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Volume 11, Issue 47, Week of December 1, 2014

Joanne PaulsonSaskatoon Express

What’s in an apple? The very commodity that keeps the doctor away naturally con-

tains acetone, formaldehyde and propanol — also known as nail polish remover, em-balming fluid and rubbing alcohol. Yum.

This is one of the fun facts to be learned at the upcoming Farms at the Table con-ference in Saskatoon on Dec. 10 and 11, where Joe Schwarcz of McGill University will uncover the science behind food.

“The overall message that I have, whether it’s in agriculture or other areas, is separating sense from nonsense, and going by the evidence — not by emotion, not by hearsay, not by the all-knowing ‘they say,’ ” said the scientist often called “Dr. Joe.”

He is the director of McGill’s Office for Science and Society, which is dedicated to demystifying science for the public, and well-known for his entertaining and myth-debunking speeches on a variety of subjects, often linked to food and health.

Take the humble apple.“If you do a chemical analysis of the

apple, you will discover it is made up of 300 compounds,” Schwarcz said in an interview. The compounds include sugar, water and the above-mentioned, less-appe-tizing components.

When he mentions this to people who like to fear monger about food, “that usually rubs them the wrong way. Of course, the bottom line is these are there in inconsequential amounts. The benefits tremendously outweigh the toxicity of the compounds I just mentioned.”

Acetone, for instance, is handled by the

body quite easily in such trace amounts. Schwarcz links the acetone-in-the-apple example to pesticides used in agriculture, noting that pesticide residues are actually present in smaller amounts than the acetone.

“Pesticides are toxic and designed to kill insects and weeds and fungi. It’s not unrea-sonable to think it might have some effect on people. But we have to consider the extent to which we are exposed,” he said.

“That is not just a matter of opinion. We have all kinds of regulations about how these chemicals can be used.”

Adele Buettner, executive director of Farm Animal Council, is leading the

evolution of that group to the renamed and refocused Farm and Food Care.

The entire initiative — both the organi-zation itself and the event this month— is a collective effort between all those who farm and ranch, as well as industry affili-ates, such as feed companies and govern-ment, she said.

“It is the industry who wants to ensure consumers have an opportunity to connect with farmers and ranchers and those who grow food,” said Buettner.

“With less than two per cent (of the Ca-nadian population) having direct ties to the farm, Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan

serves to cultivate awareness and apprecia-tion of agriculture in the province with the belief that getting to know farmers and ranchers equals getting to know food.

“We see this (event) as a way to have a conversation with the public about food and farming.”

Buettner said more and more people are interested in where and how their food is produced.

A recent Ipsos Reid survey said 93 per cent of Canadians know little about food and farming, but two-thirds of them want to know more.

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Joe Schwarcz of McGill University will be speaking at the Farms at the Table conference on Dec. 10 and 11 (Photo Supplied)

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The Bridge City Boogie is no more. Founded in 2007 by then-

StarPhoenix publisher Dale Brin, word started spreading a couple of weeks ago that the popular event was being dropped. The Boogie promoted well-ness and fitness in our community. It brought families, school groups and colleagues together for a Sunday morn-ing of fun. It raised money for charities.

That’s all good. Losing it is bad.

“Over the past several months we have spent a great deal of time review-ing the Bridge City Boogie and how to move forward with the program,” read a statement on the Boogie’s home

page. “After much consideration, we have decided that the 2014 Bridge City Boogie would be the final year. The break from the Boogie will allow The StarPhoenix to re-evaluate its branded programs and come up with a fresh op-portunity.

“While is it sad that the Bridge City Boogie will no longer continue, there is so much to celebrate!” the statement continued. “Since the Boogie’s incep-tion in 2007, over 30,000 participants have crossed the finish line and over $580,000 has been raised for charity. This is a huge success and none of this would be possible without your unwav-ering support over the years!”

Losing the Boogie is a disappoint-ment, but not a surprise. A year or two ago, a Postmedia executive from the East held a meeting with staff at The StarPhoenix, and so much as said there aren’t a lot of dollars for the paper in

supporting community events. That was easy for an outsider to say. In Saskatoon, people understand the value of giving back to the community that supports your enterprise. For example, where would Saskatoon be without PotashCorp? Where?

I remember the first year of the Boo-gie and the pride employees felt when 831 people participated. I seem to recall a shriek from a Saskatchewan Marathon organizer. He said there wasn’t room for two running events within weeks of each other. Of course, they were two different concepts and the shrieker eventually became a Boogie booster.

Participation in the Boogie jumped to 2,671 in Year Two, 4,408 in Year Three and 5,167 in Year Four. That’s amazing growth. The all-time high was hit in 2011, when more than 6,000 people participated. From Year Four on, the total didn’t dip below 5,000. That was in rain or shine.

The Boogie will be missed. *****

Sandy and I were guests of Bill Peterson at the United Way gala, during which Bill was honoured last week. I owe a lot to Bill for the career I have had. Out of the blue in 1988, he and Steve Gibb asked me to be the news editor at The StarPhoenix. It was an

incredible leap of faith to present an opportunity such as that to a guy who would have been happy to spend his career in the sports department.

They saw something in me that I didn’t, and still don’t some days.

Bill was a tremendous mentor and always had my back, no matter how badly I screwed up something. It doesn’t seem like more than 25 years have passed since Bill opened a door that created so many opportunities for my family and for me.

I will be forever grateful, and wish Bill well in his retirement.

***** Four of us from the Express had

the opportunity to tour the Western Development Museum’s Curatorial Centre two weeks ago. It was abso-lutely incredible. There are approxi-mately 40,000 items in storage wait-ing for their turn to be put on display at one of WDM’s four museums in the province.

I wrote an overview on what we saw at the centre, but plan to go back and do stories on some of the pieces that make the centre tick. Thank you to Joan Champ, Ruth Bitner, Kerry Lubchenko, Tanya Callaway and Thom Cholowski for more than two hours of awe.

The story is on Pages 10-11.

Saskatonians were the first to see Corner Gas: The Movie, thanks to the generosity of local Scotia McLeod financial advisor Bart Hunter.

For more, please see Joanne Paulson’s column on Page 9. (Photo by Steve Gibb)

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Walter (Spike) Romanow remem-bers the day he

first saw the studio space that was to become the home of CFQC, Saskatoon’s first television station.

“I had been hired by Blair Nelson, general manager of the television station, and he took me downstairs and opened the door,” said Romanow, now 90 years old and retired in Edmonton. “There was

nothing there. It was a huge space — about 50 feet one way, 28 feet another way and 24 feet high. Blair leans over and tells me this is what television is going to be all about. We start from scratch, he says, and build one step at a time.”

The building was a testimony to the family of broadcasting pioneer A.A. Murphy, in radio since 1922 and ready to plunge into television, the newest me-dia magic in the United States and Canada.

The challenge of buying the RCA equipment, mastering the engineering techniques, and the construction of a tower from which the pictures would be transmitted took about a year.

The official launch of the station took place on the afternoon of Dec. 5, 1954. CFQC was on its way to becoming the forerunner of Saskatoon television.

Romanow accepted the challenge with an open mind. He served in the Second World War, joining the First Parachute Battalion of Canada. He was among 2,400 paratroopers who were dropped into the German-held western

part of Europe at midnight on June 6, 1944, many hours in advance of the main D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches.

He returned to Saskatoon after the war and began catching up on studies at the University of Saskatchewan when a friend told him about job opportunities at CFQC.

Among Romanow’s first hirings were photographer John Lumby, art direc-tor Nik Semenoff and announcers Greg Barnsley and Ted Bisland. The station also imported Herb Stewart as a consul-tant to get the station off the ground.

Barnsley, who started in the building on the radio side in 1953, said the transi-tion to television was a miracle in itself.

“CFQC promised a considerable amount of programming in a studio which was first equipped with only one camera,” said Barnsley. “The Board of Broadcast Governors had Canadian con-tent rules in place. We were right there from the beginning with cooking shows, magazine format shows, children’s shows, entertainment packages, news, weather and sports.

“As our leader, Spike, instilled in us the good, old college-try attitude and we were a cooperative gang. Spike was our leader and friend, at home with the prime ministers just as he was with the mops and brooms in the studios. I believe Spike was the man for the job. The management team was hands-on, but they trusted us to do our jobs and experiment. I considered it enlightened management.”

Romanow said: “We went on the air during the afternoon. We weren’t part of a network. We didn’t have the network news feeds that the station has today. We learned to be creative and the work in the studio itself was the most important aspect of it all. We not only did the live shows, but every commercial was a live broadcast.

“A key man in all of this was Blair Nelson, who came up from the United States as Mr. Murphy’s son-in-law. He was a top-notch leader, one of the finest men I had ever met, and what we did on the air was a reflection of Blair’s own characteristics and community involve-ment.”

Among the many musical perform-ers who performed on CFQC-TV was his Romanow’s wife, Yvonna, who sang with John Kolynchuk and Barney Kutz. Yvonna died on Nov. 3, 2014.


Spike Romanow was with CFQC TV for its first 11 years (Photograph QC-266-3, courtesy Saskatoon Public Library – Local History Room)

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“It’s all of agriculture, it’s all of the food chain getting together for the first time as an industry, saying,

‘Let’s make that our mission. Let’s make that connection to consumers.’ ”

Anyone can register to attend the event, which will be held at the Sheraton Cava-lier. Schwarcz speaks twice: once for free on the evening of Dec. 10, and again at the conference on Dec. 11.

Another topic he regularly tackles is gluten intolerance, shrouded these days in mystery and controversy, he says.

“There’s absolutely no controversy about people with celiac disease having to stay away from gluten. These people have to stay away from even trace amounts of gluten,” he said.

“All these people who are recommend-ing to stay away from gluten as a weight-control regimen will have some success, because if you stay away from gluten, you will stay away from a lot of calories.”

However, gluten in and of itself is not bad for most people, he said, and neither is glyphosate — known to most people under the brand name Roundup.

“There are allegations of a link between glyphosate and gluten intolerance, which are totally not scientifically sound. There are repeated attacks on glyphosate being blamed for every disease known to man-kind. That just doesn’t wash. The body just doesn’t work like that.”

Fear mongers are connecting glypho-sate with every disease known to human beings, but they are also connecting

bisphenol, fluoride, aspartame and many other chemicals with the same ailments.

“It’s almost fill in the blanks with your toxin du jour. Obviously, they can’t all be right,” said Schwarcz.

“We should all be dead, according to dogma.”

Debunking agricultural myths is ex-tremely important as the world’s popula-tion grows, he added.

“If you don’t use agrochemicals judi-ciously, you cannot produce food in the amounts we produce it now.

“Soon 10 billion people will be coming to dinner. Organic agriculture, while it can be used on a small scale, is never going to feed 10 billion people. We can’t feed people today without the scientific chemi-cals used.”

Schwarcz’s free speech takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the Saskatoon Public Library, Rusty Macdonald Branch. His presentation is entitled Nutritional Ad-vice: Is there a solution to the confusion?

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“Yvonna and I were freshies on the University of Saskatch-ewan campus. One day, I

asked her if she’d like a ride to the sym-phony concert on Saturday night. I picked her up and out she came with a violin case. I wondered why. Then she told me she played violin in the symphony orchestra,” said Romanow, reflecting on the beginning of what became a 65-year marriage.

Romanow spent 11 years with CFQC and the experience was valuable when he pursued an academic career. With degrees from Saskatchewan and Windsor, he gained his PhD at Wayne State, Michigan, and spent 30 years at Windsor as a profes-sor of communications studies.

Among the bright stars in the first decade at CFQC-TV was Sally Merchant, who joined the staff in 1955 and was host of Sally Time for 10 years. She was equally comfortable in home economics settings, in community projects and with the stars.

There was an occasion when CFQC learned that Robert Young, star of the highly popular Father Knows Best, was taking a train ride across the Prairies. Rather than depend upon a quick in-terview at the downtown CNR Station, Merchant, with microphone, and Lumby, with camera, drove to Biggar, boarded the train and had Young at their disposal for an hour on the incoming train. It was typi-cal of the creative thinking that happened at the station.

Merchant turned politician in 1964,

winning a Saskatoon seat for the Liber-als in the provincial election. Her stay at CFQC was also valuable in serving with the Canadian Radio and Television Com-mission from 1983 until 1988

Another of the stars was Helen (Hase) Lumby who, after a 1956 summer in Toronto, came back to Saskatoon and was hired by noon the day after her arrival.

“Spike phoned me and invited me for an interview,” said Lumby from her home in Kingston. “It was in a day when Kin-dergartens weren’t yet in existence within the school systems. Spike asked me if I could play the piano. I could. He asked if I sang, and I told him I sang in a choir. He wanted me to produce a show every day of the week and I loved it.

“My time at CFQC was the best of my life. By December 1956, I married John. And life at the station was so exciting because everything was a new adventure. Spike gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted. He encouraged creativity and just allowed us to fly.”

There was one less-than-thrilling expe-rience on the Kindergarten set.

“The circus had come to town, so it was arranged for a chimpanzee, a large one, at that, to appear on the show. I was assured the chimp wouldn’t cause me any harm. So the chimp sat beside me while I played the piano.

“When I got up to move to the story corner, the chimp went ballistic. He didn’t like it that I left him. He tugged at my hair, at my skirt, and, all the while, the guys in the studio and in the booth were doubled up in laughter. Finally the trainer

took the darned thing away.” After being host of other programs,

like Hit the Deck, and doing TV commer-cials, she and John left CFQC to launch Lumby Productions. The big coup was Size Small, where she gathered family members around her to produce a show that began in 1982 and was still enjoying replays in the early 1990s. The show was on STV, the forerunner to Global, and it was followed by a Christmas special and two other programs, Size Small Country

and Size Small Island. She wrote all of the music for the shows and there were 10 album releases as well. After initial suc-cess in Canada, it played on PBS in the United States.

“I was proud that John was one of the originals. The first three years, he carried a 16-mm camera, without the availability of the sound, and for him, cinematog-raphy was always an ongoing learning experience. He loved the news business, too, and he was very good at it.”

Time at CFQCbest of Lumby’s life

Helen Lumby hosted a show named Kindergarten in the early days of CFQC (Photo QC-851-1, courtesy Saskatoon Public Library – Local History Room)

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For many Saskatonians looking for creative Christ-mas gifts, it’s the most wonderful time of the year.

On Dec. 5 and 6, the Flock & Gather Craft Col-lective will present its annual winter market, where shop-pers can find a variety of interesting handmade items to purchase, including jewelry, clothing, accessories, leather goods, prints, paintings, cards, ceramic pieces, soap, chil-dren’s products and much more.

For the last few years, the Flock & Gather Craft Collective has been presenting the indie craft sales twice a year. The events have been growing in popularity, something that makes collective member Erin Weiss feel proud.

“It’s really taken off,” said Weiss, one of Flock & Gather’s founding members.

“I feel pretty proud of it.” Both the shoppers and the vendors are excited to take

part in the market, with people filling the space at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall each spring and winter.

“It used to be, ‘Who can we get to come and be a part of this?’ Our process now is vendors apply to be part of the show and we go through a jury process,” Weiss said.

“We always get a lot more applications than we can have people there.”

Weiss said Flock & Gather tries to strike a good balance of local and out-of-province makers, as well as people who are just starting out in the craft world and those who operate a business. The markets usually ac-commodate about 30 to 35 tables.

“In the last few years, I think Saskatoon has really embraced what this is all about,” she said.

“We’ve seen lots of other really great handmade mar-kets. It’s just like the more people are exposed to it, the more love it’s going to get.”

Although they are now much-anticipated events, the Flock & Gather shows came from humble beginnings. They began a few years ago when the six original found-ers of the craft collective were looking for a place to show and sell their work. They didn’t feel they fit in with the

other sales taking place in the city at the time, so they decided to hold their own.

“We held the markets in this tiny little studio space kind of in the middle of nowhere,” said Weiss.

“It grew, I want to say, slowly and quickly at the same time. Within the year we realized that we couldn’t stay there, so we moved into the space we have now, and it just kind of expanded every time.

“We do have space constraints, but it’s kind of nice to work within that and feel like we’ve packed it full of good stuff.”

In the past, Weiss’ creations have been part of the good stuff that the Flock & Gather markets have had on offer. She is known for creating one-of-a-kind plush dolls that please both the young and the young at heart. Weiss’ cute creations, which she sells under the Boolah Baguette name, feature vibrant colours and interesting fabrics and materials, includ-ing hand-knit scarves.

Weiss strives to be bold with her creations, and she names each doll.

“It wasn’t something I did in the beginning, but I feel like I really have fun doing it and people really love it,” she said.

“There’s often times where I’ll see somebody gravitate towards one just because of the name or the description, and I think that’s so interesting.”

While Weiss won’t have a table at this winter’s market, she is still selling custom dolls for Christmas through her website, www.boolahbaguette.com. Although she won’t be a vendor this time around, she will still be involved as an organizer.

Weiss is sure to be busy; previously a Flock & Gather show attracted about 2,500 people over a two-day period, and it’s likely many will attend this year. Even when the weather is cold, the shoppers are undeterred.

“Everyone still comes out. We’re really grateful for the support,” she said.

Weiss said the Flock & Gather market offers custom-ers a different way to shop. The products haven’t trav-

elled far, the customers can talk to the individuals who made them and the customers can see where their money is going, she said.

“You feel like you are kind of keeping it in the com-munity. I feel like there’s not a lot of opportunity to be a part of that, so it’s pretty great when you get that.”

Flock & Gather’s Winter Wonders handmade market will be held from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 6 at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, lo-cated at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street East. Admission is free. For more information about Winter Wonders and the Flock & Gather Craft Collective, visit flockandgather.blogspot.com.

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Lorje, Couns. Tiffany Paulsen and Darren Hill were salivat-ing at the possibility of putting her out to pasture. Lorje denied them that pleasure by refusing their suggestion that she resign. It was a pathetic display by all concerned, lacking in dignity or decorum, but not surprising.

Paulsen said she was inun-dated with calls asking for Lorje’s resigna-tion. I am curious as to whether these calls exceeded the number of calls she received on snow clearing or, better yet, the recent transit lockout. Hill also said he received similar calls, but apparently was not inun-dated. Why they would blather on about her resignation is beyond me, since they know they do not have the power to force her out of office. Only a court can oust her and only for just cause. These councillors already knew that a police investigation was in the works which could result in legal action that could achieve that goal. (And thank goodness council gave them-selves a pot of tax dollars to pay for their legal services in the event the need should arise, because I suspect Lorje’s need has arisen.)

What Lorje did was wrong. She com-pounded her wrongdoing by offering an unbelievable tale of as to why she com-mitted this breach, the thrust of which was basically innocence resulting from igno-rance. How sad that one of the longest serving councillors in the City’s history claims she didn’t understand that execu-tive committee reports, especially strategic legal reports, are confidential.

Leaking information out of City Hall is not a new phenomenon. Perhaps it is the severity of the leak, which is rumoured to be a report on the City’s potential liability relating to the 11th Street slumping issue that has council in a thither. The City earlier took the position that the 11th Street home-owners were on their own to shore up their property. But homeowners located below 11th Street may hold the City liable should the hill slide into their property and result in personal injury or property damage.

The City knows that possibility exists and has done nothing to protect those resi-dents. It could also be that the City’s old, and possibly faulty, underground infrastruc-ture is contributing to the problem which could open the City to lawsuits by the 11th Street homeowners as well. As a result of this leak, council can’t deny knowledge of the problem or when they became aware of it. Councillors may be worried about the impact this situation may have on their po-litical careers. However, taxpayers should be worried about the tens of millions of dollars it will cost them as a result of almost certain litigation.

Now that we have this historical sanc-tion against a councillor for a breach of the Code of Conduct, can we assume that any other councillor that breaks the rules will suffer the same consequences? When another councillor suffers from loose-lip syndrome and the information leaked is

less sensitive what will the pen-alty be? Will we have degrees of egregious behaviour meriting different sanctions and, if so, who gets to determine what is a mortal sin and what is venial sin? Or do we just say that any breach of executive commit-tee information will warrant the same penalty imposed on Lorje?

This is going to seriously impact on some councillors be-

cause most, if not all councillors both past and present, are as guilty as Lorje. The only difference is that Lorje got caught and the others didn’t. I’d bet good money that many past and present councillors, myself included, are muttering “there but for the grace of God go I” when witness-ing this unfortunate event.

Our council brings this upon itself. Far too many reports, discussions and decisions are made behind closed doors. What is rightly to be in committee are land transactions, personnel issues, develop-ment of contract negotiations and legal matters. However, there is provision for “sensitive” matters which seems to be the black hole for everything council doesn’t want to discuss in a public forum. Who gets to monitor the agenda? We would do well to remember that in past the ombuds-man has raised the issue of accountability and transparency with our council.

Although I appreciate council’s sugges-tion of an independent tribunal be struck to adjudicate allegations of misconduct, how do they convince citizens that the tribunal is truly independent when they or their administration appoint its mem-bers? It is time for the province to step up to the plate, amend the Cities Act to incorporate a Code of Conduct, along with consequences for breach of the code and appoint a tribunal to which all municipal governments can refer misdeeds of any council member for a hearing. Aside from the Lorje situation, it wasn’t long ago that the RM of Corman Park could have used an intervention when the then-reeve and a split council were at loggerheads.

As for Paulsen’s desire to bring the investigator’s report forward to disprove Lorje’s public confession, forget it. No sane person bought her feeble response. There is nothing to be gained from a she said, he said debate. Nor do we want to rival Toronto’s council for the repetitive airing of unsavoury behaviour. We can wait for the police report.

Regretfully, Lorje did not learn from the lessons of other errant politicians, that being the attempt to cover-up or excuse wrongdoing is more damaging than the deed itself. Had she simply apologized and accepted responsibility, we, the public, might be reciting Alexander Pope’s iconic prose, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

On a more personal note, I am truly sorry for the emotional pain I suspect Pat Lorje is suffering and that her political reputation is so badly tarnished after her many years of public service. It’s a steep price to pay of an act of folly.

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Question: I would like to see a major improve-ment in the bus system. We need more buses and more routes to make it easier to get around the city. Perhaps we could have a BRT system like Ottawa has. Will this deficiency be addressed by council?

Mayor Atchison: We are definitely heading toward a bus rapid transit system. It is on the planning table for Saskatoon’s future transit needs. Regard-ing today’s transit I am a big believer in the hub-and-spoke system. Having buses travelling through the entire length of the city when people want to get from either the east end to the west end or from the north end to the south end, it seems rela-tively foolhardy to take a scenic tour. We should be able to have buses that go from hub to hub to hub. I think that is one thing we urgently need to look at. We need to reinvent the system. The current system is not working, so why would we keep tweaking what doesn’t work? Fine tuning it is not the answer. A major overhaul is.

Question: As a new resident to Saskatoon, I have noticed that on some major roads there are no sidewalks. This is a serious danger to pedestri-ans. There are no sidewalks on the following roads: Faithfull, Millar and 51st Street.

Mayor Atchison: I was not involved with the city when Faithfull, 51st and Millar were built. We are doing this kind of work in some newer areas for walking paths for pedestrians and cyclists. For example on Marquis Drive, you will see a very wide path there for cyclists and pedestrians to use. Along Eighth Street we are putting in sidewalks in areas that previously did not have sidewalks. Your

reader is absolutely correct. We need to be looking at pe-destrian walkways and finding ways to get them into place so everyone is safe.

Question: Can you please explain what is happening with our 2014 and proposed 2015 tax increases? In 2014 our tax increase was a 7.43-per-cent increase with 2.92 per cent going to road repair and resurfacing. This year a 7.32-per-cent increase is being proposed, with

another 2.92 per cent for road repair. What happened to the 2014 2.92-per-cent increase for roads? Is it being used somewhere else, or does this mean we now have a combined 5.84-per-cent increase for 2015 road repair?

Mayor Atchison: Our tax increase was 7.43 per cent in 2014 and, yes, 2.92 per cent did go to road repairs, sidewalks and back alleys. There was a one-time inclu-sion of a $9-million dividend from the land branch. That $9 million came from land sales in Rosewood, Evergreen and Hampton Village. That one-time fund-ing allowed us to get to the $50-million threshold to invest in roadways, sidewalks and back lanes. That $9 million will not be available this budget cycle. The 2.92 per cent helps build base funding over a three-year period. The money will go roads, but we need a minimum amount of funding every year to get our roads into the best shape possible as quickly as possible. So the money is still dedicated to roads.

As I said, the 2.92 per cent is not going anywhere else; it is staying on the roads budget. I want to point out that this not council’s budget. It is the administration’s suggested budget. On Dec. 2-3, council will go through the budget and decide

what changes need to be made, if any. Once it is passed by council, it becomes our budget. A lot could change between now and the end of day on Dec. 3. We’ll have to see what council decides. We have asked the administration to go back and see what other opportunities there may be to find cost savings in the pro-posed budget.

Question: Why aren’t we showing the same fiscal restraint as other cities? Regina, which had a budget increase of 5.88 per cent for 2014 and a proposed 2015 budget with a 4.33-per-cent in-crease, with a new stadium coming on-line, is showing signs of fiscal restraint. Calgary has a proposed 2015 budget with a 4.7-per-cent increase, and is still recovering from flooding two years ago. With the 2013 cost of living increase of 1.5 per cent and a 2014 increase of 1.7 per cent, it makes me wonder where city residents and businesses are expected to find the money for these increases.

Mayor Atchison: Every city budgets differently. Some have a larger tax base; some cities add costs to the utility bills that others put on the mill rate. I believe Regina has added a one-per-cent levy for roads. We added 2.92 per cent. We are also adding 0.3 per cent for sound attenu-ation walls. I like the dedicated levies; that way you can be sure the allocated funds are being invested in those specific areas and not lost in general revenue.

When you talk about Calgary, I think your reader forgets about the previ-ous years’ increases in Calgary. At this time, this is a proposed 2015 budget for Calgary. And I believe their mayor has talked about even having the tax increase higher than that. No one will know what 2015 looks like until each council passes its budget.

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Older women sometimes like to give Davis Quinton a little slap when they run into him on the street.

Unfortunately, they’re actually running into Lorne Cardinal, the real person who plays the RCMP officer on Corner Gas. It seems they forget that Lorne is Lorne, and Davis is Davis.

Fortunately, they sometimes remem-ber to apologize, once they realize what they’ve done.

I suppose I sort of understand, although hopefully I would never up and smack someone on the street. Cardinal, and the rest of the cast of Corner Gas, became such welcome guests in so many homes during the TV show’s run that — as I admitted to Cardinal — it’s hard to remember that you know him, but he doesn’t know you.

Cardinal and show creator Brent Butt were in Saskatoon last week for the premiere of Corner Gas: The Movie, hosted by lo-cal Scotia McLeod financial advisor Bart Hunter. In an interview, it became clear that Cardinal is also pretty attached to Davis, and the rest of the Dog River gang. And, he would do another Corner Gas movie if Butt were interested.

“If he feels compelled to do so, the cast members would come on,” he said in an interview. “We love working with each other so much. We’ve spent 10 years together. It’s great seeing each other. We shed a few tears, because it was kind of a goodbye and a love letter to our fans. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to work with this cast again.

“It’s sentimental that way. But that’s the business; whenever you start a series, it’s

always got an end. It doesn’t make it any easier.”

The movie was premiered privately in Saskatoon on Nov. 24 and publicly in Regina a day later. It will hit selected theatres Dec. 3-7, with a TV debut on CTV on Dec. 17.

In a scrum with reporters, Butt said Saskatoon was the right place for the premiere.

“It feels right. It feels per-fect somehow. I started my

standup career just up Idylwyld here, in the old Wills Inn hotel on amateur night. It’s come full circle, 27 years later.”

For his part, Butt doubts there will be another movie, but he did leave the door open just a crack.

“My goal was always to come back and do one movie and then let it be what it was, and not come back and keep beating the horse over and over again,” said Butt. “I guess we’ll see how things play out. I’m kind of not looking beyond today.”

Goodness knows it’s tough enough to get movies made in Saskatchewan these days, since the elimination of the film tax credit. Cardinal said it was a close call financially, but enough groups came on to

make it happen, and happen in Saskatch-ewan.

“I think it was very important that it be done here. I don’t think there is any place else that could recreate Saskatchewan, so I’m just glad that it all worked out. Pretty nip and tuck there for a while, but luckily Creative Saskatchewan stepped in and Tourism Saskatchewan and all our funders in Ontario, as well, made it hap-pen.”

It does show what can happen when creative minds get their brains around financing. Executive producer Virginia Thompson, possibly the most down-to-earth movie executive on the globe, said there were about 10 financiers of the film, not to mention the fans.

“We actually financed it in a new way, for feature films. It was a mixture of Telefilm Canada, Bell Media, Tourism Saskatchewan, Creative Saskatchewan, Creative Media Fund, the Bell Fund, the Cogeco Fund, plus crowd sourcing. Plus tax credits out of Ontario.”

Is that the future?“Possibly. I don’t know. I would hope

that it will lead to more in the province; that’s my hope.

“I think that there’ve been some amazing films that have come out of the

province this year. There was WolfCop. There was Big Muddy that was in the To-ronto International Film Festival, and then there’s Corner Gas: The Movie. So there have been three really significant Canadian films that have been made.

“It was difficult for all of us. I have to be honest; I do hope a film fund will come back. There’s no question in my mind there is extraordinary talent in this province and that talent should be shared with the rest of the country and the rest of the world.”

As for the premiere, it was a love-fest. Hunter planned it as a client event, but then also turned it into a charitable event supporting the Saskatoon Community Foundation and the Saskatoon City Hospi-tal Foundation.

At 1:30 on a Monday afternoon, with snow-covered streets, people showed up in glittery dresses, high heels and best suits. The lobby of the Scotiabank theatre was jammed with 300 people eating popcorn and drinking cranberry juice with ginger ale.

There was even a red carpet. That’s how Saskatchewan fans treat their local heroes, even if they can’t always distin-guish between the actors and the characters they play.

Saskatoon folks had the chance to rub shoulders with Brent Butt at the premiere of Corner Gas: The Movie (Photo by Steve Gibb)

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Indians don’t get lost. We’re just not there yet. Sometimes it just amazes

me how many misconceptions there are about First Nations people. One of those miscon-ceptions is people believing First Nations people don’t get lost, as if we have some kind of human compass that tells us what direction to go.

This past summer I spent time with a group of Ameri-can fishermen. Actually, I was able pull off my “Genuine Indian Guide” persona and get myself hired. It seemed like every time we changed direction, either on foot or by boat, they would look at me as if I knew where I was going.

Truth be told, I didn’t have clue where the best fishing spots were, but I made it look like I did. And, to make it look really good, every now and then I would look at the sun or the stars. I noticed every time I looked towards the sky, my American friends would look, too.

Of course Indians get lost. In my case, I can get lost in an open field. I swear I can find my way out of any bush, but put me out in the flatlands of southern Saskatchewan and my coordinates go out of whack. And, believe me, the sense of panic is the same in an open field as it would be in the bush. So much for that built-in compass.

If Canada were under attack and a whole battalion of the armed forces is telling you to go one direction and a single Indian on horseback is telling you to go the opposite direction, who would you follow? Now answer honestly. And

I bet you would choose to follow the Indian. Because we never get lost; we’re just not there yet.

The other big miscon-ception is we have a direct connection to the weather gods. I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked to do a rain dance when there’s a heat wave, or a sun dance when the rain won’t stop. Of course sometimes people will ask in jest, but I swear there are those who actually believe we

have some kind of a secret. We do have a secret — it’s called the Weather Channel.

And don’t even get me started on tax-es, free housing and medical. There are those who believe First Nations people get free taxi and bus rides. I got tired of explaining, or at least trying to explain, there is no such thing as free. When the movie Titanic came out, I got my tickets in advance. That evening, when everyone else lined up, me and the people I was with just walked right through.

When I heard someone ask why we were allowed to go right in, I turned around and said, “It’s a treaty right.”

You should have seen the look on some of the people’s faces as they won-dered if it was true. I bet at least one of those people went home to write a letter complaining how Indians are now getting free movie tickets.

The fact of the matter is I was able to think in advance and purchase the tickets to avoid the lineup. The reason why Indians never get lost? They jump ahead of the line.

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throughout the city. The City reminds people to keep their distance from coyotes and all wildlife as they can be unpredict-able when confronted.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding coyotes or other wildlife within the city, please contact Parks Pest Man-agement at 306-975-3300. If there is an emergency, please contact the Saskatoon Police Service at 306-975-8300.

Here is what to do if you have a close encounter with a coyote:

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and enough space to flee the situation. Rapid expansion of the city and the

design of larger green spaces has resulted in more coyote sightings in Saskatoon. Coyotes are common in all major munici-palities across Canada and are more com-monly seen in the winter. Coyotes can be seen in residential and commercial areas, especially if food and shelter are readily available.

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Saskatchewan’s four Western De-velopment Museums have approxi-mately 40,000 artifacts on display.

Now get this. There are another 40,000 in storage at the 130,000-square-foot Cura-torial Centre in Saskatoon.

“You’re going to have your socks blown off when we go back there,” Tanya Callaway, development and marketing assistant for WDM, said before a group of Saskatoon Express employees took a tour of the centre.

Before the tour, Ruth Bitner, the col-lections curator, talked about the acqui-sition process and a brief history of the Curatorial Centre. There was a sense she could list darn near all 80,000 items in the

province-wide collection.She does play favourites, though.“There’s a story I particularly like,”

she said. “It’s not a dazzling artifact. It’s a handmade quilt. It was made by a woman in Hawarden in about 1920. People were hard up. They were living on the farm and there wasn’t a lot of money.

“So she made this quilt out of scraps, basically wool. But what was she going to use for fill because you need something between the two layers? She went to the barbed wire fence that separated her farm from the neighbour’s. The neighbours had sheep. When the sheep rubbed up against the barbs, little clumps of wool came off. She picked that wool and put it together for the fill of her quilt.

“I think it is such an example of inge-

nuity and making do with what you have. That’s a story I like.”

While the piece is currently in storage, it will soon be on display online.

“We are working with the Textile Mu-seum of Canada in Toronto and several other museums to do an online exhibit called Narrative Threads. We were asked to submit 25 artifacts, primarily textiles. That quilt is going to be featured in the exhibit, which is scheduled to go live in January.”

Bitner said people offer to donate items to the museum virtually every day. There is a meeting at the Curatorial Cen-tre every Tuesday, when a group gathers to discuss each piece.

“We make our decisions based on how it fits into the Saskatchewan story. What

does this tell us about the province? How much information comes with it?”

She said sewing machines, pump organs and typewriters are offered often because they are indestructible. “And now people are wondering what to do with them.”

Marketing manager Kerry Lubchenko enjoys being a guest at acquisition meet-ings. He laughed as he talked about a recent Tuesday when the centre decided to accept a shag carpet rake. There was a story behind it, just like there is for so many of the treasures in the centre.

Then it was show time.The first stop was the Conservation

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(Continued from page 10)At that point, Thom Cholowski, the

conservation manager/steam program chief engineer at the centre, became the tour guide. He knows his stuff, and then some.

After a couple of quick stops, the doors opened and the lights went on. There were cars, trucks, carriages and carts stacked three high to the rafters. It was, as prom-ised, jaw dropping.

There was even a 1972 motorhome. So, that’s why the museum acquired the shag carpet rake.

Socks were being blown off in all directions. There were other huge rooms that housed steam engines and farm implements. There were vast areas for gadgets. There must have been kitchen sinks somewhere in there.

While the museum didn’t open until 1949, items were being collected as early as 1945, Cholowski said.

“So a 1920s vehicle was only 20 years old. It’s like us going out and buying a Chevy Astro van or something now,” he said. “This stuff was still available. So, as a result, we have the one of the largest collections of antique steam engines, and a very large collection of farming equip-ment and early gas tractors.”

The workshop areas are a hub of activ-

ity. The area also includes a carpentry shop, paint booth, machine shop and a general multi-purpose work area. The shops are where exhibits are fabricated.

There are 30 volunteers at the Curato-rial Centre. Network-wide there are more than 1,000, Callaway said. “In 2013 our volunteers gave us over 61,000 hours of their time. We could not do what we do if it wasn’t for our volunteers. They are absolutely incredible.”

The museum offers programs for those wanting to learn some of the old arts.

There is an introduction to blacksmith-ing. Callaway said it is always full, with a waiting list.

“It is something that is still so popular. The younger generation is getting into it.”

There is advanced blacksmithing class as well. There is a class for wheelwright-ing, buggy seat upholstery, steam traction engine operation and locomotive opera-tion. There is a relatively new class for Victorian sculptural beadwork.

The Curatorial Centre also houses the George Shepherd Reference Library. The library provides research services to the WDM network as well as answers inqui-ries from the general public.

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If you’re in the market for a home that offers some terrific views of a lake and green space, you might want to check

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While the outside views of the sur-rounding landscape are impressive, you’ll find the interior of this two-storey home just as intriguing as the vistas on offer through its windows. The three-bedroom beauty has an attached double garage, concrete driveway and front landscaping. The home delivers a total of 2,342 square feet of living space.

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The second floor also features the family bathroom along with a convenient, well-equipped laundry room.

This home is listed at $849,900. It can be viewed Mondays to Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This Ehrenburg showhome is located at 126 Pringle Cres. in Stonebridge (Photos by Peter Wilson)

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Last week we buried our aunt in a shoe-box.

Seriously, an actual shoe-box, for shoes. I mean, it was a fancy shoebox. It wasn’t from Payless or anything. Apparently you can buy them at home interior stores — sturdier than what you get for free with the shoes, designed for long-term storage of your precious peep-toes, complete with a very practical at-tached lid, cute colours and exterior patterns to brighten the bottom of your closet.

Prior to her memorial service, as I walked to the front of the church (mildly horrified at the notion that I was actually at her funeral, which was not fair at all) to get a look at the array of pictures and mementoes aggregated to best try to depict a life beautifully lived, I noticed the shoebox on the table.

Huh, I thought, isn’t that cute. She must have really liked whatever shoes are in this box. I even reached out to open the box to see which shoes were inside. Thank god something stopped me from actually doing that, though now I don’t remember what it was. Perhaps it was simple common sense, which should dictate something along the lines of “don’t open unfamiliar boxes at a funeral.”

Later that day I marvelled aloud at how cool it was that her family had found an urn that looked like a shoe-box. Um no, said her sister, that was an actual shoebox. I still didn’t get it. Weren’t there rules about this kind of thing? Turns out no, there is not.

To be clear, Lynn was absolutely the last person on Earth whose life should be represented by a shoebox – so it took me a few days to re-ally grasp that this humble, eloquent choice. I’m told it was hers, made in planning her final farewell after learn-ing of her Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.

She had two honour guards at her funeral, for heaven’s sake. Can you imagine? One honour guard would be an achievement for most of us, two speaks to the kind of woman she was. Her Relay for Life team (formed long before cancer took hers) lined the aisle, while at the front of the church a proud shield of dozens of spotless Saskatchewan Air Ambulance at-tendants stood shoulder to shoulder. Lynn, a registered nurse, flew the friendly skies of Saskatchewan for

25 years with Air Amb, long before STARS made airborne-medicine sexy. She had only retired from taking care of everyone else for a mere few months before becoming the patient herself.

“Immaculate” is how I once heard Lynn described, and I couldn’t agree more. Always perfectly put together, every-thing felt like an event when she was involved, delivered with both warmth and pur-

pose. I’ll never forget her Christmas dinner, where I was introduced to the notion of tiny individual salt and pep-per shakers, a pair of which she had lined up alongside each plate on the never-ending dinner table. It was just so bloody thoughtful. They were right there, just for you. “I just think it’s nice,” she said. And it was.

Ultimately, no matter how much of a cranky jerk I was being, or which family member I was engaged in some meaningless cold war with, she always, always made me feel wel-come, and that she liked me. Not an easy feat, if you know me even a little bit. For her example of grace, I will be eternally grateful.

Which brings me back to the shoebox. I couldn’t get that shoebox out of my head — she was so precise, put-together, thoughtful and so unique. Why finally rest in a shoebox?

Then it struck me how effortlessly Lynn had conveyed one of the most important lessons that I believe she learned, and that I believe we can learn in our own lifetime, regardless of how long or cruelly cut short that may be. What matters is not how we leave this world, but what we leave behind. In hindsight, it’s so obvious, but I’ll be thankful to her forever for making me think so hard about it.

The reality is that for some people, there isn’t a vessel on this Earth big enough, or beautiful, gilded or glam-ourous enough, to truly represent the glory of the balance of the life held inside. With her signature style and enormous generosity of spirit, Lynn ensured that in celebrating the end of her life, our focus turned outward, to the love, lives and precious memories basking in her wake.

Upon stumbling onto that realiza-tion, it became readily apparent that as usual, Lynn had made the best possible choice. Her shoebox was the perfect fit.

Lynn Boudreault, 1954 – 2014. See you later, alligator.

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Shannon BoklaschukSaskatoon Express

Actress Kristi Friday is taking on a challenge with her roles in Dancing Sky Theatre’s production of The Haunted Man.

Friday is playing four characters in the Christmas show, and all of them are male. Two of the characters are children from different walks of life, while one is a student in his 20s and the other is an 87-year-old man.

“It’s been a bit of a ride,” said Friday, a mother who is in her mid-30s.

“It’s been really great. It’s been a great challenge.” As an offering during the holiday season, Dancing

Sky Theatre in Meacham, Sask., is premiering its latest collective creation, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Haunted Man. The Haunted Man is the fifth and final story in a series that Dickens wrote for Christmastime, the most famous of which is A Christmas Carol.

While there are similarities to A Christmas Carol, some of the themes in The Haunted Man seem to be more detailed, said Friday. However, The Haunted Man also “brings that ‘what is the true meaning of Christmas’ ques-tion into play,” she said.

“What are our values at this point? Is it about what you have in life and what you get, or is it about your fam-ily and your friends and those memories?”

Joining Friday on the stage are Kent Allen, Deborah Buck, Jenna-Lee Hyde and Kenn McLeod. Meanwhile, the production is directed by Angus Ferguson, stage managed by Joel Bernbaum and designed by Evgenia Mikhaylova.

The show was created collectively by the company, which Friday said was an interesting process. Allen and Ferguson are both “huge fans” of Dickens, she said, and, as a result, they started looking at the author’s Christmas stories. They agreed to explore The Haunted Man at

Dancing Sky, a professional rural theatre that has been producing shows since 1997.

“They spent some time with it before all of us gath-ered and then, once we all got together, it was a matter of taking the novel and adapting it into a play,” said Friday.

“It’s been a collective-type setting, where we all have sat around the table together and discussed the themes and what we think is important to the story and that kind of thing. So it’s really a great process for us as actors, because you don’t often get to have that discussion. Often you just get the script and that’s what you go with, right?

“So it’s been kind of neat to be able to say, ‘No, I really like that character. We can’t lose that character. We have to keep it.’ ”

Friday said the company felt it was important to “keep to the Dickens style with the text and the Victoria era, but also making sure is this going to be clear to the audience, and how can we make this more understandable.”

Friday is starring in the show after recently returning to Saskatchewan. Since 2008, Friday had been living in Stratford, Ont., with her daughter and her husband, actor Skye Brandon.

Brandon returned to Saskatoon during the summer to take on three roles as part of the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival’s 30th season. Prior to that, he spent five seasons at the acclaimed Stratford Festival. He is now working as the artistic producer at Dancing Sky Theatre.

Friday has also made her mark on the local theatre scene, having previously acted with Persephone Theatre, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Dancing Sky Theatre and the Station Arts Centre. As well, she is a puppeteer, a founding member of Wide Open Children’s Theatre and a founding member of Live Five.

Friday is happy to be back at Dancing Sky Theatre, the building in which she and Brandon got married.

“Dancing Sky’s one of my favourite places – always has been. It’s a place all on its own, in that Angus just cre-ates a really great environment for people to work in. It’s really intimate space,” she said.

“It’s a great company that he’s put together for this show. Everybody’s just been fabulous to work with. And I’m a prairie girl through and through, so I’m very happy to be back.”

The Haunted Man runs from Dec. 5 to Dec. 21 at Dancing Sky Theatre’s Harvest Hall in Meacham. Tickets are $18.50 to $28.50, while meals before the show are priced separately. To purchase tickets, call 306-376-4445 or go online to www.dancingskytheatre.com.

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If you are really young and crazy, riding a dirt bike off road though a desert in a 1,000-mile race containing booby traps is something you might like to do. That was exactly what 24-year-old Saskatoon product

Geoffrey Gerbrandt did, when he finished the Baja 1,000 near the middle of November. This year’s course ran 1,275 miles down the Baja Peninsula in Mexico from the centres of Ensenada to La Paz.

It is one of the world’s more famed off-road races, which is tackled by those driving trucks, ATVs, dune buggies and dirt bikes. You can take the challenge with a team of drivers, who rotate in to drive sections of the race, or you can run it solo.

After racing the course last year with a partner, Ger-brandt took it on alone this year in the Score Ironman class, riding his Yamaha WR450. He finished second in his class, completing the circuit in 44 hours, 31 minutes and 22 seconds.

A major accomplishment was scratched off his to-do list.

“The Baja 1,000 is kind of the big one,” said Ger-brandt. “It is the longest non-stop, off-road race in the world.

“That was the major achievement. I put it at the top of my bucket list. I am young and dumb enough to go for it.”

Gerbrandt has been racing dirt bikes in some form since age 10, and had been following the Baja 1,000 for a few years. He wanted to see if he could actually finish the race, which is the biggest challenge of the event.

Out of the 237 vehicles that started this year, only 133 finished. In his class, Gerbrandt was one of three finish-ers out of six starters. Racers also have a maximum of 49 hours to complete the course.

Gerbrandt said the success rate for this year’s race is the norm for most years. Riding as part of a two-man team last year, Gerbrandt felt the big challenge was stay-ing focused mentally.

As a solo rider, Gerbrandt said the physical challenge was bigger than the mental one.

“It is a slow drain on your body kind of thing,” said Gerbrandt, who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 180 pounds. “My whole strategy for the race was to take it steady and smooth and ride within my comfort zone.

“Being on the bike that long, your body can’t sustain putting out that much energy for that long. Nutrition just

becomes just everything. That is where all your energy comes from.

“Getting near the end of the race, the last few 100 miles, you’re on the edge of not being able to continue.”

During his 19 fuels stops, Gerbrandt would quickly eat a granola bar. He did stop for four meal breaks, but was only off his bike for about 10 minutes in each of those instances.

Considering how gruelling it is to take on a race of 1,275 miles, it almost seems cruel that the course would contain booby traps. Before the race is run, locals are al-lowed to go on the course to set up jumps and dig holes to create unexpected obstacles for the racers.

Gerbrandt said that was part of the fun.“The whole week is kind of a big festival for them,”

said Gerbrandt. “They drive their cars out in the desert wherever they can get and watch everything.

They are cheering all night. They want to see some action, so they will build jumps or dig holes or whatever and just put little obstacles for the competitors to go over for their own enjoyment, basically.

“There wasn’t really anything too extreme out there that could really hurt a guy this year, so I was pretty happy about that.”

Finishing did provide a lot of satisfaction.“It was really cool,” said Gerbrandt. “After being on

the bike, all you want to do is get off and just sit in a chair instead of on a bike.

“You roll up on the podium there and get interviewed

live webcasted on the Internet. Baja is a huge festival for all the Mexican locals. They are all surrounding the podium there, while you are getting interviewed, and cheering.

“You get down and have some beers with them, and it is just a huge party and such a relief. It makes it all worth it, just their enthusiasm.”

Gerbrandt said he would like to race the Baja 1,000 again, but the solo journeys are over. If he goes back, he would do it with a team of racers and make it more of a fun trip with friends.

I don’t know if I would go out and do it by myself again,” said Gerbrandt. “It is such a great experience. I would like to share it with anybody that wants to go down.”

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Summing up Saskatoon’s 8-7 OT loss at home to the Broncos on Pucks & Paws night: 3. A bark-and-forth

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to marry a 25-year-old. How romatic. The bride walks in as the organist plays Helter Skelter.l Jason Garrett said the Cowboys need

to be able to win everywhere, even on the moon. Jerry Jones thought he was talking about home games.

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Janice Hough, on a British man en route to his Cuban honeymoon getting drunk enough on the plane that he first

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doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, stores and websites across the pond have started offering Black Friday sales. Good to know that the U.S. is exporting our traditional values around the world.”l Chong, on a survey predicting one

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Here in the Rio Grande Valley, about 30 per cent of the birders gazing through their binoculars and camera lenses are likely Canucks who have given up snow shovelling as a hobby. Affectionately called “winter Texans” by the locals, they are part of the annual influx that swells the population of the “Texas Tropics’’ at this time of year.

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I discovered an excellent family dining spot at the House Wine & Bistro, where Chef Larry Delgado and his wife, Jessica, deliver great food and service along with an extensive wine list. This cool dining option offers a lunch and dinner with a variety of flavours, ranging from light and tasty hors d’oeuvres to hearty lunch and dinner fare.

If your preference is for Mexican food with a twist, you have to try Palenque Grill. I ate a memorable lunch there, which was so good that later I stopped by Taco Palenque, their fast-food outlet next door to the restau-rant, and ordered a crispy taco combo to take back to my hotel room.

Talking about hotels, there are many from which to choose. I stayed at the Casa De Palmas, a Renaissance property in McAllen that has very friendly staff and a delightful garden courtyard with a swimming pool.

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Double pilasters flank the covered entry of this two-bedroom

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The fireplace will make this room cozy during cooler months and provide a focal point for family activities. In summer, the sliding glass doors from the great room to a covered deck will encourage al fresco living. Flowing from the great room is the dining area, which occupies a bayed-out alcove with windows on three sides, and overlooks a sun deck.

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The laundry room is ac-cessible from the kitchen, as well as the garage, with extra space for storing patio furniture and gardening tools or a workshop/studio. Close to the laundry room are a broom closet and a coat cupboard.

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Ceiling heights are nine feet throughout the main floor. Exterior finishes include painted trim, horizontal sid-ing and wooden shingles on the gables, which also boast decorative woodwork.

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MUSIC DECEMBER 3Frank Mills, the Canadian pianist-songwriter, rode the wave of Music Box Dancer to international success, reaching No. 1 in 26 countries. He’s back on an intimate Christmas tour, playing in 18 Western Canadian cities and promising Love Me, Love Me, Love, Pied Piper, The Happy Song and many selections from the two Christmas CDS he has released. Concert time is 7 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets: $56.50.

DECEMBER 4-5Rosie and The Riveters will be introducing material from an album they’ll release early in 2015. Farideh Caeser, Alexis Normand, Melissa Nygren and Allyson Reigh are four Saskatoon singers who revisit the spirit and charm of gospel music of the 1940s. Shows are at 8 on Thursday, 9 on Friday. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

DECEMBER 6Elizabeth Shepherd is a Canadian songstress who is the only jazz artist to be nominated for the prestigious Polaris prize. She has had three Juno nominations. Canadian trumpeter Kevin Turcotte leads the quintet. The Bassment. Tickets: $125 for SJS members, $35 for non-members.***** The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra presents a Ukrainian Christmas, with dancing by the Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble and choral works by the Lastiwka Choir, Conductor Victor Sawa will have some holiday surprises as well as a singalong. Concert time is 7:30 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets: From $52 to $18.

DECEMBER 7Brenda Baker conducts the Kids of Note, comprising children with and without dis-abilities, and Diane Phillips leads The Notations, comprising youth and young adults with or without disabilities, in the annual Christmas show. Special guests are members of Joy of Vox, led by B J Harris. Guest musicians are Doug Gilmore, Lukas Newman and Michaela DeMong. Concert time is 2 p.m. Grosvenor Park United Church, 407 Cumberland Avenue S. Free concert and public reception.***** The Crooked Brothers from Winnipeg make their first appearance at The Bassment, prom-ising a timeless country classic sound with back porch blues and stomping funk. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.***** Join the Cecilian Singers for A Holly, Jolly Christmas at 3 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church (323 Fourth Ave. South). Not only will you enjoy a variety of beautiful classical, contempo-rary, and holiday music, there will also be a spectacular selection of silent auction items to bid on. Tickets are available for $15 in advance at McNally Robinson and by emailing [email protected],or $18 at the door.

DECEMBER 8Orpheus 60 Choir performs a variety of secular and Christmas music, 7 p.m. at the Cosmopoli-tan Senior Centre (614 11th Street East). Free will offering in support of the Salvation Army.

DECEMBER 11A SaskCountry Christmas: Mayfair United Church (33rd Street and Avenue I). Doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30. Advance tickets $20. $25 at the door. Available at picatic.com or at Co-op Food Stores on Eighth Street, Attridge Drive, Stonebridge and in Warman. Performers are Kelsey Fitch, Lisa Moen, JJ Voss, Amy Nelson, Samara Yung, Codie Prevost, Jay Semko, Eli Barsi, Scott Patrick and Stephen Maguire. All proceeds go to the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery.

DECEMBER 12Zodiac Tapestry Handbells: Christmas Sparkle concert. 7:30 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church (505 - 10th Street East), with Barrie Redford and Eric Woodsworth. Admission at the door is $15.

DECEMBER 12-13Chelsea Mahan, Lisa Hornung, Spencer McK-night and Matthew Pauls are the soloists, the Saskatoon Symphony Messiah Chorus is in full force and it is the symphony’s annual visit to Handel’s masterpiece Messiah. Concert on Dec. 12 is 7:30 p.m. Knox United Church. Tickets: $36. The symphony presents the same cast plus singalong participation of The Messiah the next afternoon at 2 p.m. Tickets: $30.

DECEMBER 4, 11Thursdays at Third Avenue: free noon hour

concerts. Dec. 4: Prairie Virtuosi String quartet. Dec. 11: Silas Friesen (trumpet) and Michelle Aalders (piano & pipe organ).

DECEMBER 15Station Singers present A Celebration of Carols from Around the World, directed by Duff Warkentin, at 7:30 p.m., Station Arts Centre, Rosthern. Tickets are available from choir members and at the Station Arts Centre: 306-232-5332. Prices: $20 adults, students $10, children under 12 $5.

EVENTSDECEMBER 2-4Dickens’ A Christmas Carol presented by John Huston. 7:30 pm each evening at Marr House. Experience a Victorian House Concert in a Victorian home. This cozy evening with Mr. Dickens features seasonal music, coffee, cider and Christmas dainties after the performance. Tickets are $20 in advance. Call 306-652-1201.

DECEMBER 3For the Love of Animation — an evening of film with Andrei Feheregyhazi, 7 p.m. at the Frances Morrison Library. Discussion and coffee. No

charge. Co-hosted by the Yorkton Film Festival.

DECEMBER 3 To DECEMBER 7Dinner theatre. Mayfair United Church (902 – 33rd Street West). Tickets: Dinner and show $28, 6 p.m. Show only: $15, 7:30 p.m. Call 306-382-6446 for tickets.

DECEMBER 6Trades and Treasures Marketplace. Shop for home decor, jewelry, sporting goods, books, crafts, food, clothing, health, beauty and so much more. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cosmopoli-tan Seniors Centre (614 11th Street East, just off Broadway. Free admission and door prizes. Proudly supporting the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. For more information, call Julia at 382-7041or [email protected].

DECEMBER 7The Saskatoon SPCA Auxiliary is holding its annual December Open House at the SPCA (5028 Clarence Avenue South) on from noon to 4 p.m., featuring a Christmas raffle, treasure sale, silent auction and bake sale. All proceeds go the SPCA second-chance fund. Baking donations welcome. Drop off at the SPCA Dec. 6 from noon to 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Mel at 306-955-4898. ***** ST. GEORGES SENIORS CLUB: Pre-Christmas Brunch, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Borscht, cabbage rolls, perogies, sausage, dessert, etc.) Adults: $12, Children: (6-10 year) $6. Tickets at door.

DECEMBER 8Inter-Faith Conversation on Climate Change. 7 p.m. (doors open at 6.30 p.m.) at Albert Com-munity Centre (610 Clarence Ave. S, Saskatoon -3rd Floor Loft). Free-will donation to cover costs. All are welcome. Call 306-664-3331 for more information. ***** Annual Barn Service on the Lawn. Third Avenue United Church. 6:30 p.m. Live animals, sleigh ride, hot chocolate and cookies. All are Welcome. Call 306-652-6812 for more information.

DECEMBER 10He’s been assaulted and she’s been in jail. Hear their stories of hope and listen to Police Chief Clive Weighill’s challenge: “Let’s get to the root cause of crime!” Wednesday, Decem-ber 10, 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Anne Parish

Hall, 217 Lenore Drive Saskatoon (access to hall from the parking lot). Everyone is encour-aged to come.

DECEMBER 118th Annual Jingle Bell Lunch supporting Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan at the Saska-toon Travelodge. Student trade show at 11 a.m. Meal and program begin at 11:45 a.m. Tickets and more information on the event are avail-able at: www.jasask.org/saskatoonjinglebell or by calling 306-955-5267.DECEMBER 13Joy of Vox - Traditional and Contemporary Songs of the Christmas Season, 100 + Voices, Directed by B J Harris. Piano- Penny Rosten. Bass- Bruce Wilkinson. 7:30 p.m. Third Av-enue United Church. Tickets $10 — available at the door, at the Broadway Cafe and www.picatic.com.

DECEMBER 15Station Singers present A Celebration of Carols from Around the World, directed by Duff Warkentin at 7:30 p.m., at Station Arts Centre in Rosthern. Tickets are available from choir members and at the Station Arts Centre: 306-232-5332. Prices: $20 adults, students $10, children under 12 $5.

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Memory Lane, a tribute to the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Mayfair United Church. Doors at 7 p.m. and show at 7:30. Tickets $20, available at Mayfair United Church or McNally Robinson. For more information, call 306-382-6446.

MISCELLANEOUSSECoND AND FouRTH TuESDAyThe Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th Street East) from October until April. We dance to old-time music from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beginner instruction during the first hour. No experience needed. For further information call 306- 382-5107.

EVERy MoNDAyHope Beyond Depression program: free introductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 Pinehouse Drive (wheelchair accessible). For more info call Pekka at 306-717-1665 or email [email protected].

FIRST SATuRDAy oF EVERy MoNTH The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.

EVERy TuESDAyOff-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of Grace-West-minster United Church (505, 10th Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.***** Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters Club Downtown Saskatoon. Come and have some fun with speaking and leadership skills. Our club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

FIRST MoNDAy oF EVERy MoNTHSaskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at

7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday, if so we meet the second Monday.

FIRST TuESDAy oF EVERy MoNTHLeft Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide.Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre - 333 4th Avenue North. 7:30 p.m. 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email [email protected]. *****FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheel-chair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail [email protected].

FIRST AND THIRD SuNDAy oF EVERy MoNTHPet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

THIRD THuRSDAy oF THE MoNTHThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email [email protected].

EVERy THuRSDAySaskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries around the world. First night is free! For more information visit www.sifc.awardspace.com.***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and is accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.

TuESDAyS, THuRSDAyS, SATuRDAyS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Times are: Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

EVERy WEDNESDAyDepression Support Group — free group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181.***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, ladies’ and men’s clothing; jewellery, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email [email protected].*****St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 -20th St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. On the last wednesday of each month we hold a birthday party for applicable members. Monthly socials are also held randomly. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Included are bowling alleys, pool tables, dart boards. The club building is wheelchair accessible with adjacent bus service. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For further info call (306)384-4644 or (306)716-0204.

FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAy oF THE MoNTHResporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992.


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Mourn. Remember. And take action.

We remember the 14 women slain at Montreal’s École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989. The missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls here in Saskatchewan. And the daily toll of violence against women everywhere.

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EVERy TuESDAy, SATuRDAy AND SuNDAyOvereaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org.

FRIDAySLearn to dance - Karousels Dance Club, starting Sept. 19 cued ballroom at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre (610 Clarence Ave. South). Contact 306-290-5486.

TuESDAyS AND THuRSDAySBridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Regis-tration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

FIRST AND THIRD SATuRDAyS oF THE MoNTH Lions Club’s Texas Holdem Tournaments. $60 buy- in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to the cash prize pool. No Re-Buys. 50 seats available. Registration opens at 6, tournament starts at 7 p.m. The Coach-man bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.

CANADIAN LIgHT SouRCEThe Canadian Light Source Inc. currently offer public tours on most Monday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. There will be a public tour at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45) on Dec. 16. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Call 306-657-3644 or email [email protected]. Info at: http://www.lightsource.ca/education/public_tours.php.

NEWCoMERS’ CLuBThe Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resi-dent is defined as one who has not resided in Sas-katoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email [email protected] or call 306-668-8131.

SINgLES SoCIAL gRouPSingles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednes-day restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email [email protected] or phone (306) 978-0813.

SASKATooN MooD DISoRDER SuPPoRT gRouPThe Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

Dressing up isn’t just for Halloween anymore. The culture of costume play, or cosplay, is exploding across

the world. Folks of all ages from all walks of life have embraced the rage.

From tradespeople to office executives, from adventure-craving teens to busy older parents, and from children to senior citizens, there doesn’t seem to be any set class of people or race who haven’t embraced the fantasy of actually being their favourite superhero or fairytale princess or

dashing leading character from some iconic series or movie. Nothing is off-limits, from Star Wars to Star Trek, X-Files to X-men, Doctor Who to Dr. Seuss. No character seems out of reach.

One fantastic element of cosplay culture is that most of these participants have actu-ally made their costumes. Some spend end-less hours in basements and sewing rooms, toiling endlessly to put together getups that emulate that of their favourite characters. And that is just the beginning.

Once any great ensemble is created, it needs to be worn. A lot of these fine folks look for almost any reason to throw on their spandex and capes and masks. Comic expos, or “cons,” are all the rage as well. These “nerd-fests” have been around for decades, but thanks to popular TV shows such as The Big Bang Theory, cons are an exploding phe-nomenon, too. If a person has even a shred of love for pop culture, these weekend arena events are a slough of fun with artist alleys, collector vendors and celebrity photo-ops (generally with actors from a sci-fi or fantasy show with a cult following).

As someone who has tackled his own fair share of book-signing gigs at these gatherings, I can attest to the fact that there is hardly a grimace in the place. Whether or not attendees dress up or not, smiles are everywhere and people are happy to simply let their guard down and purchase whatever action figure or T-shirt they have always wanted to own but were ashamed to buy.

The guilt-free fun doesn’t stop there. Leagues of cosplayers have formed — like-minded individuals banded together to magically show up at fundraisers and festivals. Let’s face it, nothing brings life to an event like the Justice League swoop-ing in, and who better to persuade wealthy businesspeople to donate to a charity than a smiling scantily clad Wonder Woman? Who knew? Some cosplayers don’t need any excuse at all to dress up. I’ve been browsing in comic shops and turned to see The Joker and Bane nonchalantly stroll in to buy the latest of their favourite title.

When I am at an event where cosplayers manifest, I can’t help but wonder if this is a trend that will simply fade away or some-thing that will explode even further. Some-how I think it’s here forever (I hope so).

Why do I think so? What is it about cloning yourself as a favourite hero (or villain) that floats some people’s boats?

Is it escape? That desire to lead someone else’s life for a while? Is it attention? Most superheroes are the life of any party. Or is it merely that need to do something creative?

And creative they are. For example, if a young woman decides to dress as Princess Leia, she may not simply dress as Leia, but in some kind of altered form of Leia, like a gothic Leia or new-age bohemian Leia. It’s the same with Velma from Scooby-Doo. The typically frumpy Velma can be reworked into a slinkier, more desirable, Velma and finally give Daphne a run for the dough. Gender-bending is big, too. A husband and wife might shake it up by the woman being The Joker and the man being Harley Quinn. Sometimes the whole family gets involved. I’ve seen many father-and-son Kirks and Spocks and large groups become the whole cast of The Avengers.

I dare say Cosplay has always existed — guys have been wearing Superman S-shirts for decades. It’s simply bolder and bigger than it was before now that geek has become chic. And it ain’t going anywhere fast. So why not get on the bus? Throw on a replica of some favourite character (or invent your own) and spend a few hours milling about the next cosplay event and figure out if you are ready to don the cape and ride the wave or not.

Approximately 8,800 people attended the Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo in September (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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