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CITY NEWS:

Playground rejuvenates Mayfair School and neighbourhood P. 8

SHARP EATS:

The Saskatoon Inn’s chocolate buffet makes a comeback P. 22

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GOTTA BOUNCE WITH FIVE KIDS AND A CAREER, MICHAEL LINKLATER’S LIFE KEEPS HIM RUNNING AND JUMPING P. 10

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INVENTORY #

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Neechie Gear (Cree for “friend”) is a lifestyle clothing brand that empowers youth through sports.

Owner Kendal Netmaker founded the NG Athletics Club, which creates and supports sports teams for underprivileged youth. A portion of Neechie Gear’s proceeds goes to NGAC. Neechie Gear Inc. is located in The Centre Mall (3510 Eighth St. E.)

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1. Head gear: Ball cap, $40 2. stay warm: Hoodie, $55 2. Sports attire: Men’s t-shirt, $32 3. casual style: Women’s tee, $29 5. Neechie baby: $20 6. make a splash Onesie: $20 Bridges Photos by Michelle Berg

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“I feel that I’ve been paving the way for a lot of up and coming aboriginals. ... We are very humble and have a lot to offer,” says youth leader Michael Linklater, with two of his children. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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INVENTORY — 2 Clothing with a cause: Neechie Gear empowers youth through sport FASHION — 4 Accessories and a few key items make the man READ MY BOOK — 5 Barb Pacholik’s Boiling Point & Cold Cases: More Saskatchewan Crime Stories IN THE CITY — 6 Photographer Michelle Berg’s shot of the week CITY NEWS — 8 New playground rejuvenates school and neighbourhood COVER — 10 Basketball guru Michael Linklater is breaking records and stereotypes PARENT TO PARENT — 15 Potty training advice from the trenches MUSIC — 16 Songstress Shantel Adams puts the love back into country HEALTH — 17

ON THE SCENE — 18 At the SCAT Street Cat Rescue Dinner Fundraiser GARDENING — 20 Fresh always tastes better; steps for growing herbs this winter RECIPES — 21 SHARP EATS — 22 The Saskatoon Inn’s chocolate buffet makes a comeback and it’s better than ever ASK ELLIE — 23 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 24 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation

Jiang Cheng and Zixia Gong take an adult English class put on by the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association at St. Paul’s United Church, their favourite place in Saskatoon. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

CORRECTION: The Oct. 9 Inventory feature on Smallprint should have listed owner Lisa Steinkey’s phone number as 306-262-3533. Bridges regrets the error.

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Bridges Cover Photo by Michelle Berg

SPACES — 28 Tap Communications contributes to Riversdale revitalization

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Vincent King: Family inspired accessories

By Angelina Irinici Vincent King is used to dressing up. Whether it’s a suit and tie at work, slim fit jeans and a blazer in the evening or a relaxed weekend look, the 26-year-old property manager enjoys creating outfits.

“It’s not just to look good. I like doing it and at times it’s like a hobby,” he says. “I like to put different clothes together to make them work. It resembles who you are.”

He says the look he wore for the Bridges shoot is perfect for a Saturday afternoon on a patio with a cappuccino after enjoying a nice lunch.

King’s affinity for fashion began in his teen years while growing up in Toronto. He started realizing the importance of reflecting his personal style through his clothing.

“In high school I noticed, regardless of style, that fashion was important to everyone.”

Since King just moved to Saskatoon a couple of months ago, he’s done most of his shopping in Toronto.

While he’s enjoying the tranquillity that Saskatoon has to offer, he admits he does miss the variety of style he sees and stores he shops at in Toronto. He says it’s important for men to have a few good pairs of shoes, a couple classic jackets and quality jewelry; it’s easy to rotate pants and tops among these staples.

Jewelry has always been a big part of King’s life, particularly yellow gold. His entire family wears gold, and his father buys each child, niece and nephew a gold chain as a keepsake to celebrate important milestones like births, christenings and weddings.

“Ever since I was 13, for some reason, I liked gold. I’d wear a chain, watch and bracelet — quite frankly too much jewelry when I was 13,” he laughs. “Yellow gold makes me feel at home; it reminds me of my dad, my grandfather and my family and upbringing.”

King always has on a watch, chain and pendant, and his unique Italian coin ring. The face of the ring is a coin of Vittorio Emanuele II, a 19th century king who was the first ruler of a unified Italy. King wanted a timeless ring he could have forever and searched for months before finally finding this one.

“My dad likes coin rings; I’ve always liked coin rings.”

Another staple for King is his Irish cap, something he’s been sporting since he was 13. King is proud of his Irish heritage and has fond memories of his grandfather: He would always get on his knees and pretend to box him, and make funny noises when he’d kiss his ears.

“My grandfather used to wear one, so I got an Irish hat a long time ago to copy him. I’ve always had an Irish hat since then.”

His advice to other men is to not try too hard and wear what you feel good in, whether it’s trendy or not.

He also says it’s worth spending a bit of extra money on a few key pieces.

Outfit: 1. Irish cap: Mark’s Work Wearhouse. “I got this one around four years ago. It was around $60, but it’s really good quality.”

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2. Scarf: H & M. “It’s a nice spring, summer or early fall scarf; it’s nice and light. The colours match a lot of outfits.”

3. Cardigan: French Connection.

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4. Jacket: H & M. “It’s a nice casual jacket and you can dress it up with a nice scarf.”

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5. Watch: Rotary from La Swiss.

6. Italian coin ring: Ordered online from Switzerland. “It’s an Italian coin ring of Vittorio Emanuele II from 1863. I got the story on him; he’s a pretty cool guy.”

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Vincent King believes a man’s style should reflect his personality. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

7. Suspender pants: Zara. “I’m old school. I like old school things, so I liked that they have suspenders on them.”

8. Boots: Aldo. “I was looking for brown high cut boots — something a bit different.”

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B A R B Pa c h o l i k

Boiling Point & Cold Cases: More Saskatchewan Crime Stories I still remember the first murder trial I ever covered — a young woman accused of killing her mother. There were so many twists. The Crown orchestrated a jury of all middle-aged women in the false hope those 12 lay judges would sympathize with the victim. The defence didn’t deny the daughter had plunged a knife into her mother — the evidence was irrefutable — but claimed she had done it in a flashback, sparked by trauma suffered in an earlier, unrelated violent attack.

Twenty-five years later, I remain fascinated with the crime stories that delve into a myriad of layers. And that’s what I hope readers will find in Boiling Point & Cold Cases: More Saskatchewan Crime Stories. Third in a series of books about true crime in this land

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of the living skies — and deadly lies — each carries 40 intriguing tales spanning the last century. For some stories, I dug under my desk as a Leader-Post reporter and blew the dust off old notebooks or tapped into the memories of retired and current investigators. For others, I immersed myself in archived court files, carefully leafing through

pages of fragile, onion-skin paper of a decades-old transcript, to unearth a long-forgotten story. At the National Archives, I got goose bumps when I opened one box of capital cases. Alongside the file for a railroad worker who brutally beat a Moose Jaw man to death in 1885 — both victim and killer largely forgotten by history — I spied the original court file for one Louis Riel. I have held telegrams that condemned one man to death or gave a reprieve to another.

I relish the depth and breadth of the stories — the ingenuity of a con man (with the skill of a successful entrepreneur but a soul for deceit), the courage of victims in the face of adversity, the dedicated cop who never gives up on a cold case, the tragedy of what people will do to those they profess to love, and

how mere inches and seconds can mean the difference between life and death.

Told in a narrative style, the truth in these tales is often stranger than fiction — murder over a mink pelt; an “idea man” selling investors on a dome over a mountain; a homicidal rage due to a poor night’s sleep; missing money collected for an invisible empire; and a corpse that lay in a schoolyard for a decade.

Boiling Point & Cold Cases: More Saskatchewan Crime Stories by Barb Pacholik follows the best-selling Sour Milk & Other Saskatchewan Crime Stories and Paper Cows & More Saskatchewan Crime Stories. The latest book is available at Costco, Chapters and online from http://www.uofrpress.ca/publications/Boiling-Point-and-Cold-Cases.

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Seven-month-old Emma Pratt enjoys her first visit to the pumpkin patch at Robertson Valley Farm located at 380 Valley Road. Â Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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Newcomers to Canada, Jiang Cheng and Zixia Gong are improving their English in free classes put on by the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association at St. Paul’s United Church. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

By Angelina Irinici Just four months ago, Zixia Gong, Jiang Cheng and their four-year-old son moved to Saskatoon from China. They see the importance in integrating themselves into Canadian culture, so they are working hard on improving their English. The two are enrolled in the free Stage 1 levels 3-4 adult English class put on by the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association, a non-profit that provides services for immigrants and refugees. The couple travel to St. Paul’s United Church twice a week for the class, where they take advantage of the free child care service on site.

The couple’s English class is their fa-

vourite place in Saskatoon — they are improving their English and making friends at the same time.

Q. How did you hear about the classes?

A. (Jiang) We both had our English test at the NIC (Newcomer Information Centre). After the test they gave us a form about all of the English classes in Saskatoon and let us choose one class to see our level, and we chose the one nearest to our house.

Q. What do you like about the class?

A. (Zixia) When I took the test I found that my speaking and listen-

ing is lower and the reading and the writing is higher. So, I must improve my speaking and my listening. I think this class is improving that and it helps me.

(Jiang) Because we have a great teacher here and there are very helpful and friendly students. So, aside from improving our English, we’ve got a lot of useful information such as housing, buying a car, cooking or shopping; anything, any aspect, so it’s really helpful for us.

Q. How long have you been speaking English?

A. (Zixia) We studied English (in China) but we use it very seldom.

Q. How have you been finding Saskatoon so far?

A. (Jiang) There are many factors I like. The first I should say, it’s a small city. We don’t have to drive a car to our destination every day. We can meet many people here so we can practise and improve our English soon. And the people here are very helpful and friendly to newcomers, which is a very important factor for us.

(Zixia) Saskatoon summer is very beautiful and the temperature is not very hot because in China summer temperature is very hot. And also, I like the blue sky and the green grass.

There are many things for children here and (our son) likes it here.

Q. What’s your favourite thing you’ve learned in class so far?

A. (Jiang) We practise speaking and the teacher corrects us, so then we improve and better our English.

(It’s good) because we need practise.

(Zixia) For me, if I just stay at home I will feel alone, but when I come to the class I meet many friends and my teacher. He knows some Chinese so sometimes, if I can’t express what I’m trying to say, I will use Chinese with him because he understands so I feel very happy.

We went to the Forestry Farm (on a field trip). It was very nice and we took many pictures.

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Neighbourhood invigorated by new playground

By Jenn Sharp If you build it, they will come. A new playground for Mayfair Community School is a sign of rejuvenation for an area of Saskatoon that welcomes more new families every day.

School staff realized the playground was needed two years ago. The structure at the time was old and becoming unsafe, and had been vandalized. It was easy to envision what a new playground might look like, but once they got the older students involved in the discussion, that vision changed considerably.

Mayfair’s acting principal, Janna Piro says they had been focusing on the younger grades, assuming they were the ones who would use a new playground the most. When she approached her Grade 7 and 8 students, however, they were eager to contribute.

“They had some really good ideas that were all basically doable kinds of things but that they could put their own stamp on,” she said.

Former principal Daryl McKen says the students don’t take anything for granted. It’s this attitude that motivated him to get the playground project started.

“Everything you do for them is appreciated,” he said. “The parents and community want to do what’s best for the kids here, even though they don’t always have the resources to do what they would like to do.”

Mayfair’s Home and School Association was fundraising through bake sales and other community events, but McKen feared it would be difficult to raise the money they needed. The Saskatoon Public School Board required Mayfair School to raise a minimum of $35,000 before it could make a matching donation.

Volunteers from Sawyer’s and the community help put the first pieces of Mayfair Community School’s new playground together earlier this summer. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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It becomes a sense of family. That’s what I love about this school and I haven’t found that anywhere else. I know when I walk in I’m going to get a hug, I’m going to get a smile. — Gina Harvey

Then he met a local philanthropist, Zeba Ahmad, at a dinner party, who immediately wanted to help.

“I was very impressed with how (McKen) talked about the teachers and how they get involved with the kids — they go above and beyond what I think a teacher’s role probably is,” she said.

In Jaunary, 2012, a playground committee was formed, and with Ahmad’s guidance, applied for grants and approached various Saskatoon organizations. The support, which included a $100,000 donation from Wright Construction, was overwhelming.

“There was a lot of personal connections for people within those corporations to want to pay back to the community because they had come through this community sometime in their life,” says Piro.

Thanks to Scotia Bank’s matching grant program and a donation from

the Saskatoon Public School Board, $340,000 was raised in what committee members call a true community effort.

People in the neighbourhood pitched in to help build the playground and local churches provided lunches for volunteers.

Mayfair School sits in the middle of a large lot; a new playground for younger grades is on the south end, while an area for Grades 4 and up is to the north.

Oversized geometric climbing blocks mark the north playground, along with swings, a resurfaced basketball court and an area for track and field events. Numerous benches were installed at students’ request — they wanted places to sit and visit with friends during recess.

On the south playground, circular swings and climbing structures have been installed, along with an outdoor classroom and learning

else. I know when I walk in I’m going to get a hug, I’m going to get a smile.”

For her, the new playground is invigorating. She points to the new families moving to the area and hopes the playground will help attract even more.

“People need to look past the low income. Just because we’re lower income doesn’t make us any less giving and joyous or friendly… There’s a lot of care given here,” she said.

Todd Berg, Mayfair’s current principal, says a beautiful learning environment can have a big impact. It’s an impact he hopes lasts well after children have left for high school.

“My hope is that when kids say they went to Mayfair School, it’s with pride.”

The public is welcome to attend the new playground’s grand opening on Oct. 17 at 9 a.m.

Oversized geometric climbing blocks mark the north playground, while circular swings were installed in the south playground. Indigenous plants and fruit trees can be found throughout the area. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

garden, which was sponsored by PotashCorp. Walking paths, indigenous plants and fruit trees can be found throughout both areas.

Mayfair parent council member Gina Harvey has lived in the area

for seven years; both of her children attend the school she said is a neighbourhood gathering place.

“It becomes a sense of family.

That’s what I love about this school and I haven’t found that anywhere

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Breaking records and stereotypes

Michael Linklater at Pleasant Hill Community School with his children (from left) Amari, Dream, Milana, Giovanna and Dante. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

By Angelina Irinici Maria Linklater’s memory is incredible. The date rolls off her tongue: Oct. 7, 1982 at 2:30 a.m. She describes the way the train came to a stop in Thunder Bay, Ont. She re-

members the way the white smoke billowed from the stack, but what she remembers the most is the way she felt.

“About two hours before, it felt like flying. I didn’t have any feeling in my feet. All I had was a one-track

mind to get to the train station.”

She and her husband Walter were waiting to pick up baby Michael and to raise him as their own.

Maria went through great lengths for this. After Maria’s sister gave up her children to adoption or fos-

ter care, she had been tirelessly searching for her nieces and nephews — she scratched her contact information on bathroom walls and left notes on the Greyhound busses, “just in case.”

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agencies in the United States and wrote to them.

One day, Maria’s niece called from a home for unwed mothers, all the way from Trenton, N.J. She told Maria she wanted to give up her baby for adoption.

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Walter and Maria Linklater look through old photo albums of Michael. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

“I told her, ‘Don’t give up your baby. I will raise your baby and you’ll be proud of your baby,’ ” explains Maria.

Thirty-one years and a move to Saskatchewan later, Michael Linklater has got used to running. He runs, hard, up and down the basketball court. He runs after his five young children. He used to consistently run to and from Mount Royal High School, when kids called him Forrest Gump. The name works two ways — when Michael was a toddler, he had knockknees and wore casts until the day he decided to scrape them off in the bathtub.

Today, Michael is running again — he’s running late. When he looks through the window of a downtown coffee shop, he smiles. (If you know Michael, you know it’s a prize-winning, ear-to-ear, dimples-and-all smile.) He waves and hurries into the café. He’s dressed neat in a sharp brown sweater that’s still damp from the rain and his long hair is skilfully braided. He carries a green Gatorade bottle. He sits down and leans far across the small table to say his

story starts long before he was born.

Michael’s mother made a deal with the Creator. She terribly regretted a previous abortion and promised to keep the child if she were to get pregnant again — no matter her condition.

She struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, went to residential school and was a product of the “sixties scoop,” a now discredited effort to place aboriginal children in non-aboriginal foster or adoptive homes.

When Michael was born in Trenton, N.J., the odds were against him. Both his grandparents died of alcoholism. When he grew up, his best friend Kevin Moccasin was murdered during a fight. His only sibling — a half-brother — was beat to death over a bottle of alcohol. Michael discovered alcohol was the common denominator in these instances, so when he was in Grade 6, Michael made a pact with himself to never experiment with drugs or alcohol. At 31 years old, he can still proudly say he’s never tried either. Not even once.

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It was a big moment (in Michael’s final year) when we both got on the same page and we understood that we both wanted the same thing. — Greg Jockims

Team captain Michael Linklater kisses the championship trophy after leading the University of Saskatchewan Huskies to victory over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds to win the Canadian Interuniversity Sports Basketball Championship in 2010. File Photo

“I did it for our people so they had somebody to look up to … now people can’t say all Indians are drunks.”

He’d heard countless other stereotypes of his people and he wanted to dismantle them all. He wanted to prove those people wrong. He wanted to succeed. When Michael has an idea, he makes a point of saying “I am” instead of “I will.”

“I had this little fire burning inside my chest. And every time somebody

told me I couldn’t do something, I turned that word into a log or a piece of wood and I just put it on my fire.

Soon enough I had enough doubters and non-believers and haters; I had this raging fire inside to succeed.”

It worked. After picking up a basketball for the first time in Grade 4, Michael set three goals for himself: to play basketball professionally (he played for IBL’s Edmonton Energy), at the university level (he did so on

various teams), and, while discussing his basketball career, he realizes something. He’s currently completing the final goal he set for himself as a young boy: to play for team Canada.

He’s part of a four-man team which qualified for the 3x3 world tour tournament. Since his team is the only one from Canada to qualify “we are officially team Canada,” he says proudly.

The team travelled to Istanbul earlier this month for the tournament and made it to the quarter finals.

■ ■ ■ Since the day Michael arrived by a choo-choo train (hence his nickname Chooch), he’s called Maria and Walter his mom and dad. When he was 18, he legally changed his last name to match theirs. (He’s never met his birth dad.

His birth mom contacts Michael after

she’s been drinking, and he tells her to call when she’s sober. She rarely does.)

Maria remembers Michael has always been busy, strong-willed and generous. She recalls a time when Michael won a traditional dance competition and gave half of his cash prize to an elder spectator.

Upon arriving home, Michael also gave money to Maria and Walter

and other young kids living in their home.

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I did it for our people so they had somebody to look up to … now people can’t say all Indians are drunks.

— Linklater

“I taught him to be kind,” Maria says.

Michael says it was important he had two parents to call mom and dad who were home every night. Maria and Walter are respected elders in the community and he says he learned from watching them put others before themselves.

“It inspired me to grow up and help people in any way that I could,” adding that became another goal.

Today, he’s a dream broker for Sask Sport Inc. He works out of different elementary schools connecting inner-city youth to extracurricular activities. He says it’s a rewarding job being the “middleman between being a service provider and a family.” He also regularly gives motivational speeches to youth sharing his story and teaching them the importance of culture, confidence and living a respectable lifestyle.

“Once you start believing in yourself it doesn’t matter if people doubt you,” he tells youth.

Eugene Arcand has crusaded for Aboriginal peoples in a variety of capacities, par-

ticularly in promoting First Nations sport and recreation — he is a member of the Saskatchewan Indian Sports Hall of Fame and recognizes an athlete and a leader when he sees one. He remembers reading about Michael during Michael’s high school basketball days and wanted to meet him. At first, he observed Michael on the court.

“He was a leader on the court and he had exceptional skills. Off the court, he was also a leader by example and practising a positive lifestyle,” he says. Arcand, who also calls Michael “Chooch,” often asks him to speak to aboriginal youth at special seminars.

He says it only takes about half an hour until they gravitate to him: “By the end, the young people have a new hero.” He says he believes the Creator puts gifted people on Mother Earth to set an example. He sees Michael as one of those people.

“He’ll be a leader when the time comes.

He’s a leader right now … but at some point in time I can see him being a mandated

leader of our people.”

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I had this little fire burning inside my chest. And every time somebody told me I couldn’t do something, I turned that word into a log or a piece of wood and I just put it on my fire. — Linklater

■ ■ ■ Michael fidgets when he talks. He grabs the Gatorade water bottle and squirts water into his mouth as if he’s on the basketball court. He’s aware that he shifts his weight back and forth. He also had a difficult time concentrating in school; perhaps it’s due to his mother’s drinking while he was in the womb, he explains. It took him an extra year to complete high school and he says it’s likely he wouldn’t have gone on to post-secondary school if it wasn’t for basketball. He first went to a college in North Dakota, followed by one year at the University of Saskatchewan and two years in Alberta. He then went back to the U of S for his fifth and final year. During his first season at the U of S, he and then-coach Greg Jockims butted heads.

“I voiced my opinion … a lot,” Michael laughs.

“He taught me a lot how to manage great athletes and strong personalities,” says Jockims. “It was a big moment (in Michael’s final year) when we both got on the same page and we understood that we both wanted the same thing.”

As captain, Michael led the Huskies basketball team to its first ever national championship. Jockims says in addition to always pushing himself to be the very best, his leadership was his biggest strength. He says that Michael had a “fatherly” influence on the team and his “warrior mentality” had others following him. Not to mention his technical skills — his “tenacious” defending and “savvy” decision making.

“He was managing four kids at the time we were playing … he was able to keep all the balls in the air,” says Jockims of Michael’s numerous responsibilities. “The respect that his teammates had for him grew as a result of all the things he had to control and deal with.”

Now, Michael is working with a team creating a basketball program called Prime Basketball. He wants to make sure everyone feels included to join, because as successful as Michael has been as an athlete, he admits that he dealt with racism in sport, not to mention everywhere else.

Even now, he says he has his appearance to keep in mind. “… As sad as that sounds, somebody will think I’m just there to steal or

whatever stereotype or scenario it may be.” It doesn’t just stop at his clothing. “…if there’s, God forbid, a strand (of his braid) out of place, it looks like I don’t care of myself. It’s a sad truth.

They may look at me differently, which I’ve come to understand and accept.”

Maria and Walter made a point of introducing aboriginal culture, customs and traditions to their children at a young age. Michael says he’s always had a strong identity and is proud to be aboriginal. A big part of that is his hair. Michael has never cut his hair; he wears his long braid with pride. There was a time when he wanted to cut his hair; having your braid pulled and being called a girl is tough.

“But as a young boy, having long hair and a braid teaches you a lot — humility, respect and pride. And compassion as well, because you know how it feels to get teased.”

He says he’s proud of his two boys who are going through that right now.

Amari, 9, is beginning to understand, and he’s still working with Dream, 5, teaching him what it means to be a boy with a braid.

Michael teaches his five children to believe in yourself, stay true to yourself and most importantly, to have a voice. He smiles often when he talks of his children (his eldest isn’t blood-related, but he’s raised him as his own), and looks nervous when he talks about his seven -year-old daughter starting competitive dance. He and the mother of his children are no longer together and he understands it’s difficult for his children. That’s why it’s vital for him to spend as much time with them as he can.

While he says his children are his biggest accomplishment, there’s one more thing he’d like to do: He wants to go back to school and get his master’s degree in Native Studies so he can continue to educate others about his culture.

He looks up to the ceiling and his words come out slowly. “I feel that I’ve been paving the way for up and coming aboriginals. I think I’ve dealt with enough in the sports field and I’ve made deep enough roots in non-aboriginal communities that they see we have respectable people. We are very humble and we have a lot to offer.

“I’ve broken down every single stereotype just being me.”

Michael Linklater teaches his children integrity, self-worth and that it’s important to have a voice. Here, he plays basketball with his daughter Giovanna at Pleasant Hill Community School. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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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:

What tips or advice can you offer other parents on potty training?

Did you try the three-day method?

“My son was a handful with potty training. I found that bringing him to the potty every hour whether he needed to go or not was the trick. Eventually he had to go so he did and when he did he got a small treat. Good luck.” — Sherry Bueckert “What worked for me was losing all emotion. When there’s an accident, clean it up and carry on — no fuss at all. I went through every emotion before discovering this and it finally seemed to click for my daughter.” — Kelly Davies Potts “We made it a party time with my son. We put food colouring in the toliet and Cheerios, and if we went we partied with cheers and music and stamps or stickers all over his arms.” — Jasmine Entwistle “All of mine were stubborn trainers. My last, I took Kelly’s stance; ignore the accidents and praise the successful times! She potty trained in two days.”

— Alyson Schira “I did the three-day method with my oldest daughter. It took four days for her, but it does work.”

— Alanna Harder “We did the three-day method and it worked awesome! There was lots of accidents for the first day and a half, but way less after that and almost none by the third day. Plus, we ‘lived’ in the kitchen so I only had to clean up on the linoleum.”

— Krysta Doerksen “We tried the three-day method and it did not work for my son (two years, four months at the time).

We were consistent and excited and positive and it STILL didn’t work. We kept at it and a couple months later (and many puddles later), it just clicked!” — Shawna Stoicescu Haha “We did the three-day method and even though it took longer than three days, I agreed with the principles: no Pull-Ups at night, no potty anywhere but in the bathroom and no training pants! Just go all out and ditch the diapers. We are so glad we did.” — Charmaine Danielle “The three-day method does work, stick to it. I tried that when he was two and by 2 1/2 he was already potty trained. It is hard at first but when he got it,

I was a very proud and happy mommy. Good luck, keep at it.” — Janessa Brown “The best thing I did was quit trying! It was a nightmare so I stopped; it wasn’t worth the fighting and stress. When he was ready it took two days. And I’ve never had a problem since. And night training was also easy.” — Andrea Miles “I trained my oldest son back in the days when Barney was the big thing and my son loved him so ‘Barney’ (my mom) would call him on the phone in her Barney voice. When he made a poop in the potty, my son would get so excited. He was always trying to pee there too so Barney would be happy.”

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Award-winning country singer getting radio airtime

By Angelina Irinici Shantel Adams is putting the love back into country music. The 34-year-old singer and songwriter focuses on integrating positive, reallife messages into her music. She says one of the biggest reasons she became a song writer is to promote family values and real situations rather than some of the “bad messages getting spread through music today.” She incorporates Christianity into her music, but does so without “beating it over your head,” she says.

Adams was born and raised in Saskatoon and started writing music in high school. It all started after she convinced her mom to allow her to take guitar instead of physics as a high school elective.

“Ever since then I just loved music and started writing lyrics in English class and I listened to a lot of music as a child,” says Adams. “I got into country when I was around 12 and listened to a lot of pop before that.

So now I sort of have an infusion of a lot of different styles of music.”

Her biggest inspiration is Terri Clark, who Adams says was a “key factor” in inspiring her move to Nashville.

“She was just like me and I think just as green as me,” says Adams of Clark’s move from Medicine Hat, Alta. to Nashville, Tenn. after graduation.

Adams followed suit, and at 19, she moved to the heart of country music. She spent the first few years going back and forth between Saskatoon and Nashville before settling there permanently in 2009.

“It was very scary at first but eventually you start to get to know music people and they’re everywhere so it’s pretty easy to find them. There’s a phrase, ‘If you throw a stick you’ll hit a songwriter in Nashville.”

Adams still visits home often and a lot of her inspiration comes from Saskatoon. Her first single, Christmas the Canadian Way, is about

spending Christmas at home with Tim Hortons, hockey and pine trees.

Her July visit to Saskatoon inspired her to write a song after a day of golf with her parents.

Her newest single, Modern Woman (Lookin’ for an Old Fashioned Love), is complete with a music video and is part of her first full-length album, My Crystal Ball’s Broken, which was released in late 2012. The song was just added to the CJWW playlist and is being played on at least one radio station in each province.

Adams, who always listened to the radio while delivering pizzas, says that hearing her music on the radio gives her a feeling of validation.

“To think that my song is now in the mix, it’s pretty cool. I was really happy to hear it.”

She’s had quite a bit of success, especially as a songwriter. She’s a three-time winner of the Tennessee Songwriter Association International’s co-writer of the year award.

In 2005, she won the association’s most promising female songwriter of the year and in 2010 she won the Gold Nugget song of the year for the song In My Bible. A Gold Nugget is given to the songwriter whose song got picked up the most that year. It was recorded by three different artists including the Grammy nominated group The Seldom Scene.

“It’s a big honour because it makes me feel good knowing people like my song,” she says.

Her biggest goal is to write either Blake Shelton or Terri Clark’s newest single.

When Adams first moved to Nashville she focused on both singing and songwriting, and although today her energy is put toward writing, she will always be singing.

“Even if I never get a major label deal I would still like to do whatever I can to put out my own songs and sing my own songs, I may never end up playing for 20,000 people in an arena, and that’s OK. That’s not my thing anyway; I like to connect with people more directly in smaller venues.”

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Seniors in long-term care have high risk of head injury: study

By Sheryl Ubelacker Seniors living in long-term care facilities have a high risk of falling, and many of those who take a tumble end up striking their heads, a study has found.

Falls account for more than 60 per cent of hospital admissions for traumatic brain injury in seniors over age 65, and the incidence is on the rise, especially among those over 80, researchers say.

In a study published last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers at Simon Fraser University analyzed video recordings of 227 falls among 133 residents at two long-term care homes in British Columbia. Video cameras had been set up in such public areas as hallways and lounges to capture falls among residents.

The researchers had previously studied what caused residents to fall; in this study, they looked at “how” they fell — in other words, the physical mechanics — and what part of the

body took the brunt of impact.

They found that in 37 per cent of falls, people hit their heads — and contact was most often on the ground, said principal researcher Stephen Robinovitch, who specializes in injury prevention and mobility biomechanics.

Residents’ heads struck the ground in 64 per cent of cases, while 13 per cent smacked their head against a wall and 16 per cent into furniture.

One-third of those who banged their heads as the result of a fall were diagnosed with an injury, ranging from cuts and bruises to fractures.

Surprisingly, there were no concussions diagnosed, said Robinovitch, but noted it can be difficult to distinguish concussion symptoms like memory impairment from similar symptoms caused by dementia.

Most people tend to throw out their hands and arms in a bid to break a fall and limit injury — and the same was true of seniors videotaped during the 39-month study.

“We’re seeing that people continue

to attempt that, but it’s not successful in these older adults,” he said Monday from Vancouver. “Three-quarters of the time they contact the ground with the hands, but that had no effect on risk for head injuries.

“They’re still hitting their heads.”

The fact that residents threw out their arms as they fell shows their protective reflexes remain intact, but their inability to change the outcome of the fall suggests their muscles are no longer strong enough, he said.

“And that’s something that we can improve across the lifespan (with exercise). We can even improve it in 80-year-old individuals, and that may give them the ability to ... arrest the fall and prevent the head from striking.”

Altering the environment can also limit harm from falls. Besides causing head trauma, taking a spill accounts for 95 per cent of debilitating and potentially life-shortening hip fractures.

Typically, most floors in long-term care homes are covered with hard-

A new study suggests seniors in long-term care have a high risk of falling and striking their heads. SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images

surface materials such as linoleum and tile. A soft material known as “compliant” flooring does not impair balance but could cushion a fall and

help prevent head trauma, he said.

“We need larger studies to confirm that, but that’s very likely.”

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By Erl Svendsen One of my guilty pleasures in winter is watching cooking shows on TV. It’s not the best plan for dieters, but if you love to cook, it’s a great place to get inspired and to update your menus.

One of my favourites is celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. He’s never short of fresh herbs that he simply grabs from his window garden. Who does that?

Well, actually, anyone can. It only takes a bit of time to plan, a few materials, plus a dash of TLC. What you’ll need: containers with drainage holes, planting media, seeds or plants and a suitable location.

I recommend planting each herb variety in separate pots. Otherwise, aggressive plants may choke out slower growing varieties. Pots can be all the same for uniformity, or different to create an eclectic look. Unglazed terracotta will dry out faster than glazed or plastic pots.

Regardless, use approximately the same size (7 to 10 cm diameter) container for ease of maintenance and esthetics.

Choose a soilless or peat-based, sterile media to avoid introducing insects or soil borne diseases. Moisten the media before filling your pots to within a half inch of the rim. If you’re starting from seed, scatter a few seeds on the surface and cover with a thin layer of media.

Cover with plastic wrap to keep the soil surface moist, but remove the cover as soon as seedlings begin poking through.

After that, water as required to keep the media moist, but not wet. Feed your plants on alternate weeks with a half-strength complete fertilizer solution (such as 20-20-20 + micronutrients).

Many herbs prefer Mediterranean-like conditions — bright light, shirt-sleeve temperatures (never cold, frosty or toasty) and good humidity. A south exposure is ideal, but as long as your garden gets three to four hours of sun a day, a west or east exposure will be fine.

Glass is a poor insulator so on the coldest days, plants next to the glass can be damaged from low to freezing temperatures. Therefore, keep leaves at least a couple of inches away from the glass. And never trap plants between the window and the curtains.

To keep your sill clean and to make watering easier, put all your pots in a large tray rather than individual saucers. You can add water to the tray, allowing pots to draw up water through their drainage holes. But you’ll need to be able

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to drain excess water so plants don’t sit in water for longer than an hour. To increase humidity around the plants add a layer of gravel and keep the water level just below the top of the gravel.

Fungus gnats are one of the main pests of indoor gardening. They spend most of their life cycle in the soil as tiny white wormlike maggots, emerging as tiny flies to mate and lay eggs on the soil surface. As long as their main food source (decaying plant matter), is available, they cause little damage. But as maggot

numbers increase, they start munching on live roots, reducing plant vigour and growth. The little flies themselves are mostly just annoying.

Remember that you’ll eventually end up using these plants in your cooking so avoid using pesticides. However, a dilute hydrogen peroxide solution (1 part peroxide to 4 parts water) is a relatively benign but effective control option.

Seeds at this time of year may be difficult to find in stores, however it’s worthwhile stopping at your favourite garden centre or farm supply. Mail order and Internet shopping are

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This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com).

UPCOMING EVENTS: Made in Saskatchewan. Oct. 23, 7:30 — 9:30 p.m. St. James Anglican Church, 607 Dufferin Ave. Bob Bors (www.fruit.usask.ca), U of S fruit specialist, presents sour cherries, haskaps and other introductions from the University of Saskatchewan.

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Recipes

Italian-style hummus with diced tomatoes

By J.M. Hirsch What would happen if hummus had been invented in Italy, rather than the Middle East?

I decided to answer the question for myself with this simple reimagining of the classic chickpea puree.

And it’s not as discordant as you might think. Many of the same flavour profiles can be found across both Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Which makes sense, given relative geographic proximity. Even the ingredients and technique have common ground.

Italians make generous use of chickpeas and lemons — both essential to classic hummus. Though in the case of chickpeas, Italians tend to use them more often in soups and pastas than in spreads.

And when they do make spreads, they often reach for other beans, such a favas.

And while traditional hummus relies on tahini (ground sesame seeds) to add richness, Italians probably would be more inclined to reach for pine nuts. So with those substitutions in mind, I created this deli-

cious Italian-style hummus topped with diced tomatoes spiked with balsamic vinegar.

ITALIAN-STYLE HUMMUS WITH DICED TOMATOES This hummus is delicious as a spread served with crackers or baguette slices, or turned into the base of a dinner. For that, smear a hefty serving of the hummus over a lightly toasted sliced of sourdough bread, then top with either lightly seasoned grilled chicken breast or roasted vegetables.

Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 4 > 15-ounce can cannellini or other white beans, drained and rinsed > 6 cloves garlic, minced, divided > 1/2 cup pine nuts > Zest and juice of 1 lemon > 1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary > 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra > Salt and ground black pepper > 1 large tomato, diced > Balsamic vinegar

1. In a food processor, combine the beans, half of the garlic, pine nuts, lemon zest and juice, and 1 tablespoon of the rosemary. Process until chunky smooth.

2. With the processor running, drizzle in the olive oil until the hummus reaches a smooth, silky texture. Taste, then season with salt and pepper, and set aside.

3. In a bowl, toss together the tomatoes, the remaining 1 teaspoon of rosemary and the remaining garlic. Taste, then season with salt and pepper.

4. Spoon the hummus into a wide, shallow bowl, using the back of the spoon to form a cavity at the centre.

5. Spoon the tomatoes into the cavity in the hummus. Drizzle olive oil over the tomatoes and hummus, then sprinkle with a few drops of balsamic vinegar.

Nutrition information per serving: 500 calories; 350 calories from fat (70 per cent of total calories); 39 g fat (4.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 31 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 11 g protein; 250 mg sodium.

Italian-style hummus with diced tomatoes. AP Photo

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Is chocolate ever just chocolate?

By Jenn Sharp “Chocolate equals sex, Jenn Sharp.”

A male friend said this to me recently while we sampled treats from the Saskatoon Inn Garden Cafe and Lounge's newly reinstated chocolate buffet.

Does it really? I suppose I’ve read that a certain percentage of women would rather eat chocolate than have sex (maybe they need to find a new partner.) But when a man buys you or brings you to eat chocolate, is there an unspoken meaning in the message?

Chocolate body paint aside, chocolate just means chocolate — to me anyway. But for some, chocolate is never just chocolate. For men, it’s a wooing technique. For women, it just makes all of life’s little challenges that much easier to forget about. Had a bad day?

A truffle will fix that!

That’s why I brought a man to the chocolate buffet. I know how women feel about chocolate (we’ll take it anytime, anywhere) but how do men feel?

My partner in crime that night was eloquent in his explanation.

“Men have their walls up all the time,” he told me. “Chocolate is something we can be honest about and say we love.”

However, the vast choices on the beautifully arranged buffet line were too much for my friend. Two fountains — one for white, one for milk chocolate — were flanked by overflowing bowls of fresh fruit. (Sometimes the white chocolate is infused with strawberries.) Shot glasses were full of multi-layered mousse, poached pears topped a torte, truffles sat proudly on cocoa dusted plates and macarons imported from France lined a silver serving stand.

“Men are such simple people,” he said. “We’re happy with one or two options. We don’t need a whole buffet.”

Never one to complain, I was in heaven and wanted to try one of everything.

The hotel’s pastry chef, Vien Lam,

The vast chocolate buffet at the Saskatoon Inn. Bridges Photo by GREG PENDER

who has worked there for 17 years, prepares about half of the delicacies in-house; the rest are sourced elsewhere. Fridays are the only night to indulge in the buffet. A jazz duo or pianist entertains and the wine list even features chocolate pairings.

The Garden Cafe has been revamping its image as of late. To match the European courtyard feel, executive chef Doug Hyndford has brought in a chalkboard menu featuring local, seasonal ingredients. During my visit, house made pancetta and a rack of venison was on the board.

Hyndford will launch a new menu shortly, one that reflects his Saulteaux First Nation background. Look for dishes like elk chili and bison stew.

While the chocolate buffet is a definite anomaly (Hyndford believes it’s one of few in the country) there’s another delicious option for chocolate lovers in the Queen City. Chocolates by Bernard Callebaut offers two types of truffle parties; one in its Robinson Street shop and one at your workplace. (The evening parties in their shop are currently booked for the rest of 2013.)

The deal is you get a group of 10 people together and for $350 you get to try unlimited samples while learning how to make truffles. Here’s the fun part: “You enter the chocolate shop then the door is locked. You are trapped in a chocolate shop with unlimited samples,” states Bernard Callebaut’s

website.

SIGN ME UP! At the end of the 90 minutes, you get a belly full of chocolate and a bag of truffles to take home.

If you’ve ever attended one of these parties, I’d love to hear about it

(or be invited).

To book a truffle party, email chocolateregina@gmail.com or call 306546-2462. For chocolate buffet reservations, call 306-668-9621. The buffet is $28.99 or $17.99 with a meal. jksharp@thestarphoenix.com/@JennKSharp

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Separation anxiety cause of couple’s breakup Q: I’m a college freshman and have dated my high school boyfriend for four years, since starting high school.

Our relationship is 100 per cent emotional — no sex — because I wanted to wait until marriage. We’re both virgins and respected each other.

We got along with each other’s families. We were inseparable, best friends.

We planned to stay together during college, though he’s two hours away while my community college is in our city.

On our last night together, we both cried and laughed. He said he’d miss me more than anything, he’d be home very soon, and I’d visit him a lot, too.

Six days into our first week apart, he calls and we’re both saying that we love each other so much that distance means nothing.

A half-hour into this call, he’s saying he just doesn’t know about distance, the week was way too hard being away from me.

He was hysterically crying and saying he didn’t want to do this, but he broke up with me.

He texted afterward saying he still loves me and it hurts him to let me go.

A week later we’re texting and calling as friends.

Everyone’s saying I should be angry with him, or just give up. But I can’t. I know there’s no other girl; he still loves me.

He said maybe during Christmas break we could see how he’s feeling about it then.

I won’t give up on him unless all hope runs out. I’m just hurting so bad. Why can’t we give distance a try? What do I do?

Numbed in New York A: Happening so early in the separation, this isn’t about his not loving you. It’s about the emotional wrench from the security of your close, innocent relationship, and suddenly plunging into the confusion of classes, strangers, school, and social pressures, all while living in a new place.

Stay close; he needs your support. If he cries “hysterically” again, tell him not to focus on the distance, you’re only a text or call away, but if he’s overwhelmed by all that’s going on, he should seek Student Services for a talk, they’re experienced with the pressures on new students.

When he settles into school, ask if you can visit. If not, he’ll probably be home for Thanksgiving. Talk about his adjustment, then. Once he’s feeling better about himself, you can ask if he still feels committed to you.

Q: My husband’s parents exert heavy inf luence on him, through their religion, culture

Ask Ellie NOVEMBER 8 & 9 2013 | SASKATOON TCU PLACE and family “traditions.” It seems there’s never a weekend we can be on our own or go away.

Sometimes we can’t even see a movie because of something he MUST do to keep them from accusing him of neglect.

I want him to set some boundaries about “our time” but he won’t, he says it’ll offend them.

Fed Up DIL A: They’re all offending you, by treating you as less important than them. That’s risky for ALL the relationships involved here.

Tell him that a couple must be the prime “family,” with enough time on their own to feel connected, and share private moments.

He needs to ease his parents into the role of extended family, which means second in line for time, unless there’s an emergency or illness that requires extra attention.

A daily phone call or email is more than enough communication between the generations — but it can also be too much.

When the parents are easy to be with and undemanding, you can have a great network.

But when they’re too intrusive… resentment builds, which can harm the marriage.

Q: I’ve left my job and I read your column daily. It wasn’t my dream job, which is helping people, like giving them advice. People always said that I’m good at giving advice, and I love it, too.

Do you have any tips or things you could suggest for me to develop?

Curious Reader A: Giving advice comes with a lot of responsibilities… for example, to have some life experience yourself so you’re not just talking about ideals, to do research on the kinds of issues presented in the advice forum you operate in, and to build a body of knowledge and attitudes that form a consistent approach to life’s problems.

Like any other job, it needs some background. You haven’t mentioned your education, but courses in social work, counselling, or other “helping” fields lead in the advicegiving direction.

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Wedn esday, O c t . 16 The Sadies Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Ave. Big Dave McLean Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Roots Series: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Northcote w/ Myles and the Blanks Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Thursd ay, O c t . 17 Brian McAreavey Crackers Restaurant and Lounge, #1-227 Pinehouse Dr. Big Dave McLean Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Roots Series: David Francey The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Deer Tick Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Dr. Daniel Romano w/ Grey Kingdom Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Friday, O c t . 18 Big Dave McLean Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Piano Friday w/ Fred Ballantyne Roots Series Joe Fafard/ Roots Series: Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz A Tune to Art: Sculpture and Song The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.

Band Wagon Army & Navy Veterans Club, 359 First Ave. N. Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Court Doug Boomhower Trio McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E. Lounge Lizards Toon Town Tavern, 1330 Fairlight Dr. Orange Goblin w/ Holy Grail and LazerWulf Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Kalle Mattson w/ Michael Feuerstack Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Charger w/ Pigeon Park Rock Bottom, 834B Broadway Ave. Kelly Reid Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403A Idylwyld Dr. N. Urban Outlaws Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E. S a tu rday, O c t . 1 9 Big Dave McLean Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Jazz Singer Fest The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Oktoberfest: Driftwood Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. Band Wagon Army & Navy Veterans Club, 359 First Ave. N. The Hamps Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W. Richelle Andre McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.

Method Man & Red Man w/ Pimpton and DJ Blaze The Odeon Events Centre, 241 Second Ave. S. Savage Henry and the Infamous One Pounders Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. 24th St. Wailers Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Kelly Reid Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403A Idylwyld Dr. N. The Chickadees Bugsy’s Bar & Grill, 134 Primrose Dr. October Sky w/ Ben Parker and Kaitlin Heather Lauren Rock Bottom, 834B Broadway Ave. Urban Outlaws Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E. Sunday, O c t . 2 0 Driftwood Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. The Pretty Reckless w/ Heaven’s Basement Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Dr.

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Mendel Art Gallery Through the fall at 950 Spadina Cres. E. Fall presentations, sponsored by Kramer Ltd., include Rewilding Modernity, an examination of modern and contemporary art from the 1950s to the present, with a talk/tour by curator Lisa Baldissera on Oct. 20 at 2 p.m.; and They Made a Day be a Day Here, a survey of art production by 12 young female artists across the Prairies. The RBC Artists by Artists Mentorship exhibition, Galicia, features an interactive installation repre-

senting a wheat field by Cory Schewaga and his mentor, Bruce Montcombroux.

and processes, and built to spec portrays different understandings of scale.

SCYAP Gallery Until Oct. 18 at 253 Third Ave. S. The Pulse Behind the Paint.

An exhibit showcasing many of the programs and services provided by SCYAP. Tossed & Lost by Mariann Taubensee opens Oct. 21 and runs to Nov. 8. Taubensee challenges people’s perception of the usefulness and beauty of discarded materials.

Centre East Galleries Until Oct. 20 at The Centre. A display by Bridge City Artists, work by Barb Yedersberger, work by Saskatoon Potters’ Guild, Mukti Patel, Debbie Rumpel, Natalie Austin and displays from the Saskatoon Public School Board.

Different Strokes Art Show and Sale Oct. 18, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Oct. 20, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. A group show and sale by Different Strokes Artists Group. Artists include Renate Ankenbrand, Terry Moonie, Alma Bryski, Marian Phaneuf, Doreen Kozmyk, Dianne Smith, June Martin, Verlee Bate, Agnes Rolheiser, Mary Buhler, Phil Shaan-Dumont and Darleen Topp.

Gallery on Third, Watrous Until Oct. 19 at 102 Third Ave. E., Watrous. Artist Trading Cards: No Story Too Small to Trade. Sponsored by Watrous & Area Arts Council.

Darrell Bell Gallery Until Oct. 19 at 405-105 21st St. E. New works by Joe Fafard. Among these new pieces are bronze casts of dogs, pigs, cows and horses.

330g Until Oct. 19 at 330 Ave. G S. late-day light by Robert Youds.

AKA Gallery Until Oct. 19 at 424 20th St. W. Structure by Melanie Colosimo and built to spec

by Jordan Schwab. Through a series of drawings and miniatures that reference scaffolding, Structure addresses the way in which we value or undervalue space, structures

The Gallery/Art Placement Until Oct. 24 at 228 Third Ave. S. Known by Heart: a life spent painting the prairie landscape,

by Lorna Russell.

Reflections of Nature 2013 Oct. 24-27 at Prairieland Park.

The 23rd annual Fall Art Exposition, Competition & Sale.

Presented by the Saskatchewan Wildlife Art Association Inc. Bird, fish and animal carvings, wildlife sculptures, painting, drawing, photography, and a junior art competition based on wildlife, natural and domestic subjects. Entry registration Oct. 24, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; wine and cheese gala Oct. 25 at 7:45 p.m.; banquet and artists presentation with Jamie Russell of Vanscoy Oct. 26, 6 p.m.; public show Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Northern Landscapes Oct. 25, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Venu at Federation des Francophone, 212-308 Fourth Ave. N. Works by Men Who Paint. Canadian landscape artists Cam Forrester, Greg Hargarten, Paul Trottier, Roger Trottier and Ken Van Rees, also known as the Men Who Paint, will be hosting a showing of paintings from their travels over the last year, including Saskatchewan locations Prince Albert National Park, Echo Lake, and La Ronge.

Saskatoon Painters Club Oct. 25, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Oct.

27, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. Their 2013 Show and Sale.

St. Thomas More Gallery Until Oct. 29 at 1437 College Dr. Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow and Other Ridiculous Prophesies, an exhibition by Zoe Fortier. An absurdly shocking exhibit on the implications of fatalist prophesies in the construction of the past, present and inevitable apocalypse. Featuring irrelevant quotes from inconsequential writers, and supported by misleading and incomplete factual information.

Watrous Library Through October in Watrous.

Autumn Splendor. Seasonal art by local artists. Sponsored by Watrous & Area Arts Council.

Station Arts Centre, Rosthern Through October at 701 Railway Ave., Rosthern. Garden Immaculate by Lindsay Arnold. It is an OSAC touring exhibition.

The Hand Wave Gallery Until Nov. 7 at 409 Third Ave., Meacham. Quintessence, a clay and mixed media exhibition.

Affinity Gallery Until Nov. 9 at 813 Broadway Ave. Word View. An exhibition of new work by Cathryn Miller made from discarded dictionaries and encyclopaedias. A reception will be held Nov. 8 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Gallery, Frances Morrison Library Until Nov. 14 at 311 23rd St. E. Favourite Spaces by Cindy Hergott-Pellerin.

Handmade House Showcase Until Nov. 30 at 710 Broadway Ave. Prairie Impressions: original watercolour paintings

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Ukrainian Museum of Canada Until Dec. 31 at 910 Spadina Cres. E. Money, Sovereignty & Power: The Paper Currency of Revolutionary Ukraine 1917-1920.

Diefenbaker Canada Centre Through December at 101 Diefenbaker Pl. Touch the Sky: The Story of Avro Canada. This in-house produced exhibit encourages visitors to look beyond the controversy surrounding the Avro Arrow, and focuses on the history and accomplishments of Avro Canada.

Black Spruce Gallery Open through the winter at Northside Antiques on Highway 2. After Glow, a group show featuring fall images and colours of the boreal Lakeland region.

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Ladies Auxiliary Fall Tea Oct. 16, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. With door prizes, a bake table, a raffle and a 50/50 draw. Everyone is welcome.

Imagine No Bullying Live Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., at Mayfair United Church, 902 33rd St. W. Presented by Studio XII Music & Dance Co. With performances by Codie Prevost and Stephen Maguire. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross Imagine No Bullying campaign.

Mammoth Book Sale Until Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright Ave. Hosted by The Canadian Federation of University Women.

There will be thousands of books on all topics as well as CDs, tapes, videos and DVDs. Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Fabric Sale Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Martin’s Church, 2617 Clarence Ave. S. Cash or cheque only. All proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to aid grandmothers in

Africa who are raising their grandchildren, who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Donations of unused fabric (0.5 metres or more), quilting fabric, yarns, knitting needles, thread, notions and embellishments can be dropped off at the church on Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. To make other arrangements call 306382-2356, 306-373-3210 or 306-343-9448.

Christmas Craft Fair Oct. 18, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Western Development Museum. With more than 90 artisans and crafters offering a unique shopping experience with homemade crafts, pottery, wooden ware, photography and a specialty food area.

Includes Saskatoon Gifts to Grandmothers’ totes, with profits going to grandmothers in Africa.

V.A.S.T. First Annual Auction and Music Night Fundraiser Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at Albert Community Centre. A night of music and art, with a live art auction and a silent auction. V.A.S.T. for Haiti (Veterinarians Abroad Supporting and Teaching) is a registered non-profit humanitarian charity. Funds raised will pay for in-country travel expenses, medicine, and supplies. To purchase tickets or to make a donation email VAST2013@live.com or visit CanadaHelps.org (search V.A.S.T.).

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: Under the Big Top Oct. 18, 7 p.m., at Free Flow Dance Centre, 224 25th St. W. For ages 19+. Featuring circus and sideshow inspired models from the Rosebud Burlesque Club. With performances, music, sketch contests and a cash bar. Drawing experience is not required.

Bob Adams Foundation 30th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 18, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., at the University Club at the U of S. With a formal presentation to Diane Jones-Konihowski

and the recognition of Dennis Berling and Evelyn Nosedale.

Donations are requested to help sustain and grow their athletic scholarship program.

Email jpeddle@sasktel.net or call 306-374-7647.

Story Circle for Adults Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Centre, 213 Second St. E. Hosted by the Saskatoon Storytellers’ Guild. The theme is fall. Bring a story, or come to listen. Admission is free and donations are accepted.

Potluck snacks are welcome but not expected.

Reggae Party Oct. 18, 9 p.m., at Cosmo Seniors’ Centre, 614 11th St. E. Presented by Saskatoon ReggaeFest. With Oral Fuentes Reggae Band and Jim Balfour Reggae Band.

Oktoberfest Oct. 19, supper at 6:30 p.m., dance at 8 p.m., at Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. A legion fundraiser. With music

by Driftwood.

Prairie Pops Spectacular: SSO Conexus Pop Series Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., at TCU Place. Saskatchewan singersongwriter-pianist Jeffery Straker performs his original compositions set to orchestral arrangement, along with well-known classics from prairie greats including Joni Mitchell, Connie Kaldor and Ian & Sylvia. With the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

Taste of Africa Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m., at Elim Church, 419 Slimmon Rd. A Missions fundraising supper.

A fully catered African meal.

With special guest speaker Cal Bombay, who will share from his experiences in the Republic of South Sudan.

Bombay’s life reads like an adventure novel and his remembrance of these encounters and lessons learned shows a keen sense of God’s providence in every step. Tickets are available at Elim Church.

Classical Variety Night Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., at Grosve-

nor Park United Church. The second concert of the season. Hosted by the Galliard Foundation. Featuring local musicians performing music they love.

Share in Our Success 2013 Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., at The Odeon Events Centre.

Presented by Dress for Success Saskatoon. An evening of recognition of the partners who take the time to help Dress for Success Saskatoon become even greater. They promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire and a network of support to help women thrive in work and in life. With a steak supper catered by Saboroso and an evening of celebration.

Men’s Cooking Classes — Level I Tuesdays Oct. 22 and 29, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. Hosted by The Saskatoon Council on Aging and Saskatoon Home Economists. A small group of men gather to prepare meals that are simple, easy and quick to make. Many cooking experiences are based on information from Living Simply a handbook prepared by Saskatoon Home Economists for adults assuming new responsibilities.

Professional Development: Playwriting with Vern Thiessen Oct. 22 and 23, 6:30 p.m., at the Remai Art Centre. Over the course of two evenings, Thiessen will unveil the tools and techniques that have made him one of Canada’s most prolific, highly produced and critically acclaimed writers. Participants must have some playwrighting experience. Workshop includes one ticket to the October 24 performance of A Man A Fish by Donna Michelle St. Bernard.

Through the Glass Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Neatby Timlin Theatre, in the U of S Arts Building. One woman’s

pursuit of justice, forgiveness and healing. Author Shannon Morony talks about her memoir. Admission is free.

Speechreading and Information for the Hard of Hearing Oct. 23, Nov. 13 and 27, 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.

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Beirut Oct. 17-20 at The Refinery.

Written by Alan Bowne.

A Live Five Independent Theatre production. In the near future, Torch has been quarantined after testing positive for a nameless disease. His girlfriend, Blue, who has not been infected, makes the dangerous journey across the quarantine line to be with him. Warning: strong language, adult situations and nudity. Herbal cigarettes will be lit on stage.

Saskatoon Soaps Oct. 18, 9:30 p.m., at Broadway Theatre. The improv comedy troupe performs.

Eurydice Until Oct. 19 in the John Mitchell Building at the U of S. A Greystone Theatre production. Written by Sarah Ruhl. A re-imagining of the Orpheus/Eurydice myth in a modern North American setting. The tale of Eurydice’s descent into Hades and Orpheus’s relentless attempts to bring her back to life.

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Ad agency promotes creativity in Adilman Building

By Angelina Irinici Who? Michelle Nelson, president of local advertising agency Tap Communications and Strata Development.

Where? On the second floor of the Adilman building on the corner of 20th Street E. and Avenue B in Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood.

When? Nelson first looked at the building in July of 2012 and signed a 10-year lease almost six months later in December. The agency moved in as the first tenants on June 1, 2013. They are still unpacking a few boxes and getting set up. Tap Communications is the only tenant right now, but others will be occupying the main floor later this year.

When Nelson first looked at the building it was very raw — no windows, no lights, just beams and lots of open space.

“It was really exciting for me to be able to look at the entire floor and choose which corner we wanted … (and) how much space we needed,” explains Nelson. “I knew that I wanted it to be more of a creative space and less formal, more collaborative, have a better flow so that people could come together in different kinds of ways.”

Employers’ offices and desks were strategically placed first, and then other details followed.

What? The historic Adilman building, which was built in 1912 and was home to Adilman’s Department Store. Since the store’s closure in 1974, the building held an antique shop, farmers’ market and a bingo hall. It sat fairly empty in recent years before Tap Communications moved in after renovations took place in 2012-13.

“It’s wonderful that this building was available to be renovated and allow us to design it from scratch so we could build our creative space within a historical space,” Nelson says. “It’s quite wonderful how the energy of this neighbourhood is evolving each and every day.”

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SPACES The 2,800 square foot office has white soaring ceilings and exposed piping, giving the space a softer loft feel. There is plenty of natural light and, aside from the piping, the small glass brick windows are the only remnants left of the original building.

All new phones, furniture and computers were purchased. The space is modern and inviting with unique yet practical details throughout like laptop rests and hidden coat hooks.

“You need an environment that fosters creativity; having a space where people can connect with each other just helps support the work that we do.”

The large, open-concept lunch room is complete with folding chairs and tables that nest together when extra space is needed. A south facing deck is used for outdoor meetings or lunches.

Why? Nelson kept a few things in mind while planning the renovations: practicality, open-space, creativity and a happy work life.

Little things go a long way: a margarita maker makes clients feel at home, the staff rings a gong to celebrate an achievement, and blue candy — the agency’s key colour — is found throughout the space in glass jars. The large front entrance logo can be changed to different colours depending on the client or occasion. Nelson chose a square office so clients can walk through the space and meet employers on their way to the board room.

“We’ve got our space set up so there are different levels of formality for meetings,” she explains.

A more informal meeting can take place in the meeting room with glass walls and comfortable chairs with a tablet arm for laptops, notes or a cup of coffee.

Personal closets, a modern kitchen and giant idea board and calendar all help to create an enjoyable work environment that sparks creativity — Nelson’s biggest goal in renovating the space.

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Perbruno

Flavourful Italian syrah is a perfect food wine

By James Romanow Perbruno is a wine I have been drinking for several years now and it is labelled as an IGT (Indicazione Geografica Typica) wine. It’s made from 100 per cent syrah grown in Tuscany.

Syrah (aka Shiraz) is a really fine wine that deserves the massive popularity it enjoys today.

However, it could stand a little refinement, as any number of vintners like to vinify it at port wine levels of ripeness.

Traditional Italian wines, made under the DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) system have specific acidity targets. Although Perbruno does not have these standards to meet, it still must meet IGT standards. Moreover, it is made by Italians; and every Italian winemaker knows that you need acidity to make a decent wine.

Essentially alcohol and acidity are at opposite ends of the wine style. If you harvest at lower sugar levels, you will get a brighter, fresher wine that pairs with food more easily.

Higher alcohol levels from riper grapes tend toward the Rubenesque voluptuous, if not downright flabby.

Perbruno is somewhere between these two points. It owes more to the New World wine style than to the traditionally finer, less unctuous wines of Northern Italy. It starts with a

berry nose, hints of tobacco and spice, followed by a huge mouth-filling palate so loaded with flavour it risks overwhelming your tongue.

The acidity is clean, bright and clear, and the tannins controlled. The finish is long and spicy, lingering on the tongue. This is a wine on a tightwire and it makes the crossing seem easy.

The result is a great food wine. If you’ve given up on syrah despairing at the modern orotund palate, look no further for relief. Perbruno is a truly fine wine.

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