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As the debate over the fate of wild horses rages in Alberta, for some Saskatchewan farmers the issue

hits much closer to home.The landscape in the

RM of Canwood, located northeast of Prince Albert, is unforgiving. Frozen winds howl over fields dotted with scrubby clumps of dense brush. The snow in the area is deep — waist deep in parts.

Moments after crossing the southern border of the RM, a herd of wild horses is spotted in a field about a kilometre off the grid road. They are nosing fervently through the icy drifts in search of food. Down the road a second herd is spotted huddled together on a frozen pond. At least four mares are pregnant.

Luc Boudreault has had more than enough of the wild (or feral) horses cur-

rently plaguing the RM of Canwood and devouring his profits. The Debden-area farmer is on the verge of installing a pricey electric fence around a quarter section of his land.

“It’s gotten really bad over the last three or four years,” said Boudreault, whose

hay bales are particularly popular with the horses during frigid winter months.

“I’ve got half a dozen in the field right now, but I’ve had up to 40 in there.”

Boudreault’s attempts to mitigate the damage done by the powerful, starving horses with a regular fence have been un-successful because of high snow drifts and gates opening, or being opened by human interference.

Wild horses in Saskatchewan, while romanticized by some, pose a tricky, often dangerous situation for governments and residents. Loose legislation binds the hands of law enforcement and animal-

welfare organizations. Multiple collisions with feral horses have occurred in the RM within the last year. These have resulted in vehicle damage, personal injury and the deaths of the horses involved.

While there has not been a Saskatch-ewan SPCA (SSPCA) investigation into feral horses in the RM, it’s not a new issue for them.

“This is certainly not the first time I’ve heard of a situation like this,” said Kaley Pugh, manager of Animal Protection Ser-vices for the SSPCA.

In fact, the SSPCA has looked into inci-dents with wild horses all over the prov-ince. Because feral horses are not classi-fied as wildlife, they do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Saskatchewan Environ-ment and Resource Management (SERM) agency. Feral horses are not tattooed, and up-to-date veterinarian’s records are sparse to non-existent.

Colin Hughes, reeve of the RM of Canwood, feels that his municipality has spent too much time and money deal-ing with roaming horses. He, along with

numerous local residents interviewed for this story, allege the feral horses originate from the Big River First Nation, which borders the RM.

“We’ve went up to Big River First Nation and told their council that it’s a problem,” said Hughes. “We offered to get rid of (the horses), but we were told they’d be looked after. Back in the 1980s, a local resident and the reeve at the time rounded up over 60 wild horses and took them away because people were going to get killed. We can do that again.”

Derek Klein, Big River First Nation’s band administrator, said “some of those horses may be owned by band members. They get out or someone lets them out.

“We try to round them up every spring and fall,” he said in an interview. “It is a feed issue, absolutely. You get lots of snow and the horses are digging and dig-ging forever, looking for feed. We try and help the farmers out, but they can’t afford to feed them.”

Wild horses pose danger in RMEstimates vary on the number of wild horses roaming in the RM of Canwood (Photo by Tammy Robert)

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“I’ve got half a dozen in the field right now, but I’ve had up to 40 in there.”-Luc Boudreault

TWO SASKATOON Police Service officers are now on Twitter. I’m guessing it is a coincidence that

this happened the same week Express columnist Tammy Robert wrote how police services across Canada handle Twitter. My goodness, we don’t need Tammy thinking she changed the course of the city’s social-media history.

The two police officers are great choices.

Constable Derek Chesney (@SPSDer-ekChesney) walks the beat in the central

part of the city. He is community minded and admits Twitter is a bit of a new-fangled thing for him.

“… Just gettin schooled on twit-ter by our social media specialist. I’m pretty old school. 10-4 keep in touch.”

I didn’t know police officers said

“10-4” anymore. Cool.The other officer is Sgt. Patrick

Barbar @SPSPatBarbar. He seems right at home.

Here are some of his recent tweets.“Me: how much have you had to

drink. Driver: nothing, it’s Monday!”“Thx to an alert resident, nabbed a

duo breaking into cars in River Heights. The start of my days off will have to wait until reports r done.”

“Located a disoriented intox male wandering near Griffith stadium w/ a light jacket on. Just in the nick of time too, windchill is -39°c!”

“Great sleep today after night shifts. I’m off for a couple of weeks, “B” pla-toon will be ensuring ur safety tonight. U R in good hands.”

Great stuff. The Saskatoon Fire Department

(SFD) is now on Twitter as well. Here’s a note from its account.“Today is the start of social media for

SFD. From horse drawn fire wagons to the world wide web. Tweeting from 8am-4pm, M-F.”

Follow our fire department @Saska-toonFire.

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Wouldn’t it be nice if the mannequins at the Artifact Room of Military History could share war stories? (Photos by Sandy Hutchinson)

Wild horses could drag

Tammy away

the city. With the lure and romanticism of wild horses, this one seemed too good to pass up.

Tammy texted me a few times from the RM of Canwood where the horses were roaming.

“Have seen three different herds. Hiked in and got decent closeups of one herd. They weren’t impressed.

“I’m not exactly a horsewoman, so I guess when they started snort-ing, tossing their manes and pawing the ground I should have gathered something was coming.”

Tammy then turned and ran. Well as much as a person can run in knee-deep snow. I was hoping for a different ending. I was hoping she would break one of those steeds and ride it all the way home.

A FEW WEEKS AGO Sandy and I met Shirley Timpson and Ryleigh Carr at the Artifact Room

of Military History at the Nutana Legion. They are among the 12 volunteers that keep the bountiful basement of ar-chives running smoothly.

With the anniversary of Canada join-ing the First World War approaching, the Legion has some big plans for this year. One is mak-ing actors and experts available to speak at schools and other events. The actors will perform the roles of a First World War nurse and soldier on the front line. I have read the scripts Shirley has written, and they are tremendous. Historians will field questions after performances.

There are many man-nequins in the museum. They are dressed in vari-ous uniforms from past military and peacekeep-

ing missions by Cana-dians. Walking among them made us wonder if they come alive when the lights go out at night. We could picture these men and women from wars past dancing to the tunes of Vera Lynn and Bing Crosby. What a beautiful thought.

Tours can be arranged by phoning the Legion office at 306-374-6303 or emailing the museum at [email protected].

For a story on the Legion’s anniver-sary project please go to Page 11.

Roger Jolly doesn’t play the piano. But as a piano technician with global

credentials he draws the richest of tones out of the instrument.

He’s made the last-minute checks for visiting artists — from Liberace to Billy Joel to Herbie Hancock. He’s worked with Canada’s pure talent, such as An-gela Cheng, Janina Fialkowska and David Braid. And from his 33-year ownership of the Yamaha Piano Centre with his wife, Ma-rie, the family has given back to Saskatoon’s music community in stunning ways.

Jolly’s transformation from an engineer in Great Britain to a piano technician has been one of wonderment.

He grew up in Plymouth. He joined the Royal Air Force and took an engineering career with him to the Atomic Energy Au-thority in Britain. A little disillu-sioned by the income-tax system in Britain, he moved to Canada in 1970. He was employed at the oil sands in Fort MacMurray, took a turn as a system engineer for Hewlett Packard and then in

Edmonton he began to show an interest in piano and organ sales and service.

That’s where he met Marie Witte. She grew up around Engelfeld, took piano and voice lessons from Sister Mary Herman, attended summer piano classes with Lyell Gustin and after further studies in Regina, sang in an opera chorus in Edmonton. They have been married for 36 years and she has become the perfect musical companion on their first piano adventures in Saskatoon.

“I guess the engineering skills within me creeped out,” said Jolly. “I was curious. I got a little fed up that technicians were over-charging me with sub-standard work. I read like crazy. I experimented like crazy. I started to write for the Piano Technicians Journal. I was largely self-taught. I was thorough in print because what you write is

there forever. I chose my words carefully in lectures, prepared in case I was ever chal-lenged.”

As people in world piano circles became his audience, he was also attracted to Sas-katoon when Baldwin Pianos were looking for dealers in 1980. He bought his current facility on Broadway Avenue from Bill Shulhan, who once operated the Saskatoon Piano House.

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Lyle Whitefish, Big River band member and principal of the First Na-tion’s elementary school, said he and his family try to round up as many horses as they can. That includes strays and those belonging to other people, he said.

“We keep them for horseback riding and leisure,” Whitefish said. “They can be broke. It’s just a matter of finding the time to break them and hop on.”

Klein said feral horses pose a serious safety risk.

“The biggest issue for us is the horses running around,” he said. “We drive around on the roads more than anyone else. Someone could be seriously hurt. We’ve had two or three in the last year hit

on rez. They’re big, and at night we can’t see them. People are going to get hurt.

“We’ve worked with the RM, told them to pen them up. And they have brought people in to do that, which is fine. If our members aren’t going to look after their horses, and they’re starving, then haul them away. I’m OK with that.”

Hughes is not OK with that. The horses must be roped, which involves paid wranglers and tranquilizers to get them into the trailer.

“We lose money when we impound them,” said Hughes. “We keep them for 14 days, pay the pound keeper to look after them, and then haul them to auction where they sell for a hundred bucks each. It’s a five-hundred-dollar bill behind every horse.”

Hughes estimates that impounding fe-ral horses cost the RM at least $20,000 in 2013. That’s just for the ones they caught. That number doesn’t include what farm-ers have lost to fields that are trampled or to crops that are consumed. Those costs aren’t covered by insurance.

Hughes says the problem has gotten so bad at times that the horses have been rounded up and taken to slaughter.

In Alberta, legislated capture regula-tions for feral horses exist under the pro-vincial Stray Animals Act. The number of capture licences issued is regulated, designates areas and ensures the humane treatment of feral horses. It also limits the number of horses that can be removed from an area. Applicants must provide a plan and proof they’re experienced in

capturing horses. Animal rights activists and WHOAS (Wild Horses of Alberta So-ciety) argue that capture licences should be abolished altogether.

In Saskatchewan, Lloydminster MLA Tim McMillan introduced a private member’s bill in 2009 that legislated protection for wild horses that roam the Bronson Forest Recreation Site. Beyond that the laws for dealing with wild horses in Saskatchewan fall between the Animal Protection Act or the Stray Animals Act, both of which are under the jurisdiction of the ministry of agriculture.

“Feral horses fall at an intersection of different bits of legislation,” said Pugh. “The Animal Protection Act covers cruelty and neglect. The Stray Animals

Rounding up horses costly for RM

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Act says it is an offence to have animals at large. The problem is that they are ‘loosely-owned’ horses. Nobody really does own them, or they own them when it’s convenient. It makes it challenging for us to deal with them as strayed or when they haven’t been fed. Where we could potentially prosecute, if nobody knows or admits they own the animals it’s dif-ficult.”

Exactly how many feral horses there are in the RM of Canwood is a number that varies widely. The Big River First Nation says there are only 15 to 20; others allege the numbers are more like 40, 60 or even 200.

In addition to the danger the horses pose to drivers, Hughes is also concerned about how local area residents may be taking the matter into their own hands.

“I know they’ve been shot,” said the Canwood reeve.

“They usually gut shoot them, so they go into the bush and die. I know that’s not nice, but these guys have cattle to feed. If you get a bunch of horses on a bale, it’s gone over night.”

Animals shot in the gut or intestines suffer a prolonged and agonizing death. They often walk off to find a place to lie down and die under dense coverage, which renders the carcass out of sight and out of mind.

Sgt. Lyle Korczsak of the Big River RCMP detachment is a 13-year veteran of the force. He seen his fair share of inci-dents involving wild horses in Saskatch-ewan, both in the Big River area and his previous post.

Sgt. Korczak shares concerns over the safety risk, citing numerous dispatches for vehicular collisions with the animals.

“There have been ambulance trips,” he said. “We get a lot of calls on horses going across the grids, but our capac-

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Some of the horses have been shot, Reeve says

ity for rounding up horses is minimal at best. Our suggestion has been that if feral horses are on private property they should be rounded up. It would be very unpopu-lar if they’re going around and culling the horses. I know it’s frustrating for the guys that have farmland.”

The SSPCA also warns against shoot-ing feral horses.

“If someone owns livestock at large, you are not meant to shoot them,” said Pugh. “At the least the animal must be declared a ‘dangerous stray’ under the

Stray Animals Act on a case-by-case ba-sis. Further, horses are valuable property. Never mind that it’s just not very nice. So if someone is deliberately shooting these animals, that’s a concern. If they’re not shooting them in a humane manner, that’s even worse.”

Boudreault (who said he has never resorted to using a firearm nor harmed the horses ravaging his crops) and other farm-ers have seen a spike in feral-horse activ-ity in recent years, in part due to a run of heavy snowfall and long winters. Others

say the issue goes back much farther.“I’ve lived up here 20 years, and

they’ve been around for at least that long,” said a local resident who wished to remain anonymous. “I couldn’t even guess how many there are. The other day there were about 30 running in the schoolyard. They go wherever they want.”

If you have information about wild horses in Saskatchewan call the SSPCA at 1-877-382-7722. Your personal infor-mation will be kept confidential.

Deep snow makes it difficult for the horses to find food (Photo by Tammy Robert)


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frequencies and regulating the sound has earned him master craftsman designation.

“I tell those in the technician master classes to listen to the best pianists in the world. That means Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould among the classical players, Oscar Peter-son among the jazz players and Billy Joel among the pop players. I tell them to listen, listen and listen until their music produces a mental impact on your mind.”

As he became a master of the art, he was recruited by Samick Music Corpora-tion to conduct training programs. He was the vice-president of research and develop-ment for the Asian company. He’d go to Korea for three-week sessions four times a year. He was racking up air miles galore. He’s also trained independently in Aus-tralia twice, Norway twice, New Zealand, Indonesia, Italy and the Czech Republic.

He has philosophies about being a con-cert technician.

“Park your ego at the door. Be content to be the faceless person stage left. Always be prepared to hurry up and then wait. I can be analytical, but prefer a straight con-versation where I want to know what the artist really wants. It is really a collabora-tive situation.

He names Cheng as “being right up there” among the best pianists he’s met.

“She picked my brain and really made me work hard. She’s special. She was re-hearsing Beethoven’s Fifth for the Regina Symphony. She left the rehearsal and went to the Green Room in Regina. I walked in and she was rehearsing Grieg for a concert she had the following Tuesday.”

He also hails Braid “for an incred-ible ear and an awesome style. He went back down east and told everyone that the Saskatoon Jazz club was possibly No. 1 in Canada for the equipment, the service and the way we conduct ourselves.” Braid is booked at The Bassment on March 1.

Jolly has played a role in three of Saska-toon’s choice venues.

In November 2012 he donated a Bechstein Concert Grand (valued between $200,000 and $250,000) to the University of Saskatchewan for use in Convocation Hall.

“I had bought the piano on a whim and we used it as a rental to artists. I let it slip that Marie and I might donate it someday. My friends at the university never let it me forget the promise. It is available to do an awful lot of good for young people. I want them to play on the finest instrument possible.”

About the same time, Jolly and pianist Bon-nie Nicholson were chosen to represent TCU Place and the City of Saskatoon on a piano search at the Steinway factory in New York. There they were joined by Saskatoon-born jazz pianist Jon Ballantyne.

“We went over a number of Steinways with a fine tooth comb. Bonnie and Jon played them all vigorously, and we chose the best one. There were no financial limitations from TCU Place.

“They just wanted the best Steinway they could find.”

When the Saskatoon Jazz Society wanted a new piano and was blessed with a grant from the Saskatoon Kinsmen clubs, Jolly found the right Yamaha for them.

“It pleases me that the three venues have the really fine pianos. I always say that a pia-nist can go straight ahead mechanically from A to B. The difference comes from the superstars who know how to colour these musical pas-sages. That’s the sign of a true artist.”

Jolly has also been influential in what has happened with the Saskatoon Symphony, Op-era Saskatoon, the Saskatoon music festivals, Gustin House, the Sun Dog Faire, the Saska-toon Children’s Choir and the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ competitions. Sometimes it’s just supplying a piano or a performance room or a practice space. But always giving.

“The piano is my passion. I realize that as an engineer I would have been locked up in an office, writing report after report. I’ve been too much of a people-oriented person to do that all my life. And being a piano technician is some-thing I can do for as long as I want.”

Jollys donated piano to U of S(Continued from page 3)

KEN NOSKYEColumnist

The good old days weren’t so good sometimes wish it was the old days” is some-thing I’ve heard many

times, especially from young aboriginal people.

I often have to remind them the old days were not too kind to First Nations people. I wonder if they’re talking about the reality of the so-called old days or the one they’ve seen in a Hollywood production. Do they picture the romanticized version of a lone warrior on a horse chasing down a buffalo? Or the reality of a struggle to survive?

I’ve spoken with First Nation elders who have heard stories passed down from one generation to the next. And I’ve read stories from writers over a cen-tury ago who tell stories of a harsh and dangerous environment. The one thing that remained consistent, either for First Nations people or European settlers, was the day-to-day struggle to survive.

I doubt many of today’s youth would have made it a week in the old days. Of course there are those would survive and succeed, but that is because of a strong spirit and knowledge of the world around them. Many of today’s youth couldn’t make it without the Internet and their cell phones. It’s still nice to picture that lone warrior against a mighty buf-falo. In reality that is not the way it was.

Looking around today I see many aboriginal people who just don’t un-derstand what our ancestors must have endured.

I see many aboriginal people walking

around with those “Native Pride” caps. If you check, those caps were not made by North America’s original people. The caps were made in Taiwan.

I’m not really a cap person, but if I knew the caps were made here, then maybe I would support the cause. Instead I picture some poor soul in Taiwan who is probably paid a few cents for making each cap. That cap

will be sold to aboriginal people who will pay over $20 to advertise they are proud to be aboriginal people.

Not there’s anything wrong with an individual’s pride, but I certainly don’t need a cap or T-shirt to know who I am. Can you imagine the response if a white man walked around with a cap that said “White Man Pride?”

If a craft or clothing is being mar-keted as Native, it should be made by an aboriginal person and not some poor Taiwanese or Chinese person. That should be a law.

It’s not too farfetched, because there are laws in New Mexico and Arizona that anything sold as a Native craft has to be made by an aboriginal person.

Instead of dreaming of the old days — a distorted dream by the way — young aboriginal people should be taught to see what’s happening today and dream of a bright future. Maybe then they could walk around with a cap that says “I come from what’s happen-ing right now.”

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Q uestion: There is a new plan for how council will do business. One part of that plan clusters all com-mittee meetings on Mondays, and

council meets once a month on a Monday afternoon and into the evening. What are your thoughts on this?

Mayor Atchison: This is about better serving the citizens of Saskatoon and be-coming more efficient in what we do. That means how we look after snow removal, potholes, back alleys, street sweeping, sidewalks, your sewer lines, your water lines, police, fire, transit and garbage. This is about doing a better job for the citizens of Saskatoon.

This change is not trail-blazing by any stretch of the imagination. Many other city councils are doing this already. I think another important part is consistency. All the meetings will happen on Mondays. That means every Monday is city business.

I think it is really important to understand we are still using the same number of hours in a month for council meetings. We are just putting those hours into one day a month. It’s more ef-ficient. Council will start at one o’clock in the afternoon and go to five o’clock. And then break until 6. At six o’clock we have always held our hearings in the past and will continue to hold hearings in the future.

Question: Is there a downside to hav-ing an afternoon meeting in terms of who can attend and who can watch it on televi-sion?

Mayor Atchison: All meetings will be live streamed by the city on our website. We are in the process of talking to Shaw Cable to see if we can get the meetings broadcast on the channel along with SaskTel. I believe those two companies are bastions of democracy. They allow every citizen the opportunity to see exactly what is going on. All meetings are recorded and archived.

Question: Coun. Pat Lorje is concerned fewer people will have access to council now that they can’t discuss anything and everything at meetings.

Mayor Atchison: In a lot of ways I really think access will increase. When you come to council now, you get five minutes. And often you will hear the speaker say, “I have some questions for you.” At council

we don’t enter into a dialogue. Under the new model a citizen’s concern is dealt with at the committee level. A lot of details still have to be ironed out, but there they will have more opportunities for interaction.

One thing that is changing is that you won’t be able to speak at council if the item isn’t on the agenda. If you came to council to talk about whether the city should have a major league sports team – I am using that as an example – that wouldn’t be the venue. What you would do then is send a letter, and they will find the right commit-

tee for you to address.Question: Is there a reason

why manhole covers finish up like potholes after the roads have been repaved? They are about four inches lower in some spots. Can they not be raised closer to the level of the pave-ment?

Mayor Atchison: Actually there is a product that was pat-ented here in Saskatoon. It’s a collar you put on a manhole and the cover sits on it and it raises the height. We are laying more

and more asphalt now. Manhole covers started at the same level as the road asphalt, but over a period of time the manhole cov-ers get lower and lower. That’s certainly a valid comment.

Question: Coun. Zack Jeffries has started an online petition to try to put pressure on the provincial government to support the proposed Parkway Bridge/Traf-fic Bridge project. What are your thoughts on this?

Mayor Atchison: It is wonderful to talk about the Parkway Bridge and the Traffic Bridge once again. We have been dealing with this for over a year now. We are certainly looking forward to a positive outcome from PPP Canada. We will have that announcement sometime in the spring. We hope the province opts in to the project as well. We have said in council chambers that we are moving ahead with the project. Question: Do you want to say anything about the petition itself?

Mayor Atchison: That is for Coun. Jeffries to comment on. He didn’t discuss it with me. I am hopeful the project is going to go ahead just as we planned.

(Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send it to [email protected]. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

Council meetings may be coming in bunches

DON ATCHISON

Ask the MayorAre your ready to meet your maker? As monumental a question as that is, this isn’t a religion column, and

I’m not talking about Judgment Day. I’m talking about the time before Judgment Day.

When you pass away will your affairs be in order to mini-mize the natural stress that will be triggered with your family? Of course if you’re a grumpy, stick-in-the-mud kind of a person, your passing may well trigger relief.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE?

Death triggers many events your family will have to navi-gate. Immediately there’s the funeral and all the related details. Your estate needs to be settled. One way or another posses-sions will be distributed to family, friends, charity and the garbage dump, depending on how you left things behind – with or without a will.

The CRA considers that all registered investments, such as RSPs, RIFs, PRIFs, and LIRAs, are deemed to have been sold right before your death resulting in a potentially significant tax bill. Likewise, there may be another big tax bill if you have a family cabin that’s increased in value over the years. I will look at how to handle these and related issues in future columns.

JUST IN CASEHave you recorded and organised

your important personal information and intentions in one location? Things like the details of your funeral? Your will? This will determine how your physical and financial property will be distributed. Your power of attorney, living will and letter of intent? Safety deposit box location and keys? A list of key contacts, such as your accountant, financial advisor, lawyer and insurance advisor?

This past December I attended an excel-lent presentation by Harold Empey on the Just In Case Binder. Ned Powers featured Harold in detail in the Nov. 25, 2013 issue of the Saskatoon Express. It was his 86th presentation in the Saskatoon area, with 4,000 binders sold so far. There’s a huge demand for this kind of practical informa-tion.

The binder is a great tool for getting

your personal affairs in order. A series of questions are asked. Answering them will help you organize personal information, items and intentions in one place. In addi-

tion to preparing the binder be-fore you expire, Harold wisely emphasizes things like de-cluttering your home, dealing with the family cottage now and revitalizing your relationships.

Just because your kids didn’t come with an instruction manual when they came into this world doesn’t mean you shouldn’t provide them with one when you leave it. Check out the Saskatoon Community Foundation website for future Just In Case sessions and other

related events. (www.saskatooncommuni-tyfoundation.ca)

GOT A WILL?There is one basic question when you

die: What are your intentions for your property and finances? If you die without a will, the uncertainty created by your silence will very likely be a source of con-siderable stress among surviving family. Don’t do that to them. Don’t die without leaving a will.

Perhaps you’re thinking of writing your own will – something you’ve never done before and will probably never do again. How good were you at riding a two-wheeled bike the first time you tried? Pay a lawyer to write your will and walk you through that process.

Your passing could result in a time of unity and bonding for your family and extended family. This is especially true if you’ve anticipated and dealt with areas of potential financial and relationship conflict before death pays you a visit. On the other hand, it could result in needless conflict and damaged relationships if you leave things unattended.

How are you going to leave things?Derek Shevkenek is a Saskatoon Invest-

ment Advisor with RBC Dominion Secu-rities Inc. Member CIPF. Inquiries are welcome at 956-7803 and at www.dereks.ca. Information is believed to be accu-rate at the time of writing and is subject to change. Past performance may not be repeated. Opinions are provided in good faith, but without legal responsibility. Opinions are the author’s, not that of RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

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a city brimming with heritage. They im-mediately wanted to figure out “what made it tick.”

What they didn’t know is that their in-terest in the city’s history would lead to the formation of a group that is now celebrat-ing 38 years of existence.

“At first it was the CP rail station, which has since been restored by Ken Achs,” said Sarjeant. “At the time there were rumours about what would happen to that station because the passenger railway had moved out of town. It’s one of the nicest buildings in Saskatoon. That’s really what started us looking at the history and heritage of this city. I love that station, but what we were noticing was that more and more buildings were starting to come down.”

The final straw was when the Standard Trust Building (at the corner of 22nd Street and Third Avenue) was torn down. It was demolished to make room for the present-day Sturdy Stone building.

“This was the catalyst for the formation of the Saskatoon Heritage Society,” said Sarjeant. “People often think of the Capi-tol Theatre as the catalyst, but we were founded before that. Nowadays one might have been able to incorporate that beauti-ful old architecture into that site, but at the time it was an either or thing.”

Thus the Saskatoon Heritage Soci-ety was born. Sarjeant and her husband, Bill, were founding members along with a handful of others concerned about the city’s direction and mentality. Marches, protests and public forums were all part of the society’s approach to educating the public as to the importance of heritage sites.

“What my husband and I saw was that people were not recognizing the value of the identity of their city,” said Sarjeant. “They did not recognize that Saskatoon was special. Saskatoon was unique, and remains unique. What makes it different from other places is its architectural heri-tage and the stories it has to tell.”

Member Linda Epstein lives and

Saskatoon Heritage Society

38 years of preserving our city’s history

Linda Epstein (left) and Peggy Sarjeant stand on Broadway Avenue, the original commercial centre of Saskatoon (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson)

breathes heritage. Her character home emanates history and is reminiscent of the original houses just off Broadway Avenue in the Nutana district. She joined the heri-tage group four years ago. The society is a perfect fit for her passion to preserving the stories of Saskatoon.

“Some of the projects we get involved in are to celebrate the heritage we have, and some of them are to try to make sure that things that are important in Saskatoon are not pulled down —like the Standard Trust Building,” said Epstein. “The biggest example I can think of since I joined is the Traffic Bridge. The city has made decisions we don’t agree with about that bridge. Liv-ing in the area I feel strongly about it. And as part of Saskatoon I think it’s vital.”

Both Sarjeant and Epstein note that with a society such as theirs disappoint-ment is unavoidable. Examples such as the Standard Trust Building, the Traffic Bridge, the Gathercole Building and the original Capitol Theatre were all architectural cor-nerstones of Saskatoon. But they are both optimistic about the future.

“We’re much more involved in plan-ning issues now and the broader picture. Since we first came attitudes have defi-

nitely changed. The city is revamping and bringing in a new infill policy, and a new city-centre plan recognizes four streets downtown of specific heritage interest,” said Sarjeant. “So there’s that interest in preserving the identity of the city.”

The policy protects properties and en-sures historic characteristics of pre-war and post-war neighbourhoods are maintained. Both Sarjeant and Epstein consider this a win for the society.

“We have big hopes from the city with the new policy. We see a changing culture at City Hall,” said Epstein. “I think there’s a changing attitude that heritage preserva-tion is an important part of city planning. And certainly I’m hoping with the city-centre plan that the interests in certain areas in the downtown core translate into specific guidelines for those areas.”

One of the challenges the society faces is never truly knowing the impact it has. Membership is purely volunteer. It can involve attending city hall meetings, soci-ety meetings, marching to save buildings, walking tours (in the past) and planning for the future in conjunction with other groups interested in preservation in Saskatoon.

“What we’re doing is educating the public, attempting to change attitudes. You never know what impact you have because you’re trying to change a culture,” said Sarjeant. “You’re trying to have an impact on a culture. And culture changes over time. What’s important about our society is it brings a public voice to the importance of heritage preservation.”

Education is now a key focus of the society.

“What’s happening in areas like Rivers-dale and with business owners on Broad-way Avenue is exciting,” said Epstein. “If we can raise our voices, put out the infor-mation, make ourselves heard and preserve our history, then we feel good about that. If we can educate those to the important of heritage and to what Saskatoon, we are doing our job.

“It’s no one group or person that really saves a building or saves a landscape or streetscape. It’s all of those people who care about what this city is all about.”

The society is always looking for members. Visit www.saskatoonheritage.ca or email [email protected] for more information.


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Kimberley Camboia says shopping for a wedding gown should be a memo-

rable experience. That often isn’t the case for

hard-to-fit and plus-size brides, she says. When a woman looking for a size 16 or 20 is in the same store as someone trying on sixes and eights, the shopping experi-ence isn’t as pleasant as it should be.

Camboia rec-ognized that when she was just 17.

“About 13 years ago when I was working in bridal, I said, ‘This city needs a plus-size bridal store; this is ridiculous.’”

The city now has that store. Camboia and her sister, Kayla, recently opened W Bridals ~ Curvy Couture on 23rd Street be-tween First and Second avenues. Between the two they’ve worked for 18 years in the bridal business.

“It’s a new store, but in no way new to us. It is like coming home; we are back in the element we love. We say our blood runs ivory with platinum accents. In our blood are wedding gowns. It’s something we really really love.”

She said plus-size brides weren’t getting the service and selection of gowns they should have. Memories weren’t being made.

“There would be so many brides that would walk in, and we would have nothing for them to try on. People would put more of the focus on the skinnier girls because they have more options (and) they’d spend more money.”

She said it is important that women shop with those that are like-minded.

“(Imagine going) to a store where they have a full range of sizes and you are standing next to a girl who is a size 10, and

she’s ‘Oh my god, I need to lose 20 pounds. There’s no way I can be double digits. This is ridiculous; I am going to be a size six when I get mar-ried. This sucks, oh my god!’ (How

do you feel) sitting there, and you are a size 20 and you can’t find anything that fits you?”

And then there are the “skin-ny” girls.

“You get the girl that is a size four: ‘Oh my god, this wedding shopping is so hard; everything is so big on me; I’m so skinny.’

“It’s like you are standing right beside this person. As a consumer it is not your job to be sensitive to the people around you like that. But as a business owner, I find it my responsibility to make every customer feel comfortable.

“By offering something like this, you are shopping with other women who understand what it is like to be hard to fit.”

Kimberley Camboia (above) and her sister Kayla recently opened W Bridals ~ Curvy Couture (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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Camboia has been around wedding gowns since she was 10. Back then an aunt and her mother, Ed-die, opened a store. Eddie works at W Bridals with Kimberley and Kayla.

Camboia said she is unaware of another bridal store in Canada with their concept.

“There are enough hard-to-fit, plus-size, curvy brides to be able to sustain a location to cater to them.”

The companies providing product in W Bridals have sizes from two to 44. Samples at W Bridals start at size 16.

She said gowns at her store don’t have sizes marked on the labels. Dresses are named with words such as timeless, unique, ravishing, glamor-ous, fabulous, sassy and vivacious.

“Everything in Vivacious is a size 16 by the company standard, but we don’t label it size 16. When a bride walks in we can tell more or less what

size she is. So we know to gravitate to a certain sec-tion of the store.

“But if she wants to know, we just take her measurement and cross reference it with the size chart. ‘OK you are a Unique bride. It means you get to shop in Unique, but dresses can fit differently from company to company. So feel free to shop in Fabulous and Ravishing as well.’

“It doesn’t matter if it is going to be too big or too small. We have the knowledge and the wont to do our best to get them into something. Because we cater to that, there is an extended level of trust.

“They get to shop by what they like and dislike rather than what size they can shop in. I think that makes it a lot more enjoyable.”

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On Aug. 5, 1914 Canada entered the First World War.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the be-ginning of the war, the Nutana Legion is preparing to take the war in much of its graphic detail to schools and community events. The project is expected to begin in March and run until Remembrance Day. There will be few holds barred, although there will be modifications for some age groups.

Shirley Timpson, a volunteer at the Artifact Room of Military History, has researched and written biographies of what would have been a typical First World War nurse and soldier. These depict the hor-rible conditions that our men and women faced on the front lines.

The NurseAlice was a nursing graduate when the war broke

out. She and her friends had read of the war effort and the need for care for our wounded soldiers. Off these young women went. They stationed just behind the front in France. The things Alice saw are raw. The conditions horrific. She and other Canadian nurses did all they could to treat and comfort our soldiers.

The SoldierHe is a farmer from outside Moose Jaw. He could

hardly wait for his 18th birthday so he could join the army and go on an adventure to Europe. How that changed in the trenches in France, with the smell of death all around. There was endless rain, a shortage of food and water. And rats. Cigarettes, letters from home and rum helped the soldiers press on. There was a feeling that if it wasn’t for the rum, the war wouldn’t have been won.

Drama students will act each role. They will be outfitted in First World War apparel. The museum has a soldier’s uniform in its collection. Men were small then, but fought big. A nurse’s uniform is being made.

After productions in schools and the community, historians will answer questions.

“When we go to schools we will tone it down a tiny bit so it does run with the curriculum,” said Ryleigh Carr, a volunteer at the museum who has a degree in military history from the University of Re-gina. “Growing up I would hear stories, but you never heard the nitty gritty. It was all kind of sugar coated.

“I don’t want to lie to these kids about the truth. Canada did do some nasty things during the war, but it’s reality. These boys were pretty much lied to when they signed up. They thought it was an adventure and that it would be over in two months and they would be back home with a girl on their arm.”

Timpson said she wrote it like it was.“It was not pretty in the trenches. I had a volunteer

say, ‘I don’t know if we should say stuff like that.’ But that’s the way it was. I have been going back and forth with the monologue, but I think we will leave it as is.”

Carr said the war defines Canada as a nation.“I wholeheartedly believe it was a big turning

point. I want more people to understand that. Our heart and soul was because of World War I. It is how we came to be and it wasn’t all about politics; it was all about these boys and these men dying on the fields for us so we can live how we are today.

“I find that is what I am more passionate about. They did this because of this. They did things because they had to. To me it is so underappreciated. No one understands the whole meaning behind it.”

The museum, one of those hidden gems in our city, is renovating and moving artifacts as it prepares for the anniversary.

When the shuffling of exhibits is completed, guests will walk straight into the First World War. The collection is stunning. Among the thousands of

First World Warroles re-enacted in Legion project

Shirley Timpson and Ryleigh Carr are volunteers at the Artifact Room of Military

History

The history room has one of two known medical field kits in

Canada

Mannequins display the uniforms from various times in

Canadian military history(Photos by Sandy Hutchinson)

treasures are a First World War stretcher and a field medical kit. It is believed to be one of only two sets in Canada. It was found at a garage sale in Saskatoon.

“People like to look at this one. I think it is a bone saw,” Timpson said pointing to the operating kit. It sends shivers imagining a young soldier needing a limb severed with such a crude tool. Contents of the kit look more like what people in various trades would use.

Timpson made a recent discov-ery that instantly became one of her favourites. It is a little pouch with a bullet resting inside.

“It is among the rare and interesting artifacts we have in the collection. Whoever donated it was shot with the bullet. It was taken out and given to him.”

Carr made a similar find a couple of months ago.

“We went through one of the trunks and pulled out a pristine World War I officer’s uniform. It’s in perfect condition, with his diary in it and everything.”

She said she could have spent hours reading it, but other duties

called.Carr and Timpson are two of a

core group of 12 volunteers at the museum.

Timpson, who has been vol-unteering at the museum for four years, became interested when she was doing research for a memorabilia project for her father — a veteran.

Carr said volunteering at the

museum is a dream job. She found out about the museum through a “little blurb” in a paper about 18 months ago. She didn’t know of the museum’s existence. Neither did her father, a collector of guns used in wars.

“Coming down here was overwhelming,” she said. “I couldn’t believe how much stuff there was. I could have cried I was so excited.”

Tours can be arranged by phoning the Legion office at 306-374-6303 or emailing the museum at [email protected].

Ever notice how our reaction to the cycle of winter evolves with the season? It all starts in October when

the beautiful fall colours are gone and that distinctive icy chill sets in. That’s when we find ourselves on the thin line between love and hate.

We love the no-tion of tall leather boots, cozy sweaters, fat snowflakes and the looming holiday season. We hate that getting around is about to get much more difficult, how outdoor activity is curbed significantly, and we hate the gen-eral bone-aching chill that accompanies those first blustery,

wintery days.No matter how long you’ve lived in Sas-

katchewan, winter still tends to take us a bit by surprise, like we weren’t just slogging through it a mere six or seven months prior (or for some of us, like clockwork, every year of our lives).

December flies by in a flurry of parties, family and fattening food. The weather is a constant topic of conversation, but spirits are bright and we’re resolute. After all, what would Christmas in Saskatchewan be without snow and dangerous wind chills?

Then January arrives, and the complain-ing starts full force. It’s cold, and every-body talks about it. Then they snap at each other for talking about it. It’s winter for heaven’s sake! We live in Saskatchewan! Road clearing, ruts, block heaters and snow ploughs are part of the daily lexicon.

Winter boots are getting worn out. Our kids are on their fourth pair of mittens, which are getting cheaper every time they lose them. You had your fun in Novem-ber with fancy, state-of-the-art, expen-sive brand-name mittens from the trendy outdoor shop. In January, you get the $1.99 mini-gloves. They’re too thin? Wear two pairs.

And then there’s February. It’s when proper, grim determination sets in. It could snow 16 feet, and no one would notice. Or care. Another week of minus-40 with windchill? Who cares? They’re all running together. Winter is no longer a novelty, nor a hassle. It just is. The shortest month of the year couldn’t be longer. All seems lost.

But then something magical happens. It’s called March. Sure the month of March can be as much of a wintery hell as December and January. But the daylight — there’s so much more of it! And next month is April, which sometimes is kind of like spring. Even if it’s not, the month after April is May, which, even if it snows, contains the long weekend that unofficially kicks off the run up to another spectacular Saskatchewan summer.

It’s as if February is waiting in the departures lounge as our plane fuels up for our trip to Hawaii. With that in mind, you could argue that February is actually the greatest month of the year. Now we can think about everything we still have to look forward to. That’s what I’m telling myself anyway.

So take heart all you winter war-riors out there. Rejoice at the passing of every day this month as they bring us ever closer to weather that is more tolerable. Soon we’ll be moaning about the prairie heat — until someone inevitably declares “at least it’s not minus 40!”


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Not terribly pleased about this, Thetis made the life of her mortal hubby, poor Peleus, a living Hades. Each time Peleus tried to hold Thetis, she had the irritating habit of transform- ing herself into a tree or fire or a tiger, earning her the title of goddess of PMS.

Finally the odd couple did manage to have a little bouncing baby demigod they named Achilles. Wanting him to be immortal, Thetis (not exactly the brightest light-house on Olympus) held Achilles by the heel and dipped him into the river Styx, immortal- izing all but his heel. Achilles went on to become the hero of the Trojan War against the Sheiks. But eventually arch-enemy Paris, shooting with the accuracy of a Lord of the Rings elf, landed an arrow smack dab into Achilles’ heel, mortally wounding him and proving the old adage “time wounds all heels.”

Achilles’ heel didn’t heal, and as a result he passed into Greek mythological death, ensuring himself a lucrative deal as a constellation, a sports shoe or a tendon.

A tendon is that tough sinewy end of a muscle that connects the muscle to a bone. (A ligament connects a bone to a bone.) Painful tendons are commonly caused from overuse. Athletes commonly overuse a tendon until it develops wee cracks and tears and starts to degenerate. Most doctors do not know the difference between a tendonitis and a tendinosis.

Fortunately most physiotherapists do. “Itis” refers to inflam-mation of a particular organ or tissue. Meningitis, appendici-tis, bursitis, arthritis, tonsillitis, hepatitis and colitis refer to swollen and inflamed organs. But tendons rarely get inflamed. Tendonitis therefore is as mythical as Thetis, Zeus or Auster-ity. Instead a sore tendon is commonly a tendinosis, a painful degeneration of the tendon caused by microtrauma, aging or poor blood flow.

Anti-inflammatory pills do not help. But I guarantee that 8.7926 doctors out of 10 will recommend anti-inflammatory pills for what they perceive is tendonitis. Treatment should be geared towards both preventing further collagen degeneration in the tendon as well as stimulating collagen synthesis. Treat-ment includes specific strengthening, deep friction massage, laser, appropriate rest (may take months), surgery and more recently the use of Botox.

Five tendons that commonly get into trouble are: ACHILLES TENDON: Achilles tendonitis refers to pain in

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PATELLAR TENDON: Just below the kneecap, the patellar tendon can be worn out through extensive jumping, squatting or pooping in the woods.

TENNIS ELBOW: Tennis elbow is a tendinosis of the top of the elbow (hold your arm out straight with palm down and press the top of your elbow). It is actually caused by anyone who overuses the wrist, not the elbow. It is so named because it occurs in grunting tennis players who snap their wrist back-wards for a backhand shot.

ROTATOR CUFF: This occurs in the shoulder of swim-mers, pitchers or in older folks who fall on the shoulder. This tendon can easily progress to a tear causing the shoulder to hurt all night. Surgical repair is often necessary.

GOLFERS ELBOW: Doctors hate this one. They even hate to see patients with it. The bottom of the elbow is sore, again from overuse of the wrist. It is named for the strain put on the tendon by golfers constantly bending their clubs around the neck of the nearest grunting tennis player.

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Rough-hewn stone walls and old bricks line the stairwell down-ward to a traditional public room in the basement of Winston’s English Pub and Grill in Saskatoon. It was the perfect venue for

the Interview with the Vampire (Bat) café scientifique event — or rather, an interview with the bats’ spokesperson, Vikram Misra.

Misra, a professor of veterinary microbiology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), expounded on the virtues, vices and astonishing variety of bats.

“There are bats that would fit on my thumbnail, and bats in India with a six-foot wingspan,” he said.

Misra explained that bats are the only mammals that evolved true flight, pantomiming with outstretched arms how their taxonomic order got its name. If a human had fingers like a bat, they would stretch to the floor from shoulder height and be joined with thin webs of skin. Hence, bats are Chiroptera, from the Greek words for hand and wing.

Chiropterans account for roughly 1,000 of the more than 5,000 spe-cies of mammal on the planet. They fill ecological niches virtually every-where except Antarctica and the high Arctic, performing such valuable services as pollinating fruit plants and eating tonnes of insects.

Misra shared the story of what is billed as the world’s largest urban bat colony under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. Tourists come to watch up to 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats swarm to and from their roost every dawn and dusk, searching for insects including a moth whose caterpillars are a major crop pest.

“The bats are so numerous that they can be seen on radar,” Misra said. “You can see the cloud of bats and the cloud of moths as they move together. Then they meet, and there is only one cloud — the moths are gone.”

On the Prairies, Misra said there are six species of bat, three of which migrate south for the winter and three that hibernate. The little brown bat, which can be seen flitting about on warm summer evenings chasing mosquitoes, is a hibernator with a remarkable ability for torpor, putting itself into suspended animation for the winter.

“Their body temperature lowers to the ambient air temperature,” Misra said. “We’ve measured body temperatures of four degrees (Cel-sius) in hibernating bats.”

Unfortunately, the little brown bat as well as other North American bats is under threat by white-nose syndrome. The devastating disease has killed millions of the animals — by some estimates, 94-99 per cent of af-fected colonies throughout Eastern Canada and the eastern United States.

Researchers at the WCVM discovered in 2012 that the bats are likely dying from a fungus recently introduced from Europe, possibly from people visiting caves there and inadvertently bringing back fungal spores.

While human activity can be harmful to bats, the reverse is also true, as Misra explained with several dramatic examples.

In 2008, a Dutch woman became sick after visiting Python Cave in Uganda, a tourist attraction that features huge snakes on the floor. Misra explains there is a reason for the pythons’ size

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“If those tourists put their flash-lights up, about a foot above their heads, they would see the roof is covered with bats.”

The woman had contracted Marburg virus from the bats. The virulent and deadly hemorrhagic fe-ver ultimately killed her and caused the government of Uganda to close Python Cave.

Other examples include Hendra virus, which flares up in Australia and kills horses and sometimes their keepers, although it does not harm the bats that are its host.

Likewise, bats harbouring the Nipah virus in Malaysia suffered no ill effects from it, but they ate fruit in orchards near pig farms and the pigs were exposed to the virus. People caught the virus from the pigs and died, prompting the government to

cull the country’s entire pig herd — about a million animals — to contain the disease. Misra said the scenario in the disaster movie Contagion was based on the Nipah case.

Closer to home, Misra said SARS also had a bat connection, borne of markets in Asia dealing with live ex-otic meats. Civet cats picked up the virus from bats, and then infected the people who ate the cats. Modern air travel brought the disease to Canada.

Despite their mixed reputation, Misra recommended a measured ap-proach to humans’ relationship with bats. Even the vampire bat, native to Mexico, Central and South America, has its saving graces, although per-haps not its feeding habits. It scuttles along the ground at night and creeps up to cattle (or an occasional sleep-ing human), makes a small cut with

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Despite their creepy habits, Misra said vampire bats may have great value to human health thanks to a powerful anticoagulant in their saliva.

“This substance promises to be a much more effective treatment for people suffering from stroke,” he said.

Cafés scientifiques like the one that featured Misra are informal events that bring scientists out into the community for conversations with the public. The movement has roots in the United Kingdom, ex-plained Julia Boughner, an assistant professor from the College of Medi-cine, who, along with PhD student Isaac Pratt, organizes the monthly events for the U of S.


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Mississippi boasts 20 championship golf courses. The best is Fallen Oak, owned by the Beau Rivage, home to the PGA Tour’s Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. The scenery is second to none with ancient oak trees, huge magnolias and deep contoured bunkers.

To play Fallen Oak one has to stay at the Beau Rivage and pay a green fee of $200. That does include a compli-mentary limousine. A caddy is mandatory and expensive, but mine was worth his weight in gold. He found my ball, wiped it, placed it, selected my club and told me where to aim. That was an experience to cherish.

We were fortunate to stay at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, recognized as one of the best hotels in the United States. Beau Rivage is French for the beautiful shore.

It opened in 1999 with 32 stories and 1,740 luxury rooms. The $750 million invested made it the largest one-time single investment in Mississippi’s history. But cost and size alone is not its significant feature. It provides employ-ment for 4,000 people.

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast with a vengeance. The Beau Rivage was shut down for a year and reopened following a $550-million renovation. It is an AAA Four-Diamond hotel with 10 restaurants, four night-clubs and bars, an 85,000-square-foot casino and a 1,550-seat theatre. It has an upscale shopping promenade, 50,000 square feet of meeting space and a world-class spa.

Also on Beach Boulevard is an old but lovely Southern mansion called Beauvoir. It was the last home of Confeder-ate President Jefferson Davis. After his death, his wife sold it to the United Sons of Confederate Veterans as a home for veterans, their wives, servants and children.

For 54 years it served its purpose well, but by 1957 the

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its 30-foot waves and 17 hours of hurricane winds. It has since been beautifully restored and shaded by giant live oaks. The sprawling complex includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library, a Civil War museum, a gift shop, the Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier, a cemetery and nature trails. This national landmark preserves the legacy of President Davis and the Confederate Soldier.

Something new to me was the Biloxi-sponsored Historic Cemetery Tours. Graveside re-enactors bring to life the sto-ries of characters from the past. The cemetery is one of the oldest in the country, with burials dating back to the mid-1700s. The oldest surviving headstone belongs to Michael Batet, a native of France who died in 1811.

During the tour individuals that changed the city, the country and even the world are featured. Each year 10 new individuals are portrayed. I particularly enjoyed the story of Edward Barq who opened a bottling company in New Orleans in 1890 and another in Biloxi in 1898. He hit on the formula for Barqs Root Beer, selling it at the time for five cents for a 12-ounce bottle. Everyone in the audience was given a bottle of that “famous olde-tyme root beer” by Barq’s great, great grandson.

Another enactment was of Archbishop Eugene Marino whose father was a Puerto Rican immigrant and whose mother was an African American maid. He was born in Bi-loxi in 1934 and educated at a school for black students. In 1988 Eugene became the first black Catholic Archbishop.

Another highlight was the Infinity Science Center, NASA’s newest visitor centre. We met astronaut Fred Haise of Apollo 13 (April 11, 1970). He was heading to the moon when an oxygen tank exploded two days after takeoff — 200,000 miles from earth. With their experience and help from Mission Control, the three astronauts landed safely in the South Pacific.

Haise is in his 80s now. For four hours he showed us around the site. We were truly honoured to have a space traveller introduce us to the visitor centre.

In retrospect, it is no wonder Mississippians say, “We have it all, y’all!”

(Doreen Kerby is a Saskatoon freelance writer.)

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Whatever the thought behind it, the freeing with the coming of age has been one of my life rewards. That’s part of why I think I’m lucky!

For years advertising has directed many a woman’s thought. Slogans that were dominant in my era, such as “How old do you think I am?” and “Only her hair dresser knows for sure,” plagued woman with hid-ing their age with mystery, deceit and a good dye job.

As I grew older new slogans came along that reflected the femi-nist of the day: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better!” That’s an adage I have always subscribed to as it seemed to have a better outcome.

Now that I am just past middle age (I’d have to live to be 114 in or-der to claim middle age), old enough to gather the lines of life and show some character in body and being, I have arrived at a viewpoint that has been evolving all of my life. Rather than seeing aging as my own de-mise, why not see it as a reward for getting through it all? I will never again be as young as I am right now. That should be celebrated.

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ference line the shelves of stores, promising women a more youthful look.

I learned to be skeptical of products at an early age. And as Rathbone sug-gested, survived my own stupidity.

I was 17 and going to the Evan Hardy graduation, a huge coup in itself for a Holy Cross girl. Wanting to present my best I bought into the ads at the back of

the famous Seventeen magazine. In-teresting to look back now, thinking that I had to cut the coupon out of the magazine and mail in the order with payment, probably a money order. I must have wanted those items badly.

I remember being excited when the package came. Who wouldn’t be, with underarm pads and eye-brow setter waiting?

Imagine my horror when I went to the washroom at some point that graduation night only to find my underarm pads wrinkling and creep-ing across my body, my eyebrows looking as though they had heavy dandruff.

Years ago I stopped dyeing my hair, noting that I really had no idea of what it looked like without co-lour. Truthfully it was another very freeing experience.

I have decided that I am quite happy to age.

So when someone says to me, “You crack me up!” I’ll take pride in the laugh lines I have added to their face. I’ll see silver, not grey; laugh lines, not wrinkles. I’m going to buy myself a medal with the date 1956 emblazoned on it. I’m going to wear my age with pride.

Last weekend my daughter-in-law asked me to watch over my grandchildren while she and my son get their new home ready.

“Sure, I’d love to have them over.”

“Thanks so much,” she respond-ed. “We really appreciate it.”

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• Question: What was the most surprising thing about Vancouver police giving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford a ticket for jaywalking? Answer: That Ford could still walk at that time of night.

• TC Chong, on the NHL shutting down during the Winter Olympics: “‘Really? We had no idea,’ said people in Phoenix, Miami and Buffalo.”

• Janice Hough, on airlines being warned about possible terrorist attacks using toothpaste tubes on flights into Sochi: “This means security will be looking carefully at any toothpaste that looks suspicious, especially tubes arriv-ing from England.”

• I am such a loser. A two-bite brownie takes me three.

• From Torben Rolfsen: “John Tor-torella has returned from his two-week suspension. I’ve heard he spent his time off studying the layouts of North American arenas.”

• From Hough: “In Florida, a middle school teacher who was accused of being drunk in class is blaming it on diabetes. And Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is going, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’”

• With the large contingent of ath-letes from our province at the Olym-pics, you’d think a Saskatchewan sports writer would be on Postmedia’s team.

• Bill Littlejohn, on the appearance by a man decked out in 49er gear at the Seahawks victory parade: “He was clearly trying to get on ESPN. It’s more likely he’ll be on the cover of Psychiat-ric Times.”

• Chong, on many hotels in Sochi having yellow water coming out of their taps: “Staff have instructed guests to not wash their faces with this. Instead, guests have resorted to using vodka.”

• I hope I look half as good in under-wear as David Beckham when I am 39.

• Littlejohn, on former NFL quarter-back Jared Lorenzen now weighing 320 pounds and playing for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Conti-nental Indoor Football League: “Who’s his trainer? JaMarcus Russell?”

• From Torben Rolfsen: “The Sochi Olympics construction sites and secu-rity perimeters are huge, but you can’t see them from the International Space Station. The only man-made objects visible from space are the Great Wall Of China and Jared Lorenzen.”

• How will we know what time it is in Sochi if Brian Williams isn’t there?

• Pilots on Justin Bieber’s private plane to the Super Bowl wore oxygen masks because there was so much mari-juana smoke in the cabin. This gives another meaning to the Mile High Club.

• Hough, on the Jamaican bobsled team’s luggage being lost on the way to Sochi: “Can’t imagine why Russian authorities might have delayed and/or searched bags from Jamaica. Maybe

visitors from Washington and Colorado might want to do carry-on.”

• From Littlejohn: “There’s a video making the rounds of Justin Bieber playing hockey wearing large gold chains. Just wait until they see his gold ankle bracelets.”

• Joe Biden’s niece has entered rehab for anger issues. She knew she had a problem when she tried to wipe that silly grin off Uncle Joe’s face.

• Chong, on Roger Clemens and Pe-dro Martinez being voted into the Bos-ton Red Sox Hall of Fame: “Clemens was presented a book — Misremember-ing for Dummies — and Pedro received a Don Zimmer punching bag.”

• A study found 49 per cent of adults sext. The other 51 per cent don’t have smart phones.

• Littlejohn, on the Red Hot Chili Peppers releasing a long statement explaining why they didn’t have their guitars plugged in for the halftime show: “It could have been explained in two words: Milli Vanilli.”

• Chong, on curvy Kevin Stadler winning the Waste Management Open in Phoenix: “Shouldn’t it have been named the Waist Mismanagement Open?”

• Rolfsen, on CBS announcing plans to air Thursday Night Football this fall The Big Bang Theory said it would have no comment on being moved to Tuesdays at 2 p.m. until it ran some numbers through their calculators.”

• From Hough: “The Oakland Raid-ers are at 75-1 odds to be next year’s Super Bowl champions. 75-1? Who knew bookmakers in Las Vegas are optimistic Raiders fans?”

• One third of Russians believe the sun revolves around the Earth. The other two thirds believe it revolves around Vladimir Putin.

• From Chong: “Support for the Seahawks extended into British Colum-bia. Many buildings flew the 12th-man flag atop their roofs. Given the latest exchange rate, those flags should’ve read 10.8th man.”

• From Littlejohn: “The yellow water in Sochi appears to be unsafe for drink-ing. All is not lost. Tour de France riders plan to use it for their drug tests.”

• There are reports that former U.S. president Bill Clinton had a year-long affair with actress Elizabeth Hurley. Both denied the allegation: “I wish I would have had sexual relations with that woman,” said Clinton.

• From Hough: “Apparently six per cent of Americans take the day off after the Super Bowl. So the Denver Broncos were just 24 hours ahead of their time.”

• Funeral and casket companies are setting up displays in malls. In late April a display will be set up in the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room.

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• What do you get if you combine the best sweeper in women’s curling with a Saskatchewan-born folk legend? Brushy Sainte-Marie.

• Opera star Renée Fleming sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl. She’s the first diva to appear in the championship since Terrell Owens.

• The Olympic village has drawn fire for yellow water, toilets that don’t flush properly, Spartan hotel rooms and unpaved streets. Sochi isn’t a resort; it’s a last resort.

• A new study says modern humans have varying levels of Neanderthal DNA. This includes up to two per cent of Europe, three per cent of Asia and 19 per cent of Richie Incognito.

• Fox banned a Super Bowl ad fea-turing actress Scarlett Johansson doing provocative things with a soda straw. It didn’t help the Broncos, who really sucked.

• Canadian Olympic ice dancer Tessa Virtue may be lithe and beautiful, but if I met her at a party I wouldn’t give her a second look. In a related story, my wife is my proofreader.

• The Guardian reports a British man fell through the skylight of a London pet shop straight into a large aquarium. And people say the Cleveland Cava-liers are tanking?

• How about Justin Bieber? Two re-

cent arrests, DUI, paternity suit, tested positive for marijuana, and he scored eight in celebrity basket ball. What’s next, a Knicks contract?

• Enough already about Steven Stamkos, his broken shin and not heal-ing in time to play for Canada’s Olym-pic team. It’s turned into Shakespearean drama: tibia or not tibia?

• Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. Just as we feared — six more weeks of hearing about Peyton Manning’s legacy.

• How good was Team Canada dur-ing round-robin play at the Scotties? They went 11-0 by a combined score of 94-43. Dominant? It was Homan versus ho-hum.

• Molly Schuyler, a 5-foot-7, 125-pound Nebraska mother of four, ate a record 363 chicken wings in 30 minutes at Wing Bowl 22. Witnesses say she was poultry in motion.

• A brand new Harley-Davidson owned by Pope Francis sold at auction in Paris. It came with a 1,585cc engine, a life-time blessing and prayer bags.

• I can’t help wondering if the Is-landers’ Michael Grabner takes a lot of holding penalties.

• Despite reports to the contrary, the woman who rode a horse into an Auckland supermarket has yet to be arrested. Police say that was a horse of a different collar.

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a dollop of sour cream. That’s the perfect ketogenic meal,” she said. “I eat as much leafy and green veggies as I want. A rule of thumb is that if the veg grows above the ground, it’s good. No breads, pastas, sweets or treats, rice, fries, chips, or starchy sides like potatoes. No root or sweet veggies like beets, which are evolved to be sugar storage machines.”

After emerging from the mental fog that initially came with dealing with her diagno-sis, Hayden reflected on one thing that did not come with the news when the doctors broke it to her — the word cancer. In fact, the first the word was placed in front of her was via a package she received unexpect-edly in the mail from the Cancer Centre.

“I was upset. I knew pretty well what I was dealing with,” said Hayden. “I didn’t want it. I was trying to get my equilibrium back, home from work and thinking about making supper. I wasn’t at the doctor’s office and armed for it, so I was nakedly unprepared. I felt it was uninvited, infring-ing on some kind of boundary system I was trying to build. I didn’t want those blue folders with the kind people pictured on the front to even be in my house.”

While her background and education in health led Hayden to ponder the possibility of a neurological condition, the news was still a blow.

“I was 37, never a day in the hospital, never sick,” she said. “I honestly never truly believed for a second that I was go-ing to get this news. In retrospect, I can’t believe I was that naïve.”

In tandem with oncologists and her neurosurgeon, Hayden is in a “watchful waiting” pattern as long as her seizures can be controlled through medication. Surgical removal, chemotherapy and radiation ther-apy have all been reserved for a time when the tumour changes or advances. In addition to her dietary changes, Hayden also uses visualization to manage her condition.

“One of the things I visualize before I

go for another monitoring MRI is the cover of my book which will be entitled The Girl Who Starved Her Brain Tumour to Death,” she said with a laugh. “If I go for an MRI one day, and they say that thing has shriv-elled up, you bet I’m writing that book.”

With her blog gaining momentum, a future in writing is a very viable goal.

“To take something that is outside someone’s experience and make it expe-riential for them is every writer’s dream,” said Hayden, who really started blogging as a work-related experiment. “What the attention did first is literally scare the pants off me. You don’t write a blog and have any expectation of privacy. But I wasn’t prepared for actual attention, to be frank. I still don’t think my experience is different or unique. So I just thought it would be one of many. I experienced stage fright; perhaps we can dub it blog panic.”

Hayden took a step back and talked it over with her husband, who is her anchor.

“I found the panic came down to the continuing struggle to come to terms with how much of my life I want to give over to

this experience,” she explained. “I always thought I’d be the person who would fear-lessly read and research and want to know everything in a situation like this. Turns out I’m not. I have to be careful. Reading too much, seeing too much media about related subjects, seeing movies where people are dramatically dying of cancer, it throws off some kind of balance for me, where it’s harder to feel ‘normal’ and not obsess over all of it. So my blog getting some attention felt like something backfired for me that I never even perceived was a risk.

“My husband settled it for me. He said, ‘When you write it, do you feel good? Do you enjoy it?’ Yes. ‘Then let that be all you do if it has to be; just write. Worry about everything else as it comes. You don’t have to answer everyone’s questions, find infor-mation for them, or even respond to them. Be selfish in this. That’s OK,’

“I think that’s good advice. So I think I’ll keep writing and worry about every-thing else as it comes.”

Read Alix Hayden’s blog at www.grey-madder.net.

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It was the summer of 2012. Saskatoon woman Alix Hayden was a healthy, busy executive and stepmom. A month later, she was diagnosed with

brain cancer. For a period of time prior she had been experiencing loss of motor con-trol on one side of her body, which lasted anywhere from one to three minutes. For the six months it took Hayden to get the MRI which led to her diagnosis, she joked about her brain “tumour.”

Today Hayden considers herself a healthy woman living with cancer. And she’s turned to blogging to share her thoughts on her diagnosis, as well as the lifestyle and diet changes she’s made on a quest to heal herself. At only two months old, greymadder.net — a combination of brilliant writing and startlingly frank self-reflection — is already getting noticed by the likes of the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.

“I work for a metabolic research company; every day we look at cancer as a health disorder affected by, even caused by, underlying biochemical factors,” said Hayden. “I knew the depth of research out there that shows that lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise impact health as much as any medical intervention, and they have as much value and right to a place in a treatment regimen as any other modality.”

The changes didn’t come immediately. Due to the shock, grieving and anger of the experience, Hayden said her “men-tal machinery” ground to a halt after her diagnosis.

“It wasn’t about going outside of some-thing traditional to look for an alternative. It was just waking back up to what I know and being able to articulate it and apply it to my own situation,” she said. “One of the founders of my company told me I should think about and really internalize how rare it is to be in the position to both work in the abstract, reduce that work to personal practice, and how difficult that really is.”

Hayden has turned to a ketogenic, or low carb/high fat diet, as part of her treat-ment.

“There is a large body of research go-ing back to the 1920s that focuses on the concept that one hallmark of cancer cells is that they stop using oxygen as the begin-ning of energy production, like normal cells do. Instead, they ferment sugar,” she said. “Many people have heard that cancer loves sugar. It is complex, but the underly-ing principle is that if you remove sugar as an energy source, that really puts tumour cells under stress. You still need an energy source for all your other cells. Normal cells can use something called ketones for ener-gy in the absence of sugar, but cancer cells can’t. Ketones are produced in your liver if you eat high fat and no carbohydrates.”

Hayden is eating as much fat and saturated fat as she wants: oils, fatty meats, fish, butter, full-fat dairy and cheese, nuts and avocadoes.

“Think of a cup of coffee supplemented with oil, butter and whipping cream (35 per cent fat), all blended up creamy, with a plate of bacon, eggs, fresh avocado and

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FEB. 14What: JP Cormier of Cape Breton has a 30-year career, highlighted by 13 albums and 12 East Coast Music awards, and has been recognized widely for his guitar work, singing and writing. Show time is 9 p.m. Where: The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets: $17 for SJS mem-bers, $23 for non-members.

FEB. 15What: Pianoman Brett Balon is joined by Dave Anderson, Nathan Degenhart, Gent Laird and Arlan Kopp for what is essen-tially a tribute to the music of Cannonball Adderly. Show time is 8 p.m. Where: The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets: $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members*****U of S Amati Quartet at Third Avenue United Church, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1; Mozart -String Quartet No. 21 in D major; Dvorak - String Quartet No. 5 in F minor. Tickets: $30 adult, $25 seniors (65+), $15 students. Online: www.persephonetheatre.org. In person: Remai Arts Centre, 100 Spadina Crescent East, 384-7727.

FEB. 16Classical variety night: This is the second concert of the series’ third season. It will feature talented local musicians perform-ing music they love. This event is hosted by the Galliard Foundation. The concert is at Grosvenor Park United Church at 2:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. For more information, visit our website www.galliardfoundation.zzl.org or email us at [email protected].

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Sing On! Celebrating the Life and Music of Pete Seeger. 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon (213 Second Street East). An informal community gathering to honour the passing of a great musician and activist by joining our voices in song. Please bring your banjos, ukule-les, guitars, etc. and most important, your voices! All are welcome. Lyrics/chords will be made available, and coffee and tea provided.

FEB. 28Saskatoon Summer Players and The Bassment present Broadway Unplugged: 9 p.m. Pianist Wes Froese and the Saskatoon Summer Players perform your favourite tunes inviting you to sing along. Where: The Bassment. Ticket price: $20 regular and $15 for Bassment members. Tickets are on sale online http://www.showclix.com/event/3803398

EVENTSFEB. 11What: Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning (SSCL) Spring Class Registration for non-credit academic studies. Classes are 2 hours per week for 8 weeks and are held at the University. They begin the week of March 17. Class informa-tion and registration forms will be on the website and at Public Libraries on Feb. 11. Mail-in registration begins on Feb.11, and In-Person registration will be held on Feb. 20 at 1:30 at the Frances Morrison Library. A general meeting will follow. Visit www. ccde.usask.ca/sscl. Call 306-343-6773 for more information.

FEB. 13, 14, 15Country Farms Market Place: Sweet Card & Craft Event with Bridal Swap & Shop. Confederation Mall. More information is available http://www.facebook.com/coun-tryfarmsmarketplace

FEB. 14The Rosebud Burlesque Club Presents: A Bouquet of Rosebuds. Doors at 7 p.m., performance at 8 p.m. at the Free Flow Dance Centre (224 25th Street West). Call: 665-5998 or email [email protected] to purchase tickets. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door.

FEB. 15What: Saskatoon Nutana Lions Club Flea Market. When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Prairieland Park – Hall D. Admission:

Adults $5, children 12 and under $1, pre-schoolers free. For more information call 306-291-3964.

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Chinese Banquet in celebration of the Year of the Horse. 6 p.m. The 10-course supper is a fundraiser for Third Avenue United Church. Tickets are $35 each. They are available from the church office (306-652-6812) and also from Rosanna Parry (306-229-8289).

FEB. 17Saskatoon Seniors’ Globe Walk is sponsoring one of the many events for Family in motion Day. Time: 1-3 p.m. Location: Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, 1903 Forestry Farm Park Drive (off Attridge Drive). The Saskatoon Seniors Globe Walk is an initiative by the Saskatoon Council on Aging to promote physical fitness and positive aging for older adults. For more information contact SCOA at 306-652-2255 or visit www.scoa.ca/globewalk.

FEB. 18, 25Saskatoon Council on Aging. Mending Seniors Hearts with Art features sessions using creative expression, story, music, reflection and sharing to help participants voice their grief and loss to transform it into new life. Times: 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost: $20. Limited enrolment. Phone 306- 652-2255 or email [email protected] to register.

FEB. 19

Dr. David Kaplan will speak about his life’s experiences as The Well-Tempered Klezmerer at the Canadian Club of Saskatoon meeting at the Sheraton Cavalier. Registration at 11:30 for noon buffet. Cost $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Call Laura at 931-6790 for tickets.

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Full-Plate Living Weightloss Program. Are you Eating Enough to Lose Weight? Introductory Session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Program Runs Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for eight weeks. Where: 327 Pinehouse Drive, main floor board-room. Contact: 306-717-1665.

FEB. 20Saskatoon Nature Society: Who: Alec Aitken. What: The Legacy of Glacial Lake Agassiz in the Canadian Prairies. When: Thursday February 20 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Rm 106 Biology Building, U of S Campus. Why: Alex has a special interest in the affect Lake Agassiz had and has on our surroundings. He is a recipient of a Master Teacher award.

FEB. 22MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general popula-tion on a standardized IQ. A supervised IQ testing session is being held Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. The cost is $9 0, or $70 for stu-dents. Please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email [email protected].

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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church (formerly St. James), 607 Dufferin Avenue, corner of 12th Street East. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 7 to 12 years; no cost for children 6 years and under.

MISCELLANEOUSEvERy MondAyThere’s Hope 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].

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MontH What: 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 tuEsdAyTops #5273 meets at St. Mathews Hall (135-109th Street West). Weigh-in from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15. Meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Experience a healthy weight loss. For more information call 306- 249-2029 or 306-931-3286.

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MontHSaskatoon Ostomy Association meet-ings. 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. Then it is the second Monday.

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MontH What: FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness. These meet-ings run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible).If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understand-ing support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail [email protected].

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EACH MontHWhat: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion ani-mal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

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sAtuRdAys What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

EvERy tHuRsdAyWhat: Depression Support Group — free

group runs on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members want-ing to support them. Where: 311 – 38th Street East. This is a wheelchair accessi-ble building. For more info call 270-9181.

EvERy WEdnEsdAyThe 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 4th Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more informa-tion call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

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What: Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as

weekly Wednesday 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.

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The Off Broadway Farmers’ Market and International Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the basement of Emmanuel Anglican Church (607 Dufferin Ave. and 12th Street). A variety of Saskatchewan foods ranging from grass-fed beef, Katadin lamb, free-range eggs, and sev-eral varieties of frozen fish. Fresh baking, German pastry, and fresh and frozen Indian food including samosas are other features. Guest vendors may call 306-664-2940 for details.

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MontHWhat: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group. Who: Caregivers for adult family members or friends. Cost: Free (pre-sented by Saskatoon Health Region). To Register: Jeanne (306-655-3426) or Karen (306-655-3427).Third Thursday of the MonthThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group is a local community group of men who have or who have had prostate cancer, and their spouses/partners/care-givers. We meet monthly for sharing, for support, and for information. Location: W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North.

EvERy sECond WEdnEsdAy What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club. We are an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. Visit our website at www.thefriendship-force.org Find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka at 306-249-0243 or by email [email protected] and Third Saturdays of MonthLions Clubs Texas Holdem Tournaments: $60 buy in, $40 to the prize pool. 7 p.m. start time. Must be 19. The Coachman Bar Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more info.

EvERy tuEsdAy And tHuRsdAyBridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

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And sundAyOvereaters Anonymous: Is food a prob-lem 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 loca-tions visit www.oa.org.

Canadian Light Source ToursThe synchrotron research facility opens for the public on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m., and the following evenings at 7 p.m.: Feb. 20, March 20 and April 17. Admission is free. Pre-registration is required. Call 306-657-3644 or email [email protected]. Info at www.lightsource.ca/education/public_tours.php

reasons. The no-obligation support group meets the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

tuEsdAys, tHuRsdAys, sAtuR-dAys What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

EvERy tHuRsdAyWhat: Depression Support Group — free group runs on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open to anyone strug-gling with depression and family members wanting to support them. Where: 311 – 38th Street East. This is a wheelchair accessible building. For more info call 270-9181.

EvERy WEdnEsdAyThe 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 4th Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more informa-tion call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.***** What: Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such asweekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information [email protected] or phone (306) 978-0813.

tHiRd tuEsdAy oF tHE MontHWhat: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group. Who: Caregivers for adult family members or friends. Cost: Free (presented by Saskatoon Health Region). To Register: Jeanne (306-655-3426) or Karen (306-655-3427).

tHiRd tHuRsdAy oF tHE MontHThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group is a local community group of men who have or who have had prostate can-cer, and their spouses/partners/caregiv-ers. We meet monthly for sharing, for sup-port, and for information. Location: W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North.

EvERy sECond WEdnEsdAy What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club. We are an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. Visit our website at www.thefriendship-force.org Find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka at 306-249-0243 or by email [email protected].

FiRst And tHiRd sAtuRdAys oF MontHLions Clubs Texas Holdem Tournaments: $60 buy in, $40 to the prize pool. 7 p.m. start time. Must be 19. The Coachman Bar Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more info.

EvERy tuEsdAy And tHuRsdAyBridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

EvERy tuEsdAy, sAtuRdAy And sundAyOvereaters Anonymous: Is food a prob-lem 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 loca-tions visit www.oa.org.

Canadian Light Source ToursThe synchrotron research facility opens for the public on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m., and the following evenings at 7 p.m.: Feb. 20, March 20 and April 17. Admission is free. Pre-registration is required. Call 306-657-3644 or email [email protected]. Info at www.lightsource.ca/education/public_tours.php

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(excluding Chassis Cabs) - Diesel Engine]/ 2013 [F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2)]/ 2013 [Focus BEV, F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew]/ 2013 [F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) -Diesel Engine] - all Raptor, GT500, BOSS302, and Medium Truck models excluded. ≠ Until February 28, 2014, eligible purchase financing and lease customers will have the equivalent of their first four bi-weekly payments covered by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited up to a maximum amount per eligible vehicle (the “Offer”). The Offer applies to the first four bi-weekly payments for customers paying on a bi-weekly basis and the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 and multiplied by 4 for customers paying on a monthly basis (“First 4 Bi-Weekly Payments”). Maximum amounts are $500 on 2013/2014 [Focus S and Fiesta S]; $750 on 2013/2014 [Focus (excluding S), Fiesta (excluding S)] and 2014 [CMAX]; $1,000 on 2013/2014 [Fusion], 2014 [Mustang (excluding Shelby GT500), Escape]; $1,250 on 2013/2014 [Taurus, Edge], 2014 [F-150 Regular Cab, Super Cab, and Super Crew]; $1,500 on 2013/2014 [Flex], 2014 [Explorer]; $1,750 on 2014 [Expedition]. All Mustang Shelby GT500, Transit Connect, E-Series, F-150 Raptor, Super Duty, Medium Truck, Chassis, Stripped Cab and cutaway models excluded. Offer only available on approved credit (O.A.C.) from Ford Credit. If the equivalent of the First 4 Bi-Weekly Payments exceeds the maximum amount, the customer will be responsible for the balance. First 4 Bi-Weekly (or monthly payment equivalent, as applicable) payments are required from customer. Finance customers will receive a cheque for the amount of their First 4 Bi-Weekly Payments from the dealer. For RCL customers, the first month’s payment will be waived and they will receive a cheque for the amount of two bi-weekly payments according to the formula described above - customer will then be responsible for making all of his/her remaining scheduled payments in accordance with their contract. Offer not available to cash purchase customers. Not combinable with CFIP, CPA, GPC, Commercial Upfit Incentive Program or Daily Rental Allowances incentives. * Until February 28, 2014 purchase a new 2013 Ford [F-150 Super Cab XLT 4x4 5.0L/ F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 5.0L] / 2014 Ford [Fusion S/Escape S FWD 2.5L] for [$25,999/$28,499]/ [$21,999/$23,249] (after Total Manufacturer Rebate of [$10,000] / [$0/$500] deducted). Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total manufacturer rebate has been deducted. Offers exclude freight and air tax [$1,750]/ [$1,700] license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI, registration, PPSA, administration fees, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. ^ Until February 28, 2014, receive [2.99%/2.49%] APR purchase financing on new2014 Ford [Fusion S/Escape S FWD 2.5L] models for up to [84] months to qualified customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Get the above for [$21,999/$23,249] purchase financed at [2.99%/2.49%] APR for [84] months, with [$0] down payment, monthly payment is [$291/$302] after total price adjustments of Delivery Allowances [$0/$500]). (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of [$134/$139], interest cost of borrowing is [$2,389/$2,049] or APR of [2.99%/2.49%] and total to be repaid is [$24,388/$25,298]). Down payment may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. All purchase finance offers exclude freight and air tax ($1,700) license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI, registration, PPSA, administration fees, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. Delivery Allowances are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. ^^ Estimated fuel consumption ratings for the 2013 [F-150 4X4 5.0L-V8 6-Speed Auto] / 2014 [Fusion SE 2.5L – I4/Escape S FWD 1.6L GTDI-I4]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada-approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading and driving habits. **Offer only valid from February 1, 2014 to February 28, 2014 (the “Offer Period”) to resident Canadians with an eligible Costco membership on or before January 31, 2014 who purchase or lease of a new 2013/2014 Ford (excluding Fiesta, Focus, C-Max, Raptor, GT500, Mustang Boss 302, and Medium Truck) vehicle (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Limit one (1) offer per each Eligible Vehicle purchase or lease, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per Costco Membership Number. Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member. Applicable taxes calculated before CAD$1,000 offer is deducted. ®: Registered trademark of Price Costco International, Inc. used under license †† Based on R. L. Polk Canada, Inc. Total New Registration data for Full Size Pickups per Ford Segmentation as of YTD September 30, 2013. ± Based on year-end 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 total sales figures for light vehicles in Canada from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. (and Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association data exchanged by OEMs). ©2014 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ®: Registered trademark of Price Costco International, Inc. used under license. ©2014 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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Dear Lianne, I have been dating a

man for six months. We are both established profession-als. He has never been married, while I am divorced and have two teenagers. We seem to get along well when we are together, enjoy-ing similar outdoor activities and interests in concert and theatre. Our lives seem to make sense together. What is the problem then? The problem is although he says he wants to be with me, he limits our time together, fre-

quently to only a few hours a week. I also find his inability to respond to subtle communication to be frustrating. When I draw this to his attention he is mortified that I would think he is indiffer-ent.

He has a busy demanding career and I have been very accommodating. However, the lack of both time together and progress in the relationship has left me feeling anxious, sad and unlike myself. I feel I am “on the clock” and have but a few

hours weekly to be engaging and interesting. We have talked, and he has said the right things, but this has not resulted in more time together.

I made it clear within the first month of dating I was looking for my life partner, not just a casual date. I can’t tell if he is truly clueless about how to be in a meaning-ful relationship or if he is being dishonest. Should I move on? — Baffled

Dear Baffled,It sounds as though you have met a man

with great potential but requires guidance and an open line of communication. He has been single all his life and has controlled his

own schedule with regards to his personal life. I would suggest explaining to him what you need and what change you can see that would make the relationship more comfort-able and fulfilling for you. He will likely need to ease into the changes and start to make room in his life for a partner. Should he not be prepared to bend, you will need to decide if it will or will not work for you the way it is.

(Lianne will be interviewing in Saskatoon from Feb. 25-28. Call 204-888-1529 to reserve an appointment time. Questions for this column can be submitted to [email protected].)

LIANNE TREGOBOVRelationships

Feeling on the clock has divorcée ticked

Saskatoon Express, February 10th, 2014

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