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PQ RETURN TO POWERIN QUEBEC ELECTONThe Parti Quebecois returned to power Tuesday but its parade was dampened by a weaker-than-desired result that could severely limit its ability to pursue its independence agenda. A5

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OLD WEAPON CAUSESPOLICE EVACUATIONA well-meaning attempt to turn in an old military weapon exploded into turmoil Tuesday afternoon, forcing an evacuation of police headquarters in downtown Leth-bridge. A3

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Old-school flying BY PAUL COWLEY

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The four 1,200-horsepower Wright Cyclone engines an-nounced it was go-time with an ear-splitting roar.

Only a few metres below my feet, the runway slid un-derneath the plexiglass nose of the Second World War-era B-17 Flying Fortress, one of only about a dozen still flying around the world.

From my perch, the end of the runway seemed to loom ahead alarmingly close with no obvious sign of any flying happening.

Then, my pulse quickening by the second, we were sud-denly airborne, golden fields racing blurringly by below.

Welcome to flying — old school.

Over the next half hour, six aviation enthusiasts, who paid $1,000 each, and a pair of me-dia representatives got an un-forgettable taste of the kind of flying experienced by tens of thousands of young men who answered war’s call 70 years ago.

Inside the B-17’s cramped interior, 10 men, many of them only teenagers, took the fight to the skies over Germany.

“A lot of these fellas never made it back in these things,” said load master Bob Brade-meyer in his pre-flight briefing at the Red Deer Flying Club’s building at Red Deer Airport.

He makes a point of paying tribute to those who risked their lives during the war when he talks to people about the history of the plane named Sentimental Journey.

The average age of pilots was only 20 or so.

The gunners who manned the Flying Fortress’s 13 50-cal-ibre guns were usually even younger, he said.

Of the 12,700 B-17s built, nearly a third were lost in combat in the skies over Eu-rope or the Pacific and thou-sands of aircrew died.

Flying through flak-filled skies must have been a fright-ening and exhausting experi-ence.

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

Clockwise from top: The Commemorative Air Force’s B-17 bomber Sentimental Journey flies over the Red Deer Airport Tuesday as part of a fundraiser for the Harvard Historical Aviation Society; Pilots begin their pre-flight check aboard the plan before taking off from the Red Deer Airport Tuesday; The aircraft taxis into the Red Deer Airport Tuesday. Please see related video at www.reddeeradvocate.com.

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Fatal stabbing over missing steak nets killer four years

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI

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What started as an assault over a missing piece of steak, and resulted in a fatal stab-bing of a Rocky Mountain House-area man with a steak knife, ended with a four-year prison sentence for his killer.

Michael Ernest Thivierge, 55, pleaded guilty to man-slaughter in the May 18, 2011, death of Chester Shearer, 64, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday.

In an agreed statement of facts, the court heard that Shearer, who was known to become violent, attacked Thiv-ierge from behind, pulled him out of his chair, threw him down and kicked him after Thivierge took some of Shear-er’s steak.

Shearer left, then returned, and when he approached Thivierge from across the ta-ble, Thivierge grabbed a steak knife on the table and stabbed Shearer in the chest.

Shearer died at a rural

acreage on Hwy 752 near Cow Lake, about 15 km southwest of Rocky, where Shearer and Thivierge lived.

Justice M.T. Moreau sen-tenced Thivierge to four years, less the 480 days he spent in pre-trial custody.

Moreau said while Thiv-ierge feared for his life, stab-bing Shearer was a thought-less, impulsive response to a “benign set of circumstances.”

“There is no suggestion of planning here,” Moreau said.

She also took into consid-eration that Thivierge sought help for Shearer and that he pleaded guilty to manslaugh-ter.

Thivierge, who has a crimi-nal record, was originally charged with second-degree murder. A two-week judge and jury trial was set to begin on Tuesday. Instead, Thivierge pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.

His sentence includes a lifetime weapons ban.

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Green space, trails and commerce included in Timber Ridge plan

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO

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Green space in four quad-rants, interconnected paved trails and a district commer-cial centre are part of Red Deer’s future on the east side.

On Monday, city council ad-opted the Timber Ridge Neigh-bourhood Area Structure Plan which encompasses the quar-ter section next to 55th Street, north of Roadale neighbour-hood and east of Timberstone Park neighourhood.

The new neighbourhood fea-tures a mix of single family and multi-family homes with space for a middle public school, a pedestrian network of paved trails, a community gathering area and other features.

Coun. Tara Veer said over-all it’s a good plan with a lot of housing options for the com-munity, park space and trail linkages but she had some res-

ervations about the amount of commercial space prescribed for the developers.

“We have to make sure that we are competitive on a re-gional basis and if we are ap-proving commercial develop-ment that they will succeed,” said Veer.

“I think it is important that we meet market demand but not provide so much that we actually soften our local com-mercial market. I think we need to watch it and be mind-ful of it.”

Veer had also expressed reservations about the loca-tion of the commercial area after speaking with local real-tors who were concerned the area is not near a main road entrance.

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COUNCIL: Expressway planned for 2022

“Because this particular commercial site falls mid-block there’s some hesitation whether it will be picked up for some commercial site,” said Veer.

“I think we need to be mindful in the future that we have great access and great visibility for when we are placing expectation that commercial will tran-spire.”

The plan calls for a construction of Highway 20, a new expressway, along the eastern boundary of Tim-ber Ridge in 2022.

The road will function as part of a ring road around the east side of Red Deer. At first the lane will be developed with two lanes but could eventu-ally be upgraded to six lanes.

Two collector roads will link the local roads to the rest of the city.

Where the two roads intersect, a roundabout will be constructed.

Senior city planner Jordan Furness said this is a little out of the box for the neighbourhood because four-way stops are not generally built within neigh-bourhoods.

He said the roundabout will partly help with traf-fic flow and act as a traffic calmer.

Furness said the design encourages walkability by creating interconnected network of trails and sidewalks.

City council gave third readings to the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan bylaw amendment and the Timber Ridge Neighourhood Area Structure Plan bylaw on Monday.

The area will be developed in nine phases. Applicant for the first phase subdivision is ex-

pected to be filed to municipal planning commission this week.

In other council news:

● City council agreed to submit a letter of intent to host the 2015 Alberta 55+ Summer Games in 2015.

The games, held every two years, feature more than 1,100 participants in 14 different sports includ-ing military whist, cycling, bocce, creative writing and horseshoes.

Meanwhile, the City is eyeing the chance to host the Canada Winter Games in 2019.

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B-17: Deafening droneEven in Red Deer’s friendly skies, the deafening

drone of the engines and the constant vibration that shakes every surface soon wears on you.

Moving about inside means half-crawling through narrow passages along a metal catwalk only a few centimetres wide.

Passengers are warned to stick to the catwalks and wooden flooring and not to tread on the plane’s fuselage.

It’s only aluminum held together with a few rivets, we’re told.

And stay out of the bomb bay. It only takes 45 kg (100 pounds) of weight to pop the doors open.

Passenger Gary Sorensen marvelled at the thin aluminum skin that was all that stood between the bomber’s crew and the cannon and machine-gun rounds of German fighter planes.

“You can see how people got picked apart so eas-ily by those machine-guns.

“These walls are very thin.”For Sorensen, the flight was a surprise from his

fiancée and he came away thrilled.“It was pretty incredible,” he said. “It’s something you can’t compare until you get on

it.“I think it was a great experience — a lifetime

experience,” said aviation enthusiast Lawrence Heck.

“It was really something to see. “It was exciting.”One of two pilots on board, Reid MacCosham of

Arizona, said flying the B-17 is a big departure from the high-tech airliners he guides through the skies in

his day job.The B-17 is all cables and pulleys and other ba-

sic mechanical controls. Wires slide back and forth along the fuselage as the pilot adjusts control sur-faces.

MacCosham said there’s not much left on the plane that is original. The engines have been re-placed many times over and every 25 hours each en-gine undergoes detailed maintenance.

That maintenance schedule means all four en-gines have been fully inspected, oiled and fine tuned after 100 hours of flying time. Then, the process starts all over again.

Sentimental Journey rolled off a California production line in late 1944. It arrived too late to join the thousands of other B-17s that formed the backbone of the United States Air Forces campaign against Nazi Germany.

It was sent to the Pacific theatre in early 1945 for the duration of the war and later went on to a diverse career as a photo-mapping plane, air-sea res-cue craft, a drone control plane during nuclear tests and a firefighting water bomber.

Arizona’s Commemorative Air Force bought it in 1978 and fully restored it to flying condition.

On its latest tour, the plane has already made stops in Cranbrook, B.C., Medicine Hat, Calgary and Edmonton.

The warbird is here as a fundraiser for the Har-vard Historical Aviation Society, which is develop-ing a museum at the Red Deer Airport to celebrate the area’s aviation heritage.

It will be at the Red Deer Airport all day today and will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Those who want to come out and take a look inside are asked to make a $5 donation.

Jodi Smith, president of the aviation society, said they are hoping to raise $10,000 during the B-17s stay.

The money will go towards the development of a series of hands-on displays that the society hopes to take around Central Alberta, and which will eventu-ally form the heart of the museum’s collection.

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Eastbound 32nd Street traffic backs up as a LeDuc Asphalt Milling machine takes off old asphalt Tuesday. Both eastbound lanes are now closed from just west of 47th Avenue as part of the rehabilitation of the busy roadway. Traffic is down to a single lane in both directions, a situation worsened by the temporary closure of 47th Avenue.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

A new dog bylaw that clari-fies definitions and establish-es a clear ticket review pro-cess is one step closer to real-ity.

City council gave first reading on Monday to a re-vised dog bylaw that spells out definitions surrounding “a dog running at large” and “a dog running at large in an off-leash area,” establishing a clear appeals process and penalties.

The review stems from the request from Mark Yabar, a Red Deer resident, who re-ceived a $250 fine and im-pound fee of $42 after his dog took off for the pond at Three Mile Bend in 2011.

Yabar fought the ticket in provincial court and lost. Yabar wrote in a letter to city council that the bylaw does not meet the city residents ex-pectations “because of its am-biguous provisions and exces-sively punitive penalties.”

The proposed bylaw differ-entiates between the owner of a dog being guilty of an offence if the dog running at large in an off-leash area or the dog is running at large in other areas of the city.

In the past, the issuing of-ficer would review the ticket. City council had requested a more collaborative approach to the appeal process.

Now the reviews will be submitted to the city’s Inspec-tions and Licensing depart-

ment and all dog bylaw ticket reviews will be looked at by a supervisor or manager and the ticket issuing officer.

Coun. Tara Veer said from the public’s perspective, many would like an independent re-view but she thinks it’s a step in the right direction with the manager meeting with the citi-zens.

“I think ultimately it will be an area where we will try this out,” she said.

“I t i s a s tep in the r ight direct ion but we might need a comprehen-sive and transparent ap-peal process in the future.’She added the bylaw is moving in the right direction by add-ing clarity but council should continue to monitor it and per-haps not wait so long to review it the next time.

“I think we could offer greater differentiation be-tween the provisions pertain-ing to regular dogs and aggres-sive dogs,” she said.

“In particular, I think we need to look at the fines and make sure our fines are effec-tive deterrents without be op-pressive for the public that we serve.”

There will be new signs in-stalled at Three Mile Bend to be consistent with the signs already in place at the Ox-bows Off-Leash Dog Park, near Delburne Street and 40th Avenue.

The existing bylaw was im-plemented in 2009.

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LETHBRIDGE — A well-meaning attempt to turn in an old military weapon exploded into turmoil Tuesday after-noon, forcing an evacua-tion of police headquar-ters and tying up traffic in downtown Lethbridge for the better part of three hours.

The drama unfolded just before noon Tuesday when a man came into the Lethbridge regional police station carrying what officials later de-termined was a pre-First World War anti-tank ex-plosive device.

The man waited at the front counter for a while, according to police, but when he saw that staff members were all busy, he simply put the small, rusted antique on the counter and left.

When police realized that the dropped-off de-vice was a potentially live explosive with a detonator attached, they evacuated the building.

Nearly 100 police of-ficers and civilian staff rushed outside and across the street, leaving their lunches on their desks as the fire depart-ment arrived for backup.

Police directed traffic away from the police sta-tion, causing a backlog of idling cars through the downtown until the ex-plosive was removed and staff were allowed back inside.

The local explosive disposal unit sent in a bomb robot to fetch the device and place it in the back of a sandbag-loaded City of Lethbridge pick-up truck.

It was then driven to a gravel pit, prompting of-ficials to close Highway 3 to all traffic while the large vehicle made its way down the road.

From the gravel pit, officials awaited the ar-rival of explosives ex-perts from Canadian Forces Base Suffield to identify the device and then safely blow it up.

Canadian Forces per-sonnel have more ex-

perience dealing with military explosives than Lethbridge police, said Insp. Jeff Cove.

“You really want to make sure that you have the right people with the right level of expertise, and in Lethbridge we just don’t have the call for our guys to go and take those things apart,” he said.

“We have tried to com-municate to the public if you have explosive ord-nance, old souvenirs that you want to get rid of, please don’t bring them to the police station,” he said.

“Call us. We’re more than happy to come and pick them up and we will collect them and dispose of them for you. You

can’t go to the front coun-ter of the police station and just drop these off, and you especially can’t go in, drop these off and leave. We need to know what they are.”

Cove said he didn’t know how much calling in the Department of Na-tional Defence or evacu-ating the police station would cost taxpayers.

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Human skull linkedto woman who vanished two years ago

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LEDUC — Alberta Mounties have linked a human skull found south of Edmonton to a woman who dis-appeared in the area two years ago.

A group of horseback riders discovered the skull Saturday in a wooded area in a field on a rural prop-erty near Leduc.

RCMP say dental records were used to identify the remains as belonging to Amber Tuccaro of Fort McMurray.

The 20-year-old was visiting the Edmonton area when she was last seen on Aug. 18, 2010.

“This is very sad news for the Tuccaro family, and our thoughts are with them,” Staff-Sergeant Gerard MacNeil of Project Kare said Tuesday.

“This discovery brings us closer to finding out what happened to Amber.”

RCMP say the circumstances surrounding her death are suspicious and a ground search of the area is underway.

Tuccaro’s family do not wish to comment and have asked that their privacy be respected.

Tuccaro lived in Fort McMurray, and flew to Edmonton International Airport with her then 14-month-old son and a female friend on Aug. 17, 2010.

She booked into a hotel in Nisku near the airport and spent the day in the community.

The next day, Tuccaro left her hotel room to catch a ride into Edmonton and got into an unknown man’s vehicle.

“She left Jacob (her son) with her friend to meet with another friend of hers and that was the last time she was seen,” MacNeil said.

Her family reported her missing two days later.

Trucking company boss namednew head of Alberta Health Services

EDMONTON — The head of a Calgary-area truck-ing company has been named the new chairman of Alberta’s health superboard.

The government says Stephen Lockwood has a background rooted in strong financial oversight and good corporate governance.

Lockwood, a lawyer, is currently the president and co-CEO of Okotoks-based Mullen Group, a truck-ing and logistics company.

He takes over from Catherine Roozen, who served as Alberta Health Service’s interim chairwoman after Ken Hughes stepped down to sit in the legisla-ture.

Dr. Tony Fields has been named the new chair-man of the Health Quality Council of Alberta.

Fields, an oncologist, was a vice-president with Alberta Health Services and was already sitting on the quality council’s board.

Man reportedly dead after overnight basement fire

EDMONTON — One person is dead after a house fire in Edmonton.

The fire happened overnight in the basement of a north-end residence.

Smoke could be seen pouring from the lower level when firefighters arrived at the scene.

The body was discovered, once crews were able to get inside to search the building.

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A taxpayers group is taking the University of Calgary to task for board expenses, including execu-tive-class flights and $500-a-night hotel rooms, rung up by the chair-man of the school’s board.

Doug Black, who is also a sen-ator-in-waiting in Alberta, has re-paid the university nearly $5,400 for airfare expenses the institu-tion says were “processed in er-ror.”

But Scott Hennig, Alberta di-rector of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation, is raising questions about the price of hotel rooms claimed as part of the $28,000 billed to the university and re-vealed through Freedom of Infor-mation laws.

“We got tipped off,” said Henni. The tipster advised the group to

compare Black’s and former board chair Jack Perraton’s expenses.

“It’s a trend of $300, $400 or $500 hotel rooms that (Black) stays in.”

Hennig said the University of Calgary’s travel expense proce-dure dictates that flights shorter than five hours must be economy class.

Hotels are to be “standard room rates” and that travellers are to stay “where preferred or discount rates — or the equiva-lent of such rates — are available whenever possible.”

The claims show a $1,268.19 bill for a room at the Houston Four Seasons for two nights and anoth-er $1,261.71 from the Ritz Carleton for a two-night stay in Toronto.

Hennig said Perraton, who served as chair from April, 2007 through December 2010, claimed a total of $434.01 in expenses dur-

ing his 3 ½ -year term. Black was appointed in February 2011.

An official with the University of Calgary says the error in pay-ment was discovered in the audit and believes that the institution is doing a good job keeping an eye on dollars and cents.

However, Jonathon Gebert, vice-president of finance and ser-vices, didn’t offer an explanation as to why Black didn’t find cheap-er hotel rooms during his trips.

“I can talk to you about the financial controls and the poli-cies and that’s all I can talk to you about,” he said Tuesday.

“We do have a policy that ap-plies to all university funds re-lated to travel and hospitality and we’ve been working hard on our policies. We will be looking at our hospitality and travel expense policy as a normal course of busi-ness.”


EDMONTON — Edmonton po-lice are calling an alert driver a Good Samaritan for causing a fender-bender that saved four children crossing a busy street.

Darrell Krushelnicki is a bit stunned by the accolades and at-tention he’s received since the crash last Friday outside a mall on the south side of the city.

But he said he’d do it again.“Vehicles can always be re-

paired and replaced,” the 46-year-old said Tuesday. “It’s lives that are at risk. And I’m just glad it worked out for everybody.”

Krushelnicki recently moved from southern Alberta to Fort Nelson, B.C., where he has a job in the oil and gas industry.

He was on his way to work but stopped last week to visit his par-ents in Sherwood Park, a bedroom community east of Edmonton.

He had just dropped his girl-friend off at the Bonnie Doon mall and was driving out of the park-ing lot when he saw the children crossing the road and realized they were in danger.

The four kids, ranging in ages from three to 16, had the right of way. They were in a marked cross-walk and flashing lights had alert-ed drivers to stop.

Krushelnicki said all vehicles had stopped except for a silver car that was heading straight for the children. It appeared the man driving the car was on his cell phone, he said.

“He wasn’t aware of the sur-roundings and those kids cross-

ing the street. The timing was all bad,” Krushelnicki said.

“The kids were almost com-pletely across but not quite and the vehicle was travelling at a pretty high rate of speed.”

Krushelnicki was already half way into the intersection, waiting to turn, and made a split decision to drive into the path of the on-coming car.

The car skimmed off the front bumper of his Hummer then turned into an adjacent service road before stopping.

Krushelnicki got out of his truck to check on the children. They were shaken up and the youngest one was crying, he said.

Police have charged John Troy Heitzman, 23, with dangerous driv-ing.

Driver causes crash to save four children crossing street

Lethbridge police station evacuated after pre-WW1 military ordinance brought in

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Watchdog raises alarm over spending habits of U of C chair

Sayings about the importance of knowing your history have been ut-tered often enough not to need repeat-ing. But that doesn’t mean the lesson’s been learned.

Amazingly, as we mark the bicen-tennial of the War of 1812, a survey for the Department of National De-fence shows that few Canadians know about the two-year conflict between this country and the United States.

Many could not even identify it by name, let alone discuss its signifi-cance.

This disappointing F mark comes after the Conservatives, to mark the

historical turning point, invested $28 million in historical re-enactments, television commercials, museum ex-hibits, a $60 commemorative coin, and even a mobile app for smart phones.

Since this bicentennial observation could hardly be construed to have po-litical ramifications, it’s safe to say the Conservatives simply thought it worth-while to know the history.

Peter MacKay, MP for Central Nova and minister of Defence, took part in

a recent ceremony presenting battle honours at Toronto’s Fort York to some of the regiments that fought 200 years ago — lest they be forgotten.

MacKay commented that much of what Canadians have today shouldn’t be taken for granted. The country’s his-tory could have been much different.

Indeed, this war was a contributing factor ultimately leading to Confedera-tion.

Don’t get us wrong. People on the south side of the border are a fantastic bunch. They’re close cousins — figu-ratively, and often in the literal sense — they’re great friends in the best of

times and certainly the allies you’d want in the worst of times.

But just take their marathon elec-tion years, for example.

Consider the show-biz style Repub-lican convention on this past week, in-cluding movie director Clint Eastwood disgracing himself with an eerie, ram-bling monologue; or first lady wannabe Ann Romney trying to pass herself off as a latter-day, bubbly Sarah Palin.

Would any Canadian with better things to do want to sit through that?

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Helping Red Deerians be healthyRe: Bike lanes in Red Deer, catalyst for

changeI read with interest the letter and editori-

als in the Aug. 29 Advocate. Certainly, it has been a lively discussion that Red Deerians are having on the expansion of the bicycle lanes in Red Deer.

The Red Deer Primary Care Network (PCN) — your family physician working in partner-ship with Central Health Zone of Alberta Health Services — has been integral in mov-ing up plans as generally outlined in the City of Red Deer’s Master Transportation Plan.

Encouraged by ourselves, the Red Deer Bi-cycle Commuters Association, ReThink Red Deer, and Safe Communities Central Alberta, the City of Red Deer has taken the lead in fi-nancing the creation of integrated bike lanes on our roadways.

The Red Deer PCN has provided financial support in educating the public about the lanes through brochures and the presence of a stall at the Saturday morning Red Deer Public Market.

As with our helping the city establish the outdoor gyms and the disc golf facility in north Red Deer, the Red Deer PCN aims to get people active in their daily lives.

The projects funded are not meant to build people into superathletes, but are meant to be a catalyst in encouraging good health.

The bike lane pilot project is just another way that Red Deerians, with regular usage can get and stay healthy.

If enough Red Deerians use the lanes, maybe we can get rid of them, when there is mutual respect and care between motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians!

So, I look forward to the discussion and ultimately, the decision of city council. What-ever the decision regarding the bike lanes pilot project, do remember, your choices reveal your priorities.

Peter Mah, MDBoard MemberPast President

Red Deer Primary Care Network

Torture editorial way off markIt has been several years since the Advo-

cate has published as asinine an editorial as the one written by Cameron Kennedy for the Aug. 30 paper concerning Public Safety Min-ister Vic Toew’s authorizing the RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services officers to use information from other countries that might have been obtained there through the use of torture.

If Kennedy had bothered to read the origi-nal documents, he would have seen the care-ful qualifications and restrictions put on this authorization — its primary objective is to save Canadian lives and protect our nation.

How Kennedy’s thought processes led him to believe that in the future Canadian person-nel might start torturing suspects themselves by plucking finger nails, etc., as a result of Toew’s document is beyond me.

My understanding of the paper is that if the RCMP or the other agencies hear from any source of a plan that would cause major loss of Canadian lives or facilities, the informa-tion can now be used legally to try to save our citizens and infrastructure.

Does Kennedy actually believe that our in-telligence and security personnel should just ignore warnings of possible large scale terror-ist strikes against such sites as, for example, our Parliament Buildings, Toronto’s Eaton Centre, a Montreal university, etc. because the information came from a brutal country and might have come to light as the result of torture there?

I hope not.Using such information to protect Canada

and Canadians is far removed from condoning torture or authorizing Canadian personnel to practise torture or encouraging it elsewhere in the world.

I and, I believe, most rational citizens would expect our government to first ensure the safety of our citizens and institutions and to then worry about the sources.

Proper research should be mandatory be-fore the writing of any editorial.

Fred BrittainRed Deer

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It’s no surprise that we will have a record minimum of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of this sum-mer melt season. It’s already down to around four mil-lion square km, with a least another week of melting to go, but this is what you might call a “known unknown.” Scientists knew we were losing the ice-cover fast; they just didn’t know how fast.

I’m no fan of Don Rumsfeld, who helped to lead the United States into the disastrous inva-sion of Iraq when he was George W. Bush’s defence secretary, but I never had a problem with the distinction he made between “known unknowns” and “un-known unknowns” when discuss-ing the intelligence data. He was brutally mocked in the media for using such jargon, but there re-ally is a difference.

A “known unknown,” in the case of the Arctic Ocean, is how long it will be before the entire sea is ice-free at the end of each summer. The last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC), published in 2007, talked about that happening some time in the sec-ond half of this century, but it couldn’t be more specific.

The IPCC usually underestimates the rate of climatic change, but even the pessimists didn’t think we’d get there before the 2030s. I did encounter one maverick at the National Ice and Snow Data Centre who thought it might happen in this decade, but nobody actually knew. A “known unknown,” in other words.

As for the impact that an ice-free Arctic Ocean might have on climates elsewhere, it would obviously accel-erate the global warming trend, but beyond that there wasn’t much to go on.

This was the territory of the “unknown unknowns”: big things might happen to the complex atmospheric system of the planet when a major chunk of it suddenly changes, but nobody knew what.

Now we begin to see the consequences. The polar jet stream, an air current that circles the globe in the high-

er northern latitudes and separates cold, wet weather to the north from warmer, drier weather to the south, is changing its behaviour.

In a paper in Geophysical Letters last March entitled Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid-latitudes, Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University and Stephen Vavrus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison offered a hypothesis that may explain why world grain prices have risen 30 per cent in the past four months (and are still going up).

First, a warmer Arctic reduces the temperature gra-dient between the temperate and polar zones. That, in turn, slows the wind speeds in the zone between the two and increases the “wave amplitude” of the jet stream. The jet stream flows around the planet in great swoop-ing curves, like a river crossing a flat plain, and those curves — Rossby waves, in scientific language — are get-ting bigger and slower.

This is a recipe for extreme weather. In the old days the Rossby waves went past fast, bringing the alterna-tion of rainy and sunny weather that characterized the mid-latitude climate. Now they hang around much longer and generate more extreme weather events: droughts and heat-waves, or prolonged rain and flood-ing, or blizzards and long, hard freezes.

The temperate zone has been seeing a lot of that sort of thing in the past couple of years — much more than usual. It’s cutting deeply into food production in the major breadbaskets of the planet, like the U.S. Midwest and southern Russia, which is why food prices are going up so fast. And this was an “unknown unknown”: nobody saw it coming.

All the scenarios that the military of various coun-tries were working with assumed that climate change would hit food production very hard in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, and that is still true. But the scenarios also assumed that the temperate regions of the planet would still be able to feed themselves well (and even have a surplus left over to export) for many decades to come.

If Francis and Vavrus are right, that may not be the case. It’s a most unwelcome surprise – and it may be the first of many.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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SASKATOON — A To-ronto man who believes John Diefenbaker may have been his father thinks there’s no point testing a recently discov-ered lock of the former prime minister’s hair.

The Diefenbaker Can-ada Centre in Saskatoon announced last week it found a chunk of hair labelled as belonging to the former prime minis-ter.

The hair, not listed in the museum’s computer database, was a surprise find for the museum dur-ing renovations.

Staff believe the blonde strands were likely cut from Diefen-baker’s head when he was a child and kept as a family keepsake.

The centre has in-vited George Dryden to have the hair tested but he believes it would be a waste of time.

“It’s useless. There’s nothing there to test,” Dryden said Tuesday. “You need the root. A clipping just doesn’t do it.” Dryden, who bears a strong resemblance to the former Conservative leader, claims his moth-er had an affair with the prime minister in the 1960s.

Diefenbaker was Can-ada’s 13th prime minis-ter from 1959 to 1963. He reportedly had no chil-dren and died in 1979.

Dryden has been try-ing for more than a year to establish whether he is Diefenbaker’s off-spring. Earlier this year, he hired a company to conduct DNA tests on a few artifacts at the cen-tre, but the results were inconclusive.

Dryden said he’s dis-appointed the museum touted the hair as a ma-jor development in his paternity quest.

“The only thing that might be useful to be tested would be if there was some dandruff or something on the hair ... But this was clipped from his head when he was a little boy so I’d be very surprised if there is dandruff there.”

The centre’s director, Michael Atkinson, said it looks like a clean cut of hair with no specks. “I didn’t see anything else.”

Dryden is still pursu-ing other avenues to find proof he’s Diefenbaker son.

BUT CAN IT GOVERN?


MONTREAL — The Parti Quebecois celebrated a return to power after nine years in opposition but its parade was dampened Tuesday by a weaker-than-desired result that could severely limit its ability to pursue its independence agenda.

The party has never governed with a minority in its history and, there-fore, has never faced the need to table a referendum question, an inaugural speech, or any other confidence mea-sure with the support of other parties that oppose its values.

The result was greeted with per-haps the greatest sigh of relief, ever, to follow any of the five elections the PQ has won in its history. In an early reac-tion from federal politicians, Liberal Leader Bob Rae described the result as: “Quebec voters reject separatist project.”

The score in the popular vote was about 32 per cent for the PQ; 31 per cent for the governing Liberals, who staved off the electoral annihilation many had predicted; and 27 per cent for the new Coalition party.

Several factors could still resurrect the independence program.

It remained unclear whether the

final seat numbers would ultimate-ly leave another pro-independence party, the smaller and more left-wing Quebec solidaire, with the balance of power.

The PQ won or was leading in about 56 ridings in Tuesday’s election, shy of the 63 needed for a majority in the 125-seat legislature. Quebec solidaire won two seats.

The governing Liberals had a far better-than-expected result and were leading or elected in about 48 ridings, holding onto official Opposition status.

The newly formed Coalition party had a disappointing night, winning or leading in about 20 ridings.

Among party leaders, the PQ’s Pau-line Marois was easily elected in her riding.

She will become the fifth female provincial or territorial premier. The Coalition’s Francois Legault held a narrow lead, and Quebec solidaire’s two co-leaders, Amir Khadir and Fran-coise David, were elected.

Liberal Premier Jean Charest, meanwhile, was trailing badly in his riding of Sherbrooke and appeared poised to lose his seat for the first time in nine federal or provincial elections.

Charest’s status was a major wild-card: It’s unknown whether he would stay on to lead his party, or how his party would vote in the legislature

without a leader there.Predictions of the Liberals’ elector-

al wipeout did not come true Tuesday but the party is not out of the woods yet: in addition to being potentially leaderless, the inner workings of its fundraising will be exposed to public scrutiny in an ongoing public inquiry.

There was a surge in voter turnout from 2008 levels.

The sovereigntist PQ led in surveys throughout the campaign with its sup-port pegged in the low-30s, leaving

open the question of whether a major-ity government was within reach.

A PQ win in the seat count likely ter-minates the reign of Charest, the reso-lutely pro-Canada premier who made the transition from national politics in 1998 when the federalist forces in the province were leaderless and fearful of another sovereignty referendum.

Charest’s Liberals had won the pop-ular vote in every provincial campaign he led and, since 2003, had held power with three straight election victories.

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If you are a garlic lover, not a vampire, and looking for a “stinking” good dinner menu, then you might want to make res-ervation at the La Casa Pergola — a cozy Italian restaurant located in the Red Deer downtown district. On September 15 and 16, this restaurant will be host-ing their 7th annual Ode to the “Stinking Rose” dinner event. Named after the historical term for garlic, the dinner will feature a whole meal including starter, entree, and a dessert around the pungent herb.

It seems so appropriate that La Casa Pergola is putting on this tribute since garlic is the defining flavour of Italian food and is as essential as violins to an orchestra; it mingles well with other in-gredients but imparts its own flavour to the dish.

The tribute to the stinking rose be-gins with two starters; Gorgonzola and grape salad and fennel, and potato soup. Gorgonzola is an Italian soft textured cheese that has a robust spicy fla-vour that comple-ments well with the sweet grapes and crisp greens. The garlic in this dish comes in the form of a crunchy caramel cloaking the clove. Can-died garlic seems outrageous but it is a real treat and extenuates the salad. The salad is partnered with an anise-scented soup which is reminiscent of the classic creamy potato and leek soup. It is lighter tasting than the typical creamy soups as there is no thick cream added. Instead the garlic is boiled with the potatoes to infuse all the flavours into the spud and then blended into a creamy velvety concoction.

The entree of the meal is Bistecca di Cipolla — a grilled Alberta beef tender-loin steak. This is true garlicky haven and enough garlic flavour to ward Count Dracula from miles away. Perfectly cooked medium rare steak is topped with red onion garlic flavoured port sauce. This is all served with garlic and herb roasted potatoes and sautéed mushrooms and red onions. Please wipe off the drool from your chin . . . there is still dessert to be had!

The sweet note to the meal — a garlic cheese cake garnished with chocolate sauce and crumbled garlic brittle. It really is a superb take on the popular dessert. Unlike what you’re probably imagining, surprisingly the garlic cloves and the other elements of the velvety rich cheesecake dance together in sweet harmony! The creaminess of cheese and the careful caramelization of the gar-lic brittle strip the characteristic sharp spicy flavor off the garlic. What’s left is a mellowed and subtly sweet flavour that’s still somewhat discernible in a mouthful!

This ode garlic dinner cost $49.95 per person and it is recommended that you make advance reservation. For all those paying tribute to the stinking rose will also take home a booklet that includes recipes and interesting history and myth associated with the garlic. Those who find the herb’s folklore and aroma more appealing than its taste can also order off of La Casa Pergola’s regular menu.

Garlic FactsThe ancient Egyptians were the first

to farm garlic. They worshiped garlic and placed clay models of garlic bulbs in the tomb of Tutankhamenin. The little bulbs helped power the building of the great pyramids. Hard-working slaves received a ration of garlic each day to improve their strength and ward off illness. And a mere 15 pounds of this ancient currency would buy a healthy male slave to add to the pyramid-building team.

Folklore holds that garlic repelled vampires, protected against the evil eye and warded off jealous nymphs said to terrorize pregnant women and engaged maidens.

The history of the “stinking rose” has not all been rosy. In certain times and places, people despised garlic. Many Kings who reigned during the 14th cen-tury ordered people to stay away from them if they had eaten garlic within the past month. Also, its alleged aphrodisiac qualities made garlic taboo for Tibetan monks.

Ancient Indians believed garlic would lure people away from spiritual endeav-ors, so it was banned in certain sacred places. What’s more, the upper classes among them felt it would be barbaric to eat such a “common people’s food.” The British considered it as food for the lower rank, and even Shakespeare men-tioned it with disdain in several of his plays.

However, as its health benefits began to be recognized garlic climbed up the ranks and was classified as a super food. There has been studies showing that eat-ing garlic lowers cholesterol, ward off coughs and cold and increase blood cir-culation.

Finally the one negative attribute as-sociated with garlic is it can cause bad breath. But there is a remedy; simply chew a sprig of parsley, or else eat a few coffee beans to freshen your breath after eating garlic!

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

CHEW A SPRIG OF PARSLEY TO FRESHEN YOUR BREATH AFTER EATING GARLIC

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The entree of the meal is Bistecca di Cipolla — a grilled Alberta beef tenderloin steak. This is true garlicky haven and enough to ward Count Dracula from miles away.

1 medium onion diced2 stalks of celery, sliced2 lbs fennel, dicedSalt to taste1lb Yukon gold potatoes, diced6 cloves of garlic Bouquet garni (bay leaf, parsley sprigs, thyme

fennel seed, black pepper tied in cheesecloth)2 quarts vegetable stock

In a large heavy soup pot over medium heat add onion, celery fennel and salt. Cook for about 8 minutes until vegetables have softened. Add po-tatoes, cloves bouquet garni and vegetable stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and let simmer for about 1 hour. Remove Bouquet garni, blend the soup until smooth. Taste and season with salt and peper. Serve hot or chilled.

Finocchio, aglio e patate Zuppa(Fennel, garlic and Potato soup)

Insalata di Vine(Grape salad)

Serves 6-7 peopleSalad2 cups seedless red and green grapes, halved8 ounces of crumbled gorgonzola cheese6 loose cups of organic artisan lettuce

Vinaigrette½ cup red wine vinegar½ cup fresh lemon juice

1 ½ tsp honey½ tbsp. salt4 cloves garlic, minced1 ½ cup small shallot, minced2 ½ cups extra virgin olive oil1 ½ tsp black pepper

Mix all together

Candied garlic

25 cloves garlic1 ¾ cup water1/3 cup sugar

Mix garlic and water together and bring to boil. Boil for 8 minutes. Drain. Ina skillet melt 1/3 cup of sugar until light brown, add garlic cloves and stir constantly to coat, continued to caramelize the garlic until golden to dark brown , spread out onto

cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to cool.

For the salad: Place the grapes, Gorgonzola and

candied garlic in a large mixing bowl. Add ¾ cup

of dressing. You want enough dressing in the bowl

to fully saturate the cheese and grape mixture.

Add the lettuce and toss your salad. Taste for sea-

soning.

Red onion Port Sauce1 ½ cups red wine½ cup tawny port3 cups sliced red onion1 cup diced cremini mushrooms4 cloves garlic, choppedChili pepper, to

taste1 tbsp. chopped

parsley½ teaspoon fresh

thyme, 2 cups beef stock3 tbsp. unsalted

butter, cut into small pieces

In a saucepan combine wine, port, onions, mushrooms, garlic, chili pepper, parsley and thyme. Bring to a boil and let simmer until liq-uid is reduced by half. Add broth and let reduce again to half. Strain the liq-uid off into a sauce pan and reduce again for about 5 minutes, remove from heat and whisk in the butter a little at a time, season with salt to taste.

Place tenderloin steak in middle of plate top with Port sauce. Serve with garlic and herb roast-ed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms and red on-ion.

Crust 1 ¼ cup finely crushed ginger cookies½ cup milted butter1 eggMix together and press into a bottom and up

and the side by about 1” of 9’ spring form pan. Set aside.

Cheesecake3 eggs3 ¼ cup cream

cheese, softened1 cup white sugar1 t a b l e s p o o n

flour1 ½ teaspoon va-

nilla extract1 tsp lemon zest1 tbsp. heavy

creamPinch of salt4 cloves of roast-

ed elephant garlic, minced

In a bowl com-bine eggs and cream cheese and blend until smooth. Blend in sugar, flour, ex-tract, lemon zest, cream, salt and gar-

lic. Beat with mix master until smooth, pour into crust. Bake at 500 degrees for 5 minutes; reduce oven heat to 250 for the next 45 to 60 minutes. Re-move from the oven and chill at least 3 hours be-fore cutting. Serve with chocolate sauce, crumble garlic brittle and coarse salt.

Bistecca di Cipolla(Grilled Beef Tenderloin Steak)

Aglio Torta di Ricotta(Garlic cheesecake)

The sweet note to the meal — a garlic cheese cake garnished with chocolate sauce and crumbled garlic brittle. It really is a superb take on the popular dessert.

MADHUBADONI

FOOD

Although its official start isn’t for a few more weeks, the changing of the leaves and single digit overnight tempera-tures confirm the shift into autumn. To-day I’m going to talk about a few things to keep in mind as we head into the cooler months.

You’ve prob-ably noticed that over the last month or so your horse has shed out its summer coat and a longer, coarser winter coat is begin-ning to emerge.

The short -ened days sig-nal the body to begin growing a warmer hair coat that will keep the horse warm in the cold of winter. It is a lit-tle known fact that the horse actually grows an entirely new coat.

The shortening of the days triggers hormones that shift his coat into a growth phase, pushing the summer hairs out of the follicles as the win-ter hair grows.

Horses exposed only to warm weather condi-tions in this late June-October period may only grow a light winter coat, while horses exposed to colder conditions will grow a longer, thicker coat.

The longer, thicker coats trap more dirt and oils against the skin, re-sulting in a layer of insu-lation that helps to keep the horse warm and dry.

The coarse, fluffy win-ter coat stands up rath-er than lying flat like a sleek summer coat and traps a layer of warm air close to the body. This process is called pilo-erection. The blood ves-sels in the skin constrict from the cold and the hair shafts stand up on end.

This winter coat is amazingly functional. It is a mixture of thick, dense hairs and long, coarse ‘guard’ hairs.

The coat lays in a downward (toward the ground) tilt encouraging rain and snow to glide down and off the horse. This discourages the moisture from saturating the horse and causing him to get chilled from being damp in the cold.

It’s like a waterproof jacket!

Bot eggs are another sign that fall is on its way. I’ve been working at removing these little

pests for over a month al-ready.

These eggs h a v e b e e n strategically placed on the horse’s legs, m a n e a n d s h o u l d e r s by an adult botfly. Dur-ing its life, a botfly can lay anywhere between 300-1000 eggs.

When the horse rubs its muzzle over the eggs, they

hatch and burrow into the tissues of the cheeks and gums.

In the tongue, gums or cheeks they can cause ir-ritation and inflamma-tion. They remain and grow here for around a mouth before being swal-lowed into the stomach.

They spend winter and spring attached to the stomach lining, liv-ing on blood and tissue, growing and maturing.

A large infestation will inhibit the absorp-tion of nutrients that al-

low our horses to main-tain good health. Not on-ly do they interfere with the digestion process, they also cause damage to the stomach lining, or in extreme cases perfo-rations of the stomach wall.

When mature, the lar-vae are 1-2 centimetres in length and red in col-or.

This is when they re-lease from the horse’s stomach and are passed in the manure. When in the manure, they burrow down deep and further mature in to the pupae. Weeks later (anywhere from 4-10) the adult bot-fly emerges, ready to pester your horse and continue the cycle of life by cementing more eggs onto your horse.

While diligent remov-al of bot eggs is impor-tant to breaking up the life cycle of this parasite, fall manure management is also a key component to ensuring the health of your horse.

Cleaning up all ma-nure and removing it from your horse’s envi-ronment can drastically decrease exposure to all internal parasites, there-fore reducing the need for deworming products and saving you money.

A s s e s s i n g y o u r

horse’s body condition and making appropriate adjustments to his diet are easier now before the weather turns cold. When the temperature drops, the horse’s ap-petite increases. An in-creased consumption of food is the body’s way of putting on a few extra pounds of winter ‘insula-tion’ in the form of fat. This light layer of body fat under the skin is the horse’s next level of de-fense against the winter cold.

Digestion is the pri-mary warming process. The digestion of fibre in the cecum and large intestine results in the production of heat. This internal furnace keeps the horse warm in cold weather.

Like any furnace, it requires something to run on and in the case of your horse, the fuel is hay.

In the bitter cold your horse should have a constant supply of good quality hay to keep his furnace going.

Preparation is the key to a healthy horse. Being proactive and making sure that your horse is in top health will make the transition in to the inevitably colder times a little smoother.

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Unleashyourpassion

“Find out what you like doing best and get some-one to pay you for doing it.”

– Katherine Whitehorn, British journalist, writer and columnist

“How’s the new job?”“It’s OK,” replied my friend without looking up.“Just OK?” The response struck me as lukewarm.

“Not great or fantastic?”“It’s OK,” he repeated and I got the impression he

didn’t want to talk about it.It has been my experience that people can be di-

vided into four categories when it comes to employ-ment: people who are unem-ployed and looking for work, people who work but hate what they do, those who are just OK with their job and those few (only about 10 per cent) who absolutely love their work and can’t wait to start each morning. Per-haps there is still another group that prefers never to work and finds ways to make non-work a reality for them-selves.

If you’re among the 10 per cent, then you’ve figured something out that few peo-ple ever do. And if you’re among the other groups then perhaps there’s something of value here for you.

I can remember years ago when I was toying with the idea of becoming a columnist; I spoke to Pat Lynch who was (at the time) a successful American colum-nist and professional motivator.

Pat asked me, “If you could do anything you want-ed and never had to think about money or the future, what would you do?” Of course, Pat was talking about pursuing my passion. I thought about the ques-tion. I’ve asked it often in my workshops and have re-ceived a variety of answers from gardening and yes, writing, to watching television, shopping and even on-line gaming.

I have often heard the sentiment, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Boy doesn’t that sound great. The presupposition is that you can make a great living pursuing your passion – doing what you love – whatever it should happen to be. Well, maybe.

There is a question that you must ask yourself first and it’s critical to your success: what value does your passion have for other people?

Value is what will separate an enjoyable hobby from a viable vocation. If you have a passion for on-line gaming (for example), you must ask yourself how your passion can translate into value or a tangible benefit for others.

I had a young friend who would spend hours sit-ting at home gaming and, though he derived great en-joyment from the experience, it seemed to contribute little to his life – especially from a social viewpoint.

Later, when he met his girlfriend, his gaming time was severely curtailed.

And later still, when he and his girlfriend got mar-ried and had a child, gaming was all but discontin-ued. Now on the surface, you might say my friend’s passion had little if any hope of translating into a viable job.

Being a smart lad, my friend decided to write a blog about gaming which eventually led to a column in a gaming magazine and ultimately a part-time job testing new games and writing reviews — in between spending time with his new wife and changing dia-pers, of course.

Quite simply, to be profitable your passion must be of benefit to others.

Before I was ever writing columns or books, I was writing short stories. One day someone made the comment that my stories contained great life lessons. I wondered how I could make my stories and life lessons beneficial to others. The idea for Extreme Esteem was born.

People have often asked me about self-esteem and career choice. If you’re a passionate person who feels worthy and deserving of success, you’ll be much more driven to pursue your passion to a profit-able end.

People with healthy self-esteem are frequently goal-focused individuals.

Where most people see only obstacles, the empow-ered individual will see a challenge to be overcome on the way to success. People with good self-esteem are generally more selective about the types of ca-reers they choose. It must have that passion compo-nent.

If you have a well-rounded and grounded sense of self, it’s unlikely that you’ll stay in a job that doesn’t honour your natural gifts, unique personality or speak to your passion.

People with poor self-esteem often stay in soul-crushing jobs because they reside in a place of fear. Fear will always prompt you to set aside your pas-sion in exchange for security and predictability.

There was a time (a long time) that I worked at passionless jobs I didn’t enjoy — where I even toler-ated abuse — because I was afraid and believed my-self unworthy and incapable of anything better. Our passion sustains us and without it, we wither and die a little each time we punch the clock.

Where do you fall in the four categories? I can honestly say that when I’m writing about self-esteem and personal empowerment, speaking to engaged groups of individuals or counselling people on how to reach their full potential, I’m in the elite 10 per cent category.

American President Barack Obama declared in his commencement speech, “I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privi-lege.

Because it’s moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us.

So don’t ever shy away from that endeavour. Don’t stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love.”

Want a job that’s truly in alignment with your best interests and unique gifts? Pursue your passion! Set goals and go for it. And most importantly, don’t give up and never settle.

“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when (I know)

there are footprints on the moon.”– Author Unknown

Murray M. Fuhrer – The Self-Esteem Guywww.theselfesteemguy.com

25 YEARS AGOLodge to open in 1988: Construc-

tion of Red Deer’s first senior citi-zens’ lodge in 11 years would be-gin soon.

A $2.6-million contract for Parkvale Lodge was awarded to Omex Construction of Red Deer.

The 65-bed lodge would be at 4277 46A Ave. on part of the old exhibition grounds.

The new building would help relieve a critical shortage of ac-commodation for seniors in Red Deer. More than 100 people were waiting for accommodation in two city lodges.

50 YEARS AGOCity boy spent seven days on

pack horse trail: “You never saw biscuits like those — soft and fluffy. I never tasted anything like them in all my life.”

Ron Prokosch described the food on his seven day pack-horse trip through the mountains with all the zeal of a perpetually hun-gry 16-year-old.

Ron was one of five boys who went into Ya-ha-tinda country west of Sundre on the Pioneer

Camp trail-ride. The boys with two counsellors set out from the camp at Sundre on horse-back to go to the Helmer’s ranch west of town. On horseback they travelled 15 miles to reach the ranch.

On the first day the group had to cross the Red Deer River in a basket cable car. Ron found this crossing quite exciting, particu-larly in the middle of the river when the car jerked and started to go upward.

“It was just like a roller-coast-er,” he grinned.

Contract awarded: A $762,362 contract was awarded for the im-mediate construction of a 100-bed auxiliary hospital in Red Deer to Burns and Dutton Concrete and Construction Company Ltd. of Cal-gary.

The auxiliary hospital was to be established immediately west of the Red Deer Municipal Hospi-tal and the two institutions would jointly utilize some central ser-vices such as heating.

Sports stadium planned: A ten-tative plan for the development of an intensive recreation set-up including a 2,200-seat football sta-dium and track on the ground of the River Glen Composite and Vo-cational schools was approved in principle by the recreation board.

Unveiled by recreation su-

perintendent Donald Moore, the scheme detailed construction of a complex of recreational facilities including hockey rinks and ten-nis courts, skating rinks, baseball, fastball and softball diamond of various sizes, soccer fields, play-ground equipment and other ar-eas and equipment.

90 YEARS AGO Back to school: The schools

opened for the fall term with an attendance about the same as a year ago. In the high school, there were a bout 140 pupils already, so it was probably that the month’s registration would equal that of last September — 150. The year’s Grade 10 class had 53 pupils so two classes were formed.

Weekend fun: The Labour Day tournament and stampede in Red Deer, the first event of the kind ever attempted in Red Deer, was a splendid success.

Every part of the entertainment on both days was put over in fine style, the events being run off in good order and without any delay.

The directors in charge of the various lines of sport put their shoulder to the wheel and as a consequence everything ran along smoothly, no hitch being apparent in any part of the program.

SHELLY L.GRAHAM

HORSE SENSE

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EXTREME ESTEEM

Getting ready for fall season

Advocate file photo from Sept. 8, 1997

Bryn Thiessen, left, Ben Crane: declaring International Cow Appreciation Day.

A LOOK BACK

BY CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — It could appear on your scalp. Or the sole of your foot. Un-der a fingernail. Or on a stretch of your back that is virtually impossible to see without a three-way mirror.

Skin cancers can show up anywhere. And while we all should be keeping an eye out for moles on our skin that are chang-ing colour or size, there are a lot of other people who can help detect skin cancer as well.

Your hairdresser or barber sees far more of your scalp than you ever will. A massage therapist gets a great view of a cli-ent’s back. A podiatrist can see the undersides of feet or the cracks be-tween toes.

Any person who pro-vides a health-related service — they are often called allied medical professionals — or even a beauty-based one can play a role in early de-tection of skin cancer, suggests Dr. Richard Langley, president-elect of the Canadian Derma-tology Association.

“Skin cancer can oc-cur on any cutaneous surface ... from the feet up to the scalp. So when you think about it, you can see that there is a broad group of medical, allied medical and non-medical (professionals) that could provide a ben-efit to patients by screen-ing in these areas,” says Langley, who is a profes-sor of dermatology and director of dermatology research at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

“So hairdressers. Chiropractors. Massage therapists. Respiratory therapists. Estheticians. Podiatrists. Orthotics (fit-ters). All of these groups are examining the skin and are able to see and identify a lesion that may be of concern.”

Some already consid-er informal skin cancer screening as part of their job.

Melanie Dowell, a reg-istered massage thera-pist from Tantallon, near Halifax, remembers spotting a lesion she didn’t like the look of on the back of a new client a few years ago. It was dark, with jagged edges.

“The red flag went up for me,” says Dowell, whose training program at Northumberland Col-lege in Halifax included a section on differentiat-ing cancerous from non-cancerous moles and le-sions.

She asked the woman about it. The client said she’d had the mole ex-amined by her doctor and he’d assured her it was fine.

But when the woman came back for a second massage, Dowell urged her to go back and get the mole rechecked.

The woman didn’t book a third appoint-ment. “I figured I prob-ably annoyed her or something and she went off somewhere else,” Dowell says.

Months later, she got a thank-you letter from the woman, who had fol-lowed Dowell’s advice. The mole was diagnosed as melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

The letter said the surgeon who removed the lesion told the wom-an she was lucky she had sought care when she did.

The letter came with a small present. “She gave me an angel ornament and said I was her an-gel and I saved her life,” Dowell says.

Danielle Love, a reg-istered massage thera-pist from Halifax, makes a point of scanning her clients’ skin. She is also a graduate of the Nor-thumberland College program. If she sees something she thinks bears looking into, she’ll suggest clients see their doctor.

Several years ago she noticed something different on one of her long-time clients and made the recommenda-tion. The client’s doctor dismissed the concern, but the woman persist-ed and got a referral to a dermatologist. In this case, too, the lesion was cancerous.

“They got it in time. And she was so thank-ful,” Love says.

There are three ma-jor types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell cancer and melanoma. Basal cell cancers are the most common; they rarely spread. Squamous cell cancers can occasionally spread to other parts of the body.

Melanoma is the least common of the three types of skin cancer and is the most dangerous. While curable if found early, its prognosis is poor if found later in the disease.

The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that this year, 5,800 Canadi-ans will be diagnosed with melanoma, and 970 will die from the disease.

According to the Ca-nadian Dermatology As-sociation, one in 74 Ca-nadian men will develop melanoma in their life-time; for women, the rate is one in 90.

Langley says skin can-cer lends itself well to being spotted at home or in the offices of massage therapists, podiatrists or the like.

Where internal can-cers may require scans or sophisticated tests to

diagnose, anyone who makes a point of learn-ing what skin cancer looks like can play a role in detecting it.

Dermatologists have developed a useful mne-monic to remind people what to look for when they are assessing a mole as a possible melanoma. They say you should re-member your ABCDEs.

These moles can be asymmetrical (A), have an irregular border (B), have different colours (C) within the one mole, can increase in diameter (D) and evolve (E) in shape, colour, size or symptoms. In terms of symptoms, they can itch, be tender to the touch or bleed.

“What we know from research is that over 50 per cent of the most seri-ous form of skin cancer, melanoma, has been rec-ognized by patients,” he says.

“With the Internet and a more educated popula-tion, I have had patients come in and say that they’re concerned that a lesion on their back may be a melanoma. And in fact they’ve been right.”

Langley has also had indirect referrals from hairdressers and mas-sage therapists, and wel-comes their help.

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Haggling is a way of life in a lot of countries.

It is not done as often or as openly here in Canada or the U.S. But it does really work.

So tell the next sales clerk to sharp-en up that pencil and it’s time to talk price.

First of all, just simply ask.Is this the best price you can offer

me? The only thing that can happen is they say that is the best they can do.

So then you decide if you really want that item or if you are going to shop around more.

Ask all the time when you purchase something.

Especially in classified ads, in print or online, often people put the price higher knowing that when you call, if they knock a few dollars off everyone feels they got a good deal.

You feel good because you saved some money and they feel good be-cause they made some money and got rid of an item they no longer needed.

Another place that will usually low-er their prices are phone, cable satel-lite TV and Internet providers.

Before purchasing their services for the first time, see how low you can get them to go.

After all, you are a customer — noth-ing says you have to continue paying that price. If you notice your billing slowly creeping up in price or even if it is not, call up and see if that’s their best offer. Can your bill be lowered?

If the first person you speak to says no, ask if you can speak to a supervi-sor. They will most likely discount your bill to keep you as a customer.

This works really well with credit card companies to get your interest

rate lowered.A great thing to have here is an of-

fer from another card company adver-tising a lower rate.

So the next time you get one of those letters in the mail saying you have been pre-approved, don’t throw it out.

Keep it for a time when you can call in and negotiate a better interest rate.

Your company should be able to at least match the rate the other company is offering — or even beat it.

Be polite but persistent. If one per-son says no, ask for a supervisor; if they say no, call back again on a differ-ent day. At times, the second person you talk to will have a different answer to the same question.

Remember: be polite to each person you speak to. Being rude will get you zip, zero, nada. In smaller stores, the clerk on the floor cannot authorize a price reduction.

But be sure that when they relay the request to their supervisor, if you have been a jerk, they will make that clear to their boss.

Who wants to help out someone who is being nasty and pushy? You will get more positive responses if you are courteous, friendly and smile. A pleas-ant customer puts everyone in a better mood and people in a good mood are more likely to say yes to a discount.

Sandra Nolan is a freelance writer from Rocky Mountain House. Her column appears every other week in LIFE. Con-tact her at [email protected].

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TIMEOUT

FERLAND CASE HELD

OVERThe lawyer for Calgary Flames left-winger Michael Ferland says there is a lot more to the story surrounding the aggravated assault charge his client faces stemming from a bar fight earlier this summer. Michael Bates suggested outside court Tuesday that there are additional witnesses that will present a fuller picture of what happened the night of July 29. Ferland was not in attendance Tuesday when his matter came up in Cochrane provincial court. Bates had the matter put off until Sept. 18 to obtain more information. Ferland was charged with aggravated assault and assault last month relating to a disturbance outside a bar in Cochrane. RCMP say a man who tried to help someone who had been pushed to the ground was struck in the face and knocked unconscious. He suffered a fractured orbital bone. Investigators charged Ferland, of Brandon, Man., a week later. In a statement released in August, Ferland denied any wrongdoing.“It upset me to hear that someone might have been hurt and I am embarrassed by these accusations but I trust the court process and look forward to having this situation behind me as soon as possible,” he said.

MICHAEL FERLAND


MLBBaltimore 12 Toronto 0

St. Louis 5 Mets 1

K. City 6 Texas 3

Minn. 18 W. Sox 9

Cinc. 2 Phila. 1

T. Bay 5 Yankees 2

Milw. 8 Miami 4

Colorado 6 Atlanta 0

Pittsburgh 6 Houston 2

Clev. 3 Detroit 2

Wash. 11 Cubs 5

Angels 6 Oakland 1

Dodgers S. Diego Late

Seattle Boston Late

Arizona San Fran. Late

TUESDAY SCORES

Thursday● High school football: Hunting Hills at Ponoka, Lacombe at Stettler, 4:30 p.m.; Wetaskiwin at Lindsay Thurber, 7:30, Great Chief Park.

Friday● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Sylvan Lake, 4:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Camrose, 7:30 p.m.● WHL preseason: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen, 7 p.m., WinSport at Canada Olympic Park.● AJHL: Spruce Grove Saints at Olds Grizzlys, 8 p.m.

Saturday● WHL preseason: Lethbridge Hurricanes at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Innisfail.● AJHL: Canmore Eagles at Olds Grizzlys, 8 p.m.

Azarenka advances to semisBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — So, Victoria Azarenka, what went through your mind as your high-tension, high-quality U.S. Open quarterfinal victory over defending champion Sam Sto-sur stretched into a third-set tiebreaker?

“You don’t want to know what I kept tell-ing myself,” Azarenka deadpanned Tues-day. “I would have to beep that, I think.”

She went on to offer a cleaned-up version of what her thoughts had been — “Don’t be a chicken” — while cobbling together a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5) rain-interrupted win that elimi-nated Stosur, put the top-seeded Azarenka in her first semifinal at Flushing Meadows and assured her of retaining the No. 1 rank-ing no matter what happens the rest of this week.

“Definitely I don’t want to stop. I really want it bad,” Azarenka said about the pros-pect of adding a second Grand Slam trophy to the one she earned in January at the Australian Open. “I’m going to do abso-lutely everything I have, you know, to give it all here.”

Because of rain that halted play on and off throughout the day, Azarenka was the only woman who got to enjoy a singles vic-tory at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. The other women’s quarterfinal on the schedule was suspended in progress because of rain, and four-time major champion Maria Sharapo-va will be trailing 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli 4-0 when they resume Wednesday.

Sharapova got a bit of a reprieve from the weather during her previous match: She was down 2-0 in the third set against Nadia Petrova when a rain delay of 75 min-utes came: After the break, Sharapova took five of the next six games. She’ll get at least 15 hours to contemplate her deficit against Bartoli, who lost all eight sets they had played before Tuesday. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Samantha Stosur, of Australia, in the quarterfinals of the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, in New York.

TOP SEED TAKES OUT DEFENDING CHAMPION ON RAIN SOAKED DAY AT U.S. OPEN

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Boomgaarden making sizable impactBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

His physical dimensions are impressive; Riley Boomgaarden now has to refine his abilities.

Standing just a shade under six-foot-three and testing the scales at 210 pounds, it’s no sur-prise that the Red Deer Rebels prospect prefers to use his size to punish opposing forwards. But now that he’s closer to his goal of playing in the Western Hockey League, the big defence-man knows he has to continue to work on his skills in order to be productive at the major junior level.

“I like to play a physical game, for sure, and definitely my size helps with that. But there are things I have to work on,” the Grande Prairie prod-uct said on Tuesday, following a practice session at the Pen-hold Regional Multiplex. “It’s a never-ending process of just progressing in everything I do. I just have to continue adjusting to the speed.”

Boomgaarden lasted through Red Deer’s training camp and after appearing in both of the Rebels’ preseason games in St. Albert during the weekend, is one of 29 players remaining on the club’s roster.

The burly blueliner was a combined plus-2 and didn’t feel out of place in 6-3 and 5-3 losses to Prince George and Edmonton

on Saturday and Sunday.“I started off a little slow,

but then I’m just getting into the groove of things. I felt a lot better towards the end of the games and I’ll be good to go from now on,” he said.

About a month after finish-ing his second season with the midget AAA Grande Prairie Storm, Boomgaarden was con-tacted by Rebels senior scout Shaun Sutter.

“Shaun talked to me this spring. I got a letter out of the blue and a couple of calls from

him,” said Boomgaarden.After scoring two goals, regis-

tering 19 points and racking up 95 penalty minutes in 28 games as the midget AAA Storm cap-tain and eventual MVP last sea-son, Boomgaarden also received training camp invitations from three other WHL teams.

“But Red Deer definitely showed the most interest and I was most interested in them be-cause they were good about ev-erything in regards to the phone calls and letters,” he said.

Boomgaarden played one game with the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior League last winter, but was de-termined to test his skills at a WHL camp this fall and hope-fully beyond.

“This is a lot higher level and any hockey player wants to play at the highest level he can,” he stated. “Certainly it’s a bigger step coming here from midget triple A than it is to junior A.”Even if he fails to make the grade with the Rebels this sea-son, Boomgaarden won’t suit up with the AJHL Storm.

“I didn’t want to go that route if I was to play junior A. The Storm showed a lot of interest in me, but they also have a lot of players coming back so I signed with a team in Saskatchewan,” he said.

Indeed, Boomgaarden com-mitted to playing with the Mel-fort Mustangs if his WHL plans are derailed.

“Talking to the coaches in Saskatchewan . . . they just seemed a lot more interested in me (as opposed to the Storm). I thought I’d have a bigger role to play there,” he said.

Boomgaarden, however, is in-tent on sticking with the Rebels.

“I’m confident that I can make it here, but there’s still a lot of stuff I have to work on,” he reiterated. “I’m just going to stick with it and continue to try hard and work hard.”

Rebels head coach Jesse Wallin is reasonably high on the rangy rearguard.

“He had a real good training camp and he fits in well as far as his age is concerned. He’s a younger guy who has a couple of years ahead of him,” said Wal-lin. “We like his size and he’s a guy who we feel has a lot of upside.

“He’s a big, strong guy who will be hard to play against, it’s just a matter of getting him up to this level and getting his feet moving and getting him up to pace. We think he’s a player who can help us now and cer-tainly down the road as he con-tinues to improve.”

The Rebels return to pre-season action on Friday against the Calgary Hitmen at Winsport at Canada Olympic Park. Red Deer will then take on the Leth-bridge Hurricanes on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Innisfail.

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Riley Boomgaarden has been using all of his six-foot-three, 210 pound frame in Rebels training camp which has earned him some extra time with the hockey team.

U.S. finalizes Ryder Cup team KHL ready to welcome locked out NHLers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Brandt Snedeker had nothing more than big hopes and another strong finish when he left the TPC Boston, expecting to wait deep into the night for a phone call from Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III that would determine if he was on the U.S. team.

“I had no clue one way or another,” Snedeker said Tuesday. “Got on the plane, got here to Indianapolis and got a voicemail from Davis just asking if I brought my putter from Boston and if I wanted to be on the team. I was just so excited. Couldn’t hardly sleep last night. Just a huge, huge thing for my career.”

Snedeker was among four players whom Love selected to fill out his 12-man Ryder Cup team.

The captain also took a pair of vet-erans, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker, and Dustin Johnson, who showed the hottest hand over the past two weeks and who Love said was “perfect for Medinah.”

The Ryder Cup is Sept. 28-30 at Medinah outside Chicago, which has hosted the PGA Championship twice since 1999 and is known as a power

golf course. Tiger Woods won two ma-jors there.

More than power, however, Love emphasized putting.

Stricker is regarded as one of the best in the game, and Snedeker is not far behind, as he showed at the British Open and during his charge up the lea-derboard the past two weeks at Beth-page Black and the TPC Boston.

“I’ve been saying a lot that we need hot putters, and there really has not been a hotter putter on tour since the British Open,” Love said, referring to Snedeker, one of four Ryder Cup rook-ies for the U.S.

There was just as much talk about who didn’t make the team.

Hunter Mahan, whose two PGA Tour wins this year included the Match Play Championship when he beat Rory McIlroy, was leading the Ryder Cup standings after the Masters and still didn’t qualify for the eight automatic spots.

He had to rely on a pick after he missed the cut in the PGA Champion-ship, and then he missed the cut at The Barclays and was in the middle of the pack at the Deutsche Bank Champion-ship.


The Russians are ready.With time ticking down until the NHL is expected

to lock out its players, KHL teams and executives are bracing for a windfall. The Russian-based league will open its arms to NHL players who wake up Sept. 16 without a place to play because it believes it can capitalize while arenas go dark around North America.

“Mainly I think it’s going to be a lot of additional marketing potential for the league and hockey itself as a game,” KHL vice-president Ilya Kochevrin told The Canadian Press on Tuesday.

“The stars bring additional attention ... to a lot of people who probably don’t consider hockey the sport of choice.

“I think as a marketing tool it’s a great opportu-nity.”

Most of the top Russian players are expected to quickly make their way home if the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement by Sept. 15. Ev-geni Malkin, Alex Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk have already been linked to KHL teams — as have Sergei Gonchar, Nikolai Kulemin and oth-ers.

It will be interesting to see how many top play-ers from other countries join them in the event of a lockout.

LOVE FILLS REMAINING FOUR SPOTS

Please see CUP on Page B6 Please see NHL on Page B6


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A good start is what is on the line this time when the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener.

The stakes were much greater the last time the NFC East foes faced off to close the last regular season. New York won to claim the division title en route to the Super Bowl title. Dallas was left out of the post-season.

On Wednesday night at MetLife Sta-dium, the winner will take the early upper hand in the divisional race.

For Eli Manning and the Super Bowl champion Giants, this will be a chance to silence the critics and detractors who have sounded off repeatedly after they beat the New England Patriots in February to claim their second title in five seasons.

The Giants heard it all. They were lucky to get into the play-offs with a 9-7 record. They really didn’t beat the Packers or 49ers, they were just handed the games. There is a lot more, but that is the gist.

That is now over.The goal for Tom

Coughlin’s players is to show they have con-structed that bridge the 65-year-old coach urged them to build to link their late-season 6-0 run to the title to the 2012 campaign.

“The leadership we have on this football team, that’s going to be the spine of the bridge, if you will,” defensive captain Justin Tuck said. “I think we’re in a good place as far as where we want to be coming into the game.”

The Giants are confi-dent, and they don’t care what outsiders are say-ing about them.

“ W e ’ v e a l r e a d y showed people who we are,” safety Antrel Rolle

said. “We can care less about that. We

leave that up to spectators. We’re just going out there and playing ball. And that is what it is all about. We can care less about what kind of recognition we are getting or who is crowning us and who is not crowning us. None of that matters coming into the 2012 season.”

Jerry Jones’ Cowboys face a much different task after an 8-8 campaign that ended with an embarrassing 31-14 loss to the Giants on New Year’s Day.

The outspoken owner, who boasted to fans that his team would kick the Giants’ posteriors in Dallas when the clubs meet a second time this season on Oct. 28, knows the window for the aging Cowboys to return to the fran-chise’s glory years is fading fast.

“It’s a great opportunity for us is how I look at it,” Jones said of the sea-son opener. “So very meaningful. Ev-erybody has all the appreciation in the world for what we’re up against here,

the quality of the team, so to have suc-cess up there would be very meaning-ful.

“As in any game in the NFL, it’s cer-tainly not how you ultimately will wind up one way or the other, but it is a big game in front of really the entire world of sports, high visible game against the world champions.”

Romo will again be under the spot-light. He has yet to lead the ’Boys to a title, and many wonder whether he will after a late-season meltdown in which Dallas lost four of its final five games, including two to the Giants.

“I think they always stick with you,” Romo said of the last game. “That’s what fuels you in the off-season and makes you ... you want to remember those moments so you can improve from them. As a football team, we’ve

taken an approach that we need to get better. I think we’ve done that with the personnel and our approach and the way the guys have been committed. It’s been great to see. Now it’s time to take it to the field.”

There are a couple of key matchups to watch.

Manning and receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks combined for 14 receptions for 237 yards in New York’s 37-34 win in Dallas on Dec. 11, and they had 11 more catches for 254 yards and two touchdowns in the division-decid-ing game.

In the off-season, the Cowboys signed former Chiefs cornerback Bran-don Carr as a free agent and moved up eight spots in the first round of the draft to take another cornerback, Mor-ris Claiborne of LSU.

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SCOREBOARDWednesday, Sept. 5, 2012

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Baseball Football

Transactions

Early StandingsAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GB WCBaltimore 76 59 .563 — —New York 76 59 .563 — —Tampa Bay 75 61 .551 1 1/2 1 1/2Boston 62 74 .456 14 1/2 14 1/2Toronto 60 75 .444 16 16

Central Division W L Pct GB WCChicago 73 62 .541 — —Detroit 72 63 .533 1 4Kansas City 61 74 .452 12 15Cleveland 58 78 .426 15 1/2 18 1/2Minnesota 56 80 .412 17 1/2 20 1/2

West Division W L Pct GB WCTexas 80 55 .593 — —Oakland 76 58 .567 3 1/2 —Los Angeles 72 63 .533 8 4Seattle 66 70 .485 14 1/2 10 1/2

Today’s GamesMinnesota (Walters 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 9-10), 12:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Haren 9-10) at Oakland (McCarthy 8-5), 1:35 p.m.Cleveland (Jimenez 9-14) at Detroit (Fister 7-8), 5:05 p.m.Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 6-3) at Toronto (Morrow 8-5), 5:07 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 12-10) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 10-8), 5:10 p.m.Texas (Dempster 4-1) at Kansas City (Teaford 1-3), 6:10 p.m.Boston (A.Cook 3-8) at Seattle (Millwood 4-12), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.Texas at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores

Cleveland 021 000 000 — 3 9 1Detroit 000 002 000 — 2 4 0Masterson, S.Barnes (7), J.Smith (7), Pestano (8), C.Perez (9) and Marson; Porcello, Smyly (6), Albur-querque (7), Benoit (9) and Avila. W—Masterson 11-12. L—Porcello 9-11. Sv—C.Perez (34). HRs—Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (34).

Baltimore 000 031 350 — 12 18 0Toronto 000 000 000 — 0 4 1Britton, Gregg (8), Z.Phillips (9) and Wieters, Tea-garden; Villanueva, Loup (7), Beck (8), Lyon (9) and Mathis. W—Britton 5-1. L—Villanueva 7-5. HRs—Baltimore, Mar.Reynolds (17).

New York 200 000 000 — 2 6 0Tampa Bay 102 020 00x — 5 5 0F.Garcia, Rapada (6), Eppley (6), Chamberlain (8) and C.Stewart, Cervelli; Cobb, Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina. W—Cobb 9-8. L—F.Gar-cia 7-6. Sv—Rodney (42). HRs—New York, Cano (29). Tampa Bay, Longoria (10), De.Jennings (12), B.Upton (18).

Minn. 070 0(10)0 100 — 18 17 1Chicago 300 100 041 — 9 13 1Diamond, Swarzak (6), Perdomo (8) and Mauer, Butera; Quintana, Axelrod (2), Septimo (5), Humber (5), Omogrosso (5), Wise (9) and Flowers. W—Diamond 11-6. L—Quintana 5-4. HRs—Minnesota, Parmelee (5), Doumit (15).

Texas 110 000 001 — 3 7 1Kan. City 002 031 00x — 6 11 1M.Harrison, Oswalt (5), M.Lowe (8) and Soto; Guthrie, K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Guthrie 4-3. L—M.Harrison 15-9. Sv—G.Hol-land (11). HRs—Texas, Andrus (3). Kansas City, A.Gordon (11), Giavotella (1).

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GB WCWashington 83 52 .615 — —Atlanta 76 60 .559 7 1/2 —Philadelphia 65 71 .478 18 1/2 9New York 64 72 .471 19 1/2 10Miami 60 76 .441 23 1/2 14

Central Division W L Pct GB WCCincinnati 83 54 .606 — —St. Louis 74 62 .544 8 1/2 —Pittsburgh 71 64 .526 11 2 1/2Milwaukee 66 69 .489 16 7 1/2Chicago 51 84 .378 31 22 1/2Houston 42 94 .309 40 1/2 32

West Division W L Pct GB WCSan Francisco 77 58 .570 — —Los Angeles 73 63 .537 4 1/2 1Arizona 66 70 .485 11 1/2 8San Diego 62 74 .456 15 1/2 12Colorado 56 78 .418 20 1/2 17

Today’s GamesPhiladelphia (Halladay 8-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-8), 10:35 a.m.N.Y. Mets (Dickey 17-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-11), 11:45 a.m.Chicago Cubs (Volstad 2-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 17-7), 5:05 p.m.Houston (Abad 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Correia 9-8), 5:05 p.m.Colorado (White 2-7) at Atlanta (Minor 7-10), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-0) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-10), 5:10 p.m.San Diego (Richard 12-12) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 9-8), 8:10 p.m.Arizona (Cahill 9-11) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 14-9), 8:15 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesColorado at Atlanta, 10:10 a.m.Milwaukee at Miami, 10:40 a.m.Chicago Cubs at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores

Houston 000 000 020 — 2 7 2Pittsburgh 102 030 00x — 6 10 0Lyles, Fe.Rodriguez (5), Fick (6), R.Cruz (7), J.Valdez (8) and J.Castro; W.Rodriguez, Resop (8), Watson (8), Hanrahan (9) and McKenry. W—W.Rodriguez 10-13. L—Lyles 3-11.

Chicago 000 103 010 — 5 8 0Wash. 230 301 11x — 11 19 0Rusin, J.Chapman (2), B.Parker (3), Dolis (4), Socolovich (5), Al.Cabrera (7), Beliveau (8) and W.Castillo; E.Jackson, C.Garcia (6), Gorzelanny (7), Mattheus (8), Mic.Gonzalez (9) and Flores. W—E.Jackson 9-9. L—Rusin 0-2. HRs—Chicago, A.Soriano (26). Washington, Desmond (20), Flores (5), LaRoche 2 (27), T.Moore (8), Zimmerman (18).

Milwaukee 120 000 230 — 8 11 0Miami 010 120 000 — 4 9 0Marcum, Loe (6), Fr.Rodriguez (7), Henderson (8), Veras (9), Axford (9) and Lucroy; LeBlanc, Webb (7), M.Dunn (7), Zambrano (7), Gaudin (8), A.Ramos (9) and Brantly. W—Loe 6-4. L—M.Dunn 0-2. Sv—Axford (24). HRs—Milwaukee, Aoki (7), Bianchi (3). Miami, Stanton (30), G.Hernandez (1).

Phila. 000 100 000 — 1 4 0Cincinnati 000 002 00x — 2 7 0K.Kendrick, Lindblom (7), Rosenberg (8), Diek-man (8), De Fratus (8) and Kratz; Latos, Broxton (8), A.Chapman (9) and Hanigan. W—Latos 12-4. L—K.Kendrick 8-10. Sv—A.Chapman (35). HRs—Cincinnati, Bruce (31).

Colorado 000 110 220 — 6 10 0Atlanta 000 000 000 — 0 9 3D.Pomeranz, C.Torres (4), Brothers (7), Belisle (9) and W.Rosario; Hanson, Moylan (6), Avilan (7), Durbin (8), Batista (9) and D.Ross. W—C.Torres 4-1. L—Hanson 12-8. HRs—Colorado, C.Gonzalez (22), Pacheco (4).

New York 000 000 010 — 1 9 0St. Louis 030 001 10x — 5 10 2Harvey, Hampson (6), R.Ramirez (7), Familia (8) and Shoppach; J.Garcia, Lynn (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina. W—J.Garcia 4-6. L—Harvey 3-4.

Alberta High SchoolFootball RankingsTier I (Pop 1,250 plus)1. Spruce Grove (0-0)2. Notre Dame, Cal (0-0)3. Harry Ainlay, Ed (1-0)4. Bev Facey, Sher Pk (1-0)5. Henry Wise Wood, Ed (0-0)6. Raymond (1-0)7. St. Francis, Cal (0-0)8. Salisbury, Sher Pk (1-0)9. Jasper Place, Ed (0-10)10. Notre Dame, Red Deer (0-0)Tier II (750-1,249)1. Holy Trinity, Okotoks 1-0)2. Austin O’Brien, Ed (1-0)3. Catholic Central, Leth (1-0)4. Medicine Hat (0-1)5. Sylvan Lake (0-1)6. St. Mary’s Cal (0-0)7. St. Joseph’s, Gr Prairie (1-0)8. Hunting Hills, Red Deer (0-0)9. Bonnyville (1-0)10. Foothills, Okotoks (0-0)Tier III (450-749)1. Stettler (-0)2. Cochrane 1-0)3. St. Albert (0-0)4. Winston Churchill., Leth (0-1)5. Crescent Heights, Med Hat (1-0)6. Casrdston (0-1)7. Peace River (0-1)7. Peace River (0-1)8. Cold Lake (0-1)9. Rundle College, Cal (0-0)10. Olds (0-0)Tier IV (449 and under)1. Drumheller (1-0)2. Ardrissan (0-0)3. Willow Creek, Claresholm (0-0)4. Holy Rosary, Lloydminster (1-0)5. Sexsmith (0-0)6. Pincher Creek (1-0)7. West Central, Rocky (0-0)8. Kate Andrews, Coaldale (1-0)9. St. Timothy’s, Cochrane (0-0)10. Wainwright (0-1)

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0

North W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Today’s GameDallas at N.Y. Giants, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Odds(Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by JustBet.cx) Spread O/UTodayDallas at NY GIANTS 4 45SundayATLANTA at Kansas City 3 42PHILADELPHIA at Cleveland 8.5 43.5Washington at NEW ORLEANS 7 50NEW ENGLAND at Tennessee 6 47.5Miami at HOUSTON 12.5 43Buffalo at NY JETS 3 40.5Jacksonville at MINNESOTA 4 39Indianapolis at CHICAGO 9.5 43St. Louis at DETROIT 7 45.5San Francisco at GREEN BAY 5 46CAROLINA at Tampa Bay 2.5 47SEATTLE at Arizona 3 41Pittsburgh at DENVER 1.5 44.5MondayCincinnati at BALTIMORE 6 41SAN DIEGO at Oakland 1 47

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled LHP Zach

Britton from Norfolk (IL).KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Recalled RHP Jer-

emy Jeffress from Northwest Arkansas (Texas).MINNESOTA TWINS—Recalled INF Eduardo

Escobar and RHP Luis Perdomo from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled INF Casey McGehee from Charleston (SAL).

National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Activated 1B Joey Votto

from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Todd Redmond and RHP Pedro Villarreal from Louisville (IL). Se-lected the contract of LHP Tony Cingrani from Pen-sacolo (SL). Assigned INF Chris Valaika and RHP Jordan Smith outright to Louisville.

NEW YORK METS—Recalled OF Jordany Valdespin, RHP Elvin Ramirez, RHP Jenrry Mejia and RHP Jeurys Familia from Buffalo (IL). Pur-chased the contracts of LHP Justin Hampson and OF Fred Lewis from Buffalo.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Selected the con-

tract of INF/OF Pete Orr from Lehigh Valley (IL).ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Purchased the con-

tract of RHP Shelby Miller from Memphis (PCL). Re-called INF Ryan Jackson and OF Adron Chambers from Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled OF Corey Brown from Syracuse (IL). Activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day DL.

American AssociationLINCOLN SALTDOGS—Traded INF David Es-

pinosa to York for a player to be named.

FOOTBALLBUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Ruvell Martin.

Placed CB Ron Brooks on injured reserve/desig-nated for return list. Signed DT Jay Ross to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed C Kyle Cook on injured reserve/designated for return list. Signed TE Richard Quinn. Released TE Bryce Davis from the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed TE Co-lin Cloherty. Placed TE Brett Brackett on injured reserve.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed RB Lex

Hilliard. Released OL Matt Tennant.NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed WR Brandon

Collins to the practice squad. Released OL Stephen Goodin from the practice squad.

GOLFLPGA—Named Ricki Lasky vice-president, tour-

nament business affairs.

HOCKEYPHOENIX COYOTES—Signed F Lucas Lessio.American Hockey LeaguePROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed F Bobby

Robins.ECHLELMIRA JACKALS—Agreed to terms with D

Jordon Southorn.IDAHO STEELHEADS—Agreed to terms with F

Justin Dowling.

LACROSSECOLORADO MAMMOTH—Re-signed D Jarett

Park. Signed D Richard Morgan and T John Mc-Clure.

NFL season kicks off with champion Giants against Cowboys

B.C. youth hockey coach charged with assault in tripping incident

THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — A youth hockey coach ac-cused of tripping two players after a game this summer is now facing assault charges in Brit-ish Columbia.

Coach Martin Tremblay of the UBC Hornets is scheduled to appear in Richmond provincial

court Sept. 13. Crown spokesman Neil MacKen-zie says a video of the alleged June 23 incident played a significant part in the investigation. In the video, Tremblay allegedly sticks out his foot while players from his team and an oppos-ing team, the Richmond Steel, shake hands. Two Richmond Steel players are seen tumbling over each other, and one of them ended up with a broken wrist.

Dolphins cut Gerrard

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI — Quarterback David Garrard has been released by the Miami Dolphins, leaving Matt Moore as the veteran backup to rookie starter Ryan Tannehill.

Garrard signed in March and climbed atop the depth chart in training camp before he was sidelined by a left knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery Aug. 11. In his absence, Tannehill claimed the starting job for Sunday’s opener at Houston.

The release of Garrard on Tuesday was confirmed by his agent, Al Irby. The veteran’s $2.25 million salary would have been guaranteed if he was on the roster for the opener.

The 34-year-old Garrard returned to practice Monday on a limited basis and said he’s not yet 100 per cent.

Moore started the Dolphins’ final 12 games last year. Their other quarterback is second-year pro Pat Devlin.

In other league news a marketing agent for T.J. Conley says that the New York Jets have released the punter five days be-fore the team’s regular-season opener against the Buffalo Bills.

Chuck Vine of Titan Sports Group said on Tuesday that he’s “disappointed, but confident he’ll be playing this season.” The team had not immediately announced the move, which was first reported by the New York Post.

The Jets brought in some competition for Conley, who beat out Travis Baltz during training camp and Spencer Lanning last week, and his job appeared to be safe.

He was the only punter on the team’s roster.

NFL

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Mark Reynolds hit a home run and drove in four runs on Tuesday while left-hander Zach Britton held the Blue Jays to four hits over seven innings as the Baltimore Orioles routed Toronto 12-0.

The Orioles (76-59) en-tered the game in second place in the American League East, one game behind the New York Yankees. The Blue Jays (60-75) were fifth, one game behind the Boston Red Sox. The victory was the Orioles’ 21st in their past 29 games. The Blue

Jays are 9-25 since July 30. The Blue Jays were outhit 18-4. Britton (5-1), who led the Orioles with 11 wins last season, was making his ninth major-league start this year af-ter opening the season on the disabled list with a shoulder impingement. He made 11 starts in the minors.

He struck out eight while walking two, one of which was intentional, in winning his fourth start in a row. Toronto starter Carlos Villanueva (7-5) allowed seven hits and was charged with six runs in 6 2-3 innings as the Blue Jays lost their fourth game in a row.

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OPEN: SuspendedThey were allowed to head to their

hotels before 6 p.m., because the tour-nament wanted to free up Arthur Ashe Stadium for the night session and the main event: 2003 U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick’s bid to postpone retire-ment yet again by beating 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round. They started about an hour lat-er than scheduled, and played for less than an hour before a rain delay came with Roddick ahead 1-0 in a first-set tiebreaker.

Also starting behind schedule was defending champion Novak Djokovic against No. 18 Stanislas Wawrinka, and No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic against No. 19 Philipp Kohlschreiber. Both of those matches were stuck in the first set when showers returned. All matched were then suspended until today.

Getting through to the men’s quar-terfinals was No. 4 David Ferrer, who defeated No. 13 Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

That match, like most this week at Flushing Meadows, took second billing to one involving Roddick, who surpris-ingly announced last week that this tournament would be the last of his career. Since then, he picked up vic-tories over players ranked 43rd and 59th, but the No. 7-seeded del Potro figured to provide more of a challenge. Del Potro is the only man other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Djok-ovic to win any of the last 30 Grand Slam titles.

The women’s match pitted Stosur, the champion here last year, against Azarenka, who won the Australian Open to start the 2012 Grand Slam sea-son. Amazingly, as accomplished as Stosur is, she never had taken so much as a set off Azarenka in six previous tour meetings, including one match in qualifying.

CUP: Disappointing“The Ryder Cup has been a goal for

every American player, and it’s disap-pointing not to be a part of it,” Mahan said Tuesday from the BMW Champi-onship in Indiana. “I’ve been part of the last five teams, so it hurts not to be a part of it, and it feels a little empty right now. It’s tough because I’ve still got two events to play, and they don’t feel quite as important as I want them to be right now.”

Also left off was Rickie Fowler, who picked up his first PGA Tour win this year at Quail Hollow and turned in the most dynamic American perfor-mance at Wales two years ago when he won the last four holes to earn a halve that kept alive the American chances. Fowler has not had a top 10 since a tie for fifth at the Colonial in May.

“I definitely felt like I was kind of

on the outside looking in,” he said.Fowler took a month off between

the U.S. Open and British Open to try to stay fresh for the end of the year, and he could only wonder if it cost him. He missed four tournaments, in-cluding the Travelers Championship and AT&T National, where he could have earned points.

Love said all the players who didn’t make the team handled the news well.

The eight players who qualified three weeks ago for the U.S. team are Woods, Jason Dufner, Masters champi-on Bubba Watson, U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mick-elson. They have combined to win 12 times this year, including two majors and a World Golf Championship.

It’s a far cry from last time, when none of the picks by Corey Pavin was playing particularly well.

Never before has the Ryder Cup fea-tured so many of the best players. All 24 players from both teams are among the top 36 in the world; the Ryder Cup will have 13 of the top 15 players.

“To have 24 players of the top 36 is mind-boggling,” Furyk said. “As Davis said, really happy with our team. It’s really strong, but we have our hands full. There’s a strong team on the other side, and we’ll have to play them real tough.”

Europe has won six of the past eight times, but only twice on American soil in the past 20 years.

NHL: WaitingSwedish players, for example, won’t

be permitted to play in their homeland after the country’s hockey federation announced last month that all con-tracts must last for the entire year — something Henrik Zetterberg or Erik Karlsson wouldn’t sign because of the possibility the NHL season gets under-way after a short stoppage.

Karlsson bemoaned that fact to re-porters after a skate with teammates in Ottawa on Tuesday, saying it didn’t leave Swedes with many options. “Maybe the Swedish League changes its mind once it gets closer,” he added.

Six of the KHL’s 26 teams are based in countries other than Russia and the league has designs on expanding its reach even further. Two regular-season games are already scheduled for the newly built Barclays Center in Brooklyn in January and the league has looked into its options for showing games on TV in North America this season.

“We’re waiting for the outcome (of the NHL’s labour negotiations),” said Kochevrin. “There is definitely great interest from broadcasters and I’m pretty sure once the (NHL’s) deal is an-nounced one way or the other, you’re going to see (that).

“I’m pretty sure that if there is a lockout the KHL can be a definite choice for North American hockey fans.”

STORIES FROM B4

Bombers say GM Mack’s job is safe


WINNIPEG — Frustrated Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans shouldn’t expect any more heads to roll in the wake of the CFL team’s humiliating 52-0 road loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday.

Bombers board of directors chairperson Bill Wa-tchorn said Tuesday in a phone interview that he’s aware of the growing backlash directed at team vice-president and general manager Joe Mack, but said that no changes to the team’s front office are expected.

Mack has been on the hot seat since he fired former head coach Paul LaPolice on Aug. 25 and replaced him on an interim basis with defensive co-ordinator Tim Burke.

Following Burke’s debut in Sunday’s loss — the first time the Bombers (2-7) have been held scoreless since 1969 — Mack became the target of a Facebook page called “Fire Joe Mack Petition” and a “Fire Joe Mack” Twitter feed. As of Tuesday afternoon, the “Fire Joe Mack Petition” page had 3,686 likes on Facebook.

While Watchorn understands fans’ frustrations — he shared the same emotions as he watched the game on TV — he tried to put the loss in perspective.

“One game is not a season,” Watchorn said. “Dis-appointing though it may be, the board has confi-dence in Joe Mack, the coaches and the players and the CEO (Garth Buchko).

“I think that you’ll find, we hope, but I think you’ll find that the performance will improve. You can’t go from a team of last year to a team of this year, with essentially the same core group although I know there’s a few who left, and say it’s useless.

“So I would say the board has the confidence in those people. We will do a review of football opera-

tions annually as we always do at the end of the sea-son.”

At his regular meeting with the media Tuesday afternoon, Burke said he didn’t know about the In-ternet campaign to have Mack fired.

“First of all, I’m not aware of it because I don’t go on Facebook and, secondly, especially now that I’m in this role as a head coach, I don’t read the newspa-pers or watch TV, not the news, at least,” he said.

But he did have a message for fans.“We’re not dead yet,” Burke said. “We’re going to

go out there and give it everything we’ve got and we need their support.”

The Bombers will get a chance to redeem them-selves Sunday afternoon when they host Saskatch-ewan in the annual Banjo Bowl, but it won’t be with Buck Pierce as their starting quarterback.

Burke said doctors have ruled out Pierce because he’s still feeling the effects of tearing ligaments and a muscle in his left foot July 13 in a 42-10 loss to Ed-monton.

Joey Elliott, who started in the Saskatchewan de-bacle, gets the nod for his fourth straight start. The third-year pivot completed nine of 19 passes for only 61 yards with one interception and was replaced by Alex Brink in the fourth quarter.

Burke said he hopes Elliott’s performance was an anomaly.

“Just like everything else, one person is never to blame for such a terrible loss so there’s a lot of fac-tors that go into it,” he said.

Fans weren’t pointing their fingers at Burke for the loss, seeming to give him a pass because of the circumstances of his job promotion.

The Bombers are the worst team in the league and their 2-7 record is the direct opposite of last year’s mid-season mark. Last season’s squad went on to fin-ish 10-8 and lost the Grey Cup 34-23 to the B.C. Lions.

The blame for that flipping of records has fallen on Mack after fans were divided on LaPolice’s firing the day after the team lost 20-17 to B.C. at home.

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Luongo says return to Florida ‘makes sense’

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Roberto Luongo says it just “makes sense” for him to return to the Florida Panthers.

The Vancouver Canucks goaltender, who is await-ing a trade after losing his No. 1 job to Cory Sch-neider, skated near his off-season home on Tuesday and made it clear during an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel that his preference was to re-turn to the Panthers.

“(Florida) makes sense for myself, for my career and my family,” Luongo told the paper. “That being said, there’s obvious other options as well. This is a preferred location for obvious reasons but I’m not shutting the door on other possibilities if it comes up.”

Luongo spent five seasons in Florida between 2001 and 2006, when he was dealt to Vancouver. He and his wife return to the area every summer with their young children.

The 33-year-old has 10 years remaining on his contract at a cap hit of US$5.33 million and holds a no-trade clause.

Luongo posted a 31-14-8 record last season with a .919 save percentage and 2.41 goals-against aver-age. He’s dealt with speculation about his future in Vancouver for the past two seasons and it reached a new pitch when Schneider took over the No. 1 job during a first-round playoff loss to Los Angeles in the spring.

Luongo, who backstopped Canada to gold at the Vancouver Olympics, maintains that he wants to be in a position where he gets the majority of starts. The veteran is willing to be patient while the Canucks look for a trade that makes sense.

“You’re dealt different situations in life,” said Luongo. “You’ve got to handle them the right way. I don’t know what’s going to happen this year. The only thing I could do is work hard and have a posi-tive attitude.

“At the end of the day, I’m sure everything is going to work out.”

Mortimer wins second swimming gold of gamesTHE CANADIAN PRESS

LONDON — Summer Mortimer has her second gold medal of the London Paralympics, and once again she won in record style.

The Hamilton native won the women’s S10 backstroke in a world-record time of one minute 5.90 seconds.

Mortimer also won gold in the 50-metre freestyle event in world-record time last week.

“This feels absolutely amaz-ing,” said Mortimer, who also a silver medal in the 200 individual medley earlier at the Games. “I haven’t been that fast since I was abled bodied. To be able to beat my times from when I was 14-15 years-old is amazing. I wasn’t ex-pecting it but the race went per-fectly.”

Sophie Pasco of New Zealand, who led Mortimer by a half sec-ond at the turn, took the silver in 1:06.69.

“I need to see the clock when I swim backstroke, and I saw that Sophie was ahead of me at the split and I just went for it,” Mor-timer said.

Shireen Shapiro of South Af-rica was third in 1:09.02 while Aurelie Rivard of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., was fifth.

Mortimer ranked third in the preliminaries, but said she was simply following her game plan.

“I went easy in the prelims,” she said.

“I was trying to strategically place myself a couple of lanes over so I wouldn’t be beside the main people and be able to focus on my own race.”

The S10 classification is de-fined as minimal physical impair-ment. Mortimer broke most of the bones in her feet in a trampoline accident in 2008.

Elsewhere in the pool, Benoit Huot of Montreal won bronze men’s S10 backstroke in 1:00.73.

“It wasn’t easy but it worked out well for me,” said Huot, now with 18 career Paralympic medal through four Games. “This isn’t the race I feel the most comfort-able in and at the end I wasn’t sure I was in the medal contend-ers.”

Earlier in the day, Marco Dis-paltro of St-Jerome, Que., and Josh Vander Vies of Vancouver defeated British brothers Ste-phen and Peter McGuire 8-2 in the bronze-medal boccia match of the BC4 mixed pairs category.

Canada now has 16 medals (four gold, seven silver, five bronze) over seven games of competition. Canada sits 16th in the gold-medal standings and 13th on the overall medal table.

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CHARITY DOG WASH

Dog owners can get their dogs bathed and help sick pets at the same time at the 13th annual Animal Cancer Therapy Subsidization Society’s Charity Dog Wash on Sept. 15. Groomers in 10 communities across Alberta are participating, including 4 Paws Dog Day Care & Grooming in Red Deer. Treating cancer can often be financially beyond the means of many pet owners. Last year’s ACTSS dog wash raised over $10,000 to treat pets with cancer. To book an appointment at 4 Paws Dog Day Care & Grooming, call 403-342-0085. For more information, visit www.actss.ca.

GIVE US A CALLThe Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit. Call 403-314-4333.

HAT PARADEGrab your hats for the Rotary Sunrise Club’s Triple Crown evening on Sept. 29. Join the Rotary Sunrise Club at the Sheraton Hotel at 5 p.m. for an extravagant evening of fun and philanthropy in support of Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre, the Boys and Girls Clubs and the Magdalene House Society. The evening will feature horse racing, a five-course male, fine wine and a derby hat parade. Tickets are $125 per person or $1,000 for a table of eight. For more information, contact Adele Poratto at 403-343-0067 or via email at [email protected].

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The changing environment of funding models and the impact on local non-profit and volunteer organizations will be discussed at So What? series workshop on Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Hampton Inn & Suites. Trends in governance and changing views of philanthropy come from the latest research conducted by Mount Royal University. Admission is free but registration is recommended. So What? is presented by Alberta Rural Development Network, Mount Royal University and Volunteer Alberta and is hosted by Volunteer Red Deer. To register, call Volunteer Red Deer at 403-346-4636 or email [email protected].

August was warmer, dryerBY LAURA TESTER

ADVOCATE STAFF

The last month of summer proved to be a little warmer and a little less rainy than normal.

Environment Canada reports that August wasn’t too far off the mark when it came to temperatures and precipitation.

Red Deer received a total of 67.6 mm of rain. Eleven days saw rain.

Ross Macdonald, meteorologist for En-vironment Canada, said that climate data of the last 30 years shows that Red Deer would on average receive 71.1 mm of rain in August.

Typically, Red Deer sees 14 days of rain

in August, Macdonald added.When it comes to temperatures, Red

Deer was slightly warmer than average this August.

The maximum high in August was 23.8C. The average high was 21.9 C.

“We were about two degrees warmer than normal,” said Macdonald.

The average overnight low last month was 9.4C, whereas the average low over the last 30 years is 8.8C.

Out in Stettler, the precipitation totals were slightly over.

“They are a little less than Red Deer, but typically in the summertime we see rain showers and thunder showers that come across,” said Macdonald. “So sometimes ar-eas can receive more localized amounts if a

thunderstorm moves over top.”Stettler received 43.2 mm of rain last

month. On average, the community had 11 days of rain in August.

Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said that this season’s crops are proving to be a bit of a disappointment in Central Alberta.

“We had such humidity over the summer that disease took a much bigger bite out of the yield than we expected,” said Brook. “The barley crops ... everything looked like they were going to have a bumper year.”

Some of the early yields coming back are showing that this might be an average year, Brook said.

BY LAURA TESTER

ADVOCATE STAFF

Tougher impaired driving laws that took effect on Saturday failed to keep intoxi-cated drivers off Red Deer streets.

Sgt. Bob Bell, in charge of the traffic unit at Red Deer city RCMP, said he was disappointed by the number of intoxicated people pulled over on Labour Day week-end, despite increased publicity over pro-vincial legislation regarding .05 to .08 blood alcohol levels.

From early Saturday until early Tues-day, five 72-hour driving suspensions were issued for those with .05 to .08 levels. Six people were charged with impaired driv-ing.

“The first vehicle we seized was about 20 minutes after midnight (early Saturday),” said Bell on Tuesday. “These numbers are surprising with all the increased public-ity through the Alberta government ... you would think that people would be extra cautious.

“I thought it would have been difficult to find anyone who had been drinking and driving.”

Increased penalties began on Saturday for anyone facing violations of having blood alcohol between .05 and .08. Targeting these drivers has not happened before in Alber-ta. They automatically are banned from driving for three days.

Police could ban drivers for 24 hours before.

The province also increased penalties

for those over .08 as of July 1.On a first charge, drivers will see their

licence suspended until their criminal charge is resolved, plus their vehicle is seized for three days, and they must take a Planning Ahead course.

As of July 1, any driver with a gradu-ated licence will face an immediate 30-day licence suspension and seven-day vehicle suspension as a result of having any alcohol in their system.

Bell said the increased penalties re-garding driving suspensions were a shock to those who were caught on the holiday weekend.

“Some people weren’t too happy from what I heard,” said Bell.

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BY LANA MICHELIN

ADVOCATE STAFF

A Central Alberta man who let friends and relatives camp on his wooded rural property can now do so officially.

Jack Oszli received Red Deer County ’s unanimous approval on Tuesday to run a “camp-ground minor” on his agricultural property, 21 km southeast of Innis-fail. This is defined as a small campground with up to 20 sites.

Oszli said he’d been unofficially allowing friends to set up their recreation vehicles on his land near the Dick-son Leisure Grounds Campground for years. But some neighbours complained, forcing him to seek a permit.

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Drivers still taking wheel after drinkingPOLICE DISAPPOINTED BY NUMBER OF INTOXICATED PEOPLE PULLED OVER ON WEEKEND

BY LAURA TESTER

ADVOCATE STAFF

Red Deer Native Friendship Centre So-ciety has worked with the City of Red Deer and the provincial government for several years on its plans for affordable housing and a cultural centre in Clearview North, says the society’s executive director.

Tanya Schur said a number of residents are wondering about the friendship centre plans because they seem to have cropped up out of nowhere.

In fact, the centre’s plans have been in the works since 2008, she said.

The four-acre site along Caribou Cres-cent is in the most northwesterly corner of the neighbourhood, south of 67th Street and east of the Gaetz Lakes sanctuary. The city acquired the land from the provincial government on the condition that the lands be used for affordable housing for at least 15 years.

The city is now looking at changing the area structure plan, as well as rezoning.

Schur said they have funding for 32 units, so that is what they are targeting for.

The society is working with an architect to come up with designs for multi-family at-tached dwellings.

“We would be looking at a concept of two wings of housing with the friendship centre in the middle,” said Schur.

The friendship centre will have a small gathering space for fewer than 100 people,

plus offices and potentially other aborigi-nal agencies.

Schur said she understands some resi-dents are confused about what affordable housing will look like on the site.

“Affordable housing is defined as 10 per cent below market value — that’s what we’re talking about building,” Schur said.

Schur said everyone who ends up in one of these units will commit to a sober life-style.

It’s not a Housing First project, she said.Housing First focuses on moving home-

less people from shelters and the streets into permanent housing as quickly as pos-sible and they also receive supports.

“In order to be a part of our housing program now, you have to have a plan for sobriety and make that commitment,” said Schur.

The friendship centre will always have an outreach place downtown to help ab-originals in need, Schur added.

Schur said some of those 32 units will house aboriginal elders, which is very im-portant in having the culture available to the community members.

The friendship cultural centre will run various programs, from parenting and wom-en’s wellness to beading classes and dance classes. All will be open to non-aboriginals as well.

“It’s a great opportunity for communi-ty members to learn about the culture as well,” said Schur. “This is something that our community has talked about for de-cades — of having a community gathering space on the land, where the land would be a part of the cultural experience.”

The land was set aside for a project like this, added Schur.

People generally will do better when they have direct access to supports and services, plus they are away from the down-town.

t makes sense to put residents in a resi-dential area, she added.

Access to the culture is integral to hous-ing success, Schur added.

Red Deerians will hear more about the project on Sept. 19 at Eastview Middle School from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

A presentation will run at 5 p.m.Council will then hold a public hearing

on Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel. Any decisions will be put off until the next council meeting on Oct. 15.

Friendship Centre housing plan proceeds

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OFFICIAL UNDERSTANDS SOME RESIDENTS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL LOOK LIKE IN CLEARVIEW NORTH

‘WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A CONCEPT OF TWO WINGS

OF HOUSING WITH THE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE IN THE

MIDDLE.’

— RED DEER NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TANYA SCHUR

Rural camping allowed“CAMPGROUND

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WEATHER: Farmers note crop ailments

Farmers in the Stettler area, as well as other areas of Central Alberta and farther northeast, are reporting more occurrences of fungal diseases.

“The disease levels are far higher than we expected and even if you spray, there’s still disease out there,” said Brook. Lots of moisture and lots of heat in combination with a short crop rotation makes this season ripe for dis-ease, Brook said.

One of the diseases, clubroot, is be-coming a problem with canola crops.

It’s a serious disease that affects the roots of canola, as well as other field crops like mustard. It also hits vegetable crops like cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.

Two more counties have clubroot now — Beaver County and County of Stettler.

Clubroot was added as a declared pest to the Agricultural Pests Act in April 2007. Among other areas report-ing a lot of clubroot is Lacombe Coun-ty, said Brook.

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CAMP: Some residents opposed

The county received six opposing letters from people concerned primar-ily about sewage disposal and poten-tial fire danger, in relation to Oszli’s campground proposal.

Oszli told county officials he hires a professional company to empty septic tanks weekly from recreational ve-hicles on his property.

He said he also developed fire pits

with the required setback from vegeta-tion. But just in case a blaze did spark, Oszli keeps a large storage tank of water on site, along with 425 metres of hose, fire extinguishers and shovels.

County representatives were told that staff worked with Oszli for a year and a half on his campground proposal and they recommended it be approved.

The county previously had no rules for small campgrounds. Oszli said, “I’m the guinea pig.”

“There’s a tremendous need for campgrounds, so it’s nice to see small ones starting up,” said Red Deer Coun-ty Mayor Jim Wood.

Councillor George Gehrke jokingly reminded Wood that Oszli only intend-ed to allow people he knew onto the site. “It’s by invitation.”

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HOUSING: City to inform residents

Planning manager Tara Lodewyk said residents in Clearview will re-ceive information in the mail this week about the coming meeting.

“People have gotten excited for the next stage of what might come when we are still dealing with the generali-ties of the use,” said Lodewyk.

Lodewyk said the original zoning calls for single family and multi-fami-ly, and now it’s looking at multi-family and a worship centre site.

The original area structure plan was done in 2007. The province gave conditions for affordable housing in 2011, when the land was signed over.

“We don’t talk about the users in our land use bylaw,” said Lodewyk. “It’s this additional agreement that the province has put on us that we now have to look at affordable housing there. Right now, you can put 36 units on there with the current area struc-ture plan and current zoning.”

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Otis and Charlie hitting the roadMedicine River Wildlife Centre’s Otis the owl and Charlie the

porcupine will be seen roaming around Central Alberta — on the centre’s new outfitted education vehicle that is.

Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s education program got a boost this summer, receiving an $18,850 provincial grant that enabled them to purchase an education vehicle, which has been outfitted with Charlie and Otis’s pictures on each side.

“When we are taking things to trade shows, when we are going out to schools, community functions, when we are doing all those things for our eduction programs, we don’t have to be using our personal vehicles now,” Medicine River’s executive director Carol Kelly said.

A stipulation of the grant, under the province’s Community Ini-tiatives Program, however, is that the centre match the $18,850.

“So instead of using up our operating money we would really like to find sponsors to cover that amount of money, whether it is one, two or three sponsors,” Kelly said.

The sponsors will then have their names displayed on the ve-hicle. For more information, contact Carol Kelly at 403-728-3467 or at [email protected].

Cash declared proceeds of crimeMore than $43,000 was declared the proceeds of crime and for-

feited to the Crown in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday after charges were stayed against a gang member as he died earlier this summer.

Leonard John Desjarlais, 38, of Red Deer was charged with one count of possession of proceeds obtained by crime, one count of ut-tering forged documents, one count of using forged documents, and two counts of unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon.

He was scheduled for a five-day trial that was to start Tuesday.Instead, money found during the police investigation was or-

dered by Judge John Holmes to be turned over to the government.On Tuesday, the court heard charges were laid after a repair-

man found $42,400 in the furnace of a basement suite in a home in Red Deer’s Michener Hill area on Nov. 25, 2009.

Another $860, found in Desjarlais’ home, was also forfeited to the Crown. Desjarlais, who was a local Hells Angels Nomads mem-ber, died of an overdose.

REINING FALL CLASSIC

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Photo by CYNTHIA RADFORD/Advocate staff

Ian Whishaw from Lethbridge rides his horse Blue Reflections during the Reining Alberta Fall Classic 2012. The show was held at the Westerner grounds over the long weekend, and had over 180 competitors.

LIBRARY RENOVATIONS

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Library employee Levi Albers moves a box of books in the Childrens Services Library Tuesday as staff put about 50,000 books, magazines, DVD’s and other materials into storage. For the next month the children’s library will be closed during a renovation project which will see the facility painted and new flooring installed. Library staff hope to have the library open again on October 9.

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Invite spurs speculationof iPhone 5

NEW YORK — Apple Inc. on Tuesday invited reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected.The email invitation shows a big “12,” for Sept. 12, casting a shadow in the shape of a “5.” Various unconfirmed reports have pointed to Sept. 12 as being the day Apple Inc. shows off the new phone, which is expected to go on sale a week or two later. The next iPhone is expected to have a taller screen and the ability to access the latest wireless data networks in the U.S. Analysts expect it to set sales records. On Wednesday, Nokia and Motorola are holding events of their own in New York, apparently to reveal their latest products ahead of the iPhone launch.Apple shares rose $5.18 to $676.42 in afternoon trading. The shares are close to their all-time high of $680.87, hit a week ago

China’s Wanda Group closes

AMC deal

NEW YORK — Chinese conglomerate Wanda says it has closed on the acquisition of AMC Entertainment Holdings, one of the largest movie theatre chains in the U.S.The US$2.6 billion deal is the largest takeover yet of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm. It also makes Wanda the world’s largest owner of cinemas. Dalian Wanda Group Co.’s purchase reflects the global ambitions of cash-rich Chinese companies that are using acquisitions to speed their expansion.The Beijing-based company said it will invest an additional $500 million in AMC and keep its headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. AMC operates 338 cinemas. It’s owned by a group of private-equity firms.

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Tories boost resource supportBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives have re-calculated the impact of energy and mining on the Canadian economy in order to help bolster their strong support of the natural-resource sector against envi-ronmentalists and others.

Officials have figured out how much in-come the sector brings to the economy — instead of just counting barrels of oil and tonnes of metal, Natural Resources Minis-ter Joe Oliver said Tuesday in a speech to business leaders in Toronto.

In 2011, the figures show, energy, forest-ry, metals and minerals directly accounted for 15 per cent of the country’s income.

But when indirect effects are taken into account, the minister said natural resourc-es drive 20 per cent of the economy — and about 10 per cent of all the jobs in Canada.

“It’s not all oilsands and it’s not all Al-berta,” Oliver said in his prepared remarks.

“It is forestry in British Columbia, pot-ash and uranium in Saskatchewan, mining

in Ontario’s Sudbury basin, hydro power in Quebec and all the related supply chains.”

Critics say that while no one doubts the economic dominance of energy and mining, the Conservative math only shows a slice of the story.

NDP natural resource critic Peter Ju-lian said the figures don’t show how many jobs have been lost in softwood lumber and elsewhere because of the Ottawa focus on exporting raw materials instead of value-added products.

“We don’t argue that natural resourc-es are an important part of the Canadian economy,” Julian said. “The issue is how the government is managing the resource economy.”

Plus, the new calculations are blind to the environmental cost of different types of energy production, added Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada.

Production and investment in wind, so-lar and other renewables are far less costly for the environment than oil and gas, he said.

“Not all resources are created equally.”

Normally, anyone interested in the heft of the natural-resource sector has had to rely on less-than-optimal data.

The real gross domestic product figures that come out every three months don’t capture the huge impact of global prices on the economy. And nominal GDP figures by industry, which include the price effect, have only been available for up to 2008 — ancient history when it comes to calculat-ing the impact of a major, evolving part of the economy.

Now, government officials have devel-oped a way to update the nominal GDP numbers for the natural-resource sector so that they can see how much money is flow-ing into the economy from energy and min-ing on a more timely basis.

Oliver said the exercise shows that in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, energy and resources directly account for one third of nominal GDP.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, it’s 40 per cent.

Industrial vacancy rate stays low despite addition of new buildings

BY HARLEY RICHARDS

ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Despite the addition of 285,000 square feet of building space, the availability of industrial prop-erty in Red Deer tightened be-tween July 2011 and the same month this year.

That’s one of the findings of a market survey conducted re-cently by Soderquist Apprais-als Ltd. The Red Deer real es-tate appraisal and consulting firm calculated that the local industrial vacancy rate stood at 3.33 per cent in July, down from 3.57 per cent a year ear-lier.

Mike Garcelon, the CEO and senior appraiser at Soderquist, said the latest figure suggests that there is strong demand for industrial space here and the sector is healthy.

“This is very good for Red Deer, because the industrial sec-

tor is a large part of our econo-my.”

The survey considered 14 in-dustrial districts in and adjacent to the city of Red Deer. Queens Industrial Park to the west and McKenzie Industrial Park in Red Deer County to the south were excluded because there were no buildings there in July.

Total industrial building space was calculated at about 12.2 million square feet, up 2.4 per cent from the nearly 12 mil-lion square feet in July 2011.

“There was a lot of new con-struction this year,” said Garce-lon.

However, vacant industrial space declined 4.8 per cent — to about 407,000 square feet from 427,000 square feet.

That appears to be putting up-ward pressure on rental rates, said Garcelon.

“It’s kind of a self-correcting thing.

“Once vacancies get low

enough, rents will start going up and then it makes it feasible to build.”

That, in turn, will bring rents down, he said.

This is the second year that Soderquist has conducted an in-dustrial property survey. It also looked at commercial property this year — specifically Red Deer’s strip malls, enclosed malls and power centres.

The vacancy rate for com-mercial property as of August, based on a total area of 4.4 mil-lion square feet, was calculated at 5.17 per cent.

When the number of commer-cial units that were unoccupied was considered — 76 out of 955 — the vacancy rate was found to be 7.96 per cent.

Although higher than Garce-lon had hoped, these numbers still reflect a healthy market, he said.

Flightsto northplanned

BY HARLEY RICHARDS

ADVOCATE

BUSINESS EDITOR

The drive from Central Alberta to Fort McMurray could soon end in the park-ing lot of the Red Deer Air-port.

Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. plans to launch twice-weekly direct passenger service from the Spring-brook-based airport to the Northern Alberta city on Oct. 1. The return flight would include a stop at the Edmonton International Airport.

“There are quite a few people in Red Deer that work in Fort McMurray,” said Northwestern presi-dent Terry Harrold.

He noted that his com-pany previously offered passenger service between Red Deer and Fort McMur-ray, but discontinued it in July 2010 as a result of the economic downturn.

“I think now things have ramped up pretty good.”

Although the schedule has yet to be finalized, Har-rold expects one of North-western’s Jetstream 32 air-craft to leave Fort McMur-ray at 10:10 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and arrive in Red Deer at 12:30 p.m. after a stop in Edmonton.

The plane will then take off from the Red Deer Air-port at 1 p.m. and touch down in Fort McMurray at 2:20 p.m.

The service will have an introductory one-way fare of about $200, he said.

A release issued by Northwestern and the Red Deer Airport said the fre-quency of flights could in-crease if passenger counts justify it.

Meanwhile, Northwest-ern suspended its sched-uled air service between Red Deer and Dawson Creek, B.C. — via Edmonton — effective Monday.

Launched in May, the flights failed to attract the interest Northwestern had hoped they would.

Frequency was reduced from three days a week to two, and now the airline is reassessing the route and looking for ways to boost in-terest.

“We’ll probably do an add-on — either Fort St. John or Grande Prairie, or something like that,” said Harrold.

An announcement is ex-pected in October.

Northwestern also flies between Red Deer and Kel-owna on Fridays and Sun-days.

Demand for this route was strong during the sum-mer, said Harrold, but ap-pears to have slowed with the arrival of fall.

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SERVICE FROM SPRINGBROOK TO FORT MCMURRAY

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A recent survey of commercial space in Red Deer indicated a vacancy rate of 5.17 per cent, with enclosed malls, power centres and strip malls like this one in Highland Park considered. A similar study of industrial buildings found a vacancy rate of 3.33 per cent.

Please see ECONOMY on Page C4

NEW FIGURES SHOW NATURAL RESOURCES DRIVE 20 PER CENT OF THE ECONOMY

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I’m often asked when do I think interest rates will rise.

My response: “Eventually, sometime in the fu-ture.”

It is a non-answer but as I often tell my students, if I knew the answer to every question I would be on a beach in California. So if we cannot, with any confidence, predict when and how high inter-est rates will rise, how can we prepare for the day when they do rise?

Mortgages are most Ca-nadians’ largest debt. More crucially, this debt is tied to our single largest asset, our home.

This makes mortgage debt both our cheapest source of financing but also the one debt with the most potential for psychological risk. After all, our home is where we live and share our lives with family and friends. It is a fundamental part of our “self image,” and the fear of losing our most valuable asset can cause us much stress.

For sure loans, unse-cured lines of credit and credit cards all carry higher interest rates. But a one per cent increase in

mortgage interest rates can have a dramatic effect on our ability to finance our single largest asset.

By my calculations, a $250,000 mortgage financed over 25 years at 3.04 per cent would cost $1,191 a month. If rates were to rise by just 1.5 per cent, that same payment would only cover a $213,000 mort-gage, a reduction of $37,000.

I tell my students that every rational person’s long-term goal should be to maximize their net worth — net worth being total assets less total li-abilities. The question then is can we build some financial and psychological protection into the management of our single largest debt.

Yes we can, by making inflation our friend.To compensate for the rise in prices, most of us

ask our employers annually for a pay raise, some-times referred to as a cost-of-living adjustment.

Why not increase your mortgage payments by your cost-of-living adjustment? You get the raise and more than likely, like the rest of us, you find ways to spend more. Why not spend a little less by having your mortgage payment increased annually?

For example, a payment of $1,191, increased by three per cent this year, means you would make ad-ditional payments of just under $36 a month which goes straight to paying down principal. In fact, increasing your payments by just three per cent an-nually over five years would result in paying down a $250,000 mortgage by just over $41,000.

PATRICK O’MEARA

EASY MONEY

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ECONOMY: Industrial-based

“In Red Deer our economy is an industrial-based economy. So when we get into the recovery phase of the cycle it’s the industrial side that should re-cover first.”

Industrial growth, he added, translates into more jobs and spend-ing, which in turn spur commercial growth.

The commercial space in Red Deer that the Soderquist survey considered included 1.1 million square feet (or 225 units) in enclosed malls, 2.4 million square feet (or 657 units) in strip malls and 918,000 square feet (or 73 units) in power centres.

Most of the downtown area was excluded, because the changing mix of commercial and residential space there makes it difficult to measure shifts in vacancy rates, said Garce-lon.

In the case of Clearview Market Square, which is currently under de-velopment in the northeast part of the city, only buildings that have been completed and are occupied were in-cluded in the survey.

Red Deer has seen significant de-velopment of commercial space over the past year, said Garcelon.

“As long as the economy continues to recover, I would not be surprised to

see new development.”A detailed version of Soderquist’s

industrial market study can be found on the company’s website (www.soder-quist.ca) under “Studies.”

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RATES: Manage riskWhy is this important to our long-

term financial plan? First, paying down debt faster means that our net worth rises faster. Second, as interest rates rise, property prices may fall due to less demand for new or resale homes, so you are building a hedge against a potential decline in your home’s equity.

Third, it saves you money given lower interest costs. Finally, you are actively managing risk, in this case in-terest rate risk.

Many of us are not good risk manag-ers. By having your lender build an automatic increase into your mortgage payments you are managing both the financial and psychological risks that come with mortgage debt. If interest rates do rise over the next few years, you will have built into your household budget a psychological and financial cushion against a rise in mortgage pay-ments.

It is just one more way you can con-trol your financial destiny.

Easy Money is written by Patrick O’Meara, an instructor at Red Deer Col-lege’s Donald School of Business. He can be contacted at Patrick.O’[email protected].

RESOURCES: Impact declines since 2008

However, officials did not immedi-ately make a full province-by-province analysis available.

So calculations for the two largest provinces — Ontario and Quebec — were absent.

By year, details provided by the department showed that the impact of natural resources has declined since the boom of 2008.

Then, energy, mining and forestry were the source of 17.2 per cent of Canada’s income, falling to 12.9 per cent during the low-price days of 2009 before climbing to 15 per cent in 2011.

Oliver said the calculations can be used to determine that natural re-sources support 800,000 direct jobs and another 800,000 indirect jobs in other sectors.

The impact will continue to grow, the minister added.

The department’s most recent cal-

culations project $650 billion in in-vestment in about 600 major resource projects over the next 10 years. That’s up from previous estimates of $500 bil-lion.

“That $650-billion figure represents hundreds of thousands of high-quality, well-paying jobs for Canadian middle-class families in every sector of our economy, in every region of the coun-try,” Oliver said.

The Harper government has been at pains to make that point since it overhauled the country’s environmen-tal assessment process in its spring budget.

Federal ministers have argued repeatedly that streamlining environ-mental assessment is an efficiency exercise that will protect the environ-ment but also make it easier for every region of the country to benefit from natural resources.

But their arguments have been drowned out by the outcry from environmentalists and other critics who say Ottawa is sacrificing the environment to the interests of the oilpatch.

MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto stock

market was off to a tepid start to Sep-tember trading Tuesday as investors wondered what steps central banks might take to support the economic recovery amid another dose of weak U.S. economic data.

The S&P/TSX composite index slipped 7.56 points to 11,941.7 while

the TSX Venture Exchange was ahead 1.84 points to 1,242.58.

The Canadian dollar also finished little changed, down 0.01 of a cent at 101.44 cents US. The loonie could be in for some volatility after Quebecers vote in a new government Tuesday while the Bank of Canada makes its next announcement on interest rates Wednesday.

U.S. markets were mainly lower even as a disappointing reading of a key gauge of the manufacturing sec-tor and lower construction spending raised expectations that the U.S. Fed-eral Reserve will embark on another jolt of stimulus.

The Dow Jones industrials fell 54.9 points to 13,035.94 after the Institute for Supply Management’s August index came in at 49.6, a bit weaker than July’s reading of 49.8 and below expectations of 50.2, which would have signalled expansion.

Also, construct ion spend-ing dropped by 0.9 per cent in July against expectations for a slight in-crease.

The Nasdaq composite index was ahead 8.1 points at 3,075.06 and the S&P 500 index was off 1.64 points to 1,404.94.

Investors also looked to employ-ment data for clues as to whether the Fed thinks the U.S. economic recov-ery needs help in staying on the rails. Economists expect Friday’s non-farm payrolls report to show that the Ameri-can economy created 127,000 jobs in August, on top of 163,000 in July. T

he Fed holds its next meeting Sept. 13.

Canadian employment data is also being released Friday. It is be-lieved that the economy cranked out 11,000 jobs last month.

Traders also looked ahead to Thursday and an announcement from European Central Bank president Ma-rio Draghi.

He is expected to announce de-tails of a new bond-buying program intended to bring down the borrow-ing costs of countries such as Spain and Italy.

The plan is seen as a crucial step toward easing the European govern-ment debt crisis, which is increasingly

hurting the continent’s economy.Ahead of Thursday’s announce-

ment, Moody’s Investors Service low-ered its rating outlook for the 17-coun-try region that uses the euro currency, as uncertainty over the European debt crisis grows and the stronger countries in the group could be hard-pressed to provide support.

Moody’s is revising its outlook to “Negative” from “Stable” for the European Union’s top Aaa credit rat-ing. That means the rating could be downgraded, which would cost the EU more to borrow.

Canada’s central bank will be in focus Wednesday as the Bank of Canada makes its next announce-ment on interest rates. The bank is expected to leave its key interest rate unchanged at one per cent, but trad-ers will look for hints as to when it might hike rates.

There was also other negative economic news over the long Labour Day weekend.

China’s HSBC manufactur-ing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 47.6 in August from 49.3 in July, which was the lowest reading since March 2009.

However, there are signs that China’s central bank is resisting calls for more aggressive measures to boost the economy based on past experience. Huge stimulus enacted in response to the 2008 global crisis fuelled inflation and a wasteful spend-ing boom.

Meanwhile, the final read on the eurozone manufacturing PMI came in at 45.1 in August.

The energy sector dipped 0.6 per cent as oil prices backed off after the release of the U.S. data, with the Oc-tober crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange down $1.17 at US$95.30 a barrel.

Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) lost 77 cents to C$29.22 while Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) gained 31 cents to $31.12.

The December copper contract on the Nymex was up one cent at US$3.47 a pound but the base met-als sector lost 0.4 per cent. Teck Re-sources (TSX:TCK.B) fell 66 cents to C$26.58 and Major Drilling Group Intl. (TSX:MDI) shed 36 cents to $8.98.

The gold sector was down about 0.5 per cent with bullion up $8.40 to US$1,696 an ounce. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) lost 33 cents to C$37.68.

Financial stocks also weakened with National Bank (TSX:NA) off $1.21 at $72.80 while Bank of Mon-treal (TSX:BMO) gave back 52 cents to $57.10.

The health-care segment led ad-vancers as investors also took in ma-jor acquisition activity.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTSTORONTO — Highlights at the

close of Tuesday world financial mar-ket trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index —

11,941.70 down 7.56 pointsTSX Venture Exchange —

1,242.58 up 1.84 pointsTSX 60 — 682.79 down 0.68

pointDow — 13,035.94 down 54.90

pointsS&P 500 — 1,404.94 down 1.64

pointsNasdaq — 3,075.06 up 8.10

pointsCurrencies at close:Cdn — 101.44 cents US, down

0.01 of a centPound — C$1.5648, unchangedEuro — C$1.2383, down 0.17 of

a cent

Euro — US$1.2561, down 0.19 of a cent

Oil futures:US$95.30 per barrel, down $1.17(October contract)Gold Futures:US$1,696 per oz., up $8.40(December contract)Canadian Fine Silver Handy and

Harman:$32.978 per oz., up $0.824$1,060.24 per kg., up $26.49

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Ven-

ture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 1,242.58 up 1.84 points. The volume was 150.57 million shares at 4:20 p.m. ET.

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — Closing prices:Canola: Nov.’12 $4.20 lower

$633.40; Jan ’13 $4.00 lower $637.20; March ’13 $4.20 lower $636.40; May ’13 $3.60 lower $624.70; July ’13 $2.70 lower $617.00; Nov. ’13 $3.00 higher $562.70; Jan. ’14 $4.50 higher $567.70; March ’14 $1.00 higher $563.80; May ’14 $1.00 higher $563.80; July ’14 $1.00 high-er $563.80; Nov. ’14 $1.00 higher $563.80.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’12 un-changed $264.50; Dec. ’12 un-changed $269.50; March ’13 unchanged $272.50; May ’13 un-changed $273.50; July ’13 unchanged $274.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $274.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $274.00; March ’14 unchanged $274.00; May ’14 unchanged $274.00; July ’14 unchanged $274.00; Oct. ’14 un-changed $274.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 274,800 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) To-tal: 274,800.


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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.77ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.85BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.07Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.43Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.92Cdn. National Railway . . 89.73Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . . 81.33Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 4.00Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 67.99Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.78Cervus Equipment Corp 20.22Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 28.64Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 38.21Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.90Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.73General Motors Co. . . . . 21.31Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 16.66Research in Motion. . . . . . 6.54SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 35.00Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.56Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.69Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.68Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 44.88ConsumerBrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.71Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 69.32Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.91Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.00Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 10.90Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.82Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.07Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 49.84Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.51WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 16.41MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 37.68Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . 21.158First Quantum Minerals . 19.13Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 40.07Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.49Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 43.46Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.72Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.05Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.27Teck Resources . . . . . . . 26.58

EnergyArc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 22.90Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.03Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 44.66Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.38Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 42.92Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.22Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.67Canyon Services Group. 10.59Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.23CWC Well Services . . . . 0.650Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 21.57Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.33Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.12Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 32.15High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . 1.720Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.20Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.07IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.45Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.82Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.47Penn West Energy . . . . . 13.80Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.82Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.35Pure Energy . . . . . . . . . . 10.97Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 31.12Talisman Energy. . . . . . . 13.74Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.73Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.46Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 44.63FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 57.10Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 52.24CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.21Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.29Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 26.43Great West Life. . . . . . . . 21.57IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.25Intact Financial Corp. . . . 60.55Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 11.17National Bank . . . . . . . . . 72.80Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 54.86Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 22.90TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.24

COMPANIESOF LOCAL INTEREST

This chart is compiled by the Advocate each week with figures supplied by financial institutions operat-ing locally. Term deposit rates are for $5,000 balances, while guaranteed investment certificates are for $1,000 balances. Figures are subject to change without notice.

INTEREST RATES THIS WEEK

1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr 5 yr 7 yr Var. 1 yr 5 yr

Advance Mortgage 2.49 2.59 5.69 2.99 3.09 3.69

AEI Wealth Management 2.39 2.69 2.9 3.0 3.09 4.5 3.0 3.5 1.75 0.8 0.95 1.5 2.55

All Source Mortgages 2.49 2.69 2.84 3.19 2.95 3.99

DLC Regional Mort. Group 2.49 2.59 2.89 2.99 3.09 3.99

Get ‘Er Done Girls 2.75 2.69 2.99 3.04 3.09 2.65

Mortgage Centre 2.49 2.59 2.69 3.09 2.99 3.69 2.65

National Bank Financial 1.7 2.6

Western Financial Group 5.25 5.5 5.75 6.0 6.5 1.15 1.45 2.15 2.55

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NEW YORK — The only worry on Michael Strahan’s mind when he made his entrance Tuesday as the new co-host of Live!: “Don’t trip,” he summed up after the show.

He didn’t.When Kelly Ripa intro-

duced him, the gap-toothed former football player jogged onto the morning show set and gathered her up in a bear hug, lifting her off her feet.

“When I was hugging Kelly, that’s when I was calming down,” Strahan ex-plained.

The rest of the hour was clearly a snap for him and for Ripa, who was getting a permanent partner nine months after Regis Philbin retired from the show and after having welcomed Strahan and 58 other guests in the chair beside her.

Taking his seat on Tuesday, the for-mer New York Giant joked that it felt “comfy, like it was moulded for my body.”

Strahan was relaxed, amiable and playful, and drew “ahhhs” from wom-en in the studio audience when he presented Ripa with a dozen red roses.

“It’s so nice to have a co-host literally sweep you off your feet,” Ripa told viewers, “and I know that he can bench press me if he wanted to.”

Maybe his arrival was fulfilling a prophecy. Ri-pa played a clip of Stra-han’s first appearance on the show in 2008, shortly after the Giants had won the Super Bowl. Philbin asked Strahan what he would want to do after retiring from football, and Strahan said that Philbin’s job looked pret-ty good.

“I was joking,” Stra-

han said on Tuesday, “and I’m glad the joke came true.”

Strahan’s hiring has been an open secret for the past two weeks. His se-lection was made official a couple of minutes into what, since November, had gone by the stripped-down title Live! With Kelly and now rechristened

Live! With Kelly and Michael.Or rather, live! with kel-

ly and michael. Eyeing the brand-new all-lowercase logo during a commercial break, the co-hosts pon-dered whether the first let-ters of their names would look better capitalized.

During their breezy first “host chat,” Strahan amusedly shared from a list of obnoxious pet names for women (“babe” and “sweet cheeks” among them). The pair discussed parenting

policies, in particular how much mon-ey the Tooth Fairy should award for a lost tooth.

Homeland star Claire Danes was the first guest, followed by singer Phillip Phillips.

Then Olympic gold-medal gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber each teamed with one of the co-hosts in a

challenge on balance beams.Strahan was totally game for the

stunt, which called for carrying eggs balanced on a spoon. (The two teams tied with 13 eggs apiece.)

After the broadcast, Strahan down-played any suggestion the show would be changing much.

“I think you have two people who can laugh at themselves, who can laugh at each other, who have a good time, who get along — and make sure that anyone who watches the show enjoys it,” Strahan said. “I think it’s the same formula.”

The formula was cooked up by Philbin, the original host, nearly 30 years ago. Ripa joined him in 2001.

Executive producer Michael Gelman, who oversaw that transition from Kathie Lee Gifford to Ripa, was asked how Strahan emerged as the favourite in the current competition.

“Chemistry isn’t some-thing you can really put your finger on,” he said. “But there was something special individually with Michael, and the chemis-try was there.”


TORONTO — Now that it’s a fixture on lists of the greatest Canadian rock albums of all time, it’s easy to forget that Sloan’s Twice Removed was once reviled.

Or at least it was by the behemoth of alt-rock record labels, Geffen, when the Halifax quartet delivered the glim-mering LP, a thoughtful collection of brightly lit guitar-pop.

Twice Removed was an admitted left-turn from the group’s distortion-con-torted debut Smeared, and at a time when the modern-rock charts were dominated by sludge-slinging Nirvana imitators, their sophomore album was not what the label wanted to hear. It was clean, back when “clean” was a dirty word.

The album killed the golden goose. It broke up the band. But now they’re celebrating it, in the form of a deluxe vinyl re-issue and a cross-country tour during which Sloan will play the re-cord in its entirety.

Back when Geffen first rejected it, when they asked the band to re-record the entire thing, the band certainly never imagined they would one day warm to the album.

“Self-doubt is my default setting — but I was the most torn up about it,” said bassist and co-frontman Chris Murphy from their cluttered Toronto rehearsal space.

“I probably would have done any-thing, I was so excited to be on Geffen . . . . ‘Oh, they’re asking us to record the whole thing again? I guess that’s what you do. I guess that’s what we should do.’

“I’m glad that we didn’t.”So are the album’s legions of fans.But they didn’t really exist back

in 1994. Sure, Sloan did have fans. A couple years prior, they had inked a deal with Geffen — the home of Nir-vana, Beck and Sonic Youth — on the strength of their 1992 Peppermint EP, and followed it with their messy but charming full-length Smeared later that year.

That debut was a moderate chart success in Canada, but was most no-table for the seemingly rosy future it forecasted. In truth, Smeared was a dis-sonant pastiche of various indie-rock influences, one which both belied the band’s inexperience and hinted at real songwriting skill submerged under the layers of fashionable fuzz.

That album, of course, is celebrat-ing its 20th anniversary this year. But the band didn’t really savour the idea of playing Smeared front-to-back every night.

“There’d be a bunch of songs where we’d be like: ‘Ugh. Skip that one,”’ laughed Murphy.

But to rich record labels eager to mine the continent’s underground for grunge gold, Smeared indicated a band with the potential to combine pop

prowess (check the wit of single Under-whelmed) with the noisy rage that was all the rage on the charts in the grimy wake of Nirvana’s success.

So, it was a natural decision for Gef-fen to pay for Sloan’s sophomore re-cord up front. But for a band in the midst of an adolescent transformation, the cash seemed to just make the task ahead even more daunting.

“I think I was probably the most ner-vous about it,” Murphy said. “I think a lot of times when we tell the story it’s the David and Goliath story. ‘Geffen was mean to us’ or something like that. But for the most part, what I was feel-ing was . . . they paid us up front, and it was like: ‘Hope you like this one.’

“So I was kind of dying inside like, ‘Oh, I hope they like it,’ wanting to please.”

The band demoed roughly 70 songs for Twice Removed. Then as they do now, the band had four songwriters and all were contributing, swapping in-struments as they went. Geffen thought this democratic breakdown of duties was a marketing challenge.

Well, the music was apparently mo-reso. Sloan dug deeper into their in-fluences — including the Velvet Un-derground, Slint, ’80s hardcore and,

of course, some classic British pop — while penning the songs that would form Twice Removed. There was cer-tainly a degree of defiance as they re-jected the direction most of the rock world was drifting.

“We were kind of running from grunge and this sort of house of cards that it seemed to be — all that ’poor man’s Nirvana’ (stuff),” Murphy said.

Added guitarist Jay Ferguson: “It was a reaction to not wanting to jump the bandwagon. There were so many bands out there playing melodic pop songs with distorted guitars. It kind of got a little played out.”

It’s not as though they were making the album in secret — the A&R rep who signed them, Todd Sullivan, was present for the sessions and was gen-erally supportive of the direction the band was pursuing.

Looking back, it’s difficult to un-derstand how such an accessible al-bum could ever have been considered somehow radical.

The record simply brims with giddy hooks. There’s the unexpectedly gor-geous chorus carved like a skylight in-to Ferguson’s I Hate My Generation, the “ba-ba-bada-ba” chanting in drummer Andrew Scott’s transcendent People of

the Sky, or the delicate boy-girl harmo-nies buoying Patrick Pentland’s I Can Feel It. (Also worth mentioning is Mur-phy’s brilliant Coax Me, which features what he says is their most celebrated lyric of all time: “It’s not the band I hate, it’s their fans.” It was inspired by a pretentious Kate Bush fan Ferguson knew in high-school.)

“We were like, ‘Let’s make the Plas-tic Ono Band record, or Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours — what’s wrong with those records?”’ Murphy recalled.

“It’s ironic that we were referencing . . . a record that sold 25 million copies, and then it’s like: ‘What is THIS? My ears!”’ he said, mimicking the response of the label. “It wasn’t like we were ref-erencing Can or (Einsturzende) Neu-bauten or whatever.”

But there weren’t many bands mak-ing polished, intelligent guitar pop at the time. The band agrees that the clos-est comparison in 1994 was Pavement’s masterful Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, which provided the beloved California quintet their most successful record (although it came out on indie imprint Matador).

Geffen, certainly, was less interest-ed in swimming against the current. To hear Murphy and Ferguson tell it, the label was primarily frustrated be-cause they had promoted Sloan one way and now the band had made a drastic change, thus undoing whatever gains they had made.

“They heard it and it was like: ’We can’t work with this,”’ Ferguson said. “It seemed like to them it wasn’t of the time.”

Geffen asked Sloan to record the album again. The band refused. So the label put the record out without pro-motional support, essentially hiding it in plain view.

Sloan wasn’t the only band to en-dure a process like this. Washington power-pop outfit the Posies were also asked by Geffen to re-record the album that became Frosting on the Beater, and they consented (the well-reviewed al-bum still wasn’t a hit). And Weezer, who were coincidentally also signed to Geffen by Sullivan, saw their now-clas-sic Blue Album released with similarly non-existent fanfare by the label until radio stations and MTV sensed a hit and lifted the record up.

With the benefit of hindsight, Sloan feels they made the right choice refus-ing to remake Twice Removed.

“I’m grateful that we didn’t go and re-do the record because it might not have made any difference anyhow — even if we had turned up the guitars, they might have still been like, ‘Well, whatever,”’ Ferguson said.

“Our manager, Chip Sutherland, was very ballsy too,” added Murphy. “He was just like, ‘They’re contractu-ally obligated to release it. Let’s just do it. You can’t guess what they want. Just do what you do and maybe you can show them and it’ll be a success.’

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through the Kanawake reserve opens after a 55-day Mohawk standoff.

1979, Winnipeg— The Canadian gold Maple Leaf coin goes on sale in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. It is Canada’s first gold bullion coin, a runaway success for the Royal Canadian Mint.

1945, Chalk River, Ont. — Canada’s first

nuclear reactor, ZEEP — the Zero Energy Experimental Pile — goes into operation at Chalk River.

1914, Toronto — Baseball legend Babe Ruth hits his first professional home run at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island, knocking in three runs. The budding southpaw pitcher also tosses a one-hitter that day as his Provi-dence club blanks Toronto 9-0.

1881, Sarnia, Ont. — Forest fires in On-tario and Michigan kill an estimated 500 peo-ple in 20 villages near Lake Huron; the region is cloaked with a yellowish-green fog.

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an, 39; Cathy Guisewite, 62; Raquel Welch, 72THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury connects with

Mars, making for conversations and communications that are characterized by passion. It’s not about the easy conversa-tion, but the words that spur ac-tion that matter most. It will be a great day, enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: There is harmony and power within you, as you ascertain where you need change and how you can go about getting it, and then implementing the strategy with success. You can see under the surface, using the info to your advantage. It will be a great year, enjoy!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When we are determined on a course of action, the soft whis-perings of the world telling us what direction it would like us to go in can be missed. You feel a determination now. Do not let it cut off the wisdom you’ve earned.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Life is full of moments of stress. We can give into them and ride the wave of discontent, or we can breathe and reconnect to what matters most. You are being asked now to focus your powerful feelings towards what you desire to manifest.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Outer circumstances are never perfect, and by attempting to block off the world we can inadvertently block ourselves off from an important source of wisdom and learning. You may feel like hiding out now. That’s fine, as long as it is not out of fear.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is nothing like knowing something in the depths of your bones. That type of knowledge far exceeds rational considerations. You are presented with an explanation but know the truth lies elsewhere. You can feel it already. Trust yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Doubt is an insidious thing. It can rob us of the confidence we need to continue in a strong and positive direction. You may be uncertain. It is arising from fear. Release it and keep moving forward.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some people wear their pain. They radiate it when they walk. It’s evident when you look at them. But there comes a point in every life that the pain outweighs the fear of change. You are em-

barking on a new chapter. It will be wonderful.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There are times to delve

into our emotions and learn from them. You are now in need of a methodical approach to a most irrational feel-ing. Your intellect is your greatest asset now. Tap into it to provide needed structure and bring the right system to your day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How much strength is denoted in simply the willingness to live. You are now at a point of decision. You can see what is required to em-brace your life and potential more fully. You are willing to put your fears aside and take the step. What a remark-able choice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sometimes the hardest thing to do is relax. A million thoughts can race through our mind and lead us nowhere. There is a solu-tion to what might feel like endless chatter. Replace it with simple hope.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is tension that results when we want to do something. The desire can be strong. Unless it finds an outlet, it can feel uncomfort-

able. If your impulses are loving and kind, trust them.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There is a difference

between wanting to do something, and actually following through with your action. You now feel the urge to give your all to an endeavor. The way to help yourself most is to do all you can in the moment and loosen your grip on the end result.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Divination is the space of living in the flow of energy, of feeling life course through you, and responding to the thoughts and move-ments of the moment. You are being asked to live your life as a divine moment, for today.

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Dear Annie: Six months ago, I married a lovely young woman.

While we were engaged, “Nina” and I had sev-eral candid discussions about finances, figuring that once we married, she would look for a job and we would split the household expenses evenly.

Her parents were very generous and gave us a nice amount of money at the wed-ding in order to help smooth the transition until she found a job.

Well, a few months after we married, Nina stopped look-ing for work.

She suffers from chronic depression, and it got so bad that she refused to apply for a job, convinced that no one would hire her.

She also refused to get counselling, saying she couldn’t afford it, even though both her father and I offered to pay for it.

I have worked my best to keep a roof over our heads and have even taken out loans in order to pay our bills, but I’m now $1,000 in debt.

Recently, Nina’s father gave her a large sum of money.

I asked if she would use a small amount to pay one of our outstanding bills.

She refused, saying that this was her money and she could spend it on whatever she wanted. Over the next week, that turned out to be fast food and ciga-rettes.

Annie, was I unreasonable to ask for her financial help? — New York

Dear New York: Of course not. Nina apparently does not consider herself to be in a partnership.

She thinks you should support her. And it’s pos-sible that Nina combats her depression by spending money, eating and smoking.

Nonetheless, this is not a tenable solution. She should not use her depression as an excuse to refuse help. We urge you to get counselling on your own and also contact NAMI (nami.org).

Dear Annie: I am pregnant with my third child. Prior experience compels me to send my list of things you should never do or say to a pregnant woman:

1. Do not ask whether the pregnancy was planned. It is absolutely no one’s business.

2. Hands off the belly. This is her personal space and should be respected. If you feel compelled to touch that elusive kick, always ask first — and don’t be insulted when she says no.

3. Please don’t make comments that could be interpreted as “you’re fat.” My boss asked whether I was having twins because I was so big. Another person asked if I was due before Christmas when my due date was mid-March.

4. Please don’t share unsolicited horror stories of labour and delivery. Expectant moms don’t need more to worry about.

Also, while I feel genuine sympathy for those who have experienced a miscarriage, hearing these sto-ries only induces anxiety in the mom-to-be, which isn’t good for her health or the baby’s.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to vent. — Sharing the News in Pa.

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BUCHAREST, Romania — A white limousine screeches to a halt and a bride, resplendent in frothy gown and veil, is hauled outside by her abductors.

It’s one of Romania’s more colorful customs: bride-napping. And the tradition of snatching the bride from under the nose of groom and guests with the wed-ding party in full swing is getting bigger, brasher and an increasing-ly common sight in the Romanian capital, the Balkans’ undisputed party town.

Every Saturday night, brides from Bucharest and beyond are dragged away in a mock abduc-tion by friends and driven to a top tourist spot where they are “held hostage” — all the while pouting, dancing and striking provocative poses for the cameras.

The ransom: a few bottles of whisky or perhaps something more romantic, like a public dec-laration of love from the aban-doned groom.

The kidnappers negotiate by phone, working out the details of the payoff.

It’s all harmless theatrics meant to add a whiff of risque fun to the nuptials.

Mock abductions of brides are part of marriage ceremonies across the former Soviet Union.

In some countries, guests lock up a bride or have her hide in a backroom during celebrations, demanding that the bridegroom delivers a “ransom” — like sing-ing a song, dancing or sometimes paying real money.

In Romania, the custom took off a few years ago when a top foot-ball player rented Bucharest’s Arch of Triumph, a major monu-ment modeled after its iconic namesake in Paris, and proposed there to his girlfriend.

There was no kidnapping in-volved but the scene stuck in the popular imagination as a symbol of marriage — and soon the monu-ment became a sort of midnight mecca for bride-napping.

This past Saturday, about 20 brides were held hostage at the Arch of Triumph, which was built in 1922 to honour Romanian sol-diers who died during World War I and to celebrate the reunifica-tion of Transylvania with the rest of Romania.

One bride was driven in from her wedding in a town an hour east of Bucharest with a gaggle of guests in tow.

Another grabbed the toy ma-

chine-gun of her kidnappers, dressed up as Taliban, and pre-tending to use it in front of the monument.

Authorities turn a blind eye to the partying under the monument, technically illegal because it’s a historic landmark.

Motorists cruise around the square honking, waving and cheering.

The outdoor party is one way for Romanians, frustrated with austerity measures and feuding politicians, to let off steam.

One bride, 25-year-old Alisar Dragne, says her abduction was scripted from start to finish.

“Everything was staged and ready in my case. The limousine was waiting for me in front of the restaurant, I was given the ’leave’ signal by my friends and together we came here to have some fun,” she said.

“Now everyone’s thinking what ransom to ask the groom.”

George Neascu, a Roma musi-cian, who plays at the monument every week for small change, said the bride-stealing custom is as old as living memory.

“All sorts of people come here,” said Neascu, “both those who have lots of money and those who have less.”

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Romanian brides pose for pictures under the Triumph Arch in Bucharest, Romania. The arch, a replica of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, is a rendezvous place for brides on the wedding night for the bride-stealing ritual. The ancient Romanian tradition of bride stealing is getting bigger, brasher and an increasingly common sight in the Romanian capital, the region’s undisputed party town

In Romania, bride stealing is all part of the wedding fun

The odd yellow leaf has appeared on the poplars. The fan has been turned off in the bedroom and an quilt has been tossed on the bed. In the woods, the rose hips are a lovely blushing pink. It is almost time to harvest roots.

A f t e r t h e plant’s seed has been scattered by the wind, been a crow’s or chickadee’s m i d - m o r n i n g snack or tum-b l e d t o t h e ground, herbal-ists get out their digging sticks to root out the medicine hidden in the soil.

I love digging up roots. Just as flow-ers come in so many shapes and such wide ranging scents, so do roots.

Yellow doc (rumex crispus) has a thick, stubborn tap root that plows deeper than I can dig into the earth. Snap doc’s fresh root open and yellow sap oozes out. Hence its name yellow doc. Doc’s scent is reminiscent of baby poo. I think of its scent as its signature. Yellow doc is very helpful in reorga-nizing the unorganized bowels of irri-table bowel syndrome.

Valerian (valarianna officinalis) is another matter. It has a twisted tangle of thin rhizomes. One would expect a sturdy, earthy root from such a vigor-ous plant. Valerian’s scent is either loved or strongly disliked. My friend Sabrina tells me it is similar to lic-orice; I think it has a closer resem-blance to cat urine. Despite its power-ful aroma, it does wonders for those who have cramping tension below the navel, or for the heart that needs little extra calm.

I plan to pull some wandering rose roots from the garden this year. Usu-ally I leave them. But this summer, a Cherokee herbalist told me a story about his mother’s rose root. She car-ried a tough, black rose root in her purse wrapped in cotton. Her mother had given her the root. Whenever the family went camping, his mother un-wrapped the root and made tea with it. Apparently, she made tea with the same rose root for many years.

This past weekend, we went ca-noeing. Back at the campsite, to our amazement, we had forgotten to pack tea. In my family, we drink a lot of tea. The problem of no tea was solved by

picking a few rose leaves. I have, how-ever, resolved to carry a rose root with me for moment like those from here on in.

I plan to excavate one of my elecam-pane (inulin helenium) plants. This will be a challenge. Elecampane root is large and fleshy. The mighty main root sends branches thick as my wrist burrowing deep into the earth. Ele-campane has a firm grip on the soil. Like valerian, elecampane root is strongly aromatic. The chemistry that creates the root’s pungent scent and taste is the same chemistry that herb-alists have used for thousands of years to relieve deep-seated winter coughs and flus.

Elecampane root chemistry also carries another useful medicine called inulin. Inulin is found in many roots, including dandelion (taraxacum of-ficinalis). Inulin is the plant’s pantry. All the combined sunshine and rain of summer is stored as inulin in elecam-pane’s root as a complex sugar. Next spring, when elecampane awakens in the warming soil, it will feed on the stored inulin as it pushes its green tips up through the earth.

Herbalists offer plants high in inu-lin to help the body’s muscles absorb glucose from the blood stream. This lowers blood sugar levels for those struggling with type two diabetes.

I also hope to make some medicine with enormous lovage (levisticum of-ficial) that threatens to take over one corner of the garden. I have never dug the lovage root before, so I am looking forward to uncovering its character.

Lovage’s root, like valerian and ele-campane, is aromatic and spicy. In a formula, lovage can aid elecampane in relieving deep wet coughs. But I am hoping to use it to moderate migraine headache pain. Taking a teaspoon of lovage tincture at the very first signs of the headache can dampen the severity of the head pain and relieve queasi-ness in the stomach.

It requires patience unearthing roots. One gently pushes the soil aside, going deeper and deeper, careful not to bruise the roots. It will take several days to do this work. Little else will be accomplished. But when finished, I will have good, strong earth medicine ready to be used.

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only. Readers with a specific medical problem should consult a doctor. For more in-formation, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. Arneson can be reached at [email protected].

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Is organic healthier?Not so much, but it’s key to why consumers buyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Pa-tient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?

Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of re-search to find out — and concluded there’s little evidence that going or-ganic is much healthier, citing only a few differ-ences involving pesti-cides and antibiotics.

Eating organic fruits and vegetables can lower exposure to pesticides, including for children — but the amount mea-sured from convention-ally grown produce was within safety limits, the researchers reported Monday.

Nor did the organic foods prove more nutri-tious.

“I was absolutely sur-prised,” said Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior re-search affiliate at Stan-ford and long-time inter-nist who began the anal-ysis because so many of her patients asked if they should switch.

“There are many rea-sons why someone might choose organic foods over conventional foods,” from environmental con-cerns to taste preferenc-es, Bravata stressed. But when it comes to individ-ual health, “there isn’t much difference.”

Her team did find a notable difference with antibiotic-resistant germs, a public health concern because they are harder to treat if they cause food poisoning.

Specialists long have said that organic or not, the chances of bacterial contamination of food are the same, and Mon-day’s analysis agreed.

But when bacteria did lurk in chicken or pork, germs in the non-organic meats had a 33 per cent higher risk of being re-sistant to multiple anti-biotics, the researchers reported Monday in the journal Annals of Inter-nal Medicine.

That finding comes amid debate over feed-ing animals antibiotics, not because they’re sick but to fatten them up.

Farmers say it’s nec-essary to meet demand for cheap meat.

Public health advo-cates say it’s one con-tributor to the nation’s growing problem with in-creasingly hard-to-treat germs. Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety di-rector at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, counted 24 out-breaks linked to multi-drug-resistant germs in food between 2000 and 2010.

The government has begun steps to curb the nonmedical use of anti-biotics on the farm.

Organic foods account

for 4.2 per cent of retail food sales, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It certi-fies products as organic if they meet certain re-quirements including being produced without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, or routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones.

Consumers can pay a lot more for some or-ganic products but de-mand is rising: Organic foods accounted for $31.4 billion sales last year, according to a recent Obama administration report.

That’s up from $3.6 billion in 1997.

The Stanford team combed through thou-sands of studies to ana-lyze the 237 that most rigorously compared or-ganic and conventional foods.

Bravata was dismayed that just 17 compared how people fared eating either diet while the rest investigated properties of the foods themselves.

Organic produce had a 30 per cent lower risk of containing detectable pesticide levels.

In two studies of children, urine testing showed lower pesticide levels in those on organ-ic diets. But Bravata cau-tioned that both groups harboured very small amounts — and said one study suggested insecti-cide use in their homes may be more to blame than their food.

Sti l l , some stud-ies have suggested that even small pesticide ex-posures might be risky for some children, and the Organic Trade Asso-

ciation said the Stanford work confirms that or-ganics can help consum-ers lower their exposure.

CSPI’s DeWaal noted that difference, but add-ed that the issue is more complicated.

Some fruits and veg-etables can harbour more pesticide residue than others — she listed peaches from Chile as topping a recent testing list.

Overall levels have dropped in North Ameri-can produce over the last decade as farms imple-mented some new stan-dards addressing child concerns, she said.

“Parents with young children should consid-er where their produce is coming from,” DeWaal said, calling types grown in the U.S. or Canada “a safer bet” for lower pes-ticide levels.

As for antibiotics, some farms that aren’t certified organic have begun selling antibiotic-free meat or hormone-free milk, to address spe-cific consumer demands, noted Bravata. Her own preference is to buy from local farmers in hopes of getting the ripest pro-duce with the least han-dling.

That kind of mixed approach was evident in a market in the nation’s capital Thursday, where Liz Pardue of Washing-ton said she buys organ-ic “partially for environ-mental reasons.”

P a r d u e s a i d s h e doesn’t go out of her way to shop organic, but if she does, it’s to buy most-ly things that are hard to wash like berries and lettuce.

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Organic radishes at the Pacifica Farmers Market in Pacifica, Calif.

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Democrats hope to rekindle Obama’s magic


CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats launched Presi-dent Barack Obama on his uncertain bid for re-elec-tion as they opened their national convention Tues-day. They looked to help Obama recapture the hearts of Americans once drawn to his message of hope and change, but now weary after years of economic weak-ness and political squabbles.

The nationally televised, three-day convention puts Democrats in the spotlight, allowing them to de-pict Obama as a courageous, compassionate leader who has put the United States on the right track after inheriting a brutal recession. They will seek to coun-ter attacks made at last week’s Republican conven-tion and cast rival Mitt Romney, a wealthy business-man and former Massachusetts governor, as distant, privileged and out-of-touch with common Americans.

The star speaker Monday, first lady Michelle Obama, looked to draw a contrast, at least implicitly, with Romney by highlighting her husband’s more humble background. She told an interviewer earlier Tuesday that she was “ going to take folks back to the man he was before he was president.”

Polls show Obama and Romney locked in a tight race ahead of the November vote. Romney is seen as the better candidate for improving the economy, the biggest issue in the race. But Obama is seen as more likable.

Candidates traditionally get a bounce in the polls from political conventions, though there is little sign that Romney improved his standing. Once dramatic events for selecting candidates and debating issues, political conventions are now carefully scripted shows put on by the parties with little spontaneity — making them less compelling programming for television viewers.

Tuesday’s other major speaker during prime tele-vision time was San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who was delivering the high-profile keynote address. A rising star in the party, Castro is of Mexican-Amer-ican descent and his selection highlights the impor-tance given to Hispanic voters in the race.

Castro, in excerpts of the speech released in advance, said Obama “knows better than anyone there’s more hard work to do.” He said the United States is making progress “despite incredible odds and united Republican opposition.”

He said Republican economic theories have been tested and failed. “Mitt Romney just doesn’t get it,” he said.

Other convention highlights include Wednesday’s roll call votes formally nominating Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden, and a speech by Bill Clinton, the popular former president. The climax will be Obama’s acceptance speech in a 74,000-seat football stadium on Thursday.

That speech seeks to recapture the grandeur of Obama’s acceptance address in a Colorado stadium four years ago. At the time, the United States was in the midst of a devastating financial crisis while un-

popular wars were dragging on in Iraq and Afghani-stan. Obama — young, magnetic and eloquent — cap-tured the imagination of many Americans as the first black nominee of a major party. He promised a fresh start after eight years of George W. Bush’s presiden-cy and new hope for the economy.

Obama did withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq and the United States emerged from the re-cession. But economic growth has been tepid and unemployment is high at 8.3 per cent. Though he stepped up drone strikes on suspect terrorists and gave the order that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden, Republicans cast him as a weak leader. He won congressional approval of an overhaul of the U.S health care system, but his plan remains largely unpopular. Meanwhile, some Democrats have been disappointed by Obama’s failure to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and what they see as lack-lustre action on issues such as climate change and immigration.

Republicans have been pressing a question made

popular during Republican Ronald Reagan’s suc-cessful campaign against incumbent President Jim-my Carter, asking voters if they are better off than they had been four years ago. Republicans released a web video that interspersed images of Obama and the economy’s weak performance with slightly out-of-focus video clips of Carter discussing the country’s economic woes when he sat in the White House more than 30 years ago.

Obama has also been invoking unpopular former presidents, arguing that Romney plans to reprise Bush’s policies.

The election will allow voters to choose between contrasting visions of the role of government. Rom-ney’s Republicans, increasingly guided by the anti-tax tea party movement, want to minimize the role of government, which it sees as an obstacle to enter-prise and liberty. Obama’s Democrats see govern-ment as a potential force for good, helping the down-trodden and providing the education and infrastruc-ture needed to help the country prosper.

HOPING TO DEPICT HIM AS COURAGEOUS, COMPASSIONATE LEADER AT NATIONAL CONVENTION


President Barack Obama holds up a bottle of beer as he delivers a case of White House brewed beer to the firefighters at Fire Station No. 14, during an unscheduled stop, Tuesday, in Norfolk, Va.

Blame from Isaac flooding pointing towards new defencesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAPLACE, La. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether New Orleans’ recently strengthened defences pushed Hurri-cane Isaac’s floodwaters into outlying areas.

The study was prompted by the suggestion that Isaac’s storm surge bounced off the levees and floodgates built around New Orleans since the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and hit communities outside the city’s defences.

The Corps has said it is unlikely scientific analysis will confirm that theory, which has been suggested by locals and some of Louisiana’s most powerful politicians.

Instead, weather experts say a unique set of circumstances — not the floodwalls — had more to do with flooding neighbourhoods that in recent years have never been under water be-cause of storm surge.

Isaac was a large, slow-moving storm that wobbled along the state’s coast for about two and a half days, pumping water into bays and lakes and leaving thousands of residents under water outside the massive levee system pro-tecting New Orleans.

It was blamed for seven deaths and damage to more than 13,000 homes on the Gulf Coast, many of them in a re-gion that is largely below sea level.

The Corps was criticized after Ka-trina, which pushed in enough water to break through the levees that had sur-rounded New Orleans. Much of the city

was left under water, and since then the government has spent millions of dollars rebuilding the city’s system of floodwalls.

Now, towns around New Orleans want answers.

“It has a lot of us questioning,” said Ed Powell, a 47-year-old who’s lived in the town of LaPlace for 15 years and had never seen flooding on his street until Isaac hit.

On Friday, U.S. Sen. David Vitter asked the Corps to commission an in-dependent study to determine if the new floodwalls, gates and higher le-vees around greater New Orleans caused water to stack up elsewhere.

The Corps is expected to complete its study within two months, said U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, who joined Vitter in calling for the study.

In a statement, the Corps said it ex-

pects the study will find “minimal” changes in surge elevation because of its works around New Orleans. It based that assessment on previous modeling. The agency said it would not comment further until the scientific work is done.

Isaac came ashore as a Category 1 storm, but that classification is based on wind speed, not surge predictions. Really strong hurricanes can some-times produce small surge levels while weaker hurricanes — ones like Isaac — can kick up massive surge.

Furthermore, the storm’s size, slow speed and the way it angled into the state “worked together to produce incredibly high surge,” said Jamie Rhome, a surge specialist with the Na-tional Hurricane Center. “The water piled up.”

Other scientists agreed it was un-likely New Orleans’ fortified defences caused flooding in neighbouring com-munities.

Instead, numerous factors combined to create ideal flooding conditions. For instance, the storm was virtually sta-tionary for a time and dumped rain far longer than many other tropical systems.

Vitter, the senator, said he was thankful the Corps was quick in build-ing up the New Orleans area but said it needs to keep its promise to provide protection for outlying communities.

“The problem is now that the main post-Katrina system has been built, those other programs are either being cancelled outright or being slowed to the normal Corps snail’s pace,” Vitter said.


MEXICO CITY — High-ranking Mexican security officials are portray-ing the shooting of two CIA agents by Mexican federal police as a well-inten-tioned mishap rather than a deliberate attack.

A series of military and law-enforce-ment officials have emphasized in pub-lic statements over the last three days that the group of 12 federal police was investigating a kidnapping when they encountered the two U.S. agents and a Mexican marine captain and opened fire on their armoured sport-utility vehicle.

U.S. and Mexican statements re-leased on the day of the shooting con-tained few details, excluding mention of the kidnapping probe. As a result, they left open the possibility that it could have been a deliberate attack on the Americans by corrupt officers or

a gross error by well-intentioned but trigger-happy police conducting legiti-mate work in a dangerous rural area outside the city of Cuernavaca. Mexi-can officials declined to elaborate for more than a week after the shooting, but now appear to be trying to be mak-ing a case for the accidental scenario.

Navy Secretary Mariano Francisco Saynez told reporters after President Felipe Calderon’s last state-of-the-union address on Monday that the at-tack “was an error and not a malicious act.” The statement carried particular significance coming from the highest-ranking officer in the navy, the military branch that includes the marines.

Interior Minister Alejandro Poire said Tuesday that federal police offi-cials were investigating a kidnapping that had taken place a day earlier near the scene of the shooting. He wouldn’t give any other details Tuesday “out of respect for the kidnapping victim.”


David Sellers returns to the home he was renovating after floodwaters receded from Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La., Tuesday. Sellers was rescued by boat during the hurricane as he and many other residents were trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters.

Mexican officials say attack on U.S. embassy car was accident

Suspect in Ethiopia torture pleads not guilty to immigration violationsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — An Ethio-pian immigrant suspect-ed of torturing political prisoners decades ago during the aftermath of a bloody coup in his home country pleaded not guilty Tuesday to U.S. immigration charges.

The man authorities identify as Kefelegn Ale-mu Worku (kah-FEH’-lun ah-LEE’-moo WER’-koo) entered his plea in fed-eral court in Denver be-fore being ordered held without bail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kristen Mix noted that the man is accused of us-ing several aliases. Mix also said he faces seri-

ous accusations involv-ing a prison known for atrocities and human rights abuses.

The man’s lawyer said his client denies the im-migration charges and says he is not the former prison guard Worku.

“He denies all of it,” said Matthew Golla, a federal public defender, who called his client “Mr. Doe” during the hearing.

The man was identi-fied by three Ethiopian immigrants who all say they were held at a pris-on known as Higher 15, established during the late 1970s in a campaign known as the Red Ter-ror.

The global watchdog

group Human Rights Watch has said it was “one of the most system-atic uses of mass murder by a state ever witnessed in Africa.”

These men had “a very strong reason to re-member even though it was 30 years ago,” said federal prosecutor Bren-da Taylor in court.

All three, who have not been identified ex-cept by initials, picked the man out of a photo lineup.

A chance encounter at a bar in Denver led to the investigation that resulted in the man’s arrest last month, a De-partment of Homeland Security official said in court.

Mexican marines detain cartel leader

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican navy says it has detained a top leader of the Gulf drug cartel.

Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara says marines detained Mario Cardenas Guillen Tuesday in the northern city of Altamira. Vergara says Cardenas Guil-len is the brother of Osiel Cardenas

Guillen, who led the cartel until he was detained in 2003. Osiel Cardenas was extradited in 2007 to the United States and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Marines killed another broth-er, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guil-len, in 2010 in the city of Matamoros. At the time, authorities said Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen and Jorge Eduardo Costilla were the cartel’s top leaders.

Veteran claims self-defence in shooting

VERONA, Ky. — A 92-year-old farm-er and World War II veteran who fa-tally shot an intruder in his Kentucky

home says he acted in self-defence and aimed “right for his heart.”

Earl Jones says he shot a man who came up the stairs and kicked open the basement door early Monday. The Kentucky Enquirer reports two other men were charged with burglary and tampering with evidence. Jones says he heard a sound in his basement early Monday and grabbed his .22-cali-bre rifle. He says he sat in a chair with a clear view of the basement door and had no fear. The Boone County Sher-iff’s Department says the intruder who was fatally shot was 24-year-old Lloyd “Adam” Maxwell.

Authorities are continuing to inves-tigate. Kentucky law allows the use of physical force if someone believes it’s needed to prevent criminal trespass,

robbery or burglary in their house.

WHO: Ebola virus found in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo — The World Health Organization has registered 30 suspected cases of the deadly Ebola vi-rus in Congo in an outbreak that comes on the heels of one in neighbouring Uganda. It says 14 people have died.

The WHO said in a statement that as of Sept. 1, they had counted 30 cases in Isiro, located northeast of Kisangani. Another 169 people have come into contact with infected patients and are under surveillance. Of these cases, only seven tested positive for Ebola.


KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican prosecutors announced Tuesday that a veteran Jamaican police-man will be charged with murdering a heavily preg-nant woman as he was trying to arrest her for cursing in the middle of a town square.

Horrified eyewitnesses in the coastal town of Yal-lahs told investigators that Corporal Dwayne Smart shot Kayann Lamont in the head with his Glock ser-vice pistol during a scuffle as he tried to arrest her for using “indecent language,” a crime in Jamaica.

He then allegedly shot her sister in her upper body, and was apparently aiming at the third sister but his gun ran out of ammunition. Eyewitnesses re-port that Smart appeared to be reloading his weapon when he was restrained by a fellow officer.

The 25-year-old Lamont was about eight months pregnant and just coming back to the Yallahs area after a shopping trip to downtown Kingston with her two sisters.

The Saturday afternoon slaying of the pregnant woman and the shooting of her sister, Novia, have sent a shock wave through much of the island’s soci-ety. Dozens of furious Yallahs residents have dem-onstrated in the town, denouncing police and calling for justice.

Linda Palmer-Hamilton, the island’s acting direc-tor of public prosecution, ruled Tuesday that Smart will be charged with murder, wounding with intent, assault and firearm violations. She made the quick ruling spurred by widespread outrage.

The Independent Commission of Investigations said Tuesday that Smart was quickly taken into cus-tody on the insistence of Indecom as investigators were concerned that he was a flight risk.

The uninjured sister, Shem Lamont, told Televi-sion Jamaica that her elder sister was overheard using a commonly-used Jamaican curse word to a nearby market vendor as she got out of a minibus in Yallahs Square. She said the accused officer imme-diately tried to arrest the woman and was trying to drag her to a police station when she tried to get out of his grip.

“The man kill off my sister, you know, for nothing at all,” Shem Lamont told the TV station.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 05, 2012 D07

Congratulations toCongratulations toGLEN EVANCIOGLEN EVANCIO

of Red Deerof Red DeerFor Winning The Red Deer Advocate’s For Winning The Red Deer Advocate’s

Summer Sizzler Contest.Summer Sizzler Contest.

Glen, Left, stands with his New Barbeque and is Congratulated by

Chris Sturdy, General Manager of Trail Appliance and Doug Sibbet of The Red Deer Advocate.

For more information call

403-314-4302

ComputerPersonnel 730

MICROAGEDISPATCH COORDINATOR

REQ’DOur rapidly growing Red

Deer location is looking for a dynamic & personable individual. Candidate will

create work orders to fulfill client requirements. Track & update status of all work orders. Ability to communi-cate effectively. Proficient computer user with knowl-edge of PC components.

Good communication, documentation & organiza-tional skills. Preference will

be given to those candi-dates with computer & service industry experi-

ence. For further details visit www.microage.cc

Please forward resume to:[email protected]

Dental 740DENTAL ASSISTANTWe are looking for a

level II RDA who is excited about dentistry and

wants to help us provide excellent high-end dental

care for our patients.Must be willing to learn

new skills and perform at an accelerated level. Must have good communication

skills and be organized.4 day work week withgenerous bonus plan.6 week paid vacation.This is a great career

opportunity.Please submit resume to

Dr. Brian Saby,#100-3947 50A Ave.Red Deer, T4N 6V7

or email: [email protected] or

403-348-7069

P/T DENTALASSISTANT

to join our team as soon as possible. Hours starting,

Thurs. 8-5 & Fri. 8-3,with potential to increase.Must be willing to assist with dentist as well aswork in front reception.

Fax resume to 403-885-5764 or email:

[email protected]

RED DEER Orthodontics is seeking a F/T RDA

with or w/o ortho module. Exciting changes

approaching and we are looking for friendly,

motivated, energetic team players! Please forward

resumes to: [email protected]

WANTED RDAII Mon. - Thurs. for General dental practise in Rimbey. Previ-ous exp. preferred. Please fax resume to 403-843-2607

WANTED:Sterilization Technicianfor Rimbey Dental Care.

Must be meticulous & work well in a team setting.

Starting wage $12-$15/hr depending on exp.

Please fax resume to403-843-2607

We a re l ook ing f o r a Dental Manager. This is a fullt ime position in Red Deer for a mul t i c l in ic office.Previous dental and office management experience is a must.Must be highly organized, detail-oriented and great time management capa-bilities. Have the ability to deal with stressful situa-

Oilfield 800

FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT

SERVICESrequires

Shop & Yard Laborers.$16/hr. to start

Apply w/resume to:4115 39139 HWY 2A

(Blindman Industrial Park)

HSET Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS REQ’D

* CRSP or equivalent* 2-5 years work experience as a HSE practitioner* Valid Drivers License

Looking for a great place to grow with a leading

company!! Please contact us by: Fax: (403)340-0886

Email: jrempel@

cathedralenergyservices.com

For full detail on this position,

Please log onto our website:

www.cathedralenergyservices.

com

IS looking to fill the following positions in the:

HINTON AND FOX CREEK LOCATION

* Oilfield Construction Supervisors* Oilfield Construction Lead Hands* Stainless and Carbon Welders* B-Pressure Welders* Pipefitters* Experienced Pipeline Equipment Operators* Experienced oilfield labourers* Industrial Painters* 7-30 tonne Picker Truck Operator with Class 1

H2S Alive ( Enform), St. John (Red Cross) standard first aid) &

in-house drug and alcohol tests are required.

Please submit resume to [email protected] or Fax to 780-865-5829

Quote job #61953 on resume

NOW ACCEPTINGResumes for:

DRIVERS/HELPERS, w/Class 1 or 3.

Must have drivers abstract. Looking for

SNUBBING OPERATOR HELPERS

Must fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-314-5405.Quattro Energy Services

Oilfield 800

Professional Drivers forField Based Equipment

WantedDuties and responsibilities

include the following:*Safely driving and spotting mobile/semi-permanent equipment in a field operations setting* Onsite locating and rigging in of mobile Oil & Gas tractor/trailer units* Performing minor regular and preventative maintenance on Fleet vehiclesThe successful candidate

should possess the following skills and attributes:*Oil & Gas background*Mechanical & technical aptitude*Clean/current 5 year driver abstract*Proficient with National Safety Code Pre-trip and en-route inspections*Experience transporting hazardous products or dangerous goods*Ability to perform emergency roadside repairs*All Oil & Gas industry safety tickets*Class 1 drivers license required*Experience and under standing of Micro Soft Word, Excel, and emailEmail resume to [email protected] or byfax to 403-932-4276 with acurrent/clean 5 year driversabstract & safety tickets.www.amperageenergy.com

REQUIRED F/ T operator.Rocky, Caroline, Sylvan,

Ponoka & Wetaskwin area. Must have a

minimum of 2 yearsexp in artificial lifts, gas/

liquid separation, PJoperation, field

compression and generalmaintenance on pumps,

heaters, control valves etc.Contract operators

need not apply. E-mail resume’s to

[email protected] or fax 403-347-0855

SAVANNA Well Servicing is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our

growing company. The following opportunities are

available in Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as

long term local work.RIG MANAGERS

DRILLERSDERRICKHANDSFLOORHANDS

`Come join our growing family -

make the connection`

Savanna offers competitive rates and a comprehensive

benefits package effective on your first day

of work.Submit your resume :

Include Industry certificate and driver`s license

Online: http: //savanna.appone.com

Email:savannacareers@

savannaenergy.comCALL US:

780-434-6064

Oilfield 800TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring exp’d snubbing

operators and helpers. Only those WITH experi-ence need apply. Email:

[email protected] fax 403-844-2148

VALVE TECHNICIAN/SHOP ASSISTANTS

ISOLATION EQUIPMENTSERVICES INC.

an expanding Oil Service Company is willing to train

the right candidates as valve technicians and/or

shop assistants in its fast & mechanical environment.

Duties include but notlimited to the following:

- Assembling and repairingcontrol valves/frac heads- Calibration, testing and

troubleshooting of valves aswell as measurement andvalve related instruments

- Disassembly, cleanup andevaluation of parts

- Signing and documentingdate compliance sheets

- Pressure testingprocesses with

experience, will train- Forklift experience/loader

experience, will train- Must be 18 years of age or

older to apply- Must supply driver’s abstract

Benefits:- Excellent hourly wage

- Lucrative Safety Bonusand Christmas bonus

- Excellent benefit plan- Retirement plan

Fax or email your resumeand driver’s abstract to:

Fax: (403) 347-3406Email: l.enzie@

isolationequipment.comor drop by #239-37428

RR273Clearview Industrial,

Red Deer County

WANTEDEXPERIENCED

CLASS 3 VAC/steamer Truck driver

Lacombe area, Fax resume to 403-782-0507

WE ARE SEEKINGMOTIVATED HARD

WORKING PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE QUALITY

SERVICE TO THEOIL & GAS INDUSTRIES

The following positionsare available

* BED TRUCKDRIVERS

* SWAMPERS* PICKER OPERATOR* WINCH TRACTOR

DRIVERS* MECHANIC

Please submit yourresume, current driver’s

abstract (5 year) andcurrent safety certificates.

Competitive wageswith benefit and salary

options available.

Email:[email protected]

Fax: 403-887-4750

We would like to thank all those who apply. Only

qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Restaurant/Hotel 820

Restaurant/Hotel 820

F/T Housekeeping and F/T servers with experi-ence in serving seniors. Must be flexible, work within a team environ-ment, take initiative and

work without supervision. Must be available to work

weekend. We offer a competitive salary.Fax: 403-341-5613

Attention: ARAMARKe-mail: margery_becker@

aramark.caSUBWAY RESTAURANT

Innisfail, AB needs F/TFood Counter Attendant.

Must be Mature and willingto work any shift.

$11.00/hr. Fax resume to403-227-6176 or [email protected]

THE BIG MOO in Sylvan Lake is looking for ICE CREAM SERVERS. F/T or P/T positions avail. $10/hr. Contact Stephanie

at 403-887-5533.THE Ranch House

Restaurant & Bar req’s exp. f/t and/or p/t

bartender. Phone David 403-358-4100 for interview appt. or email resume to

[email protected] Goose Stettler

Kitchen helper Full Time,Salary: $11.50 Hourly for

40 hours per week Location: Stettler, Alberta

Apply In Person

Sales &Distributors 830Alberta Sport & Import Ltd.

require an experiencedsales consultant.

Knowledge of high endvehicles and finance would

be an asset. We offerCompany Benefits andflexible work schedule.Apply in person to 7620Gaetz Ave. or fax your

resume to 403-347-9551,email to rjacobson@

albertasportandimport.comPREMIER Spa Boutique is s e e k i n g R e t a i l S a l e s Supervisor for our Park-land Mall location, Red Deer. $16.00/hr.

Email [email protected]

Trades 850

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE

TECHNICIANS(Hyundai Master

Technician Required)

Two full time, permanent positions in Red Deer, AB

From $29.75/hr to $33.00/hrVehicle maintenance

service, replace, fi x, adjust systems and components,

steering, brakes, suspension, transmission,

electronics, electrical, engines and accessories.

Apply in person with resume and Hyundai

certifi cation to: Dave @Gary Moe Hyundai

7652 Gaetz AveRed Deer

403 350 3000

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MITCHELLDerekDied May 28, 2012

Derek, born in Innisfail, grew up on a farm in Pine Lake. He was very enterprising at a young age. He was an electric shovel operator from 1967-1969 with Cominco M i n e s i n N W T. D e r e k travelled around the world for a year working in Australia. He then came back to Canada and married Hanne Nielsen. I n 1 9 7 4 , h e b e c a m e a certified electrician in Frob-isher Bay, NWT. Derek then went to work on Artic Drilling ships for a few years. His expertise as an electrical consultant opened up many opportunities which lead to work in Saudi Arabia for the next 25 years . He even erected a weather station on the King’s drilling ship, which was featured on the Saudia Arabia Riyal . Derek was environmentally conscientious. His most recent project was to develop a sustainable habitat on his farm at Pine Lake. He was easy to live with, easy to care for and surprisingly gentle. Derek is s u r v i v e d b y H a n n e o f Victoria, BC; daughter, Laura Lis Nielsen of Victoria, BC; son, Derek Arthur Mitchell, J r. o f R e v e l s t o k e , B C ; brothers, Wayne and Lawrence Mitchell of Red Deer, AB; and by h is s is ter Morna Moore of Calgary, AB. as we l l as numerous o ther re la t i ves and f r iends . A Graveside Service will be held at the Pine Lake Church Cemetery on Saturday, July 2 1 , 2 0 1 2 a t 3 : 0 0 p . m . Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com

Derek was always hopeful of the good in others.

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ZILKOWSKIBernard (Bernie) Nicholas of Benalto, Alberta1942 - 2012

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our much loved husband, father and grand-father and brother on July 11, 2012. Bernie will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 47 years, Dorothy; daughters, Charlene (Laverne) McMann of Eckvi l le , Cor inna (Al) Peever of Benalto and Tammy (Casey) MacDonald of Red Deer; sons, Clinton Zilkowsky of Red Deer and Craig (Carla Hellmer) Zilkowski of Lacombe; and forever cherished by his eight grandkids (his pride and joys) Asley; Ryan; Tyler; Cody; Kyle; Kaelan; Keegan and Marcel. Bernie is also survived by sisters, Cathy Ba ldwin o f Vernon, BC, Joyce (Richard) Woodman of Okotoks, AB and Roselind (Vic) Doderai of Birch Hills, SK. He is predeceased by his parents, Stanley and Anne; brothers, Joe and Walter; and by his sister Adeline. Relatives and friends are invited to help celebrate Bernie ’s l i fe at Event ide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Interment to follow at Benalto Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Bernie’s honour may be made d i rect ly to Ronald M c D o n a l d H o u s e o r t o STARS. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.comArrangements entrusted to

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TIME

OUT

TATE DONE

FOR SEASON

Calgary Stampeders

quarterback Drew

Tate is expected to

miss the remainder

of the season after

electing to undergo

shoulder surgery.

The team announced

Sunday that Tate will

undergo the surgery

after dislocating

his non-throwing

left shoulder during

Calgary’s 39-36 loss to

the Toronto Argonauts

on July 7. The surgery

will be performed by

Dr. James Stewart,

the Stampeders’

orthopedic surgeon.

Tate dislocated the

same shoulder during

the 2011 pre-season.

In two regular-season

games this season, Tate

was a combined 30-for-

41 with 363 yards

in passing and two

touchdowns.

DREW TATE


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Today

Junior golf: MCLennan

Ross/Sun Tour, Ponoka.

Senior baseball: Red

Deer Men’s League,

Printing Place at

Lacombe; Sylvan Lake vs.

North Star Sports, Great

Chief 1; Gary Koe vs. The

Hideout, Great Chief 2;

7 p.m. Parkland baseball:

Carstairs at Innisfail, 7

p.m.

Wednesday

Pony Chucks: North

American championships,

6 p.m., Westerner.

Parkland baseball:

Eckville at Lacombe, Olds

at Innisfail, 7 p.m.

Thursday

h ks: North

Besplug rides to payday

BY LAURENCE HEINEN

THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — It wasn’t until the signa-

ture event that a Canadian won the top

prize of $100,000 at the 100th Calgary Stam-

pede rodeo.

On the final ride of Sunday’s bull-riding

competition, Chad Besplug of Claresholm,

Alta., scored 87 points atop Kish This in

front of an appreciative crowd that braved

rainy conditions to watch the final round of

the 10-day event.

“They were unbelievable,” said Besplug,

who edged out fellow Canadian cowboy

Aaron Roy of Yellow Grass, Sask., by just

one point. “This being the 100th year, I

remember thinking driving in (that) this is

pretty special.

“All the cowboys that have been here

before ... I got goosebumps driving in here

thinking about that.”

Besplug said becoming the bull-riding

champion during the Stampede’s centen-

nial year is “worth more than the $100,000.”

Besplug’s sister Jill is a two-time cham-

pion of the ladies’ barrel-racing event, win-

ning at the Stampede in 2001 and ’02.

Besplug, Roy and defending champion

Shane Proctor of Mooresville, N.C., were

the only three to qualify for the champion-

ship round.

On their first rides, all three were

bucked off, so they had to do it all over

again to decide the 2012 winner.

After Proctor barely held on for eight

seconds and a score of 66.5, Roy posted an

86-point ride atop Riskey Remedy to guar-

antee a Canadian winner.

“I’m always rooting for Canadians,” said

Besplug, who went on to edge out Roy for

the title.

“Everybody knows that.”

Cory Solomon needed a rope-off against

fellow Texan Fred Whitfield to capture the

$100,000 top prize, after both men posted

times of 8.1 seconds in the final round. Solo-

mon then laid down a time of 7.7 seconds in

the extra session to beat his boyhood idol

by 0.7 seconds.

Whitfield, a three-time champion at the

Stampede, was the first to congratulate

Solomon.

“That was just like a dream come true,”

Solomon said.

“I’m glad we could share the moment to-

gether. We both made two good runs. I just

thank God it worked out for me.”

Kaycee Feild of Elk Ridge, Utah, needed

a buck-off to beat Dusty LaValley of Bezan-

son, in the bareback championship show-

down. LaValley actually used a re-ride to

match Feild’s score of 89. Feild then scored

90 points atop Nelly Kelly to narrowly edge

past LaValley, who had an 88-point ride on

Raggedy Ann.

“The ride-off is so much fun,” Feild said.

“I love getting on bucking horses. Dusty’s

the same way. He can ride all day, every

day. To have him to compete against in the

tie-breaker is just awesome. I couldn’t be

any happier.”

In rainy and muddy conditions during

the steer wrestling finals, American Trevor

Knowles was first out of the gate and re-

corded the top time of 3.4 seconds, which

was just 0.1 seconds from tying the arena

record set by Curtis Cassidy of Donalda, in

2009.“If someone throws one in 3.4, you’ve got

to come with the heat and you might make

mistakes,” said Knowles, who also won the

top prize at the Stampede in 2009. “I was

wanting to just go first and make a great

run and do my job.

Unfortunately for Rowdy Hays of Rocky

Mountain House, he broke the barrier in

the steer wrestling final and finished fourth

with a time of 16.0 seconds. He still earned

$10,000 for his efforts.

2010 saddle bronc winner Wade Sun-

dell of Boxholm, Iowa, added a second

Stampede title to his collection with an

88.5-point ride atop Get Smart in the finals.

“Everybody that’s here, if you stub your

toe, they’re going to beat you,” Sundell said.

“It’s the best of the best here. To come out

on top of everybody, it’s a great honour.”

Rylan Geiger of Bracken, Sask., scored

87.5 points atop Pedro to finish tied with

American Cody DeMoss for second spot and

a $20,000 payday.

After qualifying for the championship

round by finishing second out of 12 com-

petitors on Wildcard Sunday, Sue Smith of

Blackfoot, Idaho went one better on Satur-

day. She won the ladies’ barrel-racing event

with an impressive time of 17.53 seconds on

her horse Claimer in wet and muddy condi-

tions.

Lindsay Sears of Nanton, qualified for

the barrel-racing final but her horse Mar-

tha slipped while rounding the first turn.

She still finished the race in a time of 43.46

seconds and earned $10,000.

Johnson claims Deere Classic


SILVIS, Ill. — Zach Johnson already

was a member of the board of directors

of the John Deere Classic.

Now he has another title at the tour-

nament: champion.

Johnson won the Deere on Sunday

with a birdie on the second hole of

a sudden-death playoff. His 193-yard

6-iron approach from the bunker left

of the 18th fairway ran up to less than

a foot from the cup for an easy birdie,

enabling him to knock off Troy Mat-

teson, whose approach landed 43 feet

from the pin.

“I saw it bounce on the green and

hoped it would kick left,” Johnson said.

“I couldn’t see the golf ball.”

Johnson couldn’t miss hearing the

gallery, many of them friends, as the

ball crept within a foot of the hole.

“I liked that crescendo from the

crowd,” said Johnson, who is from Ce-

dar Rapids, Iowa, about an hour from

the Quad Cities.

The kick-in birdie had seemed un-

likely minutes earlier after Johnson

followed Matteson into the water from

the same bunker on the first playoff

hole.

Each settled for double-bogey 6,

then went back to the 18th tee for an-

try kered his tee shot

d one of

his long birdie putt, Johnson tapped

in to secure his second victory of the

year, adding to the title he won at Colo-

nial Country Club.

While Johnson tried to downplay

what winning would mean to him dur-

ing the tournament’s first three days,

with the trophy in his grasp he admit-

ted that it meant a great deal.

“It just feels awesome,” Johnson

said.

“This tournament has meant so

much to me and my family, from when

they gave me exemptions to being a

part of its board.

“I don’t really like making things

a bigger deal than what they should

be. It means a great deal now that I’ve

done it.”

The duo had tied at 20-under 264

after Johnson closed with a 6-under 65

and Matteson had a 69.

Matteson had his best finish since

winning the Frys.com Open in 2009,

and needed a top-five placing to quali-

fy for the British Open.

So rather than drive to nearby Rock-

ford for a Monday pro-am and then fly

to Mississippi for the PGA Tour tour-

nament, he hopped on the charter that

Deere has to ferry players across the

Atlantic to the British Open. It will be

his first appearance in the year’s third

major.

“It’s a heck of a way to play a quali-

fier, for four days,” Matteson said.

“When I started this week I really

didn’t think about the British Open.

l (Rockford) and then go

WINS BULLRIDING TO BE ONLY CANADIAN TO WIN AN EVENT

IN THE FINALS OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFFThere’s no doubt Tevra Plam-

ondon closed her eyes, clicked

her heels three times and imag-

ined herself on stage.But she’ll have to wait to

learn whether she snagged the

role of her young life. Plamondon, 16, made the

shortlist of 20 aspiring st

from across Csin

School. “I was Dorothy for Hal-

loween when I was younger. I

watched the movie whenever it

came on television and I have

known the songs forever. When

I found out this was happening,

I was like I have to play Doro-

thy.” And Plamondon has already

put on ruby red shoes and a k

the Good Witchtak

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SCAMMELLWINS AWARDAdvocate outdoors columnist Bob Scammell has added two more trophies to his award shelf. Scammell won first place in the National Fishing Writing Awards

for excellence in communicating the aims and objectives of Canada’s National Fishing Week for column he published in the Advocate. He also won a Shimano National Communication Award, third in the Magazine Feature (Fishing) Category for Secrets of

Phenological Fishing, which was published in The Old Farmers Almanac 2012. Last year, Scammell also won two national writing awards for top newspaper column, and third in National Fishing Week Awards.

BAND CAMP AT COLLEGEMusicians from across Alberta will congregate at Red Deer College this summer for the largest and longest running summer music residency program. MusiCamp Alberta runs July 22 to Aug. 11. World-class musicians come to the college to teach Alberta music students. Free public concerts will be performed nightly, Monday through Friday, from July 23 to Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. Feature Intermediate Band and Peterkin Symphonic concert will be performed n Saturday, July 28, t 2 p.m. Peterkin mphonic Band and nior Musical Theatl


BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFFRed Deer resident Bran-

don Bouchard took a front seat

to the traffic problems in his

Parkvale neighbourhood. On Saturday, Bouchard, 38,

staged a peaceful “sit in” at the

intersection of 45th Street and

46th Avenue. The father of two called at-

tention to the motorists who ig-

nore the speed limits and treat

his neighbourhood streets like

a racetrack. Bouchard set up a patio set

with chairs around 9 a.m. and

didn’t leave until 2:30 p.m. He

collected 185 signatures on a

petition calling on the city to

implement traffic calming mea-

sures in Parkvale.Traffic calming is a tech-

nique used to slow or divert ve-

hicle traffic to improve safety.

Common examples may include

street islands with planters,

speed bumps and yield signs.“There’s five uncontrolled

intersections and a playground

zone,” said Bouchard, who has

lived on the corner of the inter-

section he was occupying for

nearly a year. “People just ignore the rules

of the road. They are flying

through the intersection.”Bouchard said most people

in the neighbourhood know

there’s a playground zone with a

speed limit is 30 km/hr. He said

it’s the motorists who use the

streets as a short-cut to avoid

the lights on the main streets.

“I watch it every day,” said

Bouchard, also a member at

large of the Parkvale Commu-

nity Association. “It’s frustrating to watch.”

Peter McNamara, 44, who

lives across the street from

Bouchard’s house with his two

daughters aged 10 and 11, says

he’s worried about the safety of

his children and the other chil-

dren in the neighbourhood.

“It’s been a nightmare,” said

McNamara, who moved from

Mountview to Parkvale more

than a year ago. “People are doing at least 60

or 70 km/hour ... They just get

up their speed and fly through

here. It’s horrible.” McNamara said he would re-

ally like to see photo radars in

the older neighbourhoods like

Parkvale in Red Deer.“With all the photo radars

they have at all the main inter-

sections why not in an area that

is designated as a park area?,”

said McNamara, 44. Danielle Black Fortin said

the full length of the street is a

problem, not just one intersec-

tion. She says drivers are simply

not paying attention. Rita Schuetz, a resident

since 1987, said the traffic has

increasingly become an issue

over the years. On her daily walks, she no-

tices cars “zooming” through

the streets. “We have our granddaugh-

ter staying with us a lot and

she goes over to the park and

there’s always cars zooming

through here,” said Schuetz. “There’s a lot of children

here. They certainly aren’t do-

ing 30 km/hr maybe 70 or 80 km/

hr.”Schuetz said she wants mo-

torists to follow the rules of the

road and observe the posted

speed limits. Bouchard said in the past the

Parkvale Community Associa-

tion has asked the city for spe-

cific traffic calming measures

such as yield signs but were

turned down. This time, he said, they are

simply asking for traffic calm-

ing to give the city more options

to [email protected]

Waiting to go see the wizard

Traffic snafu in Parkvale


Brandon Bouchard talks with a concerned neighbour at the intersection of 46 Ave and 45 St in Red

Deer. The patio table was set up by Brandon Bouchard who is gathering names to bring awareness to

city hall about the issue of fast moving traffic through the intersection.

RESIDENT STAGES PROTEST TO DRAW ATTENTION TO INATTENTIVE MOTORISTS

TEEN MAKES SHORTLIST

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO

ADVOCATE STAFF

An explosion rocked the

Normandeau neighbourhood

sending one man to hospital

and injuring another in Red

Deer Sunday morning.

Red Deer Emergency Ser-

vices fire captain Terry Brew

said residents of a home on

Nagel Avenue were moving

stuff from a rented truck to a

garage when the explosion oc-

curred.

A propane barbecue tank

inside a van is likely the

source of the explosion.

“One person suffered first

degree burns on his back,”

said Wes Van Bavel, Red Deer

fire prevention officer.

“The second male had first

and second degree burns on

his left arm and on his face

and some lacerations. But af-

ter three hours in hospital, he

was released.”

City fire crews responded

to the call around 9 a.m.

Brew said they heard the

sound at the fire station on

67th Street and thought some-

one had ploughed into the

building.

“It was a big thump,” said

Brew. Minor damage was report-

ed on six surrounding prop-

erties.

Neighbours on both sides

of the home reported debris

flying onto their property,

pictures falling off walls and

chandeliers crashing.

The mobile homes in Park-

side Estates, east of Nagel Av-

enue and separated by an al-

ley, seemed to have suffered

the most damage.

The foundations of three

trailers directly across the al-

ley from the explosion may

have shifted.

Kevin Brezuk said the pic-

tures and mirrors on his walls

crashed down and his whole

home shook.

“I picked up so much in my

back yard,” said Brezuk.

“There was so much stuff. It

was unreal.”

Brezuk said the bottom alu-

minum skirt pieces on the bot-

tom of his mobile home ripped

apart and the screening on his

windows popped out.

“To tell you the truth, I

thought it was a plane that

landed in the backyard,” said

Brezuk.

“I’m not kidding you. It was

a such a big bang and a shake.

Unreal.”

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A moving truck is strewn with debris after an explosion from a leaking propane tank stored in the van. The explosion occurred early

Sunday morning on Nagel Avenue and resulted in minor injuries to two people.

PROPANE BARBECUE TANK INSIDE VAN BELIEVED SOURCE OF EXPLOSION

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UN chief accuses Syria of violationsBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused both the Syrian government and the opposition Tues-day of large-scale human rights violations, including torturing and reportedly executing prisoners and failing to protect civilians fleeing the war-ravaged country in record numbers.

In an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Ban demanded that those responsible for violating in-ternational humanitarian and human rights laws be held accountable.

The U.N. chief went before the 193-nation world body to report on an intensifying conflict that he said has taken “a particularly brutal turn.” He warned that “the entire region is being engulfed by the com-plex dynamics of the conflict.”

Activists say the civil war has claimed between 23,000 and 26,000 lives.

The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011. A total of 234,368 Syrians have fled to neigh-bouring countries in the past 17 months, the agency said.

Ban said more than 2.5 million people inside Syr-ia need assistance, along with those who have fled to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. He urged donors to come forward, saying the U.N. appeal for $180 mil-lion is only half-funded.

The U.N. chief accused Syrian forces of indiscrim-inately shelling densely populated areas with heavy weapons, tanks and military aircraft and urged both sides — but especially President Bashar Assad’s gov-ernment — to end the fighting.

Ban lamented that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence, saying even people in bread lines have been attacked.

“Prisoners on both sides are subject to harsh treatment and, often, torture,” he said. “There have been alarming reports of summary executions on both sides.”

He added, “government forces and the armed opposition have clearly failed to protect civilians and respect the rules of international humanitarian law.”

The U.N. chief urged the world to unite behind a plan to end the conflict.

Missing in all international initiatives so far, Ban said, “is a unity of effort that will have an impact on the ground.”

“How many more will be killed and wounded,

their lives shattered, before president Assad and his advisers are persuaded to change course?” Ban asked. “How can we convince armed groups that a better future lies not in fighting, but in building the foundations of a new political and social contract that guarantees freedom and justice?”

Syria’s most important allies, Russia and China, have vetoed three Western-backed resolutions in the U.N. Security Council aimed at stepping up pressure on Assad’s government to end the conflict by threat-ening sanctions. As a result, the U.N.’s most powerful body remains paralyzed and unable to address the escalating civil war.

The secretary-general appealed to those provid-ing arms to either side to end the “highly dangerous” escalating military action.

“Those who provide arms to either side are only contributing to further misery — and the risk of un-intended consequences as the fighting intensifies and spreads,” he warned.

The General Assembly meeting also provided the first opportunity for U.N. member states to hear from Lakhdar Brahimi, the new U.N.-Arab League special representative to Syria. Brahimi replaced Kofi An-nan on Sept. 1.

Ban urged all countries to unite behind Brahimi’s mission, which he called “daunting but not insur-mountable.”

Ban said Brahimi will visit Cairo shortly for talks with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby before heading to Damascus “as soon as possible.”

In his brief speech to the General Assembly, Bra-himi called the support of the international commu-nity for his mission “indispensable and very urgent.”

“It will only be effective if all pull in the same di-rection,” he said.

Syria’s U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari told the assembly that his government is fully prepared to co-operate with Brahimi “with a view to bringing about the full success of his efforts.” He called on all par-ties with influence on the armed groups to ensure their co-operation with Brahimi.

Elsewhere, the head of the main Syrian opposi-tion group called Tuesday for a massive aid program to rebuild Syria in the event of the fall of the Assad regime and warned that a lack of economic develop-ment would open the door to extremism.

Abdelbaset Sieda, the head of the Syrian National Council, told a meeting of Syrian opposition repre-sentatives and diplomats in Berlin that a program similar to the post-World War II European recon-struction effort, commonly known as the Marshall Plan, would be needed.

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