaine’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca.

Condolences may besent or viewed at

www.parklandfuneralhome.comArrangements in care of

Maryann Hansen,Funeral Director at

PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM

6287 - 67 A Street(Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

Obituaries

WYSHYNSKIMuriel July 9, 1929 - Nov. 11, 2014. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Muriel Rae Wyshynski at the age of 85, peacefully in her sleep. Born July 9, 1929, in Oxbow, SK she is predeceased by her husband Nap, her parents Jim and Edna Workman and her brothers, John, Bill, Ray and Ken, also by several brothers and sisters-in-law. She is survived by her daughters Rae Wyshynski and Debbie Hope (Jim), her grandson Andrew Hope, many nieces and nephews and a group of close friends. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, Alberta. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 6-5015 4856, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1S9 or to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visitingwww.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted toEVENTIDE FUNERAL

CHAPEL4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

In Memoriam

POWELL, AllenJune 4, 1944 - Nov. 16, 20095 years have passed since

you left us, gone but not forgotten. Memories we still have,

and we think of you often. Love your family

Celebrations

Celebrations

90th Birthday Celebration!

Ruth MooreCome and go tea, 1-4 p.m.on Sunday, November 16th

at Sierra Grande,4805 45 Street.

No cards or gifts please.

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY To Our Beautiful Twins,

Miss you like crazy!Love Mommy Lisa, Papa Tim, Grandma Annette,

Sister Emma and Uncle ToddLove you forever!

Offi ce/Phone Hours:8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mon - Fri

Fax: 403-341-4772

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Oilfield 800LANGAN SITE

SERVICES LTD.in Ponoka county, supplies oilfi eld septic containment & disposal throughout AB.

We require Driver Operators for small vac

trucks. Oilfi eld exp. is an asset. Must have H2S, First Aid, TDG, clean

driver’s abstract & Class 5 license, drug testing. $20/ hr. to start, home every night, benefi ts. Fax resume to Chris

403-704-1127 or email: chris@

langansiteservices.com

LOCAL SERVICE CO.in Red Deer REQ’S EXP.

VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR

Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfi eld tickets.

Fax resume w/driversabstract to 403-886-4475

Oilfield 800

Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

Oilfield 800

NOW ACCEPTINGRESUMES FOR

Experienced Swampers/Exp’d.pilot car drivers

with tickets AND rig move and winch experience.

DISPATCHERKnowledge of Red Deer

and area is essential. Good verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Must have service,

rig move and permit knowledge. Busy fast paced environment .

For Red Deer area.Fax resume & abstract to

403-885-0473 email: info@trysonenergy.com No phone calls please.

Oilfield 800

NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel

Experienced Supervisors& Operators

Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@

testalta.com

RCM TRANSPORT seeks experienced

CLASS 1 FLUID DRIVERS

in Red Deer forservice work in Central

Alberta. Top wages,bonuses and benefi ts.

Excellent equipment andawesome team.

Experience is a MUST. Call 1-855-501-5100

or email info@rcmtransport.ca

Oilfield 800ZUBAR Production

Servicesis currently taking resumes

for experienced Production Testing

Personnel Email resume to:

rdzubaroffi ce@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Restaurant/Hotel 820

EAST 40TH PUBREQ’S P/T / F/T COOKApply in person with resume

3811 40th Ave.

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s

Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:

5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift

weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.20/hr. +benefi ts. Start ASAP.

Job description www.timhortons.com

Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303

QUEENS Diner in Burnt Lake Industrial Park is

looking for a full-time prep/ line cook. Great hours!

Closed by 4pm every day and closed on Sunday’s.

Please email scottnshaw@telus.net with

resume if interested or drop off at Diner (403-340-3302)

TAP HOUSE NORTH

(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK,

Bring resume to7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer

between 2-4 pm.

Oilfield 800

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Salein Classifieds

Restaurant/Hotel 820

THE OPEN RANGE SALOON in Sylvan Lake req’s Line Cooks. Full or

Part time with Food Safety. Please contact Nancy

403-887-3033 or 403-887-3465

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for

F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE:

• 2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

• 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp.• Provide references

The hourly rate will be $13.25 - $15. per hour

dependant on experience.Mail to: 2079 50 AVE.

Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4or Call 403-347-1414

or Fax to: 403-347-1161THE RUSTY PELICAN

is now accepting resumes for experiencedF/T SERVERS

Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri.

Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

THE RUSTY PELICANis now accepting resumes

for an EXPERIENCEDBARTENDER. MUST HAVE REFERENCES.

Able to work evening shift. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri.

Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Trades 850EVRAZ

Red Deer Works is now accepting applications for Journeyman Millwrights,

Electricians, and Machinists.

Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fi t,

able to work overtime and shift work.

Wages start at $40.00 per hour and offer an

excellent benefi t and pension package.

Please send resume to reddeerhr@evrazna.com

or deliver in person to 27251 391 Township RoadF/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience

needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

GOODMENROOFING LTD.

Requires

SLOPED ROOFERSLABOURERS

& FLAT ROOFERS

Valid Driver’s Licencepreferred. Fax or email

info@goodmenroofi ng.ca or (403)341-6722

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

NEWCARTis looking for a full time

Landscape Labourer,as soon as possible.

Duties will include: cutting grass, raking, litter removal, fertilizing, watering, snow clearing, operating light

and heavy duty machinery, maintaining property

maintenance equipment, general yard maintenance

etc. This position willrequire some evenings,

weekends, early mornings. 2 years experienceminimum required.

Hourly wage is $23-$25.00 depending on experience. Benefi ts available after 3 month probation period.

Please submit resumes to: resumes

@newcartcontracting.comor fax to 403-729-2396. NO phone calls please.

PAINTER F/TJoin our highly qualifi ed painting team. Serving

Central AB. Vehicle req’d.Contact Drew at CCL

403-596-1829

Oilfield 800

Professionals 810

Restaurant/Hotel 820

Professionals 810

Trades 850

HEAVEY DUTY JOURNEYMEN/APPRENTICE

SERVICE TECHNICIANS

Peterbilt Red Deer is currently seeking

Technicians for our North and South locations.

• Competitive Wages • Benefi t and RRSP

packages • In-house and out of

house training opportunities• Large new clean shop

with excellent work environment

• CAT/Cumming’s Engine experience required

• Electronic engine troubleshooting

• Long weekend every second week

• CVIP Inspection Station

If this sounds like anopportunity that interests you please e-mail your resume to: jgrove@peterbiltreddeer.com

LOSS PREVENTIONINSPECTOR

Wynward Insurance Grouphas an opening for a LossPrevention Inspector for

the territory of Central andSouthern Alberta to inspect

and evaluate physicalconditions and safety and

risk management practiceson risks we insure.

This is a full time homebased position with a

company vehicle provided. We offer a competitive

salary and benefi tspackage. A full description

of the position and ourcompany can be found on

our website, www.wynward.com.

Please apply by email tocareers@wynward.com.

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round

work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. $1 -$1.10 per

sq.ft. 403-358-8580

Truckers/Drivers 860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company

looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time,benefi ts and a bonus

program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and

comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St.

Cres. Red Deer.

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

NEED EXPERIENCEDClass 1 drivers for shortand long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call

PROMAX TRANSPORTat 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Start your career!See Help Wanted

NOW HIRINGDo you have what it takes to be a WISE Guy?

• Coil Tubing Spread Managers• Coil Tubing Spread Supervisors• Coil Tubing Operators• Boom Truck Operators

Competitive Wages and Immediate Benefi ts. Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, and a Class 1 Drivers License.

21 and 14 or 15 and 6 day rotations are offered. Wise will also provide any oilfi eld tickets needed.

For more information see:

wiseisi.comPlease Forward All Resumes to

jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions:

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OPERATOR – STETTLER, AB

We are currently looking to fill a full-time Operator position at the Stettler Service Centre. The ideal candidate will have oilfield operations experience or related experience in oilfield activities. A valid Class 5 licence is required, and a valid 5th Class Power Engineering certificate or valid Steam Ticket is considered an asset.

Successful applicants will be mechanically inclined and can troubleshoot their way through a problem. Candidates must have at least two years’ relevant work experience, and be willing to work 10-hour shifts rotating between days and nights. Additionally, they must value the importance of safety in the workplace, be hard working, and be able to work with minimal supervision. Strong communications and customer service skills are a must.

Newalta has much to offer including competitive salaries, great benefits and room for you to grow with the company. Please apply online at www.newalta.com/careers.

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Based in central Alberta, we help youth, adults, and families by providing counselling, transitional housing for youth, life skills training, and in-house treatment for mental illness. We are seeking qualifi ed, motivated individuals to fi ll the following positions.

- TEAM LEADER (Full Time)- THERAPIST (Full Time)- FUNDS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (Part Time)- YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELLORS

(Full Time)- YOUTH COUNSELLOR – Outreach Worker (Full Time)- YOUTH COUNSELLOR – Residential (Fri/Sat Overnights)- YOUTH COUNSELLORS – Residential (Relief)

Please visit our website www.vantagecommunityservices.ca

for more information.

Applicants are sincerely thanked in advance for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition closes when positions are fi lled.

Resumes can be emailed to hr@vantagecommunityservices.ca ,

faxed to (403) 346-3225,

or forwarded to:Human Resources

Vantage Community Services4920 54 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2G8 47

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Now HiringGASOLINE ALLEY

LOCATIONFULL TIME

andPART TIME

SHIFTS AVAILABLE• Very Competitive Wages• Advancement Opportunities

With medical Benefi ts • Paid training• Paid Breaks

Apply in person or send resume to:

Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.caor Fax: (403) 341-3820

HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATORWestmoreland Coal Company, Canada has a position available for a permanent, full-time Human Resources Coordinator based out of Paintearth Mine, located south of Forestburg, Alberta. Position Profi le: Reporting to the Manager, Human Resources & Safety, this position is responsible for a wide range of Human Resources & Safety activities at both Sheerness and Paintearth Mine sites. Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Payroll processing for hourly operations;• Assisting in administering the recruitment process;• Interpreting & complying with the current Collective

Bargaining Agreement;• Administering employee benefi ts & pension;• Administering employee Safety Training System;• Assisting with various office administration functions.

Qualifi cations: • The ideal candidate will possess a degree, diploma

or certifi cate in Human Resources or Business Administration with at least 3-5 years experience. Working towards a CHRP designation would be considered an asset.

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and organizational skills.

• Previous experience working in Human Resources in a unionized environment;

• Be able to work with minimal supervision and be self motivated;

• Have the ability to learn quickly, multitask and prioritize in a fast paced environment;

• Candidates must be profi cient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Westmoreland Coal Company - Canada offers a competitive compensation and benefi ts package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: November 23, 2014Please e-mail or fax your resume and cover letter to

Human Resources:E-mail: jklesse@westmoreland.com

Fax: 403.884.3001We thank all candidates for their applications, however, only those selected

for an interview will be contacted. We would kindly appreciate no phone calls.

Westmoreland Coal Company – Canada

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Announce yourSpecial Day

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014

Sales &Distributors 830

Trades 850

Truckers/Drivers 860

GARNET’SOILFIELD TRUCKING

is looking forCLASS 1 PICKER

OPERATORS,BED TRUCK DRIVERS &WINCH TRUCK DRIVERSto join our growing company.

Competitive wages and benefi ts. Must pass pre-employment substance screening. Fax or email

resumes, drivers abstract & safety tickets 403-346-8992

admin@garnetstrucking.comNo phone calls.

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START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL

CLEANING BUSINESSRevenue between

$24,000 - $120,000Initial cash required

as low as $6,000In Business for over 20 years

*Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl.*Training Incl.

*Ongoing Offi ce Support

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

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You can sell your guitar for a song...

or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Tired of Standing?Find something to sit on

in Classifieds

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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START

GED Preparation

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

• Red Deer• Rocky Mtn. House• Rimbey• Caroline• Castor• Sylvan Lake• Innisfail• Stettler• Ponoka• Lacombe

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930www.academicexpress.ca

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer

and area is essential.Verbal and written

communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax

to 403-346-0295

Dog Central is currentlylooking for an experienced

full time groomer. If youwould like to make moremoney doing a job you love this is the place for

you. We are a table rental salon so you can much more money than if you

are on commission. Please email resumes to nicolek

@telus.net or apply in person.

Hiring for busy season. Holiday-break work sched.

available for students. Flexible PT and FT sched.

with $17.25 guaranteed base pay, cust. sales/ser-

vice, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply. Visit

www.work4students.ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to secure a position. Start

dates for Nov/Dec.

Maintenance PositionVantage Community

Servicescurrently requires

someone for ongoing maintenance in multiple

locations. A general understanding of building

maintenance with an aptitude for light repairs

including wall repair, light electrical, plumbing and

moderate carpentry skills, or ability to assess the

necessity for professional contractors. Hours of work will be approx. 25-30 hrs.

per month or as job neces-sitates at a rate of $24/hr.

The position is perfect for a retired or semi-retired person.

Resumes can be emailed to hr@vantagecommunity

services.ca faxed to (403) 346-3225, or

forwarded to:Human Resources

Vantage CommunityServices

4920 54 StreetRed Deer, AB T4N 2G8

SHRUMS MEATSHIRING EXP’D.

BUTCHER, $20-$30/hr. Phone 1-403-742-1427

or fax 403-742-1429

SOURCE ADULT VIDEOrequires mature P/T help Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Fax resume to:403-346-9099 or drop off to:

3301-Gaetz Avenue

EmploymentTraining 900

SAFETY TRAINING CENTREOILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.454424 Hours

Toll Free 1.888.533.4544H2S Alive (ENFORM)First Aid/CPRConfined SpaceWHMIS & TDGGround Disturbance(ENFORM) B.O.P.D&C (LEL)

#204, 7819 - 50 Ave.(across from Totem) 27

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A5

D&C

(across from Rona North)

Trades 850

CLASSIFICATIONS1500-1990

wegot

stuff

Truckers/Drivers 860

Misc.Help 880

Clothing 1590MEN’S WINTER JACKETS

1- Marv Holland SafetyWear, XL. $40.

1 -Storm Master XL, $40.403-342-5609

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Classifieds...costs so littleSaves you so much!

Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, offi ce, well site or

storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE

Homestead FirewoodSpruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD, birch, spruce & pine. North of Costco

403-346-7178, 392-7754

LOGSSemi loads of pine, spruce,

tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health &Beauty 1700NEW LIZ AREN NY, 1 red croc. make-up bag. c/w

12 eyeshadows, 2 blush,1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. $195 value, asking $75.

Would make a great Christmas gift.403-227-2976

HouseholdAppliances 1710

STOVE, AMANA self clean, white, $100. 403-309-4518 lve. msg.

HouseholdFurnishings1720

DINING set, pine wood, 4 chairs, 38”x72” with 18”

leaf, good cond. $300. 403-346-0124

NIGHT Tables, (2) Red Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $75. ea.

403-352-8811

WANTEDAntiques, furniture and

estates. 342-2514

StereosTV's, VCRs 1730HOUSE STEREO, $140.

403-782-3847

HP Computer Monitor, $35. 403-782-3847

PSII w/10 games, $70.DS Lite w/5 games. Red.

$80. 403-782-3847

Misc. forSale 17601 CREE INDIAN SHIELD

With long human hair.$80. 403-347-7405

6 1/2’ SLIM pine Christmas tree, hinged, c/w all red or-naments, clear mini lights, rotating stand $100; corner tv stand, holds up to 42” tv, $60, 2 brass lamps, white

with green trim shades $25, men’s Windriver

heated winter boots, size 9, exc. shape $125,

403-886-2542

COMPACTOR, Kitchenaid, $20.; Shaw Satellite dish,

& 2 receivers with remotes, $150. 403-728-3485

MUST SEE: XL Blackfoot Shirld Masterpiece. Reg.

$400. A must sell @ $200.403-347-7405

SNOWBLOWERCraftsman. Excellent shape.

Call for details. Asking $675 obo. 403-309-3475

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FULL TIME SALES POSITION

One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle operations is looking for a full-time sales consultant.

Sales Experience is a requirement. Here’s what we offer:

• Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from

• Flexible Hours• Excellent Reputation• Excellent Pay Structure• Excellent Benefi t Plan

Contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview.

Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

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JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANAn opportunity exists at the Paintearth Mine, located between Halkirk & Forestburg, Alberta for a Journeyman Electrician.

Position Profi le: This position reports directly to the Maintenance Foreman. Responsibilities include industrial electrical maintenance, including PLC programming and modern drives. There will be an opportunity to work with high voltage, high power equipment.

Qualifi cations: The ideal candidate will posses a Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician Certifi cate and have industrial experience with tech cable, cable tray and PLC terminations. Experience with draglines and DC powered equipment is an asset. Troubleshooting experience with a willingness to be responsible for results is necessary.

Westmoreland Coal Company - Paintearth Mine offers a competitive compensation and benefi ts package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: November 24, 2014Please e-mail or fax your resume and cover letter to

Human Resources:E-mail: careers.PEMSHM@westmoreland.com

Fax: 403.884.3001We thank all candidates for their applications, however, only those selected

for an interview will be contacted. We would kindly appreciate no phone calls.

Westmoreland Coal Company – Paintearth Mine

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JOURNEYMAN HD MECHANIC / MILLWRIGHTAn opportunity exists at the Sheerness Mine, located south of Hanna, Alberta for a Journeyman HD Mechanic / Millwright.Position Profi le: The position reports directly to the Maintenance Foreman. Responsibilities include performing preventative maintenance and repair of draglines, off road mobile equipment and other site services.Qualifi cations: The ideal candidate will possess an Interprovincial Trade Certifi cate and have mining equipment experience. Previous experience on Caterpillar equipment and draglines are considered an asset. Troubleshooting experience with a willingness to be responsible for results is necessary. Westmoreland Coal Company - Sheerness Mine offers a competitive compensation and benefi ts package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: November 24, 2014Please e-mail or fax your resume and cover letter to

Human Resources:E-mail: careers.PEMSHM@westmoreland.com

Fax: 403.854.5204We thank all candidates for their applications, however, only those selected

for an interview will be contacted. We would kindly appreciate no phone calls.

Westmoreland Coal Company – Sheerness Mine

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Owner-Operators/LeaseOperators -All Locations

Dalmac Oilfield Services has been servicing the oil andgas industry for over 57 years.

With locations in Warburg, Edson and Fox Creek,Alberta, we have the best clients in the business anda well-run safety program. If you are an enterprisingindividual with a clean Class 1, valid oilfield tickets andWCB clearance, and a well-maintained tri or tandemtractor, please inquire via this ad and we will provideyou with further details.

Dalmac offers generous revenue potential, a contractorbenefits package, flexible rotations and pricingassistance with maintenance, and overhead costs.

Please visit www.dalmacenergy.com orinquire via tsturko@dalmac.ca for further information.

WE’RE DRIVENTO SUCCEED

TRAVEL WITH

FRONTIER“because we care”

email or fax resume to: frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999www.frontierbuslines.com

EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERSFull time and part time positions available. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends, and must have previous experience driving either motor coach or semi. Clean Class 1 or Class 2 with air.

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIREDWill consider either full or part time.   Previous motor coach repair experience preferred.

MOTOR COACH CLEANER Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work fl exible schedule.

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© 2014 Target Brands, Inc. Target and the Bullseye Design are registered trademarks of Target Brands, Inc.

target.ca/careersAPPLY TODAY

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WE COULD USE AFUN AND FRIENDLYPERSON LIKE YOU

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Target is Hiring Seasonal Merchandise Flow and Sales Floor Team Members at our Red Deer location.

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Classified does it all!The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the

community’s number-one informationcentre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source forselling items, seeking jobs, finding

housing, meeting new people and more.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 D7

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week)

As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver

newspapers and fl yers to customers or carriers.A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.Hours of shifts are morning shifts of

Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM.Saturday starting at 7 AM.

Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM.*All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

Please apply with resume to:qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com

or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

ADULT Newspaper Carriers NeededFor Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Monday through Saturday.Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

DEERPARK AREADixon Cres, Donnelly Cres,

Duston St. area$482.00/mo.

Deschner Close, Dubois Cres., Doherty Close, Duston St. and area.

$327.00/mo.Dempsey St., Dodge Ave,

Donlevy Ave area$327.00/mo.

Dowler St., Daniel Cres. Dawe Cl., Dunham Close and area

$412.00/mo.

ROSEDALE AREARamage Cres, Close

Root Close, Ralston Cres.$327.00/mo.

For More information, please callJamie 403-314-4306

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDEDFor delivery of

Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

DEER PARK AREA

Dixon Cres.$100.20/mo.

Dunning Cres, Cl., and Depalme St.plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave.

$136.24/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA

3900 & 4200 Blocks of 40A Ave. and 4000 Block of 39 St. (North side only).

$55.68/mo.

WOODLEA AREA

47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St.

$134./mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate

403-314-4306

ANDERS&

MORRISROE

Adult Newspaper Carriers NeededFor Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

6 Days a week!Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am

For More Information, Please call Prodie

Phone 403-314-4301

CARRIERS REQUIRED

To deliver theCENTRAL AB LIFE

& LACOMBE EXPRESS1 day a week in:

LACOMBEBLACKFALDS

Please call Rick for details403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDEDFor Afternoon Delivery

3 Days/Week(Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

WASKASOO43 & 44 Ave.

KENTWOODKentwood Dr & Kirton Cl.

ORIOLE PARKOliver St. & Odell Gr.

PINESPearson Cres.

ALSOPayne & Parsons Close

ALSOPiper Dr. & Pallo Cl.

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS57 & 58 Ave., 59 & 60 St.

ALSO51, 52 & 43 Ave. & Apt. Bldg. on 60 St.

For more information or to apply callJoanne

at the Red Deer Advocate403-314-4308

CARRIERS NEEDEDFOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekendsROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

Abbot Close/Allan St.Alexander Cres.

Atlee Close/Ansett CresAnquetel St./Ainge Close

Andrews CloseAlhstrom Close

Anders St./Armstrong CloseAsheley Ave/Ashley Close

Archibald Cres.

BOWER AREA

Bunn Cres.Boyce StreetBarrett DriveBaker Ave.

Brookes Cres.Baile CloseByer CloseBell Street

Broughton Cres.Beatty Cres.

INGLEWOOD AREA

Isherwood CloseInglewood DriveIsbister Close

MORRISROE AREA

Manning St./Maxwell Ave.McKinnon Cres/Munro Cres.

McCullough Cres.McDougall Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREASavoy Cres./Sydney Close

Sunnyside Cres./Sutton Close

LANCASTER AREA

Long Close

VANIER AREA

Vanier DriveVanson CloseViscount Drive

Vold Close

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

**********************TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION

DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

CARRIERS REQUIRED

To deliver theCENTRAL AB LIFE

1 day a week in:

EckvilleBowden

OldsSylvan Lake

Please call Debbie for details403-314-4307

Misc. forSale 1760EXTENDED custom tow-ing mirrors for p/u truck $60; quad cargo bag (nev-er used) $25; custom made moose leather jacket size 12 $25; 4 drawer chest (hi-boy), bevelled mirror 8 brass drawer pulls frame scallop sea shell, metal and wood castors $35 403-342-7460

HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $40;3 Clean wool accent

matching 3x5 oval carpets, $40. for all 3; David Winter

Collector’s houses in original boxes, $25/ea;

Ammo magazine clip for British Lee Enfi eld 303, $35; Upright Hoover Dirt Finder Vacuum Cleaner,self propelled, allergen

fi ltration, $50.403-352-8811

SNOWBLOWER, Poulan 30”, 291cc, electric start, used about 8 hrs. Asking

$900. 403-347-1637

STONEY INDIANMEDICINE MAN SHIELD

$75. 403-347-7405

WHITE aluminum railing (like new), new cost $1050, will take $375 Gary 403-350-9543

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

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Pets &Supplies 18102 AQUARIUMS/CRITTER

CAGE - NO LEAKS.20 gallon Hartz in box c/w

hood light. $50.5 Gallon, $20.

Or get both for $60.AQUARIUM GRAVEL

- 10 lbs (new), white, $15403-227-2976

37 TABLETS (For Dogs)225 mg with Milk Thistle. Expires 05/15. For Liver Function. Vet cost was

$106, asking $50.403-227-2976

Cats 18302 BALINESE KITTENS

1 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE3 BURMAN

$25/ea. 403-887-3649

2 KITTENS black/white to give away, Squeaky and

Tippy, very tame 403-782-3031

Dogs 1840

HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and

GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371

www.furtettishfarm.ca

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TravelPackages 1900

TRAVEL ALBERTAAlberta offers SOMETHINGfor everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

CLASSIFICATIONSFOR RENT • 3000-3200WANTED • 3250-3390

wegot

rentals

Houses/Duplexes 30202 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, partially dev. bsmt. NO PETS. Avail. Dec. 1. $1200 incl. water, garbage & sewer,

d.d. $1000. 403-346-3179

MOUNTVIEW, across from school, 4 bdrm. dbl. gar-age, + RV park, lrg. lot backs onto park, fully dev. 2 full baths, new reno’s, 4 appls., $1650 + utils. Jan.1. Call Alex 403-519-2944

ON FARM between Rocky and Red Deer on Wall St. 3 bdrm. mobile, utils. incld, $1100/mo.; older 2 bdrm. house, tenants responsible for own gas $920/mo., avail. immed. Text Brad 587-377-7000

Condos/Townhouses3030INGLEWOOD POINT 2 bdrm,2 bath condo. Heated park-ing & all utils. incl. $1450.

403-350-3722/780-479-1522

SEIBEL PROPERTYwww.seibelprperty.com

Ph: 403-304-7576or 403-347-7545

6 locations in Red Deer~ Halman Heights~ Riverfront Estates~ Westpark~ Kitson Close~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.~ Holmes St.

S.D. $1000Rent $1245 to $14453 bdrm. townhouses,

1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. N/S, no utils. incl. avail.

Dec. 1 References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK3110-47TH Avenue,

2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses,generously sized, 1 1/2

baths, fenced yards,full bsmts. 403-347-7473,

Sorry no pets.www.greatapartments.ca

ManufacturedHomes 3040 COUNTRY Mobile Home, near Bentley. $900/mo. + d.d., Call 403-748-2678.

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 3050

2 BDRMS., no pets. Avail. Jan. 1. $900./mo.

403-343-6609NORMANDEAU

2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/SQuiet adults. 403-350-1717

Suites 30602 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very

clean, quiet, Avai. Dec. 1 . $975/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111NEWLY RENOVATED 1 &2 bedroom suites availablein central location. Heat &water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer

leasing@rentmidwest.com1(888) 679-8031

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/water, 4 appls. $760 avail. Dec., 403-348-6594

Cottage/Seasonal 3070

PARK Model for rent for full season or for sale at

Sun Vista RV Resort, Arizona.403-346-7178 or 392-7754

RoommatesWanted 3080

WANTED: Responsible working M/F. N/S, utils. wifi incl. $500. 403-506-1907

RoomsFor Rent 3090 BDRM. for rent in Vanier

Woods,. $500 + dd,403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

SHARED Main fl oor in Grandview, all utils. incl.

$695. 403-318-5416

Offices 3110Main fl oor 1570 sq ft large

commercial space for lease at corner of 48 Ave and 49 St. Offi ce or retail. One of the highest traffi c counts in downtown,great

visibility just south of court-house. Available Dec

2014. To view call Darryl Sim 403-358-9003 or email

darryl@simproperties.ca

MobileLot 3190

PADS $450/mo.Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm.,2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NIKINCI, Serbia — Camouflage-clad Russian sol-diers parachute from the sky, armoured vehicles fire live rounds on an open field after being dropped from military transport jets and helicopters fire mis-siles against enemy positions.

Although the flat terrain resembles the Ukrainian war zones, this is not an armed Russian interven-tion against its neighbour. It’s the first-ever joint Serb-Russian military exercise in Serbia, the Balkan country that has been performing a delicate balanc-ing act in between its Slavic ally Russia and Western Europe, with which Belgrade wants to integrate.

The “anti-terrorist’ drill on Friday — the first such by the Russians outside the former Soviet Union — of elite Russian troops in northern Serbia, not far from NATO-member Croatia, has stirred controversy both here and abroad.

“Serbia’s government wants to try and keep every-one happy,” said prominent Balkan political analyst Tim Judah. “So, the U.S. helps finance and modern-ize Serbia’s army while now Serbian soldiers train with Russians. In normal times there would be little to say about this, but post-Crimea, these are not nor-mal times anymore.”

Although Serbian officials say they respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and do not support Russia’s annexation of Crimea, they have refused to impose sanctions against Russia like the EU and the U.S. have.

Russia and Serbia have traditionally close his-toric and cultural ties, and Moscow has backed Bel-grade’s bid to maintain its claim over Kosovo — a former Serbian province that declared indepen-dence in 2008 with the support of Washington and its allies.

The show of Russian military might in a country seeking to join the European Union comes as Rus-sia, blamed by the West for fomenting the Ukraine crisis, tries to increase the Kremlin’s presence in the Balkans.

“During our short stay in Serbia, we established the basis for expanding of our military relations,” said Russian Gen. Vladimir Shamatov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Bel-grade last month where he received a hero’s wel-come that included a Soviet-style military parade. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, arrived in Belgrade on Friday.

“Serbia says it supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine, yet it welcomes Putin with a military pa-rade and its soldiers are training with the army that annexed Crimea and is fighting in Ukraine,” Judah said.

“As the (Ukrainian) war goes on this is an increas-ingly untenable position and Serbia’s government will just annoy both Russia and its Western friends rather than being on good terms with all.”

Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic said he believes Serbian “neutrality” is tenable and defend-ed holding the drill with the Russians.

“There are no secrets about this exercise,” he said after the drills that included a mock live-ammu-nition attack against a terrorist base with armoured vehicles and about 200 troops, some deployed by Ily-ushin IL-76 transport aircraft.

“We are militarily neutral and we would like to maintain good relations with everyone, including Russia, the European Union, the United States and China,” Gasic said, adding that Serbia — which has never been part of any Russian or Western military alliance — will also hold military drills with the Americans next month in Serbia.

In Washington, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki called the military exercise regrettable.

Russian troops hold

drills in Serbia

KREMLIN SEEKS MORE INFLUENCE IN BALKANS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces drove Is-lamic State militants out of a strategic oil refinery town north of Baghdad on Friday, scoring their biggest battle-field victory since they melted away in the face of the terror group’s stunning summer offensive that captured much of northern and western Iraq.

The recapture of Beiji is the lat-est in a series of setbacks for the ji-hadi group, which has lost hundreds of fighters to airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition in a stalled advance on the Syrian town of Kobani. On Friday, ac-tivists there reported significant prog-ress by Kurdish fighters defending the town.

Iraqi security officials said govern-ment forces backed by allied militia-men took control of Beiji and also lift-ed a monthslong Islamic State siege on its refinery — Iraq’s largest. However, two military officials reached by tele-phone in Beiji late Friday said there was still some fighting going on at the refinery, but reinforcements had been sent in and Iraqi forces were poised to retake it.

The security officials said the army used loudspeakers to warn the small number of residents still holed up in-side the town to stay indoors while bomb squads cleared booby-trapped houses and detonated roadside bombs.

Also Friday, a suicide bomber tried to drive an explosive-laden bulldozer into a Beiji college used by govern-ment forces, the military officials said. The bomber was shot dead as he ap-proached the gate, but still managed to detonate his explosives, killing three soldiers and wounding seven, they said. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Beiji will now likely be a base for staging a push to take back Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit to the

south, after government forces tried to retake it earlier this year. That cam-paign stalled and the city remains in Islamic State hands.

In Syria, meanwhile, activists re-ported advances by Kurdish fighters against Islamic State militants in the strategic town of Kobani. Reached by telephone, activist Barzan Isso said the situation has improved for the town’s defenders following the recent airdrop of weapons by the United States and the arrival of heavily armed Kurdish fighters from Iraq to join the town’s defence.

“The YPG made major progress in the Mashta Nour hill that overlooks parts of the city and they were also able to cut the main road leading to Aleppo,” he told The Associated Press, using an acronym for a main Kurdish militia, the People’s Protection Units.

The fighting, he said, was now in-side Kobani’s so-called “security quar-ter,” an area that houses the town’s main police station and other local government offices. The area was cap-tured last month by the Islamic State but the Kurds have recently retaken parts of it.

The Britain-based Syrian Observa-tory for Human Rights said most of the fighting was focused on the southern and southeastern fronts, where Islamic State fighters were trying to seize back a road the Kurds recently captured, severing one of the militant group’s main supply lines.

As it struggles to maintain momen-tum on the battlefield, the militant group has redoubled efforts to present itself as a new Islamic caliphate, with plans to launch its own currency in the vast swaths of Syria and Iraq that are still under its control.

A website affiliated with the group said its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has ordered the minting of gold, silver and copper coins for a new currency. The authenticity of the posting could not be independently verified but the

website has been used in the past for Islamic State postings.

In Geneva, meanwhile, a U.N. panel investigating war crimes by the Islamic State group said Syrians and Iraqis are subjected to a “rule of terror,” with the calculated use of public brutality and indoctrination to ensure the submis-sion of communities under its control.

It said the extremists have denied food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of people and hidden fight-ers among civilians since the start of the U.S.-led air campaign.

The conclusions from the Indepen-dent International Commission of In-

quiry on Syria, a four-member panel of independent experts, are based on more than 300 interviews with people who fled or are living in Islamic State-controlled areas and on video and pho-tographic evidence.

“Those that fled consistently de-scribed being subjected to acts that terrorize and aim to silence the popu-lation,” said Brazilian diplomat Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who chairs the panel. He said whatever “services” the group provides to civilians are “always in the framework of this rule of terror,” simi-lar to criminal organizations that use such means to control populations.

Iraqi forces score major victoryDRIVE MILITANTS OUT OF KEY OIL REFINERY TOWN

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, al-Qaeda-inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq. The government forces on Friday drove Islamic State militants out from their remaining strongholds inside the oil refinery town of Beiji, two security official said, in a key victory over the terror group that has captured much of northern and western Iraq in a stunning summer offensive.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

YANGON, Myanmar — President Barack Obama mounted a warm show of support Friday for Myan-mar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, voicing opposition to a constitutional rule that’s preventing the pro-democracy icon from seeking the presidency next year. While crediting Myanmar for progress in its transition to democracy, he offered a blunt as-sessment of the distressing shortcomings that have called that transition into question.

In his joint appearance with Suu Kyi, on the back porch of her lakeside home, Obama stopped short of an explicit endorsement for her potential campaign for president. But his affection and deep admiration for Suu Kyi was clear, from his praise for her efforts to liberalize the government to the ease with which he whispered in her ear as they walked arm in arm into the home where she was once confined as a po-litical prisoner.

Although Obama was quick to caution he didn’t want to dictate how Myanmar should pick its next president, he said told President Thein Sein the night before that he saw little wisdom in a rule bar-ring the 69-year-old Suu Kyi from running next year because her children hold British citizenship.

“I don’t understand a provision that would bar somebody from running for president because of who their children are,” Obama said. “That doesn’t make much sense to me.”

Suu Kyi, a member of Parliament demure in her support for changing that provision, said it was flat-tering to have a constitution written with her in mind. But she said that wasn’t how it should be done in a democracy, urging supporters not to get too caught up in whether she wins next year’s pivotal elections.

“Of course any party wants to win the elections — I’m sure the president will tell you that,” she said with a grin. What’s more important, she said, is how you win. “

I’d rather lose than win in the wrong way.”Obama and Suu Kyi took questions from report-

ers on the final day of Obama’s visit to Myanmar, an impoverished country struggling to reinvent itself.

Obama is heavily invested in Myanmar’s progress, having made a historic trip here two years ago to sig-nal a strong U.S. commitment to democratization in the country and the broader region.

On this visit, prompted by economic summits in the capital city of Naypyitaw, Obama faced profound concerns by Myanmar’s citizens that its transition to democracy is backsliding. At a town hall meeting Friday with young Southeast Asians — itself a rarity in a country ruled by its military for half a century — Obama told an ebullient crowd their generation has more potential than any before to shape Myanmar’s society.

“The future of this region — your region — is not going to be dictated by dictator or by armies,” Obama said. “It’s going to be determined by entrepreneurs and inventors and dreamers.”

Left unaddressed by Obama during his two days in Myanmar was growing skepticism about whether Suu Kyi, his fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is willing to fight as vigorously for human rights and tolerance as she is for democratic reforms. The U.S. has deep concerns about the abuse of Rohingya Muslims, a minority group deeply disdained by most in the majority-Buddhist country, but Suu Kyi has resisted calls to speak out on their behalf.

Asked by an American journalist about the plight of the Rohingya, Suu Kyi wouldn’t even say their name. That’s a position shared by Myanmar’s govern-ment, which deems the roughly 1.3 million Rohingya to be illegal migrants from Bangladesh and says the Rohingya ethnicity does not exist.

“If you ask how do we propose to resolve all these problems of violence between communities, between ethnic groups, we’ve got to start with rule of law,” Suu Kyi said, speaking in general terms. “People who feel threatened are not going to sit down and sort out their problems.”

Obama, for his part, did use the term “Rohingya” and said discrimination against them wasn’t con-sistent with the kind of country Myanmar wants to become. “Ultimately that is destabilizing to a democ-racy,” he said.

Notably, Obama chose to hold his news confer-ence in Myanmar with Suu Kyi instead of with Thein Sein, the face of Myanmar’s mixed evolution away from autocratic rule.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, embraces and kisses Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a news conference at her home in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday.

Obama oozes support for Myanmar democracy icon

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, Nov. 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chad Kroeger, 40;

Beverly D’Angelo, 63; Kevin Eubanks, 57THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will welcome in an

almost eerie feeling, Neptune will be stationing to go direct today. Others could be in a strange mood, perhaps because they are jealous of you moving towards your goals. You will sense that what people are saying to you is not exactly what they are thinking. This will create some con-fusion for you. Trust your own instincts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birth-day, this year will promise to be a year when you can and will heavily rely on your gut instincts. There will be a lot of advancement made for you on a professional level. This will contribute to your change in appearance or simply how you come across to others. Not only that, there will be breakthroughs with creative projects and children this year!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Clarity will soon be yours, but first you will have to con-tend with the confusion of the transition of Neptune. It is true that your intuition has been spot on for most of this summer, as you learnt how and what that actually meant to you. At last, full inspiration is returning!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For some time, you have been looking for friends, want-ing to be part of a group, or searching for humanitarian causes to support. Today, that energy starts to switch. You might be looked at funny, but you are taking action to improve your future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today is the day to mark down in your calendar. This is the start day when your career, mari-tal status, and public life just became clearer. It is the start of breakthroughs! You are feeling pumped to organize, be of service, and get everything properly allocated today.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will be more able to discern what is true and what is false today. This might raise some eyebrows amongst romantic interests, or simply those you are sharing the information with. They might understand that you are correct, but will not know how you know the infor-mation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will start to have clear vision about your savings or those close individuals in your life, ei-ther business or your spouse. There is a sense that you will understand the truth of their true nature, this can be either good or bad. More self-realization will come up too.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): After a long period of time when others in your life were either missing in action or simply had something pull them away from you, they will now come back in your life. You will start to see them for who they are, but that can simply mean that you are seeing them more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It will almost feel like your daily life will take on a standstill pause today. You will be able to

properly sort out some feelings. This will leave you, well, pausing and in reflection mode. Trust what you are feeling, your instincts are very much on cue today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today will leave you feeling a little spooked out. Your friends might say one thing, but you can sense they mean another. It could be that what is being shared hits a little too close for comfort. Trust your instincts today and allow for creative breakthroughs to happen as well!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After a long period of time with you not seeing family or dealing with confusion amongst them, that energy will shift for the better. Break-throughs will likely happen and more understanding will be

shared generally. Trust your instincts implicitly today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your under-

standing of your natural gut instincts will have you surprised today. You can only learn through experi-ence, so now is the best time to trust them. Also, knowledge that you learn will open up your future in ways that you didn’t know possible!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The thing that you value the most is something we all search for in another being. You will now have that knowledge reflected back to you, as you find the ideal individual to reflect this harmony with. Healing of past wounds will begin soon.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): With Neptune sta-tioning to go direct in your own sign today, you will be more able to let go of things that no longer serve you. You will also come across in a clearer and direct manner. Do start to have more faith; your per-sonal dreams are in the process of manifesting now!

Sunday, Nov. 16 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Maggie Gyllen-

haal, 37; Diana Krall, 50; Dean Mcdermott, 48THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will welcome in a sense

of mystery. You will finally understand the truth about the changes that have been asked of you. You’ll be excellent at organizing your day. There will be a lot of social interactions that will need to be incorporated into your daily plans. Stand your ground if needed, and don’t let others deter you from your goals now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to be one where you will be able to make advance-ments in your career. Your health and vitality will definitely be something that is on your mind. Much action can be taken, if you take every opportunity to learn more about those areas of life. The more balanced and organized you are, the better able you will be to succeed with all your dreams!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The more organized you are today, the better able you are to see those changes within your professional life now. Yes, there might be some fears popping up — let them go, focus on what you want to see happen for you. It will work out fine and create solid advance-ments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will find it deeply reward-ing to focus on organizing your steps forward today. There will be an opportunity to advance through learning more. Take

every opportunity to delve a bit deeper into all subject matters. Others in your life will help you out today!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Those at work will truly help you out in a very profound way today. Allow for them to help, take that opportunity as soon as it is suggested. You will be able to clear your desk more quickly and they will help you sort out the details that have been plaguing you for some time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Others in your life will stand their ground today. You will have to be more organized and help them out a little more. Do not be so focused on your own spotlight now. Share the workload and it will create closer bonds with you and them today. Take every opportunity to help out.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today, you will solve some riddle that has been on your mind for some time. There is a sense that those you interact with daily will share some news that will help you re-discover yourself and your personal needs once again. Stand in your truth today!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today you will be a beacon of light for many. Allow for fun interactions to occur with others today. Through these social and enjoyable times, much will be revealed and understood. You will see that you are speak-ing the truth and more wisdom will come to light.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is a great opportunity for you to feel closer with others, and share time with those you strongly feel infinity to. Take the time to properly sort out your finances and all good things will come to you. Soon you will be rewarded for you efforts, so keep going!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is such a great oppor-tunity provided to you today to improve on your health and to bring about change within your community. There is a sense that you will teeter with grabbing that opportunity. Don’t take that chance to share your truth with all now!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are feeling em-powered and positive internal dialogue will get your even further. Try a mantra today, directed towards increasing your confidence with positive intentions. You can go anywhere now. Take the opportunity and time to focus on yourself and heal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The best way to accom-plishing the goals you have set out for yourself today is to get properly organized. Friends or co-workers will offer you an op-portunity that might seem like hard work. Say “yes” — it will be just what you need to help you along!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today will be a pivotal day for you to clearly understand exactly what you want your next step to be. A deeper understanding of your mother will also emerge. This will help you stand your ground, as you accept the challenges of life with a new found strength.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Friends will offer you the ability to stand up for yourself and your beliefs now. It seems that they will back you. You will be more able to share your wisdom and knowledge with groups and with the public. Use your wisdom — clarity and truth are pouring out of every facet!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated as-trologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Ad-vocate.

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Oldest sister frustrated from lack of help caring for parentsDear Annie: I am 41 years old, the youngest of

three daughters. I am also the only caretaker for our parents and am growing increasingly frustrated by the lack of assistance from my sisters. I cook, clean, do repairs, handle bills and cover all the transporta-tion.

I am underemployed, unmarried and uninvolved in any activity beyond the care of my 80-year-old parents. I contrib-ute 100 percent of my income to keep us afloat, but we are having a hard time. I have no retirement and no savings. A recent illness put me out of work for sev-eral months, and my mother had to beg for a loan of $500 from each sister. I am still paying these loans back.

My sisters are married and financially well off. One lives three hours away, and the other six. Neither makes an effort to keep updated on my parents, and they never visit unless I put out a big spread of food. They know my parents have a lot of debt, but their solutions are for me to find some magical government as-sistance program. Unfortunately, they are above the income levels for that kind of help.

My sisters say if they help our parents, they will be supporting me, as well, and they tell me to get

a full-time job. But that means no one will care for Mom and Dad. How can I make them see I am doing all I can, but they need to do their share? — Taking Care of Everything in Iowa

Dear Iowa: Your sisters sound oblivious to the amount of care your parents require and unwilling to step up. Nonetheless, it helps no one for you to put your life on hold as a caregiver when all of you are drowning in debt. Call the Eldercare Locator (elder-care.gov) at 1-800-677-1116 to find out what resources are available in your area. And frankly, as your parents require more care, they should look into selling their home and moving into an assisted living resi-dence.

Meanwhile, ask your siblings whether they would hire a full-time caregiver if you agreed to find a full-time job.

Dear Annie: After reading another com-plaint about thank-you notes, I’m wonder-ing whether you should do a poll to find out how the majority of people feel.

I give gifts because it gives me pleasure. I don’t expect a handwritten thank-you note. A quick “thank you” in person, a text, an email or even a Fa-cebook message works just fine.

I always acknowledge and show my appreciation

for the gifts I receive, but I never write thank-you notes. If anyone is upset because they don’t get one, I prefer they stop giving me gifts. — S.

Dear S.: But, honey, you ARE writing thank-you notes. You simply aren’t doing them in the tradi-tional way. The point of a thank-you note is to (a) acknowledge that a gift was received, and (b) thank the giver. While some people are adamant about handwritten notes, most folks would be happy to re-ceive a text, email or Facebook message. Those who refuse to let someone know their gift was received and appreciated — in any format — are simply in-considerate.

Dear Annie: This is about “Free but Confused,” whose father has disowned him now that he’s come out.

When my son was 35, he revealed to us that he is gay. I became upset and depressed. I went to coun-seling and read books, but couldn’t understand why I felt so miserable. I never had any prejudice toward gay people. Finally, one friend said, “You thought you knew him.” That was it. And that knowledge is what helped me. — A Mother

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