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StAlbertSt. Albert’s second annual TEDx event will be held at the Arden Theatre onSeptember 15th, 2012. This year’s theme is GROW! and features a spectacularline-up of speakers, musicians, food and surprises! For more information and tickets:

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FUN WITH NUMBERS

250That’s how many Chinese

suppliers South Korean electronics maker Samsung has committed to inspecting after a U.S.-based group accused one of those suppliers of breaking child-labour laws.

Heidi Fedoruk of Leading Edge Physiotherapy has her cash ready for St. Albert’s first-ever “cash mob” event, coming up on Thursday, Sept. 20. See story, page 7.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

SEPT. 6, 1952The first television station in Canada hits the airwaves, as CBFT in Montreal starts transmitting as part of the Radio-Canada network. The first program to air is a production of Jean Cocteau’s drama Oedipus Rex.

Good neighbour program launched

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Cash, a four-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, stretches to grab a toy without going overboard at the first-ever dog swim at Grosvenor Park outdoor pool Monday evening. Cash did eventually get his sea legs, though, as did numerous other canines who got the chance to cool off in the pool before it was drained and cleaned as the summer swimming season came to an end.

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GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

It was a bittersweet moment at St. Albert Place on Tuesday as the City of St. Albert launched a new recognition program and honoured its first recipient.

About 30 friends and family of Woodlands resident Patrick Morrison gathered in council chambers Tuesday afternoon as he posthumously became the first honouree of the City’s Celebrating Good Neighbours program.

“[Patrick] never wanted recognition for anything he did,” said his widow, Mary Jane, who attended the ceremony along with their 10-year-old daughter Emma and accepted a print by local painter Samantha Williams-Chapelsky. “It’s absolutely thrilling for us to be here and for Pat to be recognized.”

Patrick passed away on April

12 after a year-long battle with cancer.

Robert Murray nominated Patrick for the program, saying that he made a big impression on the lives of many people.

“Patrick was always there; it seems like a cliché, but he was

always there for you,” Murray said. “Even without asking for help, Pat would always pop in and bring over little things, help us out as a family. Even from the first week we moved in, we thought, ‘There’s something different about this man, something very unique.’”

Since he passed away, Murray said things haven’t quite been the same on their block.

“We all miss him,” Murray said. “His truck is still parked next to my property, and I keep thinking I’m going to see Pat go out there, jump in the truck and drive off to help somebody.”

The Celebrating Good Neighbours program is part of the City’s neighbourhood development initiative, and is aimed at bringing neighbours together to make their areas safer and stronger.

“This is really the heart of what makes a community or a city a great place to live. ... In the end, what makes us all connect together are good people,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said.

The deadline for nominating neighbours is Sept. 28. For more information, visit www.stalbert.ca/goodneighbour.

Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderMary Jane (back centre) and Emma Morrison (front centre) pose with Mayor Nolan Crouse and other dignitaries in council chambers Tuesday afternoon.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCEMonday, September 10, 3:00 p.m.East Boardroom, Third FloorSt. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

Agenda items:• Management Report Update• Economic Update & Forecast• Preliminary Budget Position Discussion• Capital Growth Fund• 2012-2013 Workplan

ST. ALBERT ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT ADVISORYCOMMITTEETuesday, September 11, 7:00 p.m.Boardroom, Business & Tourism Development71 St. Albert Trail

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SOCIAL MASTER PLANYou have told the City of St. Albert thatthese social issues are important to you:housing, access to health care, drug abuse,bullying among youth and creating safeneighbourhoods.

Let’s continue the conversation on howwe can address these issues and furtherstrengthen our community. Join us for thenext round of community conversations.Register early by email at [email protected] or call 780-459-1756.Seating is limited.Sept. 11, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Grandin ClubhouseSept. 17, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.East Boardroom, City HallSept. 18, 1 – 3 p.m.Servus Place (Morinville Rm)Sept. 26, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Servus Place (Morinville Rm)Sept. 29, 12 – 4 p.m.Servus Place (Morinville Rm)For information and ways to get involved,visit www.stalbert.ca/social-master-plan.

GRANTSENVIRONMENTALINITIATIVES GRANTDo you have an idea, large or small, for acitizen-action project that would benefit theenvironment in our community, but you arewithout the funds to make it happen?

The Environmental Advisory Committeeand the City of St. Albert is now acceptingapplications for the 2012 allocation ofthe Environmental Initiatives Grant. Thisgrant is for St. Albert schools, non-profitorganizations and community groups.

Application Deadline:October 9, 2012 at 5 p.m.

For more information on eligible projectsand applicants, visit www.stalbert.ca/environmental-initiatives-grant-programor email [email protected] for acomplete application package.

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StAT has approximately 500 stalls availablefor park and ride near the Village TransitStation. Those owned by the St. Albert Innand Suites are available for $4/day. All otherspaces are free.

There is NO parking for transit patrons atSt. Albert Centre. Please respect the mall’sprivate property.

All riders, who have the option, areencouraged to use their local route to connectto a commuter bus.

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Become a Pre-School InstructorPrerequisites: Candidates must be over 14½years old and hold a current Bronze Cross.Completion of Awesome Aquatic AssistantsLevel 1 & 2 is recommended.

This is a skill-based course with the intent thatthose who take it will experience and participatein pre-school activities and how pre-school agedchildren learn. Successful completion of thisclass will give you the Lifesaving Society’sPre-school Proficiency award.

Course runs September 11 and 13,from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

For further information or to register, contactFountain Park Recreation Centre.

IDLE-FREE ST. ALBERTWhen your vehicle’s engine idles forextended periods of time, it contributesto greenhouse gas emissions, wastes fueland isn’t good for your vehicle’s engine. St.Albert’s Idle-Free Bylaw prohibits vehicleidling for more than 3 minutes in a 30minute period between 0°C and 30°C.

When waiting to pick up your kids at school,be idle-free. Turn off your vehicle. More infoat www.stalbert.ca/idle-free-st-albert

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Good neighbours are the buildingblocks of a great neighbourhood!

The City invites you to celebrateyour good neighbour by nominatingand thanking them for creatinga connected, safe andcaring community.

For details and nomination forms visit stalbert.ca/good-neighbour or call 780-459-1756

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The Mission Avenue reconstruction project is well underway, and is targeted forcompletion in November, about four weeks later than projected, due to the weather andother project variables. If the inclement weather continues, work will be completed in2013.

During construction, all businesses REMAIN OPEN. Access will remain open to NABI andthe tennis courts. The Mission and Perron Street intersection will open September 7,2012. As parking is limited, please use alternate parking locations.

École Father Jan: Buses will be using the lane behind the school for pick-up and drop-off. All other vehicles can access the school via the parking lot on St. Vital or the tenniscourt lot. Flag people will be escorting the buses to St. Vital Avenue to ensure everyone’ssafety.

Thank you for your patience as the City replaces infrastructure which is nearing theend of its lifespan. For more information, visit www.stalbert.ca/mission-avenue-construction or call the City of St. Albert Engineering, Capital Projects, 780-459-1654.

MISSION AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION –REVISED SCHEDULE AND PLANTEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

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JULY 23 – NOVEMBER 30, 2012Drivers and trail users should beaware of the following disruptionson Ray Gibbon Drive associated withthe Riel Park Redevelopment

• Heavy truck traffic on Ray GibbonDrive between LeClair Way andGiroux Road. Trucks will be makingapproximately 190 round trips per day.A temporary signalled crossing willbe built on Ray Gibbon Drive southof the Sturgeon River bridge to allowthe hauling of clay and topsoil forredevelopment. Temporary signalsat the crossing will keep trafficflowing; however, expect delays.Starting September 3, trucksmay be restricted from using thetemporary crossing during peaktraffic times (7 to 9 a.m. and 4to 6 p.m.) to minimize delays onRay Gibbon Drive.

• Temporary trail closure of aportion of the Red Willow Trailbetween Levasseur Road andthe Sturgeon River bridge willbe closed until fall 2013 dueto the truck crossing and site

redevelopment. Access to Lois HoleCentennial Provincial Park and theBLESS platform remains open viaRodeo Drive.

Motorists and trail users are advisedto watch for signs. Motorists pleasemaintain the posted speed limit. Thankyou for your patience during the 2012construction season.

For more information: contact the City ofSt. Albert Engineering, Capital Projects,780-459-1654 or visit www.stalbert.ca/riel-recreation-park-redevelopment.

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Photo: ANDREW MAclEoD, Special to the leaderAbove: St. Albert’s Travis Ewanyk (21) delivers a hit to a Swift Current Bronco as the two Western Hockey League teams faced off in a preseason tournament game Saturday at Northstar Hyundai Arena in Servus Credit Union Place. The Oil Kings lost 8-2, but rebounded to beat the Red Deer Rebels 5-3 on Sunday. Right: St. Albert’s Trace Elson laced up at forward for the Rebels in the tournament. The Rebels dropped their other game at Northstar Hyundai Arena, 6-3 to the Prince George Cougars.

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Get ready, St. Albert businesses — there’s a mob of customers eager to spend money headed your way.

After a number of successful runs in Edmonton, the “cash mob” concept is heading north to St. Albert, with Heidi Fedoruk leading the charge.

“There’s such amazing small businesses in our community, with business owners being so active beyond just their retail locations, supporting different charitable events and that sort of thing,” said Fedoruk, who co-owns Leading Edge Physiotherapy with husband Grant. “I know there’s a cash mob that’s been started in Edmonton, but I just thought, ‘We have to support St. Albert businesses.’

“Plus I love to shop.”A cash mob involves customers

finding out a location and time via social media, and descending upon that business at the same time, each committed to spending $20 there.

“It started back in 2011 with a fellow in Buffalo, N.Y.,” Fedoruk explained. “And it’s been sprouting

up across North America in different urban areas. It’s basically a way for consumers to support independent local business owners who are supporting their community, making that special effort to be part of the community.”

But, even though the name rhymes with that of singing, dancing “flash mobs” that have popped up in recent years, Fedoruk said a “cash mob” is not as spontaneous as it may seem.

“It obviously has to be pre-

arranged with the business,” she said, “but for the actual mobbers, the business name is kept a surprise. You just give a general location — ‘Meet at the corner of Perron Street and St. Anne Street at 7 p.m.’ — and then, from there, you

all go to the business. The shoppers themselves don’t know necessarily which business has been chosen.”

However, she stressed, cash mobs are about promoting smaller, local shops, not big box chain stores.

Fedoruk cited a study she had read that concluded for every $100 spent at a local business, $48 stays in the community, versus $13 that stays in the community from a big box or chain store.

St. Albert’s first cash mob is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 20, although Fedoruk couldn’t say exactly where it would be held just yet.

“We’re taking to Facebook and Twitter and suggestions from other local businesses to find a really special business for our first one,” she said. “We’re looking for someone with a neat story behind their business or someone who’s done some extraordinary work within the community. We still haven’t picked it yet.”

She hopes to hold cash mob events monthly, usually on the third Thursday of the month.

For more information, follow @stalbertcashmob on Twitter.

‘Cash mob’ ready to descend on businesses

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderHeidi Fedoruk and staff from Leading Edge Physiotherapy have their cash ready for St. Albert’s first-ever cash mob, coming up on Thursday, Sept. 20, at a yet-to-be-determined local business.


The start of a new school year remains an exciting time for students, staff

and parents. It is a time of change for our students as they enter a new grade, make new friends and get to know their new teachers.

It is also a time of some adjustment for our district as we grow accustomed to our new name: St. Albert Public Schools. Although we have always been extremely proud of our history as the St. Albert Protestant Separate School District, we go forward respecting the Alberta government’s legislation that, on July 1, changed our name.

This has required many administrative changes but has not affected our classrooms. We have a new name, but remain the same great district.

Our mission remains

unchanged: “Through our commitment to excellence in public education, we strive to ensure all students become lifelong learners, confident and capable of shaping their future and meeting the challenges of today and tomorrow.” This is indeed a huge challenge as it is increasingly difficult to predict what tomorrow will look like in this time of rapid technological changes. However, we will continue to work with our stakeholders to ensure our future is bright — the same challenge that the founders of our district faced back in 1958.

I am honoured to serve as

superintendent of a great school district and to reside in this fine city. Our district plays a tremendously important role in St. Albert as we educate nearly 7,000 of its students and are one of its largest employers, with more than 780 full and part-time staff. We understand and respect this role, working together with other organizations to ensure our city remains a great place in which to live and learn.

Our talented staff are committed to the success of our students and to providing them with a balanced educational experience. Student achievement is, of course, at the core of what we do, but it is not everything. It should never overshadow what gives teaching its mystery and majesty — what brings children joyfully into classrooms, what

introduces them to interests that will absorb them for the rest of their lives, what lifts them back up when their lives have taken a tumble. Michael Fullen and Andy Hargreaves, in their book Professional Capital, state that teaching isn’t easy, it’s hard. Like dentistry or architecture, it’s not something you can make up as you go along or that you can always plan for. It requires true team effort.

I am proud to be part of an organization and community that greatly value its teachers and all those who support them. This teamwork has been the strength of our district and will continue to be. Again, I am humbled and proud to work alongside our staff, parents and students as we continue down the road of continuous improvement.

Name has changed, but mission has not

Neighbourly spirit lives onSometimes, it seems like the world is a

terrible, scary place — a place where things like murders, assaults, fraud

and exploitation happen on a never-ending basis.

It’s a place where the have-nots take desperate measures to pull themselves up, and the haves take equally desperate measures to keep them down.

It’s times like this when it’s beyond reassuring to know that there are people like Patrick Morrison out there.

Morrison was named Tuesday as the first honouree under the City of St. Albert’s new Celebrating Good Neighbours program. However, listening to what his neighbours from the Woodlands subdivision and his family said about his selfless and generous ways, the painting that constituted his award seemed wholly inadequate. Between clearing sidewalks in the winter, mowing lawns in the summer and lending a friendly ear year-round, he deserved a whole lot more.

Being a good neighbour is something we seem to have forgotten as time has marched on, and it seems kind of sad that being neighbourly is so exceptional anymore that we feel compelled to single out those who are.

Where our parents and grandparents would have taken over a pie to welcome that new family that moved in across the street, these days, we merely peer at them through the blinds and wonder what skeletons are hidden in their closet. We resort to calling the police if a dog barks too loud or an extension cord is laid across the sidewalk rather than knock on a door and talk like adults.

Unfortunately, Patrick never got to receive his award in person; he passed away earlier this year after a year-long battle with cancer.

But perhaps we can all take a cue from Patrick and practice being a good neighbour a little more often, whether it’s lending a power tool, a cup of sugar, a hand or a sympathetic ear to those in need.

That way, his spirit will live on in this entire community, and the world might seem just a little less scary.

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Fowler will be missed at namesake school


As students and teachers headed back to class at Richard S. Fowler Junior High School, they did so with some heaviness in their hearts.

That’s because the school’s namesake, former St. Albert mayor and MLA Richard Fowler, passed away over the summer holiday, losing a long battle with pneumonia in July.

Principal Susan Coates said Fowler often visited the school and took pride in what the students there achieved.

“He used to come several times a year for awards ceremonies and the like, and his presence will be missed,” she said.

One of those visits was this part April, where students and staff hosted a pasta lunch is the former mayor’s honour. Many of Fowler’s brothers, sisters and extended family attended that event.

“We were very lucky to have him here in the spring for that and really be able to celebrate his life before he left us,” Coates said.

Events like that really created a connection between the students and the

school’s namesake that many children aren’t able to experience.

“It was really nice because the students knew him; they were able to recognize him, and they would come over and shake his hand. He was really good with them,” Coates said.

Coates wasn’t yet certain, though, if anything would be organized at the school to honour Fowler’s memory as the academic year gets rolling again.

“We hope to have his family come out and represent him over the next little while. … It’s something I’ll have to discuss with our staff and get in touch with his family,” she said.

Officials with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools said there are no plans yet for any kind of district-wide honours.

Fowler served as mayor of St. Albert from 1965 to 1968, and again from 1980 to 1989. He then went on to serve as MLA for the St. Albert riding under the Progressive Conservative banner from 1989 to 1993, holding cabinet posts such as solicitor general, municipal affairs and native affairs minister, and minister of justice. After losing his seat in 1993, he was appointed as a judge in the Provincial Court of Alberta.

Downtown district put overGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

It was supposed to be the first stride toward the redevelopment of downtown St. Albert, but it barely got started.

City council was scheduled to debate two amendments to the City of St. Albert’s land use bylaw at their regular meeting Tuesday, but after a public hearing and a recommendation from administration, councillors only gave one reading to the one of the bylaws and then put the matter over to October.

The bylaws before council would have added a new downtown (DT) designation to the land use bylaw and then applied that designation to two of the four character areas identified in the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan.

But council only gave first reading to the first bylaw, then directed staff to bring both back in October and include the property at 29 Sir Winston Churchill Ave. in the land to be redistricted.

During the public hearing, several representatives from the business community expressed their support for the new district and for downtown

redevelopment in general.“The tax base stays at home,

commuting becomes less for people going to other areas to work, and the shopping dollars stay in the community ... At some point, this has to happen, so why not do it now?” said Bob Gylytiuk, a landowner in the area.

Meanwhile, St. Albert Chamber of Commerce chair Darel Baker also expressed support, but asked council not to cast aside the Perron District branding his organization had established.

But several downtown businesspeople had major concerns, which spokesperson Harry Gaffney related to council.

One of those concerns had to do with the amount of parking in the area.

“Downtown can’t be competitive [with big box stores] if there is not reasonably similar access to it — and that, I think, in St. Albert means people get to come down to it in their cars,” he said.

Gaffney also relayed concerns about the suitability of the land, noting that soil conditions and a high water table prevented him from building higher than two stories when he built on the corner of Perron and St. Anne streets.

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Project within sightGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

With the completion of their largest and most ambitious project to date within sight, these are exciting times for members of the St. Albert Housing Society.

The society’s Big Lake Pointe project, which encompasses 118 units in two apartment buildings on Nevada Place, should be ready to at least partially open its doors later this year, and that’s a great feeling for SAHS board chair David McGreer.

“It’s been our goal for three or four years to have this happen, so we’re very excited,” McGreer said.

“The society’s really happy with the partner that we chose — well, I guess they chose us, too. There are a lot of projects across the province that have been government-funded that are nowhere as complete as this one.

The society recently hosted a tour of the construction site for City of St. Albert officials, many of whom are also quite excited about what the project will mean for the community.

“From the first time the housing society bought the land and started the project, it has taken a while to get here, but they’ve made it,” Coun. Malcolm Parker said. “We can see something tangible now, and the next big, exciting step is going to be when it’s all finished.”

He added that the project will help immensely in improving the overall affordable housing and rental property shortages in St. Albert.

“Over the past three or four years, we’ve really come together as a community to provide for these affordable housing needs,” Parker said. “We’ve got the Habitat for Humanity project, we’ve got Big Lake Pointe, we’ve got apartments [in North Ridge] — we’re really starting to close that gap.”

In construction, the project has a number of features that add value to the building,

some of the most noticeable of which will mitigate noise from other units throughout the apartments.

“There’s been a lot of thought put into the sound attenuation and practical experience of what works best in real life,” said James Kazoleas, president of Anderson Building Group, the builders who took the lead on the project. “We’ve done as much as we can to mitigate the sound transfer through the floor joists and the walls.”

Another innovative feature is the use of insulated concrete form, which not only helps in noise mitigation, but also in climate control.

“You have a cooler building in the summer and a warmer, more energy-efficient building in the winter, as it holds the heat in as well,” Kazoleas said. “Other advantages of ICF are the sound transfer, and a longer-lasting building as well.”

Seventy-eight of the units in Big Lake Pointe will be affordable units, with rental rates set below market rates. The remaining 40 will be rented at market rates.

As well, 32 of the units will be wheelchair-accessible, something the housing society really wanted to put an emphasis on.

“I don’t think there’s much in the community like that,” McGreer said.

The intermingling of market and affordable units, accessible and non-accessible units, and even the project’s integration into the rest of the North Ridge subdivision is an important consideration, Parker said.

“It really addresses the needs of society and the community as a whole,” he said. “There are some people who have low incomes, and this provides them with an opportunity to have a nice place to live, even with children.”

SAHS officials said they already have an inquiry list with more than 100 names on it for Big Lake Pointe. Applications for units are expected to officially open later this fall.

For more information on the project, visit www.biglakepointe.com.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Coun. Cathy Heron and SAHS executive

director Doris Vandersteen check out the view from one of the units

in Big Lake Pointe.

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Morinville, St. Albert pitch joint fire facilityGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

A joint firefighting training centre for St. Albert and Morinville moved one step closer to reality last week.

On Friday, it was announced that the City of St. Albert and the Town of Morinville had entered into an agreement for the joint use maintenance and repair of a fire training centre, to be located within Morinville town limits.

“Training is critical to St. Albert Fire Services and this opportunity allows the department to further advance our skills in a number of smaller scenarios before training for larger scale fires,” said St. Albert Fire Services chief Ray Richards in a press release. “This collaboration also strengthens our relationship with a neighbouring municipality which essentially contributes to a stronger region.”

“Quality comprehensive training programs are essential to our growth and advancement as a fire department,” added Morinville Fire Department chief Ron Cust in the same release. “This partnership brings

together two similar departments and builds up our resources in terms of training resources and needs.”

Currently, both departments use other regional training facilities for both small- and large-fire scenarios, but the new joint training centre will allow them to train for small-fire scenarios more frequently and cost-effectively. Regional facilities will still be used for large-fire scenarios.

Morinville town council will consider an amendment to the town’s land use bylaw on Tuesday, Sept. 11, to accommodate the facility.

Once approval to that amendment is given, construction can begin, including installation of fencing, a water retention container, a 600- to 700-square-foot “smoke house” and a live training structure.

The cost to that point is estimated to be $25,000, although more props may be purchased for the two structures in the future. The costs will be split equally and be funded through current budgets, as well as some grant money already secured by St. Albert Fire Services. More provincial money may be available in the future.


After stepping up on the local and provincial levels, Jacquie Hansen is bringing her passion for education to a national stage.

Hansen, a trustee for Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools and president of the Alberta School Boards Association, was elected as the new vice-president for the Canadian School Boards Association in late August, taking over from Ontario’s Catherine Fife, who resigned to seek a New Democratic Party nomination in an upcoming provincial election.

The job will see Hansen meet with presidents of provincial associations as well as with provincial education ministers from across the country.

“National issues mostly include First Nations, Métis and Inuit education, and the whole movement toward technology and 21st century learning,

and what school needs to look like going forward across the country,” she said. “There are [also] issues such as bullying that all school boards face.

“You have to remember that education in our country is very much jurisdictional, very much provincial, and mandated that way. But there are issues that face all of us, and those are the things [the CSBA] talks about and tries to move on.”

Hansen joins CSBA president Sandi Urban Hall of Saskatchewan on the national executive. Her term runs until July 2012.

Hansen said her national duties should mesh well with what she is already doing at the provincial and local levels.

“They all go hand-in-hand,” she said, “but it brings awareness to education at a brand new level for Alberta. And I think that’s a good thing.”

Hansen was first elected president of the ASBA in November 2010.

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Krauss dances toward dream in WinnipegGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Winnipeg in the winter may not seem like the promised land, but for one young St. Albert girl, that’s exactly where she hopes to make her dreams come true.

Thirteen-year-old Ryley Krauss left her Lacombe Park home Sunday to head off for her first semester at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, where she’s excited to pursue her passion for dancing full-time.

“I get to dance every day,” said Ryley, who attended Sir George Simpson Junior High School last year, when asked what she was most excited about.

As excited as Ryley is, though, her parents, Lochlin and Deborah, were riding an emotional rollercoaster as their youngest daughter prepared to leave the nest.

“I’ve been very emotional; I know I’ll miss her desperately,” Deborah said. “But with technology these days … we can see each other every day if we have the time

through FaceTime and Skype, so that brings us closer together.”

“I’m trying not to cry every day,” added Lochlin. “We’re nervous, excited and extremely proud. It’s another chapter in our lives, and the family unit is changing. There’s been a lot of discussion about having that fourth place setting at the table and what it’s going to mean to the family unit.”

Ryley has been dancing with the DanceCo studio in St. Albert since she was five years old, and lately has been practicing six days a week, one to five hours a day.

She first tried out for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet school two years ago, but even then, neither she nor her parents ever thought she’d make it this far.

“I just was going to have fun and dance,” Ryley said.

“Our approach has always been to allow our kids to find what they love to do, and it’s just carried Ryley to a place where she’s in the right place, doing the right thing that makes her happy,” Deborah added. “We didn’t really have expectations, other than to find activities for them that they really love and enjoy. It’s a bonus that she’s got the potential to really pursue this as a profession.”

Ballet is an emotional experience, Ryley added.

“I can just put all my feelings into what I’m doing and just dance,” she said.

And Lochlin can’t say enough about the staff at DanceCo, located in the Mission Ridge Shopping Plaza.

“That school has unbelieveable teachers and is really well-run,” he said. “Comparatively speaking, I don’t know how it stands up for awards and recognitions to other schools in the Edmonton area, but the walls are full of plaques and awards.”

During the day, Lochlin is an on-air personality for Edmonton radio station 100.3 The Bear, but he said many of his hard-rocking listeners shouldn’t be too surprised to find out he spends a good chunk of his spare time at ballet recitals

supporting Ryley.“I talk quite openly about my family,

and it’s interesting — I think, with a lot of people at the radio station, listeners would be surprised about their lives when they’re not on the radio,” he said.

While being apart for much of the year will be difficult, Lochlin and Deborah plan to keep in touch over Skype, hope to bring Ryley home for Christmas and summer breaks, and are even planning a few trips east.

“We’re going to play that by ear. … I think [Ryley] will thrive in the environment of routine, and they say parental visits are actually quite disruptive,

because you have to keep saying goodbye and it takes them a couple of days to adjust back to their routine,” Deborah said.

“I might have to take visits out on the odd weekend just to get hugs,” she added.

Ryley has received financial assistance in her dance studies through the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and scholarships through the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

As Ryley progresses through her dance education, she still has her sights set on the future and is hopeful dancing will help make hers a household name.

“I hope so,” she said. “They have a company at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and I hope I get in.”

Photo SuppliedRyley Krauss (front) with parents Deborah and Lochlin at their St. Albert home.

Photo SuppliedThirteen-year-old Ryley Krauss, who practices out of DanceCo in St. Albert, left for the opportunity of a lifetime Sunday as she begins her studies at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

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Mayor opens up in new blogGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

St. Albert’s mayor is taking to the Internet to provide citizens with a little more insight into the inner workings of city hall.

Though he is already very active on social media like Twitter and Facebook, the City of St. Albert announced Friday that Mayor Nolan Crouse has started up his own blog at stalbertmayor.wordpress.com to have another way to reach out to residents and stay connected with them.

“Being in touch with residents is critical to me. I decided to do a periodic blog post about my views and opinions, as the blog format allows for a more in-depth expression of ideas as well as for dialogue with residents,” Crouse said in a press release. “I am at as many of the events I can get to in the community and I speak to many residents; but there are many residents with whom I may not have had the opportunity to

connect.“I am excited about having a venue

where I can express my thoughts and get specific feedback and discussion going. It is important to me to hear the diverse opinion in the community so I can do my very best in addressing issues and concerns and have a better sense

of what is on people’s mind. As a public representative, it is incumbent upon me to find ways to be accessible and I invite St. Albertans to also connect with me on my blog.”

Crouse’s first blog entry was posted Friday and is entitled “Trees Matter,” and touches on some of the challenges the City faces in dealing with sick, dying and missing trees throughout the community.

The opinions on Crouse’s blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of other councillors or the City as a corporation.

You can also find the mayor on Twitter at @stalbertmayor or on Facebook at facebook.com/nolan.crouse.9.

50+ Club gives Paws

Nolan CrouseSt. Albert Mayor


The St. Albert 50+ Club is hoping to get tails wagging for a good cause next weekend.

The club is hosting it’s second annual Paws for a Cause event on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with fun for the whole family — both two-legged and four-legged members.

“The idea behind the event is to support two great causes, one being animal rescue societies; most of those organizations rely solely on volunteers and their contributions, and they do a great thing for our community by providing homes and fostering animals that would otherwise be euthanized,” said 50+ Club executive director Chantelle Lebrecque. “And secondly, it raises funds for our organization, which goes to help seniors programming in our community.”

The day will feature arts and crafts, face painting, live music, a bouncy castle, a charity barbecue, a dog kissing booth and weiner dog races starting at about noon. A local trainer will also host a half-hour seminar on dog training and tips.

There is no admission cost, but funds will be raised for both the 50+ Club (formerly the St. Albert Senior Citizens’ Club) and local adoption networks like the Edmonton Humane Society, the Wildlife Rehabilitation

Society of Edmonton, Beagle Paws and the Humane Animal Rescue Team, which will have information booths on site.

Lebrecque said that last year’s event, which was known as Woofstock at the time, saw a couple hundred people come out, but they’re hoping to do better this time around.

“We’ve aligned it with the Farmers’ Market, so we’re hoping the foot traffic will be significantly increased,” she said.

The 50+ Club sometimes has animals pay a visit, so Lebrecque has seen first-hand the benefits they can have for seniors.

“Mainly it enables seniors to want to remain independent,” she said. “They feel like they have something to wake up to every morning, so it gives them that drive they need to keep going, especially in cases when they lose a spouse; it’s a good relationship to have.

“It keeps them physically and cognitively fit, because with owning an animal comes the walk and cleaning up after them and keeping them clean and feeding them. They’re also a great resource emotionally; they become your best friend.”

However, the Paws for a Cause event is not just for seniors — the whole family can come down for the day, including dogs.

“Anybody of any age is definitely welcome,” Lebrecque said. “That’s definitely the goal we’re going for, to incorporate all generations.”

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The literary stars will be shining bright for the second edition of STARFest this October.

After a successful inaugural event last year, the St. Albert Public Library recently announced the lineup of guest speakers for this year’s edition of the St. Albert Readers’ Festival, including authors Terry Fallis, Drew Karpyshyn, Patrick Taylor, Carmen Aguirre and Andrew Nikiforuk. The festival will also feature a gala event at the Arden Theatre celebrating the shortlisted authors for the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize, one of Canada’s most prestigious non-fiction writing awards.

“Fiction and non-fiction, there’s really something for everybody,” said library public services manager Heather Dolman. “Of course, I’ve got some real favourites there, but they’re all good. It’s going to be a nice mix.”

Dolman said that, after “getting our feet wet” in 2011, they’ve built up a good reputation in a short period of time and are ready to dive in head-first this year.

“[The turnout] was probably more than we anticipated,” she said.

Last year’s festival featured authors Will Ferguson, Charlotte Gray and Charles Foran, among others.

This year, the most anticipated event is likely the Charles Taylor Prize gala at the Arden, which is being put on in conjunction with Edmonton’s LitFest. The shortlisted authors this year included Charlotte Gill, JJ Lee, Madeline Sonik, Wade Davis and the eventual winner, Andrew Westoll.

“All of them will be there except one [Davis], including the winner of this year’s prize,” Dolman said.

She added that the opportunity for the gala came about as both LitFest and STARFest wanted to bring in Gill as a presenter, which could have caused scheduling conflicts.

“Instead of trying to share her around, we felt it was better to have that

event here,” Dolman said. “We have the Arden, which was a good space for it.”

Meanwhile, Nikiforuk has carved himself a literary niche as an outspoken critic of the Alberta oilsands and champion of other environmental causes. He’ll be in St. Albert to talk with Parkland Institute executive director Ricardo Acuna.

“In the two years now that we’ve done this, it is difficult to pin down some of the authors, and some of them have quite astronomical speaking rates. It’s all sort of what we can fit in, and whether they’re willing to come for what their publishers might sometimes put them out for,” Dolman said.

For Karpyshyn, STARFest is a homecoming; he grew up in St. Albert, starting a 12-year stint as a writer for video game company BioWare in 2000, contributing to games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect series. He then went on to write novels based on Star Wars and Mass Effect characters, earning a spot on the New York Times science-fiction bestseller list.

Meanwhile, Carmen Aguirre will talk about going from her role in the Chilean revolutionary movement during her youth to now being a screenwriter, playwright and actor in the Vancouver area.

“She was really involved in a revolutionary regime in South America, and that’s what her memoir is about,”

Dolman said.The festival is funded through the Friends

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Literary stars come out to shine at fest

“There’s really something for everybody.”Heather Dolman

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Photo SuppliedAuthor Andrew Nikiforuk is one of the big names that will appear at STARFest this year.

Photo SuppliedThese days, author, playwright and actor Carmen Aguirre lives in Vancouver, but her youth was dedicated to the revolutionary movement in her home country of Chile.

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Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54

LIZ BRAUNSun Media News Services

Ben Affleck is about to change what you know about Canadian history.

Affleck’s newest movie, Argo, shines a light on a covert operation in the Middle East that came to be called the “Canadian Caper.” In 1979, when Iran was in turmoil after the revolution, dozens of Americans working at the U.S. embassy there were taken hostage. Six of the Americans managed to escape and were hidden by Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor at his home in Tehran.

The six were issued fake Canadian passports, disguised as a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a sci-fi movie called Argo, and successfully spirited out of the country. It was a daring rescue.

Ken Taylor was lauded as a hero and Canadian flags were flown in gratitude all over the United States. To Canadians of a certain generation, it was a defining moment in Canada-U.S. relations.

That the CIA and a couple of Hollywood players were just as crucial to the rescue story is information that was kept top secret for almost 20 years. It’s all there in Argo, a political thriller that also incorporates some wry comedy about the inner workings of Hollywood. Affleck directs Argo and stars in the film as Tony Mendez, the CIA exfiltration expert who concocts the fake movie scheme and spearheads the rescue. He gets Hollywood honchos involved to create a script, a production office and

plenty of publicity for Argo, so all the world will regard the movie as a real project. And the Iranians won’t know they’re being duped.

Affleck is bringing the movie to the Toronto International Film Festival this week, where it will be a gala world premiere, ahead of its national release into theatres in October.

“I’m dying to see what the reaction is,” says Affleck, who spoke about Argo by phone from Los Angeles. “I’m definitely not afraid to say that my heart is really on my sleeve with this thing and I genuinely hope people like it ... Toronto will be the first major place where anyone sees the movie, and it’s unique, given that the story is fundamentally about the Canadians. If Ken

Taylor hadn’t taken these people in, there wouldn’t have been a rescue.”

Affleck majored in Middle Eastern studies in college and did an independent study on Iran that focused on the revolution. “So I knew as much about that as you can from something you studied in college,” he says, with a self-deprecating laugh. “But I had no knowledge of the specifics of the story of getting out these six people.”

When he got the screenplay for Argo, says Affleck, he couldn’t believe what he was reading. “I thought, ‘God, this is too incredible to be true. Did this really happen?’ But lo and behold, it did, and I immediately thought, ‘This is spectacular.’ You

know, whenever you strike upon something, that, if it wasn’t true people just wouldn’t buy it in a movie, I think you’ve found some really rich, fertile ground for telling a story.”

Among the more unbelievable elements in the Argo story is the role of respected Hollywood make-up artist John Chambers (played by John Goodman in the film). Chambers, who won a special Oscar for his work on Planet of the Apes, played a key role in the Canadian Caper. “I was so surprised by that!” says Affleck. “He’d done the biggest sci-fi effects for movies and he was the foremost make-up guy, and he’d been working with the CIA for some time. He had a whole separate part of his shop,

with a lot of locks on it, that was dedicated to his spy craft. So there was a guy who was well known in the entertainment world in Hollywood, who was, in effect, a CIA operative.”

Affleck has already proved his ability behind the camera with Gone, Baby Gone and The Town, but the stakes are, obviously, a bit higher with Argo. For one thing, he’s wading into volatile territory with a story set in the Middle East. “Whenever you’re on really tricky political ground, and you know no matter what you do, people have strongly held beliefs that will lead them to see the material through one lens or another, you just have to try to adhere really rigidly to the facts,” he says.

“It is true that these people were being pursued, so whatever you think about Iran, the United States, the revolution, the history — it is plainly true that these people were in jeopardy, and that helps create tension.”

Still, Affleck knows what he’s facing, politically speaking. “I’ve already read things on the Internet that say, ‘Oh, this is going to be some liberal screed,’ and a left wing blog that said, ‘This will be some CIA hero fantasy story,’ so people are already getting their hackles up in defence of whatever it is they believe.” Affleck is content to know that the story has been told honestly. “I was faithful to the facts and to telling a dramatic story, and one that was thrilling and exciting, within the confines of what actually took place.”

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The Green Mile star Michael Clarke Duncan has died, aged 54.

The larger-than-life former bodyguard passed away on Monday morning.

The actor’s representative tells TMZ.com Duncan never fully recovered from a heart attack he suffered at home in July.

His fiancee, reality TV star Omarosa Manigault, was with him in hospital when he passed away.

His rep said, “She is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time. Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date.”

Photo: Sun Media News ServicesActor Michael Clarke Duncan (centre), who got his big break starring alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, passed away Monday at the age of 54.

Photo: Sun Media News ServicesBen Affleck directs and stars in the new movie Argo, which tells the story of six Americans who escaped a hostage situation in Iran in 1979 and hid out in the residence of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor.

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MARILYN LINTONSun Media News Services

My Uncle Harry always told great jokes. But as he aged, he told the same joke over and over — and to the same people. Eventually, he stopped telling jokes completely.

“Older adults are increasingly aware of memory changes,” says Dr. Kelly Murphy, who runs an outpatient Memory Intervention Program at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. “Many people wonder about memory slips and whether they should be concerned. It’s sort of a free-floating worry.”

Some of these memory changes are due to something called Mild Cognitive Impairment or MCI, a condition that does not have the name recognition that Alzheimer’s has but still affects 500,000 Canadian seniors. It’s a kind of border zone between the mild cognitive changes associated with getting older and the more substantial problems caused by a dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease.

The term MCI means that some thinking skills are not quite as good as they should be for your age, but that those changes have not impacted your day-to-day affairs, Murphy explains.

“The common denominator is that people with MCI are experiencing more frequent memory slips like repeating comments or questions, or forgetting the name of someone they really should know. They

are able to plan things but it takes more effort — and people begin to comment on the fact that their memory slips are increasing.”

Because MCI is relatively new even to primary care physicians, Murphy, along with Baycrest colleagues Dr. Angela Troyer and Dr. Nicole Anderson, has written Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment, a guide to maximizing brain health and reducing the risk of dementia. The book, which is aimed at families and physicians and published by Oxford University Press, is available through amazon.ca.

Shining the spotlight on the border-zone condition means that early intervention can help to delay cognitive deterioration, says Murphy, who teaches patients what she calls “good memory habits.”

“You can learn to compensate. It is really all about learning to take more time to do tasks, or recognizing you can’t just leave your keys willy-nilly around the house.”

Murphy believes in “a place for everything and everything in its place. When you have a memory problem that kind of support is

really key — something should always be in its logical place.”

Today’s technology makes remembering easier, but Jane, a retired financial planner diagnosed with MCI, says she chooses pen and paper over smartphone prompts.

“I started making lists. I started organizing things differently because I was so uncomfortable about not being in control.”

Whatever they choose, there’s a concern that if they use memory helpers they are admitting that they have a problem, says Murphy. “Others

feel that it will make their memories lazy. But I tell them it is the exact opposite. There is so much complex thinking that goes into managing our lives.”

Though about 80 per cent of patients with MCI will develop dementia within six years, not all people with MCI will get worse. Vitamin D and calcium, antioxidants, regular exercise and developing good memory habits can help to slow the process, says Murphy. “We always hope for that magic pill, but the reality is this is a complex condition that needs a multi-pronged approach.”

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Memory habits can delay deterioration

Photo: Sun Media News ServicesAs older adults become increasingly aware of memory challenges, doing mental exercises like crossword puzzles and developing good memory habits may help delay cognitive deterioration.

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ATV ban not enough, says doc

AARON TAYLORSun Media News Services

A new research project at the University of Alberta is taking an unusual approach to Breast Cancer research.

The Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer study, dubbed AMBER, is taking a 15-year look to see if physically fit patients are more successful in battling cancer than those who aren’t fit.

“One of the things we are hoping to find is that patients who are fit and active get through the treatments better,” said Kerry Courneya, a professor at the university.

“And we will be looking at the side effects and hoping this will affect them.

“The biggest thing we are looking at is, does it affect occurrence?”

Courneya and his team have been gathering new breast cancer patients to volunteer for the program — a process they could see taking five years as the study requires a sample size of 1,500 patients to achieve the required level of accuracy.

The study focuses on testing breast cancer survivors in the areas of fitness, body fat, muscle mass, and physical activity over a three-year period. That would mean it would be eight years before initial assessments could be done.

But despite the 10- to 15-year timeline of the AMBER study, Courneya says he hopes similar studies will be done on other cancers.

“I think the type of study needs to be done in other cancer groups,” Courneya said.

“We picked breast cancer in part because there was more info to suggest that physical activity would be helpful, but also it is the most common cancer in women and there are more survivors than any other type cancer.”

Similar tests have been done in the past but Courneya said that these tests fell short because they relied too heavily on patients monitoring themselves.

“We have objective measures of fitness,” Courneya said.

“So we will have much better data than other studies that rely solely on asking patients what they’ve done.”

This study will follow the patients for a week and then once again 60 days after surgery. There will also be another follow with patients at one year, and a third time after

three years.During these one-week tests, patients will

be exposed to high tech body fat and muscle mass DEXA scanners, and be put through a gauntlet of physical tests including leg and bench presses.

That’s along with intensive treadmill exercises that will measure performance as well as oxygen usage and consumption.

“A lot of these patients are keen to help out other patients,” Courneya said.

“A lot of them have benefited from research in the past and they have an altruistic outlook on it.”

“A lot of these patients are keen

to help out.”Kerry CourneyaU of A professor

PAMELA ROTHSun Media News Services

The Canadian Pediatric Society is calling for all provinces to establish legislation that would ban anyone under the age of 16 from operating an ATV.

But an Edmonton-based emergency physician said the legislation would not be enough to combat the growing amount of deaths and injuries caused by ATV accidents each year.

“We have laws that say you can’t drink and drive, but people still drink and drive,” said Dr. Louis Francescutti. “People would be foolish to think that just passing that legislation is going to solve the problem. It’s part of the solution, but it’s not going to be the placebo that everyone’s looking for.”

As more people spend their hard-earned money on toys such as motorbikes and quads, serious injuries and death caused from ATV wrecks have become a major

problem across the country.According to statistics released by the

pediatric society, during the last five years an average of 447 children under the age of 15 were hospitalized every year for ATV-related injuries. For those aged 15 to 19, there was an average of 506 admissions per year.

Each year, an average of 179 Canadians die from ATV-trauma, of which 40 per cent of those are children and youth under 19. So far this year in Alberta, there were seven ATV-related deaths, including a 12-year-old girl.

Francescutti said the problem is not just ATVs, but injuries in general. Injuries are the leading cause of death for kids under the age of 19, and ATVs are just one cause.

“Until we start talking about the injury problem collectively, we are not going to be able to solve this problem because ATV injuries are going to disappear as soon as winter comes and then we are going to talk about snowmobiles,” said Francescutti.


FOOD

Fresh food finds at the Farmers’ MarketTYLER GRANTSpecial to the Leader

Amongst all the fresh vegetables and crafts, and just downwind from the buskers at the St. Albert Farmer’s Market, is a little corner where you can get your fill of some culinary delights. Parked in front of St. Albert Place each Saturday from June to October, are the food vendors who serve up savoury snacks and sweet desserts. On hot summer days, there’s

fresh squeezed lemonade. And, as the cooler weather of September blows in, there’s hot food and premium coffees to warm your belly. Even if you don’t wind up buying items to cook at home, the food vendors are worth the trip down to the riverside just to snack, sip, and stay for a chat.

Here at the St. Albert Leader, we’re ringing Pavlov’s bell to get you salivating for your next trip to the farmer’s market. Next Saturday, you could be munching on one of these delights…

EvA SwEET OWNERS: Patricia Foufas

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Authentic Belgian Liege Waffles

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: Since 2010.

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: It’s a Saturday market.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: Vanilla waffle

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: Waffle is served with real whipping cream, fresh strawberries, and chocolate sous.

LEMON QuENchERS OWNERS: Angie and Tim Wiltzen

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Fresh Squeezed Lemonade and Frozen Chocolate Bananas

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: Six years

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: The atmosphere is fantastic and that draws many people from all over the city as well as many who come from out of town. We feel the market is a great “destination” that everyone has to see and experience. Plus our manager is awesome and easy to work with.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: Fresh Squeezed Ice Cold Lemonade

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: We make our lemonade fresh on site each Saturday. The ingredients are simply a whole lemon, sugar, water and ice. We don’t use any syrup. All the staff work hard at preparing these and making sure everyone who wants lemonade will get one without waiting for more than a few minutes.

FAT FRANkSOWNER: Rick Millns

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie dogs

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET?: Seven years.

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: It’s a professionally run market and I really enjoy the festive atmosphere of the market. And, as an added bonus, consistently large volumes of people attend the market.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: High quality jumbo all-beef hot dogs made with no fillers or by-products grilled to perfection on a fresh Italian hot dog bun made with no preservatives. All-beef hamburgers made without fillers or by-products served on fresh Italian hamburger buns.

LEMON GRASS GRiLL OWNER: Divine Imports

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Authentic Vietnamese food

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: Two years

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: Enjoy the attendance of people here, who appreciate great fresh grown food and handcrafted cultural arts. There’s always something new to appreciate here. The response to our Vietnamese food at the food court has also been great. I think everyone is happy to know they can find freshly prepared cuisine to choose from for a quick afternoon meal.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: Lemongrass grilled chicken skewers with a combo of vermicelli and veggies

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: Our meat is hand prepared and marinated with the best ingredients to give it a moist and flavorful taste. We add a bowl of rice noodles and fresh veggies to make it the perfect meal.

KASTELEn COnCESSIOn OWNERS: John and Susan Kastelen

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Chipstix, Elephant Ears, Poutine, Deep Fried Perogy Plate, Buffalo Burgers, and Breakfast Sandwiches

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: This is the first year.

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: Seeing as this is the first year for us, we want to be back. We’ll definitely be returning.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: Chipstix and Elephant Ears

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: Chipstix are made of a whole spiral-cut potato. We deep fry the potato, and then add flavoured salt. You have the choice of salt and vinegar, barbecue, ketchup, and many more.

Elephant Ears are deep fried bread, which is a cross between bread and a doughnut. We top the Elephant Ears with whatever the customers wants, but it’s usually icing sugar and cinnamon.

hOT hOT GRiLL OWNER: Peter Chau

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: Italian sausage, Bratwurst, Smokies, Peameal Bacon

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: This is year two.

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: It’s kind of a fun thing. It’s interesting.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: Peameal bacon sandwich

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: Back bacon rolled in cornmeal. We serve three slices on a bun, and you can add sauerkraut, onions, peppers, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard and relish.

OWNER: Susan Chin

TYPE OF FOOD YOU SERVE: It’s a mix! International street eats and comfort food from around the world.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMING TO THE ST. ALBERT FARMERS’ MARKET: This is my eighth season this year! I sold hot sauces and other condiments along with prepared food for customers in the first five years. I started Molly’s Eats in 2010.

WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO THE ST. ALBERT MARKET: The people. I’ve had many of the same customers for years now, some for the entire eight years I’ve been vending at the farmers’ market. One of my favourite customers passed away in the spring from cancer — she was 46. Customers like her have become something between family and a friend to me.

Then there are the vendors too. We’re a big family. As much as we may (or may not) get along, fight, share a few laughs or stories, we’ve

essentially adopted one another and we look out for each other.

SIGNATURE MENU ITEM: There are a few this year... 1. MAC Melt: Bacon mac and cheese with slow roasted pork in a grilled cheese sammy. 2. Chocolate Sandwich Cookies: white chocolate ganache sandwiched between two chocolate cookies, which are gluten free 3. Signature Fries Duo: Blend of russet & sweet potato fries, which is gluten free 4. Green, Eggs & Ham Sandwich: one over-hard egg topped with nut-free pesto, served with prosciutto in a baby sourdough bun.

DESCRIBE THAT MENU ITEM: Although two of the above items (1 and 4) are essentially Americana and the other two are of my creation, I do serve national sandwiches (e.g. Uruguay’s chivito sandwich), South American salads (e.g. Saladu nebe: black eyed pea salad with cucumber and sweet red pepper in a fresh herb vinaigrette oil), entrees (e.g. Picada Colombiana: mixed meats served over fries and crispy plantain chips) and tacos.

Photo: TYLER GRANT, Special to the LeaderElephant ears are served up at Kastelen Concession at the St. Albert Farmers’ Market.

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CHERYL WALSHSpecial to the Leader

Are you sure you know what to expect when you are expecting? To help you through one of life’s most exciting but unpredictable journeys, a new style of pre-natal classes is coming to St. Albert starting this October.

Jennifer Jones and Jacqueline Neher from Urban Chickadee are bringing Bump Camp to Java Mama, located at #117, 15 Circle Dr., on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. starting Oct. 24 and running through December.

Jones and Neher met years ago when they both signed up to take a hip-hop class and have remained friends ever since. They even had the wonderful experience of going through motherhood together.

“We found ourselves calling each other lots during our pregnancies to share information, ask questions and offer suggestions,” said Jones.

The idea for Urban Chickadee came about one evening when Jones and Neher went out for dinner and began chatting about how they wished someone was around to guide them through all of the unexpected twists and turns of motherhood that they had to learn along the way. So after a long chat over a glass of wine, they had come up with a plan and were ready to set it in motion.

Both Jones and Neher additionally have backgrounds in interior design and they wanted to incorporate that somehow into their business plan. They decided that they would add helping moms decorate nurseries and baby-proof houses to their list of services.

“We wanted to combine our passion for interior design with our passion for

being mothers,” said Jones. “And this is what we came up with.”

After a little planning and getting a feel for what worked and what didn’t work, they came up with Urban Chickadee: a fun way for moms-to-be to get some help with planning for a child. Or as their website states, “[They] are here to keep you from losing all of your feathers, assisting

you from bump to baby and beyond.”“We consider ourselves the fun part

of planning for baby,” said Jones. Bump Camp has been running for

about a year now and has only ever been held in Edmonton at Café O’ Play. When Jones and Neher were approached about running the camp in St. Albert, they did a little research and found out there are a lot of young families and expecting mothers in St. Albert.

“We’d known about Java Mama and when we approached them, they were on board,” said Jones. “And it all just fell into place.”

Participants in Bump Camp can expect to learn everything about how to prepare for their bundles of joy. From installing car seats to breastfeeding and even decorating the nursery, Urban Chickadee seems to cover it all. They even bring in experts from different fields to answer any questions expecting parents may have.

The Mama’s Choice award-winning class also features a ‘Dads Only’ evening that shares tips on how to pack a diaper bag, how to change a diaper and even tips on things not to say to a pregnant mom.

“The response from the dads has been great,” said Jones.

In the near future, Urban Chickadee would like to branch out and service all of Alberta and eventually, one day, be all throughout Canada.

‘Bump camp’ on its way to St. Albert

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Twitter Inc will begin allowing advertisers to directly target users based on the interests they reveal in their tweets, the social media company said last week.

No longer content to be a “dumb” bulletin board, with 400 million micro-messages posted daily, Twitter has moved to a strategy of actively sifting through what each user is reading and tweeting in order to discern every individual’s interests.

Founded in 2006, Twitter is hoping

to catch up to other consumer Internet companies that have found varying degrees of success by using technology to serve better-targeted ads.

For years, Google has reaped huge profits by displaying ads based on what a user searches for in its search engine, while Facebook encourages users to proactively input their “likes.” But Twitter, by contrast, has long faced the challenge of indirectly inferring these preferences, something that marketers find less attractive for their

needs.In an effort to draw advertisers, the

company on Thursday also slashed the minimum price of “promoted tweets” from 50 cents each to just a penny.

CEO Dick Costolo has said in recent months that his company’s value lies in its ability to mine its flow of information to build “an interest graph” showing its users’ preference profiles — which could be used by marketers to deliver targeted and relevant ads.

Photo: CHERYL WALSH, Special to the LeaderUrban Chickadee owners Jacqueline Neher and Jennifer Jones are bringing their Bump Camp pre-natal classes to Java Mama in Campbell Business Park this fall.

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Dear Working Wise: How soon is too soon for my kids to get their first jobs? My kids are 13 and 15 and both say they want to get part-time jobs. I want them to learn the value of work, but they’re so young and I’m concerned about their safety.

– Signed, Anxious Parent

Dear Anxious: A part-time job is a great way for students to earn some extra pocket money, save for post-secondary and find out that money really doesn’t grow on trees. It can also teach skills your kids will be able to use for the rest of their lives, including teamwork, time-management, and interpersonal skills.

Working does carry risks, no matter how careful kids and employers are. You know your kids best and know how much responsibility they can handle — use your best judgment when deciding when your kids start working and where they work.

One thing that might help ease your mind a bit is that Alberta employment standards legislation includes provisions to ensure that young workers are only allowed to work in jobs that have a low risk of harm.

For adolescents, aged 12 to 14 years old, parents or guardians must give the employer written consent to allow their kids to work. The job must also carry no risk of injury to their life, health, education or welfare.

Adolescents are limited working as a: • clerk or messenger in an office; • clerk in a retail store;• delivery person of small items for a retail store;• delivery person (e.g. newspapers, f lyers, handbills); • certain food-service occupations (e.g., host/hostess,

cashier, dishwasher, busser).For other occupations, a permit is required. Before

granting a permit, the employer must complete a

written application with a safety checklist for underage employees.

Employment standards will not issue a permit for a worker 14 or under to work in any occupations in the construction industry or occupations requiring work around or with heavy or potentially hazardous equipment, such as drills, conveyors, grinders, welding equipment, hammers and nails, blowtorches, forklifts, fryers, hot grills, slicers, etc.

For workers aged 15 to 17, employment standards does not impose restrictions on the type of employment, but there are restrictions the hours of work and the level of supervision required. If a young person is employed at a retail store or motel/hotel and works after 9 p.m., there must be at least one adult present at all times. Youth working between midnight and 6 a.m. need to work with at least one adult and employers need written consent of their parent or guardian.

Employers are responsible for providing workplaces

that are safe for all workers, including providing safety training. Workers are responsible for working safely.

For more information on protections for younger workers, visit www.employment.alberta.ca and click on Safe and Fair Workplaces.

You can also help keep your kids safe at work by educating them and yourself. The Young Workers section, under Occupational Health and Safety, features interesting edutainment safety videos targeted at younger workers as well as tip sheets for parents. Check it out at www.employment.alberta.ca/whs-youngworkers.

Do you have a work-related question? Send your questions to Working Wise at [email protected]. Charles Strachey is a manager with Alberta Human Services. This column is provided for general information.

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – A new Fraser Institute labour survey turned up no real surprises in finding Alberta and Saskatchewan are leading North America in job creation and growth.

Alberta ranks first and Sasktchewan is second, while Ontario lags behind at 16th place.

The report found Alberta had the highest average total employment out of all the provinces.

“Western Canada continues to dominate North America in terms of labour market performance, leading the country in key areas of employment growth, private-sector job creation, and low unemployment rates,” said Amela Karabegovic, Fraser Institute senior economist and co-author of the report.

Karabegovic said the situation in Ontario is “worrisome” due to its population and importance to Canada’s economy.

The report compares employment growth, unemployment rates and labour productivity of Canadian provinces and the states in the U.S. from 2007 to last year.

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