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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, April 24, 2014 46776D26 46776D 46776D 46776 26 26 3110 GAETZ AVE., RED DEER LOCAL 403-347-3301 TOLL FREE 1-800-661-0995 www.pikewheaton.com 2014 CHEVROLET CAMARO 2LT Stk. # 30701. 3.6L, V6, Manual, Leather, Sunroof, RS Package, 20” Rims/Tires $ 223 Bi-Weekly 0%/84 Months RED DEER FESTIVAL OF PERFORMING ARTS DIALYSIS: ‘I feel thrown out on the street’ Joyce Reynolds of Sylvan Lake has been mak- ing the journey to Red Deer for dialysis for the past three years. About a week and a half ago, she said she received a call from the Northern Alberta Renal Program telling her she would now have to go to ei- ther Rocky Mountain House or Stettler for her three- times-a-week dialysis. “I’ve been in a panic since I got that phone call. . . . You don’t have a choice. I don’t know what to do,” Reynolds, 75, said. She lives alone and does not have anyone who could drive her to Rocky — she’s always driven herself to Red Deer and said even that 20-minute drive is trying after a draining four hours hooked up to the dialysis machine. She said she has no idea why she was picked to leave Red Deer, especially as she doesn’t have a driver or partner. “They told me it was because I was a stable dialy- sis patient. That’s all.” Reynolds had a heart attack three years ago and had stents put in, which finished her kidneys, she said. She uses a walker and has spine issues. She said she can’t brush snow off of her car and can’t see herself commuting to Rocky in the winter. “They said they’d try to move me back to Red Deer before the snow flies if there’s availability . . . but there won’t be with the way things are going.” She is supposed to start her first run to Rocky on Tuesday, a 45-minute and 65-km drive. “Somehow we have to fight this. I’ve talked to our MLA Kerry Towle . . . . I can’t do it in the winter; I’d have to stop dialysis . . . . If I get behind the wheel . . . and I’m tired and fall asleep, who else am I going to harm? It’s too far.” Rosalie Thon, who was also told recently she must go to Rocky over Red Deer for dialysis, echoes Reyn- old’s extreme thoughts. Thon, who has polycystic kidney disease, trav- elled to Rocky on April 17 for dialysis and said she won’t go back. She is also a single woman and has no one to drive her. Thon, 53, had surgery on March 27 so she could be- gin peritoneal dialysis by mid-May after a recovery and training period. This means she would be able to treat herself at home, draining solution into the peritoneal catheter site in the abdomen. “I feel thrown out on the street . . . . I’m waiting for a call back (from Red Deer) and hopefully I can finish my run and then they can have my chair,” she said. By late on Wednesday evening, Thon said she had no idea what she would do today, the day she needs to have her dialysis treatment. “I don’t want to quit but there’s no way I’m run- ning myself back and forth to Rocky. ... It’s not safe.” Jim said administratively all options are being considered, such as the option of modifying the cur- rent unit for more space and/or a night dialysis run currently not offered in Red Deer, increasing home hemodialysis and establishing a home hemodialysis education program in the city. There is no firm plan in place for any of these op- tions yet, Jim said, and none of them are very viable for patients outside of building a brand new unit. “All these things can be done, but at what point in time does one realize that to accommodate a home hemodialysis training program, or to accommodate existing issues with our peritoneal dialysis program — because we’ve run out of space for it, too — or to accommodate our clinic that sees people before they wind up on dialysis, that all of those things are burst- ing at the seams.” [email protected] TRIAL: 30 witnesses expected He is also facing multiple counts of refusing to provide breath samples to police investigating a fa- tal or injury collision, and breaching an undertaking prohibiting him from using alcohol and street drugs. He is on trial before Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminaraj, 13, died at the scene. His older sister and brother, Stephanie and Jamie, were injured. They were on their way to see the fireworks to be set off to celebrate Canada Day 2010 at Bower Ponds. “This incident has been permanently implanted in my brain,” Smith said during cross-examination by defence counsel Donna Derie-Gillespie. He had already expressed to Crown prosecutor Wayne Silliker, second counsel to Robin Snider, the impact the collision has had on his life. “There was a death that I was witness to,” Smith said to Silliker. “It was Canada Day. It should be a day of celebra- tion.” Smith testified that he was taking his wife and son to watch the fireworks and was stopped on Kerry Wood Drive with his window rolled down when he heard the sound of an engine revving up. “I heard the engine rev up to speed up and the next thing that happened was a collision in the mid- dle of the intersection,” said Smith. “I heard the black truck engine rev up to try to beat the red light.” A black pickup truck heading northwest on Taylor Drive struck the passenger side of a small car that was stopped in the intersection and was just starting to turn left onto Kerry Wood Drive, said Smith. The impact spun the car in a circle while the truck jumped the median and landed facing the oth- er way, alongside the traffic island at the northwest side of the intersection, he said. Smith called 911 from his cellphone and then went to the stricken car. There were three people inside. The boy in the front passenger seat was not breathing, said Smith. Taking instructions from the 911 operator and focused on the people in the car, Smith said he took little notice of the man who was driving the truck. Smith said he saw the man get out of the truck, light a cigarette and sit down on the curb. He said he would not recognize the man again because it was getting dark. Witness Carlene Omoth, who was walking near the intersection, said she heard brakes squeal and people yelling as the two vehicles collided in the in- tersection. Omoth, 23, testified that she froze at first, then rushed to the car after watching the truck strike it and spin it around in the intersection. She said she held the car driver’s hand and called her boyfriend for her. “She wanted me to check on her brother, but he was . . . I was more concerned with her.” In custody and awaiting proceedings on other, more recent charges, Arens was allowed to leave the prisoner’s box and sit beside his lawyer during wit- ness testimony on Wednesday. Although his hands were free, his ankles were shackled and an Alberta Sheriff was positioned behind him. Snider said she and Silliker plan to call 30 wit- nesses, including civilians, experts and police. Further civilians are to take the stand today. [email protected] STORIES FROM PAGE A1 LOTTERIES Calgary: today, in- creasing cloudiness. High 12. Low 1. Olds, Sundre: today, increasing cloudiness. High 13. Low 0. Rocky, Nordegg: today, increasing cloudiness. High 11. Low -1. Banff: today, increas- ing cloudiness. High 10. Low -2. Jasper: today, mainly cloudy. High 10. Low 0. Lethbridge: today, increasing cloudiness. High 15. Low 3. Edmonton: today, 40% showers or flur- ries. High 7. Low 0. Grande Prairie: to- day, clearing. High 9. Low -1. Fort McMurray: to- day, rain mixed with snow. High 7. Low -3. LOCAL TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY REGIONAL OUTLOOK WINDCHILL/SUNLIGHT GRANDE PRAIRIE 9/-1 JASPER 10/0 BANFF 10/-2 EDMONTON 7/0 RED DEER 9/1 CALGARY 12/1 FORT MCMURRAY 7/-3 WEDNESDAY Lotto 649: 22, 25, 35, 40, 45, 46, Bonus 38 Western 649: 16, 24, 26, 30, 46, 48, Bonus 47 Extra: 5208885 Pick 3: 121 Numbers are unofficial. Mainly sunny. 30% chance of showers or flurries. 30% chance of showers. 30% chance of showers. Low 0. A mix of sun and cloud. Low 0. HIGH 9 LOW 1 HIGH 9 HIGH 6 HIGH 13 TONIGHT’S HIGHS/LOWS LETHBRIDGE 15/3 WEATHER UV: 5 Moderate Extreme: 11 or higher Very high: 8 to 10 High: 6 to 7 Moderate: 3 to 5 Low: Less than 2 Sunset tonight: 8:49 p.m. Sunrise Friday: 6:16 a.m. Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff The saxophone line in the Ecole Camille J. Lerouge Junior High stage band plays Blue Train by John Coltrane on Wednesday afternoon during the 51st annual Red Deer Festival of Performing Arts. The festival runs from April 22 to 26 at Red Deer College and features performances from participants ranging from five to 25 years of age. The public is invited to attend daily performances that begin at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. daily. On May 3, the Living Stones Church will host the Performers Showcase at 2 p.m. For more information on the festival, visit reddeerkiwanisfestival.org. Puppy abandoned in vacant condo BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer animal control officer was shocked to find a five-month-old German shepherd had been left alone with no food and only a toilet bowl for wa- ter in an apartment vacated by evicted tenants. The puppy is recovering well and was taken to the veterinarian for shots on Wednesday. Animal control officer Rebekah Bauer received a call at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday from a landlord who didn’t know the dog was in the building until he discovered it. The tenants of a Central Alberta apart- ment had been evicted earlier on April 13, but had stayed a little bit longer. Then they left behind their dog. “It was pretty bad, the dog had clearly been left alone for a minimum of three days,” said Bauer. “He had been drinking the water from the toilet bowl and there’s only a minimal amount of it there until you flush.” This was Bauer’s first call like this but other local animal control officers have dealt with similar situa- tion where two small puppies were left behind. “I’ve been in this business for two years now and it still shocks me,” said Bauer. “It amazes me that people can leave behind a living, breathing animal.” The apartment was covered in dog feces. Getting the proper vaccinations for the young pup- py was one of the top priorities for Klassic Kennels, where the dog is being kept. “He appears healthy, though he is a little on the skinny side,” said Bauer. “That will happen if you don’t eat for three or four days. But his energy was high, he was super excited to have human connec- tion again. “Health wise he is doing well, he just needed to have some supper.” Please see PUPPY on Page A3
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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, April 24, 2014
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3110 GAETZ AVE., RED DEERLOCAL 403-347-3301 TOLL FREE 1-800-661-0995
www.pikewheaton.com
2014 CHEVROLET CAMARO 2LT
Stk. # 30701. 3.6L, V6, Manual, Leather, Sunroof, RS Package, 20”
Rims/Tires
$223 Bi-Weekly0%/84 Months
RED DEER FESTIVAL OF PERFORMING ARTS
DIALYSIS: ‘I feel thrown out on the street’
Joyce Reynolds of Sylvan Lake has been mak-ing the journey to Red Deer for dialysis for the past three years. About a week and a half ago, she said she received a call from the Northern Alberta Renal Program telling her she would now have to go to ei-ther Rocky Mountain House or Stettler for her three-times-a-week dialysis.
“I’ve been in a panic since I got that phone call. . . . You don’t have a choice. I don’t know what to do,” Reynolds, 75, said. She lives alone and does not have anyone who could drive her to Rocky — she’s always driven herself to Red Deer and said even that 20-minute drive is trying after a draining four hours hooked up to the dialysis machine.
She said she has no idea why she was picked to leave Red Deer, especially as she doesn’t have a driver or partner.
“They told me it was because I was a stable dialy-sis patient. That’s all.”
Reynolds had a heart attack three years ago and had stents put in, which finished her kidneys, she said. She uses a walker and has spine issues. She said she can’t brush snow off of her car and can’t see herself commuting to Rocky in the winter.
“They said they’d try to move me back to Red Deer before the snow flies if there’s availability . . . but there won’t be with the way things are going.”
She is supposed to start her first run to Rocky on Tuesday, a 45-minute and 65-km drive.
“Somehow we have to fight this. I’ve talked to our MLA Kerry Towle . . . . I can’t do it in the winter; I’d have to stop dialysis . . . . If I get behind the wheel . . . and I’m tired and fall asleep, who else am I going to harm? It’s too far.”
Rosalie Thon, who was also told recently she must go to Rocky over Red Deer for dialysis, echoes Reyn-old’s extreme thoughts.
Thon, who has polycystic kidney disease, trav-elled to Rocky on April 17 for dialysis and said she won’t go back. She is also a single woman and has no one to drive her.
Thon, 53, had surgery on March 27 so she could be-gin peritoneal dialysis by mid-May after a recovery
and training period. This means she would be able to treat herself at home, draining solution into the peritoneal catheter site in the abdomen.
“I feel thrown out on the street . . . . I’m waiting for a call back (from Red Deer) and hopefully I can finish my run and then they can have my chair,” she said.
By late on Wednesday evening, Thon said she had no idea what she would do today, the day she needs to have her dialysis treatment.
“I don’t want to quit but there’s no way I’m run-ning myself back and forth to Rocky. ... It’s not safe.”
Jim said administratively all options are being considered, such as the option of modifying the cur-rent unit for more space and/or a night dialysis run currently not offered in Red Deer, increasing home hemodialysis and establishing a home hemodialysis education program in the city.
There is no firm plan in place for any of these op-tions yet, Jim said, and none of them are very viable for patients outside of building a brand new unit.
“All these things can be done, but at what point in time does one realize that to accommodate a home hemodialysis training program, or to accommodate existing issues with our peritoneal dialysis program — because we’ve run out of space for it, too — or to accommodate our clinic that sees people before they wind up on dialysis, that all of those things are burst-ing at the seams.”
TRIAL: 30 witnessesexpected
He is also facing multiple counts of refusing to provide breath samples to police investigating a fa-tal or injury collision, and breaching an undertaking prohibiting him from using alcohol and street drugs.
He is on trial before Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.
Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminaraj, 13, died at the scene. His older sister and brother, Stephanie and Jamie, were injured. They were on their way to see the fireworks to be set off to celebrate Canada Day 2010 at Bower Ponds.
“This incident has been permanently implanted in my brain,” Smith said during cross-examination by defence counsel Donna Derie-Gillespie.
He had already expressed to Crown prosecutor Wayne Silliker, second counsel to Robin Snider, the
impact the collision has had on his life.“There was a death that I was witness to,” Smith
said to Silliker.“It was Canada Day. It should be a day of celebra-
tion.”Smith testified that he was taking his wife and
son to watch the fireworks and was stopped on Kerry Wood Drive with his window rolled down when he heard the sound of an engine revving up.
“I heard the engine rev up to speed up and the next thing that happened was a collision in the mid-dle of the intersection,” said Smith.
“I heard the black truck engine rev up to try to beat the red light.”
A black pickup truck heading northwest on Taylor Drive struck the passenger side of a small car that was stopped in the intersection and was just starting to turn left onto Kerry Wood Drive, said Smith.
The impact spun the car in a circle while the truck jumped the median and landed facing the oth-er way, alongside the traffic island at the northwest side of the intersection, he said.
Smith called 911 from his cellphone and then went to the stricken car. There were three people inside. The boy in the front passenger seat was not breathing, said Smith.
Taking instructions from the 911 operator and focused on the people in the car, Smith said he took little notice of the man who was driving the truck.
Smith said he saw the man get out of the truck, light a cigarette and sit down on the curb. He said he would not recognize the man again because it was getting dark.
Witness Carlene Omoth, who was walking near the intersection, said she heard brakes squeal and people yelling as the two vehicles collided in the in-tersection. Omoth, 23, testified that she froze at first, then rushed to the car after watching the truck strike it and spin it around in the intersection.
She said she held the car driver’s hand and called her boyfriend for her.
“She wanted me to check on her brother, but he was . . . I was more concerned with her.”
In custody and awaiting proceedings on other, more recent charges, Arens was allowed to leave the prisoner’s box and sit beside his lawyer during wit-ness testimony on Wednesday. Although his hands were free, his ankles were shackled and an Alberta Sheriff was positioned behind him.
Snider said she and Silliker plan to call 30 wit-nesses, including civilians, experts and police.
Further civilians are to take the stand [email protected]
STORIES FROM PAGE A1
LOTTERIES
Calgary: today, in-creasing cloudiness. High 12. Low 1.
Olds, Sundre: today, increasing cloudiness. High 13. Low 0.
Rocky, Nordegg: today, increasing cloudiness. High 11. Low -1.
Banff: today, increas-ing cloudiness. High 10. Low -2.
Jasper: today, mainly
cloudy. High 10. Low 0.
Lethbridge: today, increasing cloudiness. High 15. Low 3.
Edmonton: today, 40% showers or flur-ries. High 7. Low 0.
Grande Prairie: to-day, clearing. High 9. Low -1.
Fort McMurray: to-day, rain mixed with snow. High 7. Low -3.
LOCAL TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
REGIONAL OUTLOOK
WINDCHILL/SUNLIGHT
GRANDEPRAIRIE9/-1
JASPER10/0
BANFF10/-2
EDMONTON7/0
RED DEER9/1
CALGARY12/1
FORT MCMURRAY7/-3
WEDNESDAY Lotto 649: 22, 25, 35,
40, 45, 46, Bonus 38
Western 649: 16, 24, 26, 30, 46, 48, Bonus 47
Extra: 5208885
Pick 3: 121Numbers are unofficial.
Mainly sunny. 30% chance of showers or fl urries.
30% chance of showers.
30% chance of showers. Low 0.
A mix of sun and cloud. Low 0.
HIGH 9 LOW 1 HIGH 9 HIGH 6 HIGH 13
TONIGHT’S HIGHS/LOWS
LETHBRIDGE15/3
WEATHER
UV: 5 ModerateExtreme: 11 or higherVery high: 8 to 10High: 6 to 7Moderate: 3 to 5Low: Less than 2Sunset tonight: 8:49 p.m.Sunrise Friday: 6:16 a.m.
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
The saxophone line in the Ecole Camille J. Lerouge Junior High stage band plays Blue Train by John Coltrane on Wednesday afternoon during the 51st annual Red Deer Festival of Performing Arts. The festival runs from April 22 to 26 at Red Deer College and features performances from participants ranging from five to 25 years of age. The public is invited to attend daily performances that begin at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. daily. On May 3, the Living Stones Church will host the Performers Showcase at 2 p.m. For more information on the festival, visit reddeerkiwanisfestival.org.
Puppy abandoned in vacant condo
BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF
A Red Deer animal control officer was shocked to find a five-month-old German shepherd had been left alone with no food and only a toilet bowl for wa-ter in an apartment vacated by evicted tenants.
The puppy is recovering well and was taken to the veterinarian for shots on Wednesday.
Animal control officer Rebekah Bauer received a call at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday from a landlord who didn’t know the dog was in the building until he discovered it. The tenants of a Central Alberta apart-ment had been evicted earlier on April 13, but had stayed a little bit longer. Then they left behind their dog.
“It was pretty bad, the dog had clearly been left alone for a minimum of three days,” said Bauer. “He had been drinking the water from the toilet bowl and there’s only a minimal amount of it there until you flush.”
This was Bauer’s first call like this but other local animal control officers have dealt with similar situa-tion where two small puppies were left behind.
“I’ve been in this business for two years now and it still shocks me,” said Bauer. “It amazes me that people can leave behind a living, breathing animal.”
The apartment was covered in dog feces.Getting the proper vaccinations for the young pup-
py was one of the top priorities for Klassic Kennels, where the dog is being kept.
“He appears healthy, though he is a little on the skinny side,” said Bauer. “That will happen if you don’t eat for three or four days. But his energy was high, he was super excited to have human connec-tion again.
“Health wise he is doing well, he just needed to have some supper.”
Please see PUPPY on Page A3
