St. Albert Leader August 7, 2014

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Kim Mitchell photo courtesy of Allan Pettman

Northstar Hyundai Arena at Servus Credit Union Place, St. AlbertTickets at Ticketmaster - Starting at $39 - All Ages - Doors at 7pm_________________________ _________________________

Northstar Hyundai Arena at Servus Credit Union Place, St. Albert

Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca - Starting at $39 - All Ages - Doors at 7pm

KENNY SHIELDS AND STREETHEART

PRISMKIM MITCHELL FRIDAY

AUGUST 15FRIDAY

AUGUST 15


In support of the Alberta Diabetes Foundation

2 Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014

8665 McKenney Avenue, St. Albert

An incredible selection of innovative and stylishgift and home decor. Retail therapy at its �nest!

CULTIVATE HISTORY

Musée Héritage MuseumSt Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street 780.459.1528

www.MuseeHeritage.com

June 15th to October 5th

Join the thousands of people who enjoy theon District

orner ofturday

June 15th to October 5th

Join the thousands of people who enjoy theon District in the heart of St. Albert

orner of St. Anne and St. Thomas streets,turday from 10:00am to 3:00pm

FOUNDERS’ WALK

Meander through history...

2 Madonna Drive • 780.459.1528 • www.MuseeHeritage.com

3Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014

LEADthe

COVER

INDEXStaycation . . . . . . .2News . . . . . . . . .3Legacy. . . . . . . . .6Opinion . . . . . . . .8Interactive . . . . . . .9Photo Booth . . . . . 14 Entertainment . . . . 15BAM!. . . . . . . . . 18Fun & Games . . . . . 20Business . . . . . . . 22

Craig Strain, president of the St. Albert chapter of the Canadian Progress Club, poses in his driveway on Monday, where he might be practicing for the club’s River City Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge, which takes place on Saturday, Aug. 23, in downtown Edmonton to raise money for Kidsport and Uncles and Aunts at Large. For more information on the tournament, see page 3.

�at’s how many players took part in the 2010 Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament in Brantford, Ont., setting a Guinness World Record. �e players made up 205 teams in eight di�erent divisions, and one of the players was �lm director/actor Kevin Smith.

2,096

BY THE NUMBERS

Road hockey hits the big cityGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

A�er four successful years of pond hockey on Lacombe Park Lake, the St. Albert chapter of the Canadian Progress Club is taking it to the streets.

�e St. Albert CPC is hosting its �rst-ever River City Street Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge starting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the corner of Jasper Avenue and 102 Street in downtown Edmonton, all to raise money for Kidsport and Uncles and Aunts at Large.

“Our club has been talking, probably for the better part of a couple of years, about doing this,” said St. Albert CPC president Craig Strain. “... Finally this summer, we said, ‘Let’s pick a date, let’s do it and see what happens.’”

Street hockey was a “natural �t,” Strain added, given the success the club has had with their Pond Hockey Championship, held every February for the past four years at Lacombe Park Lake.

“Our pond hockey event, over the past four years, has grown exponentially, and we were looking to reproduce that success with a summer event,” he said.

But, while Lacombe Park Lake is a great home base in the winter, they are making the move into downtown Edmonton for the River City Classic for a number of reasons.

“Part of it is that we resurrected the downtown club, the CPC Edmonton club, earlier this year. Also, in partnering with Breakfast Television, their studio is on 102 Street and Jasper Avenue, and there’s the Abbey Glen Park space there, so it was a good �t to bring it downtown for the pro�le and the

foot tra�c, with the (104 Street) farmers’ market being a couple of blocks away,” Strain said.

�e club is hoping to get 44 street hockey players to cover the 24 hours of games. Each participant must raise at least $300 to get into the rink.

Uncles and Aunts at Large provides mentor services for kids from six to 18 years of age who come from single-parent families. Kidsport helps families remove �nancial barriers that may prevent kids under 18 from playing organized sports.

As the players are pounding the pavement, the club is encouraging spectators to come down and cheer them on. �ere will be food trucks, ice cream and a beer garden, and Kidsport will be on site accepting donations of new and gently used sports equipment.

As mentioned before, the event is sponsored by Breakfast Television and Sportsnet — their downtown Edmonton studios being another reason for the venue in the big city — and Strain is ecstatic to have them on board.

“It’s a great partnership,” he said. “Last year, when we partnered with them for the pond hockey, it opened the door for future events, and that’s what we’re looking to do here.”

�e event kicks o� with a Youngsters Game from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. Registration for the 24-hour challenge begins at 10 a.m., and the puck o�cially drops at noon. To register in advance, visit www.eventbrite.ca.

For more information on the CPC clubs in the Capital Region, follow @CPCStAlbert or @CPCEdmonton on Twitter, or visit www.facebook.com/CanadianProgressClubStAlbert.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderCanadian Progress Club St. Albert president Craig Strain is ready to drop the puck on the River City Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 DOUBLE YOUR FUN IN

THE PERRON DISTRICT!

The Greatest Saturday of the Year! Don’t forget to take Park n’ Ride to the Perron District and Park your Parcels while you Shop

Enjoy the St. Albert Farmers’ Market and Rock ‘n August


India inspires volunteerGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Travelling abroad has helped Katie Fitzgerald just how much she can help here at home.

Fitzgerald, who heads into Grade 12 this fall at Paul Kane High School, touched back down on Canadian soil Saturday a�er spending nearly three weeks in India with Free the Children Canada.

“It really inspired me, seeing the kids being happy with the little they have and seeing that you can really make a change,” she said. “Even if it’s little, it’s still a big impact to a lot of people.”

�e idea for the trip was sparked when Fitzgerald attended We Day festivities in Calgary last October. She had to raise about $6,000 in order to go to India.

Fitzgerald stayed in a small village just outside the city of Udaipur in western India, where she helped build latrines for a local school in order to boost attendance, especially among girls, as some students would be more comfortable going to school if they have clean, accessible bathrooms.

“It was everything I thought it would be and more,” she said. “It was so cool to go

there and experience the culture, but also be helping people while you’re at it.”

But the trip wasn’t all work; she also had plenty of chances to see the sights.

“We got to go to some temples around India, and we got to go in the city and do some shopping and experience all the cultures of India,” Fitzgerald said.

�e biggest surprise, though, was just how populous India is and how di�erent those people go about their day-to-day lives from Canadians.

“It was really cool to experience it and walk through the streets,” she said, “but the amount of people was just a huge culture shock.”

Over the past year, Fitzgerald has won a Stars of Alberta volunteer award from the provincial government and travelled to Ottawa to accept a Governor General’s Caring Canadians Award, as well as spending a day with singer-songwriter Bridgit Mendler thanks to a contest put on by Acuvue contact lenses.

Now back in St. Albert, Fitzgerald will be busy this year planning her class’s graduation ceremonies, but she also plans to put on fundraisers for Free the Children’s education programs.

Katie Fitzgerald

Volunteer

Jewelry

HOURS: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat 10-5:30 Wed, Thu 10-8

8665 McKenney Avenue780.419.3582

/seasonsgiftshop.ca

Fashion

Baby

Giftware

Home Decor

and so much more!

August 6-16

25% OFF

StarlingAtBigLake.com

A little bird told them they could win $25,000 forbuying a single family home before August 31, 2014!Immediate possessions available. Featuring homesfrom 7 of Edmonton’s leading builders.

• Art Custom Homes• Cameron Homes• Celebration Homes• Gill Built Homes• Green Living Homes• Kirkland Homes• Rohit Communities

VISIT THE STARLING SHOWHOMES AT 137 AVE & RAY GIBBON DR

For Contest Rules and Regulations Visit StarlingatBigLake.com/About/25000-Contest/


ROCK’N

GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

�e City of St. Albert is getting on board with environmentally friendly technology for public transportation.

Last week, St. Albert Transit unveiled a new fully electric bus that it will be trying out for the month of August along both local and commuter routes. StAT operators will be looking to see how the bus handles, brakes and turns, while mechanics will learn about the bus’s mechanisms work, how long they take to charge and any possible long-term maintenance requirements.

“�is is another example of St. Albert working to deepen our brand as a green community, a subset of the botanical arts brand,” Mayor Nolan

Crouse said in a press release. “I encourage all residents to take advantage of this opportunity and to share their input on this new vehicle alternative that could help public transit evolve.”

�e trial period began on Tuesday and runs until Aug. 29. As the bus is on loan to StAT, passengers who board it will not be required to pay a fare, but they will have to show a pass or pay a fare if they transfer to another bus during their trip.

While StAT o�cials want to learn about the electric buses, they also want to hear from riders about their trip experience aboard them. Passengers are invited to submit comments and opinions via the StAT website at www.ridestat.ca, by email at [email protected] or by calling StAT’s customer service line at 780-418-6060.

City testing out new electric bus

Photo courtesy City of St. AlbertThe City of St. Albert is testing out a new electric bus for the month of August, offering riders the chance to ride it free of charge.

ROLLIN’AND

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderThe 18th annual Rock’n August classic car festival got off to a roaring start Tuesday with a pancake breakfast at the St. Albert Inn and Suites, a barbecue at Re/Max St. Albert and a special edition of Classic Car Tuesdays at Apex Casino. Festivities run until Saturday; check out rocknaugust.com for more info.


We all ponder the question, “WillI be remembered after I’m gone?”It’s a natural human process but notall of us will go down in the historybooks. Perhaps more importantlywe can leave our own personallegacy and be remembered bythose people and institutions mostimportant to us.With the increased value of

property, investments and peopleliving longer, estates generallytend be larger than in the past.The current “boomers”, alongwith the previous generation, havebeen well established for manyyears and may have benefittedfrom various programs andscholarships throughout their livesthat were very beneficial. They’ve

also witnessed the benefits ofphilanthropy and are inclined togive back to the communities thathelped them be successful and enjoya higher standard of living. This

generation wants to have an impacton the future of their families andcommunities and are concernedhow their “legacy” will be managed.Many programs, foundations and

tools are in place to help maximizethe impact of your estate. Lots ofgrandparents invest in a RegisteredEducational Savings Plan for theirgrandchildren as education isvery expensive. With an R.E.S.P.in place a substantial fund can beavailable for a grandchild when thetime comes. There are also manypotential beneficiaries of legacybequests outside of family suchas churches, arts organizationsand libraries. St. Albertans arevery loyal and tend to supportorganizations like the St. Albert

Community Foundation, theS.P.C.A. or groups close to theirhearts such as the Arts & HeritageFoundation or St. Albert PublicLibrary.

Leaving somethingto a registered charitycan have a positiveeffect on your finalincome tax return. StacyMaurier with Wearyand Company pointsout that researchinga charity beforehandis always a good idea.Review their financialstatements to ensurethe funds are beingprudently managed andused for the purposeindicated. It’s criticalto use the official nameof the charity in yourwill. (Check registeredcharities and their financialstatements at; www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/lstngs/menu-eng.html)“Doing some research, learning

about what options are availableand what tax implicationsthey may have can make a bigdifference” states Maurier. “Wehave a questionnaire on our website(wearyandco.com) clients can fillout before they arrive in the officeto help clarify their options andspeed up the process.”Leaving a legacy that is uniquely

yours is not difficult and with somegood advice and a bit of homeworkyou can support what means themost to you well into the future.Weary & Company is located

at 30 Green Grove Dr. Call 780-459-5596 or visit their website –wearyandco.com

Individual Counselling, Group Support, Violence PreventionEducation, Family Support, Elder Abuse Support

��

L E G A C YAdvertising Feature by Barry Bailey

Interested in a career in theCommunity Disability Field?

Have some time andskills to volunteer?

Call us at 780-460-1400, ext. 233

Supporting peoplewith disabilities to livethe lives they want.

��

FOLLOW US!Lo-Se-Ca Foundation@LoSeCaFDN

Sturgeon CommunityHospital FoundationInvesting Today for aHealthy Tomorrow

www.sturgeonhospitalfoundation.org780-418-7361

Stacey Maurier, Weary and Company

What Legacy Will you Leave?Your will is an important part of your estate planning. But itcan be much more than this. Your will is an opportunity tomake an impact for good on the world. You can make an�� Leaving a charitable legacy can also help save your family

�� Let us help you leave a legacy your family can be proud of.

#400, 30 Green Grove DriveSt. Albert, AB 780.459.5596WWW.WEARYANDCO.COM

“Leaving something to aregistered charity can have apositive effect on your final

income tax return”Stacy Maurier with Weary and Company

Creating a Personal Legacy


New City website promises more functionalityGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

With better organization and improved technology, the City of St. Albert is hoping its new website will help both current and potential new residents �nd the information they need and interact with the local government.

�e new stalbert.ca was o�cially launched on July 31, the culmination of a process that lasted nearly two years. It includes a number of technical changes on the back end to improve the experience for the nearly 700,000 visitors it gets every year,

as well as changes to the site’s organization and accommodations for mobile devices, which more and more people are using to access the site.

“St. Albert is a leading community, in every sense of the word,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. “�e new website better re�ects who we are as a community and all we have to o�er residents, businesses and guests to our city.”

�e new website features an enhanced menu system based on relatable themes such as “Living Here,” “Getting Around” and “Getting Active.” It also brings together information from several City departments

that previously had their own separate websites, like Servus Credit Union Place, and economic development.

Other features of the new website include: an improved job application process for potential City employees; a “Community Bene�ts Calculator” for people thinking of relocating to St. Albert; an activities and program search registration function that combines opportunities from several departments, including recreation and parks, cultural services and Servus Place; and improved visibility for city council activities and public consultations.

12 Cunningham Road • 780.459.4405 • pkhs.spschools.org

2013-20142020 These outstanding citizens makePaul Kane High School

their home during the school day

BROSTROM-MALTBY AWARD

RYAN BURAK MEMORIAL AWARD

St. Albert Breakfast Lions ClubDR. GERRY BOYCHUK MEMORIALSERVICE AWARD

BRONZE

SILVER

DISTINCTION

ACTIV

ITY

AW

ARDS


A s I become firmly entrenched in my 30s, I’m starting to

get to that age where I can conceivably start grousing about the generation that came after me. I could tell you all about how it seems like they always have their noses pressed to their cellphones, are always taking non-stop pictures of their food, their friends and themselves, and are always listening to music that sounds like a fax machine that has run out of toner and is dying a slow, painful death.

But — even though I may have already done so — I’m not going to do that. Instead of grousing, I’m going to say that, with the knowledge that today’s youth will become

tomorrow’s leaders, the world is in very capable, very sound hands.

One needs look no further than St. Albert for proof of that. One needs only look at the throngs of students who travel from local schools to We Day festivities each year to celebrate kind, self less acts to see the potential the next generation has. One needs only look at what they bring back from those festivities and put into practice at their schools, at their churches and in the community at large to see

them scratching the surface of that potential.

We need look no further than students like Katie Fitzgerald, who is already a winner of volunteer awards at the local, provincial and national levels, but never stops in her search for inspiration, going so far as to travel to India with Free the Children Canada this summer to lend a hand. We need look no further than kids like Liam Kachkar, who, along with several other students he brought along with him, rolled up his sleeves and worked in hot, muggy, muddy conditions on a trip to Ecuador to better the lives of people he had never met. We need look no further than people like Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea

Payne, who are dedicated to raising awareness about human trafficking issues in their school and in the community as a whole.

Every generation has its foibles. For example, in the 1950s, no one ever thought kids would amount to much thanks to the inf luence of rock ’n’ roll, what with Elvis Presley and his gyrating hips and all. But every generation has managed to shine in its own way. Every generation has taken the torch from the one before it and pushed society on to new heights.

And, seeing what the next generation is capable of already, I am confident they can push us higher and farther than ever before.

Need hope for the future? Look no further

A Rock’ngood time

They come in every colour, shape and size. Some are old, some are new. Some look like they rolled right o� the

showroom �oor, while others look heavily modi�ed. But they all descend upon St. Albert every August.

�ey are the classic cars that de�ne the annual Rock’n August festival, bringing nostalgia �ooding back for the thousands of people who come out to see them during the week-long event.

Truly, when Rock’n August rolls around each year, it’s hard to think of anything else. It seems there’s always an opportunity for drivers to show o� their pride and joy, whether it’s a small gathering, like a barbecue at a local real estate o�ce, or a huge one, like the gigantic show-and-shine that will take place Saturday with almost 800 cars spilling out of Lions Park and into the Sturgeon River Valley.

But as much as the festival is a chance for drivers to put their cars on display, it is also a chance for St. Albertans to put their city on display. �ose who live here know what a wonderful place the city is to live in, but events like Rock’n August show that to visitors, in hopes they’ll make a return visit next year or perhaps something more permanent.

�e event also pours thousands of dollars into the local economy, too, as those visitors need places to stay and to eat. Anything we can do to bring them back year a�er year is a worthwhile e�ort.

But, above all else, Rock’n August is a fundraiser. It’s easy to lose sight of that sometimes in the re�ection of the sun o� a chrome bumper, but thankfully those organizing the annual event have not, nor have the participants, who go above and beyond in collecting pledges to participate in the show-and-shine.

So, this weekend, when you’re out appreciating the lines on a certain car’s body or the work that went into restoring the engine in one that looks like the �rst car you ever owned, remember to help St. Albert put its best foot forward and be generous with your donations. �at way, the feel-good combination of nostalgia and fundraising won’t stop for many years to come.

EDITORIALby Glenn Cook

OPINION

Owned and operated by

RJ Lolly Media Inc.13 Mission Ave.

St. Albert, Alta. T8N 1H6

Phone: 780-460-1035

Delivery concerns? Email us at [email protected]

All claims of errors in advertisements must be received in writing by the publisher within 5 days after the first publication. Liability for errors or failure to publish is limited

to the amount paid for the space occupied. The opinions expressed within publication are not necessarily those of the St. Albert Leader or RJ Lolly Media. Material published may not be copied or reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher.

Publisher: Rob LeLacheur [email protected]

Editor: Glenn Cook [email protected]

Client Services: Michelle Barstad [email protected]

Glenn COOK

Leader editor

My City

WHEREIS THIS?

Here’s a photo of a building or landmark around St. Albert.Can you figure out where it is?

Last Week: Trail pedestrian bridge


INTERACTIVE» Comment on stories at StAlbertLeader.com » Follow @stalbertleader and use #stalbert » Use hashtag #stalbert

WEB POLL

What is your favourite classic car make?

1940 or older ..........................6%1940-1950 ................................0%1950-1960 ............................ 44%1960-1970 ............................ 44%1970-1980 ...............................6%1980-1990 ...............................0%1990 or newer ...................... 10%

Vote in this week’s pollat StAlbertLeader.com

Which is your favourite era for classic cars?

RE: “MILES OF SMILES FOR CAMP ORGANIZER” (JULY 30, 2014)

This is an excellent idea. Comes at a time where kids

need this kind of positivity in their lives more so than ever.

— Chiquitta Bruce

Mmm celebrating the long weekend with some local #StAlbert beer. Can almost see @hogsheadbrewing from my balcony! ;)

— @amunbro

#Regram @kb_barrie hood. #stalbert #westcoasting #alberta #canadatour

— @laurenmarias

Provincial Champions! St Albert Cardinals

— @AllanWark

#sturgeonriver #stalbert beautiful prairie river

— @shawnmccready

Had a great holiday Monday at #stalbert splash park. Plus I got kisses and snuggles... Ok ok. It was me giving kisses

— @Mandoline79

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much......Erich Fromm Thank you to

our supporters.#stalbert #charity #yeg #PaintTheTownRed

— @sturgeonchf

What is up #StAlbert??? All these sexy cars are rolling into town. Saw

three Lamborghinis parked at McDonalds and just passed an R8.

— @CanadaMarcus

Botanical Loop + 2 wedding ceremonies = lots of visitors. Great day

at the Park! #stalbert #wedding #gardening #summertime

— @StAbBotanicPark

Customer Appreciation Days!



FRIDAYAUGUST 15FRIDAY

AUGUST 15

CALENDAR OF EVENTSCheck out www.rocknaugust.com for more information

In support of the Alberta Diabetes Foundation


Forensics get fuzzy for authorGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

A children’s author who originally hails from St. Albert is putting a furry twist on real crime cases.

Lindsey Carmichael — who now lives in Lewis Lake, N.S. — is heading back west this month to promote her latest children’s science book, Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild, with a string of signings and workshops across Alberta. One of those will bring her back to her old stomping grounds of St. Albert, where she’ll be hosting a book signing at the Chapters location on St. Albert Trail on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m.

“I’m feeling very blessed,” Carmichael said. “It’s great to have the opportunity to write the books in the �rst place, and to be able to share them with all the friends and family I had to leave behind when I moved is even better.”

Carmichael was last in town last August promoting a book called Fox Talk, which examined how canines communicate with each other and with humans.

�e response to that book started o� slow,

but has picked up lately.“We’ve had really good feedback from both

kids and librarians,” she said. “�e book has picked up two award nominations, which is just wonderful. I’m thrilled.”

Her new book delves into the use of forensic science to solve crimes in the wild, like poaching and trapping wild animals

to sell as pets. She even uses examples from real cases in Canada to help illustrate how these techniques are used.

“I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist; this is what I thought would be my day job while I was writing books on the side,” Carmichael said with a laugh. “When I was studying at the University of Alberta, I was helping out with forensic cases; at that time, Alberta Fish and Wildlife didn’t have the ability to do DNA forensics. … I got to do some of that work, and it’s really

quite fascinating, the idea of using forensic techniques to help solve crimes against wildlife.”

For every copy of Fuzzy Forensics sold while Carmichael is on her tour, $1 will be donated to the Alberta Conservation Association, which promotes and administers the Report A Poacher hotline in Alberta.

Lindsey Carmichael

Author

Registration is nowopen for all ServusPlace, Fountain Parkand City of St. Albertrecreation programs.To view our Fall Programguides and to register goto recguidestalbert.ca

BRIGHT

2 Thursday, March 21, 2013 13Thursday, Aug. 7, 201412 Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014

149STREETNW

137 AVENUE NW

ST. A

LBERTTRAIL

149STREETNW

137 AVENUE NW

ST. A

LBERTTRAIL

1.780.509.15501.877.486.5054TOLL

FREE

13634 ST. ALBERTTRAIL · EDMONTONCORNER OF 137 AVE & ST. ALBERT TRAIL WWW.NORTHEDMONTONKIA.COM

STOP OVERPAYING & START OVER SAVING! FIND US AT THE CORNER OF 137 AVE & ST. ALBERT TRAIL

OPENING SOON! OPENING SOON!

$25,000$5,000Someone Will Win

You Could Win

Cash!

Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!

2014 MODELCLEAROUT $7000

GET UP TO

IN CASH REBATES ON SELECT MODELS OAC

Get up to $7,000 in cash rebates on a 2014 Sedona. For the $25,000 contest: No purchase necessary, skill testing question required. Contest open to age of majority legal residents of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Odds of winning grand prize depend on number of entries. Odds of qualifier winning are 1 in 89. Contest closes September 30, 2014 (11:59pm MT). For complete contest rules see North Edmonton KIA, 13634 St. AlbertTrial, Edmonton, AB. For $5,000 guaranteed contest: No purchase necessary, skill testing question required. Contest open to age of majority legal residents of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan Odds of winning $5,000 depend on number of eligible entries. Contest closes Sep-tember 30, 2014 (11:59 pm MT). For complete contest rules see North Edmonton KIA, 13634 St. AlbertTrial, Edmonton, AB.

Thursday, March 21, 2013 313Thursday, Aug. 7, 201412 Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014

149STREETNW

137 AVENUE NW

ST. A

LBERTTRAIL

149STREETNW

137 AVENUE NW

ST. A

LBERTTRAIL

1.780.509.15501.877.486.5054TOLL

FREE

13634 ST. ALBERTTRAIL · EDMONTONCORNER OF 137 AVE & ST. ALBERT TRAIL WWW.NORTHEDMONTONKIA.COM

STOP OVERPAYING & START OVER SAVING! FIND US AT THE CORNER OF 137 AVE & ST. ALBERT TRAIL

OPENING SOON! OPENING SOON!

$25,000$5,000Someone Will Win

You Could Win

Cash!

Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!Guaranteed!

2014 MODELCLEAROUT $7000

GET UP TO

IN CASH REBATES ON SELECT MODELS OAC

Get up to $7,000 in cash rebates on a 2014 Sedona. For the $25,000 contest: No purchase necessary, skill testing question required. Contest open to age of majority legal residents of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Odds of winning grand prize depend on number of entries. Odds of qualifier winning are 1 in 89. Contest closes September 30, 2014 (11:59pm MT). For complete contest rules see North Edmonton KIA, 13634 St. AlbertTrial, Edmonton, AB. For $5,000 guaranteed contest: No purchase necessary, skill testing question required. Contest open to age of majority legal residents of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan Odds of winning $5,000 depend on number of eligible entries. Contest closes Sep-tember 30, 2014 (11:59 pm MT). For complete contest rules see North Edmonton KIA, 13634 St. AlbertTrial, Edmonton, AB.


presents...Photos by AndrewMacLeod - Gecko Photography

If your class,team or groupwould like to befeatured in over20,000 copies

of theSt. Albert LeaderPhoto Booth- IT’S FREE! -

please email us at:[email protected]

or give us a callat 780-460-1035.

Rock’N AugustVolunteers

Rock’N AugustVolunteers

Rock’N August Rock’N AugustVolunteers

Photos by AndrewMacLeod - Gecko Photography

Rock’N AugustVolunteersRock’N August

VolunteersRock’N AugustVolunteers

Rock’N August Rock’N AugustVolunteers

presents...


ENTERTAINMENT

VASA gets messyGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Artists with the Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA) in St. Albert are making a mess in the best way possible.

Inspired by the Group of Seven, several VASA artists have come together this month to put on an exhibition entitled Goop of Seven, which features works where paint has been dripped, splashed, smeared, poured — anything but brushed, really — onto the canvas.

Samantha Williams-Chapelsky is one of the participating artists, and she said these methods of painting are a lot of fun, and even a little freeing.

“It’s a little dangerous, too; you do get covered in paint. … With this group, the art is a jumping-o� point for using these materials and really seeing what they can do,” she said. “It’s not limiting them to a set of rules. Just because a canvas is (two-dimensional), it doesn’t mean (the art) has to be 2-D. It can be bigger than that.”

Other artists in the show include Peter Gegolick, Rick Rogers, Connie Osgood, Linda Blezard, Randall Talbot, Carla Beerens, Lisa Liusz, Julie Kaldenhoven and Garrett Plummer.

Williams-Chapelsky said that, even though the painters involved all have di�erent techniques and takes, it all comes together to make a well-rounded show.

“Some are more realistic than others, and some are complete abstraction,” she said. “... It’s just seeing how inspiring and freeing

this technique is for a lot of artists. It’s a completely subconscious way of painting.”

While Williams-Chapelsky has gained notoriety for her landscape paintings, she said she started experimenting with some of the techniques being showcased in Goop of Seven as a natural progression of her work.

“�ere are so many di�erent mediums you can add to paint now where it gets thicker and di�erent,” she said. “I had done some trials, a little painting where my goal was to use this entire jar of medium in one painting.

I thought it would be a really big challenge for me, because I would waste so much, but it’s not — it’s just creating a di�erent e�ect.”

In the end, though, Williams-Chapelsky hopes that people who come out to see the exhibition come away with a newfound sense of bravery.

“For the artists that come to see it, I think they’ll be really inspired to try something new, to

be less afraid of paint itself, and being able to work with the textural nature of acrylic paint, especially with some of the artists who have incorporated di�erent materials. Some of them have diamond dust or stone in them,” she said. “Just because it says ‘paint’ doesn’t mean it’s all paint; it can have di�erent materials in it.”

Goop of Seven runs at VASA’s headquarters in the Hemingway Centre (25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave.) until Aug. 29. �ere is an opening reception tonight (�ursday) from 6 to 9 p.m., which will also feature an ice cream stand called “One Goop or Two?”

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderVisual Arts Studio Association member Samantha Williams-Chapelsky displays one of her paintings that will be part of the group’s August exhibition entitled Goop of Seven.

“Just because a canvas is 2-D doesn’t mean (the art) has to be 2-D.”

Samantha Williams-Chapelsky

Greater St. Albert Catholic SchoolsFaith in Our Students

GREAT PROGRAM OPTIONS

PAY SCHOOL FEES ONLINE

TWO WAYS TO REGISTER

� �� NEW!� ��

�� NEW!� ��

� Call 780-459-7711 between8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

� ��

��

�� School Cash� � ��

TRANSPORTATION��

6 St. Vital Ave, St. Albert, T8N 1K2Phone: (780) 459-7711 Fax: (780) 458-3213www.gsacrd.ab.ca

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

/gsacrd@GSACRD

Our Doors OpenSeptember 2nd

OUR ST. ALBERT SCHOOLS

�� 780-459-4478

�� 780-458-6101

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

�� 780-459-7781

�� 780-459-6616

�� 780-459-4478 *limited enrolment

Families of all faiths are welcome


Towing the line at AGSAGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Some simple lines are making a big impact this month at the Art Gallery of St. Albert.

�e AGSA’s newest exhibition, Delineate, opens tonight (�ursday) in conjunction with the August ArtWalk, featuring works from three artists: Tanya Klimp, Pierre Bataillard and Florence Debeugny.

Jenny Willson-McGrath, exhibition curator at the AGSA, said that, in the case of the works in this show, less is more.

“�ey’re making the most of what’s on the page or the canvas or what’s in the frame of the photograph,” she said. “You could look at them all and say, ‘�at’s a hugely di�ering array of art,’ but there are a lot of concerns that are central to their practice.’”

�e show’s central theme, she added, is di�erent levels of abstraction in art, with a heavy visual emphasis on line.

“I know that sounds very general and you could attribute that to a lot of art,” Willson-

McGrath said, “but for all of these artists, line is very focal in their work. �e idea of the line is very central to their compositions.”

Klimp is a local artist, having graduated from Paul Kane High School before getting her bachelor of �ne arts degree from the University of Alberta.

“She doesn’t have much of an exhibition history, so we’re excited that we’re able to feature her alongside such great and experienced artists,” Willson-McGrath said.

Her works in the AGSA exhibit are from a series called Suntrackers, which are large-scale acrylic paintings that document the passage of sunbeams across the interior of her art studio in the a�ernoon.

“She basically traced the movement of the sunspots over six weeks; each painting is a di�erent day of the week,” Willson-McGrath said. “She’d set up in the same place on each respective day and trace the movement of the sun each day across the piece. �e movement of the sun creates this interesting movement across the

canvas, and the areas shrink and grow depending on how much light was coming through at those times. … She sets up the process, but then nature dictates to her what she has to trace. �e rest of it is her own artistic licence.”

Meanwhile, Bataillard is a painter who currently lives in Bonnyville, Alta., but spent a lot of time in the architectural �eld, something Willson-McGrath feels shines through in his minimalist paintings.

“He has said that, coming from the architectural industry, where you work with clients to solve problems, as an artist, you very much create your own problems and then try to solve them,” she said. “When you look at his work, you can see that kind of concern with taking something like the landscape around his house, translating that into a more simpli�ed �eld sketch, and then taking it back into the studio to work from for a di�erent piece.”

Last but not least, Debeugny, who is originally from France but now resides in Vancouver, is a photographer who has

contributed pieces from a series called Night Language to the exhibit.

“�e photographs are night photography, and she felt that what she had captured … in the picture really resembled hieroglyphics or calligraphy

or writing,” Willson-McGrath said. “�ey’re photographic abstractions, and what you’re actually seeing is a road surface at night with the re�ection of the street lights on it.”

Delineate runs at the AGSA (19 Perron St.) until Aug. 30.

Photo SuppliedA selection from Florence Debeugny’s series of photos entitled Night Language, which are part of the new exhibit at the Art Gallery of St. Albert.

We are Welcoming New Patients


*The above area market averages represent the trailing 3-month averages, except where otherwise indicated, of single-family homes only as of the Friday prior to publication week. Data is provided by CRAIG PILGRIM of RE/MAX Real Estate (St. Albert), member of the Real Estate Association of Edmonton.Data does not include condos, townhomes or apartments, and does not differentiate between styles of homes. All efforts are made to ensure data is accurate for information purposes, but please consult a licensed real estate agent for additional market information.

OAKMONT

Active Listings: 27Average list price:$724,370

Low $416,900 / High $1,500,000

Sold Listings: 23Average sale price:$523,654

Low $389,800 / High $870,000Avg. days on market: 30


Low $325,900 / High $325,000

Sold Listings: 8

STURGEON HEIGHTS

Average sale price:$336,300


Active Listings: 2 Sold Listings: 19Average list price:$456,950

Low $418,000 / High $495,900

WOODLANDS



72 EDGEWATER TERRACE2021 sq.ft. , 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms.

$549,900

780.995.0555 (direct)780.458.8300

www.samelais.ca

780.995.0555 (direct)ct)

REALTOR®��

ST. ALBERT

KINGSWOOD Contact for Address2066 sq.ft. Bungalow , 3 Bdrms, 3 Baths.

$1,299,000

780.995.0555 (direct)780.458.8300

www.samelais.ca

780.995.0555 (direct)

REALTOR®��

ST. ALBERT

12 NOBLE CLOSE1889 sq.ft., 5 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms.

$749,000

KENTCLARK

780-458-8300

TUGKNOWLTON

COURTNEYBOYD

KENTKENTKENTKENTKENTKENTKENTNEYNEYNEY

21 OAKDALE PLACE2 Storey Walkout, 4 Bdrms, 4 Baths.

$769,000

KENTCLARK

780-458-8300

TUGKNOWLTON

COURTNEYBOYD

KENTKENTKENTKENTKENTKENTKENTNEYNEYNEYNEY


Low $484,000 / High $5,380,000

KINGSWOOD


Low $475,000 / High $1,450,000Avg. days on market: 59

Active Listings: 6 Sold Listings: 14Average list price:

$450,600Low $389,900 / High $586,000

FOREST LAWN



7 FAIR OAKS DRIVE1938 sq.ft., 4 Level Split, 5 Bdrms, 2.5 Baths

780.721.5496 (direct)780.458.8300

www.kolsonrealestate.com

��

ST. ALBERT

$586,000

Karissa Olson


Low $423,900/ High $885,000

ERIN RIDGE


Low $364,500/ High $775,000Avg. days on market: 42


Low $339,900 / High $474,900

AKINSDALE



GRANDIN


Low $329,900 / High $565,900



Active Listings: 5 Sold Listings: 18Average list price:

$392,700Low $319,900 / High $449,900

BRAESIDE


Low $328,500/ High $449,900Avg. days on market: 18


Low $443,000 / High $789,900

HERITAGE LAKES




Low $319,900/ High $569,000

DEER RIDGE



LACOMBE PARK


Low $339,900 / High $1,199,900


Low $327,000 / High $1,110,000Avg. days on market: 41


Low $319,000 / High $449,000

MISSION




Low $429,000 / High $749,000

NORTH RIDGE




Low $369,900 / High $699,900

PINEVIEW*150 Days Back



St. Albert was namedthe Best Small Cityin Canada by

MoneySense Magazine.

DDii�� yyyo�� kknnoww?

ST. A LBERT REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT

ONLY$35.00!A great way to market your real estate listings in over 20,000 copies of the St. Albert Leader.

Call us today for details: 780-460-1035 or email: [email protected]

ADVERTISE ON THEST. ALBERT REAL ESTATE PAGE


www.bamforyouth.ca

McDonalds.ca/careers

GREA

TCARE

ER

S.GR

EAT O

PPORTUN

ITIES.

GRE

ATRE

WARDS.

Apply for a jobat McDonald’s® inSt. Albert today!

©2

01

4M

cDon

ald’

s

Connect With UsWant to get involved and seewhat we are up to? FollowBuilding Assets & Memorieson a variety of socialnetworking sites!

“Liking” Instagram: The Anatomy of the Empty

Recently, I’ve performed thetransgressive act of deleting my Instagramaccount. I did this, in part, because I really feltmyself as taken away from the “real world”due to my frequent use of it. However, thisarticle isn’t going to say: “Instagram is poison,the Internet is bad!” Rather, this article aimsto exhibit how radically different our mindsthink when faced with an overwhelmingsymbolic dimension, namely, Instagram, the“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming ina quite profound sense: I’m willing to liken the“like” to a form of capital (which, we probablyall agree, is an overwhelming symbolicdimension to our reality). Moreover, I claimthat our interaction with Instagram is far lessfulfilling than we perceive. This article aims tobriefly demonstrate this claim through its twoconcerns: the anatomy of a ‘like’, and how the‘like’ is valueless in a proper sense.Firstly, we’re all familiar withthe idea of “posting to getlikes”. Also, we all know that it isstupid, but yet we all do it. Myexplanation for why we do thisis tied to the empty nature ofa ‘like’ and how it yet attains avalue to us. This explanationis structurally similar to how

money gains value; I’ll equate“likes” to money (in the followingsenses). “Likes”, as well asmoney, are both valueless inthemselves. They are emptyentities.What really happenswhen, say, money gains value,is a sort of transubstantiation,whereby an empty entityattains the value of something that actuallyhas inherent value. An example: bread hasinherent value to us, because we eat it tosurvive. A coin, in its physical form (metaldisc), has no value to us.What happensthough, is that the value of the bread realizesitself in the empty void of money, and now,what you have is a society in which peopleare fixated on acquiring money. You needthis empty backdrop: once you have it, valuebecomesmisplaced. To use Slavoj Zizek’sexample of anti-Semitism: proper anti-Semitism isn’t “the Jew is such and such”, butrather, the reverse: “the person is such

and such because they are aJew”. The question thereforebecomes: “what is a Jew?” Theanswer, given in Nazi Germany,was generally: “We don’t knowwhat they are, they are a mysticfigure, but we know that they’re soand so…We know to beware.” Thatis to say, you need the empty entity,the void, to evoke Anti-Semitism in thisway, to project the values of Nazi Germanyonto.With respect to our topic of focus, wecould similarly say (falsely) that “the bread isvaluable because it is worth money”, or “thisInstagram post is valuable because it is worthlikes”.What is money?What is a like?Perhaps the first counter-argument herewould be to say that the ‘like’ isn’t inherentlyempty. A ‘like’ reflects a minimum level ofappreciation, does it not? Yes, it would reflect

a minimum level, if the ‘like’ could also reflecthigher levels of appreciation. For example, apicture that changes someone’s life gets thesame appreciation (within Instagram) fromanother person who passively hit ‘like’ as aconformist, or accidentally (commenting runsinto similar problems). Therefore, you couldsay that the like acquires its unitary characterhere: you don’t have a “dollar worth twodollars” or a “like worth two likes,” you simplyhave everything measured by the single unit,the dollar, the ‘like’. With having only theunit ‘like’, users are not actively displaying

appreciation;instead it is apassive act. All it takesto ‘like’ something is a double tap, orsingle. This leads to accidentally hitting ‘like’:an event indistinguishable from its authenticcounterpart within Instagram. If you had,hypothetically, a “1-5 star like system”, youwould not run into the problem of passivity,nor the problem of accidental, physicallyvalueless ‘likes’, because the user takes anactive role by displaying the degree to whichthey appreciated something; you couldsay the following with certainty: the user

appreciated the picture more than a minimumamount, or that the user appreciated it forsure a minimum amount. It takes a minimallevel of appreciation to decide howmuchyou positively appreciate something—anopportunity that you don’t have on Instagram.Thus, with the unitary structure of the ‘like’,we cannot say, with certainty, that it has aminimum inherent value.This has been a brief anatomy of the ‘like’--of the empty. The Instagram post isn’tvaluable because it is worth ‘likes’; the postis valuable because it reflects reality. Realityhas value.We aren’t engaging in reality whenwe engage within Instagram, we’re engagingin symbolic representation, distortion…When I left Instagram, I left to meet valuewhere it really is.

a quite profound sense: I’m willing to liken thea quite profound sense: I’m willing to liken the


Recently, I’ve performed thetransgressive act of deleting my Instagramaccount. I did this, in part, because I really feltmyself as taken away from the “real world”due to my frequent use of it. However, thisarticle isn’t going to say: “Instagram is poison,the Internet is bad!” Rather, this article aimsto exhibit how radically different our mindsthink when faced with an overwhelmingsymbolic dimension, namely, Instagram, the“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming in“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming ina quite profound sense: I’m willing to liken the


Recently, I’ve performed thetransgressive act of deleting my Instagramtransgressive act of deleting my Instagramaccount. I did this, in part, because I really feltaccount. I did this, in part, because I really feltmyself as taken away from the “real world”myself as taken away from the “real world”due to my frequent use of it. However, thisdue to my frequent use of it. However, thisarticle isn’t going to say: “Instagram is poison,article isn’t going to say: “Instagram is poison,the Internet is bad!” Rather, this article aimsthe Internet is bad!” Rather, this article aimsto exhibit how radically different our mindsto exhibit how radically different our mindsthink when faced with an overwhelmingthink when faced with an overwhelmingsymbolic dimension, namely, Instagram, thesymbolic dimension, namely, Instagram, the“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming in“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming in“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming in“like” system, ect. Here, I use overwhelming ina quite profound sense: I’m willing to liken the


St. Albert

.COM

Hundreds ofSt. Albert

Minor SportsPhotos!

www.stalbertsports.com is presented by the St. Albert Leader

Check itout NOW!

STALBERTSPORTS.COMpresents...

Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Spruce Grove Hawks

Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Spruce Grove Hawks Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Edmonton Cardinals Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Spruce Grove Hawks

Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Edmonton Cardinals Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Edmonton Cardinals

Photos by Jesse Kushneryk

Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Edmonton Cardinals

Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Spruce Grove Hawk Bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals vs Spruce Grove Hawk


Week of 8/4/14 - 8/10/14

ACROSS1 Table leftover6 Granola grain

10 Under the covers

14 Dusting, e.g.15 Flu symptom16 Vague amount17 Pay-stub figure18 Toe woe19 Cocoon

contents20 Highly decorated22 Get back24 Mister, in Madrid25 Duke's daughter26 Give to charity28 Part of IOU29 Tavern order30 Young seal31 Airedale, e.g.33 Visibly

embarrassed36 New York

Harbor sight DOWN 40 Seeing red 49 Gere film, 37 Like some 1 Learned one 41 Airport event "American

questions 2 Singing group 42 Leave desolate ______"40 Forbidden 3 Turned, as a 44 Hard to miss 54 Alex Haley saga43 Deep stupor corner 45 When forging 55 Break up47 Soon, old-style 4 Variety began 59 Canyon sound50 Casino area 5 Annoyance 46 Summer pest, 61 Idyllic place51 Biblical boat 6 Fine-print slangily 63 I don't think so!52 Drop the ball acronym on car 48 Commonplace53 Evening ads

wingding 7 Squirrel treat55 Plumlike fruit 8 Thug's message56 Fizzle out 9 Legislative body57 Therefore 10 Nile biter58 Complain 11 Lady's bedroom60 Planetary path 12 Give authority to62 Night sight 13 Ecclesiastical 64 Sports-shoe residence

feature 21 Figure out65 Top pick, 23 10, to a gymnast

slangily 27 Diner sign66 Stop, to 30 Navajo newborn

Salvador 32 Decorate anew67 Door hardware 34 Ignoramus68 Pooch's pest 35 Animal shelter69 Misplaced 38 Back of the neck70 Playful swimmer 39 Less soggy

The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke

Copyright 2014 by The Puzzle Syndicate

Answer to Last Week's Crossword:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28

29 30 31 32

33 34 35 36

37 38 39

40 41 42 43 44 45 46

47 48 49 50 51

52 53 54 55

56 57 58 59

60 61 62 63 64

65 66 67

68 69 70

G O L F O F F S A N T S YA R I A D R I P F O R C ER A F T D E S O L A T I O NB L E E D E S T E R P O T

D I S P U T E P A P AE N D S T O R Y M A RM O I S T U R E L I S T E NI N S T A N T P A S S I V ER E G E N T P A T H E T I C

R A T H E N C E E L KS T U D H A R D H A TO W N S U R G E R U R A LL E T T E R B O M B T I R EV E L A R O L I O O V E NE D E M A R A C Y R E A D

In some China subway stations, people are employed to shove passengers into crowded

trains. (discovery.com)

Ther

e ar

e fi

ve d

iffe

renc

es b

etw

een

thes

e tw

o ph

otos

. C

an y

ou s

pot

them

all?

FUN & GAMESEdited by Margie E. Burke

Answer to Last Week's Sudoku

Copyright 2014 by The Puzzle Syndicate

Difficulty : EasyThis week in history and

celebrity birthdays

DID YOU

KNOW?

AUG. 8, 1988Wrigley Field in Chicago hosts

its first-ever night game after 74 years of only hosting day games.

AUG. 7, 1846Anna Swan — a performer with P.T. Barnum’s circus who stood seven feet, six inches tall — is

born in Mill Brook, N.S.

AUG. 10, 1876Alexander Graham Bell makes

the first long-distance telephone call, using a 13-km line strung

from Brantford, Ont., to the Bell homestead in Paris, Ont.

AUG. 11, 1994Major League

Baseball players walk off the

job. The strike cancels the

rest of the 1994 season, meaning a World Series champion would not be crowned

for the first time in 89 years.

AUG. 12, 1992Canada, the U.S. and Mexico

sign off on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after 14 months of negotiations.

ANSWERS: 1. Writing removed from sign; 2. Licence plate removed from red car; 3. Hood of far right car changed to green; 4. Whitewall added to tire; 5. Stanchion changed to pink.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderVintage cars and trucks are lined up at the Rock’n August kickoff pancake breakfast Tuesday at the St. Albert Inn and Suites.

AUG. 9, 1936 In the shadow of Nazi Germany, African-American athlete Jesse

Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the 1936 Olympics in

Berlin as the U.S. team wins the 4x100-metre relay.

AUG. 13, 1990The separatist Bloc Quebecois

wins its first seat in the House of Commons when Gilles Duceppe

wins a byelection in the riding of Laurier-Ste-Marie.

Servicing any make or model of bicycleFree estimatesVisit crankys.ca for our tune up packages

24 Perron Street St. Albert 780.458.9181

Helping you get the most out of your cycling experience

21Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014IN

TH

E S

TA

ND

SH

OY

LE

& G

US

TH

E B

OO

BIR

DS

PR

INC

ES

SW

HA

T I

F?

PRO

F. D

ON

KEY

’S D

ICTI

ON

ARY

© 2

014

FR

OG

LE

CO

MIC

S©

20

14 F

RO

GL

E C

OM

ICS

© 2

014

FR

OG

LE

CO

MIC

S©

20

14 F

RO

GL

E C

OM

ICS

Answers online atstalbertleader.com

© 2014 FROGLE COMICS

© 2014 FROGLE COMICS

Kids KrosswordNINJA TURTLES

Compiled by Leader staff

ACROSS1) Turtles’ sensei

3) Michelangelo’s weapon 9) “Cowabunga!” 11) ____ Soldiers

12) Where the Turtles live 14) Raphael’s weapon

15) Donatello’s weapon16) Big bad guy

17) The leader of the group

DOWN2) Turtles’ favourite food3) City the Turtles protect4) Reporter friend O’Neil

5) Shredder’s warthog henchman 6) Scientist and tech genius turtle

7) _____ in a halfshell 8) Leonardo’s weapon

10) Shredder’s rhino henchman 13) Wears a red mask


BUSINESS

Figures as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, compared to

one week prior. For information only.

DOLLAR

Down 0.90¢0.9124 US

TSX

Down 258.8415,187.71

NASDAQ

Down 89.864,352.84

DOW

Down 482.6416,429.47

GOLD

Down 9.301,289.50 US

OIL

Down 3.4697.58 US

How fat is your retirement wallet?

No hogging all the food!Chef Patrick Spilsted mans the grill at Hog’s Head Brewing Company in Riel Business Park on Tuesday afternoon as the brewery hosted a free barbecue to celebrate the opening of their new Tap Room restaurant. All the items on the menu in the Hog’s Head Tap Room will be made or infused with beer in some way — including dessert. Officials with the brewery hoped to have the Tap Room’s doors open to the public at 16 Rayborn Cres. by today (Thursday) or Friday.

Ph

oto

: G

LE

NN

CO

OK

, S

t. A

lbert

Lea

der

DOUG RIDINGSun Media News Services

A pension through your work can represent a substantial part of your retirement income, particularly if it is a de�ned bene�t pension plan. �is is a plan that provides a predetermined level of income at retirement based on a formula set out in the plan.

Add this income to any money you receive from the Canada Pension Plan and old age security (OAS) and the “�xed income” component of your retirement cash �ow can look pretty good.

If you don’t have a pension plan through work, how much do you need to set aside in order to bring your retirement income up to the same level as someone who has a de�ned bene�t pension plan?

Quite o�en, people I speak with have a magic number of $1 million. For some reason, they’ve held onto the idea that they need at least $1 million in their savings plans before they can retire so they don’t run out of money. �is is an arbitrary number at best unless it’s arrived at based on �guring out the math. So let’s do it.

A commonly used formula in de�ned bene�t plans is 2%, times the number of years belonging to the plan, times the employee’s average wage. So if an employee is a member of this pension for 35 years and earns an average income of $65,000, their pension would be 2%x35x$65,000 = $45,500. In this case, $45,500 will be available to the retired employee for the rest of his or her life as long as the pension plan

remains solvent.A typical funding ratio may be

6%, which means the plan will have to set aside approximately $758,333 to fund this person’s retirement income of $45,500 (758,333 x 6%).

If this person’s retirement age is 65 and he or she is able to spend 25 years in retirement before dying, then they will have drawn income of approximately $1,137,500 without accounting for any indexing for in�ation. Keep in mind if there is no spouse, there will be nothing le� as an inheritance from the pension for any children or grandchildren.

Alternatively, a person who is retiring without a pension at age 65 and is expecting to draw an income of $45,500 until age 90 will have to manage their savings to generate enough return to cover the desired income. If they get 6% return on their savings for the entire 25 years, they would need to have $616,541 set aside to generate $45,500 per year. At 5% return, they would need $673,338 set aside. In either case, they will also have drawn income of approximately $1,137,500 over 25 years with nothing le� for the estate.

With the amount of money needed to be set aside to provide the income from a de�ned bene�t plan, it is easy to understand why employees place such a high value on this form of compensation. How much do you need to set aside to generate your retirement income?

Doug Riding BA, CFP, FMA is a senior investment adviser with

IPC Securities Corporation.780-990-6266 Direct780-460-8558

LORENELECAVALIER 780-459-7786

www.bermontrealty.com

Call us today for all your St. AlbertReal Estate Needs

Pierre Hebert Guy Hebert


BRITTANY KUSTRASpecial to the Leader

A few weeks ago, the managing director at the Northern Alberta Business Incubator, Dar Schwanbeck, lent me a few of his favourite business books for some “light summer reading.” I’ve only just started on Strategy and the Fat Smoker by David Maister, but already a particular metaphor has struck a chord with me.

Say you invent a fantastic new widget — except you seem to be the only person who sees how fantastic it is. You have trouble getting distribution for the product. Eventually you make it onto the shelves of a few local retailers, but business is slow. Maybe you lose interest or focus or drive. Eventually, you give up on the idea all together.

This story may sound familiar to anyone who has tried to launch a business. If you’re not an entrepreneur, consider the last time you tried getting in shape. You joined a gym, and for the first few weeks, you were faithful. Maybe you even attended a few group fitness classes, like pilates or spin. But after the first hundred sit-ups, you didn’t have abs, and you felt frustrated. Maybe you slowly slipped back to old habits, until you

were right back where you started. The reason that that gyms are a $25-billion dollar industry is because so many of us experience this cycle.

Maister posits that this same cycle is applicable to business. “The primary reason we do not work at behaviours which we know we need to improve is that the rewards (and pleasure) are in the future,” he writes. “The disruption, discomfort, and discipline needed to get there are immediate.”

We all know that we should stop smoking, eat healthier, and work out more. Entrepreneurs know that they should network, listen to their customers, improve their costs and efficiency, and promote the heck out of their product. But sometimes the long-term benefits of working hard now can seem like a distant, unachievable goal. Minor setbacks can knock us off course until we’re back at square one, or we can use them to fuel the fire towards a booming business. How will you choose to react?

Brittany Kustra is the communications and

leasing co-ordinator for the Northern Alberta Business

Incubator.

Reaction to setbacks key to biz success

Voicemail etiquette mattersMARY M. MITCHELLSun Media News Services

Does leaving a voicemail message create performance anxiety for you? If it does, you probably are a millennial. �ere’s good news and bad news about this. �e good news is that you are early in your career, with lots of opportunities to make a positive di�erence in your world.

�e bad news is that, if you are a millennial, you cannot a�ord to regard leaving voicemail messages as obsolete.

It behooves all of us to consider a refresher on voicemail etiquette. Here goes:

• Your own answering greeting should be short. Don’t bother to say that you aren’t available to take the call. �at’s a waste of time, and there’s no point in restating the obvious. Instead, simply identify yourself and ask the caller to leave a message.

• If you really mean it, say you will return the call as soon as possible. For example, “�is is Mary Mitchell. Please leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I can.” If you want to give another option to reach you, go ahead, but limit it only to one telephone number or email address.

• When you leave a voicemail message, be sure to identify yourself right away. Give your return phone number at the beginning of your message so that other people don’t have to listen to you twice. Speak slowly and clearly. It helps to pretend to be writing your number in the air, which will slow you down and help with clarity. Say when you can be reached.

• If there are specific messages, be concise, and let the person know at the beginning so she can

be listening for the information. For example, “I’m calling to let you know two things. “First, I got the information about the meeting. I will meet you in the building lobby at 2:30. See you then.”

You might want to repeat your number at the end of your message. �at would sound like, “Again, my number is xxx-xxxx should you need it.” �en just hang up. �ere is nothing rude about that; you don’t need to say good-bye, since there was no conversation.

I find it helpful to imagine that I am writing a memo when I leave voicemail messages. Outlining points enhances my own clarity and puts the listener on notice for the information.

• Never use voicemail as a way to avoid speaking with someone. It doesn’t help, and a person would have to be terminally dense not to figure out your game. If you must call when you know the other person isn’t available, say, “I know you won’t be able to take the call now, but I wanted to let you know that...”

Let’s get back to performance

anxiety. Our fear of being judged negatively fuels our performance anxiety in any situation. When it comes to voicemail, we are being judged on our tone of voice and the clarity of our information.

Remember that we can hear a smile in another person’s voice, just as we can discern whether that individual is completely present and focused. Smartphones have the ability to record. Smart people take advantage of this tool and record themselves before leaving a message. And yes, it takes time. Precious time.

Yet what do winning sports teams do that most individuals do not? �ey practice. �ink about it. �e few seconds we invest in practicing our message can create or nurture a positive relationship. �at’s a personal win for the caller. On the other hand, a messy message can cost us a valued relationship.

Why bother, you might ask? Good manners create good relationships. Good relationships create successful careers. It’s not the other way around.

Photo: Sun Media News Services

I found these greatoptions online

STALBERTJOBS.COM

City of St. Albert: Facility Attendants • Exercise & Wellness Specialist• Manager of Operations – Parks and Transportation • Fountain Cafe Attendant

• Rec Leader 3 – Playschool Instructors • Rec Leader 2 – Preschool & Parented Programs• Carriers Needed - St. Albert Leader

I need anew job


��

��

MONDAY, AUGUST 11 at 10 AM780-459-1542 \ \ ardentheatre.com

TICKETS ON SALE

�� September 17

�� September 18

�� October 2

�� October 3

�� October 4

�� October 10

�� October 17

�� October 19

�� October 23

�� October 24

�� November 1

�� by �� November 2

�� November 7

�� November 9

�� November 13

�� November 14

�� present �� November 15

�� December 16

�� January 27

�� February 6

�� February 13 & 14

�� February 15

�� February 19

�� February 27

�� March 4

�� March 6

�� March 7

�� March 8

��March 17

�� March 21

��April 17

*Family Series Season programming subject to change.

Documents

St. Albert Leader August 7, 2014