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Hague’s arm raised at UFC 98 |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 11:41 |
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Overcomes early onslaught to win by submission in 1:42 over Pat Barry "As soon as I won, I just thought of my family, my baby boy, my wife, and everybody who’s helped me get ready."
Overwhelmed with emotion, Tim ‘The Thrashing Machine’ Hague fought tears of joy as he talked about his eight-month-old son Brady and wife Bri in post-fight interviews, after submitting the Cajun sensation Pat ‘HD’ Barry with a guillotine choke at UFC 98 in Las Vegas at 1:42 of the first round.
Although it was a quick stoppage, Hague’s head was on the verge of rolling on the canvas after a vicious right high kick from Barry.
Hague’s Ultimate Fighting Championship experience at the MGM Grand could have lasted less than a minute.
Only 44 seconds into the fight, Hague’s face was rearranged by the blow. Barry followed it up with a quick, straight right-left punch combo.
Hague backed up, visibly shaken. His head dipped as he fought briefly with unconsciousness.
As he looked up, Barry was in his grill again, looking to end the fight.
"He’s already in trouble," exclaimed UFC announcer Mike Goldberg. "He’s in big trouble," chimed in colour commentator Joe Rogan.
Barry came in with an overhand right and a blur of punches, but The Thrashing Machine put up the earmuffs and blocked all the shots as he attempted to recover from the kick.
Barry quickly switched to southpaw stance and threw a high kick that Hague blocked nicely. Then Barry tried to take Hague’s head off again, this time with a right hook, but the Boyle native ducked underneath it.
To stop the relentless Barry attack, he took him to the ground with a beautifully executed, but seemingly desperate takedown.
Barry was in control of the fight up until that point. For the first minute, he sauntered around the ring with a confident and perhaps cocky manner. He looked in control. He looked like one bad dude.
But once Hague took the fight to the ground, Barry looked like an eight-year-old who couldn’t find his mommy. The man was utterly lost on the ground.
Hague immediately passed Barry’s ‘guard’ into side control.
Barry tried to hop up but gave up his back in the process, a horrible choice against a man who has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is an accomplished wrestler as well.
As Barry scrambled and tried to get up, Hague circled all the way around to the front of Barry and got him in a deep guillotine choke. He then stood up with the choke still intact, rolled onto his back and tightened the choke further.
As he continued to squeeze the life out of the acclaimed kickboxer, Hague locked up Barry’s legs, giving him little to no chance of escaping.
Barry’s right hand waved in the air as if to say, "Well, what do I do now?"
He tapped out, and UFC referee Steve Mazzagatti officially ended the fight, and later raised the hand of the victorious and emotional Thrashing Machine.
Before the fight, in an interview posted on UFC.com, Hague looked into his crystal ball and saw the exact outcome.
"If I can get Pat to his back, I’m almost 100-per-cent sure the fight will be over within a minute," said Hague.
Once Hague took Barry down, he only needed 47 seconds to end the fight.
Rogan asked Hague after the fight about the vicious high kick.
"One thing about me is you’re never, ever gonna see me quit," said Hague. "You can turn my face into mashed potatoes, but I’m gonna keep coming."
Amazingly, Barry did not throw any leg kicks in the fight, which Hague was thankful for.
"I just heard pretty much from everybody, don’t get kicked in the leg, ‘cause it sucks," said Hague.
He later thanked UFC president Dana White and Zuffa LLC owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta for giving him the opportunity to fight in the UFC.
"When I began fighting, (making it to the UFC) was the ultimate goal," said Hague. "Now that I'm getting my shot, I want to prove to everyone that I am an elite level fighter."
He certainly impressed Rogan.
"I think we’ll see you again, my friend," he said.
 Jeff D’Andrea
Advocate Staff
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Water commission awards $7M in pipeline contracts Contracts for Boyle-Colinton pipeline awarded |
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Written by Andrew de Souza
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Sunday, 15 March 2009 15:20 |
The Aspen Regional Water Services Commission has awarded contracts for the region’s water pipeline construction.
The commission agreed to four contracts worth a combined total of $7,369,241.
After adding engineering and survey costs, inflationary expectations and contingencies, the commission committed a total of $10,486,464.
At the commission meeting last Tuesday, contracts were awarded for the commission’s water treatment plant water main, the Boyle regional water pipeline from Colinton to Boyle, and the hook-up from the Colinton reservoir to that pipeline.
Awarding of the contracts mark a milestone towards completion of a region-wide water service.
But equally important was the fact that they showed a remarkable savings for the community.
Originally, the projected cost of the contracts awarded on Tuesday was almost $13.3 million before considering other costs and inflationary precautions.
Fortunately for the region, various economic factors resulted in more contractors offering lower bids.
According to the commission’s consultant, John Van Doseburg, the commission saved about $6 million on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the commission was also supposed to award contracts for the Athabasca water treatment plant and its clean water intake pipe, but minor problems resulted in a delay.
Those contracts will be awarded at the next commission meeting on March 16.
Since the commission is in the last stages before beginning construction on the various parts of the region-wide water system, dates for groundbreaking ceremonies in Athabasca and Boyle were set.
The commission chose to have both ceremonies on Friday, May 8.
It was planned that at 10 a.m., the commission would go to the Boyle Village Office to have a meet-and-greet, and then proceed to the Boyle Water Treatment Plant for soil turning.
Then, at 1:30 p.m., the commission would have a similar event in Athabasca at the site of the water treatment plant.
It was decided that invitations would be extended to various dignitaries, MLAs and Premier Ed Stelmach.
Concerns over clubroot addressed
Commission chair Charlie Ashbey raised a concern over what process would be used by contractors to help fight the spread of clubroot.
Commission consultant John van Doesburg explained that it was in the contracts that steps had to be taken to prevent the spread of clubroot as per municipal policy.
Ashbey said that while he understood this, he had not received a definitive answer regarding the actual process the contractors would take.
It was agreed that more information would be gathered on the subject. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 March 2009 15:24 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 19:47 |
Police are looking for information after the Athabasca Husky Convenience Store was robbed last Monday night.
Police say that around 11:45 p.m., an armed man walked into the Husky convenience store, his face concealed with a balaclava.
He made off with an undetermined amount of cash and a carton of DuMaurier cigarettes.
Police describe the man as being between 5’9" and 5’11" tall and weighing between 160-180 pounds.
During the robbery, the man was described to be wearing light brown ankle boots or shoes, blue jeans, a grey shirt and a grey hooded sweatshirt with a zipper.
Police say the sweatshirt had a white emblem or writing on the left chest area, while the right side had what is described as red embroidery with a design. As well, the hood had a red triangle on it.
Anyone with information is asked to call the local Athabasca RCMP detachment at     780... or Crimestoppers at 1-800-9222-TIPS (8477). |
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Town to outline 20-year sustainability plan |
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Written by Andrew de Souza
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 00:00 |
Athabasca town council will begin a year-long planning process to come up with a strategy for how the town will develop and grow over the next 20 years.
At a special council meeting last Tuesday, members of council met to vote on a proposal from a private company, Municipal Planning Services, that has been helping the County of Athabasca do its planning for a number of years.
Council voted in favour of the proposal, which would have the town create a comprehensive sustainability plan.
As well, council will look to update and augment the town’s land-use bylaws and general municipal plan.
"It’s a plan for getting direction for the next 20 years, and the general municipal plan and land-use bylaw are the tools." said the town’s chief administrative officer, Doug Topinka.
He explained that the sustainability plan will look at every aspect of the town’s growth from infrastructure — such as roads, sewers and subdivisions — to culture and recreation.
All in all, the process is expected to take a year to complete.
According to Athabasca Mayor Colleen Powell, the idea to create a comprehensive sustainability plan was born out of past waves of development.
"When the development was hot in town, we didn’t know where things should go," said Powell.
She said it was necessary to determine how much space is needed for institutional, commercial and cultural facilities, where they should go and how to "best provide an environment where that can happen."
According to Powell, the year-long consultation process will involve more than 20 meetings of council and about six direct public meetings regarding various developments.
Powell said direct consultation with the community was the best policy for developing the plan.
The challenge, said Powell, will be balancing the town’s diverse needs and interests to best suit how the town will evolve and grow.
"We’re growing at about three per cent a year. If we continue to grow at that pace for the next 20 years, that’s a substantially different community than what we have now," said Powell.
Planning for a community with potentially a much different face is part of the challenge.
A balance will have to be struck to accommodate the town’s growth in recreation, educational, cultural, commercial and residential aspects, as well as a plethora of other factors to consider, said Powell.
"It’s more than just bricks and mortar."
With council’s acceptance of the proposal from MPS, the planning procedures will slowly begin.
Powell said she expects the first round of meetings to begin as early as June, with more announcements to come regarding further developments and public consultation opportunities.
"I want public input and so does council," said Powell. |
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