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SPORTS
Saturday, January 18, 2014 — THE MEDICINE HAT NEWS
AFC Championship
Pats and Broncos
beat distractions
The Associated Press
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.
Embarrassing headlines.
Sidelined superstars. Retooled
offences. Shredded defences. It’s
a wonder the New England
Patriots and Denver Broncos
made it this far.
Bill Belichick’s smarts and Tom
Brady’s tenacity always seems to
trump tribulation.
This season, they brushed
aside the Tim Tebow distraction
and overcame Aaron Hernandez’s
arrest and the losses of Rob
Gronkowski, Wes Welker, Vince
Wilfork and Jerod Mayo to put
the Patriots (13-4) into the AFC
championship for the third
straight year.
“I’m sure every team is probably at this point overcome a lot,”
Brady said. “I know Denver has
done a lot of those things, too.
They’ve overcome a lot of things
and injuries and so forth. It’s just
part of the NFL football season.
“To get out there and play 16
weeks and really see where you
stand at the end of those 16
weeks, getting to the playoffs,
play the best teams and see if you
can advance. It’s certainly not
easy to do. It’s very challenging.”
Nobody does it better than
Brady and Belichick, the best
quarterback/coach combo in history with a record 18 playoff wins.
After last year’s stumble
against Baltimore in the playoffs,
John Fox and Peyton Manning
also steered the Broncos (14-3)
through a minefield to send
Denver to its first conference
championship in eight years.
“That shock of what happened
against the Ravens contributed to
this team being able to be as flexible as it has been and survive the
adversity that it’s gone through,”
said Hall of Fame quarterback
John Elway, who led the Broncos
to back-to-back Super Bowls in
the late 1990s and now leads
them from the front office
instead of the huddle.
After losing Elvis Dumervil in
the infamous fax fiasco when his
renegotiated contract didn’t
reach team headquarters in time,
Elway hit the jackpot in free
agency by signing Welker and
Louis Vasquez on offence and
Shaun Phillips, Terrance
Knighton and Dominique
Rodgers-Cromartie on defence.
They helped the Broncos
weather an injury epidemic that
claimed Von Miller, Kevin
Vickerson, Rahim Moore, Derek
Wolfe and Chris Harris while rendering captains Champ Bailey
and Wesley Woodyard backups
for most of the season.
Fox overcame his own heart
operation that sidelined him for a
month and even a player quitting
on him at midseason, and
Manning set a slew of records,
including throwing for 55 TDs
and 5,447 yards, to help the
Broncos become the first 600point team in league history.
AP FILE PHOTO
In this Oct. 7, 2012, file photo, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton
Manning, left, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right,
speak in the middle of the field after the Patriots beat the Broncos 3121 in an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots are
scheduled to play the Broncos in the AFC championship game on
Sunday in Denver.
AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU
San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) and linebacker Patrick Willis (52) practice at an NFL
football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday. The 49ers are scheduled to play the Seattle
Seahawks for the NFC Championship on Sunday.
NFC Championship
Defences ready to play
The Associated Press
RENTON, Wash.
Big, bad football players
don’t get intimidated. Not by
noise, weather, statistics or hard
hits.
Tell that to the two defences
about to attempt to dominate
the NFC championship game
Sunday.
Or to the offences, for that
matter.
Seattle and San Francisco
ranked first and third in points
allowed this season. The
Seahawks (14-3) won the NFC
West with the stingiest defence
in yardage yielded, and the
49ers (14-4) were fifth in that
category.
The Seahawks led the league
in takeaways (39), interceptions
(28) and turnover margin (plus20), while the Niners had a plus12. They did it with units that
don’t back down — ever.
Physical, aggressive, relentless.
Choose your favourite term.
“I think DBs playing physical
is the way football should be,”
Seahawks All-Pro cornerback
Richard Sherman said. “A lot of
people want to see great
offence. You see great offence all
the time, people running
through zones and guys not
being able to cover them.
“We stand up there and have
a dog fight every play. You know,
there are going to be some
pushing-offs and grabbing here
and there, and that is the game
of football. That’s how it is.
That’s how it’s always been.”
Pointing to the Seattle secondary for instilling trepidation
in opponents is a natural place
to start. They specialize in tight
coverage and rugged tackling.
They don’t back down.
“Our aggression, our intensity is the same as it’s been,”
Sherman said as he looked
ahead to a third meeting with
their division counterpart in
what has become a tense and
bitter rivalry. “In practice, our
practices now are the same as
they’ve been. We’ve been going
100 per cent, competing, competing, and nothing has
changed. We have the most
intense competitors out there,
and that is showing on the practice field, and it shows up on
game day.”
As it does with the 49ers. For
every Sherman, Kam
Chancellor, Bobby Wagner and
Michael Bennett in Seattle,
there are Patrick Willis, NaVorro
Bowman, Donte Whitner and
Justin Smith in San Francisco.
And more. Everywhere.
“You have to be physical, you
want to make them think about
you out there,” said Whitner,
who considered changing his
name to Hitner last year. “That’s
an important part of the game.”
It works both ways, too.
Bowman, an All-Pro linebacker,
revels in the physicality of
Anquan Boldin, the veteran
receiver who joined the 49ers
this season. Boldin is among
the toughest players at his position in the NFL.
Make that one of the toughest at any position, offence or
defence.
“Him making the big plays
for us when we need it, understanding where the stick is
when he’s catching the ball, all
those things,” Bowman says in
praising Boldin, who helped
beat the 49ers in last season’s
Super Bowl while he was a
Ravens wideout. ’And intimidating those cornerbacks. He’s
so strong that corners understand that, so they back off on
him and just try to make that
tackle. But he just does a great
job with just making big plays
for us.“
8AM - 4PM SPECIAL SERVICES
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Electric Outages 403.529.8260
Gas Emergency 403.529.8191
Water & Sewer Emergency 403.502.8042
After Hours Special Services
403.526.2828
CLEAR THE WAY FOR METER READERS
Winter has arrived so please help your Meter Reader
by keeping walkways and gates leading to your meters
clear of snow and ice as well as obstacles like shovels
and other winter items. By doing this, you are making it
safe and easier for Meter Readers to do their jobs in the
winter months.
PROTECT WATER LINES FROM FREEZING
NOTICE OF FIRST READING
DEBENTURE BORROWING BYLAWS
NOTICE that the municipal council of the City of Medicine Hat
gave first reading on Monday, January 6, 2014 to Borrowing
Bylaws 4209 and 4210. In order to complete the projects (the
Project) listed below, the City has elected to borrow monies
from the Alberta Capital Finance Authority (ACFA) or another
authorized financial institution by the issuance of debentures,
pursuant to Section 258 of the Municipal Government Act
RSA 2000 Chapter M-26
To protect your water lines against the possibility of
freezing this winter, consider the following actions:
Bylaw
#
Purpose of
Borrowing
Estimated
Total Cost
Amount to
Be Borrowed
• Repair broken windows and ensure windows and vents
are closed during the winter.
4209
to replace two
sanitary Lift
Stations
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
• Insulate water pipes in unheated areas of your home or
business, including crawl spaces.
4210
• If a sink is located against a non-insulated outside wall,
consider opening the vanity door to allow warm air
to reach the water pipes. A light bulb placed near the
water pipe may generate enough heat to keep the water
flowing. Similarly a heat tape wrapped around the pipe
may keep the pipe from freezing.
Residents of mobile homes should check the
condition of the heat tape on their water service and
water meter. An unheated indoor water meter should
be protected with an insulated box and water pipes
should be wrapped in insulation and heat tape.
Outside water taps and underground sprinkler
systems should have their water supply shut off
inside the house at the isolation valve for the tap and
sprinkler line. Lines should be drained/blown out.
• A very thin stream of water (as thick as a pencil lead)
running continuously from at least one tap will help
prevent a frozen water service.
to construct a new
substation required
to connect the
upgraded 138kV
transmission system
to the Power Plant
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS APPROVED
JANUARY 9 TO JANUARY 16, 2014
PLANNING, BUILDING &
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
RESIDENTIAL
63 Ranchview Way NE
(Lot 88, Block 13, Plan
0910426) Permit No. DP11438.
With Conditions. Single
Detached Dwelling.
What’s
Happening
In Your
Neighborhood
COMMERCIAL
2500 Box Springs Boulevard NW
4 – 181 Carry Drive SE
$10,000,000 $10,000,000
(Lot -, Block 1, Plan 1311217)
Permit No. DP11413. With Conditions. 2
Additional Floors to The Hamptons Inn &
Suites Hotel.
(Lot 88, Block 45, Plan 8610856) Permit No.
DP11445. With Conditions. Change of Use –
Restaurant to Show Room and Retail.
HOME OCCUPATION
20 Calder Court SE
The Municipality shall repay the indebtedness of Bylaws 4209
and 4210 according to the repayment structure in effect,
namely semi-annual or annual equal payments of combined
principal and interest installments for a period not to exceed
twenty (20) years calculated at a rate not exceeding the
interest rate fixed by the Alberta Capital Finance Authority
or another authorized financial institution on the date of the
borrowing and not to exceed ten (10%) percent.
74 Sundown Road SW
445 Belfast Street SE
4 Southview Place SE
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that, unless a sufficient petition
demanding a poll of the electors is received within 15 days
81 4 Street SE
following the date of the last publication of this Notice, the
Council may pass the said borrowing bylaws as described in
the Municipal Government Act, Sections 219 to 226.
(Lot 23, Block 3, Plan 8111075) Permit
No. DP11435. Customers to Attend Site.
Bookkeeping – 3 Year Renewal.
(Lot 10, Block 32, Plan 0410307) Permit No.
DP11439. With Conditions. Office Use Only.
Janitorial Services – 3 Year Renewal.
(Lot 6, Block 60, Plan 61685) Permit No.
DP11440. With Conditions. Office Use Only.
Consulting For Renovations.
(Lot 10A, Block 50, Plan 8910248) Permit No.
DP11443. With Conditions. Office Use Only.
Architectural Drafting And Design.
(Lot 10, Block 80, Plan 636m) Permit No.
DP11444. With Conditions. Office Use Only.
Bookkeeping – 3 Year Renewal.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that copies of the aforesaid
proposed Bylaws may be accessed via the “Proposed
Bylaws” section on the City’s website at www.medicinehat.
ca or inspected during normal office hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.) at the City Clerk Department, Second Floor, City Hall,
Medicine Hat, Alberta.
A person claiming to be affected by a decision of the Development
Officer or the Municipal Planning Commission may appeal to the
Medicine Hat Subdivision and Development Appeal Board by completing
and submitting to the City Clerk Department, the required Notice of
Appeal form within fourteen (14) days of this publication. Notice of
Appeal forms are available from the City Clerk Department, Second
Floor, City Hall or on the City’s website at www.medicinehat.ca
this 11th day of January, 2014.
Further information on any Development Permit may be obtained
from the Planning, Building & Development Services Department,
Second Floor, City Hall during normal business hours
(Telephone 529-8374).
• If you plan to be away from home over the winter period,
close the main water isolation valve in your home. This is
located next to your water meter.
DATED at the City of Medicine Hat, in the Province of Alberta,
A frozen water service, or a burst water pipe, is an
inconvenience and expense that most people would like to Angela Cruickshank, City Clerk
avoid. Please take precautions to prevent this happening in Phone: 403-529-8234 • Fax: 403-529-8182
your home or business.
E-mail: [email protected]
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