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PARENT TO PARENT: Moms weigh in on the breastfeeding debate P. 11

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ON THE SCENE: Our best shots from the Greek Gourmet Feast P. 18

SHARP EATS:

A vino education: Tasting events teach perfect pairings P. 19

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ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL A BALANCED LIFE IS THE BOTTOM LINE FOR SHELLEY BROWN p. 12

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Anthology Home Collection

Anthology Home Collection carries a tasteful collection of fine furniture, flowers and home decor. The sister store to Blossoms Living, Anthology is getting ready for spring with fresh flowers and terrariums. Anthology is located at 126 20th St. W and is open Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 1. Coral & Tusk owl portrait pillow: $94.99 2. Recycled Rover: $178.99 3. Drusy drawer pull: $60.99

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5. Plant in a jar: $19.99 6. Pyrrha: Bronze Fleur de Lys with pearls bracelet: $220 7. Wellington Mongolian Ottoman: $1,185

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9. Capital Rotunda Bank: $34.99 10. Banks Smoke Wyeth chair: $1,695 Bridges photos by Michelle Berg

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On the cover Pg. 12

Shelley Brown, managing partner at Deloitte, wife mother and grandmother, has found the perfect balance for her family, career and mentoring relationships. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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INVENTORY — 2 Tasteful finds for your living space at Anthology Home Collection

COVER — 12 A balanced life is the bottom line for Shelley Brown

INNOVATIONS — 4 Finding your career path from the ground up

EVENTS — 16

IN THE CITY — 6 Moment in Time: Michelle Berg’s best shot of the week

ON THE SCENE — 18 Our best shots from the Greek Gourmet Feast, a fundraiser for the Royal University Hospital Foundation

MY FAVOURITE PLACE — 7 Local entrepreneur stays active at multicultural Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club

SHARP EATS — 19 Vino education: Experience perfect pairings at In Vino Veritas

MUSIC — 8 Jeffrey Popiel turns folk tales into songs

CROSSWORD/SUDOKO — 20

READ MY BOOK — 9 The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections FASHION — 10 Jewelry designer uses her spare bedroom to store eclectic vintage finds PARENT TO PARENT — 11 Moms weigh in on the breastfeeding debate

OUTSIDE THE LINES — 21 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation GARDENING — 22 A bumper crop of bedding plant champions WINE WORLD — 23 Crack a bottle of pure sunshine from Mission Hill

Jeff Davis’s favourite place is the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club in Saskatoon. He says it’s an affordable, fun place to stay active and make friends. Bridges Photo by RICHARD MARJAN

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Finding your path from the ground up By Sean Trembath When Landa Houlison first started teaching 20-somethings about financial literacy, she realized they needed to know about more than just dollars and cents. That insight led to the development of a new program that focuses on all aspects of career-building. “You can’t really talk about financial literacy with people in their 20s without getting into major goal setting. So I wanted to develop my skills as a career coach so I could offer this program as a total package,” Houlison says about Compass Career Support, her new entrepreneurial venture. Officially launched in December, Compass offers workshops and oneon-one consulting for people looking to find their place in the professional world. Houlison outlines three main customer demographics. First, there are young people who have yet to enter post-secondary education and are wondering how to steer themselves toward the life they want. Second, she works with those who have some post-secondary, but don’t know how to leverage it towards a career. Third, she helps people in their late 20s who feel stuck in their current career path and want a change. “You come out of the program having found your passion and exactly what you want to do, and you know exactly how you’re going to pay for it and exactly how you’re going to pay it back,” Houlison says. It all starts with a free consultation to see what the customer needs. “First I get brought up to date, starting with your high school and leading up to now, and why you’re stuck,” she says. Depending on time and financial constraints, she recommends one-onone or group sessions. Houlison already has some success stories after just three months of work — including a local woman who

Landa Houlison sits at The Two Twenty before the launch party for her new venture, Compass Career Support, a consulting firm focused on people who don’t know what they should do for a career, or that feel stuck in their current situation. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

has completely changed her life. “One client has decided to shift careers. She is selling her car, she dumped her boyfriend, is moving to Vancouver and starting in a completely new industry,” she says. Although she is not a counsellor,

and doesn’t give relationship advice, Houlison understands how her work could lead to overarching life changes. “As your confidence increases in yourself there’s lots of shifts in your relationships in your life that hap-

pen. I do notice some shifts happen in my clients once they’re done the program,” she says. Not everything takes place in the classroom. For a few younger students, she provides hands-on lessons in how to impress.

“I even have some younger male clients who I have taken to Winners to help shop for interview clothes,” Houlison says. strembath@thestarphoenix.com twitter.com/strembath

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Sixteen-year-old Everit Kocsis enjoys the +4 Celsius temperature while snowboarding at the Lions skatepark on March 9. He goes every other day and utilizes the park during all seasons — snowboarding in the winter and skateboarding in the summer. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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Local entrepreneur Jeff Davis stays active at the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club, a place that attracts players from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Bridges Photo by RICHARD MARJAN

By Sean Trembath Jeff Davis is a busy guy. On top of his day job selling websites, he is part owner of StashBelt, a company making unique belts with hidden compartments for travellers to stash their valuables. These days, most of his non-work time is spent preparing for an an upcoming appearance on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. In order to stay active, Davis has taken to playing badminton at the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club in Saskatoon. The weekly dropin sessions give a lot of value for a

cheap price, and the facility is nice enough to be one of his favourite places in the city.

Q: How long have you been going to the club? A: I’ve been going about a year and a half now. My lady and I had started playing badminton with a local community association that plays in a regular gym. I found it frustrating because I always hit the ceiling, which means it’s out of play. Also, the courts took up the whole gym, so you can’t go outside the lines at all. Someone told me about Riverside,

and I decided I had to go check it out. It’s really cheap — only six bucks to drop in — and they’ll give you a racket if you need one. At first I was just playing with my girl. We were playing one-on-one. But after awhile we started playing with the group.

Q: What’s the social atmosphere at the club like? A: It’s a drop-in league, and it’s really a lot of fun. Typically there are at least a dozen people there. It’s all sorts of people from all ages,

say 16 to 66 or even older. A lot of the older people are pretty serious players, too. Watch out for the older lady in the khaki shorts. She’s deadly. It’s definitely a very multicultural scene. There are a lot of Chinese and Indian people. I like playing with people from all different cultures.

Q: What about Riverside’s setup? What makes it better than a regular gym? A: It’s a very beautiful facility. It (has) really nice, shiny, resplendent floors. The ceiling is super tall, so you can hit it as high as you want,

which is really important in badminton.

Q: Why badminton instead of another sport? A: It’s one of my favourite things to do in town. Badminton is a great way to get exercise, and it’s a really accessible sport. It’s a good thing to do socially, with your friends, including people who aren’t really hardcore athletes. Most people have played at some point in their youth, at the cottage or on the beach or whatever, so it’s a fun thing to do on a Monday evening.

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Turning folk tales into folk songs

Adrianna Dyksman, Jeffrey Popiel and Stephanie Unverricht are part of Juniperus, a folk band with tunes based on Aesop’s Fables. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

By Sean Trembath Sometimes the best way to create something new is to look to something old. Jeffrey Popiel found a songwriting muse in Aesop’s Fables, the classic collection of stories attributed to an ancient Greek slave and storyteller. “The hardest part about songwriting for me was finding a story,” Popiel says. He happened upon a book of the fables at a local bookstore. He’d heard about the stories but never read them, so he decided to pick it up. He soon realized it was fertile ground for songwriting. It began as an exercise. He promised to write

a song a day based on the classic tales. He developed a method he found particularly effective. “To capture the essence of my perception of the fables, I’d read the fable and imagine a chorus line with a melody, figure out the chords, then build it from there,” Popiel says. Although he wasn’t able to maintain the onea-day pace for too long, he did come up with an album’s worth of tunes. “All the songs were sounding like something people would enjoy,” he says. He performs the songs under the name Juniperus, along with Adrianna Dyksman on bass clarinet and the occasional addition of Stephanie Unverricht on bassoon.

“I knew I needed something in the low end, to cover the bass sound below the guitar. Having a bass guitar was too simple. Having a wind instrument was more interesting, and it just sounds melodic and gives it a different life,” Popiel says of his selection of non-traditional accompanying instruments. “Instead of the pluck of a guitar, it can be a constant sound with a wind instrument. That’s something I needed.” So far he has performed the songs publicly three times. He says people always come up to him afterward and tell him which songs were their favourites, something he takes as a good sign. “It has a fun element to it. I get to use differ-

ent voices, and pretend to be different characters,” he says. His plan is to release an album later this year, and hopefully go on tour soon after. Until then, some of the songs can be heard on the SoundCloud page for his other musical project, Minor Matter. With audiences reacting positively to the songs, Popiel hopes to continue with the theme. “People tell me they’re having fun. It’s always great to hear people laughing at the little silly moments. I feel like the fables thing can continue,” he says. strembath@thestarphoenix.com twitter.com/strembath

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My personal journey toward artistic enlightenment I’m not the only person in Saskatchewan whose first day on a university campus included exposure to Seagram’s products, but I might be the only one who can say it happened at age 7. In the fall of 1979, I helped my parents move my older brother into the Luther College residence at the University of Regina. As we walked across campus for the first time, we Stephen King stopped to look at Callooh-Callay, the 16-foot tall brightred sculpture which at that time stood in what is now called the Dr. Lloyd

Barber Academic Green. I remember staring in wonder at the sculpture and asking my parents, “What IS that?” They were at loss to explain. Thirty-four years later, I’m still not sure I know exactly what CalloohCallay represents, but I do know a lot more about it from my experience working with Timothy Long, curator of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, as we co-edited The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections. Through my research, I discovered that Québec-born Françoise Sullivan created Callooh-Callay for Expo 67 in Montréal, that the piece was accidentally destroyed in 2005 while being moved, and that it was recommissioned because it had become such

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Lisa McEachern: Jeweller loves boho look By Ashley Martin When you hear someone say she started out designing jewelry in high school, you tend to picture a small-fry setup — like a 14-yearold making friendship bracelets. Not so for Lisa McEachern. The artsy teenager needed a business idea for an entrepreneurship class; her mom suggested making and selling jewelry. Setting up shop during lunch, McEachern would do a few hundred dollars in sales. “That’s kind of what sparked my interest,” said McEachern, who studied jewelry design at Vancouver College and has spent the past five years as Hillberg & Berk’s head designer. Her design style has evolved over time: “My tastes have changed; my sense of colour has changed. My eye is very well trained to see what colours go together, so it’s a lot easier now to design because I’ve been doing it for so long, so most things just come naturally.” But one thing remains since high school: She still loves to wear vintage clothing. Though she’s gone through goth and rocker phases, “I kind of always come back to the vintage.” McEachern describes her style as boho-chic. Her “closet” (read: spare bedroom) is full of vintage and Free People pieces, with lots of lace and beadwork. Though she’s a frequent traveller — for work and for fun (she’s in Hong Kong right now) — not all of her treasures come from farflung places. One of McEachern’s favourite stores is the Regina Salvation Army — “I find so many beautiful things there,” among them, a cashmere sweater for $5. But even with a closet-bedroom, McEachern can’t hang onto everything she finds. She regularly purges her closet. “I have to. I shop a lot.”

1. MAKEUP: “My staple every day is red nails and red lips. It’s either bright red or burgundy.” 2. EARRINGS: Hillberg & Berk bicoloured (yellow and smoky) quartz

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3. JACKET: Soia & Kyo 4. SHIRT: Urban Planet 5. RINGS AND BRACELETS: Various places, including H&B, the Brooklyn flea market and Vancouver Chinatown. Most notable of her vintage rings from the Regina Antique Mall is the 1920s baby ring: “It’s got my initials and my boyfriend’s initials on it.”

6. SKIRT: Urban Outfitters in L.A. “I really like to mix patterns. Sometimes I even like things that are just totally mismatched and my mom calls my style homeless chic.” 7. SHOES: Cade Style Lounge QC PHOTOS BY DON HEALY

Jewelry designer Lisa McEachern is a fan of vintage clothes. BRIDGES Photos by Don Healy

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Each week Bridges, in connection with SaskatoonMoms.com, gathers advice from parents to share with other moms and dads. This week we asked:

Do you judge moms who don’t breastfeed their babies? “I would question the reason for bottle feeding instead of breastfeeding (as long as the reason is not because mom’s body is not producing milk) is that breastfeeding is FREE! When most families live on tight budgets; so why pay for man-made ‘milk’ when God-made milk is available for baby.” — Debbie Paiement “Don’t judge moms that don’t breastfeed, period. We don’t know the circumstance of every ones life so we can’t begin to know what decision making process was made for their situation. It is far better to be supportive of women who have undertaken the role & responsibility of raising children.” — Fran Mills “I heavily question why they wouldn’t want the best for their child! #breastfeeding” — Jill Straker, via Twitter “You never know what someone has experienced, and passing judgment on someone because of their personal choice or their need to formula feed is not only silly, but can be downright cruel. Women face enough challenges in the first few months of parenthood. We should all be working to support one another and ensure that babies are getting the nutrients they need, through breastfeeding or formula feeding. Formula babies aren’t going to have rickets, grow up as dullards, or face socialization issues because they didn’t have the same “bonding” time as breastfed babies do. They’re going to be just as healthy, happy, and well adjusted.” — Colleen Book “I don’t! The only time I judge a little and again I’m fine with anyone’s decision but when a mom is disgusted by the thought of having their baby on their breasts. That, I don’t understand.” — Meagan Fraser “Never! Not everyone can breastfeed for numerous reasons. As long as baby is fed and loved, that is all that matters. I have done both methods of feeding and I will say my anxiety is through the roof while breastfeeding!” — Alanna Coffey “I certainly don’t, but many do. I wasn’t able to breastfeed any of my boys and had strangers offer advice and verbal condemnation all of the time. They didn’t know me and they didn’t know my story. There are all kinds of reasons that women don’t

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breastfeed. Many women don’t seem to understand how hurtful it can be to be bombarded with ‘breast is best’ preaching all of the time when one’s body simply can’t produce milk. As long as the baby is being taken care of, why is it anyone else’s business?” — Barb Popoff “I’d be lying if I said no. I had to switch at six months with my first child because medication caused my milk to dry up. I felt like a huge failure! I’ve been on both sides and yes, I do judge. I’m only human. I don’t express my judgment though; just keep it to myself.” — Allison Treble “I find formula fed babies seem to sleep longer at night. I was formula fed as a baby and I sure the heck turned out fine ... Hats off to the women who are able to and the woman who are not or choose not to. We made these beautiful human beings. Let’s just make sure they eat and grow no matter which way they are fed.” — Tammy Tremblay “I definitely have opinions on those who choose not to breastfeed for any reason that is selfish (such as not wanting to ‘ruin’ their breasts). If you can’t, you can’t, but if you can, you should. After all, you can’t claim to be about what is best for your child if you choose not to for no good reason at all.” — Karen Christine “Why judge each other ... why can’t we support each other instead of shaming a decision that works best for their families? For those that breastfeed, that’s wonderful. For those that can’t or choose to bottle feed, you are wonderful mothers too. Your children need to be fed and loved, and bottles do not equate being unloved. Let’s stop judging each other’s decisions. There are many ways to raise wonderful children!” — Kristy Laird

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A balanced life brings many rewards

Shelley Brown, managing partner at Deloitte and director of the firm’s Saskatchewan audit practice, says that balance is the key to juggling a successful career with family. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

By Jenn Sharp On a crisp evening in November, one woman’s story warmed the large ballroom at TCU Place. Hundreds came out to honour her and contribute to the United Way. Shelley Brown, managing partner at Deloitte, and her husband Murray were the honourees that night. The theme for the evening, “outstanding balance,” was demonstrated in the ways the couple has divided family time, career and community work.

Shelley has always juggled a prosperous career with the demands of raising children. Her success would not have been possible without Murray’s support. And her success in the corporate world is awe-inspiring. She made partner at Clarkson Gordon in Calgary when she was 30. She later transferred to the Saskatoon office, Ernst & Young (Clarkson Gordon changed its name in 1989) and became a managing partner. It was a first for a woman at Ernst & Young. Shelley was one of the first women to join

the Saskatoon Club (the exclusive men’s business club began accepting women members in 1989.) She became the first female president of the board in 2003. “I have a hard time saying no,” she says with a smile. She joined Deloitte in 2001. She’s their director of the Saskatchewan audit practice and managing partner for Saskatchewan. Then, just to top it all off, she was named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2009, 2012 and 2013.

Fittingly, Shelley’s birthday is March 8 — International Women’s Day. BALANCING MOTHERHOOD AND CAREER

In 1985, Clarkson Gordon didn’t have a maternity leave policy. Shelley remembers delivering her daughter Erin on a Friday night after a full day at the office. “I did my full week and went and had a baby on the weekend,” she laughs. She collected employment insurance for four months, the extent of her maternity leave.

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Public practice is not easy and so often we’re criticized for not having a good work-life balance. It’s not businesses that are forcing work-life balance. It’s up to each individual to define their own boundaries. — Shelley

In 1988, she went into labour with son Adam at the office in Saskatoon. She took even less time off work after his birth. There wasn’t a maternity leave policy for partners in the firm. Flexibility at work helped as she brought Adam into the office occasionally. “It took time to develop some of the policies that would promote diversity,” she explains. “And I think we’re still working on some of those.” She says more progress will come, and points to large numbers of female business school graduates. “Things like maternity policies will continue to progress. We’re seeing more issues around elder care ... and more men want to take paternity leave.” Work-life balance has become a catchphrase in the workplace. But judgment can be swift when the balance is perceived to sway the wrong way. Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, was widely criticized for taking a few weeks of maternity leave after giving birth to a baby boy, and working remotely throughout that leave. Some were concerned she was setting a “super woman” standard for female executives, while others questioned why this was even an issue — male executives are rarely asked how they will balance a new baby with work. Shelley feels maternity leave should be a personal choice. “Public practice is not easy and so often we’re criticized for not having a good work-life balance. It’s not businesses that are forcing work-life balance. It’s up to each individual to define their own boundaries. Priorities are shifting all the time,” she says. Dressed in a trim black and grey suit, bright red glasses holding her blonde hair back, Shelley is approachable and confident. Here’s a woman who’s used to speaking her mind and making herself heard. While she has no regrets about her career, she also doesn’t make a habit of looking back. “I prefer to look forward. I can’t do anything about the past. Life is good.” To young women wondering how to balance their career with babies, Shelley says it can be done, particularly in this day and age. “It’s a much friendlier work environment. The key is to enjoy what you do and approach things with a positive attitude.” BRINGING WOMEN TO THE TABLE

Gender diversity in the workforce is important to Shelley. She entered the business world when women were vastly under-represented. Even now, the number of women in Canadian corporate roles lags behind men. About 15 per cent of board members are women. “We’re definitely not where we need to be in Canada. Fifteen per cent is not good representation,” says Shelley. Women bring new ideas to the table, along with different approaches to addressing risks in an organization. She says this will help build stronger corporations and boards in the Canadian marketplace. Continued on Page 14

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Gender diversity in the workforce is needed to bring new ideas to the table, says Shelley Brown. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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It probably wasn’t until I was in Grade 8 that I realized I had a stay-at-home dad and most of my friends had stay-athome moms. I love that I had a stay-at-home dad. — Erin Brown

Men are selected for positions more frequently because they know how to sell themselves. Women tend to downplay their credentials whereas men tend to exaggerate. “We need to sell ourselves,” says Shelley. She encourages young women to step up into corporate leadership and board levels through mentorship programs at Deloitte and through the Women’s Executive Network (AWXN), which awards the Top 100 awards. Ever humble, being named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women three times is not a title with which she’s completely comfortable, but she wholly supports the WXN. “They’re promoting diversity, they’re promoting women in leadership and they’re promoting women on boards ... a lot of things that I believe in.” A REVOLUTIONARY MAN

Murray was called a “pioneer” during Dinner Date because he was a stay-at-home dad in the 1980s. “It seemed to be the reasonable thing to do at the time for us,” he says. The couple decided early on that their children would not be raised in daycare. Plus, both youngsters were active — hockey, dance, piano — which can be a full-time job in itself. A family man through and through, Murray was part of the home and school association, allowing him to spend time with his kids and their friends at St. Angela. Daughter Erin says his cooking is fantastic, especially his banana bread, and yard work has always been his passion. “It probably wasn’t until I was in Grade 8 that I realized I had a stayat-home dad and most of my friends had stay-at-home moms. I love that I had a stay-at-home dad. I think I have a much closer relationship with him then I would have otherwise,” says Erin. Shelley adds he’s an incredible housekeeper — the house was always spotless when the kids were growing up. It was his support at home that enabled her to pursue her career. Shelley grew up on a farm near Moosomin in southern Saskatch-

The Brown family at the Saskatoon Club. Shelley was the private club’s first female president and one of the first female members. Submitted photos

Murray and Shelley with their granddaughter Anna.

ewan. Murray did too but they didn’t meet until high school. They both attended the College of Commerce

Shelley and Murray at their wedding in 1978.

at the University of Saskatchewan and were married after final exams in 1978.

Shelley and Murray on their honeymoon trip to Europe.

Longtime friend Vic Dubois, general manager of Saskatoon Media Group, emceed Dinner Date. One of

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(Shelley) deserves every good thing that happens to her. — Vic Dubois

FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESS FROM SHELLEY BROWN: 1. Enjoy what you do and look at how you can make a difference. 2. Find your own balance and approach to developing your life. 3. When the community calls on you to participate, say yes. 4. Don’t waste time complaining to people who are powerless about the situation; step up and make a change or talk to the people who can. 5. Women tend to downplay their credentials. Don’t be afraid to sell yourself. Ask someone you respect to help you.

Murray and Shelley Brown in Vancouver where Shelley does work in the mining sector for Deloitte. Longtime friend Vic Dubois calls the couple, “The salt of the earth.” SUBMITTED PHOTO

Funds were tight for the new graduates. Shelley asked her dad to co-sign a loan that would allow the couple to travel Europe on a threemonth honeymoon. Shelley smiles slyly about it today as Murray explains she had already taken a position in Calgary upon graduating. “We felt it was then or not for some while,” he says. “It was an opportune time.” “But of course we didn’t have any money and student loans up to our eyeballs,” adds Shelley. “Our parents thought we were crazy wanting to go off and travel for three months, but my dad agreed to co-sign a loan.” Nine weeks, 13 countries, nights

in tents and days sightseeing or on a Contiki tour bus, followed by a few weeks on their own ignited a lifelong passion. “We never regretted doing it. We got back, went to work and started paying off the debts,” says Shelley. The two have made time to see the world — name a country and they’ve likely visited. But along with seeing the world, they’ve also volunteered extensively and made sure their children did the same. “They always encouraged us to give back to the community, especially for those that are less privileged than us,” says Erin. “When the community calls on

you to participate, you should do it,” says Shelley. The honeymoon to Europe brought that fact home. Visiting Turkey and Bulgaria in 1978 gave the two a newfound appreciation for their life in Canada. “We also recognize that many Canadians don’t have the opportunities we had and that there are many less fortunate in our communities. We need to work together to try and improve the standard of living for everyone,” she says. Shelley says the next generation will be giving back even more. Many companies, Deloitte among them, encourage staff to volunteer. “Even those that haven’t been

raised with the understanding that getting involved in the community is a good thing — they’re now starting to get that through their work environments. Many companies realize they have to be good corporate citizens.” Shelley and Murray divide their time between Saskatoon and Vancouver now. Two years ago, Deloitte asked Shelley to move to the west coast to take on responsibilities in the mining sector. “I was at that stage where I was looking for something else to do with public companies. We thought we’d give (Vancouver) a try.” She also took on additional responsibilities in Saskatoon, hence

the time split. Work will take her all over the country this year however in her role as chair of Chartered Professional Accountants Canada. Dubois and his wife Bev met the Browns years ago at the Saskatoon Club when Shelley first joined and count them as good friends. “They’re the salt of the earth,” says Dubois. “She deserves every good thing that happens to her.” While they love Vancouver, the Browns will ultimately transition back to Saskatoon to be close to their family. Erin and her husband Justin recently had a baby girl, Anna. For Shelley and Murray, who have been married for 35 years, family comes first. Anna is their new priority.

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Purdy Bird McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.

Free Willy Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.

Leon Ochs Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Ct.

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Mike Nowoselski Crackers Restaurant & Lounge, 1-227 Pinehouse Dr. Curved Worth Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Jazz Jam: The Kim Salkeld Trio The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. The Residuals Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Mavericks O’Brians Events Centre, 241 Second Ave. S. Faceplants w/ Fighting for Ithaca Sutherland Hall, 1112 Central Ave. Fri day, M a rch 14 Rippertrain Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Piano Friday w/ Martin Janovsky Fiddle Series: The Fretless The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. 4 Front Army and Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.

The Faps w/ Bad Decisions and Myles & The Blanks Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Bad Dogs Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403 Idylwyld Dr. N. Darrin Roy Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E. S a t u rday, M a rc h 1 5 Rippertrain Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. The Diana Panton Quartet The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. 4 Front Army and Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N. St. Patrick’s Day w/ Harry “O” Startup Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. Phoenix Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W.

Toon Town Big Band Dance Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W.

Sock Hop Dance: Tributes to The Beach Boys and The Beatles by Liverpool German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. E.

Midnight Luv Toon Town Tavern, 3330 Fairlight Dr.

Crooked Timber McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.

St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Ray Richards Finn’s Irish Pub, 924 Spadina Cres. E. Concert for Change: Wolfen Rabbits, The Northern Lights and Wizards Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Bass Kleph, Mat the Alien and Elite Force O’Brians Events Centre, 241 Second Ave. S. Vinyl Retreat Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403 Idylwyld Dr. N. Darrin Roy Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E. S u nday, Ma rc h 1 6 Martin Sexton Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Ave. Harry ‘O’ Startup Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. Electric Six w/ The Mohrs Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. M onday, Ma rc h 17 Wenches and Rogues w/ Across the Pond Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Ray Richards Finn’s Irish Pub, 924 Spadina Cres. E. St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Vinyl Retreat Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403 Idylwyld Dr. N. Tuesday, Ma rc h 1 8 17 Seconds of Fuel Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.

Matt Webb of Marianas Trench O’Brians Events Centre, 241 Second Ave. S.

Until April 25 at 212 20th St. W. Andie Nicole: T’works of Art. Reception March 15, 7 p.m.

SCYAP Gallery Until March 21 at 253 Third Ave. S. Heartbreak & Birth by Silvana Shamo and Angelina Hussman. Works exploring different emotions, states of mind and experiences. Reception March 15, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Mendel Art Gallery Until March 30 at 950 Spadina Cres. E. Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada, and Trace Nelson: Walls of Intrigue and Cabinets of Curiosity. The RBC Artists by Artists exhibition is Time Layered by Gwen Klypak and her mentor, June J. Jacobs. March 16, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., make green art for St. Patrick’s Day. Visit www. mendel.ca. Trio Gallery Until March 12 in Market Mall. A new location within the mall is being renovated for the gallery space. The new space will include a larger gallery and a photographic studio. The present gallery remains open most weekdays. Le Relais Until March 27 at 103-308 Fourth Ave. N. Pot-Pourri, paintings by the artist group ARTby9. Reception March 14, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Paved Arts Opening March 14 at 424 20th St. W. Town and Country, an audio art installation by Anita Hamilton; Equal: Toon’s Kitchen XV by Jordon Schwab, riffing on Double Negative by Michael Heizer; and Kitsch in Toons: Toon’s Kitchen XIV by Peter Stinson and Red Smarteez, a documentary about an art collection. Opening reception March 14, 8 p.m. Sounds Like Audio IV Art Festival call for experimental sound artists, until April 4. The festival runs July 24-26. Submit performance-oriented audio art project audio/video clips electronically to Paved Arts. Green Ark Collected Home

Second Annual Street Meet Call for Submissions Submission deadline is March 15. Saskatchewan-based artists are invited to submit proposals for Street Meet 2014 by March 15. The festival runs July 4-6. Street Meet only accepts digital submissions via email. Contact Street Meet Programming Committee at streetmeetsaskatoon@gmail. com. For information email keeleyhaftner@gmail.com. Rouge Gallery Until March 15 at 200-245 Third Ave. S. New Directions by Eltje Degenhart. Ukrainian Museum of Canada Until March 18 at 910 Spadina Cres. E. Taras Shevchenko: The Muse and the Voice. A Multimedia exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the folk hero’s birth. Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery Until March 22 at 601 Main St., Humboldt. St. Peter’s College Fine Arts Department Student Exhibit. A Local Perspective exhibit of watercolours by Bob Pitzel runs until March 29. The Gallery at Frances Morrison Library Until March 27 at 311 23rd St. E. Streetcar City by Local History. Photographs from Local History’s collection. Station Arts Centre, Rosthern

Until March 29 at 701 Railway Ave. in Rosthern. All Beings Confluence. An ever-expanding installation of panels of sheer fabric that each represent a single living being, kept and maintained by Martha Cole. Biggar Museum & Gallery Through March at 105 Third Ave. W. in Biggar. Student Expression Exhibit. Student art interpretations of Picasso. Handmade House Showcase Until March 31 at 710 Broadway Ave. Beat the Winter Blues. A group show featuring the variety of crafts members create. Black Spruce Gallery Open through the winter at Northside Antiques on Highway 2. After Glow, a group show. Darrell Bell Gallery Until April 5 at 405-105 21st St. E. New paintings by Inger Decoursey. Acrylic paintings depicting life in the city. Affinity Gallery (Saskatchewan Craft Council) Until April 12 at 813 Broadway Ave. Wearable Art. Works that were featured in the first Saskatchewan Wearable Art Gala on Oct. 26, 2013. Reception April 12, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. St. Thomas More Gallery Until April 25 at 1437 College Dr. Collaboration, ninth annual USCAD. An instructors’ and certificate students’ exhibition. The Spring Collection Until April 30 on the eighth floor of the Delta Bessborough. Presented by Kehrig Fine Art. Bronze sculpture and modern contemporary art. Works by Raphaël Gyllenbjörn, Michael Anthony, Tom Schultz, William Prettie and Tim Johnson.

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Diefenbaker Canada Centre Until June 8 at 101 Diefenbaker Pl. A Queen and Her Country. This exhibit commemorates the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from a uniquely Canadian perspective.

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Speech Reading and Information for the Hard of Hearing March 12, 26, April 9, 23, May 14, 28, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, 3-511 First Ave. N. Hosted by the Hard of Hearing Association. For information call 306-249-1357. Life as Art: Philosophy In The Community March 12, 7 p.m., at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave. A free lecture and discussion series. Lecture Six. Professor Eric Dayton will talk about whether one should strive to make one’s life a work of art. Ensemble: A Dress for Success Benefit March 13, 5:45 p.m., at Kreos Aviation Hangar, 16 Wayne Hicks Lane. Presented by Cameco. An evening of food, music, automobiles, dance and fashion. In support of Dress for Success Saskatoon. Contact jonathan_huntington@cameco.com or 306-956-6366. Infinitus March 13, 7:30 p.m., at Watrous Civic Centre, 404 Main St. in Watrous. The beat box string trio performs. Tickets at the door. Taboo Naughty but Nice March 14, 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.; March 15, 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.; and March 16, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Prairieland Park. An upscale adult playground

Ensemble, presented by Cameco, offers an evening of food, music, dance, automobiles and fashion, all In support of Dress for Success Saskatoon. The event goes March 13, 5:45 p.m., at Kreos Aviation Hangar, 16 Wayne Hicks Lane. Bridges File Photo by GREG PENDER dedicated to enhancing lifestyles, encouraging romance, personal betterment and all things Taboo. Entertainment, provocative and educational seminars, unique shopping, fashion shows and live demonstrations. This is a 19+ event. Bridal Shop and Swap March 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Confederation Mall. Former brides will share their experiences, offer tips and have gently used wedding items for sale. At the Movies March 15, 7:30 p.m., at TCU Place. SSO’s Conexus Pop Series. Featuring scores and songs from movies, including Star Trek: Through the Years, The King and I, The Godfather, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Batman,

Phantom of the Opera, Life of Pi and Star Wars. Middle Eastern Hafla (Dance Party) March 16, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. With dancers from DancEgypt Dance Co. Proceeds will help to raise funds for Cara Mazurak who will be running with Team Diabetes 2015. Rethink 911 March 18, 7 p.m., at Broadway Theatre. Architect Richard Gage discusses what actually happened on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Réunir March 12 at Studio 914, 914 20th St. W. Presented by Saskatchewan Native The-

atre Company. With 2013-14 Circle of Voices. A poetic story of love for our relations, played with the same fervour and celebration with which our ancestors lived, ebbing and flowing like the great North and South Saskatchewan Rivers, calm at points, treacherous and old as glaciers from the west. The 39 Steps March 12-15 at 7 p.m. and March 16 at 2 p.m., at Fr. O’Donnell Theatre at St Thomas More College. Presented by Newman Players. A man with a boring life meets a woman who claims to be a spy. When she is murdered, a mysterious organization called The 39 Steps is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale.

Equivocation March 12-30, nightly at 8 p.m. except Mondays, Sundays and March 19 at 2 p.m., at Persephone Theatre. A political thriller that explores the intersection of art, politics, morality, truth and history. In 1606 King James I’s prime minister commissions a play about the recent Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the king and his court. The king simply requests that some flattering dialogue, and witches, be added. Saskatoon Soaps March 14, 9:30 p.m., at Broadway Theatre. The Saskatoon Soaps improv comedy troupe brings laughter to the stage.

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The Greek Gourmet Feast is undoubtedly the most popular fundraiser for the Royal University Hospital Foundation. Celebrating its 30th year, the feast was held March 5 at Manos Restaurant. Owners and brothers Bill, Louis and Manoli Barlas have hosted the event for the past 15 years. It was previously held at Cousin Nikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant. The sold-out event featured an unforgettable evening of traditional Greek music, dancing, and of course food. Elegantly-attired guests also purchased raffle tickets throughout the night on a trip to for two to Greece. Over $790,000 has been raised during the three decades the Greek Gourmet Feast has been held. That money goes toward the three pillars of healthcare supported by the RUH Foundation: education, research and patient care. More than $60,000 was raised at the March 5 event.

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Help for choosing the perfect wine every time By Jenn Sharp “Bring a bottle of wine for dinner. We’re having fish.” A friend said this to me recently. I started sweating. What kind of wine goes with fish? White obviously (I know that much) but after that I was at a loss. What if I bring something people hate? I know what kind of wine I like but what about everyone else? And I’m not all that skilled at pairing wine with food. My default is usually to phone James Romanow, aka Dr. Booze, our esteemed Bridges wine columnist, but I can’t always go running for help. I need a wine education. Reading the label can help, but it doesn’t always list food pairings. How is anyone to know that “ripe notes of tropical pineapple” translates well to pizza? And sometimes you need a good imagination to figure out what a wine might taste like. Take this Italian Campania for example, with notes of coffee, leather, smoke and minerals. That doesn’t sound very good to me. Who wants to drink leather? Chef Rob Harrison and sommelier Jonathan Gieni have a sweet solution to this problem in Regina. Harrison operates Rushton’s Catering at the Saskatchewan Science Centre. He quietly started The Tasting Room last year and is gearing up for a new season of events with Gieni. The men are a fine pair of hosts; Harrison provides the food to match Gieni’s wine selections for the evening. Both want to introduce people to the joys of wine. “There are so many people who don’t know what to look for,” says Harrison. Their goal for seasoned winelovers (like myself), is to teach wine and food pairings, while introducing some new varietals. “(People) pick a wine by reading the label but don’t know how to translate the flavour notes,” he adds. “We show you what to look for and what’s best for your taste.”

BOFFINS IN VINO VERITAS Featuring five wines from a specific winery Boffins Club, Innovation Place March 20, 5 to 8 p.m., $50 Call 306-978-2582 to reserve or inquire about membership Held on the third Thursday of each month

In Vino Veritas is held at Boffins Club on the Innovation Place campus the third Thursday of each month. This Caprese stuffed chicken breast with a honeycomb potato and mushroom cream sauce is an example of what you can expect to eat during an In Vino event. Submitted photo

The first event of the season will be a cabernet session, held in the Sunlight Room at the Saskatchewan Science Centre. Expect an in-depth lesson on food pairings, especially in a restaurant setting. Gieni has chosen five cabernets and will go through the history of each, along with the best food pairing for that wine. Harrison will provide simple foods, like homemade bread and cheese, so as not to overwhelm the palate. In Vino Veritas, a similar wine tasting and education night is held on the third Thursday of every month at

Boffins Club in Innovation Place. A wine rep hosts each event, and brings a selection of wines from a specific winery. Each wine is perfectly paired with a variety of gourmet tasting plates, crafted by chef Peter Philips and the Boffins kitchen team. A private club, Boffins is open to employees at Innovation Place and to members. A yearly membership is $250 and includes access to patio events, like Fare and Ale, once summer begins. jksharp@thestarphoenix.com Twitter.com/JennKSharp

The Tasting Room features an upcoming session on five cabernets from around the world at the Saskatchewan Science Centre. Bridges Photo by BRYAN SCHLOSSER

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All-America Selections

Bumper crop of bedding plant champions By Erl Svendsen Only the best performers make it through tests done by All-America Selections (AAS). AAS is a non-profit organization that tests new, never-before available, bedding plants, perennials and vegetables in locations across the United States and Canada. Their recommendations are worth a try. Late last year, they announced a first set of winners — eight in total — that I wrote about in January. They recently announced a further four winning ornamentals — a veritable bumper crop of champions. New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri) Florific Sweet Orange: With five-centimetre bicoloured blooms in shades of light salmon through deep orange against bronze foliage, it’s a great addition to your shade garden. Planted en mass in a bed for maximum appeal, in hanging baskets or in deck containers, Florific Sweet Orange brighten up darker areas in your garden all season long. It’s a medium tall (25-60 cm) annual so it is best planted toward the front to middle of the border. Since they fill in quickly, they can be spaced 30 cm apart in the garden. Keep them consistently moist but never soggy. As an added bonus, they are resistant to impatiens down mildew, the scourge of other cultivars.

Impatiens New Guinea Florific Sweet Orange Photos courtesy All-America Selections

Ornamental Pepper Numex Easter

Pink Angelonia Serenita

Osteospermum Akila Daisy

Angelonia Serenita Pink (Angelonia angustifolia): Another common name is summer snapdragons. Serinita has hot pink flowers (with a contrasting dark throat) on moderate tall spikes, 30-35 cm in height. A heat and drought tolerant plant, it performs best in well-drained soil with four to six hours of full sun. It is equally suited in containers or in beds toward the front (20-25 cm apart). AAS describes it as “easy to grow and maintain — ideal for beginner gardeners.”

Osteospermum Akila Daisy White (Osteospermum ecklonis): Medium (five cm) daisy-like flowers (clear white with yellow centres) are held above dark green foliage; plants range 25-60 cm in height. It flowers all season long, and is drought and heat tolerant once established. Judges in the Southern U.S. remarked they were impressed with this cultivar’s ability to keep blooming in the heat, boding well for an excellent show during our dog days of August. Plant in early spring, on 25-30 cm centres. It grows equally well in containers.

Ornamental pepper NuMex Easter (Capsicum annuum): The white flowers are not particularly showy, but the clusters of four to six fruit at the ends of branches point up, above the foliage, and range in colour from lavender to light yellow as they ripen toward light orange. The compact plant (25 cm tall) is well branched, guarantying a steady supply of Easter-coloured fruit. It will be popular for future Easters as a houseplant, but is perfectly at home outdoors in the garden as well. For best re-

sults, plant in well drained soil where it will receive full sun all day. It is drought, heat, rain and wind resistant making it relatively low maintenance. The small, colourful peppers are edible (but I don’t guarantee the flavour) and might make a fun addition to a spring salad. Since these and other 2014 champions are brand new, expect limited availability this season from both your favourite seed catalogues and local greenhouses. That doesn’t mean to give up hope of finding

them, but you’ll have more success next year. If you want to see recent winners up close and personal, check out the AAS display garden this summer by the south entrance to the Agriculture Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Visit AAS online at: www.all-americaselections.org This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society: www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com.

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5 V i n e ya r d s

Crack a bottle of pure sunshine from Mission Hill

By James Romanow

Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere the sky is blue. Somewhere in our future, spring will come anew… And in the meantime if waiting for it seems a bit on the tedious side, then what you need to do is crack a bottle of crisp clean sauvignon blanc. The stuff is sunshine in the glass: Crisp, fruity, full of the aromas of an orchard on a hot summer afternoon. It’s enough to make you put on a pair of flip flops and cavort in the nearest snowbank. The Okanagan version of sauvignon blanc is much subtler than the Kiwi (super crisp and grassy) or Californian (sweet-sour with herbs) version. It maintains the citrus profile of limes and lemons, and if you stop and consider — or enjoy it with a very plain salad, preferably something with a bit of astringency like radicchio or romaine — you will start to pick up the scent and flavours of freshly cut herbs. Mission Hill, a winery for which I have a great deal of affection, has a sauvignon blanc that is sourced from five different vineyards, hence the name. Their goal was to subtly accent each aspect of the wine, from the colour, to the bouquet, to the palate, right through to the finish. If you like smash-mouth wines then 5 Vineyards won’t be for you. It is an extremely unostentatious wine. It won’t win any medals. When

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