PINK Magazine - Vol. 1 January 2012

Vol. 1 - January 2012

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Volume 1 - January 2012

FEATURES: 8

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JANUARY ROCKS with Team Holland

EVERYDAY HEROES Habitat for Humanity

QUESTIONS WITH 36 10 Leigh Keess

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Publisher Alison Brochu alison@getcompass.ca Editor Stephen LaRose stephen@getcompass.ca Graphic Design & Layout Zack Martyn zack@getcompass.ca Robyn Tessier production@getcompass.ca Photographer Sharpshooter Photography Cover Picture - Darrol Hofmeister Office Manager Marilyn MacLeod regina@getcompass.ca Account Executives Alison Brochu - Sales Manager 306.529.7686 alison@getcompass.ca Janelle Haas - South Sask. janelle@getcompass.ca Trevor Huber - South Sask. trevor@getcompass.ca Chuck Stellick - North Sask. chuck@getcompass.ca Angela Stellick - North Sask. angela@getcompass.ca

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GIRL TALK

Readers’ Best Stories

NIGHT OUT 14 GIRLS with Janelle Haas

VISIT OUR GIRL TALK PAGE Submit your stories to win prizes!

SIREN 18 FASHION...SPRING with Riley Lawson FOR 2012 20 BEAUTY with Lindi Edge

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BREAST CANCER 101 What to Look for

& WELLNESS 30 HEALTH Gluten Free Eating

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DIET COMPARISON the Skinny on Diets

IN THE LIFE 44 DAY of women in the wheel world CLUB 46 BOOK with the Book Babes

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Publisher’s note Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012 and PINK Magazine I’m truly blessed with the response to our first issue in Dec 2011. Many thanks to all the wonderful women who we’re interviewed in our articles in both issues. Let’s have a big shout out to all the women who have both helped me and who have embraced PINK Magazine as Saskatchewan’s Women’s magazine. Saskatchewan already has a few beautiful publications, and were honoured to be welcomed and supported by the community alongside them, it’s powerful and shows the strength of women talking to women. Don’t forget the men – I’ve seen you reading PINK also so thank you. For those shoppers if you see something great in our display ads or PINKS Favourite things.....circle it and put a reminder for your spouse or for Valentines’ Day (Tip#1. Makes shopping so much easier) A New Year is a way to refresh and reset, be it a resolution or a journey to personal growth & balance. Starting PINK. Has re-enforced my passion for publishing and how much working 24/7 feels great because I love what I’m doing...add in some kids, sports, and my new resolution is balance! I hope you enjoy the tips I put into the magazine and please recycle by sharing with a friend.

Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions you would like to see in PINK . pink@getcompass.ca ALISON BROCHU

Congratulations PINK! Dear PINK: First off, congratulations on your PINK Magazine. I picked up a copy for free when we went to Saskatoon. I found this first issue very helpful. I had heard of turducken, I knew it was turkey, duck and chicken all in one. What I didn’t know was how to cook it. Your magazine explained everything very clearly. But where can you buy a turducken or is it only available at Christmas time? I also liked the recipes. They were simple and easy to understand.

Now here’s the only beef that I have. If there’s a contest like your ‘Girl Talk, you need a computer to enter. Why not put an address down too?

I do not own a computer and I do not think I will ever own one. I am an old-fashioned kind of woman. Doesn’t anyone write letters any more?

But I think it is a great magazine and helpful too. So, thank you for your time.

Shirley Mamchur Wakaw, SK

Editor’s note

This issue’s theme is ‘A New Year, A New You.’ It doesn’t always mean something’s the matter with the ‘old’ you, but every January 1st, many look for ways to make life better.

Health is a good place to start.

Getting that ‘new me’ started as a necessity. Five years ago, I suffered from sleep apnea – while you sleep, you stop breathing for seconds at a time. The body, struggling for oxygen, wakes up your brain to ask you what the hell is going on. Then you try to get back to sleep. You don’t sleep. When you’re awake, you don’t feel awake.

Sleep apnea commonly happens usually in people who are overweight and those who weren’t physically active.

And that was … me. My career didn’t require a lot of exercise, apart from making leaps of logic to follow the people I covered. It made more sense to battle sleep apnea by doing something about my sedentary lifestyle.

Spending money on a gym club membership was, of itself, no guarantee I was going to work out. Sometimes, you need a carrot and stick approach.

For about four years, I delivered newspapers in our neighbourhood. Getting up around four or five in the morning, I’d walk four to five kilometres a day, five or six days a week, delivering about 200 newspapers throughout a southwest Regina neighbourhood before 7 a.m. The carrot and stick – the small amount of money earned and the duty to a job – made the walk not much fun when it rained, and it was even less so in the cold winter.

But in the spring and summer, and early fall, it was beautiful. The air was fresh, the streets were quiet, and I had some ‘me’ time. I got exercise. I felt fitter, healthier, and recharged. I lost a bit of weight – not much, but I needed to punch an extra hole in my belt. The exercise cleared the mental cobwebs. As well, I looked better – when my wife and I attended our friends’ 25th anniversary party, I was told I looked younger than ever. My sleep apnea gradually disappeared.

Recently, we moved to a new neighbourhood, and I gave up the routes. Sleeping in has its’ benefits, but I miss the walks. The Christmas feasts are over, and my wife and mother-in-law have added about five to ten pounds to my body. I’m going to get out of the office, and get back on the trail. Maybe I’ll stop on people’s doorways and drop off a paper – or maybe a copy of Pink – for old times’ sake.

Editor’s note: Yes, we don’t mind getting letters the old fashioned way. You can write to us either through our email address at pink@getcompass.ca but also through Canada post at 1920 Francis St., Regina SK S4N 6B3.

We’d like to hear from you.

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This month’s prizes include Tickets to the Regina Symphony Orchestra

Nothing for Christmas

A Typical Christmas Eve

Everyone has a favourite Aunt….mine was my Auntie Nedra. She passed away several years ago, but I still think of her often and always as Christmas. One year when I was probably a young teenager, my Aunt arrived at our house at Christmas with this beautifully wrapped box.

Knowing the bond that was between the two of us, I was, as always, eager to open my present to see what wonderful gift she had chosen for me.

She was sitting a short ways away from me and my older brother was standing next to me while I opened the box. Upon opening, my brother and I exchanged puzzled looks. From across the way my Aunt says to me…“Well I hope you like them.” I quietly answered ……“yes”. “I certainly hope that they fit.” she added. I hesitated and replied that I was sure that they would!! My brother and I again looked at each other and I simply shrugged my shoulders, not certain what to say…….for you see in the box was……nothing!!

I loved her so and didn’t know how to tell her.

Finally, I just looked at her and said…..“Auntie Nedra….ummm…there’s nothing in the box.” She had had two boxes side by side and wrapped the wrong one, so we had our laugh, but each year I would tease her saying ….Am I getting the same thing as last year???

It was a typical Christmas Eve, sparkling snow covered ground, full moon, everything a twinkle with lights, the tree decorated, presents waiting to be opened the next morning. With milk and cookies set out for Santa’s arrival it was time for bed. As we slept that night, our cat wandered the house, keeping that mouse (that wasn’t stirring anyway) away from the treats we had left. Apparently, he also was excited for Santa’s arrival and decided he should get up into the kitchen window to keep an eye out. Unfortunately, while jumping up to the window he somehow managed to hit the tap just the right way and turned it on. So, while we slept and he watched, the water ran all night long. We woke in the morning to find water everywhere, so instead of opening presents around a lovely tree, we were on bucket brigade cleaning up water everywhere. After getting the insurance agent out on Boxing Day, it ended up being Merry Christmas to us for we had to replace all the flooring and the counter tops!!

Take it from me though – this is not the way you want to do kitchen renos!!

Submitted by Anne from Regina

Submitted by Donna from Northern Saskatchewan

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Rocks with Team Holland

The Canadian women’s curling champions balance work, life and their love of the sport to defend their title.

Story by Stephen LaRose Photos by Darrol Hoffmeister

The business of curling isn’t like the business of hockey or football. Its’ world is more like those in the amateur sports you only hear about in the run-up to the Olympics. That’s the world where there’s no multimillion contract deals or sponsorships, only your own dedication and the crumbs of whatever commercial endorsements are fielded to Canadian sports teams. et curling is one of the most popular sports on the Canadian television sked. TSN’s broadcasts of the Canadian men’s and women’s curling championships generate higher television ratings than most American-based sports such as the NBA. It’s also one of Saskatchewan’s biggest pastimes.

Maybe it’s because most casual fans can relate to curlers more than they can to either young athletes in sports they may never have heard of (apart from Winter Olympic years, ever hear of skeleton? Biathlon?), or to athletes making a multi-million dollar salary, like almost every hockey player on Team Canada.

6-5 record in the tournament, out of the playoff round).

Team Holland’s 8-7 victory over defending Canadian champion Jennifer Jones was a thrilling event – though maybe not as dramatic as the events surrounding their first Saskatchewan championship the previous year. Halfway through the tournament in Kindersley, the arena caught fire and burned, forcing organizers to move to the curling rink in nearby Eston. Going from one arena to another – from satisfying ticket holders and teams trying to travel to the new site to dealing with a new ice surface – meant a lot of unforeseen difficulties for Holland in her dual role as skip of Team Holland and the technical director of the Saskatchewan Curling Association. “But everyone pulled together and did a fantastic job,” she adds.

And it almost seemed to be in keeping with Team Holland’s career since they started curling together. “We’ve never done anything the easy way,” says Kalenchuk.

There are at least 20 reporters and cameramen covering every Toronto Maple Leafs practice, and, unlike Amber Holland’s curling team, they haven’t won anything recently. When Team Holland comes to practice, as they do this Tuesday night, the Canadian women’s curling champions arrive with the same amount of pomp and circumstance as the guys showing up for house league (Team Holland is usually based out of the Kronau Curling Club, but since that rink’s getting renovated, the Cali is their base this year).

If hockey and professional football creates a fantasy world where Saskatchewanians become what they wish they were, or want the rest of the world to believe they are – think gladiators – then curling is what people in Saskatchewan actually are.

“We practice sweeping, making our deliveries coming out of the hack, and getting into situational play,” says the team’s lead, Heather Kalenchuk. Holland’s rink practices at the Cali for about an hour every Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and on Friday evenings or the occasional Sunday afternoons when there’s no weekend bonspiels.

The next big event for Team Holland is mid-January’s Continental Cup and they’ll defend their Canadian title next month in Red Deer. With a lot of skill and a little luck, Team Holland will have a second opportunity to win the women’s world curling title – they lost to Sweden in last year’s final in Denmark.

That silver medal climaxed what was the most successful year Team Holland has had since the team was assembled in 2005.

Five times the team made it as far as the Saskatchewan playdowns, but 2011 was the second year the foursome of Holland, third Kim Schneider, second Tammy Schneider, and Kalenchuk had gone to the Canadian championship, the Scotties, and the first time they won it all (in 2010, they finished with a www.getcompass.ca/pink | 9

Everybody wants to bring their ‘A’ Game when they play the champs.

Team Holland must work harder to keep sharp.

As defending Canadian championships, Team Holland gets a free pass to the next Scotties, in Red Deer in mid-February. That doesn’t give the team permission to slack off: it means a lot of practice, and a lot from co-operative bosses.

“In Bethune we had a family team. My sisters also taught me to curl, and there were lessons when I was in high school curling … but when I look back on when I learned how to curl, it seemed as though it was always there.

It also means Team Holland becomes a target during competitive play at tournaments such as the Continental Cup. Everybody wants to bring their A game when they play the champs.

Ironically, Team Holland must work harder both at practice and at tournaments to keep sharp.

“I was 14 when I was in my first junior provincial bonspiel and that’s what hooked me into wanting to stay involved with curling.”

Curling’s popularity in the Winter Olympics has also caused some changes at the sport, both at the elite levels and at the grass-roots. At one time, curlers drifted from team to team yearly. Now, says Kalenchuk, successful curling teams stay together for the four-year Olympic cycle, not making any major personnel moves until the team has given its best shot at the Olympic trials.

Winning whatever high level competition your team enters requires a lot of lot of competitive curling, and a lot of practice.

And that means a lot of time on the ice. Since nobody makes a living from competitive curling, that means the curler must balance work, curling, and the rest of his or her life.

That’s not easy.

“To succeed at this, you have to become an expert at time management,” says Holland, and she should know. She’s also the executive director of the Saskatchewan Curling Association. And what does an executive director do? “Everything …” she jokes, in the boardroom of the SCA office in a north Regina strip mall.

Kim Schneider is a recreational therapist, her sister Tammy is the Saskatchewan Volleyball Association’s office manager, and Kalenchuk is a French immersion teacher at Regina’s O’Neill High School, as well as the school teams’ curling coach. “I’m lucky to have a very understanding school division,” she says. Kalenchuk gets unpaid days off in order to go with Team Holland to bonspiels and playdowns.

“If curling starts becoming like a job to me,” Holland says, “then it’ll be time to do something else.” With that, she chuckles. No offense, Amber, but curling appears to be your work, and your life.

In Holland’s case, curling started early, in her hometown in Dilke. (“I was born in Yorkton, and spent the first six days of my life there, but I’m not actually from there,” she says. “My mom and dad were travelling to visit my aunt and Amber decided to come see her, too.”) A self-described rink rat, she curled with her father and other family members in Bethune and Lumsden, where she went to school.

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Holland, and Kalenchuk, come from a background where family curled. (So do the Schneiders: their father was lead for the Saskatchewan men’s provincial team which went to the 1990 Brier). In small town Saskatchewan – especially a generation ago – there wasn’t a lot of competition for entertainment for people, especially kids. Maybe there were 4-H clubs, but usually you curled, or figure skated, or played hockey. Period.

Contrast that to today. Kids, especially in larger urban centers, where most Saskatchewan families live today, have more options – soccer, basketball, other recreational zone or club sports and activities, video games, Wii, Xbox or PlayStation … how do curling clubs and associations compete for young participants?

“What I tell the curling clubs is this: don’t try to keep the kids for the whole year,” says Holland. “That way they can still do the Scouts or Beavers or Girl Guides, or the other activities.

“Hopefully, even at a young age, when they’re exposed to the sport, ‘they’ll say ‘hey, I kind of knew how to do that, maybe I’ll take it up now,’ when they get older, even if they don’t want to curl competitively.”

Practice ends for another night. Team Holland prepares to go home. It’s a long and involved process to win another curling title, but it’s the life they relish. After all, the Canadian women’s curling title isn’t going to defend itself.

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The University of Regina is proud to host the third annual Inspiring Leadership Forum on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Evraz Place, Queensbury Centre.

Inspirational and confidence-building presentations are the foundation of this year’s theme: Inspiring Leadership, Influencing the World.

As in previous years, conference attendees will be able to participate in a panel discussion with some of Saskatchewan’s top leaders, emceed by Kellie Garrett, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Knowledge and Reputation with Farm Credit Canada.

The Inspiring Leadership Forum is open to the public so that all women can enjoy networking opportunities and interact with mentors during this one-day, women’s leadership conference.

Roberta L. Jamieson First Nations leader, conflict resolution expert and CEO/President of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.

Dr. Samantha Nutt Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, as well as staff physician at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and contributing editor-atlarge for Newsweek – The Daily Beast.

This year’s event is bound to sell out quickly so register online today! Tickets are $225 plus GST per person. Call Rita at (306) 585-5853 or register online: www.uregina.ca/inspiringleadership

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Finishing the Season in Grand Style

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anuary marks the halfway point of the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s current season. And from the classics, to Hollywood, and finishing with The Beatles, the symphony promises an exciting finish to the schedule.

“Symphonies and classical music have traditionally been seen as elitist,” says Misty-Lee Selinger, the RSO’s operations manager, “and we’ve worked hard to counter that image.

“We’re really grateful to be part of a community that feels proud of, and feels connected to, the symphony.”

The RSO’s next big event goes Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Conexus Arts Centre with the Swashbucklers, Pirates, and Rogues event, as the romantic and thrilling orchestral overtures from action movies, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Blood, The Lone Ranger, The Mask of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, and The Princess Bride, come alive under maestro Victor Sawa’s direction.

This is part of the Shumiatcher Pops series, which also includes the Salute to the Oscars, which goes on Feb. 18, a staple on the RSO calendar since Sawa came to the RSO 15 years ago.

All You Need is Love, an orchestral tribute to The Beatles that will go May 12, back by popular demand.

Five performances are scheduled in the Mosaic Masterworks Concert Series. Sax and Violins, which goes Jan. 28th, features alto saxophonist Allen Harrington performing works by Ravel and Respighi – warm, sunny music for a winter’s night.

RSO principal flutist Marie-Noelle Berthelet is the featured performer in Love From the New World, a pre-Valentines’ Day show on Feb. 11. The show’s high point will be a performance of Dvorak’s Symphony #9, “From the New World.”

The RSO traditionally ends its season with a large choral performance, and this year will be no exception.

The Masterworks Concert Series season ends May 5 with the Big Finale: the Juventus Concert Choir (Regina’s children’s choir), the Halcyon Choir (a women’s chorus), and mezzo soprano Emilia Boteva perform Mahler’s Symphony #3 with the RSO. “This is most diverse Masterworks series that I’ve seen the RSO perform,” says Selinger.”From planning the concert to designing the promotional material to hiring the musicians and rehearsing, it’s about a year from start to finish.”

The RSO’s shows are held at the Conexus Arts Centre.

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The South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra and baritone Peter Groom join the RSO for the Alpine Masterpieces show on March 10th, while world-renowned violinist Natasha Korsakova treats the audiences with music from Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Johann Strauss when she plays with the RSO on April 14th.

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NIGHT OUT

GIRLS

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ashion comes and goes each season. Beauty trends fade in and out. But one thing is always in style: spending time with your girlfriends. Being a woman, a wife, or a mother doesn’t mean a complete sacrifice; rather, it’s about solidifying relationships with others as well as with yourself.

The perfect way to find a balance and take a break is to enjoy spending quality time with other women in the form of a Girls Night Out! The Saskatchewan prairies offer a perfect spot for a night out with the girls with the provinces’ capital being a cultural hot spot with tons of fun restaurants, bars, spas and shops.

The perfect girl’s night out incorporates the best spots to spa, shop, sip and celebrate. With one week before Christmas, three friends orchestrated the perfect combination of events to properly send their friend Bree off to Australia via the ultimate girls’ night out in Regina.

The first event for the night out began with a stop at one of Regina’s most unique stores, Stella & Sway Boutique, for something stylish yet wearable, versatile and affordable. Despite the unusually warm weather in Saskatchewan this winter, owner Karey Kapell is aware of temperatures fluctuating and dresses the party in clothes that can easily transition to accommodate the cold.

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in the New Year

Located in the Scarth Street Mall, Stella & Sway Boutique carries clothes for women looking for daytime casual, career, or evening clothing and offers styles for a wide range of ages and sizes, making it the perfect spot for modern women of varying age and style preference to find what works for them.

Karey uses her unique eye for fashion and the unique characteristics of each female to select outfits for each girl, immediately leaving them feeling comfortable, confident, and ready for a night on the town.

The ladies headed off to a crucial stop: the spa. Beyond Bath and Body Day Spa, located behind the Victoria Square Mall, proves to be one of Regina’s best spa spots. Owner Deanna Semans assures that each girl is gifted with a relaxing and sleek manicure, while providing food and drinks for the entire not valid with any other party. Unique to the store is its own*special lineorof skin care products coupon. therapists are booked up, including a line called Serendipity Once Treats by Dolly Picard, a promotion will end. beautiful line made locally in Saskatchewan using fresh raw ingredients. The ladies at Beyond Bath and Body keep the girls laughing and smiling from the beginning of the night to the finishing touches, making it clear why they have a steady stream of dedicated clientele.

With fresh manicures, comfortable and fashionable outfits, and the company of one another, the final task for Girls Night Out in Regina is to dine out at one of the city’s best and most unique restaurants: Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar. Located in the historic Assiniboia Club building in Regina since 2006, Crave has long been a favourite hotspot for this group of girls. Conveniently situated downtown on Victoria Avenue, Crave offers an atmosphere where women can feel comfortable and relaxed, enjoying the company of one another.

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The girls are entranced by the combination of unconventional appetizers, drinks and great customer service which they agree makes Crave the perfect spot. Ladies of all ages can appreciate Crave as a great location to gather, gossip, and experience the culture and vigor that has been sparked in the prairies.

As the night comes to a close, Bree, bound for travel across the world, was satisfied and overwhelmed by the graciousness of the three Regina hotspots; moreover, she expresses nostalgia over the fact that she is leaving the place that is home to her.

Girls Night Out is a success! The idea of Girls Night Out demonstrates that getting together with your girlfriends, spoiling yourself with fabulous clothes, and enjoying some of the provinces best food and drink is a must. Whether you are from out of town or local, women of all ages across the province deserve to treat themselves to a night out with their best girlfriends. Trying unique spots which are a little out of your comfort zone is the perfect way to experience the essence of modern and innovative Saskatchewan businesses. So, grab your girlfriends and enjoy a Girls Night Out in 2012 -- a new year, a new you!

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the Matchmaker TRAVEL

advice from

WITH EXPEDIA CRUISESHIPCENTERS

Dear Lianne,

Where are all of the nice girls? I am a 30 year old cattle farmer and I feel like I missed the boat by not marrying my high school sweetheart. It is impossible to find a woman who is a quality one and also wants to live on the farm. What’s a guy to do?

Signed: Small Town Saskatchewan

Dear Farmer, Chances are she is not going to come and find you if you are rural based. You will need to make your search a priority. You should attend as many events and functions where single people might be. I would strongly urge you to find a great Matchmaker and book and appointment with her and have a face to face meeting to determine if she can help you. Do not join a service unless you meet the person doing your matching face to face. There are companies who will ask you to send them money before ever meeting with you as well as companies who will entice you with photos of “the perfect girl” who happens to be beautiful looking. These are a gimmick and you must be careful. Never pre-pay for a matchmaking service unless you sit face to face with them and are able to establish that they are a credible company. I have met with far too many naïve farmers who have trusted companies and deposited money in their bank accounts or wired money to the company. This is wrong and unethical. A good Matchmaker meets each and every one of their clients face to face so that they can effectively match their clients. The key is never give up and put yourself out there .

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Her business is steadily growing with the people of Regina and area appreciating the Expedia CruiseShipCenters’ staff expertise, experience and above all, superior level of customer service.

The Regina office consists of 14 independent travel consultants who are professionally trained through the International Cruise Academy. With over 35 years combined experience the consultants are dedicated to making your travel dreams come true. Priding themselves on providing an enjoyable, stress-free travel booking experience , the consultants will take the time to get to know you and your travel desires to ensure that you get the vacation you want to experience. They take care of everything - booking cruises, hotels, flights, shore excursions, allinclusive resorts, tours, adventure travel, group travel, car rentals and anything else your travel needs may entail.

Expedia CruiseShipCenters has preferred relationships with the world’s leading cruise lines and tour operators enabling them to pass on incredible savings and amenities to you. So, whether it’s a contemporary, premium, luxury, river, speciality cruise or a land vacation you are looking for, we can make it happen.

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Dating and relationship questions may be sent to Lianne at camelotintroductions@mymts.net or by contacting her directly at 1-204-888-1529.

Her website is www.camelotintroductions.com If questions are published they will be done anonymously.

Lianne Tregobov owns Camelot Introductions, a Matchmaking service, serving Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Tregobov has coached thousands of clients over the past 18 years with regards to dating and relationship do’s and don’ts. She is known for her uncanny ability to intuitively match people.

She has been responsible for uniting thousands of people in marriage.

Lianne interviews prospective clients in Saskatchewan on a regular basis.

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Beauty Advice for 2012

CREATING THE PERFECT CANVAS

by Lindi Edge

Everything from the foods we eat, to the water we drink, directly affects our skin’s pH balance.

Our skin is protected by a layer of lactic acid, amino acids, and free fatty acids, This gives our skin that slightly acidic pH which stops our skin and body from admitting bad bacteria.

When there is a disruption to the skin’s pH level, it allows all these bad bacteria in, and guess what? Acne, or worse, chronic acne sets in.

Maintaining your skin’s pH is very important, to completely reduce the risk of this damage.

Again, I recommend you seeking advice from a skin care provider to start your skin care regime today!

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our skin: the largest organ on your body. We must look after it the best we can. Here are some important steps to make your skin be radiant before the makeup is applied. More important, it’s to maintain beautiful skin!

The basic needs for the face to thrive are cleanse, tone, and moisturize. Additional steps include exfoliation, masking, microderabrasion, peels et cetera.

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CLEANSE THE FACE THOROUGHLY TWICE DAILY.

I know this sounds very simple, and you’d think, with a proper cleanser for your skin type, and not just water. In my teachings of skin care, you will be surprised at what some people have come up with to wash their face!

When you wake in the morning, and before going to bed, cleansing your face and neck is a must. Leaving makeup on overnight is not only simply very bad and disastrous for your skin, but it also clogs pores completely, resulting in acne.

Now let’s talk about what washing just with water does. It dehydrates your skin, and it puts your skin’s pH balance out of balance. Your skin can not properly cleanse if just water is applied. It needs proper cleansing, with the proper cleanser for your skin type.

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MOISTURE, This is the final step in your basic skin care

regime. This is a very necessary step due to the aging process our skin goes through. Collagen loss starts to happen at the age of 25. Collagen is what keeps our skin looking supple, firm and young looking. It’s a type of protein that keeps the connective tissues together and works hand in hand with elastin, which gives the skin flexibility.

It’s important to find again the proper moisture for your skin, no matter what age you are. Especially for the younger girls out there just beginning to learn about your skin, you should now know that looking after your skin is a must. “Hmm… but I’m not 25 yet!” you’re saying. The first rule of looking after your skin is:the earlier you start, the better your skin will be for a longer time.

An important note to remember, is when you moisturize, make sure you bring that moisture down into the neck region. Collagen and elasticity is known to be reduced greatly in the neck area, so maintaining that firmness going from the face and into the neck is important.

Now you’re on to a great start to be as beautiful as you know you are!

Talking about just the basics is knowledge to produce the power behind that beauty!

If you do not know the proper cleanser for your skin type, please seek advice from your favourite skin care provider.

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TONE. Toning your face means, firstly, to wipe away

excess residue. Then it firms or tightens pores, and finally prepares your skin to receive moisture. With all these actions, toning also pH balances your skin. pH stands for Power of Hydrogen. The pH levels of our skin directly affects the levels of health and quality completely. The pH scale is scored from the levels of 1-14, under 7 is acidic and over 7 is alkaline. The level 7 is neutral. The natural level of pH of our skin is between 4 and 6.5 - slightly acidic.

“The first rule of looking after your skin is: the earlier you start, the better your skin will be for a longer time.”

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Mission Ridge Winter Park began its new season last month with expanded facilities to meet the growing needs of the increasing numbers of prairie skiers – improved ski lifts, more snow-making equipment, a larger equipment rental shop, a bigger lounge, a larger menu, and more accessibility.

“We’re looking to create a great experience for the people who come here, and we want them to come back again and again,” says co-owner Don Williams.

The first place people will notice the

difference will be in the ski lodge, expanded with a 2,000-square-foot addition. Bubba’s Pizza, a long-time Fort Qu’Appelle institution, will now feature an expanded menu. The restaurant will also feature a stone bar and large fireplace, giving the facility the look of an old-time ski chalet.

The improvements also continue with a greatly expanded rental shop on the ground floor, built to accommodate the hundreds of new skiers the owners are expecting to flock through the doors this season. The facility has the room to house 750 pairs of skis and 250 snowboards.

“They take up a lot of room; that’s why we needed the space,” says Mike Smith.

Three new washrooms – one family/ handicapped-friendly -- have also been constructed: as well, an elevator has been installed. Mission Ridge is now hoping to attract more families, and more skiers with physical disabilities.

Skiers will also experience a bigger and better ski hill, says Williams. A new chairlift is augmented with the replacement of the T-bar on the bunny hill with a ‘Magic Carpet’ that can bring skiers up the hill faster, giving more time on the slopes and less time waiting to get up the hill. The chair lift can handle over 2,200 people an hour, while the Magic Carpet can handle about 1,500 skiers per hour.

The ski hill equipment improvements don’t stop there. Mission Ridge has purchased a second pump for its snow making equipment, and the hill now has 25 snow making machines. With a week of belowzero temperatures, Mission Ridge can make enough snow to create a two-and-a-half foot base – before the new pumps and extra snow-making equipment, it could take as long as a month to build that base. As well, Mission Ridge has added a second grooming machine, speeding up the process of smoothing and building the ski runs.

“We’ve prepared Mission Ridge for a greatly expanded service,” Williams says.

And now we’re ready for anything and everybody.”

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The statistics are almost as frightening as the diagnosis. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, next to skin cancer. One woman in nine will develop breast cancer by age 85. It’s the second leading cause of cancer deaths in all women, after lung cancer. It’s the leading cause of cancer death among women 40 to 55 years of age.

What is it?

Breast cancer begins in the breast tissue, an area of the body that covers an area larger than just the breast. The tissue extends up to the collarbone and from the armpit across to the breastbone. The breasts sit on chest muscles that cover the ribs.

Each breast is composed of milk glands, ducts (thin tubes), and fatty tissue.

Breasts also contain lymph vessels and lymph nodes, part of the lymphatic system, which help fight infections. Lymph vessels move lymph fluid to the lymph nodes, where they trap bacteria, cancer cells and other harmful substances. Lymph nodes lie near the breast, under the arm, near the collarbone, and in the chest behind the breastbone.

Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells, usually in the milk glands or ducts. Left uncontrolled, cancer cells invade nearby healthy breast tissue, making their way into the underarm lymph nodes. If cancer cells get into the lymph nodes, they have a pathway into other parts of the body, spreading the cancer to other organs.

What are the risks?

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half of women with inherited mutations will develop breast cancer by the age of 70.

The risk for developing breast cancer is higher among women whose close blood relatives have had breast cancer, or some other forms of cancer. Having a mother, sister or daughter with breast cancer almost doubles your risk, particularly if the relative was diagnosed before the age of 50. A family history of ovarian cancer also increases the risk. Having had cancer in one breast increases the risk of having it in the other.

Getting a chest area radiation treatment, such as mantle radiation for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, provides you with a significantly larger risk of breast cancer.

What are the signs?

The most common sign of breast cancer is a new lump or mass in the breast. A lump that is painless, hard and has irregular edges is more likely to be cancer. Some cancers can be tender, soft and rounded; so it’s important to have all new lumps checked by your doctor.

Other warning signs include persistent breast changes such as a thickening or lump in the breast, any changes in breast shape or contour, discharge from the nipples, other than breast milk, a retraction, redness or scaliness of the nipple that does not go away, pain or tenderness in the breast, changes in texture or size of the breast, and itchiness, inflammation or hot-feeling skin. These are usually caused by benign conditions but they can be warning signs of breast cancer.

How can it be detected?

Chances for successful treatment are better the earlier breast cancer is detected. Breast cancer could be in an advanced state, or the cancer may have spread to other organs, by the time you notice symptoms, so it’s important to find breast cancer early in the disease.

Breast self-examination is an exam in which you feel for any changes in the breast. Women who do perform breast self-examination once a month.

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Celiac disease occurs when the absorptive surface of the small intestine is damaged by a substance called gluten. Gluten is usually found in products made from grains – flour, bread, pasta, and cakes. It’s also found in several other foods, in unlikely places – from barbecue sauce and beer to medication.

Most people can digest gluten with no problem, but when a person with celiac disease ingests gluten, they suffer a lot of problems – flatulence, cramps, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, or constipation. In extreme cases, the condition may lead to aenemia, bowel cancer, or diabetes.

In the end, the body’s digestive system fails to absorb nutrients: protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, which are necessary for good health.

“When the gluten comes into contact with the small intestine of someone with celiac disease, it causes an auto-immune action,” says Jamie Yee, the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Authority’s public nutritionist. “The reaction involves progressive destruction of the villi, the featherlike projections on the small intestines inner sides, which digests and absorbs nutrients.”

Until recently, says Yee, doctors had a hard time diagnosing celiac disease because symptoms vary and are similar to other diseases.

For example, celiac disease’s major symptoms resemble the symptoms of Crohn’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, iron deficiency, irritable bowel syndrome and intestinal infections. That’s why, she adds, it sometimes takes as long as 11 years between the onset of symptoms and a diagnosis. In fact, there may be a crossover between gluten intolerance and some of these illnesses; an individual

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may have a combination of medical issues worsened by unsuitable food choices for a gluten-free diet.

Celiac disease is hereditary; it’s passed on through the genes from parent to child. While doctors often order blood tests to screen patients, the best way to determine whether or not one suffers from celiac disease is an endoscopy, where a tiny camera is inserted into the body in order to visually examine the organs – in this case, the stomach and small intestine.

Cheecha Puffs are a snack food made from potato flour and potato starch – items permitted in a gluten-free diet. To create the five flavours of its gluten-free snack food, Cheecha produces the line of its potato puffs in a facility that’s uncontaminated by grain flour, with their own separate cooking room, ensuring no cross-contamination with its other product lines. “Soon after we started Cheecha Puffs, the Celiac Association of Calgary asked us to come up with a snack for people who followed a gluten-free diet,” says Cadrin.

“I remember that I didn’t know what a gluten free diet was. Like most people, I grew up on a diet that had a lot of grain products – bread, pasta, that sort of thing,” she says.

“But now, the gluten-free lines are our biggest sellers.”

“With celiac disease, people who can follow the gluten-free diet can lead a normal life,” Yee concludes. “But the first rule is that if you have celiac disease, you have to read the label before you cook with it or eat it. Every time.”

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Diet Comparisons A

new you sometimes means a new body, and new ways to achieve that body. That’s why many lead their new year’s resolutions to begin a new diet and to eat healthier foods.

Satisfying that want has created a business empire worth $100 billion annually in the United States alone – diet plans, diet books, fitness clubs, the whole nine yards.

But diets, as a rule, don’t work in the long term without a drastic overhaul of your eating and exercise habits. And most diets are so restrictive in the types of available foods that, eventually, people go off the diet, whether it’s because the body changes and you’re not losing weight, you feel deprived of your favourite foods, or that the diet is too hard to work.

So, what is supposed to work in dieting? And what really works? And what well work for you? Let’s take a look …

THE SOUTH BEACH DIET

The Short Version: Good carbs and fats in; bad carbs and fats out How It’s Supposed To Work: The people who developed the diet, cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon , found that low fat diets, advocated by the American Heart Association, led to weight loss, but after a time people started to regain weight. They ate the same amounts of the same food, but their bodies compensated for losing fat by consuming more sugar and simple carbohydrates (which turn to sugar during digestion). This created hunger pangs, and patients ate more and gained weight.

The Good Stuff: Less processed foods such as vegetables, beans, and whole grains, and other foods that contain a low glycemic index. Lean meats, oily fish, and nuts, which contain unsaturated fats and Omega 3s.

The Bad Stuff: Simple carbs, from sugars and white flour and rice, saturated fats and trans-fats from the fat parts of beef and pork.

How You Work It: The South Beach Diet works in three phases, starting strictly and gradually easing. The first two weeks: -- ‘Phase 1’ -- eliminates sugars, processed carbohydrates, fruits, and some higher-glycemic vegetables, to eliminate the hunger cycle and kick off weight loss. ‘Phase 2’ continues as long as you want to lose weight, re-introducing most fruits and vegetables and some whole grains. ‘Phase 3’ – or how you’ll eat for the rest of your life on the South Beach diet -- lists no permitted or prohibited foods.

Instead, you’re to understand and live by the diet’s principles.

The Result: The South Beach diet has its fans –including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who lost a lot of weight after his heart operation in February 2010. But little scientific research has been done on the diet’s long term effects, either on weight loss or on health. Dr. Agatston did only one study, conducted with some of his own patients, but it was not a long-term study done with a small patient sample.

Dieters should be monitored long term, as high protein intake makes the kidneys work harder and strip the body of calcium. As well, the glycemic index of food varies with the way of cooking, ripeness, portion size and many other factors. It’s also established for specific foods eaten alone – and since the GI is an important part of the South Beach diet, one of its variables can be misleading.

THE ATKINS DIET

The Short Version: Carbs? BAD!

How It’s Supposed To Work: The Atkins diet (officially, The Atkins Nutritional Approach) restricts carbohydrate consumption, switching the body’s metabolism from converting glucose (from carbs) as energy over to converting stored body fat to energy. This process, called ketosis, begins when insulin levels are low; in normal humans, insulin is lowest when blood glucose levels are low (mostly before eating).

How You Work It: For the first two weeks, you eat in a way that provides only 20 grams of carbohydrates a day.

The Good Stuff: if you’re not a vegetarian, you’ve just found your perfect diet – steak with béarnaise sauce, lobster with butter, and bacon cheeseburgers (without the bun) … everything you’d think is wrong is permitted under Atkins.

(If you want a heart-healthy version, replace ‘bacon cheeseburger’ with ‘fish’.)

The Bad Stuff: Whole grains, starchy vegetables, breads, beans and most fruits are verboten. Coffee and alcohol is banned for the first two weeks, but it can come back in moderation.

The Result: If you have cholesterol or heart problems, or kidney problems, the Atkins diet isn’t for you, as the high-protein diet sends the body into a prolonged state of ketosis where ketones, the small, carbon fragments created by the burning of fat stores within the body, are eliminated through urination. Do that for a long time, and you risk kidney damage. As well, the fibre-poor Atkins diet can lead to constipation.

The Good Stuff: It’s more about the size of portions eaten in balance than what foods are eaten.

The Bad Stuff: Ditto, though junk foods and refined foods are just as likely to be out of favor here as it would be in any other diet.

THE DUKAN DIET

How You Work It: The time you eat is as important as what you eat in The Zone– three meals and two snacks. As well, the person’s weight and body type also determine how much and when you eat.

How It’s Supposed To Work: Developed by French doctor Dr. Pierra Dukan the diet is protein heavy, much like Atkins. It works in four phases: Introduction, Attack, Consolidation and Cruise.

The Result: Like most diets, it does, and it doesn’t. The diet is complicated and requires a lot of effort to follow.

The Short Version: The Atkins Diet in French

How You Work It: The introduction phase determines your ideal body weight. The attack phase sees you eat a lot of low-fat proteins (lean meats, chicken) washed down with water, diet drinks, coffee or tea (minus cream and sugar, of course). You’ll also eat some oat bran as well.

The consolidation phase sees you gradually re-introducing some vegetables to your diet, mostly what you would find in salads, lettuce, spinach, bell peppers, that sort of thing. The cruise phase sees you continue to consolidate, re-introducing comes previously banned foods, and a once-a-week ‘go-offyour-diet’ meal, though it’s implied your tastes have changed enough that your cravings for food that usually banned by this diet has ended.

The Good Stuff: Much like Atkins, lean meats and poultry is good as are, after a time, vegetables commonly found in salads. Oat bran and cabbage soup are also important.

The Bad Stuff: Carb-heavy vegetables such as carrots and potatoes and processed grains.

The Result: Much like any high-protein diet (such as Atkins) it’s not recommended for those with kidney trouble, diabetes, or pregnant or breast-feeding women. However, it’s the celebrity diet du jour; just ask the Middletons. Yes, those Middletons. Kate supposedly lost two dress sizes in the run-up to last year’s Royal Wedding by following the diet.

THE ZONE DIET The Short Version: 40/30/30

How It’s Supposed To Work: Dr. Barry Sears (a biochemist, not a medical doctor) developed a diet that balances protein/carb ratios, instead of determining calories, as the secret to weight loss and healthy eating. “The Zone” is what he calls proper hormone balance. When glucagon (a hormone secreted by the pancreas) levels are not are in the balance, then anti-inflammatory chemicals are released by the body. They’re similar to aspirin, without the gastric bleeding. Sears claims that a 30:40 ratio of protein to carbohydrates triggers this effect.

Or as Sears says, “Eat as much protein as the palm of your hand, as much non-starchy raw vegetables as you can stand for the vitamins, enough carbohydrates to maintain mental clarity because the brain runs on glucose, and enough monounsaturated oils to keep feelings of hunger away.”

EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR TYPE

The Short Version: You are your blood type

How It’s Supposed To Work: Advocated by naturopathic physician Dr. Peter D’Adamo, the system calls for you to eat a diet consistent with your blood type: A, B, AB, or O. How You Work It: The good – and bad – news is that the diet is already worked for you, because the diet you follow depends on your blood type.

The Good (And The Bad) Stuff: Type Os, supposedly descended from hunters, should eat a high protein Atkins-style diet. Type A’s, supposedly descended from farmers, should eat a vegetable-intensive, mostly meat-free diet. Type Bs, supposedly descended from nomads, should eat a dairy- and meat-intensive diet, and those with AB blood should eat a diet that’s equal parts the A and B type.

The Result: Most nutritionists and doctors regard the Blood Type Diet as so much hooey, citing the lack of scientific research confirming proponents’ claims about links between blood type and diets.

WEIGHT WATCHERS

The Short Version: The Grand-Daddy of Diet Plans How It’s Supposed To Work: Weight Watchers’ core approach is to assist members in losing weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting more exercise and providing support. In addition to its diet plans, Weight Watchers also holds meetings to regularly monitor dieters’ progress, and also sells its own lines of food.

How You Work It: The “PointsPlus” program helps members create a calorie deficit to lose weight by calculating food intake targets, with allowances for weekend eating and physical exercise. There’s a lot of math involved – but most of that math has been translated into the PointsPlus system used to determine how much you should be eating, depending on your food choices.

Watchers, from Lynn Redgrave and Sarah, Duchess of York to Jennifer Hudson and … former National Basketball Association player Charles Barkley.

However, the official program requires you to pay a monthly fee and to eat many of the foods sold by Weight Watchers, so the cost of the program does become a factor.

For almost all nutritionists and doctors, the difference between diets is apples and oranges. Whatever benefits they tout, the end result is the same: you have to eat a healthy diet from several food groups, getting a balance of protein, carbs, and fats, along with required vitamins and minerals.

The real way to lose weight comes from burning more calories than you ingest – working out more and eating less. It may take a while, but you’ll earn it – no matter what diet you want to follow. Anything else is a diet plan formulated by people, well-meaning or not, more interested in losing weight from you wallet than losing weight from your body.

The Good Stuff/The Bad Stuff: In contrast to other diets that might provide a list of foods that must be, or should never be, eaten, Weight Watchers lose weight by creating a calorie deficit, through a system of eating that creates that deficit. Weight Watchers works well with other diet approaches, provided you use the Weight Watchers framework to measure and limit the quantity of food consumed, while using the other diet plan to dictate the range of acceptable food choices.

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Leigh Keess was a registered nurse in Estevan when, 15 years ago, she picked up her first set of weights, the first steps on a new recreational path that’s led her to the top of Saskatchewan’s bodybuilding world. Bodybuilding has changed her physique, as she tells PINK; but it’s also altered her mind as well as her body, and she’s no longer afraid to try something new.

When you’re not training or preparing for a bodybuilding competition, what do you do?

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I have retired from the nursing profession; my husband, Colin, and I operate a personaltraining company (Keess-2-Fitness), specializing in competitive athletes in all disciplines. I’m also the secretary-treasurer for the Saskatchewan Amateur Bodybuilding Association, (SABBA) and I serve as a judge at the Novice and Provincial levels for bodybuilding, fitness, figure and bikini. (Editor’s note: there are four different categories in women’s bodybuilding competitions: bodybuilding is the full version; bikini is a class that seeks a tanned, toned ‘beach body’ but also shows a fitness level spent from either time in the gym or in sports; figure is for women who train like bodybuilders, but not to the same extreme extent; and fitness is a women’s category that requires both a toned body and gymnastics experience.)

What inspired you to get into bodybuilding?

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The local civic gym offered a “ladies-only” eight-week gym orientation class in 1996. I’m not sure what made me sign up, as I had always been a couch-potato outside of work – never played sports as a kid – and I was in my 40s, but I did! I started seeing gains and changes in my body, so for Christmas I asked my husband for a set of sessions with a local personal trainer and national competitor I highly admired. That went well, we became good friends, and after a year or so she encouraged me to try a competition, in 2002. My first reaction was “you’ve got to be kidding: I’m 49!” But she kept after me. I really did want to see what I would look like if I trained and dieted for a show, but in the back of my mind I was preparing excuses for not actually doing one (I am actually rather shy). Before I knew it, I was onstage, and hooked! I couldn’t wait for the next one!

How often do you train?

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Well, one has to train around one’s ‘real life,’ but ideally, five times per week, one body part per day. Off-season, no cardio; but contest-prep season involves not only those five workouts, but also lots of cardio!

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How do you balance bodybuilding training and your home/work life?

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When I started out, I was working 12-hour shifts as a registered nurse. That was challenging, as my whole life -- workouts included -- had to shift from days to nights, et cetera.

But, if you’re goal-oriented, nothing is impossible! Now that I’ve retired from nursing, my time is more flexible. Also, when I’m preparing for contest season (typically 18 to 20 weeks from the contest date), mealtimes are strictly timed, as are the types and quantities of foods. That has to be balanced with the needs of other family members.

One year, my husband and I were dieting for different contests. We celebrated our anniversary with ‘his-and-hers’ Ziploc baggies of chicken and vegetables, standing at the kitchen sink! The big excitement after a contest was to actually use real plates, and sit at the table!

What was it like when you entered your first bodybuilding competition?

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I was 49. I had never been to or seen a competition. I guess ‘ignorance is bliss’ is true. My coach kept coming backstage, asking if I was nervous, and I wasn’t! Remember, this was the contest I never thought I would actually go through with – the novice competition! I enjoyed the atmosphere and the people. I placed fourth, out of the prizes, and disappointed. But, I got ‘the bit in my teeth’ and made up my mind to keep training for the very next show. That next show was the Provincials, and I won the Women’s Overall Championship for the first of two times!

How have you done in competitions?

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2003: Provincials: 2nd place Women’s Middleweight; 3rd place Women’s Masters (no Grand Masters class was available for women); Nationals: 11th place Women’s Middleweight, 9th place Women’s Masters (no Grand Master category) 2004: Provincials: 1st place Women’s Heavyweight, 1st place Women’s Masters (still no Grand Masters category!)

2005: Provincials:1st place Women’s Heavyweight; 1st place Women’s Masters

2006: Provincials: 1st place Women’s Middleweight, 1st place Women’s Grand Masters, Women’s Overall, Best Female Poser; Canadian Nationals Grand Masters: Champion After 2007 I turned my attention to coaching and judging.

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What’s the bodybuilding community like in Saskatchewan?

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It is a “family.” It is a strong community, and everyone helps everyone else. As secretary-treasurer of SABBA, I get to meet all the athletes, and I am always proud of their dedication and sportsmanship. Bodybuilding is spread throughout the province and it grows every year! This year we travelled to parts of Saskatchewan to meet with new clients. We were so impressed with the notion that no matter where you live in this great province there are people who want to bodybuild and to really benefit from physical training and wellness. We have come to love travelling around Saskatchewan and seeing the great geography of this province and meeting some of its incredible people.

What’s your greatest accomplishment, in or out of bodybuilding competitions?

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Not enough! Definitely not enough! (laughs) I love every minute What a question! As a competitive athlete: winning eight titles in one season; being the first Canadian Grand Masters champion; being the first

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As a bodybuilding coach: seeing clients come through the tier-system and go on to excel at the national level. On a personal level, I have been married to the man of my dreams for 36 years, and have a truly remarkable daughter, Amy. Before competing, I was very shy. Bodybuilding gave me the selfassuredness to be able to work with entire phys-ed classes. My husband is a phys-ed teacher, and if I had to go to the school I used to make him meet me at the outer door. Now, I train to maintain that feeling, and the health benefits that go along with resistance training.

I work with women of all different ages, and with all sorts of different goals, not just competition. Watching them take charge of their lifestyles and health, whatever their goals, inspires me!

Any advice for women interested in bodybuilding?

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Follow your dreams! Whether that leads you towards bodybuilding, or fitness, figure or bikini. And it is never too late! Remember, I first stepped onstage at age 49! I also encourage young women to weight-train (whether or not they have any interest in competition). It is a great gift you can give to your body…and will have many lasting benefits.

And, if you intend to compete, hire a knowledgeable coach. They are valuable beyond measure!

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A New Year

A New You !

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h please, not another article about new year’s resolutions!

No, no more! New Year’s resolutions suck and no matter how dedicated you start out in January, by February most of us are doing the same old, same old.

Still, many of us long for something more, something better, something different – even if we aren’t exactly sure what that means.

And therein lies part of the problem, if we don’t know where we are going, how are we going to get there?

So, where do you want to ‘go?’ Where (and, in fact, who) do you want to be this time next year? What specific things do you need to do to get there?

Maybe you want a stronger, deeper relationship with your significant other.

Maybe you want to expand your social circles.

Maybe you want the classic 10 pound weight loss.

As a life coach who has not only wrangled with these issues myself but has also helped countless clients over the huddles, here are three quick ideas for you to consider when formulating your plan for the new year, new you.

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Desire it. Be very clear on your intention. It must be very important to you. Write it down on paper, write it in dry erase marker on your bathroom mirror, tell others. Be bold, be bolder, declare it: I will or feel even more connected to my spouse, be 10 pounds lighter or have 10 new friends, by this time next year!

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Think like. Think like a person madly in love, think like a social butterfly or think like an athlete. Train yourself to ask what that type of person would do and start to emulate their behaviour. For example, the person madly in love probably lets a lot of little unimportant things slide, the social butterfly likely starts up conversations, the athlete probably doesn’t eat fast food very often. All of these things we can easily incorporate into our lives, too.

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Add one different ‘thing’ everyday. Removing things sometimes makes us feel deprived so try adding one thing every day that will get you toward your goal. Some ideas: I will greet my spouse lovingly every day, I will talk to two new people every day, I will have one salad every day. Small things matter. Thinking about things is nice, but it’s the doing that effects positive change.

It is not important to be perfect, it’s important to recognize acknowledge and celebrate the gifts that you already possess. It’s important to know that there is always the opportunity for something more.

Figure out what that something more is for you and then make 2012 the year you actually go and get it!

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By Trish Bezborotko, Director of Fund Development and Communications Habitat for Humanity Regina

Everyday heroes are all around us. People do want to help when it’s needed. Habitat for Humanity Regina is fortunate to be surrounded by 99 fabulous women who are everyday heroes looking for an opportunity to make a difference. campaign started. Kayla Mackay, Susan Hertz, Nicole Richard and Andrea Hoffman all jumped in too, and then emailed friends who emailed friends, and word spread. The ladies set a goal to raise the funds in 100 days, naming the project ‘$100K in 100 Days’. Fortynine days later, the money was in the bank and the celebration plans were underway.

Everyday heroes, indeed.

Why would these 100 women, most with fast-paced careers, most with children to raise, and all with households to run and a million causes to support, choose this one?

It’s because women have a heart for family. We’re made to nest, and to provide a comfortable environment for our families to come home to every day.

Knowing that not all women have a nest to prepare and care for their families is motivation enough to get involved.

I first met Yvonne Slobodian of MYDR Health Management Group, U of R Allied Health Centre, Omni Surgery Centre, and asOne Investments (she is a busy lady!) in a meeting in the Rock Bridge Realty office building on Dewdney Avenue.

Too many families struggle to make ends meet. Too many live in high-rent, sub-standard housing, with no way of ever owning a home without help. That’s where these ladies came in and changed that for another family in Regina.

After our meeting, I was inspired as to how to engage such a clearly successful businesswoman in to supporting Habitat for Humanity Regina. She expressed great interest in helping but wanted to do something BIG – because that’s how she rolls.

While they are heroes in my mind for selflessly stepping up and embracing this project, the real heroes are the family members who will move into their home next September. This is a family that works every single day but who make a meager income of $52,000 or less to support their children as well as mom and dad.

Sometimes there is only mom or dad, but there are always kids in Habitat for Humanity Regina families. It’s part of the criteria used to choose a family wanting to own their own home.

Dennis Coutts, Habitat For Humanity Regina’s chief executive officer, and I talked after our meeting and tossed around some ideas From that, a really cool idea was born – what if we engaged 100 women with a similar mind-set and passion for what Habitat for Humanity Regina is doing to help hard-working families? What if each woman donated $1,000, allowing us the funding needed to build another home for another family willing to work hard to pay an interest-free mortgage?

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Our criteria is detailed and specific, allowing our family selection committee to get enough information to ensure the chosen family will be willing to do what it takes to become and remain homeowners. With 500 sweat-equity-hours required, a mortgage to be paid, and a willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity for years to come, these families will also continue to work and contribute to making their dream come true – for themselves and for others in Habitat For Humanity.

Many of the families who’ve benefitted from Habitat For Humanity have lived in cramped apartments, paying sky-high rent to share a two-bedroom place amongst a family of five.

Many of the adults work two or three jobs to support their family and have nothing left over at the end of the month to save for education or buy a pair of skates for one of the kids to learn how to play hockey, ringette, or figure skating. They don’t rely on social services or ask for hand-outs.

With an interest-free mortgage from Habitat for Humanity they will pay for their home. Interest free payments mean substantial savings, and the family finally has the opportunity to breathe a little easier for the first time ever. Statistics show that most Habitat families begin to save for their children’s educations.

Parents often go back to school too, allowing them to better their own careers and work stable, consistent hours at one job instead of three. Kids have an opportunity to play sports and take music lessons.

Home ownership provides so much more than a roof over a head.

It provides an asset – a life-changing asset that can forever change the poverty cycle that is often passed from generation to generation. There is no doubt that home-ownership does change lives.

Thank you to my 99 colleagues on this project and Habitat for Humanity looks forward to building that house this spring and summer. But most of all we look forward to meeting the every day heroes who will move in this fall.

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Beatrice and Phyllis have one thing in common – they take a look at the article that inspired this section of pink – A Day In The Life, in that case, of CBC Saskatchewan morning show host Sheila Coles – and shake their heads. They have nothing against Sheila – it’s just that the highly structured life of a radio journalist, producer and host is much different from the lives of women who work in car sales. To hear Bernice and Phyllis tell it, the difference between their working lives and Sheila’s is the difference between the stage performance of an improvisational comedian and someone acting out Shakespeare.

No two days of anyone in sales – especially car sales – are ever alike. About the only thing that’s the same for Bernice is coming through the door at the Regina Mazda dealership at 9 a.m. (“You can set your clock by her,” another salesman at the dealership says), as she has done for most of her working life, six days a week. Six days a week? “I’m used to that,” Leibel says. “The other employees may take a day off in the middle of the week or the weekends, but that’s the way I like it.”

What does Bernice do when she gets into work? “I go visit with the service department, have a coffee, and unless someone has an appointment to see me, but nothing too scheduled,” she says.” She may talk to customers, or drop off some paperwork with the financing department, or, once a month, field calls from a dealership in car swaps. “They may call and say, we have a customer that has a car that has the features of one that’s on your lot, so we would swap cars, things such as that,” she says.

Who:

Bernice Leibel, Car Sales Associate

Where:

Regina Mazda

When:

December 14, 2011

“The days always seem busy … there’s a little of ‘do this, do that, …”

Pose the same question to Phyllis, and you get a slightly different answer. In Phyllis’ case, it’s hard to determine when Phyllis the person begins, and Phyllis the auto salesperson ends.

“I can’t say that you could follow me on a typical work day,” says Trombley, because to me there’s no such thing. Customers dictate your work schedule. I’d say ninety per cent of the customers in the market for an automobile work 9-to-5, so you have to work around their hours. You may have to talk deals early in the morning, or late at night.

“Your day is directed by the customer’s wants and needs.”

That’s understandable. What a car salesman’s day is going to be like depends on if, when, and why the next person is coming through the door: is she or he going to the service department instead of sales? Is he or she going to just kick the tires or is she or he serious about buying a vehicle? And what kind of wheels are they looking for? Sports car?

Sedan? Minivan? Sport utility vehicle?

“I’m with the customer through every process – fining out what their needs are, getting them into the proper vehicle,” says Trombley, who has worked at Regina Hyundai for seven years.

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“I can’t say that you could follow me on a typical work day, because to me there’s no such thing.”

“A lot of people come in, they’re saying they want ‘this’ … but, let’s say they are a family and are looking at a compact car, but if they’ve got three kids and they’re active and you can’t fit three hockey bags into the trunk of a compact car, you have to start looking at the sedans and vans.” Maybe, instead of calling them salesmen, they should be called counsellors.

“People should be – they have to be – pretty particular about the car they want to buy,” Trombley says. “In your life, you will spend more on your automobiles than you will on your home.”

Bernice started working for Regina Mazda in 1983 as an accountant. One day, about three years into her career with the dealership, she caught up her paperwork and had a coffee with members of the sales staff, who asked her; why don’t you try working in sales? There would be a three- to four-month learning curve – from how to act like a salesperson to learning about all the models that Mazda sells.

“I said to them, ‘I didn’t think there were too many girls in the business,” Bernice says. “I didn’t pay too much attention to this because I thought I’d be in that end of the business for only a short time, and I’d likely be back in accounting.

“But you’d see lots of girls in retail—the hair stylists, the ones working in the beauty counter … to me, maybe it was because cars were seen as a boys’ thing. It’s hard to say.”

“The idea of a woman in car sales is way, way accepted now. In almost every store, you see a woman in sales… and why not? It’s not hard work. You’re not lifting and moving things. You have to be honest, polite and respectful.”

If you can sell cosmetics, she says, you can sell cars.

The car sales business has changed in that time as much as the cars have changed.

“Before, you would see women be in the background … they may have a preference for a color or a transmission – an automatic instead of a manual transmission, that kind of thing. Warranties, and programs and costs weren’t brought up too much,” says Leibel.

“Now, they know more about those cars than some of us do. As they walk through that door, most of them know what they’re looking for. They’ve shopped in two or three stores, they’ve done their comparison shopping, they’re asking about the extended warranties and financing.”

Who:

Phyllis Trombley, Car Sales Associate

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Regina Hyundai

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December 14, 2011

“Occasionally I get a call from someone looking for the sales department, and I say, ‘yes sir, you have the sales department,’ and there’s a bit of an awkward pause,” Trombley says, “but overall … I have many returning customers. I have many customers, who, now, are coming in with their families – their children are looking for a car.” Women’s work has always been regarded by some as something benefitting families …

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Book Babes It’s more than a little possible that authors such as Ken Follett and Patrick deWitt have never heard of The Book Babes, let alone Regina.

But The Book Babes have heard of them...

Once a month, they – a half-dozen women who are academics, professionals and lawyers in Regina – gather to revive the lost art of the literary salon. On the surface, the meeting is all about books – what they’re reading, what they’re going to read, why they chose to read the books they’ve selected. But, as Alison Schmidt points, books not only provide a window into their own interests, but books also establish a common point of reference, turning strangers into friends.

“It all started with a customer who came into our knitting store,” says Schmidt, “and she would ask about what we were reading and whether we enjoyed it. And from there, we decided to find out if any of our friends, or friends of friends, wanted to share what they were reading with us.”

That was four years ago. “And I think all of us have learned a lot more about books and what’s out there for good reading,” she continues.

The club has made Gail Bowen, author of the Joanne Kilbourne mystery series, an honorary member, and she has hosted a few of the club’s meetings, which, Schmidt says, can often become very inventive.

For example, the book club recently met to discuss Ken Follett’s book Pillars of the Earth (Yes, the one that was recently turned into a CBC/BBC miniseries. “The show didn’t do the book justice at all,” Schmidt says.). The meeting to discuss the book was held with a dinner party, as is their custom: they turned the dinner party into a medieval feast (The Pillars of the Earth is set in 12th century England).

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The Book Babes’ current book is The Sister’s Brother; released last year by Patrick deWitt, it’s a western set in central California during the 1849 gold rush. “I had never read westerns before, and I’m not inclined to read them, but I found the book to be absolutely fascinating.”

And they’re not afraid to buck the literary trend. For instance, the book club once chose to read The God of Small Things, a first novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. While the novel was critically acclaimed and won the Booker Prize in 1997, it didn’t find favour with the Book Club members.

“It got fantastic reviews from book reviewers, but to me, it was too bleak, and too complicated to follow,” she says.

“It’s one of the few books that I did not finish.”

One of the books she discovered in the book club was Cool Water, a book by Saskatchewan author Dianne Warren. “It was about small town Saskatchewan, which I didn’t know much about,” says Schmidt, who immigrated to Regina from Melbourne, Australia.

“The book was absolutely fantastic.”

What makes for a successful book club? Well, obviously it starts with a love of literature. But, Schmidt says, it takes a little bit of empathy.

People choose books based on their interests and personalities.

“When we started the club, we didn’t know each other very well,” she says. “Different people have different perspectives on what they think makes good reading. There are some people who get into the prose, they like the writing styles, and there’s some, like me, who read for the enjoyment of it,” she says.

“But I think we sometimes see books that have situations that reflect on our lives … and really, for me, it’s a joy to see a book that I have read getting an interpretation from someone else.”

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here are many reasons why home renovations start with the bathroom.

Between showering or bathing and doing other things, people spend a lot of their waking hours in the bathroom. It’s a matter of pride to have your home as stylish and well-maintained as possible. A beautiful bathroom adds to your home’s resale value. As well, people use a lot of water when they shower or bathe and use the toilet, which leads to high humidity in the room – and that can lead to problems of rot, mould, and mildew.

Providing the Ideal Bathroom

And she’s also had two bathrooms in her home fixed up the Bath Fitter way.

finish, what the end result will look like, and how practical the end result will be.”

In addition to providing an acrylic resurfacing for a bathtub, Bath Fitter’s major products are one piece, completely moulded enclosures which also go over the walls and ceiling of the bathtub/shower enclosure. Because it’s a one-piece form fitting, she adds, there’s less likelihood that the non-porous barrier could be penetrated by water, leading to rotting drywall and wood, as well as mould.

How do you get a bathroom redone by Bath Fitter?

But bathrooms aren’t the easiest place to renovate. What are your options? What do you want it to look like? How do you make it safer by preventing moisture build-up and all the problems that creates? A full bathroom renovation can take as long as a week – could you or your family go seven days without showering?

Or, you know, … other things?

That’s where Bath Fitter comes in. Established in Quebec in the 1980s, Bath Fitter is North America’s leading acrylic bathtub-to shower conversion company and bathtub remodeller. Its’ bathtub refinishing products are custom-moulded to fit over existing fixtures, for quick and clean bathroom renovations that last a lifetime.

Best of all, installation, in most cases, can be done in just one day without compromising quality.

Just ask Donna McDonald. She’s the office manager for Regina’s Bath Fitter which opened its doors in Regina 11 years ago.

Call or visit our website for details!

“The first step is to call us, and we will go to your home for a free estimate,” McDonald says. The estimate includes the cost of installing the acrylic barrier, though, she adds, if the estimate determines more work has to be done – for example, if there’s water damage or mould – the cost of replacing the drywall, removing tiles and/or reframing the bathroom is added to the estimate.

“We don’t cover anything that isn’t in clean, sound shape. We’re not in the business of covering up future problems.”

“There are some enclosures that are threepiece, but what happens is that the seals in the seams will break down and water can seep in that way,” she says.

There are eight different patters for the bathtub and shower enclosures, which come in four different colours, McDonald says. The colours – two different tones of marble, white, and pearl – are neutral colours designed to provide a classic look because, she adds, “we provide a lifetime warranty as we figure that this will give a classic look to the bathroom that won’t go out of style. We can pretty much match up anything in anybody’s bathroom.”

If the drywall is repaired around the tub/ shower area before the acrylic enclosure is installed, standard drywall can be used instead of the more expensive waterresistant “greenboard” or concrete board.

“Because the surround is in one piece, there’s no possibility of water penetration,” McDonald says, “so there’s no need for anything but standard drywall.”

As well, if the homeowner wants or needs to replace the bathtub, Bath Fitter can install one of its own tubs. Many Bath Fitter tubs have a bottom that’s lower to the floor than standard tubs, which makes it easier to enter the bathtub for seniors while providing a deeper tub.

When women want a bathroom redone, the things they’re interested in are aesthetics – how the finished product will look – and ease of cleaning, says McDonald.

“Being a woman, I can understand their wants, what they want in the project, and how practical the end result will be – both in terms of the cost, how long it’ll take to

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