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There's a transcript at the link, but this particularly caught my eye:Breaking news! Liberal activist Sandra Fluke will be voting for President Obama! CNN thought this announcement not only worthy of a CNN.com op-ed, but hosted Fluke in person for an interview during the 9 a.m. hour of Newsroom on Thursday.
Fluke was welcomed on cable news after she was publicly defamed by Rush Limbaugh -- and was published on CNN.com -- and on Thursday CNN's Carol Costello hailed her as the "woman who became the face of the fight over whether insurance plans should cover contraceptives." So the religious organizations who were affected by the HHS birth control mandate were not also the faces of the debate?
As she began the interview, Costello had to tee Fluke up one more time about the Rush Limbauh controversy, playing the "slut" remark. "So, when you hear that stuff from Rush Limbaugh today, what goes through your mind?" she asked the liberal activist.
In her special to CNN.com that Costello twice mentioned, Fluke sounds the alarm about how "rights that generations of women fought so hard to achieve could be rolled back easily," and hits Romney for offering "only frightening promises to send us backward."
Costello did press her guest over the youth unemployment rate under Obama before referring to her CNN.com article one more time. "But when you look at the unemployment figures for young people, they are pretty abysmal. Why should young people, the millennial generation, enthusiastically support this president?"
Is it just me or does the bolded part make no sense?COSTELLO: But when you look at the unemployment figures for young people, they are pretty abysmal. Why should young people, the millennial generation, enthusiastically support this President?
FLUKE: Actually, I saw something on ABC recently that things are increasingly that this is the best time for employment opportunities for young college graduates since this recession started. And I think that the difference between Governor Romney and President Obama is that both of them are very focused on improving the economy for all of us, but President Obama is focused on improving it for all of us, not just for a select, wealthy few, and he's focused on making sure that we have the rights and protections that we need in those jobs and in that workplace.


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If you want to be a successful entrepreneur in today's competitive marketplace, it's not enough to hang a virtual shingle on the Internet announcing that you're open for business, and then kick back.
"If you're really determined to create a thriving small business," says Dave Schrader, a small-business consultant and instructor in the University of Phoenix MBA program, "you've got to go out into your community and network."
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Become familiar with the Small Business Administration.
"The government-sponsored SBA.gov is the best one-stop portal an entrepreneur can go to in order to get connected and network," Schrader says.
He recommends reading through the peer-reviewed SBA community blogs to find entrepreneur experts with like-minded goals. "You can interact with them by posting comments or asking questions," he says.
You can also sign up to receive information about no-cost webinars that can help you launch your business. Finally, you can use the website to find small-business development centers in your community that can help you apply for business loans.
Get SCORE on your side.
This national organization, staffed by retired business professionals, offers opportunities to make community connections for free, says Schrader, who is a SCORE member.
He suggests using the group's mentoring services, where small-business entrepreneurs meet one-on-one with retired business professionals who review your business plan, offer marketing advice and provide professional contacts.
Look for small-business incubator programs.
Many community colleges and other higher learning institutions run small-business incubators where you can get mentoring for your business idea by experts in the field. They can connect you with investors and other professionals to help you create a marketing plan and generate business.
The University, for instance, is a partner with The Cleantech Open, a program to foster and encourage small-business development in the sustainable energy field.
Another resource is the National Business Incubation Association.
Join relevant trade associations.
By attending regular meetings and taking advantage of what trade associations have to offer — or even volunteering for the organizations — you can make a name for yourself among seasoned professionals in your field and cultivate contacts.
Every small-business niche has a relevant trade association, Schrader emphasizes. You can check out the trade association directory and look up pertinent organizations for your line of work.
Give back to the community.
If you want to forge strong bonds in your community and plant business roots within your local economy, it's a good idea to volunteer or help a local charity, Schrader says.
Sponsoring a Little League team or a Scout troop, or participating in a church community service activity will get your name out in front of the community and demonstrate your values and commitment to others. Schrader adds, "It's also a great way to meet local business leaders."


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NUCLA - An 18-year-old Nucla woman is being held at the Montrose County Jail after allegedly pinning her boyfriend to the side of their house with her Ford Taurus.
Crystal Anderson is being held on a $25,000 bond and is being charged with attempted second-degree murder and domestic violence.
On Wednesday, according to Montrose County, Anderson,accelerated the Ford Taurus she was seated in and pinned her boyfriend to the side of their house. Her boyfriend, who was not named in the police report, was airlifted to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction and is being treated for injuries.
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Panther Creek wrestling coach Jon Armfield is leaving to teach and coach at Cardinal Gibbons, reuniting with athletics director Todd Schuler.
Armfield will replace Stan Chambers, who will stay on as an assistant.
Armfield has been Panther Creek's head coach since its second season, 2007-08, and is a two-time conference coach of the year.
Panther Creek has made the dual-team playoffs four times in the past five seasons under Armfield, who is 132-32 in his six years as PC's head coach.
Armfield's tenure with the Catamounts is highlighted by stopping multiple Cary High regular-season, conference and home win streaks with a historic head-to-head win in 2010. A year later, the Catamounts went 28-2, losing to Cary in the playoffs and in the 4A East regional final.
The Crusaders haven't enjoyed as much dual-team success as individual – Gibbons had two state champs in 2011. Part of Armfield's fix will be to drum up interest within the school and encourage more students to try out.
Chambers is CEO of Dynamic Sports Group and will begin to focus more on those duties. He and Armfield have coached club wrestling together.
Armfield will teach technology education at Gibbons, heading up a new academic initiative there.
Cardinal Gibbons has had a busy offseason hiring coaches. Mike Buckley was hired to replace longtime boys' lacrosse coach Mike Curatolo and Veronica Wootson-Ross was named the new softball coach last week.
Wootson-Ross played professional softball for the Akron Racers in 2007 and was most recently an assistant at William Peace University. She was also a graduate assistant at Florida State University.
Wootson-Ross replaces Marianne White, who retired after coaching 10 seasons and finished runner-up in the 2005 NCISAA 3A state championship.
District softball: The N.C. Softball Coaches Association announced its all-district teams. The association awards each of the four classifications and picks a different number of players to the district teams based on how many schools exist in that district and classification.
Green Hope's Lexi Ross was named the 4A District 3 player of the year. Ross, now graduated, will play at Western Carolina next year.
Also making the 4A District 3 team were: Apex's Lindsay Hodge, Cassie Healy, Alexis Overdiep and Mckenzie Brown, Athens Drive's Tanya Van Dyk and Olivia Baratta, Cary's Emily Libero and Priscilla Sanchez, Fuquay-Varina's Ashlyn Long, Heather Ratcliff, Megan Tarpey and Kelsey Ward, Green Hope's Ali Then, Lauren Clifford and Ross, Middle Creek's Kiley Majette, Megan Walker, Allie Burghardt, Lauren Panella and Panther Creek's Madison Thompson.
Making the 3A District 3 team were three Cardinal Gibbons freshmen – Joelle Devita, Kassidy Wood and Elizabeth Pederson.
All-star games: The N.C. Coaches Association East-West all-star games are July 22-24 in Greensboro and High Point.
Green Hope's David Robertson is in the boys' basketball game, which is at the Greensboro Coliseum at 8:30 p.m. July 22.
Cary's Anna Witte, Green Hope's Alexis Degler and Alexis Shaffer, Cardinal Gibbons' Christina Gibbons and Panther Creek's Hanna Socha will play in the girls' soccer game, which will be at UNC-Greensboro at 6:30 p.m. July 23.
The all-star boys' soccer game will follow at 8:30 p.m. and feature Cardinal Gibbons' Kyle Rhode and Green Hope's Tyler Hawley and Josh Kennedy
The all-star football game, held at A.J. Simeon Stadium in High Point at 8 p.m. July 24, features Athens Drive's Tommy Evanoff.
School awards: A number of area schools gave out end-of-year athletic awards. Most schools had male and female athlete awards.
The winners were: Apex – Gavin Locklear and Brianna Heilsnis; Athens Drive – Daniel Riddle and Sarah Bae; Cary – Bakri Abushouk and Sara Hoyek; Cary Academy – Elizabeth Carlton and Andy Neiswender; Grace Christian – Michael Taylor and Mikaela Bailey; Fuquay-Varina – Camille Baker and Garrett Suggs; Panther Creek – Hannah Socha and Josh Vermette.
Green Hope has a male and female athlete award for one-sport success (winners were Daniel Weygandt and Alexis Shaffer) and one male and female athlete for multiple-sport success (winners were Chad Mason and Maura McDonnell).
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I thought I had a good system in place for my guests to gain entrance into our home. Live and learn! Last Friday I got a call from my arriving guests. " There's no key in the lock box".
YIKES!! Well, I do have a hidden lock box with a back up key- -just in case. THANK GOODNESS! They got in just fine and were very nice about it, but I felt really bad.
1st phone call was to my previous guest who giddly said "Oh, yes, I left that key on the hall table! I'm so dumb sometimes! I forgot to tell you." ( we'd spoken twice after she 'd departed!!)
2nd call was to my housekeeper who said her daughter had cleaned, and had seen the key, thought it was unusual, but no one thought of calling me! ( they do check to see that the "inside key ring" is in place)
SO now, I 've included my caretaker as the final back up to make sure both lock boxes have keys.
Lesson learned-- as I've learned so many -- -the hard way!! :-).
That's a confluence of unusual events!
You might consider securing the ket to the lockbox cover, if it's possible. The lockbox we use has this feature, the cover is removed with the key attached - it would be difficult for someone to continue to use the lockbox key or misplace it. (Not impossible, just very awkward - similar to the restroom or supply cabinet keys on large tags at an office.)
It would also be difficult for cleaners to overlook it's absence when they come by.
It's surprising how something new occurs every time you think you've got it all under control (or nearly under control)!
Have you considered a keyless lock? Then there is no lost key possibility nor a potential security risk where the renter made copies of the key and could return at a later date when the property is vacant. I have had good experiences with www.resortlock.com and schlage iLink lever keypad locks although the schlage requires internet access or a zwave powered transmitter at the property.
Rick, I have, but it's not a real option for me (electricity issues, etc.), but thanks for the input!
Actually, there is no electrical requirements for the ResortLock. No internet needed at the property.
Rick-- Cost? and how in the world do I reset it? I have a housekeeper, property maintance guy in on a regular weekly basis. Neither of them would be able ( or willing to use a new code each week). Would my original door locks with a key work also?
The cost is $299 for the regular ResortLock and $399 for the more weatherproof version. If your door is under a porch or some other way not directly exposed to the rain then you can do the $299 version. You can preset the lock with the 4 digit codes you like for yourself, housekeeper, etc. Then you visit the resortlock website from your phone or your house where you live now and generate a code to give the renters that is based on their arrival and departure times. You can generate them for up to a year in advance I think. I usually just generate mine the week of the arrival. After their departure, the code no longer works. The website sends the renter an email for you with instructions on how to enter the code and how to generate their own 3 digit code that will be valid during their stay. The ResortLock has a key as well, you can put that in a lockbox or hidden location if you like but I'd definitely hide it so you don't have vandals/criminals trying to break open the lockbox to obtain a key. You replace your original lock so any keys you have would work with other locks on the house if you chose to.
We got the same thing through e-rental locks and we have been very happy with them. I do send a additional document with a picture of the lock and step by step instructions. I also have a few contact numbers on that document so they can call if they have a problem. So far, only had one elderly couple that called and said they couldn't do it. Our housekeeper was there in a flash and got them in, changed their code and gave them a personal lesson.
If you consider that having a lockbox and a physical key is not much different than having a keycode that goes unchanged between renters, then simply switching over to a keyless lock. In fact, for all intents and purposes, that's what your current lock box must be - it's just that instead of typing the code on the door, they enter it in the lock box, then use a key to open the door. So having a key-code door for your guests and cleaner is no step backward (nor forward).
Sure, there are units that can be changed remotely between each guest (via internet). But changing the code manually really isn't so hard that a housekeeper can't do it - ours just requires typing in a 6 digit master code, then entering the new 4-digit code 2 times in a row. Or to reset it and wipe out all but the pre-programmed codes, they type in the master code followed by 2 more keys and it is all reset to factory settings. It's really very easy. And it also has a real key/tumbler so you can get in even if all the codes are lost or the battery is completely dead.
As for electricity, nearly all are battery powered, and for us, the battery lasts about a year of normal weekly use.
We have the Schalge non-internet locks on our houses <http://consumer.schlage.com/Products/Pages/category-landing.aspx?category=Electronic+Keypad+Locks> We like them because they are easy to program, they have a real-key over-ride, and the electronics only release the lock - the deadbolt is actually turned by the person at the door. This design uses much less electricity than the type that also move the deadbolt - so the battery lasts much longer.
There are many very expensive, internet controled systems that track people coming in ang going out, but for simply lock-box replacement, a $90 Schlage deadbolt set is the best answer.
We use a combination key safe containing 2 keys and also have a backup key safe with another combination. We have a clause in our lease agreement that the keys are to be replaced in the key safe and combination wheels scrambled prior to departure. We also state that there will be a $50 charge PER KEY if they are not in the key safe when the cleaner arrives. We've never lost a key. BTW, those key safes cost $30.00 at Home Depot.
I use the two lockbox method. We are in a gated community so I only change the codes twice a year. The lockbox keys have a plastic tag from the hardware store with a paper insert. On the insert I wrote (on both sides).
The keys they use for their stay have solid metal key tags and look totally different, so they can't get mixed up.
My access e-mail explains this and also states that the lock box key is to be immediately returned to the lockbox, (VERY IMPORTANT) in case it is needed again. I tell them if they need to use the backup lockbox they have to call me for the code.
So far this has worked for me. You just have to be careful not to send a guest the access code and then change it before their arrival without telling them. Trust me! That is quite embarrassing!
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The medical clinic is open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. To make an appointment, call 399-8009.
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I have given many a genealogy seminar on the wonderful online resources available for family history research. But I have also given a lot of talks to beginning genealogists and many are surprised to find that not everything is available electronically." What", you say, "not everything is online!!!?" Sad, but true, and possible the best example of this comes from this very province. Access to vital records like births, deaths and marriages in Alberta still requires a request for a search through a registry office. There is no online access to the records at all. However, there is a paper index which covers events prior to 1905.
Before we had newspaper and magazine indexes online (that would be back in the days before there was such a thing as online) we used print indexes to find articles. Even now, with our wonderful collection of online resources for finding magazine articles (have a look in the E-Library to see some of the great databases) there is still very limited coverage prior to 1988. So, we still have the paper indexes on the third floor. Since my library experience dates from the "cardaceous" period, when card catalogues roamed the earth, I am familiar with these indexes and actually use them to find information that predates the electronic age. One such bit of research involved a customer who was looking for an article that was written about a friend's grandmother and was published in a Canadian magazine, perhaps Maclean's. The woman had started her own temp agency and was profiled because it was such an unusual thing for a woman to be an entrepreneur and the head of a successful business. The customer was pretty sure that the article was a cover story and thought he remembered photographs. The date of the article was some time in the 50s or 60s. We had the name of the company and the name of the owner. Nothing turned up in a search of the internet or in any of our online indexes. We had no clipping files on the business in Local History and we were going to give up hope but we remembered our old CPI.Q and rushed down to have a look. Sure enough, we turned up a reference to a Maclean's article from 1954 which included photographs. A quick trip to the basement, and we had the article.
This is a good reminder to genealogists, and all researchers, that we are still a long way from having everything available at the click of a mouse. There are still valuable resources available that can't be accessed through Google (or even Ancestry). The following indexes, housed on the third floor of the Central Library, are prime examples: Reader's Guide, Canadian News Index and Canadian Periodicals Index can be used to find articles in magazines and newspapers that haven't yet made it online. Check them out and see if your family made the papers.
Calgary Public Library Card Catalogue in the 1970s
Calgary Public Library: Our Story in Pictures, CPL 235-05-11
Thanks to the Alberta Family Histories Society discussion list, I found out about an excellent new resource available to genealogists researching their Canadian roots. Often, in the absence of census records, we suggest that our genealogists check out the voters lists for the area they are researching. We have the municipal voters lists in paper format in the Community Heritage and Family History collection at the Central Library. We also have one set of Federal Voters Lists, for 1974. We used to have to borrow other years from Library and Archives Canada on microfilm. Now Ancestry has put up Federal Voters Lists for Canada for 1935-1980. Most of these images have been indexed, but a few of the later years are still only available as images for browsing. (The indexing was done by OCR and if you have a look at some of those later lists, you'll understand why they haven't been indexed.) To find your people in the indexed lists, you can go to the Canadian Voters Lists database in Ancestry and type in the name. Keep in mind that OCR indexing is far from perfect and it may still be necessary to browse the lists, if you know someone should be somewhere but their name doesn't turn up. You can also find people in the un-indexed lists, but in both cases, you will need to know in which electoral district they lived.
To find an electoral district there are a few resources. Not all sources cover all years so you may have to use more than one.
For electoral districts prior to the 2003 reorganization, you can visit the Elections Canada website. This site allows you to search the 301 districts by place name and keyword. Or you can try the Parliament website which has a list of historical ridings. It can't be searched by town but you can get a list of all ridings in the province and this may help you narrow down your search.
There are also electoral district maps available online at this site, which includes the National Atlas of Canada.
Otherwise you can use print sources such as the Canadian Almanac and Directory, which we do keep, so our collection runs from 1911 on. There is usually a way we can help you find an electoral district, so if these resources don't help, please ask us.
If you are still in love with the clickety click of the microfilm reader, you can still get these voters' lists on microfilm. Dave Obee has produced two great finding aids: Federal voters lists in Western Canada, 1935-1979 and Federal voters lists in Ontario 1935-1979 You can find out more about using electoral lists at the Canadian Genealogy Centre.
If you'd like to find out more about the Alberta Family Histories Society discussion list, visit their website. Information about the discussion list is right there on the front page.
Remember, you can access Ancestry LE at any branch of the Calgary Public Library for free with your library card.
Calgary Municipal Voters List
Community Heritage and Family History Collection
Unidentified House in Calgary, ca 1910
Postcards from the Past, PC 1402
I have to mention it again, but I swear it will be the last time (for a while): 1912 was a very big year in this city. And despite our reputation as a city of demolition, there are still a good number of buildings still standing from that period. Your home may be one of them. I have posted before about the Century Homes project. We have held two very successful workshops, as part of this project, to introduce owners of homes that are 100 years or so old, to the resources available at the various libraries and archives. I thought I would put this list on the blog, so that anyone who is interested in doing this research can do so.
Calgary Public Library has the following resources – most are in our local history room on the 4th floor of the Central Library
City of Calgary, Corporate Records, Archives has the following:
Glenbow Museum, Library and Archives has these resources:
(Update: Some fire insurance plans have been digitized by Library and Archives Canada and can be found by accessing their website: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all and using the search term "fire insurance plan" <include the quotation marks> and the name of the location for which you are searching. )
These resources (and the outstanding staff at all of these repositories) are available to you to assist in your house research. You may want to check out the history of your house even if it is a relative "baby" in the city. You never know what you may find! There are links on the right side of the page to the Heritage Triangle brochure, which outlines the collection strengths of the three libraries/museums/archives above as well as a guide to doing building history in Calgary. This kind of research can turn up all kinds of interesting information. Come and talk to us if you'd like to get started.
13th Avenue, Looking East
Postcards from the Past, PC 52
13th Avenue looking east
13th Avenue Looking East
On Saturday May 12, we will be presenting a workshop, with an archivist from the City of Calgary Archives, on how to research the history of your house. We have done these before, but this time we are happy to be giving the presentation as part of an initiative called "Century Homes." What we want to do is to encourage people to research the stories of their homes. Your house doesn't have to be 100 years old for you to attend, but we would like people who do have a home that was built in or before 1915 to look into the Century Homes initiative (http://www.centuryhomes.org/). Doing house research is kind of like doing genealogy, but much, much less complicated (houses don't move, change their names or hide from the law, for the most part). Between the members of the Heritage Triangle, we hold vast amounts of information about homes and the people who lived in them.
Calgary experienced a building boom in the early part of the 20th century and there are still plenty of houses around from that era. If you own one of them, you can get a kit from Century Homes to help you make a yard sign. You will be asked to put up the sign during Historic Calgary Week (Friday July 27 through to Monday August 6) The information you gather about your house will be archived here at the Calgary Public Library so we will have a record of your house. As I like to tell people, history is made by the people like you and me – the very people who lived in your house. (My colleagues will tell you I beat this topic like a rented mule) Your home doesn't have to be a massive sandstone pile to have historic value. Cities are built by the folks in the three room cottages, the tiny bungalows and the once grand multi –stories converted to boarding houses. So, think about participating in this very exciting initiative. Researching your house is not an onerous job – there are lots of sources and there are people to help you use them. And I want to stress that, while your home has to be 100 years old or thereabouts, to be considered a Century Home, there is lots of information available for people whose houses are younger. Join us to find out how to get started with your own home's unique story.
Registration for the May 12 program will begin on April 23.
To my surprise and delight I was asked to present at our annual Writers' Weekend which was held on February 4. I presented "Historical Research for Writers" to a very surprising (to me, at least) crowd of 125 people who were all eager to find out where all the good stuff is stashed. As is usual with me, I was set off on a tangent thinking about the authors who have worked in our Local History room.
I remember when Will Ferguson, author of a number of books (all available at the Calgary Public Library) had his first "office" in the local history room. While working on Canadian History for Dummies, he stored his computer (kind of a joke to call it a laptop) in the Local History workroom. He tells the story in a Swerve magazine article. You can read it here and see a picture of him in the room.
We have also recently hosted Brian Brennan, who was researching and writing the official history of the Calgary Public Library, which will be released in April (to celebrate the "official" opening of the new library in 1912). I'm looking forward to this one, because Brian is such an inspiring storyteller and what I've seen of the book seems to me to be his finest work yet.
We also provided research assistance for Katherine Govier, whose protagonist in the book Between Men becomes obsessed with the story of Rosalie New Grass, a Cree woman who was brutally murdered in 1889. Rosalie's tragic story is true and Ms Govier researched the case in the Local History room. Our copy of Between Men is signed "with gratitude" for the assistance she received on her project from our staff.
As I mentioned, the Writers' Weekend was a huge success and I was chuffed to see the crowd that came out to hear about research. Nothing turns me off a piece of writing quicker than an error. (Well, bad dialogue comes a very close second). Where the work is fiction or non-fiction, good, solid research always has a place. We are very lucky to be able to meet and assist authors with their projects. We have helped with fairly modest publications, such as family histories, and with some major projects, such as the upcoming history of the library. We are always delighted to be able to assist – it is an opportunity for us to show off our wonderful collections and we always learn something new. What I guess I am trying to say is that you should all come down and visit us and see what weird and wonderful things you can dig up.
Residents of Glenbow Alberta, ca 1911-1913
Doreen Morden Family Archives
We have been helping and, frankly, watching in awe, one of the regular researchers who frequents the local history collection. She is working on a reconstruction of the town of Glenbow, a town that very few people have heard of. It was the centre of a quarry, which provided sandstone for several prominent buildings in the province. The town was five miles east of Cochrane on the north side of the Bow. The land was not really fit for farming as it was on a bench over the river but keen eyes noticed that in the outcroppings were seams of sandstone. Various attempts were made, starting in 1905, to set up a quarry to exploit the resources of the valley but it wasn't until 1908 when an American, Chester de la Vergne, bought the property. He had wealth that had come from the family's refrigeration business and soon he had excavated a town site, which eventually included a school. A post office was in operation from 1908 to 1920. De la Vergne loved the area and established the Glenbow Ranche as a home for him and his family. He built a magnificent house on the property.
At its peak, Glenbow quarry was thought to employ 500 men. By 1909 things were looking very good. A grain elevator was built in 1910 on promises that a bridge would be built over the Bow to connect the farm land on the south side with the town on the north side. But by 1912 the boom that had fueled the prosperity of the Glenbow quarry had bust. Building ground to a halt and there was no need for the fine paskapoo sandstone that had made Glenbow's fortune. The bridge was never built so the elevator stood useless until it burned down in 1915. De la Vergne tried to start a brick making industry in order to give work to his employees, but this, too, was destined to fail. People were forced to leave the town, to look for work elsewhere. Buildings were removed or burned; equipment from the mine was sold as scrap. Three large homes, built by optimistic acquaintances of de la Vergne's lay abandoned for many years and in the 1970s de la Vergne's own house, empty for many years, was burned to the ground. Eventually, the Glenbow land was purchased by E.L. Harvie for farming. The land has since been donated to the Government by the Harvie family for use as a Provincial Park, but Glenbow the town has ceased to exist.
Our researcher's task is to look for information about the town and the people who lived there as part of a volunteer effort to map the old town and quarry. Because there is so little left of Glenbow, the researchers are relying on information gleaned from any resource they can get their hands on. They are searching for the names of people who lived in the town, in hopes of finding as much information as they can. This is where serendipity has come in. (Although, serendipity does come after much hard work J)
Following a clue provided by the information on Glenbow in a local history, our researcher pursued the name of a woman whose child was put up for adoption after she died in childbirth. Using cemetery transcriptions, vital events records, online sources including Ancestry and Rootsweb, she was able to find contact information for a descendant of one of the family members. This person had a photo of some of the denizens of Glenbow standing in front of a building. That is the photo above. What we are hoping is that one of you may recognize someone in this picture. The more people that can be identified, the better chance there is of finding someone who has information. If you think you recognize anyone in this photo, please let me know. I will pass the information on to the researchers. You can post your information as a comment below (or you can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com)
If you are interested in finding out more about Glenbow, you can check out the local history Acres and Empires either in print at the Calgary Public Library or online through Our Future Our Past. You could also think about attending a talk on February 28 at the Chinook Country Historical Society's monthly meeting at Fort Calgary at 7:30. Brian Vivian and Susan Caen will be talking about the town site, the quarry and the area surrounding. (Check out the information here - click on 2011-2012 Monthly Program Details)
Land Titles Building (made with Glenbow sandstone)
Land Titles Building (built with sandstone from the Glenbow Quarry)
Postcards from the Past, PC 255
Souvenir Handkerchief showing Calgary Public Library and South African War Memorial
Many of us have things that were left to us by family members. In my family, we inherited, on the passing of our great aunt, a musical fruit plate that my brother adored as a child, and an antler cribbage board made by my great grandfather. These are not valuable monetarily but they do have great value within our family. Other people's heirlooms can be fascinating as well. Just look at the success of "Antiques Roadshow" and the popularity of Calgary Public Library's Antiques Appraisal day. Sometimes other people's heirlooms cross over from family interest to local history interest – we really like those kinds of things here. Some of the more obvious examples are postcards, of which we have a major collection here that you can view in the Community Heritage and Family History Digital Library (see the link on the left of the page).
A very interesting artifact was brought to my attention recently by a colleague who collects vintage stuff. She was shopping and found this hankie, with an image of the Memorial Park Library on it. It is a very interesting piece. We haven't been able to find much information about it but it looks like it might be souvenir hankies, which were popular articles for servicemen to send home to their loved ones. I found this serviceman's letter on a website called Canadian Letters and Images Project: "When up in town this a.m. I got a few souvenir handkerchiefs, one of which I am enclosing for Jean. Hoping she likes it." The letter was from Louis Duff to his Aunt Lily, sent from Belgium in 1915. Calgary was a training centre for several units of the C.E.F. so it is a possibility that this handkerchief, like the one sent to Jean, was purchased by a serviceman.
Memorial Park
Postcards from the Past, PC 1895
We have an image similar to the one on the hankie on a postcard that has a 1940 postmark. It may be that the company that produced the souvenir postcards also produced the handkerchief (or that the photographer marketed his image to a number of printing houses or….). If you have any information about this kind of heirloom, please add a comment to this entry. I'm always interested to hear what you all have to say. It's the best way to learn!
Heirlooms, such as the hankie and even the postcards, require special handling so they survive to be passed on to the next generation. We have several books in our collection that can help you, if you are lucky enough to have been passed some of these delightful objets. One is Saving stuff by Don Williams, another is Caring for your family treasures by Jane Long.
Elveden House under construction, 1960
Alison Jackson Photography Collection, AJ 43-06
We were at the Heritage Roundtable last week where the subject was Calgary's architectural history. I learned a lot from the presenters, about historic building styles, the amazing resources available at the Canadian Architectural Archives at the U of C and about historic building research. But the talk that really opened my eyes was David Down's presentation about Calgary's Modernist architecture. In the course of my research I often see that magnificent old buildings were torn down, especially in the urban renewal schemes of the 1960s and I wonder what could have possessed the planners of the day to allow the destruction of such historic properties. However, I sometimes look at buildings like the Calgary Board of Education across the street from us or the Centennial Planetarium and wonder "how could the planners of the day have allowed those concrete bunkers to be built?" I should really be ashamed of myself, I guess. We often don't appreciate the things of our day. It is only when we look back, with the advantage of hindsight, that we can see the elegance and beauty of contemporary architecture.
I was exercising my newfound eyes as I rode to work through the West LRT construction. I have watched as the overpass for the train was built, using that very cool mobile crane and the process certainly fascinated me. But looking at the structure itself, I see a kind of elegance and lightness in the fluted pillars and the sculpted concrete of the overpass itself. The pillars, with their delicate reeding, remind me a little of some columns seen in Egypt (like these at Edfu - or maybe I'm just dreaming?)
The question was raised about what we will consider "heritage" in the next century. Will we look at the new City Water Services building or the Bow building and see a historic site worth saving or will we ask ourselves: "What on earth were they thinking?" In any case, I am going to find out more about Calgary's modern architecture by having a look at some of the books we have here on the subject. I think I'll start with Calgary Modern, 1947-1967 by Geoffrey Simmins and Calgary Architecture: the Boom Years, 1972-1982 by Pierre Guimond. Both are available in the CHFH collection on the 4th floor at the Central Library as well as in the regular collection.
Postcards From the Past PC 52
A couple of months ago I went to a Heritage Roundtable where the City of Calgary Heritage Planners talked about a new website they were launching. It was called "Discover Historic Calgary" and it contains a whack of information about the built heritage of the city of Calgary. I was very excited to see this website because we here in the Community Heritage and Family History section of the Calgary Public Library always knew what kind of information the Heritage Planners were collecting about the buildings in the city but access to this information was a little complicated. Now it is available on a website for all interested Calgarians to see. It is well worth a visit. It includes information about buildings on the "Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources" and includes information such as location, history, significance and even historic and contemporary photographs. It also includes an explanation of the Historic Resource Evaluation System.
You can search for historic buildings by keyword, by address, or by development era. The advanced search allows you to search by use, architectural style, use or community. The "Help" link provides a really good overview of what the searches entail. This is another great resource that researchers interested in the history of Calgary can use in conjunction with our Community Heritage and Family History Digital Library. You can access Discover Historic Calgary at http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Development+and+Building+Approvals+and+Land+Use+Planning+and+Policy/Land+Use+Planning/Heritage+Planning/Discover+Historic+Calgary/Discover+Historic+Calgary.htm
Horses and Wagon outside of Fire Station Number 2
Postcards from the Past, PC 935
While I pride myself on my knowledge of the Community Heritage and Family History collection, I will admit that I don't know every item in there. And I am always delighted when a customer passes on an interesting tidbit. This week a researcher drew my attention to the annual reports from the City of Calgary for 1909 to 1914. Now, I am not really a fan of government documents, but they do sometimes turn out to be the most fascinating things. That is true of these annual reports. Did you know that in 1909 it cost the police department twice as much to feed the horses as it did to feed the prisoners? Well, the horse feed coast $294.65 while food for the prisoners cost $138.28. Also, a fire alarm was called in on the 25 of January 1910 to the home of T. Wheatley 1012 17 Avenue W. The fire caused $50 damage and was caused by "matches and mice". Those pyromaniac rodents! The Fire Department put it out. There is a roster (listed as "rooster" in the report) of firemen and the horses who served with them. For example, Frank was a 12 year old white horse, who stood 17 hands and weighed 1500 pounds while Brownie was an 11 year old black horse (?) who stood 16.2 hands and weighed 1550 pounds. Cap was Chief Cappy Smith's horse, and though not very imaginatively named, he was a 12 year old bay who stood 15.3 hands and weighed 1150 pounds.
As for the police, they tried 3922 cases, 1334 of which were for drunkenness, 2 for fortune telling and one for "pigamy" (one hopes that is a misprint). They even kept statistics on the nationalities of those they arrested. Only one person was from Iceland. There is a complete roster of the police force including former service, the date the person joined the police force and the date when the person was appointed to their present rank. There's another obscure source for you genealogists!
Now if someone could tell me what the Irish Suspense Account is. It is listed in the City Comptroller's Office Annual Statement under receipts and is $195.93. I have a notion this may be a bit of a racial slur. Does anyone have any ideas?
The reports also give a very vivid statistical picture of the concerns of the citizens and the growth of Calgary. The Medical Health Officer's report for 1913 lists every occurrence of every disease, points out the need for a new water treatment facility and calls for the establishment of free public baths because "there are hundreds of people in the city today who never have a bath from one year's end to the another." Between them and the horses the town must have smelled very interesting.
These reports could be very useful for genealogists, historians and folks who just want a glimpse of the history of the city (and, believe me, it can be a very entertaining experience). They are kind of hard to find in the catalogue – you have to go to Power Search and enter Calgary into the author box, Annual Report into the title box and Budget into the subject – or you could just remember the call number 352.0006 CAL – but they are well worth the search. Drop in for a peek.


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AUSTIN -- Some face creams, mascaras, shampoos, body washes even wet wipes that people have used for years are suddenly causing problems. People are complaining of rashes that may be linked to a newer preservative.
The American Academy of Dermatology is calling this preservative the contact allergen of the year due to the increasing amount of skin rashes it's believed to be causing. Still, one Austin dermatologist KVUE spoke to says this particular preservative is just one of more than 3,000 chemicals that can cause these types of skin rashes.
Sue Benson of Austin couldn't stand what she looked like after a skin rash broke out on her face recently.
"It was horrible because my eyes would swell up so bad they would swell shut, and my whole face was distorted," said Benson. "I almost looked like the Elephant Man. I couldn't go anywhere. I couldn't see. I had no control, because I didn't know what was causing it."
The rash is called contact dermatitis.
"This is a skin allergy where people are allergic to a lot of the chemicals and materials they handle on a day-to-day basis," said Adam Mamelak, M.D., a Board Certified Dermatologist with SanovaDermatology.
The chemical preservatives making news recently are Methylisothiasolinone, or MI, also Methylcholoroisothiasolinone, or MCI.
"We are seeing an unbelievable increase in allergies to this specific chemical," said Mamelak.
MI and MCI were created in 2005 and mostly used in shampoos and body washes you rinsed off fairly soon. Now the chemicals are starting to show up in cosmetics and skin creams that stay on your body longer.
"When it is in contact with the skin for a long period of time that's when we see the problem," said Mamelak. "That's when we see people breaking out."
Mamelak says regardless of what product is causing the contact dermatitis it's possible to use it for years before any breakouts happen.
"Eczema and dermatitis is one of those things we can get any point in our life," he said. "It doesn't have to be at first exposure. It could be a chronic low grade exposure that really changes this over to a skin allergy."
Something Benson knows first hand.
"I have my life back and I don't have to worry about missing work or looking like a monster," said Benson. "I did. I looked like a monster. That stuff is horrible."
Mamelak cautions that not everyone who uses a product containing MI or MCI will have an allergic reaction. However if a skin rash occurs and does not go away after a couple of weeks, he advises seeing a dermatologist to identify the source of the problem.
Click here for more information from SanovaDermatology.


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its like swimming with sharks – ITS LIKE SWIMMING WITH SHARKS!!! these people are ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CHOICE i could have ever made to work on my vehicle..i had a very wonderful car that unfortunately was involved in a accident...this shop (AND I USE THAT TERM VERY LOOSELY),,, took three weeks to finish my car after telling me that it would take five days...i mentioned at the time of the estimate that i would need it to be done in a timely fashion as i only had so many days that i wanted to have to pay for a rental car for my small business. .the car HAD TO GO BACK to the shop 5 TIMES TO TRY and get the problems FIXED that they kept NOT fixing..after being told to come and pick it up and that it was repaired ..it STILL HAD HUGE GAPS between the body panels .. they had actually modified factory new parts(denting them in the process) just to be able to fit them on a vehicle that was supposed to be repaired.. THEY DENTED MY NEW FACTORY PARTS INSTALLING THEM. when i called to point this out, I was told to bring it back repeatedly and that it would be fixed...after complaining about the poor quality of workmanship and the exorbitant amount of my ever escalating rental car costs as a result of its time once again at the shop,,Ralph the owner actually laughed at my concerns.I called my insurance company to talk with them they told me that it would be the shops responsibility to fix the damages after seeing photos i sent to them of the work agreed with my assessment that the work was sub=par but that Ralph the owner would have to fix it .I took it back one more time and tried to keep the faith.this was a very unfortunate decision for me and what at one time a very NEW and beautiful vehicle ..after i picked up my vehicle that had STILL NOT BEEN REPAIRED OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE INITIAL ACCIDENT.. i noticed it had many little dents and dings all over what was a new and almost perfect vehicle .im a cautiously slow driving senior citizen and the only person to have ever driven my car ,,this car had less than 3500 miles on it and I hand washed it BEFORE IT WENT to them as a curtousy each time i took it in,, the car had very low miles and i had ALWAYS kept it since new at my home in my heated garage.so i knew there was no damages to any area on my car besides the front fender that was involved in the accident...so it was VERY obvious to me and my spouse that our car had been intentionally damaged....in summation I WOULD NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THIS SHOP AGAIN...YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! my own insurance company is going to now fix the vehicle at their expense and sue this shop for recompense...THIS SHOP DOES VERY VERY POOR WORK and should be ashamed at their unprofessional repairs and conduct ..also for disrespecting hard working people and there property..and not to abuse the trust of senior citizens as my spouse and i are nor any of the good people of hood river and the Columbia river gorge.we have lived here all our lives and have never been treated this poorly by any company or service ...regards
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Mon. - Thu., Sun. 11am - 10pm;Fri. - Sat. 11am - 11pm
Terrible when busy!!! – Had been before when not busy with service and food fine. Went on a Saturday night and after waiting 1 hr 30 min, decided to get a refund. The teenagers had no clue, no one cared. Not managed at all and an owner was there. The employees reflect his attitude.
Not the place to get both food and service... – It's a different eating experience alright! My wife and I have eaten here many, many times over the years. The last handful of times this year they have failed to get our order correct even once. We still like the food, but it's like pulling teeth to make it all work. I think they should just go ahead and sit down somewhere and let us prepare our own food ...we already have to do everything else, and we would get it right. How damn hard is it? The last time we came in to eat they fixed all our food to go even though we had a number on our table. After about 30 minutes I went to ask about it. The food had been waiting for about 15 minutes, but no one had a clue what they were doing. What the hell are they smoking? Not sure we'll ever go back, especially if we are in a hurry. They also have never apologised for their mistakes. They just don't care!
Not very friendly at all... – If you want your food delivered don't call here I called at 11:15 and they had one delivery in front of me and told me it would be 12:45 or 1:00 be fore I would get my food but if you call in a order it only takes 15 minutes to be done if you are going to pick it up. Tell me why it takes a hour and a half to deliver a pizza . Go to pizza hut. Wasn't to friendly on the phone I could tell he did not want to deliver food. Why have delivery service . I won't eat in Bristol again.
Revising my review. – Last year I had a calzone hear and it was awesome. Today I ate hear and it was a totally different experience. When I came in it started off well enough, I ordered food and went to find a table, I went to grab a high chair and 3 our of 4 were broken and all were very dirty. In fact the whole place seemed very dirty, food in the corners and crumbs on the seats (I don't know if would pass a health inspection). There was lots of people there so I thought the food must be good, otherwise they would not be there. So I started on my salad, or what was supposed to be a salad, it was really coleslaw lettuce with dressing on top. We waited almost 20 minutes for a plate of spaghetti and manicotti, and when it came it was ICE COLD! I brought the plates back up to be re-warmed and the girl looked at me as if I was from mars, and took the plates without saying anything. When she brought them back they seemed warm on top, but then it was COLD again under the first layer. The small taste I did get though was enough to say that they use pizza sauce on there pasta instead of pasta sauce and it was very spicy. I tried to flag someone down to warm it again, but I was unsuccessful. My daughter was starting to cry, so I left without eating the food, I was too angry. I am not sure why so many people were eating there with such poor service.
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This is the 3rd time this has happened, and emailing them and using their contact form is of no use. (I've tried both, from Early december to now, about a total of 3 times each)
I don't know what has happened. I've never had trouble with Chaosium before, at least not before moving to California. The warehouse it was supposed to ship from was WITHIN California, no less. I could have picked up the book I ordered in six hours if I'd driven down there myself.
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The second full week of the 2008-09 NHL season has come and gone. Let's take a look at what has occurred in the Western Conference, plus a little foresight into what could happen down the road.
Maasquito Buzzings…
- 23 of the leagues top 50 point getters were from the Western Conference, so it's beginning to even out between the two Conferences.
- Four of the top ten players that garnered the most time on ice were defensemen from the Western Conference.
- Paul Stastny is leading the Western Conference in faceoff wins with 74.
- Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp and Mikko Koivu led the Western Conference by tallying seven points this past week.
- Shane Doan is leading the Western Conference with 26 hits.
- Keith Tkachuk is leading the league in power-play goals with four.
- Rick Nash leads the Western Conference with 28 shots on goal.
- Brad Boyes has scored two shoot-out goals.
- Rick Nash and Antti Miettinen both have two game-winning goals each.
- Manny Legace has two shoot-out wins, while only stopping 66.7 percent of the shots he faced.
- Minnesota and the Kings are the only Western Conference teams to have a 100 percent penalty kill.
- Edmonton is the best in the Western Conference in five-on-five scoring ratio with a rating of 1.60. Phoenix is the worst with a rating of 0.54.
- Detroit is averaging a league-low of 7.6 minutes in penalties per game. Anaheim is average a Western Conference high of 24.3. Calgary and Phoenix aren't far behind with 24.0.
Around the Wild West
Now let's look at a team-by-team analysis starting with the Central Division. The biggest news coming out of Chicago was the surprise firing of coach Denis Savard. He was replaced with Joel Quenneville, who has coached St. Louis and Colorado in the past five seasons. Patrick Sharp and Patrick Kane both finished with seven points this week and look a lot more offensively focused now that Quenneville is behind the bench. Duncan Keith and Brian Campbell continue to dominate the blue-line for the Blackhawks as they both are averaging almost 27 minutes of ice-time per contest. Both players will need to help generate more offense as they have only fired a combined 21 shots on the opposing goalies between the two. Brent Sopel dipped again and is now at a horrible minus six.
Kristian Huselius found his offensive groove with five points in three contests this week. Rick Nash is continuing to get plenty of ice-time as he is averaging just over 22 and a half minutes of ice-time per contest and is leading the Western Conference in shots on goal. Derek Dorsett is giving Jared Boll a run for his money as he now has 34 penalty minutes in four contests for the Blue Jackets, while averaging just 8:34 of ice-time per contest. Mike Peca is suspended for five games for abusing the officials.
The big news out of Detroit is the groin injury suffered by Henrik Zetterberg that sidelined him for most of the past week. The earliest he'll return is probably this weekend against Atlanta or Chicago. The playing time continues to be spread evenly amongst the top three lines. Marian Hossa seems to have found his groove as he picked up four points in three contests for the Wings this week. Tomas Holmstrom has five goals in five games, and currently has a three game goal-scoring streak. Niklas Kronwall, Brad Stuart and Brett Lebda are a combined minus 11 so far this season, which doesn't bode well for the Red Wing's defensive corps. The Red Wings offense is leading the league by firing an astounding 38.8 shots per game. If you are looking to add some help in that department it would be smart to go after guys like Mikael Samuelsson and Daniel Cleary. Chris Osgood is 2-1-1 with a 3.25 goals against average and .884 save percentage so far this season. I'm still not sold on Osgood being a top 10 number one goalie this season. If you own Osgood, I'd try to secretly deal him for a more established option. I really do see Conks stealing the job from him later on this season.
In Predators territory, Jason Arnott is out with a finger injury. He should be back by Thursday when the Preds take on the Flames. After speaking last week about the blue-line not doing enough for the Preds, they managed to increase their shots on goal total to 44 after having just 10 at the end of last week. Shea Weber had a massive week, where he picked up six points, including a four point performance against Columbus on Saturday night. Weber is only owned in 72 percent of Yahoo leagues, and should definitely be working towards the 100 percent end at the end of this season. If he's sitting on your waiver wire pick him up ASAP.
St. Louis players continue to have many fantasy owners singing the Blues this week for bypassing them in their drafts. The big four of Keith Tkachuk, Paul Kariya, Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes tallied a combined 29 points, 18 of which have come from the power play. The only downside to owning those four players is that they are in the unhappy side of the plus/minus column. Andy MacDonald and Brad Boyes are a combined minus ten in five contests for the Blues this season. Keith Tkachuk continues to be lethal on the power play, as all four of his goals have come from the man advantage. Tkachuk is only owned in 67 percent of Yahoo leagues, and if he keeps on the 28.6 shooting percentage pace he won't be available much longer. The St. Louis power-play is leading the league with a blistering 40.9 percent in five contests this season.
Now let's head up to the Northwest Division seems to be the division of death this season, as every team has a legitimate shot at winning the division this season. Miikka Kiprusoff's struggles continue to worsen, as he is now 1-3-1 with an abysmal 4.37 goals against average and painful .851 save percentage two weeks into the 2008-09 season. Kipper just doesn't look the same with Mike Keenan behind the bench compared to when Darryl Sutter was behind the bench. Flames' superstar Jarome Iginla finally notched his first goal of the season but still is at an underachieving three points in five contests for the Flames. Todd Bertuzzi might be the only bright spot, so far on the Flames team this season, with five goals, three of which have come from the power-play. Dion Phaneuf, Mike Cammalleri, Bert and Iggy are a combined minus 12 so far this season. Not good enough if they plan on winning the division. Phaneuf is working his way towards the 30 minutes of ice-time per game mark, he's now at 29:02. Rene Bourque is working his way up the depth charts and is averaging just over 17 minutes per game. Keep an eye on the youngster this season.
In Avalanche country, Joe Sakic is back to vintage form as he picked up seven points this week and continues to average over 21 minutes of ice-time per contest. Milan Hejduk is averaging 4.8 shots per game and now has five goals this season. He looks very much like the Hejduk of old where he tallied 50 goals for the Avs in the 2002-03 season. The Avs defense pretty much split the playing time evenly with John-Michael Liles leading the way with just over 20 minutes of ice-time per contest. The Avs offense is leading the league while averaging four goals scored per contest, but it's their defense that is letting them down as they are giving up an average of 3.80 goals per game. Most of that can be attributed to the poor play of Peter Budaj who has a sub-standard 4.38 goals against average and a .824 save percentage. Andrew Raycroft is slightly better at 3.01 and .914, you might soon see a changing of the guard where Raycroft will gain the number one gig in Colorado fairly soon. Budaj owners beware!
Edmonton is off to a blazing 4-0 start, and it stems from the strong play of goaltender Mathieu Garon. With the strong play of Garon and a solid outing from Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, Dwyane Roloson may be riding the pine pony pretty soon. Garon looks like a solid option for 30-35 wins with a respectable goals against average and save percentage this season. The Oilers don't seem to have a go-to line as everyone seems to be chipping in the scoring column for them, which makes their team very dangerous this season. Lubomir Visnovsky is already paying dividends as he has tallied two power-play goals already this season on the league's second-best power-play unit (29.4%). Sheldon Souray missed a bit of time with a Charlie horse but shouldn't miss any significant time due to the injury. Buried behind two "big named" defensemen is Denis Grebeshkov who now has four assists in four contests and could be in for a surprise year. He's averaging 21:17 of ice-time so far this season.
Minnesota is also off to a blazing start, as they are 4-0 to start the 2008-09 season. Marian Gaborik missed Thursday and Saturday night's contests with what was deemed a lower-body injury. Gabby has had a band-aid boy tag attached to him for the past few seasons, so it's pretty much expected that he miss five-ten contests with some random injury. In his absence, Mikko Koivu really stepped it up as he produced seven points in three contests and could be in line for a breakout season this year. Koivu is only 55% owned in Yahoo leagues, and could be used as a fourth or fifth depth center for your fantasy squad. The player you should definitely add to your roster is Antti Miettinen, he tallied four goals including three consecutive game-winners if you include the shootout winner on Saturday night. With right-wing being not as deep as recent years, his 46% owned in Yahoo will certainly rise in the next few weeks. Brent Burns is leading the Wild in ice-time per contest while averaging 25:40 per game. With Gabby out, it is certainly surprising to see the Minny power-play sit in third spot working at 28.6%
After starting the season 2-0, the Canucks dropped three of their four games this week to sit at a 3-3 record. The Sedins cooled off a bit after starting the season blazing last week. They only registered three points between them this week. Alex Burrows continued to flash his offensive side as he picked up two points in four contests this week, and to top it off he managed to pick up 12 penalty minutes. Roberto Luongo still hasn't played his best brand of hockey yet with a sub-par 3.40 goals against average and a very mediocre .886 save percentage two weeks into the season.
The Ducks continued their struggles on offense this week as they tallied nine goals in four contests, but still ended up with a 1-3 record. The Ducks finished last season ranked 28th amongst the NHL for goals scored and have slightly improved to 27th so far this season. You know that you are in trouble when Rob Niedermayer, who has a 24.75-point average for the past four seasons, is leading your team in scoring with four points. The Ducks "big guns" of Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry have a combined three points in six contests for the Ducks so far this season. That's definitely not going to be enough to get the job done. Getzlaf and Perry are both young guns, and will produce solidly once they find their groove. Don't hit the panic button and deal em off for less than what they're worth. Francois Beauchemin is averaging a surprising 24:08 with both Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger on the blue-line for the Ducks. Sammy Pahlsson is averaging a Western Conference high of 5:34 short-handed each contest, if you league is counting short-handed points. Pahlsson should be given some consideration. J.S. Giguere is 1-4 with a 3.03 goals against average and a .899 save percentage, which is nowhere near the 2.12 and .922 numbers he had last season. If you have an offer for Giggy now might be a good time to consider it before his stock plummets even more.
Mike Modano seems to have found a spring in his step this season as he now has five points in five games for the Stars this season. The highly anticipated debut of Fabian Brunnstrom sent shockwaves as he picked up a hat-trick in his first career NHL game. He then added another goal against the Avs on Saturday night. One should temper their expectations for the rookie. Daniel Alfredsson tallied 61 points in his first season coming over from the SEL, so don't expect anything past the 65 point mark for Brunnstrom this season. Mike Ribeiro is at a woeful minus six so far this season. Stephane Robidas seems to be filling in nicely for the injured Sergei Zubov; he's averaging well over 25 minutes of ice-time per contest for the Stars. Keep him active as long as Zubov is sitting on the IR.
The Kings offense was revived as they tallied 14 goals in four contests this week, which was a big improvement on their one goal performance in the first week. The Kings finished last season with a 2.76 goals scored per game average, which ranked them 13th overall. This season they have a similar 2.75 goals scored per game average, which ranks them 20th overall. Their defense is much improved as you can tell from Jason Labarbera's solid numbers so far this season (2.48 and .911). The Kings' defense isn't as airtight as Columbus' last season, but LaBarbera is my pick for the Pascal Leclaire surprise goalie of the year award. Patrick O'Sullivan made his season debut this week and picked up two points in three contests and was a plus three during the week. Youngster Oscar Moller seems to be gaining some confidence and the coaching staff has rewarded him with second line duties alongside Michal Handzus and Alex Frolov. His ice-time will improve from the 14:30 that he's receiving right now. He could be in for a 50 point season if he maintains that roster spot.
After starting 2-0 the Coyotes have lost three straight contests. The rookie trio of Mikkel Boedker, Kevin Porter and Kyle Turris registered only two points in the three contests this week. Boedker picked up his second goal of the year, while Turris picked up his third assist. Olli Jokinen is leading the way with six points in five contests for the Yotes, while averaging 18:35 of ice-time per game. Shane Doan continues to prove that he is one of the best across-the-board players in fantasy hockey with four goals, 25 penalty minutes and 18 shots on goal so far this season. If you an acquire him in anyway make sure you try to do so. Ilya Bryzgalov returned to Earth this week as his goals against average ballooned to 3.41 and his save percentage declined to .889 save percentage. The Yotes will depend heavily on his play this season if they are to sneak into a playoff spot this season.
Last but not least we have the Sharks. Jonathan Cheechoo added to his goal total with another two goals this week. Devin Setoguchi continues to be shifted around as if he were a chess piece this week while spending time between Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton and then third line duties on the weekend. Dan Boyle had his big coming out party on Saturday night as he picked up three points, including the game-winning goal against the Flyers in overtime. He also managed to fire 18 shots on goal in four contests this week. The Sharks are giving up a league-low 22.2 shots on goal per game, which definitely helps out Evgeni Nabokov in that department. If you own Nabby, you might want to complement yourself with a guy like Tomas Vokoun or Kari Lehtonen to help even out the saves stat.
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