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A special tribute to F.W Hill and all the brave men and women who have sacrificed for our freedom.
Aaron McDougall
Profiling Harvard Investments’
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new educational partnership
“...Any Questions....?”
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The students of East Valley Technical Institute (EVIT) are full of questions regarding Harvard Investments’ latest residential real estate project “Cadence at Gateway”. The students’ curiosity is all part of an unprecedented new educational partnership between Harvard Investments and the high school. The 12-month program will see students from EVIT be involved throughout the entire development process of the Cadence at Gateway project; learning the many nuances of building a large scale, master-planned community. To read more about this innovative new program, visit page 14 of The Hill Street News
EDITOR’S MESSAGE ROSANNE HILL BLAISDELL
November 11th is approaching. It is a day we take to reflect and appreciate our rights and freedoms as a result of those who fought and lost their lives to protect them. All of us have known or been related to someone who has been on the battle lines. Both of my grandfathers served. Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, from Guelph, Ontario, was another one of these brave soldiers. He fought in the second battle of Ypres in the Flanders region of Belgium where the German army launched one of the first chemical attacks in the history of war. They attacked the Canadian position with chlorine gas on April 22, 1915, but were unable to break through the Canadian line, which held for over two weeks. In a letter written to his mother, McCrae described the battle as a “nightmare”: “For seventeen days and seventeen nights none of us have had our clothes off, nor our boots even, except occasionally. In all that time while I was awake, gunfire and rifle fire never ceased for sixty seconds.... And behind it all was the constant background of the sights of the dead, the wounded, the maimed, and a terrible anxiety lest the line should give way.” The line did not give away and in the aftermath of his grief and war effort, John McCrae left the world an eloquent and yet haunting gift: The most famous poem of war time history, In Flanders Field. McCrae wrote this piece on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen 4
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soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world’s most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. Remembrance Day is observed on November 11 in most countries to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, in accordance with the armistice which was signed by Germany and the friendly alliance between the British and the French. On November 11th, please wear a poppy, bow your head in a few moments of solitude and be grateful for those who gave their final breath on this earth for us and future generations.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie In Flanders fields! Take up our quarrel with the foe To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields
ROSANNE HILL BLAISDELL Managing Director, Harvard Buildings Vice President Leasing, Harvard Developments
Noah Picton and his Regina Rams in New Mosaic Stadium on Octob University of Saskatchewan Husk
MESSAGE FROM MO MO BUNDON To top it all off, you put up some great stats and edged the rival U of S Huskies. I know getting a W is always important, but did this one have special significance at all?
There seems to be no shortage of hot-topics that could be covered in my message this go-around. There is so much going on around us, both locally and nationally, that could warrant some special attention. However, I thought it would be great to shine a light on one of our former employees who has been the “talk of the town” lately here in Saskatchewan. Many of you will recognize the name Noah Picton from his time spent as a summer student with Harvard Regina. We were lucky to have Noah as part of our team for the last two years, but he is now making noise as the leader and quarterback of another team - the University of Regina Rams - who are off to a hot start this year and are fresh off a thrilling victory in the first game held at “New Mosaic Stadium” in Regina. And although you wouldn’t know it from his humble demeanor, Noah is currently the CIS leader in passing yards and touchdowns through the first seven weeks of the season. I had a chance to chat with Noah this past week and wanted to share his point of view on being a part of Mosaic Stadium history and his team’s early season success thus far: As a homegrown kid who grew up in Regina, describe the feeling of running out of the tunnel and having the opportunity to open up New Mosaic Stadium.....
s teammates break ber 1st against the kies.
NP: Being a local guy, you understand the rich history that ‘old mosaic’ holds and you realize that in 50 years time, ‘new mosaic’ will be held in a similar light. Running through that tunnel knowing that you are the first ever team to do so was a very special feeling. You were also part of the first Touchdown at New Mosaic Stadium (11yd pass to Ryan Schienbein) - how thrilling was that moment and who got the Touchdown ball? NP: After I threw the ball, it really didn’t register with me that particular touchdown will go down in history as the first ever in the stadium. I was dialed into the game and just pleased that we were able to score first. Looking back now, I view it as an enormous honour to have my name attached to a piece of history with the stadium and it is something I will never forget. I believe Ryan has the game ball; he had himself a heck of a game.
NP: Every time you play the U of S you want to perform well. It’s a storied rivalry that goes back decades and is one of those games that you circle on your calendar months in advance. To go into that game and help the team win in the historic, record breaking game that it was, I would certainly say there is a special significance to it. What was your overall impression of the facility? Does it compare to any other professional football stadiums you’ve played or been in? NP: From the moment you step foot in the facility there is an ‘awe factor’ to it. Top to bottom. It is a beautiful, state of the art facility that this entire province can be proud of. The facilities underneath the stands are a vast improvement from ‘old Mosaic’ and top any other venues that I have ever been to. (including newly built Investors Group Field in Winnipeg). Once the Roughriders pack the place next season, it will be a terrific atmosphere for everyone in the park. More than 16,000 people experienced the historic game, which shattered the Canada West single-game attendance record. What was it like playing front of a crowd like that, and talk about what it means for the growth of the Rams organization to reach this many fans? NP: For myself and many of the players on the field that day, 16,500 was the largest crowd we had ever played in front of. To be out there with all of those eyes on you was an exhilarating experience; it took a few pass completions for me to settle into the game, without question. In regards to growing the Rams’ fan base...although a lot of spectators in the stadium that day were Roughrider season-ticket holders who simply wanted to scope out their new seats, we understood that if we played a sound football game and provided some entertainment we just may bring some of those fans back to more games and get behind us as we move through the season and into playoffs. That type of exposure is great for any program.
MO BUNDON Senior VP and COO Harvard Developments Inc.
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YOUR ALLOWANCE IS FREE! JANUARY HILL
Can you remember yourself as a child? The wonderful power of your imagination? The amazing places you could go? The fun thoughts you could create? We never lose that power; we simply forget how to access it... In this new age era, we hear a great deal about the Law of Attraction, an entire industry has been built around this idea: providing consumers with books, audio choices, and seminars about the idea. At its root, the Law of Attraction is just the name given to the philosophy that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings negative or positive experiences into their life. The dictionary defines the word attract as “to draw to oneself ”, which lends itself to one specific idea within the Laws of Attraction…all human nature is connected to a Universal Life Energy that is in constant motion and simply awaiting our verbal requests. A spiritual magazine I often read presents a most interesting angle on this philosophy: Rather than focus on attracting, focus on the concept of Allowing. For consistencies sake, we will call this idea the Law of Allowance. The Law of Allowance —simply put— means clearing a space in your mind and choosing to open your receptors and tune in to the notion of possibilities vs. limitations. My trustworthy Life Coach often reminds me, “Our views and judgment about ourselves, can quickly become our constraints. If we simply choose to shift them, we can go far beyond our limits”. Can you imagine what your life and your health would be like if the word “limitless” was your primary thought? This great power of our imagination is made up of nothing more than Energy. Our thoughts, both positive and negative, according to the Laws of Attraction are magnetic. Consider the notion of being fixated on a particular set of thoughts; there is a good chance that these thought forms may show up in our lives. An easy form of application for this practice is through playing a simple game called “What if?” What if I entered a contest to be on TV’s hit series Celebrity Chef, and won? What if I could conquer one of my fears, and seize skydiving? Or more seriously, what if I could sleep peacefully every night? By focusing your Energy on what you want to happen in life, you inadvertently take steps to make it happen. The power of your brain to enact change within your subconscious is tremendous…you need only access it. Practice choosing the Law of Allowance in your life and simply watch what is possible!!!
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Dr. Wayne W. Dyer…both a humble and distinguished writer —and one of my favourite spiritual mentors— believed “We already have all we need as divine loving beings here on Earth”. I think this statement lends itself to the idea of living one’s life more simply, and with the mental tools you are provided with from birth. Dr. Dyer was not the type to simply preach doctrine, he was the living embodiment of this statement, and what I admired most about this man was his “wise elder” presence on stage. Regrettably, spiritual followers and Guru’s from all over the world honoured the one year anniversary of his all-too-soon departure on August 29th, 2016. He would have been 76 years old. I will always feel a deep sense of gratitude for this man’s teachings. It seemed fate that his passion for the Laws of Attraction came across my lap at a time in my life when my emotional world all of sudden felt like a severe earthquake had occurred. I eventually knew I would have to re-define my old thoughts and beliefs, and learn to draw in several new ones into my life. Dr. Dyer’s books were a significant part of what you might call my “life raft” or “healing tool kit”. His gentle wisdom gifted me with a new script, empowering me to believe that a life after divorce could absolutely be filled with peace, joy and an incredible newfound purpose. Dr. Dyer had his own share of sadness and health challenges towards the end of his life, and one may wish to read his final book “I Can See Clearly Now”, which illustrates pieces of his childhood, young adulthood, his journeying through his own pilgrimage while raising eight children, but more importantly the discovering of his calling to become a spiritual messenger for the world.
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sk anyone who knew the late Mr. Fred Hill (The Hill Companies esteemed past Chairman and father to Paul Hill and grandfather to Rosanne Hill Blaisdell) and they will have a fond memory or affectionate story about Mr. Hill to relate to you. He was a remarkable man and had that kind of effect on people. One of my favorite memories of Mr. Hill occurred over at his home one late afternoon. When we had concluded our business meeting, Mr. Hill showed us his Distinguished Flying Cross (“DFC”) medal he had been awarded for his service as a bomber pilot in World War II. The DFC is a military decoration awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or herself by heroism 8
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or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. It was an honor to see Mr. Hill’s DFC and know that you were in the presence of a genuine war hero. Mr. Hill flew 33 missions during the war – a remarkable number considering the danger involved: for much of the war the allied bomber groups ran a casualty rate in excess of 50 percent of crew force. Mr. Hill passed away on July 13, 2008. As a DFC recipient, he was entitled to have a US Air Force Honor Guard at his funeral. The honor guard travelled up from Minot Air Force base to attend the funeral and part of the service included the folding of an American flag
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that was then presented to Paul Hill, as Mr. Hill’s eldest child, on behalf of a grateful nation. This past summer, the Regina Flying Club played host to a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber from World War II (you may have seen it flying over Regina around Canada Day). The B-17 was the principal plane that Mr. Hill piloted during his wartime service. The pamphlet about the plane that was handed out at the event made special mention of Mr. Hill – as far as anybody can tell, Fred Hill was the only Canadian that flew the B-17 in combat during WW II. How did Fred Hill from Regina, Saskatchewan become
a bomber pilot for the US Army Air Force? It is a remarkable story. Some time ago, Mr. Hill told this story to Will Chabun for an article for the Canadian Aviation Historical Society. That story is reprinted here by permission. I urge you to take some time and read the article. It is a fascinating and riveting account of Mr. Hill’s war time experience. Mr. Hill and the other men and women who helped fight and win World War II saved the world – this is no exaggeration – and we should be grateful every day to them for the freedom we enjoy.
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BOMBER PILOT OVER GERMANY: Will Chabun, Regina Leader Post
So there they were: this gaggle of young pilots crammed into a B-17 that had been made available to them by a friendly maintenance officer, one of their number acknowledging the increasingly agitated radio calls through the New Mexico evening from their bases’s control tower with “Mumble, mumble, roger.” The idea of the whole enterprise was getting to a civilian airport in the vast American southwest in order to get flights home. How young Fred Hill, from far-off Regina, Saskatchewan, came to be in this situation makes for an interesting story, one that he related to the Roland Groome Chapter of the CAHS back in November, 2000... When Fred had graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in the spring of 1941, he had already been rejected several times by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) because of what had happened to him at age 17: rheumatic fever. That being the case, Fred had applied to, and been accepted, by the prestigious school of business at Harvard University in Boston. To enter the U.S., he needed a visa, and that meant a medical examination by a Regina doctor, who told him, “You know, if you hadn’t told me about the rheumatic fever, I wouldn’t have known about it.” Eureka! That gave Fred the impetus to try once more to enlist in the RCAF. He was accepted, went through manning depot at Brandon, got to stand guard at the B&G school at Mossbank and passed through 2 Initial Training School in his hometown of Regina. However after undergoing another medical in December, 1941, the rheumatic fever was noted again and Fred was once again out of luck. He scrambled to get to Harvard, where within months he explored the possibility of enlisting in the American Armed Forces. He learned that, as an alien (foreigner), he couldn’t legally enlist -- and couldn’t become a military pilot until 10 years residency had taken place. However, “a very aggressive recruiting officer” in downtown Boston “pledged ‘we’re going to find a way to get you in!” and started this process by sending Fred to a draft board. After dealing with countless young men trying to avoid the army; here was one who wanted to get into it. “They were wondering if they should send me to a psychiatrist!” Fred joked. 10
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Next, the recruiting officer promised to get a special waiver allowing him to enlist. Fred was called up in August and sent to a local military holding unit with no fewer than 8,000 recruits, where the former Harvard business school student found himself handing out pats of butter in the mess hall. He passed the medical exam for aviation cadets and was transferred to nearby Westover Field. He was still an alien and “figured that if there ever was a time to keep my mouth shut, now was the time to do it.” Exploiting his education at Harvard, he got a job as the assistant to a sergeant “who had about a third of a day’s work to do” each day and “spent most of his time in the Post Exchange.” Fred was also able to find out where he should be headed. As for his personal history questionnaire, he “stalled and stalled” until he heard plans were being made to send 1,200 aviation cadets to the west coast. The train was scheduled to leave at 8 a.m. one morning; at 5am, Fred was awakened by the duty officer, who demanded his file, ticked it off his list and headed offduty at 7 a.m. Thus Fred was on the train without his citizenship having been checked. Santa Ana, California, his next stop, was “just astounding”: a base with no fewer than 20,000 men. There was a request for another personal history questionnaire, to which Fred applied his tested stalling tactics -- and incidentally found there was one officer on the base whose duty was to help young men (mostly Mexicans) acquire American citizenship in order to enlist. He even convinced a judge to suspend a major commercial lawsuit in order to swear in Fred. This still left the matter of the 10-year-waiting period before an alien could begin flight training -- but more on this later... Fred was off to primary training at Oxnard, California, on the Boeing Stearman, which Fred found to be much heavier than its Canadian counterpart, the Tiger Moth. It was at this point that the 10-year residency requirement caught up to him. Graduation was imminent when the base adjutant said, “Mr. Hill, there seems to be an irregularity about your file.” Rather than be obstructionist, the officer “put his head in his hands and said, ‘What are we going to do? We have a big investment in you!” The solution was to bounce his file “up” to Washington and ask Gen. Hap Arnold, the Army Air Force Commander, for exemption -- which arrived just in time for graduation. Fred’s next stop was B-17 training at Hobbs, N.M.,
from August to October, 1943. Fred’s assessment of the ‘B-17’ was that it was “a great airplane!” He adds: “From a battle standpoint, it could take so much punishment -- far more so than the B-24.” The B-24’s long, narrow Davis wing also imposed high wing loading in relation to the power and the B-24’s major subsystems were powered by a hydraulic system, vs. an electrical system in the B-17. With the latter, “you could have wires cut, but it didn’t cut everything out,” he said.
(Fred can joke now about his absent-mindedness :he and his crew once set out on a raid on Ploesti, only to have more and more electrical systems aboard the aircraft fail -- until only the airspeed indicator was working. Aborting the mission was in his mind when he noticed, out of the corner of his left eye, that all four generators were “off ‘. Flipping them on, he coolly spoke into the now-activated intercom, “Yes, we found the trouble!” “I think that if there was a danger over there, it wasn’t Hitler shooting at us; it was me!” Another difference between the RCAF and the AAF at that point was that operational training took place in the U.S., as opposed to overseas. Fred “crewed up” at Salt Lake City, then went to Clovis, N.M. to train -- not on the sturdy B-17 -- but on the B-24 Liberator. It was around this time that Hill and his co-pilot, Lt. Dan Hurson, heard a rumor that training on the massive new B-29 was to take place at Langley Army Air Force Base in Virginia -- close to Hurson’s hometown of Washington, which was packed with thousands of young female clerks and secretaries. They conspired to get posted to Langley, succeeded and did operational training out over the Atlantic. (Fred, incidentally, met his future wife in Washington, where the young Winnipegger was working with the British Purchasing Commission. They were married on Feb. 1, 1944.) From Langley, Fred and his crew went to Detroit, picking up a brand new B-24, then headed south. They were to fly their aircraft into battle, via the staging route over the South Atlantic, which took them to Homestead AAFB near Miami, San Juan in Puerto Rico and British Guiana (“one runway in the forest just outside of Georgetown”).
F.W Hill bearing his typical aviation attire, in front of one of the many planes he piloted during his time in the Air Force.
“The battle damage it could take was just incredible.” He graduated despite a minor embarrassment on his check ride: he successfully handled the loss of two engines on approach by turning into the good engines -- and then continued on, forgetting to put down the landing gear. This was caught by the check pilot, “who was not impressed at all! I think I had to take another 10 or 12 hours [flying] again. They were not in the mood to put people aside because of the investment in them.”
There were two routes between Georgetown and Belem: one that followed the South American coast and a direct one over the jungle -- where a downed airplane and crew would be swallowed up by the jungle. Being “young and adventurous”, they chose the latter. From Belem, they flew to Natal on the Brazilian coast, where they paused for a day (“we decided there was a ‘maintenance problem’ with the plane because we’d found out there was a nice beach near there”), they faced another decision: fly east across the South Atlantic in one hope or detour in order to stop at Ascension Island. As Fred remembers, “the build-up was incredible” with about 200 heavy bombers a day taking this route. Adventurous, indeed. Despite calculating that an average of one heavy bomber and crew were lost every day on this route, they flew direct to Dakar, landing with only HILL STREET NEWS | Edition 51
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20 minutes’ fuel left, then headed north to Marrakesh in Morocco, across the Sahara and into Tunis. There, they inquired about the possibility of gunnery training for the crew and were told, “You’ll be into combat in a day or two and you’ll get lots of training!” Weighed down with an Italian motorcycle purchased by co-pilot Hurson for three bottles of Schenley’s that cost only $6 in San Juan (“the crew weren’t very pleased, I must say, because we got them to help us load this damned thing!”) they staggered into the air and headed across the Mediterranean and into the airfield at Foggia. (The motorcycle was later sold to some army mechanics for $150 -- a whopping 2360-per-cent profit!) Asked if he had much contact with RCAF or RAF personnel in Italy, he said, “We didn’t have too much to do with them. In Italy, the biggest relationship we had was the planes that flew to Cairo to bring back booze!” Fed “wasn’t keen” on the B-24 and flew only one or two orientation missions on it (including one to Belgrade, “which wasn’t much of a target”) before he was transferred to a nearby B-17 unit “that had had the hell shot out of it”. The logic was clear: he was a trained B-17 pilot and had no qualms about getting off of Liberators. Had he not left B-24s, “I don’t know if I’d be here talking about it,” he said.”The battle damage and flight characteristics were so superior.” That was proven by a raid against a heavy defended fighter assembly plant at Werner Neustadt in Austria. Fred’s aircraft lost two engines on one side and the bombardier was fatally injured by flak. A pair of German fighters looked to finish off the aircraft when it fell behind the formation, with its massed firepower. The colonel commanding the group agreed to slow the formation and Fred’s B- 17 limped home across the Alps, one engine feathered and the other windmilling and heating up as the propeller rotated, out of oil. “We’d just landed at the base when it caught fire,” Fred recalled. “They had the firetrucks out and everything. This was probably the worst mission and the plane virtually had to be rebuilt.” In the late spring of 1944, the AAF decided to transfer some “command pilots” to the 8th Air Force in England (asked to explain this term, Fred said, “if you lived long enough, you were a command pilot”). As a result, Fred reported to the 305th Bombardment Group at Chelveston on D-Day. This was the veteran group (with about 50 aircraft in four squadrons) that had been brought to Britain in 1942 by Gen. Curtis LeMay. A big push was on to disrupt German communications 12
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in the wake of the Allies’ Normandy landing. “They had us very busy after that -- too busy. It was just exhausting.” Memorable from that period were raids on synthetic oil facilities near Hamburg, plus Munch and Bremen. The furthest he flew was to Leipzig and the most controversial one (among the 305th’s pilots) was the one nicknamed “High Noon at Undt der Linden” -- a mid-day raid designed to disrupt German government operations in downtown Berlin. One difference from 15th Air Force operations in Italy was the presence of large numbers of escort fighters, notably P-51 Mustangs. A typical raid involved three “tranches” or waves of them: one to escort the bombers to the target (at which point these fighters broke off and returned to Britain); a second group taking the bombers in and out of the target, and a third group that escorted the bombers -anywhere from 1,000 to 1,200 of them -- home. “It was a huge effort -- the daylight bombing campaign,” he said. “The Americans didn’t realize the kind of losses they were going to have to take. They had to pull back, and finally got fighter cover.” That was because the Luftwaffe fought with skill and daring, typified by an Me109 pilot who Fred glimpsed diving right through a B-17 formation, dodging aircraft and gunfire. And that is why the early, pre-fighter-escort AAF bombing campaign was programmed (in terms of replacements) to absorb 2/3 losses. By the summer of 1944, “we were working to get it up to 50-50.” He added: “I think the American would have probably had to drop the daylight bombing if they hadn’t developed that fighter tactic ... I know there were times when they gave very serious consideration to stopping it because the losses were just so high.” (A note for model-builders: whereas all the B-17s Fred saw in Italy were in olive drab camouflage, he noted a mix of camouflaged and natural metal birds in Britain. That was because AAF planners were unimpressed by the paint’s effectiveness and, in any event, wanted the bombers lightened.”One of the first things they told us to do was get rid of the fire extinguishers and the icing boots, too.”) A typical mission could take up to 10 or 12 hours. It was in the air at first light, with B-17s taking off through the British fog at 30- second intervals, climbing at 150 feet a minute, eventually breaking through into clear air and forming up into groups and meeting the escorts.
When Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle took over the 8th Air Force midway through 1944, he added a hazardous new wrinkle by inserting a go-degree turn during that climb-out through the fog. In the first half of 1944, the 8th Air Force lost 500 aircraft and crews just taking off, Fred was told. So intense was the pace that, at one point, Fred and his copilot would take turns sleeping for 15 minutes on the way to the target.
Frobisher Bay and Greenland. (To keep up his flying time, he even logged some time in one of the unit’s two airplanes: a Piper Cub on floats. When he got his discharge and pilot’s license, this experience earned him an endorsement for seaplanes with up to four engines!) Of his time in combat, he said, “the guardian angel was putting in pretty good overtime in those days!”
Particularly successful by the Allies were the attacks on oil facilities like Ploesti and Hamburg. “We knew that because we could see their fighter planes sitting on the ground.” Later that year, after no fewer than 33 missions, Fred was diagnosed with severe combat fatigue, taken off operations and sent to a convalescent hospital in Spokane. He left it just as the European war was ending in the spring of 1945. He received a DFC for the “total package” of missions and would have got another for the Werner Neustadt mission had not his squadron adjutant not disliked him and tore up the letter of recommendation. He also received the AAF’s Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. Fred returned to Canada and spent considerable time on leave in that summer of 1945 in the Manitoba hometown of his wife. While there, he became acquainted with the members of the small AAF detachment that oversaw the fledgling North-East Staging Route through The Pas,
Right: Fred Hill in his formal United States Air Force uniform. Below: One of the B17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber planes Mr. Hill flew during his illustrious 33 mission career.
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Harvard Investments executives Craig Krumwiede (left), Tim Brislin (center) and Chris Cacheris (right) pose for a picture with an EVIT student (front) to celebrate their partnership with the school on their new workexperience education program.
Nowadays, experience is king. Whether you have an MBA in finance or a PHD in astrophysics, it is hard to compete with experience and out-of-classroom learning. The skills an individual learns through the process of actually doing something— in most cases— far outweigh what can be learned from a chalkboard. It is with this idea in mind, that Harvard Investments and its newest community, Cadence at Gateway, are partnering with East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) to launch a 12-month, unprecedented learning program for high school students. Students from EVIT will be involved throughout the entire development process of the Cadence at Gateway project; learning the many nuances of building a large scale, master-planned community. The program gets on its way Fall 2016, and will be the first of its kind in the nation. “Our intent is that when a student completes this 14
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12-month study, she or he will have unprecedented knowledge about each step in building a community that will serve 1,700 families as well as businesses, schools, retail and more,” said Craig Krumwiede, President of Harvard Investments. “It puts a young person that much closer to understanding career options within this great industry. It provides first-hand access to watching a community being built —linking them to the best professionals in the industry and encouraging next steps in their career path.” The partnership between EVIT and Harvard Investments was not just a by chance happening, EVIT just happens to be one of Arizona’s most successful career and technical high schools. Over 100 students from a wide range of faculties, including: construction, engineering and design will be engaging in educational program. These students will have the chance to not only learn,
but experience such things as: what a developer considers in identifying viable land, assemblage and acquisition, working with government entities on zoning entitlements, financing, buyer research, land planning, architecture, interior space planning and design, home building, branding and project marketing, and how it all fits together in the grand scheme of things. All of these elements will be exposed to the students both through a classroom based, interactive lecture series with industry leaders, and multiple hands-on field trips. As our many Harvard divisions continue to prove, the one thing that should always be invested in is people. Whether the stock market is rising or falling, housing is stable or volatile, one thing will always remain steady, and that is the potential of young individuals. “What better way to invest in our community than through the education and partnership of local students who have the affinity and aptitude to positively impact our industry in the future,â€? said Craig Krumwiede. As these talented students grow and transition into their exciting career choices, many of them will lean on the mentorship and experiences learned from this new program with Harvard Investments. They might not graduate with the aforementioned PHD in astrophysics, or that coveted MBA‌ but what these students will have is a thirst for success, and a glimpse into the path that can get them there.
Both staff and students of EVIT are all smiles as the Harvard Investments team kicks off the Cadence at Gateway partnership at the school
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To properly tell the legend of Harvard’s Leasing Manager Aaron McDougall, the story must be told right from the very beginning. Aaron’s journey to the big city and the top of the real-estate food chain began long, long ago on the sleepy streets of Wolseley, Saskatchewan where, even as a young chap, Aaron clearly had a special knack for problem-solving and creating win-win situations. Like so many other kids his age, Aaron’s first job came in the form of a paper route and delivering the daily news to residents of his hometown. While that may not seem out of the ordinary, the backstory of the job is where the genius of Aaron really shines through. “My first job delivering papers at age 11 wasn’t actually even my job,” recalls Aaron. “A friend of mine actually had the paper route, but he didn’t like delivering the papers that were farther away …so we worked out a deal where I would deliver the papers to the farther homes in exchange for some free games in the local arcade that the paper route owners family ran at the time….it worked out to the same value as delivering a full paper route but in about a 1/4 of the time…the arcade games would have been sitting idle most of the time so the arcade owners weren’t really out anything and I made some good money that any 11 year old at the time would have spent in the arcade anyway” Whether it was his deal at the arcade or his pact with the local rinkkeeper for free ice-time, Aaron’s deal-making prowess only grew from there and served as the foundation for what was yet to come in his career in real estate. As a fresh graduate of Wolseley High School, Aaron was set on continuing his education and decided to pursue a career in the business field. He enrolled initially in Engineering but quickly switched to the University of Regina’s Business Administration program. Five years later, now with some formal business training and a BBA under his belt, the real estate industry came calling for Aaron. 16
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Although we all know Aaron as the prodigy of the Regina market, his first foray in real estate actually began in Calgary where he worked with Moss Realty, and Melton Real Estate as a 3rd party leasing agent. However, as the old saying goes -you can take the man out of Saskatchewan but you can’t take the Saskatchewan out of the man – Aaron had a desire to come back home to the prairies and initially hit Harvard up for a job but with nothing available he took his wares to Saskatoon with T & T Properties. Still with a desire to make his way back to Regina a couple years later he decided to give Steve Enns a call to inquire about the possibility of working with Harvard. “Growing up in Saskatchewan and going to school in Regina, I had heard about the Hill family and their history of work in Regina and had also gotten to know Mo and Steve from his time in Calgary, so I knew it was a great company to be apart of ” says Aaron. “Luckily Steve was looking for someone at the time, and I was grateful he decided to bring me on to the property management team.” The year was 1999 when Aaron first stepped foot into Hill Centre Tower I for his first day with Harvard Property Management. As a member of the administration team, Aaron would be thrust into the full gamut of day-to-day operations for Harvard and quickly learned all the key
intangibles it would take for Harvard, and himself, to grow in the Regina real estate market. “
able to build a relationship and work with them at all stages of their business.”
Following 6 years with Harvard Property Management, Aaron took a very brief stint with another organization until a new opportunity within Harvard would present itself to Aaron in 2007. Casey Steinson, Harvard’s longtime Leasing Manager, was set to retire following an illustrious career leaving big shoes to fill in Harvard’s leasing department. With our company continuing to grow, Rosanne and the senior management team knew they had to fill this position with a forward-thinking problem solver who understood our company, and had the persona to help cultivate new and existing relationships in the business community. Fortunately for our company, the perfect person was just a few steps away.
For those that work with Aaron, he is always known to have a smile on his face and be the positive, dedicated and upbeat character of the office – traits that definitely extend to his life outside the hustle and bustle of the real estate industry. Although the industry had certainly prepared Aaron for overcoming challenges and obstacles, nothing could prepare him for the challenge that came in the Fall of 2014. Following a courageous battle with cancer, Aaron’s wife Akiko tragically passed away leaving a heartbreaking hole in the young family – leaving Aaron and his three children (aged 12, 9 and 6) to cope with the incredible loss. It is a sad chapter in Aaron’s story, but through it all, Aaron has displayed an inspiring amount of courage and resolve while being the rock for his family. “Being a full time mother and father to my kids is how I spend all of my time outside of work,” says Aaron when asked what his days look like. “From getting them ready for school, to driving them to hockey/dance, and helping them with their homework, it is a full-time job but I truly enjoy and value getting to spend so much time with them.”
It’s now been nearly 10 years since Aaron took over as Leasing Manager for Harvard Developments, and it’s been quite a journey. Over that timespan Aaron has been heavily involved in the development and leasing phases of two major Class-A office towers – Mosaic Tower at Hill Centre III and the recently opened Agriculture Place – while continuing to serve as the primary contact for our existing tenants in our Regina commercial portfolio. There is also plenty more growth on the horizon for Aaron as he is part of the Lakeshore redevelopment team.. “Aaron is a talented relationship manager with strong financial skills; a perfect fit for his role in overseeing Regina office leasing and building value in Harvard’s portfolio,” says Rosanne Hill, who has acted as a mentor to Aaron and seen him grow over the last two decades. “Aaron was a key player in the negotiations and development of both Mosaic Tower and Agriculture Place, and we are very fortunate to have him on our team and part of our Harvard family.” When asked what his favorite part of his role is today, Aaron says it’s all about meeting people and helping them meet their real estate needs. As Leasing Manager, Aaron has the rare opportunity to touch on all stages of the real estate lifecycle and build direct relationships with some of Harvard’s key tenants. “To me, it’s always great meeting new tenants and people who have an idea to start or grow a business, and then being able to help find them a space to help them do that. It’s a pretty rewarding experience to be
You can bet that after 22 years in the real estate industry, Aaron has learned his fair share of valuable lessons and advice. But as he looks back on his career thus far, the best piece of advice came from his brother well before his career even began. “Just after I graduated from University, my older brother told me to work for a family owned company where you can shake the owner’s hand. At the time it didn’t really resonate with me, but after 16 years with The Hill Companies, I can look back and really appreciate what he meant by that. With a lot of jobs out there, you may never get the chance to meet the owner or fully engage with whom or what you are working for, but our company is different.” Having a strong family connection at work is as important to Aaron as having a strong family connection at home. me
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Volunteers from Harvard Regina and the United Way give students from St. Michael school a taste of what it’s like to work in downtown Regina and help shape the skyline of the Queen City, all part of the United Way Summer Success Program.
Here at The Hill Companies, a lot of what we do is centered around investing in growth. Whether it is by shaping downtown skylines, building new communities from the ground up, or simply helping local children to develop better reading skills, our organization recognizes the importance of sustainable improvement. With this in mind, we are always looking for opportunities to invest in the futures of young individuals and help guide the next generation of our communities. This year once again we all got on board to help support the United Way of Regina’s growing initiative called “Summer Success”, and with the help of our dedicated employees we saw exactly that… success. .
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As many of you may remember, the Summer Success program was established by the United Way to battle the “slide” that happens in kid’s reading levels over the summer school break. Many kids in Regina don’t have access to, or are not actively engaged with reading materials when they leave school for the break, and in turn are losing ground in their education. For some of these students, by the time they reach grade 3 they will already be two or more years behind their peers that have access to learning opportunities over the summer months. United Way, with the help of our employees at Harvard, is helping to provide disadvantaged students with those learning opportunities they otherwise would not have. Once again this year, we saw all of our Regina offices (HDI, HPMI, and HWI) come together to support the program, and there was a fantastic turnout of employee volunteers. One volunteer in particular, Sarah Freitag, said that “it was a great opportunity to engage in the community, and a rewarding experience to know that by helping the children to read books, they would be motivated to further develop their reading levels”. A big part of helping the students on their educational journey also came in the form of a donation.
school supplies they need. To help combat this issue, Harvard donated $7,500 to the program to aid with not only logistics costs (teachers, supplies, etc.) but to go towards providing backpacks full of school supplies for each student, and Good Food Boxes for their families. Due to last years “What I Want to be When I Grow Up” themed downtown tower visit being such as success, we decided to do it again this year. We brought in classrooms from two schools to tour around our offices,
Right: Sarah Frietag and her reading buddy having a blast following a tour of the Mosaic Tower Rooftop and reading activity in the Conference Centre
Since many of the children involved in the program come from disadvantaged backgrounds, they sometimes lack the ability to purchase much of the fundamental
Below: Students from St. Augustine school show off their works of art with Harvard Western volunteers Jocelyn, Barb, Joanna, and Tai.
engage in one-on-one activities with our employees, and see a side of their very own Queen City that they never have before. Our first tour started with students and staff from Sacred Heart School, and this year the excitement could be seen on the kids’ faces before they even got off the bus. Student after student had their face against the window, craning their neck to try and get a view of the top of the Hill Towers. Once out of the bus, we took the class all the way up to our offices on the 20th floor where they had the chance to experience and hear what we do while they oooh’d and aaah’d at the view of their city. Little did they know that after we finished reading “ “ by “ “ to them and talking about their aspirations for the future, we would head up to the Mosaic Tower rooftop patio to experience the expansive view of Regina stretching far beneath them. Needless to say, this was a highlight for every one of the students. Below: Students from Sacred Heart school are presented with certificates and backpacks of school supplies for being part of the Summer Success Program
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Pauline Wagner & Cassandra Endicott interviewed 6 U of R co-op students in June. Together they ranked the students based on their interviews and our requirements. Students in turn rank the companies they interviewed with, and all ranking was presented back to the U of R for student matchup. We are pleased to announce Pin Ying Shi (Claire) has accepted the co-op term with Corporate Accounting, and will start her work term in September 2016. We look forward to Claire joining our team. On June 1st we offered vendors the option to send their invoices and statements to Harvard electronically. These can be sent to payments@harvard.ca in PDF or TIFF format. Alana Dunitz is monitoring the emails and distributing the invoices & statements daily to the appropriate departments. Response has been very positive with this offering as it cuts down on mail time and postage, and possible missed due dates. Its official, after a two year process, May 10, 2016 Ting Ming received her Permanent Resident status. Congratulations Ting, you are a great addition to Canada. Gary Thiel ran the Tamarack Ottawa Marathon which was held Sunday, May 29th as part of Ottawa Race Weekend. Between Saturday and Sunday, there were a number of races, including a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and the marathon. In total, there were approximately 47,000 participants, including 5,300 in the full marathon (Canada’s largest marathon). Given the warm and humid conditions, Gary was pleased with his time. He finished 42.2 km (26.2miles) run in 3 hours, 9 minutes and 19 seconds, and placed 8th out of 362 in his age group and 242nd overall. Gary said the event was well organized and supported by the people of Ottawa. Lots of crowd support along the route, with many turning sprinklers and hoses onto the road (and quite a few kids shooting their water guns at
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runners) to help the runners stay cool. Congratulations Gary on a remarkable finish. You inspire us all! Rosemarie Rossignol is busy finalizing wedding details for her big day, September 3, 2016 when she will wed Chris Meadows and will become Mrs. Rosemarie Meadows. Congratulations Rose! Corporate Accounting held their first annual potluck staff & family BBQ on Friday, August 12th. Good food, good conversations and the kids had lots of fun. In anticipation of the 21st floor elevator not being in use for a few months we have moved the postage machine to the 20th floor east behind Corinne Drysdale. recycling Our Accounting family will soon have a new addition, as James Nixon and his wife Alysia are expecting their second child in December. Their daughter Amelia is 14 months old, and running circles around mommy & daddy. Congratulations James & Alysia.
With a change of seasons comes a change in scenery. You can look forward to beautiful fall colours, refreshing evening breezes, and your favourite comfy sweater. But it is also the opportune time to spend a weekend preparing yout house for fall and winter, which often brings more extreme weather. Here are some tips to get your home ready for the colder months ahead.
1. CLEAR OUT THE GUTTERS | Remove leaves and other debris from your drainpipe and gutters to prevent clogging 2. BLOW OUT SPRINKLERS | Outdoor faucets should be drained in teh fall, and sprinklers blown out. 3. CLEAN THE FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY | You can clear out ash and charred wood from the fireplace yourself, but leave the chimney cleaning to a professional. Have the chimney cleaner check the damper to ensure it can be tightly closed to prevent drafts.
5. STORE AIR CONDITIONERS | If you have removable winow air conditioners, be sure to unplug them before taking them down Dust and clean before covering or storing 6. CHECK FOR DRAFTS | Stay warm, save energy, and reduce your heating bills this fall by examining windows and doors for cracks and sealing them to prevent drafts. 7. ALARMS | This is a good opportunity to test your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and to review your fire escape plan.
4. CHECK THE HEATING SYSTEM | Do a survey of your home’s heating vents to make sure they’re not blocked or covered by furniture, carpeting or curtains. Dust vents and clean all filters.
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From everyone at Harvard Western Insurance, we hope you have a great Fall season!
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NATALIE WHELPTON
As the carefree days and warm nights of summer come to an end, we all hope to ease into the transition of cooling temperatures, waning sunlight and falling leaves. It is time to bid farewell to the beach and say hello to Netflix. There is so much to look forward to when September rolls around. The temptation to eat ice cream for every meal will slowly begin to dissipate, the mosquitoes will disappear and it will be wonderful to finally sleep under a big comforter again. Everyone can settle back into a regular work schedule in anticipation of whatever the last quarter of 2016 may have in store. Throughout the last few months, our administration teams have been focusing on the completion of this year’s projects, budgets and planning for 2017, in addition to fitting in some vacation time. We were pleased to welcome a number of new faces since our last update: Corey Schwab became the newest member of Regina’s downtown operations team in the role of Building Operator. He has joined Randy Stevenson and Allen Johns at FCC Tower. Paul Gibson was introduced as our new Senior Property Accountant. He is working with the Regina accounting team and is a member of the HOST team. Larry Benwell began his role as Property Manager for our Edmonton third party portfolio. Larry comes to us with extensive real estate experience, particularly in corporate real estate and facility management. His previous position was with ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric. The Regina Technical Services team welcomed Culver Pryce who has taken on the HPMI Project Manager role. He will be handling project management services ranging from leasing/ landlord work, extraordinary repairs, replacements and capital construction projects. Claudette Kol was introduced as the Administrative Assistant for the Regina retail portfolio. She brings with her many years of experience and knowledge in front line customer service, numerous administrative functions and teambuilding. Most recently, Monique Arshi joined our Calgary office as their new Receptionist/Administrative Assistant and Event Co-ordinator. It was a very successful inaugural season for Club 21, located at the rooftop patio of Mosaic Tower. Club members were able to enjoy the panoramic views of Regina, live entertainment and the food and beverages of 20Ten City Eatery. We would like to acknowledge two of our employees who recently obtained credentials that deserve special recognition. Angela Lockhart (Regina) successfully 24
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completed the requirements necessary to obtain her Certified Marketing Director (CMD) designation with the International Council of Shopping Centres. It is estimated that less than 10% of her industry peers have achieved this important status. The certification gives special recognition to retail real estate professionals who demonstrate the highest levels of competency in their specialty as proven through education, experience, ethics and the passing of a rigorous examination. Stasys Ozelis (Calgary) successfully passed his Class 5 Engineers exam and was promoted to the new role of Building Operator at Eau Claire Market in Calgary. Congratulations to you both on your achievements! Congratulations to Cara Chengalath (Edmonton) and David Jones (Calgary) on their new positions of Senior Property Accountant and Property Manager, respectively. David’s focus will be on the management of the ATCO portfolio including the ATCO Gas facility management contracts. As a result of his new role, Cara was promoted to assume David’s accounting duties with the exception of development accounting for Eau Claire, where he will continue to provide assistance to the Development team. We would like to recognize a Regina property management employee who reached a significant milestone in her length of service with Harvard. Congratulations to Michelle Dawson on her 35th year with the Company. Michelle began her career in August 1981 selling livestock insurance for McCallum Hill Insurance. In the past 35 years, Michelle has worked in several areas including accounts payable and receivable for Marathon Investments, property administration and her current role of Operations Systems Administrator which she has been in for 18 years. Thank you for your dedication and loyalty Michelle! We are pleased to acknowledge the following employees who also reached significant milestones in their length of service this summer: Janis Walker (Regina) celebrated her 20th anniversary; Terrie Deng (Edmonton) and Ryan Knutson (Regina) reached their 15th anniversaries; Wendy Deneault (Edmonton), Lorna Forsyth (Regina) and Carolyn Pihach (Regina) achieved 5 years. Congratulations and thank you all for your contributions! With the summer of 2016 drawing to a close, the most fitting quote seems to be the classic from Dr. Seuss, “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”.
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DEVELOPMENT & LEASING UPDATE NICOLE TEMPLETON, GAIL AURITI, DAN WOYCHUK, CAMERON COSTLEY
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Public Works and Government Services have renewed their lease on the 12th floor of the Bank of Montreal Building for a term of 5 years. The Ministers’ Regional Office is 4,699 square feet. Uniglobe Action Travel has renewed its lease for 3 years in Hill Centre Tower I. Its main floor space off the lobby of the building is 709 square feet. Colin O’Brian Man’s Shoppe has signed a deal to expand and extend its lease on the main floor of Conexus Plaza along Hamilton Street. The expanded store will be 5,404 square feet and will feature high end men’s casual clothing along with its premium selection of business attire. Dean Renwick is opening a new business on 12th Avenue between Rose Street and Hamilton Street that will open in late fall of this year. This new 2,606 square foot store will feature various design services, tailoring and the sale of accessories, bridal, graduation, costumes and other unique dresses and gowns. Gamma Dynacare in Normanview Crossing has signed on for 5 more years. The medical laboratory is 1,088 square feet. Think Pink is expanding into a second location within Regina to Normanview Crossing. The 1,714 square foot nail salon is set to open early in 2017. Trifon’s Pizza Restaurant and Offsale has extended its lease for 5 more years at Kramer Boulevard. The restaurant is 3,419 square feet, and the offsale is 1,010 square feet. Scotiabank, which has relocated to Century Plaza on the corner of 12th Avenue and Hamilton Street, is now open for business.
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Aronovitch Financial - Suite 930 - 5 year term commenced September 1, 2016 Cofco - Suite 1030 - 5 year term commencing in November 2016 Export Development Canada - 7 year term - commencing January 2017 Viterra - portion of 28th floor - commencing March 2017 Concourse Physio Therapy - Renewed for 5 year term CHS - Renewed for 5 year term Hudson Bay Mining Suite 1906 - Renewed for 3 year term Asper Foundation - moving from the 15th floor to the 28th floor commencing September 2017
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The Westerra neighbourhood has been a flurry of activity over the Summer and Fall seasons as our contractors install the major infrastructure. Water, sewer, stormwater, power and gas connections, as well as the streets, sidewalks and parks within phase one are all close to completion. The Westerra builder group has been hard at work in preparation for show home openings this fall. Daytona Homes is completing a beautiful four-plex, while Pacesetter Homes and Trademark Homes are building single-family show homes. Rohit Communities, a new builder to Regina with a strong track record in Edmonton, is also a preparing a show home in one of their semi-detached products. The builder group is targeting show home openings in early November. If you would like more information on Westerra, visit www.westerraregina.ca Overall leasing and construction of Outlet Collection Winnipeg, Manitoba’s first fashion outlet mall, is progressing nicely and still on track for a May 2017 opening. Construction crews have since completed the wall and roof structures as well as completed paving the nearby area. Other leasing/construction updates: • Construction will start this fall on an new building which will include Manitoba’s first IHOP Restaurant, as well as other retailers. •
Dairy Queen and Pizzeria Pronto are currently under construction and anticipate a late 2016 opening
• Our hotel site, Hilton Garden Hotel is also well under construction and on target for a Spring 2017 opening •
The Audi Winnipeg dealership is also progressing nicely, following the positive momentum gained from their groundbreaking event earlier this year.
• On the residential side of things, the first round of Devereaux’s apartment buildings, as well as Brightwater’s senior housing complex, are now under construction.
We have gained momentum at Horizons on the leasing front resulting from agreeing on a deal with a food store anchor. There has been plenty of activity onsite as crews install roadways and services. Stay tuned as announcements come at a later date.
Located in SE Regina on Chuka Boulevard, this 21 acre development is set for site work commencement this fall. This food store anchored shopping centre will also have a drug store, several restaurants, professional services and quality retail offerings. Phase one will be open in the fall of 2017.
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Currents of Windermere continues to grow and a number of retailers have opened or are opening in the near future. They include: Red Robin, a casual dining restaurant franchise, and a new Tommy Gunns barbershop both recently held their grand openings to great fanfare. • The Keg has started construction on a 9,000 sq.ft restaurant • The Canadian active lifestyle retailer Believe Fit has a new location under construction and is scheduled to open in mid-August. •
Near the end of September, Regina Planning Commission unanimously supported the rezoning of the first phase of development within our Aurora project. The re-zoning of the first phase of the Aurora project will now go before City Council on October 17th. The re-zoning approval builds on the approvals received on Monday from Regina City Council for the overall South East Neighbourhood Plan (SENP) as well as the more detailed Victoria East Concept Plan. These plans were prepared by the major land owners in the plan area over the past two and half years in consultation with the city, minor landholders within the plan area, and major stakeholders such as the adjacent land owners, relevant ministries within the provincial government and utility service providers.
Grasslands continues to grow and add important new retailers to the already strong mix of regional, national and international retailers. In the fall this year we will announce a new 44,000 retailer whom will locate next to London Drugs opening in 2017. Also, in the same quadrant of Grasslands Shopping Centre, Knight Archer Insurance has committed to a new 4,000 sq.ft location scheduled to start construction soon.
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MESSAGE FROM CAM CAM COWIE It is with great pleasure I announce this year’s Harvard Broadcasting Account Executives who have achieved STAR designation. The acronym is “Sales Top Achievement Recognition” and these individuals truly deserve to be recognized for their contributions and achievements over the very challenging past year. • • • • • • • •
Tanice Wawchuk – Calgary (3rd Year) Kim Diller – Saskatoon (4th Year) Kenda Ashton – Regina (2nd Year) Chad Bobryk – Regina (3rd Year) Stacey Domoslai – Regina (3rd Year) Perry Nyhus – Regina (6th Year) Barney Shynkaruk – Regina (6th Year) Keith Spanier – Regina (3rd Year)
This year again the decision was extremely difficult for the selection committee, in a challenging economy both candidates had outstanding years and are deserving of being selected as the Account Executive of the Year … drum-roll please … congratulations to Barney Shynkaruk from Regina “Harvard Broadcasting’s – Account Executive of the Year”. “We are fortunate to have Barney on our team. He has the will to win in every aspect of his life and it shows in his sales results year after year. Building great relationships with his clients is something that comes easy for him and it’s clear that he really enjoys what he does every day. Passionate about creative, great ideas, and helping clients achieve their goals, Barney really is a star. Congratulations Barney - after being nominated for the 3rd time in 6 years, it’s great to see that you are receiving the recognition you deserve.” Karen Broderick, GSM Regina Please join me in congratulating Barney and all of our STAR designation recipients. - Cam
Another round of applause please, for these outstanding Account Executives who continue to excel year after year! In addition to being recognized as HBI STAR’s based on a defined set of criteria, both Barney (Regina) and Kim (Saskatoon) were nominated for Harvard Broadcasting’s Account Executive of the Year.
95.7 CRUZ FM & HOT 107 MELANIE RAESSLER
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This year’s HOT Factor Block Party was SO big it needed 2 nights. HOT 107 took over Taste of Edmonton for FREE shows on July 21st for Shawn Desman, Dirty Radio & Bryan Finlay and on July 22nd for Alyssa Reid, Virginia to Vegas and Trevor Guthrie! The CRUZ Crew & HOTourage took on the Down and Dirty 5km Obstacle Course in support of the Alberta Cancer Foundation on August 13th and helped raise $30,710! They hit the mud in a variety of obstacles including a 80 foot slip & slide, a Vertical X-Freestyle Airbag, climbing, crawling, lifting, dragging, hills!
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X92.9 - CALGARY, AB GINETTE OUIMET
On Monday, May 30th, 400 generous X92.9 listeners filled the Commonwealth Bar & Stage for a special Fort McMurray Fundraiser Show featuring a special performance from Canada’s very own Arkells. The show was announced on May 18th with all tickets selling out within 24 hours – even though the performer was kept under wraps until the day of the show. All proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the Canadian Red Cross to aid Fort McMurray. The event which also included a silent auction raised over $16,000; just in time for the Federal & Province match program. X929’s 6th annual Alternative Music Festival X-FEST was held on September 3 & 4 at Fort Calgary. The two-day outdoor festival featured performances from Lumineers, Twenty One Pilots, Halsey, Vance Joy, Arkells, July Talk, the Naked & Famous, Jake Bugg, Wintersleep, Banners, Atlas Genius, Zella Day, Modern Space, Darcys, The Royal Foundry & Syd Arthur. While it might have been a chilly one; at least it was dry! On June 9th, X92.9 was well represented at the 2016 WAB Gold Medal Awards Gala. With Morning show host Tyler Middleton receiving the award for Leader of Tomorrow and Marketing Director – Ginette Ouimet accepting the Gold Medal Award for Community Service for X92.9’s “Just Vote Dammit” Campaign Morning show host & Music Director Chris Lynch was awarded “Music Director of the Year – Major Market” at this year’s Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards held in Toronto Top: Tyler Middleton and Ginette Oiumet accept their awards at the 2016 WAB Gold Medal Awards Gala Below: 96.3 CRUZ GM was proud to host Sarah McLachlan at this year’s “Cameco Cares Concert Series”
X92.9 received the Bronze for Best Station Campaign for “Calgary Beerfest – Countdown” written by Darren Ollinger & Produced by Fraser Manning at this year’s Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards held in Toronto
96.3 CRUZ FM - SASKATOON, SK ZOE VASSOS
For the third year, 96.3 CRUZ FM teamed up with Cameco for the annual “Cameco Cares Concert Series”. This concert series will run through to 2017 with funs being raised each year for a different hospital foundation in Saskatoon. The 2016 edition of the “Cameco Cares Concert Series” featured CRUZ FM artist Sarah McLachlan! The Delta Bessborough Gardens played host to a sold-out crowd of 3,400 people on a hot July evening. Through ticket sales and other generous partner donations, the event raised $240,000 for the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation. Cruz is excited to continue this partnership with Cameco into our final year of 2017.
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For 26 year the GX94 Star Search competition has been bringing together the best amateur country talent in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. And this year was no different! The Competition ran May through July with the final being held July 9th the Yorkton Exhibition. Where Amy McDade of Raymore became the 2016 GX94 Star Search Champion. She received, the recording of two songs, a Fender Guitar, Montana Silversmith Belt Buckle, and the Title of GX94 Star Search Champion 2016!
Top: Amy McDade of Raymore, SK , the winner of GX94’s Star Search 2016! Bottom: The GX94 “Backyard Concert” in full swing with CCMA artist Bobby Wills putting on a private show for Adeline Herman in Rhein, Saskatchewan
Then on Sunday July 17 the GX94 crew invaded the home of Adeline Herman in Rhein, Saskatchewan for the GX94 BACKYARD CONCERT! Three times CCMA nominated artist Bobby Wills was performing and a great barbecue was put on by the staff. A fantastic afternoon as had by all! 2016 is Fox FM’s 15th Anniversary. To celebrate we gave away a 2001 Dodge Viper GTS from Yorkton Dodge. In the “Fox Fm Swipe Our Viper Promotion”. The only way to win was by stopping in while we are on location at participating businesses. Every time we were on location we added one qualifier for the final draw! On July 8th lucky Fox FM listener Kelly Therrien from Yorkton got to SWIPE OUR VIPER! Summer 2016 we welcome some new faces to Harvard Yorkton: John Himpe, Kyle Kezema, Chris Ash, Quinn Rioch, & Andrea Wilson. As well Congratulations go out to Mike Wilson Account Executive on his marriage to Jenn Ruf September 24th in Yorkton!
Below: 100.7 CRUZFM Morning Show Meg Tucker host is also a TV star. Her new show, “Just One Bite”, airs on Shaw TV this Fall!
100.7 CRUZ FM - RED DEER, AB ROCHELLE CHURRIE
100.7 CRUZ Red Deer is proud of our very own morning show host Meg Tucker! Basically she goes to work after working…what can we say she is a super passionate person and hard working no doubt! Meg not only created but produces and hosts this new cooking show called “Just One Bite” which airs on Shaw TV this fall. Watch her and 10 mini foodies from Alberta as they sample “Just One Bite” of ingredients, then make creative dishes for the whole family! Meg loves to cook and in her house they live by the “just one bite” rule… you can’t say you don’t like something, if you haven’t tried it! You just never know you might like it and think it’s awesome! Huge congratulations to Meg! Join us in cheering her on and watching the episodes! Find out more about the show and episodes at www.justonebite.ca 32
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KRAZE 101.3 - RED DEER, AB ROCHELLE CURRIE
Who ever said we we’re too COOL for SCHOOL!?? Not us! Every year we get invited to a plethora of schools in our area! We do our best to attend as many school events and interact with the kids and adults as much as we can! We usually come bearing gifts to most schools which might also be in part why we get so many invites but, hey we’ll take it and bring our hit music with us plus swag to start their school year off right! Each year we also go back to college! The Hit Show with Bobby and Jackie broadcasted their show live from the college as students began their first day of college classes. We welcomed new and continuing Red Deer College students with some upbeat hit music to get them pumped for their new school year! Plus, we made sure they were looking Kraze Swagalicious this fall too!
Top: Bobby and Jackie go “back to school” as they broadcast live from Red Deer College for the first day of classes. Below: Jason Huschi (right) of HBI Regina presents a cheque for $50,000 to the Shooting Stars Foundation at this year’s “Sticks on Rose” charity event
104.9 THE WOLF, my 92.1, 620 CKRM REGINA, SK | TOM STASESON
620 CKRM is 90 years old! It all started on July 27,1926 in Moose Jaw as CJRM Radio. In 1933, studios and offices were established on Cornwall Street in Regina and in 1940 the call letters were changed to CKRM. On October 1, 2001, CKRM switched frequencies from 980 to 620.This milestone in broadcasting was acknowledged in a letter sent to us by The Prime Minister of Canada. Listeners will help celebrate at the 90th Birthday Bash to be held at the Turvey Centre on October 21st headlined by award winning country artist Bobby Wills. On Friday June 24th, 104.9 the WOLF helped raise $50,000.00 for the Shooting Stars Foundation during the 10thannual “Sticks on Rose” street hockey charity event held on the street in front of Harvard Broadcasting’s downtown studios. Jordan Eberle, Jamie Heward, and Mike Sillinger, invited some of their closest NHL friends and local and national celebrities to participate. All the funds raised will be distributed to Regina children’s charities.
Below: Rustie Dean of MY92.1 doing emcee duties as part of the Casino Regina’s “Charity Championship”.
MY92.1’s Rustie Dean was invited by Casino Regina to Emcee their first ever Charity Championship on August 19th. The event raised over $45,000.00 with the winning teams directing a substantial cash donation to each of their charities of choice .
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FACES IN NEW PLACES ALYSE STAUCH
Financial Services Advisor - HWI Broad St.
July 23, 2016, Sanam Amirli walked down the aisle and became Mrs. Sanam Zimmer. Congratulations Sanam & Blake!
JORDAN SOIKA
Customer Service Rep - HWI South Albert
BREANNE PALMER
Insurance Advisor - HWI Broad St.
MIKE HUDEY
Account Executive - HWI Quance
Traeh Nielsen (Broad Street HWI) married Ryan Kish on August 20th
JENNIE FOX
Customer Service Rep - HWI Broad St.
REBECCA PERIGNY
Customer Service Rep - HWI Normanview
KAILEY JONES
Customer Service Rep - HWI South Albert
ORIANA D’SOUZA
Customer Service Rep - HWI Normanview
KIM CARSON
Promotions Coordinator - X92.9 Calgary
ALLISON DEMSKY
Reception/Sales Assistant - X92.9 Calgary
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LOGAN MCMURTRY Communications Assistant HDI Regina
PAUL GIBSON
Senior Property Accountant HPMI Regina
TYLER KUNTZ Surety Underwriter WSC Regina
GROUNDBREAKING NEWS Andrew Beckler (Boechler) (Harvard Calgary) and his new bride McKenna were married July 2nd in Saskatoon.
Mike Hordichuk (Quance office) married Amanda on June 25th
Mike Hordichuk (Quance office) da on June 25th
Lauretta Beliveau welcomed the birth of grandson Ozzy Mervyn Gryschuk on August 13, 2016 to her son Spencer Gryschuk & Kendra McMurray.
Congratulations to Chris Terpsma (Manager of Broadcast Engineering) and his wife Chelan on the arrival of their second child. Hunter Alexander Terpsma was born on July 1, 2016
Anna Marcial (Quance office) married John Labaya on July 2nd
Congratulations to Jen Baron and Jake Hammell, who both work at Harvard Broadcasting Edmonmarried ton, and Amancelebrated their wedding on July 16, 2016 in Edmonton, AB
Congratulations to Ryan Linklater (Account Executive, Harvard Broadcasting Edmonton) and his finance Ania on the birth of their son Matthew Anthony David Linklater who was born on July 22, 2016.
Chris McCloy (Harvard Calgary) and his wife Janet on the arrival of their 2nd child – Elaine Robinson McCloy born on June 27
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