Red Deer Advocate, November 24, 2014

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20 years of second chances BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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The blue glow of the lights in City Hall park illuminate the faces of Elizabeth and Penelope Williams at Festival Lights the Night. Many of Red Deer’s youngest residents were in awe of the lights and families of all sizes made effort to take pictures with the various displays. See more photos from the event on page A2.

For 20 years, Red Deer Youth Justice Committee has been steering young people going down the wrong path in a better direction. Committee chairperson Gwen Philip, who has sat on the committee for 15 years, said it’s been years since members dealt mostly with youth charged with shoplifting. “Now we are getting cases that are more difficult like break and enters, theft, assaults, mischief, possession of narcotics — a wide variety now,” said Philip, of Red Deer. Despite the seriousness of the charges, the courts rightly see in the majority of these youth that they can turn their lives around, she said. “Going through our system, it’s like getting a second chance. A second chance to figure out what’s going on in their life and how to improve it.” Red Deer Youth Justice Committee is a group of volunteers heading an alternative measures program for youth age 12 to 17 who accept responsibility for the actions for which they have been charged. Young offenders are usually given 90 days to complete their punishment called “consequences” which could consist of apology letters, community service, counselling or attending programs, essays or posters, a donation to charity, and financial restitution to the victim.

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Wolf cull stabilizes caribou herd, but just buys time: study

Final year of fanciful, festive decorations at von Hollen house

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EDMONTON — New research shows that killing hundreds of wolves has barely managed to stabilize the numbers of a threatened Alberta caribou herd in a region increasingly impacted by industry. The study, conducted by some of the province’s top caribou scientists and published online late last week, suggests that Albertans face a stark choice as their government prepares legally required plans to restore the herds. “One hopes that it’s not just some window dressing that’s going on,” said Stan Boutin, a University of Alberta biologist and one of the co-authors. “If ... the plan is one that tries to satisfy all the players in the game, it becomes a thing where each of the players at the table are in there primarily to ensure they don’t lose too much, as opposed to the overall objective. Which is, what do we have to bloody well do to keep caribou around?” The study examines the effect of a seven-year wolf cull in the northwestern Alberta range of the Little Smoky caribou herd — roughly 70 animals scratching out a living on land 95 per cent disturbed by forestry and energy development. Seismic lines and cutblocks from that development allow wolves deep into the undisturbed portions of the forest, adding further pressure. In an attempt to keep caribou from disappearing, Alberta began an annual cull of about 45 per cent of the wolves on that range in 2005. By 2012, 841 wolves had been poisoned or shot from helicopters. The study compares caribou numbers before and after the cull. It also compares them with a nearby range subject to similar development pressures on which no cull took place. “Removing” wolves has stopped the Little Smoky herd’s decline, it concludes. Cow and calf numbers are up, just enough. “It is fair to say the Little Smoky is stable,” said Dave Hervieux, co-author and provincial caribou biologist. Without the cull, the Little Smoky herd would be long gone, said Hervieux.

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE — This town’s muchloved Christmas house will dazzle for one more season beginning on Saturday. Alfred and Cheryl von Hollen have turned their home and yard into a Central Alberta Yuletide beacon for years. Alfred said a desire to do more travelling and the work involved in stringing tens of thousands of lights and inflating dozens of figures convinced him to pack up his electric ornaments when the plug is officially pulled on this year’s show on Dec. 28. It all started with 1,000 lights in 1992. This year, his home will be bathed in the glow of 120,000 lights — the most ever. About 100 inflatable figures and scenes will be in place — again, a record. Nearly two dozen sponsors have helped make it all possible this year. The retired teacher had originally intended to take this year off to do some travelling and return for one final year in 2015. It was to be a welcome break for the 64-year-old, who wound up with badly frostbitten fingers trying to set up during last winter’s early cold snap, and an aching back from shovelling mountains of snow. The light-free year was also going to give him a chance to stain his home’s wood siding. He had even posted on his property a sign letting the community know the lights would be dark this year. However, when up a ladder preparing to pull down thousands of feet of lights ahead of his staining project, a mental light bulb went off. “It just didn’t make sense to take it all down and put it back up,” he said. So a quick change in plans followed. The trip was put on hold and the big finale was rescheduled. Von Hollen said he’s at peace with his decision. “It’s been fun.” The switch will be thrown on the von Hollens’ final merry masterpiece at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 29. It will be lit daily until 9:30 p.m., except on Christ-

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Alfred von Hollen began setting up his Rocky Mountain House Christmas house in August and it will be lit up for visitors beginning Nov. 29. This is the final year for what has become a local Christmas tradition and more than 120,000 lights and 100 inflatables will decorate his home and yard. mas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, when the lights are kept on until the last visitor leaves. Every family that stops by will get a free photo of the house. Those dropping by are encouraged to contribute to the local food bank or bring cat food for the Rocky Organization for Animal Rescue (ROAR). To get to the von Hollens from Red Deer, take Hwy 11 to Rocky, turn west on 52nd Avenue, turn right on 60th Street and turn right on 57th Avenue. The address is 5725 57th St. Close. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

More arrested in pipeline protest At least a dozen Trans Mountain protesters including an 11-year-old girl were taken into custody Sunday in B.C. Story on PAGE A8

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FESTIVAL LIGHTS THE NIGHT

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ABOVE: The Wild Rose Harmonizers perform Christmas carols in the Red Deer Public Library’s downtown location during Festival Lights the Night on Saturday. LEFT: Vinnie Taylor of Cruz FM gets dressed up like a Christmas tree during the Human Christmas Tree Decorating Challenge. The contestwhich pitted Sunny 94, 100.7 Cruz FM, Shine 90.5 FM and Big 105 against each other- was won by Big 105 and their theme of ‘12 Days of Canadian Christmas. BELOW: Sophie Lutz meets Jolly Old Saint Nick on Saturday evening during Festival Lights the Night downtown.

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Cars stream past the Old Court House and the recently lit biggest Christmas Tree Saturday evening during Festival Lights the Night downtown. The festival is the annual kick off for the Festival of Trees. BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deerians officially kicked off the Christmas season this past weekend at Festival Lights the Night. While the Santa Claus Parade had been canceled, city residents still turned out to take browse through a Festival Market selling baked goods from countries around the world. Children had opportunity to get their picture taken with Santa. Other games and activities, including lawn bowling and a bean bag toss were popular. Christmas carols and tunes were in abundance at the event, with the Wild Rose Harmonizers performing at the Red Deer Public Library’s downtown location, as well as outside. Despite the cool air making it difficult for the Red Deer Royals’ Marching Band to keep their instruments warm, they, too, filled the air with Christmas tunes. The biggest attraction of the night came, though, was the Holiday Light

Show set to music in front of the old Court House and the lighting of the biggest Christmas tree. Those who missed it will be able to take in the light show every night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. until the first week of January. A fireworks display had been scheduled to follow, however, due to wind gusts of up to 30 km/h they were postponed. Organizers said the fireworks show would take place sometime this week during the festival instead. The Festival of Trees runs Nov. 26 to 30 at Westerner Park. Public hours run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 29, and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Nov. 30. Doors will also be open to the public on Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. for the Taste of Red Deer. Proceeds from the festival will be used to enhance patient care in the two new surgical theatres to be constructed adjacent to the Obstetrics Unit at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

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JUSTICE: Opportunity Between 50 to 100 youth deemed less likely to reoffend annually go before a panel made up of three committee members for an opportunity to avoid a criminal record. This year the success rate for completing consequences has been over 90 per cent. Philip said victims have the opportunity to get involved in the process but unfortunately most do not. “A lot of victims don’t want to get involved. They know (youth) are going to have some kind of consequence and that for them is fulfillment enough.” So it’s up to the committee to make youth realize the impact of their crimes. “We try to get them to think of all the damage, heartache, that they’ve caused the victim. We put the youth in the victim’s spot.” Philip said it’s also about listening to the youth and discussing better ways of dealing with their problems and improving their behaviour. Peer pressure is often a factor so learning to think on their own is a must, she said.

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“After we’ve talked to them for a little while they realize that we’re there to help them. We’re not there to be really critical of them. We’re there to change their lives.” Having youth commit to their education is quite important for the committee. “I met this person on the street a little while ago who told me just by us caring enough to keep track of them in school, and sending them to counselling, that their whole life is so much better and they’re really doing in their life. That’s nice to know,” Philip said. “We are there for the youth to help them become better members of society, really, and make a success of themselves.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

CULL: Needed for years And it will likely be needed for years to come. The study says the range is so torn up that habitat restoration will take 30 years. But Boutin said the study also shows that industry mitigation measures are of little immediate help. “It’s great that they’re doing those things and it’s

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absolutely important that they do it in the long run,” he said. “But in the short term, we certainly have good evidence to indicate that those activities have not reversed any of the population declines.” And it raises questions about caribou management that relies heavily on killing wolves, while allowing industry’s footprint to increase. “It is buying us time, but it’s buying us time in a worse landscape,” said Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association. While the Little Smoky range currently enjoys a moratorium on new energy leases and forestry cutblocks, that breather is only temporary. Boutin said the herd’s shaky stability would likely collapse under further disturbance. Energy leases are still being sold and forestry continues on other caribou ranges. Ramping up wolf culls would be difficult and expensive, said Boutin, especially if they were extended to any of the other 18 woodland caribou ranges in Alberta, all of which are significantly disturbed by industry. “The larger the area that you treat, the more wolves that you’re going to have to deal with and the higher the cost. “ It’s not scalable, in the sense that I don’t think anyone has the stomach for doing it across the province.”

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EDMONTON — The former head of security for the provincial government says there is no way to ensure the premier’s safety when he travels on commercial flights. Neil LeMay says he would advise Premier Jim Prentice to reconsider his decision to sell the government fleet. LeMay held the Alberta government’s top security job from 2008 to 2013, which included part of former premier Alison Redford’s tenure. Prentice grounded the planes on Sept. 16, in the wake of a scathing report from the auditor general about chronic misuse of the fleet. Cabinet ministers must now fly on commercial airlines, or, if that’s too costly, charter a flight. Since then, Prentice has chartered planes three times and flown commercially twice. LeMay, who spent 27 years with the RCMP and now acts as a security advisor with a private firm, says the government should take a second look at its air-travel options. “From a security perspective, particularly in the environment we’re in right now in Canada, I would suggest they may want to proceed cautiously,” he says. “It’s always easier when you have a protectee like a premier or a significant minister of the government to have them travel in a secure environment that you control 100 per cent, and I think that having your own aircraft gives you an ability to do that.”

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Jenna McCully of the Midget AAA Sutter Fund Chiefs helps Karsen DeBolt, 7, create a hockey card at one of the interactive stations at the Hockey Canada Century Tour Saturday. The tour, celebrating 100 years of hockey, stopped at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. Some scheduled activities, however, were not set up due to weather conditions. Hockey Canada officially turns 100 on Dec. 4.

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Learning to be scientists Our ancestors may not have called themselves “citizen scientists” or organized to collect data for scientific inquiry, but they were keen observers of the natural world. Their survival often depended on being able to tease apart nature’s complexity — where to find game and when to sow seeds, collect berries DAVID and prepare for SUZUKI winter or bad weather. But our modern, technology-obsessed lives increasingly divorce us from nature, with consequences for our health and well-being. Numerous studies now remind us of what we know intuitively: Spending time in nature makes us feel better — helping with depression, attention deficit disorder, recall and memory, problem-solving and creativity. People who spend more time outside are also physically healthier. Enter citizen science — using the same technologies that separate us from nature to help us understand and enjoy it. Smartphones, the Internet and

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accessible research technologies deinstitutionalize science and get the inner scientist in all of us outside to contribute to a broader understanding of a variety of topics, from backyard birds to flower-blooming times. Science relies on observation. As more people examine natural phenomena and record and share information, we gain better understanding of the world. An increasing number of scientific inquiries now depend on contributions from ordinary people to help them answer important questions. The National Audubon Society has been enlisting volunteers to monitor birds during its annual Christmas bird count for more than 100 years, but it’s not the oldest citizen science program. It was predated by a couple started in the 1880s: a survey asking lighthouse keepers to identify and count birds that struck their lighthouses and another that looked at bird migration. Citizens now have many opportunities to partake in a wide range of scientific discovery. Take roadkill. The Humane Society estimates that more than a million animals are killed every year on U.S. highways. Collisions with large animals are tragic for all involved and cost insurance companies millions of dollars a year. The insurance industry is working on an innovative partnership with the University of California’s Roadkill Observation System to enlist citizens

in efforts to identify and protect wildlife corridors in particular hot spots, saving both human and wildlife. The David Suzuki Foundation started engaging citizens in research following the 2011 meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor, partnering with various organizations and universities, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, to set up a volunteer network to sample seawater from sites along B.C.’s Pacific coast. This will help scientists understand the ongoing spread of radiation across the Pacific and its evolving impacts on the ocean. Volunteers from 14 communities are collecting seawater samples over three years. The radioactive plume has not yet reached North America, but we’ll know when it does, thanks to ordinary people providing extraordinary coverage across the region. NatureWatch, another uniquely Canadian citizen science project, was also recently launched. It has four programs. Frog Watch participants collect data on amphibians, valuable indicators of changes in our air, land and water. PlantWatch records flowering times for select species, helping track the effects of climate change. And WormWatch monitors earthworms and soil health. This winter, you can volunteer for the organization’s IceWatch and contribute to the scientific understanding

of global warming. By analyzing citizen records, scientists have found that the freeze-thaw cycles of northern water bodies are changing. However, since climate change is not consistent across the country and large gaps exist in the current monitoring network, scientists require critical data from many more regions. By recording yearly ice events — the freeze and thaw dates of lakes and rivers — you’ll help monitor the effects of climate change on Canadian ecosystems. You can also join RinkWatch, an initiative by geographers at Wilfrid Laurier University asking citizens to track skateable days on local outdoor rinks. Canada has hundreds of citizen science programs. Although never a substitute for or rationale to cut science spending, these programs amplify and fill gaps in government- and university-led science. There’s something for every individual, every interest and every region of the country. We all have mighty powers of observation. Citizen science is a way to encourage us all to get outside, hone our senses, and undertake meaningful activity to monitor and maintain our environment, improve scientific literacy and, best of all, be happier and healthier. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Mara Kerry. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki. org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New snow policy is impractical I just received my notice of the new snow-plowing policy for the City of Red Deer. I live in a “grey” area so the city will plow down the middle of the street, leaving windrows on both sides of the street. In previous years, we have had an alternate windrow system — a windrow on one side of the street one year, and on the other side the next year. I cannot see how, with windrows on both sides of the street, and vehicles trying to park in the middle, that traffic will be able to get through. The lady I spoke with at Public Works thought that residents would pay to have the snow in front of their houses put on the lawn via private bobcat companies. I did pay for this one year (close to $100) and as the street is public, there is no guarantee that there will be a space in front of your house if you vacate it. The only way traffic will move with windrows on both sides is if we all pay an extra surcharge to have the snow put on our lawns. I already pay the city for snow removal. I should not have to pay twice. I would rather not have the city do anything with my street and just let the snow pack down than have this ill-thought-out plan put in place. Patricia Petersen Red Deer

New law would violate Constitution I am concerned about Bill C-13. It has passed through the House of Commons and is now going to the Senate. If it passes there, it will become law. This law will enable authorities to monitor the private lives of Canadians (both guilty and innocent) without any meaningful oversight (which wouldn’t be meaningful even if it were implemented). It will also give telecommunications providers legal immunity for handing over private information to the government without a warrant. Victims won’t be informed, so the government will be able to spy on anyone at any time and we won’t know it. The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that warrantless government requests for private information are unconstitutional. How, then, can we allow a law that goes against our very Constitution? The government recently cut Parliamentary debate on this bill short and then rammed it through the House of Commons. The Senate prides itself on being a chamber of sober second thought. Let them prove it. Privacy is one of our fundamental rights as Canadians. We should not just give it up. In fact, it should take an all-out war to force us to give up our fundamental freedoms. There is so much more to learn about this horrifying bill. You can find out all the details at OurPrivacy.ca. If we contact our senators, they will listen to us. They are our voice, but how will they know what we’re saying if we don’t tell them? They are listed here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsBio/default.aspx ?Language=E&sortord=P#ProvAB I encourage Canadians to learn more about how we can work together to safeguard our privacy at OurPrivacy.ca. Shannon Brault Red Deer

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Proposed bill lacks oversight Anyone who thinks Bill C-13 is about cyber-bullying needs to read the darn thing, start to finish. Once I did that, I found myself asking: why is the government trying to ram this bill through in such a hurry? We’re in no more real danger today then we were yesterday, or two months ago or two years ago. Using the one-off actions of unstable individuals to further this kind of agenda is contemptible, and this legislation goes so far over the top, it’s practically made-in-America. I’ve always thought we were a bit better than that. Take the time to get it right, and don’t try to hide it from Canadians. Doing so only makes it look like you think you have something that needs hiding. Frankly, I do not want my government spying on its own citizens. When the authorities deem they require such action, it should be all above-board, under the oversight of an independent body, with a warrant required, with complete transparency after the fact, and subject to severe penalty, including jail time, if it is found to have exceeded reasonable boundaries. If that’s too difficult for our current law enforcement agencies, then perhaps they should spend some time going back to the old school, learning how to do things the old-fashioned way. Just because the technology exists to make surveillance ridiculously easy compared to what it used to be, doesn’t mean it should be made easy. Red Deer Conservative MP Earl Dreeshen needs to think long and hard before he decides to put his name behind

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Additional $200M announced NDP accused of trying to for military mental health stifle conflicts as two more programs over 6 years

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“To hear we’re putting in a clinic in this area, that’s pretty powerful... anchoring a facility on Halifax is key to the entire Maritimes.’’ The government also says there will be additional investments in research aimed at finding better treatments and faster recoveries for serving members and veterans with mental health conditions. Among the areas of research that will be undertaken is looking at how forces members transition from military to civilian life, with an emphasis on those with service in Afghanistan. The research will also look at the causes and prevention of veteran suicides, and ways to improve the recognition, diagnosis, treatment and wellbeing of veterans with mental health conditions. Ottawa says the Canadian Forces will hire additional staff to help educate serving members and their families in managing their reactions to stress, and recognizing mental duress. The announcement comes just days after veterans learned that the federal department responsible for their care and benefits was unable to spend upwards of $1.1 billion of its budget over seven years. Like other departments unable to spend their appropriation within the budget year, Veterans Affairs was required to return its unspent funds to the treasury. The Royal Canadian Legion wrote Fantino on Thursday, demanding a detailed accounting of which programs had lapsed funding and why.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX —The federal government has announced $200 million over six years to support mental health OTTAWA — Two more former NDP needs of military members, veterans staffers who say they were unfairly and their families. dismissed have accused the party of The Department of National Detrying to convince them not to file a fence and the Canadian Armed Forces complaint against the elected memalso announced Sunday that an addibers who employed them. tional $16.7 million in ongoing funds Bouchra Taibi, who was working for will be available to support forces New Democrat MP Helene Leblanc, members, veterans, and their families. and Melanie Bellemare, who was workVeterans Affairs Minister Julian ing for MP Francois Choquette, both Fantino told a news conference in Halaccuse the party of wrongful dismissal. ifax that some of the money will fund Taibi filed a lawsuit in the summer completely digitizing the health rewhile Bellemare is expected to do so cords of all serving personnel, investby Dec. 31. ing in brain imaging technology and Taibi’s case involves allegations of extending access to Military Family harassment in the workplace. She alResource Centres. leges that one of her former colleagues “We will continue to focus on reverbally harassed her and Leblanc ducing the administration burden on didn’t intervene. veterans and their families while im“`She (Leblanc) questioned my abilproving frontline services and medical ity to handle stress and at the same support,’’ he said at HMC Dockyard. time said she appreciated my profesAlso announced Sunday was the sionalism enormously. So there were construction of a new operational really mixed messages,’’ Taibi told The stress injury clinic, slated to open in Canadian Press in an interview. Halifax in the fall of 2015. The NDP is also alleged to have ne“The clinic will bring high-quality glected trying to resolve the alleged specialized mental health services and harassment of Taibi, according to docsupport to veterans in the Halifax aruments filed Aug. 26 in Quebec Supeea,’’ said Fantino. rior Court. “We believe the new clinic will For her part, Bellemare claims Chohelp over 1,200 veterans... over a six quette dismissed her without good reayear period.’’ son after he had told her he was satisIn addition to the clinic in Halifax, fied with her work. Veterans Affairs Canada will expand “Everything was going really well, satellite services in nine locations I was only getting praise, and then all throughout the country, which are funded by Veterans Affairs but are operated by provincial health authorities. There are currently outpatient clinics in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Ont., Ottawa, SainteAnne-de-Bellevue, Que., Quebec City, and Fredericton. Rear-Admiral John PROMISE PRODUCT FAMILY Newton, commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic, said the announcement of the clinic in Halifax came as a happy surprise. “I heard today... for the first time of a clinic in Halifax. We’re a catchment base for a very large reserve force of army, navy and air force in Newfoundland, Prince 4928 - 53 Avenue, Red Deer Edward Island, Nova ScoOver 70 Years of Hearing Excellence Call 403-347-4703 Out of Town 1-800-661-4703 tia and New Brunswick,’’ said Newton after the Locally Owned and Operated, Internationally Connected. press conference.

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‘A firearm to us is a tool’ SHOOTING CENTRE GROWING IN POPULARITY AMONG HOBBYISTS BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

First lesson — the words firearm and weapon are not synonymous. And Derek Bostock, president and CEO of Red Deer Shooting Centre, will politely correct people should they mistakenly use the W-word. “We call them firearms. A firearm to us is a tool. Simple as that,” said Bostock inside the Red Deer County centre as the muffled pop of gun shots could be heard from its state-of-the-art indoor firing ranges. “They are a tool to a police officer. They are a tool to a hobby guy like me. It becomes a weapon when the person behind that tool decides to use it in a dishonourable way.” Red Deer Shooting Centre opened its doors 15 months ago with a retail gun shop, a 22.75 and a 45.5-metre (25 and 50 yard) range, and space and staff to lead training sessions in gun safety and firearm licensing. Bostock, 31, of Red Deer, said anything can be used to do something bad. “What happened in Ottawa, one guy used a firearm, and before that one guy used a vehicle,” he said referring to Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent who was killed recently in a targeted hit-and-run in Quebec and the shooting death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. “If people intend to do harm, they’ll do it with whatever means they have regardless of what it is.” Red Deer Shooting Centre, located on the edge of Red Deer at 486 McCoy Dr. in McKenzie Industrial Business Park, is the only facility of its kind in Central Alberta. The centre has grown from six to 15 employees and has room for additions to the building. “We’re not here to force people to own firearms and to shoot. That’s not what we do,” Bostock said. What the centre does is give people the opportunity to try shooting in a safe and affordable environment, or at very least learn about gun safety, he said. “That’s a big chunk of our business. We give people the opportunity to try shooting.” He said customers include a growing number of unlicensed walk-ins, along with competitive sharpshooters, and hobbyists. Some people want to learn how to defend themselves. Hunters also use the facility, but lean more to outdoor ranges. “Law enforcement is really growing now that they started recognizing us as a central, top-end facility they can utilize.” Currently practising at the centre are Red Deer RCMP, Alberta Sheriffs, and Lacombe Police Service. The centre’s two firing ranges, Alpha and Bravo, each have six lanes. “We built government-grade, state-of-the-art. We built with the best technology available today from the U.S.,” Bostock said.

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Lyle Cheney of Red Deer fires a round in one of the ranges at the Red Deer Shooting Centre. Constructed specifically to house the centre, the gun fire produces little exterior noise. Bullets are absorbed in a .7-metre (30 inch) deep berm consisting of granulated rubber on a steel deck. The bullets don’t fragment when they hit the trap so there’s zero lead dust. “Our biggest advantage is we have a true 50-yard range indoors. That’s quite an accomplishment. It is the most versatile 50-yard range in Canada. Period. “That’s the range the RCMP use to train in our facility and they can move down range to accommodate all their training needs.” Both ranges are three-metres (10 feet) high and shooting lanes are 1.2-metres (four feet) wide. “Lane width and ceiling heights, those are all larger than the average range. Bigger is better. It’s more comfortable. We’re pretty proud of it.” But for all its bells and whistles, Red Deer Shooting Centre is not just for elite shooters. “This is foremost a family place. This is a place where families can come that are in the hobby and learn to shoot, or if they already shoot, shoot with their kids, or with their wives, nephews, grandparents, whoever. Second, we serve the sport and lawenforcement community.” Target shooting is a popular hobby, and handguns are the firearm of choice at the centre, he said. “Out of any firearm, (handguns) are the most en-

gaging. If you don’t do the basic fundamentals every time you pull the trigger, it’s the difference between being dead centre and off paper. It’s that challenging. It’s not like the movies where they make it seem it’s so easy to shoot.” International Practical Shooting Confederation practises have been held at the centre. Biathlon competitors in the upcoming 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer could use the centre for training. The centre has partnered with Bo’s Bar & Grill for Tuesday Date Night. Walk-ins are welcome. Groups should book ahead. Firearm licences are not required to try shooting at the centre as licenced, fire range officers are within arm’s reach. Guns are available for rent on site, and a fire range officer accompanies anyone without a licence to teach general gun safety, how to operate a firearm, and the facility’s rules. “Everyone here leaves laughing, smiling, pretty pumped, because it’s a different experience people couldn’t get here before.” Bostock said believe it or not, about 40 per cent of customers are women, who mostly come in groups. It’s only a matter of time before there’s a women’s only night and local shooting leagues for customers. For more information visit www.rdshootingcentre.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Spread some cheer at local holiday festivals BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF ’Tis the season to have fun at holiday festivals across Central Alberta. Whether you are looking to feast on holiday treats, marvel at Christmas lights or participate in a Guinness World Record attempt, there’s something for everyone in Red Deer, Lacombe, Sylvan Lake and Blackfalds. There’s no shortage of festive fun planned for Lacombe’s Light Up the Night Festival from Nov. 26 to 29. Last year, revellers attempted to build the largest human Christmas Tree. This year, they hope to make history in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest human snowman at MEGlobal Athletic Park (5644-56th Ave.) on Nov. 28 from 5 to 6 p.m. And this year, organizers are giving people the chance to duct tape Mayor Steve Christie to a tree in the name of charity on Nov. 27 in the LMC Foyer

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after the Light Up ceremony. The money raised will go to the city’s Arts Endowment. Other activities include Lumenight, a fireworks display and free movies along with the Tim Hortons Santa Claus Parade and a tree-lighting ceremony. Visit www.lacombetourism.com for detailed information on the events. If you are interested in getting involved, contact events@heartoflacombe.ca or call 403-782-1263. Visit the Spirit of Sylvan Lake Yuletide Festival and Market from Nov. 28 to 29 at the town’s arena and multiplex (4823 48th St.). The two-day event offers fireworks and Santa Claus parade on Nov. 28, skating, choirs and much more. Check out www.spiritofsylvanyuletide.com for more details. The Blackfalds Christmas show on Nov. 29 to 30 boasts more than 100 artists, bakers and crafters at the tradeshow at the Abbey Centre (4500 Womacks Road). Admission is free but donations are accepted for the food bank. In Red Deer, the 21st annual Festival of Trees at

Westerner Park is back for another year from Nov. 27 to 30. Marvel in the beauty of close to 100 decorated Christmas trees, watch live entertainment and shop at the craft show. For more details on the festival, visit www.reddeerfestivaloftrees.ca. Parkland Nurseries and Garden Centre is already in the holiday spirit. Its holiday craft markets began earlier this month and will run every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec.13. Parkland’s lit-up ice sculptures on the grounds are a must see on Dec.13 (weather depending). Admission is free but donations for the food bank are encouraged. Have your pick of ready-to-bake pies such as apple, blueberry, cherry, raisin and rhubarb-bery from Sunnybrook Farm at the annual pie sale on Nov. 25. and Nov. 26. Butter tarts and mincemeat will also be on sale. Pies are $12. All proceeds will go to the farm’s educational programs. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

From Dec. 30 to 31, youth aged seven to 12 can stay overnight and participate in crafts, and other activities. The guest speaker is “Jungle” Jim Hunter. Hunter, a Canadian alpine skier, who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1972 world championships. The sleepover starts at 5 p.m. on Dec. 30 and ends at 10 a.m. on Dec. 31. Registration is required by Dec. 19. The cost is $40 per child. To register, call 403-341-8614. The hall of fame is located in Red Deer at 4200 Hwy 2, just west of Heritage Ranch.

Public fraud squad presentation set for Dec. 2

Only 250 copies of Red Deer centennial book remain Copies of Red Deer: The Memorable City are going fast. There only about 250 books left of the popular centennial book penned by Red Deer’s Michael Dawe. The 360-page written and visual history of the city was released in December 2013. Since then, more than 1,750 copies have been sold. “The response for this centennial book has been overwhelming, and prompted us to do a third printing in order to make them available to all Red Deerians,” said Darren Kuz, information management supervisor. “We will continue to sell the books until we run out, or until the end of the year, whichever comes first.” Books are available for $35 plus tax at the Recreation Centre, G.H. Dawe Community Centre, Collicutt Centre, City Hall, Tourism Red Deer and the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The City of Red Deer commissioned the book in celebration of Red Deer’s centennial in 2013. It takes a unique look at the community’s 100-year history and features information on the city’s landscape, geography and culture.

Members of the Red Deer RCMP fraud squad will give a presentation to anyone who wants to learn more about how to protect themselves. Cpl. Slavica Doktor and Cpl. Jess MacFarlane will give a presentation on Dec. 2 at 9 a.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre, 4620 47A Ave. There is a $3 charge for the fraud awareness for seniors presentation. For more information, call Shirley at 403-343-0767 or Ron at 403-346-8115.

Arts Council exhibit will have Starry Night theme Red Deer Arts Council visual arts members looked to the stars for inspiration for a juried exhibit that runs from Tuesday to Dec. 28 at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library. The visual arts committee chose the theme Starry Night to challenge members to explore the concept in their art. The exhibit, to be displayed in the Kiwanis Gallery, was open to all visual arts members from emerging to professional. Artists had to keep within the theme and a maximum value of $100. Pieces will be available for sale as a fundraising project for the council. Artists whose work is sold will receive a commission from the arts council. The official First Friday opening will be Dec. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The gallery, located on the basement level, is open during library hours. The downtown library is located at 4818 49th St. For library details, check www.rdpl.org.

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More protesters arrested in pipeline protest 60. Some of the arrests have followed physical clashes with police, but many have involved protesters who deliberately crossed the police line after announcing their intention to be arrested.

TRANS MOUNTAIN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. _ At least a dozen protesters including an 11-year-old girl were taken into custody Sunday on a mountain near Vancouver as a demonstrations continued against a controversial pipeline project. Dozens of people have been arrested since Thursday, when the RCMP began enforcing a court injunction ordering protesters to clear a pair of work sites on Burnaby Mountain, where Kinder Morgan is conducting drilling and survey work related to the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline. The 11-year-old girl and her mother crossed a police line after announcing their plan to do so to supporters. Others were arrested after making similar pronouncements and proceeding past RCMP officers, who have been positioned in large numbers along road in a wooded area on the mountain, which is home Simon Fraser University, for several days. Anti-pipeline activists set up an encampment on Burnaby Mountain in September in an attempt to block Kinder Morgan crews from accessing the area. The company is drilling two bore holes into the mountain as it prepares for the federal environmental approval process. The company’s preferred route for the expanded pipeline, which would triple its capacity to transport Alberta oil to a terminal in Burnaby, includes a section that would tunnel through the mountain. Kinder Morgan obtained a court injunction ordering the protesters to

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RCMP officers stand by on Burnaby Mountain as Kinder Morgan contractors prepare to drill a borehole in preparation for the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in Burnaby, B.C.. The proposed $5-billion expansion will nearly triple the capacity of the pipeline that carries crude oil from near Edmonton to the Vancouver area to be loaded on tankers and shipped overseas. clear the encampment. The injunction took effect last Monday, but the RCMP waited three days before enforcing it and making arrests. Environmentalist David Suzuki, whose grandson Tamo Campos was arrested earlier in the week, was at the protest site on Sunday. Suzuki admonished the RCMP officers, who he accused of dragging his grandson over the police line before the arrest. “`You are here to enforce the law; that does not mean you are above the

law,’’ said Suzuki. Suzuki thanked the crowd of protesters for their fight against the pipeline. “If we continue to look at the world and the land around is just in terms of dollars and cents, we are going to destroy the very things that make that land so precious to us, the very things that keep us alive and healthy,’’ he said. With Sunday’s arrests, the total number of protesters who have been removed by the RCMP is more than

Canada’s ‘brand’ in foreign mining operations needs work BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — It’s taken almost a decade of loud, often unwelcome advocacy, but the federal government appears to finally recognize that Canada’s international brand needs a little spit and polish. In back-to-back addresses this week to a Mining Association of Canada luncheon, two federal cabinet ministers repeatedly stressed the critical importance of what they called the “Canada brand” — and how it is a key to grabbing new business in the mining sector. “We as a government and Canadians broadly speaking expect our companies to do business in a way that reflects the highest ethical standards, that reflects the highest environmental standards, the highest level of corporate social responsibility, the highest level of transparency,” International Trade Minister Ed Fast told the gathering at an Ottawa hotel. Fast recited a host of laudatory statistics: about 1,200 Canadian mining companies operate more than 8,000 properties in over 100 countries, with 35 per cent of global exploration budgets coming from Canada. “Can we do things better? Of course, there’s always things we can improve,” Fast finally conceded. “But I’m absolutely confident that we have a very, very good story to tell.” Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford had already warmed up the

crowd by cautioning that “there can be no compromise” on environmental stewardship and social responsibility. “Our collective actions — government and industry — are critical to meeting our obligations (for) safety of the environment and the communities in which we operate, here and abroad,” said Rickford. Their pitch came with a lot of puffery about further government assistance for Canada’s dominant mining sector — but also, notably, the hint of a stick, too. For the first time, the federal government is threatening to withdraw financial and political support from Canadian companies that don’t live up to its social responsibility ideals. For non-governmental organizations that have been fielding mining development horror stories for years, it’s a start. A revamped, corporate social responsibility counsellor will screen foreign community complaints about mining operations and companies that refuse to co-operate with the counsellor will lose government support. MiningWatch Canada began advocating for poor communities hurt by Canadian mining operations abroad in 1999 and spokeswoman Catherine Coumans says there used to be shocked disbelief that Canada’s Boy Scout selfimage could be tarnished by poor corporate behaviour. “Of course they won’t say in public there’s a big problem,” Coumans says of today’s government.

“But to see a Conservative government like this one say, ’Look, we need to put things in place like a CSR counsellor, we need to have a penalty like withholding financial and political support’ — you don’t do that if you think there’s no problem. “So we’ve definitely come somewhere.” The new counsellor still has no power to independently investigate problems, recommend solutions or issue reports — but he or she will have leverage to at least get alleged offenders to come to the table to talk. Under the previous federal counsellor, who resigned four years into her five-year mandate without explanation, three of six formal complaints she handled simply died when the companies involved refused to play ball. The government also now says it will withdraw support from companies that don’t follow social responsibility guidelines. However, without any investigative mechanism, it is not clear how such a sanction would be adjudicated. “Who will be in charge of the supervision of those companies and their operations abroad?” Ryan Worms of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace asked in an interview. “Who will make sure that there is some transparent investigations? No one. That’s the main problem we see again.” Nonetheless he too, like MiningWatch’s Coumans, sees merit in something less than half a loaf.

Most of the arrested protesters have been charged with civil contempt for violating the injunction, but the RCMP said two protesters were arrested Friday night on criminal charges. One man who was accused of spitting at a police officer was charged with assault, while another was charged with obstruction. The RCMP could not be reached Sunday to comment about the latest arrests. The protesters are not alone in attempting to stop the Trans Mountain expansion. The City of Burnaby has filed a lawsuit to prevent Kinder Morgan from cutting down trees and damaging parkland, though the National Energy Board has ruled the company does not need the city’s permission to conduct its survey work. The city is challenging that ruling. Burnaby’s mayor, Derek Corrigan, has been a vocal opponent of the pipeline expansion. Opponents of the pipeline have said the expansion would increase the risk of a devastating spill because of the increase in the amount of oil through the pipeline and the added tanker traffic in Vancouver’s harbour. They also link the pipeline to the expansion of Alberta’s oilsands. Meanwhile, the main protest site is along the only road to Horizons, an upscale restaurant perched on Burnaby Mountain. The restaurant says it has been forced to cancel all reservations during the weekend, leaving 60 employees unable to work.

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Small businesses having big concerns Owning and running a small busi- transitioned to a successor, whethness is a risky venture that is not for er the owner should take the profits the faint of heart. and diversify into other investments There are about 1.1 milor reinvest in the existing lion small, owner-employed business, whether debt and businesses in Canada. The credit could be used more odds of a new business sureffectively and whether the viving over the long run are owner would be protected relatively low in this counif they provide a personal try. Industry Canada statisguarantee, injure someone tics show that only about or act irresponsibly or illehalf of small and mediumgally. sized businesses make it to The report outlines sevfive years, and the odds of eral wealth management survival fall each year after considerations for entreprethat. neurs’ business issues and However, in spite of personal concerns. those odds, there are many There are a number of inexamples of very successcome options. Being paid by TALBOT ful entrepreneurs who have salary, dividends or a bonus BOGGS invented great products and has different implications technologies and built very for the entrepreneur and successful businesses. the business. A recent BMO report on entrepreDepending on the province, there neurs found that the main issues which may be tax advantages in being paid a keep small business owners up at night salary, but that may result in the loss involve whether they will be able to of tax-deferral opportunities. Large retire from their businesses, manag- payments to the entrepreneur also may ing cash flow in good and bad times, deplete the assets of the business and paying themselves from the business, affect lending covenants. and taxes. Other significant issues conThere also are a number of tax concern the operation of the business if a siderations. Entrepreneurs generally key employee quits or leaves, who will benefit the most when personal and take care of the family if the owner business taxes are considered in comdies or becomes disabled, who will bination. Leaving funds in an incorpotake over the business, how it will be rated business can help to minimize

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 A9 cialists of taking the country into recession, and his party’s legislators have been boycotting Parliament since September, saying the coalition government is ignoring their complaints. “The country is in recession and the recession was caused by the government,� Basha said in a speech to the protesters from a podium raised in front of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s ofTIRANA, Albania — Tens of thou- fice. “Tax increase is no solution.� sands of Albanians protested on SatThe Democratic Party says that Alurday against their government’s eco- bania’s coalition government has bronomic policies, including tax and en- ken electoral pledges by increasing ergy price increases. taxes and electricity fuel prices. The The demonstration on the main bou- opposition also accuses the governlevard of Tirana, the capital, also de- ment of having inflated government manded action against the country’s officials’ expenses. unemployment rate of nearly 18 per “Don’t give to the oligarchs what cent. you take from the people and citizens,� The protest, which ended peacefully said Basha, pledging continued proat mid-afternoon, was held by support- tests and opposition “for our rights, to ers of the main opposition Democrat- save the country.� ic Party and its leader, Tirana Mayor Rama’s Socialist party swept to powLulzim Basha. er in June 2013, pledging to create new He has accused the governing So- jobs.

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Traders look to health of U.S. economy, possibility of oil production cut STOCK MARKET LOOK AHEAD Texas Intermediate crude to around US$105 a barrel. Prices have since retreated amid TORONTO — The Toronto stock a triple whammy of increased supply, market could be in for a seventh- lower demand and a rising U.S. dollar straight week of gains as investors take that has put pressure on all commodicomfort from moves by the Chinese ties priced in the American currency. Traders will now wait to see if OPEC government to boost its economy and look ahead to the latest readings on ministers try to support higher prices American and Canadian economic by cutting production. “There’s a chance they will,� said growth. Oil prices could also find some di- Pyle. “There’s been no leakage from rection from Thursday’s meeting of oil OPEC leading up to this meeting; (it’s) ministers of the Organization of Petro- almost as if they want to make us wait right up until the day, then come out leum Exporting Countries. The latest reading on American with something.� “But rather than leak it now and gross domestic product comes out spoil the fun, I Tuesday. It is the think we’re going second revision to ‘THIS IS THE FIRST to see OPEC wait third-quarter GDP . . . and if we’re and it’s generally INTEREST RATE CUT IN still trading below expected that it OVER TWO YEARS AND US$75 a barrel, I will show growth think there’s a good softened a bit from THE CONSENSUS ... chance we’ll see a 3.5 per cent an(UNTIL NOW) WAS THAT some type of cut annualized rate to 3.3 by OPEC. per cent. THIS WAS VERY UNLIKELY nounced It doesn’t mean it “Not a big reviTO HAPPEN FOR AN will be massive, but sion,� said Andrew I think we could Pyle, senior wealth EXTENDED PERIOD OF see some trimming adviser, portfolio TIME.’ of OPEC output.� manager at ScoCrude in New tiaMcLeod in Pe—JEAN-FRANCOIS DION, York ended last terborough, Ont., RBC DOMINION SECURITIES week at US$76.51 a adding the imporbarrel. tant thing is that The Toronto market ended last growth stays in the 3.5 per cent range. Other recent GDP revisions have week with a solid advance of 268 points been to the upside but this time the de- or 1.8 per cent to end the week above teriorating European economy, which the 15,000-mark for the first time since is teetering on the edge of recession, late September. The TSX continued to claw back the losses from the October helped drag down the U.S. economy. There have also been concerns sell-off and now is up 11 per cent year to date. about slowing Chinese growth. The TSX is still about 500 points or But optimism about both regions rose at the end of last week as the Peo- 3.5 per cent away from its 2014 highs ples Bank of China, the country’s cen- of early September but analysts agree tral bank, cut its interest rates and the comeback has been impressive promised to inject extra credit into the and points to a successful corporate financial system if needed. And the earnings season. They also point to head of the European Central Bank the effect of lower oil prices this fall said the ECB is willing to “step up since the biggest advancers this fall the pressure� and broaden its efforts have been outside the resource secto stimulate the struggling eurozone tors, instead favouring other sectors including the consumer staples group, economy. “We actually see the move by the which has rocketed almost 35 per cent PBOC as a fairly major shift in strat- year to date. “And I’m wondering, given the gains egy,� said Jean-Francois Dion, portfolio adviser, wealth management, RBC we have built up in that sector, how Dominion Securities. “This is the first much more we can expect if the generinterest rate cut in over two years and al market actually turned down,� Pyle the consensus . . . (until now) was that said. “Because that is a huge gain in this was very unlikely to happen for an a sector we don’t usually expect huge gains from.� extended period of time.� “I think consumer stocks are probaStatistics Canada releases its reading on September GDP and the third bly poised for some type of disappointment. You can’t maintain this type of quarter on Friday. Economists expect that the agency outperformance relative to the index will report that GDP rose by 0.4 per — we’re talking about a sector that is cent in the month after dipping 0.1 per three times the growth of the TSX this cent in August, adding up to an annu- year.� The energy sector is showing some alized pace of 2.1 per cent. The other major item for traders this week is the strength — it was up two per cent last OPEC meeting. It comes at a time when week, thanks in part to natural gas oil prices have tumbled almost 30 per prices which have moved higher as cent from mid-summer, when geopo- many parts of North America endure litical concerns centred on the Mideast an early, freezing start to the winter pushed the price of benchmark West season. BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Lights on guitar. The harder-edged female empowerment song that lyrically recalled her “feral” tomboy childhood had a memorable groove, laid down by her three talented backup musicians. Her dreamy, mystical Portal hinted at something spiritual and searching, rising in intensity towards the end. Of course, there were plenty of dance-able tunes, such as Muscle Memory, Toes, How We Do It, My Boots, and Siberia. And the wiry, B.C.-based singer looked ready for boogie-ing, dressed in form-fitting work-out attire and white sneakers. The 27-year-old did some do some bouncing during the bubbly song Timing Is Everything. Lights also joked that she learned about the importance of timing by watching the film Interstellar — “which really confused me . . . I’m thinking about that movie every day. I’m thinking about it now!” She had a laid-back, playful relationship with her listeners. Lights brushed palms with the tuque-sporting types bopping in front of the stage, and traded jokes with (mostly male) fans who couldn’t help blurting out things like “I love you!” Her performance of Flux and Flow caused a young audience member to cartwheel up the aisle. Fans were waving their arms in the air during the staccato percussion of Last Thing on Your Mind. Banner was another favourite, as was the catchy, more rocking Same Sea. But Lights’ remarkable vocal range really shined during her performances of her hits Drive My Soul and Up We Go. She’s that rare artist who sounds even better live than she does on her albums, or on the radio. And Up We Go could well portend which direction her career is headed. The concert was opened by Wildlife, a passionate five-guy indie band from Toronto. Best known for the radio single Lightning Tent, Wildlife also impressed the crowd with the jangly, echo-y guitar tune Bad Dream, as well as lead singer Dean Povinsky’s affable sense of humour. At one point Povinsky joked he was whistling-challenged. “Maybe I’m not dexterous with my mouth.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

lion. “A little perspective is in order here,’’ said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office tracker Rentrak. He called the Mockingjay results ``still an astonishing feat.’’ “I’m not worried about this franchise,’’ Dergarabedian said. The release calendar made way for Mockingjay, as no other new wide releases hit theatres. In its third week of release, the Disney animated adventure Big Hero 6 moved into second place with $20.1 million. Christopher Nolan’s space epic Interstellar came in third with $15.1 million, also in its third week. Last week’s top film, the long-incoming sequel Dumb and Dumber To, slid considerably. The Universal comedy dropped to fourth place with $13.8 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

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Electro-pop singer Lights urged her mostly young and female fans at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre to stay youthful by remaining imaginative. “One of the things that inspired me — and which is the antithesis of bills and taxes and egos and all the other struggles of adult life — is being a kid again,” she said, to whoops LANA and cheers from MICHELIN about 600 Central Albertans on Saturday night. “Don’t ever let your imaginations grow old — play video games, keep going to shows . . . or doing all the dumb things that you like doing . . . Don’t forget that part of life.” Valerie Anne Poxleitner, who built her music career around her nickname Lights, knows of what she speaks. Her latest tour that stopped this weekend in Red Deer might never have happened if she hadn’t overcome writer’s block by using her childhood for inspiration for her new album Little Machines. At the same time, Lights’ newest tunes suggest she’s gained a certain maturity over the last year or two, and that the adult responsibilities of marriage and motherhood have also helped her grow as a songwriter. A highlight of the evening was her powerful and moving ballad Don’t Go Home Without Me. Bathed in orange light beams, Lights sat behind the keyboards to perform the torch song about two people growing old together, presumably written for her musician husband, Beau Bokan. “(If) our hearts stop beating . . . and our kids start leaving/I hope you know I appreciated you. . . All of the little things that you did, they got me through the hardest days.” The song seemed more deep-rooted than a lot of her dance music, and got a big audience reaction — as did Running With the Boys, which featured

NEW YORK — Mockingjay, Part 1 didn’t catch fire like the previous installments of The Hunger Games, but it still had the biggest opening of the year with $123 million at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. Lionsgate’s Mockingjay opened well below the $158 million debut of last year’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the $153 million opening of the 2012 original. But even with a $30-million-plus slide in the franchise, Mockingjay far surpassed the previous top weekend of the year: the $100 million debut of Transformers: Age of Extinction. The result made for some unusual ironies. The biggest opening of the year (and by a wide margin) was seen by some as a disappointment. After initial box office receipts of Mockingjay rolled in Friday suggested a weekend take below expectations, Lions Gate Entertainment’s stock dipped 5 per cent. But the decision to split the final book in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian trilogy into two films was clearly lucrative for Lionsgate. Mockingjay did even better overseas, where it made $152 million over the weekend, accounting altogether for a $275 million global opening. “`It’s the biggest opening of the year, so it really illustrates the strength of the franchise,’’ said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate, noting the North American opening was the 15th best ever. Spitz declined to answer questions about Wall Street’s reaction to the opening, or what the effect may have been of splitting the third book in two. “`It speaks for itself,’’ Spitz said of the result. Dividing the book pushed much of the big drama of Mockingjay to the second film, scheduled for release in November 2015. On the same November weekend in 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — which similarly split the series’ last book into two — opened almost identically with $125 million. A year later, the second Deathly Hallows film debuted bigger than all previous Harry Potter films with $169 mil-

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Rebels take two of three BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 4 Hitmen 0 Hitmen 6 Rebels 2 The Red Deer Rebels were in position to come out of a difficult Western Hockey League weekend with three wins, but as legendary rocker Meat Loaf once suggested, two out of three ain’t bad. After downing the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers 4-2 Friday, the Rebels blanked the Calgary Hitmen 4-0 Saturday at the Enmax Centrium. Then, with a weekend sweep on their minds, the Rebels ventured into the Calgary Saddledome Sunday evening and held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before falling 6-2 to the host Hitmen. “We actually had a good first period and a pretty strong start in the second, too,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “Then we started playing too loose and too soft. And when you play that way against good teams they’ll take advantage of it.” Conner Bleackley staked the Rebels to a 1-0 lead at 8:19 of the opening frame before Hitmen forward Jake Virtanen connected with six seconds remaining in the period. Tyler Sandhu notched the final Red Deer goal — giving the visitors a 2-1 lead with a power-play tally at 7:17 of the middle stanza — setting the stage for three second-period Calgary goals from Kenton Helgesen, who tallied twice, and Pavel Kamaukhov, and unanswered third-period Hitmen markers from Adam Tambellini and Travis Sandheim. “We didn’t play a great final 30 minutes,” said Sutter. “We never had the juice we needed to play the way we want to play.” Neither team mounted a consistent offensive attack, with the Hitmen holding a 25-22 advantage in shots. “They made their (chances) count, but it was more due to what we did, not anything they did,” said Sutter. “We had too many soft plays that cost us goals. We weren’t picking up men and we were soft on guys coming out of the corners. There were several mental breakdowns.” Rylan Toth, who turned aside 23 shots Saturday night to record his firstever WHL shutout, stopped 15 of 20 drives Sunday before being replaced by Taz Burman early in the third period. Burman stopped four of five shots the rest of the way. “Taz played well when he went in,” said Sutter. Hitmen netminder Mack Shields made 17 saves. ● The Rebels got a couple of picturesque second-period goals from Scott Feser and Wyatt Johnson — who converted passes from Grayson Pawlenchuk and Feser, respectively, while breaking to the net — and a 23-save performance from Toth in a 4-0 home-ice win over the Hitmen. Evan Polei, who connected at 11:28 of the opening frame, and Brett Cote, who scored a short-handed empty-netter with one minute remaining, also tallied. “It was kind of a carry over from last night,” said Sutter. “We knew it would be a tight-checking game. Both teams play a similar style. We just had to make sure we kept our mistakes to a minimum and were good with the puck with how we handled it, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.” The Rebels also kept the puck away from Toth with a great display of blocking shots. “That’s something we’ve been addressing for awhile. We did a great job of helping our goalie by blocking shots tonight,” said Sutter. Meanwhile, Feser not only enjoyed a four-point evening that included three helpers, he rarely — if ever — lost a draw. “I’ve been playing centre since I can remember,” said the 19-year-old Red Deer native. “I can remember my dad, when he was coaching me when I was little, telling me to bear down (in the faceoff circle), so I learned that from an early age. “I’m just trying to do the little things right, trying my best to chip in offensively and contribute that way, but the first thing is being a responsible player defensively and if that turns to offence and helps the team win, then all the better.” The Rebels return to action Friday at Medicine Hat, then host the Swift Current Broncos 24 hours later. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Calgary Stampeders’ John Cornish, centre, goes airborne between Edmonton Eskimos’ Cauchy Muamba, left, Deon Lacey, top, and Alonzo Lawrence during second half CFL Western Final action in Calgary, Sunday.

Stamps going to Grey Cup after another win over Eskimos BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stampeders 43 Eskimos 18 CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders are a win away from capping a stellar season with a Grey Cup. After matching the franchise’s best record of 15-3, Calgary will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL’s championship game Nov. 30 in Vancouver. The Stampeders were efficient and versatile in a 43-18 win over the Edmonton Eskimos in Sunday’s West Division final. With the Eskimos limiting the top rushing offence in the league, the Stampeders won it in the air. Calgary claimed the Grey Cup in John Hufnagel’s first year as head coach and GM in 2008. Upset losses at home in the West final to Saskatchewan in 2010 and 2013 — when Calgary’s records were 13-5 and 14-4 respectively — were deflating conclusions to outstanding campaigns. Despite a regular-season record of 88-37-1 in Hufnagel’s seven seasons at the helm, Calgary’s only other appearance in a Grey Cup was in 2012 when they lost to the Toronto Argonauts. “We’ve been working for so long and we’ve experienced so much disappointment,’’ Stampeder running back Jon Cornish said. “I want to win this Grey Cup, not for personal gain, but for every single person in this locker-room, every single person on the support staff and every single coach. They’re the people that deserve this.’’ The Stampeders went 15-3 three straight seasons from 1993 to 1995, but

did not win the Grey Cup under Wally Buono. Stampeder quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell threw a pair of touchdown strikes to Eric Rogers, had touchdown throws to Cornish and Marquay McDaniel and ran the ball in for a TD of his own against the Esks. Cornish scored his second touchdown of the game on a two-yard run late in the fourth quarter. The CFL’s rushing leader was held to 54 yards on 14 carries, but Cornish made his impact in the game as a receiver. He totalled 120 yards on four catches. One of them was a 78-yard rumble for a touchdown in the second quarter. Edmonton starter Mike Reilly was 20-for-33 in passing for 216 yards and was intercepted twice. He threw touchdown passes to Paris Jackson and Adarius Bowman in the third quarter when he was injured on the last two plays. Reilly did not return for the fourth quarter, when backup Matt Nichols completed nine of 15 passes for 92 yards. Hugh O’Neill kicked a 42-yard field goal for the visitors. Cornish, who is from New Westminster B.C., said he spent some time at his mother’s condominium in Vancouver in the off-season, looking across the water to B.C. Place and thinking about the 2014 Grey Cup. “I sat out and just thought about what it would feel like to go to B.C. Place,’’ Cornish recalled. The Tiger-Cats earned their second consecutive trip to the championship game with a 40-24 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final. So this year’s Grey Cup will feature

teams who have been disappointed in it recently. Hamilton lost 45-23 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders last year in Regina, while Calgary fell 35-22 to the host Argonauts two years ago. “We had the trouble in 2012 winning the Grey Cup and they had trouble winning it last year, so we’re both hungry,’’ Mitchell said. “Neither team is going to be celebrating this win too long. It’s going to be a great game. It’s going to be a dogfight.’’ With weather a non-factor indoors, the Stampeders will be the favourite against a team that was 9-9 in the regular season. Calgary was 2-0 versus Hamilton this season with scores of 107 and 30-20. The Stampeders offence had the ball for 12 and a half minutes in Sunday’s first half compared to Edmonton’s time of possession of 17:34. Mitchell made the most of his time with the ball. He threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns on just eight passes as well as rushing for one himself. The 24-year-old Texan won his first career playoff start completing 14 of 22 passes for 336 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. “We had to make some hay in the air because we weren’t doing very much on the ground, especially in the first half,’’ Hufnagel said. “I thought Bo played an excellent football game. He threw the ball with great accuracy, he handled the pressure, kept his poise and didn’t make any major mistakes.’’

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Brandon Banks returns two punts for TDs to lead Ticats back to Grey Cup BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Tiger-Cats 40 Alouettes 24 HAMILTON, Ont. — Brandon Banks and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats made the Montreal Alouettes eat their words Sunday. Banks had a playoff-tying two punt return TDs to lead Hamilton back to the Grey Cup with a 40-24 East Division final win over the Montreal Alouettes. Banks had five punt returns for a playoff-record 226 yards and had another 78-yard TD return negated by a penalty. The victory was especially gratifying for Banks and the Ticats, who remained silent last week after Montreal players Duron Carter, Bear Woods and S.J. Green all boldly predicted their team would win. The assurances came despite the Alouettes losing 29-15 here Nov. 8 that earned Hamilton first in the East and home field for the division final. Banks was a multi-threat, adding three carries for 35 yards and four catches for 33 yards. He finished with 294 total yards and played a major role in making Montreal choke on its words. “Of course, we won,” Banks said. “They guaranteed a win, didn’t they so (they) can eat those words. “It is what it is.” Defensive back Brandon Stewart, who was also centred out by Green last week, relished having the last laugh but said Green was gracious in defeat. “He came up to me after the game and said, ‘Good game, go win it in B.C.,” Stewart said. “There’s always respect, I mean he’s a great receiver . . . but we’re going to B.C. and they’re not. “That’s all that matters.” Banks’ 88-yard return at 10:55 of

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Montreal Alouettes running back Brandon Rutley (centre) drives for yardage against Hamilton Tiger-Cats defenders during first quarter action in the CFL Eastern Division final in Hamilton, Ont., on Sunday. the fourth quarter was nothing short of amazing. The five-foot-seven, 153-pound speedster _ whose nickname is Speedy B _ was completely surrounded by Montreal defenders after corralling Sean Whyte’s boot but somehow found a seam, then sprinted along the sidelines to put Hamilton ahead 37-24. “He did a better job than our cover team,” Montreal head coach Tom Higgins said. “I think we might have

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missed 13 tackles on one play, probably a guy had two shots at him. “He had an outstanding performance and hats off to him.” Woods, who had a game-high 13 tackles, also gave Banks a tip of the cap. “I told him walking off the field ‘Man, you’re the little killer,” he said. “That’s because that’s two years in a row.”

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Flames rally to down Devils in shootout BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 5 Devils 4 (SO) CALGARY — There is no quit in the Calgary Flames. Curtis Glencross scored twice and Jiri Hudler had one goal along with the shootout winner as the Flames staged a late rally to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Saturday night. Down 4-2, Flames coach Bob Hartley pulled goaltender Karri Ramo with 3:33 remaining in the game. It worked, as Calgary pulled to within one when Hudler scored from the side of the net with 2:22 left. Ramo returned to the net briefly before heading to the bench again and, while it took until the very end, Glencross ended up with the puck in the slot and scored his second of the game with just five seconds to go. “Never mind the grey hair, I’ll have to get my heart checked,’’ quipped Flames head coach Bob Hartley. “I don’t know how they do it but we found a way again. We’re not making it easy but we’re making it interesting.’’ The Flames are 5-6-0 when trailing after two periods. The five victories leads the NHL, two more than anybody else. Last year the Flames were 4-27-2 facing that scenario. “That’s a fun third period to play,’’ said Glencross. “You don’t want to be down a couple goals like that going into the third, but we did a great job in the third period. We got lots of shots, lots of traffic in front of the net and finally capitalized on our opportunities.’’ The last time the Flames won a game in which they trailed by two or more goals in the final three minutes was Mar. 13, 1999. It is also the first time in team history Calgary has scored two goals with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker. Expected to challenge for the team lead in goals this year, Glencross entered the night with just two on the season and just one in his last 18 games.

“Definitely some relief,’’ said the 31-year-old Glencross, who is a pending unrestricted free agent at season’s end. “Everyone could have seen it. I think even more relief after the second one. “It’s been a rough little go, usually I have more goals than assists but it’s the complete opposite. But, you know what, it doesn’t really matter, we’re putting up two points and look at us in the standings. We’re in a good spot and have to keep moving forward.’’ Josh Jooris also scored for Calgary (13-7-2), who finished 4-1 on a five-game homestand. The Flames sit second in the Pacific Division, one point back of Anaheim, who they will face Tuesday night in their next game when they begin a three-game road trip. Adam Henrique, Mike Cammalleri, Travis Zajac and Tuomo Ruuto scored for New Jersey (9-9-3). The Devils are 1-1-1 on their four-game road trip which wraps up Tuesday in Vancouver. “That’s no good,’’ said Cammalleri. “They obviously did a good job. They kept coming. We’ve got to counter a bit better there at the end. Tough one. “It just doesn’t feel good when that happens. Those guys have been making a habit of it. Kudos to them to keep coming. For us, we’d like to be able to lock those games down.’’ In the shootout, Sean Monahan and Cammalleri exchanged goals in the first three shooters, setting the stage for Hudler, who whipped a shot past Devils goalie Scott Clemmensen to put Calgary ahead. Ramo clinched the improbable victory by stopping Zajac. “It was right there for us,’’ said Clemmensen, who made his first start of the season. “Obviously a disappointing outcome. Had we won in the shootout it would’ve lessened the pain of giving up two goals late.’’ Cammalleri said it was a fun game to be a part of. “A lot of fun. I thought it was an entertaining game for everybody,’’ said

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New Jersey Devils’ Dainius Zubrus, left, shoves Calgary Flames’ Paul Byron away during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Saturday. Cammalleri, who played four seasons with Calgary. “There was definitely no shortage of chirps from the other team. I was getting it left, right and centre.’’ Down 3-1 entering the third, the Flames got back to within a goal at 3-2 at 2:26 on a power-play goal by Jooris, the fifth of the year for the 24-year-old rookie. However, Ruutu restored the Devils’ two-goal cushion at 10:26. The Flames have outscored teams 30-13 in the third period. “It was a party out there,’’ said Hartley. “Once we scored that third goal 6-on-5, it was electric on the bench. The guys believed that they could make a difference. ‘’ For the third straight game, Cal-

gary fell behind 2-0 early on goals from Henrique and Cammalleri. Calgary cut into that deficit at 10:18 of the second when Glencross intercepted a puck in the slot, spun and whipped a shot past Clemmensen for his third of the year. The Devils took a 3-1 lead with eight seconds left in the second period. Henrique’s shot hit the crossbar, hit Ramo in the leg and bounced out to Zajac, who buried his fourth of the season. Clemmensen started in place of Cory Schneider, who had started each of New Jersey’s first 20 games. The 37-year-old longtime back-up finished the night with 33 stops. Ramo had 25 stops for Calgary. He improved to 4-2-1 on the season.

Toews, Hossa help Blackhawks blast off on Oilers BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blackhawks 7 Oilers 1 EDMONTON _ Just when you thought things couldn’t get much worse for the Edmonton Oilers, the Chicago Blackhawks come to town and hand the team its seventh straight loss at home. Marian Hossa had a goal and three assists and Jonathan Toews added a pair of goals as Chicago scored early and often in a 7-1 drubbing on Saturday. David Perron scored the lone goal for the Oilers (6-13-2), who have lost six straight overall. Edmonton has yet to win a game against Western Conference opponents, dropping to 0-10-1. “That’s about a long as game as I can ever remember, since I played pro hockey or coached,’’ said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. “We come out there, the Chicago Blackhawks are here, our players were energized, our fans were energized, they dropped the puck and there was great energy on the ice. “But when the first two shots go in the net, that will suck the life out of a team that has been struggling and trying to get through this.’’ Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said no team can afford to squander as many home games as his team has of late. “We had five straight games at home and we didn’t take advantage of it,’’ Nugent-Hopkins said. “It’s unacceptable. It’s not like we gave them a ton of chances, but we gave them really, really high scoring chances, made some big mistakes.

“It was 2-0 before we even know what happened. Then they started to feel really good about themselves and started to take it to us.’’ Edmonton assistant captain Taylor Hall said calling the situation frustrating almost doesn’t cut it. “It’s probably the highest it’s ever been since I’ve been here,’’ he said. “We’re frustrated, the fans are frustrated, I think everyone is. “It’s on us, that’s about all you can say. We try and regroup as best we can. It’s our fault as players and we’re going to have to make up for that.’’ Marcus Kruger, Kris Versteeg, Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks (12-7-1), who have won three in a row and five of their last six. The Hawks are also 2-0 to start a six-game road trip. “It’s an excellent start to our road trip,’’ said Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville. ``I like the way we have played and the way we are getting our four-line rotation. We have got some momentum going right now.’’ Hossa’s four-point night was his best in a Blackhawks uniform and it helped him out of a scoring slump. “After nine games without scoring, it is always a relief to get one,’’ Hossa said. ``I have felt good on the ice of late and haven’t really been worried about not scoring, as long as I am playing my game. It obviously feels nice to get a goal after a long time.’’ Antti Raanta was expected to get the start in net for Chicago but came down with an illness before the game, forcing Corey Crawford to play in goal without a backup on the bench. “You have to be ready for anything,’’ Crawford

said. “I have learned throughout the years that anything can happen. It didn’t really change anything with my preparation. “I felt we were solid all around tonight. We worked hard and made the right plays to get our chances and finished it off with a bunch of skill. It was a good game for us.’’ The Blackhawks took complete control of the game in the early stages with two goals on their first two shots. Four minutes into the first period, Brandon Saad made a nice cross-ice pass to a wide-open Toews, who switched from his backhand on a deke before sliding the puck through the legs of Oilers starting goalie Ben Scrivens for his eighth goal of the season. Just 55 seconds later Edmonton defender Justin Schultz made a soft no-look backhand attempt to clear the puck and it was picked off by Kruger, who beat Scrivens with a hard one-timer up high to make it 2-0. Chicago took a three-goal lead with four minutes left in the opening frame as Hossa out-hustled the Oilers to a puck in the corner and sent it back to Seabrook, who sent a slapshot through traffic that Toews got a piece of on the way into the net. The Hawks had just eight shots in the first period against five by the Oilers. Chicago took a 4-0 lead just over a minute into the second period on a two-man advantage. The puck dribbled underneath Scrivens and was headed into the net before Oilers defender Andrew Ference gave it a helping hand in a goal that was credited to Versteeg.

OLDS GRIZZLYS OLDS — Ty Mappin completed his hat trick with an overtime goal as the Olds Grizzlys beat the visiting Bonnyville Pontiacs 7-6 in an Alberta Junior Hockey League game Sunday. Mappin chipped in with three assists for a sixpoint evening. Also scoring for the Grizzlys, who led 2-1 after one period and trailed 5-4 after two, were Chris Gerrie, Jack Goranson, who also contributed three assists, Landon Kletke, who added two helpers, and Austin Kernahan. The Pontiacs got two goals from each of Braiden Doucette and Dillan McCombie, and singles courtesy of Luke Mahura and Brinson Pasichnuk. Jesse Gordichuk and Billy Gorn combined to make 23 saves for Olds, Bonnyville’s Joe Desrochers stopped 18 shots. On Saturday, the Grizzlys got goals from Colton Sheen and Kirk Johnson in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Okotoks Oilers in front of 401 fans at the Sportsplex. Darian Henry notched two goals for the Oilers. Matt McNair also scored for the visitors. Oilers netminder Nic Renyard turned aside 22 shots for the Oilers. Gordichuk made 25 saves for the hosts.

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Tampa Bay 2, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 4, Columbus 2 Buffalo 2, Washington 1 Dallas 5, Los Angeles 4 Colorado 4, Carolina 3 Chicago 7, Edmonton 1

Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Victoria at Portland, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s games Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Vancouver at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m. Swift Current at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Regina at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kamloops at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

CENTRAL DIVISION GP 24 25 26 25 25 24

Saturday’s results Swift Current 8 Saskatoon 7 (OT) Brandon 5 Edmonton 4 (OT) Moose Jaw 5 Lethbridge 1 Red Deer 4 Calgary 0 Kootenay 3 Medicine Hat 0 Prince George 4 Vancouver 3 Victoria 5 Regina 0 Portland 4 Kelowna 3 Everett 3 Seattle 2 (SO) Spokane 2 Tri-City 1 Sunday’s results Prince Albert 5 Lethbridge 3 Kootenay 7 Moose Jaw 3 Calgary 6 Red Deer 2 Spokane 2 Kamloops 1 (OT)

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Montreal 23 16 6 1 33 Pittsburgh 19 13 4 2 28 Tampa Bay 22 14 6 2 30 N.Y. Islanders 20 14 6 0 28 Boston 22 13 9 0 26 N.Y. Rangers 20 9 7 4 22 Detroit 20 10 5 5 25 Toronto 21 11 8 2 24 Ottawa 19 9 6 4 22 Washington 20 9 8 3 21 New Jersey 21 9 9 3 21 Florida 18 7 5 6 20 Philadelphia 19 8 9 2 18 Carolina 20 6 11 3 15 Columbus 20 6 12 2 14 Buffalo 21 6 13 2 14

Today

● Women’s basketball: Funk vs. Spartans, Triple Threat vs. Young Gunns, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Big Ballers vs. Xpress, TBS vs. Shooting Stars, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Rampage vs. Storm, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber new.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Montreal 0 Anaheim 2, Arizona 1 Vancouver 4, Chicago 1

GF GA 61 57 69 44 77 60 68 57 57 54 57 58 55 49 67 63 52 50 56 54 53 61 40 47 57 60 48 62 49 72 36 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 22 13 4 5 31 60 54 St. Louis 21 14 6 1 29 57 43 Vancouver 21 14 6 1 29 65 61 Nashville 20 13 5 2 28 57 42 Calgary 22 13 7 2 28 71 61 Chicago 21 12 8 1 25 63 44 Los Angeles 21 11 6 4 26 57 49 San Jose 23 10 9 4 24 62 64 Winnipeg 22 10 9 3 23 45 51 Minnesota 19 11 8 0 22 54 43 Dallas 21 8 9 4 20 61 72 Arizona 22 9 11 2 20 54 67 Colorado 21 7 9 5 19 53 67 Edmonton 21 6 13 2 14 49 74 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Nashville 3, Florida 2, SO Calgary 5, New Jersey 4, SO Arizona 4, San Jose 3, SO St. Louis 3, Ottawa 2 Montreal 2, Boston 0 Toronto 4, Detroit 1

Tuesday’s games Saskatoon at Brandon, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Tuesday

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Boston, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

● AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Triple A Batteries, Kingsmen vs. Johns Manville, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Winnipeg at Columbus, 5 p.m. Ottawa at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Orangemen vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Grandview, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Scoring leaders Jakub Voracek, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal 1 Sidney Crosby, Pgh Steven Stamkos, TB Claude Giroux, Pha Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Phil Kessel, Tor Patric Hornqvist, Pgh Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Ryan Johansen, Clb Mark Giordano, Cgy Filip Forsberg, Nash Tyler Johnson, TB Rick Nash, NYR Nick Foligno, Clb John Tavares, NYI Joe Thornton, SJ Jaden Schwartz, StL Henrik Sedin, Vcr Daniel Sedin, Vcr Brock Nelson, NYI Joe Pavelski, SJ Logan Couture, SJ Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Bozak, Tor Brent Burns, SJ Jori Lehtera, StL Ryan Getzlaf, Ana

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Saturday

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CFL Playoffs Sunday, Nov. 16 Division Semifinals East Bye: Hamilton Montreal 50 B.C. 17 West Bye: Calgary Edmonton 18 Saskatchewan 10 Sunday, Nov. 23 Division Finals East Hamilton 40 Montreal 24 West Calgary 43 Edmonton 18

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L Philadelphia 8 3 Dallas 7 3 N.Y. Giants 3 7 Washington 3 8

102nd Grey Cup Sunday, Nov. 30 At Vancouver Calgary vs. Hamilton, 4 p.m.

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Thursday’s Game Oakland 24, Kansas City 20 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 24, Minnesota 21 Cincinnati 22, Houston 13 Chicago 21, Tampa Bay 13 Cleveland 26, Atlanta 24 Philadelphia 43, Tennessee 24 New England 34, Detroit 9 Indianapolis 23, Jacksonville 3 N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, ppd., snow Seattle 19, Arizona 3 San Diego 27, St. Louis 24 San Francisco 17, Washington 13 Denver 39, Miami 36 Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m. Open: Carolina, Pittsburgh

South National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 9 2 0 .818 357 Miami 6 5 0 .545 285 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 200 N.Y. Jets 2 8 0 .200 174

Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

Monday’s Games N.Y. Jets vs. Buffalo at Detroit, 5 p.m. Baltimore at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27 Chicago at Detroit, 10:30 a.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 2:30 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. NFL Odds (Odds provided by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Tonight Baltimore at NEW ORLEANS3.5 49.5

Generals notch pair of Chinook Hockey League wins on weekend BY ADVOCATE STAFF Jade Galbraith’s second-period goal was the winner as the Bentley Generals edged the host Okotoks Drillers 2-1 in a Chinook Hockey League game viewed by 150 fans Saturday. Galbraith gave the visitors a 2-0 lead following a first-period marker from teammate Alex Macleod. Adrian Foster notched a third-period goal for the Drillers, who were zero-for-one on the power play and got a 35-save performance from Todd Ford. Dustin Butler made 28 saves for the Generals, who were one-for-five with a man advantage. On Friday, a Bentley Arena crowd of 213 watched the Generals get a pair of goals from Giffen Nyren on a 5-1 win over the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs. Galbraith scored once and picked up two assists for the hosts, while Don Morrison and Cam Maclise also beat the Chiefs netminding duo of Garrett Kindred and Davis Tetrault, who combined to make 25 saves. Brett Holmberg notched the lone goal for the Chiefs, who fired 23 shots at Bentley netminder Travis Yonkman and were zero-for-two

with a man advantage. Bentley’s power play was zero-for-one. Meanwhile, the Innisfail Eagles split a pair of weekend outings, defeating the visiting Stony Plain Eagles 5-3 Friday in front of 680 fans and falling 3-2 to Stony Plain in the second half of the home-and-home 24 hours later. On Friday, Andrew Bergman potted two goals for the winners, who got singles off the sticks of Matt Hunter, Brendan Baumgartner and Mike Wirll and a 42-save effort from Steven Sanford. Scoring for Stony Plain, which trailed 3-0 after one period and 4-0 before striking for three consecutive second-period goals, were Brennan Menard, with two, and Andre Herman. Wade Waters stopped 41 shots for the visitors, whose power play was one-for-two, the same as Innisfail’s. Stony Plain got two goals from Scott Elkow and a single courtesy of Burke Gallimore in Saturday’s home-ice triumph. Baumgartner and Mark Bomersback replied for Innisfail, one-for-14 on the power play. Sanford made 29 saves for the visitors. Sheldon Baerg stopped 27 shots for the hosts, who were zero-for-12 with a man advantage.

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STAMPS: Get healthy Winning the division and earning a bye week in the post-season helped Calgary get healthy on offence as Mitchell had multiple targets with which to work. The temperature at Sunday’s kickoff was zero under cloudy skies with a light wind out of the south. Attendance was announced at 31,004, but there was ample room in McMahon Stadium’s stands. Reilly can inflict damage with his legs, but his mobility was compromised by a late-season foot injury that’s been reported as a broken bone. The Eskimos quarterback looked winded when he was sacked by Simpson late in the first half. Reilly remained in the game to throw a pair of touchdown passes in the third quarter. He was tackled hard by Shawn Lemon and sacked again by Simpson on the final two plays of the quarter. Reilly was taken by motorized cart to the visitors’ dressing room early in the fourth quarter. Reilly indicated he’d reinjured his foot on the Lemon tackle. “It made my whole leg sore, knee and everything,’’ Reilly said. “I don’t think that it really did much damage and then the last play that I was in, I’m not really sure what happened, but when I went to stand up I just couldn’t put any pressure on it.’’ Eskimos head coach Chris Jones was Hufnagel’s defensive co-ordinator from 2008 to 2011 and held the same position with the Argonauts when they beat Calgary in the Grey Cup two years ago.

A; Taber at Red Deer Ramada, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A; Sylvan Lake at Olds, 4:45 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Wheatland at Sylvan Lake, 2:15 p.m., Caroline; Lacombe at Olds, 2:15 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Sherwood Park at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Camrose Augustana at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Elks, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Wheatland at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Friday

● College volleyball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● College curling: ACAC Fall Regional at Pidherney Centre. ● WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. (The Drive). ● Midget AAA hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Taber at Lacombe, 8:30 p.m.

Football

W 7 5 2 1

MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2014

Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Brandon 25 19 5 1 0 119 Swift Current 27 14 9 0 4 81 Regina 24 13 10 1 0 83 Moose Jaw 25 10 12 2 1 72 Prince Albert 24 11 13 0 0 75 Saskatoon 23 6 16 1 0 61

Medicine Hat Calgary Red Deer Edmonton Kootenay Lethbridge

B3

● College curling: ACAC Fall Regional at Pidherney Centre. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Northstar, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Badlands at Red Deer Steel Kings, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen

Sunday

● College curling: ACAC Fall Regional at Pidherney Centre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Sylvan Lake at Olds, 12:15 p.m.; Airdrie at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Badlands at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m., Caroline; Taber at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Medicine Hat at Olds, 2:45 p.m. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Canucks at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 11 2 .846 _ Brooklyn 5 8 .385 6 Boston 4 8 .333 6 1/2 New York 4 10 .286 7 1/2 Philadelphia 0 13 .000 11 Southeast Division W L Washington 9 3 Miami 8 6 Atlanta 6 5 Orlando 6 9 Charlotte 4 10 Central Division W L 8 5 7 7 5 7 5 8 3 10

Chicago Milwaukee Cleveland Indiana Detroit

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Portland Denver Utah Minnesota Oklahoma City

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Saturday’s Games Miami 99, Orlando 92 Phoenix 106, Indiana 83 Toronto 110, Cleveland 93 New York 91, Philadelphia 83 Houston 95, Dallas 92 Sacramento 113, Minnesota 101 Washington 111, Milwaukee 100 San Antonio 99, Brooklyn 87 New Orleans 106, Utah 94 Sunday’s Games Memphis 107, L.A. Clippers 91 Miami 94, Charlotte 93 Portland 94, Boston 88 Golden State 91, Oklahoma City 86 Denver at L.A. Lakers, late Monday’s Games Portland at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Orlando at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. New York at Houston, 6 p.m. Indiana at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Utah, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. Golden State at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 7 p.m.

Golf CME Group Tour Championship NAPLES, Fla. _ Scores Sunday from the $2-million LPGA Tour Championship at 6,540-yard, par-72 Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort (Tiburon Course): Final (x-won on fourth playoff hole) Lydia Ko-x, $500,000 71-71-68-68_278 Carlota Ciganda, $141,743 70-67-71-70—278 Julieta Granada, $141,743 66-71-70-71—278 Morgan Pressel, $92,200 72-66-70-72—280 Michelle Wie, $67,464 72-67-72-70—281 Sandra Gal, $67,464 68-71-70-72—281 Hee Young Park, $47,675 70-73-71-69—283 So Yeon Ryu, $47,675 70-70-70-73—283 I.K. Kim, $36,730 71-72-71-70—284 Stacy Lewis, $36,730 69-74-70-71—284 Brittany Lang, $36,730 74-68-70-72—284 Sarah Jane Smith, $27,885 70-69-76-70—285 Shanshan Feng, $27,885 74-69-71-71—285 Moriya Jutanugarn, $27,885 74-67-72-72—285 Lizette Salas, $27,885 75-70-68-72—285 Angela Stanford, $27,885 70-74-67-74—285 Na Yeon Choi, $22,368 71-72-73-70—286 Caroline Hedwall, $22,368 69-74-73-70—286 Marina Alex, $22,368 70-74-71-71—286 Chella Choi, $19,610 71-69-76-71—287 Lexi Thompson, $19,610 71-72-73-71—287 Kim Kaufman, $19,610 74-70-71-72—287 Belen Mozo, $19,610 69-73-73-72—287 Inbee Park, $17,181 71-74-73-70—288

Edmonton held Calgary’s running game in check, but the Eskimos backfield was beaten by the athleticism of receivers Rogers and McDaniel and the relentless legs of Cornish. “Unfortunately we didn’t play our best football tonight,’’ Jones said. “Calgary’s a very, very well coached and very good football team. You’ve got to give all the credit to them. They came out with a good game plan. They executed and kudos to them.’’ Notes: Calgary defensive tackle Charleston Hughes played in the first half for his first game action since injuring his foot Sept. 13, but did not appear in the second half. Hufnagel said following the game the CFL’s defensive player of the year in 2013 injured his other foot . . . Edmonton’s mayor Don Iveson will donate 100 pounds of food to Calgary’s food bank in payment of a wager with counterpart Naheed Nenshi.

CATS: Austin off to third straight Grey Cup On Oct. 26, 2013, Banks returned a missed field goal 107 yards for a TD and added a 45-yard touchdown run as Hamilton beat Montreal 27-24 to clinch second in the East Division. The Ticats then beat the Alouettes 19-15 in the conference semifinal. Hamilton’s Kent Austin is off to his third straight Grey Cup game as a CFL head coach. He won the ‘07 contest in his rookie season on the sidelines with Saskatchewan. He left for the NCAA ranks after that season before returning north to Hamilton last year and said Sunday’s contest was decided on special teams.

Karine Icher, $17,181 72-71-74-71—288 Azahara Munoz, $17,181 73-71-71-73—288 DP World Tour Championship Sunday At Jumeirah Estates (Earth Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,675; Par: 72 Final Henrik Stenson 68-66-68-70—272 Rory McIlroy 66-70-70-68—274 Victor Dubuisson 71-68-67-68—274 Justin Rose 71-66-68-69—274 Shane Lowry 66-71-72-66—275 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-68-70—276 Louis Oosthuizen 69-71-70-66—276 Robert Karlsson 71-68-68-69—276 Joost Luiten 70-69-68-70—277 Branden Grace 72-67-68-70—277 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 73-64-65-75—277 Sergio Garcia 73-69-69-67—278 Tommy Fleetwood 69-74-67-68—278 Jamie Donaldson 72-70-67-69—278 Thorbjorn Olesen 69-70-69-72—278 Richie Ramsay 67-69-75-68—279 Francesco Molinari 73-69-69-68—279 Bernd Weisberger 72-70-68-69—279 Simon Dyson 73-70-67-69—279 Pablo Larrazabal 71-69-69-70—279

“I don’t know if you ever expect that kind of performance but when you block hard for a talented returner like Brandon is, you always have a chance,” Austin said. “Special teams was a big part of this game. You always have plays but at the end of the day it’s just effort, it’s just a desire to stay on your blocks . . . but (Banks) is an unbelievable player.” The win, which improved Hamilton’s record at Tim Hortons Field to 7-0, delighting the enthusiastic sellout of 24,334 on a balmy 11 C afternoon. The Ticats will face the Calgary Stampeders in the Grey Cup on Nov. 30 at B.C. Place and chase their first CFL title since ‘99 _ when they beat the Stampeders 32-21 in Vancouver. Calgary downed the Edmonton Eskimos 43-18 in the West final later Sunday. The Ticats lost 45-23 to the Saskatchewan in last year’s Grey Cup game at Mosaic Stadium. Hamilton controlled the play against the 15 kilometre-an-hour wind and two Nic Grigsby rushing TDs came following interceptions against Montreal’s Jonathan Crompton, who threw three picks overall to fall to 9-3 as the club’s starter. The Alouettes were looking to return to the Grey Cup for the first time since winning it in 2010. Crompton cut Hamilton’s lead to 27-24 with a 63-yard TD strike to Green _ his third of the game _ at 4:45 of the fourth. Collaros, in his first CFL playoff start, countered by marching Hamilton downfield for Justin Medlock’s 42-yard field goal at 9:32. Then Banks cemented the contest with his second punt return TD. Hamilton’s defence did its part, forcing four turnovers while Grigsby finished with 93 yards rushing on 18 carries. Crompton recorded his first 300-yard game as a CFL starter, completing 25-of-36 passes for 314 yards. Green had six catches for a game-high 126 yards and three TDs.

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Nov. 24, 2014

Cowboys rally behind Romo to beat Giants BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cowboys 31 Giants 28 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ Odell Beckham Jr. provided the spectacular, then Tony Romo and Dez Bryant trumped it. Romo threw two touchdown passes to Bryant, the winner from 13 yards with 1:01 remaining, lifting the Dallas Cowboys to a comeback 31-28 victory over the New York Giants. Romo threw for two TDs in the third quarter and Barry Church’s interception helped turn things in the Cowboys’ favour. But the Giants (3-8), trailing 24-21, staged a 93-yard drive capped by Adrien Robinson’s first career TD catch. That 1-yard score with 3 minutes remaining could have snapped New York’s slide that now is at six losses. Back came Dallas (8-3) on an 80-yard march in which Romo never was pressured as he searched for receivers. He found Bryant in the back of the end zone to win it, setting up an NFC East showdown with Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day for first place. Dallas, which was treated to chants of “Let’s Go Cowboys!’’ in the second half from hundreds of fans in Cowboys garb, is 5-0 on the road. New York, meanwhile, was eliminated from division contention. Thanks to Beckham’s incredible one-handed catch, one of the rookie’s two first-half touchdowns, New York built a 21-10 halftime lead. But Romo hit Cole Beasley with a short pass that he turned into a 45-yard score, and the quarterback’s 31-yarder to an uncovered Bryant put Dallas on top for the first time. Beckham left briefly in the fourth quarter with a back problem, but returned for the next series. He wasn’t involved in any key plays on that TD drive to retake the lead, and Beckham finished with 10 receptions for 146 yards. League rushing leader DeMarco Murray managed his 10th 100-yard game this season with 121 on 24 carries

for Dallas. The Cowboys didn’t get much going after falling behind 21-10 until reserve receiver Beasley took a short pass, eluded a tackle by Zack Bowman and sped untouched to the end zone midway in the third quarter. That made the hundreds of Cowboys fans on hand get loud, and their cheers reached a crescendo when Manning overthrew a wide-open Preston Parker deep in Dallas territory. Instead of a likely New York score, Church ran back the interception 45 yards. Four plays later, Romo hit an open Bryant and he squeezed into the end zone for the Cowboys’ first lead. Beckham’s right-handed stab of Manning’s 43-yard rainbow pass could be the catch of the year. The rookie, who regularly practices such receptions, outreached veteran cornerback Brandon Carr at the goal line and tumbled backward into the end zone to make it 14-3. “I have seen him make catches like that all the time (in practice),’’ coach Tom Coughlin said. That catch already was dominating highlight reels by halftime and was his second TD of the game. The 80-yard drive to Beckham’s first touchdown marked the second straight week the Giants got into the end zone on their opening possession after going 20 games without doing so. Dallas’ offence hardly was in awe following Beckham’s one-hander. Romo guided the Cowboys 77 yards and used a shovel pass to Jason Witten _ yes, the tight end used two hands _ from the 4 immediately after Beckham’s stunner. So the kid from LSU went right back to overwhelming the Cowboys. He made three catches for 32 yards on New York’s next series, including a spin move that would make a figure skater proud. Andre Williams concluded that 80-yard march with a 3-yard run for a 21-10 lead. In the first half alone, Beckham had eight catches for 125 yards, while Man-

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Cole Beasley (11) reaches for the goal line as he runs the ball for a touchdown against the New York Giants in the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, in East Rutherford, N.J. ning went 14 of 16 for 191 yards. But the second half belonged to Dallas. NOTES: Manning threw five interceptions last week in a loss to San Francisco, but Church’s pick was the only one Sunday night. He finished

29 for 40 for 338 yards. ... Murray has rushed for 1,354 yards. ... Romo was 18 of 26 for 275 yards and never appeared bothered by back problems that sidelined him for one of the Cowboys’ defeats this year.

Seahawks hand Cards second loss of season in division battle SEAHAWKS 19 CARDINALS 3 SEATTLE — Russell Wilson found backup tight end Cooper Helfet for a 20-yard catch-and-run touchdown late in the third quarter, Steven Hauschka kicked four field goals and the Seattle Seahawks handed the Arizona Cardinals their second loss of the season, 19-3 on Sunday. Wilson was sacked a season-high seven times by Arizona’s ultra-aggressive defence and the assortment of blitzes they called to confuse and fluster the Seahawks quarterback. But when Seattle (7-4) needed a scoring drive, after squandering advantageous field position throughout the game, Wilson delivered. The victory was a must for Seattle if it had any hopes of getting back into the division race. The Seahawks entered the day trailing Arizona (9-2) by three games in the NFC West. Arizona was held to a season-low 204 total yards. A week after throwing for a career-high 306 yards, Drew Stanton was 14 of 26 for 149 and one interception. BRONCOS 39, DOLPHINS 36 DENVER (AP) _ Peyton Manning threw three of his four TD passes to Demaryius Thomas and C.J. Anderson ran for 167 yards and the go-ahead score in the Denver Broncos’ win over the Miami Dolphins. Anderson’s 6-yard run with 5:01 left gave the Broncos (8-3) their first lead of the game at 32-28. T.J. Ward’s 37-yard interception return of Ryan Tannehill’s pass set up Wes Welker’s insurance TD catch. The Broncos needed it after Tannehill drove the Dolphins (6-5) on another scoring drive, hitting Jarvis Landry from a yard out with 1:34 left. Lamar Miller’s 2-point dive made it a 3-point game. The Dolphins’ onside kick was recovered by _ who else? — Anderson, who sealed the game with a 26-yard run. Anderson, who had 27 carries, also caught four passes for 38 yards. Manning became the third player in NFL history with touchdown passes in 50 consecutive games, joining Drew Brees (54) and Tom Brady (52). He completed 28 of 35 passes for 257 yards and no interceptions on a cool Colorado evening. BROWNS 26, FALCONS 24 ATLANTA (AP) _ Brian Hoyer shook off three interceptions, leading the Cleveland Browns down the field in the final minute to set up Billy Cundiff’s 37-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Atlanta Falcons. Taking advantage of the last of Hoyer’s picks, the Falcons drove for Matt Bryant’s 53-yard field goal with 44 seconds remaining to seize the lead. But Hoyer completed four straight passes, the last of them to the Falcons 19, and spiked the ball with 5 seconds left. Cundiff trotted on and made his fourth field goal of the game for the Browns (7-4). Atlanta (4-7), coming in improbably tied for first in the woeful NFC South, dropped to 0-7 against teams outside the division. Isaiah Crowell scored a pair of touchdowns for the Browns, who also were bolstered by the return of Josh Gordon. He had eight catches for 120 yards. PATRIOTS 34, LIONS 9 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Tom Brady threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns in a pass-heavy offence against the NFL’s stingiest rushing defence and the New England Patriots stretched their winning streak to seven games with a victory over the Detroit Lions. The Patriots led 24-6 at halftime as Brady repeatedly found wide-open receivers while the Lions struggled on offence. For the second straight game, Detroit failed to score a touchdown. New England (9-2) routed a division leader for the third consecutive game, following wins over Denver and Indianapolis. Detroit (7-4) lost for the second straight week against a conference leader after falling to Arizona 14-6 last Sunday. LeGarrette Blount rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns three days after signing with New England after being cut by Pittsburgh. In the win over the Colts, the Patriots stuck with the running game as Jonas Gray rushed 37 times for 201 yards and four touchdowns. After being sent home from Friday’s practice for reporting late, he didn’t play at all on Sunday.

PACKERS 24, VIKINGS 21 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Eddie Lacy rushed for 125 yards on 25 carries, both season highs to help Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers hang on against the Minnesota Vikings. Lacy scored twice, on a run in the first quarter and a catch in the fourth. Then, he rumbled through the line for two first downs to drain the clock after the Vikings (4-7) cut the lead to three with 3:23 remaining. Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and again avoided a turnover for the Packers (8-3), who stayed out of a potential trap against a struggling team with a game next week against surging New England. They also moved past Detroit into sole possession of first place in the NFC North when the Lions lost to the Patriots. Charles Johnson and Greg Jennings caught touchdown passes from Teddy Bridgewater, who finished 21 for 37 for 210 yards and an interception. EAGLES 43, TITANS 24 PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Josh Huff returned the opening kickoff 107 yards, LeSean McCoy ran for 130 yards and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Tennessee Titans. Huff’s return was the longest in franchise history and the 10th non-offensive touchdown for Philadelphia this season. Mark Sanchez threw for 307 yards and one touchdown in his third start for the injured Nick Foles. He has 300 yards passing in three straight games, tying a team record. Now, the Eagles (8-3) can shift their focus to the Dallas Cowboys (7-3) for a first-place showdown on Thanksgiving. The top two teams in the NFC East will play twice in 18 days, starting with Thursday’s game at Dallas. Rookie Zach Mettenberger had 345 yards passing and two TDs and Delanie Walker had 155 yards receiving for the Titans (2-9). BENGALS 22, TEXANS 13 HOUSTON (AP) _ Andy Dalton threw for 233 yards and a touchdown and A.J. Green had 121 yards receiving on a career-high 12 receptions to give the Cincinnati Bengals a win over the Houston Texans. The Bengals (7-3-1) led throughout, but Houston (56) cut the lead to three points late in the third quarter before Cincinnati tacked on two field goals in the fourth quarter to secure the win. Rookie Jeremy Hill scored on a 2-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter after an interception by Ryan Mallett for Cincinnati’s only touchdown of the second half. Mallett struggled in his second career start, finishing with 189 yards passing and often overthrowing open receivers. Houston’s only touchdown came on a 60-yard interception return by Johnathan Joseph in the third quarter. Rookie Alfred Blue ran for 46 yards filling in for the injured Arian Foster for the second straight game. COLTS 23, JAGUARS 3 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ T.Y. Hilton celebrated the birth of his first child with a 73-yard TD catch, spurring a second-half turnaround that allowed Indianapolis to pull away from Jacksonville. Andrew Luck was 21 of 32 for 253 yards with one score, but his streak of consecutive 300-yard games ended at eight _ one short of Drew Brees’ NFL record. The Colts (7-4) have won 11 straight against AFC South foes. Jacksonville (1-10) has lost four straight overall and five straight to Indy. Hilton promised to score a touchdown for his new daughter, but it sure wasn’t easy. Luck was sacked five times, fumbled three times and lost two of those in the first half. But Indy still led 6-3 at the half and 13-3 after Trent Richardson’s 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. Hilton’s long catch made it 20-3. Adam Vinatieri’s third field goal capped the scoring. BEARS 21, BUCCANEERS 13 CHICAGO (AP) _ Matt Forte rushed for two touchdowns in the third quarter, and the Chicago Bears beat Lovie Smith and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jay Cutler threw a 2-yard TD pass to Alshon Jeffery as the Bears (5-6) scored 21 straight points to erase a 10-0 halftime deficit. Forte had a 13-yard run that put Chicago ahead to stay, and then added a 1-yard plunge that made it 21-10. Smith coached the Bears to three playoff appearances and a trip to the 2007 Super Bowl during his

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Atlanta Falcons Dezmen Southward, left and Atlanta Falcons Kemal Ishmael (36) hit Cleveland Browns tight end Gary Barnidge during f an NFL game, Sunday, in Atlanta. successful nine-year run in Chicago. He was hired by Tampa Bay (2-9) in January. Tampa Bay had three turnovers in the third. Josh McCown, who played for the Bears the previous three seasons, lost a fumble and threw an interception. Vincent Jackson also lost a fumble at the end of a 24-yard reception that would have resulted in a first-and-goal. CHARGERS 27, RAMS 24 SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Marcus Gilchrist intercepted Shaun Hill at the goal line with 56 seconds left to preserve the San Diego Chargers’ victory against the St. Louis Rams that helped tighten the AFC West race. Gilchrist jumped the route as Hill tried to force a pass to Kenny Britt, who also was covered by Shareece Wright, on second-and-goal from the 4. Hill had beaten Gilchrist on a 7-yard TD pass to Stedman Bailey with 2:04 left that pulled the Rams within three points. The Rams (4-7) were trying for consecutive wins for the first time this season, having upset Denver a week earlier. Janoris Jenkins returned an interception by Philip Rivers 99 yards for a touchdown. Ryan Mathews had a 32-yard touchdown run and linebacker Andrew Gachkar scored on a 13-yard fumble recovery 21 seconds later for the Chargers (7-4). 49ERS 17, REDSKINS 13 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) _ Carlos Hyde ran for a go-ahead 4-yard touchdown with 2:59 remaining, and San Francisco barely squeaked by the lowly Washington Redskins with a win that kept them in the thick of the playoff chase. A fourth-down conversion in their own territory away from losing, the Niners finally capitalized with a rare touchdown in the final period on the way to their third straight victory. San Francisco (7-4) overcame three turnovers. Anquan Boldin, who caught a pair of touchdown passes in a win at Washington last November, finished with nine catches for 137 yards. Kai Forbath kicked a 46-yard field goal with 7:42 to go that put Washington ahead. Alfred Morris ran for a season-best 125 yards and a touchdown for the Redskins (3-8), who lost their third in a row and fourth straight to the 49ers. RED DEER MINOR HOCKEY COMMISION

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Rivalry rampant in college volleyball BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer College Queen Maddi Quinn makes a pass as the Queens take on the Olds Broncos Friday at Red Deer College.

Central Alberta has long been known as a power in the volleyball world, but until a few years ago, only Red Deer College had teams in Canada’s top college conference. In 2012, the Olds College Broncos joined the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference and, at least in the women’s game, are proving to be much more than also rans. It is a big opportunity for the local teams to embrace a budding rivalry in their own back yard and more opportunities for the local high school players to play close to home. This weekend, the two teams came into play with top 5 in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association for the first time, and the Queens (9-1; 28-6) showed why they had the No. 1 ranking over the previously undefeated No. 4 Broncos (8-2; 26-7). RDC won both matches, including 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-16) in Olds on Saturday. “It was a weekend we had on the calendar, not just for the sake that it was against a team that hadn’t lost any games yet, but with Olds we have a little bit of rivalry with,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. But this weekend was still a big step forward in the rivalry. Olds had never before so much as taken a set off of the Queens in four head-tohead match ups. The Broncos came into the showdown having dropped only one set all season and then came within one set of pulling off an upset on Friday, taking a 2-1 lead before the Queens rallied in their own gym for the win. “It just shows how strong the region is. There’s a lot of great club teams and a lot of coaches that help supply Talbot and myself with quality athletes,” said Broncos head coach Chris Wandler on Friday. “That’s super important ... the athletes we put on the court all come from grass

roots, it’s great we have that profile ... so it’s good to help support grass roots volleyball.” Wandler knows Central Alberta volleyball as well as just about anyone. He was a head coach at Notre Dame High School for 15 years and was an assistant at RDC under Talbot for nine years before taking the head coaching job at Olds College in 2012 when they broke into the ACAC. In his first year they went 12-8 and lost in the ACAC semifinal to eventual champion Briercrest. Last season they went 11-9 but fell to The King’s University College in the fifth/sixth place game. “I like to play against Chris,” said Walton. “I think his teams are well coached and they play a style of volleyball that is more of a modern style of volleyball where you’re not afraid to take risks and make big plays, it’s very similar to what we kind of do. When you put those teams together, you’re bound to get some exciting matches.” Wandler has gone beyond the Central Alberta borders for his recruiting, currently with three local players on his roster — Dana Stoyberg out of Hunting Hills High School, Naomi Jones from Lacombe and Shael Bourne out of Delburne. Though there is some program overlap between the two schools, with Olds being an agriculture based school, it means they are almost in more competition with the Lakeland Colleges in the ACAC. On thing that hasn’t hurt the Broncos is being a new program. Athletes have been quick to realize what is going on with the women’s team at Olds. “We recruit athletes that want to be in a rural town, and a classroom setting with high academic standards and a big town volleyball-type of program,” said Wandler. “If you don’t want to come and train and learn, maybe you’re not the type of player for us.” Still, the Broncos do have room to grow before they catch

the defending provincial and national champion Queens. In Saturday’s match, RDC was led by outside hitter Miranda Dawe with 15 kills, eight digs and two stuff blocks, while libero Maddi Quinn had another solid night with 15 digs. “Miranda Dawe had the weekend we were hoping for,” said Walton. “Last year sitting behind people like Brooke (Sutter) and Amber (Adolf), this was a good tester weekend just to show what level of play she can achieve and I think she did an outstanding job of that.” The men’s program is a long way behind the women at Olds College, sitting at 0-10 (1-30), though they brought in new head coach Rob Meckling prior to the start of the season, taking over a roster with a dearth of talent. They were swept aside in six straight sets on the weekend, including 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-15) on Friday by the No. 1 ranked Kings (9-1; 28-7) in Olds. The Kings were led by setter Luke Brisbane with two kills, one block and 30 assists. A rivalry between the two schools is inevitable and it can be big for the development of volleyball at the region. “There’s enough diversity here where it gives kids in Central Alberta the option to stay home and go to two programs that are both very, very good and play at a high level,” said Walton. “And I think that it also trickles down into our club systems and school systems too where ... those athletes can come out and watch and see some really high level of volleyball, so that when they go back and their coach asks them to do something they already have a role model or at least an idea of what it’s supposed to look like in their head.” This weekend RDC has a home-and-home series with the SAIT Trojans, playing in Red Deer on Friday and in Calgary on Saturday. jaldrich@reddeeradvoacte. com

Rebels Black showing resiliency during tough season BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Flames 4 Rebels 1 It has been a tough start to the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League season for the Red Deer Rebels Black. Their 4-1 loss to the North West Calgary Flames on Sunday at the Red Deer Arena dropped them to 1-17-1 on the season, but head coach Carter Duffin has been impressed with the resiliency of his team this year. “They’re a special group of kids, every night they push forward whether it’s 2-1 or the couple of losses that have been heavy on us,” he said. “The next day at practice and dry land, they’re still early, they’re ready to go to work and make themselves better.” That resiliency showed in Sunday’s loss as they hung tight with the Flames — one of the top teams in the league — through 40 minutes, trailing 2-1 to start the third period. But two defensive zone breakdowns in the final frame took them out of the game. Wyatt Gelinas scored Red Deer’s lone goal while Wyatt Argent stopped 46 shots in the loss. “We were getting outshot, but the opportunities on the shots they were getting were perimeter shots and I’m OK

with that because I trust my goalies to make those stops,” said Duffin. “We had the opportunity on rushes and we just couldn’t put the puck in the net.” The Rebels are in a pretty deep hole, though if they can get hot in the next few weeks they could still get back into contention. Heading into the weekend they had been outscored 131-39 and have been outshot badly for much of the campaign. The team is taking steps to get better and it is showing in the secondary stats like shots for and shots against. It is also showing in the eyeball test with improved play in both ends of the rink. “The team is doing a lot of things right, the problem is when we make a mistake it’s getting capitalized on,” said Duffin. “The process is there, the results aren’t there as fast as some people would hope, but I’m seeing a lot of positives.” One of their bright sides has been the play of their captain Josh McNeil who leads the team with 20 points (11 goals, nine assists). Second on the list is Hayden Clayton with 13 points (3-10-13) and Deegan Mofford (4-6-10). “The biggest thing about Josh is he makes the guys around him better as well, it’s not just him,” said Duffin. “On

and off the ice, he pushes himself, he pushes his teammates. He’s a very character player.” The Rebels will be in Lansing, Mich., for a tournament against some of the best academy teams in the U.S. the first week of December, including Shattuck St. Mary’s — though they’re not scheduled to play them — the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals Team Illinois and the Michigan Nationals. “It will be a good contest for us to see some different style of hockey from the central and eastern United States,” said Duffin. The Rebels are in Calgary next Saturday to play the Calgary Bisons (10-1-4) and then host the Medicine Hat Tigers (0-13-2) on Sunday at the Arena at noon. ● The Rebels Black were 6-1 losers at Lethbridge Saturday, their lone goal coming off the stick of Deegan Moffard. Argent made 34 saves for the Rebels Black, outshot 40-21. ● The Red Deer Rebels White, with Elijah Funkhouser recording a hat trick, earned a 4-4 draw with the host Calgary Northstars Sunday. Kyle Budvarson also tallied for the visitors, who got a 27-save outing from the combination of Justin Verveda and Duncan Hughes while outshooting their guests 37-31. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. com

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Red Deer Rebels Black forward Wyatt Gelinas is checked by North West Calgary Flames forward Kim Hoon during Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League action at the Red Deer Arena on Nov. 23, 2014. Calgary won 4-1

Cougars and Lightning fall short in provincial tournaments COUGAR BOYS FINISH SIXTH, LIGHTNING GIRLS FINISH SEVENTH VOLLEYBALL BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Notre Dame Cougars finished sixth in the Alberta high school 4A boys volleyball championship during the weekend, while the Hunting Hills Lightning were seventh in the 4A girls provincials, both at Lloydminster. The Cougars were 1-2 in pool play, defeating Calgary Western Canada 26-24, 21-25, 15-7 and losing 25-21, 20-25 and 15-17 to Calgary Dr. E.P. Scarlett and 17-25, 19-25 to Lethbridge Chinook. The Cougars then fell 3-0 to

Strathcona in the first round of the playoffs. From there, Notre Dame lost 3-0 to Grande Prairie Charles Spencer, defeated Western Canada 2-0 and lost to Chinook in the fifth/ sixth place game. Edmonton Jasper Place captured the 4A crown, beating Strathcona in the final. On the girls side, the Lightning were 1-2 in pool play with a 25-22, 24-26, 15-5 win over Charles Spencer and 20-25, 21-25 and 23-25, 21-25 losses to E.P. Scarlett and Edmonton Harry Ainlay. The Lightning fell 3-1 to Edmonton Holy Trinity in the first playoff round, then defeated Lloydminster 3-1. Sherwood Park Bev Facey then

blanked Hunting Hills 2-0 and the Lightning defeated Chinook 2-1 in the seventh/eighth place game. ● The Lacombe Rams were runners-up in the 3A girls provincials at Cochrane, losing 1925, 25-17, 13-15 to Grande Prairie Peace Wapiti in the final. The Rams advanced to the final with a 28-26, 25-16 playoff win over Morinville. Lacombe finished second in Pool A with a 4-1 record, beating Eagle Butte 25-23, 25-17, downing Cochrane 25-17, 20-25, 15-11, defeating Calgary Bearspaw 28-26, 25-12, slipping past Strathcona 25-18, 19-25 , 15-9, and losing 25-23, 22-25, 15-17 to Peace Wapiti. In 3A boys play at Fort Mc-

Murray, the Ponoka Broncs finished 1-4 in pool play and failed to make the playoffs. The Broncs’ lone win was 25-20, 25-23 over host Holy Trinity. Ponoka lost 26-24, 2225, 10-15 to Grande Prairie St. Joseph’s, 11-25, 20-25 to Barrhead, 25-23, 16-25, 17-19 to Okotoks Holy Trinity and 14-25, 20-25 to Sherwood Park Strathcona Christian. Magrath won the provincial crown. ● The Central Alberta Christian Knights of Lacombe placed third in the 2A boys provincials at Cold Lake. The Knights were 4-1 in pool play, defeating Calgary Christian 24-26, 26-24, 15-5, beating Strathcona Tweedsmuir of

Okotoks 25-8, 25-20, downing Edmonton JH Picard 25-22, 2519, sweeping Fort McMurray 25-12, 25-20 and losing 16-25, 17-25 to Picture Butte. From there, the Knights fell 18-25, 25-19, 10-15 to Fort McLeod and defeated Calgary Rundle College 25-23, 23-25, 1917 in the third-place game. Central Alberta Christian was 2-3 in girls 1A pool play at Elk Point and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The Knights posted 2523 25-15 and 25-15, 20-25, 1512 wins over Vermilion and Three Hills, and lost 14-25, 1925 to Spirit River, 22-25, 20-25 to Calgary Christian and 14-25, 14-25 to Vauxhall. Three Hills finished at 1-4.

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Kings keep rolling despite injuries BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 93 Lightning 67 If there is a good time for the Red Deer College Kings men’s basketball team to have the infirmary filled, now is that time. With almost more players in dress clothes than basketball shorts on Saturday they still managed to beat the 1-11 St. Mary’s University College Lightning 93-67. Still King’s head coach Clayton Pottinger was not completely happy with the win that moved them into a tie for first in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference South Division with the Lethbridge College Kodiaks “In the second half we really just let up instead of keeping our energy at a certain level,” he said. “Those are the little things that will separate the good teams from the great teams is being able to play at your clip for the entire game, rather than playing to the score or whatever the case may be.” RDC had just eight players healthy for the game against the Lightning, and were led by guard Tyler Wise who finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Jacob Cusumano had 20 points while point guard Matt Johnson had 14 points, six assists and three steals. They also received a solid effort out of reserve players like Mike Zurakowski (12 point in 14 minutes), Riley McCallum and Joel Carrol. “There’s no surprise to us, we see them do that every day in practice, guys like Riley and Mike spend a lot of time trying to get ready for their opportunity so that when they do come they will perform just like,” said Pottinger. “I think sometimes they out perform the guys playing ahead of them (in practice).” The Lightning were overmatched with a roster made up largely of first year players, including their top three scorers from Saturday’s game Charnjot Gill who finished with 17 points, Quinn Taylor with 10 points and Austin Smutko with 11 points. Up next for the Kings is a trip to Caronport, Sask., to face the Briercrest Clippers (1-9). Lightning 66 Queens 57 The RDC Queens (0-10) remained without a win this season after falling

MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Midget AAA Luke Coleman and Regan Doig, who also picked up an assist, scored for the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs in a 2-2 draw with the Southeast Tigers Sunday at Medicine Hat. Cole Sears made 28 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 30-19. The Chiefs settled for a 3-3 draw with the host Calgary Buffaloes Saturday. Chase Olsen, Tyler Graber and Ryan Vandervlis scored for the visitors, who got a 31-save outing from Branden Bilodeau while being outshot 34-23. Minor midget The Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs split their two games at the Red Deer Arena this weekend, losing 8-3 to the Calgary Rangers on Friday beating the Airdrie/Cochrane Avalanche 5-3 on Sunday. Jacksyn Goodall scored twice for the Chiefs on Friday while Blake Mahura got the other while Wyatt Argent made 17 saves on 22 shots before getting lifted for Riley Katchuik who

66-57 to the STMU Lightning (5-5) on Saturday at RDC, but there are finally some signs for hope for the club. For starters, it was the first game all season when the point differential was kept to single digits, and they also saw the long awaited emergence of veteran forward Amber Smith, who scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter. For a team as undersized as the Queens, if they can get a second forward going to compliment Ann Stewart, who has been banged up recently, it will go a long way to any future success. “To have that second big to really start rolling and be strong and confident, not only scoring but rebounding, is huge for us,” said Queens head coach Ken King. “We’ve been coming out of weeks constantly where our top two rebounders are guards and now we’ve finally got our posts rebounding a bit. They’ve shown they can be tough at times, we just need to expand on those times.” RDC was led by guard Dedra Janvier with 20 points while Kennedy Burgess added 14 points and six assists, and Morgan Dool had another strong defensive game with 10 defensive rebounds and two steals to go with her five points and two assists. They did well to keep pace with the Lightning through most of the game, even cutting the STMU lead to three points during the fourth quarter, but they could not get past their own mistakes. The Queens still turned the ball over 25 times and often over thought things in the offensive zone too much — rather than reading and reacting — leading to ill-advised passes or missed opportunities. “I think a major part of it is the fear of making a mistake ... and you can’t be afraid to make a mistake,” said King. “Generally that fear and that tentativeness and passiveness turns into a turnover anyway. We’ve been preaching that for a while but we still see that fear.” The Lightning were led by Kassandra Harkema with 13 points and 10 rebounds while RJ Ritchie had 10 points and 13 rebounds. The Queen will have an opportunity to get their first win of the season next weekend with their trip to play the Briercrest Clippers, the only other winless team in the ACAC South Division. made five saves on eight shots. In Sunday’s win, they got two goals from Braidon Westin and one each from Mahura, Goodall and Jarrett Brandon. Katchuik made 21 saves for the win. The Red Deer Northstar Chiefs beat the Calgary Rangers 8-3 on Saturday at the Arena, getting four goals from Jeremy Klessens and two from Owen Cummerford while Tyrell McCubbing and Dylan Scheunert had one each. Justin Travis made 31 saves for the win. Major midget girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs gave up the first three goals of the game before staging a rally and losing 3-2 to the host Calgary Fire Sunday. Jenna McCully and Abagael Thiessen scored for the visitors, who got a 23-save effort from Sarah Murray while being outshot 26-21. Major bantam girls Shaelynne Bilodeau and Jade Bussard scored for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Spruce Grove Saints Saturday. Chantelle Sandquist made 20 saves for the Chiefs, who fired 26 shots at Saints netminder Nitraya Gladue. The clubs split 10 minor penalties.

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RDC Kings guard Matt Johnson drives the lane on St. Mary’s University Lightning’s Carson Young, left, and Charnjot Gill, behind, during ACAC men’s basketball action at RDC on Saturday. Kings won 93-67.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY Garrett Glasman recorded a hat trick and added an assist for the Blackfalds Wranglers in a 9-4 thumping of the host Red Deer Vipers in Heritage Junior Hockey League play Saturday. Bryce Marshall tallied twice and had a single helper for the visitors, while Wally Samson contributed five assists. Robin Carlson had a goal and two assists for the Wranglers, who got additional markers from Trent Hermary, Jeff Boese and Cole Laing. Scoring for the Vipers, who trailed 3-2 after one period, 6-3 after 40 minutes and were two-for-three on the power play, were Cole deGraaf, Nick Glackin, Shawn Rowe and Brett Hoppus. Blackfalds netminder Kyle Baumgardner turned aside 21 shots, while Klay Munro made 39 saves for the hosts, The Wranglers’ power play was four-for-seven. ● Stettler’s Cody Hoskins connected in the third period Saturday to force a scoreless overtime and an eventual shootout, in which the host Lightning prevailed to pull out a 4-3 win over the Mountainview Colts. Scott Ternes and Adam Ternes also tallied in regulation time for the Lightning, who were three-for-nine on the

power play as opposed to zero-for-six for the Colts. Stettler outshot Mountainview 41-37 while getting a 34-save outing from Simon Thieleman. The host Lightning fired 43 shots at Strathmore Wheatland Kings netminder Liam Banks Friday but came out on the short end of a 2-1 decision. Scott Ternes notched the lone goal for the Lightning, who were one-for-nine on the power play. Thieleman turned aside 29 shots in the Stettler net. Strathmore’s power play was zero-for-six. ● The Three Hills Thrashers got power-play goals from Dru Hickie and Connor Ablett in a 7-2 loss to the host Cochrane Generals Saturday. Thrashers goalie Brady Hoover made 31 saves, while the visitors were two-forseven with a man advantage. The Generals got a 30-stop performance from McKenzie Chalmers and were three-for-eight on the power play. ● The Ponoka Stampeders dropped a 4-3 decision to the host Medicine Hat Cubs Saturday. Kyran Karol, Thomas Barrett and Braeden Grant scored for the Stamps, one-for-eight with a man advantage. Zane Steeves made 41 saves in a losing cause. Cole Schafer stopped 38 shots for the Cubs, whose power play was zerofor-10.

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Roy’s Avalanche were a terrible possession team last year, posting a Corsi For percentage during 5-on-5 play (CF%) of 47.0 per cent. Only Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Buffalo and Toronto were worse. The Avalanche managed to get even worse this season (CF% of 43.6), ranking only ahead of Buffalo as of Tuesday. Now it’s true the Avalanche blue line doesn’t have great depth, and you might be tempted to blame those atrocious possession stats on the defencemen. But for a team that boasts Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan O’Reilly, Gabriel Landeskog, Jarome Iginla and Alex Tanguay as its top 6 forwards and ranks 10th in the league in terms of 5-on-5 offensive zone faceoffs (32.7 per cent), you’d expect to see a fair number of offensive chances at least. Somehow despite all that talent logging between 16 and 19 minutes a game, the Avalanche have managed to generate only 47.6 shot attempts per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 play this season, good for ... 29th in the league. That’s right the only team in the NHL that manages to provide more boring hockey for its fans is the one that’s already wondering how many McDavid jerseys to stock in October. Now we can split hairs here and pretend Colorado has more judicious shooters, in which case they could get away with fewer shot attempts because more of those attempts would find the net and go in. But if that’s Roy’s philosophy, it’s clearly not working. When measured by shots that actually hit the net, the team still ranks 25th

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PROF. Accounting office THE Red Deer Public looking for office admin/ School District Invites bookkeeper to start imme- applications for the position WHAT’S HAPPENING diately. Responsibilities will of Secretary Location: include: approx. 50% Oriole Park School This is CLASSIFICATIONS bookkeeping and dealing a 35 hour weekly position 50-70 with clients, 25% year end following the school file prep and pers. tax data calendar.Duties will entry and 25% pers. asinclude: General Coming sistant/office admin. We secretarial/office duties, Events are looking for one full time Student Information person, but would consider System, School newsletter, two part time positions. Library Support. Desirable EAST 40TH PUB The office is open Mon qualifications: Relevant SPECIALS Fri with flexible hours. The training and a minimum of Meatball Monday ideal candidate is a positwo years experience. Rib Night tive, motivated and results Ability to simultaneously Tuesday & Saturday’s driven individual who deal with a variety of tasks Wing Night Wednesday works well independently. in a busy school office. Shrimp Night Thursday We are an office of long Excellent interpersonal and term employees looking for communication skills. FREE FLU SHOTS a like minded individual to Knowledge of Power Highland Green Value join our team. We offer School, PASI, and Drug Mart 6315 Horn St. above average/competitive Microsoft Office Suite For wages and benefits. Work- more information about the PIONEER LODGE ing knowledge of Simply Red Deer Public School ART MARKET Accounting is a must. District, visit our web site SAT. NOV. 29, 10-4:30 pm Would also be an asset to at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca This 4324 46 A Ave. Red Deer have experience with Mirc competition will remain 403-391-2574 Office, Caseware Working open until a suitable Papers and Profile. candidate is found; Resumes accepted ONLY however, applications via email - counseltech@ received by 4:00 p.m. on Found shaw.ca December 2 , 2014 will be assured of careful FOUND ladies ring found consideration. The Red Deer Public in Gasoline Alley Applications, with School District Invites 403-784-3800 references, should be applications for the directed to: humanresources position of Secretary at @rdpsd.ab.ca Mattie McCullough School This is a 22.5 hour weekly Personals position following the school calendar. Duties will COCAINE ANONYMOUS Dental include:General 403-396-8298 secretarial/office duties/ reception. Student IMMEDIATE OPENING Information System and FOR EXP’D. DENTAL Library Support. Desirable RECEPTIONIST. qualifications: Relevant We offer competitive training and a minimum of wages & flexible hours. two years experience. Must be willing to work days, Ability to simultaneously evenings & some Saturdays. deal with a variety of tasks Please drop off resume in a busy school office. ATT’N: Marina CLASSIFICATIONS Excellent interpersonal and at Bower Dental Centre communication skills. or email: 700-920 Knowledge of Power marina@bowerdental.com School, PASI, and Microsoft Office Suite For Caregivers/ more information about the Aides Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site Farm Work at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca This Live in Nanny needed for 7 FARM/FEEDLOT competition will remain and 1 1/2 year old must be LOOKING FOR FULL TIME/ open until a suitable able to commute from YEAR ROUND EMPLOYEE. candidate is found; sylvan lake to Red deer Employment includes however, applications 403-505-9935 Animal Health, Farming received by 4:00 p.m. on You can sell your guitar December 2 , 2014 will be and Equipment Operation, for a song... and Feeding Equipment assured of careful or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Operation.† consideration. and we’ll sell it for you! Must be physically fit.† Applications, with Having a Class 3 an asset. references, should be P/T F. caregiver wanted Email: dthengs@hotmail.com directed to for F quad. Must be reliable humanresources@rdpsd. Fax 403-638-3908, and have own vehicle. or Call 403-638-4165.† ab.ca 403-505-7846

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BRAHAM George, Owen Nov. 28, 1926 - Nov. 18, 2014 After a long battle with Parkinson’s George passed away in Red Deer Regional Hospital just shy of his 88th birthday. George was born in Huxley, AB, to Olive and Arthur who had emigrated from England in 1921. He was raised on the farm in the Wimborne area with his brothers and sisters. George was a dedicated teacher and principal in central Alberta for 38 years. George is survived by his wife of 61 years Dorothy, daughter Karen (Dave) MacCabe, grandson Cale, daughter Cindy Sinclair (Don Jardine), granddaughter Stacey (John) Alexander, great grandsons Lucas, Matthew, and Nathan, granddaughter Kelsey (Gaelan) Lavery, Son Andrew Braham, granddaughter Callie Braham (Bryan Wynne), great grandsons Brody and Chance, Sister Isabelle (Gerry) Conly, and numerous nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his parents, brothers Keith and Reginald, and sister Bessie. A memorial service will be held at Baptist Fellowship Center, in Trochu, Alberta November 26th, at 2:00pm. If desired, in place of flowers, memorial donations in George’s honor may be made directly to the Trochu Museum. Arrangements entrusted to PRAIRIE WINDS FUNERAL HOME 403-442-2200

JENSEN Wayne C. Wayne C. Jensen of Rimbey, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Rimbey on Monday, November 17, 2014 at the age of 78 years. Wayne will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his children: his three sons, Rick Jensen of Calgary; Theadore Silcox of Marlton, New Jersey; and Quinn Jensen of Calgary; and his two daughters, Judy Jensen of Calgary; and Grace Jensen of Red Deer; as well as three grandchildren: Wesley, Celeste, and Dakota. He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by two sisters: Elaine (Jim) Willford of Estevan, Saskatchewan; and Lorna (Steve) Seniuk of Swan River, Manitoba; in addition to several nieces and nephews. Wayne was predeceased by his mother, Helen Kachkoski; his father, Rupert Jensen; and three brothers: Victor, Ken, and Keith. Funeral Services in Celebration of Wayne’s Life were held at the Hoadley Hall, Hoadley on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverend Deborah Laing officiating. Interment followed in the Hoadley Cemetery, Hoadley. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Wayne’s Memory may be made directly to the charity of one’s choice. Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral and Burial arrangements for the Late Wayne C. Jensen entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS Rimbey, AB. 1-403-843-444

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STEPHENS (NEE BOHN) LINDA DARLENE May 18, 1949 - Nov. 20, 2014 With sadness, we announce the passing of our loved one, age 65, at the Red Deer Hospice, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Red Deer, AB. Linda was raised in the Waskasoo area of Red Deer. She married her high school sweetheart Ted Stephens in 1969. Life took them to Saskatchewan, Ontario, and then back to Alberta, in their 45 years of marriage. Predeceased by her parents Hank and Dorothy Bohn, Linda is survived and will be dearly missed by her loving husband Ted. 2 sons, Kirk (Maryann) and Jason (partner Kim Kirkwood) Grandchildren Ben, Joe and Cooper. Step grandchildren Kim and Candace Prins, Alycia Dingman, Brady and Gavin Jewan. Step great grandchildren Madden Smith and Brooklyn Dingman. Sisters Sharon Perkins, Shelly Brinson (Nelson), Brother Terry Bohn (Linda), numerous nieces, nephews, cousins & in-laws. A special thanks to the caring doctors and nurses at the Royal Alexander Hospitals’ Robins Pavilion (2 West) and the Red Deer Hospice, who provided exceptional care and support to Linda during her battle. In honour of Linda’s wishes, a small intimate gathering of family and friends will be held to celebrate her life. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Red Deer Hospice Society. www.reddeerhospice.com Loved by all who knew her.

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DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

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With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo. For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the 1 day a week in:

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Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

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RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 57 & 58 Ave., 59 & 60 St. ALSO 51, 52 & 43 Ave. & Apt. Bldg. on 60 St.

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WESTPARK 41 & 42 St. ALSO 55 & 56 Ave.

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

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Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

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Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED

As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle provided by company! Work 3 to 4 shifts a week. Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

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2 END TABLES Solid wood, opening doors in front. $20 each or 2 for $35. 403-782-7439 CHINA CABINET, dark maple, corner model, great for storage, extra dishes, $100. 403-347-3849

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Household Furnishings

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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Household Appliances

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Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner AMANA washer, white, 16 old, exc. cond, BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / mo. Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 $350 403-347-1090 JENN AIR STOVE Looking for a new pet? - older model, still works, Check out Classifieds to Electronic fan, convection find the purrfect pet. oven, indoor grill attachment. $40. 403-782-7439

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Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work flexible schedule.

P/T COOK WANTED ~ Weekends. Phone Donnetta @ Red Deer Bingo Centre 403-347-4504

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F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain - Good hours, home every hauling experience for night, $4000-$6000/mo. Valve Technicians Contractor must have truck Central AB. Call Wayne 403-341-9113 or van. Tools, supplies & knowledgeable in API, ANSI ladders required. Training CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d and Actuated Valves provided, no experience with the ability to deal with for moving equipment. needed. Apply to: customers in service. Resumes to be dropped off satjobs@shaw.ca Entry Level positions at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. are also available Oilfield Cres. Red Deer. experience would F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. be a great asset. We offer Minimum Class 5 with air competitive wages and a and clean abstract. Exp. full benefit package with NEWCART preferred. In person to Key 100% prescription coverage. is looking for a full time Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Please forward a resume Landscape Labourer, Red Deer. to Advantage Valve as soon as possible. either via e-mail at: GARNET’S Duties will include: cutting sbowman grass, raking, litter removal, OILFIELD TRUCKING @advantagevalve.com is looking for fertilizing, watering, snow cliff@advantagevalve.com CLASS 1 PICKER clearing, operating light or fax resume to our OPERATORS, and heavy duty machinery, Sylvan Lake branch. BED TRUCK DRIVERS & maintaining property 1 Charles Industrial Way WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS maintenance equipment, Sylvan Lake, Alberta general yard maintenance to join our growing company. Tel: 403-887-1462 Competitive wages and etc. This position will Fax: 403-887-1463 benefits. Must pass prerequire some evenings, www.advantagevalve.com employment substance weekends, early mornings. Only qualified applicants screening. Fax or email 2 years experience will be notified. resumes, drivers abstract minimum required. Looking for a place & safety tickets Hourly wage is $23-$25.00 to live? 403-346-8992 depending on experience. Take a tour through the admin@garnetstrucking.com Benefits available after 3 No phone calls. CLASSIFIEDS month probation period.

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Massage Therapy

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Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Free Est. 403-872-8888 Pampering at its BEST! Roofing 403-986-6686 2nd. location in PRECISE ROOFING LTD. Calgary coming 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. Dec. 1. 403-896-4869 www.viimassage.com

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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 SNOW shoveling/dump runs /odd jobs 403-885-5333

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Yard Care

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FALL clean-up, Yard care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res. 403-358-1614

MORRISROE AREA Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Stirling Close Sherwood Cres LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lougheed Close Lyons Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Vincent Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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DEERPARK AREA Dixon Cres, Donnelly Cres, Duston St. area $482.00/mo. Deschner Close, Dubois Cres., Doherty Close, Duston St. and area. $327.00/mo. Dempsey St., Dodge Ave, Donlevy Ave area $327.00/mo. Dowler St., Daniel Cres. Dawe Cl., Dunham Close and area $412.00/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres, Close Root Close, Ralston Cres. $327.00/mo. For More information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres. $100.20/mo. Dunning Cres, Cl., and Depalme St. plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $136.24/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 & 4200 Blocks of 40A Ave. and 4000 Block of 39 St. (North side only). $55.68/mo.

WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo. For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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Humphries pilots four-man bobsled crew to silver BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Two-time Canadian Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries won her first medal in a four-man event on Sunday, taking silver in the final tune-up race before the start of the World Cup season. Humphries and her crew of Dan Dale, Joey Nemet, and D.J. McClelland sat in fourth spot after the first of two runs in the opening race of a doubleheader at the North America’s Cup before taking advantage of their bestever push time at 5.29 seconds to take silver at one minute, 50.50 seconds. “I’m really proud of the guys today. That was a personal best start and then we matched it again on the second run,’’ said Humphries. “I tweaked my hamstring earlier this week so that was all the guys. They really stepped it up and were great today.’’ Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., won the gold medal at 1:49.65. The 27-year-old Olympian and his crew of Bryan Barnett, Ben Coakwell, and Tim Randall, clocked the fastest runs at 54:73 and 54:92 on each of his two blasts down the 14-corner track for the winning time. “It was good today. I have some new crew members this year, and some are pushing from different spots so we are just continuing to work on our starts together,’’ said Kripps. “We have a few things to tweak on equipment, but I think we are ready to go now for the World Cup. The goal this year is multiple podiums and to get my first medal in four-man.’’ Kripps, the reigning Canadian champion who did not compete in the second race Sunday, enjoyed a break-

through season in 2014 when he won his first World Cup two-man race in Konigssee, Germany just weeks before driving in his first Olympic Games. Kripps also represented Canada at the 2010 Olympics where he was a member of Pierre Lueders’ four-man crew. Olympic silver medallist in women’s bobsled, Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States locked up the bronze with a two-run time of 1:50.66 in the morning race. Friends off the track, Humphries and Meyers Taylor have been chasing history this fall to be the first women to compete with the men in a World Cup four-man bobsled race, thanks to a new ruling by the FIBT that allows women to race with men. The top-two women bobsled pilots in the world were competing in their third and fourth of five planned fourman races on three different tracks _ a safety requirement set by the FIBT before any athlete is permitted to start on the World Cup. Humphries and Meyers Taylor competed in their first two races last weekend in Park City, Utah, and will head to La Plagne, France in two weeks to complete the qualification journey. Humphries will most likely make her World Cup four-man debut on her home track in Calgary next month. “Driving is driving so once you learn to do it you don’t forget that,’’ said Humphries. “The four-man is so fun. There is more weight and you can’t really play with the sled and correct mistakes like I can in the two-man. It is all a learning process for me and it will make me a better two-man driver for sure. This is new for all of us, but my team and I know what this all means.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Bobsled pilot Kaillie Humphries, right, helps move her sled with her male teammates following a training run at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Nov. 20, 2014. Humphries piloted her 4-man team to a silver medal at the North America’s Cup in Calgary, Sunday. “We just want to go out, do our best, grow as a team and keep knocking spots off.’’ Humphries became the first Canadian woman to win two Olympic titles and two World Championship crowns in the sport. She also set a new win streak record at nine straight victories, and reached the podium in 15 consecutive races. Meyers Taylor and her American crew were sitting in the gold medal

McEwen defeats reigning Olympic champ Jacobs at the National

Liverpool’s Premier League woes continue at Palace; Tottenham rallies to beat Hull Liverpool’s rapid downfall since losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer continued Sunday with a fourth consecutive loss, as Crystal Palace added to Brendan Rodgers’ woes with a 3-1 victory. The pressure, though, eased up a bit on coach Mauricio Pochettino after his Tottenham team came from behind to beat 10-man Hull 2-1 in the Premier League. A look at the action from Europe’s leading leagues on Sunday: ENGLANDRunners-up last season, Liverpool is now 12th after 12 matches _ closer to the relegation zone than the top four. Although Rickie Lambert finally scored his first goal for Liverpool, Dwight Gayle tied it from close range before Joe Ledley netted and Mile Jedinak scored directly from a free kick to secure Palace’s first win since September. Tottenham had lost three of its last four league games before travelling to Hull. When former Tottenham player Jake Livermore put Hull ahead with an early 25-meter drive, it looked as if it would be another miserable day for Pochettino.

EUROPEAN SOCCER ROUNDUP But Tottenham had a man advantage from the 50th minute when Gaston Ramirez was sent off. And after striker Harry Kane levelled, Christian Eriksen scored Tottenahm’s winner in stoppage time from the edge of the penalty area. Hull is now just a point from the relegation zone, while Tottenham is up to 10th, only two points from fourth place. GERMANY Hamburger SV moved ahead of Werder Bremen and out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win in the Bundesliga’s 101st northern derby. Artjoms Rudnevs broke the deadlock in the 84th minute from close range. There was a touch of good fortune about the second goal in stoppage time. Tolgay Arslan struck the post from close range and Bremen goalkeeper Raphael Wolf inadvertently knocked the rebound in as he tried to catch it. SPAIN

The clubs play their second leg Nov. 30 on Seattle’s artificial turf. The Galaxy could advance with a variety of results, since the tiebreaker is away goals. The winner hosts the MLS Cup on Dec. 7.

MLS PLAYOFFS

Sarvas puts Galaxy past Sounders in MLS Western Conference first leg CARSON, Calif. _ Marcelo Sarvas scored in the 52nd minute, and the LA Galaxy opened the Western Conference championship with a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday. Jaime Penedo posted his third straight shutout for the Galaxy, who still haven’t conceded a playoff goal this season. Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and the Galaxy also haven’t lost at home since their season opener in March, and they kept the Supporters’ Shield-winning Sounders off the scoresheet in a tense, chippy match.

Household Furnishings

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DELUXE sofabed, beige free to give away 403-346-0573 DINING set, pine wood, 4 chairs, 38”x72” with 18” leaf, good cond. $200. 403-346-0124 LOVESEAT, like new, olive green, lovely fabric of polyester, cotton & rayon. Asking $200. 403-347-2046 NIGHT Tables, (2) Red Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $75. ea. 403-352-8811 SEALY Queen size mattress, boxspring, headboard, & frame. $100. ALSO HAVE: 4 drawer dresser for $30 & a pair of lamps for $20. Delivery Avail. 403-346-0674 or cell 403-392-5657

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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3 DISC. CD stereo w/ 6 speakers. $140. 403-782-3847 PS1 w/6 games, $50.; 403-782-3847 X BOX w/5 games $40. 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Large Box Full. Some new in boxes. $25. 403-314-9603 CHRISTMAS Tree, Blue Spruce, 4’. LIVE in ground. Not yet cut, Perfect tree for small space. $60. 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

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CLEARING: 6 NATIVE SHIELDS. 403-347-7405 please call to get address to view. COTTON knit dishcloths, $1.25/ea, handtowels $3.50/ea, 2003 Collectible Corgi truck $15 403-342-1980 HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $40; 3 Clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets, $40. for all 3; David Winter Collector’s houses in original boxes, $25/ea; Ammo magazine clip for British Lee EnÀeld 303, $35; Upright Hoover Dirt Finder Vacuum Cleaner, self propelled, allergen Àltration, $50. 403-352-8811

Pets & Supplies

Revolution win at Red Bulls in first leg of East finals HARRISON, N.J. _ If the New England Revolution are going to shed their mantle as the team that can’t quite seal the deal, maybe it’ll be the midseason addition of Jermaine Jones that helped them finally get over the hill. Jones, who played for the United States at this past summer’s World Cup, finished a counter attack in the 85th minute with a tap-in and gave New England a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls Sun-

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2 AQUARIUMS/CRITTER CAGE - NO LEAKS. 20 gallon Hartz in box c/w hood light. $50. 5 Gallon, $20. Or get both for $60. AQUARIUM GRAVEL - 10 lbs (new), white, $15 403-227-2976 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Cats

Levante continued its turnaround under new coach Lucas Alcaraz by beating Valencia 2-1 in a derby. With goals from Victor Casadesus and Jose Morales, Levante extended its unbeaten run to three games and rose two points clear of the relegation zone. Fourth-place Valencia dropped points for the second straight league match and slipped six points adrift of leader Real Madrid. Rayo Vallecano edged Celta Vigo 1-0 at home to break a threegame losing streak, while Cordoba squandered a two-goal lead and an excellent chance to get its first win after Elche recovered for a 2-2 draw. FRANCE Nantes extended its unbeaten run to 10 games in all competitions by drawing 0-0 with SaintEtienne on Sunday to stay fifth in the French league. Montpellier moved into ninth place by defeating Toulouse 2-0.

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Houses/ Duplexes

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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Mike McEwen defeated reigning Olympic champion Brad Jacobs 5-2 to win the National on Sunday. McEwen stole one in the seventh and added another point in the eighth for the victory at the Essar Centre in Jacobs’ hometown. “I thought we recovered quick from a few misses that I made. The guys really supported me to give me that chance to mentally come back,’’ said McEwen. “I was pretty proud of the team for how consistent they were and propping me up a little bit for the first half of the game.’’ With the win, the Winnipeg skip moves past Jacobs and into top spot on the World Curling Tour’s Order of Merit. “Unfortunately, we didn’t bring our best effort to the ice today and we didn’t get any breaks, and you lose as a result of that sometimes,’’ said Jacobs. “It was a really fun event for us. We would have loved to win it for the Soo, but we just didn’t have it today.’’ The National is the second of five Grand Slam of Curling events this season. McEwen reached the final at the Masters earlier this month but lost to 2006 Olympic champion Brad Gushue of St. John’s. The next Grand Slam stop is the Dec. 9-14 Canadian Open at Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Sask. day to put the Revolution within a draw of the MLS Cup final. Having earned the tag as the “Buffalo Bills of MLS’’ for its four trips to the MLS championship game without a win, the Revolution are the closest they’ve been to the title match since the last trip in 2007. The result gives the Revolution a significant advantage heading home for the second leg of the aggregate-goals series on Saturday at Gillette Stadium. They will need only a tie on Saturday at home at Gillette Stadium to advance and face either Los Angeles or Seattle. The 33-year-old Jones, who joined the team in August after a club career in Germany, England and Turkey, has been widely credited as being the piece that has pushed the Revolution to the brink of returning to the final.

Rooms For Rent

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SHARED Main Áoor in Grandview, all utils. incl. $695. 403-318-5416

Industrial

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Main Floor 600 SQ Commercial space for lease at 5004 Broadway Ave Blackfalds. Avail Jan 1, 2014.Dennis 250 863-7979

Mobile Lot

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PADS $450/mo. 2 BDRM. main Áoor house, Brand new park in Lacombe. $1150. + DD. incld’s utils. Suites Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., quiet adults, n/s, no pets, 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. no drugs. Ref’s required. GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. Down payment $4000. Call 342-1207 apartments, avail. immed, at anytime. 403-588-8820 rent $875 403-596-6000 SYLVAN LAKE: fully RHINSTONE necklace and BEAUTIFUL kittens, (3) INNISFAIL deluxe 2 bdrm., furnished, inclds dishes, earrings to match from the desperately needs bedding, utils. Avail. Now! incl. water, $860 avail. Jan. 1950’s, A1 cond. $75; large loving homes. 1 403-348-6594 $1200. 403-880-0210. stainless steel pot $8; approx. 403-782-3130 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. 40 peacock feathers $1/ea.; Classifieds SUITES. 25+, adults only large multi colored Áower Condos/ Your place to SELL n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 vase $18, large fruit bowl Townhouses Your place to BUY grape design $10. Magic NEWLY RENOVATED 1 & Moments - the very pest of CLASSIFICATIONS INGLEWOOD POINT 2 bdrm, 2 bedroom suites available Perry Comeaux, 3 CD’s in 4000-4190 2 bath condo. Heated park- in central location. Heat & 1 package, new, $15. ing & all utils. incl. $1450. water included. Cat friendly. Dogs 403-346-2231 86 Bell Street, Red Deer 403-350-3722/780-479-1522 leasing@rentmidwest.com Realtors SAMSONITE SUIT BAG REG’D BOXER PUPPIES, SEIBEL PROPERTY 1(888) 679-8031 green in colour, good & Services from Champion health cond. $10. 403-314-9603 www.seibelprperty.com tested parents, Ph: 403-304-7576 403-340-3506 after 6 p.m. or 403-347-7545 Start your career! 6 locations in Red Deer 1 bdrm. adult building, See Help Wanted ~ Halman Heights N/S. No pets. ~ Riverfront Estates 403-596-2444

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position after the opening run of the afternoon race, but dropped a spot to finish second at 1:50.72. Humphries piloted the top Canadian sled in Race 2 to settle for a tie for fourth place at 1:51.87. Great Britain’s Lamin Deen, Keith McLaughlin, Justin Oro-Campos, and Andrew Matthews won the second race in 1:50.52. Americans Codie Bascue, Kris Enslen, David Cremin, and Trevor Christianson snagged bronze at 1:50.84.

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Cars

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Trucks

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Hamilton answers Rosberg in defiant style CLINCHES SECOND F1 TITLE AFTER WINNING ABU DHABI GP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Lewis Hamilton answered Nico Rosberg’s pre-race goading in defiant style, winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday as he clinched a second Formula One title and denied his brash-talking Mercedes teammate his first. The days leading up to the race saw an upbeat Rosberg talking openly about how he fully intended to make Hamilton crack under pressure. That resulted in the onus to deliver falling on Rosberg _ Hamilton’s childhood friend and teenage go-karting rival _ and match his pre-race fighting talk with equally aggressive driving. It never happened, and the German driver’s dismal race saw him place a lowly 14th after he failed to recover from a poor start. Hamilton, the 2008 F1 champion, entered the race with a 17-point lead over his rival, needing only a top-two finish to guarantee the title. But he was never even tested and the highly anticipated duel under floodlights never happened. “Woooooo-hoooooo, world champion I can’t believe it! Thank you so much guys,’’ Hamilton screamed over race radio, before grabbing a Union Jack flag and waving it above his car as his mechanics celebrated wildly. “It’s hard to soak all of this up. So much pressure,’’ the 29-year-old Hamilton said. “I didn’t sleep last night. I went for a run and had a massage, I thought I would be tired, but somehow I felt composed for the race.’’ He kept his helmet on for several minutes, appearing to wipe away tears, as the emotion of his hard-fought championship win started to sink in. “This has been an incredible year,’’ Hamilton said. ``It feels very surreal, like an out-of-body experience, like it’s not really happening.’’ Standing watching in the Mercedes garage, Britain’s Prince Harry told him he was a ``legend’’ and the emotion got to Hamilton, who described how he sat on a beach the night before the race, texting his father, Anthony Hamilton, and urging him to attend the race. The elder Hamilton responded to his son’s call. “One thing I want to say is a big huge ‘Thank You’ to all the fans, to my

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, front right, leads the field at the start of the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday. family. I love you guys,’’ Hamilton said. ``This is the greatest day of my life _ 2008 was a special day but this is way, way beyond that.’’ As a dejected Rosberg climbed out of his car, Hamilton rushed over to hug his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, who was in tears as she gave him a kiss. Rosberg started from pole position and, with double points on offer, could have won the title providing Hamilton finished third or lower. “It is a pity it did not work out,’’ Rosberg said. “It’s been very intense, a very special weekend for me.’’ Brazilian driver Felipe Massa crossed the line in second place ahead of his Williams teammate Valtteri Bottas, while Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo drove superbly to finish fourth despite starting from the back of the grid alongside teammate Sebastian Vettel, who finished eighth. In total, Hamilton scored 384 points, with Rosberg notching 317 and Ricciardo third with 238. Although it was a one-sided race, the season was a welcome drivers’ contest after Vettel beat Fernando Alonso

by 155 points last year. Mercedes, however, crushed the competition out of sight, winning 16 of 19 races and securing 18 poles. “We said way back in 1997 that it would be amazing if we were fighting for the title one day,’’ Hamilton said. ``He just came into the room just now, he was very professional. He said ‘Fantastic, you drove really well.’’’ Hamilton joins British drivers Graham Hill and Jim Clark with two F1 titles, with only Jackie Stewart ahead of him on three. He won 11 races to Rosberg’s five this season. Tellingly, the German driver failed to make the most of pole position, having bettered Hamilton 117 in qualifying. Hamilton’s other title was also decided on the last day, when he did just enough to beat Massa by one point at the season-ending Brazilian GP six years ago. A repeat scenario was squashed after three seconds. While Rosberg seemed rooted to the spot, Hamilton showed phenomenal acceleration from the line.

“It was a good start, like a rocket,’’ Hamilton said. Meanwhile, it was a tough end to Vettel’s Red Bull career. The four-time F1 champion will join Ferrari next year on a three-year deal, replacing Fernando Alonso, who is touted to replace Jenson Button at McLaren. The Red Bulls started last after race stewards nullified their qualifying results because of an illegal aerodynamic influence on the front wing flaps. Although Red Bull placed a giant sticker on the garage floor that said “Danke Seb!’’ (``Thanks Seb!’’) he was not quite the centre of attention. Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell — engaged to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner — was in the team garage. The 5.554-kilometre (3.44-mile) Yas Marina circuit is built on a man-made island, and the race has a unique feel, beginning at dusk and ending under darkness. Hamilton and friends, including U.S. singer Pharrell Williams, were likely partying long into the night.

Lydia Ko gets the $1 More than 30 horses million bonus and her die in stable fire biggest LPGA Tour title

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES, Fla. — New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko was an instant millionaire even before she went into a threeway playoff Sunday in the CME Group Tour Championship. She finished off her rookie season in style. Another victory. Another record. And the richest single-day payoff in the history of women’s golf. Ko was flawless with a 4-under 68 that allowed her to capture the inaugural “Race to CME Globe’’ and its $1 million bonus. Then, the 17-year-old added an extra $500,000 to her big day when she won the Tour Championship with a par on the fourth playoff hole. And to think just one year ago she made $16,063 in her pro debut at Tiburon Golf Club. Her clothes drenched with champagne, she sat next to a pair of crystal trophies, with a glass case at her feet stuffed with cash to symbolize the $1 million bonus. Ko had posed with the cash case at the start of the week. She never thought about the money until it was hers. “When I saw that $1 million in the box I was like, ‘Wow, I wonder who the winner of that will be?’” she said. “I’ve never see that much cash in one place before.” The LPGA Tour has never seen a rookie like this. Ko now has five wins before she can legally drink that champagne that was sprayed on her at the 18th green after she defeated Carlota Ciganda of Spain and Julieta Granada of Paraguay. She won three times this year, and her earnings from the Tour Championship made her the first player to go over $2 million as a rookie. “This year has been awesome,’’ she said. She needed some help from Ciganda and Granada in the playoff, which was held on the 425-yard 18th hole, which yielded only four birdies in the final round. Granada, who closed with a 1-under 71, was the first to be eliminated on the second playoff hole when she threeputted from just off the 18th green. Her 5-foot par putt spun in and out of the cup. Ciganda, who closed with a 70, had two good chances to win. The longest hitter of the three women in the playoff, Ciganda reached the par-5 17th in two shots and three-putted for par, missing a 3-foot birdie putt that would have given her the lead with one hole to play in regulation. On the third playoff hole, she missed a 5-foot birdie putt for the win. Playing the 18th for the fourth time in a playoff, Ciganda pulled her approach and watched it bounce down the slope and into the hazard. “What the ...’’ Ciganda said, without finishing the sentence as her shot

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Lydia Ko won the CME Group Tour Championship in a playoff while also clinching the richest single-day payoff in the history of women’s golf sailed toward trouble. She took a penalty drop and chipped to 3 feet. Ko needed only two putts for the win, and her first putt stopped an inch from going in. No matter. The kid was a winner again, her fifth LPGA Tour title before her 18th birthday. She was an amateur when she won her first two LPGA titles. Ko wasn’t the only big winner in the LPGA Tour finale. Stacy Lewis never had a chance to win the tournament or the $1 million bonus, though she walked away with her own slice of history. Lewis became the first American in 21 years to sweep the three most significant awards on the LPGA Tour _ player of the year, the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average and the money title. “The $1 million would have been nice,’’ Lewis said after a 71 to tie for ninth place. “But those three, that’s what I came here for.’’ Ko had a 68-68 weekend, and she established herself quickly on another blustery day with three birdies in eight holes to take the lead. She hit her approach to 3 feet on the 13th and looked as though she might pull away. Ciganda made back-to-back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes to join Ko at 10-under par, and Granada chipped in on the 15th for birdie to make it a threesome. They finished at 10-under 278 to force the third straight playoff on the LPGA Tour. Going into the LPGA Tour finale, the top three in the Race to CME Globe only had to win the tournament to capture the $1 million bonus. Lewis wound up six shots out of the playoff. Inbee Park, who was at No. 2 in the standings, never got on track and tied for 24th at even-par 288. Ko only needed to finish fourth to win the Race to CME Globe, so she learned she had the $1 million before the playoff started. “She’s a great player,’’ Lewis said. “She got that innocence about her that she doesn’t even realize what’s going on. She probably has no idea how the scenarios and points work out. Maybe it’s to her advantage.’’

CHICAGO _ More than 30 horses died in a stable fire in suburban Chicago over the weekend, with distraught owners of the animals arriving Sunday to lay flowers at the site, a fire department official said. The fire Saturday occurred 50 miles northwest of Chicago at Valley View Acres, a boarding facility that also breeds and trains thoroughbreds and show-jumping horses, and offers riding lessons to children. As firefighters arrived before midnight Saturday, the stable’s owners were running around the burning complex looking for ways to lead horses to safety as the two-story structure collapsed, Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Chief Paul Deraedt said in a phone interview. “They were frantic,’’ he said about the stable’s owners, Tyson and Amber Bauman. “But nothing could have survived the conditions inside. ... They are devastated.’’ TV footage of the scene Sunday morning showed blackened remains of the stable piled against a white fence and a damaged horse trailer, with firefighters still spraying water on smouldering wreckage. One woman crying and bearing flowers said she’d owned her horse for 30 years. Firefighters tried to determine where her horse died and laid the flowers for her in the rubble near it, Deraedt said. “Talking to these people ... they

were very close to their horses,’’ he said. The Baumans were at an Illinois Hunter Jumper Association awards banquet Saturday and returned home after the blaze began, The Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake reported. Two of their children were at home but weren’t injured. It was the Bauman’s son who awoke to the sound a fire crackling nearby and then called the fire department to say heavy smoke and flames were coming from the stable, Deraedt said. Deraedt said five of 37 horses thought to have been in the stable when the fire began survived and are in good condition. He said 32 horses appeared to have perished, though authorities would finalize that number after sifting through the debris. Authorities estimates the total value of the horses that perished at more than $1 million, with many of the individual horses valued at between $50,000 and $75,000. Deraedt said Sunday the cause of the fire was unknown, but that an investigation was underway. The blaze appeared to have started in the portion of the stable-and-barn complex where hay is stored, he said. As he surveyed the devastation Sunday, Tyson Bauman told the Crystal Lake newspaper the family bought the facility in unincorporated Woodstock eight years ago, in part, because horses were his wife’s passion. “It was an honour for us to buy it,’’ he said.

McIlroy looking to match Nicklaus and Player with victory at Australian Open BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates _ Rory McIlroy is looking to join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as the only non-Australian players to have won back-to-back Australian Open titles when the world No. 1 tees off on Thursday in Sydney. Having finished the DP World Tour Championship with a share of second place, McIlroy will arrive in Sydney on Monday for the event at The Australian Golf Club. His sights will be on achieving a rare feat among non-Australians of winning the title for a second year in a row. Nicklaus won in 1975 and 1976, while Player managed the feat twice _ retaining the title for the first time in 1963 and then again in 1970. “I noticed on the trophy when I was handed it last year I was the first nonAustralian to win the Australian Open since Tim Clark in 2008 but to match

something that Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player have achieved would be amazing,’’ McIlroy said Sunday. It’s not the only connection to come to the Northern Irishman’s notice. “Mr. Nicklaus and Mr. Player are two players to have won the Grand Slam and their connection with the Australian Open is pretty timely for me.’’ McIlroy only needs an elusive victory in the Masters at Augusta to complete his Grand Slam, and it’s clearly a subject that has been on his mind for a while. “I have been thinking about Augusta next year since the 18th August this year when I won the PGA Championship for a second time,’’ he said. “So it might be a good omen for me going to Augusta in April if I could again win the Australian Open.’’ McIlroy will warm up for his title defence by playing a practice round on Tuesday with 16-year-old amateur Ryan Ruffels.

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Dear Annie: My sister-in-law and I exchange Again, it’s not personal. babysitting for our young children. I have three under 3. Please provide a surface to sit on that has not the age of 5, and she has two. It is mutually benefi- been previously occupied by the cat. Consider havcial except for one thing: If the kids break something ing the visit in an uncarpeted area. And keep the cat at her house, she demands that I pay for it. Re- confined the whole time. I know your cat is adorable, cently this included getting her couch professionally but I can’t have it rub against me. cleaned after all of the children, not just mine, drew 4. I appreciate your invitations to reciprocate, but on it with pens. I was fine with footing the bill, until I am very uncomfortable in your home. Instead, you something at my house was damaged, and her re- can “host” by bringing dinner to me. sponse was to laugh it off and say, “Well, you should 5. If you have an allergic friend or relative and have been watching them!” you do not currently have a cat, consider adopting I do not appreciate the double stansomething else. If you get a cat, exdard. Is there some kind of rule as to pect visits to your house to diminish. who should pay for the damage? – And consider the message you are Stuck with the Bill No Matter What sending to that friend or relative. in Oregon I hope this helps people underDear Stuck: If one child is unusualstand that we cat-allergic people are ly destructive or breaks something parjust trying to maintain friendships the ticularly valuable, the parents should best we can. It would be a lovely gesmake an effort to reimburse for damture if our friends could accommodate ages. However, if all of the children this one part of who we are that is so play in roughly the same way, it’s siminconvenient. – Trying My Best ply the cost of doing business. Discuss Dear Trying: We know some folks this with your sister-in-law and agree will decide you are too much trouthat you either split the costs or no one ble to accommodate. But for those pays. If necessary, put it in writing. who value these relationships, this Dear Annie: I have a severe alwill help them understand how difMITCHELL lergy to cats. I went through a five-year ficult and dangerous it is for you to be & SUGAR course of allergy shots and take an exposed to cats. We like the idea of antihistamine every day, but I can still friends bringing dinner to your place have a reaction when visiting the home (or maybe inviting you to join them at of a friend with a cat. Many people a restaurant) to reciprocate. We hope don’t truly understand how severe the they will. problem is. I would like to make a few Dear Annie: The letter from “Unsuggestions: forgiven,” who inadvertently left her brother’s stepson 1. Please don’t be offended if I ask you about out of her father’s obituary, touched my heart. your cats, am hesitant to visit your home or need to May I suggest that she offer to publish an annileave early. This isn’t personal. It is a medical issue. versary notice in the newspaper, in which the step2. Many people vacuum just before an aller- son is not only mentioned, but invited to participate gic friend arrives. This actually makes the problem in writing? If that doesn’t soothe the sister-in-law, worse because it sprays allergens into the air that there’s more to the issue. -- Sheila in Massachusetts hang suspended for hours. Instead, vacuum hours Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and earlier, and then open all of the windows to air out Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers the house. Consider purchasing a HEPA-filtered column. Please email your questions to anniesmailvacuum. And please realize that the more people box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o present the more the allergens are stirred up. I am Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, unlikely to want to attend a large party in your home. CA 90254.

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