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June 16, 2014 edition of the Red Deer AdvocateTRANSCRIPT
BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF
It took 47 years, but Warren Kreway is finally getting his high school diploma.
Kreway, 65, left school in Rosemary about 10 credits short of completing Grade 12 in 1967.
On June 27, he will be one of about 230 students graduat-ing from Lacombe Composite High School at a ceremony at Westerner Park.
Kreway could have applied to get his diploma based on his training while employed through the years, including courses he took at Mount Roy-al College.
Instead, he enrolled in three classes and was shoul-der-to-shoulder with high
school students for three months.
“Is it worth doing what I’ve done? Absolutely. When I see the reaction of the students. When I see the friendships that we’ve built. When I see the reaction of the student body, and when I see the reaction of the fac-ulty — it’s like coming home,” said Kreway, of L a c o m b e , who drives a school bus for Wolf Creek Public Schools.
He would bus students from Blackfalds, attend class, then get back in the driver’s seat to take students home.
He admitted his first few days of class last fall were awkward and students were unsure why he was there, so he got up and spoke in front of his class.
“I explained to them why and what I was doing and the purpose behind it. And the class actually got up and gave me a standing ovation.”
Kreway has been a volunteer with high school’s robotic club for a few years.
When he bashfully revealed to them that he didn’t have his diploma and felt uncomfort-able leaving his education un-finished, students encouraged him to do something about it.
He said school definitely has changed, with the empha-sis on using computers and the large classes.
“Nowadays, you’re up to 40-some kids in the classroom. What I was hoping to get was more one-on-one.
“I did (get one-on-one as-sistance), but not as much as I expected.”
Kreway said he learned
more about the challenges youth face today.
While students helped him when it came to computers,
he was kind of like the “ r e s i d e n t grandfather” p r o v i d i n g e n c o u r -a g e m e n t .But mostly, Kreway said he was seen as just anoth-er student to talk to about h o m e w o r k
and class.He was surprised to discov-
er a passion for writing after critiquing novels and movies for class.
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Angels helpVirgil find home
BY CRYSTAL RHYNO
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Sitting at his dining room table, Virgil Frencheater looks out the window and stares at the pouring rain beating down on the sidewalk.
It wasn’t too long ago that Frencheater would be tucked under a plastic bag trying to stay warm and dry in the downpour.
These days Frencheater, who carved out an existence
on the streets for more than a decade, doesn’t have to worry about the inclement weather.
Since October 2013, the 46-year-old has called Safe Harbour Society’s Harbour House home where he is work-ing on improving his health and staying sober.
Harbour House has space for eight people who have the most difficulty accessing and sustaining housing.
After 47 years, man gets his Grade 12 diploma
BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF
Mountview resident Mar-tin Scholz knows a thing or two about turning a lawn into lunch and a yard into yum-mies.
Scholz, a local permacul-ture educator and sustain-ability co-ordinator for Action International Ministries, re-cently gave his yard an edible makeover to represent what he has been teaching for many years locally and around the world.
“The goal is to bring agri-culture back into the urban setting,” said Scholz.
“In Red Deer the average yard could produce about
1,000 lbs of food a year if we just got a little more cre-ative.”
Scholz answered questions about edible landscaping and delivered a presentation to young students as part of Gar-den Days at Parkland Garden Centre last weekend.
Edible landscaping is a food production approach where typical lawn ornaments and grass are replaced with edible plants.
In Scholz’s front yard, there’s corn, squash, pump-kins, onions, zucchini, pears, apricot plum trees, cherry trees, raspberry, blueberries, strawberries and other good-ies growing.
Warren Kreway
GET A GRIP, MAN
Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff
Virgil Frencheater shares a laugh with his two case workers Candace Thomson (left) and Tammy Nooskey at his home in Red Deer. Frencheater likes to call his case workers “his two angels.” Please see HOME on Page A2
Photo by JOSH ALDRICH/Advocate staff
Red Deer Buccaneer Hunter Girard (99) is tackled on a kick return by Grande Prairie Drillers’ Edgehill Gerrick (40) In Alberta Football League action at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe on Saturday. Grande Prairie won 31-18. See a report of the game and additional photo on Page B1 of today’s Advocate. Please see EDIBLE on Page B2
Please see GRAD on Page A2
WILL BE AMONG STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM LACOMBE COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL
‘I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY AND WHAT I WAS DOING AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT. AND THE
CLASS ACTUALLY GOT UP AND GAVE ME A STANDING OVATION.’
— WARREN KREWAY
SAFE HARBOUR RESIDENT GETS OFF THE STREETS AFTER DECADE
YARD GROWTH CAN BE EDIBLE
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HOME: Bumps on road for people dealing with addictions, other issues
There are not a lot of rules but there are expecta-tions. Open since 2007, it is operated with a Housing First approach of “house them first, help them as you go along.”
The house is considered a “using house” but no illegal substances or physical violence are permit-ted on the non-smoking property. Staff are on site 24 hours.
“I felt even if I went to a sober house I would still end up drinking even if I wanted to,” Frencheater said last week.
“There’s no use going to a sober house. If I am go-ing to quit it doesn’t matter where I am ... if a person wants to use, they will use.”
Things were going good for Frencheater for about seven months. He didn’t succumb to peer pressure or fall back into an old routine.
But his frustration and sadness for his homeless family still on the streets weighed heavy on his mind. Frencheater began having four or five drinks a day and accepting a shot of vodka from friends in May. Two weeks ago, he ended up at the Red Deer Re-gional Hospital Centre where he stayed for a week because of health issues.
“For awhile I felt, if you can’t beat them, join them,” said Frencheater. “What sense is that? If you can’t beat them ... Maybe this will be a lesson to someone what happened. This is what happens. If it can happen to me. It can happen you. ”
Case worker Candace Thomson said it is unre-alistic to think there will not be bumps on the road for people who are dealing with addictions or other issues. Thomson said they have seen a lot of growth and change in Frencheater since he moved into the home.
“He is a soft and caring person,” said Thomson. “One of the most powerful things I heard him say
over the last year is that his humanity has been re-stored. Virgil really cares about people. You can re-ally see that in the way Virgil lives his life.”
Harbour House manager Tammy Nooskey said Frencheater can be considered a “success story” because he is working through his problems and is a positive example for others.
At Harbour House, residents make their own case plans and set their own goals. They are not forced to “do this or do that” or to change.
Thomson said there is a misconception that these types of houses enable people.
She said they do everything not to enable people but to help them. Help cold mean hammering out a resume, getting personal identification or connect-ing with other services in the community.
“That’s why people are successful here,” said Thomson.
“People are not telling them how life should work ... I think everyone could learn from Virgil.” “
In the last seven years, three people have moved out of Harbour House into the community to live in-dependently.
Nooskey said the stay at Harbour House can be temporary or permanent housing depending on the individual.
There are a few residents that have lived in Har-bour House since its doors opened.
Nooskey said there is a need for more afford-able housing units in Red Deer. One day the society would like to open a 12-unit home in Red Deer. Housing First projects in Red Deer received a $2-million boost over five-years from the federal gov-ernment on Friday.
According to Red Deer’s first point-in-time Home-less Count, there were 279 people found to be home-less on Oct. 16, 2010. The next count will be conduct-ed on Oct. 16.
“It’s tough,” said Frencheater. “I am in an environment where everyone is using.
I am not using. I wasn’t drinking. I wasn’t even taking pain killers. I just went through it straight. I thought that maybe somebody would see that. But I think I might have changed some minds but I can’t be sure.”
The stint at the hospital was a wake up call for him. Frencheater is back at Harbour House and ready to tackle live’s next challenges. The talented artist painted one of the murals on the buildings near Turning Point at the south end of Little Gaetz Avenue last summer.
He hopes to get a part-time job, work on his art and continue to be there for his family.
“You learn from the bumps on the road,” said Frencheater.
“It’s not always an early way to learn but you do learn something each time. You just have to have an open heart and open mind.”
Frencheater said he hopes his story will at least make one person walk a different path.
GRAD: Opened a new door“Once the valve opened, I couldn’t shut it off. I
was writing 30- and 40-page essays. It’s opened a new door that hasn’t closed and I don’t want it to close.”
Kreway said he did take the opportunity to try to steer students towards post-secondary education.
“Grade 12 isn’t enough anymore. You have to have college or university. No matter what you do in the working world, you need that. In my day, you didn’t need that.”
In the 1960s, Kreway left school for a job in Cal-gary in freight delivery. He also spent many years in appliance service.
Kreway said it was common for people of his gen-eration to not complete their schooling.
“I wasn’t alone. But I felt alone.”He hopes his success will encourage others his
age to consider finishing high school.When the 2013-14 yearbook was being prepared,
Kreway was asked what he was going to do after graduation. While he’s not sure if he’ll further his education, he has applied for a teaching assistant job at the high school.
For now, he’s just looking forward to graduation day. He said his fellow students are also waiting to see him walk across the stage to accept his diploma.
“I wanted to know what it was like to go back to school. It became instant family.”
EDIBLE: Plant things that can take care of us
Two greenhouses on his property boasts hundreds of different plants and herbs as well as tomatoes and cucumbers.
“Why are we growing so much of that we take care of,” said Scholz, referring to typical lawns. “Why don’t we plant things that can take care of us as well?”
Last year Scholz re-designed his front yard to do something for the land. He said if you get the land to where it is happy then anything can grow.
Scholz, a ReThink Red Deer board member, said having grass does have some benefits like keeping dust away but there are all kinds of other benefits when you turn your yard into a garden.
He said his edible has helped his family grow closer and connect with his neighbours. Some have even been inspired to try something on their own.
“The bug is slowly catching,” he said. “People are realizing that instead of working so hard for nothing which is you take care of your lawn and you throw it away. You can replace the lawn with stuff that gives back.”
Scholz said the idea is to become more sustain-able which means needing to go outside your proper-ty less and less. He said residents have become more interested in food production from the home.
Scholz does not have an accurate yield count for his produce but he hoping to work out a figure to let residents know what they can expect fromt heir yards. His small apple tree has produced enough ap-ples to make about 100 lbs of apple sauce annually.
Contact Scholz at 403-396-7647 if you have any questions on sustainability and setting up an edible landscape.
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Martin Scholz of Red Deer checks the buds on a cherry tree in his edible front yard garden in Mountview.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
A 12-year-old transgender Alberta boy has been granted a new birth certificate that recognizes him as male.
Wren Kauffman was presented with the new document on Sunday in Edmonton during a Pride festival brunch hosted by the city’s mayor.
The province’s culture minister, Heather Klimchuk, made the presentation.
A spokesperson for the minister says the new certificate simply has a “M” in-
stead of an “F.”Kauffman had filed a complaint with the
Alberta Human Rights Commission over the inability to change the sex on his birth certificate.
Alberta law states that transgender per-sons must have reassignment surgery be-fore they can change the sex on their birth certificates, but Premier Dave Hancock said in April that the surgery requirement will be dropped.
Wren, who was born a girl, had said it was stressful being listed as female.
A week after Hancock made the an-
nouncement, a judge ruled that the Alberta law dealing with birth certificates violates the rights of transgender people.
In the 1970s, most provinces changed their laws so people could change their birth certificates after sex reassignment surgery.
The revision left out transgender chil-dren, because people must be at least 18 to be eligible for the surgery.
Other human rights complaints have also been filed in at least three other provinces: British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Mani-toba.
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Two hospitalized, others injured in collision
Two were sent to hospital and several others were injured following a two-vehicle collision at Hwy 2A and 49 Ave in Lacombe early Saturday morning.
Lacombe Police Service said they responded to reports of the collision around 1:06 a.m.
Police say the early investigation has determined that a northbound pickup truck with seven occu-pants went through a red light at a high rate of speed when it collided with a westbound pickup truck.
The impact forced the northbound pickup to roll over, and come to rest the railway tracks running parallel to Hwy 2A.
A 19-year-old male driver of the northbound pickup truck was flown by STARS Air Ambulance to Foothills Hospital in Calgary where he remains in serious condition. One other passenger also sus-tained serious injuries.
He was flown to the University of Alberta Hospi-tal in Edmonton. Two others were sent to lo-cal hospitals by ground ambulance. The three remaining passengers were treated by emer-gency services for minor injuries at the scene and released.
The male driver of the westbound pick up trick did not sustain any sig-nificant injuries. He was alone in the truck.
Railway traffic on the main rail lines was de-layed for several hours as a result of the colli-sion.
Speed and alcohol are believed to be con-tributing factors to the collision. However no charges have yet been laid as the investigation is ongoing.
Careless smoking blamed for fireAn attended cigarette
sparked a fire forcing an evacuation in Riverside Meadows on Saturday night.
Deputy fire chief Greg Adair said Red Deer Emergency Services crews were called to a fire in a four-storey apartment complex at 5100 60 Street.
Adair said the fire contained to one suite on the second floor of the building because the sprinklers in the build-ing activated the emer-gency sprinkler system.
There was no damage estimate available on Sunday.
Adair said care-less cigarette smoking caused the fire.
“Be a responsible smoker,” said Adair. “Don’t leave cigarettes or candles unattended at any time.”
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Tremendous cancer resource welcomed by patients
BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF
Just over five weeks ago Mau-rice Paul graduated from his radi-ation treatment at the Central Al-berta Cancer Clinic in Red Deer.
Paul thanked donors and staff for their support at the clinic’s open house at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday.
Paul learned he had prostate cancer about a year ago.
After hearing his diagnosis, the 64-year-old joined the local pros-tate cancer support group in Red Deer.
Paul said the support from the group was amazing but he was overwhelmed to hear that the men in the group received their treat-ments in either Edmonton or Cal-gary.
“It is scary when you hear something like that,” said Paul, of Gull Lake.
“Probably one of the best things I did was latching on to that support group and getting their information.”
Paul received 37 daily treat-ments at the clinic from March 18 to May 9 at the clinic.
“It was a real gift to be able to hear you can have your treatment here,” said Paul.
These days Paul says things are looking good and he feels great.
The Central Alberta Cancer Centre’s new building at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre opened to patients in November 2013.
The new facility, four times the size of its former location, has brought radiation treatment for some cancers to Central Alberta so most cancer patients no longer have to travel to Edmonton or Cal-gary.
Already an estimated 125 pa-tients have completed radiation therapy since the facility opened and 20 to 25 patients per day have been treated on the medical day unit that has treatment areas for chemotherapy.
Dr. Julie Cuartero, a radiation oncologist, said patients have to go through so much physically and emotionally and having a clinic close by makes a tremendous dif-ference.
“It’s difficult enough for them,” she said.
“The treatments we offer are not benign either. Chemothera-py and radiation are tough treat-
ments to go through. If you can eliminate extrane-
ous things such as having to worry about the driving, the roads, the weather conditions, that makes a huge impact on how they go through their treatments or can-cer journeys.”
Cuartero said the clinic is a tre-mendous resource for cancer pa-tients.
Myka Osinchuk, CEO of the Al-berta Cancer Foundation, was on hand to thank the foundation do-nors.
She shared how the founda-tion’s investments have enhanced patient care with initiatives such as the foundation’s patient naviga-tion program that operates in can-cer centres across Alberta.
Thirteen patient navigators in-cluding one in Red Deer help pa-tients find their way around the health-care system.
In 2013, the navigator cared for 596 patients and 553 patients al-ready in 2014.
By the end of the year, she ex-pects the number to be 2,000 re-ceiving help from the foundation’s navigator.
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Cancer survivor Maurice Paul stands by the machine that helped rid him of cancer during the Central Alberta Cancer Centre’s open house on Saturday afternoon.
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Man faces 22 charges in armedrobberyattempt
An Innsifail man faces 22 charges related to an attempted armed robbery at a Central Alberta camp-ground last week.
The charges stem from a June 5 incident in which two suspects attempted to steal a vehicle from a camper at Kelly’s Campground, about 10 kms west of Innisfail.
After a truck stolen from Pine Lake was found in Bowden, one of the suspects in the attempted armed robbery was arrested and taken into custody.
The other suspect fled and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The suspect was arrested at a Bowden-area property and taken into police custody on June 13.
Dillon Bristow of Innisfail, 20, was charged with previously charged with robbery with a firearm, pos-session of property obtained by crime, possession of a firearm, trafficking cocaine, disguised with intent to commit offence, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, failing to comply probation order, and failure to comply with a probation order.
He now faces 22 additional charges as a result of the investigation following his arrest. Bristow is charged with three counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000, hit and run, flight from po-lice, two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm without a firearms licence, possession of a firearm while prohibited, careless storage of a firearm, unauthorized posses-sion of a firearm in a vehicle, break and enter to a business, six counts of breach of a recognizance and four counts of breach of probation.
He is currently in custody, and is scheduled to ap-pear in Red Deer provincial court on Friday.
Michael Holt, 33, of Red Deer was charged with possession of property obtained by crime, possession of cocaine, fail to comply with conditions of an un-dertaking and fail to comply with a probation order on June 7.
Holt is in custody and will be in Red Deer provin-cial court on Tuesday.
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C E N T R A L A L B E R T A ’ SD A I L Y N E W S P A P E R
Energy giant Kinder Morgan was recently called insensitive for pointing out that “Pipeline spills can have both positive and negative effects on local and regional economies, both in the short- and long-term.”
The company wants to triple its shipping capacity from the Alberta oil-sands to Burnaby, B.C., in part by twin-ning its current pipeline. Its National En-e r g y B o a r d s u b m i s s i o n states, “Spill response and cleanup creates business and e m p l o y m e n t opportunities f o r a f f e c t e d communities, regions, and cleanup service providers.”
It may seem insensitive but it’s true.
And that’s the problem.Destroying the environment is bad
for the planet and all the life it sup-ports, including us. But it’s often good for business. The 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico added billions to the U.S. gross domestic product! Even if a spill never occurred (a big “if,” considering the records of Kinder Mor-gan and other pipeline companies), increasing capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels a day would go hand-in-hand with rapid oilsands expansion and more wasteful, destructive burn-ing of fossil fuels — as would approval of Enbridge Northern Gateway and other pipeline projects, as well as in-creased oil shipments by rail.
The company will make money, the government will reap some tax and royalty benefits and a relatively small number of jobs will be created. But the massive costs of dealing with a pipe-line or tanker spill and the resulting climate change consequences will far outweigh the benefits. Of course, un-der our current economic paradigm, even the costs of responding to glob-al warming impacts show as positive growth in the GDP — the tool we use to measure what passes for progress in this strange worldview.
And so it’s full speed ahead and damn the consequences. Everything is measured in money.
B.C.’s economy seems sluggish?
Well, obviously, the solution is to get fracking and sell the gas to Asian mar-kets. Never mind that a recent study, commissioned by the Canadian govern-ment, concludes we don’t know enough about the practice to say it’s safe, the federal government has virtually no regulations surrounding it and pro-vincial rules “are not based on strong science and remain untested.” Never mind that the more infrastructure we build for polluting, climate-disrupting fossil fuels, the longer it will take us to move away from them. There’s easy money to be had — for someone.
We need to do more than just get off fossil fuels, although that’s a prior-ity. We need to conserve, cut back and switch to cleaner energy sources. In Canada, we need a national energy strategy. And guess what? That will create lasting jobs! But we must also find better ways to run our societies than relying on rampant consumption,
planned obsolescence, excessive and often-pointless work and an economic system that depends on damaging ways and an absurd measurement to con-vince us it somehow all amounts to progress.
It’s not about going back to the Dark Ages. It’s about realizing that a good life doesn’t depend on owning more stuff, scoring the latest gadgets or driv-ing bigger, faster cars. Our connections with family, friends, community and nature are vastly more important.
Yes, we need oil and gas, and will for some time. Having built our cities and infrastructure to accommodate cars rather than people, we can’t turn around overnight. But we can stop wasting our precious resources. By conserving and switching to cleaner energy, we can ensure we still have oil and gas long into the future, perhaps long enough to learn to appreciate the potential of what’s essentially energy
from the sun, stored and compressed over millions of years. If we dig it up and sell it so it can be burned around the world, we consign ourselves to a polluted planet ravaged by global warming, with nothing to fall back on when fossil fuels are gone.
Scientists around the world have been warning us for decades about the consequences of our wasteful life-styles, and evidence for the ever-in-creasing damage caused by pollution and climate change continues to grow. But we have to do more than just wean ourselves off fossil fuels. We must al-so look to economic systems, progress measurements and ways of living that don’t depend on destroying everything the planet provides to keep us healthy and alive.
Scientist, author and broadcaster Da-vid Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsu-zuki.org.
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Bad can pay dividends
Solution to city survey gapsAn open letter to Red Deer Mayor
Tara Veer, city council and city man-ager Craig Curtis:
We all know how important it is to stay connected to Red Deer citizens.
Since the last election, I have seen an effort to include citizens in dia-logue. Simply the street signs being put up informing citizens of the front garbage pickup and the budget meet-ing has been an improvement from years past.
I do have concerns with some of the ways we are communicating. The surveys that we hold online are ex-tremely important, however they are easily manipulated and skewed. A per-son can take these surveys multiple times. Even if there are IP address protectors, IP addresses can easily be changed (or hidden), allowing a person to take the survey potentially hundreds of times. Simply put: I have near zero confidence in any city survey whether the results are aligned with my per-sonal ideological position or not.
Here is the solution: Every year (generally) the city conducts a census and each address receives a pin. Folks can enter their census information on-line using that pin. Keep this pin ac-tive for the entirety of the year, and link it to every city survey for access purposes. Once access is granted, the survey can be completed anonymously. Of course, this system would not be perfect. We would have to create con-tingencies for folks who move to Red Deer, or from house to house, but it would be a big step up from the system we have now.
Please consider bringing forth a no-tice of motion that would see Red Deer secure its online survey process.
Calvin Goulet-JonesRed Deer
Worst to come in Ukraine?The media is extensively covering
events in the Ukraine and columnists have varying interpretations of the se-rious situation that exists there.
This is, however, important for our understanding of the reality.
Greg Neiman (Red Deer Advocate, May 21, 2014) writes: “But once again the world is dealing with an aggres-sive, expansionist Russia. Armed Rus-sian insurgents stage-managed the an-nexation of Crimea and others created unrest in eastern sections of the coun-try to destabilize Ukraine’s elections coming this weekend.”
Gwynne Dyer (Red Deer Advocate, April 30, 2014) writes: “The collapse of the status quo is partly the Euro-pean Union’s fault, for demanding that Ukraine choose between closer trade and travel ties with the EU and full membership in Russia’s ‘Eurasian Union.’ It is even more the fault of Moscow: President Vladimir Putin has been both emotional and opportunis-tic. He’s scaring people, which is never a good idea.”
Seumas Milne (The Guardian, April 30, 2014) writes: “The reality is that after two decades of NATO expansion, this crises was triggered by the west’s attempt to pull Ukraine decisively into its orbit.
The threat of war in the Ukraine is growing. As the unelected govern-ment in Kiev declares itself unable to control the rebellion in the coun-try’s east, John Kerry brands Russia a rogue state. The U.S. and the Europe-an Union step up sanctions against the Kremlin, accusing it of de-stabilizing Ukraine.”
Whether you take the position that the blame rests with Russia or with the United States and the European Union it is the Kiev government, including the fascist groups that are integrated into it, who are responsible for acts of repression and murder.
Those in east Ukraine, who are re-belling against the government in Kiev, have good reason to be afraid that they may share the fate of the opposition in the west where workers have been beaten, tortured and burned alive trapped in trade union offices.
It is clear that Ukrainians cannot trust the Kiev government.
It is equally clear that they cannot trust Vladimir Putin and the financial oligarchs in Moscow.
The Ukraine is between a rock and a hard place. The interests of the Rus-sian finance are on one side and the in-terests of western finance on the other.
The crises are not of the making of ordinary Ukrainians but it is they who are paying the price as the Ukraine faces the threat of civil war.
There is a distinct possibility of a break-up of the Ukraine with the dan-ger of ethnic cleansing. This is exactly what occurred in the Balkans after western economic intervention and the disintegration of the former Yugo-slavian state.
There is also the possibility of an-other outcome, although it may be re-mote at this stage; workers in the high-ly industrial east of the Ukraine may declare their own socialist republic based on democracy and the interests of the majority of the population.
It would be an outcome that would dismay all the protagonists of this par-ticular conflagration.
For now Russia has drawn a line in the sand and despite the fact that it no longer controls the Ukraine, control has not yet passed to anyone else.
After a period of military skirmish-es the most likely outcome will be a fudged peace deal that will satisfy no one.
The Ukrainian pot will continue to simmer with the discontent of deep economic problems and the possibility of a social revolution that could spill over into Russia.
Keith Norman WyattInnisfail
Lock DownMountie Massacre
Dusk, June 04, twenty fourteenSeven thirty, Atlantic timeIn the town of Moncton NBA revengeful, hateful crime
Intersections are roped offA town “lockdown” they saidFive Mounties have been shotThree of these members dead
Thoughts and prayersImmediatelyAre sent to the familiesOf the RCMP
High-powered rifle in his handA cross bow on his frameA mission now in camouflageRambo, is his game
Posted on his facebookInfatuation does concedeHatred born for authorityDisdain for RCMP
Hook in Mouth by MegadethDark, destructive mysteryA little man, with a big eraserChanging history
In the line of dutyA badge of honour wornTo serve and protect their countryTo God their oath is sworn
Tragedy and darknessOn the history of the forceThe flags are flown half mastFor the fallen, there’s remorse
There is no greater loveNor will there ever beA man will sacrifice his lifeA recruit of the RCMP
With love and respectIn deepest sympathy
Arlene GilletteRed Deer
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DAVIDSUZUKI
SCIENCE
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Parole of-ficials did not trample on the rights of an accused terrorist by revoking his criminal pardon based on the unproven charges he faces, the federal gov-ernment argues in newly filed court documents.
There was “no abuse of process” when the Parole Board of Canada moved last year to pull Raed Jaser’s pardon for various convictions af-ter he was charged with plotting to derail a Via passenger train, federal lawyers say in the court submission.
Jaser, 36, is asking the Federal Court of Cana-da to reverse the parole board’s decision, saying officials made a “per-verse and capricious” finding that he was no longer of good character due to the new terrorism charges.
“A charge is nothing but an unproven allega-tion,” Jaser’s counsel say in their filing with the court. “On its own, it does not constitute evidence of the truth of the allega-tions and, thus, cannot constitute evidence that this Applicant is no lon-ger of good conduct.”
He is also challenging the constitutionality of a section of the Criminal Records Act that offi-cials used to revoke his pardon.
Jaser, a Toronto resi-dent, and Chiheb Es-seghaier of Montreal face terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to derail a Via
passenger train.Arrested in April last
year, the accused plot-ters were said to be tar-geting a train that trav-els from New York City to Ontario, operated by U.S. rail service Amtrak south of the border and Via Rail in Canada.
After coming to Cana-da with his family, Jaser ran into trouble with the law but later applied for a criminal pardon, now known as a record sus-pension.
In 2009, he was par-doned for ut tering threats and various fraud-related convictions between 1997 and 2001.
Following media re-ports of Jaser’s arrest in the purported train sabotage plot, the pa-role board contacted the RCMP and soon after received confirmation of the charges. In June 2013, the board then in-formed Jaser of its in-tention to withdraw his pardon, inviting him to make representations.
Jaser’s lawyer re-sponded the following month, objecting to the proceedings.
A week later the pa-
role board decided to re-voke Jaser’s pardon.
A pardon, or record suspension, does not erase a conviction but can make it easier for someone to get a job and travel abroad.
Under the Criminal Records Act, the parole board may revoke a par-don when the offender is convicted of a new crime of if the board is satis-fied the person is “no longer of good conduct.”
In his submission, Jaser argues the process places him in a Catch-22 — either give up his right to remain silent and ad-dress the pending charg-es, even though an actu-al criminal trial may be months or years away — or tell the parole board nothing and be stripped of his pardon.
The government coun-ters that criminal law rights that allow an ac-cused to remain silent and avoid self-incrimina-tion do not apply to the administrative proceed-ings of the parole board.
In addition, the board is entitled to consider pending criminal charg-es in carrying out its
duties, even though the
facts have not been test-
ed in court, the federal
brief says.
Federal lawyers also
reject assertions that the
law in question is “un-
constitutionally vague.”
“It establishes an in-
telligible standard for
both those who will be
governed by it and those
who must enforce or ap-
ply it.”
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University of Victoria wins
latest satellite design
challengeBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Justin Curran still remembers sleeping under a blanket decorated like a rocket ship when he was a child.
“It looked like the inside of a space shuttle with a joystick and all the switches and knobs,” the 28-year-old recalls as he recounts his fascination with space. Planets could be seen through windows printed on the quilt-like fabric.
While he may have dreamed of the cosmos while under that blanket, which he still owns, Curran is a little closer to one day travelling into space and liv-ing on Mars and the moon thanks to a national com-petition.
The University of Victoria student is the chief engineer on a team from the B.C. university which recently won the second Canadian Satellite Design Challenge.
The University of Victoria group built a small shoebox-sized satellite from scratch with contribu-tions from sponsors and about $24,000 in university funding.
Curran said a team of about 20 students worked on the final build and testing of the satellite, but they weren’t alone.
“It’s been a multi-year project so we’ve had doz-ens and dozens of people put their hands on the project and work on it over time,” he noted.
The latest satellite challenge involved teams of students from 10 universities across Canada.
One team from Montreal’s Ecole polytechnique partnered with students from the University of Bolo-gna in Italy.
Satellites from six teams made it to the final stage of vibration tests which were carried out on the Ca-nadian Space Agency’s David Florida Laboratory in Ottawa.
The tests simulate the vibrations satellites experi-ence during a launch.
Curran says he always felt confident the Univer-sity of Victoria team would win.
“We had a pretty good feeling right off the bat,” he said. “We knew the other teams had difficulties . . . but it’s one of those things where you don’t want to count your chickens before they’re hatched.”
The founder of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge is Larry Reeves, who works at Urthecast, which developed special cameras for the Interna-tional Space Station.
He says the University of Victoria’s winning satel-lite, which measures 34 centimetres by 10 centime-tres by 10 centimetres, also contains several experi-ments.
“They have a number of little experiments, in-cluding an Earth observation camera, on board,” Reeves said in an interview.
The satellite has an experiment which uses a new type of material that’s a good heat conductor.
“It’s much lighter and much more efficient at conducting heat than copper pipes which are often used for radiators right now in satellites,” Reeves explained.
Another experiment involves a material that can be used to manipulate the satellite using magnetic fields.
“We found that you can actually alter the mag-netic field using lasers,” Curran noted.
He said the material, a type of graphite, could eventually be used to “sail” on magnetic currents between planets and other galaxies.
Reeves says the satellite will eventually be launched into orbit to conduct scientific research and monitored from a ground station at the univer-sity.
“There are some options that I can’t mention until it actually happens,” Reeves said.
In the meantime, the team hopes to make a few improvements to the satellite. It also has to provide documentation to the launch providers.
“There’s still a lot of red tape to get through,” Cur-ran added.
The satellite, with a projected lifespan of three to five years, could be launched by a number of coun-tries including Russia, India or China.
Montreal’s Concordia University won the first de-sign challenge in 2013 and its satellite was accepted into a European Space Agency program.
But the Montreal team is still waiting for date to get it launched into space.
Cowboy completes horseback ride to Brazil from Calgary
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
A Canadian cowboy can truly call himself a long rider as he has reached his destination country in an epic horseback journey to Brazil from Calgary.
Filipe Masetti Leite, 27, who immigrated to Can-ada from the South American country when he was a teenager, rode out of the Calgary Stam-pede grounds in July 2012 along with his two horses, Bruiser and Frenchie. He added a third horse to his team, Dude, from a ranch in New Mexico.
Leite says his ride took him through 10 countries and covered 14,000 kilo-metres in North, Central and South America.
“Setting out from Can-ada’s largest rodeo and one of the best in the world was a huge hon-our,” he said in an email.
“I feel like I’m dreaming,” he wrote as he crossed the border from Puerto Kijaro, Bolivia, into Corum-ba, Brazil.
Leite said he and his horses crossed Yellowstone National Park, encountered a grizzly in Montana and rode through the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico.
“This has been the hardest but most gratifying years of my life,” Leite said.
“I hope my journey inspires others to follow their dreams, no matter how hard or crazy it may seem.”
Leite’s family returned to Sao Paolo, Brazil, nine years ago and is to meet him at the end of his jour-ney.
The inspiration for the trip was a similar quest in 1925 by Aime Tschiffe-ly, a Swiss school teacher who rode 16,000 kilome-tres alone from Buenos Aires to New York City.
The young cowboy, who has a journalism de-gree from Ryerson Uni-versity in Toronto, has been documenting his travels.
His goal was to draw attention to the illegal drug war in Latin Amer-ica. He said a lot of inno-cent people are dying and 80 per cent of the drugs
are ending up on U.S. streets.He may have reached Brazil, but Leite’s trek isn’t
quite over. He still has 2,000 kilometres remaining to his home in Sao Paulo.
The timing of the trip sits well with him.“I love soccer and left in 2012 from Canada just so
I could arrive in Brazil for the World Cup.”
Stripping criminal pardon from alleged terrorist was constitutional: feds
File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Filipe Masetti Leite speaks to a reporter before riding out of the Stampede grounds in Calgary on Sunday, July 8, 2012. A Canadian cowboy can truly call himself a long rider as he has reached his destination country in an epic horseback journey to Brazil from Calgary.
LONG RIDER REACHES DESTINATION COUNTRY
‘THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST BUT MOST GRATIFYING
YEARS OF MY LIFE. I HOPE MY JOURNEY INSPIRES OTHERS TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS, NO MATTER HOW HARD OR
CRAZY IT MAY SEEM.’— FILIPE MASETTI LEITE
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Militants slaughter Iraqi soldiersBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD — The Islamic militants who overran cities and towns in Iraq last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show their gunmen mas-sacring scores of captured Iraqi soldiers, while the prime minister vowed Sunday to “liberate every inch” of captured territory.
The pictures on a militant website appear to show masked fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, loading the captives onto flatbed trucks before forcing them to lie face-down in a shal-low ditch with their arms tied behind their backs.
The final images show the bodies of the captives soaked in blood after being shot at several locations.
Chief military spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Mous-sawi confirmed the photos’ authenticity and said he was aware of cases of mass murder of captured Iraqi soldiers in areas held by ISIL. He told The As-sociated Press that an examination of the images by military experts showed that about 170 soldiers were shot to death by the militants after their capture.
Captions on the photos showing the soldiers after they were shot say “hundreds have been liquidated,” but the total could not immediately be verified.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the ISIL militants’ claim of killing the Iraqi troops “is horrifying and a true depiction of the bloodlust that those terrorists represent.”
She added that a claim that 1,700 were killed could not be confirmed by the U.S.
On Friday, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay warned against “murder of all kinds” and other war crimes in Iraq, saying the number killed in recent days may run into the hundreds. She said in a state-ment that her office had received reports that mili-tants rounded up and killed Iraqi soldiers as well as 17 civilians in a single street in Mosul. Her office also heard of “summary executions and extrajudicial killings” after ISIL militants overran Iraqi cities and towns, she said.
The grisly images could sap the morale of Iraq’s security forces, but they could also heighten sectar-ian tensions. Thousands of Shiites are already heed-ing a call from their most revered spiritual leader to take up arms against the Sunni militants who have swept across the north in the worst instability in Iraq since the U.S. withdrawal in 2011.
ISIL has vowed to take the battle to Baghdad and cities farther south housing revered Shiite shrines.
Although the government bolstered defences around Baghdad, a series of explosions inside the capital killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 40, police and hospital officials said.
Security at the U.S. Embassy was strengthened and some staff members sent elsewhere in Iraq and to neighbouring Jordan, the State Department said. A military official said about 150 Marines have been sent to Baghdad to help with embassy security.
While the city of 7 million is not in any immedi-ate danger of falling to the militants, food prices have risen — twofold in some cases — because of
transportation disruptions on the main road heading north from the capital. The city is under a nighttime curfew that begins at 10 p.m.
In a fiery speech to volunteers south of Baghdad, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to regain ter-ritory captured last week by the ISIL.
“We will march and liberate every inch they de-faced, from the country’s northernmost point to the southernmost point,” he said. The volunteers re-sponded with Shiite chants.
On Saturday, hundreds of armed Shiite men pa-raded through the streets of Baghdad in response to a call by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for Iraqis to defend their country. ISIL has vowed to attack Baghdad but its advance to the south seems to have stalled in recent days. Thousands of Shiites have also volunteered to join the fight against the ISIL, also in response to al-Sistani’s call.
Armed police, including SWAT teams, were seen at checkpoints in Baghdad, searching vehicles and checking drivers’ documents. Security was particu-larly tightened on the northern and western ap-proaches, the likely targets of ISIL fighters on the capital.
The city looked gloomy Sunday, with thin traffic and few shoppers in commercial areas.
At a popular park along the Tigris River, only a fraction of the thousands who usually head there were present in the evening. In the commercial Karada district in central Baghdad, many of the side-walk hawkers who sell anything from shoes to toys and clothes were absent.
According to police and hospital officials, a car bomb in the city centre killed 10 and wounded 21. Af-ter nightfall, another explosion hit the area, killing two and wounding five.
CAPTIVES FORCED INTO DITCH AND SHOT DEAD
Spain is preparing legal indemnity for abdicating king
KING JUAN CARLOS TO LOSE LEGAL COVER HE HAS ENJOYED SINCE 1975
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID, Spain — Spain is preparing a form of legal indemnity to cover King Juan Carlos once he abdicates the throne in favour of his son.
When 46-year-old Prince Felipe takes over as head of state on Thursday — he will become Felipe VI — the 76-year-old Juan Carlos will lose the legal cover he has enjoyed since becoming king in 1975.
Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santama-ria says the new indemnity should shield Juan Car-los, who in retirement retains his title of king, from legal probes.
Any possible legal case involving him would be examined by the Supreme Court, which has a much higher threshold for evidence.
His immunity stopped two lawsuits in 2012 seek-ing to have the king undergo two paternity tests.
Juan Carlos became king two days after the death of longtime dictator Gen. Francisco Franco who had named him as his successor.
He earned massive popular support by rejecting a 1981 coup attempt, thus ensuring a smooth transition to democracy, but his popularity of late has been dented by scandals involving him and his family.
He sparked public anger by taking a secret el-ephant hunting trip to Botswana in 2012 at the height of Spain’s financial crisis.
The monarchy’s standing was also hurt by a crimi-nal investigation into the king’s son-in-law, Inaki Ur-dangarin, on suspicion of embezzling large amounts of money. Juan Carlos’ youngest daughter, Princess Cristina, was required to testify as a named suspect in the fraud and money-laundering case targeting her husband.
In his 2012 Christmas address, Juan Carlos tried to distance himself from the scandal, saying “justice is equal for all.”
Now, some politicians like Pedro Sanchez of the opposition Socialist Party say Juan Carlos should stand by those words and allow his immunity to be eliminated.
Israeli prime minister accuses Hamas militants of kidnapping teenagers
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Sun-day accused the Hamas militant group of kidnapping three Israeli teenagers who disappeared over the weekend, as the military arrested dozens of Pales-tinians and closed off West Bank roads in a frantic search for the youths.
The crisis escalated already heightened tensions between Israel and the new Palestinian government, which is headed by Western-backed President Mah-moud Abbas but backed by Hamas. Israel, which considers Hamas a terrorist group, has condemned the alliance and said it holds Abbas responsible for the teens’ safety.
“Hamas terrorists carried out Thursday’s kidnap-ping of three Israeli teenagers. We know that for a fact,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Hamas denials do not change this fact.”
Speaking in English, Netanyahu also tried to rally international opinion against the new Palestinian government. His calls for the international commu-nity to shun the government have been ignored so far.
“Instead of abiding by his international obligation to disarm Hamas, President Abbas has chosen to make Hamas his partner,” he added. “I believe that the dangers of that pact now should be abundantly clear to all.”
Netanyahu provided no evidence to back his claims. Palestinian officials rejected Netanyahu’s
contention that they are responsible. Hamas, mean-while, praised the apparent kidnapping but stopped short of accepting responsibility.
The three youths, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, disappeared Thursday night as they were heading home from a West Bank religious school.
Officials confirmed that one of the teens called a police emergency line around 10:25 p.m. and said, “We’ve been kidnapped.” They have not been heard from since then.
Frenkel also holds American citizenship. Ad-dressing reporters outside the family home in the central Israeli town of Nof Ayalon, his mother, Ra-chelle, thanked the public, the Israeli security ser-vices and the U.S. Embassy for offering support.
“The professional people will do their job, and we do trust them. And everybody else, if you could please pray with us,” she said in English. “We trust that Eyal, and Gilad and Naftali, boys coming home on their way from school, they were just on their way home, will be here with us and we’ll hug them soon.”
The case has riveted the nation’s attention, receiv-ing around-the-clock coverage in local media. Late Sunday, more than 10,000 people converged at Jeru-salem’s Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, for a special mass prayer, police said.
Palestinian militants have repeatedly threatened to kidnap Israelis, hoping to use them as bargain-ing chips to win the release of prisoners held by Is-rael. This would be the first time three civilians have been taken at the same time.
Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the east Baghdad neighborhood of Kamaliya, Iraq, Sunday. Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the centre of Iraq’s political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north of Baghdad.
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TORRINGTON STORIES SOUGHT
Denizens of a little town on the prairie are searching for stories from their past — recent and distant. Anyone who has connections with the hamlet of Torrington and the surrounding area is invited to submit stories and pictures for a new history book, a project of the Torrington Historical Society. Organizers have set a deadline of Dec. 1 for all submissions. Along with the submissions, they are seeking volunteers for the project. Copies of the book can be pre-ordered with a deposit of $35. Stories and pictures should go by email to [email protected] or by mail to the historical society at General Delivery, Torrington, T0M 2G0. Further details are available from Dorothy Weimer, 403-556-2497; Dwayne Weisenburger, 403-631-3824; or Garnet Bauer, 403-672-0027.
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BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF
At 65, Bob Patterson wanted to do some-thing memorable — but first he had to get in shape.
Approaching retirement, he wanted to traverse the Saint James Way, an 800-km pilgrimage from the south of France to the north of Spain.
But he had to get in shape.At a recent Red Deer Primary Care Net-
work town hall meeting at the Black Knight Inn, he told the story of how he signed up for the primary care network’s health ba-sics program hoping to lose weight and get in shape for the pilgrimage.
He started the eight-week program on Jan. 7, 2013. By the end, he had lost seven pounds. On May 24, 2013, he flew to Europe and by May 29 he started his walk in the Pyrenees mountains in southern France.
Thirty-four days later, he reached the Cathedral of Saint James in Santiago, Spain.
His success story is one of eight the pri-mary care network is telling to promote the programs they offer in the community.
Dr. Peter Bouch, former Red Deer PCN board chair, said they have had good success stories over the years through their programs, but they haven’t done much in the way of advertising those programs.
Programs offered by the PCN include: health basics; s t r o n g a n d steady, a group exercise class; r e c r e a t i o n therapy; sleep help; mental health counsel-ling; happiness c o u n s e l l i n g ; anxiety to calm assistance; re-lationships that work; family nursing, including navigation, high blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol, preg-nancy and babies, and quitting smoking and other tobacco products; dietitian as-sistance; a pharmacist; memory testing; and spirometry breathing testing.
The PCN is also involved in the com-munity through the street clinic, at 5017
49th St., which does not require an appoint-ment; and the Police and Crisis Team, a two-person outreach team of a registered psychiatric nurse and an RCMP officer as-sisting situations involving mental health, addiction or psychosocial crisis.
For more information on these programs, visit www.red-deerpcn.com.
Also intro-duced at the town hall were the two new c o m m u n i t y b o a r d m e m -bers: former city councillor Cindy Jeffer-ies and Central Middle School principal Mark
Jones.“We are spending taxpayer dollars and
I think it’s important for the taxpayer to have some sort of say,” said Bouch. “For us to find out what the general public and our patients think is important and where they would like to see us go in the future.”
A Red Deer mother’s story has made her one of 20 finalists in a Walmart Mom of the Year promotion that carries a top prize of $20,000.
Marlene Pannenbecker was chosen from 12,000 nominations for her impact on her family and com-munity.
She needs to get the most online votes to win the top prize, which allows $10,000 for her to spend and a further $10,000 for her favourite charity.
Earlier this year, her 19-year-old son was killed in a car crash that also killed one other boy and injured three others.
Despite her grief, she visited the other three boys regularly and provided meals to them.
Pannenbecker is a mother of three children and has four adopted children from the Dominican Re-public. She travels often to the Dominican Republic to help a village.
At home, she raises donations, clothing and medi-cines to send to the Dominican.
Pannenbecker also raises money to fight cancer and she drives to Edmonton on weekends to help with a street program called Smiles.
People who want to help Pannenbecker become one of six finalists are asked to vote for her at www.walmart.ca/mom.
As of Friday afternoon, Pannenbecker was in sec-ond place with 1,208 votes.
Voters can see the other 19 candidates but must vote only for one.
The final five finalists each qualify for $500 per-sonally and $500 for a charity. The winner takes home $10,000 for herself, and $10,000 for a charity of her choice.
Voting takes runs from now through July 4, with the finalist announced on July 5.
Barron heads Clearviewdivision
After 31 years working for the Elk Island Public School Division, Peter Barron is setting up shop as the new Clearivew Public School Division superintendent.
The Clearview school board named Barron su-perintendent this week and he is expected to as-sume the role on July 26, 2014.
“As the board of trust-ees interviewed Barron we were really excited to find a candidate who will continue to take Clearview’s students on the path of success, in-cluding our Inspiring Education initiatives,” said board chair Ken Checkel.
“Parents, students, ed-ucators and staff will ap-preciate Barron’s focus on 21st century learning and his ability to posi-tively impact success for all students.”
He comes to the
Clearview district with a background as a teacher for 16 years, an assistant principal, principal and director all while with the Elk Island Public School district.
He has a bachelor of arts in English and French as well as mas-ters of education in edu-cational administration and leadership.
“I am thrilled and proud to join the team at Clearview Public Schools,” said Barron in a release.
“Clearview has an excellent reputation as a progressive, positive learning organization that believes all students can be successful.
“I look forward to working with staff and communities too, as we continue to embrace and support all that we can and will be.”
Radio operators really hamming it up
BY CRYSTAL RHYNO
ADVOCATE STAFF
Forget Facebook and Twitter. The world’s oldest social media net-work is making a comeback.
Amateur radio or “ham radio” has survived the threats of the cellphone, the Internet and the elimination of the Morse code requirement for operators.
Now it has adapted to new technol-ogies making it easier, cheaper and more accessible for everyone to find their voices on the airwaves, said Bri-an Davies, a member of the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club.
While long-time hams or operators feared the cellphone would mark the end of ham radio, Bob King, club pres-ident, said digital modes and comput-ers used with ham radios are helping the resurgence.
“We’re getting a lot of the new hams into the hobby because we’re using computers to generate the digital sig-nals for sending and receiving (as op-posed to analog),” said King. “It’s grow-ing faster now then it ever has.”
At the Shady Nook Hall in Red Deer County on Saturday, spirits were high as the 100 or so hams gathered for some “eyeball to eyeball” time or visits during the 44th annual Red Deer Amateur Radio Picnic and Hamfest on Saturday.
The Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club has about 60 male and female members from all over the region.
For many in the club, the lure of connecting with people around the world is part of the reason for taking up the hobby.
For others it’s helping out in emer-
gencies and disasters. In some situa-tions ham radio may be the only way to communicate.
Local ham operators were instru-mental in providing support during the Pine Lake Tornado. The club works very closely with the Red Deer County. King said “when all else fails ham ra-dio will be there.”
“And it’s a fun hobby,” said King. “You get to talk to people all around the world.”
In fact some members have talked to astronauts in space and bounced their radio signals off the moon.
Bill Jackson, club secretary, said it was the camaraderie and making new contacts around the world that sparked his interest in radio.
Jackson, who has multiple sclerosis, said he has a limited number of things that he can do and this gives him rea-son for getting out of bed in the morn-ing.
Jackson said they talk mostly about ham radio and equipment. There’s a gentleman’s agreement of “no politics” and “no business.”
Geoff Bawden, president of the Ra-dio Amateurs of Canada, said the am-ateur radio equipment has evolved along with technology.
He said the handheld radios are smaller, lighter and cheaper than they were 30 years ago. Bawden said those with visual or hearing impairments are able to become a ham because of the advances in technology.
The club hosts weekend courses on amateur radio.
Operators must have a licence in order to be on the air. For more infor-mation visit www.caarc.ca.
Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff
Local ham operators Brian Davies (front) and Bob King say there is new interest in amateur radio. The two “hams” were at the 44th annual Radio Picnic and Hamfest at Shady Nook Hall last weekend.
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storymakes finals
Journey of 800 km began with training
‘WE ARE SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND I THINK
IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE TAXPAYER TO HAVE SOME
SORT OF SAY.’— Dr. Peter Bouch
SUCCESS STORY IS ONE OF EIGHT THE PRIMARY CARE NETWORK IS TELLING
INTEREST IN OLDER TECHNOLOGY REVIVED
Three Central Alberta students placed in the top three at the Skills Canada National Competition in Toronto recently. Dustin Sejdl from Ponoka Secondary Campus earned a gold medal in cabinet making. Tyler Hamlet a Red Deer College student from Stettler got a silver medal in steam fitting/pipe fitting. Josiah Pilon of Ponoka Secondary Campus earned a silver medal in carpentry. They were among 61 students from the Skills Alberta team who competed nationally. Each received $500 WorldSkills Legacy scholarships. Gold medal winners at the national level were also eligible for a further $500 scholarship. Students who received the best marks in their field may be eligible to travel to the WorldSkills Team Canada, which will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2015.
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Louise Robinson imitates an airplane as she warms up prior to a public run for 1400 joggers at the Calgary International Airport in Calgary, on Saturday. The airport introduced the public to its new 14,000-foot runway with a public run. The new runway, Canada’s longest, will begin operations on June 28.
It’s easy to get carried away when your investments do well. The tendency is to ex-pect the good times to continue, which may cause you to abandon your long-term finan-cial strategy and forget to rebalance your portfolio.
Last year was an exceptional one for stock investors. A report from Edward Jones shows that U.S. large cap stocks in 2013 achieved returns of 32.4 per cent, followed by overseas-developed large cap stocks at 26.9 per cent, Canadian large cap stocks at 13 per cent and stocks in emerging markets
at 3.4 per cent. This compared to returns of only one per cent from cash, -1.2 per cent from Canada investment grade bonds, and – 5.5 per cent from real estate investment trusts — publicly-traded stocks which own real estate assets in Canada and some in the U.S.
“While last year was an exceptional one, recent experience can significantly distort investor expectations based on emotions, a narrow time period or unsustainable perfor-mance.” said Craig Fehr, investment strate-gist with Edward Jones in St. Louis.
Edward Jones predicts stock returns will remain positive this year but be more mod-erate than in 2013.
The global economy is expected to im-prove and reach a three-year high, helped by expansion in the United States, Europe and Japan. This growth can help support sustained corporate earnings growth — the foundation for long-term market improve-ment — and rising consumer and investor confidence.
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Keep investment expectations realistic
NEW RUNWAY
Pipeline opponents gird for battleBY DENE MOORE
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — Resigned, perhaps, that federal government approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline is in-evitable, opponents of the project are formulating a plan to make sure Brit-ish Columbia’s politicians remain op-posed to the project.
For months now, members of the Dogwood Initiative have been prepar-ing for a provincial referendum akin to the vote that forced the Liberal govern-ment to repeal the harmonized sales tax in British Columbia.
Should Ottawa give the pipeline the go-ahead by this Tuesday’s deadline and the province issues the necessary permits and authorizations, spokes-man Kai Nagata said his group will be ready.
“In a perfect world, politicians would do what they say they’re going to do and the province of British Colum-bia’s clear rejection of Northern Gate-way would stand,” Nagata said.
“But life doesn’t always work that way. So the initiative build is a strategy to basically hold our provincial politi-cians to their word on this project.”
The B.C. government officially declared its opposition to Northern Gateway and told the federal panel re-viewing the project that it shouldn’t go ahead as planned.
When Premier Christy Clark pressed for a greater share of government rev-enues for the project she said repeat-
edly that while the final decision is in the federal purview there are about 60 permits the province will have to issue for construction to begin.
“So the province could hold con-struction in limbo indefinitely,” Na-gata said.
Under provincial legislation, for $50 any registered voter can apply to Elections BC for a petition on their own proposed legisla-tion. If approved, they have 90 days to collect the signa-tures of 10 per cent of the reg-istered voters in each of the province’s 85 ridings.
The petitions are non-bind-ing.
If the chief electoral of-ficer verifies that threshold has been met, a copy of the petition and draft bill are sent to a leg-islative committee.
The Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives can either table a report recommending introduction of the draft bill or put it to a public vote.
If more than half of registered vot-ers cast ballots in support, the govern-ment must introduce the bill in the legislature.
But even that is no guarantee of suc-cess. The bill proceeds as any other legislation, with MLAs free to vote as they wish.
Since 1995, nine initiative applica-tions have been approved but only one petition gathered the required number of signatures to pass. That campaign resulted in a provincewide vote in fa-
vour of repealing the harmonized sales tax.
Bill Tieleman, one of the founders of the Fight HST campaign, wishes the Dogwood organizers luck but said he’s not optimistic about their odds of suc-cess.
“It’s extraordinarily difficult,” he said.
Support for the initiative must come from every riding.
Although they set out with 85 per cent of voters opposing the tax, the HST campaign only barely met the threshold in one Abbotsford riding, Tieleman said.
And that was with taxpayers faced daily with the reality of paying the hat-ed tax, he noted.
“They’ll make their targets in a lot of Vancouver and Victoria (ridings) but that’s not the way it works. It’s not a five per cent or ten per cent of all voters.
“It’s every riding,” Tieleman said.“There’s a lot more people who sup-
port the Enbridge pipeline for job cre-ation and economic reasons than sup-
ported the HST.”Nagata said he realizes there is
work yet to be done.But a legal team is working on the
draft legislation and there are 450 trained volunteers on the ground across the province.
There are 5,500 people who say they will help collect signatures and al-
ready 27,000 people who have pledged to sign.
They are aiming for 15 per cent of voters in each riding to ensure success once signatures are veri-fied.
They’ll need 320,000 v e r i f i e d s i g n a t u r e s spread throughout the 85 ridings and Nagata said an announcement is im-
minent about labour, environment and community groups that will join the campaign.
Despite the odds, he’s confident that if the initiative must go ahead, it will succeed.
“We know from our own polling and our work on the doorsteps that this is an issue that’s moved into the main-stream,” he said.
“We live in this province. We pay taxes in this province. The idea that a pipeline could be built through our province ... without any democratic input from British Columbia is some-thing that people — regardless of their political affiliations or their education level or their place of residence — agree on.”
NORTHERN GATEWAY OPPONENTS PREPARE FOR PROVINCIAL REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN
‘...THE INITIATIVE BUILD IS A STRATEGY TO BASICALLY HOLD OUR PROVINCIAL POLITICIANS TO THEIR
WORD ON THIS PROJECT.’— KAI NAGATA
Please see GDP on Page A9
4 in 10 oil, higher risk gas wells not checkedUTAH, COLO.
TOP LISTBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW CASTLE, Colo. — Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pol-lution risks escape federal inspec-tion, unchecked by an agency strug-gling to keep pace with America’s drilling boom, according to an As-sociated Press review that shows
wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks.
Roughly half or more of wells on federal and Indian lands weren’t checked in Colorado, Utah and Wyo-ming, despite potential harm that has led to efforts in some communities to ban new drilling.
In New Castle, a tiny Colorado Riv-er valley community, homeowners ex-pressed chagrin at the large number of uninspected wells, many on federal land, that dot the steep hillsides and rocky landscape.
Like elsewhere in the West, water is a precious commodity in this Colorado town, and some residents worry about
the potential health hazards of any leaks from wells and drilling.
“Nobody wants to live by an oil rig. We surely didn’t want to,” said Joann Jaramillo, 54.
About 250 yards up the hill from Jaramillo’s home, on land that was a dormant gravel pit when she bought the house eight years ago, is an active drilling operation that operates every day from 7 a.m. until sometimes 10:30 p.m. Jaramillo said the drilling began about three years ago.
Even if the wells were inspected, she questioned whether that would en-sure their safety. She said many view the oil and gas industry as self-policing
and nontransparent.“Who are they going to report to?”
she asked.Government data obtained by the
AP point to the Bureau of Land Man-agement as so overwhelmed by a boom in a new drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that it has been unable to keep up with in-spections of some of the highest prior-ity wells.
That’s an agency designation based on a greater need to protect against possible water contamination and oth-er environmental and safety issues.
Please see WELLS on Page A9
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s new pollution limits for pow-er plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they will affect your health and how far they will go toward curb-ing climate change.
There’s just one problem: Almost none of it is based in reality.
That’s because Obama’s proposed rules, which aim to cut carbon diox-ide emissions from power plants 30 per cent by 2030, rely on states devel-oping their own customized plans to meet their targets. Among the options are switching to cleaner fuel sources, boosting efficiency to reduce demand for electricity and trading pollution permits through cap-and-trade.
At the earliest, states won’t submit plans until mid-2016; some states could have until 2018. So the true impact won’t be known for years.
But that’s not stopping the White House, environmental groups and the energy industry from serving up specu-lation in heaping doses.
What we know and don’t know about the effects of the pollution rules:
ELECTRICITY PRICESThe Obama administration says:
The proposal will shrink electricity bills about 8 per cent.
Supporters of energy deregulation say: “Americans can expect to pay $200 more each year for their electricity.” — Institute for Energy Research, a group backed by the Koch brothers.
The reality: It depends how you
crunch the numbers. The administra-tion acknowledges that the price per kilowatt hour will go up a few percent-age points. But the administration says your total power bill will be lower be-cause the plan incentivizes efficiency and will drive down demand. In other words, you’ll pay more for the electric-ity you buy, but you’ll buy less of it.
THE ENVIRONMENTEnvironmentalists say: “This is the
biggest step we’ve ever taken for the biggest challenge we’ve ever faced.” — League of Conservation Voters
The coal industry says: “The pro-posal will have practically no effect on global climate change.” — American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
The reality: The plan would prevent about 430 million tons of carbon from reaching the atmosphere. It’s a 30 per cent cut over the next 15 years, but that’s compared with 2005 levels. Since 2005, power plans have cut those emis-sions nearly 13 per cent, so they’re al-ready about halfway toward the goal.
THE ECONOMYThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce
says: The plan will cost the economy more than $50 billion per year.
The administration says: By 2030, the rules will have an annual cost of up to $8.8 billion, but that cost will be far offset by annual climate and health benefits of up to $93 billion.
The reality: We won’t know until states decide how to meet their tar-gets. Some states rely more heavily on coal, so different regions will be af-fected in different ways. Still, it’s a safe bet that companies that produce natural gas, solar panels or renewable technologies will get a boost, while
coal will take a hit.To calculate health care savings, the
administration uses a somewhat mor-bid formula that puts a dollar amount on ailments averted — everything from heart attacks to bronchitis and asthma. It’s an inexact science, and there are plenty of caveats.
JOBSThe conservative Heritage Founda-
tion says: “Nearly 600,000 jobs would be lost.”
The United Mine Workers of Ameri-ca says: “We estimate that the total im-pact will be about 485,000 permanent jobs lost.”
The Environmental Protection Agency says: The rules could cost close to 80,000 jobs by 2030 at power plants and fossil fuel companies, but could create about 111,000 jobs in energy ef-ficiency.
The reality: It’s tough to tell. Not ev-ery coal miner who loses a job will find work installing solar panels and wind-mills. On the other hand, the low cost of natural gas has already prompted a shift away from coal, meaning some of those jobs will disappear with or with-out new pollution limits.
PUBLIC HEALTHThe EPA says: Up to 6,600 prema-
ture deaths, 150,000 asthma attacks in children and close to half a million sick days will be averted.
The American Lung Association says: “Cleaning up carbon pollution from power plants will save lives and have an immediate, positive impact on public health.”
The coal industry says: “The White House continues to perpetuate the nonexistent linkage between EPA’s new carbon regulations and public health.” — American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
The reality: Even the EPA says that the quantitative health benefits of the new rule are “illustrative examples.” It’s true that carbon dioxide emissions aren’t directly linked to health prob-lems like asthma. But because the rule will decrease the amount of electricity made from burning coal, it will help reduce other pollutants that coal-fired power plants release. Those pollutants create smog and soot, which do cause health problems.
Critics contend the administration is “double counting” those benefits.
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STORIES FROM PAGE A8
GDP: Highest since 2011Domestically, Canada’s gross domestic product
has risen to its highest level since 2011 and the econ-omy is expected to grow at a reasonable, but below average, rate this year.
Edward Jones sees prospects for renewed busi-ness investment, with corporations in Canada and the U.S. sitting on cash reserves of nearly $2 trillion. It expects Canadian and U.S. corporate earnings to reach new all-time highs this year and predicts a return to normal and higher volatility, including pe-riodic short-term market dips.
Interest rates also should begin to rise, leading to lower bond return potential compared to the last several years.
The improving economy is expected to result in less aggressive monetary policy and slightly higher inflation expectations, which should lead to higher interest rates and lower fixed-income returns.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta recently predicted the U.S. central bank will end a bond-buy-ing program at the end of this year and start raising interest rates in the second half of 2015.
Bonds delivered an average annual return of 6.4 per cent from 2008 to 2012 and an average of 11 per cent over the past 30 years.
Investors should expect more modest returns in the future but they also should maintain an ap-propriate bond allocation in their portfolios to help reduce volatility. Since 1960, the average volatility of bonds has been roughly half that of stocks.
Fehr sees good “pockets of opportunities” for in-vestors this year, but said they need to be selective.
Equities in general look more attractive than fixed income securities, with more upside potential for equities in developed overseas markets such as Europe and Japan and less in emerging markets such as China and India.
“We doubt the above-average gains will be repeat-ed in the coming year . . . but we believe domestic and international stocks are poised to deliver solid mid-to-upper single-digit returns, but with more bumps along the way,” the report says.
“It’s very important when equity performance has been so good to set your expectations, build the port-folio that is right for your situation and then align it with your long-term goals,” said Fehr.
“This can help you not only avoid emotional reac-tions but also put you in a better position to capital-ize on opportunities that may arise, both of which will help keep you on track toward your long-term goals.”
Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business commu-nications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sec-tors.
WELLS: Incredible boom of drilling on federal lands
Factors also include whether the well is near a high-pressure formation or whether the drill opera-tor lacks a clear track record of service.
“No one would have predicted the incredible boom of drilling on federal lands, and the number of wells we’ve been asked to process,” said the BLM’s deputy director, Linda Lance.
Since fracking reached a height in 2009, about 90 per cent of new wells on federal land are drilled by the process, which involves pumping huge volumes of water, sand and chemicals underground.
“The current rate of inspections is simply not ac-ceptable to us,” she said.
The agency oversees 100,000 oil and gas wells on public lands, 3,486 of which received the high prior-ity designation.
According to BLM records for fiscal years 2009 to 2012, 1,400 of those high priority wells, spread across 13 states, were not federally inspected. Wyoming had the most, 632, or 45 per cent. South Dakota had 1 out of 2 wells uninspected, and Pennsylvania had 1 out of 6.
All the higher risk wells were inspected in six states — Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Texas.
Many more wells are located on private lands, where state officials take the lead in ensuring they comply with environmental laws, with mixed results. Nationwide, there were nearly 500,000 producing gas wells in 2012, according to Energy Information Ad-ministration data.
More than 1,800 new wells were being drilled in March alone.
Dennis Willis, a former BLM field officer in Price, Utah, says he routinely provided input on oil leasing and drilling decisions on federal land before his re-tirement in 2009.
He described a situation of chronic underfunding dating to at least the early 2000s, when BLM manage-ment made clear that issuing new permits would be a priority over other tasks, according to a 2002 memo-randum from supervisors in Utah to field officers.
At the time, fracking was becoming more widely used.
“There certainly wasn’t a shortage of spills, leaks, pipeline failures and other problems,” said Willis, who now does consulting work for conservation and other groups.
“It’s a disaster waiting to happen,” he said.In interviews, BLM officials acknowledged per-
sistent problems in keeping up with inspections, but said they were not aware of any major safety issues to date arising from the uninspected wells.
Lance said BLM field managers are making judg-ment calls to minimize the risk of potential harm to surrounding communities.
he agency also is reviewing whether it needs to slow down the pace of permits to ensure public safety.
Officials noted that money provided by Congress for oil and gas operations has declined since 2007. During that period, the number of wells drilled on federal and Indian lands has increased by roughly one-third.
“We’re trying to do the best we can with limited resources,” Lance said.
If approved by Congress, the BLM’s 2015 budget request of $150 million for oil and gas operations would allow the agency to conduct the bulk of its required inspections over three years, in part by col-lecting fees from oil and gas companies.
Unlike past years, $48 million will be earmarked for inspections. The BLM made similar budget re-quests the last several years with little success.
The BLM has sought to add inspectors, but that has proved challenging in places such as Utah, where most wells are drilled on federal land. While a petroleum engineer could get a starting salary of $90,000 in the private sector, the BLM typically pays $35,000.
This year’s appropriations bill would allow the BLM to increase inspector salaries to around $44,000.
The public concern is evident in Colorado, where increased drilling into suburban and rural areas has led community groups to push nearly a dozen oil and gas local control initiatives for the November ballot.
Of the wells drilled from 2009-2012, the BLM des-ignated more than 400 on federal and Indian lands in Colorado as high priority, the third highest behind
Wyoming and North Dakota. More than 160 of Colorado’s uninspected high-
priority wells are near New Castle, on the edge of the White River National Forest.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has been seek-ing a legislative compromise that could satisfy con-cerns over health and safety impacts of fracking.
Regulators contend that overall, water and air pollution problems from fracking are rare, but en-vironmental groups and some scientists say there hasn’t been enough research on those issues.
Jaramillo said residents in the canyon have mixed feelings about fracking.
“The people that really like it are the people who are getting money out of it,” she said. “The people who don’t are really worried about — Is it going to ruin the water? Is it going to ruin the land? Is it go-ing to ruin the air?”
A neighbour, Kory Kipferl, who owns a 10-acre property adjacent to federal land dotted with active wells on gravel pads.
He said he’s accepted what he called a need for domestic drilling — but he’s concerned about the water table.
“Once we start puncturing the water table, that could cause problems, whether you’re drilling for gas, oil, water, whatever,” Kipferl said.
The BLM dataset is more extensive than what was reviewed recently by the Government Accountability Office, and filtered to remove duplicate well entries that yielded an overcount.
In a recent report, auditors said the BLM needed to do a better job of co-ordinating with state regula-tors. In Pennsylvania, for instance, the one well that went uninspected by the BLM had been checked multiple times by the state.
Still, it’s not clear how willing states are to take up the federal task.
“To say that we’re going to start inspecting fed-eral wells is just above and beyond what we could do,” said John Rogers, associate director of Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, pointing to his small staff. He said companies will inspect their own equipment in order to protect their investment, so it’s likely that at least some of Utah’s 200-plus wells that weren’t inspected by BLM are checked by some-one.
“We’re certainly not going to second-guess peo-ple’s inspections,” Rogers said of the BLM.
Online:BLM: http://tinyurl.com/ob9yx6v
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File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Equipment is seen in the oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah. Four in 10 new oil and gas wells identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management didn’t check more half of the wells on federal and Indian lands in Utah from 2009 to 2012, according to government data.
Lots of statistics, less reality as both sides debate Obama power plant rules
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June 16
1833 — John Wilson kills 19-year-old Robert Lyon in last duel in Upper Canada, in Perth, Ont. Wilson was acquitted, and lat-er became a judge of the Ontario Supreme Court.
1993 — Canada closes its UN peace-keeping mission on Cyprus after 29 years of service by 35,000 soldiers. Control of the
Canadian sector was handed to British and Australian troops the previous day.
1981 — U.S. President Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Tay-lor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran dur-ing the hostage crisis of 1979-80. He is the first foreign citizen given the honour.
1894 — The Edmonton Bulletin reports the presence of oil in what is now Alberta.
1832 — Prescott, Ont., is hit by the first case of Asian cholera in Upper Canada. It is brought on an Irish immigrant ship.
TODAY IN HISTORY
ENTERTAINMENT A11MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
Casey Kasem, DJ who became king of Top 40 countdown, dead
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Casey Kasem, the internation-ally famous radio broadcaster with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the top 40 countdown with a syndicated show that ran for decades, died Sunday.
He was 82.Danny Deraney, publicist for Kasem’s daughter,
Kerri, says Kasem died Sunday morning.Kasem’s American Top 40 began on July 4, 1970, in
Los Angeles. The No. 1 song on his list then was Mama Told Me
Not to Come, by Three Dog Night.The show continued in varying forms — and for
varying syndicators — until his retirement in 2009. In his signoff, he would tell viewers: “And don’t forget: keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”
In recent years, Kasem was trapped in a feud be-tween his three adult children and his second wife, former actress Jean Kasem.
In 2013, his children filed a legal petition to gain control of his health care, alleging that Kasem was suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease and that his wife was isolating him from friends and fam-ily members.
Kasem also suffered from Lewy Body Disease, a form of dementia.
A judge in May temporarily stripped his wife of her caretaker role after she moved him from a medical facility in Los Angeles to a friend’s home in Washington state.
Jean Kasem said she moved her husband to pro-tect his privacy and to consult with doctors. Casey Kasem developed a severe bedsore while in Wash-ington and was in critical condition by the time he was hospitalized in early June.
It was a sad, startling end for a man whose voice had entertained and informed music lovers world-wide.
Kasem’s American Top 40 began on July 4, 1970, in Los Angeles, when the No. 1 song was Three Dog Night’s cover of Randy Newman’s Mama Told Me Not to Come.
The show expanded to hundreds of stations, in-
cluding Armed Forces Radio, and continued in vary-ing forms — and for varying syndicators — into the 21st century.
He stepped down from American Top 40 in 2004 and retired altogether in 2009, completing his musi-cal journey with Shinedown’s Second Chance.
In his signoff, he would tell viewers: “And don’t forget: keep your feet on the ground and keep reach-ing for the stars.”
It was emblematic of his sentimental appeal in an otherwise raucous business.
While many DJs convulsed their listeners with stunts and “morning zoo” snarkiness, Kasem would read “long distance dedications” of songs sent in by readers and introduce countdown re-cords with sympathetic background anecdotes about the singers.
“The idea from the beginning was to do the type of thing on radio that Ed Sullivan did on television, good, honest stories with human interest,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1975.
Succeeding him at the main American Top 40 show in 2004 was multiplatform star Ryan Seacrest, who has said he had been a fan of Kasem since boyhood and would imitate him in pretend countdown broad-casts at age 9.
Kasem’s legacy reached well beyond music. His voice was heard in TV cartoons such as Scooby-Doo (he was Shaggy) and in numerous commercials.
“They are going to be playing Shaggy and Scooby-Doo for eons and eons,” Kasem told The New York Times in 2004.
“And they’re going to forget Casey Kasem — un-less they happen to step on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’ll be one of those guys people say ‘Who’s that?’ about. And someone else will say, ‘He’s just some guy who used to be on the radio.”’
The son of Lebanese immigrants, Kasem was ac-tive in speaking out for greater understanding of Arab-Americans — both on political issues involving the Mideast and on arts and media issues.
“Arab-Americans are coming out of the closet,” Kasem told The Associated Press in 1990.
“They are more outspoken now than ever before. People are beginning to realize who they really are, that they are not the people who yell and scream on their nightly newscast.”
BY CHRIS TALBOTTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — If the comedy thing doesn’t work out, Craig Robinson has an easy second career lined up: musician.
Robinson, a comedian and actor probably best known as Darryl on The Office, brought a smokin’ hot seven-piece band — The Nasty Delicious — to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Saturday eve-ning, and turned the comedy tent into a dance hall.
“It’s my first love,” Robinson said. “I used to play the piano as soon as I could reach
it. My mother was first-chair cello in college. She was a singer, an organist.
“Our house, when we came up, you were going to piano lessons no matter what else you were doing, so it’s a part of me.”
The 42-year-old Chicago resident isn’t stopping at his stand-up comedy set.
He’s also incorporating music into his first star-ring role on television.
He’ll play a music teacher on his new sit-com Mr. Robinson, in development for NBC — the network that first introduced Robinson to a larger audience as the loveably surly warehouse foreman on The Of-fice.
He also stars as Maceo in the James Brown biopic Get On Up, out in August.
After decades of work, Robinson finds he’s reached several of the goals he’s set for himself.
“It gets to the point where you’re living it and you want to climb the mountain, and all the sudden you get to a spot where, ‘Oh, this is nice. This is beautiful here,’ and get comfortable,” Robinson said.
“And so I’m trying to make myself uncomfortable. What I mean is instead of doing my set, I’ve got this incredible band and we can go and do whatever, and they’ve got my back.
“Yes, I’m doing more music and less comedy, and some people be like, ’What the hell is this,’ and what-ever.”
Robinson and the Nasty Delicious use music in much the same way Brown did, building crowd excitement through high-energy musical inter-ludes with Robinson and band members vamping to fans.
At one point, he had the crowd remove the tempo-rary seating in front of the stage to turn the area into a dance floor.
He waded into the crowd and celebrated with fans for several minutes as the band cycled through hits like Smells Like Teen Spirit and Thriller.
The set was therapeutic in a lot of ways for Rob-inson.
He was forced to cancel his first appearance Fri-day and postpone Saturday’s show due to the death of a close cousin. He also was in a car wreck recently when a driver went the wrong way down the freeway in Chicago.
He could easily have cancelled the trip to Man-chester, but decided to seek solace in the celebra-tion.
“So it was like we’re lucky to be here, you know what I’m saying,” Robinson said. “In that respect, you don’t know when you’re going to go so you might as well enjoy yourself.”
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Little movie Field of Dreamsremains high mark for Costner
CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT IOWA MOVIE SITE
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Actor Colin Egglesfield wasn’t in the classic baseball film Field of Dreams.
But if they built a screen in centre field, he would come.
When Egglesfield heard about plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie’s release during Father’s Day weekend in Iowa, he flew to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, picked up his dad and drove six hours to the farm where it was filmed.
The Los Angeles-based Egglesfield, most recently seen on TV shows such as Rizzoli and Isles and The Client List, and his father reached rural Dyersville in time for a viewing of the movie on the outfield grass with scores of others, including star Kevin Costner.
That’s when “Hey dad, you want to have a catch?” got them all, all over again.
“My brother had one arm around my dad. I had my arm around him as well. It was just water works,” Egglesfield said of the film’s memorable final scene.
This weekend’s emotional reunion in Iowa showed why Field of Dreams still resonates with so many after so many years.
The site of the Oscar-nominated film about an Iowa farmer who hears a voice whisper “If you build it, he will come” and follows through on his vision by building a baseball diamond over a corn field has itself become a tourist destination since the movie’s release in 1989.
So it was only natural for the farm in northeast Iowa to host a three-day celebration of the film that made it so famous.
Stars such as Costner and Timothy Busfield joined celebrities like Egglesfield, past American League Cy Young award winner Bret Saberhagen and thou-sands of fans from all over the Midwest at the remote locale.
Costner played the role of Ray Kinsella, the farm-er whose diamond lured both the 1919 Chicago Black Sox and his own long-gone father out of the corn-
stalks beyond left field.Twenty-five years later, Costner brought his wife
and kids back to Iowa to reminisce about his role in one of the most beloved sports movies of all time.
“I’m glad to be here with friends and old acquain-tances and making some new ones, and for my chil-dren to be a part of this,” Costner said. “It’s certainly a high mark for me, this little movie, and it remains so.”
The weekend was jam-packed with activities like celebrity softball games and concerts from the Gin Blossoms, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and even Costner’s own country band, Modern West.
But perhaps the biggest item on the agenda was a game of “remember when” — for fans and actors alike.
Busfield, who played Ray Kinsella’s brother-in-law Mark, said the moment when “’Shoeless” Joe Jackson, played by Ray Liotta, drilled a liner at Cost-ner’s feet after he dared the White Sox star to hit his curveball is still his favourite.
Actor Dwier Brown, who played Kinsella’s father, talked about how much Costner’s famous plea to Liotta — “What’s in it for me?” — still makes him chuckle.
Broadcaster Bob Costas, who hosted a Q&A with the cast on Friday, talked about how much he en-joyed Burt Lancaster in the role of “Moonlight Gra-ham,” a ballplayer-turned-doctor who gave up his second shot at a baseball career to save Kinsella’s daughter from choking on a hot dog.
What all the actors have in common are warm memories of a movie that’s nearly as popular now as when it was released in 1989.
“I don’t know if anybody thought that, 25 years later, it would still be an iconic movie. You don’t aim for the fences. You try to do your best job 12 hours a day,” Busfield said. “What it’s become, you don’t ever expect.”
Many believe the film’s enduring popularity is tied to how it tackled the timeless issues of fathers, sons and their often complicated relationships.
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Actor Kevin Costner fields a ball during the celebrity softball game at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Field of Dreams at the movie site near Dyersville, Iowa, Saturday.
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Casey Kasem accepts a radio icon award during the 2003 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas. Kasem, the smooth-voiced radio broadcaster who became the king of the top 40 countdown, died Sunday. He was 82.
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Dear Annie: I have been with “Robert” for three years, and we have been through a lot. We’ve always had financial issues, but six months ago, we had to give up our baby girl for adoption because we couldn’t care for her properly.
Emotionally, this has de-stroyed both of us, but thank-fully, I began going to coun-seling early on, and it has helped. Robert, however, fo-cused on work and is ignoring his feelings on this matter. He has few friends and confided in only one (who was also his boss), who then began bully-ing Robert.
Robert feels very isolated and was hospitalized for se-vere depression and put on suicide watch. He is currently on medication and waitlisted for counseling. Robert has never been much of a talker, and I fear he will lie or stop going and miss out on the help he needs. Since leaving the hospital, he has been getting progressively worse: screaming, break-ing items in our home, crying randomly and cutting out what few friends he has left. He refuses to speak to his family.
I’ve tried talking to him, tried finding ways to release his feelings, cried with him and tried giving him his space. Recently, I wrote a letter to his health care provider so he will know what’s going on. I want to be supportive of Robert, but I don’t know what to do. I feel like I am running out of ways to help him.
I’m also frightened that focusing on Robert’s men-tal health and living in this environment is hinder-ing my health, as well. I don’t want to give up on him. What can I do? — The Other Half
Dear Other: Having to give up a child is heart-breaking, even when done in the child’s best inter-ests. Your husband desperately needs bereavement counseling. He also may blame himself for not doing enough to keep his family together, and the guilt could be overwhelming his willingness to seek help. In addition, he may resent your “recovery,” which makes it difficult for him to heed your suggestions. You both could benefit from checking the informa-tion and online discussion forums offered through Concerned United Birthparents (cubirthparents.org), Adoption.org and Adoption.com.
Dear Annie: This has been bothering me for weeks. For Mother’s Day, I received text messages saying, “Happy Mother’s Day” from both of my older children. I was expecting at least a phone call. They do the same thing on my birthday. I don’t keep them on the phone long. I realize they are busy with my grandchildren.
I never say anything to them, but it hurts to think they can’t at least have a real-time conversation with me. Is this the new generation’s way of communicat-ing? Shouldn’t they know better, or am I just being old-fashioned? — Hurting Mama
Dear Mama: Kids communicate by text these days. If you want a phone call, you will have to say so in-stead of stewing in silence. You are not expecting too much for them to phone you on special occasions, but they can’t read your mind, and we suspect they aren’t aware that you find it hurtful. Please speak up. (And since they have children, there’s no reason you cannot phone and wish them a happy Mother’s Day, too.)
Dear Annie: “Thought I Was Part of a Large Fam-ily” should be aware that as we grow older, attitudes among siblings can change. My brother and I had a rivalry through college, but as we grew to under-stand each other (and convinced Dad to stop compar-ing us), we began to get along much better.
“Thought” should go to the family reunion and see whether she can get to know her distant siblings and nieces and nephews better. There is a real possibil-ity that she could build a good relationship with at least one of them.— K.
Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndi-cate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Monday, June 16CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Phil Mickelson, 43;
Bill Cobbs, 79; Diana Degarmo, 26THOUGHT OF THE DAY: To-
day will promise to be exciting, that is, if you can assert yourself in the appropriate direction and go it alone or at least without a signifi-cant relationship.
Take the initiative — it will pay off in the long run!
Relationships could end today but this should not be a surprise and will be welcomed. Be mindful that it simply could be that you are finding it hard to relate to women right now.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will promise to be one of great accomplishment. Assert yourself with creative proj-ects.
By the end of this year, you will reap great rewards. It will be slower to get projects and romantic relationships
moving, but once they do, it will feel like an exciting roller coaster ride! Socialize, relax when you can. It is going to be a fast year!
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Interactions with men will go well today. Assert yourself and take the initiative as Aries do, but be mindful that today is not the day for close emotional bonding.
It is a day to act out your personal autonomy and concen-
trate on networking and humanitarian causes. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today is not the day to rock
the boat at work. Assert yourself and take each step deliber-ately towards your ultimate professional goals.
Close relationships with women will prove to be less than satisfactory for you now. Have courage, stand your ground, but don’t overdo it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stand your ground with new projects or ideas, but don’t overdo it with you having to be right all the time.
Allow for females to share their perspective, even if you don’t fully see eye to eye. Solid advancements can be made if you are a bit more open and show real confidence.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is still this spotlight on within your subconscious mind.
Today’s energy will help you finally assert yourself within your home environment, but tread lightly with female family members. There is a possibility for you to turn the excitement at work into profit!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take the initiative today and net-work, go out and fight for that humanitarian cause that speaks to your emotions, but do so in a reserved way.
Make today a wonderful day whereby you learn more. This will create greater stability for you at home.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The more energy you put into your finances today, the more return you will make.
Find that positive outlet and truly show others your per-sonal worth! There is a great opportunity for you to create more profit by working with males. Stay original, even if others disagree!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): All lot of energy will be chan-nelled either through travelling or learning.
Take the time to budget appropriately so there are no sur-prises.
Others will go along with your plans, if they are not shocked
into action. It can be hard to relate to females now, perhaps wait till tomorrow.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Close relationships, either business or personal, will create some surprising twists for you today.
Take action when needed, you will be restless. Stand up for yourself when necessary, exude confidence if energy lev-els get too high to handle, especially from women.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Go out and have fun with friends, and bring your significant relationship along.
It could just be the positive outlet you are looking for. Join in with group activities when asked, socialize and net-
work. Females could be hard to relate with today, but it will be great fun!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take that initiative at work. There is great potential to show them exactly what you are made of today and this in turn will help you move towards your aspirations.
There is a possibility that you could have a bit of an argu-ment with a female friend today, so try to be kind.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You know what is best for you, so stick to that today, stand your ground when someone tries to show you a better perspective on how life can be.
Sudden conversations with female co-workers or your boss might not go as well as you had planned. Be cordial, and respectful.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take the initiative when dealing with business or romantic relationships.
There have been many new perspectives on life that have transpired for you in a short period of time and this has in-creased your appetite for life. Let go of another view to gain a new perspective.
Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated as-trologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Ad-vocate.
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Kaymer captures U.S. Open
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PINEHURST, N.C. — Mar-tin Kaymer returned to the elite in golf with a U.S. Open victory that ranks among the best.
A forgotten star for two years while building a com-plete game, Kaymer turned the toughest test of golf into a runaway at Pinehurst No. 2 on Sunday to become only the seventh wire-to-wire winner in 114 years of the U.S. Open.
Kaymer closed with a 1-un-der 69 — the only player from the last eight groups to break par — for an eight-shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient and the only player who even remote-ly challenged the 29-year-old German.
So dominant was Kaymer that no one got closer than four shots over the final 48 holes.
Only a late bogey kept Kay-mer from joining Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as the only players to finish a U.S. Open in double digits under par. He made a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole, dropping his putter as the ball fell into the centre of the cup, just like so many other putts this week.
“No one was catching Kay-mer this week,” Compton said, who closed with a 72 to earn earned a trip to the Masters next April.
“I was playing for second. I think we all were playing for second.”
This U.S. Open really ended
on Friday.Kaymer set the U.S. Open
record with back-to-back rounds of 65 to set the pace at 10-under 130. He began Sun-day with a five-shot lead, and after a 10-foot par save on the second hole, Kaymer belted a driver on the 313-yard third hole. The ball landed on the front of the green and rolled to the back, setting up a two-putt birdie.
“He kind of killed the event in the first two days,” Henrik Stenson said. “He went out and shot two 65s and left ev-eryone in the dust.”
Fowler, in the final group of a major for the first time, fell back quickly on the fourth hole.
He sent his third shot from a sandy path over the green and into some pine trees and had to make a 25-foot putt just to escape with double bogey. Fowler played even par the rest of the way for a 72.
Compton birdied the eighth hole and got within four shots until he took bogey on the par-3 ninth, and Kaymer fol-lowed with an 8-iron to 4 feet for birdie.
Kaymer finished at 9-under 271, the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history next to McIlroy’s 268 at Congressional in 2011.
He won his second major — the other was the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in a three-man playoff — and this one wasn’t close.
“Martin was playing his own tournament,” Fowler said.
BECOMES ONLY SEVENTH PLAYER TO GO WIRE-TO-WIRE IN 114 YEARS
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Martin Kaymer, of Germany, poses with trophy after wining the U.S. Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Sunday.
Drillers drive over BuccaneersBY JOSH ALDRICH
ADVOCATE STAFF
Drillers 31 Buccaneers 18The Central Alberta Bucca-
neers (1-1) looked nothing like the team that steam rolled the Calgary Wolfpack in Week 1 on Saturday.
They were brought back to Earth with a thud in a dis-appointing 31-18 loss to the Grande Prairie Drillers (2-0) at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe in their Alberta Football League Week 2 show-down.
Basically everything they had going for them after the first week disappeared this weekend.
Their offence struggled to convert drives. Their defence faded badly in the fourth quar-ter. And penalties continued to plague the Central Alber-tans.
To head coach Duane Brown, the problem was obvi-ous.
“We played the way we practiced,” he said. “We prac-ticed like crap this week, we had easily the worst week of practice we’ve had all year and we played like it.”
Slotback Jamie Blinkhorn had two touchdown catches for the Buccaneers while Ty-lor Johnson kicked a 30-yard field goal, one convert and picked up a rouge on a missed field goal. Wide receiver Matt Merkley also kicked a single on a 43-yard punt.
Grande Prairie quarter-back John Warr scored two touchdowns on the ground and hooked up with Jesse Deer-ing for a 74-yard score. Run-ning back Tyler Boyd added one more on the ground while
place kicker Tyler Fulmek had an 18-yard field goal and four converts.
The game actually started out well for the home team, as defensive back Jordan Wil-lie picked off Warr on Grande
Prairie’s second drive and returned it to the Drillers 16-yard line. Two plays later and Buccaneers quarterback Josh Achtemichuk hit Blink-horn from 10 yards out to open the scoring with a touchdown.
But they were unable to capitalize on the early mo-mentum.
Penalties killed the Bucs all game, and it wasn’t even major penalties, but ticky tack stuff like offensive holding
and procedure penalties that stalled drives.
The offence also had a lot of issues.
Achtemichuk finished with two touchdown passes but he was also picked off twice and very nearly on several other throws.
“He was late on the balls and he tried to force a cou-ple when we got down,” said Brown. “I thought he made better decisions for the most part this week than he made last week, I also thought his receivers hung him out to dry a little bit last week.”
The play that really killed them, however, was mid way through the second quarter on third and goal from the Grande Prairie two-yard line. With Achtemichuk lined up in the shot gun, but a bad snap went sailing past him.
The Drillers took over on downs and marched the length of the field before Warr scored on a 10 yard quarterback draw.
One of the few positives was the play of star wide receiver Merkley.
Though he did not score a touchdown, he had several acrobatic catches and several big gains to extend drives. As well, he was dangerous in the return game all night long.
But after being named a league all-star last year, this should not be a surprise to Bucs fans.
He attended the Calgary Stampeders open tryout in Richmond, Va., this spring, and even though he did not advance to the main camp, he showed well in a field of about 40 receivers.
Photo by JOSH ALDRICH/Advocate staff
Red Deer Buccaneers Mark Fay (27) and Keegan Poelzer (43) hit Grande Prairie Drillers Tyler Boyd (27) in Alberta Football League action at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe on Saturday. Grande Prairie won 31-18.
Usmanee outlasts veteran Ruiz in Edmonton cardBY DOUG ROWE
SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
EDMONTON — Red Deer Boxer Arash Usmanee expe-rienced the frustration — and discovered why so many for-mer world champions and top contenders have failed to stop California’s Juan Ruiz — in the main event of the KO Pro-motions boxing card Friday at Shaw Conference Centre.
“He is a vet, and he knew every little trick in there,” said Usmanee, 21-2-1. “He was low blowing me all day and do-
ing little dirty tricks in there, but he is a veteran. I had to roll with him. I knew he was awkward, but it is a different thing once you’re in the ring though.”
Usmanee came out in the first round looking for the knockout, but Ruiz, 23-14, was slick in making him miss. The former five-time Canadian amateur champion was able to land a couple of solid up-percuts and a straight rights, enough to win the round, but not enough to get the Califor-nia native in trouble.
In the second round, Ruiz,
35, switched tactics, becom-ing the aggressor. Fighting like a miniature version of his namesake — former WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz — he buried his head in Usmanee’s chest, clutched, grabbed, head-butted, leaned down and away to his right and than pot-shotted with over-hand rights and left hooks, to win his only round of the fight.
The Red Deer boxer made adjustments in the third round, landing one-two’s, up-percuts and straight rights, enough to win the round and the next three rounds, but was
never able to find his rhythm. Usmanee, 32, became so frus-trated in the seventh that he picked up Ruiz and body-slammed him.
Referee Len Koivisto of Red Deer took a point away from Usmanee and later in the round deducted a point from Ruiz for low blows.
In the eighth and final round, both boxers upped the tempo with Usmanee look-ing for the knockout and Ruiz looking to win the round, but the Canadian was able to take the round, landing more com-binations compared to Ruiz’
single potshots.The judges scored the bout
78-72 twice for Usmanee, and inexplicably 75-75, for a ma-jority decision win for the Ca-nadian fighter. The Advocate scored the bout 78-72 for Us-manee.
After the bout Usmanee was not pleased with his show-ing.
“I am not happy with that (my performance). Mentally I was not in the right mindset. I was really prepared for the KO.”
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OPEN: RebirthKaymer joined Seve Ballesteros, Er-
nie Els, Woods and McIlroy as the only players to win two majors and be No. 1 in the world before turning 30 since the world ranking began in 1986. He is the fourth European in the last five years to win the U.S. Open, after Euro-peans had gone 40 years without this title.
It’s a rebirth for Kaymer, who reached No. 1 in the world in February 2011, only to believe that he needed a more rounded game. His preferred shot was a fade. Kaymer spent two hard years, a lot of lonely hours on the range in Germany and his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
He fell as low as No. 63 in the world until going wire-to-wire (with ties) at The Players Championship, consid-ered the strongest and deepest field in golf.
But the big payoff came at Pinehurst No. 2.
“I didn’t make many mistakes the last two wins that I had in America — especially this week,” said Kaymer, who moves to No. 11 in the world.
Kaymer has as many majors as Bernhard Langer, the two-time Mas-ters champion and a mentor to Kay-mer. Langer sent him text messages earlier in the week.
“We’ve almost a German Grand Slam — almost,” Kaymer said. “I hope it will make Bernhard proud. I’m sure it will make all of Germany proud.”
The biggest challenge for Kaymer was tuning out the crowd, with enor-mous support for Fowler, who enjoys pop star qualities in America. The fans clapped when Kaymer’s ball bounded off the back of the green, and even when a superb shot from the native weeds on No. 4 rolled off the front of the green.
He marched along, dropping a shot on No. 7 with a shot left of the green that made him play away from a bun-ker to avoid a score worse than bogey, and another on the par-5 10th when a shot from the sandy area sailed over the green, and he used putter to send the next shot back toward the fairway.
But after back-to-back birdies, in-cluding a 30-footer on the 14th, the only question left was the margin.
Woods still holds the most dominant U.S. Open win — 15 shots at Pebble Beach in 2000. McIlroy won by eight shots on rain-softened Congressional in 2011, winning with a record score of 16-under 268.
“I’m wondering how he did it,” McIl-roy said. “Obviously, if you limit the mistakes, you might end up a couple under for the week. But to do what he’s doing ... I think it’s nearly more impres-sive than what I did at Congressional.”
Kaymer’s father was home in Ger-many, where he said Father’s Day was celebrated a few weeks ago.
“I didn’t get anything for my father that day,” Kaymer said. “So maybe this works.”
Among those who congratulated Kaymer on the 18th green was San-dra Gal, a German player on the LPGA Tour. The Women’s U.S. Open takes over Pinehurst No. 2 on Monday.
BUCS: An awesome experience
“It was an awesome experience down at the Stamps’ camp — I wasn’t the worst, so that’s the biggest thing,” said Merkley, 26, who teaches Grade 5 at Steffie Woima School in Sylvan Lake. “I would consider myself to be top 15 with all the tests they did.”
His biggest hurdle coming back for his seventh season in the AFL was get-ting used to a new pivot. Buccaneers all-star quarterback Byron Stearns re-tired in the off-season. His replace-ment is Achtemichuk, and he has formed a strong connection with the wily vet.
“Josh is phenomenal, I’m pretty happy Josh has come in and filled in for Byron,” said Merkley. “He knows what’s going on and he can read things and make plays — It’s great to have a veteran quarterback in there.”
Still, the offence is a work in prog-ress. In the meantime, they need the defence to play better than they did on Saturday night to keep them in games until they really get going.
Though they played well early, the Drillers took over in the second half, especially on the ground, as they could not stop Warr when he was running or throwing, and Boyd was a monster up the middle.
“Our D-line was owned by their of-fensive line, they really controlled the game and they could do whatever they wanted,” said Brown.
The Buccaneers are next in Calgary at McMahon Stadium to play the Ga-
tors at 7 p.m.NOTES — Buccaneers cornerback/
receiver/place kicker Tylor Johnson was taken to hospital by ambulance af-ter taking a controversial hit by a Drill-ers defensive back on the final play of the game. He was battling for a pass in the end zone with the Drillers corner back, when the safety came across and hit him hard, making no effort to make a play on the ball.
Brown was incensed after the game.“That reffing is the single worst bit
of officiating I’ve ever seen in foot-ball,” he said. “They were atrocious referees.”
BOXING: No-showRed Deer boxer Cam O’Connell had
his bout against Jamie Ocequeda can-celled at the last moment, as his oppo-nent was a no-show.
On the undercard, former Red Deer resident Lynell House came in as an underdog and last-minute replace-ment, but gave hometown favourite Sheena Kaine everything she could handle.
House used movement and her southpaw stance to perfection, confus-ing Kaine and winning the first two rounds of the bout. The third round be-tween the two was extremely competi-tive, with Kaine taking the fourth and final round. Judges scored the bout, 39-37, 40-36, and 38-38 for a majority decision win for Kaine.
Doug Rowe is a Red Deer freelance writer
STORIES FROM PAGE B1
Revenge is a dish best served cold
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Spurs 104 Heat 87SAN ANTONIO — From
their low moment in the NBA Finals, back to the top of the league.
The San Antonio Spurs turned the rematch with the Miami Heat into no match at all.
The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat’s two-year title reign with a 104-87 victory that wrapped up the series in five games.
A year after their heart-breaking seven-game defeat, their only loss in six finals ap-pearances, the Spurs won four routs to deny Miami’s quest for a third straight championship.
“Hard to believe, isn’t it? Manu Ginobili said. ”We played at a really high level.“
Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, who added this title to the ones they won in 1999, 2003, ’05 and ’07.
They nearly had another last year, but couldn’t hold off the Heat and lost the final two games.
San Antonio rebounded from an early 16-point deficit by outscoring the Heat 37-13 from the start of the second quarter to midway in the third, kicking off the celebration the Heat cancelled last season.
“We remember what hap-pened last year and how it felt in that locker room and we used it and built on it and got back here and it’s amazing,” Tim Duncan said. “It makes last year OK.”
LeBron James had 17 first-quarter points to help the Heat get off to a fast start.
He finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who lost their spot atop the
NBA to the team that had it so long.
“They played exquisite bas-ketball this series and in par-ticular these last three games and they are the better team. There’s no other way to say it,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
The Spurs won four titles in nine years, but hadn’t been back on top since 2007, mak-ing Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time” an appropri-ate song choice after the final buzzer.
Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich have been here for all of them, and it was the fourth for Tony Parker and Gi-nobili, who with Duncan are once again the reigning the Big Three in the NBA.
“Just a great team and we do it together,” Parker said.
Chris Bosh finished with 13 points and Dwyane Wade just 11 on 4-of-12 shooting for the Heat, providing James no-where near the help he need-ed.
The painful conclusion to last year served as the fuel for this one, powering the Spurs to a 62-win season that topped the NBA and led to a rematch with Miami, the NBA’s first in the finals since Chicago beat Utah in 1997-98.
Round 2 went to the Spurs, but both teams have chal-lenges to navigate for a rubber match.
San Antonio will face ques-tions — as it has for years — about the age of its core, and whether Duncan, Ginobili and Popovich want to stick around. The Heat will brace for the po-tential free agency of James, Wade and Bosh, and will need younger, fresher pieces around the three All-Stars if they all stay.
But this moment belongs to the Spurs. Playing a methodi-cal style for many years that
was predicated on throwing the ball into Duncan made San Antonio respected, but never beloved. The Spurs were TV ratings killers, casual viewers finding them not much fun to watch.
But Popovich opened up the offence a few years ago, making the Spurs an easy-to-like, tough-to-beat group that thrives on ball movement and 3-point shooting.
“You showed the world how beautiful this game is,” Com-missioner Adam Silver told the Spurs during the postgame award ceremony.
A decade and a half after winning their first title in 1999,
when Duncan was in his sec-ond season, the Spurs remain the NBA’s model organization, a small-market team that sim-ply wins big and hardly ever does it with a high draft pick. Instead, they found players overseas or in other organiza-tions who would fit the Spurs’ way of doing things and mesh with the Duncan, Parker and Ginobili, the winningest trio in post-season history.
That included Leonard, ac-quired in a draft-night trade with Indiana after playing at San Diego State, and Patty Mills, an Australian national who scored 17 points off the bench.
No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, but the Heat were confident they could keep this season going, Bosh saying earlier Sunday that the Heat were going to win.
It appeared they would do it easily the way the game started, with James coming out with force on offence and shut-ting down Parker on defence as Miami went ahead 22-6.
But it didn’t last.The Spurs eventually made
it look stunningly easy again — much to the delight of the home crowd, with fans stand-ing, chanting and dancing much of the second half.
SPURS WIN FIFTH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER DOMINANT
GAME 5 WIN OVER THE HEAT
Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Antonio Spurs hold up the the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy after Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals against the Miami Heat on Sunday, in San Antonio. The Spurs won the NBA championship with a 104-87 win over the Heat.
Kings celebrate another Stanley Cup title, look forward to moreBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Drew Doughty never hesitates to say what the rest of the Los Angeles Kings are only think-ing, and the star defenceman’s mind was already on a third Stanley Cup title while his teammates celebrated their second on the ice behind him.
“Next year, we’re going to want to win it again,” Doughty said Friday night after the Kings’ double-overtime, Cup-winning victory over the New York Rangers.
With two NHL championships in three years, the Kings are building a hockey dynasty in an unlikely place. Hollywood’s team is hardly the most glamorous in the league, but the Kings’ commitment to hard work, team de-fence and playoff excellence puts them in position to contend for years to come.
Los Angeles’ core is mostly in its prime, a balanced collection of gritty veterans and promising young talent. The Kings have only three unrestrict-ed free agents, including late-season acquisition Marian Gaborik.
What’s more, they’ve built a culture of winning that got them through a gru-eling 26-game post-season run that in-cluded a 3-0 deficit in the first round, three consecutive seven-game series in the Western Conference playoffs, and three overtime games in the Cup finals.
The Kings have no worlds left to
conquer, but they’re eager to do it all again when training camp opens in three months — after an appropriate celebration, of course. They’ll have a parade through downtown Los Angeles today.
“We’ve got a special group here,” goalie Jonathan Quick said. “We just finished four incredible difficult and exhausting rounds. These were proba-bly the most tiring two months of hock-ey I’ve ever played. So we have a spe-
cial group to be able to overcome ev-erything we’ve been challenged with, and we just want to party now.”
Indeed, the frequently humourless Quick broke out some sweet dance moves in the Kings’ dressing room while they partied with the Cup on Fri-day night. After captain Dustin Brown carried the Stanley Cup into the room, coach Darryl Sutter took a long drink from the bowl while bubbly and beer sprayed all around him.
The Kings have an enviable leader-
ship tandem in general manager Dean Lombardi and Sutter, two hockey lifers who finally claimed the ultimate prize in the back half of their careers — and then did it again.
When Lombardi gets back to work, he’ll likely only make small tweaks to his championship roster. Of the 24 players on the Kings’ 2012 champion-ship roster, 17 are still with the organi-zation, and they’ve all bought into the Kings’ wildly successful style.
Veteran defencemen Matt Greene and Willie Mitchell are unrestricted free agents, and Dwight King is a re-stricted free agent. The biggest ques-tion mark is Gaborik, who led the NHL post-season with 14 goals after arriving from Columbus in March.
The 32-year-old Slovak wing showed he’s still an elite goal-scorer who likely could command a hefty new contract. But after 13 seasons under the micro-scope of enormous expectations in Minnesota, New York and Columbus,
Gaborik seemed grateful to take a com-plementary role with the Kings — and he loves living in sunny Los Angeles.
The Kings also must evaluate centre Mike Richards, whose offensive pro-duction has declined alarmingly from his earlier totals. While Sutter praises him as a key role player, Richards is making an awful lot of money for a glue guy — an average of $5.75 million over the next six seasons.
But Los Angeles deserves a sum-mer to bask in its remarkable achieve-ments. The Kings have won a jaw-drop-ping 10 playoff series in the last three years, losing only to Chicago in last season’s Western Conference finals.
The Kings won’t lack rivals for their crown next season.
California hockey has never been better, with Pacific Division champion Anaheim and perennial contender San Jose poised to be good again next year. Dallas and Minnesota made significant strides this season, and St. Louis still looks like a force.
But the Kings realize their biggest rival for the next few years is likely to be the Blackhawks. The Kings ousted the defending champions in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Alec Martinez’s overtime goal, but Chicago will be back with hunger.
“During the Olympics, I always thought about this, ’How are we going to beat Chicago? How are we going to beat Chicago?”’ Sutter asked. “Dean got Gaborik. We were able to put some kids in, go from there.”
‘WE JUST FINISHED FOUR INCREDIBLE DIFFICULT AND EXHAUSTING ROUNDS. THESE WERE PROBABLY THE MOST TIRING TWO MONTHS OF HOCKEY I’VE EVER PLAYED. SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME
EVERYTHING WE’VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH, AND WE JUST WANT TO PARTY NOW.’
— JONATHAN QUICK
SCOREBOARD B3MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
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Today● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen, Printing Place vs. The Hideout, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.
Tuesday● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.● Women’s fastball: Lacombe Physio vs. Alberta Kaizen, Red Deer U16 vs. Alberta Kaizen, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; TNT vs. Topco Oilsite, 7 p.m, Great Chief Park 2; Badgers vs.N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Lacombe.
Wednesday● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, 7 p.m.
Thursday● Women’s fastball: TNT vs. Badgers, Badgers vs. Topco Oilsite, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Red Deer U16 vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief
Park 2; Lacombe Physio at Stettler, 7 p.m.● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen, Printing Place vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.
Friday● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 7 p.m.● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Lacombe at Eckville, 7 p.m.● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer at Lacoka, 7:30 p.m., Barnett Arenas.● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Edmonton/Spruce Grove at Blackfalds, 8:30 p.m., Multiplex.
Saturday● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic at Olds Central Highlands.● Junior golf: Canadian Junior Golf Association event at Coyote Creek, Sundre.● Peewee AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, doubleheader at 3 and p.m.,
Great Chief Park 2.● Third division rugby: Calgary Canadian Irish at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m.● Second division rugby: Calgary Candian Irish at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Titans Park.● Jr. B tier 1 lacrosse: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Blackfalds Multiplex.
Sunday● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic at Olds Central Highlands.● Junior golf: Canadian Junior Golf Association event at Coyote Creek, Sundre.● Peewee AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park 2.● Jr. B tier 3 lacrosse: Medicine Hat at Olds, 1:30 p.m., Sports Complex Main.● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Lethbridge at Blackfalds, 3:30, Multiplex.● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Wranglers at Innisfail, 4:30 p.m., Arena Blue.● Junior B tier lacrosse: St. Albert at Red Deer, 6 p.m., Blackfalds Multiplex.
American LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBToronto 41 30 .577 —New York 35 33 .515 4 1/2Baltimore 35 33 .515 4 1/2Boston 31 38 .449 9Tampa Bay 27 43 .386 13 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 36 29 .554 —Kansas City 36 32 .529 1 1/2Cleveland 35 35 .500 3 1/2Minnesota 32 35 .478 5Chicago 33 37 .471 5 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBOakland 42 27 .609 —Los Angeles 37 31 .544 3 1/2Seattle 35 34 .507 6 Texas 34 35 .493 7 Houston 32 39 .451 10
Saturday’s GamesKansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 1Cleveland 3, Boston 2Baltimore 3, Toronto 2Detroit 12, Minnesota 9Houston 7, Tampa Bay 3L.A. Angels 11, Atlanta 6, 13 inningsOakland 5, N.Y. Yankees 1Texas 4, Seattle 3
Sunday’s GamesDetroit 4, Minnesota 3Cleveland 3, Boston 2, 11 inningsToronto 5, Baltimore 2Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 3Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3N.Y. Yankees 5, Oakland 10Seattle 5, Texas 1L.A. Angels 3, Atlanta 7
Monday’s GamesL.A. Angels (Weaver 7-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 1-3), 5:05 p.m.Kansas City (Vargas 6-2) at Detroit (Verlander 6-6), 5:08 p.m.Baltimore (W.Chen 7-2) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-7), 5:10 p.m.Minnesota (Correia 3-7) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 1-2), 5:10 p.m.Texas (Lewis 4-4) at Oakland (Pomeranz 5-3), 8:05 p.m.San Diego (T.Ross 6-5) at Seattle (C.Young 5-4), 8:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.VMartinez Det 65 246 31 82 .333Cano Sea 65 254 32 83 .327MiCabrera Det 65 253 39 82 .324Rios Tex 69 267 31 86 .322Brantley Cle 68 264 49 85 .322Altuve Hou 68 283 33 90 .318Bautista Tor 71 255 51 80 .314AlRamirez CWS 70 270 36 84 .311Beltre Tex 55 213 36 66 .310NCruz Bal 67 252 43 77 .306
Home RunsNCruz, Baltimore, 21; Encarnacion, Toronto, 20; JAbreu, Chicago, 19; Donaldson, Oakland, 17; VMartinez, Detroit, 17; Moss, Oakland, 16; Pujols, Los Angeles, 16.Runs Batted InNCruz, Baltimore, 56; MiCabrera, Detroit, 55; En-carnacion, Toronto, 54; Moss, Oakland, 53; JAbreu, Chicago, 51; Donaldson, Oakland, 51; Trout, Los Angeles, 50.PitchingTanaka, New York, 10-1; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 8-2; Kazmir, Oakland, 8-2; FH-ernandez, Seattle, 8-2; Shields, Kansas City, 8-3; Keuchel, Houston, 8-3.
National LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBAtlanta 36 32 .529 —Miami 35 33 .515 1Washington 35 33 .515 1
New York 31 38 .449 5 1/2Philadelphia 29 38 .433 6 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 41 29 .586 —St. Louis 37 32 .536 3 1/2Pittsburgh 34 35 .493 6 1/2Cincinnati 33 35 .485 7Chicago 28 39 .418 11 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 43 27 .614 —Los Angeles 37 34 .521 6 1/2Colorado 34 35 .493 8 1/2San Diego 29 40 .420 13 1/2Arizona 30 42 .417 14
Saturday’s GamesPhiladelphia 7, Chicago Cubs 4Colorado 5, San Francisco 4Pittsburgh 8, Miami 6San Diego 5, N.Y. Mets 0Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 2L.A. Angels 11, Atlanta 6, 13 inningsSt. Louis 4, Washington 1L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 4
Sunday’s GamesMiami 3, Pittsburgh 2, 10 inningsN.Y. Mets 3, San Diego 1Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia 0Cincinnati 13, Milwaukee 4St. Louis 5, Washington 2Colorado 8, San Francisco 7Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 3L.A. Angels 3, Atlanta 7
Monday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Hammel 6-4) at Miami (Koehler 5-5), 5:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 2-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 6-4), 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-3) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 0-3), 6:10 p.m.Milwaukee (W.Peralta 6-5) at Arizona (McCarthy 1-9), 7:40 p.m.Colorado (Matzek 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 7-3), 8:10 p.m.San Diego (T.Ross 6-5) at Seattle (C.Young 5-4), 8:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Tulowitzki Col 66 224 55 81 .362Lucroy Mil 65 250 31 84 .336AMcCutchen Pit 68 255 37 83 .325Puig LAD 64 244 36 78 .320CGomez Mil 64 256 45 80 .313Goldschmidt Ari 71 278 52 86 .309McGehee Mia 67 262 25 81 .309Pagan SF 63 241 37 74 .307Blackmon Col 68 251 43 77 .307Utley Phi 63 251 35 76 .303
Home RunsStanton, Miami, 18; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 18; Fra-zier, Cincinnati, 15; Gattis, Atlanta, 15; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15; Rizzo, Chicago, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14.Runs Batted InStanton, Miami, 54; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 51; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 45; Blackmon, Colorado, 44; Morneau, Colorado, 44; Morse, San Francisco, 44; McGehee, Miami, 43.PitchingWainwright, St. Louis, 9-3; Simon, Cincinnati, 9-3; Greinke, Los Angeles, 8-3; Bumgarner, San Fran-cisco, 8-4; Hudson, San Francisco, 7-2; Lohse, Milwaukee, 7-2; Bailey, Cincinnati, 7-3.
Sunday’s Major League Linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUEMinnesota 000 003 000 — 3 7 1Detroit 110 001 001 — 4 10 0Nolasco, Burton (6), Guerrier (7), Fien (9) and K.Suzuki; Porcello, Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9) and Avila, Holaday. W—Nathan 3-2. L—Fien 3-3.
Cleveland 100 000 100 01 — 3 7 0Boston 100 010 000 00 — 2 6 0(11 innings)
Kluber, Rzepczynski (6), Shaw (8), Axford (9), Atchison (9), Allen (10) and Y.Gomes; Workman, Badenhop (7), A.Miller (8), Uehara (9), Breslow (10), Tazawa (11) and Pierzynski, D.Ross. W—Allen 3-1. L—Tazawa 1-1. HRs—Cleveland, Brantley (11), Swisher (4).
Toronto 100 110 020 — 5 12 0Baltimore 000 001 010 — 2 9 0Happ, McGowan (7), Janssen (8) and Kratz; Tillman, Tom.Hunter (8), McFarland (8) and Hundley. W—Happ 6-3. L—Tillman 5-4. Sv—Janssen (12). HRs—Baltimore, A.Jones (11).
Kan. City 203 100 000 — 6 8 0Chicago 100 200 000 — 3 12 0Shields, Bueno (7), K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Rienzo, Petricka (7), S.Downs (7), Putnam (8), Belisario (9) and Nieto. W—Shields 8-3. L—Rienzo 4-4. Sv—G.Holland (20). HRs—Kansas City, Hosmer (4), S.Perez (7).
Tam. Bay 010 101 010 — 4 10 0Houston 201 000 000 — 3 6 0Price, McGee (9) and J.Molina, Hanigan; Peacock, D.Downs (5), Williams (6), Sipp (8), Zeid (9), Sipp (9), Farnsworth (10) and Corporan. W—Price 5-6. L—Williams 1-3. Sv—McGee (1). HRs—Houston, Fowler (5), M.Dominguez (10).
NYY 000 001 202 — 5 9 1Oakland 330 400 00x — 10 12 1Nuno, J.Ramirez (4), Kelley (5), Warren (6), Thorn-ton (8) and McCann, J.Murphy; J.Chavez, Cook (7), Abad (8), Ji.Johnson (9), Gregerson (9) and D.Norris. W—J.Chavez 6-4. L—Nuno 1-3. HRs—New York, Beltran (6), Gardner (5). Oakland, D.Norris (7), Crisp (5).
Texas 010 000 000 — 1 6 0Seattle 000 020 03x — 5 13 0N.Martinez, Ross Jr. (7), Rowen (8) and Gimenez; Iwakuma, Furbush (9) and Zunino. W—Iwakuma 5-3. L—N.Martinez 1-4. HRs—Texas, Snyder (1).
NATIONAL LEAGUEPittsburgh 001 100 000 0 — 2 9 1Miami 000 000 020 1 — 3 10 0(10 innings)Worley, Watson (8), J.Hughes (9) and R.Martin; H.Alvarez, Hatcher (8), Cishek (9), A.Ramos (10) and Mathis. W—A.Ramos 4-0. L—J.Hughes 3-2.
San Diego 010 000 000 — 1 4 0NYM 210 000 00x — 3 8 0Kennedy, A.Torres (6), Quackenbush (6), Stauffer (8) and Rivera, Grandal; Matsuzaka, C.Torres (2), Black (6), Mejia (8) and Recker. W—C.Torres 3-4. L—Kennedy 5-8. Sv—Mejia (7). HRs—New York, Granderson (9).
Chicago 101 001 000 — 3 8 0Phila. 000 000 000 — 0 3 0T.Wood, N.Ramirez (9) and Whiteside; A.Burnett, Giles (9) and Ruiz. W—T.Wood 7-5. L—A.Burnett 4-6. Sv—N.Ramirez (3). HRs—Chicago, Rizzo (14).
Cincinnati 300 020 053 — 13 19 0Milwaukee 000 310 000 — 4 10 1Leake, M.Parra (6), LeCure (6), Cingrani (8) and Mesoraco; Estrada, Gorzelanny (6), Kintzler (7), Wooten (8), Fiers (8), Wang (9) and Lucroy, Mal-donado. W—Leake 4-6. L—Estrada 5-4. HRs—Cincinnati, B.Hamilton (4), Phillips (5), Frazier (15). Milwaukee, Lucroy (6).
Wash. 000 010 001 — 2 8 0St. Louis 021 010 10x — 5 9 0Fister, Detwiler (7), R.Soriano (8) and S.Leon; J.Garcia, Motte (8), S.Freeman (9), Rosenthal (9) and T.Cruz. W—J.Garcia 3-0. L—Fister 5-2. Sv—Rosenthal (20). HRs—St. Louis, Ma.Adams (6), Holliday (5).
Colorado 002 010 140 — 8 10 2San Fran. 030 211 000 — 7 11 0Nicasio, F.Morales (3), C.Martin (6), Belisle (7), Masset (8), Brothers (8), Hawkins (9) and McKenry, Rosario; Bumgarner, J.Gutierrez (8), J.Lopez (8), Machi (9) and Posey, H.Sanchez. W—Belisle 2-2. L—J.Gutierrez 1-2. Sv—Hawkins (14). HRs—Colo-rado, Tulowitzki (18). San Francisco, H.Sanchez (3), Sandoval (9), Bumgarner (2).
NHL Stanley Cup PlayoffsFinals
Los Angeles (3) vs. N.Y. Rangers (2)(Los Angeles wins series 4-1)Wednesday, June 4Los Angeles 3 NY Rangers 2, OTSaturday, June 7Los Angeles 5 NY Rangers 4, 2OTMonday, June 9Los Angeles 3 NY Rangers 0Wednesday, June 11NY Rangers 2 Los Angeles 1Friday, June 13Los Angeles 3 NY Rangers 2, 2OT
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Scoring Leaders G A PtsAnze Kopitar, LA 5 21 26Jeff Carter, LA 10 15 25Justin Williams, LA 9 16 25Marian Gaborik, LA 14 8 22Patrick Kane, Chi 8 12 20Drew Doughty, LA 5 13 18Jonathan Toews, Chi 9 8 17Ryan McDonagh, NYR 4 13 17Brandon Saad, Chi 6 10 16Martin St. Louis, NYR 8 7 15Derek Stepan, NYR 5 10 15Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 4 11 15Brent Seabrook, Chi 3 12 15Tyler Toffoli, LA 7 7 14Dustin Brown, LA 6 8 14Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 6 8 14P.K. Subban, Mtl 5 9 14Zach Parise, Minn 4 10 14Marian Hossa, Chi 2 12 14Mats Zuccarello, NYR 5 8 13Chris Kreider, NYR 5 8 13Lars Eller, Mtl 5 8 13Carl Hagelin, NYR 7 5 12Derick Brassard, NYR 6 6 12Jake Muzzin, LA 6 6 12Brad Richards, NYR 5 7 12Tanner Pearson, LA 4 8 12Rene Bourque, Mtl 8 3 11Max Pacioretty, Mtl 5 6 11Duncan Keith, Chi 4 7 11Brendan Gallagher, Mtl 4 7 11Corey Perry, Ana 4 7 11Dwight King, LA 3 8 11
Conn Smythe Trophy Winners ListWinners of the Conn Smythe Trophy, an annual award presented to the most valuable player for his team in the Stanley Cup playoffs since 1965, as chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers’ As-sociation:(x—member of losing team in final)2014 — Justin Williams, F, Los Angeles2013 — Patrick Kane, F, Chicago2012 — Jonathan Quick, G, Los Angeles2011 — Tim Thomas, G, Boston2010 — Jonathan Toews, F, Chicago2009 — Evgeni Malkin, F, Pittsburgh2008 — Henrik Zetterberg, D, Detroit2007 — Scott Niedermayer, D, Anaheim2006 — Cam Ward, G, Carolina2005 — No winner (lockout).2004 — Brad Richards, F, Tampa Bay2003 — x-Jean-Sebastien Giguere, G, Anaheim2002 — Nicklas Lidstrom, D, Detroit2001 — Patrick Roy, G, Colorado2000 — Scott Stevens, D, New Jersey1999 — Joe Nieuwendyk, F, Dallas1998 — Steve Yzerman, F, Detroit1997 — Mike Vernon, G, Detroit1996 — Joe Sakic, F, Colorado1995 — Claude Lemieux, F, New Jersey1994 — Brian Leetch, D, N.Y. Rangers1993 — Patrick Roy, G, Montreal1992 — Mario Lemieux, F, Pittsburgh
1991 — Mario Lemieux, F, Pittsburgh1990 — Bill Ranford, G, Edmonton1989 — Al MacInnis, D, Calgary1988 — Wayne Gretzky, F, Edmonton1987 — x-Ron Hextall, G, Philadelphia1986 — Patrick Roy, G, Montreal1985 — Wayne Gretzky, F, Edmonton1984 — Mark Messier, F, Edmonton1983 — Billy Smith, G, N.Y. Islanders1982 — Mike Bossy, F, N.Y. Islanders1981 — Butch Goring, F, N.Y. Islanders1980 — Bryan Trottier, F, N.Y. Islanders1979 — Bob Gainey, F, Montreal1978 — Larry Robinson, D, Montreal1977 — Guy Lafleur, F, Montreal1976 — x-Reggie Leach, F, Philadelphia1975 — Bernie Parent, G, Philadelphia1974 — Bernie Parent, G, Philadelphia1973 — Yvan Cournoyer, F, Montreal1972 — Bobby Orr, D, Boston1971 — Ken Dryden, G, Montreal1970 — Bobby Orr, D, Boston1969 — Serge Savard, D, Montreal1968 — x-Glenn Hall, G, St. Louis1967 — Dave Keon, F, Toronto1966 — x-Roger Crozier, G, Detroit1965 — Jean Beliveau, F, Montreal
Stanley Cup final series resultsx — Strike/lockout-shortened regular season.y — Series between Montreal and Seattle cancelled due to influenza epidemic.2013-14 — Los Angeles def. N.Y. Rangers, 4-12012-13 — x-Chicago def. Boston, 4-22011-12 — Los Angeles def. New Jersey, 4-22010-11 — Boston def. Vancouver, 4-32009-10 — Chicago def. Philadelphia, 4-22008-09 — Pittsburgh def. Detroit, 4-32007-08 — Detroit def. Pittsburgh, 4-22006-07 — Anaheim def. Ottawa, 4-12005-06 — Carolina def. Edmonton, 4-32004-05 — No winner (lockout).2003-04 — Tampa Bay def. Calgary, 4-32002-03 — New Jersey def. Anaheim, 4-32001-02 — Detroit def. Carolina, 4-12000-01 — Colorado def. New Jersey, 4-31999-00 — New Jersey def. Dallas, 4-21998-99 — Dallas def. Buffalo, 4-21997-98 — Detroit def. Washington, 4-01996-97 — Detroit def. Philadelphia, 4-01995-96 — Colorado def. Florida, 4-01994-95 — x-New Jersey def. Detroit, 4-01993-94 — N.Y. Rangers def. Vancouver, 4-31992-93 — Montreal def. Los Angeles, 4-11991-92 — Pittsburgh def. Chicago, 4-01990-91 — Pittsburgh def. Minnesota North Stars, 4-21989-90 — Edmonton def. Boston, 4-11988-89 — Calgary def. Montreal, 4-21987-88 — Edmonton def. Boston, 4-11986-87 — Edmonton def. Philadelphia, 4-31985-86 — Montreal def. Calgary, 4-11984-85 — Edmonton def. Philadelphia, 4-11983-84 — Edmonton def. N.Y. Islanders, 4-11982-83 — N.Y. Islanders def. Edmonton, 4-01981-82 — N.Y. Islanders def. Vancouver, 4-01980-81 — N.Y. Islanders def. Minnesota North Stars, 4-11979-80 — N.Y. Islanders def. Philadelphia, 4-21978-79 — Montreal def. N.Y. Rangers, 4-11977-78 — Montreal def. Boston, 4-21976-77 — Montreal def. Boston, 4-01975-76 — Montreal def. Philadelphia, 4-01974-75 — Philadelphia def. Buffalo, 4-21973-74 — Philadelphia def. Boston, 4-21972-73 — Montreal def. Chicago, 4-21971-72 — Boston def. N.Y. Rangers, 4-21970-71 — Montreal def. Chicago, 4-31969-70 — Boston def. St. Louis, 4-01968-69 — Montreal def. St. Louis, 4-01967-68 — Montreal def. St. Louis, 4-01966-67 — Toronto def. Montreal, 4-2
NBA PlayoffsFINALS
(Best-of-7)
San Antonio 4, Miami 1Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio 111, Miami 92Thursday, June 12: San Antonio 107, Miami 86Sunday, June 15: San Antonio 104, Miami 87
Sunday’s summary
MIAMI (87)L.James 10-21 8-9 31, Lewis 1-2 0-0 3, Bosh 6-14 1-2 13, Wade 4-12 2-4 11, Allen 1-8 2-2 5, Bat-tier 0-0 0-0 0, Andersen 0-1 0-0 0, Cole 0-2 2-2 2, Haslem 1-2 0-0 2, Beasley 4-7 1-3 9, Chalmers 2-3 4-5 8, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Douglas 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 30-75 20-27 87.SAN ANTONIO (104)Leonard 7-10 5-6 22, Duncan 5-10 4-6 14, Diaw 2-7 0-0 5, Parker 7-18 2-2 16, Green 0-5 0-0 0, Ginobili 6-11 4-5 19, Splitter 1-1 1-2 3, Mills 6-10 0-0 17, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0, Belinelli 2-3 0-0 4, Ayres 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph 0-2 0-0 0, Baynes 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 37-78 18-23 104.Miami 29 11 18 29 — 87San Antonio 22 25 30 27 — 1043-Point Goals—Miami 7-25 (L.James 3-9, Lewis 1-2, Wade 1-2, Douglas 1-2, Allen 1-3, Cole 0-1, Jones 0-1, Bosh 0-5), San Antonio 12-26 (Mills 5-8, Leonard 3-4, Ginobili 3-6, Diaw 1-3, Parker 0-1, Joseph 0-1, Green 0-3). Fouled Out—Leonard. Rebounds—Miami 53 (L.James 10), San Antonio 45 (Leonard 10). Assists—Miami 14 (L.James 5), San Antonio 25 (Diaw 6). Total Fouls—Miami 23, San Antonio 21. A—18,581 (18,797).
NBA ChampionsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS2013-14 — San Antonio Spurs2012-13 — Miami Heat2011-12 — Miami Heat2010-11 — Dallas Mavericks2009-10 — Los Angeles Lakers2008-09 — Los Angeles Lakers2007-08 — Boston Celtics2006-07 — San Antonio Spurs2005-06 — Miami Heat2004-05 — San Antonio Spurs2003-04 — Detroit Pistons2002-03 — San Antonio Spurs2001-02 — Los Angeles Lakers2000-01 — Los Angeles Lakers1999-00 — Los Angeles Lakers1998-99 — San Antonio Spurs1997-98 — Chicago Bulls1996-97 — Chicago Bulls1995-96 — Chicago Bulls1994-95 — Houston Rockets1993-94 — Houston Rockets1992-93 — Chicago Bulls1991-92 — Chicago Bulls1990-91 — Chicago Bulls1989-90 — Detroit Pistons1988-89 — Detroit Pistons1987-88 — Los Angeles Lakers1986-87 — Los Angeles Lakers1985-86 — Boston Celtics1984-85 — Los Angeles Lakers1983-84 — Boston Celtics1982-83 — Philadelphia 76ers1981-82 — Los Angeles Lakers1980-81 — Boston Celtics1979-80 — Los Angeles Lakers1978-79 — Seattle SuperSonics1977-78 — Washington Bullets
FIFA WORLD CUPAt Brazil
GROUP A GP W L T GF GA PtBrazil 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Mexico 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0Croatia 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
GROUP B GP W L T GF GA PtNetherlands 1 1 0 0 5 1 3Chile 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Australia 1 0 1 0 1 3 0Spain 1 0 1 0 1 5 0
GROUP C GP W L T GF GA PtColombia 1 1 0 0 3 0 3Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 2 1 3Japan 1 0 1 0 1 2 0Greece 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
GROUP D GP W L T GF GA PtCosta Rica 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Italy 1 1 0 0 2 1 3England 1 0 1 0 1 2 0Uruguay 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
GROUP E GP W L T GF GA PtFrance 1 1 0 0 3 0 3Switzerland 1 1 0 0 2 1 3Ecuador 1 0 1 0 1 2 0Honduras 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
GROUP F GP W L T GF GA Pt
Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 1 3Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bosnia-Herz. 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
GROUP G GP W L T GF GA PtUnited States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP H GP W L T GF GA PtAlgeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saturday, June 14Colombia 3 Greece 0Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3England 1 Italy 2Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1
Sunday, June 15Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1France 3 Honduras 0Argentina 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1
Monday, June 16Portugal at Germany, 10 a.m.Nigeria at Iran, 1 p.m.United States at Ghana, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17Algeria at Belgium, 10 a.m.Mexico at Brazil, 1 p.m.South Korea at Russia, 4 p.m.
U.S. Openat Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, No. 2 CourseMartin Kaymer, $1,620,000 65-65-72-69 — 271Erik Compton, $789,330 72-68-67-72 — 279Rickie Fowler, $789,330 70-70-67-72 — 279Keegan Bradley, $326,310 69-69-76-67 — 281Jason Day, $326,310 73-68-72-68 — 281Dustin Johnson, $326,310 69-69-70-73 — 281Brooks Koepka, $326,310 70-68-72-71 — 281Henrik Stenson, $326,310 69-69-70-73 — 281Adam Scott, $211,715 73-67-73-69 — 282Brandt Snedeker, $211,715 69-68-72-73 — 282Jimmy Walker, $211,715 70-72-71-69 — 282Jim Furyk, $156,679 73-70-73-67 — 283Matt Kuchar, $156,679 69-70-71-73 — 283Kevin Na, $156,679 68-69-73-73 — 283Justin Rose, $156,679 72-69-70-72 — 283Marcel Siem, $156,679 70-71-72-70 — 283J.B. Holmes, $118,234 70-71-72-71 — 284Ian Poulter, $118,234 70-70-74-70 — 284Jordan Spieth, $118,234 69-70-72-73 — 284Brendon Todd, $118,234 69-67-79-69 — 284Cody Gribble, $98,598 72-72-72-69 — 285Steve Stricker, $98,598 70-71-73-71 — 285Aaron Baddeley, $79,968 70-71-73-72 — 286Billy Horschel, $79,968 75-68-73-70 — 286Shiv Kapur, $79,968 73-70-71-72 — 286Rory McIlroy, $79,968 71-68-74-73 — 286Francesco Molinari, $79,968 69-71-72-74 — 286Daniel Berger, $59,588 72-71-78-66 — 287Brendon de Jonge, $59,588 68-70-73-76 — 287Victor Dubuisson, $59,588 70-72-70-75 — 287Chris Kirk, $59,588 71-68-72-76 — 287Graeme McDowell, $59,588 68-74-75-70 — 287
Phil Mickelson, $59,588 70-73-72-72 — 287Kenny Perry, $59,588 74-69-74-70 — 287Ernie Els, $46,803 74-70-72-72 — 288Sergio Garcia, $46,803 73-71-72-72 — 288Bill Haas, $46,803 72-72-71-73 — 288Hideki Matsuyama, $46,803 69-71-74-74 — 288Patrick Reed, $46,803 71-72-73-72 — 288Lucas Bjerregaard, $37,754 70-72-72-75 — 289Zac Blair, $37,754 71-74-73-71 — 289Zach Johnson, $37,754 71-74-72-72 — 289Garth Mulroy, $37,754 71-72-70-76 — 289Louis Oosthuizen, $37,754 71-73-78-67 — 289Retief Goosen, $30,828 73-71-71-75 — 290Webb Simpson, $30,828 71-72-73-74 — 290Danny Willett, $30,828 70-71-78-71 — 290Harris English, $26,504 69-75-75-72 — 291Billy Hurley III, $26,504 71-74-75-71 — 291Ryan Moore, $26,504 76-68-71-76 — 291a-Matthew Fitzpatrick, $0 71-73-78-69 — 291Seung-Yul Noh, $24,514 70-72-76-74 — 292Gary Woodland, $24,514 72-71-75-74 — 292Stewart Cink, $23,535 72-72-74-75 — 293Scott Langley, $23,535 72-71-75-75 — 293Paul Casey, $22,649 70-75-74-75 — 294Nicholas Lindheim, $22,649 72-73-72-77 — 294Fran Quinn, $22,649 68-74-79-73 — 294Justin Leonard, $22,090 75-70-75-75 — 295Alex Cejka, $21,564 73-71-77-76 — 297Russell Henley, $21,564 70-74-82-71 — 297Kevin Tway, $21,564 72-72-81-72 — 297Clayton Rask, $20,775 73-71-77-77 — 298Kevin Stadler, $20,775 77-68-78-75 — 298Bo Van Pelt, $20,775 72-72-75-79 — 298Boo Weekley, $20,249 71-73-80-75 — 299Toru Taniguchi, $19,980 72-73-88-76 — 309
Saturday’s Sports TransactionsBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Sent OF Shane Victo-
rino, RHP Clay Buchholz and 3B Will Middlebrooks to Pawtucket (IL) for rehab assignments.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Henry Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jared Robinson on a minor league contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Rudy Owens to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Josh Zeid from Oklahoma City.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Angel Sanchez to Montgomery (SL). Sent OF Brandon Guyer to Durham (IL) for a rehab assignment.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned OF Darin Mastroianni to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated RHP Sergio Santos from the 15-day DL.
National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Zac Ross-
cup to Iowa (PCL).CINCINNATI REDS — Placed LHP Sean Mar-
shall on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Reinstated RHP Mat Latos from the 60-day DL.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Assigned RHP Wil-ton Lopez outright to Colorado Springs (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed INF-OF Chone Figgins on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Carlos Triunfel from Albuquerque (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Colin Hering on a minor league contract.
MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with SS Brian Anderson on a minor league contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned INF Irving Falu and OF Logan Schafer to Nashville (PCL). Recalled UT Elian Herrera to Nashville. Reinstated LHP Tom Gorzelanny from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with LHPs Kodi Medeiros and Carlos Leal, SS Jacob Gatewood, OF Monte Harrison and C Matt Martin on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK METS — Sent OF Eric Young Jr. to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Prevost and LHP Kelly Secrest on minor league contracts.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent 3B Cody Asche to Lakewood (SAL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Matt Hoffman on a minor league contract.
PITTSURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with SS Nelson Jorge, OF Eric Thomas, 3B Chase
Simpson and RHPs Eric Karch, Frank Duncan, Palmer Betts, Trey Supak, Mitch Keller and Michael Clemens. Called up RHP Vance Worley from India-napolis (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent LHP Tyler Ly-ons to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LHP Troy Pat-ton on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jesse Hahn from San Antonio (TL).
American AssociationAMARILLO SOX — Released RHP Michael
Nannini.GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released
LHP James Giulietti.SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed LHP Joe
Testa.Can-Am LeagueROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released RHP Bo
Budkevics. Traded C Justin Dalles to Windy City (Frontier) for a player to be named.
TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed OF Mi-chael Hernandez.
FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueINDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with
S Mike Adams.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueDETROIT RED WINGS — Signed LW Tomas
Nosek to a two-year, entry-level contract.MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed coach
Michel Therrien to a four-year contract extension. Traded F Louis Leblanc to Anaheim for a conditional 2015 fifth-round draft pick.
SOCCERNational Women’s Soccer LeagueWASHINGTON SPIRIT — Acquired M Kerstin
Garefrekes on loan from FFC Frankfurt (Germany) for the remainder of the season.
Sunday’s Sports TransactionsBASEBALLAmerican LeagueDETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Corey
Knebel to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Blaine Hardy from Toledo.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Josh Fields on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Paul Clem-ens from Oklahoma City (PCL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP Fer-nando Salas on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Dane
De La Rosa from Salt Lake (PCL).MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 3B Trevor
Plouffe on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Pedro Flori-mon from Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned LHP Wade LeBlanc outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded OF Michael Taylor to the Chicago White Sox for RHP Jake Sanchez.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Shane McCain on a minor league contract.
National LeagueMIAMI MARLINS — Sent LHP Brad Hand to
New Orleans (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Sam Dyson from New Orleans.
NEW YORK METS — Acquired LHP Blake Tay-lor from Pittsburgh to complete an earlier trade, and assigned him to the GCL Mets.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned INF Michael Martinez to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Vance Worley from Indianapolis.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned OF Randal Grichuk to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Nick Greenwood from Memphis. Agreed to terms with LHP Austin Gomber and RHP Tyler Bray on minor league contracts.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Nick Vincent on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Thursday. Selected the contract of RHP Blaine Boyer from El Paso (PCL).
American AssociationAMARILLO SOX — Traded LHP Josh Spence to
Windy City (Frontier) to complete an earlier trade.GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Signed RHP
Jason Jarvis.SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed INF Sam
Lind and RHP Kye Winter. Released OF Drew Muren and RHP Kyle Kingsley.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Traded RHP Chan-dler Barnard to San Angelo (United) to complete an earlier trade.
Can-Am LeagueTROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Released OF
Alexandre LaGarde.Frontier LeagueRIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed LHP Tommy
Organ and INF Matt Reida.WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS—Acquired C
Justin Dalles from Rockland (Can-Am) for a player to be named. Released C Matt Scioscia.
FootballCFL PRE-SEASON
East GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 1 1 0 0 28 23 2Toronto 1 1 0 0 24 22 2Ottawa 1 0 1 0 17 21 0Montreal 1 0 1 0 23 28 0
West
GP W L T PF PA PtSaskatchewan 1 1 0 0 21 17 2B.C. 1 1 0 0 14 11 2Calgary 1 1 0 0 23 20 2Edmonton 1 0 1 0 11 14 0Winnipeg 2 0 2 0 42 47 0
Saturday’s resultsHamilton 28 Montreal 23Saskatchewan 21 Ottawa 17
Calgary 23 Winnipeg 20
Thursday, June 19Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Friday, June 20Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m.Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.Calgary at B.C., 8 p.m.
B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 16, 2014
Marshall makes good in backyardThere’s no doubt there’s plenty of
home grown rodeo talent in central Al-berta, but a Bowden cowboy proved he can ride and rope with the world’s best at this year’s Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo.
Ky Marshall earned both the bare-back and the All Around Champion buckles.
Marshall wowed the crowd during an impressive round of bareback rid-ing Saturday night at the ranch, spurring to the moon on the Vold horse True Grit for an 89.5 mark. Then he dashed down to the other end of the arena and roped a calf in 8.6 seconds, just a tick off the lead for that event. Organizer Jack Daines quipped that it was ‘Ky Marshall night at the In-nisfail Rodeo’.
“This is just the funnest rodeo ever on the circuit, I believe,” said Marshall.
“It’s kind of my home-town rodeo, and we’re good friends with the Daines’. It’s just an awesome rodeo, and there’s tons of people here watching, and we’re good friends with them all, so it’s awesome to have a good night.”
For some contestants, the pressure of performing in front of the home-town crowd is a heavy burden. But that didn’t bother Marshall.
“There’s pressure at every rodeo you go to, so I guess you learn to get over it. Maybe you actually try harder when all these people are here watch-ing you, because you don’t want to em-barrass yourself,” he grinned.
“I got on that horse last year at the CFR, and we didn’t quite have the matchup. When I entered this rodeo and I knew Vold was up tonight, I was hoping for that horse. When I saw the draw, and my name was beside that horse, I was just stunned that I got him. All day, I’ve been a little nervous, just thinking about it, and it all came to-gether and worked out. That’s just an awesome little horse of Wayne’s, and he feels good. All the cowboys wish they could draw him.”
“It all felt really good, and when you’re walking back and hear 89, that’s probably the best feeling when you know you’re on top. It just feels awe-some. That’s my highest score.”
The ride earned him $2098.When it came to the roping, Mar-
shall knew he’d plucked a good calf out of that pen too. Although he claimed to have bobbled on a few things on
the run, it was a confidence builder for the 22-year-old, who hadn’t done much in that event yet this spring.
While his time was bumped back on the lead-erboard considerably dur-ing a fast roping round Sun-day, Marshall still picked up $871.
The rancher, who also helps coach the Olds Col-lege Rodeo team, qualified for his first Canadian Finals Rodeo last fall, in both the bareback and All Around races. His only competitor in the All Around race was Travis Reay, who wound up
with the 2013 Canadian title. But at In-nisfail, it was Marshall’s turn, and he bettered Reay’s result by a mere $30. Reay placed in the bronc riding ($316), and won the steer wrestling in 4.1 sec-onds ($2623).
“I needed the hit,” claimed Reay, who lives in Mayerthorpe. “I haven’t had a really good spring. It’s been kind of slow. I’ve always wanted to win the Innisfail Rodeo.”
The special Ross Contway bronze up for grabs in the saddle bronc rid-ing went to Sam Kelts, by half a point. Kelts was 88 points on Calgary Stam-pede’s famous Lynx Mountain, with past Innisfail winners Dustin Flundra (87.5) and Kyle Thomson (87) close on his heels.
“That’s a horse you can win first on anywhere,” said Kelts, of Millarville. “This was only the second time I’ve gotten to get on her.”
“The Daines Ranch Rodeo has been here for so long and it’s a prestigious rodeo. They give away such a great
bronze. The money is a big deal at these rodeos, but the money spends, and the trinkets are there forever. Ev-erybody wants to have this bronze.”
Idaho’s Nate Baldwin won the tie-down roping in 8.0 seconds, for $2411, while 19-year-old rookie Brock Rad-ford of Dewinton scored his first pro win with an 89.5 point bull ride on Gin-gas Kong ($2294). The 15.877 second time turned in by Laci Suitor of Duch-ess in the barrel racing during slack held up for first overall ($2613), while Ponoka’s Levi Simpson made it two
years in a row for an Innisfail team roping buckle, by roping in 4.8 sec-onds with his new partner Ryon Tittel of Oregon ($1865 each). Owen Berreth of Airdrie won steer riding with a 76; Dantan Bertsch of Eastend, SK took novice bareback with a 79; Keenan Re-inhardt of Calgary was first in novice saddle bronc with a 77. The Bruce Bur-rell team won the Wild Cow Milking.
Rodeo contestants try their hand next at Wainwright and Sundre on the weekend.
BOWDEN COWBOY WINS PAIR OF BUCKLES AT DAINES RANCH PRO RODEO
Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff
Derric Laye of Provost takes down his steer for a time of 5.0 seconds in the steer wrestling event at the Innisfail Professional Rodeo Saturday afternoon.
Blue Jays split series with Orioles with win in finale
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blue Jays 4 Orioles 2BALTIMORE — The Toronto
Blue Jays were delighted to get out of Camden Yards with the same lead over the Baltimore Ori-oles as when they arrived.
J.A. Happ pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Dion-er Navarro had three hits and two RBIs as Toronto won 5-2 Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.
The victory enabled the AL East leaders to maintain their 4 ½ -game advantage over the Ori-oles, who were seeking to deal the Blue Jays their third straight se-ries loss.
“It means a lot,” Navarro said.“It’s a good series in general.
We made some good plays, we got some clutch hitting,” Toronto slugger Jose Bautista said. “A se-ries split on the road against the second-place team is something to not be too upset about.”
Edwin Encarnacion also had three hits for the Blue Jays, who had totalled 15 runs in losing six of their previous eight games. Led by Navarro, Toronto banged out 12 hits against Chris Tillman and two relievers.
Navarro had two doubles and a single.
“I know people to expect the runs to come from the big boys,” he said. “You cannot always de-pend on the big dogs. You can count on the little guys some-times.”
Happ (6-3) gave up one run, sev-en hits and no walks in six-plus innings. He had lost two of his previous three starts, yielding 12 earned runs over 17 2-3 innings.
“Happ was outstanding, he re-
ally was,” manager John Gibbons said. “He gave us a chance to win out there.”
Casey Janssen got four outs for his 12th save.
Adam Jones homered and Nel-son Cruz had three hits and his major league-leading 56th RBI for the Orioles, who went 5-5 on a homestand against Oakland, Bos-ton and the Jays.
“We’ve played some really good teams,” Jones said. “The competi-tive level is rising and it’s fun to see.”
Tillman (5-4) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The right-hander didn’t issue a walk or record a strikeout, only the sixth time in Orioles history that’s happened for a pitcher who went at least seven innings.
“It was a good series,” Tillman said. “We would have liked to have liked to come out on top, but we split against the team that’s leading the league. Just come back better next time.”
Tillman is 0-4 with a 2.78 ERA at home and 5-0 with a 6.33 ERA on the road.
“That’s how it goes in base-ball,” Jones said. “He threw the ball well today. Unfortunately, we were unable to score him some runs. We had a couple opportuni-ties, but he can only do what he can control.”
The Blue Jays went up 5-1 with a two-run eighth against Tommy Hunter. Navarro hit an RBI dou-ble and Steve Tolleson added a run-scoring groundout.
“A couple of runs late can be wonderful,” Gibbons said.
Jones hit his 11th homer of the season in the bottom half off Dustin McGowan, but Janssen made sure the Orioles wouldn’t score again.
“The goal is always to win se-
ries,” Happ said, “but to split is pretty good, too.”
Toronto got a first-inning run on an RBI double by Bautista, who one pitch earlier thought he had drawn a walk on a 3-1 offering that umpire Jerry Layne called a strike.
The Blue Jays wasted a lead-off double in the second inning but converted the same situation in the fourth. After Encarnacion doubled, Navarro blooped an RBI single to left field for a 2-0 lead.
In the Toronto fifth, Anthony Gose snapped a 5-for-38 skid with a leadoff single, advanced on a double by Jose Reyes and scored on a flyball by Melky Cabrera.
Baltimore closed to 3-1 in the sixth when Jones hit a two-out double and Cruz singled him home.
NOTES: It was the first time since May 27, 2010, against Oak-land that Baltimore pitchers did not record a single strikeout. ... Orioles 1B Chris Davis was given a rare day off by manager Buck Showalter, even though the slug-ger had four homers in his last 11 games. ... Two Toronto pitch-ers who left with groin tightness this weekend remained hope-ful of avoiding the disabled list. After receiving treatment, Brett Cecil said, “I’m sure I’ll feel it when I throw,” and R.A. Dickey said of his injury: “Maybe a little sore, but not bad.” ... The Blue Jays have Monday off, while the Orioles continue a 13-game run against AL East foes in Tampa Bay against the last-place Rays. ... Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was scratched, one day after he fell backward and hit his head upon being unintentionally brushed by Jones. ... The crowd of 46,469 was Baltimore’s fifth sellout of the sea-son and second in the series.
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Baltimore Orioles catcher Nick Hundley, left, tags out Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista who was trying to score on a ground ball hit by Brett Lawrie in the eighth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, in Baltimore.
CALGARY — Red Deer Thunder Country Trampo-line and Gymnastics athletes snared six gold medals in the Western Canada Cup championships during the weekend.
Brenyn Chapman won gold in the provincial 1 women’s 11-12 double mini trampoline (DMT), while Sophie Nossack was victorious in the provincial 1 under-10 women’s DMT. Also striking gold were Eoin Wolfe in provincial 1 men’s DMT, Ashton Henfrey in provincial 3 men’s trampoline, the provincial 3 wom-en’s synchronized women’s team of Maria Crichton and Isabelle MacPherson, and the provincial 1 men’s syncronized trampoline duo of Spencer Kooman and Jesse Starchuk.
The provincial 1 women’s trampoline team of Chapman and Nossack earned a silver medal, as did Ashton Henfrey in the DMT, Chapman in the indi-vidual trampoline and Taelum Henfrey in provincial 1 men’s trampoline.
Winning bronze medals were Nossack in trampo-line, Starchuk in DMT, Taelum Henfrey in trampo-line, Wolfe in trampoline and Samantha Dancey in provincial women’s 13 and over trampoline.
Other Thunder Country top-five placings:Fourth — Kayden Levis, provincial 1 men’s DMT;
Kaeliegh Boston, provincial 1 women’s under-10 trampoline; Taelum Henfrey/Levis, provincial 1 men’s synchronized trampoline; Sarah Lindbergh/Boston, provincial 1 women’s synchronized trampo-line; Fifth — Kooman, provincial 2 men’s trampoline; Taelum Henfrey, DMT.
TRAMPOLINE AND GYMNASTICS
Dustin Northcott and Joel Peterman combined on a three hit shutout to blank the Parkland White Sox 5-0 in Spruce Grove on Friday in Sunburst Baseball League action.
Northcott started and gave up two hits in six innings while striking out four batters. Peterman pitched the final three innings for the save, giving up one hit and striking out one.
The Riggers pounded out 16 hits, led by Kevin Curran who was 3-for-6 with an RBI, Mike Ronnie was 2-for-5 with two doubles, Peterman was 3-for-4, Josh Edwards was 3-for-5 and Shane Court was 1-for-5 with two RBI.
The Riggers are in Fort Saskatchewan today to play the Athletics in a make up game at 7 p.m., their only game this week.
Riggers keep racking up wins with shutout
over White Sox
The Red Deer U14B Rage settled for silver in a weekend girls fastball tournament at Okotoks.
The Rage fell 11-7 to Lacombe in the gold-medal match after posting a 3-1 record leading into the championship contest. The Red Deer team opened with a 10-2 rout of the host club, dumped Lacombe 9-2 and defeated Calgary Nose Creek 16-7 before fall-ing 12-10 to the Calgary SBR Intensity while getting a home run from Kaitlyn Glover.
GIRLS’ SOFTBALL
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DECATUR, Ill. — Madison Pressel won the windy Decatur-Forsyth Classic on Sunday for her first Symetra Tour title, beating Ashley Tait with a 20-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
The 22-year-old Pressel, LPGA Tour player Mor-gan Pressel’s younger sister, finished with an even-par 72 in wind gusting over 35 mph to match playing partner Tait at 6-under 210 at Hickory Point.
Tait blew a late four-stroke lead. She bogeyed the par-4 15th and had a double bogey on the par-3 17th. Pressel birdied the 17th for a three-shot swing.
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LOCAL SPORTS B5MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
Cougars sweep soccer finalsBY GREG MEACHEM
ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR
Cougars 7 Rams 4Cougars 4 Raiders 3
Winning is great, but re-building the overall competi-tive state of soccer in Red Deer and Central Alberta is more important to Humberto Aspillaga.
With his Notre Dame Cou-gars up 4-0 over the Lacombe Rams in the Central Alberta High School Soccer League championship final Satur-day at Edgar Park, Aspillaga pulled many of his starters and went with younger play-ers.
The Rams rallied with three unanswered goals, but the Cougars rebounded for a 7-4 victory and a second suc-cessive league title.
“One of the issues I can see is we need to build again the football, the soccer, in Red Deer,” said Aspillaga. “If I put all the time my stronger play-ers (on the pitch) and we won, then it’s no fun, right?
“It used to be real good times when Red Deer have two clubs, there were lots of people going to the Collicutt (Centre) and we build some rivalry by being against each other, but also I think by be-ing competitive. When some-one blew away another team, it’s not fun, so we allowed our Grade 10s and Grade 11s to play today.”
Aspillaga credited the Rams for cutting the deficit to a goal and then getting the score to 5-4 before giving up a pair of late markers.
“The other team played real hard to come back. They did a great job,” said the Cou-gars sideline boss.
Aspillaga clearly had a dedicated group during a sea-son in which the Cougars lost just once. In fact, the players showed their passion for the game by kick-starting their training in February.
“We started running in the morning at 7. We run for an hour, do some exercises and then go to classes,” said As-pillaga. “We have built quality soccer at Notre Dame so every year we are doing well. For the last three to four years we are doing well.”
Ben Anderson paced the Cougars with three goals,
while game MVP Theoren Gill netted a pair and Jose Posa-da and Rayden Crawley also scored. Christu Moo had two goals for the Rams, who got singles from Eduardo Morales and David Luymes.
Notre Dame reached the final with a 5-1 win over the Hunting Hills Lightning, get-ting goals from Gill, Posada, Anderson, Keegan Reid and Vezo Gama. Luke Beasley scored in a losing cause.
Lacombe beat Central Alberta Christian 3-1 in the other semifinal. Luymes, Moo and Sam Haeflinger scored for
the Rams, with Brendan Van Doesburg replying for CACHS.
Hunting Hills defeated CACHS 2-1 in overtime to take third-place honours. Eric Go-pal and Jaeden Smith scored for the Lightning and Van Doesburg answered for the Knights.
In boys B-side play, Olds downed Sylvan Lake 3-1 in the final. Jaden Mulholland, game MVP Talon Grenier and Ty Smith were the Olds marksmen, while Aiden Smail scored for the Lakers.
In semifinal play, Olds beat Innisfail 2-1 in overtime and
Sylvan Lake got by the Lind-say Thurber Raiders 2-1 on penalties.
Jaemin Kim netted both goals for Olds, with Simon Big-ger replying for Innisfail. Cody Rumboldt scored in regulation time for Sylvan Lake and Edu-ardo Colunga Fierro answered for Thurber.
The Raiders, with Colunga Fierro netting two goals and Gustavo Portugal and Navada White also connecting, downed Innisfail 4-1 in the consolation game. Bigger scored in a los-ing cause.
● Earlier, the Notre Dame
Cougars girls successfully de-fended their league champi-onship with a 4-3 win over the Lindsay Thurber Raiders in a game that was decided by pen-alty kicks.
“It was really tiring. You’re almost crying, then cheering, then almost crying,” said Cou-gars co-coach Kelsey Paetz, whose team scored a tying goal late in regulation time, then won on penalty kicks fol-lowing 10 minutes of scoreless extra time.
“It was crazy,” added Paetz, whose mother Laurna also coaches the team. “Our girls really came together as a team. We haven’t had a lot of turnout during the season, so when they actually act like best friends on the field it makes me happy.”
Renee Harder, Nicole Freidl and Kelsie Caine had regulation-time goals for the champs, who completed an undefeated season. Answer-ing for the Raiders were Lizzy Morneault, Tanis Sudlow and Kiera Fujimoto.
Notre Dame keeper Chel-sea Antonio, who prolonged the game by stopping a Raid-ers attempt immediately af-ter one of her teammates fired high during the shootout, was named MVP of the contest.
“It’s going to be sad when the Grade 12 girls leave for college, but we’ll still have a good team next year and we’ll bring it back even harder,” said Paetz, looking forward to the 2015 season.
Freidl and Carley Dwyer were the Cougars’ snipers in a 2-0 semifinal win over Syl-van Lake, while the Raid-ers got goals from Fujimoto, Sudlow, Morneault, Rachelle Doyon and Abbey Martin in a 5-1 victory over Hunting Hills. Rowen Cheney scored for the Lightning.
Lacombe, with Bronwyn Pfeilfle finding the back of the net twice and Heidi Giles adding a goal, blanked Hunt-ing Hills 3-0 in the third-place game.
Nikki Ubels, selected as game MVP, fired all three goals for Central Alberta Christian as the Knights de-feated Sylvan Lake 3-1 in the B-side final. Aubri Webster scored for the Lakers.
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Rayden Crowley of the Notre Dame Cougars fends off his Lacombe Rams opponent during the high school soccer year-end final game Saturday afternoon at Edgar Athletic Park. Notre Dame won the game 7-4.
BOYS AND GIRLS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT CASAA LEAGUE TITLES
Local players hope Team Alberta experience lands them future looks
BY JOSH ALDRICHADVOCATE STAFF
While this year the goal is win-ning the Football Canada Cup, three local players on Team Al-berta have their eye squarely on their future post high school.
The best high school football players in the province in Grades 10 and 11 were in Red Deer and Lacombe on the weekend for Foot-ball Alberta’s main training camp for their U-18 team.
As the University of Alberta Golden Bears head coach Chris Morris pointed out to them on Sat-urday at MEGlobal Athletic Park, playing on this team will put the likes of Lindsay Thurber Raiders Ben Pasiuk and Owen Smith, and H.J. Cody’s Landon Rosene at the top of the recruiting list for many Canadian Interuniversity Sport programs.
“It’s a big deal for us, especial-ly being from Central Alberta,” said Smith. “We’re getting looks now because the level of play in Central Alberta is getting a lot better, thanks to all of the coaches in Central Alberta. It’s a very good opportunity for us.”
The team will travel to Sas-katoon for the Canada Cup July 6-12, where they will play against the best players in country of the same age. The last three years Al-berta has earned its place among the top provinces in the country in high school football, making it to the finals in each of the last three years. The goal this year is to get over the hump and win it all.
“We’re here to win a champi-onship,” said head coach Bryan Bradford. “We’ve got to get to the game, one game at a time, but our expectation is we’re going to win it all this year.”
But it will be tricky. They do have some big hurdles in the way like time constraints, their ability to install systems and plays and then to get everyone on the same page working together when most have never played together at all.
Central Alberta, however, is making one of its strongest con-
tributions that the region has ever made, especially on offence.
With Rosene, they have one of the region’s most dynamic running backs. He may not have prototypi-cal size, at five-foot-five and 145 pounds, but he’s tough to catch and is versatile enough to be able to carry the rock and is a reliable option to catch the ball out of the backfield.
He was named the most valu-able offensive player Central Alberta High School Football League this past season.
“He’s outstanding,” said Brad-ford. “He’s got great speed, and the thing with him is he’s got great vision. We really see him contrib-uting to our return game and as a back out of the back field, he’s go-ing to sneak in behind our big of-fensive line and I think he’s going to have a great tournament.”
He’s just looking forward to the opportunity to leave his mark on the team.
“It’s awesome, I love playing with elite players like these and competing for nationals,” said Rosene.
Pasiuk appears to have an line as one of the starting receivers on the team, with his five-foot-11, 180-pound frame, he emerged as a breakout star for the Raiders this season as a Grade 10 player.
“Ben’s just a great athlete,” said team general manager Gino Castellan, who is also the head coach of the Notre Dame Cougars. “He’s a pure athlete and he’s a smart kid, academically he smart as well. He brings skill and he’s very balanced in the knowledge of the game.”
Pasiuk, 16, says they should have a dynamic offence at the Canada Cup despite the short preparation time.
“It’s going to be high tempo and physical, we’re going to exploit our speed and just go play foot-ball,” he said.
Smith is the lone local repre-sentative on the defensive side of the ball, but the five-foot-11, 155-pound safety should see plen-ty of time on the field as a CAHS-FL all-star this year,
“He’s a very talented player,” said Bradford. “He’s getting some great coaching here and he’s go-ing to get a lot stronger, but he fits in right with what we want our defensive backs to do.”
Smith, 17, says the defense will rely on their athleticism to shut down opponents in Saskatoon.
“We’re going to be fast and play every down hard and we’re going to show some teams how to play physical,” he said.
Central Alberta will also have an impact on the offensive line with Hunting Hills Lightning head coach Kyle Sedgewick running the unit. Castellan likes what he has seen so far.
“They’re coming together, which is another reason we run this main camp, to get these kids to know each other and come to-gether as a group,” he said. “We’re a well rounded team this year ... we’ve got good athletes all over the place.”
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H.J. Cody Lakers running back Landon Rosene is one of three Central Alberta high school football players on Team Alberta for the Canada Cup.
The Lacoka Locos harboured heavy hearst while falling 24-9 to the Medicine Hat Sun Devils in a Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B tier 1 game
Saturday at Lacombe.The Locos, already short-handed, were dealing
with the news that two of their teammates were in-jured in a motor vehicle accident that caused Trevor Anderson to be airlifted to a Calgary hospital.
Dustin Bell scored four times and picked up two assists in a losing cause, while Riley Workman had three goals and three helpers and Lliam Ventry and Tanner Green each chipped in with a goal.
Sunday’s schedule game at Lethbridge was post-poned due to the Locos’ concern for their injured teammates.
● The Red Deer Renegades split a pair of week-end junior B tier 2 games at Calgary— beating the Wranglers 10-6 and falling 15-11 to the Axemen.
Justin Moltzahn netted three goals and set up another in Sunday’s win over the Wranglers. Adding single goals were Kane Weik, Carter Copeland-Blair, Brady Thudium, Tyler Schumacher, Nate Bellanger, Austin Johanson and Logan Sinclair.
Bellanger netted three goals in the loss to the Axemen, with Moltzahn and Chase Boswell each scoring once and adding three helpers and Thudium, Copeland-Blair, Rhett Ritter, Cole Young, Brandon Magill and Ryan Svederus.
LACROSSE
The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves dropped all three games of a weekend bantam AAA baseball series versus the host St. Albert Cardinals.
Zach Olson cracked two singles and an inside-the-park home run for the Braves in a series-opening 10-8 loss.
Olson also drove in two runs and scored four times, while Brady Steeves contributed a single, dou-ble and drove in three runs and Austin Hammond stroked an RBI single.
Andrew MacCuaig was Red Deer’s starting pitcher — giving up nine runs on eight hits, walking one bat-ter, hitting another and fanning four in two and two-thirds innings — and Kelsey Lalor allowed one run on one hit and recorded one strikeout over three and two-thirds frames.
The Braves fell 6-2 in Game 2 as MacCuaig tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Olson, who also singled home Jack Hendley, who stroked a double. Austin Hammond worked six innings on the Red Deer mound, allowing six runs on nine hits while walking three batters and fanning nine, and Ty Mo-line pitched a scoreless final frame.
Hammond had two hits and Darin Fodor cracked an RBI single as the Braves fell 4-2 in Game 3.
Starting pitcher Henley went five innings, giving up four runs on eight hits while walking one batter and fanning four, and Ben Leblanc mopped up with a scoreless last inning.
BANTAM AAA BASEBALL
B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 16, 2014
A surprising pick for Stanley Cup MVP
Picking the Conn Smythe winner doesn’t exactly require a crystal ball. Twenty-five of the last 30 winners have been the Cup winner’s goalie or top scorer. Almost by definition, then, fan-cy stats don’t play much (any) role in the selection.
But if they did, who should win this year?
With the Kings’ win, there’s an in-teresting group of candidates. Most commentators seem to think that Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty had the inside line, with Marian Gaborik, as the leading goal scorer in the play-offs, having an outside shot. But as you might have noticed, I tend not to put too much credence in what “most com-mentators” say.
So let’s count down my top five.5. Marian Gaborik: Gaborik is an im-
portant piece of the puzzle, but he’s not the main guy.
He’s tops in goals scored, but other-wise not in the same class as the others on this list.
His five-on-five Fenwick for per-centage (the percentage of all un-blocked shots attempted when he’s on the ice that were taken by his team rather than the opponent) was just 50.2 per cent — 15th on the Kings and 60th overall. And that’s playing the major-ity of his minutes with top-notch team-mates Kopitar (52.9 per cent of his min-utes) and Doughty (33.5 per cent of his minutes).
Great playoffs, but not Conn Smythe material.
4. Drew Doughty: Doughty’s one of the best defencemen in the game and he’s critical to L.A.’s success, but play-off MVP? Not this year.
True, he played huge minutes, 28.2 per game. And true, he had 18 points. But that number is less impressive when you consider how much ice time he gets. His points per 60 minutes in five-on-five play is an unexceptional 0.97 — 10th best among defencemen in these playoffs, and just over half of Brent Seabrook’s 1.92. Combine that with the fact that a very high 37.3 per cent of his shifts have started in the offensive zone, and the fact that he tried to hand the Blackhawks a cou-ple games in the conference final with
giveaways that make Oprah Winfrey — of the “everybody gets a new car” specials — look like Ebenezer Scrooge, and I’m going to say giving the award to Doughty would be a major misfire. Maybe next year.
Which brings us to the three guys who have been a cut above. An argu-ment could be made for any one of the three.
3. Jeff Carter: Carter is tied for sec-ond in the playoffs in scoring with 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points, and is just a fraction behind Kopitar with 2.77 points per 60 minutes of five-on-five play.
He’s also second among Kings for-wards in five-on-five Fenwick for per-centage, at 55.9.
His numbers might be slightly in-flated because 38.4 per cent of his shifts started in the offensive zone, but for the L.A. Kings, that number isn’t that much higher than most of the oth-ers on this list.
There’s nothing negative to say about his play, he just wasn’t quite as good as my top two.
2. Anze Kopitar: This guy’s the real deal.
He leads the playoffs in scoring with 26 points, and is sixth overall with 2.83 points per 60 minutes of five-on-five play. An elite defender who gets more than his share of defensive zone starts and who’s won 53.1 per cent of his draws to boot.
The one knock against him is that he’s only scored five goals in 25 games, which isn’t a mortal sin, but also isn’t enough to put him over the top.
And why the Conn Smythe winner deserved to be . . .
1. Justin Williams: You’re probably
surprised. Frankly, so am I. And if I were a GM and could have my pick of players on the Kings, Williams like-ly wouldn’t crack the top 10. But for the past 25 games, Williams hasn’t just been Mr. Game 7, he’s been the Kings’ most productive player.
He’s tied with Carter for second in playoff scoring with 25 points, but because he plays considerably fewer minutes — especially on the power play — his five-on-five points per 60 minutes is much higher.
In fact, Williams’ 3.33 points per 60 is by far the highest in the league. On-ly two other players in these playoffs were even above 3.00: Evgeni Malkin and Jussi Jokinen.
Williams’ 53.1 per cent five-on-five Fenwick for percentage is better than Gaborik (50.2 per cent), Kopitar (51.6 per cent), and even Doughty (52.5 per
cent), and that’s despite (a) playing mostly with some of the Kings’ lesser lights such as Jarret Stoll, Dwight King, and Slava Voynov; and (b) starting far fewer of his shifts in the offensive zone (31.6 per cent) than others on this list.
Williams’ numbers are better than the other candidates and he’s deliv-ered in critical situations and while playing with weaker teammates.
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WHY WILLIAMS WAS DESERVING OF CONN SMYTHE TROPHY
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Los Angeles Kings right wing Justin Williams, right, is handed the Conn Smythe Trophy by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, after the Kings beat the Rangers in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final series Friday, June 13, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Stampeders get late field goal to open pre-season with win over Blue Bombers
Renegades still searching for first win after pair of weekend losses
BY ADVOCATE STAFF
Alliance 4 Renegades 2Lethbridge FC 1 Renegades 0
The Red Deer Renegades are still looking for their first Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League vic-tory, but at least that initial positive result is in sight.
After opening the season with four straight losses — some by resounding scores — the Red Deer squad dropped two more games during the weekend. The setbacks, however, were by the slightest of margins, a sign that the club may be starting to come around.
“More people are starting to show up. We’re work-ing harder and kind of getting to know each other a little better now,” said Renegades third-year veteran Kayla Blacquiere, who scored both Red Deer goals — and the team’s first two markers of the season — in a 4-2 loss to Calgary Alliance Sunday at Edgar Park.
The Renegades fell 1-0 to host Lethbridge FC Sat-urday.
“Compared to our first game of the season, which was like 10-0, a 1-0 loss is a lot better,” said Blacqui-ere.
“We were close, it wasn’t like it was a hard game. We could have tied or won.”
The Red Deer crew kept it reasonably close against the Alliance roughly 24 hours later.
“We just need to get a couple more shots (per game) . . . work on our offence a little more,” said Blacquiere.
While the heavy influx of younger players has been a factor in the Renegades’ slow start to the sea-son, Blacquiere sees better times ahead.
“We have a lot of young players this year. A lot of our older players are working, or whatever, now, so we have a lot of young players to work with,” she said.
“A lot of them are graduating now, so once (high) school is done we should be practising more togeth-er.”
Taylor Lamb led the visiting Alliance with two goals.
The Renegades return to action Saturday against host Calgary Foothills. Red Deer’s next home game is July 5 versus Edmonton Victoria.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Stampeders 23 Blue Bombers 20CALGARY — After missing
a 40-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, Tyler Crapigna re-gained his composure to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a 23-20 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The rookie kicker booted a pair of 42-yard field goals, the second with no time remaining on the clock, to lead the Stampeders to a thrilling CFL pre-season victory.
“I’ve been in some of these situations before, playing in the Vanier Cup a couple years ago, but I was happy just to get another chance to show what I can do out here,” said Crapigna, who kicked a 20-yard field goal in double overtime to lift the McMaster Ma-rauders to a 41-38 win over the Laval Rouge et Or to win the 2011 Vanier Cup.
“You definitely don’t want to end on that missed field goal for sure. I was a little nervous, but I just kind of decided to take it slow and a lot of the guys were helping me.”
Winnipeg rallied from a pair of early 14-point deficits to take a 20-17 lead over Calgary before the Stampeders rallied for the victory in front of an announced crowd of 27,103 fans at McMahon Stadium. Playing their second game in six days, the Bombers also lost their pre-season opener at home to the Toronto Argonauts on Monday.
“This is worse, absolutely,” said Winnipeg coach Mike O’Shea. “We had a chance to win it. We made enough mistakes that it didn’t al-low us to win.”
Drew Tate and Bo Levi Mitch-ell split time at quarterback for Calgary in the first half. Tate com-pleted 2-of-5 passes and ran for a one-yard touchdown, while Mitch-ell went 8-for-11 for 76 yards and also engineered a lengthy scoring drive.
Bryant Moriz and Rusty Smith also saw time under centre in the second half for the Stampeders. Smith tossed a key 26-yard com-pletion to Damon McDaniel on the final drive of the game to help set up Crapigna’s game-winning field goal.
“That’s the bottom line to get this W,” said Damon McDaniel, who’s trying to earn a spot on the Stampeders at wide receiver to play alongside his older broth-
er Marquay. “It’s all about this win. Whatever I can do to help this team win, I’ll do it. The game speed is a lot different from prac-tice, so it’s something that I had to get used to. I just wanted to go out there and play fast and have fun.”
Starting Winnipeg quarterback Drew Willy completed 14-of-23 passes for 172 yards, but couldn’t find the end zone.
Instead, the Bombers had to settle for three field goals and one single with Willy leading the of-fence.
Rookie quarterback Brian Bro-hm took over from Willy in the third quarter and engineered an 11-play, 77-yard drive that culmi-nated with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Kelly.
Brett Maher and Lirim Hajrul-lahu both kicked a pair of field goals for the Bombers, while punt-er Mike Renaud kicked a 59-yard single.
F o r m e r S a s k a t c h e w a n Roughrider Jock Sanders gave Calgary great field position with a 49-yard return of the opening kickoff. Just four plays later, Tate plunged into the end zone for a one-yard touchdown to cap off a four-play, 52-yard scoring drive.
With Mitchell in at quarter-back, the Stampeders struck again at 14:35 of the opening quarter when Sanders scampered for an 18-yard touchdown. Mitchell com-pleted four-of-five passes for 41 yards before Sanders completed the 59-yard drive with his TD run.
The Bombers finally got on the board at 3:22 of the second quar-ter when Maher connected on a field goal from 33 yards out. After Rene Paredes answered back with a 41-yard field goal for Calgary, Winnipeg rounded out the scor-ing in the first half with Renaud’s punt single followed by a 42-yard field goal by Hajrullahu.
Winnipeg started off the second half with consecutive 77-yard scor-ing drives as Hajrullahu booted a 14-yard field before Kelly hauled in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Brohm.
“I love the way that we came out at the start of the second half,” O’Shea said. “They need to look at it and be pleased with that effort and correct the mistakes that were made. You can’t pat yourselves on the back for too long. You’ve got to appreciate that we did some good things in the second half, but we still didn’t do enough to win.”
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Kenny Tate, right, tackles Calgary Stampeders’ Jock Sanders during CFL pre-season football action in Calgary, Saturday.
The Red Deer Marlins finished first in the team event of the La-combe Dolphins swim meet dur-ing the weekend.
Marlins’ swimmer Cale Kooy-man, 13, set a provincial record of 33.79 seconds in the 50 metre short breastsroke.
The Innisfail Dolpins finished
second as a team, with Lacombe placing third. Finishing fourth to eighth, in order, were the Ponoka Gators, Forestburg Aquanauts, Killam Cyclones, Hanna Seals and Wetaskiwin Olympians.
Marlins swimmers finishing with 20 or more points:
Lauren Bettenson, 11-12 girls, 28 points; Aiden Kooyman, 15-17 boys, 28; Sean Raivio, eight and under boys, 28; Liam Stalwick, 13-14 boys, 28; Claire Halford, 13-14
girls, 26; Ryan Mah, 15-17 boys, 26; Rhett Becher, six and under boys, 25; Amy Cookson, 15-17 girls, 23; Grant Claerhout, 11-12 boys, 23; Jane Gosling, 13-14 girls, 23; Jaidan Johns, 15-17 boys, 22; Cale Kooyman, 13-14 boys, 22; Delaney Lehman, 10 and under girls, 22; Erika Driesen, 11-12 girls, 21; Ad-am Hucal, 10 and under boys, 21; Jack Walton, 11-12 boys, 21; Owen Halford, 10 and under boys, 20; Erik Sveinson, 13-14 boys, 20.
RED DEER MARLINS
Hill leads midget AAA Braves blow out Edmonton CardinalsTristan Hill was three-for-three at the plate and
drove in three runs to help the Red Deer Carstar Braves post a convincing 15-4 win over the host Ed-monton Cardinals in midget AAA baseball action Saturday.
Dylan Boreman was two-for-two with three RBI, Ty Elliott managed three hits in four trips to the plate and Jesse Kowalchuk scored three runs. Ty Wagar started on the Red Deer mound and Mike Ozga pitched four solid innings in relief.
Elliott completed a successful day at the plate — going two-for-three and knocking in a run — as the Braves dropped the second half of the doubleheader 7-3.
Griffin Moline got the start on the Braves hill and Brad Pope closed out the game.
Red Deer’s next game is Wednesday versus the host Calgary Dinos.
BASEBALL
Hulk leaves Brazil training with injury but expects to play Mexico
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERESOPOLIS, Brazil — Brazil striker Hulk left a training session due to a muscle injury in his left leg Sun-day but said he expects to be fit to play Mexico on Tuesday in his team’s sec-ond World Cup match.
Hulk practiced for less than 15 min-utes before leaving the field. He said the injury wasn’t serious and “hope-fully” it wouldn’t keep him from play-ing in the next match.
“I felt a small discomfort and decid-ed to leave as a precaution,” Hulk said. “I was already thinking about the next match, it’s only two days away and in the World Cup you don’t want to miss any match. I hope to be ready so I can help the national team again.”
Hulk said he had the injury before the opening win over Croatia, when he was replaced late in the match, and felt it again after a few shots on goal on Sunday.
He walked off the field without a limp, but then sat down on a bench and lowered his head in apparent dismay. Hulk, who plays for Zenit in the Rus-sian league, put his hand on his left leg when team medical staff arrived to treat him.
A few moments later he went to the locker room accompanied by one of the team’s doctors.
“I was feeling down when it hap-pened because you always think about the worst,” Hulk said. “But then I talk-ed to the doctors and they told me that it wasn’t anything too serious. I’m going to undergo treatment and hopefully I’ll be able to play.”
The Brazilian federation said Hulk wouldn’t need additional tests and would travel as planned with the rest of the squad to the northeastern city of Fortaleza later Sunday.
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Messi scores and lifts Argentina to a win over Bosnia at the Maracana
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Argentina 2 Bosnia 1RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — It took
Lionel Messi just over an hour in Ar-gentina’s World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina to show why so many fans consider him the best in the world.
After a frustrating first half, the Ar-gentina captain scored in trademark style in the 65th minute on Sunday night, completing a quick 1-2 connec-tion with Gonzalo Higuain and running through defenders before striking a brilliant left-footed shot off the post.
The goal — only the second for Mes-si on football’s biggest stage — set off wild celebrations among the throngs of Argentine fans that had turned the famed Maracana stadium into a sea of blue and white. It also energized an unimpressive Argentina team that was ahead at that point only because of an early own goal by Bosnia.
Vedad Ibisevic scored a close-in goal in the 85th, but Argentina held on to win 2-1 in the Group F match.
“It’s the first game, I was anxious, nervous,” Messi said.
“It was important to start with a win. We’ve got to improve certain things, but it was important to start with the three points.”
Bosnia got the worst possible start to its first World Cup when Sead Ko-lasinovic scored an own goal after just three minutes.
Messi sent a free kick from the left flank into the penalty area that Mar-cos Rojo barely touched before the ball bounced off Kolasinovic’s foot into Bosnia’s goal.
Bosnia bounced back after the early setback, with Izet Hajrovic slipping through Argentina’s five-man defence but failing to beat goalkeeper Ser-gio Romero. Five minutes before the break, Senad Lulic tested Romero’s reflexes with a well-timed header on a corner kick.
Meanwhile, there was no sign of Argentina’s vaunted attack, as Bosnia gave Messi no space to work his magic and Sergio Aguero hardly touched the ball.
Coach Alejandro Sabella put in
Higuain at halftime, which allowed Messi to take a step back. That shift proved crucial, getting the Barcelona star more involved in the action.
“The changes gave Messi more support,” Sabella said. “He doesn’t need much, because he’s the best in the world. But there is always a con-text that can enhance him a little bit more.”
After a string of dangerous runs, Messi combined with Higuain, pulled left along the penalty area, and scored after leaping over defender Ermin Bi-cakic without losing speed and bal-ance.
Messi, who has been accused by critics of not playing with as much heart for the national team as he does for Barcelona, pulled on his blue-and-white striped jersey and ran to the sideline before pumping his fist to-ward the fans.
“I wanted to release all the energy from other times when things didn’t go right (with the national team),” he said. “It’s always a pleasure to score with the national team”.
Second-half substitute Ibisevic put some nerve back in the match when he picked up a pass from Senad Lulic and slotted the ball between Romero’s legs.
Bosnia started with Edin Dzeko as a lone striker and coach Safet Susic only added Ibisevic after Argentina’s second goal.
“I told him that playing against Ar-gentina I cannot play two attackers,” Susic said. “And besides in the mid-field we have very offensive-minded players. Playing two strikers (from the start) would have been very risky.”
Argentina plays Iran on Saturday, while Bosnia will play Nigeria.
The match was the first World Cup game at the Maracana since Brazil lost to Uruguay in the final round of the 1950 tournament, which remains a deep wound in Brazilian football his-tory. The July 13 World Cup final will also be held at the Maracana.
France 3 Honduras 0PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Karim
Benzema scored twice and created a third that was confirmed by goal-line technology as France beat Hondu-
ras 3-0 Sunday in its first World Cup match.
Benzema first converted a penalty just before halftime after Wilson Pala-cios was sent off with his second yel-low card for charging into the back of Paul Pogba.
With Honduras down to 10 men, France continued to dominate and Benzema created the second goal in the 48th minute — the first to be con-firmed by goal-line technology at the World Cup. Benzema’s shot hit the post and came back across goal before goal-keeper Noel Valladeres fumbled it over his own line. With the new tech-nology system confirming the ball crossed the line, referee Sandro Ricci gave the goal despite Honduran pro-tests.
Benzema scored his second in the 72nd, firing in powerfully from inside the area.
Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1BRASILIA, Brazil — A goal deep in
stoppage-time by Haris Seferovic gave Switzerland a dramatic 2-1 victory over Ecuador in their Group E opener at the World Cup on Sunday.
In a match that looked destined to end in a draw, substitute Seferovic fired home the winner in the closing seconds.
Enner Valencia had given Ecuador the lead in the 22nd minute at Estadio Nacional in the Brazilian capital.
Switzerland’s equalizer followed in the 48th, with Admir Mehmedi heading home from close range.
Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bosnia’s Sead Kolasinac, right, tries to stop Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) during their group F World Cup soccer match at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday.
Costa Rica pulls off huge upset over Uruguay, Italy downs
England at World Cup SaturdayBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
England knew surviving a group with two other former World Cup champions would be tough, but the team never expected to be trailing Cos-ta Rica after the opening games.
The small Central American nation with a minor World Cup pedigree came from behind to shock 2010 semifinalist Uruguay 3-1. Then Mario Balotelli — who else? — scored the decider for Italy in a 2-1 win over England.
If anything, it showed the value of special players at the World Cup. While Italy thrived with Balotelli on the pitch, Uruguay suffered with Luis Suarez sitting on the bench with a bad knee.
Uruguay was powerless for the last hour of the match against an underdog without marquee players, but with no fear of playing against traditional pow-ers.
“What we take into the next games is confidence,” said Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto.
For a third straight day, the World Cup in Brazil lived up to its samba billing as goals kept pouring in, with Colombia punishing Greece 3-0. The other Group C game between Ivory Coast and Japan was played late so it could be broadcast live Sunday morn-ing in Asia.
The leaden Amazon humidity in Manaus was supposed to stifle play, but Italy and England produced a dis-play of attacking and tactical football.
Wily Andrea Pirlo, at 35, set up the
first goal with a deft stepover to give Claudio Marchisio room for a long-range shot. In injury time, when play-ers much younger than him had al-ready come down with cramps, Pirlo sent a swerving free kick that hit bar.
Balotelli undid the equalizer from Daniel Sturridge with a 50th minute header.
Earlier, he almost scored from an extreme angle only, getting the ball past goalie Joe Hart only to see Phil Jagielka head it off the line.
After the Netherlands spectacular 5-1 rout of defending champion Spain on Friday, it was another day of foot-ball at its best.
Teams from the Americas are 5-1, with victories by Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica and Mexico. Uruguay’s loss to Costa Rica is the only defeat for a team from this side of the globe.
Even though Costa Rica had looked strong in qualifying, few expected a victory over Uruguay, especially after Edinson Cavani scored the opening penalty.
Costa Rica then conjured up the spirit of 1990, when it upset Sweden and Scotland to reach the second round in its first World Cup.
Striker Joel Campbell tied the game in the 54th and Oscar Duarte scored on a diving header just three minutes later. Substitute Marcos Urena added the third with six minutes left.
“We spotted that they had weakness-es and we looked at those. We worked hard on headers and ways to dominate in the air and we did that tonight,” Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto said.
Ronaldo declares himself ready to play in Portugal’s
World Cup opener
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALVADOR, Brazil — Star striker Cristiano Ronaldo declared himself fit on Sunday and ready to play in Por-tugal’s World Cup opener against Ger-many.
Ronaldo said he had recovered from a left-knee injury that has bothered him recently.
“I would be the first to tell the coach if I were unable to play, I would never put my career at risk even for a World Cup,” Ronaldo said as he prepared for Tuesday’s match in Group G.
“I’d love to be 110 per cent and but I am 100 per cent and that is enough to help my team,” the Real Madrid striker said.
The Portugal forward and FIFA
player of the year was seen earlier this week walking away from training with ice bags on his knee. He wore a bandage on the knee during Sunday’s practice at the match venue, the Arena Fonte Nova.
“Obviously I wish I did not have any pain, but that is impossible,” Ronaldo said. “I don’t think there’s ever been a day without pain.”
Ronaldo played in his team’s Cham-pions League final on May 24 despite earlier doubts about his fitness and scored a penalty to complete Real Ma-drid’s 4-1 victory over city rival Atlet-ico.
Both German and Portuguese teams have stressed that Portugal is not just about Ronaldo. But Portugal’s hopes of upsetting Germany will hinge on Ron-aldo’s ability to score.
“The importance of having in the team a player like Cristiano is enor-mous, but this does not mean we have to be world champions,” Portugal coach Paulo Bento said Sunday. “All 23 players have to be like a compact team in order to achieve a good result.”
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Sales &Distributors 830
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Obituaries
CAMPBELLWilliam1943 - 2014Mr. William ‘Bill’ George Campbell of Red Deer County, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, June 13, 2014 at the age of 70 years. Bill was born on September 5, 1943 at Red Deer, Alberta; the son of George and Grace Campbell. He was raised on the family farm and attended Westholm School as a child; River Glen School and then Lindsay Thurber Composite High School. Bill was united in marriage to Doreen MacLeod and the couple shared forty-seven loving years together. Bill worked on the farm next to his father and also worked at Stewart’s Lumber and the Town of Penhold, until he retired to life on the farm. Bill will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Doreen, son, Carl and daughter, Brenda (Mike) Gerrard and his two grand-children, Sarah and Tyson Gerrard, all of Red Deer County. He will also be sadly missed by his sister, Marion (Gary) Mann and their children, Donna and Mark (Maypu) Mann, all of Bashaw, Alberta; sisters-in-law, Valerie (Art) Lange and Carol MacLeod; brothers-in-law, Alan, Colin (Wendy), and Kevin (Susan); as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Tea in Bill’s honor will be held at the Penhold Memorial Hall, 1123 Fleming Avenue, Penhold, Alberta on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. A Private Family Interment will be held at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Bill’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewedat www.parklandfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson,
Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL
HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor
Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
ObituariesTHORNStanley WintonJuly 21, 1927 - June 12, 2014Stan passed away at the Intercare Southwood Care Centre in Calgary on Thursday, June 12th, 2014 at the age of 86 years. Stan was an honest, hardworking man with a great sense of humour. He was generous with a caring, gentle side, quietly helping people in need. He was a hotel man through and through, ending his career in 1994 when he retired after successfully running the Arlington Hotel in Red Deer for 18 years. He was predeceased by his father, mother, and three brothers and by his wife Doris in 2002, an event he never got over. He will now be fulfi lling his dream of being with her again. He is survived by his fi ve children; Karen (Glenn), Patti (Gary), Grant (Wendy), Dave (Kathy), and Murray (Cheri), eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren, all of whom he touched in his own way. Stan had a love for duck hunting with his brothers, winters in Arizona, card games, golfi ng after retirement, and his numerous cars, trucks, and motor homes. He and Doris had great memories of a few special trips they took together as well. He loved his food (“if that’s dinner, I’ve had it”, followed by switching to his not so tight pants and a snooze), wanting to go out for dinner, even in his fi nal days. Stan is now moving on to a place he wanted to be, with Doris and other special people in his life. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Monday, June 16th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Stanley’s name may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association, #06, 5015 48 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1S9.
Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.
Arrangements entrusted toEVENTIDE FUNERAL
CHAPEL4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.
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In Memoriam
Jeffrey FoerdererJuly 10, 1976 - June 16, 2009
Five years have now gone byAnd we often question whyYou had only 32 yearsWe’ve cried so many tearsBut life is short, as they sayAnd there will come a dayWhen we will meet againIn a place free from painHold on tight to JamieAt least she’s with her brotherPlease watch over KellyTo her there was no otherLoving and missing you always,Mom, Dad, sister Kelly, nephews Cruz and Diego
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CARRIERS NEEDEDFOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
3 days per week, no weekendsROUTES IN:
ANDERS AREA
Ashley Ave., Ashley Close Alexander Drive,
Anquetel/Atlee Close
MORRISROE AREA
McDougall Cres. McCullough Cres.
SUNNYBROOK AREA
Springfi eld Ave.also
Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close
LANCASTER AREA
Lancaster Dr.also
Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave.also
Landry & Lawson CloseVANIER AREA
Voisin Close/Viscount Drive,Vanier Drive/Volk Place
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Required ASAP.Please call 403-318-6262
or email resume to:[email protected]
NOW HIRING Req’d immed.
Certifi ed asbestosworkers.
Wage negotiable. 780-818-8524
SHOP & PORTABLE Welding Business in Lacombe looking for
Welders for local work. Only reliable need apply.
Call Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 4:30 403-318-9445
SHUNDACONSTRUCTION
Requires Full TimeCarpenters& Helpers
Competitive Wages& Benefi ts.
Fax resumes & ref’s to:403-343-1248 or email to:
SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round
work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580
Truckers/Drivers 860CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d
for moving equipment.Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St.
Cres. Red Deer.
DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local &
long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.
6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841
You can sell your guitar for a song...
or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
Truckers/Drivers 860
Trades 850
Truckers/Drivers 860
MEGA CRANES is now hiring exp’d Class 1 drivers.Boom/crane truck tickets an asset. Please email
résumé with drivers abstract to
[email protected] or fax 403-885-4292
PIDHERNEY’S requires experienced
DRIVERSCLASS 1 ,3 & LOWBOY,
FOREMAN, OPERATORS AND
LABOURERS
For work in Rocky Mountain House area, as well as out of town
locations. Priority will be given to those candidates with
experience.
• Top wages and benefi ts based on experience
• Possible career advance-ment opportunities
Valid First Aid and H2S tickets required.
We offer competitive wages, benefi ts package,
and opportunities for advancement.
Please reply by fax 403-845-5370 or E-mail:
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to: info@ golfsylvanlake.com
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1693338 Alberta LTDo/a Custom T’s
Hiring SalespersonsStore at Parkland Mall,
4747-67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H3
F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends
Salary - $14.00 hourlySkills: good English, cus-tomer service oriented.
No experience requirement.Education: High school
Main duties: Greet customers in our store.
Explain how to use and care of our products.
Operation of the cash registerOpening up the store and
closing it at night.Keep sales reports.
Respect the laws andregulations of Parkland Mall.Company’s business address:45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB
T4R 1P2 E-mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC ExpressADULT EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
FALL START
• Community Support Worker Program
• GED Preparation
Would you like to take the GED in your community?
• Red Deer• Rocky Mtn. House• Rimbey• Caroline• Castor• Sylvan Lake• Innisfail• Stettler• Ponoka
Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.
403-340-1930www.academicexpress.ca
Gasoline Alley Harley-Davidson is currentlyseeking Lot Technicians.Provides assistance to allemployees of the ServiceDepartment as needed.Please fax resume Attn:Christina @ 403-342-7244
Misc.Help 880
GAETZ SOUTH
F/T MEAT CUTTERF/T Bakery Production
Full benefi ts, staff incentives. Apply within.
PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. [email protected]
Call 403-373-6182
PLANT LABORERJob Description
As a critical member of our operational team, you will
be required to perform tasks including climbing
above three meters, loading and unloading of chemicals, some heavy
lifting and general housekeeping and
laborer tasks.Qualifi cations Required:
We are looking for workers experienced in handling
chemicals, equipment use and maintenance. CFR is
offering an excellent benefi ts package with the company matching RRSP
contributions while providing all required
training (certifi cations). Workers are required to
provide personal transpor-tation with a valid “Alberta” driver’s license. Drug and alcohol policy is effect with pre-employment testing.
Please forward your resume to Dave Oyka at [email protected] Wage:$17.50/hr
PT offi ce help and or Class room Instructor
req`d. Please call Street Wise Driving School.
403-340-8840
SEASONALEMPLOYMENT!!
Full time seasonal positionsavailable in our industrial
and highway division.
Highway applicators are fully trained. We apply weed control products to roadside ditches around the province. You will be back to Red Deer each night. All products are approved by Health Canada and Alberta Environment.
DUTIES:• Drive a 990 4x4 John
Deere tractor and spray gun.
QUALIFICATIONS:• Strong work ethic• (Successful candidates
must supply a driver’s abstract)
• A self-motivated, respon-sible worker that demonstrates a positive attitude
• Mechanical experience is benefi cial but not required to succeed
• Willing to work long hours during peak production times
Email resume to:[email protected]: www.greenoasis.ca
SWAMPERS F/Tneeded immediately for a
fast growing waste &recycling company.
Heavy lifting involved(driver’s helper) position.Reliability essential. Own transportation required.
Please email resumes to [email protected]
We are looking for2 P/T MAILERS
to work Tuesday - Saturdaystarting at 1 a.m.
Wage is $13.12/hour plus $2.10/hour shift premium.
Please email resume to:gmccarthy
@reddeeradvocate.comor drop off to:
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ADULT CARRIERSNEEDED
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ADVOCATEDelivery by 6:30 a.m.
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GLENDALE
KENTWOOD
JOHNSTONECROSSING
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CARRIERSNEEDED
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KENTWOOD
Kirby St. &Kennings Cres.
MUSTANG ACRESMOBILE HOME
PARK
69 Street & 63 Ave
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ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY
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Auctions 1530Police Bike AuctionJune 16 @ 6 PM
Approx 200 of all kindsWeather Permitting
For info viewwww.cherryhillauction.com
403-342-2514
Bicycles 1540Police Bike Auction
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RIALTO, Shimano, Ultima 18 spd., front & back
brakes, like new. $125. 403-346-2070
Children'sItems 1580
CHILDS WOODENROCKING CHAIR, $25.
403-346-7825
Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, offi ce, well site or
storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE
Homestead FirewoodSpruce & Pine - Split
7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
LOGSSemi loads of pine, spruce,
tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location.
Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
GardenSupplies 168015’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR
& BROOK POPLARBeautiful trees. You dig.
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EmploymentTraining 900
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HouseholdAppliances 1710APARTMENT size fridge 1 yr. old $90 403-314-0804
BEER fridge, McClary $175 obo 403-314-0804
STOVE, Inglis, Good working order.
Clean. $75. 403-346-6999
HouseholdFurnishings1720DARK wood bureau w/mir-ror and 2 matching night tables $120 obo; retro magazine table from
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SECTIONAL, 3 pce. $300. obo, 2 pc. china
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estates. 342-2514
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60 4 oz. balls of wools, same color $50; set of new fl ares $25; 2 faux queen blankets, like new $25/ea., 2 queen fl oral quilts $20/ea. 403-348-6449
GLASS COFFEE POTS, $3/ea.
PANTS HANGER, $15.403-346-7825
PICTURES, golf balls & clubs, wood frame, dble. matte, 16x30, 2 in set.
$25. 403-346-2070
TENTS with fl ys, light-weight 3 person $35 & $20; air mattresses $15/ea., oil lantern $15, Craftsman seat for riding mower $20 403-342-7460
Piano &Organs 1790APT. size electronic organ,
full percussion $150 403-346-8121
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We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:
- QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER- CONCRETE FINISHERS- CARPENTERS
Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefi ts and
Uniform Package included.Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at
www.eaglebuilders.ca Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to
403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources
or email: [email protected]. We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
IS HIRING!
Professional Drivers Class 1 or Class 3Our Equipment:
• Pressure Trucks• Water/Chemical Trucks• Acid/Synthetic Tank Truck/Pups• Tractor Trailer Unit• Shower Units
Some of your duties could be:• Loading & delivering acid or environmentally friendly acid to leases• Loading & delivering methanol or fresh water for pipeline pressure testing
We off er:• On-site Mechanic to maintain equipment• Competitive wages based on hourly pay• Subsistence pay & hotel rooms for drivers• Extensive health & dental plan
Please send your resume and drivers abstract to [email protected] or fax 403-314-9724 or Dean 403-391-8004
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Academy of Learning HCA program offers:
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Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Job Search and Resume Writing CourseFirst Aid / WHMIS
Government
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Mini Job FairWednesday, June 18, 20149:30 a.m. - NoonAlberta Works Centre2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer
Bring your resuméFor more info, call 403-340-5353
Employers:1. CARE2. PPCL3. EVRAZ 4. Manpower 5. Pacer Corp 6. Tim Hortons7. Baker Hughes8. Sears Canada9. Western Park 10. Action Group11. Sungold Meats12. Canyon Services13. Fuel Energy Canada14. CalFrac Well Services
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Dogs 1840
Offering to loving pet homes, Teacup Morkies, Extra Fluffy & Extremely Cute! nonshedding& vet
checked. Call 587 876 0331or email wendyschedel
@gmail.com
SportingGoods 1860
GOLF EQUIPMENT & POOL CUES at garage
sale prices. 403-343-7430
TravelPackages 1900
TRAVEL ALBERTAAlberta offers SOMETHINGfor everyone.
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AGRICULTURALCLASSIFICATIONS
2000-2290
Horses 2140WANTED: all types of
horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.
403-651-5912
Grain, FeedHay 2190TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, ap-
prox. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale
Sylvan area. 403-887-2798
CLASSIFICATIONSFOR RENT • 3000-3200WANTED • 3250-3390
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Condos/Townhouses3030MORRISROE 2 storey townhouse, 3 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, large kitchen, no pets, n/s, fenced yard, $1300 rent + $1000 s.d. + util. July 1, 403- 342-6374
SOUTHWOOD PARK3110-47TH Avenue,
2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses,generously sized, 1 1/2
baths, fenced yards,full bsmts. 403-347-7473,
Sorry no pets.www.greatapartments.ca
Suites 30602 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet,
lrg. suite, Avail July 1. $950/mo., S.D. $650.
403-304-5337
ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water
incld., Oriole Park.Mike 403-350-1610
403-342-4923
AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown
Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445
BLACKFALDS 2 bdrm. suite, all utils., except
electric. incl’d. Rent $725. & $825./mo. 403-318-0289
GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000
LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111
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403-596-2444
Newly renovated bachelor,1 & 2 bedroom suites
available in central [email protected]
1(888) 679-8031
NOW RENTING1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S.
2936 50th AVE. Red DeerNewer bldg. secure entry
w/onsite manager,5 appls., incl. heat & hot
water, washer/dryer hookup, in oor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.
Call 403-343-7955
SUNNYBROOK2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.
403-346-6686
THE NORDIC
1 & 2 bdrm. adult building,N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444
RoomsFor Rent 3090FULLY Furn. BDRM. $450
rent/sd ***RENTED
Offices 31102000 SQ.FT. OFFICE,
4836 51 Street.Parking is avail. $1800/mo.
403-343-9300
MobileLot 3190
PADS $450/mo.Brand new park in Lacombe.
Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm.,2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820
WANTED: family with ownmobile home to live on farm.10 min. north of Sylvan Lake & 25 min. from Red Deer.
403-255-1627 or 701-1235
Looking for a new pet?Check out Classifieds to
find the purrfect pet.
Acreages/Farms 3255Farm yard/acreage- Semi-retired farm/ranch couple.Willing to do chores,etc.Ref. avail. 403-224-3378 [email protected]
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HousesFor Sale 4020
ADULT/RETIREMENTLIVING AT ITS BEST.
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MUST SELLNew Home. 1335 sq.ft.
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www.laebon.comLaebon Homes 346-7273
Condos/Townhouses4040
* *$309,000* *#314 6 Michener Blvd.
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Lots For Sale 4160
Pinnacle Estates(Blackfalds)
You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.
403-304-5555
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Antique &Classic Autos5020
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2001 DAKOTA quad cab 4x4 ATC 230,000 kms, runs exc. $4500 obo
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Pritchard kicks for 12 points, but Canada’s
men’s rugby team loses to Scotland
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Scotland 19 Canada 17TORONTO — Canada may have been within
a couple of points of knocking off a Tier 1 rugby team Saturday, but there was no celebrating in the Canadian locker-room after the game.
A controversial penalty in the dying minutes made sure of that.
The Canadians dropped a 19-17 decision to Scotland in an international Test match at BMO Field — a country that sits a full eight positions higher than them on the world rankings. But Canada was in position to win with five minutes to go when the referee reversed his decision on a call, after originally awarding Canada a pen-alty kick.
“I’m gutted actually for the guys, they really put it all in,” said Canadian coach Kieran Crow-ley. “Positives are . . . we ran a Tier 1 country to two points, that’s a pretty good effort.”
On the controversial play in the 75th minute, Canadian flanker Jebb Sinclair had the ball, his forearm made contact with Ruaridh Jackson, and the Scottish player was knocked out cold.
The referee initially awarded a penalty kick to Canada, but reversed the call after reviewing video.
“I don’t know what you mean to do with your elbow in that situation when a guy gets his head on the wrong side,” Crowley said “He refereed it how he saw it, and I thought it was the wrong decision. But that’s the way he sees it.”
Jeff Hassler scored Canada’s lone try while James Pritchard booted for 12 Canadian points.
Grant Gilchrist scored the single try for Scot-land, while Greig Laidlaw kicked four penalties and a conversion.
Hassler scored in the 23rd minute, after Cia-ran Hearn broke through the Scottish midfield and sprinted 30 metres down the sideline in front of a red-and-clad crowd of 18,788 fans — plus the odd Scottish fan dressed in a kilt — at BMO Field.
“It’s always good to get one on the board early in front of the home fans, it was a bit of a spark for us, just good team play and a good finish,” Hassler said.
The Canadians were looking to bounce back from a 34-25 loss to Japan in a Pacific Nations Cup game a week earlier in Burnaby, B.C. — an ugly affair that saw the Canadians give up 25 un-answered points in the second half.
While it was expected the No. 16-ranked Ca-nadians would be in for a much tougher after-noon against the eighth-ranked Scots, they made Scotland work for the win — the first Scottish victory on Canadian soil.
“It’s pretty gutting,” Hassler said of the close loss. “It’s not the first time we’ve been in that po-sition and it’s something that we as a Canadian team need to improve on and start knocking off some of these teams in the last couple of minutes of the game. Locker-room is pretty disappointed, but we know we’re right there.”
Gilchrist scored in the 27th minute, muscling his way across the try line after some strong work from the Scottish forwards.
Scotland took a 13-8 lead into the dressing
room at halftime.Pritchard booted four penalty kicks, plus a
conversion. He had a chance to give Canada the lead with 15 minutes to play, but his kick banged off the post. He made good on his next attempt to put the Canadians up 17-16.
But Laidlaw booted his fourth of the day to put the Scots back on top with eight minutes to play.
Stuart Hogg also had a penalty kick for the Scots, who were coming off a 24-6 victory over the United States a week earlier in Houston.
“Not happy at all with the outcome,” said Canadian captain Tyler Ardron. “I’m sure that call (on Sinclair) is what’s going to be talked a lot about this week, but in all honesty I don’t think it should have come down to that. I think we should have closed it out before that and it’s shouldn’t have made a difference.”
Despite the close loss, Ardron said this game didn’t sit with him any better than last week’s defeat at the hands of Japan.
“It’s the same feeling, I think we should have won both those games, but it’s not good enough to sit back and say we should have won those games,” he said. “We have to win them. If we want to get to where we feel we should be, that’s got to be our attitude.”
Scotland’s coach Vern Cotter admitted the call on Sinclair that reduced Canada to 14 men “changed momentum” of the game.
“(The Canadians) were attacking at that stage,” said Cotter, after his second game with Scotland. “Always in these games, little things make the difference. A little thing turned out to be a big thing and had a reasonably big conse-quence on the result.”
Cotter praised the Canadian side that is “de-veloping rapidly.” He added the Canadians clearly came out at the opening whistle bent on making up for last weekend’s disappointing re-sult against Japan.
“They were very angry, you could see in the first couple of rucks, there was a couple of ex-changes, they obviously wanted to impose physi-cally,” Cotter said. “I think that’s part of their team psyche, they enjoy that type of thing.
“I think they played particularly well. . . they’re doing some good things.”
The BMO Field crowd was positive on the afternoon — another strong rugby turnout at the lakeside venue that Canadian players have dubbed their unofficial home.
Some 22,566 fans squeezed into BMO Field to watch the Maori All Blacks beat the Canadians 40-15 there last November — a North American record crowd for the sport. Canada’s loss to Ire-land a few months earlier drew 20,396 fans to the stadium that is normally home to Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC.
“It felt awesome,” said Ardron, who grew up in Lakefield, Ont., just north of Peterborough. “It’s so hard to comment on how good it felt now after such a devastating loss, a close game like that. But having the support behind us the whole game felt great.”
The game was Scotland’s first victory over Canada on Canadian soil. Canada had beaten Scotland twice at home — 24-19 in 1991 in Saint John, N.B., and 26-23 in Vancouver in 2002.
Emotions run deep for TFC’s Michael Bradley at World Cup
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
The emotions will run deep for Toronto FC star midfielder Michael Bradley as he lines up for the U.S. against Ghana at the World Cup to-day.
“Representing your country is such an in-credible honour. For any athlete to be able to walk out on a field, on a court, representing your country, wearing the colours, hearing the national anthem before the game,” Bradley said. “It’s the biggest thing that any of us do, because you’re representing an entire nation — and ev-erything that goes along with that. It’s a respon-sibility, it’s an honour and it’s something that gives us all such great pride.
“To do that at a World Cup is hard to describe, standing on the field at a World Cup, listening to The Star-Spangled Banner. Looking around, see-ing all the American fans there supporting us. Looking in the stands and seeing your wife and your mom and your sisters and everybody that means so much to you, it’s a powerful thing.”
It doesn’t take long to find out that there is depth to Bradley on and off the field.
Signed from Roma in the off-season, Bradley has quickly proved to be Toronto FC’s fulcrum. He is equally important to the U.S. national team, a box-to-box midfield general who sets the tone.
Just 26, Bradley enters the tournament with 86 caps to rank 20th on the U.S. all-time list. His next appearance will bump him up one place on that ledger, tying him with Steve Cherundolo.
He earned the 10th assist of his national team career in a 2-1 friendly win over Nigeria on June 7 to tie for 12th all-time with Cherundolo, Chris Henderson, Brian McBride and Earnie Stewart.
Bradley played every minute for the U.S. at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the Americans were knocked out 2-1 by Ghana after extra time in the round of 16.
He scored a crucial 82nd-minute goal to give the U.S. a 2-2 tie with Slovenia and covered more than 35 kilometres during group play. It was the third most at the tournament, according to FIFA’s player tracking.
Ghana also beat the U.S. at the 2006 tourna-ment, knocking them out of contention for the knockout round with a 2-1 win in the final game of the group stage.
For Bradley, whose father Bob coached the 2010 national team, the World Cup in South Af-rica was special.
“We played in a way that when people back home watched, they were proud to watch us. They identified with us. That saw a team that fought for each other, that never gave up — even if things didn’t come easy or didn’t come quickly,
gave everything it had for each other until the bitter end. Hopefully we are ready to do that again and take it a step or two farther, even in a difficult group.”
In Brazil, the 13th-ranked Americans must deal with No. 2 Germany, No. 4 Portugal and No. 37 Ghana in the group stage.
Rather than complain about the degree of dif-ficulty such a challenge entails, Bradley talks of “an incredible opportunity.”
“There’s a quiet confidence amongst us,” he said. “If we can be as mentally and physically sharp as we can be, we have a real chance.”
Bradley, one of five members of the U.S team with World Cup experience (alongside Jozy Al-tidore, DaMarcus Beasley, Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard), expects the tournament to be wel-comed back home by more fans than ever before.
With expanded television coverage of the sport on a weekly basis, the appetite for soccer’s biggest showcase has grown in North America.
“Everything stops,” for the World Cup, he said.
It’s an interesting phenomenon for players at the tournament, who are largely kept away from the hubbub.
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United States’ Michael Bradley attends a press conference before an official training session the day before the group G World Cup soccer match between Ghana and the United States at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Sunday.
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Johnson finally wins at Michigan
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROOKLYN, Mich. — In the final seconds of his first victory at Michigan International Speedway, Jimmie John-son could finally relax a bit.
“About 200 yards before the finish line, I knew if the car exploded, I’d still slide across the finish line,” John-son said.
Johnson and his No. 48 Chevrolet made it through the last few laps with a comfortable lead, and the six-time series champion won Sunday for the first time in 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at MIS. Johnson outlasted pole winner Kevin Harvick by 1.214 seconds for his third victory in four races. He also won at Charlotte and Dover.
It was the fifth victory in a row for Chevy and Hendrick Motorsports. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. also have won during the streak that doesn’t count Jamie McMurray’s win for Chevy and Chip Ganassi in the Sprint All-Star race last month.
Brad Keselowski finished third Sun-day after two straight runner-up show-ings at Dover and Pocono. Paul Menard was fourth, followed by Kasey Kahne, Gordon and Earnhardt in the 400-mile, 200-lap race.
Johnson had finished in the top five four times previously at Michigan, in-cluding a second-place showing in Au-gust 2011. He lost in August 2012 when his engine faltered with six laps re-maining.
“It was a long time coming,” crew chief Chad Knaus said. “We’ve raced very well up here, and we haven’t been able to close the deal on quite a few occasions.”
There are now only four tracks on the current schedule where Johnson has never won — Kentucky, Watkins Glen, Chicagoland and Homestead-Mi-ami. Johnson had led in 15 previous Cup races at MIS.
“It’s good to see Jimmie, after lead-ing so many laps here, close the deal,” owner Rick Hendrick said. “We’ve run out of gas, broke motors, blown tires.”
Johnson led after 164 laps Sunday before stopping to pit and giving up the lead. He was back in front with about 10 laps to go following a cycle of pit stops by other drivers.
“We really were in a win-win situa-tion,” Johnson said. “Those guys still had to come to pit road to make it to the end. Once I got an idea of how the race was unfolding, I knew we were in the catbird seat, and were able to take advantage of it.”
Hendrick had four drivers in the top seven.
Johnson is trying for his seventh Cup title, which would tie the mark shared by Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt. This was his 69th ca-reer victory, and he’s the first driver with three wins in 2014.
“Even at 69 wins, I still cherish them all,” Johnson said. “It is not easy to win in this sport.”
Hendrick’s team, however, is making it look easy, having won five straight races for the third time. Hendrick ac-complished the feat twice in 2007, in-cluding a six-race streak.
Gordon’s sixth-place finish was enough to keep him atop the points race, with Hendrick teammates John-son and Earnhardt in second and third.
Ford had won the last three Cup races at Michigan, with Joey Logano prevailing last August and Greg Biffle winning twice before that. Keselowski couldn’t extend that streak, and Lo-gano finished ninth.
“We kind of trudged through it and came away with another top-three ef-fort, which is good but not great,” said Keselowski, who was unable to come away with a victory in his home state. “We want the wins, especially here at Michigan. That would mean a lot.”
Keselowski, who has a couple Na-tionwide victories at Michigan, is 0 for 10 in Cup races at the track.
It was a rough day for Roush Fen-way Racing, which has a record 13 Cup victories at Michigan. Biffle finished 20th and Carl Edwards was 23rd.
Kyle Busch was forced out of the
race because of a problem with his left rear hub. He finished 41st and dropped from sixth to 10th in the standings.
Harvick qualified at over 204 mph Friday, the fastest pole-winning speed since 1987. He led for a race-high 63 laps but had to settle for his third sec-ond-place finish this year, to go along with two wins and three poles.
“The car was fast, just wound up on the wrong side of all the strategy,” he said.
Menard won the Nationwide race Saturday and managed a fourth-place finish Sunday.
“I actually got to go to Victory Lane yesterday with my daughter and my dad was here today, so it was a good Father’s Day weekend for sure,” he said.
“We needed some clean air at the end and the guys got me out front with some pit strategy and good pit stops and we came home with a top five.”
NASCAR
WINS FIRST SPRINT CUP RACE AFTER 25 TRIES AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
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Jimmie Johnson takes the checkered flag at the NASCAR Quicken Loans 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Sunday, in Brooklyn, Mich.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — The man nick-named after a cartoon character put in another superhero-like performance.
Demetrious (Mighty Mouse) Johnson dominated Ali (Puncher) Bagautinov from start to finish Saturday to win a unanimous decision and retain his fly-weight title at UFC 174.
Johnson showed his pedigree against a challenger who took a beat-ing and was never really a threat at Rogers Arena.
“It was a great performance,” said Johnson. “Ali Bagauntinov, he’s a tough guy. I hit him with a lot of shots with my knees to his face ... my knees are hurting pretty bad.
“Usually when I hit people with those shots in the gym they go down.”
The bout marked the first time the flyweight division has headlined a UFC pay-per view card and was scored 50-45 by all three judges.
“(Bagauntinov) likes to back up a lot and draw his opponents in and then go underneath them for a shot,” said Johnson. “We knew that he was going to try to wrestle me to slow me down.”
In the co-main event, Canadian wel-terweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald de-feated Tyron (The Chosen One) Wood-ley in an impressive unanimous deci-sion in the most exciting bout of the night.
Johnson almost connected with a spinning kick with under a minute to go in the fifth and final round, but Bagautinov was able to avoid the blow to send the bout to the scorecards.
The five-foot-three Johnson (20-2-1, 8-1-1) won the UFC’s inaugural fly-weight title back in 2012 and has now successfully defended the 125-pound belt four times.
The 27-year-old who fights out of Parkland, Wash., said this week that the five-foot-four Bagautinov (13-3, 3-1) would pose a unique challenge be-cause the 29-year-old Russian special-izes in Sambo fighting, a form of mixed martial arts that he has never faced.
But in the end, Baugatinov was over-matched and at times just seemed hap-py to be in the ring with Johnson, even hugging his opponent before the start of the fifth round.
MacDonald, who came into his fight as the No. 2 contender in the 170-di-vision, controlled Woodley from the middle of the first round on, using his superior reach to keep the two-time All-American wrestler at bay, while also connecting with both kicks and punches. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for MacDonald.
The 24-year-old MacDonald (17-2, 8-2) took Woodley down two minutes into the third and final round and re-lentlessly pounded the No. 3-ranked welterweight until the bell sounded.
MacDonald’s team rushed into the octagon to congratulate their fighter as
the crowd of 13,506 roared in approval.“I trained very hard,” he said. “I
wanted this fight to be the best perfor-mance of my career.”
Born in Quesnel, B.C., but now fight-ing out of Montreal’s Tristar Gym, Mac-Donald was mentored by Georges St-Pierre before the former champion stepped away from the sport late last year.
The soft-spoken MacDonald lost to Robbie Lawler in a split decision at November’s UFC 167, but rebounded to take a unanimous decision against Demian Maia at UFC 170 in February.
“I feel like I’m falling into a groove,” said MacDonald. “Something’s click-ing.”
The 32-year-old Woodley (13-3, 3-2), who scored a technical knockout of Carlos Condit at UFC 171 in March, said before the fight he expected the crowd to be split, but he was sorely mistaken as the Canadian support found its way firmly behind MacDon-ald from the start, including chants of “Let’s go Rory” throughout the tilt.
MacDonald lost to Condit at UFC 115 in Vancouver back in June 2010 and he admitted this week that the mo-ment got to him four years ago — some-thing that didn’t happen Saturday.
“I’ve grown a lot since then,” he said. “It was nice being in Vancouver. The response was great.”
Saturday marked the UFC’s first for-ay into Vancouver since UFC 131 back in June 2011. There were large pockets of empty seats in the arena’s upper level on this night and the crowd didn’t really get into the action until MacDon-ald and Woodley entered the octagon.
Earlier Saturday night, light heavy-weight Ryan (Darth) Bader defeated Rafael (Feijao) Cavalcante by unani-mous decision in a fight that had fans getting a little restless due to a lack of action. Bader (18-4, 10-4) was the more ambitious fighter in the first two rounds, and perhaps sensing a need to score a knockout to win the bout, Cav-alcante (12-5, 2-2) came out swinging in the third, but the Brazilian was unable to land any decisive blows.
In the heavyweight division, former champion Andrei (The Pit Bull) Arlo-vski defeated Brendan (The Hybrid) Schaub by a split decision in his return to UFC after more than six years away from the company.
Arlovski (22-10 with one no contest) looked tentative early and spent the majority of the last round on his back, but did enough to earn the victory on two of the judges’ three scorecards to improve his UFC record to 11-4.
A bloodied Schaub (11-4, 6-4) raised his arms at the end of the fight think-ing that he had done enough to win, and seemed surprised by the decision.
Meanwhile, light heavyweight Ov-ince Saint Preux won by submission after breaking the left arm of Ryan (The Big Deal) Jimmo at 2:10 of the sec-ond round.
Johnson retains flyweight belt with decisive victoryCANADA’S MACDONALD BEATS WOODLEY
UFC 174
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Rory MacDonald, of Canada, pins Tyron Woodley, of the United States, to the mat during the welterweight bout at UFC 174 in Vancouver, B.C. Saturday.
Knicks hope to keep their star, but realize Anthony will have options
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carmelo Anthony wanted New York, and the Knicks wanted him.
Now, a little more than three years after the trade that brought them together, Antho-ny could decide to leave.
The Knicks would like him to stay — at the right price — and have told their All-Star forward that. But they also re-alize he will have some appeal-ing options elsewhere.
“As the head coach, I have to be prepared to coach the players that we ultimately have,” new coach Derek Fisher said last week. “I would love to have the opportunity to work closely with Carmelo. I’m looking forward to it and we’ll see if it can happen.”
Fisher, team president Phil Jackson and general manager Steve Mills met with Anthony in Los Angeles on Fri-day, three days after the Knicks hired Fisher as coach. Jackson had already met with Anthony after the season ended, asking him to consider delaying free agency for a year.
However, Anthony is still expected to go through with his plan to opt out of the final year of his contract before the June 23 deadline. That would make him a free agent on July 1, and depend-ing on what LeBron James decides, possibly the best one on the market.
Teams such as Chicago, Dallas and Houston have been linked to the two-time Olympic gold medallist , as have the Miami Heat, under a scenar-io where Anthony would go play with James.
Those were all playoff teams this
season, and Anthony, who just turned 30, has said his priority is competing for championships.
The Knicks, who went 37-45, have to make him think he can do that in New York, even without much flexibility to improve the roster this summer.
“We obviously firmly be-lieve that here is that place for Carmelo,” Fisher said, “and we’ll do our best not to con-vince him or change his mind from maybe a decision that he’s already made, but really just help give him some con-fidence that with the person-alities involved and our com-mitment to working hard to achieve a certain level of suc-
cess, that this is the place that he can have what it is he wants.”
Anthony believed that a few years ago, pushing the Denver Nuggets to trade him to New York. The deal got done in February 2011 but at a heavy price for the Knicks, who not only dealt away promising young players such as Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov, but also their first-round pick in this year’s draft.
Jackson hopes Anthony would take less than a maximum salary to stay, making it easier to rebuild the roster. Or put off the decision by opting in for the last year of his deal, which would pay him $23.3 million. The Knicks would be in a much better position in the summer of 2015 to construct the type of roster Anthony wants — if he’s willing to wait.
“He’s great and he deserves that, and so that’s what we want to work to create with him and hopefully we can do it,” Fisher said.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Women who often in-dulge their cravings for hamburgers, steaks and other red meat may have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
Doctors have long warned that a diet loaded with red meat is linked to cancers including those of the colon and pancreas, but there has been less evidence for its role in breast cancer.
In the new study, researchers at Harvard University analyzed data from more than 88,000 women aged 26 to 45 who had filled in surveys in 1991. Their red meat intake varied from never or less than once a month, to six or more servings a day.
Initial results of the study were first published in 2006 and showed a pre-liminary link between eating red meat and breast cancer after 12 years; the new research confirmed the earlier findings with longer follow-up infor-mation, and analyzed other types of breast cancer.
Using a statistical model, scientists estimated that in women who ate the most amount of red meat, there were
an extra 6.8 cases of breast cancer for every 1,000 women over 20 years of follow-up.
The researchers couldn’t rule out the possibility that other factors might explain the apparent link between red meat and breast cancer.
In developed countries, women have about a 12.5 per cent chance of devel-oping breast cancer. Scientists suspect proteins in red meat speed up cell di-vision and tumour growth; chemicals such as nitrates in processed meats are already classified as probable car-cinogens. The study was carried out mainly among educated, white Ameri-can women, and researchers said the results were not necessarily applica-ble to women of other races. It was paid for by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and published online Tues-day in the British journal, BMJ.
“This underlines the importance of having a healthy diet,” said Sally Greenbrook, a senior policy officer at the U.K. charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer, who was not part of the re-search. She said women should focus on reducing their chances of breast cancer by staying slim, and exercising and drinking in moderation.
Greenbrook added that there wasn’t yet enough proof about the dangers of red meat to change current prevention guidelines. Others said diet is notori-ously difficult to measure, and that the link between eating red meat and breast cancer appeared weak. Valerie Beral, a cancer expert at the Univer-sity of Oxford, pointed out that vegetar-ians don’t have a lower risk of breast cancer than meat-eaters. Still, Mia Gaudet, director of genetic epidemiol-ogy at the American Cancer Society, said it was plausible that red meat could somehow be connected to breast
cancer and that women’s eating habits in their 20s might be particularly sig-nificant.
“Breasts are still developing and are more susceptible to carcinogens before women have their first full-term pregnancy,” she said.
Gaudet, who doesn’t eat red meat herself, said the American Cancer So-ciety recommends people eat a “plant-based” diet.
“It’s important to have a healthy lifestyle throughout your life and not just as you get older and more worried about cancer,” she said.
Study suggests red meat tied
to breast cancerBUT NOT ALL EXPERTS CONVINCED
FILE Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This photo shows a rib of English beef with the bone still on. Women who often indulge their cravings for hamburgers, steaks and other red meat may have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canada needs to cre-ate a national palliative-care strategy that will give all Canadians facing the end of life the opportunity to have “the best death possible,” says the country’s largest doctors organization.
In a report released Tuesday in Ot-tawa, the Canadian Medical Associa-tion (CMA) also said the public, politi-cians and policy makers need to en-gage in a national dialogue about end-of-life issues, including discussions about such controversial topics as eu-thanasia and physician-assisted death.
The authors also strongly encourage individuals to talk to loved ones about their wishes regarding death, includ-ing a written advance care directive that clearly spells out how they want to spend their final days. The report, entitled End-of-Life Care: A National Dialogue, follows a series of public meetings hosted by the CMA over the last year in five cit-ies across the coun-try, as well as online discussions.
“What the report says is Canadians want good access to palliative care,” said Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, pres-ident of the 78,000-member organiza-tion. “Patients are telling us they don’t want to die in pain. They don’t want to die alone. And they don’t want to be a burden to their families, their friends, their caregivers.”
“Palliative care is adding quality of life to the remaining days of an indi-vidual,” he told an Ottawa news confer-ence. “And unfortunately, maybe 15 to 30 per cent of Canadians — depending on your postal code — will be afforded the opportunity to have good palliative care.”
What a person wants their end of life to look like needs be discussed with family — and family members need to be open to those conversations, said the report, which suggests that ev-eryone should have advance care plan-ning and/or directives in place. But on-ly about 10 to 15 per cent of Canadians have undertaken that kind of planning with their families, Francescutti said.
“Once Canadians understand that it’s important that they share their wishes as to end-of-life issues with their family members, then we need to make sure these are respected, no mat-ter where the jurisdiction is,” he said, noting that in some cases the health-care institutions didn’t live up to the wishes expressed by the dying patient and their loved ones.
“Canadians should periodically re-visit these issues as things change, and make it crystal clear that it’s not just old people that die; we can all at a moment’s notice with a diagnosis be put in a situation where end of life becomes an issue for our children or ourselves.”
Dr. James Downar, a palliative-care specialist at Toronto General Hospital, lauded the CMA’s call for a national strategy to provide specialized com-passionate care for the dying.
“And we need to get behind that and give it some teeth and give it some funding,” he said, noting that about 95 per cent of the 240,000 Canadians who
will die this year will have non-sudden deaths, often resulting from a chronic illness, and could be referred for pal-liative care.
Downar was also pleased to see at-tention given to advance care plan-ning, and the report’s detailing of the challenges that can be involved.
“Everyone does support the idea of talking about death and dying and val-ues, but it’s not always as straightfor-ward as many people believe,” he said. “So highlighting some of those chal-lenges makes it a bit more real for peo-ple reading the report. They may get
a better idea about the kinds of ques-tions they should be asking and the kinds of conversa-tions they should be having.”
For instance, a person may say they want to be “kept comfortable at home” as their
life comes to a close. But some pain relief cannot be provided in the home, so planning must include whether the patient is willing to go to hospital for advanced care, Downar explained. Or if home care becomes too much of a burden for the family, would the dying patient be amenable to going to hospi-tal or a palliative-care placement?
“Even what may seem like a very clear instruction to most of us doesn’t necessarily translate into a plan that can be easily implemented,” he said.
The CMA report also discusses eu-thanasia and physician-assisted death, and Francescutti said there is still much divisiveness over the issue of helping someone to end their life, both among the public and doctors.
But even those who support the le-galization of medically enabled death said they would want to see many re-strictions, including protection for the elderly or those with severe physical or mental disabilities from being eu-thanized against their will.
Doctors also want to avoid such a slippery slope, he said.
“We would absolutely as a profes-sion make sure that vulnerable indi-viduals and vulnerable populations are protected.”
Wanda Morris, CEO of Dying with Dignity, said she is pleased to see movement by the CMA over end-of-life issues, including their use of neutral language like doctor-assisted dying, in-stead of doctor-assisted suicide.
“Canadians want end-of-life choice,” she said.
But in the past, the doctors group was “very oppositional to the idea of choice at the end of life ... and now in this report, the CMA has moved be-yond that to say if we have medically assisted dying, physician-assisted dy-ing, then we need to ensure that we have strict safeguards and protocols.
“We’re really pleased about that and we would echo what the CMA is saying: nobody is looking for end-of-life choice without strict safeguards,” said Morris, whose organization advo-cates for expanded choice for people facing death.
National dialogue needed on end-of-life issues: CMADOCTORS SAY PALLIATIVE-CARE PLAN NEEDED
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REPORT
‘PATIENTS ARE TELLING US THEY DON’T WANT TO DIE IN PAIN. THEY DON’T
WANT TO DIE ALONE.’
— DR. LOUIS HUGO FRANCESCUTTIPRESIDENT OF CMA
N.B. children treated after possible exposure to rabies
TORONTO — Two children in south-ern New Brunswick are receiving post-exposure treatment for rabies after their family’s dogs had contact with a rabid raccoon.
The children are reported to have shared popsicles with the dogs after
the dogs spent some time chasing the raccoon around the family’s backyard.
The raccoon was behaving oddly and was killed and buried.
Later its body was dug up and the provincial veterinary laboratory sent the animal’s brain to Ottawa, where testing at the Canadian Food Inspec-tion Agency’s rabies laboratory con-firmed the animal had rabies.
The unidentified family lives in St. Stephen, a southwestern New Bruns-wick town on the border with Maine.
New Brunswick’s chief medical offi-cer of health says the risk that the chil-dren were exposed to the virus is low, but because rabies is so lethal people don’t take chances.
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