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Lethbridge Herald, The (Newspaper) - August 27, 2006, Lethbridge, Alberta ONLINE EDITION August v j y LETHBRIDGE HERALD INSIDE STORIES Green Party elects leader Sprint cars race at Ernesto gaining strength A kaleidoscope of fun HERALD PHOTO BY CHRIS COLBOURNE The double ferris wheels were still rolling even at midnight during the annual Days midway at Exhibition Park The popular midway fin ished last night with West Coast Amusements moving on to a new location in Western Trail ride gives Jim reason to keep fighting This years Sundown Hank Memorial Trail Ride Against Cancer raises By ANNEMARIE JACKSON Lethbridge Herald Losing a a best friend and a wife to cancer could the most optimistic person into the depths of For Jim its a reason to fight Markus is the chairman of the popular Sundown Hank Memorial Trail Ride Against which kicked off to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer This year the ride was dedicated to Randy Markus best friend who died from cancer in Everything just clicked perfectly said It was a little a little more touching because it was dedicated to my best its always my my my best Its Some of us survive and some dont but it made a big difference to have him here with us the last 10 For a man that was Fighting his positive attitude and support helped me keep the event with his sister Laura Lea set up the event 16 years ago to mark the death of their Sundown a popular southern Alberta cowboy who lost his battle with cancer in Markus was commemorated with her name on the sleeves of riders after her death in This riders remembered constant support for the trail Randy rode this trail every time he could and he supported us financially for all 16 said The only time he wasnt here was when he was physically He was very In a fitting daughter won the award for the most pledges She contributed to the raised at this years Story CONTINUED on Page A2 HERALD PHOTO BY ANNEMARIE JACKSON Jim Markus and Laura Lea Manser sit under a tree adorned with boots owned by their iate father Sundown and his best Randy who all died from A3 Classified 6610 Crime Flashback AS Crossword B9 Deaths 86 Entertainment A8 Lost Pals A9 Opinion Scoreboard Sports Theatres Weather Your Money A6 B4 A8 A9 B5 Price Home delivery 50 cents daily blames for pine beetle problem Former NDP goVt in slow to commit resources to problem Coutts EDMONTON CP Alberta politicians are blaming British Columbia for a spreading mountain pine beetle saying the former NDP government in dropped the ball when it came to fighting the David Albertas Sustainable Resource Development minister said he doesnt know why past governments in were so slow to commit resources to stopping the which now infest an area the size of New Coutts Alberta faces a threat to its lumber industry because didnt initially jump on the mountain pine They didnt take a proactive stand against the pine beetle and hey know Theyve communicated that to Coutts Alberta NDP legislature member David Eggen agrees someone next door needs to take heat for failing to recognize the severity of the even if it means pointing the finger at his NDP colleagues who led the former government in Two months after Gordon Campbell and the Liberals swept former NDP Premier Glen Clark out of office in May Campbell established the Mountain Pine Beetle Task the Campbell government appointed an assistant deputy minister to lead the charge against the Eggen said politicians initially erred by allowing industry to tackle the problem rather than mounting a comprehensive Coutts said the current government is encouraging Alberta to be proactive in fighting the Last year the two provinces signed a fiveyear agreement for aggressive beetle control along the put in the bulk of the contributing million into the just pumped in million into its suppression program to cut roads into new areas of in northwestern Alberta so infected timber can be FRIENDLY FIRE Canadians kill Afghan police officer Six other national police officers injured in two shooting incidents Afghanistan CP Canadian sol diers killed an Afghan National Police officer and injured six others Saturday in two apparent shooting incidents in southern The shootings took place just days after a Canadian soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy and injured a teenager following an incident in which a Canadian convoy was struck by a suicide In the first incident Canadian soldiers fired on a truck carrying armed men after repeatedly warning the truck to said a NATO Several warning shots were sparking a Shootout that resulted in the death of one man and injuries to four said Fred deputy commander of Canadas NATO contingent in southern It is believed that the persons in the vehicle opened fire in response to warning shots fired by the Lewis It was at this time that Canadian soldiers returned fire on the vehicle and its six Only later did the Canadians discover that the men in the unmarked truck were Afghan National Police officers in plain Neither their vehicle nor their immediate appearance readily identified them as said Less than an hour a motorcycle carrying two people approached the same Canadian artillery position approximately 25 kilometres west of high military officials The Canadians once again opened fire after warning the driver several times to injuring both turned out to be Afghan police There were no Canadian All six injured Afghans were airlifted to the international military hospital at Kandahar Air Field for Their conditions were NATO described both shootings as selfdefence reactions to volatile but apologized for the We share an extremely close and professional relationship with the Afghan National Police and we deeply regret this said Story CONTINUED on HERALD PHOTO BY CHRIS COLBOURNE All eyes on the ear Victor of Barnwell picks his mark on a cob of corn during the corn eating event at the annual Taber The timed competition sees hungry participants eat as much corn as they can in two See related story on 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB 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