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BY MARK WEBERRed Deer Express
City man Larry Quintilio wants to
reach out to those who are dealing
with an early onset of Alzheimer’s
disease.
Quintilio’s wife June was diagnosed
several years ago, and passed away last
spring. She was only in her 60s – consider-
ably younger than the age most believe are
affected by Alzheimer’s disease. But June
had been struggling with symptoms for
many years prior to her death as well.
“She was hard to diagnose because she
didn’t want to talk about it,” explains
Larry, adding that June never really did
acknowledge that she had Alzheimer’s dis-
ease.
But Larry recalls knowing by 2005 or
2006 that something was wrong. As men-
tioned, June was resistant to talking about
the possibility, so actually nailing down
a diagnosis took time. She passed away
last June after spending three and a half
years in the Centennial Centre in Ponoka.
Larry’s growing concern over his wife’s
symptoms prompted him to move his offi ce
to their basement for a year.
“After a year of being right here, I knew
it was something serious.” Things like the
loss of an ability to tell time, or under-
standing how a remote control worked fu-
eled his concern.
“Probably the biggest thing was that
she would pay the bills. Then she started
coming to me, saying, ‘They’ve charged me
twice for this’.” Larry would try to explain
that it was in fact correct, but her confu-
sion only worsened as time went on.
He later retired so he could care for June
full-time.
These days, Larry has helped to spear-
head Early Onset Dementia Alberta, a
group committed to spreading the word
that this disease affects younger people as
well – people who are still, in some cases,
paying mortgages or even raising families
and have all kinds of fi nancial responsi-
bilities.
“These families that are affected lose an
income, and sometimes they still have kids
at home,” he explains of those the group is
aiming to help. There is little in the way of
fi nancial support in these instances.
Sometimes, the spouse of someone suf-
fering with Alzheimer’s not only has to
scramble to pay the bills, but they also
have to hire additional help to care for
their loved one.
Much of the work he’s engaged in these
days is about raising awareness. “It’s also
a matter of getting to the government and
saying, ‘We spend 19 per cent less in Alber-
ta on long-term care beds than the rest of
Canada. Why?’”
Other issues that must be explored in-
clude forms of home care, long-term care,
diagnosis and medical support and just the
overall lack of services and programming
that is out there. As pointed out by the
group, “Issues arise because the typical
supports for dementia are based on the be-
lief that patients (and their caregivers) are
in their senior years, have adult children,
are fi nancially stable and have retired.”
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive,
degenerative disease of the brain, which
causes thinking and memory to become
seriously impaired. It is the most common
form of dementia. This month marks Al-
zheimer Awareness Month.
Watching June’s struggle with the dis-
ease was acutely painful. Larry and June
had always enjoyed a full and active life
together. So coping with the changing be-
haviour and thinking patterns of a loved
one with Alzheimer’s is continuously a
challenge - it can also be heartbreaking
and exhausting.
June was becoming increasingly con-
fused, unsettled and fearful about her cir-
cumstances.
As Larry points out, caregivers have
to go where the loved one is in his or her
own mind, and try to see what their per-
spective on a given situation is. There is
absolutely no point in trying to explain
how something really is – it will likely
only fuel their agitation and anxiety. “It’s
better to be kind than right – if you insist,
they resist. You never try to force them to
do something.”
He recalls cooking with June and en-
couraging her to read the recipe while he
put the ingredients together. Prior to that,
June was becoming frustrated because she
couldn’t always recall what she had al-
ready completed in terms of following the
recipe. But by working together, she had
the satisfaction of continuing to bake and
cook knowing that her husband was by her
side guiding the process along. “It put her
back in control again.”
Resources and people ready to help are
also available, and Larry said they can
make a tremendous difference. He hopes
that those just starting out in their own
journey of dealing with Alzheimer’s reach
out for assistance.
In the meantime, Larry says a strong,
supportive network of family and friends
is crucial to coping. He’s also interested in
helping others who are facing similar cir-
cumstances. There’s no question his sensi-
tivity and empathy would go far in helping
others.
And that can be a struggle, because there
is still a stigma in general regarding mat-
ters of the brain and mind, he said. And
some people just fl atly refuse to discuss it.
But for those who choose to be open,
there is a community of folks willing to
surround them with strength and sup-
port. Walking alongside someone with Al-
zheimer’s means there will be days when it
feels like it’s almost too much to bear. And
that’s why support groups are essential
– you can share your feelings and experi-
ences and know that there’s a built-in em-
pathy already there, he said.
“It’s a tough, ugly experience,” said
Larry. “But to me, it’s not something you
should just put in a closet.”
For more information about Early Onset
Dementia Alberta, call Larry Quintilio at
403- 346-8401. Visit www.alzheimer.ab.ca.
ON A MISSION – Pictured here is Larry Quintilio of Red Deer with a photograph of his wife June, who passed away last spring from Alzheimer’s disease. Larry is working to raise awareness about those affected by early onset of Alzheimer’s. Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
City man educates about early onset Alzheimer’s Larry Quintilio knows the pain of dealing with the disease fi rsthand
4 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
BY KALISHA MENDONSARed Deer Express
Education is a luxury
that many young people
around the world are un-
able to take part in. Local
Zainab Mohamoud wants
to offer this opportunity to
students in Somalia and is
seeking help to fi nance the
project through a fundrais-
er this month.
The fundraiser will take
place at Festival Hall on
Jan. 30th from 6 until 9
p.m. Tickets are priced at
$35 per person, or a table
of eight for $240. These
funds collected will go to-
wards the $20,000 goal that
covers building expenses,
furniture, books, supplies
and several months of staff
salaries.
“I am from Somalia, and
when I had just fi nished el-
ementary school my coun-
try began a war. That re-
ally touched me – I was told
that I couldn’t go to high
school, which I was really
looking forward to,” said
Mohamoud. “All of these
years after, things are the
same. Kids are growing up
without the experience of
school and I want to give
something back to them
and give them a future.”
The experience was very
diffi cult on Mohamoud and
inspired her to work hard
to come to Canada to better
her life.
She escaped Somalia as a
refugee and went to Ethio-
pia for three years until she
received a visa to Canada.
Mohamoud has a heart for
children and worked as a
day-home provider before
she settled into her posi-
tion at the Central Alberta
Immigrant Women’s Asso-
ciation (CAIWA).
“We’re hoping to raise
between $7,000 and $8,000.
At the event, we will have
international foods, a few
kinds of dances and two
keynote speakers. We will
also have a bingo hour, a si-
lent auction and some door
prizes available,” she said.
“We have already sold
many tickets – we printed
200 and are down to near 30.”
Tickets can be purchased
through the web site or in
person at the Little Star
Restaurant. Tickets will
also be available at the door
on Jan. 30th if they are not
sold out prior to the event.
“We still have a long way
to go to reach our goal, so
if people could come to the
event, that would be nice
but if they can’t make it,
they can go to our web site
and donate there if they
wish.”
Mohamoud will be going
to Somalia when the funds
are raised to participate in
building the school. She
said she would be there
from the start until the end.
“I’m paying my expenses
so people can know that all
of the money donated is
only going to the school. Of
the donations, nothing will
be used for anything other
than the project. I am going
on this trip alone, and I will
be there from the begin-
ning to the end, when the
school opens.”
The school will house
students from Grades 1 to
9. In the future, Mohamoud
hopes that she can add a
high school component. A
piece of land has already
been purchased in the town
of Boame, Somalia.
Mohamoud has raised
nearly $13,000 and is look-
ing forward to the chance
to reach her goal and bring
available education to her
home country.
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BY ERIN FAWCETTRed Deer Express
City council is in their second day of
deliberating the 2015 operating budget. As
proposed, the budget totals $329 million. If
approved in full, as is, citizens are facing a
4.3% tax increase this year.
The 2015 capital budget, totaling $17.3
million, was approved in November.
“The overall theme of the 2015 operating
budget is maintaining and enhancing core
services,” said City Manager Craig Curtis.
“We need to maintain and enhance our
core programs and services that make Red
Deer a great community.”
Since early 2014, the operating budget
has gone through a review process, offi -
cials said. The proposed budget is based on
council’s Strategic Plan and initiatives in
City department service plans. City coun-
cil’s Strategic Plan identifi es three themes
for administration to focus on including
dialogue, community amenities and fi nan-
cial leadership.
“The capital and operating budgets are
one way administration puts council’s
strategy into action for the community,”
said Curtis.
Some of the larger budget items include
increasing the City’s fi remedic staff by
10 additional fi remedics, corporate fl eet
costs, the RCMP member fee agreement
and police member and municipal employ-
ee costs.
Proposed in the budget is the addition of
six new RCMP offi cers and three munici-
pal staff.
The recommended budget includes in-
vestments in the areas of movement, safe-
ty and security and community amenities.
They include items that focus on road im-
provements, increased Transit, policing
and safety initiatives.
The City also faces many challenges
such as decreased or eliminated grant
funding, lower revenue from investments
due to low interest rates and several major
utility projects underway to accommodate
growth.
The proposed 2015 operating budget bal-
ances the need to maintain and enhance
core City services, while using resources
effectively and responsibly to watch the
bottom line, said Curtis.
“The budget was prepared based on
balancing what the community wants the
City to do and what we need to do,” said
Chief Financial Offi cer Dean Krejci.
The draft budget shows an average tax
increase of 4.31% in the municipal por-
tion of a property tax bill. However, Curtis
notes, “This fi gure is only a starting point
and will be impacted by council debate.”
Based on the submitted budget, a home
which experienced the average assessment
value change and is assessed at $325,000 for
the 2015 tax year, can expect to see a $80.17
increase ($6.68 monthly) in the municipal
portion of their taxes, which will be used
to fund City services.
This does not include any changes to
the education portion of property taxes as
these won’t be known until later this year
when the province releases its budget.
Red Deer City council tackles 2015 operating budgetProposed budget totals $329 million; citizens could face 4.3% tax hike
Woman looking for support to build a school in Somalia
FREE STANDING STRUCTURE – The Red Deer Public Library recently hosted a Lego fam-ily fun day. Among the participants were Rachel, 7, and Christopher Pelletier, 9, who both built towers to compete in the one minute tower building competition. Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
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BY JENNA SWANRed Deer Express
The Red Deer Rebels looked to renew their off-ice rival-
ry with fellow WHL team the Lethbridge Hurricanes on
Tuesday morning at the Canadian Blood Services clinic in
Red Deer.
The two teams kicked off their third annual ‘Hockey:
It’s In Our Blood’ challenge in which they will compete
to see who can bring in the most blood donations in the
month of January.
“The competition involves a good natured rivalry be-
tween the two teams with the ultimate winners being the
blood recipients right here in Central Alberta,” explained
Territory Manager for Canadian Blood Services, Darrin
Thompson.
“This month why not get together with your local hock-
ey fans and help with hospital patients’ need for blood by
donating blood as the need for blood is signifi cant and on-
going. One small action can make a big impact on some-
one’s life.”
Thompson explained during the challenge kick-off that
every 60 seconds of everyday someone in Canada requires
a blood product, with cancer treatment patient requiring
as many as up to fi ve donors’ blood during their treat-
ments.
“If you’ve never donated before this your chance to give
while simultaneously supporting your favourite team and
make a difference in someone’s life,” encouraged Thomp-
son.
This is the third year for the challenge, which has seen
the Rebels take the lead for the fi rst two.
Dean Williams, vice president of marketing and sales
for the Red Deer Rebels, was onhand at the kick-off where
he expressed his excitement to be back in competition
with the Hurricanes and stated what all fans have to do
when they come is say they wish to donate on behalf of
the Rebels. “While the players themselves can’t donate,
we do get a fair amount of staff coming in to support the
initiative and we highly encourage all of our season ticket
holders and fans to help support their team and blood re-
cipients,” said Williams.
“People will always need blood, and even as a hockey
team we have seen situations where we have players who
for instance will get a really bad cut from a skate etc. and
you’ll see the need for blood right away so this initiative
really hits home for us.”
With the constant need for blood, Thompson explained
the challenge is benefi cial to all of Alberta as it also in-
creases donations through Lethbridge as well as Red Deer.
Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profi t
charitable organization that manages the supply of blood
and blood products in all provinces and territories outside
of Quebec.
Canadian Blood Services also oversees the OneMatch
Stem Cell and Marrow Network, and is establishing Can-
ada’s (excluding Quebec) national public cord blood bank
and supports practices in development, professional edu-
cation and awareness for organ donation and transplanta-
tion. The provincial and territorial Ministries of Health
provide operational funding to Canadian Blood Services.
The federal government, through Health Canada, is re-
sponsible for regulating the blood system.
Book your appointment by calling 1-888-2-DONATE, by
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6 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express
If you grew up anywhere
in the southern hemi-
sphere, chances are there
were no local ice rinks or
arenas for you to learn to
skate on.
For example, in the
South American country
of Colombia, the capital
city of Bogota boasts only
two indoor ice rinks for its
population of over seven
million people and costs as-
sociated with using it are
often high.
Upon their arrival to
Canada many immigrants,
refugees, and newcom-
ers have often never seen
an ice rink in person and
often they have never ex-
perienced a winter or seen
snow.
When Nidia Lopez, 17,
came to Canada four years
ago, all she wanted out
of her fi rst winter was to
learn how to ice skate. Lo-
pez explains her interest
in ice-skating came from,
“Wanting to be able to adapt
to Canada’s culture and be-
come more socialized.”
Thanks to Rachel Pinno
who works with the Cen-
tral Alberta Refugee Ef-
fort, an immigrant settle-
ment agency based out of
Red Deer, Lopez’s dream of
learning to skate become a
reality. “In the fall of 2011
Nidia expressed a great in-
terest in learning to skate,”
explained Pinno.
“So we started the pro-
gram for any immigrant or
newcomer to Canada who
wanted to learn to skate
and the City jumped on-
board right away with us
and supported us to get into
the arenas.”
Lopez recalled her fi rst
time on the ice as a fright-
ening experience, stating
that she was intimidated
and scared to hurt herself
on the hard and unforgiv-
ing ice surface.
“Rachel told me to get
my helmet on and wear my
snow pants so that there
was more padding in case
I fell as she didn’t want me
to hurt myself,” said Lo-
pez. “So I got on the ice and
fell probably 10 times right
away, but she kept helping
me and I got a lot of prac-
tice in and it gets better.”
Thus, the ‘Learn to
Skate’ program was born,
and has since grown to in-
clude over 60 youth every
year. “It went so well and
the kids loved it so much
that we have kept it going
every holiday break for the
last few years,” said Pinno.
“It’s a truly incredible
program and it’s amaz-
ing to see their faces when
they fi nd their balance and
I usually get a lot of, ‘Hey,
Miss Rachel look at me!’”
The program is offered
free of charge to immi-
grant youth thanks to sup-
port from the City, and all
equipment is provided for
them including helmets
and skates.
In addition to learning
to skate, youth also had the
chance to try their hand at
hockey during the program
which began on Dec. 29th
at the G.H. Dawe Centre,
then moved the next day to
Bower Ponds and fi nished
with a hockey tutorial from
members of the Red Deer
Pond Hockey Association
at the outdoor rink in Ori-
ole Park.
“I’m at a point now where
I can help other people
learn and it feels good be-
cause you have been where
they are before,” stated Lo-
pez who also joined in on
the instruction this year.
“It’s nice to be able to help
them feel more comfortable
so they can enjoy skating
more often.”
Other instructors for
Learn to Skate included
ESL teacher from C.A.R.E.
and former CanSkate in-
structor Carol Smyth,
Patti Somer from the Red
Deer Skating Club and nu-
merous others, including
C.A.R.E. volunteer Darren
Thompson.
Thompson explained
he began working with
C.A.R.E. in the fall after
looking into ways that he
could volunteer in the com-
munity. “I was looking for
something that I could re-
late to, and with my par-
ents originally being from
Barbados it kind of just
fi t,” explained Thompson,
who was born and raised in
Red Deer.
“When I was a kid we
would just go to the local
rink, often times the Dawe
and free skate around, my
friends and I, and it was
just a really fun time as a
kid and it’s nice to be able
to share that.”
Thompson explained
there is usually a lot of ner-
vousness at fi rst and the
hardest part of instructing
is to help people fi nd their
balance on skates, and that
while it may be a struggle
at times – the joy on their
faces when they fi nally
skate on their own is well
worth the many falls.
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HELPING HAND – Central Alberta Refugee Effort volunteer and Red Deer native, Darrin Thomp-son uses a hockey stick to assist a newcomer to Canada to learn to skate during a recent initia-tive at the Dawe Centre. Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
Newcomers to Canada enjoy ‘learn to skate’ program
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Red Deer Express 7
OPINIONAlzheimer awareness
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ern oil producers as their
market position erodes is a
major international devel-
opment.
Yet any assumption that
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf
oil-producing allies would
simply take America’s new
energy position sitting
down is misplaced.
What is Saudi Arabia up
to? Economic analysis sug-
gests that Saudi Arabia is
using its dominant market
share and price leadership
role to reduce oil prices and
take out the competition,
thereby preparing the way
for steep prices increase
down the road. If anything,
taking steps now to curtail
production to keep prices
high would only encourage
even more investment in al-
ternate oil sources.
OPEC’s inability to
reach agreement on output
shares is often a traditional
economics lesson on the
failure of cartels to main-
tain long-run price stabil-
ity, but such a conclusion is
myopic.
The reality is that Saudi
Arabia, because of its large
share of global oil produc-
tion, can infl uence prices
on its own in the absence of
cartel action.
Saudi Arabia has again
demonstrated a key char-
acteristic of an energy
superpower – the ability
to use its superior market
share and competitive en-
ergy producing cost struc-
ture to set prices. Contrast
this with Canada, which
is a price taker in interna-
tional energy markets and
is seeing the price of oil
fall below what it needs for
profi table development of
its energy resources.
While the United States
now imports much less oil
because of its greater pro-
duction, Saudi Arabia has
decided not to reduce out-
put to maintain price level
but to continue their cur-
rent production levels and
let the excess supply bring
down prices. From a price
of $115 a barrel in June
(all prices in U.S. dollars),
prices have dropped about
50% and now sit below $60
a barrel. Even at such low
prices, Saudi Arabia can
still compete, as it is a low
cost producer with its cost
of production estimated
as low as $5 to $6 a barrel.
It can tolerate even lower
prices than what oil is cur-
rently at.
Despite the short-term
benefi ts to consumers of
lower energy prices and its
stimulating effect on China
and the North American
and European economies,
Saudi Arabia is not spe-
cifi cally interested in their
economic welfare. If any-
thing, keeping prices low
for a year or two would be
useful in derailing conser-
vation efforts and getting
consumers addicted once
again to cheap oil. Consum-
ers have short memories
and six months to a year of
ultra low oil prices will en-
courage purchases of larg-
er and less fuel-effi cient
vehicles.
The political destabili-
zation of the drop in oil
revenues on competing oil
producers such as Iran,
Iraq, Russia and Venezuela
will also further disrupt oil
production and supplies,
making Saudi Arabia even
more important as a stable
and reliable source of oil.
Finally, low oil prices al-
low Saudi Arabia and its
Gulf oil producing allies
the ability to curtail future
North American oil pro-
duction from shale oil and
the oil sands.
As oil prices drop, oil
companies will keep pro-
ducing from already active
wells but future explora-
tion and investment may
dry up.
Many investments deci-
sions in places like the Al-
berta oil sands or the North
Dakota Bakken Formation
assumed prices in the $60
to $80 a barrel range. With
prices below $60 a barrel,
some plans may be put on
hold, curtailing oil produc-
tion and supplies down the
road.
Saudi Arabia is trying to
ensure long-term security
of its oil industry at the
price of a short-term rev-
enue sacrifi ce designed to
erode the competition.
By increasing supply
now, Saudi Arabia may be
paving the way for more lu-
crative supply curtailment
and price increases several
years down the road. How-
ever, the one wild card is
continued technological
innovation in the oil sands
and shale oil industry that
reduces costs and allows
extraction to remain profi t-
able – even with falling oil
prices. Saudi Arabia may
be making a big gamble but
not responding at all to the
increased competition it
faces is even riskier.
Livio Di Matteo is professor of economics at Lakehead Uni-versity. His column is distrib-uted through Troy Media.
Saudi Arabia’s ongoing energy gamble
Watching a loved one endure a battle
with Alzheimer’s disease is, at any time,
painful. And when that loved one is rela-
tively young, the challenges can prove to be
even more acute.
Red Deerian Larry Quintilio lost his wife
June to Alzheimer’s last year. She was only
in her 60s, and the symptoms had begun to
surface several years prior to her death.
In the months since his wife’s passing,
Larry has become involved with Early On-
set Dementia Alberta, a group committed
to raising awareness of the fact that many
people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are rel-
atively young. In some cases, they can be
paying mortgages or even raising families
and have all kinds of fi nancial responsibili-
ties. Such a devastating diagnosis – which
most people tend to think strikes relatively
late in life – can mean a whole range of is-
sues and challenges along with the actual
process of dealing with the disease itself.
Sometimes, as Quintilio has pointed out,
the spouse of someone suffering with Al-
zheimer’s not only has to scramble to pay
the bills, but they also have to hire addition-
al help to care for their loved one.
Other issues that must be explored in-
clude forms of home care, long-term care,
diagnosis and medical support and just the
overall lack of services and programming
that is out there.
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive,
degenerative disease of the brain, which
causes thinking and memory to become
seriously impaired. It is the most common
form of dementia.
The latest statistics from the Alzheimer
Society of Canada bring the issue into
sharp focus - in 2011, 747,000 Canadians
were living with cognitive impairment, in-
cluding dementia – that’s 14.9% of Canadi-
ans 65 and older. By 2031, if nothing chang-
es in Canada, this fi gure will increase to 1.4
million.
One in fi ve Canadians aged 45 and older
provides some form of care to seniors living
with long-term health problems. A quarter
of all family caregivers are seniors them-
selves; a third of them (more than 200,000)
are older than 75.3 years of age.
Of course, any time of year is the right
time to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and
its implications on families and society
as a whole. But January marks Alzheim-
er Awareness Month, so efforts to build
awareness move to a higher level over the
next few weeks.
It’s a vital conversation – with an ag-
ing population, and as already mentioned,
more and more cases are expected to sur-
face in the coming decades. This demands
more exploration of such pressing issues as
long-term care and helping families meet
the fi nancial obligations of dealing with an
early diagnosis.
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RODNEY ARENS APPEALS SENTENCE YESTERDAY
The Alberta Court of Appeal reviewed the nearly six year sentence handed down last year to Rodney Arens after a fatal collision caused a 13-year-old boy to lose his life in 2010.
Rodney Arens, 36, of Red Deer, was sen-tenced to fi ve years and six months in prison in June.
He was given credit for 185 days for time served before and during the trial.
His sentence also included a driving prohi-bition for 10 years.
Arens was found guilty of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodi-ly harm, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and breach of recognizance.
He was also charged with three charges of refusing to provide a breathalyzer sample. During the trial, the crown issued a stay of proceedings in regards to those three charg-es. Those charges were dropped.
The charges stem from 2010 when police said Anouluck ‘Jeffrey’ Chanminaraj, 13, was riding in a Honda Civic with his then 18-year-old brother Jamie and 20-year-old sister Stephanie, who was driving, at about 11 p.m. on Canada Day when a Dodge Ram pick-up truck crashed into the passenger side of the car.
Jeffrey was pronounced dead on the scene.
No decision from the Alberta Court of Ap-peal had been made at the time of publica-tion yesterday.
Meanwhile, last December Arens was also
charged with impaired care or control of a motor vehicle, obstructing an offi cer and resisting arrest, failing to comply with condi-tions and drug related charges after an inci-dent in Sylvan Lake.
A date for trial on these matters has been set for Jan. 21st.
CHARGES REDUCED FORMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
In the fi rst day of a preliminary hearing for a man accused of murder, the charge against him was reduced by the court.
Mark William Bitterman, 32, of no fi xed ad-dress has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of Curtis Ran-gen, a former Potter’s Hands resident.
He was initially charged with fi rst-degree murder.
Rangen was found dead in a freezer on May 3, 2013 by a welfare worker making a check at his residence. Offi cials believe that Rangen was checked on daily.
An autopsy confi rmed Rangen was mur-dered.
MAN CHARGED WITHKIDNAPPING APPEARS IN COURT
A man charged with the assault and at-tempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl on Dec. 22nd behind the G.H. Dawe Centre was scheduled to make his third appearance in Red Deer court yesterday.
Alexander Beaulieu, 29, of Red Deer has been charged with attempted kidnapping, choking with intent, aggravated assault, rob-bery, utter threats to cause death or bodily harm, possess stolen property under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.
COURT BRIEFS by Erin Fawcett
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Red Deer Express 9
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN ARMED ROBBERY AT ATB
RCMP are searching for the man who robbed the Alberta Treasury Branch at Bower Place Shopping Cen-tre at gunpoint this past Sat-urday.
At 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 3rd, RCMP received a report that a man had entered the ATB and demanded money from a cashier while displaying a fi rearm.
The suspect left the build-ing with an undisclosed amount of money and was last seen going westbound on foot. RCMP patrols in the area did not locate the sus-pect, and police continue to investigate.
The suspect is described as Caucasian with a small build. He is about 5’3” - 5’5” tall and between 40 – 50 years old. He had blonde hair and was wearing wire-framed glasses, a black jack-et, black gloves and a black balaclava.
Anyone with information that may assist the police is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. Those wishing to remain anony-mous can call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tip-submit.com.
MAN ARRESTED IN STOLEN VEHICLE
RCMP arrested a man this past weekend after following him as he drove a stolen ve-hicle, deploying a tire defl a-tion device and then follow-ing the man a short distance as he fl ed on foot down Hwy. 11A.
At 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 3rd, RCMP received a report that a stolen vehicle was observed in the Riverside Meadows neighbourhood.
RCMP responded and tracked the vehicle despite the driver’s attempts to evade police. RCMP deployed a tire defl ation device and the stolen vehicle drove over it while driving westbound on 77th St., then continued northbound onto Taylor Drive before coming to a stop when the vehicle was no longer drivable.
The suspect fl ed on foot down Hwy. 11A and attempt-ed to enter another truck before continuing on foot. At that point, police arrested the man without further inci-dent. Derek David Weninger, 23, of Red Deer has been charged with two counts of failing to comply with under-taking, two counts of failing to stop and evading a peace offi cer, possession of sto-len property and uttering threats.
ARREST MADE AFTER SEARCH WARRANT
On Jan. 4th at 6 a.m., RCMP from Sylvan Lake and Rimbey executed a search warrant on a hotel room in Sylvan Lake. Once inside the room police arrested the lone occupant and seized 60 ml of GHB; 21 grams of mari-juana; 13 grams of crack co-caine; 8.5 grams of cocaine; and 1 gram of methamphet-amine.
Danielle Erin Morrell, 24, from Whitecourt has been charged with possession for the purpose of traffi cking, possession of methamphet-amine, two counts of failing to comply with release con-ditions and three counts of failing to comply with a pro-bation order.
RCMP LOOK FOR DRIVER WHO RAMMED VEHICLES
Red Deer RCMP are searching for two men who rammed two police vehicles on Dec. 20th in order to es-cape arrest while driving a stolen truck.
At around 9 p.m. on Dec. 20th, a caller reported see-ing the truck being driven in north Red Deer; the caller recognized the vehicle as having been stolen from Blackfalds earlier that day.
RCMP quickly located the truck and followed it at a safe distance to the parking lot of an apartment building on 34th St. and 52nd Ave.
As police attempted to arrest the two men in the truck, the driver rammed two police vehicles and fl ed the scene. Other RCMP ve-hicles followed the truck for a short distance but did not pursue it out of public safety concerns, as there were pe-destrians and other vehicles in the area.
No police offi cers or mem-bers of the public were in-jured during this incident, and no public property was damaged. One RCMP vehicle sustained minor damage and the second sustained more signifi cant damage. The sto-len truck was recovered in Springbrook on Dec. 22nd. RCMP continue to search for the two men, who are described as (driver) Cau-casian, approximately 20 to 25-years-old, blonde hair, light complexion, tall, with a slim build and wearing a dark baseball hat and a long-sleeved white shirt.
The passenger is de-scribed as Metis/Aborigi-nal, approximately 20- to 25-years-old with short, spiky, dark brown hair, dark-rimmed glasses and wearing a multi-coloured shirt.
Anyone with information
about this crime is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. Those wishing to remain anony-mous can call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tip-submit.com.
POLICE URGE CITIZENS TO LOCK THEIR VEHICLES
Between Dec. 1st and 24th, Red Deer RCMP responded to more than 120 reports of stolen vehicles, and approxi-
mately 30 of those vehicles had been left running and unlocked; more were left unlocked with spare keys in-side.
Many thefts happen on impulse when criminals see easy targets such as un-locked, running vehicles; more thefts are done by criminals who move method-ically from vehicle to vehicle, looking for the easiest tar-get.
Criminals often steal vehi-cles to get from one place to another, or use them to com-
mit crimes in. Many of the stolen vehicles in Red Deer are recovered after having been used for these purpos-es and then abandoned, but others may be sold to illegal chop shops.
While theft of vehicles is not always preventable, RCMP note thefts of those left running and unlocked are virtually always prevent-able. RCMP also advise ve-hicle owners to check their license plates: criminals of-ten steal license plates to use while committing crimes,
and sometimes replace them with other stolen license plates that may have been used in previous crimes.
RCMP recommendations to help prevent vehicle theft - lock your vehicle every time you step away from it, do not leave keys in the ignition while fuelling up or infl at-ing tires at gas stations, do not keep spare keys hidden in your vehicle or in your garage, always lock your ga-rage, and lock the door be-tween attached garages and homes.
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BY JENNA SWANRed Deer Express
Most people don’t behave in a selfl ess
manor with hopes of winning a free trip to
Hawaii, however one lucky and loving Al-
bertan will be granted just that, courtesy
of a Central Alberta couple.
In December, Cody and Eva Borek saw
an advertisement stating the fi rst 50 people
to purchase a new or used vehicle from
Aspen Ford in Stettler would receive a
free trip for two including airfare, fi ve-star
hotel accommodations, as well as break-
fast and dinner upon arriving.
“Eva and I talked about it and went and
had a look and our salesmen was awesome
so we didn’t even look anywhere else, we
just decided to get the one we liked,” ex-
plained Borek who was excited to use the
trip as a honeymoon for him and his new-
lywed wife.
His excitement over their new vehicle
and free honeymoon were soon to change
to a different kind of excitement after mak-
ing the decision to instead gift the trip to
someone who they felt was deserving of it.
Borek explained how shortly after the
couple purchased their vehicle and re-
ceived confi rmation of their trip, he was
shopping at Chapters and his view on their
honeymoon changed.
“There was a young lady reading a book
in the store that was nearly two dictionar-
ies big – the thing was huge – and it was on
the secret to happiness,” he said.
“And I just kind of thought to myself,
well I’m a rather happy person but I’ve
never read any books two dictionaries long
on the subject.”
As he ventured back to his vehicle pon-
dering the notion of happiness, his train of
thought brought him to something that is
the basis of most world religions, and what
he believes is a large part of his happiness
– the idea of doing unto others as you’d
have done unto you or love your neighbour
as thyself.
Cody and Eva talked it over that evening
and made the decision to gift the trip to
someone they felt was deserving.
“As far as our lives go we’ve been very
fortunate, we’ve had a lot of good come our
way so we wanted to pay something for-
ward and we talked about it and decided on
the trip,” said Borek, who along with his
wife created the facebook page ‘Free trip
to Hawaii for the most deserving person
in Central Alberta’ on Boxing Day rather
than choosing someone from their own so-
cial circles.
“It was a big debate between us whether
or not to create the page because really the
better way to give is to do it anonymously
without any praise or recognition for it,
but we chose to open it up to nominations
from others.”
The couple explained they believed the
page would be a way to give recognition to
a couple dozen or maybe 100 people, how-
ever they in no way expected the page to
reach a viral capacity.
“We wanted to create a space where the
nominees could see they are loved and ap-
preciated and thanked but it took off a lot
bigger than we expected.”
After being picked up by local, provin-
cial, national, and then international news
sources, the facebook page is now home to
over 10,000 nominations from individuals
hoping to share the stories of people doing
incredible work from around the world.
After seeing the volume of support from
the province, the giveaway was opened for
nominations to anyone living in Alberta.
Cody explained over 500 people have nomi-
nated one individual from the Edmonton
area, and another individual from the Bar-
rhead area has been nominated by over 200
people.
“We’ve had people say, ‘Well you’re just
doing that because you’re media hogs’,” he
said on the negative feedback he and Eva
have received.
“And that’s okay because if we can in-
spire even one other person then we can
handle people saying that.”
Their wish to inspire others was fulfi lled
with thousands of stories stemming from
the page including a police offi cer from
the Niagara Falls area who paid for a two-
night getaway, meal vouchers and activi-
ties for two people and is doing a similar
giveaway.
The woman is currently working with
Niagara businesses in hopes of being able
to extend the trip to a week.
“Although we are Christians – all that
we relate religiously to this contest is by
looking at how Christ lived and wanted
people to live in terms of being loving, car-
ing, forgiving, and selfl ess and say well,
those are pretty amazing qualities to have.
“But it doesn’t matter what faith or reli-
gion or beliefs you have as those qualities
can exist outside of religion. Some of our
leading contenders are actually atheists or
from different faiths and it just shows that
religion doesn’t need to be a factor in being
a good person.”
Cody and Eva hope to narrow down the
contestants to a handful of nominees and
then pick a winner from a hat in mid-Jan-
uary.
Free trip campaign continues to go viral
“AS FAR AS OUR LIVES GO WE’VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE, WE’VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD COME OUR WAY SO
WE WANTED TO PAY SOMETHING FORWARD AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT
AND DECIDED ON THE TRIP.”
CODY BOREK
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Red Deer Express 11
CHRISTMAS TREE PICKUP
Members of Red Deer Firefi ghters Children’s Char-ity will once again provide a voluntary Christmas tree pickup service to Red Deer homes.
Residents can place Christmas trees on their front lawn for pickup and volunteers will collect them over the next two weeks.
“Christmas tree pickup is not a City funded service, so we really rely on the generosity of Red Deerians’ donations to keep this an-nual campaign alive,” said Dan Henschel with Red Deer Firefi ghters Children’s Char-ity.
Donations to the Red Deer Firefi ghters Children’s Char-ity can be made directly to the fi refi ghter picking up your tree, or mailed in the pre-addressed envelope left in your mailbox.
Receipts are issued for donations upon request. Donations to the Red Deer Firefi ghters Children’s Char-ity are used to support local children’s charities.
“On behalf of the Red Deer Firefi ghters and Local 1190, we thank all residents for their continued support,” said Henschel.
WESTERNER DAYS RECOGNIZED
The Westerner Days Fair and Exposition has received an Award of Distinction for Communications in the fol-lowing categories, in Divi-sion 1 – Fairs with attendance up to 100,000 people: fi rst place – Overall Social Media Campaign; fi rst place - News-paper Ad – Black and White; second place - Single Bro-chure/Flyer; second place – Electronic Newsletter; sec-ond place – Promotional/ Ad-vertising Poster; third place – Promotional Advertising: Outdoor.
The awards were handed down from the International Association of Fairs and Ex-positions (IAFE) headquar-tered in Springfi eld, Mo.
There are a total of 21 award categories for the Communications Awards, each divided into fi ve divi-sions by attendance, that a Fair or Expo can enter.
The entries are evaluated and judged by a team of in-dustry leaders.
These individuals are se-lected from the membership of International Association of Fairs and Expositions, which has over 1,200 mem-bers from around the globe.
The awards were present-
ed during the Awards Recep-tion on Dec. 10th during the 124th annual IAFE Conven-tion held in Las Vegas.
LIBERACE TRIBUTE TICKETS AVAILABLE
A Tribute to Liberace Tour arrives in City Jan. 17th - Curtis Labelle, formerly of Red Deer, is set to star in the tribute.
A Tribute to Liberace runs Jan. 17th at the Welikoklad Event Centre.
Performance times run at
2 and 7:30 p.m. Known for his costumes,
stage sets and bigger than life personality, Liberace’s storied career stretched from the 1950s until his death in 1987 in Palm Springs, California.
Labelle’s show will capture songs from various periods of Liberace’s musical jour-ney.
To that end, he’s been pre-paring for the role – not just in intense piano preparation, but also in ensuring the show
is a tribute on virtually every level from the costuming to the in-between song banter to nailing the nuances of Lib-erace’s personality. The look will be inspired by his style during the early 1980s.
These days, Labelle lives in St. Albert, but he called Red Deer home for several years.
He has served as a direc-tor for companies in Alberta and the Yukon, including Central Alberta Theatre, Ig-nition Theatre, Tree House
Youth Theatre, Kompany! here in Red Deer. As a vo-cal coach and piano instruc-tor, Labelle was owner and operator of Labelle Studio of Music for six years in Red Deer as well. Labelle has also served as musical direc-tor in the theatre program at Visionary College, and he is the executive and artistic director of Mallard Theatre in Edmonton.
For tickets, visit www.blackknightinn.ca or call 403-755-6626.
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BUNDLED UP – Recent frigid temperatures and snowfall had Red Deerians bundled up when they ventured outdoors. Brian Downes made sure he was dressed appropriately before leav-ing his home earlier this week. Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
12 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
EVENTSThe Red Deer Public Library pres-
ents First Thursdays in the Snell on Jan. 8th, featuring pianist Ruston Vuori performing works of Brahms, Schubert, Chopin, Faure, and Debussy. Snell Au-ditorium, 12:15 – 1 p.m. Coffee and tea provided by Cafe Noir. No admission charge. Dona-tions accepted at the door.
Dance for the health of it. Promote smiles, laughter and health. Les-sons starting Jan. 12th. Clear-view Centre – 93 Cornett Dr. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Twelve weeks for $120 – fi rst lesson free. Con-tact Connie at 403-396-1523.
Tickets for the Sheraton Celebrity Dance Off 2015 on March 20th, 2015 will go on sale on Jan. 12th. Tickets are $200, $300 and $400 and are available from Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre at 4826 - 47 St. or by phoning 403-340-2606. Visit celebritydanceoff.ca.
Springbrook archery will be operating on Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Fridays 7-9 p.m. Memberships available.
Yoga continues Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Centre for Spiritual Living, and Saturdays at 10 a.m. $10/session. On Jan. 14th – 7 p.m. check out the Mind, Body and Soul Book Club. On Jan. 16th enjoy dinner and a movie - dinner is at 6 p.m. by dona-tion with the movie at 7 p.m.
Living Faith Lutheran Church - wel-comes everyone to our Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. We offer Traditional and Contempo-rary Service with Holy Commu-nion. Services held at Bethany Collegeside Red Deer College. For more information, contact Ralph at 403-347-9852.
Scottish Country Dancing has classes held weekly at Knox Presbyterian Church and go from September to May. A certi-fi ed teacher comes regularly from Edmonton to conduct the class. SCD is not Highland dancing but is more like square dancing. No partner needed, no need to be Scottish. For
more information, call 403-343-0975 or 403-347-0907 or visit www.reddeerscottish-countrydancers.weebly.com.
The Golden Circle is offering begin-ner Tai Chi starting Jan. 8th till March 26th. Classes are on Thursday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Cost is $30 for mem-bers or $55 for non-members. Please register at the front desk at 4620-47 A Ave. or call 403-343-6074 for more information.
Red Deer Justice Film Festival runs Jan. 23-25th. The seventh annu-al Red Deer Justice Film Festival will host 12 documentary fi lms over three days in January at the Red Deer College Margaret Parsons Theatre. These powerful
stories will foster awareness of injustices and indignities suf-fered around the world and pro-mote an understanding of what is possible when positive actions are taken, big or small. Each fi lm will be followed by a discussion and the opportunity to connect with a variety of associated organizations that will have their displays in the NGO village. The Hearts of Women have once again taken on the organizing of the festival as part of their own desire to advocate the understanding of social justice issues in a way that may inspire taking responsibility and action. Check out www.justicefi lmfes-tival.ca for more information.
Tickets are now available (via the music room at HHHS) for the annual high school swing dance (and dinner) to be held on Feb. 27th at Festival Hall. Dinner and dance with three live jazz bands - always a highlight of the year! For additional informa-
tion, contact Mr. Greg Wheeler at [email protected] or 403-342-6655 ext. 1313.
The Golden Circle is offering intermediate Tai Chi till March 23rd. Classes are on Monday evenings from 6:30pm – 8 p.m. Cost is $40 for members or $65 for non-members. Please register at the front desk at 4620-47 A Ave. or call 403-343-6074 for more information.
Robbie Burns’ Night supper – hosted by the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band runs Jan. 24th at the Royal Canadian Legion. Join us for cocktails from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by a traditional Robbie Burns supper: turkey, roastit bub-bly jock wi’ stuffi n intilt, champit
tatties and mashed neeps, gravy, haggis and apple pie. There will be a cash bar available. Special events include piping in of the Haggis, the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band, Highland Dancers and more. Tickets are available from any Pipe Band member or the front desk of the Red Deer Legion for $30 per person and should be purchased in advance. For more information call Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.
Real Men Sing Barbershop! The Wild Rose Harmonizers Barbershop Chorus is a chorus for males of all ages who love to sing four-part a cappella harmony. We are a proud member of the Barber-shop Harmony society providing entertainment at seniors’ lodges, hospitals and numerous com-munity and private functions throughout the year. No experi-ence is required, just a love to sing. Join us on Tuesday evening, rehearsals from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Davenport Church of Christ
(#68 Donlevy Ave.) For informa-tion, call David at 403-342-1318 or email [email protected]. Visit www.harmonizers.ca.
Love to sing? Hearts of Harmony, a chapter of Sweet Adelines Inter-national, is an a cappella chorus for women of all ages who love to sing and harmonize. Rehears-als are Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Davenport Church of Christ (68 Donlevy Ave.) Join us any Monday night, you will be welcomed. For the month of September the group will host an open house every Monday. Experience the joyful sound of four-part harmony with a group of wonderful women. For more information, call Nancy at 403-357-8240, or
our director, Sheryl @403-742-4218 or check out our web site at www.heartsofharmony.ca.
Learn to foxtrot, two-step, polka, waltz, and more. Town and Coun-try Dance Club has started dance lessons. A Step Above Basic at 7 p.m. followed by Basic Social Dance at 8 p.m. Classes run for six weeks in Red Deer. Only $35 per person. For more informa-tion and to pre-register call Doug or Doris at 403-728-3333 or email [email protected].
Dances sponsored by the Central Alberta Singles. Everyone is welcome – married couples are welcome as well. Lunch will be provided. Dances run at the Innisfail Legion Hall. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with music starting at 8 p.m. For informa-tion, call Jim at 403-638-6563 or Murray at 403-357-8022. Everyone is welcome.
Sit and Be Fit is held every
Wednesday from 10:45 – 11:30 a.m. There is a drop in fee of $2. Whist is held on the second and fourth Friday of each month starting at 1 p.m. There is a fee of $2. Bridge singles meet on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. There is a fee of $2. Bridge partners meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. There is a fee of $3. Golden Circle 4620-47 A Ave. 403-343-6074.
Lincoln Hall Society dinner theatre presents Davy the Punk by Bob Bossin on Feb. 7th. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with supper from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Show is at 8 p.m. All tickets $45. Advance only by Feb 5th. For tickets email Kathy or call 782 -4194.
The Senior Citizens Downtown House has cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3. Whist runs every Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Fun Contact Bridge runs every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Cost is $3 as well for both of these activities. For more infor-mation, call 403-346-4043.
Cards at the Golden Circle. Join us for Canasta on Mondays at 1 p.m. Drop in fee $1. Wednes-day afternoons at 1 p.m. join us for Singles Bridge. Drop in fee of $2. Partner Bridge is played the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Drop in fee of $3. Eu-chre is played the fi rst and third Friday of the month at 1 p.m. Drop in fee of $2. Join us for scrabble Friday’s starting at 1 p.m. Drop in fee of $1.
Thursday night dances con-tinue at the Golden Circle at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7. 403-346-3896, 403-347-6165 or 403-342-2875.
Do you have an interest in singing for seniors? The Tony Con-nelly Singers celebrate their goal by preparing 10 programs each year fi lled with oldies, newer music, sing-a-long and instrumental highlights with a friendly, easygoing atmosphere. We practice from 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday morning, Septem-ber to June at the Downtown House Seniors Centre and average four to fi ve sing outs monthly. We welcome anyone to take part. 403-346-7316.
Old-time dances run at the Red
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Deer Legion every Wednes-day evening. Smorg at 5 p.m. with dance at 7 p.m. Cover charge $7. Country music runs Friday and Saturday evenings 7 to 11 p.m. 403-342-0035.
Meat draw every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Red Deer Elks Lodge. 403-346-3632.
The MS Whisky Festival runs Jan. 13th - the Red Deer Whisky Fes-tival, in support of the MS Soci-ety of Central Alberta, will take you on a world journey of dis-tilleries! The event takes place at the Red Deer Golf & Country Club. This is a unique chance to taste whiskies from afar and meet/talk directly to distillery representatives. With already over 14 distilleries confi rmed, there is something for every-one! Funds raised at the event help us provide much needed services in the community for those affected by MS, as well as help fund ground-breaking research dedicated to fi nding a cure. Book your tickets now, and travel the world with us…in a “spirited” way! Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre.
The Lindsay Thurber Career Centre is working with the RTD Learning Organization to offer students in Grade 12 level diploma courses a one-weekend intensive review diploma prep course called Rock the Diploma. On Jan. 9th-11th, there’s Social 30 and English 30. On Jan. 16th-18th, there’s Biology 30, Match 30th-31st (Session A). On Jan. 23rd-25th, there is Math 30-1 (Session B, Math 30-2, Physics 30 and Chemistry 30). For more information, call 403-356-5315.
Daytime Documentaries runs Jan. 14th from 2 -4:30 p.m. in the Red Deer Public Library, downtown branch, Waskasoo Meeting Room. Martin Strel, Slovenian national hero and B-grade action fi lm star, is also an ultra-marathon swimmer who holds several Guinness World Records. Now the overweight, hard drinking fi fty-something has the world’s most dangerous river in his sights: he wants to swim all 5,400 kilometres of the Amazon. Join us for this excel-lent documentary fi lm and enjoy coffee or tea with us. A discus-sion facilitated by a staff mem-ber will follow the fi lm. Everyone
is welcome. For more informa-tion, contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.
Alberta Health Services is invit-ing local individuals to attend supportive health information workshops that are helping Albertans make positive adjust-ments to their lifestyles. The workshops are offered as part of the Alberta Healthy Living Program (AHLP). The assort-ment of AHLP workshops cover a range of information, including heart health, weight manage-ment, nutrition, diabetes care, chronic illness management and more. All sessions are led by AHS professionals who share their expertise in group discus-sions and provide support and
encouragement to participants. Each workshop is free of charge. For more information, or to register for a workshop, please call 1-877-314-6997. To access the full schedule of upcoming sessions throughout Central Alberta visit http://www.alber-tahealthservices.ca/ev/ne-ev-cdm-calendar-2014-summer.pdf.
Red Deer Garden Clubs next meet-ing is on Jan. 15th at 7 p.m. at Kerrywood Nature Centre. Guest speaker is Serena Zwicker of Parkland Nurseries. Topic is on Landscape Design Principles.
On May 20th at 7 p.m. at Golden Circle, Lyndon Penner, Horticul-tural consultant from Calgary will be talking on Trees and shrubs for the Red Deer area. You can get more information on Lyndon on his blog www.jadecypress.wordpress.com.
Check out web site www.red-deergardenclub.ca. Tickets available in February.
Central Alberta Historical Society meeting runs Jan. 21st at 7 p.m. at Red Deer Museum 4525 47A Ave. Topic: History of Lindsay Thurber High School. Speaker: Paul Gowans. Everyone wel-come. For further information contact Faye at 403-343-1881.
A meeting of the Alberta Dahlia & Gladiolus Society is planned for Jan. 25th at 2 p.m. at the Eastview Estates Community Centre, 120 Ellenwood Dr. This meeting will include a slide show of the top 50 dahlias, informa-tion on soil preparation for spring planting and information on
ordering dahlia tubers and glad corms. Come and join us! For fur-ther information contact Larry Quintilio at 403-346-8401 or email [email protected].
Powered By Breathing. What would you do if you could breathe bet-ter? Join us to learn and share tips on how to live a better life with a chronic lung disorder. The local Lung Support Group meets every Thursday afternoons 1:30-2:30 p.m. For information contact Barb at 403-343-0804 or Mac at 403-347-2191.
The Red Deer Culture Club is for people who want to get out and embrace all that Red Deer has to offer, whether your are new to the City or just looking to broaden your circle of friends. We do walking, movies, din-ners out, cultural events, music, festivals, book club, crafts, and many other things. Check out our calendar of past and future events, then jump in, be active,
and make new friends. Check us out at http://www.meetup.com/Red-Deer-Culture-Club/.
YARD Yoga Studio: Red Deer’s ONLY Not-for-Profi t Yoga Studio! Registration is NOW open for our WINTER Session. Classes run through to March 13th. A variety of classes and styles for all levels… including Hatha, Power, Yin, Kundalini, iRest-orative, Yoga for BACKS, Nidra, Yoga Melt, and Gentle/Modifi ed. 403-350-5830. [email protected] www.reddeeryoga.ca.
Taoist Tai Chi – Experience a relaxing, holistic low impact exercise at our location in the Port O Call Centre, #100 4419 50 Ave. Beginner sessions start
Jan. 12th. Also, consider Health Recovery classes available; these classes are designed for people with chronic illness such as MS, arthritis, stroke or recovering from surgery. Tai Chi classes also in Lacombe, Innisfail and Rimbey. Phone 403-346-6772 for class times and more information.
Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing diffi culty with eating behaviours. No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188.
The Red Deer Celiac Support Group will holding our meetings the third Tuesday of the month at Sobeys South, 5211–22 St. in Red Deer. We offer information and support on celiac symptoms, diagnosing, gluten free diet and products. The group also has an awareness table set up at the
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Red Deer hospital the fourth Tuesday of every month as well. For information call Clarice at 403-341-4351. There are also support groups in Rocky Mountain House and Stettler.
TOPS – Take off Pounds Sensi-bly – we meet every Monday in the basement of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Weigh-in occurs between 6 and 6:45 p.m., program starts from 7 to 8 p.m. Drop in for a free evening or call Sharon at 403-309-2395 (evenings).
Legion Ladies Auxiliary monthly meetings run the fi rst Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Alberta Room, Red Deer Legion.
Are you having problems with someone else’s drinking? We are an anonymous group of men and women who can offer encouragement and support. Call Al-Anon Family groups at 403-346-0320 for a list of meetings in Red Deer and the surrounding area.
Writers’ Ink, the Red Deer and District writers group for authors of all genres 18 years and older meets every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Small member-ship and drop-in fees apply. First three visits free. For more info contact Carol Ritten Smith at 403-350-7480 or by email at [email protected].
Gamblers Anonymous meetings are Wednesdays’ at 7 p.m. in the Red Deer Regional Hospital (3942-50 Ave.) south complex, lower level rooms 503 and 504. Gamblers Anonymous phone number is 403-986-0017.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is a 12-step support group offering a solution for all forms of food addiction. No dues, fees or weigh-in. Central Alberta groups meet in Red Deer, Lacombe and Rimbey. For locations and dates, call Joanne at 403-314-1972.
The Red Deer Pottery Club meets Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Contour Studio at the Recreation Centre, down-stairs. New members always welcome. For more information call Sharon at 403-347-8061 or Karen at 403-347-0600.
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Although the event is
still four years away, there
is a lot of justifi able pride
and excitement over Red
Deer being named as the
host city for the 2019 Cana-
da Winter Games.
A look back to more than
20 years ago, to the year
1994, shows how much of
an impact hosting major
sports events can have on
a community like Red Deer.
The roots of the banner
year of 1994 actually go
back to 1991 when the $23
million coliseum, the Cen-
trium, was completed on
the Westerner grounds.
The acquisition of this
major sporting and exhi-
bition facility was a huge
boost to Red Deer’s ability
to host national and inter-
national events.
Shortly after the Cen-
trium was completed, Red
Deer was named the host
city for the 1994 Labatt’s
Brier.
Red Deer had been able
to edge out the competing
communities of Brandon,
Charlottetown, Kamloops
and Victoria because of
the quality and size of the
Centrium. Red Deer’s loca-
tion, halfway between the
two metropolitan centres
of Calgary and Edmonton
was another major advan-
tage.
The Red Deer Brier Soci-
ety did an excellent job of
preparing for the national
curling championship.
Well over $1.2 million
was raised. More than 1,000
volunteers were recruit-
ed. When the Brier com-
menced on March 6, 1994,
Red Deer was ready.
More than 130,000 tickets
were sold, second only to
the record set at the Sas-
katoon Brier in 1989 when
151,000 tickets were sold.
As often happens, there
was some razzing by a few
in the sports media. They
took delight in nicknaming
the event as the ‘Redneck’
Brier.
However, very quickly,
the only red that was ap-
parent was the red on those
reporters’ faces.
The Red Deer Brier was
a smashing success. The
ticket sales were not the
only thing that was out-
standing. An estimated 1.5
million viewers watched
the fi nal championship
game on television.
Moreover, while many
national sporting events
are run at a fi nancial loss,
the Red Deer Brier made
a profi t of $650,000, more
than triple the original es-
timate of $200,000.
In the fall of 1994, the
second big sporting event
was held at the Centrium -
the Sun Life Skate Canada
International Skating Com-
petition.
This was the fi rst inter-
national fi gure skating
event ever held in Red Deer.
As such, it attracted sev-
eral fi gure skating stars
from across the globe,
including Canada’s own
champion, Elvis Stojko.
The event was another
enormous success, in a
large part due to the hun-
dreds of volunteers who
were recruited to help.
Once again, Red Deer
garnered very favourable
national and international
media attention.
At the end of December
and into January 1995, the
main games of the World
Junior Hockey Champion-
ship were held at the Cen-
trium.
Other matches were
played in other Alberta
communities including
Calgary and Edmonton. In
all, 28 games were played
with a total attendance of
128,467.
The real cap to the suc-
cess of the tournament
came when Canada won its
third straight world junior
hockey championship at a
sell-out game at the Cen-
trium.
Unfortunately, there was
one incident that threat-
ened to mar the success of
the event.
Members of the Russian,
Czech and German teams
had their hotel rooms
robbed.
However, full compensa-
tion was quickly offered to
the players for their losses.
For many years, Red
Deer basked in the glow of
the wonderful successes
of the 1994-1995 national
and international sporting
events.
Red Deer had truly
earned a major spot on
the Canadian sports scene.
Moreover, the enormous
volunteer commitment to
all three events led to the
offi cial designation of Red
Deer in 1995 as ‘The Com-
munity of Volunteers’.
Red Deer’s great sports year of 1994
SUCCESS - Red Deer’s Championship Curling Team, 1915. From left - Rev. W.G. Brown, Art Mann, Hugh Clarke and R.B. Welliver. Red Deer has long been a leader in sports and recre-ation but 1994 was a stand-out year for Red Deer with three national and international sporting events.
photo courtesy of the Red Deer and District Archives P2222
Michael
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BY KALISHA MENDONSARed Deer Express
Artists and art fans will
gather this week at the
Scott Block Theatre for an-
other round of Art Battle, a
fast-paced, competitive na-
tional painting experience.
Each month a host of
cities across Canada chal-
lenge artists to work with-
in a 20-minute space and
create a piece that is then
judged against the others.
On Jan. 9th, doors will open
at 7 p.m. with art starting at
8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and
can be purchased on art-
battle.ca or at the doors.
“These events are ac-
cessible to people and are
bringing in a younger gen-
eration of artists. There
are some other art shows
and art events but I think
they play to a different
crowd. Art Battle brings it
to reality that anybody can
be an artist,” said Desiree
Marshall, one of the local
organizers for the events.
“These events show that
people can express them-
selves through art in more
than a calm, behind-the-
scenes way. Art battles are
intense – I don’t even paint
and I feel nervous for the
artists because the battles
are only 20 minutes and
you can feel the intensity.”
Art Battle is a Canadian
organization that began
a few years ago and now
holds events from Prince
George to Vancouver.
Audiences vote for win-
ners of the battles across
three rounds of public
painting. There are win-
ners of each round and
then a single event winner.
At the end of each ‘battle
season’ there is a national
competition with competi-
tors representing a multi-
tude of Canadian cities.
“So far there are a lot of
the same people, but we’re
defi nitely getting some new
people interested in trying.
The last art battle, there
were some people with
a high, high level of art
skills and then there were
people who were not at that
same level, but still really
enjoyed the challenge of
fi nishing that piece,” said
Marshall.
“I think that it’s encour-
aging people to try, even if
they might not think they
are up to it. What’s nice
about 20 minutes is that
you don’t have to feel like it
has to be a perfect picture,
because you only have so
little time. Your piece of art
may not be amazing to one
person, but to someone else
it is.”
Marshall describes the
events as intense and ex-
citing. She said that even
spectators can feel like
they’re involved because
they are so close to the ac-
tion, and the atmosphere is
full of energy.
“We do this so that ev-
eryone feels like they can
take part. You can be any-
one and you can come and
watch or you could be any-
one and come and paint.
People should defi nitely
know that if they are a
struggling artist, there
are so many resources in
and around Red Deer that
can provide comfort for
them. If they want to try to
put themselves out there,
even if it’s not through art
battle, there are resources
available through our team
and through Art Battle.”
Art Battle returns to Red Deer this weekend
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Training will be provided. Seniors are also encouraged to
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A non-denominational social service agency is seek-
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H Barlem, [email protected] or
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Red Deer Express 19
Rebels continue to battle at season’s mid-point
Story and photos by Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
Across the nation, Canadians have been on
the edges of their seats watching as the Ca-
nadian World Juniors hockey team faced off
against opposing nations in hopes of being crowned
the 2015 World Junior Hockey champions.
Millions tuned in Monday night as Canada took
on their long-time rivals, Russia, in the gold medal
game, which took place at the Air Canada Centre
in Toronto.
Prior to Canada’s big win, Red Deer’s own
junior hockey team faced off against the
Kootenay Ice at the Enmax Centrium last
Friday night. The Ice took the win with
a fi nal score of 5-3.
Rebels right wing Brooks Max-
well took the lead scoring title
for the Rebels with two goals
during the match against the
Ice, followed by Riley Sheen
who scored the Rebels only
other goal of the evening.
The Rebels took to the road last Saturday
night to take on the Lethbridge Hurricanes where
they battled to take home a win with a fi nal score 3-2.
The Hurricanes came out strong on their home
ice with two goals early on in the fi rst period, how-
ever the Rebels rallied with a comeback to tie the
game 2-2 by the end of the third period with goals
from Rebels defenseman Nelson Nogier and centre
Presten Kopeck.
The game ended in a shoot out with Rebels goalie
Taz Burman stopping fi ve of the six shots, and Reb-
els defenseman Brett Cote scoring the winning goal
in the shoot out.
Up next the Rebels will travel to Cranbrook for
a rematch against the Kootenay Ice Friday night,
then return home on Saturday to take on the
Brandon Wheat Kings at 7 p.m.
PUSHING FORWARD – Rebels defense-man Colton Bobyk moves the puck up the ice.
FAST FEET – Rebels left wing Riley Sheen hurries past a pair of
Kootenay Ice defenders.
TO THE NET - Brooks Maxwell hustles past a Kootenay Ice defender to score the fi rst goal of the night for the Rebels in the fi rst period of play.
SHARP STOP – Tyler Sandhu, Rebels right wing, comes to an icy stop while facing a tight defense
from a Kootenay Ice defender.
SETTING UP – Centre for the Rebels, Adam Musil brings the puck around the corner of the
ice and behind the net to set up the play.
20 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
38106 Range Road 275, Red Deer County, AB T4S 2L9 WWW.RDCOUNTY.CA Ph: 403-350-2150 Fx: 403-346-9840 A great place to live, work & grow
Notice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the Council of Red Deer County will consider the following bylaws.
Bylaw No. 2014/2.06 to redesignate Pt NE 18-38-26-4 (33.7 hectares / 83.4 acres) from Agricultural District “Ag” to Country Residential District “R-1” as indicated below:
The property is located approximately ½ mile east of the City of Red Deer, south of Hwy 11 and east of the Herder subdivision. The permitted and discretionary uses and other matters presently applicable to “Ag” and “R-1” districts are contained in the Red Deer County Land Use Bylaw No. 2006/6.
Bylaw No. 2014/36 to adopt a Local Area Structure Plan for NE 16-35-28-4.
The purpose of this application is to facilitate the subdivision of a 10-acre parcel located in the southeast corner of the quarter section into three agricultural parcels to be used for residential purposes The property is located approximately 1 mile east of Innisfail on Rge Rd 283 south of Hwy 590.
A PUBLIC HEARING prior to further consideration of the proposed bylaws WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, County Office, 38106 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, Alberta (west of Hwy 2 on 32 Street / C&E Trail Overpass).
The hearing will be conducted under the chairmanship of the County Mayor for the purpose of hearing comments on the proposed bylaws.
The hearing will be informal with persons wishing to speak being recognized through the Chair. Presenters will be requested to state their name and address for the record.
If you prefer to submit comments on the bylaws in writing, the information you provide may be made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The public may inspect:- a copy of the proposed LASP and corresponding bylaw- a copy of the amending Bylaw No. 2014/2.06- a copy of the Land Use Bylaw No. 2006/6by visiting our website at www.rdcounty.ca orat the County office located at 38106 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, Alberta, during regular office hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MONDAY through FRIDAY.
On the 6th day of January, 2015, under provisions of the Land Use Bylaw 2006/6, Red Deer County Municipal Planning Commission issued decisions approving the following applications:
PERMITTED USE
WEST OF RED DEER1. J. Veroba – 13-metre relaxation to the setback dis tance from a water body for a proposed single detached dwelling with an attached garage on Pt SW 15-38-28-4 (Sylvan Creek Estates).
NW OF SPRINGBROOK2. L. & D. Neufeld – location of an accessory building within the front yard on Lot 13, Blk 2, Plan 002-3814, SE 22-37-28-4 (River Country Estates).
SOUTH OF RED DEER3. Red Deer Station – 50 m2 relaxation to the minimum landscaping area for a proposed commercial build ing on Lot 11, Blk B, Plan 142-3128, SE 29-37-27-4 (Gasoline Alley West).
4. Blue Flame Manufacturing – temporary location of an accessory building (tent structure) within the front yard with a 12-metre front yard setback relaxation on Lot 27, Blk 1, Plan 082-9620, SE 33-37-27-4 (Piper Creek Business Park).
DISCRETIONARY USE
SOUTH OF RED DEER1. Allan Dale Trailers and RVs – temporary loca tion of Recreation Vehicle Sales over 13,000 lbs on Lot 14, Blk 1, Plan 062-1160, NE 20-37-27-4 (Gaso line Alley West).
SOUTH OF SYLVAN LAKE2. Fonda Enterprises – Home Business Major (Plumbing Business) on Lot 9, Blk 1, Plan 952-2606, SE 27-38-1-5.
NW OF SPRINGBROOK3. Zax Auto Recreational and Equipment Sales – Home Business Major (Automotive Repair and Sales Busi ness) on Pt SE 22-37-28-4.
The Municipal Government Act provides that any person(s) may appeal a Discretionary Use approval within 14 days of the date of the decision being advertised by paying the required appeal fee and by filing an appeal in writing against the decision with the Red Deer County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, 38106 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, Alberta. A Permitted Use approval may not be appealed unless the decision involves a relaxation, variance or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. For further information, contact Planning & Development Services at 403-350-2170.
Date Advertised: January 7, 2014.
AMENDMENT TO LAND USE BYLAW 2006/6
PUBLIC NOTICES
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Redesignate33.7 ha/ 83.4 acresfrom Agricultural District "AG"to County Residential District "R-1"
Bylaw No. 2014/2.06Schedule 'A'
ADOPT A LOCAL AREA STRUCTURE PLAN
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MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS
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ENTERTAINMENTCanadian country singer Chad
Brownlee joins forces with Bobby
Wills and Jess Moskaluke on the
‘When The Lights Go Down Tour’
which arrives in Red Deer March
24th at Cowboys.
“It is a huge privilege to be
going across this great country,
headlining this tour,” explains
Brownlee.
“Jess Moskaluke and Bobby
Wills are two of Canada’s fi nest
musical talents, both are taking
the country world by storm and I
am so honoured they can join me
on this tour.
“The crowd can expect a show
you’ve never seen from me be-
fore, a show that people will re-
member for a long time. I can’t
wait to hit the road and see all
my amazing fans that have been
such a huge part of my success.”
A singer, songwriter, philanthro-
pist and one-time NHL draft pick,
the Vancouver-based Brownlee is
indeed a man of many talents.
He also received his fi rst Juno
Award nomination for the 2013
Country Album of the Year. His
latest disc, The Fighters, was re-
leased last June.
Brownlee’s love for music
stretches back to his youth.
His parents had him in piano
lessons early on, and he later
picked up the tenor sax and then
opted for guitar. He was well into
hockey at this point as well.
When he began university at
19, a gift for songwriting started
to emerge.
But as his hockey career pro-
gressed, (Brownlee was a sixth
round NHL draft pick for the
Vancouver Canucks in 2003) re-
peated shoulder injuries proved
an obstacle and he came to a kind
of crossroads. “That’s when I had
the revelation of ‘why am I doing
this?’ All I wanted to do was hit
the showers and go home. I knew
that life is too short to do some-
thing you don’t enjoy. So I made
the conscious decision to change
that.”
His gift for songwriting was
fi rst acknowledged when he was
nominated for the NCAA Hock-
ey Humanitarian Award for his
song The Hero I See in his fourth
year at Minnesota State Univer-
sity. His debut CD was released
in 2010. Meanwhile, 2013 kicked
off with a bang for Moskaluke
when she released her single Hit
N’ Run’ to Canadian radio.
A small town gal from Langen-
burg, SK, she celebrated her fi rst
Saskatchewan Country Music
Association Award for Female
Vocalist of the Year.
Of German/Ukrainian heri-
tage, she is a Saskatchewan na-
tive, born and raised in the town
of Langenburg. When she is
not touring, she splits her time
between her home base in Sas-
katchewan and the U.S. writing in
Nashville alongside the Identical
Entertainment team.
And last but certainly not least,
Wills’s last CD Crazy Enough is
an intense mixture of rock-in-
spired country tracks featuring a
musical attack of the senses with
percussion, electric and acoustic
guitars, balanced with his signa-
ture melodic harmonies and lyri-
cal story-telling.
As he spent countless hours in
studio completing his new album,
Wills enjoyed a memorable year
winning the 2013 Canadian Coun-
try Music Award Rising Star title
and the Alberta Country Music
Associations Male Artist of the
Year award, topping off the year
signing with MDM Recordings
Inc. (Universal Music).
Following a dare while travel-
ing in Australia, and an unexpect-
ed phone call, the course of Wills
life would literally change for-
ever. “We were at an open mic
night and my buddy bet me $20
that I wouldn’t get up and sing
with the band, so I did,” Wills
says of the Australian trip. “I
sang The Dance by Garth Brooks
and there was a reaction from the
crowd that I didn’t anticipate. It
was amazing. I’d always poked
around music but I’d never put
any real effort into it, so I started
to learn to play guitar while I was
over there.”
Falling in love with music he
invested years in perfecting his
craft, releasing his debut album
Man With No Past yielded the
Billboard Country Top 40 single
A Little More Time (a major feat
for a completely independent art-
ist), with his second album If It
Was That Easy received acclaim
throughout the 2013 awards sea-
son.
- Weber
‘When the Lights Go Down Tour’ heads to CityShow features country singers Chad Brownlee, Jess Moskaluke and Bobby Wills
HITTING THE ROAD - Country singer Chad Brownlee will be joined by Jess Moskaluke and Bobby Wills on the When the Lights Go Down Tour, which arrives in Red Deer March 24th. photo submitted
22 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015ENTERTAINMENT
Next up for the Red Deer
Symphony Orchestra is the
‘Romance of Chopin’, set
for Jan. 17th at the College
Arts Centre.
Showtime is 8 p.m.
The concert features spe-
cial guest Mikolaj Warszyn-
ski in one of his specialty
pieces: Chopin’s beautiful-
ly romantic Second Piano
Concerto.
Other concert highlights
include Sibelius’ Valse
Triste and Johann Chris-
tian Bach’s - Sinfonia Con-
certante in E Flat Major.
Warszynski has per-
formed as piano soloist in
Austria, the U.S., Holland,
Italy, Poland, South Korea
and Canada; in such halls
as the Laurenskerk Ca-
thedral in Rotterdam, the
Leopold Mozart Saal in Sal-
zburg, the Rolston Recital
Hall in Banff, the Place des
Arts & the Chapelle Histo-
rique in Montreal.
He is equally comfortable
in the music of the classical
repertoire as well as the ba-
roque and contemporary,
and is versatile as a soloist
and chamber musician.
As part of the celebra-
tions associated with the
Chopin bicentennial, he
performed the music of
Chopin in recitals and lec-
tures across Canada, as
well as having premiered
the F minor Chopin Con-
certo in the string quintet
version on numerous occa-
sions. Besides his engage-
ment here in Red Deer, he
has also been invited to
perform with Kielce Phil-
harmonic Orchestra in Po-
land this year among other
opportunities.
And in duo together with
pianist Zuzana Simurdova,
Warszynski has also been
invited this summer to the
Janacek Hukvaldy Sum-
mer Festival in the Czech
Republic, as well as the Ed-
monton Recital Society of
Canada in the next season.
A tour of China is sched-
uled for the 2015 season as
well.
Warszynski was born in
Gdansk, Poland and immi-
grated to Canada with his
family at the age of four.
He completed his un-
dergraduate studies at
the University of Alberta
with Marek Jablonski, and
made his debut with the
Edmonton Symphony Or-
chestra performing Ludwig
van Beethoven’s Third Pia-
no Concerto.
Warszynski continued
studies at the Conservatory
of Music in Rotterdam with
Aquiles Delle Vigne in the
Netherlands, receiving a
Neuimejer scholarship and
awarded a Sauter grand
piano on loan from the Na-
tional Instrument Founda-
tion in Amsterdam.
He fi nished both his mas-
ters and doctorate of music
degrees at the University
of Montreal with Marc Du-
rand and Paul Stewart, on
scholarship from the Fonds
de recherche sur la société
et la culture du Quebec in
support of his research on
the piano works of Karol
Szymanowski.
As of March 2013,
Warszynski had accepted
a post as a full-time piano
professor at the Catholic
University of Daegu in
South Korea, and recently
as visiting piano professor
at the Seoul Conservatory
of music.
Most recently, he had
been invited to teach pia-
no mastercourses at the
Flaine Academy in the
French Alps last summer.
As for the program,
RDSO Music Director
Claude Lapalme said that
Bach’s Sinfonia Concer-
tante in E-Flat Major fea-
tures two clarinets, two
horns, one fl ute and one
bassoon as ‘obbligato’ in-
struments.
“Like Mozart, Johann
Christian Bach (son of Jo-
hann Sebastian Bach), be-
came enamored with the
clarinet, but the rather
simple clarinet parts in
this charming work point
to the possibility that the
instruments were quite
new in London, and that
the instrumentalists avail-
able to Bach may not have
been as adept as those Mo-
zart had in Vienna or the
Stamitz Brothers had in
Mannheim.
“Nevertheless, the co-
lour of the instrument
greatly enhances this tune-
ful symphony,
“The fl ute has a par-
ticularly lovely solo in the
second movement and the
fi nal minuet foreshadows
Mozart rather exquisitely,”
he notes.
As for Chopin’s Piano
Concerto No. 2 in F Minor,
Lapalme explains that the
piece shows that Chopin,
who wrote it in his late
teens, was already, “Writ-
ing with a sure hand as
well as with originality and
inspiration.”
His works had resulted
in some pretty key critical
praise from the likes of an-
other legend – Schumann.
“The F minor Concerto,
with its irresistible style
and its wealth of inven-
tion, is ample proof of
Schumann’s foresight and
judgment.” Next up for the
RDSO is the ‘Brandenburg
Project’, to be presented
April 25th on the College
Arts Centre mainstage as
well.
Tickets are available by
calling 403-755-6626 or by
going online at www.bk-
ticketcentre.ca.
- Weber
RDSO presents the ‘Romance of Chopin’
Madchild from Swollen Members will be
heading to Red Deer Jan. 17th for a show at
Wild Bills, along with the newest signing
artist to his Battleaxe label, Demrick.
Madchild’s newest disc, Losing Focus, is
set to be released in February.
Since the 2012 release of his debut solo
album Dope Sick, Madchild (Shane Bun-
ting) has refused to rest.
Following near-constant touring, the
Vancouver-based emcee released his soph-
omore album, Lawn Mower Man, in the
summer of 2013.
Switched On was released just last year.
After many years of success with Swol-
len Members, Madchild branched out cre-
atively to become a solo artist and was re-
warded with the highest chart position of
his career as Dope Sick, debuted at number
three on the Canadian Billboard Top 200
and #7 on the U.S. Heatseekers chart.
Madchild wasted no time taking to the
road on a sold-out Canadian tour along-
side Tech N9ne, which he immediately
followed-up with a 40-date headlining tour
across the country performing to packed
venues.
He also capped off an amazing year with
a Juno Award nomination for Dope Sick
in the category of ‘Rap Recording of the
Year’, as well as nomination for ‘Hip-Hop
Video of the Year’ at the 2013 Much Music
Video Awards.
Creating music has been, in many ways,
a source of healing for Bunting.
With Dope Sick, Bunting chose to be an
open book about his addiction experiences
and is grateful to a tight circle of family
and friends – and the powerful impact of
music – for his recovery.
The turning point came one day when
his left arm was numb and his lips turned
blue as his body fi nally gave up from three
years of opiate abuse. He was rushed to
emergency. After he stabilized, the pain-
ful truth surfaced about the grip that ad-
diction had on him at the time, and what it
had cost him.
Bunting opted to remove himself from
temptation by hunkering down in his
home studio secluded from the outside
world. For the next 10 months, he wrote
and recorded Dope Sick.
Looking back, his love for music sur-
faced early on. “I love music. A lot of guys
really like sports. I could just never under-
stand it. It would be such a great way to
socialize with new people I’ve met, but for
some reason I just can’t get into it. Some-
thing in my brain doesn’t click to make it
exciting for me to watch.”
Enter the charms of music. It proved
a source of strength during his younger
years as well. Pursuing music as a career
didn’t really occur to him until early adult-
hood.
Along came the formation of Swollen
Members, which was founded in the mid-
1990s by Bunting, Prevail (Kiley Hendriks)
and Moka Only (Daniel Denton).
A critically-acclaimed debut CD, Bal-
ance, was released in 1999.
Next up, the group released Bad Dreams
in 2001 and Monsters in the Closet in 2002.
Their next project, Heavy, was released in
2003.
Dagger Mouth hit shelves in 2011, Beau-
tiful Death Machine in 2013 and last year
saw the release of Brand New Day.
Madchild includes City while promoting solo CD
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With the New Year well on the way,
many of you are going to be starting to
think about what you should be setting as
a New Year’s resolution. Many of you will
be making those goals health and fi tness
related and that’s awesome!
Heck, getting a few fi tness classes booked
or starting at a local gym is great fi rst step!
But there is much more that needs to hap-
pen for you to be successful long term.
As you go about setting your resolutions
however, there are a few important things
that you should be keeping in mind at all
times.
The fi rst thing that you should do to en-
sure that you set yourself up for success
is to set multiple goals to work towards.
When all you have is one goal in place, then
if you aren’t making fast progress towards
this goal, you’re far more likely to become
demotivated to continue.
If you have a few goals you’re striving to
reach however, then you can focus on a dif-
ferent goal if one isn’t quite progressing as
you had hoped.
Chances are good at least one goal will
be moving forward, so that can help give
you encouragement to keep up with your
efforts. Patting yourself on the back for
smaller goals will be great motivation!
Next, also be sure that you set both short
and long term goals. Some people make the
mistake of only setting long term goals,
but this can set them up for problems be-
cause at times, it’s hard to see the light at
the end of the tunnel.
Short term goals keep you focused with
each passing week that goes by and will
ensure that you stay the course with your
program. Short term goals should be step-
ping stones along the way to your longer
term goal, so make sure that they are for-
mulated properly.
The next important thing that you must
do as you set your goals for your fi tness
program is to stay realistic. Many people
often feel highly inspired at this time of
the year and tend to think they’re going to
make big and dramatic changes.
While it’s true that you may put in a bit
more effort now than you have before as it
feels like a ‘fresh start’, don’t overdo your
goal set.
Be realistic as to what you can likely ac-
complish. Look at what you have been able
to accomplish in the past and build on that
slightly.
Remember that those who stay realistic
and take smaller steps often do far better
than those who try and make dramatic
changes and strive towards a goal that’s
just a little too intense for what they’re ca-
pable of. Setting that type of goal will likely
just leave you feeling frustrated and more
likely to fall off the fi tness bandwagon.
The next vital thing you must do as you
go about your fi tness program is set some
good rewards. When you have a good re-
ward system in place, you’re going to feel
that much more accomplished after you
reach your stated goals and that can serve
to be wonderful motivation pushing you
forward.
Just remember that rewards only work
if you only give them to yourself if you do
achieve success. You need to hold yourself
accountable with this – if you aren’t mak-
ing the effort you should be and don’t reach
the goal, don’t give yourself the reward.
Finally, the last thing that you should do
as you set your New Year’s resolutions to
work towards with your fi tness program is
to get some support from others.
Whether this is a personal trainer, a
family member, or a close friend, make
sure that you have someone there for you
who you can turn to for support during the
diffi cult times.
So there you have the main points to re-
member as you set your goals for the com-
ing year. Set these properly and you will
have much greater success as you move
forward with your fi tness program.
Jack Wheeler is a personal trainer and owner of 360 Fitness in Red Deer.
Setting some smarter New Year’s resolutions Jack
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24 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
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LIFESTYLE
Why would any sane
person drink 10 cokes a
day for one month?
I recently asked George
Prior, a Los Angeles resi-
dent and father of two
children, this question.
His straight-forward an-
swer, “I want to increase
the awareness of my chil-
dren and the public about
the dangers of sugar.”
But how is Prior prov-
ing that all these colas are
bad for your health?
His experiment got my
attention because I’ve
stressed for years that
soft drinks are a devil in
disguise. The thing that
bothered me was seeing
obese children guzzling
cans of liquid candy.
Years ago I was having
dinner with a former min-
ister of health. During our
conversation I mentioned
that a 10 ounce cola drink
contains eight teaspoons
of sugar. He replied, “Oh,
is it that much?” It ap-
peared to me this news
went through both his
ears without making any
impression. Even though
he was responsible for the
health of this nation.
To be fair, calories of
any kind, taken to excess,
can cause obesity.
But there’s no easier
way to gain weight than
to consume sugar-laden
drinks. Moreover, the
majority of people have
no idea of the over-abun-
dance of calories in soft
drinks.
The human body does
not register the number
of calories we drink com-
pared to the ones we eat.
For example, it’s easy to
drink a cola and still feel
hungry. It’s not easy to eat
a couple of apples and not
feel full. Solid foods that
have more bulk decrease
the hunger refl ex.
Several studies show
how this works. In one
study people were asked
to eat 450 calories of jel-
lybeans a day for four
weeks. Then, for the next
four weeks, they were told
to consume 450 calories of
pop every day.
On the days they ate jel-
lybeans they compensated
by eating 450 fewer calo-
ries of other foods. But on
the days they drank pop,
they ate 450 calories more
than usual as the pop con-
tained silent calories. It’s
these excess calories that
An experiment that should get everyone’s attention
Dr. Gifford
J O N E S
This is the time of year
for planning a Sunday af-
ternoon to cozy up with
yourself and make some
cabbage rolls. You can
freeze the leftovers for a
busy day when you need
something fast. This is my
family’s version of Rus-
sian/ German style cab-
bage rolls. Read the recipe
fi rst then decide.
1 medium - large cabbage
2 - 3 pounds of extra lean
ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
5 cloves ,garlic minced
1 720 ml strained toma-
toes, you may want a sec-
ond jar if your family likes
them with lots of sauce
1 1/2 cups of cooked
white rice
2 tbsp red pepper fl akes....
optional. If you want some
added kick!
In a large pot add enough
water to boil the cabbage
without spilling over.
Continue to boil, with
forks turn the cabbage over
a few times during boiling.
On a clean towel add the
cabbage and as it cools , re-
move the leaves carefully.
Let sit to cool on the towel.
As you get down in lay-
ers and the cabbage seems
stiff, add it back to the large
pot and boil again.
Remove again and peel
apart any usable leaves.
In a large 13 x 9 pan add
tomato sauce to cover the
bottom.
Meanwhile, scramble
fry the ground beef, add
chopped onion and minced
garlic, stir. This is where I
add the red pepper fl akes
for some heat ( not tradi-
tional) add more or less.
Add the rice and scramble
the rice into the meat mix-
ture. I cut in a triangle in
the tuff stem part out at
the bottom of the leaves to
remove. Grasp a cabbage
leaf in your left hand and
add enough ground beef
mixture to roll it up, tuck-
ing in the corners. Don’t
worry if they are not per-
fect or rolled up tight, add
tooth picks to secure if
needed. They are fi ne if
laid gently on their backs
into the large pan of sauce
to bake. Add the remainder
of tomato sauce over the
rolls as needed.
Bake at 350 for 25 min-
utes. Let cool. Enjoy with
perogies.
Delicious cabbage rolls for a winter’s day
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eventually result in obesity.
Prior points out that 10
cans of cola seem like a lot
of sugar.
But that 50% of all Ameri-
cans consume the same
amount everyday when you
consider the other drinks
taken during the day, such
as fruit juice, coffee and
sport drinks.
That’s nearly a whop-
ping half-pound of sugar!
Certainly a red light would
fl ash if you noticed a friend
adding eight teaspoons of
sugar to a glass of water, or
to their coffee.
I can only see this prob-
lem getting worse.
In 1950, soda pop bottles
contained six and a half
ounces. But North Ameri-
can appetite for soft drinks
has dramatically increased
over the years.
A drink is no longer a
drink. Now you have choic-
es of small, medium, large
and an extra-large, which
contains 620 calories. And
when your movie theatre of-
fers free refi lls, do I need to
say more?
So what has happened
to Prior? He gained 23 lbs,
his body fat increased 65%,
blood pressure went from
129/77 to 143/96 and his bel-
ly protruded.
Fortunately, he’s not go-
ing to push his luck with a
longer experiment as the
result would be predictable.
He would add his name to
the number of obese people
who develop Type 2 diabe-
tes, and of those 50% die of
a heart attack.
It’s encouraging to see
lay people like George Prior
sending a sound message,
adding his voice to the obe-
sity problem.
But you can’t blame co-
las for everything. North
Americans have to cut back
on all calories to beat this
unprecedented epidemic.
The hard truth is that the
war on obesity and Type 2
diabetes is being lost. The
reasons are obvious. There
are too many temptations
to resist, over-sized meals,
lack of exercise, etc. etc.
The only winners are health
conscious consumers who
have the will to say no to all
things that we know cause
obesity. And who are not
afraid to step on the world’s
most important medical de-
vice, the scale. It tells the
truth.
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It’s one of the best Christmas gifts a
young Canadian hockey player could get
and for Red Deer Rebel defenceman Haydn
Fleury, it was oh-so-close to being under
the tree this year.
It began with a phone call inviting him
to the camp of the Canadian World Junior
team and he was excited to show what he
can do.
However, this story didn’t have a happy
ending for the 18-year-old from Carlyle,
Saskatchewan as he was cut just before the
tournament started.
“I felt I kept playing better each day and
I felt I played really good hockey,” he said
but at the end of the day the coaching staff
didn’t see him fi tting into the defense corps
this time.
He admits when he got the news he was
being sent back to his team his pride took a
bit of a body check.
“I felt I had earned a spot on the team
for sure and yeah it did hurt a bit. I know
when I went home I didn’t really feel like
doing anything, I was mad at the world,”
he said.
It took some time to put it behind him
and he admits he didn’t really think he
would watch any of the games but he
did. He also took away some life lessons
through this experience.
“I learned I can play with those kind of
players. I can be in that elite group of guys
that play for Canada,” he said. “I knew I
was right there so I’m just going to bring
that back to Red Deer and help this team go
on a long playoff run.”
This wasn’t his fi rst camp when it came
to wearing the maple leaf on the front of
the jersey as he played for the U-18 team
but he says the two camps were the same in
some ways but different in other aspects.
“They’re a little bit the same but you
just multiply the magnitude of the world
juniors. The world juniors is that much
more bigger and that much more pressure,
especially in Montreal and Toronto.”
“I enjoyed it (the pressure). I like playing
in front of those big crowds and having 18
thousand people cheering for you. It makes
the game more fun.”
He says looking back on the camp there
were a few minor things he could have
done differently but for the most part he
was pleased with the effort he put into
those sessions.
Fleury said he can’t dwell on how things
played out for him but he does join a list of
players who came close in their fi rst junior
camp .
“(Anthony) Duclair, (Darnell) Nurse
and (Shea) Theodore on the back end with
(Madison) Bowey. All those guys didn’t
play for the team last year and now they’re
playing big roles for the team so I can al-
ways look at that as a positive and say this
year wasn’t my year but I can always go
next year and make a difference for that
team.”
The focus for him now is to make a dif-
ference as a Rebel and be supportive in his
role here.
“I’m just going to be a positive infl uence
in the dressing room and lead more with
my action on the ice. I’m not the most vocal
guy but I think if I play well I will let my
play do the talking.”
While he isn’t going to lose sleep over his
world junior exit he admits it will serve as
motivation as the WHL season rolls on.
“Yeah, anytime you get cut you always
have that chip on your shoulder and you
want to prove the coaches wrong.”
Time will tell.
INDOOR ACTION – The Red Deer Select women’s indoor soccer team faced off against the Edmonton Rampage this past weekend at the Collicutt Centre as part of the Red Deer Rangers annual soccer tournament. Select player Kelsey Aman prepares to take control of the ball during the match, which the Rangers won 5-0 over the Select. Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express
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The Central Alberta Buccaneers are
well underway in preparation for their
upcoming AFL season. With the signing
of a Devon Hand as head coach, the Bucs
are entering the 2015 season with a new di-
rection and vision. By fostering a football
culture of commitment and accountability
and recruiting a large and competitive ros-
ter, the team will, “Allow as much fun as
possible without compromising the work it
takes to win a title,” said Hand. “This will
be a program guys want to play in.”
Defensive end Ian Keetch, former Rim-
bey Spartan, is heading into his sixth sea-
son as a Buccaneers and has loved every
second of it, he said. Keetch has found
his stride in the AFL, being named to the
All-Star team for 2013 and 2014 as well as
crowned the defensive MVP in 2013. While
he is one of the league’s premier d-line-
men, Keetch admits that his initial transi-
tion into the league was daunting. “It was
a hell of a transition from playing football
with (high school) boys to playing with the
men of the AFL.” Keetch credited his re-
cent success to Hand who swapped Keetch
to the defensive side of the ball. “Hunting
quarterbacks is natural for me and (Hand)
saw that.” When asked why others should
join the Bucs, Keetch said, “I use it as ther-
apy. It works for me.”
After falling short of the 2014 AFL title,
the Bucs are continuing to bolster its roster
size and talent pool. With increased depth,
the team will be better able to endure in-
juries as well as avoid over-fatiguing play-
ers. To fi nd these additional recruits, the
Bucs will operate booths at trade shows
during the spring (Ponoka, Lacombe, and
Stettler), host its fi rst annual Bucs Recruit-
ment Night, and continue to have a pres-
ence in the Central Albertan community
via fundraisers and charity events.
The Bucs will continue its partnership
with Big Brothers Big Sisters Ponoka by
entering a team into the Bowl for Kids
fundraiser. At this event, participants
raise pledges, which greatly contribute to
BBBS’s yearly operating funds, and bowl
for game or two. This will be the Bucs
fourth year participating in this event
and the team aims at raising $1,200 for Big
Brothers.
After completing its fourth team-blood-
drive on Dec. 13th (which included 17
blood donators), the Buccaneers sent out a
friendly challenge to the rest of the AFL to
see which club is more willing to bleed for
Alberta. On Feb. 7th, the nine teams that
comprise the Alberta Football League will
collectively roll up their sleeves in their
respective blood clinics in order to donate.
Fans and interested players are encour-
aged to participate.
The Bucs Recruitment Night will func-
tion as a meet and greet for interested
potential players. Coaching staff and vet-
eran players will be more than willing to
share information regarding the team, its
culture, its history, and, most importantly,
its goals for 2015. While an exact location
has not yet been decided upon, the Recruit-
ment Night will happen on Jan. 24th. For
more details, follow the team’s web site at
www.cabuce.com.
When asked about the 2015 expectations,
Hand said, “When we strap up in red and
black this upcoming summer, players will
be challenged to leave it all on the fi eld for
the better of the team. There will be no
excuses. There will be no shortcuts. When
the summer turns to fall and the dust set-
tles, players will be able to look each other
in the eye and say they laid it on the line
for the team. That is what 2015 Central Al-
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Central Alberta Buccaneers prepare for 2015 season
BY JIM CLAGGETTRed Deer Express
Teenage race car driver Parker Thomp-
son is shifting gears in his career.
The Red Deer native has made the jump
from driving 125cc karts in Europe that
topped out at 140 km/h to a car which can
reach speeds of 240 km/h.
“This is defi nitely the next natural step
for my career,” said the 16-year-old driver.
“Most drivers spend a couple of years
driving lower category Formula Cars be-
fore moving to the U.S. F2000 champion-
ship.”
He credits having former Indy 500 win-
ner Buddy Rice as his coach for the quick
career acceleration and expects this will
be an interesting challenge, battling older
drivers in this championship series in 2015.
The rookie has joined the JDC Motor-
Sports team operated by former formula
race car driver John Church.
“It feels amazing to have a group of very
respected people in motorsport believe in
what I have to offer on and off the track.”
In motorsport the driver doesn’t have
much say in what team they go with, said
Thompson but he liked what JDC was put-
ting on the table and said even if he could
have made a choice he would have gone
down this road. “I like the drive we all have.
JDC and I want this (U.S. F2000) champion-
ship more than anything and that is what
will give us that little bit extra.”
Being new to the racing category and as
the rookie on the team Thompson said his
approach to the sport will not change.
He plans to maintain a healthy diet,
working out six days a week in the gym
in order to be in top physical and mental
condition when the fi rst event of 2015 gets
underway in Palm Beach, Florida on Jan.
25th. “Winter testing has gone really well
thus far,” he said. “The team chemistry is
fantastic and the car is feeling better and
better the more we develop it.”
He said his expectations on the track are
in line with those of the JDC team which
is to win the championship but further
down the road there is something which is
already on the radar.
“I think I could be professional very ear-
ly in my career,” he said. “I can honestly
say I am not picky when it comes to where
I end up. If I can make a living driving fast
cars at the end of the day I’m happy.”
- The NCAA football
playoff system went well
as the top four teams were
on display and it also
showed the two divisions
thought to be the weak
sisters are not so weak at
all with Oregon and Ohio
State making it to the fi nal
game. Go Ducks!
- I’m not sure what the
offi cials in the Lions/
Cowboys game were doing
when an obvious interfer-
ence was called on Dal-
las and then the fl ag was
picked up. We will never
know if that took the
win away from Detroit or
not but it was certainly a
strange move.
- I switched channels
watching the World Ju-
nior hockey and the NHL
to see the difference in
the games. What a treat to
watch the young guys not
playing for money com-
pared to the guys playing
for money. The quality of
the junior game was much
more entertaining but I
know these kids could not
keep up that pace over an
NHL season.
- The Winnipeg Jets
must be loving this junior
tourney as it showcased so
many of their draft picks.
Those players have had an
impact at the tournament
and may be some very
good NHL players down
the road.
- The showdown the
hockey media cooked up
between Conner McDavid
and Jack Eichel was very
anti-climactic. Both kids
are going to be solid play-
ers but there didn’t seem
to be any sort of rivalry
during their on-ice en-
counter at the World Ju-
nior event.
- I will never under-
stand why the football ex-
perts have this discussion
when NFL playoffs roll
around but they do. Which
quarterback will solidify
his road to the Hall of
Fame with a Super Bowl
win is the question asked.
Well I argue that a Super
Bowl does not make for
a Hall of Fame entrance.
Was Trent Dilfer a better
QB than Dan Marino? One
has a ring and the other is
in the hall but there is no
question who was the bet-
ter QB.
Last time I checked foot-
ball was still a team sport
and the quarterback does
not have a won/loss re-
cord. The team does.
- It’s nice TSN has so
many channels to choose
from but what is the point
when many nights each
channel is showing the
same thing? Then on oth-
er nights there is a hockey
game on but it’s blacked
out in our area.
Happy 2015!
Local race car driver heads to Palm Beach
Random thoughts for a new year
JIM
C L A G G E T T
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I am deep in the lull between Christmas
and New Years wondering how I will gath-
er the motivation to un-decorate my house.
Putting up all the lovely decorations is
fun and easy but the dismantling is an ab-
solute chore.
The fact that I moved in and immediate-
ly put my tree up is one motivator for me
as I have not yet seen the living room space
without the tree.
I’m excited to see the room without the
tree and without a pile of boxes and decide
whether or not I have room to create a din-
ing space.
Many of us have to reconfi gure our
homes to accommodate Christmas de-
cor; a chair moved to the basement or the
couch repositioned away from the window
and several of our decorative accessories
packed away until after the holidays.
When the tree comes down the room can
feel a little bit empty but this is also a great
opportunity to take a fresh look at your
space!
Is there something else you would like
to do with the room or some other decora-
tions you would like to add in that space?
Does the room need a coat of paint or do
your window coverings need an overhaul?
The time is now! While you have your
room apart take advantage and do some-
thing a little different - resist the urge to
just plunk everything back in its same
spot.
My goal this month is to completely
dress my living room which means cur-
tains and the aforementioned dining room
suite. I have taken several fabric options
home and have been struggling with the
right curtain fabric – yes Virginia, even
designers can have design dilemmas and I
have realized that it’s my patterned chair
that is the issue.
Having the tree in the window over
Christmas I have allowed myself to take a
few weeks off from curtain shopping and
have just looked at the room.
Looking at things in a different way due
to having to move the chair to accommo-
date the tree made me realize that it’s the
CHAIR that is causing the problem!
The chair has always been part of the
living room; I bought the furniture as a set
and in my head had always thought of the
three pieces as a team. Seeing the furni-
ture in a new home with a large Christmas
tree opened me up to the possibility that
the chair doesn’t have to go into the living
room and it will now reside in the spare
bedroom and my new search is on for a
new chair AND drapery in the living room.
While you have a few days at home, take
a look around and see if there could be a
new outlook on your home.
Take your tree down and look at the
space left by its absence, you may come
upon a totally new inspiration or use
for that space! You may realize that the
items you have been using in that space
for months or even years may be better
utilized in a completely new part of the
house. Don’t be intimidated to move stuff
around and plan for new fresh ideas going
into 2015.
Kim Meckler is an interior designer in Red Deer with Carpet Colour Centre.
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28 Red Deer Express Wednesday, January 7, 2015
We mortgage professionals recently
learned something very interesting. A sur-
vey of mortgage consumers revealed that
people would rather get a root canal than a
mortgage. Gasp! I can understand that the
process can be overwhelming but consid-
ering that your home is likely the largest
purchase you will ever make and will cost
you hundreds of thousands of dollars per-
haps we should reconsider this attitude?
Look at it this way, you shop around for
the best price on a new TV which is likely
under $1,000. You look at fl yers and web
sites and visit stores to see which one has
the best picture and features so why not
give your mortgage the same time?
Instead of saving hundreds of dollars
you could save tens of thousands.
So if you have decided to stay with your
current bank for your mortgage so that
you have everything at one spot you should
consider a few things before you sign .
1. Interest rate. I know this will shock
you but banks are a business. They have
investors and shareholders whom they are
required to report to and these people like
to see a profi t at the end of each year. Profi t
is not a dirty word and considering that the
strength of Canadian banks are the envy
of the world this is a good thing. One of the
ways they make money is through the in-
terest they charge on the loans they make.
Despite your relationship with the bank
you may not automatically be offered the
best rate. Do your research and make sure
you are getting the best rate possible.
2. Portabilty - this is a feature which
will allow you to take your mortgage with
you to a new property in case you end up
moving. Asking some questions can save
you money and headaches later. Does your
lender roll this into one new loan or will
you end up with two parts to the new loan?
The latter could mean different maturity
dates meaning you are locked into that
lender indefi nitely unless you are willing
to incur a penalty down the road.
3. Collateral mortgages. It is a com-
mon practise for banks to register a higher
amount on the title of your property than
what you actually owe. The benefi t of this
is that you can borrow additional funds
without needing a lawyer down the road.
The downside is that the bank is now able
to tie all the borrowing you do with them
into this charge. That’s right, your vehicle,
trailer and credit cards are now potentially
tied to the equity of your home. This could
be a real problem when you sell the house
thinking you have $100,000 to put down on
the next and then fi nd out instead that all
of the other debts will be paid fi rst and you
now have no down payment. Keeping your
mortgage with another lender protects you
from this possibility.
4. Prepayment privileges. All banks
offer you the ability to pre-pay your mort-
gage but did you know there are some
differences? Will you have to wait for the
anniversary date or can you start immedi-
ately? If you are making a lump sum pay-
ment is the minimum $100 or $1,000? These
little differences can be frustrating.
5. Penalties. We all know that if you
break your mortgage you will have to pay a
penalty but guess what, that’s right, there is
a big difference between the mortgage lend-
ers. Each is able to decide how they will
calculate this amount. All are now required
to disclose this formula to you as a part of
the mortgage process. What you should
ask is this? What interest rate is used in the
calculation? Are they using the discounted
rate or the posted rate in their calculation?
The difference can be huge and cost you a
lot of your hard earned money.
So there you have it, the reasons you
should ask some questions before you sign.
Trust me, it’s way easier than a root canal.
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For some Canadians, the
cold weather means bun-
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down. As you spend more
time indoors, the state of
your home may become
increasingly apparent,
prompting you to consider
a renovation. Some proj-
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In the colder months
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your home more effi cient,
can aid the environment
and keep a few extra dol-
lars in your pocket over the
long term.
There are a huge variety
of these simple projects,
and by updating your fl oor-
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moulding, insulating the
attic or replacing faucets
and fi xtures, you can make
a very big impact.
No matter how seasoned
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precautions, such as rely-
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equipment and taking care
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A study from Western Fi-
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one quarter of Canadian
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHANGE?✓Motivated? ✓Goal Oriented?✓People Friendly? ✓Driven?
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Heritage Chrysler Jeep now requires an experienced
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LAMB INDUSTRY CAREER OPPORTUNITYSunGold Specialty Meats Ltd. has an immediate opening for the newly created posi on of
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