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Egyptian militants strike back

A string of attacks killed nine members of Egypt’s security and military forces Monday.

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Ward or at-large?BY CRYSTAL RHYNO

ADVOCATE STAFF

Information on how Red Deerians could choose their future elected councils drew about 60 residents

to a panel discussion in Red Deer on Monday. Political scientist Duane Bratt, blogger Dave

Cournoyer and former Red Deer city councillor Lar-ry Pimm outlined the pros and cons of at-large and ward systems of representation.

In Red Deer, councillors are currently elected in an at-large system where the politicians represent

the entire city. But on the Oct. 21 civic ballot, electors will answer

the non-binding plebiscite, Do you want the City of Red Deer divided into wards?

DON’T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY GO TO WASTE

Thousands spent on partisan

Tory eventsBY PAUL COWLEY

ADVOCATE STAFF

The County of Stettler spent $6,540 in violation of election financing rules on partisan Tory events over nearly a decade, according to an internal investiga-tion.

The municipality went back through its books last month after Wildrose Party justice critic Shayne Sas-kiw called for an Elections Alberta investigation of the county for possible rules violations.

It was alleged that documents provided under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act suggested county staffers may have done work for the Progressive Conservative Party on county time.

In one case, an email was sent drawing attention to a Facebook page by then-local MLA Jack Hayden. In another incident, it was alleged a county worker put up election signs for the Tories while on the job.

“There was no evidence to suggest that either of those activities have or are currently taking place,” says county chief administrative officer Tim Fox in a statement issued on Friday.

In reviewing documents dating back nearly a de-cade, the county did find that $3,440 was paid out to councillors to attend “politically associated” events and another $3,100 was reimbursed to staff.

Reeve Wayne Nixon said the practice was stopped when the last council came to power in 2010.

Nixon said at the time the political events were seen as useful opportunities to press government leaders for funding and other issues of local con-cern.

“We just looked at it as the cost of doing business at that time,” he said, noting the county depends on government grants for many of its projects.

The amount of money doled out is small consider-ing hiring a lobbyist would have cost in the tens of thousands, he said.

Nixon said county politicians and staffers are free to continue to attend party events, but now they pay their own way.

“In the long run it leads to less confusion and less finger pointing.”

Nixon remains frustrated by the amount of time and effort that went into what he calls little more than a “witch hunt” by the Wild Rose Party.

He sent letters to local MLA Rick Strankman and Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith calling the freedom of information requests a “waste of time” and they would better serve constituents by doing something constructive.

Strankman and Saskiw could not be reached for comment on Monday.

The use of municipal dollars for attending politi-cal party events has come up before around Alberta.

In February, the towns of Rimbey and Sylvan Lake were been identified as making illegal campaign do-nations in a report posted by Elections Alberta.

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Olds College introduces course in which iPad is mandatory

BY HARLEY RICHARDSADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Some educational institutions frown on the use of tablet computers.

At Olds College, it’s now mandatory for most stu-dents.

The college has introduced an entrepreneurship course that can only be completed using an iPad. Not only that, it’s in the form of a game that challenges players to operate and grow a lemonade stand busi-ness.

“It will take then anywhere from 30 to 40 hours to complete it, like it would a normal course,” said Jason Dewling, Olds College’s vice-president of aca-demic and research.

Players progress through 12 modules, making fi-nancial decisions, improving the efficiency of their operation and applying marketing strategies along the way. New activities and business concepts are unlocked as they advance.

Called Spirit of Entrepreneurship, the iPad app must be completed by students enrolled in programs that run for 16 weeks or more. And it could foreshad-ow a shift in the way curriculum is delivered at Olds College.

“In the U.S. right now, 99 per cent of boys and 94 per cent of girls under the age of 18 play at least eight hours a week of games,” pointed out Dewling.

“We believe that to engage this generation, it would just be an amazing opportunity if we could find the right partnership with a gamer and whatnot to get the curriculum embedded in ‘gamification.’”

In the case of Spirit of Entrepreneurship, Olds

College partnered with GoForth Institute, which spe-cializes in web-based small business training; and Robots and Pencils Inc., a world-class app-designer. It also boosted the campus’s Internet connectivity from 40 to 1,000 megabits.

“We have more bandwidth per student here than anywhere in Canada,” said Dewling, adding that the Wi-Fi zone covers virtually every building.

The college chose Apple iPads as the platform for this electronic initiative after assessing the alterna-tives. But it caught the eye of Apple Inc. long before that.

“We had made a decision internally to commit to this entrepreneurship game before we even made a commitment to go to the iPad one-to-one environ-ment,” said Dewling.

“Apple came to us and said, ‘This is two years ahead of anything that’s out there. We’d like to find a way to work with you.’”

Other post-secondary institutions are also show-ing interest.

“The top guy at Harvard, related to educational technology, he’s got a licence to the game as well, and has actually downloaded it.”

Recent presentations by Dewling in Chicago and Boston attracted queries from more than a dozen post-secondary institutions, as far away as New Zea-land. He’s scheduled to speak at upcoming educa-tional technology conferences in Cyprus and On-tario, sharing the stage at the latter with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

“So that’s the level that this is getting attention — and we’re not out pushing it.”

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Taking advantage of this week’s free yard waste drop off at the City of Red Deer waste management facility, Dan Boucher, left, and Ike Martens pull a load of branches out of Martens’ truck. City residents have until Saturday Oct. 12, to take their yard waste to the landfill and drop it off at no charge. Waste, including grass clippings, leaves, garden materials and tree branches, will be recycled by the city and given new life as compost and wood chips.

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REPRESENTATION: What’s best for a city of this size?

In a ward system, councillors would only repre-sent a certain area of the city.

Alberta’s two largest cities –– Calgary and Edmon-ton –– elect officials using ward systems.

“It’s really about representation,” argued Bratt. “When a city gets to a certain size is it ungovernable without a ward system?”

Bratt said a city with a population of 100,000 could go one way or another. He said there are strong argu-ments either way.

“You’re right at the cusp, but one thing I did predict and one thing I maintain, if it is voted down now and the population continues to increase, this will continue to come back,” said Bratt. “Whether it is four years, eight years, 12 years, there will be a ward system in Red Deer. The question is at what point. What is the threshold? Is it 100,00 people? Is it 130,000 people?”

Cournoyer, an Edmonton-based political blogger, agreed the question for Red Deer is whether a ward system is merited for 100,000 residents or 200,000. He noted Edmonton moved to a ward system when its population reached around 300,000.

Some of the arguments for moving to a ward sys-tem include having strong advocates for an area; closer relationships with the councillors and more citizen participation in the community.

On the flip side, the needs of the entire city may be ignored, said Pimm, a councillor for 24 years. He said some day Red Deer will reach the size where a ward or hybrid system would be worth exploring but not today.

“For me, I want to be able to vote for the eight best candidates,” said Pimm. “And in a ward system I could only vote for two. I don’t want that right taken away.”

Pimm said the councillors in an at-large system would make whole city decisions with a whole city approach. He said there would be less conflict on council and a better field of councillors.

Bratt noted council spending tends to be higher in a city with a ward system. Bratt said one system or the other would not bring in stronger candidates.

Drawing the boundaries is one of the challenges for moving to a ward system, added Cournoyer.

“There are some communities with common interests,” said Cournoyer. “People with the same demographics. Where do you draw the boundaries? Do you use the geographic boundaries like rivers or freeways or highways or simple neighbourhood streets. There’s no easy answers. There are people who are going to be unhappy because they are in a certain ward. When you draw a map you have to put the lines somewhere.”

See Saturday’s Advocate for more on the ward and at-large systems of representation.

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INVESTIGATION: Found 45 cases of illegalcontributions

Sylvan Lake was singled out in the report posted on Friday for making a direct contribution of $640 to the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Progressive Conservative Constituency Association by waiving a rental fee for a party event.

Elections Alberta issued a $160 administrative penalty against the town and the constituency asso-ciation was ordered to repay the $640.

The donation was made in error, the town said.In Rimbey’s case, indirect contributions of $850

were made when two tickets to the premier’s fund-raising dinner in Edmonton were reimbursed in May 2010. Under Elections Alberta rules, any reimburse-ment over $25 is considered an indirect contribution.

Rimbey had earlier refunded money that was re-imbursed to members of council and staff for attend-ing Tory events. The payouts had been an oversight, the town said.

A $212.50 administrative penalty was issued to the town and the Progressive Conservative Party was or-dered to return the contribution.

In all, chief electoral officer Brian Fjeldheim’s investigation uncovered 45 cases of illegal contribu-tions, all involving either the Tory party or one of its constituency associations.

Total donations were more than $20,000, with the largest contribution coming from the Town of Oko-toks at $2,550.

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COURSE: Going digitalIn addition to gamifying some of its curriculum,

Olds College is working towards converting other

courses into information apps.“You can’t gamify everything,” explained Dewl-

ing. “But you can certainly take your resources in all your courses and digitize it.”

That would allow students to download the entire content of a course onto their iPads, eliminating the need for textbooks and opening the door to interac-tive elements like embedded videos and audio clips. In the classroom, content from individual tablets could be streamed onto Apple TVs, said Dewling.

“So right in the middle of class, students can throw what they have on their iPad right up onto the screen.”

Olds College has even secured copyright protec-tion in Canada and the United States for the terms “appify” and “appified.”

The college and its development partners have in-vested about $2 million into its gamification project to date, said Dewling, which reflects the depth of the work being done.

“This is not a lightweight, Angry Birds-type of engagement. There’s deep integration with the cur-riculum and the game.”

The appeal of gamified curriculum among stu-dents is evident from the fact that the most popular time to play Spirit of Entrepreneurship has been be-tween 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.

“So the time when they could be doing anything, they’re choosing to be in this,” said Dewling. “I promise you, they’re not reading a calculus textbook at that time of night.

“We believe we’re on the front end of something special,” he added. “We’re going to measure and evaluate how this goes, and we’re going to continue to press forward.”

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Some 700 students at Olds College are using iPads for their studies, including for a mandatory entrepreneurial game called Spirit of Entrepreneurship.

Protests mark anniversary of landmark documentBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Groups affiliated with the Idle No More movement held protests across Canada and in parts of the United States on Monday as an impor-tant document for aboriginal land claims and self-government marked its 250th anniversary.

“We have chosen this day, the 250-year anniver-sary of the British Royal Proclamation,” Clayton Thomas-Muller, one of the leaders of the Idle No More movement, said in a statement.

“We are using this founding document of this country and its anniversary to usher in a new era of reconciliation of Canada’s shameful colonial history, to turn around centuries of neglect and abuse of our sacred and diverse nations.”

The 1763 proclamation set rules for European settlement in North America, recognized First Na-tions’ land rights and laid out the groundwork for the treaty process.

Idle No More organizers said more than 50 events

were taking place in Canada, the U.S. and in other countries. One of the largest was at the B.C. legisla-ture over proposed pipeline projects.

In Victoria, 250 people gathered outside the leg-islature to show their support in the fight against climate change and what they described as Canada’s plans to expand the energy industry at the expense of the climate.

Protesters carried a long, black pipeline mock-up that stretched across the building’s front steps, the slogan “Pipelines, Gateway to Climate Disaster” written across the side. Others toted placards that read, “B.C., Not a Carbon Corridor.”

Eugene Boulanger, 26, from the Northwest Ter-ritories, said Canada’s politicians need to know that Canadians of all stripes are concerned about climate change and the impact of resource development on First Nations rights.

“I wish our elected leadership in this country could use their imaginations and that they could provide us with other options besides tar sands and pipelines,” Boulanger said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. David Johnston all released state-ments about significance of the proclamation.

In Ottawa, the head of Canada’s largest aboriginal group said the anniversary should be the catalyst for action on a number of fronts.

“Two-hundred and fifty years, we still, with every government — including this one — are saying that the time for First Nations to help drive a future must be led by them,” said Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

“Not just on land. On education, in child welfare, in all aspects of our lives. So it is an important mo-ment. What’s even more important than the words that we’re hearing, including the words that go back to the 2008 apology, (is) it’s time for action.”

BRITISH ROYAL PROCLAMATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

LETHBRIDGE — Police are warn-ing that a violent, high-risk offender may be in southern Alberta.

Michael Sean Stanley, who is 48, has been the subject of a multi-province search.

Stanley, who has a long history of sexual offences against woman and children, cut off his electronic moni-toring bracelet on Oct. 1 in Lloydmin-ster.

Police say Stanley has family ties in Lethbridge, and earlier Monday, Stan-ley’s vehicle, a purple Chevrolet Blaz-er, was seized from a west-side home.

Lethbridge police say they have confirmed that Stanley was in the city on Friday, but they don’t know where he is now.

Police are warning the public that he may be in the area and to call them if they see him.

“Mr. Stanley poses a significant risk to the community and we are advis-ing everyone to be vigilant about their safety, but not to take any vigilante ac-tion,” Lethbridge police said in a news release Monday afternoon.

Stanley is described as about five feet, nine inches tall, 190 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Last week, schools in several west-central Saskatchewan communities locked their doors and kept children inside after Mounties got multiple, un-confirmed sightings of the Edmonton man.

Schools in Lloydminster, Kinders-

ley, Coleville, Eston, Marengo, Eato-nia and Plenty went into what police called “hold and secure” mode, which meant children were locked in the building during the day and parents had to pick up their kids when classes ended.

Mounties also said there was a pos-sible sighting of Stanley in Rosetown.

Over the weekend, Saskatchewan RCMP say they got more than 25 re-ports of possible sightings of Stanley from across the province.

The sightings were of the purple Blazer or of someone resembling Stanley. Police said none of the sight-ings has been confirmed and several proved to be false.

Mounties say a school in Beechy, Sask., was in hold and secure mode Monday due to a possible sighting of Stanley on Friday near the small com-munity.

Stanley is on Alberta’s high-risk offender list. He was released from jail in April 2011 after completing a 32-month sentence for assault and forc-ible confinement, according to Edmon-ton police at the time.

That advisory said Stanley is con-sidered by police to be “an untreated violent and sexual offender who poses a risk of significant harm to the com-munity.”

Stanley was being monitored by po-lice under a peace bond, which au-thorities can get to impose conditions on individuals in the community.

His peace bond has 20 conditions, including that he stay away from chil-dren.

Dad changes plea to guilty in death of his son


CALGARY — A Calgary father charged with manslaughter in the death of his two-month-old son has changed his plea to guilty.

Bryson Dorey-Fox was taken to Al-berta’s Children’s Hospital in August 2009 and died two days later.

Jamie Dorey, the baby’s father, was the only person home at the time of the incident and was charged with man-slaughter.

In a 2009 interview with police, Do-rey acted out what happened that day and claimed that the family dog must have knocked the baby off the couch.

An agreed statement of facts says Dorey admits the baby’s head struck a sharp corner of an object in the home.

Dorey has been released and will return to court for sentencing in Janu-ary.

Ontario man wanted for attempted murder arrested

SHERWOOD PARK — An Ontario man wanted by police in the Toronto area has been arrested in Alberta.

Mounties say they were told that a man living in Sherwood Park on the eastern boundary of Edmonton was wanted by Peel Regional Police for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Travis Walker, who is 26, was arrest-ed last week at business in Edmonton.

He was remanded in custody and is scheduled to be returned to Ontario to answer to the charges.

It’s not known when Walker will be brought back to Ontario.

Sentence in death of foster child increased

EDMONTON — The Alberta Court of Appeal has increased the sentence handed to an Edmonton woman con-victed in the death of her three-year-old foster child.

Lily Choy was sentenced in 2011 to six years in prison after she was found guilty of manslaughter for a second time.

In a ruling Monday the appeal court increased that by two years for a total of eight years, minus time served.

The boy died on Jan. 27, 2007, af-ter his head hit a toilet and doctors couldn’t control the swelling in his brain.

The Crown had argued that the boy’s death was a case of “near mur-der”, and that the trial judge made a mistake when determining the original sentence.

The appeal court did not agree the case was “near murder”, but ruled the original six year sentence was not harsh enough.

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A tentative deal has been reached to end a strike by more than 8,000 work-ers at Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L:) Real Canadian Superstore and Real Canadian Liquorstore locations in Al-berta.

The two sides said the deal was reached in the early hours Monday morning.

Union members are expected to vote on it today.

Leaders of UFCW Canada Local 401 said they will recommend approval of the proposed new contract.

“The new agreement will present employees with a number of signifi-cant improvements over and above the company’s last offer,” the union said in

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C E N T R A L A L B E R T A ’ SD A I L Y N E W S P A P E R

It certainly looks like Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper has pulled out a plum with the announced $36-bil-lion investment by Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned energy company that bought Alberta-based Progress Energy Inc. last year.

W e r e a l l y won’t know the full outcome for 30 years, the time frame of the deal Harper sealed with a public hand-shake on Sun-day with his counterpart, Prime Minister Mohd Na-jib.

But we do know a liquefied natural gas pipeline to the B.C. coast is high on their list. The price tag on that? A reported $19 billion.

By now, foreign government own-ership stakes in Canada’s energy in-dustry match, outstrip (or are part of) all but the largest of the international conglomerates that mine, refine and ship our energy resources.

But we generally don’t approve of government-run energy firms. At least,

when it’s our government investing.Alberta’s oilsands, conventional

crude, natural gas and coal make up the largest non-government-controlled energy reserves in the world. No other country on Earth has resources even remotely close to ours (without the states where these resources are found nationalizing their development).

A quick top-of-memory list of for-eign state-owned companies in our oil-patch includes Norway, France, Great Britain, The Netherlands and China. That’s just the short list.

Why are foreign state-owned ener-gy firms invited — courted, even — to buy in to our provincial resources with promises of long-term profits for their citizens, when our own citizens appar-ently do not get such access?

It was not always thus. I was in uni-versity during the Arab oil embargo crisis of 1973. The sudden spike in oil prices and the prospect of supply shortages had governments around the world worried.

Canada recognized we had a lot of reserves, but it was thought the easiest pools of oil and gas had already been discovered and claimed. The next gen-eration of development would not be done solely by Calgary mavericks set-ting up exploration companies on a shoestring and then selling out to the big guys as soon as they hit a gusher.

Deep, tight reserves and oil chemi-

cally tied up to clay and sand needed the kinds of capital that only govern-ments can rally.

Pierre Trudeau had a minority fed-eral Liberal government then, with the NDP holding the balance of power, and Canadian people were genuinely worried over the cost of filling up their mighty V-8 cars with leaded gas every couple hundred kilometres.

So, with $1.5-billion startup, Pet-ro-Canada was begun, and it quickly swallowed the stakes the feds held in Panarctic Oil, Syncrude, Atlantic Rich-field, Pacific Petroleums, Petrofina and all the service stations owned by BP Canada.

Out West, Petro-Canada was wide-ly hated, although company ran until 2009, when it was all sold to Suncor. And now we like them.

Alberta had its own energy com-pany once, too. In 1973, 60,000 applica-tions were selected to buy shares in the province’s newly-formed Alberta Energy Corp.

I was a student member of the legis-lative press gallery back then, and the talk among the reporters upstairs dur-ing question period was whether it was ethical for an ink-stained wretch to get in on the action.

I remember just wishing I had $100 that wasn’t already allocated to rent or food, never mind buying shares at $10 a pop.

Only seven years’ worth of dividends and growth later, when Alberta Energy got its three-for-one stock split, I re-member regretting my need for food.

In 1993, Ralph Klein divested the province from Alberta Energy, and in 2002 a new company called Encana took the whole thing over in a merger.

Strange, eh? A state energy com-pany started by Peter Lougheed goes public as soon as it gets really suc-cessful. And ultimately it will could be taken over by a communist Chinese state-owned Petro China.

Harper says (some of the time) that he’s against the state-owned compa-nies of foreign governments holding too significant a share in our strategic resources. Except when he’s not.

But it sort of looks like that horse left the barn a long time ago. And then we sold the barn.

For governments and their people, the upside in direct ownership of en-ergy resource development is huge. Energy supply stability, and the profits to be made supplying it, are vital to a nation’s security, and to world peace.

But for reasons Canadians probably can’t even explain to themselves ra-tionally, we don’t believe in it for our-selves.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate edi-tor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate.blogspot.ca or email [email protected].

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Don’t discount value of Red Deer FirstRe: a by Mary-Ann Barr published on Sept. 24 in

the Advocate (On your mark, get set, go):The presumption that the candidates who will run

under the Red Deer First banner won’t represent the varied interests of voters is without substance. Just because they appear to be of a more fiscally conservative bent doesn’t necessarily mean that they will disregard voters’ concerns on other non-fiscal topics or will not vote against resolutions that other group members want to implement.

The implementation of a ward system will allow voters to concentrate on their representative, who in turn will be more attuned to their needs.

Such groupings of candidates are not uncom-mon in other cities and simply represent people who align themselves with specific ideals and goals. These groups are no different in their objectives than those who belong to the mainstream parties such as the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP, which have agreed-upon specific platforms designed to ap-peal to the largest number of voters.

In fact, the relatively few number of politicians running independently and successfully at the pro-vincial and federal levels speaks volumes for the high success rates of party-oriented candidates.

Western nations have endured years of stagnant growth following the 2008-09 recession despite cen-tral bank injections of trillions of dollars for bail-outs and stimulus measures and despite short-term interest rates kept at near zero levels. Cities such as Stockton, Calif., and Detroit, Mich., were forced into bankruptcy due to shrinking economic growth, fall-ing revenues and burdensome debts.

These are all signs pointing to an underlying eco-nomic malaise that cannot be resolved by further in-creases in debt and a failure of governments to live within their means.

In light of the above, Red Deer voters should be asking how their council could have passed a resolu-tion to spend nearly $1 million to appease the vocal demands of a few hundred hard-core bicycle enthu-siasts for bike lanes and then realize a year later it wasn’t such a smart idea? How many thousands of dollars will the next council spend to erase those lane markings?

It is this sort of poorly thought out and wasteful spending of our tax dollars that, for me at least, ren-ders most of the current council unworthy of running the city for the next four years. Being fiscally con-servative will become the watchword of the future if Red Deer is to avoid the calamities that are befalling cities such as Stockton, Detroit and many others to come.

Fortunately, with such a large selection of can-didates, there are more than enough to choose from who will be less likely to make the same spending mistakes suffered by the present council.

In this context at least, the Red Deer First group offers a refreshing alternative to the often misguided thinking that pervaded the last council on how to spend taxpayer dollars in the most judicious fashion.

Patrick CarrollRed Deer

Alzheimer Day offered help for manyWorld Alzheimer Day has been marked on Sept.

21 since 1994; this year’s theme was a Journey of Car-ing.

This theme resonated with us in the Red Deer and Central Alberta office of the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and N.W.T. because of our daily interactions with the caregivers, families and friends of people with dementia. These are people involved in the journey through dementia because they care deeply about someone with the disease.

We recognized the day by hosting a lovely after-noon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Friday, Sept. 20, where attendees learned about the secrets of caring for themselves and living well from Dr. Allison Ronda of the Red Deer Wellness Clinic and Carol Foy of Studio Upstairs Yoga and Wellness.

We extend our grateful thanks to these two speak-ers, who donated their time and expertise; everyone went home with something new to think about and try.

Days like World Alzheimer Day are important to recognize the significant strides being made toward increasing awareness and combating the stigma sur-rounding dementia. This year also served as an op-portunity to learn how to live well — with or without dementia.

Janice FogartyManager, Community Relations

Alzheimer Society of Alberta and N.W.T.Red Deer and Central Alberta office

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Officers call for stronger laws to protect police dogs after Edmonton K9 killed


EDMONTON — Edmonton police say there needs to be a special criminal law to protect animals that work with offi-cers after one of their service dogs was killed by a fleeing suspect.

Police say Quanto, a Ger-man shepherd with four years of decorated service and more than 100 arrests to his name, was stabbed repeatedly Mon-day as he and his handler, Const. Matt Williamson, tried to take down a man who had fled a car with stolen plates.

Paul Joseph Vukmavich, 27, faces charges including pos-session of stolen property, dangerous driving, criminal flight and resisting arrest.

But when it comes to the death of the dog, Troy Carri-ere, acting staff-sergeant of the Edmonton police canine unit, said cruelty to an animal is the strongest charge that can be laid.

“It’s been our intent to have that changed,” Carriere said.

“We need to adjust the Crimi-nal Code at some point in time and this is obviously a good time to do that.”

Sgt. Murray Pollock, head of the Calgary police canine unit and a director with the Cana-d i a n P o l i c e C a n i n e A s s o -ciation, said the protec-tion of p o l i c e d o g s i n t h e C r i m i -nal Code is an is-sue of-f i c e r s h a v e wanted to see addressed for quite some time.

Some provinces have laws protecting services dogs.

A section of Saskatchewan’s Animal Protection Act, for example, carries a penalty of up to two years in jail for any-one who harms a service dog,

which includes dogs working with police.

Penalties for animal cruel-ty in the Criminal Code were recently increased, with the maximum sentence being five years behind bars.

But Pollock said a Criminal Code section dealing with ser-vice dogs, which would be ap-plicable across Canada, would make for a much stronger de-terrent.

“Absolutely. That’s where we would like to go,” he said.

“In a case like Edmonton

today, they would be facing the most serious of charges, not dissimilar to assaulting a police office — it’s what we would like to see. We believe strongly that our dogs are po-lice officers.”

A p r i -vate mem-ber’s bill proposing an amend-ment to the C r i m i n a l Code was introduced by Ontario Conserva-t i v e M P Costas Me-n e g a k i s earlier this year. It says a n y o n e

“who knowingly or recklessly poisons, injures or kills a law enforcement animal,” includ-ing a horse or dog, could be subject to the same five-year maximum sentence.

“We are aware of a Conser-vative private member’s bill being proposed on this topic

and I’m personally very sup-portive and look forward to more discussion on this is-sue,” federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in an email Monday.

Williamson and Quanto were called to a report of a stolen vehicle shortly after 5 a.m. The vehicle fled, but quickly crashed into the me-dian in front of a gas station near the city’s downtown.

Police said the driver ran. Quanto was sent after him and was stabbed.

Williamson rushed the dog to the emergency veterinary clinic where the animal was pronounced dead. The suspect dropped the knife when other officers arrived and he was ar-rested.

Police said Vukmavich was already wanted on charges of armed robbery in both Winni-peg and Thunder Bay, Ont.

Quanto is the fifth Edmon-ton police dog to die in the line of duty.

A police dog named Caesar was the last animal killed in 1998.

‘IN A CASE LIKE EDMONTON TODAY, THEY WOULD BE FACING THE MOST

SERIOUS OF CHARGES, NOT DISSIMILAR TO ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. WE

BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT OUR DOGS ARE POLICE OFFICERS.’

— SGT. MURRAY POLLOCK, HEAD OF THE CALGARY POLICE CANINE UNIT

EDMONTON MAX PRISONERS FILE

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EDMONTON — Five inmates are suing the federal maximum security penitentiary in Edmonton, alleging guards put spit and feces in their food, regularly beat them and ran a sadistic prisoner fight club.

Two of the inmates also allege that in 2011 guards intentionally placed two rival gang members together and, when one was stabbed, waited until he died before calling an ambulance.

“Inmates were terrorized. They had fear instilled in them,” Erika Norheim, the lawyer representing the inmates, said in an interview Monday.

Norheim said while prisoners may be segregated and denied privileges for not following rules, guards at the Edmonton institution may not use threats and violence.

The lawsuits, filed in Court of Queen’s Bench, name as defendants the institution’s warden, Kelly Hartle, guards, supervisors and medical staff.

None of the allegations in the state-ments of claim have been proven. Cor-rectional Service of Canada spokes-man Jeff Campbell declined comment, saying it wouldn’t be proper as the lawsuits are before the court.

Statements of defence have not been filed.

The prisoners detail a litany of al-leged abuses from the petty to the neg-ligent.

Prisoner James Wigmore’s claims centre around either the segregation unit or G Unit — a unit to deal with troublesome prisoners.

G Unit, said Wigmore, was set up as a rehabilitation program but in reality has no guidelines. Its real purpose, he said, was “abusing inmates in order to destroy any sense of security they had within the institution.”

Wigmore said guards played a key role in the Aug. 16, 2011 death of Ma-son Montgrand, a gang member.

Wigmore claims that on that day, guards arranged prisoner times out-side the cells so Montgrand would

come into contact with a hostile in-mate. Montgrand, 21, was stabbed in a fight with a rival gang member.

Wigmore alleges that guards stood around for 45 minutes “laughing and joking about the fact that he was dying and the inmate gang members taking care of their own problems.

“An ambulance was not summoned until after Montgrand was dead,” the claim alleges.

Prison officials at the time said they needed tear gas to bring the situation under control, and when they did, Montgrand went into medical distress and died a short time later.

Lance Regan, 24, was charged with first-degree murder in Montgrand’s death. A provincial inquest is pending.

Regan is one of the inmates suing the prison. He said guards “recklessly” gave the two men shower and exercise privileges at the same time in the same unit, knowing that as bitter gang rivals they would attack each other.

Regan, in his statement of claim, said Montgrand came after him and that in the course of the fight, as Regan defended himself, Montgrand was killed.

Inmate Terrence Naistus, in his

statement of claim, said he lodged a complaint when, in the days before Montgrand’s death, he heard guards falsely telling other inmates Mont-grand was in protective custody.

After Montgrand died, Naistus said he was strip-searched for no reason, pepper-sprayed, beaten and had his belongings destroyed.

He said he overheard guards falsely telling other inmates that Naistus was a child molester, putting him in dan-ger.

Wigmore claimed guards would di-rect the prisoners to fight each other “for the purposes of staff entertain-ment or other improper purposes.”

He said those who didn’t fight on command were threatened with pep-per spray or assault.

Inmate Mark Kennedy, in his state-ment of claim, said he knew he was in trouble on Day 1 in G Unit when eight guards surrounded him and asked “where on his body he would like to be hit.”

He said they then gave him a black eye.

Kennedy alleges things got worse when word got out he was talking to a lawyer.

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reprehensibleLegion says


OTTAWA — The Conservative government is fac-ing a revolt among veterans groups for claiming it is not bound by the promises of previous governments in the care of wounded soldiers.

The Royal Canadian Legion is describing the gov-ernment’s position as “reprehensible.”

The government, which intends to defend against a class-action lawsuit by veterans of the war in Af-ghanistan, says it’s unfair to bind current and future governments to promises that date back to the First World War.

The Legion and other veterans groups have scoffed at the argument.

“There is only one veteran, whether you are 19 years of age or 105,” Gordon Moore, the Dominion president of the legion, said in an interview.

Just before the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, then-prime minister Robert Borden acknowledged the government’s duty to care for the wounded.

“You can go into this action feeling assured of this, and as the head of the government I give you this assurance: That you need not fear that the gov-ernment and the country will fail to show just appre-ciation of your service to the country and Empire in what you are about to do and what you have already done.

“The government and the country will consider it their first duty to see that a proper appreciation of your effort and of your courage is brought to the notice of people at homea that no man, whether he goes back or whether he remains in Flanders, will have just cause to reproach the government for hav-ing broken faith with the men who won and the men who died.”

Borden’s statement has shaped decades of govern-ment policy but it has never been formally enshrined within the Constitution — a point government law-yers have exploited in their lawsuit defence.

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino under-scored the position when he met with a series of vet-erans groups last week.

Moore said the Conservative government is trying to shed its decades-old commitment to troops who defend the country — something that could affect future conflicts.

“They have that moral obligation on behalf of all Canadians,” Moore said. “I believe they’re trying to slip out, but as we all know there will be an election within (two years) and there’s a lot of upset and angry people out there on how veterans are being treated.”

Soldiers who served in the war in Afghanistan are suing over the new veterans charter, which they claim is discriminatory. The legislation, originally passed in 2006, provides workers-compensation-style lump sum payments to wounded vets, as opposed to the pension-for-life settlements provided after previ-ous wars.

Joshua Zanin, a spokesman for Fantino, said the government is committed to seeing recent changes to the charter put to the test before a parliamentary committee this fall in a legislated review.

National Defence staff to be redeployed to save up to $1.2B a year: Nicholson


OTTAWA — As many as 4,800 military and civilian staff at the Department of National Defence could find themselves doing other work, training for new positions or perhaps even out of a job over the next four or five years.

It’s part of a so-called defence renewal strategy unveiled Monday by the Harper government.

The plan could save as much as $1.2 billion a year by 2017-18, but the savings will be plowed back into the department to maintain readiness, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson told a media briefing.

“The intent here is not to re-duce the number of regular force, reserve force or civilian employ-ees,” Nicholson said.

Rather, the goal is to rebalance the workforce and move adminis-trative staff towards non-adminis-trative positions at military bases across the country.

But while the plan is not meant to reduce the number of staff, se-nior defence officials at a tech-

nical background briefing said there could be some “individual” job losses among those who can’t retrain or move.

Those officials also took pains to emphasize that the new plan is separate from the budget-cutting exercises of strategic review and the deficit reduction action plan, both of which saw the department eliminate jobs.

Those two activities combined are expected to chop $2.1 billion a year out of the $19-billion defence appropriation by the time all of the measures are fully implement-ed in 2014.

The Union of National Defence Employees heaped scorn on the claim that the plan was not about cutting jobs.

“We were given the same ver-bal assurances today as we have been given countless times in the past that this is not an exercise in reduction,” said Mark Miller, a vice-president with the union, which represents 17,000 defence employees.

“However, recent history has made us pay close attention

to whatever it is we’re being told.”

As part of its budget-cutting process, the federal government has issued notices to 1,700 federal defence workers that their jobs will be eliminated, according to union figures.

“I’ll take what’s been said with a grain of salt,” said Miller.

Changes under the new renew-al strategy will be carried out “hu-manely,” but will “maximize the use if attrition, alternation and retraining wherever possible,” background documents say.

They also say there will be “fewer managers” and that ap-proximately half of the depart-ment’s current bosses “manage too few people.”

Officials would not say how many jobs at National Defence headquarters in Ottawa could be declared redundant, but doc-uments suggest up to 1,034 staff might be affected.

Miller also said he’s concerned about the fact the government has offered no details on proposed re-training of employees.

Police forces insist they made reasonable efforts to find women in Pickton case

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VANCOUVER — The two police forces that failed to catch Robert Pickton as the serial kill-er hunted sex workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside say they acted reasonably when they re-ceived information that women were vanishing and that Pickton might have been responsible.

The Vancouver Police Department and the RC-MP each filed statements of defence Monday in a series of lawsuits involv-ing the children of nine missing women, who ac-cuse both forces of inad-equately investigating reports of missing sex workers in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The case was the fo-cus of a high-profile pub-lic inquiry last year that identified a long list of failures and concluded

that, had the victims not been poor, drug-addicted sex workers, the police would have done more to investigate what hap-pened to them.

Both forces have is-sued public apologies ac-knowledging they could have done more to catch Pickton sooner.

The Vancouver police has repeated that apol-ogy numerous times in the past several years, while the RCMP offered its apology during the public inquiry.

But in separate state-ments of defence, each force denies responsi-bility and argues they should not be held liable for the deaths of women who ended up on Pick-ton’s farm.

“At all material times, the Vancouver police made reasonable efforts to locate and investigate the disappearances of women upon receipt of

information or reports,” the City of Vancouver, on behalf of its police force, says in one of its state-ments of defence.

The RCMP’s state-ments of defence offers a similar argument: “The defendant says that the actions of those (RCMP officers) were at all times taken in good faith, were reasonable and were not negligent, particularly given the information available and the cir-cumstances prevailing at the time of those investi-gations.”

The Vancouver Police Department also says in its statements of defence that there is no evidence any of the women disap-peared from Vancouver.

The force has long in-sisted no crime occurred in Vancouver, because the women were be-lieved to have willingly left the city with Pickton only to be killed on his

farm in Port Coquitlam, which is in the RCMP’s jurisdiction.

There were three separate investigations linked to Vancouver’s missing women.

The Vancouver po-lice investigated reports of missing Downtown Eastside sex workers, while the RCMP exam-ined Pickton as a po-tential suspect. In 2001, both forces formed a joint task force to review missing-person cases in-volving sex workers.

Pickton emerged as a suspect as early as 1998, when the Vancouver po-lice received tips impli-cating him, but he wasn’t caught until February 2002. The remains or DNA of 33 women were found on Pickton’s farm.

He was convicted of six counts of second-de-gree murder and is cur-rently serving a life sen-tence.

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For the first time since May, the value of construction work approved by the City of Red Deer last month was below the figure for the same period in 2012.

The city issued building per-mits for projects worth a com-bined $16.1 million in September, as compared with $16.8 million a year earlier.

Residential construction ac-counted for most of last month’s tally, with $12.9 million in work approved.

That included a $5.2 million permit for the final phase of Medi-can’s condominium project on Mi-chener Hill.

Commercial permits add-ed another $2.8 million, with public projects contributing

$400,000 and industrial work $11,000.

Last September, the city issued building permits for $8.3 million in the residential category, $6.6 million for commercial work, $1.1 million for industrial projects and $800,000 for construction in the public category.

BY HARLEY RICHARDSADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

A new residential construction company is hitting the Central Alberta market with a $68-million splash.

That’s the construction value of the homes that Highridge Homes Ltd. expects to put on the local market over the next 12 months, including existing houses and new builds in Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Penhold and Blackfalds.

Highridge Homes was founded by Art Anastasi, who is president and CEO of longtime Red Deer construction company Abbey Master Builder. His son Jordie Anastasi is construction manager of High-ridge Homes, and Chris Beaumont is its general manager.

One thing that will distinguish the new company from Abbey is that Highridge Homes will focus on “customer-ready houses” that are built and then sold, said Art Anastasi. By contrast, Abbey typically builds to its customers’ specifications.

“They’re two distinct entities, and different mar-kets.”

Highridge Homes’ inventory will get an immediate boost from the 163 homes that Abbey built for rental purposes in recent years.

These properties — which consist mainly of du-plexes, townhouses and small houses — will now be sold, said Anastasi, with tenants given the first op-portunity to buy.

Failing that, they’ll go on the market as their leases expire.

“As tenants are moving out we’ll refurbish them and put them up for sale.”

About 16 of these rental properties are currently sitting empty, he said.

Highridge Homes will also build 104 new town-houses: 52 in Red Deer’s Southbrook neighbour-hood and two in its Garden Heights subdivision, 37 in Sylvan Lake’s Ryders Ridge, and 11 in Penhold’s Hawkridge Estates. A 37-unit condominium is also planned for Blackfalds.

“We’re planning on having between 70 and 100 spec houses at any one time,” said Anastasi.

He expects this to help satisfy a growing demand for starter homes in Central Alberta’s strengthening economy.

“We’re very optimistic, and that’s why we’re quite aggressive in it.”

Highridge Homes’ initial build-out will follow one basic design, with either two bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, or three bedrooms and 1 ½ baths. All will have single-attached garages.

“Right now, the pricing will start at about $248,000,” said Anastasi, adding that this figure will

include GST.That should appeal to first-time buyers, he said.“The mortgage payment would be less than rent-

ing a home of this caliber, by far.”Buyers can choose their own colours and other

features if they commit early enough.Anastasi said Highridge Homes will likely con-

struct single-family homes after it uses up its current stock of multi-family lots.

Highridge Homes will operate out of its own build-ing, which is currently being constructed just west of Abbey’s premises in Burnt Lake Business Park.

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VANCOUVER — Brit-ish Columbia’s minister of natural gas develop-ment says a commitment by a Malaysian national company to build a liq-uefied natural gas plant in B.C. and investment by other countries sug-gests the province isn’t chasing an LNG pipe dream.

“I think we actually have the major players in liquefied natural gas here,” Rich Coleman said.

“There’s at least 10 of them here with signifi-cant opportunity to want to make some invest-ment.”

Coleman will leave Friday for Malaysia, South Korea and China to promote what he calls B.C.’s competitive advan-tage when it comes to the LNG industry.

“South Korea, for in-stance, is a major con-sumer of energy, and the second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas in the world,” he told a news conference Mon-day.

Coleman said B.C.’s abundant natural gas supply could provide Asia’s needs for 84 years through several pro-posed plants in a prov-ince where the temper-ate climate means mak-ing LNG takes less en-ergy.

He said the province has signed pipeline agreements with many First Nations to create a stable environment for the proposed industry, which Premier Christy Clark has said will be the cleanest in the world despite criticism about pollution from LNG op-erations.

While the govern-ment is pushing the de-velopment of three LNG plants in northern B.C. by 2020 as a massive eco-nomic opportunity, the province is not neglect-ing other sectors, Cole-man said.

He said eight new m i n e s a r e b e i n g opened and nine oth-ers are being expand-ed by 2015 while the p r o v i n c e p r o c e e d s with the Site C Hydro project to ensure long-t e r m c l e a n p o w e r , Coleman said.

That facility is cur-rently undergoing a two-year environmental as-sessment process.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Stephen Harp-er received news in Ma-layasia that the country’s state-owned oil and gas company Petronas will invest $36 billion in B.C. on an LNG plant and the pipeline to transport the gas.

“The company still has to make its final investment decision b u t t h e y h a v e o p -tioned property up in Prince Rupert, they’ve been doing their geo-technical test on the land to determine the f e a s i b i l i t y o f t h e i r plant and where they would put it ,” Cole-man said.

He said the province has been negotiating a tax regime for LNG and could make an an-nouncement in Novem-ber.

“We’re going to have to lock it down with some complex legisla-tion to make sure peo-ple know that there’s certainty around their investment in British Columbia.

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A construction crew is busy working on a new building for Highridge Homes Ltd. in Burnt Lake Business Park. The new residential construction company will be located just west of Abbey Master Builder, which is a related company.


Work has begun on the final phase of Medican’s Sierra Michener Hill condominium project.

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Final Medican Sierra Michener Hill condo phase gets underway

BY HARLEY RICHARDS

ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

The third and final phase of Medican’s Sierra Michener Hill condominium project is rising up from the ground, with residents expected to begin moving into the adult-only facility by next May.

The current four-storey stage will add 56 units to the complex, bringing the total to 148.

Bill Cooper, Medican’s vice-president of sales, said all of the suites in the first two phases have been sold, with about a third of

the units in the current phase pre-sold.

Meanwhile, 35 of the 38 duplex villas developed nearby by Medi-can have been sold. Cooper said units in the final phase of the con-dominium range in size from 776 to 1,190 square feet.

There are 10 floor plans to choose from, he added, with these going from bedroom dens to two-bedroom suites with two bath-rooms.

Amenities at Sierra Michener Hill include a library, hot tub and sauna, fitness centre, recreational facilities, a woodworking shop,

underground parkade and a car wash bay.

“In the final phase we’re also building four guest suites,” said Cooper.

The complex, which is restrict-ed to residents 40 and older, is connected to Extendicare Cana-da’s assisted living facility.

Residents can eat at the Exten-dicare bistro, and the proximity of the two buildings is also benefi-cial if one member of a couple re-quires more care than the other, said Cooper.

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NEW YORK — Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. rose more than four per cent Monday on a report that the company is in sale talks with a handful of companies.

Reuters reported Fri-day that the struggling smartphone maker was holding discussions with Cisco, Google and SAP about a possible sale of all or part of itself. It cit-ed “several sources close to the matter” that were not identified.

According to Reuters, BlackBerry has asked for preliminary expressions of interest from buyers including Intel Corp., LG and Samsung, by early next week.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (Nasdaq: BBRY) closed up 32 cents, or 4.06 per cent, at $8.20 on the To-ronto Stock Exchange, while the issue was up 28 cents, or 3.64 per cent, at US$7.97 in New York.

The Waterloo, Ont., company released a statement Monday de-clining comment on the specific report.

But BlackBerry noted that its special commit-tee along with indepen-dent financial and legal advisers “is conducting a robust and thorough re-view of strategic alterna-tives.”

“We do not intend to disclose further develop-ments with respect to the process until we approve a specific transaction or otherwise conclude the review of strategic alter-natives,” the statement

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nounced last month that Fairfax Financial Hold-ings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) signed a letter of intent that “contemplates” buy-ing the company for $9 a share, or US$4.7 billion. Fairfax, BlackBerry’s largest shareholder, is trying to attract other in-vestors.

Private equity firm Cerberus has also ex-pressed interest in buy-ing the company.

Jefferies analyst Pe-ter Misek backed his “hold” rating for the stock on Monday. He said that while any of the interested parties could get something out of a BlackBerry acquisition, the company has yet to generate much interest.

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JUNEAU, Alaska — The compa-nies seeking to advance a multibillion dollar natural gas pipeline project in Alaska have a leading contender for the terminal site where gas would be liquefied and shipped to Asia, signal-ling that a decades-old dream could still become a reality.

Exxon Mobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and TransCanada Corp. announced Monday that the Kenai Peninsula town of Nikiski is the leading contender.

Senior project manager Steve Butt said there are three or four other sites are still being considered — he de-clined to identify those — but said Ni-kiski has the land needed for the plant and the companies know they can route a pipeline there. Land acquisi-tion work is underway.

A liquefied natural gas plant oper-ated in Nikiski for decades and pro-vided exports to Japan.

But ConocoPhillips and its then-partner announced plans to close

the plant in 2011, citing market changes.

Sporadic shipments continued until ConocoPhillips decided ear-lier this year not to renew its export license.

The state has asked ConocoPhil-lips to reopen the mothballed site and apply for a new license to pro-vide an incentive for petroleum com-panies to explore and invest in Cook Inlet.

Butt said the liquefied natural gas plant envisioned as part of the pipe-line project would be 16 or 17 times larger than that plant.

Alaskans have long dreamed of a gas line as a way to shore-up revenues as oil production — Alaska’s economic lifeblood — declines, create jobs and provide energy for residents.

Monday’s announcement was anoth-er step toward the decades-old dream of building a gas pipeline to rival that of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.


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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 90.46ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.05BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.63BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.20Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.73Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.93Cdn. National Railway . 107.24Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 131.84Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.52Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.50Cervus Equipment Corp 20.49Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 39.35Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.18Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.68Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.96General Motors Co. . . . . 35.18Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.33Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.83SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.32Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 53.70Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.78Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.44Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 44.18

ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 91.98Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.94Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.95Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.66Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.12

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.91Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.63Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.40Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.87WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.16

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.80Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.50First Quantum Minerals . 17.94Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.05Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.03Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.07Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.85Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.61Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.33

EnergyArc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.24Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 67.50Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.01Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.59Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 55.48Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.18Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.91Canyon Services Group. 12.34Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.21CWC Well Services . . . . 0.720Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.67Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.75Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 85.90

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 49.02High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.67Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 28.78Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.30Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.46Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.40Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.580Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.66Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.58Talisman Energy. . . . . . . 13.15Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.97Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.25Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 57.04

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 68.83Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.97CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.86Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.93Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.02Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.76IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 47.78Intact Financial Corp. . . . 62.31Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.10National Bank . . . . . . . . . 85.00Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.43Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 66.53Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 32.79TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.40

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — A run-up in gold

stocks helped send the Toronto stock market modestly higher Monday as investors nervous about the debt im-passe in Washington pushed bullion prices higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 29.6 points to 12,788.25 with traders worried that the debt standoff might bring the U.S. to the brink of default.

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar was lower by 0.2 of a cent to 96.96 cents US amid a housing report that missed expectations.

Statistics Canada said that Ca-nadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6.3 billion in August, down 21.2 per cent from July. Econo-mists had expected a drop of 15 per cent.

On Wall Street, New York in-dexes were firmly in negative ground as the U.S. government entered a second week of a partial shutdown as Democrats continued to resist calls from Republicans to link funding to changes in the country’s three-year-old health-care law and to spending cuts.

It’s becoming clear that the Re-publicans intend to extend that link-age to raising the government’s debt limit, which will be reached on Oct. 17.

“Everything now is predicated on Washington,” said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist for Prudential in New York.

“That is what the market is fo-cused on completely, getting a deal done to avoid a default.”

The Dow Jones industrials fell 136.34 points to 14,936.24, the Nasdaq was down 37.38 points to 3,770.38 and the S&P 500 index dropped 14.38 points to 1,676.12.

Democrats insist that Republi-cans could easily reopen the govern-ment if House Speaker John Boeh-ner allowed a vote on an emergency spending bill.

But Boehner calls that a non-starter, saying in a Sunday television interview that “the votes are not in the House to pass a clean debt limit, and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us.”

Meanwhile, traders are beginning to worry about the potential economic damage caused by the government shutdown. BMO senior economist Robert Kavcic noted in a commen-tary that his firm has revised down its

fourth-quarter growth estimate to 2.5 per cent from three per cent on the assumption that the shutdown will go on for three weeks.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the gold sector was the leading ad-vancer, up about 2.1 per cent as investors looking for safety pushed December bullion ahead $15.20 to US$1,325.10 an ounce.

Allied Nevada Gold (TSX:ANV) surged $1.09 or 27.88 per cent, to $5 after the miner reported record gold production and sales in the third quar-ter. Its Hycroft mine turned out 52,198 ounces of gold.

Shares in Rio Alto Mining (TSX:RIO) shot up eight cents, or 4.42 per cent, to $1.89 after it report-ed a record 59,157 ounces of gold production in the third quarter.

The tech sector was also sup-portive as shares in BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (Nasdaq:BBRY) were up 32 cents, or 4.06 per cent, to $8.20 on the TSX. Reuters reported Friday that the smartphone maker is in talks with Cisco Systems, Google and SAP about a possible sale.

The report came almost two weeks after BlackBerry’s biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Hold-ings (TSX:FFH), offered to take the company private in a deal worth about $4.7 billion.

The energy sector was ahead 0.04 per cent as the November con-tract on the New York Mercantile Ex-change fell 81 cents to US$103.03 a barrel. Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) gained 60 cents to C$13.15.

The base metals sector was the biggest drag, down 1.23 per cent even as copper prices erased earlier losses to close unchanged at US$3.30 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) shed 53 cents to C$27.33.

Investors also looked ahead to the start of the third-quarter earnings season in the U.S. this week. Dow components JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo report on Friday.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

TORONTO — Highlights at close Monday:

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index —

12,788.25 up 29.60 pointsTSX Venture Exchange — 947.52

down 7.84 pointsTSX 60 — 733.83 up 1.81 pointsDow — 14,936.24 down 136.34

points

S&P 500 — 1,676.12 down 14.38 points

Nasdaq — 3,770.38 down 37.37 points

Currencies at close:Cdn — 96.96 cents US, down

0.20 of a centPound — C$1.6596, up 1.14

centsEuro — C$1.4001, up 0.54 of a

centEuro — US$1.3576, up 0.25 of

a centOil futures:US$103.03 per barrel, down 81

cents(November contract)Gold futures:US$1,325.10 per oz., up $15.20(December contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$23.973 per oz., up 73.8 cents$770.73 per kg., up $23.72

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE

TORONTO — The TSX Ven-ture Exchange closed on Monday at 947.52, down 7.84 points. The vol-ume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 108.86 mil-lion shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices:Canola: Nov. ’13 $1.00 higher

$478.60; Jan. ’14 $0.90 higher $487.80; March ’14 $0.80 higher $494.90; May ’14 $1.10 higher $500.90; July ’14 $1.10 higher $505.60; Nov. ’14 $1.00 higher $504.40; Jan ’15 $1.00 higher $506.70; March ’15 $1.00 higher $505.70; May ’15 $1.00 higher $502.00; July ’15 $1.00 higher $502.00; Nov ’15 $1.00 higher $502.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 $0.50 lower $148.50; Dec ’13 $0.50 lower $151.50; March ’14 $0.50 lower $153.50; May ’14 $0.50 lower $154.50; July ’14 $0.50 lower $154.50; Oct. ’14 $0.50 lower $154.50; Dec. ’14 $0.50 lower $154.50; March ’15 $0.50 lower $154.50; May ’15 $0.50 lower $154.50; July ’15 $0.50 lower $154.50.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 629,080 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) To-tal: 629,080.

MICHENER: Nears completion

Work on the Sierra Michener Hill complex began nearly four years ago, but was interrupted the following year when Medicine Hat-based Medican was placed under court protection pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

A plan of arrangement with credi-tors was subsequently approved, giving ownership of the company to a group of Medican employees.

Cooper said it’s satisfying to see the project near completion, particularly when existing residents provide posi-tive feedback.

“It’s turned into a really nice com-munity.”

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LNG: Companies promise cleanest energy anywhere

(“We don’t want) it that somebody can’t just come in and arbitrarily change it after you’ve made billions of dollars of investment, which has hap-pened in some jurisdictions around the world.”

The companies involved have prom-ised to deliver the cleanest energy any-

where, Coleman said.“There is some fair argument

around the fact that if we send natural gas to Asia, particularly China, if we replace coal and fix their greenhouse gas emissions down that we as a ju-risdiction for the resource should get some credit worldwide.”

British Columbia currently has more than 10 proposed LNG projects, and three of them have approved ex-port licences from the National Energy Board.

Clark has said B.C.’s opportunity to export LNG to Asia could pump $1 trillion into the province’s economy by 2046 and potentially create 100,000 jobs.

She is heading to China, Japan and Korea as part of a jobs and trade mis-sion that will further promote lique-fied natural gas development to pos-sible investors.

PERMITS: Still ahead of last year

Despite the year-over-year drop-off last month, the combined $185.1 mil-lion worth of building permits issued by the city so far in 2013 remains well ahead of the $169.8 million in work ap-proved to the same point last year.

Although permit values for the first nine months of the year have dropped to $84.3 million from $92.6 million in the residential category, and to $24.6 million from $54.6 million under the commercial heading, public permit values have jumped to $36.4 million from $8.8 million and industrial per-mits to $40 million from $13.8 million.

STORIES FROM PAGE A7

BlackBerry shares rise on report of it trying to gauge

interest in a buyout

Companies pursuing Alaska pipeline lean toward port town as lead site

LNG TERMINAL


NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. interrogators headed to an American warship in the Mediterranean to ques-tion a suspected Libyan al-Qaida operative linked to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, as new details emerged Monday about plots planned by a Kenyan militant who escaped a U.S. raid in Somalia.

The two operations, thousands of miles apart in Africa and approved by President Barack Obama, signalled an American readiness to go after mili-tants in nations where authorities are unable to do so, even years later.

The suspect captured in Tripoli is under U.S. federal indictment but was being held in military custody aboard the USS San Antonio in interna-tional waters — detained under the laws of war as an

enemy combatant. A computer expert known as Abu Anas al-Libi, he is accused of using an early-genera-tion Apple computer to assemble surveillance photo-graphs in Nairobi ahead of the deadly 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy, according to a former U.S. law enforcement official.

The surveillance information was presented to Osama bin Laden, who approved the bombing, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity be-cause he wasn’t authorized to speak about the case.

Meanwhile, a Kenyan intelligence report asserted the country had foiled attacks plotted by Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, the Kenyan militant who eluded capture by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs in a pre-dawn raid in Somalia on Saturday. Also known as Ikrima, he was identified as the lead planner of a plot by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group targeting Kenya’s parliament building and the Unit-ed Nations office in Nairobi in 2011 and 2012.

The report by Kenya’s National Intelligence Ser-vice, which was leaked to The Associated Press and

other media in the wake of the Sept. 21 terror attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall that killed more than 60 people, lists Samantha Lewthwaite — a Briton dubbed the “White Widow” — as one of several “key actors” in the plot, which also targeted Kenyan mili-tary installations and top Kenyan political and secu-rity officials.

Lewthwaite, who was married to one of the sui-cide bombers in the 2005 attack on London’s transit system, escaped capture when she produced a fraud-ulently obtained South African passport in another person’s name. Late last month, Interpol, acting on a request from Kenya, issued an arrest warrant for Lewthwaite.

The report makes no mention of Abdulkadir in relation to the Nairobi mall attack, though in an entry dated exactly one year before the start of the four-day siege, it said al-Shabab operatives in Nai-robi were planning to mount “suicide attacks on an undisclosed date, targeting Westgate Mall and Holy Family Basilica.”

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Egyptian militants strike backBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO, Egypt — A string of attacks killed nine members of Egypt’s securi-ty and military forces and hit the coun-try’s main satellite communications station Monday, in an apparent retali-ation by Islamic militants a day after more than 50 supporters of the ousted president were killed in clashes with police.

The attacks show a dangerous ex-pansion of targets, including the first strike against civilian infrastructure in the heart of the capital. They also blur the lines between the wave of Islamist protests against the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, and an insurgency that had been previously been largely confined to the northern Sinai Peninsula.

It is also likely to harden positions of the military-backed government and its opponents, making reconciliation more difficult.

“We are at war with them,” said Mohammed Ibrahim, the country’s in-terior minister in charge of security forces, pointing to militant groups. He suggested the surge in attacks, par-ticularly the targeting of the satellite station— which left a minor damage on one of the dishes — was in retaliation for the government crackdown on Sun-day’s protests.

“This is an attempt to prove they are still around and are not broken,”

he told The Associated Press, without specifying which groups are behind the attacks. “They also aim to confuse, to distract” security forces.

In another development Monday likely to give momentum to the govern-ment crackdown on Islamists, a panel of judges recommended the dissolu-tion of the Muslim Brotherhood’s po-litical party, the Freedom and Justice Party, which was registered months after the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

The judges’ recommendation said the party represents an outlawed group. The recommendations will be delivered to a Cairo court reviewing a case demanding the party’s dissolution on Oct. 19.

Another court had already ordered a ban on the Brotherhood’s activities, and froze its assets, a decision current-ly reviewed by a government appoint-ed committee amid legal challenges from group members.

Ashraf Badreddin, a member of the FJP, said authorities had already shut down offices of the party long before a court decision, telling Doha-based sat-ellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera Mubash-er Masr that the recommendation was “politicized.”

At least 2,000 of the group’s lead-ing and mid-level members have been detained, including Morsi, and head of the FJP, Saad el-Katatni. Most of them will face trial on charges that range from murder and inciting violence to abuse of power and conspiring with

foreign powers. Hundreds others died in a violent crackdown on protests and sit-ins held by Morsi supporters.

Authorities accuse pro-Morsi sup-porters of seeking to create chaos to discredit the new government. The government declared it is waging a war against terrorism.

Pro-Morsi supporters deny they re-sort to violence.

Ahmed Mostafa, a Brotherhood stu-dent leader, said there are plans to hold rallies at universities this week to denounce the killings and the mili-tary leaders, saying authorities are en-gaged in a campaign to pull his group and supporters toward violence, or armed confrontation. There are also calls for protest in Cairo’s central Tah-rir Square.

ATTACKS ON SECURITY AND INSTALLATIONS SURGE A DAY AFTER DEADLY STREET ATTACKS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Egyptian security forces inspect the site of a suicide car bombing on a security headquarters in the southern Sinai town of el-Tor, Egypt, Monday. The explosion in el-Tor killed several policemen and wounded dozens, signaling what could be the spread of attacks by Islamic militants, already active in northern Sinai.

Target of U.S. raid suspected of planning terrorist attack

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Dear Annie: When our daughter was a child, she had emotional issues and extensive anger management prob-lems.

With tremendous con-cern and love, we got her professional support and therapy, and ultimately, our daughter learned the skills to control herself. What we did not do was tell extended family members of these private problems. We had seen their extreme intolerance for any kind of mental health issues and did not want our daughter to suffer prejudice from her own family.

In college, the troubling incidents started again. Be-cause of our daughter’s re-fusal to let us have access to her medical information, we had no real idea of what was happening. The next few years included troubling breakups with both friends and boy-friends, extreme weight loss and talk of suicide.

Our daughter is now 32 and recently married. She suddenly and inexpli-cably has cut us off. When we try to communicate with her, she becomes hysterical with rage. We have learned she has been saying horrible things about us to the same extended family members we tried to protect her from in childhood. We are devastated.

One relative actually told my hus-band that we must have done some-thing terrible to our daughter for her to treat us this way.

These family members now have a special, almost frenzied new im-portance to our daughter. They judge us constantly. To be accused of such mistreatment is insulting and painful. Please print this so these family mem-bers will stop jumping to conclusions. — Reading This Can Help

Dear Reading: Most likely, the only thing that will change their perspec-tive is to be on the receiving end of your daughter’s erratic behavior.

Despite all the therapy she had when younger, her problems haven’t disappeared. She has simply chosen to deal with them in her own way,

which currently precludes a loving relationship with you. We hope that will change. While you cannot control what the relatives think, please take

comfort in knowing you han-dled your daughter’s issues in a way that protected and helped her.

Dear Annie: Like many people, I suffer from the ef-fects of multiple sclerosis. To look at us, you wouldn’t know anything is wrong. But the pain I suffer from daily is sometimes unbearable. How should I reply to inconsider-ate people who make com-ments like, “Come on, hurry up” or “What is wrong with you?” I wish people would think before they open their mouths. They do not know the struggles I face.

There is treatment for MS, but no cure. I maintain my regimen of daily injections, but most of the time I can-not control its rampage. Maybe this letter will bring awareness to people. — Suffering in Michigan

Dear Suffering: We hope so, but un-less you are willing to tell these impa-tient people what the problem is, they will continue to behave rudely toward you. Please, folks, the people around you may be coping with terrible diffi-culties that are not visible. Be kind.

Dear Annie: I loved the letter from the “Lady Doctor,” who was so thrilled with her MD degree that she wanted everyone to address her mail to “Dr. Jane Doe and Mr. John Doe.”

My wife and I met in grad school. She went on to get a Ph.D. Her mother is so proud that she addresses all of my wife’s letters to Dr. Jane Doe. Howev-er, she is also a traditionalist, so when she writes to both of us, she addresses her letters to Mr. and Mrs. John Doe. My wife will quickly tell anyone who asks that she is at least as proud of her Mrs. degree as she is of her Ph.D. — Mr. John Doe

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Tuesday, Oct. 8CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE:

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A livelier vibe kicks in today as the Moon begins its voyage in opti-mistic Sagittarius. A harmonious link to the Goddess of romance,

Venus, promises to make us indulge into a few good laughs today.

Smile whenever you can with-out any apparent reason. After all, laughter is just what the as-tral doctor has prescribed for us today.

Mercury meets with Saturn and this gives us an enhanced focus. Realistic thinking, practical advice and a need for tangible results are prominent.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this will turn out to be a highly sociable year for you.

Your restlessness and your desire to com-municate will know no boundaries. You will develop a higher need to express yourself either through writing or speaking.

Let your self-expressive skills known and see the magic unroll. Someone may take no-tice of your special talent.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A trip taken far away could be almost like a healing thera-py for you. Whatever dealings you may have with international individuals will turn out to be very pleasing for you. Don’t act to rashly on your desires.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Intimate en-counters will prove very rewarding and even necessary for your personal regeneration. You seek a strong bond and meaningful ties with the one you admire. Let yourself sink into the mystical world of pure elixir.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are giving your all into a complicated project or a chore that needs to be executed.

You have no place for emotionality, but practicality and effective solutions. Whatever the situation, you will accept nothing less but tangible results.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When it comes to running your habitual errands and in accomplishing your duties, you may not be efficient. Procrastination will kick in and ask you to take it slowly today. You may focus your attention into a beauty routine and not fulfilling an obligation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your inner child

pushes you to seek some amusement today. Recreation activities and games or watching a movie may be part of your plans. Invite a few good friends along with you or simply,

someone you fancy dearly. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

You are in a very serious mode today. You are particularly fo-cused on your communication and self-expressive skills. You want to present yourself in a very disciplined and organized manner.

Objectivity and practicality are your main vehicles of suc-cess.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You appear to know exactly what to say and when to say it. Words flourish from you beauti-fully, inspiring you to think about the softer side of life. A chance encounter will pleasantly sur-

prise you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Watch

the proportions you ingest as your appetite skyrockets today. Your craving for rich, fatty foods that are also high in calories may be tough to resist. If you have a sweet tooth, be even more vigilant. Financial luck is also in stores for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You carry yourself with poise and diplomacy. Oth-ers are drawn to your sympathetic nature and to your welcoming aura. Today, you will feel more tolerant than usually as you are not in a competitive mood.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Even when it comes to your dreams, you prefer to remain practical and realistic. You are not easily swept off your feet with simple words. You need to see your own work come to frui-tion which comes from your own effort.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Not ev-erything that is new and innovative can be representative of what you truly need in your everyday life.

You may have brilliant ideas in your cho-sen vocation, but your personal vision may require some alteration.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your per-sonal popularity is on the rise. Your personal life may be open to others. This is a favour-able time for you where you can attract more potential business. Sales should be more frequent and constructive.

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It’s finally here! With using up my last can, I was a little worried. But, I can breathe a sigh of relief, my pantry is again restocked with what I feel is an essential ingredient. I am talking about cranberry sauce, of course.

While everyone is collect-ing a can or two for the big feast, I am grabbing four, five, OK maybe a dozen to last me until they are abundantly available again.

It’s not because I am fore-seeing a shortage. In my kitchen, this tart and sweet condiment just doesn’t make an appearance a few weeks during the holidays — it is an ingredient that I use all year round!

I never understood, why it is considered a seasonal food but this is apparent in its sales; Ocean Spray, the nation’s largest producer of cranberry sauce, reports that of the 86.4 million cans it sells a year, 72 million of them are sold between September and the end of December. All I can say is: you are really missing out.

When you look at cranberry sauce, jellied or whole berries, you have to look at it from a differ-ent angle. Think of it in terms of a fruit that’s simply sweetened, thickened and waiting to be used.

Its tart flavour can complement so many dishes. Mix some maple syrup with cranberry sauce and used it as a glaze for a pork loin. It also works well with roasted chicken or duck or even vegetables like Brussels sprouts, green beans and especially sweet potatoes. The sauce caramelizes and sticks to give a sweet tart zing to food. Add the jelly to barbecue sauce to create a flavourful and different taste for your summer barbecues.

There are so many flavoured mustards and may-onnaise so it’s not outrageous to take a dollop of ei-ther and blend it with a little cranberry sauce — it is a great way to pep up the ordinary “ho hum” chicken, ham, and turkey sandwiches.

Continuing with the condiment theme, if you whisk the red sauce or throw it in a blender with some white wine vinegar, you have yourself a nice vinaigrette that’s good on mixed greens or salads with endive and chicory; it transforms an ordinary salad into a delicious treat.

Another idea is to place your cranberry sauce in a strainer to remove excess liquid. Beat eight ounces of cream cheese until creamy, add a teaspoon of va-nilla flavouring and a cup of the drained cranberry sauce; beat until smooth. This makes a great fruit dip to eat with vanilla wafers or graham crackers. You could also top with whip cream and eat as a parfait or as a breakfast spread on your morning bagel or toast.

Using cranberry sauce in baking is truly where its sweet and tangy flavours shine.

It is no different from canned fruits like cherries, peaches or apples. Add a cup to cake batter to add moisture, flavor and texture. Throw it into a muffin or quick fruit bread recipe. Not so good for the jelly stuff, but you can use the whole berry sauce as a sub-stitution to blueberry or corn muffins.

Try adding a little cranberry sauce with your fa-vourite cobbler recipe. Cobblers are very forgiving about the exact quantity of fruit that goes into their fillings, so you can easily combine sweet fruits with the tart sauce. By making pear, apple or blackberry cranberry sauce cobbler, it will bring in a contrast of tart flavours and tone down the sweetness of the dessert.

I’m not sure why, but I always attribute majestic qualities to cranberry sauce, so it seems fitting that it should sit regally on top of a plain cheese cake. Again, just make sure you strain the berry sauce to remove liquid, and add bit of sweetener.

Finally, tradition may have married cranberry sauce to turkey, but its true mistress is baked brie cheese! Warm brie cheese topped with cranberry sauce is a melty dream come true; the combination of tart cranberry sauce and creamy rich brie cheese is irresistible!

There are so many ways to have this combination. Make an easy and elegant appetizer by topping a round of baked brie with sweetened cranberry sauce and toasted pecans. Serve with assorted crackers, gingersnaps, apple slices or pear slices.

If you are on a hunt for dainty finger food appe-tizer, try brie cheese and cranberry sauce baked in flaky puff pastry.

For every day, try a twist to the grilled cheese sandwich — add cranberry sauce and brie cheese between slice of bread. The result: the bread turns buttery crisp while the insides are sweet and robust and utterly creamy divine.

Cranberry Muffins1½ cups all-purpose flour1 cup plus 3 tablespoons rolled oats (reserve the 3

tablespoons for the tops)

½ cup brown sugar1 tablespoon baking powder½ teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon cinnamon1½ cups leftover cranberry sauce½ cup milk1/3 cup vegetable oil1 eggPreheat oven to 400F. Grease a 12-cup standard-

size muffin tin. In a large bowl, blend together the flour, 1 cup oats, brown sugar, baking powder, bak-ing soda and cinnamon. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cranberry sauce, milk, vegetable oil and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingre-dients and stir just until blended. Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups — about three-quarters to all the way full. Sprinkle with the three table-spoons oats. Bake for 20 minutes or until tops spring back when you touch them and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out dry. Let cool for about five minutes. Serve.

Cranberry Brie PuffsHalf of a 397 ml package frozen puff pastry (1

block)1 cup cranberry sauce¼ cup all-purpose flour, for flouring work surface6 oz (175 g) brie, rinds removed, cut into 24 equal

piecesThaw pastry at room temperature for about 1

hour or until soft enough to roll out. Preheat oven to 400F (200C). Sprinkle work surface with flour and roll out puff pastry into a 12-by-9-inch (30-by-23-cm) rectangle. With a pastry scraper, cut the dough into 24 equal squares. Press pastry into mini-muffin pans. Put a piece of brie in each muffin cup. Divide cran-berry sauce among the muffin cups. Bake puffs for 15 to 20 minutes or until puffed up and golden brown. Serve warm.

Cranberry Pear Cobbler6 cups thinly sliced pears 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup cranberry sauce½ cup chopped pecans, chopped and divided 1 cup all-purpose flour ¾ cup white sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1/3 cup milk 2 tablespoon butter, melted ¼ cup chopped pecans Preheat oven to 350F. Generously grease 9-by-13-

inch baking dish.Mix pear slices, cranberry sauce, ¼ cup pecan and

cinnamon. Arrange in an even layer in the baking dish. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl whisk to-gether egg, evaporated milk, and melted butter. Pour milk mixture into flour mixture all at once, and stir until smooth. Pour mixture over apples, and sprinkle top with ¼ cup pecans. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.

Gingered Cranberry Sweet Potato6 medium peeled sweet potatoes, cut into 1-inch

pieces (about 3 pounds) ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar ½ teaspoon ginger, fresh and grated2 tablespoons margarine 2 tablespoons orange juice ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce Orange rind for garnish Place potatoes, covered, in a 2-quart casserole

dish; microwave at high for 10 minutes or until ten-der. Combine sugar, ginger, margarine, orange juice, and salt in a 2-cup glass measure. Microwave at high 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Add sugar mixture and cranberry sauce to potatoes; toss gently. Micro-wave at high 10 minutes uncovered, basting with sauce twice during cooking. Garnish with orange rind, if desired.

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masa-la-Mix blog on www.reddeeradvocate.com.

FOOD A11TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 2013

TOP: Using cranberry sauce in baking is truly where its sweet and tangy flavours shine. Add a cup to cake or muffin batter to add moisture, flavour and texture.MIDDLE: Mix some s w e e t e n e r w i t h cranberry sauce and used it as a glaze for pork, chicken or even vegetable. The sauce caramelizes and sticks to give a sweet tart zing to food.BOTTOM: Tradition may have married cranberry sauce to turkey, but its true mistress is baked brie cheese! Warm brie cheese melted into cranberry sauce is a melty dream come true, like in this cranberry brie puff.

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What happens i f you’re an orchestral composer and just can’t get 40-odd musicians together to play your brand-new concerto?

Going back to Haydn and even earlier, many composers would start out by writing for two pianos in order to pre-view music that would eventually be arranged for larger orchestras.

One pianist couldn’t possibly proximate the full orchestral range — you’re either playing at the high, middle or low end of the instrument.

“You can’t be in all places at once,” said Cheryl Cooney. But two pianists playing two pia-nos could produce the required overlapping melody lines and right tonal diversity.

This will essentially happen on Thursday evening, when local mu-sic lovers will be treated to a special two-for-one deal: pianists Cooney, of Red Deer, and Debra Bakland, of Lacombe, will perform a duo con-cert at the Red Deer Col-lege Arts Centre.

“We’ll have two nine-foot grand pianos on stage,” said Cooney, who will play along with Bak-land a program of di-verse music stretching from 1733 to the present day.

One of the pieces will be an excerpt of an orig-inal work composed by Cooney, called Misère, that’s actually faster and peppier than the title would suggest.

“It doesn’t sound miserable at all — or at least, hopefully, it shouldn’t,” said Cooney, with a chuckle.

The retired Red Deer College music instruc-tor and Bakland, a piano professor at Canadian University College, met through teaching circles.

Both enjoy accompa-nying music students, but also like keeping their skills honed by per-forming regular public recitals.

Bakland and Cooney will alternate on first and second piano on Jo-hann Sebastian Bach’s C major concerto that was actually written for two harpsichords, Sergei Rachmaninov’s Fantasie Tableaux, and Johannes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn.

Among the more re-cent works on the pro-gram is a piano varia-tion on Paganini’s 24th Caprice that was origi-nally written for violins.

Cooney said Polish com-poser Witold Lutoslawski transcribed some 200 variations but only this one survived the Second World War.

“It’s got a real sense of humour,” said Cooney, who enjoys playing it for that reason.

One of the more chal-lenging pieces is Winns-boro Cotton Mill Blues, written in 1980 by Fred-eric Rzewski as one of his American Ballads.

The socio-historical piece was inspired by the difficult conditions endured by U.S. cotton mill workers.

It’s in part based on a Pete Seeger protest song, and begins by depicting the drone of factory ma-chinery.

“It’s a problematic piece that is quite strik-ing — literally,” said Cooney.

Some accompaniment at the concert will be provided by the Canadi-an University College’s chamber strings ensem-

ble.Cooney, a graduate of

the University of British Columbia and Michigan State University, has had original compositions — including orchestral, choral and instrumental pieces — played across North and South Ameri-ca and Europe.

She has also per-formed with the Red Deer Symphony and Red Deer Chamber Singers. Among her recorded works is Windsong-Haida Dawn, The Kiev Sympho-ny Plays Works of Cheryl Cooney and Live at the Arts Centre!

Bakland taught for 29 years at Walla Walla University in Washing-ton State before taking a teaching position in La-combe in 2007. Bakland, who holds degrees from Andrews University in Michigan and Wash-ington State University, spent many years adju-dicating throughout the U.S. for the Music Teach-ers’ National Associa-

tion.A highlight was her

two-year project on Bach’s piano music that prepared elementary to college age students to perform dual keyboard pieces with orchestra for the public at the Spo-kane Opera House in 1993.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are $22.25 ($19.95 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket

Centre.The same duo pia-

no concert will also be performed by Cooney and Bakland at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Seventh-day Adven-tist Church in College Heights in Lacombe as

part of the Sundays at Seven concert series, presented by Canadian University College. Tick-ets are $25 at the door ($15 seniors/$10 youth students).

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A Fox News Channel anchor apologized for falsely saying that Presi-dent Barack Obama had offered to pay for the operation of a museum of Muslim culture “out of his own pocket” dur-ing the government shut-down.

Anchor Anna Koo-iman made the remark Saturday on Fox & Friends during a discus-sion about closed facili-ties. She didn’t cite a source.

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Cory Litzenberger wants to be an accountable advocate on the Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division board.

The 36-year-old accountant a n d f i n a n -cial planner is making his first run for the board just as his oldest child enters the school sys-tem.

“I want to make sure the school division is financially strong and will be around for the next 15 years,” said Litzen-berger, who also has a three-year-old boy.

Married to an educator work-ing in another division, Litzen-berger said he can relate to the teacher’s perspective in educ-tion and sees communicating with front-line staff as a key du-ty for school trustees, despite the fact that a board’s singular employee is the division super-intendent.

“I don’t think that the com-munication channels are there in a lot of places. For any orga-nization, you need to have the top hearing from the front lines directly,” he said.

A second main focus for Litzenberger on the board would be to effectively lobby government. He cites his past experience as a director with the Red Deer Chamber of Com-merce, when he pushed for pol-icy changes through the provin-cial body.

He said the current board has done a good job of governance, but with the provincial govern-ment taking some responsibili-ties away from boards in recent years — most notably legislating the contract for teachers earlier this year — school boards need to have their voice heard at the provincial level.

“I think we need to push back a little bit and say what we need for our community. It’s not my role to tell the province where they should put their money, it’s my role to make sure that when they finally decide to spend their money, that we’re at the top of the list,” he said.

Litzenberger added that he would bring some “financial and legislative expertise” to the board table if elected.

“Being that I’m a very vocal individual, I’d be more than willing to advocate on our be-half.”

Other trustee candidates are David Bouchard, Murray Hol-lman, Adriana LaGrange, Guy Pelletier, Brandie Towers and Anne Marie Watson.

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A longtime public school trustee is taking another shot at the board table, his way of stay-ing with the profession that has been a huge part of his life.

A ret ired teacher, Dick L e m k e h a s served as a Red Deer Pub-lic School Dis-trict trustee for six years.

“When I’m on the board I discuss every-thing through the filter of how it would help kids,” said Lemke, 70. “If it helps kids I’m for it, and the more directly the better.”

He called his two terms on the board rewarding, saying he thinks they have a great staff and great senior administrative team.

He said the board needs sus-tainable and predictable fund-ing and the provincial govern-ment hasn’t come through on that.

“Our role as trustees is to make for a better education ex-perience for kids,” said Lem-ke. “We have to be continually cognizant of that to make the school experience a quality and

ever-improving one.”Lemke is proud that the

board tries to make the schools double as community centres and promotes public use of the space. He pointed to the planned public library in the new Ecole Barrie Wilson Ele-mentary School. He also cited the skateboard park on the edge of Glendale Middle School.

His kids went through the public school system.

He believes students should have a say at the board table by bringing a student trustee on board.

“They often see things under a different filter than adults do,” said Lemke. “They see things as it applies to them, just ask a kid what their solution is and often it is a good one.”

“I enjoyed teaching, I think I was very good at it, and this is my way of staying in touch with kids in the system.”

Trustee candidates will be on the Oct. 21 municipal bal-lot along with city council and mayoral candidates.

Other Red Deer Public School board candidates are Bill Christie, Shari Hanson, Kerri Kenworthy, Lianne Kru-ger, Dianne Macaulay, Bev Man-ning, Ben Ordman, Cathy Pea-cocke, Kurt Spady, Bill Stue-bing, Jim Watters, Milt Williams and Raymond Yaworski.

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Stabilizing taxes, taking care of seniors and the homeless are key to Garry Didrik-son’s platform.

The 66-year-old Red Deer city council candidate says he is slow-ing down from his business that he has run for 40 years in Red Deer.

And now it’s time to give back to the community.

Didrikson said he has the work ethic, education, positive attitude and expe-rience to be a good coun-cillor.

Didrikson, who is a busi-nessman but also a natural health practitioner, chiro-practor and acupuncturist, said as a coun-cillor he would be visible and approach-able in the community.

The self-described “self-made” man

said his doors would always be open to the public.

On Didrikson’s to-do list are stabilizing taxes to keep businesses in Red Deer and improving safety for everyone in the com-munity.

Didrikson said the city should be doing its part and working with the province to keep the elderly safe and secure in their homes.

Ensuring youth and children in the com-munity are looked after through provincial programs is also a concern.

“We have to have a social conscience,” said Didrikson.

“The way we do that is to talk to these people and get them involved.”

Didrikson has lived in Red Deer for more than five decades. His wife, Jo-Anne, is a nurse at the Red Deer Regional Hospi-tal Centre.

Didrikson is a director on the Central

Alberta Co-op board and a member of the Bowden Penitentiary’s citizens’ advisory council.

He has volunteered on several city plan-ning groups and sports organizations over the years. He was as an engineering techni-cian and worked in Edmonton and Calgary.

Other council hopefuls are Jerry Ander-son, Terry Balgobin, Bettylyn Baker, Bob Bevins, Buck Buchanan (incumbent), Matt Chapin, Stephen Coop, Serge Gingras, Cal-vin Goulet-Jones, Tanya Handley, Paul Har-ris (incumbent), David Helm, Lloyd John-son, Ken Johnston, Tim Lasiuta, Lawrence Lee, Dan McKenna, Victor Mobley, Dennis Moffat, Dawna Morey, Lynne Mulder (in-cumbent), Ben Ordman, Janella Spearing, Troy Wavrecan, Jonathan Wieler, Frank Wong (incumbent), Dianne Wyntjes (incum-bent), Darren Young and Calvin Yzerman.

The five-way mayoral race includes Councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer and newcomers William Horn, Chad Mason and Dennis Trepanier.

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Kinsmen Dream Home readyBY RENÉE FRANCOEUR

ADVOCATE STAFF

The race for the 2013 Kins-men Dream home has officially begun with ticket sales going online last week.

The grand public opening of the home, located in the new Vanier Woods neighbourhood at 220 Vancouver Cres., will take place on Oct. 19.

The sleek and modern house, built by Larkaun Homes, is estimated to be worth $890,000.

Tickets are the same price as last year: one for $100 or three for $250.

“All of the money we raise from the lottery stays in our community. We’re not run by a marketing company as some of the other lotteries are; it’s all done by volunteers,” said Len Sisco, Kinsmen Dream Home chair.

“The money goes to a lot of different agencies like the Red Cross, the food bank, the wom-en’s shelter, the hospice soci-ety and the youth and volunteer centre. I could go on.”

Just over 14,000 tickets have been printed.

The event also seeks to sup-port what Sisco calls “invisible charities,” as “we can’t always see where the money goes be-cause it’s not going into bricks and mortar like building an are-na but it’s helping them do what they need to do.”

Tickets are only available online at the moment but will be for sale at the dream home after its grand opening and at

various Servus Credit Union lo-cations as well as at Sproule’s Mountview IDA on 43rd Avenue in Red Deer.

Other prizes include a 2013 Nissan Titan SL truck, a trip for four to Puerto Vallarta from Calgary, a hot tub, massage chairs and a barbecue.

There will also be a 50/50

draw this year with a minimum payout of $30,000 and maximum of $75,000.

The 50/50 tickets costs are: one for $10, five for $25 and 16 for $50.

The public can purchase 50/50 tickets separately, with-out purchasing a dream home ticket and vice versa, Sisco

said.Ticket lines shut down at 5

p.m. on Dec. 31.Both draws will take place

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The new 2014 Kinsmen Dream Home is open for viewing. The home built by Larkaun Homes in Red Deer is located at 220 Vancouver Cres. at Vanier Woods East in Red Deer.

TICKET SALES START ONLINE, GRAND PUBLIC OPENING ON OCT. 19.

Trial in 2014 in caseof killing, dumped body

An Edmonton man accused of kill-ing an acquaintance and then dumping her body in a ditch near Innisfail in the fall of 2011 will go to trial on Nov. 4, 2014.

Mark Damien Lindsay, 26, is charged with second-degree murder, performing an indignity to human remains and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of Dana Jane Turner, 31.

Turner’s remains were located on Oct. 9, 2011.

She had been reported missing by family members in Sherwood Park al-most two months earlier.

The jury trial will take place in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Lindsay remains in custody pending the outcome of his trial.

Train cars derail at Mirror,no injuries or issues

A section of a Canadian National train derailed on Sunday evening in the company’s yard in Mirror.

Five cars derailed “upright” around 6:40 p.m. during yard operations, CN spokesperson Warren Chandler said.

There were no environmental is-sues and no injuries, according to Chandler.

“Two of the cars were carrying auto-mobiles and the remaining three were carrying steel.”

The incident is under investigation to determine the cause and estimate the damages.

No further informa-tion was available.

Attempted murder hearing Dec. 31A preliminary hear-

ing in an attempted murder case will be held on Dec. 31 in Red Deer provincial court.

On June 3, Sylvan Lake RCMP were called to reports of a seriously wounded man walking along a roadside near Benalto.

Charges including attempted murder, rob-bery with a firearm, aggravated assault and a variety of weapons of-fences have been laid against Daniel Huddle-stone, 34, and Cameron Glen Monkman, 28.

Preliminary hearings may be requested to de-termine the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

Huddlestone remains in custody while Monk-man was previously released on cash bail of $2,000.

Man convicted in fatality

Sentencing has been adjourned to Dec. 13 for a Red Deer man con-victed on Friday of dan-gerous driving causing death.

Gordon Lepore, 56, was convicted by Justice Dennis Thomas in Ed-monton Court of Queen’s Bench in connection with a fatal collision on May 3, 2011.

Court heard that Lepore was on Hwy 63, heading north toward Fort McMurray, when his one-ton pickup truck crossed the centre line and struck a southbound vehicle driven by Maria Aquino.

After hearing from several witnesses, in-cluding those who saw the vehicle drifting back and forth across the highway, the judge determined that Lepore had fallen asleep at the wheel.

Sentencing has been adjourned to Oct. 4 to al-low for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.

325 advancevotes cast

The first of five ad-vance voting opportu-nities of the 2013 civic election brought 325 electors to the polls on Saturday.

In 2010, 1,090 electors cast their ballots over the five days of advance polls.

In 2007, there were 852 votes cast and in 2004, there were 744 votes cast over the same five-day period.

The remaining ad-vance polls are Friday and Saturday, and Oct. 18 and Oct. 19.

Advance voting takes place at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery (4525 47A Ave.) from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

To be eligible to vote, an elector must be at least 18 years old, a Cana-dian citizen, have resided in Alberta for the last six consecutive months immediately preceding election day (since April 21, 2013) and a resident of Red Deer on election day.

New this year, identification must be shown prior to voting that establish-es both the elector’s name and current address.

A full list of authorized identifica-tion is available at www.reddeer.ca/reddeervotes.

For more information about the 2013 Municipal Election, including a map of voting stations, call the City of Red Deer at 403-342-8132 or visit www.reddeer.ca/reddeervotes.

Woman wins $200,000Lillian Uytendaele of Sylvan Lake

bought a lottery ticket while fuelling up in Edmonton and won $200,000.

Uytendaele stopped for gas at the Inglewood Petro-Canada on 111th Av-enue, heading north-west.

She said she doesn’t usually buy instant tickets but decided to try a $7 Jewel 7’s scratch ’n’ win when she noticed there was a promotion offering gas discounts with lottery ticket pur-chases.

She didn’t think she’d won after originally scratching but took it to a local store at home to check anyway.

She said she couldn’t believe it when the retailer told her she’d won such a large amount.

Uytendaele plans to use the money for a trip to the East Coast to visit fam-ily and fulfil a lifelong dream for her upcoming birthday: become a Harley-

Davidson motorcycle owner.

Removal of patioto cause some delays

Removal of the Ross Street Patio will cause some delays starting today.

The dismantlement on Ross Street

should be completed by the end of the week. Any temporary painted lines will be removed and the previous road markings and parking configuration will be reinstated.

Over the summer, there were 28 per-formances by local artists, three First Friday Patio Parties and community events hosted on the patio.

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From the left, Layla Parach, Cole Wasmuth, and sisters Sophie, Olivia, and Avery Hansen show off new copies of the book The Good Dog by avi. The Mattie McCullough Elementary School students along with students from Westpark Middle and Elementary Schools are taking part in a reading project featuring the new book by the acclaimed children’s author avi. Each student at the three schools will receive a copy of the book, which they will be encouraged to read at home to create a culture of literacy. Schools will follow up the readings with discussion in the classroom. A kickoff for the project was to take place Monday evening with various dog related booths and demonstrations at Westpark Middle School.

Question: How can I help my 14-year-old son turn his grades around?

I used to tutor him when he was younger, but lately he’s refused my help. Right now the only thing he’s into is bas-ketball.

I don’t want to take that away, since it’s all he has. We’re also isolated from fam-ily and friends. What should I do?

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I’d encourage you to have a private conversation with his basketball coach and ask him if he’d be will-ing to make continued participation on the team de-pendent upon your son’s grades. Chances are he’ll go along with the plan.

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Many famous gardens are referred to by name, starting with the Garden of Eden.

Some are n a m e d f o r their location such as Siss-inghurst, oth-ers simply for the gardener as in Monet’s gardens while still more are n a m e d b e -cause the de-scription fits such as Sage M o u n t a i n , R o s e m a r y Gladstar’s fa-mous herbal r e t r e a t i n Vermont.

I always smile when I see names posted like Growing Concern, Gar-den of Eaten’ or the oft used Garden Of Weeden. Serenity, Green Tangle or Fairy Lane are nice names too.

However, if I were brazen enough to give my own garden a title the letters on the sign would probably read “Next Year.”

Lord knows, I say those words often enough while tending the plants and soil.

In an area that gets—on average—85 frost free days, this year we were granted 120.

Us! The ones in a frost

pocket! The ones who always

get both a late frost in the spring and an ear-ly one come fall. Some years we have only made 45 days between frosts.

I don’t ever remem-ber getting four straight months without the tem-perature dipping below zero before and I have lived here for half a cen-tury.

Of course, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, just that I don’t remem-ber if it ever did.

If I wasn’t worried it was the result of global warming, I’d be delight-ed.

Of course, this was al-so the year I gave up on wasting space on winter squash, sweet potatoes and other long-season heat-lovers that always get slapped down with frost before producing anything worth eating. Ah well. Next year.

Even with the long season, there were the usual hits and misses. I had a bumper crop of potatoes, beans, lettuce and kale and a decent amount of beets, carrots and strawberries.

The deer ate most of the peas so next year they are going back down in the orchard with its eight foot fence. The on-ions were terrible and I only got a few measly garlic and shallot bulbs for my year-long effort.

The raspberries grew lush with all the rain but only produced a smatter-ing of berries.

There were so few we only had enough for eat-ing straight off the bush, and even those didn’t taste very good.

The new growth of canes look very lush and promising though, so I’m hoping for better results next year.

Things in the green-house did pretty well. I still have tomatoes rip-ening, though it’s long past the time to do the final harvest and bring them in, green or other-wise. My Sweet Success cucumber lived up to its name.

A single plant pro-duced so many cucum-bers we couldn’t eat them all and had to give some away.

There are still a cou-ple dangling from the vine even now and here we are in the month of October!

And of course the zuc-chini kept its prolific reputation intact. Just like the cucumber, one lone plant gave us more zucchini than we could eat. My peppers, how-ever, are just starting to blossom so it’s a wash for them. Next year.

My leaf harvest for the compost—which you would think would be a sure thing—has come to

an abrupt end before it scarcely began.

Rains came and made the falling leaves a sod-

d e n m e s s . There are still some leaves on the trees so I haven’t lost all hope of playing with my new leaf vacuum, but it doesn’t look good. Oh, well. Next year.

At least the horse manure for the com-post is a crop I can count on. I ’ve hauled over 20 wheel-barrow loads

out of the pasture in the last week alone.

“We don’t grow when things are easy. We grow when we face a chal-lenge.”

– Author unknown “What are you looking

at?”“Come here,” I said,

motioning for my wife to join me. I was kneeling down next to where the sidewalk met the asphalt. Something small, yet mi-raculous had caught my attention.

“Did you lose some-thing?” she asked, kneel-ing next to me.

“No,” I replied. “I think I found some-thing.”

A delicate flower no more than three inches tall was growing in the scant bit of soil that ex-

isted between the ce-ment curb and the road surface and not only growing but thriving with five tiny blue blossoms. I grabbed my phone and took a picture for re-membrance.

“Bloom where you’re planted,” my wife said and smiled.

The Bishop of Geneva, Saint Francis de Sales is credited with the quote but it was Mary Engelbreit — American graphic artist and chil-dren’s book illustrator — who popularized the phrase.

To me, bloom where you’re planted means no longer waiting for the ideal situation or set of circumstances to arrive before starting to live a happy and empowered life. Happiness is not dependent on where we are or what’s going on around us.

The key to happiness lies in our response to the current situation and circumstances. It comes with acceptance of this moment. Notice I said acceptance, not resigna-tion – two vastly differ-ent states-of-mind.

I’m reminded of the words of Robert Louis Stevenson, author of such classics as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

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Oct. 8

1992 — Expansion Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 in the Ottawa Civic Centre in the first regular season NHL game for a Senators team in 58 years.

1992 — Gov.-Gen. Ray Hnatyshyn un-veils the new $2.8-million peacekeeping monument on traffic island in Ottawa. It is

called Reconciliation to honour 90,000 Ca-nadians who served, 80 who died on duty since 1947.

1916 — James Richardson is awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for inspiring men of 16th Canadian Battalion to capture a German position at the Somme during the First World War. Richardson fearlessly marched in front of the enemy playing his bagpipes, and was killed.

1904 — Edmonton and Prince Albert, Sask., incorporated as cities.

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Nell draws high praiseBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

When Brent Sutter talks about Mey-er Nell he’s pretty much describing the type of player every team covets.

“He’s smart, he has good skills, he can skate and he has good size,” the Red Deer Rebels general manager/head coach said Monday, in reference to the 16-year-old forward who was re-cently recalled from the Notre Dame midget AAA Argos and will be with the WHL club for the remainder of the season.

Nell, a product of Boissevain, Man., who was selected by the Rebels in the fifth round of the 2012 bantam draft, was impressive during the club’s train-ing camp and through a pair of pre-season games before being reassigned in early September.

“He just wasn’t where we would have liked him to be in terms of being ready to play at this level,” said Sut-ter, who at the time felt Nell would be better off playing in the midget AAA ranks.

“The main concern we had was if we kept him any longer he might not have a place to play. He was enrolled at Notre Dame and we wanted him to go there and have a chance to play on the better of the two teams (Argos and Hounds).”

Nell put up six points in two exhibi-tion games and then scored three goals and added an assist in the Argos’ first regular-season contest.

“He went back to Notre Dame and was lights out,” said Sutter. “He played really well and put up lots of points. I kept in touch with Randy (Rebels di-rector of scouting/player development Peterson) and Shaun (senior scout Sutter) and we talked about bringing

him back. “He joined us on our road trip and played really well for us as a 16-year-old.”

Nell appeared in all four games of an Eastern Division road trip that con-cluded Saturday in Brandon, where he recorded his first-ever WHL regular-season point with an assist on a goal

by Christian Stockl in a 4-2 Red Deer victory.

“I had a fairly good start to my midg-et season and was hoping that would lead to a recall,” said Nell, who will make his Rebels home-ice debut to-night against the Everett Silvertips.

“I felt really good in my first game

with the Rebels and felt that I just kept on getting better as the road trip con-tinued.”

Nell played with the Southeast Cougars of the Manitoba Midget AAA League last season as a 15-year-old and while he didn’t put up huge numbers — six goals and 22 points in 37 games — he admitted the experience helped his development.

“It was good to get to play against the bigger bodies. It was an advantage in getting me ready for the next level,” said Nell.

The six-foot, 184-pound centre had no problem with being reassigned to the midget AAA ranks in September.

“Starting the season at the midget level really helped me out,” he said. “I had a good summer of training lead-ing into the season and coming out of the Rebels camp and going to Notre Dame gave me another good look at the difference in levels and I was able to excel.”

Nell, whose personal goal this sea-son is to further develop as a two-way player, is on the short list for Team Western, which will represent Mani-toba and Saskatchewan in the World Under 17 Challenge Dec. 28-Jan. 4 in Nova Scotia.

The final roster will be announced in November.

Regardless of whether Nell plays in the international tournament, he knows that Red Deer will be his home this winter.

“I’m excited and happy to be here,” he said.

● Rebels defenceman Brady Gaudet is expected to play tonight after miss-ing Saturday’s game in Brandon with an ankle bruise.

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New Red Deer Rebel Meyer Nell participates in a practice at the Centrium on Monday. Nell was called up during the team’s recent road trip and has impressed coaches with his skill as a 16 year-old.

Oilers get dramatic win over DevilsBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Oilers 5 Devils 4 SOEDMONTON — Jordan Eberle scored the shootout

winner as the Edmonton Oilers rallied from a three-goal deficit for a 5-4 victory over the New Jersey Dev-ils on Monday.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Andrew Ference, David Perron and Taylor Hall scored in regulation as the Oilers (1-2-0) earned their first win of the season. The victory helped Edmonton avoid its worst start to a season since the 1995-96 campaign when it went 0-4 out of the gate.

Jaromir Jagr, Damien Brunner, Michael Ryder and Patrik Elias scored for the Devils (0-1-2), who are just one of six teams in the NHL yet to capture their first victory of the season.

New Jersey built a 3-0 lead in the first two periods before Nugent-Hopkins, making his season debut, scored after a mad scramble on a power play in front of Martin Brodeur in the Devils’ net.

Nugent-Hopkins missed the first two games of the season as he recovered from shoulder surgery.

The goal spoiled Brodeur’s shutout bid. There are only three teams that the veteran goalie has not re-corded a shutout against in his career — Edmonton, Nashville and San Jose.

Edmonton made it 3-2 with 10-and-a-half minutes to play in the third as Ference scored on a point shot through traffic.

The momentum shifted firmly in the Oilers favour and they tied the game as Perron plucked the puck out of a face-off in the Devils end and picked the cor-ner for his first goal as an Oiler. He came to Edmon-ton in an off-season trade with St. Louis.

After tying the game up 3-3 with eight minutes to play, the Oilers took their first lead of the contest two minutes later as Ales Hemsky chipped a puck off the boards to Hall, who was alone in front and slipped the puck through Brodeur’s legs.

However, the Devils were able to tie the game 4-4 with just 54 seconds left while shorthanded as Elias

threw a puck on net that banked off Ference’s skate and into the net with Brodeur on the bench to send the game to the eventual shootout.

New Jersey scored on the game’s first shot three minutes in to the first period as Jagr brought it in himself and button-hooked into the slot before send-ing his first of the season past Oilers goalie Jason LaBarbera.

Brunner made it 2-0 for the Devils fives minutes later on the power play. He faked a shot at the top of the circle and then elected to shoot, putting it stick-side past LaBarbera.

Edmonton’s best chance in the first came with a man advantage of its own with two minutes to play when Hemsky had an open net to shoot the puck into with Brodeur going the other way, but defender An-ton Volchenkov fished it to safety.

The Devils surged ahead 3-0 at the 4:34 mark of the second period as a giveaway deep in Oilers terri-tory led to a two-on-one with Ryder electing to shoot himself, rifling his second of the season in the top corner.

Edmonton had another chance to get on the score-board two minutes into the third period, bur Nail Yakupov’s shot rang off the post.

The Devils are right back at it on Tuesday night in Vancouver against the Canucks in the second game of a five-game trip. The Oilers are off until Thursday when they host the Montreal Canadiens.

Notes - The last time the Devils and Oilers played each other, New Jersey pulled out a 2-1 overtime win at Rexall Place on Jan. 11, 2012a Damien Brunner scored three of the New Jersey’s first five goals this seasona With games on back-to-back nights, Brodeur was given the start for the Devils so that off-season trade acquisition Cory Schneider could get the nod against his old team, the Canucks, on Tuesdaya Nu-gent-Hopkins, the first overall selection in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, made his season debut after having shoulder surgery last Aprila The Devils started their road trip with a completely healthy lineupa Edmon-ton had veteran forward Ryan Smyth sitting out as a healthy scratch, opting to inject recent call-up Ryan Hamilton into the lineup.

Smith’s three TDs leads Jets to win over FalconsBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jets 30 Falcons 28ATLANTA — Geno Smith wasn’t

flustered. Not after all the mistakes in his first four games. Not after the At-lanta Falcons went ahead on a touch-down with less than 2 minutes remain-ing.

Looking like a wily ol’ veteran in-stead of a rookie, Smith calmly guided the New York Jets to another victory.

Smith threw three touchdown pass-es and directed a drive that set up Nick Folk’s 43-yard field goal on the fi-nal play, giving the Jets a 30-28 victory over the staggering Falcons on Monday night.

“It’s always been a dream of mine since I was a kid to be in those situa-tions,” Smith said.

After the Falcons went ahead on Matt Ryan’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Levine Toilolo with 1:54 remaining, Smith completed four straight passes and broke off an 8-yard run that set up Folk’s field goal as time expired.

The Jets (3-2) have been waiting for this sort of performance from Smith,

who came into the game leading the NFL with 11 turnovers, including eight interceptions. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards and threw almost as many touchdown passes as the four he had in the first four games.

“My confidence is always sky-high,” Smith said. “Nothing can bring me down.”

Smith put in extra work at practice to cut down on the turnovers, and it sure paid off. He was sacked four times but never lost the ball.

“It’s a mindset,” he said. “I made it my duty to come out here and not put the ball on the ground and not put my team in jeopardy.”

The Falcons (1-4) rallied from a 27-14 deficit in the fourth quarter. Jac-quizz Rodgers scored on a pair of touchdown runs, and Ryan also threw a scoring pass to Jason Snelling.

But they couldn’t stop Smith when it mattered.

“He’s a rookie,” Atlanta safety Wil-liam Moore said, “and we make him look like a 10-year veteran.”

Considered a Super Bowl contender at the beginning of the season, Atlanta is mired in a three-game longest losing

streak — its longest since 2007 — head-ing into a bye week. The Jets led 17-7 after a goal-line stand on the final play of the first half, which turned out to be awful big at the end of the game.

Atlanta had two cracks at the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 1. The first attempt resulted in an incomplete pass, but the Jets were called for pass interference when they grabbed Tony Gonzalez as he tried to get open.

The Falcons again passed on a chip-shot field goal, and curiously decided to hand it to their smallest back — Rodgers is just 5-foot-6 and 196 pounds — for a power run behind their shaky offensive line. Rodgers was swallowed up by the New York line, sending the Jets racing off the field in celebration while the Falcons staggered to their locker room to a round of boos from the Georgia Dome crowd.

Rodgers and the Falcons rallied in the second half. The diminutive back scored on a 4-yard run midway through the third quarter, then broke off a 19-yard score to cut the Jets’ lead to 27-21 with 8:10 remaining. The Falcons finally surged ahead, taking advantage of a holding call on Demario Davis af-

ter the Jets batted down a pass to Rod-gers. Two plays later, Ryan hooked up with Toilolo, a tight end known more for his blocking.

But New York had plenty of time to pull off the winning drive.

Smith completed a 12-yard pass to Stephen Hill, a 13 yarder to Jeremy Kerley, and went to Hill again on a 9-yarder. Smith scrambled around left end to the Atlanta 38. After one more Smith completion, the Jets let the clock run down and sent on their kicker.

There was no doubt about it.“I hit it pretty solid,” Folk said. “As

soon as I saw it go and get up in the air, I knew it was pretty good.”

Ryan completed 36 of 45 passes for 319 yards. Gonzalez hauled in 10 recep-tions for 97 yards and became just the second player in NFL history to catch a pass in 200 consecutive games, trail-ing only Jerry Rice (274). Julio Jones had eight catches for 99 yards.

The Falcons were missing six start-ers because of injuries, and the medi-cal report grew longer. Receiver Rod-dy White went out with a hamstring injury, and Snelling didn’t return after sustaining a concussion.

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New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur looks on as Edmonton Oiler Taylor Hall celebrates a goal during third period NHL action in Edmonton, on Monday.

Rebels vs. Everett SilvertipsTonight, 7 p,m., CentriumThe Silvertips are

coming off a 1-0 over-time loss to the visiting Spokane Chiefs Satur-day and with a 3-1-1-0 record sit third in the U.S. Division and sixth in the Western Confer-ence. Everett opens a four-game road trip to-night that includes a Wednesday date with the Edmonton Oil Kings and Friday and Saturday engagements with the Prince George Cougars . . . LW Joshua Winquist is the club’s

leading scorer with four goals and nine points. Rus-sian C Ivan Nikolishin, acquired in this year’s CHL import draft, is next in line with five points (1g,4a). C Jujhar Khaira, who left Michigan Tech to sign with the Edmonton Oilers, is one of four Silvertips with four points. Khaira, LW Dawson Leedahl and C Car-son Stadnyk have each recorded two goals and two assists, while former Rebels and Saskatoon Blades D Matt Pufahl has scored once and added three help-ers.

Injuries: Everett — None to report. Red Deer — LW Grayson Pawlenchuk (upper body, 6-8 weeks), C Lukas Sutter (upper body, week to week).

Special teams: Everett — Power play 33.3 per cent, third overall; penalty kill 89.5 per cent, first. Red Deer — Power play 26.5 per cent, ninth overall; pen-alty kill 72.2 per cent, 19th.


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ODENSE, Denmark — Kyle and Keegan Soehn of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club teamed up to win bronze in the se-nior men’s synchronized trampoline at a World Cup event during the weekend.

The finish propelled the duo into second place in the world rankings.

The two will be part of the Canadian senior men’s trampoline team to compete at the World Champion-ships in November in Sofia, Bulgaria.

GYMNASTICS

Flyers part with Laviolette after

three gamesTHE CANADIAN PRESS

Given the Philadel-phia Flyers’ lacklustre play early in the season, Peter Laviolette’s firing was not altogether shock-ing.

But the veteran coach getting the hook after just three games provid-ed some measure of sur-prise around the NHL.

“It’s one of those things that happens in sports and we’ve all been victims of it,” Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ran-dy Carlyle said. “I can’t say that I’m surprised that it’s happened. I’m surprised that it hap-pened to him. I’m sur-prised that it happened so quickly.”

The Flyers went 0-3-0 against the Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes, scoring one goal in each game and giving up a to-tal of nine. The last head coach to be let go this early in a season was Bill Gadsby, who was fired by the Detroit Red Wings af-ter a 2-0 start in 1969.

Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren had a “fleeting thought” about firing Laviolette last season when the team didn’t make the playoffs but ultimately thought the man who led the Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup final de-served another training camp. Owner Ed Snider told reporters at Wells Fargo Center that it was the worst training camp he had ever seen.

There was little doubt Laviolette was on a short leash. The online sports-book Bodog set odds that made him the favourite to be the first NHL coach fired this season.

The Flyers have the

reputation as a team that’s not afraid to make changes when things aren’t working.

Holmgren traded Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings and Jeff Carter to Columbus after the 2010-11 season and signed Ilya Bryzgalov to a US$51-million, nine-year contract. This past summer the organization bought Bryzgalov out of the final seven years of that deal.

James van Riemsdyk was the Flyers’ No. 2 overall pick in 2007 and then signed a $25.5-mil-lion, six-year contract extension in the summer of 2011. He was traded to the Leafs for defence-man Luke Schenn at the 2012 draft. Van Riems-dyk didn’t really know what to make of the Fly-ers’ slow start and Lavio-lette’s firing.

“When stuff doesn’t go, I guess, the way they’re thinking it’ll go there, you obviously expect them to make changes,” he said.

Canadiens forward Daniel Briere, who spent the previous six seasons in Philadelphia, talked to Laviolette last week and was impressed with how the Flyers played in their opener against To-ronto. Montreal beat the Flyers 4-1 at Bell Centre on Saturday night.

“I didn’t get a sense of any panic there,” Bri-ere said. “I haven’t had a chance to talk to anyone since these last two loss-es, but I imagine every-one’s a little surprised at what happened.”

Laviolette and the Flyers made the play-offs in three of the past four seasons, but turning things around in 2013-14 will fall on Craig Berube, who’s considered some-thing of a players’ coach.

Rays beat Red Sox to stay alive

A’s get win over Tigers to take series lead


Rays 5 Red Sox 4ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tam-

pa Bay Rays are still afloat in the AL division series.

Jose Lobaton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning into the giant fish tank beyond the centre-field wall, and Tampa Bay staved off elimination once again by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Mon-day night.

Evan Longoria had a three-run homer and the Rays averted a playoff sweep, cutting Boston’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five series. Game 4 is Tues-day night at Tropicana Field, with Jake Peavy starting for the Red Sox against Jeremy Hellickson.

“Look at this whole week working up to today, and then this game is even more dramatic than the other games we had already won,” manager Joe Maddon said. “It’s really an incredible day for the Rays.”

Tampa Bay took a win-or-go-home game for the fourth time in nine days. The Rays did it with an unlikely stroke as Lobaton, who came off the bench to catch in the top of the ninth, connected against Red Sox closer Koji Uehara.

“It’s unbelievable. It’s something

you can’t explain,” Lobaton said. “We never give up. We’re going to

keep fighting.”Back home after two weeks on the

road, the Rays gave a sellout crowd of 33,675 little to cheer until Longo-ria homered on his 28th birthday. His three-run shot off Clay Buchholz with two outs in the fifth rallied Tampa Bay to a 3-all tie.

Pinch-hitter Delmon Young, who has a penchant for driving home key runs in October, put the Rays ahead 4-3 with an RBI grounder in the eighth.

The Red Sox tied it in the ninth af-ter closer Fernando Rodney issued a leadoff walk to Will Middlebrooks. Dustin Pedroia’s RBI grounder made it 4-all. With a runner on third, pinch-hitter Mike Carp was called out on strikes to end the inning. Carp batted for Quintin Berry, who entered as a pinch-runner for David Ortiz in the eighth. Berry stole second on a close play that drew an argument from Mad-don. But when Ortiz’s spot came up again in the ninth, Boston’s big slugger was out of the game.

Rodney got the win when Lobaton golfed a low pitch to right-centre. The ball deflected off a fan trying to catch the souvenir and wound up in the 10,000-gallon tank where cownose rays swim around.


Athletics 6 Tigers 3DETROIT — The Oakland Athletics

have beaten Detroit with both pitching and power. And that’s left the Tigers on the brink of elimination — and sim-mering with frustration.

Brandon Moss, Josh Reddick and Seth Smith homered for the Athletics, who chased Anibal Sanchez in the fifth inning Monday and defeated the Tigers 6-3 for a 2-1 AL division series lead.

Moss broke a 3-all tie in the fifth with a solo shot, and Smith’s two-run drive later in the inning ended San-chez’s day. It was an impressive of-fensive show after the teams split two taut, low-scoring games in Oakland.

This one got a little tense in the ninth, too, when A’s closer Grant Bal-four and Detroit hitter Victor Martinez started shouting at each other after a foul ball, causing benches and bull-pens to empty.

“I don’t know what happened. Hon-estly, I know that Balfour is fiery on the mound — he’s yelling a lot and spitting everywhere,” Moss said.

The A’s aren’t worried about mak-ing friends, especially after losing to the Tigers in a five-game division se-ries last year. Oakland can close out this series Tuesday and reach the AL championship series for the first time since 2006 — when the Athletics

were swept by the Tigers. Oakland will send rookie Dan Straily to the mound against Detroit’s Doug Fister.

“There’s no tricks. We’ve got to win the game tomorrow to try to extend it to Game 5. It’s that simple,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “We ran into another situation where we didn’t put enough runs on the board and an excellent starting pitcher didn’t have a very good day.”

Sanchez, the American League’s ERA leader, allowed six runs — five earned — and eight hits in 4 1-3 in-nings.

Smith has homered off Sanchez more than any other player, having now done it twice in the regular season and twice in the playoffs.

There was activity in the Detroit bullpen before Smith’s homer Monday, and he made the Tigers pay for stick-ing with the struggling Sanchez.

“Sometimes he starts out a little slow, you figure he’s going to get it go-ing,” Leyland said. “Today he just real-ly didn’t get it going. He made a couple of real bad pitches the last inning he was out there to Moss and Smith.”

Jarrod Parker gave up three runs in five innings for Oakland, and the Ti-gers couldn’t rally against the bullpen.

Balfour pitched a hitless ninth for the save. Martinez had just hit a foul ball when he started looking back at Balfour, who yelled something at the designated hitter.

Cardinals edge Pirates to send NLDS to Game 5BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cardinals 2 Pirates 1PITTSBURGH — Michael Wacha heard the chants.

Then again, when 40,000 people clad in black scream your name relentlessly for the better part of three hours, it’s kind of hard to miss.

The goal was to rattle the St. Louis rookie, re-mind him that 22-year-old pitchers aren’t built to withstand the pressure of an elimination game. One problem. Wacha doesn’t really do rattled. He doesn’t do pressure, either. The louder PNC Park grew, the

more unhittable Wacha became.And the Pittsburgh Pirates — not to mention any-

one else he might face in the post-season — “kind of” need to get used to it. Wacha took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and the Cardinals showed off their October poise, edging the Pirates 2-1 Monday to force a winner-take-all Game 5 in the NL division series. St. Louis is 7-1 over the last three years with its sea-son on the line.

One the Pirates are still trying to master. Pedro Alvarez hit his third home run of the series, con-necting with one out in the eighth for Pittsburgh’s only hit in Game 4. It wasn’t enough for the Pirates to

advance to the NL championship series for the first time in 21 years.

“I guess that’s why we play five,” star centre-field-er Andrew McCutchen said. “We’ll be ready for the fifth one.”

The Pirates weren’t quite ready for the fourth one, not with the way Wacha was dealing. He walked two and struck out nine before giving way to the bullpen in the eighth.

Matt Holliday’s two-run homer off Charlie Morton in the sixth was all the offence required on a day the Cardinals tossed the first one-hitter in the club’s lengthy post-season history.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

Central Alberta High School FootballAdvocate Selections

WednesdaySylvan Lake Lakers (1-2-1) at Stettler Wildcats (3-1-0), 4 p.m. —

A non-conference game with both teams preparing for the play-offs. The fact this game in Stettler, pick: Stettler.

ThursdayWetaskiwin Sabres (2-1-0) at West Central Rebels (1-

2-0), 4 p.m., Rocky — One of several big games on the last weekend of the regular season. The Sabres need a win for a chance to move into first place while the Rebels can move up with a victory. Up in the air, but pick: Rocky.

Lacombe Rams (2-1-0) at Hunting Hills Lightning, 2-1-0), 4 p.m., Great Chief Park — Battle for second place in the division. The Lightning will be look-ing to regain some mo-mentum after losing to Lindsay Thurber, their first regular season loss in four years. The Rams can finish second with a win, Pick: Hunting Hills.

Notre Dame Cougars (0-3-0) at Lindsay Thurb-er Raiders (2-0-1), 7 p.m., Great Chief Park — The Raiders will clinch top spot in the division with a win while the Cougars would like nothing more than to knock them off of that spot. Always been a good rivalry game. If the Raiders are living off last week’s win over the Lightning they could be in trouble. But with first place on the line pick: LTCHS.

FridayCamrose Trojans (2-1-0)

at Ponoka Broncs (0-3-0), 4 p.m. — Like the Sabres the Trojans need the win to have a chance to fin-ish first in their division. Should be no problem against a still building Broncs. Pick: Camrose.

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2012 record: 17 right, three wrong .850

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Major League Baseball Playoffs

DIVISION SERIES(Best-of-5)AMERICAN LEAGUEBoston (1) vs. Tampa Bay (4)(Boston leads series 2-1)Monday’s resultTampa Bay 5 Boston 4Saturday’s resultBoston 7 Tampa Bay 4Tuesday’s gameBoston (Peavy 12-5) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 12-10), 6:37 p.m.Thursday’s gamex-Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:07 p.m.

Oakland (2) vs. Detroit (3)(Oakland leads series 2-1)Monday’s resultOakland 6 Detroit 3Saturday’s resultOakland 1 Detroit 0Tuesday’s game

Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fister 14-9), 3:07 p.m.Thursday’s gamex-Detroit (Scherzer 21-3) at Oakland, 7:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUESt. Louis (1) vs. Pittsburgh (4)(Series tied 2-2)Monday’s resultSt. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1Sunday’s resultPittsburgh 5 St. Louis 3Wednesday’s gamePittsburgh (Cole 10-7) at St. Louis, 3:07 p.m.

Atlanta (2) vs. L.A. Dodgers (3)(L.A. Dodgers lead series 2-1)Monday’s resultAtlanta at L.A. Dodgers, lateSunday’s resultL.A. Dodgers 13 Atlanta 6Wednesday’s gamex-L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 6:37 p.m.x — If necessary.

Today● WHL: Everett at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7:30 p.m.● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday● High school football: Lacombe at Hunting Hills, 4 p.m., Great Chief Park; Sylvan Lake at Stettler, 4 p.m.; Wetaskiwin at Rocky Mountain House, 4 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.● College men’s basketball: iHotel RDC Classic, RDC Kings vs. Keyano, 4:30 p.m.● Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.● College women’s exhibition hockey: Edge Academy at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday● College men’s basketball: iHotel RDC Classic, Olds vs. Keyano, 2 p.m.; RDC Kings vs. Concordia, 4 p.m.; Lethbridge vs. Lakeland, 6 p.m.● High school football: Camrose at Ponoka, 4 p.m.● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.● College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7:15 p.m. Penhold Regional Multiplex.● Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Saturday● Peewee football: Innisfail at Rocky Mountain House, 11 a.m.; Olds at Stettler, 11 a.m.; Red Deer Steelers at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m.● Bantam football: Notre Dame at Ponoka, 11 a.m.; Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, 1:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, 1:30 p.m.; Strathmore at Olds, 2:15 p.m.● Major midget female hockey: Calgary Flyers at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.● College men’s basketball: iHotel RDC Classic, Lethbridge vs. Keyano, 3 p.m.; RDC Kings vs. Lakeland, 6 p.m.; Olds vs. Concordia, 8 p.m.● Midget AAA hockey: UFA at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Ramada, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.● WHL: Spokane at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.● AJHL: Fort McMurray at Olds, 7:30 p.m.● Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.● Midget AA hockey: at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday● College men’s basketball: iHotel RDC Classic, Lakeland vs. Concordia, 10 a.m.; Lethbridge vs. Olds, noon.

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EASTERN CONFERENCEEAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtSwift Current 7 5 1 0 1 29 16 11Prince Albert 7 5 2 0 0 31 29 10Brandon 7 4 3 0 0 27 26 8Moose Jaw 7 4 3 0 0 22 22 8Regina 7 2 5 0 0 18 27 4Saskatoon 7 1 5 0 1 22 34 3

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtRed Deer 8 5 3 0 0 28 24 10Medicine Hat 6 4 1 1 0 26 15 9Kootenay 7 3 3 1 0 22 24 7Calgary 5 3 2 0 0 18 18 6Edmonton 7 3 4 0 0 29 27 6Lethbridge 6 1 4 0 1 16 30 3

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtKelowna 6 5 0 0 1 31 16 11Prince George 8 4 4 0 0 17 25 8Victoria 9 4 5 0 0 18 26 8Kamloops 6 2 4 0 0 14 21 4Vancouver 6 1 5 0 0 9 21 2

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtSpokane 6 5 1 0 0 25 12 10Seattle 8 6 2 0 0 34 29 12Everett 5 3 1 1 0 17 11 7Portland 7 3 3 0 1 35 32 7Tri-City 8 2 5 0 1 18 21 5d-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 columns

Sunday’s resultsVictoria 2 Tri-City 1

Seattle 4 Kootenay 3Regina 5 Saskatoon 4 (SO)

Tuesday’s gamesVancouver at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Everett at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

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

Red Deer RebelsScoring(*Rookie) GP G A Pts PIM +/-Bleackley 8 5 6 11 4 3Dieno 8 3 5 8 2 2*Pawlenchuk 7 4 3 7 0 5Bellerive 8 3 3 6 11 2Maxwell 8 1 5 6 2 2*Musil 8 2 3 5 12 2Fleury 8 1 4 5 0 1Sutter 4 2 2 4 2 2Gaudet 7 2 2 4 12 0Volek 8 2 2 4 5 1Johnson 8 1 1 2 9 3Fafard 5 0 2 2 20 2Stockl 7 1 0 1 7 -3*Mpofu 8 1 0 1 0 -1*Nell 4 0 1 1 0 1*MacLachlan 8 0 1 1 0 2Doetzel 8 0 1 1 10 5x-Dixon 10 0 1 1 28 -2*Burman 2 0 0 0 0 —*Chorney 3 0 0 0 2 0*Shmoorkoff 4 0 0 0 2 -1*Webb 4 0 0 0 0 0Bartosak 6 0 0 0 0 —x-Includes games with VictoriaGoaltending MP GA SO W-L-OTL GAA Sv%Bartosak 360 17 0 4-2-0 2.83 .915*Burman 118 7 0 1-1-0 3.55 .868

National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAToronto 3 3 0 0 6 12 8Boston 2 2 0 0 4 7 2Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 6 7Ottawa 2 1 0 1 3 5 5

Montreal 2 1 1 0 2 7 5Florida 2 1 1 0 2 4 9Tampa Bay 2 1 1 0 2 4 5Buffalo 3 0 3 0 0 2 7

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 7 1Carolina 2 1 0 1 3 4 4N.Y. Islanders 2 1 0 1 3 6 6Columbus 2 1 1 0 2 6 6Washington 3 1 2 0 2 10 12New Jersey 3 0 1 2 2 7 12N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 1 4Philadelphia 3 0 3 0 0 3 9

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GASt. Louis 2 2 0 0 4 11 2Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 9 2Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 4 12 10Chicago 2 1 0 1 3 8 7Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 4 5Minnesota 2 0 0 2 2 5 7Nashville 2 0 2 0 0 3 7

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 2 2 0 0 4 8 2Vancouver 3 2 1 0 4 12 10Anaheim 3 2 1 0 4 8 11Calgary 3 1 0 2 4 12 13Phoenix 2 1 1 0 2 5 5Los Angeles 2 1 1 0 2 6 7Edmonton 3 1 2 0 2 11 15NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s GamesCarolina 2, Philadelphia 1Anaheim 3, Winnipeg 2Vancouver 5, Calgary 4, OTMonday’s GamesEdmonton 5, New Jersey 4, SON.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, lateTuesday’s GamesColorado at Toronto, 5 p.m.Phoenix at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.Florida at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.Minnesota at Nashville, 6 p.m.New Jersey at Vancouver, 8 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s summary

Oilers 5, Devils 4 (SO)First Period

1. New Jersey, Jagr 1 (Zidlicky) 2:592. New Jersey, Brunner 3 (T.Zajac, Henrique) 8:01 (pp)Penalties — Eberle Edm (hooking) 6:41, Acton, Edm (cross-checking) 8:28, New Jersey bench (too many men; served by Bernier) 10:32, Greene NJ (holding) 16:19.

Second Period3. New Jersey, Ryder 2, 4:34Penalties — Salvador NJ, Brown Edm (fighting) 4:59, Edmonton bench (too many men; served by Gazdic) 15:23.

Third Period4. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 1 (Perron, Gordon) 5:43 (pp)5. Edmonton, Ference 1 (J.Schultz, Eberle) 9:286. Edmonton, Perron 1 (Arcobello) 11:477. Edmonton, Hall 1 (Hemsky) 13:308. New Jersey, Elias 1 (Brunner, Zidlicky) 19:06 (sh)Penalties — Salvador NJ (delay of game) 5:19, Zu-brus NJ (high-sticking) 17:09.

OvertimeNo Scoring.Penalties — None.ShootoutEdmonton wins 2-0New Jersey (0) — Brunner, miss; Clowe, miss. Ed-monton (2) — Eberle, goal; Perron, goal.

Shots on goalNew Jersey 7 6 9 3 — 25Edmonton 8 3 14 2 — 27Goal — New Jersey: Brodeur (SOL,0-0-2); Edmon-ton: LaBarbera (W,1-0-0).Power plays (goals-chances) — New Jersey: 1-3; Edmonton: 1-4.Attendance — 16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.

Alberta High SchoolFootball Rankings

Tier I (pop 1,250 and over)1. (1) Notre Dame, Calgary (3-0)2. (2) Salisbury, Sherwood Park (5-0)3. (3) Henry Wise Wood, Calgary (3-1)4. (4) Spruce Grove (3-2)5. (5) St. Francis, Calgary (3-1)6. (6) Harry Ainlay, Edmonton (4-2)7. (8) Bellerose, St. Albert (3-2)8. (10) Bishop O’Byrne, Cal (3-1)9. (7) Jasper Place, Edmonton (3-3)10. (NR) Lindsay Thurber, Red Deer (4-0-1)Tier II (750-1,249)1. (3) Foothills, Okotoks (7-0)2. (5) Paul Kane, St. Albert (5-0)3. (7) George MacDougall, Airdrie (5-0)4. (1) Catholic Central, Lethbridge (4-1)5. (2) Hunting Hills, Red Deer (4-1)6. (6) St. Joseph’s, Grande Prairie (5-1)7. (4) Austin O’Brien, Edmonton (2-4)8. (8) Medicine Hat (3-1-1)9. (9) Springbank (3-2)10. (10) St. Mary’s, Calgary (0-3)Tier III (450-749)1. (1) Cochrane (4-0)2. (2) Rundle College, Calgary (5-0)3. (3) Cardston (6-1)4. (4) Winston Churchill, Lethbridge (4-1)5. (5) Crescent Heights, Medicine Hat (5-1)6. (6) St. Albert (4-1)8. (8) Olds (4-1)9. (9) St. Paul (5-1)7. (7) Ardrossan (3-3)10. (NR) Stettler (3-1)Tier IV (449 or less)1. (1) Drumheller (2-1-1)2. (2) Willow Creek, Claresholm (4-1)3. (3) Holy Rosary, Lloydminster (5-1)4. (6) Sexsmith (3-1)5. (4) Cold Lake (4-2)6. (5) Athabasca (5-0)7. (8) Bow Valley, Cochrane (2-3)8. (7) West Central, Rocky (1-4)9. (9) Kate Andrews, Coaldale (2-2)10. (10) Valleyview (2-1-1)Six-Man1. (1) Rimbey (3-0)2. (2) Mill Woods Christian, Edm (1-1)3. (3) Ecole Desrochers, Jasper (3-0)4. (4) Caroline (1-1)5. (5) Breton (2-1)6. (6) JC Charyk, Hanna (2-1)7. (7) Sedgewick (1-1)8 . (8) St. Joseph’s, Brooks (1-1)9. (9) Holy Redeemer, Edson (1-2)10. (10) LY Caines, Edm (1-2)

CFLWest Division

GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 14 11 3 0 446 323 22Saskatchewan 14 9 5 0 419 316 18BC Lions 14 9 5 0 395 350 18Edmonton 14 3 11 0 340 409 6

East Division GP W L T PF PA PtToronto 14 9 5 0 407 370 18Hamilton 14 7 7 0 360 383 14Montreal 14 6 8 0 349 385 12Winnipeg 14 2 12 0 279 459 4

Week 15Friday’s resultsHamilton 33 Toronto 19Saskatchewan 31 BC Lions 17Saturday’s resultsMontreal 47 Edmonton 24Calgary 38 Winnipeg 11

Week 16Friday, October 11BC Lions at Calgary, 7 p.m.Saturday, October 12Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.Monday, October 14Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.Toronto at Hamilton, 2:30 p.m.

Canadian Football League LeadersTORONTO — Unofficial CFL scoring leaders follow-ing Week 15 (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S PtParedes, Cal 0 41 41 2 166Whyte, Mtl 0 32 35 8 145Milo, Sask 0 38 34 1 141McCallum, BC 0 34 23 5 108Congi, Ham 0 31 21 3 97Prefontaine, Tor 0 27 15 9 81Cornish, Cal 12 0 0 0 72O’Neill, BC-Edm 0 25 13 6 70Stamps, Edm 11 0 0 0 66x-Sheets, Sask 10 2 0 0 62Shaw, Edm 0 13 14 6 61Gable, Ham 10 0 0 0 60Gore, BC 9 0 0 0 54Green, Mtl 9 0 0 0 54x-Chiles, Tor 8 4 0 0 52Waters, Tor 0 14 9 8 49Goltz, Wpg 8 0 0 0 48

Harris, BC 8 0 0 0 48DeAngelis, Wpg 0 15 10 2 47x-Dressler, Sask 7 4 0 0 46Getzlaf, Sask 7 0 0 0 42McDaniel, Cal 7 0 0 0 42Price, Cal 7 0 0 0 42Palardy, Wpg 0 12 9 1 40Barnes, Tor 6 0 0 0 36Ellingson, Ham 6 0 0 0 36LeFevour, Ham 6 0 0 0 36Simpson, Wpg 6 0 0 0 36Ta.Smith, Sask 6 0 0 0 36Collaros, Tor 5 0 0 0 30Koch, Edm 5 0 0 0 30Lauther, Ham 0 7 6 2 27x-Chambers, Edm 4 2 0 0 26x-N.Moore, BC 4 2 0 0 26Arceneaux, BC 4 0 0 0 24Bagg, Sask 4 0 0 0 24Charles, Edm 4 0 0 0 24Inman, Tor 4 0 0 0 24Joseph, Edm 4 0 0 0 24Kackert, Tor 4 0 0 0 24C.Taylor, BC 4 0 0 0 24Arthur, Cal 3 0 0 1 19Bruce, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18D.Carter, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18Denmark, Wpg 3 0 0 0 18Fantuz, Ham 3 0 0 0 18Lewis, Cal 3 0 0 0 18

National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PANew England 4 1 0 .800 95 70Miami 3 2 0 .600 114 117N.Y. Jets 3 2 0 .600 98 116Buffalo 2 3 0 .400 112 130

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 4 1 0 .800 139 79Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 115 95Houston 2 3 0 .400 93 139Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 51 163

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 3 2 0 .600 117 110Cleveland 3 2 0 .600 101 94Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 94 87Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 5 0 0 1.000 230 139Kansas City 5 0 0 1.000 128 58San Diego 2 3 0 .400 125 129Oakland 2 3 0 .400 98 108

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 2 3 0 .400 135 159Dallas 2 3 0 .400 152 136Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112N.Y. Giants 0 5 0 .000 82 182

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 134 73Carolina 1 3 0 .250 74 58Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 122 134Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70

North W L T Pct PF PADetroit 3 2 0 .600 131 123Chicago 3 2 0 .600 145 140Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 118 97Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123

West W L T Pct PF PASeattle 4 1 0 .800 137 81San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 113 98Arizona 3 2 0 .600 91 95St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 103 141

Sunday’s GamesGreen Bay 22, Detroit 9New Orleans 26, Chicago 18Kansas City 26, Tennessee 17St. Louis 34, Jacksonville 20Cincinnati 13, New England 6Indianapolis 34, Seattle 28Baltimore 26, Miami 23Philadelphia 36, N.Y. Giants 21Arizona 22, Carolina 6Denver 51, Dallas 48San Francisco 34, Houston 3San Diego 17, Oakland 27Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Wash-ington

Monday’s GameN.Y. Jets 30, Atlanta 28

Thursday, Oct. 10N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 6:25 p.m.

Baseball

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PICKS

BowlingHeritage LanesWeekly Results

Monday-Club 55 plusHigh Single: Claude Gagne 284. High Triple: Don Knowler 680.Monday MixedHigh Single: Cory Nason 279. High Triple: Steve Thomlison 614.Tuesday MixedHigh Single: Anthony Streit 335. High Triple: Streit 862.Wednesday-Club 55 plusHigh Single: Don Knowler 242. High Triple: Jim Winder 626.Wednesday MixedHigh Single: Rollie Gervais 296. High Triple: Terry Ell 763.Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Judy Waisanen 253. High Triple: Wai-sanen 595.Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics MixedHigh Single: Anthony Kubasek 290. High Double: Kubasek 518.

Thursday MixedHigh Single: Mike Sabbe 281. High Triple: Sabbe 694.Monday Scratch LeagueHigh Single: Barry Richards 348. High Quad: Terry Ell 1,054.Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) BumpersHigh Single: Matthew Murray 94.BowlasaurusHigh Single: Jordan Kisser 73.Peewees High Single: Sylis Gray 125. High Double: Ashlyn Makarenko 204.BantamsHigh Single: Kennedy Chrest 172. High Triple: Chrest 505.JuniorsHigh Single: Alyssa Durette 215. High Triple: Jes-sica Achtemichuk 533.SeniorsHigh Single: Dylan Yechtal 305. High Triple: Yechtal 790.

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Found 56SET OF KEYS FOUND

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• Working knowledge of pertinent regulations,

COPP’S SERVICE INC.225 Burnt Ridge RoadRed Deer County, AB

T4S 2L4Email [email protected]

Fax: 403-406-5447www.coppsinc.ca

Howard & Company RealEstate Appraisers requires

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send resumes to:davidhorn@

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McAULEYMarguerite Ellen

It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness we announce the passing of Marguerite McAuley of Red Deer with her loving family by her side on October 3rd, 2013. Left to mourn her loss are her children Gail (Devon) Boulding of Big Valley, Les ley Karen (Cl in t ) Ne is o f Westerose, Darryl (Linda) McAuley of Red Deer, Teresa (Randy) Whitlow of Carstairs and Brent (Tracy) McAuley of Blackfalds. Fourteen

Grandchildren: Ashley, Jeffrey and Jeremy Boulding, Travis Neis, Christie (Jared) Seida, Bryon (Tammy) McAuley, Tanya (Kelly) Thompson, Kyle (Darci) McAuley and Lorissa (Curtis) McAuley, Trevor (Kristin) Whitlow, Bradley Whitlow and Heather (Matt) Popowich, Teigan McAuley and Zachary Gill-McAuley. Sixteen Great-grandchildren: Benson, Jordan, Kaidyn, Sydney, Lillian, Braydon, Isabell, Cohen, Mason, Hailie, Kaiden, Trinity, Damien, Julia, David, Maxwell. Marguerite also leaves behind her two brothers, Alfred and Wilfred (Edith) Rupert of Peers and her sister MaryLou Priestley-Wright (Fred) of Niton Junction, Sister-in-law Helen Rupert of Edson and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving husband Leslie, her parents Lloyd and Ellen Rupert, a brother Edgar Rupert and Sister-in-law Lillian Rupert. Marguerite attended school and was raised in Community of Millet, graduated from Marvel Beauty College in Edmonton, and later married Leslie McAuley and moved to Red Deer. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church and a CWL member since 1950. She worked many years at the Hudson Bay Co., enjoyed being a Brownie Leader, was an avid Curler, loved her sports, camping, travelling and cooking. Marguerite treasured and challenged her many years of playing Duplicate Bridge and was privileged to be a founding member of the Red Deer Bridge Club. Her Memories will be cherished by all those that knew her. A Prayer Service will be held on Monday, October 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 45 Street, Red Deer. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Donations in Marguerite’s name may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted toEVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL

4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.Phone (403) 347-2222

STEWARTKenneth FrederickAug. 2, 1939 - Oct. 3, 2013

Ken Stewart of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peace-fully surrounded by his loving family at the age of 74 on October 3, 2013. Ken is sur-vived by his devoted wife, Carol; his children and grand-ch i ldren, Shawna (Dan) , Qu in lan and L iam; K im (Rob), Tessa; Paula (Brad), Keisha, Brayden and Haley; Rob (Shannon), Ciara; Kerrie (Darcy), Megan and Tegan; and Mike (Dawn), Kyle and Kennedy. He was prede-ceased by h i s pa ren ts , Paul and Marie; and by his b r o t h e r s , H a r v e y a n d George. Ken will be lovingly remembered for the time and dedication to his family over the years, leaving special memories with us all. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfa ther and he wi l l always be loved and cherished. He will be sadly missed by his sisters, brother and their families, as well as numerous fr iends and colleagues. Ken spent his life working in the Oil and Gas Industry for over 50 years. He was a friend and mentor to all who knew him. In his spare time, he never missed a game o f h i s be l oved Calgary Flames and he was also known to go to the race track a time or two. Ken also enjoyed his yearly trips to Phoenix with his wife Carol to golf and to enjoy the compa-ny of his friends. A special thank you to the staff and Doctors at the Red Deer and Foothills hospitals for the loving care and support. At Ken’s request, no service will be held. A private family gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, m e m o r i a l d o n a t i o n s i n memory of Ken, may be made directly to the Heart and S t roke Foundat ion . Condolences may be forwarded to the fami ly by v is i t ing www.reddeerfuneralhome.com

Arrangements entrusted toRED DEER FUNERAL

HOME & CREMATORIUM6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

Obituaries

BROWNLEEAlastair Ninian “Red”1928 - 2013Alastair “Red” Ninian Brownlee of Eckvi l le passed away surrounded by fami ly on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the age of 85 years. Red was born on September 30, 1928 and raised on the family farm near Kelvington, Saskatchewan. As a young man he moved to Oshawa, Ontario to work for General Motors and then moved to the Joffre area, working in the oil field and f inally settl ing in Eckvil le where he farmed and battery operated. He had a quick wit and loved to tease. He loved his family and friends, his farm and his black cattle. Red i s su rv i ved by h i s beloved wife of 63 years, Bernice, children; Heather (Brian) Lazzer, Karen (Ron) A n d r e w, S a n d y ( B o b ) French, Brian Brownlee and Shelley Brownlee, ten grand-children; Andrea (Nathan) Trainor, Steven Lazzer, Gina (Trevor) Hamilton, Darren ( K y m ) A n d r e w, J o l i n e (Wayne) Magwood, Tracy (Darcy ) B lack , M iche l le (Bryan) Midd le ton, Brad (Erin) French, Dylan (Christina) Brownlee and Chante l le Brownlee, ten great grand-children; Aidan, Cale, Louis, Declan, Grace, Calder, Ryan, Jayden, Jessica and Matthew, sister Mollie (Mac) Boyes, brother in-laws, sister in-laws, nieces, nephews and many car ing f r iends. Red was predeceased by his parents Alex and Elizabeth Brownlee, brother Ian (Jean) Brownlee and sister Margaret (Marvin) Colby. Red’s family would l ike to thank the staff at Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer for their loving care over the past three years. A celebration of Red’s life will be he ld a t t he Eckv i l l e Community Centre, 52 Street and 54 Avenue, Eckville, on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will be held at Eckville Cemetery. In l ieu of f lowers, memorial donat ions may be made direct ly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 202-5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4C4 or to the Eckville Arena. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com

Arrangements in care Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at

PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM

6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040

Obituaries

STROUBPhyl l is Joan Stroub (nee McGee) of Didsbury passed away on October 4, 2013 at t h e F o o t h i l l s H o s p i t a l , Calgary at the age of 71 years. Phyllis is survived by her daughter Bonnie(Richard);two sons Dennis and Murray Gauthier; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sister Bernice Duncan of Victoria, BC as well as many, many family and fr iends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday October 10, 2013 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #105, Olds at 11 :00 a .m . w i t h Pas to r Norman Tauber officiating. Memorial tributes may be made directly to the Diabetes Association or the Alberta Heart & Stroke Foundation.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., OLDS

entrusted with arrangements. 403-507-8610

www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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MORSEMrs. Shei la Marie Morse passed away at the age of 75 years in the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre on Friday October 4, 2013 with loved ones at her side. Sheila was raised in Delburne, Alberta and practiced nursing for many years in Elnora and Trochu before ret i r ing in 1994. Left to remember her are her son; Shawn Morse of Calgary, daughter, Julie (Bob) Sleep of Beaumont, son; Chris (Sally) Morse of Calgary and daughter; Heather (Patrick) Rurka of Rimbey, grandchil-dren; Owen Sleep, Jared and Tyler Rurka, Ireland and Bryton Morse. Sheila also leaves to mourn one brother, Larry (Laura) George of Edmonton. Sheila was predeceased by her parents Peggy and Art George, and by her husband Bob. A celebration of Sheila’s life will be held from Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium in Rimbey, Alberta on Friday October 11, 2013 at 11:00 am. A time of refreshments and fellowship will follow in the Rimbey Royal Canadian Legion. Special thanks to the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre for the great care and compassion they provided Sheila during her stay in their long term care faci l i ty. I f f r iends desire, memoria l contributions may be made in Sheila’s memory to the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre P.O. Box 440 Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0 or to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta 10531 Kingsway Ave. Edmonton, Alberta T5H 4K1.

Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the

family by visitingwww.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with

locations in Rimbey and Lacombe in charge of the arrangements.

Phone: (403) 843-3388 or (403) 782-3366

“A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

In MemoriamRUSSELL CHAPMAN

January 1925 - October 2012In tears we saw you sinkingWe watched you fade awayYou suffered much in silence

You fought so hard to stayYou faced your task with courage

Your spirit did not bendYou still kept on fighting

Until the very end.God saw you getting tired,When a cure was not to be,

So He wrappedHis arms around you

And whispered, “Come with me”When we saw you lying thereSo peaceful, free from pain,We could not wish you back

To suffer that again.Your loving wife Phyllis & Family

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 B9

Janitorial 770ARAMARK at (Dow

Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person

w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

$13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006

Attn: Val Black

Oilfield 800

1ST RATE ENERGYSERVICES INC.,

a growing ProductionTesting company, based

out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* ExperiencedProduction Testing* Day Supervisors* Night Operators

* ExperiencedProduction Testing

Assistants

If you are a team player interested in the oil and

gas industry, please submit your resume,

current driver’s abstract and current safety

certificates to the following:Fax 403-887-4750

[email protected]

Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only

qualified personnel will be contacted.

Barden Oilfield Hauling is looking for a Texas Bed

Operator to join our grow-ing company. Competitive

wages and immediate benefits offered. Fax or email resumes 403 341 3968 [email protected] No phone calls

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Oilfield 800

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Experienced OilfieldConstructionLead Hands

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LabourersJourneyman PickerOperator (Class 1)

Alstar Oilfield is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our Team in Hinton.Alstar has been serving the

oil and gas constructionindustry since 1969.

Please Apply atwww.alstaroilfield.com

Career Section

“Committed to enriching thelives of our workforce, while

Providing quality energy construction solutions”

Fluid Experts Ltd.Fluid Experts of Red Deer

is seeking experiencedClass 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home

every night, company benefits with exceptional

pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with

minimal supervision. Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current

drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: [email protected]

Global Tubing Canada iscurrently looking for

additional shop hands forour growing company. Weare looking for permanent/fulltime employees eitherwith Coil Tubing Servicing

experience or without. There is room for advance-

ment for the entry level employees. Pay will be

based on experience. Call 403-346-9231 for more in-formation or drop resume off at 7754 47th Avenue

Close, Red Deer, Alberta.

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Oilfield 800LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP.

VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR

Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/driversabstract to 403-886-4475

LOOKING FOREXP’D Boiler Operators with tickets for work in

Central Alberta and Northeastern BC. Submit

resumes [email protected]

or fax to: 403-886-2223

October TrainingSchedule

OSSA Fall ProtectionOctober 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

OSSA Elevated WorkOctober 31

OSSA Confined SpaceEntry / Monitor

October 24

Work Place Fall ProtectionOctober 11,25

Contact us at:www.rhinotraining.ca

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PACIFIC VALVESERVICES

is looking for a F/TValve Technician/Shop

LabourerAND a Field Service

Technician. Driver’s license & abstract

must be provided withresume. We offer profit

sharing, dental & medical benefits, & a positive, safetyoriented work environment.

Wages will depend onexperience. Must be

prepared to work overtime.Please fax resume with

references to (403) 346-8847 or email to: [email protected]

No phone calls please.

Q TESTINSPECTION LTD.

Now has immediateopenings for CGSB

Level II RT’s and CEDO’s for our winter pipeline

projects. Top wages and comprehensive benefit

package available.Subcontractors also welcome.

Email resumes to:[email protected]

or Phone 403-887-5630.

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Restaurant/Hotel 820

Oilfield 800

Oilfield 800

SERVICE RIGBearspaw Petroleum Ltd

is seeking exp’dFLOORHANDS andDERRICK HANDS

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants must have all necessary

valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady

work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources

Email: [email protected]: (403) 258-3197 or

Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE

Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced

operators Email: janderson@

teamsnubbing.comfax 403-844-2148

We are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick

and Floorhands for the Red Deer area. $2 safety bonus and above CAODC

recommended wages. Please email

[email protected] Fax (403) 358-3326.

Professionals 810EYEWEAR

LIQUIDATORSrequires

OPTICAL ASSISTANTTraining provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St.

Red Deer, AB.


GLENN’S RESTAURANT

LINE COOKS & DISHWASHERS

NEEDED.Cooks start at $15./hr

Dishwasher start @$12.hrMust be willing to work

varying shifts. Exc. wages and benefits. Must have reliable transportation.

Apply in person to Sandy at Glenn’s Restaurant on

Gasoline Alley or phone for an app’t. 403-346-5448.

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Hiring 15 Permanent F/T Food Counter Attendants

& 4 Permanent F/T Food Service Supervisorsfor eachRed Deer Locations

Parkland Mall6359 50 Ave. & 6020 - 67 St.

& 2325 - 50 Ave.Fax: 403-314-4427, email

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Must be available all shifts, evenings., wknds., nights

$11./hr. - FCANo exp. needed.$13.50/hr. - FSS

1-2 yrs. industry exp. needed.Apply in person,by fax or email.

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino,

requires ExperiencedP/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave.

No phone calls please

Pho Thuy DuongVietnamese Restaurant hiring F/T kitchen help.

$12./hr. Open avail.. Eves. & weekends. Please drop

resume at Bay #4, 5108 52 St.

TAP HOUSE NORTH

(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for experienced SERVERS,

BARTENDERS, DISHWASHERS AND

COOKS. Bring resume to7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer

Trades 850

TOO MUCH STUFF?Let Classifiedshelp you sell it.

Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

Restaurant/Hotel 820THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS must be avail. nights and weekends. Must have:

• 2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

• 2-5 yrs. training• 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp.• Provide references

The hourly rate will be $13.10.

Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time

cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue

between 2-5 pm.

Sales &Distributors 830ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email [email protected]

FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes &

apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red

Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No

exp. req’d. Email [email protected]

Sales &Distributors 830

Is looking for F/T SALESPERSON. Mon. - Fri.

8-5. Job requirements will be: quoting jobs, dealing

with walk in clients, phone sales, scheduling and customer service. Very competitive wages and benefit package. Fax

resumes to: 403-343-1325SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & com-mission. Ft No exp. req`d. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume [email protected]

Trades 850CARPET COLOUR

CENTREis currently looking for

EXP’D. TILE INSTALLERApplicant must have ability to lay out tiles, be familiar with setting materials and

products. This is a F/T position with a wage of $20 -$25/hr. depending on exp. Submit resume attn: Curtis cpoiercarpetcolourcentre.

com or drop off at Carpet Colour Centre 1100, 5001-19 St. Red

Deer, Ab. T4R 3R1CERTIFIED WELDER

PermanentCertified Welders$28 - $45 per hour

dependent on level of exp. Group benefit plan after 3

month probation.• Red Seal Welder or

equiv. academic & exp.• Min, 2 yrs welding exp.

at a Journeyman level• Familiar with working

outdoors in remote lo-cations and all weather conditions

• Working knowledge of pertinent industry regu-lations and OH&S.

COPP’S SERVICES INC.225 Burnt Ridge RoadRed Deer County, AB

T4S 2L4Email: [email protected]

Fax 403-403-5447www,.coppsinc.ca

CHILES SANDBLASTING & PAINTING REQ’S

I Labourer & 1 Prepper, exp. would be an asset,

must have own transporta-tion. Wage is $15 - $18/hr. Please submit resume by

fax: 403-340-3800DOCK Person with

Forklift exp, needed.Call 403-346-0158 or faxresume to 403-314-9234

DUE TO A LARGEINCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATONCHEVROLET

is currently seekingJOURNEYMANAUTOMOTIVETECHNICIANS

& SERVICE ADVISORS.We offer competitive

wages, a great workingenvironment, and a great

benefit package.Please email resume to

Joey [email protected]

JOURNEYMAN H.D.MECHANIC req’d immed. for very busy heavy equip.

sales lot in Innisfail.Wage range $25. - $35/hr

depending on exp.Preference will be givento those with previous

equipment rental service, lifts and off road

construction equipment experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email:

[email protected]

Galaxy Plumbing & Heat-ing Ltd seeking full time

1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th yearplumbing apprentices,Applicants should haveservice and new home

experience. Drivers licenseis required for all positions.Please email your resumeto [email protected]

or fax to 403-347-4539.

Trades 850

TOO MUCH STUFF?Let Classifiedshelp you sell it.

Trades 850EAGLE Builders LP, a

concrete Erecting Company based out of Blackfalds requires a hard working,

motivated individual to fill a full-time welding position at

our company. The successful candidate will

be a 2nd or 3rd year apprentice and must be a

SMAW CWB qualified welder. There will be on

the job training. Must also be able to travel. All meals

and hotel expenses are paid when out of town. Applicant must have

reliable transportation to and from work and a valid

class 5 driver’s license. Successful applicant must provide an up to date drivers

abstract. Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting

wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 or e-mail at [email protected]. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only

those selected for an interview will be contacted.

FOUNDATION company in Red Deer is currently

hiring experienced foundation form workers.

Please fax resume to: 403-346-5867.

HVAC Service Person required for busy well

established company in Red Deer. Attractive wage and benefit package. Full hours guaranteed. Start

immediately. e-mail: brad@comfortecheating.

com Phone: 403-309-8301 or

Fax: 403-309-8302

LOOKING for concrete carpenters,

placers and finishers with experience. Send resume to [email protected] or

Fax: 403-755-3130 phone 403-598-1394

MOTIVATED individual required to work as

apprentice in the heating, ventilation and air

conditioning trade. Good mechanical and people

skills an asset. Clean driver’s license mandatory.

email: [email protected]

fax: 403-309-8302

REBEL METALFABRICATORSMIG WELDERS

2nd, 3rd Yr. APPRENTICESProduction Bonuses

Comp. wages & benefits.Long term employmentPlease email resume to

[email protected] Or fax to: 403-314-2249

SHEET Metal Installerfor HVAC Company.

Residential or retro-fit exp. req’d. Great benefit pkg. ALSO, Shop helper re-

quired. E-MAIL resume to: info@comfortecheating.

com or fax: 403-309-8302

Sheraton Red DeerHotel

Req’s F/T maintenance personnel. Ideal for jack of

all trades. email to [email protected] or fax 403-346-4790

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round

work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580

TRANSXF/T Entry Level Mechanics

helper. Valid driver’s licence & basic tools req’d.

Possible apprenticeship available. Competitive

wage and benefits. Please fax resume to: Attn: Ted

403-341-3691

Wanted experienced only, industrial preppers, paint-

ers and coaters for full time positions. Also looking for

a full time experienced yard person with forklift ticket. Fax resume to

403-346-0626 or email to nancy.hacoatings

@gmail.com

WE ARE GROWING, NOW HIRING

F/T MEAT CUTTER Competitive wages.

Apply in person or fax resume to 403-885-5231.

Truckers/Drivers 860F/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

WANTED: Exp’d driver with clean Class 1 license for Super B work in Central

Alberta. F/T, benefits.Fax resume and current

driver’s abstract to 403-728-3902. or

403-746-5794 or [email protected]

Misc.Help 8801578018 ALBERTA LTDo/a: Windspinners & Gadgetso/a: Gigs Watches,Hire Sales ClerksParkland Mall,Bower Place Shopping Centre, Red Deer, AB.Goal oriented. Good English.Perm, F/T, Shifts, WeekendsWage - $14.00/hr. E-mail:[email protected]

Celebrate your lifewith a Classified

ANNOUNCEMENT

Come join our team of professionalsFiremaster Oilfi eld Services is continuing to grow and expand. We are looking for experienced:

• H2S Safety Specialists• Oilfi eld Firefi ghters

to join our team of professionals.

If you have a desire to be part of an exciting company that puts safety and the needs of its employees fi rst, then you will want to pursue this opportunity.

What does Firemaster offer?Above average salary and bonus structure, health and dental plan, pension plan, profi t sharing, 15 - 6 work schedule, ongoing in-house training, all PPE provided, and the opportunity to advance in an ever-expanding company.

Please send your resume along with a current driver’s abstract and copies of current certifi cates to:

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Join our award winning team and grow with us!

Our Frac Flowback Division in Blackfalds, Alberta is seeking dynamic and motivated individuals for the following positions:

Operators

• Previous experience is an asset, but not necessary

Day and Night Supervisors

• Previous experience is required

We Offer:

• A competitive total compensation which includes, salary, group insurance and retirement savings plans

• Flexible shift schedules• All necessary training to be successful• Opportunities for career progression

You Posses:

• A valid class 5 license (considered an asset)• Current First Aid and H2S certifi cation• Ability to pass pre-employment testing

Please apply online at:

www.pure-energy.ca

Fax: 403.237.9728

**FMC Technologies Canada Ltd. is formerly known as Pure Energy Services Ltd.**

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Canada’s largest member-owned utility requires a Coordinator to assist in our document control, strategic priorities and to monitor our business functions.

Based in our Innisfail offices, duties will include reviewing and documenting our processes; and creating/revising systems and procedures. You will also perform data analyses, review our legal documents, and assist legal counsel by organizing evidence, preparing exhibits, and arranging witnesses. We require related education and several years experience in senior administrative work. We require excellent written and verbal communication, strong attention to detail, and profi ciency in MS Office and MS Visio.

Apply by October 14th:

[email protected]

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DELIVERY DRIVERS

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

Apply by:Fax: (403) 341-3820

or in personat Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer

Clark’sPLUMBING & HEATING CORP. Service Plumbers NEEDED!!!Clark’s has immediate openings for qualifi ed, experienced Residential, Commercial and Industrial Plumbers.One position is 2 week on and 1 week off shift it is located in Lac La Biche/Bonnyville, Alberta, (furnished living accommodations provided for out of town employees in both locations)Second is 2 weeks on and 1 week off and is a Camp position.The successful candidates will:

• hold a current Journeyman’s ticket and H2S• be experienced in all aspects of Plumbing service• must pass a Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening• Provide a current Driver Licence and Abstract• be a motivated self-starter• take pride in doing great work and willing to work long hours if needed• be energetic, positive, and keen to work with a rapidly expanding company• be 100% dedicated to customer service and satisfaction

Clark’s offers top wages,10% holiday/vacation pay, overtime after 8 hrs, training, Health and Dental packages, Cell phones, Company Truck. We are a COR Certifi ed and ISNetworld Compliant, safety-conscious company that provides a safe and enjoyable workplace.

Fax Resume to 780-623-7451 or Email: [email protected]

MAINTENANCE POSITIONRahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full

time Maintenance position.

The position includes maintenance inspections, lubes, PM’s and repairs to all types of equipment in order to maintain the safe operation and fulfi ll production requirements of Rahr Malting. The position is rated

under the Heavy Job classifi cation.

This position will work in coordination with the Operations group and is accountable to the

Maintenance Supervisor.A valid trade certifi cate is an asset but not mandatory.Experience in manufacturing or factory environment

is preferred.

Application Closing Date: October 25 2013.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd.

Attn: Human ResourcesBox 113

Alix, AlbertaT0C 0B0

FAX: (403)747-2660EMAIL : [email protected]

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Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfi eld equipment for international clients, within our

7 shops and 10 acres of land in Innisfail Ab.

Continuous learning and growth is our goal for every employee! If you would like to be a part of a growing and dynamic team of professionals in your fi eld, we are currently seeking:

JOURNEYMAN AND APPRENTICE WELDERS

Competitive starting wages

These are full-time permanent shop positions with benefi ts packages including Health,

RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.Please fax resume to:

403-227-7796email to:

[email protected]


ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDEDFor delivery of

Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

CLEARVIEW AREACameron Cres. & Conners Cres.

$180/mo.ALSO

Castle Cres., Clark Cres. & Crawford St.$141/mo.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREACrossley St., Connaught Cres.

& Cooper Close area$192/mo.

DEERPARK AREADenovan Cres., Dickenson Cres

& Davison Dr. Area$201/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREASpruce Drive & Springbett Dr.

AND43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St.

and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St.$180/mo

ALSO42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St.

AND41 Ave. between 36 to 38 St.

$196/mo.

ROSEDALE AREARoche St. & 3 Blocks of Roland St.

$54/mo.ALSO

East half of Robinson Cres., Revie Cl.& Reinholt Ave.

$84/mo.ALSO

Richards Cr. & Cl., Russell Cres. & Ray Ave.$120/mo.

TIMBERLANDS AREATurner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt.

$113/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Misc.Help 880Academic Express

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START

• GED preparation to start November 5

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of the morningADVOCATE

in Red Deer, by6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

(Reliable vehicle needed)

EASTVIEW AREA60 papers$321/mo.

MICHENER AREA134 papers$793/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA76 papers$407/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA67 papers$360/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

for more information

Currently seeking reliable newspaper

carrier for the

BOWER AREA

WESTPARK AREA

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Please reply by email:qmacaulay

@reddeeradvocate.comor phone Quitcy at

403-314-4316

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!F.T. position availableIMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage

$12/hr. Call Rich or Paul403-346-6934

Truckers/Drivers 860

Misc.Help 880

ADULT or YOUTHCARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Express and

Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

UPPER FAIRVIEW

Fairbanks Rd,Fir St. & Fox Cres.

ALSO Fairway Ave. &Freemont Cl.

ALSOFarrell Ave.,

Flagstaff Cl. &Fountain Dr.

GLENDALE

71 St. & Gehrke Cl.ALSO

59 Ave. & Gray Dr.

NORMANDEAUE

Norquay St.& Nordegg Cres.

WASKASOO

45 & 46 Ave.

Call Joanne403-314-4308 info

Currently seeking RELIABLE

newspaper carriers for morningdelivery in

WESTPARK& WESTLAKE

AREAS

Please call Quitcy at403-314-4316

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

EXP’D PARTS PERSON req’d by

Chrysler Dealership. Apply in person with

resume at:Northwest Motors

3115 Gaetz Ave. R.D.

CELEBRATIONSHAPPEN EVERY DAY

IN CLASSIFIEDS

Misc.Help 880

CARRIERS NEEDEDFOR FLYERS,

RED DEER SUNDAY LIFEAND EXPRESS

ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

Abbott Close

Allan St.Allan Close

INGLEWOOD AREA

Isherwood CloseInglis Cres.

Iverson Close

LANCASTER AREA

Long loseLaw Close/

Lewis CloseLangford Cres.

Addington Drive

SUNNYBROOKAREA

Sherwood Cres./Stanhope Ave.

VANIER AREA

Visser St.Vanson Close

Call Prodie @403- 314-4301 for more info

**********************TO ORDER HOMEDELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL

OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT

314-4300F/T sales and customer

service associate, bilingual French/English an asset.

Hourly wage plus benefits. email:

[email protected]

F/T SECURITY GUARDS Weekends & evenings.

TRI-WEST SecurityRate of $16 -$19/hour.

pending experience. Must have security license

Email resume to:[email protected]

FURNACE DUCT CLEANING TECH REQ’D. IMMED.

Wages neg. 403-506-4822

HOUSE CLEANERHonest, reliable, exp.3.5 hr/jobs. General

residential 403-598-1906

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week

delivery of theCentral Alberta Life

in the town of

INNISFAIL

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Contact Quitcy at403-314-4316

MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

For afternoon delivery

once per week

In the towns of:

BlackfaldsLacombePonokaStettler

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

To deliver1 day a week in

OLDS

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

WEEKEND dispatchersreq’d. immediately.

Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written commu-nication skills. Fax resume

to 403-346-0295Classifieds...costs so little

Saves you so much!

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SHIPPER RECEIVER

Family owned and operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our warehouse department. Trail offers excellent training and a

competitive compensation. We are currently looking

for a full time Shipper Receiver to work out of our Red Deer location. Shifts will be varied including

weekends.

The ideal candidate will:• be able to maneuver

merchandise in excess of 100lbs

• possess exceptional customer service skills

• enjoy working within a diverse team

Launch your career with a well known and respected company. Become a part of the successful Trai l team by applying in person to: Colin Parsons in person at

#6 4622 61 Street, Riverside Industrial

District, Red Deer or fax to 403-347-3314. A security

check will be conducted on successful candidates.

THE TASTY BAKERYP/T OPPORTUNITY

Afternoons, No early mornings,

No late nightsNo Sundays,

Apply in person at: Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive (directly behind Nutters)

Wanted experienced tire service tech must have

Passenger & Light Truck experience. Phone or visitFountain Tire 6195 67 a stRed Deer 403.343.9422

WELL ESTABLISHED grooming shop in Lacombe

is looking for a certified groomer with experience in all breeds. We are a small grooming shop focused on quality. Quality and pride in

your work is extremely important, 3-5 years’ work

experience is recom-mended when applying, e-mail your resume to

[email protected]

WESCLEAN - Red Deer SHIPPER/ RECEIVER / INSIDE SALES req’d.

Competitive wages, full benefits, forkilft exp.

preferred. Dangerous goods exp. preferred.Familiar with shipping/ receiving procedures. Able to lift 30-60 lbs. Basic computer skills

an asset. Must have a good personality and easy to work with .Drop resume off at# 7, 7973 49 AVE.

or email to: [email protected] or

fax to 403-347-8803


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Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

Start your career!See Help Wanted

EmploymentTraining 900

Children'sItems 1580CHILDS HIKING SHOESSize 13. Columbia. Like new. $20. 403-314-9603

Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or

storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE

Homestead FirewoodBirch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver

1-4 cords. 403-844-0227FREE FIREWOOD

Bring your power saw.403-346-4307

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. /

del. Lyle 403-783-2275

HouseholdFurnishings1720COUCH/Sofa bed, clean in

exc. cond. $125. Deck table, green metal with

glass top 38”x60” 4 chairs, w/ matching rocker chair (new was $700). Asking

$85. 403-352-8811LOVE SEAT,

good cond. $1002 BAR STOOLS, $40 ea.

30” x 48” WHITEWOODEN TABLE.

STANDING LAMP, $10.403-346-2346

SIM’S Burgundy Leather Reclining Sofa. Exc. cond.

Paid $2500. Asking$550 obo. 403-343-6187

TABLE, round, Maple, 40”, 4 chairs. Exc. cond. $200.

403-352-8811

WANTEDAntiques, furniture and

estates. 342-2514

StereosTV's, VCRs 1730

360 XBOX, 10 Games, $10. ea.

PS 2, 10 games, $60. Panasonic stereo, Ipod hookup. $40.

403-782-3847COLECO table top

Packman game. $80. 403-782-3847

Misc. forSale 17603 P O R C E L I N E d o l l s $20/ea; dbl. comforter and bed sk i r t , $20; sk idoo boots size 6 ladies $20; set of Corel le d ishes $20; small 32” fiber optic Christ-mas t ree $10; e lect r ic Chr is tmas house $15; brand new queen bed skirt $20; 403-352-35216’ CHRISTMAS TREE, $10.GOLD FRAME MIRROR,

25”x30”, $10.SEWING MACHINE,

never used, $95.403-346-2346

9 assorted Corral dinner plates, 6 side plates,

4 soup bowls, $12 for all.1 Large fruit bowl,great design. $7.

8 old fruit nappies, $2 for all.Medium size oldmeat platter $7.

Dream Catcher, $10.Rhinestone Necklace &

Earrings, from the 1950’s, $75. 403-346-2231

BAR SINK, brand new. $60. 403-343-7884

FOR SALE:Large wash tub $30.

Electronic De-Humidifier $55. 403-342-7460

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Misc. forSale 1760C E D A R s c r e e n d o o r. Brand new/never used. 36” X 80.5”. Comes with a set of new hardware. $60. Call (403) 342-7908.

DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles,

fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east

end of Cash Casino

FREE HOUSEPLANTSPalm, Gardenia, Ivy,Sedum, Shamrock,

Philodendron.GONE

HANGERS. Wooden, Plastic, Metal. Box full for

$10. 403-314-9603

KENMORE, dehumidifyer, 24L, exc. cond. $75.; 8’ live cactus plant, $50; wool accent carpet, clean, $20; Audrey Hepburn purse, $25.; 4 boxes, 12 gauge s h o t g u n s h e l l s , $ 2 4 . 403-352-8811

LAMP, COFFEE MAKER, PLACEMATS, HOUSE-

HOLD ITEMS. Whole box for $20. 403-314-9603

THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS IS UPON US!

Electric Roaster,never used. Self baster.

Does everything you do in the kitchen oven. $80.

403-347-0104.

VARIETY of brand new instrumental, country, old

time music CD’s, (16) $30 Must take all.

403-309-1838

Pets &Supplies 1810RABBIT Hutch, outdoor, partially insulated, incld’s heated water d ish and food. $75. 403-340-2462

Cats 1830 (2) BURMAN kittens.

$40/ea. 403-887-3649

FREE 8 week old orange kittens 5 mo. old Calico kittens, 1 gorgeous pinky orange 5 mo. old M. kitten, all need

loving homes 403-782-3130

Dogs 1840BERNESE MOUNTAIN

dog puppies, ready to go NOW 403-357-7108

F1B GOLDEN DOODLES, black now but will brindle

as they get older. Non shedding, well handled, long time breeder. $900.

Delivered to Alberta. Text 306-521-1371

or call 306-792-2113 www.furtettishfarm.ca

SportingGoods 1860

SKIS, $100.403-343-7884

SNOW BOARD Boots, size 9 (2 pairs) $50 each.

1 pr. size 3, $20. 403-343-7884

TravelPackages 1900

TRAVEL ALBERTAAlberta offers SOMETHINGfor everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Tired of Standing?Find something to sit on

in Classifieds

Looking for a new pet?Check out Classifieds to

find the purrfect pet.

AGRICULTURALCLASSIFICATIONS

2000-2290

Horses 2140WANTED: all types of

horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, FeedHay 2190TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, ap-

prox. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale

Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

CLASSIFICATIONSFOR RENT • 3000-3200WANTED • 3250-3390

wegotrentals

Houses/Duplexes 30203 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave.

Avail. to over 40 tenants. No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1600, D.D. $1600. 403-341-4627

WANTED- 3 bedroom home or town house with

appliances, basement andgarage. Small dog and

smoking. Mature Couple,Nov1-2013. Contact us at780-902-6013 or email [email protected]. Lookingin Red Deer area or Red

Deer County.

Condos/Townhouses3030

2 BDRM. CONDO.New paint, fridge & stove.

$950/mo/d.d. 587-679-2233

3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath town-house in well kept condominium complex at #9, 15 Stanton St.

5 appls & fenced yard. Tenants must be over 40

w/references & quiet living. Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627

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 3040Newly Reno’d MobileFREE Shaw Cable + more

$950/monthSharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

Suites 30601 BDRM. No pets. $675 rent/s.d. Avail. Nov. 1st.

Call 403-227-1844

LARGE, 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROEMANOR

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CAIRO, Egypt — The Libyan militant accused by Wash-ington in the killing of the U.S. ambassador told The As-sociated Press on Monday he’s not worried about being next on the list for capture by the Americans after the U.S. commando raid that spirited a senior al-Qaida suspect out of Tripoli.

Ahmed Abu Khattala’s confidence reflects the power that Islamic militants have grown to wield in Libya since the 2011 ouster of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. Mi-litia groups, some of them inspired by al-Qaida, operated with virtual impunity in the country, with the central gov-ernment too weak to take action against them.

Now many of the groups are furious over Saturday’s U.S. special forces raid that captured Abu Anas al-Libi, wanted by the Americans for more than a decade over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. Some have hinted at retaliation at U.S. and other foreign interests and have lashed out at the government, accusing it of colluding with Washington.

“We only fear God,” Abu Khattala told AP by telephone from Benghazi, when asked if he is concerned he too could be snatched. Abu Khattala lives openly in the city, despite the indictment against him in a U.S. court over the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. He denies any role in the attack.

One prominent ultraconservative Muslim cleric, Sheik Ahmed bu-Sidra, warned that “all options are on the table” after the seizing of al-Libi, who was spirited out of the coun-try and is now being held on a U.S. warship, according to American officials.

Moderates will be unable to silence possible retaliation by “insane Libyans who think death is a way to get close to God,” bu-Sidra said.

For more than two years, Libya has been held hostage to increasingly powerful militias. Initially they were formed out of rebel brigades that fought Gadhafi’s forces in 2011 uprising. The government has relied on them to carry out security duties because of the weakness of the army, but they have carved out spheres of power of their own, and many are made up of Islamic extremists.

No week passes without assassinations and abductions of top security officials and army officers, especially in Benghazi, the country’s second largest city. In a particularly humiliating show of state weakness, the son of defence min-

ister was kidnapped on Sept. 24.“This is a crime against the state, aimed at preventing

the minister from pushing ahead with his plan to put all the armed groups” under military control, the head of the defence committee in the legislature, Bel-Qassem Derizib said.

After al-Libi’s capture, the Libyan government said in a statement that it knew nothing about the raid and had asked the Americans for “clarifications” about the opera-tion. Prime Minister Ali Zidan left the country Sunday for a three-day visit to Morocco.

The operation — which came on the same day that U.S. Navy Seals attempted to capture an al-Qaida-linked mili-tant in Somalia — signalled an American readiness to go af-ter militants in nations where authorities are unable to do so. That has raised expectations in Libya that further raids could follow, and many militants are convinced the Libyan government is colluding with the Americans.

“If the U.S. administration is co-operating with the (Liby-an) government, then we hold the government responsible,” Abu Khattala said. “If they did it without Libyan govern-ment’s knowledge, then this is violation of the sovereignty of the Libyan state, which we reject.”

“We don’t want them here if they act against us,” he said, referring to foreigners in Libya. “If you are a guest, then act respectfully, otherwise your presence is not welcome.”

Abu Khattala was the commander of an Islamist militia group called the Abu Obaida bin Jarrah Brigade. How-ever, he said he abandoned the militia and now works as a construction contractor. In earlier interview, Abu Khat-tala told the AP that he was not in hiding and had not been questioned by Libyan authorities over the consulate attack.

“I am in my city, having a normal life and have no trou-bles,” he said.

Officials in the U.S. have said he and an unspecified number of others were named in a sealed complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. It’s unclear what charges he and the others face.

A previously unknown coalition of Islamic militants in three eastern Libyan cities — Benghazi, al-Bayda and Darna — issued a statement Monday vowing to avenge al-Libi’s capture — and blaming the government. It called the abduction a “shameful act which will cost the Libyan gov-ernment a lot.” Several dozen members of the Ansar al-Sh-ariah — al-Qaida inspired group blamed earlier for playing a role in the attack on US consulate protested on Sunday in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, denouncing al-Libi’s abduction and criticizing the government.

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Threat of default overtakes shutdown for Obama, Congress


WASHINGTON — A possible na-tional default loomed closer on Mon-day as the partial government shut-down lingered, rattling markets in the U.S. and overseas. A gridlocked Con-gress betrayed little or no urgency to-ward resolving either of the threats.

Stocks got a case of the jitters on Wall Street, and halfway around the world China stressed the importance for the international economy of rais-ing the U.S. debt limit.

“Safeguarding the debt is of vital importance to the economy of the U.S. and the world,” Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. China holds $1.277 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds, second only to Japan.

At home, the political rhetoric was unchanged — and generally uncom-promising — while a new poll suggest-ed Republicans are paying a heavier price than Democrats for the deadlock.

President Barack Obama said the House should vote immediately on ending the partial closure of the fed-eral establishment. He accused House Speaker John Boehner of refusing to permit the necessary legislation to come to the floor because he “doesn’t apparently want to see the ... shutdown end at the moment, unless he’s able to extract concessions that don’t have anything to do with the budget.”

Boehner, in rebuttal, called on Obama to agree to negotiations on changes in the nation’s health care overhaul and steps to curb deficits, the principal GOP demands for ending the shutdown and eliminating the threat of default.

“Really, Mr. President. It’s time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk,” the Ohio Republican said in remarks on the House floor.

Obama said he would talk with the Republicans on those topics or virtu-ally any others. But the White House has said repeatedly the president will not negotiate until the government is fully re-opened and the debt limit has been raised to stave off the nation’s first-ever default.

White House aide Jason Furman told reporters that if Boehner “needs to have some talking point for his cau-cus that’s consistent with us not nego-tiating ... that’s not adding a bunch of extraneous conditions, of course he’s welcome to figure out whatever talk-ing point he wants that helps him sell something.”

The current standoff is the latest in a string of clashes over the past three years between Obama and a House Re-publican majority that has steered to the right with the rise of the tea party.

Most Democrats and many Republi-cans have assumed the GOP will pay a heavier price for a shutdown than the Democrats, since that was the case in 1996.

And a survey released by the Wash-ington Post-ABC said disapproval of Republicans was measured at 70 per cent, up from 63 per cent a week ear-lier. Disapproval of Obama’s role was statistically unchanged at 51 per cent.

In the Senate, where majority Dem-ocrats forced approval of legislation before the shutdown aimed at prevent-ing it, officials said Majority Leader Harry Reid was drafting a bill to raise the current $16.7 trillion debt ceiling before the Oct. 17 deadline when Trea-sury Secretary Jacob Lew has said the government will reach its borrowing limit.

The measure would allow the gov-ernment to meet its borrowing needs through the 2014 elections, officials said, although few details were imme-diately available.

Assuming Democratic support, the bill could pass the Senate quickly if Republicans merely vote against it as they press for concessions from the White House. But passage could be de-layed until Oct. 17 if the GOP decides to mount a filibuster.

Separately, a White House aide said Obama would be receptive to an in-terim, short-term measure to prevent default.

In the House, Republicans declined to say when they would put debt limit legislation on the floor for a vote.

Instead, the public agenda for the day consisted of legislation to reopen the Food and Drug Administration, the latest in a string of measures to soften

the impact of the partial shutdown.Earlier House-passed bills would

end the shutdown at national parks, the National Guard and Reserves and the Women, Infants and Children nu-trition program, and ease effects for the Washington, D.C., government, among other locations. Each of the measures cleared the House with some Democratic support.

Yet each is under a veto threat by the White House, and Reid opposes them in the Senate as far less than the full restoration of government services that most Democrats favour.

Still, the shutdown eased over the weekend, when about 350,000 civilian defence workers were recalled as the result of legislation Congress passed and Obama signed after the shutdown began.

That left an estimated 450,000 feder-al employees idle at agencies respon-sible for domestic programs, ranging from the Departments of Education to Energy, and including Labor, Health and Human Services, Interior, Trans-portation and more.

The shutdown was felt unevenly, however, because of bewilderingly complex rules and the ability of senior officials to declare some projects es-sential and therefore allowed to re-main open.

Some routine food checks by the FDA were suspended, but the Depart-ment of Agriculture’s meat inspections continued uninterrupted. Much of the nation’s space agency was shuttered, although work continued on plans to launch a robotic probe to Mars, which has a once-every-two-years launch win-dow.

Despite the order returning civilian Pentagon workers to their government jobs, defence contractor Lockheed Martin announced it would furlough about 2,400.

The Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency, where Obama visited, served as a demonstration for the vari-able impact of the partial shutdown.

Officials said the agency had fur-loughed about 86 per cent of its work-ers, then had recalled about 200 of them last week to prepare for the threat posed by Tropical Storm Karen in the Gulf Coast region.

Militant backlash feared after U.S. snatched al-Qaida militant in Libya


EUREKA, Calif. — It was a perfect day for surfing. Except for the shark.

Jay Scrivner, a 45-year-old college English teacher, was waiting for waves off the Cali-fornia coast near his hometown of Eureka on Sunday morn-ing after surfing for about two hours when a great white he estimated at about 8 feet (2.44 metres) -to-9 feet (2.74 metres) long bit his thigh and board.

“Sometimes you have a feel-ing that the water is weird,” Scrivner told The Associated Press in a phone interview from his room at Eureka’s St. Joseph Hospital on Monday afternoon. “But everyone was just so hap-py. I was lying on my board, paddling around just waiting for a wave set.”

Scrivner regularly surfs at the spot near Humboldt Bay known as the Samoa Peninsu-

la. He was aware that another surfer, Scott Stephens, survived a shark attack in the same area last year.

Scriver said that “out of no-where” he saw the shark’s teeth and nose. After he was bitten, he took a swing at the great white and let out what a friend nearby described as a primor-dial yell.

“I couldn’t believe it hap-pened,” Scrivner said. “When I turned away from the shark, I said, ’Did I really get bit?’ Your mind doesn’t believe it.”

Scrivner said he did a quick inventory of his body parts and found everything was intact. A friend encouraged him to keep paddling toward the beach.

Once there, friends and fel-low surfers applied pressure on the wound and tied a T-shirt to stop the bleeding.

“What’s strange about it was how amazing the morning was, how everyone was having a good time,” he said.

SHARK ATTACK

GARDEN: How to collect the best manure

Despite the fact that the average horse produces 7.5 tons of manure a year giving me a typical yield of 15 tons annually, I have collected most of the good stuff.

I don’t want the dried out sawdust textured piles that have had all the nutrients leached out of them. Instead I go for the fresh piles, the steamier the bet-ter. Okay, that sounds disturbing even to me. But it’s true. It’s got to the point where I am practically roll-ing the wheelbarrow right up under the horses’ tails and tapping my foot.

Of course, the key to safe compost is time and heat. You want the pile to heat up sufficiently to kill off any pathogens or weed seeds in the manure and then you want the worms to move in and do their thing before transferring the rich, brown, gold to the garden. Next year.

Shannon McKinnon is a humour columnist and garden writer. She writes for Gardens Central magazine and blogs for peacecountrygardens.com, hardyherbs.com and the freshly sprouted containerscape.com

BLOOM: Travelling better than to have arrived

What a lot of people don’t know is that Stevenson contracted tuberculosis when he was young and, because of it, was bedridden for much of his life. Stevenson was noted for having declared, “To travel hopefully is better than to have arrived.”

One day, (as the story goes) Stevenson’s wife heard him hacking and coughing loudly. She said to him, “Still travelling hopefully, my old dear?”

Turning toward a window that was ablaze with afternoon sunlight, Stevenson replied, “I am. I will never let a row of medicine bottles block my hori-zon.”

Likewise, the story of Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist – perhaps best known for his memoir of the holocaust, Man’s Search for Meaning – who attributed his survival, at least in part, to the equation E+R=O: event plus response equals outcome.

“There is one thing no person can ever take away from me,” declared Frankl, “and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me.”

Travelling hopefully and choosing how we re-spond to the events in our life is at the foundation of blooming where we’re planted.

That said I believe there are a number of steps we can take to make the process of blooming easier and certainly more enjoyable.

Learn to appreciate the place you currently call home. Try to see positive qualities rather than the negative.

Try to see your home through the eyes of someone who has never been to your town or city – perhaps someone from another country.

What is unique and beautiful about your place in the world?

Spend some time with those you love. Let your friends and family know that they’re important to you.

Visit with them, laugh with them, do small things to show them how much you care. If you’re some-where new, take time to make friends, to get to know people.

Participate in your community. Volunteer, join a club and go to events around

town.Set long- and short-term goals. Look to the future

with a hopeful eye. Devise strategies that will keep you motivated and focused on positive outcomes.

Step out of resistance and go with the flow. Accept the fact that you cannot control everything and make the best of your current situation.

Remember that what you resist persists.Be friendly and speak kindly to the people you in-

teract with each day. Choose to be a day-maker and not a day-breaker.

Help someone else to bloom where they’re planted.Accept full responsibility for the quality and con-

tent of your life. Remember that you are not bound by your up-

bringing. You may have grown up in conditions that were not ideal for blooming. Whether you burst into bloom or wither away is solely within your control.

Of course there is more to blooming than simply making the best of your circumstances. I’m reminded of the green-thumb efforts of my mother who always

raised beautiful flowerbeds overflowing with such favourites as bleeding hearts, peonies and holly-hocks.

But occasionally she would bring home a new va-riety of plant as suggested by a friend at the garden centre that had very specific tastes as to soil type, moisture and sunlight.

If Mom discovered that the plant was not thriving in its current locale, she was not averse to digging it up and replanting it. A plant that was not happy in the shady north corner of her flowerbed might burst to life in the sunnier, south-facing corner.

So yes, sometimes blooming to full potential does require change. Changing flowerbeds for us might mean getting a different job, changing cities, changing relationships or even moving to a different house. It will likely mean re-examining and changing our current belief system. We owe it to ourselves to seek the best soil for our unique set of abilities and interests.

Blooming is a process. It takes time, effort and commitment. Appreciate where you are at the mo-ment and always make the most of it, but keep send-ing out shoots and spreading seeds to find the best soil for a happy and empowered life.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilita-tor. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

EXPECTING: BalanceQuestion: My husband and I recently learned that

we’re expecting. We’re thrilled, but I’m also afraid that the de-

mands of a baby will cause us to neglect each other and our relationship. Do you have any advice for us?

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Minis-tries: First of all, congratulations!

That is very exciting. I remember feeling just like you.

Erin and I really struggled early in our marriage, and when we learned we were pregnant, I thought our marriage was doomed.

Boy, was I wrong!The truth is, no one is perfectly prepared for hav-

ing children. The key for each of us was learning how to bal-

ance being a parent and a spouse, and specifically, learning each other’s love language.

Our love language is made up of those things that our mate does which make us feel loved or cared for. Not everyone’s language is the same, and that may be true for you and your husband.

One simple way to discover your mate’s love lan-guage is by asking what he needs to feel loved.

We use the phrase: “I feel loved when you ...” Make your love language specific and measurable.

Instead of saying “I want intimacy,” say, “I need you to say you love me at least once a

day,” or “Let’s make love twice a week,” or “I need you to ask me about my day.”

It’s also critical that you follow up. On a regular basis, ask each other: “On a scale

from zero to 10, how have I done this week in making you feel loved according to your unique needs?”

As you look forward to growing your family, re-member that the best way to love your child is to love your spouse.

By discovering your mate’s love language, you’ll be better equipped to meet the exciting challenges awaiting you.

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Starlings a blight in Okanagan; will be culled


KELOWNA, B.C. — Tens of thousands of starlings will be killed annually across the Okanagan for at least another three year, an effort to crack down the “blight” that threatens the region’s orchards.

Local governments throughout the valley this fall are renewing their financial support for a control program that began a decade ago. The latest to sign up was the District of Lake Country, where council this week approved a budget request of $1,600.

“The birds are a blight on agriculture, and given that Lake Country is over 40 per cent farming, this just seems like a no-brainer way to support our or-chardists,” Coun. Lisa Cameron said.

A total of $115,000 is spent each year to trap and gas starlings across the Okanagan, with an estimated 60,000 of the birds killed each year. Most of the mon-ey comes from taxpayers through regional districts, but funding is also provided by the BC Fruit Grow-ers’ Association, the Okanagan Kootenay Cherry Growers’ Association, and the BC Grapegrowers As-sociation.

Even with the large-scale control program, star-lings are still estimated to cause $4 million in dam-ages annually to Okanagan vineyards and orchards.

Most trapping operations are conducted near feedlots and other cattle operations, where large flocks of starlings gather.

Starlings were introduced to North America in 1890 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted to es-tablish on this continent all the bird species ever mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays. The birds first showed up in the Okanagan in the 1950s.

“Starlings are listed on the World Conservation Union’s list of the 100 Worst Invasive Species,” reads part of the control program’s website.

In addition to eating and damaging fruit, starlings spread disease and drive native songbirds from their territory. “We’re not going to eliminate starlings, that’s never going to happen,” control program man-ager Connie Bielert has said.

“The goal is to control them to the point where they don’t cause these huge problems for agriculture like they’ve done in the past.”

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Red Deer Advocate, October 08, 2013