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Lauren Evans and Julie Andreas are two sisters that combined their business backgrounds with an affinity for fashion. The result: Era Style Loft, located at 234 — 21st Street East, a mid to high-end boutique for women’s apparel. Their selection of brands are hard to find anywhere else in the province, including Elizabeth & James, Joie, Rag & Bone, Equipment and Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent. Everyone from a mom-onthe-go to a working professional or budding fashionista will find what she needs for any occasion.

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Part of the kit of Padre Dong Joo Kim, a captain with the Royal Regina Rifles Reserve at the armouries building in Regina. BRIDGES Photo by Don Healy Correction: In the Oct. 25 Inventory, Christian Louboutin knock-off shoes from Better Off Duds were incorrectly identified. Bridges regrets the error.

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INVENTORY — 2 Fashionable finds at Era Style Loft in downtown Saskatoon COVER — 4 MUSIC — 9 FASHION YXE — 10 While it’s difficult to sit down, magazine dress is pure style READ MY BOOK — 11 Clay Stacey’s The Inquiring Reporter IN THE CITY — 12 Sherbrooke Community Centre welcomes the world

CITY NEWS — 18 MEET MY PET — 19 Sassy the radio mascot EVENTS — 20 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 22 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly creation for children of all ages PARENT TO PARENT — 23 Do you judge reality TV families?

GARDENING — 23 SPACES — 25 A functional new kitchen for character home

WHAT MOVES YOU — 16 The next best thing to a ship for this landlocked pirate

SHARP EATS — 26 Regina’s La Bodega sole Saskatchewan entry on Maclean’s top 50 list

CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU — 17

WINE WORLD — 27 A taste of Sicily

Cheryl George stands in the main entrance at Sherbrooke Community Centre where they like to keep it festive and welcoming for the residents and visitors as they arrive. Bridges Photo by Michelle Berg

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You know, at that point, all that is left is prayer. — Padre Sandy Scott

R e m e m b r a n c e D ay

Ministering to the troops, in war and peace

Padre Sandy Scott of the North Saskatchewan Regiment recounts the events of March 6, 2010, when Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick was hit by an improvised explosive device. Bridges Photo by DREW FOSSUM

By Drew Fossum Major Sandy Scott’s small office is packed with memorabilia from his career in the Canadian Forces. Covering the wall are newspaper clippings, photos of Afghanistan and a picture of Scott receiving a Meritorious Service Medal from the Chief of Defense Staff.

There is also a stack of free bibles on a shelf by the door next to his preacher’s scarf. Scott is a reservist chaplain in the Canadian Army. A

padre, as they are called in the forces — a holy soldier tasked with a mission to keep soldiers spiritually sound.

Scott sits back in his chair and smiles when he talks about becoming a chaplain. But his tone is different when the subject is Afghanistan.

■ ■ ■ ■ March 6, 2010. Scott has been in Afghanistan for just over six months and has only a couple

more to go.

The Afghan winter is long over but the morning desert is cold as a Canadian Forces patrol rolls out of Forward Operating Base Wilson.

Scott is spending time with the troops. He knows them well after the six-month deployment. Just as he finishes a workout, reports scream over the radio that a soldier has been hit by an improvised explosive device (IED).

Chaplains offer their soldiers guidance and support. In times of crisis, they also break the bad news. This is one of those days.

Scott tells the troops that one of their own has been seriously hurt in an IED attack. They bow their heads for a short prayer and wait to hear more.

What they learn is that Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick lost both his legs, close to his waist. He was loaded onto a Black Hawk helicopter and taken to hospital at Kandahar Air Field, but the situation is dire. The Commanding Officer of the unit, who was near Fitzpatrick when the bomb went off, orders Scott to lead another round of prayer.

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When a wounded soldier makes it back to Canada, you think he is going to be OK. You think he has it made in the shade.

— Scott

“You know, at that point, all that is left is prayer,” Scott says.

Canadian riflemen worked hard to keep Fitzpatrick alive. He had been a driver with a unit that was tasked to train the Afghan National Army. With only a couple of months left in his tour, he wanted to put some miles on his boots. The March 6 foot patrol was his first.

On March 20, back home in Canada, Cpl. Fitzpatrick died.

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As Scott remembers that day, he chooses his words carefully, often backing up to add details. He is determined to honour the story.

Finally, he shakes his head and concedes it was the lowest point of his tour of duty.

“When a wounded soldier makes it back to Canada, you think he is going to be OK. You think he has it made in the shade,” he says.

After six months overseas, Scott was emotionally drained from being the crutch that soldiers lean on in the unforgiving heat and

on their darkest days.

Fitzpatrick’s was not the first military death Scott experienced. During the course of his career, and throughout the mission in Afghanistan, he had to notify the families of seven soldiers killed in action overseas.

Every death is unique, but breaking the news is routine. In his dress uniform, the padre knocks on the door with a high-ranking officer beside him. As the officer gives them the news, loved ones often collapse. Then the officer’s stoic facade dissolves. The padre steps in to help him regain composure. He is committed to stay by the family’s side for the next two weeks.

Scott has deep roots in the military. “In some way, shape, or form, I have always been a part of the military for as long as I can remember,” he says.

His uncle was Staff Sergeant Hugh Cairns, who won a Victoria Cross in the First World War. During university, Scott was a student chaplain on army bases in the summer. He even met his wife, Elizabeth Moor, on an army base.

Padre Sandy Scott and Cpl. Tyler Pouteux discuss a training exercise at the Prince Albert armouries.

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Day or night, my boys know my phone is on 24 hours a day.

— Padre Dong Joo Kim

Scott and his wife put down roots in Prince Albert in 1995. He then joined the North Saskatchewan Regiment’s “B” Company out of Prince Albert in 2001 as the unit’s padre.

Life is hectic. He balances military obligations with those of his church, St. Paul’s Presbyterian. “I love doing parish ministering and I love doing this work. I love soldiering and soldiers need good chaplains,” Scott said.

Chaplains have been an integral part of the army since the beginning of the Canadian military. They were active in both world wars and every multinational mission the Canadian military has participated in.

Just like any soldier, basic training is mandatory for padres. They undergo regular physical testing and endure the same elements as the troops in training.

“You build relationships with those soldiers. Those relationships, particularly when we deploy, bear a lot of fruit,” Scott said.

It’s about loitering with intent. Being present in the good times and the bad.

Being a padre isn’t only about caring for soldiers during conflict.

The effects of war last long after the troops come home. The memory of lost friends and traumatic moments settle like sand in water but rise to the top when unexpectedly shaken.

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Padre Dong Joo Kim, a captain in the Royal Regina Rifles, waits for that moment.

“I am not here to convert anybody.

I am here to help the troops make sense of what they do. These guys run forward, into danger when everyone else runs away. They need someone to help them make sense of that.”

“Day or night, my boys know my phone is on 24 hours a day,” Kim said.

One night, Padre Kim rushed to a soldier’s house, after getting a desperate plea.

After a long chat, the troop told him: “Padre, if you were five minutes later, I am not sure we would be having this conversation. You saved my life.”

“Those are the good days,” Kim

Padre Dong Joo Kim, a captain with the Royal Regina Rifles Reserve, at the armouries building in Regina. BRIDGES Photo by Don Healy

said. “The days when you make a difference with a soldier.”

Kim is solidly built for a man of 53 and sports black hair with only a smattering of grey. He animates what he says with gestures and facial expressions. Around soldiers, he tells self-deprecating jokes and falls back on physical humour when all else fails. He talks about his troops with affection, saying he gets back all the love he gives them.

Kim illustrates that with a story that almost brings him to tears. He was on a brigade exercise last May

in southern Manitoba. It was classic spring weather, blazing sun one moment and sleet the next.

He spent the week humping out patrols and pumping the troops full of morale. Near the end of the exercise, he received a call from his wife.

The sewer was backing up into their newly renovated basement.

Four hours away and with no family to come to his aid, Kim did the only thing he could think of. “I texted one of my riflemen and asked for his help. He said, ‘Padre, don’t worry.

You take care of our boys in the field,

we will take care of your family back here’,” Kim said.

Ten minutes later, a handful of reservists poured into his house, moved the furniture to higher ground, fixed the backed up sewer and minimized the damage to basement.

“I was overwhelmed. It affirmed the work I was doing. I knew I was taking care of the guys, when they took that good of care of me,” he said.

Kim joined the Canadian Army Reserve as a padre in 2008, but it wasn’t his first military experience.

He served with the South Korean infantry for three years.

He was deployed on the North/ South Korean border, where tensions often run high amid constant threats from the isolated neighbour to the north.

In 1993, he moved to Canada to attend the Concordia Lutheran Seminary. Afterwards, he and his family moved to Neudorf, Saskatchewan to minister a church with the Lutheran Church of Canada Central District.

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Once a soldier always a soldier. I felt like I needed to be a part of (the army) again. Be with the men in the field.

— Kim

Padre Sandy Scott looks at a newspaper clipping from the funeral of Cpl. Jamie Murphy, Canada’s seventh soldier to die in Afghanistan. It was his first military death notification. BRIDGES PHOTO BY DREW FOSSUM

“God picks me and my family up from a city of 1.5 million people and puts us down in rural Saskatchewan. He certainly has a sense of humour,” Kim laughs.

There were some adjustments, but he and his family fell in love with small-town living: Hockey, community suppers, school sports.

But, he never lost his desire to be a soldier again.

“Once a soldier always a soldier.

I felt like I needed to be a part of (the army) again. Be with the men in the field.”

Kim said goodbye to his congregation, moved his family to Regina and took a pay cut to become a street minister and army padre.

He’s also a chaplain with the Regina Police Service. Being a padre and police chaplain, Kim seems al-

ways to be on the front lines.

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On Remembrance Day, Canada’s soldiers will march onto parade squares, lay wreaths and fire salutes to their fallen comrades. The public will watch.

Padres like Major Scott and Captain Kim will be looking on as well,

but in a different way. They will be watching for those who need help making sense of it all. The padres suffered losses too, but they restrain their emotions so they can be there for the soldiers who need them.

Services and vigils at monuments will come to a quiet end. The soldiers will gather for a couple of customary pitchers at the local legion. The public will go back to

their normal day.

But the padres will go home. They will sort through their own emotions. And wait for the next call.

Drew Fossum is journalism student and a veteran of the Canadian Forces. He served with the 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in southern Afghanistan from October 2009 to May 2010.

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MUSIC

Metal band eager to move things forward

By Andrew Matte

Regina metal band Oblivion’s Eye is a “little band that acts like a big band.”

So says guitarist and singer Brad Beecher, who transplanted his band to Regina several years ago after uprooting it from Vancouver Island so he could enlist a pair of Saskatchewan bandmates.

The decision also happened because Beecher and fellow founding member and guitarist Damian Smith were having issues with finding B.C. musicians willing to take the project as seriously as they did.

“It was a pretty big move … we had some band issues,” said Beecher, who works full-time as a plumber. “There weren’t a lot of musicians around who had the dedication. There weren’t many guys who wanted to spend a lot of time on band stuff like we did.”

He also liked Regina because its location makes travelling easier.

“Regina is smack-dab in the middle

of Canada and it’s right on the highway. So we can drive to any city that we want.”

Today, the band is made up of Beecher, Smith, Keenan Delorme on bass and Adam Horvey on drums.

While the band exists only as a part-time band, its members hope that changes. The current mandate is to take everything seriously, and on the road.

“Our hopes are to just start touring as soon as possible,” Beecher said. “So we’re a little band that acts like a big band so far. We want to present ourselves as professionally as possible under the circumstances. “We want to start out with something small, like maybe around Western Canada and then maybe beyond that. We’d like to be at the point where we’re self sustaining.”

The band is busy working on its next record, which is expected to be a tad faster and more intricate than previous efforts. While the band is known for “atmospheric metal,” Beecher and his bandmates expect the sound to

Regina band Oblivion’s Eye is a “small band with a big-band” attitude. Members include Damian Smith, from left, Keenan Jamerson-Delorme, Adam Horvey and Brad Beecher. Photo COURTESY Eagleclaw Thom

change as they continue to challenge themselves on their instruments.

“The next album will be a lot faster and more complicated than the last album. We have an established sound.

And we’re finding new ways to bring new things to it,” said Beecher, who was

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Fashion magazine takes on a whole new meaning

By Ashley Martin A paper dress is rustly and not the most comfortable thing to wear, but it looks pretty cool.

So when Holly Schaeffer saw photos of San Francisco photographer Bambi Cantrell’s newspaper ball gown, it inspired the 21-year-old to make her own paper dress.

Using her 15-year-old sister Zoey as a model, the Schaeffers verbally planned out the dress — without drawing a pattern — and created it right onto a tank top and shorts that Zoey was wearing.

The dress took about two hours to make and is made up of “mostly National Geographic and a couple of free other ones that I just picked up around Regina,” said Holly, who studied photography at McKay Career College in Saskatoon and now runs her own business (hollyschaefferphotography.com).

“We almost ran out of tape,” she added.

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NAILS: “I just painted 4. over the tape and peeled the tape off and made some stripes.”

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The Inquiring Reporter For several years before retiring, while I was still actively involved in the publishing business, I promised (threatened?) to reveal what it was like to be a newspaper reporter for 50 years.

Earlier this year, I finally got around to it and typed out more than 60 intriguing stories that I either uncovered personally or was involved in over five decades as a news hound. My 256-page book is called The Inquiring Reporter.

“Why did you write the book?” is a question I’ve often been asked. Truthfully, I penned it to pass along my memoirs to my adult kids and grandkids, and to bring back memories for many of those involved in my long career.

Many of the stories I covered were not for the faint of heart.

Deana Driver, of the Regina publishing firm DriverWorks Ink, is a journalist and longtime author who, in taking on the task of publish-

ing my book, described me as an inquisitive newspaperman: “Clay followed leads down dirt roads and had guns pointed at him. He covered education, politics, mystery and mayhem — and had pies thrown in his face. For five decades, he worked as a reporter, editor and publisher in Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, ending his career as editor-at-large of The Senior paper. Clay typed his reports of rodeos, pranks, fist fights, fires, awards and accidents on an old Underwood typewriter. Now his fascinating, funny and daring adventures are shared in The Inquiring Reporter.”

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Readers will enjoy the book because it will take them behind the scenes in the life of a working reporter, where members of the general public seldom have access.

The Inquiring Reporter is available from www.driverworks.ca online and at DriverWorks Ink trade show booths, at Coles and Chapters stores in Regina and in Saskatoon at Indigo and McNally Robinson Booksellers. The Inquiring Reporter is also available from your favourite e-book retailer (search for the book by title or author’s name).

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Sherbrooke Community Centre no ordinary care home

By Jeanette Stewart

Cheryl George is the leader of Education Services at Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon, a long-term care facility that is home to 270 people of a wide range of ages. There are also more than 100 people involved with their community day programs and a 36-place children’s daycare program called Oak Trees and Acorns.

Volunteers and students from the community are also welcome to take part in programs.

“When you come to Sherbrooke, you don’t see a uniform. You don’t see a place that looks like a hospital.

You see a store and children playing and people laughing and having fun.

It’s an awesome place,” said George.

Sherbrooke Community Centre recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and, as George explained, many things have changed since the centre’s inception.

The learning centre at Sherbrooke now hosts people from all over the world who are interested in their methods of care. Guests have come from as far as Israel, Japan and Australia.

“There needs to be a revolution in long-term care and we’re very happy that we’re part of that revolution,” she said. “We’re part of a greater culture of change movement that is recognizing the importance of people being in control of their own lives.”

Q: Why is this your favourite place?

A: I’ve worked at Sherbrooke for 26 years and it’s an amazing place where truly caring people have opened their hearts to make a better world, to make a community where people live full and abundant lives.

Q: How did you find yourself there?

A: While I was going to school (completing a masters in community health education) I got a call asking if I was interested when I graduated in coming to work here. Luckiest day of my life.

Cheryl George stands in the main entrance at Sherbrooke Community Centre where they like to keep it festive and welcoming for the residents and visitors as they arrive.

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Q: What is it that makes it so special?

A: I think it’s the people. I think that the staff who work at Sherbrooke are awesome. Our awesome staff bring their best to work every day. We have a leadership and management team that are always learning and growing and looking for new ways to support the staff. They know if they support the staff well that the staff will support the elders well. A really big part of the reason that Sherbrooke is the awesome place that it is because 14 years ago we adopted a philosophy called the Eden Alternative, that recognizes that the bulk of suffering

among our elders is from loneliness, helplessness and boredom. We work every day to abandon our institutional way of doing things and create something much more normal.

Q: How is it set up?

A: One hundred and sixty of our people live in neighbourhoods. It’s a traditional enough looking building but because we understand that the smaller we make things the easier it is for people to develop close relationships, we’ve created these small neighbourhoods. In 1999, when we were building, we actually built

houses. About 110 of our folks live in houses that they share with eight or nine other people. It’s even smaller, so it’s even better.

Q: How has it changed over the years?

A: When I first came to work at Sherbrooke we had 326 people, and more than 200 of them lived in four-bed wards. We’ve replaced everything.

I started in ’86. Everything that’s here today was not here then. We’ve reinvented ourselves.

Q: Why have you stayed there all these years?

A: I never made a third anniversary at a job before I started here. I have stayed because it is so rewarding and so challenging and there’s never a dull moment.

Q: Is there a specific place you like the most?

A: I had my picture taken at the front door because we want to welcome the world into Sherbrooke, because for many of the people who live here we become their whole world and so we need to ask ourselves every day: is this world good enough?

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Shiver me timbers: pirate bike sets sail

By Jeanette Stewart As a summer project, Cam Fuller, The StarPhoenix’s entertainment editor, turned a dilapidated mountain bike into a swashbuckling ride for a landlocked pirate.

Q: Describe your ride: A: It’s a former 1990s-era 12-speed mountain bike that I converted many years ago to a one-speed because the gears broke.

Q: At what point did you start customizing it?

A: I rode it like that for years and this spring it needed new tires. I don’t think it ever had new tires after 20 years. I splurged on these really expensive tires, and then everything else looked really old.

First I cleaned the rust off the rims, and then polished them. Then the frame looked really old so I sanded the frame down and took all the old logos off and repainted it. At that point I realized I didn’t have any logos, so I needed a theme.

Q: How did you arrive at pirate?

A: It was a black bike and pirates are scary and rad.

Q: Why fix it instead of getting a new bike?

A: It’s a survivor and it’s old and it’s never been stolen. I tend to hold onto things too long and I’m a bit of a hoarder. I just loved the idea of making something old new again.

Q: How long did it take you to do all the work?

A: Three weeks. It took eight hours just to strip it and sand it and probably another six hours to repaint it.

Q: What customizations did you make to the bike?

A: It has new brake cables and new cool grips with aluminum red trim, which are neat. It’s got a carrier in

Cam Fuller’s Pirate Bike. Bridges photo by Andrew Spearin

the back and I bolted a little pirate cap gun, which actually works, on the back of the carrier. Then I decided it needed some sort of rope theme so I bought a cleat that you would use on a dock and I bolted that to where the water bottle cage would go and wrapped rope around it, so that’s totally awesome. A new seat. The best part are the badges on the front and the back. I made them out of an old mailbox and then got a Jolly Roger image from the Internet and made a stencil out of that and then hand-painted it. It went great. I didn’t even know what I was doing to start with.

Q: Had you done that kind of project before?

A: I’ve had a couple car projects I kind of learned on. The thing with cars is they’re really expensive and you’re never really finished. This thing was within my grasp. I could actually do it from start to finish the way I wanted to.

Q: Are you scared it will get stolen now that it looks good?

A: That’s the problem. I was downtown one day this summer without a lock. I had to find a sidewalk cafe so I could park it within view. It took a bit of doing. I don’t ride it a lot anyway.

Q: Has this inspired you to do other projects?

A: I think it has to be more organic than that. This worked out perfectly, just one thing after another. Before I knew it I was doing the whole thing. When you’re looking at the whole thing from start to finish, at the beginning of it, then it seems like work. This didn’t.

Q: Do you have any tips for people taking on their own bike reno project?

A: Almost everything I did on this was easier than I thought it would be. I was worried about taking the

whole crank assembly apart because I’d never done that before . . .

A lot of the tools are specialized but some of the bike shops will lend you the tool. Of course, if you foul up you can just bring the parts in and have someone else fix your mistake, which kind of happened to me at one point in this project.

Q: Have you received any compliments on it?

A: The funny thing is, just talking about it with people, they get it right away. For some reason it just made sense. Of course, it’s a pirate bike.

Why wouldn’t it be?

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Film festival celebrates talented women directors

A small crowd enjoys a movie at the India Film Festival in the arts building on the U of S campus. Bridges Photo by Gord Waldner

By Jenn Sharp India is known internationally for its extravagant cinema productions, but a wealth of quality films exist outside the country’s celebrity-fuelled Bollywood culture.

A film festival currently underway at the University of Saskatchewan celebrates these somewhat lesser known films during free weekly screenings in the arts tower.

All the films are directed by women.

Provided to the university by the High Commission of India in Canada, the Festival of Women Directed Films from India ends Nov. 25.

Satya Sharma, associate professor of anthropology at the U of S, says the films are all outstanding. “(They are) serious films dealing with realistic situations — portraying the life of women, corruption in

government, personal relationships and often with oppression or poverty in the background.”

All but one of the six films is in Hindi, India’s main language. The other is in Marathi and all have English subtitles. Sharma says there are many examples of regional cinema productions in India, apart from the Bollywood film industry in Mumbai. In the early 1970s a new wave of cinema started in India, known as art cinema. In stark contrast to Bollywood movies, independent female directors began making a name for themselves with thought provoking work.

“Some imminent women took the lead there and what we have in the festival is the work of six different women directors,” explains Sharma.

One of these films, Dhobi Ghat, is an unusual romance story set in one of Mumbai’s poorest areas. The

Festival highlights Nov. 11 — Vastupurush A 2002 Marathi language film directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar. It deals with the guardian spirit of the house.

Nov. 18 — Phir Milenge A 2004 Bollywood movie directed by South Indian actress Revathi, which deals with the issue of AIDS. Nov. 25 — Dhobi Ghat A 2010 Indian-Hindi drama film directed by Kiran Rao in her directorial debut. It’s an unusual story of romance in a very poor part of Mumbai.

film portrays the different social situations in India and why caste still constrains so many people.

A famous Bollywood actor named Aamir Khan received international acclaim for his role and created a

stir throughout India about the issues raised in Dhobi Ghat.

Sharma says understanding India’s culture is increasingly more important, as its economy grows and more people are travelling there.

“We live in a global world. India and China have become big actors in this global world. India’s economy is among the 10 strongest economies in the world. India is one of the biggest clients of Potash (Corp) and of many agricultural products from Saskatchewan.”

He hopes the festival’s films will encourage people to move away from stereotypical images of the country.

“People portray India either in totally black worlds or totally white; a glamorous world with rich people or a country full of poverty.”

Both are a reality in India, but as a tourist one may never travel to

the rural areas and villages where two-thirds of the country’s population lives. Sharma says many of the films at the U of S festival show a rural ethos, which is quite different from the culture in the cities.

Women’s status in India is improving, albeit slowly. The film industry was traditionally maledominated and most of the films were male-orientated. Sharma says women directors are becoming more common, along with movies that deal with women’s issues. He feels this is an indicator of change for the country.

“Women provide a very different kind of sensitivity and portrayal of culture that often male directors miss.”

A Festival of Women Directed Films from India is held each Sunday at 2 p.m. in 241 Arts on the U of S campus, from Nov. 11 to Nov. 25.

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A sassy Rawlco mascot

By Jenn Sharp Employees at Saskatoon’s Rawlco radio station know they’ll be greeted by a familiar face every morning. C95’s Shauna Foster has been bringing her dog Sassy to work for years and she’s a welcome addition to the team. She rarely makes a peep except when someone gets nasty with Shauna — then Sassy turns vicious. Similar in many ways to a child, Sassy loves chocolate, and Justin Bieber too.

Q: How long have you owned her?

A: I’ve had Sassy since she was five and she’s 11 now. She was adopted and it’s nice because I’ve never had a dog that I’ve taken from an older age. If you can adopt a dog that needs a great home — that’s always been my philosophy. All of those pets need a good home, especially some of the older ones. Adopt the ones that you can and get them off the streets because a lot of them have been in bad situations.

Q: What mix is that?

A: A Border collie-blue heeler cross.

Border collies are the smartest of any dog and she is crazy intelligent — I always compare her to a five-year-old child.

Q: What kinds of smart things does she do?

A: She just knows a lot of things. If you tell her to go into any one of the rooms in the house, she knows exactly which room it is and she’ll go lie in there.

She’s very well-travelled — Los Angeles, Las Vegas. This is the dog that goes everywhere with me so I think because of that she’s extremely wellbehaved. She’s had lots of adventures, so she’s good with people and great with kids. She has a very, very calm demeanour. My co-hosts always joke that they’ve never heard Sassy make a noise because she sits in the control room with us almost every day while we’re doing the show and you cannot hear her. Unless someone is trying to do something to me, she will not make a peep.

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Q: But if someone is bothering you, she’ll get upset?

A: Try to hit me. We’ll see what she does. You’ll see — she gets right up in your face and gets very upset. She’s also weirdly emotional and her feelings get hurt. If you leave her for a couple of hours she’s devastated. I’ve talked to some dog experts about that because it worries me that she gets that sad. They said she’s probably suffering from separation anxiety which is why I bring her to work with me.

Q: That’s pretty cool that you bring her to work with you.

A: It is cool. There’s not a lot of jobs that would allow you to do that. She’s become this fixture around the radio station — everyone knows to expect her. I come in at four in the morning and Sassy trots along with me. It’s fun — she’s been a great companion to have. And she still loves her exercise. We can run 10K no problem. As she gets older, she’s obviously slowing down a little bit more but that’s good for me too. If she wants to nap that’s fine!

Q: What’s one of her standout adventures?

A: She took a very long road trip to Los Angeles where she ended up living for a few months. She takes part in a lot of our contests we do on air.

When we first announced that Justin Bieber was coming back, Rob and Sherry, my co-hosts, didn’t really believe that I could dress Sassy up as Justin Bieber. So I did — I found a Bieber wig, a purple hoodie and a sideways hat for her. Weirdly she looked a lot like him.

Q: Does she have any favourite foods?

A: She loves cheese. She really likes sweet stuff. If you open a bag of chips she won’t come but if you open up a chocolate bar she knows the difference and she’ll come running for that. She’s become very picky with her meats. If I try to give her lamb-based food she won’t eat it but she will eat chicken.

Preferably though, it has to be beef.

Shauna Foster hangs out with her dog Sassy at the Rawlco Radio office in Saskatoon. Bridges Photo by Andrew Spearin She’s got a hierarchy of meat!

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse w/ Los Lobos and The Sadies Credit Union Centre, 101-3515 Thatcher Ave.

Roots Series: Rose Cousins The Bassment, B3-202 Fourth Ave. N.

PEACE Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.

Alice Cooper TCU Place, 35 22nd St. W.

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Open Mic The Fez, 834B Broadway Ave.

Andy Shauf Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.

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Harry Startup Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St.

Blues Jam Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.

Modus and Chan L Tequila Nightclub, 1201 Albert Ave.

Tonight It’s Poetry Lydia’s Pub, 650 Broadway Ave.

Loose Stones Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E.

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Driftwood Army & Navy Veterans Club, 359 First Ave. N.

Piano Series: Chris Donnelly and Myriad w/ Ben Schenstead The Bassment, B3-202 Fourth Ave. N.

James Steele Trio McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.

Riff Raff Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.

The Olde Thyme Rhythm Makers Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Cres.

These Hands w/ Evening Hymns and Julia McDougall Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.

Recliners Toon Town Tavern, 1630 Fairlight Dr.

Jeffery Michael Straker The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave.

Riff Raff Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.

Ravewind Dance Party The Fez, 834B Broadway Ave.

Driftwood Army & Navy Veterans Club, 359 First Ave. N.

Julie Doiron Amigos Cantina,

Loose Stones Stan’s Place,

Jon Bailey McNally Robinson,

ThunderRiot w/ Conky Showpony The Fez, 834B Broadway Ave. Fri day, N ov. 9 Piano Fridays w/ Troy McGillvray Rock and Blues Series: The Vexations w/ Undercover Pirates The Bassment, B3-202 Fourth Ave. N.

Sunday, Nov. 1 1 Harry Startup Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. Long Weekend: Mischa Daniels Tequila Noghtclub, 1201 Albert Ave.

The Mules Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. CunninLynguists w/ Tonedeff, Sadistik and DJ Flipflop Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Dr. Karaoke Deathstar The Fez, 834B Broadway Ave.

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Mendel Art Gallery Beneath a Petroliferous Moon is an ambitious exhibition surveying works by 11 artists from Canada and around the world. The theme is the impact of the petroleum industry. Bill Burns: Bird Radio and the Eames Chair Lounge continues the Toronto artist’s curious work about animals, knowledge, and society’s relationship with nature. The environment is also a touchstone in The Names of Things, featuring works by Saskatoon artists Stacia Verigin, Zachari Logan and Terry Billings. Artists by Artists displays works

by Megan Morman, created during her mentorship with Ruth Cuthand. The Mendel (www.mendel.ca) is open 9-9 daily. Admission is free.

The Gallery/Art Placement Until Nov. 8 at 228 Third Ave. S. Last Summer by Clint Hunker. Oils on panel and canvas by the Saskatoon-based artist.

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EVENTS Different Strokes 2012 Art Show and Sale Nov. 9, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Nov. 11, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church.

Works by Renate Ankenbrand, Terry Moonie, Alma Bryski, Dianne Smith, Doreen Kozmyk, Marian Phaneuf, June Martin, Phil Schaan-Dumont, Agnes Rolheiser, Marge McMahon, Darleen Topp, Kathy Lindgren, Sylvia Keil and Verlee Bate.

The Gallery, Frances Morrison Library Until Nov. 15 at 311 23rd St. E. Allyson Glenn: The Body, Inside Out, with drawings and sketches by University of Saskatchewan art students, exploring human anatomy and the body.

St. Thomas More Gallery Until Nov. 16 at 1437 College Dr. Through the Window: A Retrospective 2005-2012 by Cathy Lacey.

The Mix Artist Collective Nov. 16-18 at 529 24th St. E. Little Gems, their annual Christmas small work show, with more than 40 artists’ works. Features works by 11 local artists.

Void Gallery Until Dec. 31 at 2-1006 Eighth St. E. Small works by over 15 local artists. Also showing at Luna & Hill, Durand’s Footwear and Optika Electric Eyewear. A reception tour will be held Nov. 17, going through all locations.

Affinity Gallery (Saskatchewan Craft Council) Until Nov. 18 at 813 Broadway Ave. Random Acts of Light, an exhibition by the Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild. The works explore the many uses of light within the world of glass.

Gallery on Third, Watrous Until Nov. 22 at 102 Third Ave.

E. in Watrous. A display celebrating the first 20 years of the Saltwater Players theatre group.

Station Arts Centre, Rosthern Until Nov. 24 at 701 Railway Ave. in Rosthern. Mixed Messages, Fragmented Stories by Holly Hildebrand. Organized and toured by OSAC through its Art on the Move program.

Centre East Galleries Until Nov. 25 at The Centre.

A display by Castle Designer Glass, work by Shirley Taylor and Kyla Tulloch, photography by Scott Chapman, a display by the YWCA and displays from the Saskatoon Public School Board, run until Sunday. A Remembrance Day display by the Royal Canadian Legion, work by students of Rajinder Dhand, Artisans Craft Market Cooperative, Saskatoon Camera Club, Saskatoon Quilters Club and displays from the Saskatoon Public School Board.

Parkridge Centre Through November at 110 Gropper Cres. Art in the Centre, works by local group Watermarks and some of their friends. Includes artists showing for the first time.

Watrous Library Through November in Watrous. Expressions in Clay, ceramics by Linda Leslie.

Paved Arts/AKA Gallery Until Dec. 1 at 424 20th St. W. The After-Image (Swan Songs) by Fiona Annis. The Shaman Exterminator: On the Trail of the Woodcraft Indians with the Buffalo Boy Scouts of America, by Adrian Stimson, until Dec. 8. A multimedia installation that explores the history and resulting popular culture of the Woodcraft Indian movement created by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Ukrainian Museum of Canada Until Jan. 31 at 910 Spadina Cres. E. Red and Black, the artworks of Iryna Karpenko. A reception will be held Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.

The Hand Wave Gallery Until Dec. 20 at 409 Third Ave. in Meacham. Wrappings, an exhibition of woven and knit stoles/shawls and wraps by Madelaine Walker.

The Gallery at Clay Studio Three At 3-527 Main St. Serving pieces by Gail Sherwin and Tina Morton, pottery by Nancy Grummett and new work by Thelma Howard. Raku and primitive pit fire pieces from a recent gallery group outdoor firing.

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Jeff Dunham Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Credit Union Centre. The comedian and ventriloquist’s Disorderly Conduct comedy tour.

With Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, the beer-fueled redneck Bubba J, the manic purple creature Peanut, the spicy pepper from south of the border José Jalapeño and Peanut’s own ventriloquist dummy Little Jeff, a mini-version of the ringmaster himself.

Memory Lane: A Tribute to the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s Nov. 8 at CJVR Performing Arts Theatre in Melfort, Nov. 16 at North Ridge Centennial Community Centre in Martensville, Nov. 30 at The Majestic Theatre in Biggar.

All shows at 7:30 p.m. Classics from Buddy Holly, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Glenn Miller and more. With Stephen Maguire and an eight-piece band.

SSO Overstocked Book and Music Sale Nov. 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Nov. 11, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., at 408 20th St. W. Clearing out books, sheet and recorded music, along with other items, to make room for more donations. With new stock each day. Visit www.sale.wgpotter. com.

Saskatoon Fall Fair Runs to Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at Saskatoon Prairieland Park Ag Centre. A purebred beef show featuring the Cinderella Classic heifer show, Bred Heifer Jackpot, Senor Challenge bull show, and youth events. Featuring a Commercial Cattle Show and Sale.

Those Were the Days Nov. 10, 7 p.m., at Forest Grove Community Church, 502 Webster St. Presented by Magic City Chorus. Call 956-7357.

Remembrance Day Ceremonies Nov. 11, 9 a.m., at Credit Union Centre. Celebrate those who lost their lives for our country.

With band and choir performances, a parade and chimes.

The Parting Glass: Music and Words of Remembrance Nov. 11, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church. Music and readings for Remembrance Day. Featuring the Saskatoon Chamber Singers. With the release of their latest album, Remember, a recording of selections dedicated to those who fought and died in war but also to all those who have gone before us.

Remembrance Day Social Nov. 11 at Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St., after events at Credit Union Centre.

Socialize with the vets, music

by Harry Startup and The Rhythmaires, food and museum access.

Unforgettable Nov. 11, 15 and 16 at Third Avenue United Church. A musical extravaganza celebrating 100 years of memories. With Skye Sterling and Jessica Black, accompanied by the Champagne Music Men. The music of Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Vera Lynn, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, Marg Osborne, Charlie Chamberlain, Patti Page, Doris Day, The Planters, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins and Andy Williams.

Public Lecture Nov. 13, 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Country Inn, 617 Cynthia St. Presented by Gwen McGregor, a national speaker with the Inner Peace Movement of Canada. Helping people feel solid working with programs they have been developing to help people help themselves. With emphasis on meditation and prayer as a means of finding answers to life’s questions. Reading of auras will be demonstrated.

Literature Matters Talk Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. A series of talks by members of the Department of English, University of Saskatchewan. Professor Yin Liu on “Appeal to the Public: Stories from the Early History of the Oxford English Dictionary.”

READ Saskatoon Literacy Classes Until Dec. 14 at Friendship Inn, 619 20th St. W. READ Saskatoon is providing free literacy classes for newcomers to Canada. Choose classes on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For information call 652-5448 or email paula.remlinger@ readsaskatoon.com.

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The Three Exiles of Christian E. Nov. 8-10, 8 p.m., at La Troupe

du Jour, 914 20th St. W. Christian Essiambre’s one-man show about a young Acadian man who leaves Moncton to pursue an acting career in Montreal, only to find himself quickly disenchanted by bigcity life and the challenges of his relationships. With English surtitles.

The Big Five-Oh Runs to Nov. 11 at Langham Community Hall. Written by Brian Mitchell and performed

by The Langham Theatrical Company. George Thomas is turning 50 and it has been the worst week of his life.

His dog is sick, his son is a freeloader, his wife is neurotic, his daughter wants to marry a Republican and he has a student stalker. All shows are dinner theatre performances, except Nov. 8. For tickets or information call 283-4413 or visit www.langhamtheatricalcompany.ca.

A History of Breathing Runs to Nov. 18, 8 p.m., nightly except Mondays, at Persephone Theatre. In a post-apocalyptic flood, two boats float aimlessly on an empty ocean. One carries its last survivors and the other carries its only hope for a new beginning. Lily and her father must stay ahead of a tide of destruction and find their absolution before it’s too late. Adult content and language.

The Light in the Piazza Runs to Nov. 11, nightly at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., at Persephone Theatre. A Patrick Street Production. Based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer. In 1953, Clara, a young American, pays a visit to Florence with her mother Margaret. There, Clara discovers an unexpected romance with Fabrizio, but Margaret harbours a secret about Clara that threatens to keep the lovers apart forever.

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By Erl Svendsen If you’re an avid gardener like me, then there really isn’t any time of year that’s off limits for gardening, even in the depth of winter. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’re only at the start of winter with many mild days ahead.

One task that is best done between now and spring is tree pruning. With the leaves off, the tree’s skeleton is visible as are potential problems that need to be corrected. In addition, branches are lighter in winter as most of the heavy tree sap has been stored down in the root system.

There are two main types of cuts — heading back and branch removal. Heading back is simply making the branch shorter by removing a portion towards the end, usually a part of the current or last year’s growth. Cut just in front of an outward-facing bud. How far back is too far? My rule of thumb is if the resulting cut branch end has a larger diameter than my thumb, then consider cutting the branch back to a branch ‘Y’ or complete branch removal.

For complete branch removal, do not make a flush cut. In other words, do not damage the branch collar or the slight swollen area where the branch meets the trunk. At the same time, do not leave a stump long enough to hang your hat on. Large branch removal requires a multistep approach. First make a long shallow cut on the underside of the branch, breaking the bark, about 30 cm away from the trunk. Next, 45 cm away from the trunk, remove the branch entirely. Finally, remove the resulting stump. Attempting to remove the large branch in one cut may result in significant trunk bark damage: large branches typically break off before you finish making your cut but the bark remains unbroken. As the branch falls to the ground, a substantial strip of bark may be ripped from the trunk before finally breaking off.

Hand pruners (secateurs) are appropriate for small cuts (less than two cm). Anything larger requires saws and even power tools.

Tools must be sharp to make clean cuts and ensure rapid healing.

Three easy problems to spot are death, damage and disease. Recently dead branches may be difficult to spot and if in doubt, leave until spring. Older dead branches will have discoloured, shriveled or sloughing bark. Remove these entirely back to the trunk. Depending where the branch is damaged or diseased, it may be as simple as cutting the branch back to just before the problem area if it occurs towards the end of the branch. Or, if the affected portion is closer to the trunk, perhaps the whole branch needs to be removed. Rubbing branches create their own kind of damage, where bark is rubbed off on both branches where they touch.

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Do you judge reality TV families?

It’s easy to spot problems and prune accordingly on a leafless tree. PHOTO COURTESY ERL SVENDSEN

bing branches; the bark will eventually recover on the remaining branch. With diseases like fireblight (on apples, mountain ash, pear, etc.), black knot (on chokecherry, mayday, etc.) and other cankers, make your cut at least six inches back of the affected area and dip your cutting tool in rubbing alcohol between cuts to prevent disease spread.

Watersprouts (long upward growing shoots from the trunk or mature limbs) and suckers (similar to watersprouts, but growing from the root system) need to be removed where they attach to the tree. These will eventually lead to crossing branches. With suckers it is best to dig down to where they attach to the root. Take care to minimize damage to the bark as this may stimulate additional branching at the cut area.

Minor hazard branches are those that will literally poke you in the eye as you’re mowing the lawn (or shoveling snow), scratch the car and make it difficult to move freely around in your yard and garden. These are dealt with by using either the heading back method or removing them.

Wear gloves and eye protection for personal safety. Ensure that pets, children and obstacles are out of the way. Especially make sure there’s nothing below that will be damaged by falling branches (like your car and power lines). If working from a ladder, move it rather than reaching over too far — remember that you’re holding sharp tools that you can lose track of as you fall with a tipping ladder.

Please see the events listings for details on upcoming events. This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www14.brinkster.com/saskperrennial; hortscene@yahoo.com).

“I know I sure do! The Honey Boo Boos and the men who have six wives or 30 kids or whatever they are up to now ... it’s all a bit ridiculous already. It’s not entertainment, it’s people who want to get their 15 minutes of fame and outdo the next person. I’d like to see a reality show about families who go out of their way to help out another family. Something positive like swapping babysitting or offering rides to school or sports when they know both parents have to work.” — Kristin Froese

Kate plus 8 but the new Honey Boo Boo show is ridiculous and is basically poking fun at the family. I think reality TV is going too far.” — Nikki Melnyk

“I try not to judge the families, but I do judge TLC! I turned it off a long time ago!” — Roberta Cain

“We don’t really watch reality family shows ... The Voice, Survivor, and Amazing Race mostly, and I’m not sure that applies. I guess we don’t get in to family dramas because we would compare ourselves as either better or beneath them in certain areas of our life. I don’t want to fall into the trap that can set, and instead want to strive for healthy balance for me and my family, and in turn influence others I can to do the same.” — Angela Wells

“I judge TLC for the crap they broadcast! But I gotta admit that the mind-numbing comedy of Honey Boo Boo on the DVR has got me through many 3 a.m. feeds. And Extreme Cheapskates can’t be beat!” — Annette A. Klassen

“No. I suspect most of what happens on screen is scripted and/or staged, so I don’t think that’s their ‘real’ life.” — Kim Hambleton “I do not judge TV families, nor do I watch them very often. It is interesting and sometimes entertaining to have a glimpse into how other people live.” — Carla Contreras “I do but I don’t watch any reality shows. So I guess I judge them based on things I read on the Internet.”

— Dee B. “I do not watch reality TV, however I did watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 and Kate’s need for ‘star status’ was disturbing and I believe affected the well-being of her children.” — Angela O. “No … not usually. I really don’t watch a lot of reality TV families. I used to watch Jon & Kate Plus 8 diligently and I never judged the family’s decisions.

I was just thankful that that wasn’t me with eight kids. I also really enjoyed watching the Duggars and the Roloffs. All of them seemed/seem to portray good family values that are becoming less common in our society today, which is so sad.” — Chera Miller “We don’t watch TV so I have no comment :)” — Nicole Storms “I don’t believe that reality TV families are ‘real.’ I think a lot of it is scripted. I didn’t mind John and

“Don’t judge reality TV families negatively. As we watch you can almost picture yourself in the same situations and brings back memories and laughs.

You’re sitting there thinking I can totally see myself doing that or I have done that or the remember when we did that lol.” — Jason F.

“I would have to say yes. The families who act or should I say pretend life is perfect, but then their lives fall apart onscreen. It seems the more money, the more fake and you can just tell all of their crazy experiences are scripted. I do have a favourite that if I catch it on TV I will watch, Here Comes Honey BooBoo! You just know how they present themselves on TV would be no different than if you came across them in person. I think the majority of the population relates more to this redneck family and their shenanigans.” — Alysia Czmuchalek “I refuse to watch any of that. Even commercials put me in a blinding rage. So I guess I judge by not taking part.” — Angie Douville “We don’t really watch the reality family sort of programmes, don’t really have anything to say about them, apart from WHY?” — Debbie Amor “We do not judge reality TV families because we do not watch any reality TV shows. We actually do not watch much TV and do not have cable.” — Shelly Lambert “Well, overall, yes. The biggest thing I had a problem with was airing all of the families trials & tribulations in public. Just imagine 10-20 years from now, how all those kids will feel about having zero privacy growing up. I feel sorry for them. If child actors grow up messed up, just imagine how these reality TV kids must be affected.” — Judy S.

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A modern kitchen in a heritage home

By Ashley Martin WHO? Bea Gerbrands, a doctor who works at the Regina General Hospital.

WHAT? The kitchen of her two-storey heritage home in Regina’s Lakeview neighbourhood.

WHEN? Gerbrands moved into this house in 1995 and immediately wanted to renovate her kitchen. After redoing the rest of her house, the kitchen was finally completed about two years ago.

WHY? “I wanted to do the kitchen as soon as I moved in because of the problem that I didn’t have enough cupboard space. The whole thing was to make it more functional and to create more room,” she explains.

Gerbrands considered making the kitchen open concept, but that would have meant losing a wall of valuable cupboard space. She also considered expanding the kitchen by building an addition onto the house, but eventually decided to work with the space that was there.

“There’s a lot of surprises when you start tearing walls down in an old home,” says Gerbrands. “I know the thing nowadays is these open plans, but this is a type of heritage home and in those days you kept your dining room and kitchen separate and there are a lot of people that actually prefer having the mess in the kitchen and serve a more formal meal.”

HOW? Gerbrands enlisted interior designer Gisela Boersch to help with the project. To create the illusion of space, the maple cabinets are built up to the ceiling for height and have a horizontal striped pattern for depth. “Because that kitchen was so small, every centimetre mattered,” says Gerbrands.

Considering its size and modern decor, “This is kind of a European style kitchen,” she says.

To maximize the space, she opted for small appliances — a 24-inch fridge ordered from Germany, a dishwasher drawer, a below-counter microwave and a small oven.

There is no range hood because cracking the window creates enough of a draft. Access to the basement is gained by a custom sliding barn door.

Everything in the kitchen is subdued: the lighting is simple; the colour scheme is in light maple, soft green and grey, which ties into the rest of the main floor, decorated mainly in neutrals.

Though it’s small, the kitchen feels big enough to work in, and “when I cook, everything is within reach,” says Gerbrands. While she has been very happy with her kitchen, Gerbrands says it has one downside: “When I have guests, they don’t all fit into my kitchen ... They can’t really sit in my kitchen with me.”

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One Sask. restaurant makes Maclean’s top 50 list

By Jenn Sharp For the first time Maclean’s released a list of Canada’s top 50 places to eat. Ten spots went to restaurants located in the Prairies, one of which is in Saskatchewan.

This sole honour was awarded to Regina’s long-celebrated La Bodega and for good reason.

La Bodega (Spanish for wine cellar) is owned by Adam Sperling and Alla Sidorenko and is located in a beautifully restored character home on Albert Street. For the last seven years, the outdoor patio is transformed into an ice bar by Peter Fogarty (of Fire and Ice Creations) every winter.

Proceeds from the ice bar have gone towards a variety of Regina charities, but last year Sperling and Sidorenko decided to change it up a bit after visiting Italy in 2010 for Terra Madre (a food conference in support of sustainable agriculture, fishing and breeding.)

The ice bar is now raising money for a scholarship award for a master’s degree at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy.

Open to all Canadian citizens who are permanent Saskatchewan residents, the recipient must agree to return to Saskatchewan and work here for three years. It’s a “fantastic program.” according to Sperling.

“You might think it’s about cooking, but really cooking is the least important part of this degree. It’s about food. Where and how it is produced, and how it affects our economy and environment.”

The gastronomy scholarship program fits the ethos at La Bodega perfectly. Much of the restaurant’s food is sourced locally, from sustainable and/or organic sources. The building was renovated to LEED standards, and is equipped with wind turbines, solar panels and geothermal heating.

All of this is wonderful but how’s the food you ask? Because when we

get right down to it, if the food is inedible, it doesn’t matter how environmentally conscious the restaurant’s owners may be. Well, La Bodega didn’t win top 50 in Canada for nothing.

The dinner menu is large — probably overwhelming for many (the lunch menu is much more manageable). I was delighted at the unique options; La Bodega takes pride in providing international fine dining with an emphasis on Latin dishes. There’s a wide range of tapas (smaller portions), along with appetizers, mains and sharing platters. The night I visited there was a nine-course chef ’s tasting menu, served tapas style for $35.

Recommended for “the adventurous palate,” diners were encouraged to “enjoy each course with an open spirit.” My time for dinner that night wasn’t open enough for the tasting but I’ll be trying it next time.

My server was attentive, friendly and informed; she helped me navigate the menu and (impressive) wine list with ease.

While I’m extremely happy La Bodega made it onto Maclean’s list, I have to ask where the other Saskatchewan restaurants are?

Maclean’s food columnist Jacob Richler and photographer John Cullen spent two months travel- La Bodega was named one of the top 50 restaurants in Canada by Maclean’s magazine. BRIDGES PHOTO BY TROY FLEECE ling the country, choosing the top 50 list. Undoubtedly it was a hard MACLEAN’S TOP 50 RESTAURANT WINNERS FROM THE PRAIRIES task, choosing just 50. But come on!

Nothing from Saskatoon made the in the heart of downtown Edmonton…

Spanish tapas restaurant and bar.

CALGARY cut? I disagree. we three are dedicated to the close Charcut Roast House: charcut.com Maclean’s states: “When a travelfood movement, sustainability and Model Milk: modelmilk.ca “Local chef-drive, urban-rustic cuisine.” ler is stranded and hungry in Sascommunity.” “(Chef) Justin hopes to leave behind katoon, for example, the best resthe confines of fine dining and shift the The River Café: river-café.com taurant in the world is not in Paris WINNIPEG focus to what is important: having fun “Chefs who are passionate about qualanymore, but across the street.

Segovia: segoviatapasbar.com while creating food that tastes great.” ity and the regional seasonal ingrediWithin reason, we tried to accom“We are a Spanish restaurant specialents that bring to your palate a taste modate that need for geographic izing in Spanish food and wine.”

EDMONTON of place.” inclusiveness.”

Corso 32: corso32.com Sorry, you don’t get points for Pizzeria Gusto: pizzeriagusto.com “Our ingredients are always as local as Cassis Bistro: thecassisbistro.ca geographic inclusiveness by men“We believe that pizza is the perfect possible.”

“South of France flavour with local flair. tioning one restaurant from Sasfood. A blank canvas that has unlimSimple, flavourful delicious.” katchewan. But good effort — we ited possibilities in both taste and Tres Carnales: trescarnales.com appreciate that you didn’t just fly texture.”

“An authentic street food joint located Ox & Angela: oxandangela.com right over us.

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Sicilian blend a treat for local wine drinkers

By James Romanow

There are more than 1,000 grape varietals in the world that are used to make wine. Globalization has both tremendously helped these wines and hindered them. Consumer determination to only drink Merlot means that the local varietals — often much better suited to climate and growing conditions — are replanted. But the flip side of this same coin is that folks who travel, or otherwise broaden their taste buds, are interested in drinking those same oddball wines in their local market.

Fast forward to Saskatchewan circa 2012, where some faceless bureaucrat in the SLGA shoves yet another middle of the road red overboard to make space for a Sicilian wine, a Nero D’Avola Cabernet Sauvignon blend. To you sir, whomever you are, I raise a glass in salute!

Nero D’Avola was the black wine Michael Corleone drank by the pitcher while sojourning in Sicily in the movie The Godfather. Nero, of course, is Italian for black and the heady alcoholic café wine of the island is almost always Nero D’Avola.

It’s a wine similar to Shiraz. Rich, fruity and tending to high alcohol (until very recently this was the only wine you could regularly find at 16 per cent.) It has enough tannin to survive any grilled meat including mutton and goat.

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The Montalto version is somewhat tamer than the café version. They’ve blended in about half Cabernet Sauvignon to add some brightness and formality to a wine that is often described as ‘of the earth’. If you find the austerity of most Northern Italian wines too much for you, this is a bottle you need to try. It has a kind of warmth and charm that make for an easy drinking wine at a great price.

Montalto Nero D’Avola Cabernet Sauvignon, Italy, 2011. $11.99 ****

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