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Attractive and low maintenance: The benefits of mulch P. 9

ON THE SCENE:

Regina author Gail Bowen receives Distinguished Canadian Award P. 12

SHARP EATS:

How to be a raw food vegan … for five days P. 22

THE UNBEATABLE DIONNE WARNER SHE’S FIGHTING CANCER FOR THE EIGHTH TIME, BUT HAS NEVER LEARNED THE MEANING OF THE WORD QUIT P. 4

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Sgt. Penner of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles performs a ceremonial securing of the area during a Royal Regina Rifles change of command parade held May 31 at the Legislative Building in Regina. QC PHOTO BY MICHAEL BELL

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Dionne Warner, with her husband Graham, is battling cancer for the eighth time. The couple is known for their positive attitudes during Dionne’s chemotherapy treatments. QC PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHLOSSER

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

IN THE CITY — 2 A moment in time: Photographer Michael Bell defines the week ON THE COVER — 4 She’s fighting cancer for the eighth time, but Dionne Warner has never learned the meaning of the word quit GARDENING — 9 Attractive and low maintenance: The benefits of mulching your borders SPACES — 10 Prolific printing press prompts primo new pad ON THE SCENE — 12 Regina author Gail Bowen receives Distinguished Canadian Award at gala event

READ MY BOOK — 14 The Man Behind Handsome by Pat Trask EVENTS — 15 What you need to know to plan your week

Regina author Gail Bowen, with her husband Ted, was the recipient of the 30th Annual Distinguished Canadian Award, presented by the University of Regina Centre of Continuing Education at a gala event held at the Delta Hotel on May 29. QC PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHLOSSER

CROSSWORD/SUDOKU — 19 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 20 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation for kids of all ages ASK ELLIE — 21 SHARP EATS — 22 How to be a raw food vegan ... for five days

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I am living my life and enjoying it and I’m not in fear of the cancer. — Dionne Warner

CANCER SURVIVOR

Dionne Warner refuses to let cancer win

By Terrence McEachern Sitting in the waiting room at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Dionne Warner is asked a question she has heard many times before.

Are you ready for your treatment?

Dionne, 48, is battling cancer for the eighth time. Since 1995, she has defeated cancer in her breast, brain, lungs, spine, ribs, pelvis and liver. On Aug. 7, 2012, she was diagnosed with liver cancer for the fourth time.

Her chemotherapy appointment on May 7 is the 116th since 2010.

At 2:30 p.m., wearing matching pink shirts, Dionne and her husband Graham are led to the outpatient treatment room where 25 pale blue recliners line the walls. Each recliner has hospital equipment to deliver treatment and monitor a patient’s vital signs.

Graham notes that it usually takes Dionne twice as long to reach her destination in the centre because so many people stop her for a hug, a conversation and an update on her condition.

Dionne sits in a recliner in the far left corner of the room. Besides the pink shirt, she wears a dual-antennae head band with the Superwoman insignia.

Graham sits in a chair beside her.

As other patients quietly watch television or speak with family during treatment, Dionne sips from a cup of chicken noodle soup, smiles and laughs at Graham’s jokes.

Dionne’s first chemotherapy session was in 1995. Then 30 and recently married to her first husband, Dionne was diagnosed with breast cancer in Toronto.

She got through the ordeal with the help of one of the nurses. As fate would have it, Dionne knew the nurse’s daughter.

Nevertheless, she admits she was petrified walking into the hospital that first time for treatment.

Today, she has a much different perspective on going to chemotherapy in Regina.

“It’s almost like a second home to me because I feel comfortable and I feel safe.

I’m surrounded by people who care about me. And that makes a big difference …

It’s not a scary place. I’m used to it.”

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Dionne Warner, with the many T-shirts she’s been given over the years, is battling cancer for the eighth time. QC PHOTO BRYAN SCHLOSSER

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I’m surrounded by people who care about me. And that makes a big difference …

It’s not a scary place. I’m used to it. – Dionne

Dionne Warner and her husband Graham are known for their costumes and dancing into the Allan Blair Cancer Centre. QC PHOTO BY DON HEALY

Throughout her battles with cancer, Dionne allows herself 24 hours to ask the same question many of us would ask — “why me?” But after that, the message shifts to “why not me?” and “what am I going to do to beat this?”

When healthy, Dionne volunteers at the centre. Her message to others fighting cancer is that no matter how tough things get, you must keep hope alive.

“It’s always to fight back and never give up or give in,” she explains.

“It’s attitude. And you don’t hang around with negative people — they will bring you down.”

Earlier in the day, Dionne rifled through hundreds of donated pink shirts for her and Graham to wear to chemotherapy. She chooses a pair of matching shirts from Kenosee Lake that reads “Supporting the Fighters; Admiring the Survivors; Honouring the Taken; And never, ever giving up hope.” The Warners are also known for wearing outrageous costumes and dancing their way into chemotherapy.

“We do some wild and crazy things to make people giggle and laugh, even in the toughest of times. That’s what it’s all about,” she says.

Her first diagnosis for liver cancer was in 2001. Surgery removed the tumour and 51 per cent of her liver. As well, her gall bladder was removed.

Graham remembers how difficult it was watching Dionne being led into surgery. He wasn’t sure if he was going to see her again.

“Watching her walk off for that first surgery, when she looked back, it just ripped my heart out,” says Graham in a soft, shaken voice. “She looked so small and frail. That’s a moment I’ll never forget. It was absolute fear and loneliness.”

Engaged to be married, she told Graham he didn’t have to go through with it. But Graham, an avid pilot, took her hand and said, “You never leave your wingman.”

That phrase would later become the title of a book by Deana Driver — Never Leave Your Wingman — documenting their lives together and Dionne’s battles with cancer.

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That’s where her character really shines. She’ll have chemo and no one really knows how she’s really feeling — that she’s sucked it up to put on a smile and laugh it out and inspire people.” — Graham Warner

“Maybe because I am living my life and enjoying it and I’m not in fear of the cancer — that’s making a difference in itself,” says Dionne Warner, with husband Graham at their Regina home. QC PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHLOSSER

In 2002, Dionne was diagnosed with liver cancer again. There was enough liver rejuvenation since the last surgery to allow her to have surgery. This time, the tumour and 31 per cent of her liver were removed.

But now, surgery is not an option because there are too many tumours.

Months earlier, a CT scan revealed that her chemotherapy medication wasn’t working and the tumours in her liver had grown.

After several hundred treatments over the years, Dionne has become resistant to many chemotherapy medications.

She was prescribed something new and stronger — Eribulin mesylate.

“It’s one or the other. The chemo is either going to shrink all the tumours or it beats me. So, I’m on the other end. I’m going to beat it,” she explains.

The day before her chemotherapy appointment, Dionne and Graham went to her doctor for an update on the tumours. To say the least, they were skeptical. In fact, the Warners had a wager — not about how much the tumours had shrunk but rather how much they had grown.

It was a wager Dionne and Graham were happy to lose.

Her tumours had in fact shrunk — by an astounding 39 per cent.

They were shocked to hear the news because Dionne hadn’t been keeping a rigorous treatment schedule. In some instances, she wasn’t able to undergo treatment because her blood count was too low. But she has also been travelling a lot, and makes no apologies for doing so.

“That’s my choice. I’m going to live my life with no regrets,” says Dionne. “Maybe that’s it. Maybe because I am living my life and enjoy-

ing it and I’m not in fear of the cancer — that’s making a difference in itself.”

The positive news about her tumours shrinking had already spread throughout the centre prior to that Wednesday’s appointment.

“They know I’m coming in and they know it’s a big celebration.

They’ve been all over my phone (asking) when are you coming in today?” she says.

Dionne also called her father, Rupert, in Jamaica. When he heard the news about the test results, he started crying.

“He was over the moon. He said he probably wouldn’t sleep tonight,” says Dionne.

At 2:50 p.m., a nurse straps a cuff to her right leg to take her vitals, such as blood pressure and pulse.

Her happy demeanour changes when the husband of another patient approaches. He hugs and thanks her for being an inspiration to his wife.

Graham explains the man’s wife has about a week to live.

After a few sombre moments, Dionne’s mood brightens once again when a centre worker walks by and shouts, “Supergirl’s back!”

It’s always to fight back and never give up or give in. It’s attitude. And you don’t hang around with negative people — they will bring you down. – Dionne

Dionne is given anti-nausea medication at 3 p.m. The drug is delivered through a surgically implanted port on her left chest that runs an internal line just above her heart. It is too painful for her to receive intravenous treatment through veins in her arms because scar tissue has built up over years from past chemotherapy sessions.

The only other option is to insert a line between Dionne’s toes.

At 3:20 p.m., the chemotherapy medication arrives. The nurse asks Dionne for her date of birth to verify that she is the proper recipient. The plastic IV bag has the name of the medication and a happy face drawn by the pharmacist.

“That’s how they send their love for me too — through happy faces,” laughs Dionne. “Too cute!”

Graham examines the IV bag and asks the young nurse, “What’s the street value of this?” Her nervous laugh prompts Graham to add, “I’m just kidding with you.”

Graham and Dionne married in 2002; although they met much earlier — in 1984 at a three-day training conference in Toronto. Graham was a freightliner dealer and Dionne worked for a manufacturer. Both were already married, but while sitting on a bench having coffee with Dionne, Graham had the feeling he married the wrong person.

For Graham, it was love at first sight.

“She was breathtaking. She looked like Whitney Houston, pre-crack,” he says with a laugh.

Also laughing, Dionne says there is a nice compliment in that remark … somewhere.

When their marriages ended, they found each other again years later.

Graham flew to Toronto for their first date — dinner at a restaurant and then a symphony performance at Roy Thomson Hall.

“I looked over at her at one point and tears were streaming down her face because the music was so beautiful.”

When the time was right, Graham devised an elaborate scheme to propose marriage. Two weeks prior to her November 2000 flight from Toronto to Regina, Graham went to Air Canada and presented an employee with two unmarked brown envelopes — one for the captain and one for the flight attendants.

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Since 1995, Dionne Warner has defeated cancer in her breast, brain, lungs, spine, ribs, pelvis and liver. QC PHOTO BY

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We do some wild and crazy things to make people giggle and laugh, even in the toughest of times.

That’s what it’s all about. – Dionne

Although the flight attendants were instructed to let her off first, they had another plan. Wanting to be a part of the moment, the crew let her off last.

The passengers also joined in the moment, surrounding Graham at the bottom of the escalator.

“And in true Air Canada fashion, on a direct flight, they lost her bags,” laughs Graham.

Chemotherapy begins at 3:35 p.m. Because of the small dosage of the powerful medication, the session lasts only 10 minutes. This is the third time Dionne has used Eribulin mesylate on a schedule of once a week for two weeks. There is a week off in between treatments.

“This is actually the most potent chemo we’ve ever done,” says Graham.

“But it’s working.”

Graham recalls how previous chemotherapy sessions would last four or eight hours. Afterwards, he would have to carry Dionne from their vehicle into the house and lay her down on

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“That’s where her character really shines. She’ll have chemo and no one really knows how she’s really feeling — that she’s sucked it up to put on a smile and laugh it out and inspire people. That’s character. You never know how bad she’s actually suffering on the inside,” he says.

As chemotherapy comes to an end, an elderly woman receiving treatment several stations from Dionne approaches to show her admiration for the Superwoman antennae head band.

Without hesitation, Dionne removes the head band and gives it to the woman. Instantly, a friendship is born.

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“If I tried that today, I’d be thrown in jail,” he laughs.

Once airborne, the captain read the marriage proposal over the plane’s intercom as per Graham’s request. Graham waited restlessly in the control tower at the Regina International Airport waiting to hear her response.

Then, in a voice resembling John Wayne, the pilot contacted Graham in the tower. “Is he sitting down?” asked the pilot. After an 18-second delay, the pilot gave Graham the news. “Well, tell him she’s going to go through with it.”

That 18-second delay felt like an eternity. Graham thought he might have blown it.

“I seriously thought, ‘Oh my God, what have I done? I’ve made an ass out of myself. I’ve asked too soon. I’ve embarrassed Dionne.’ ” But that wasn’t the case. Wearing a new suit, Graham waited for Dionne to get off the plane at the bottom of an escalator holding the engagement ring.

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The benefits of mulching your borders

By Sara Williams A mulched border conserves water and protects your plants and soil. It also reduces maintenance and the need for fertilizers and pesticides.

Let’s begin with a definition: mulch is a layer of organic material, 10 cm deep, spread over the soil surface between your plants. Various types of mulch, like post peelings, coarse sphagnum peat moss, shredded bark, decorative bark, chipper debris, evergreen needles and cones, flax straw and shives, and mowed leaves are available.

Mulching imitates nature (think of the millions of decaying leaves that cover a forest floor or the buildup of thatch in a Prairie grassland) and is an excellent way to recycle materials once destined for landfills or burning.

Here’s a list of mulching’s benefits:

WATER CONSERVATION

Mulching suppresses weeds that compete with your border plants for water. More importantly, it cools the soil and reduces evaporation.

Mulch also reduces wind evaporation. The slightly increased height of a mulched border and the rougher texture acts as a snow trap. The extra snow insulates the plants over winter and provides added moisture when it melts in the spring.

SOIL IMPROVEMENT AND CONSERVATION Mulch protects valuable topsoil from erosion. Mulching also prevents crusting and cracking, and improves water percolation. As mulch decays over time, it releases nutrients and adds organic matter to the soil. The result is better aeration, and improved water and nutrient-holding capacity of your soil. And the mulch layer acts as a cushion, preventing soil compaction.

Along with a host of other benefits, a mulched garden is low maintenance and has a unified appearance.

WEED CONTROL

bugs that find a home within and under the mulch layer. Capable of eating 25 aphids per day, they are truly a gardener’s friend.

Weeds compete with flowers and shrubs for light, space, nutrients and water. By excluding light, the mulch layer prevents germination of the many weed seeds waiting in the soil below it. It also acts as a physical barrier preventing the emergence of weed seeds that do germinate. Weed seeds that blow onto the mulched surface find it difficult to root through the mulch.

DISCOURAGES SLUGS Mulch’s coarse texture, especially post peelings, reduces slug populations by rasping and dehydrating their tender bodies.

TEMPERATURE MODIFICATION

REDUCES WATER SPLASH Mulch absorbs water and almost entirely eliminates water and mud splash. This keeps flowers (and fruit such as strawberries), along with house siding, clean. But more importantly, by reducing mud-splash mulch reduces soil-borne fungal and bacterial diseases that can be transferred from the soil to the flowers, foliage and fruit from irrigation and rain.

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Flax shives are slow to break down and are perfect to use as mulch. It’s also a good use of a waste product. PHOTO COURTESY SARA WILLIAMS

ENCOURAGES LADYBUGS Once a mulch layer has been in place for a year or two, gardeners will be amazed by the number of lady

Mulch insulates the soil below, moderating temperature extremes.

By cooling the soil surface during the hot days of summer, mulch encourages healthy root growth and prevents root injury caused by excessively high soil temperatures. In spring and fall, it reduces the freeze-thaw cycles of heavy soils which can cause heaving and root injury to young plants.

Mulch keeps the soil cooler in early

spring, preventing the premature emergence of spring bulbs which might be nipped by frost.

DESIGN FUNCTION Mulch adds subtle colour and texture to the landscape. It unifies planting beds, especially when the plants are young, small and seemingly widely spaced within the bed. Mulch lets the world know that, indeed, this is a bed and should be walked around rather than through.

Sara Williams is the author of the revised and updated Creating the Prairie Xeriscape and with Hugh Skinner, Gardening Naturally: a chemical-free handbook for the prairies.

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

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Spaces celebrates beauty both indoors and out. If you have a living space we should highlight email QC@leaderpost.com

Prolific printing prompts primo pad

By Sean Trembath WHO? Steve Thomson, owner of HardPressed Print Studio WHAT? HardPressed’s new studio.

After three years in a smaller space at the Two Twenty building in Saskatoon, Thomson needed more room. Lucky for him Two Twenty was expanding, making his move a short one.

Thomson took some time to tell us about the new digs, his business and why he likes the building he works in.

Q: How did you end up at Two Twenty?

A: I was working out of my house originally. I met the owner of the building through making a few decals for them. I was working out of Martensville and it just kind of made sense to move into the city.

I didn’t know if I could afford my own building, so the concept of sharing the space with a bunch of other businesses, and collaborating, appealed to me.

The first year we were here I saw a dramatic influx of orders coming in.

Being in the building kind of paid for itself in advertising.

Q: How many shirts do you print in a day?

A: It depends on the time of year.

During touring season in the fall it’s a lot of bands. Right now it’s a lot of summer camps, bible camps, church groups — anyone doing an activity or festival in the summer.

I think we did about four or five hundred yesterday, and we’re on track to do about 200 today. Usually about 100 to 200 a day at least.

Q: What kind of ink do you use?

A: We have a couple types. This is called plastisol. It’s a plastic/rubber.

It never dries out without being heat cured, but once it’s on your shirt, if it’s cured properly, it shouldn’t ever

come off.

We have another ink that’s water based, and a soy-based one as well.

All the inks we use are as environmentally friendly as you can get in the industry.

Even when we clean the screens, we put them into a tank of a soybased product, rather than an acid or a harsh chemical.

Q: You started selling your own merchandise with a focus on Saskatoon and Regina. Where did that come from?

A: I got back from Christmas holidays and just decided to design some stuff. I decided to focus on locally inspired things, and wanted to kind of keep it positive. Cool, simple designs for (Saskatchewan).

Not your typical wheat sheafs.

We started doing that, and it took off when we started our online store.

Q: What prompted the move to a new space?

A: We just needed more space.

We were in the spot next door with about 600 square feet, and we quickly bought another press and bought some more equipment.

We’re also looking at buying an automatic press.

Q: Does being around the other creative people in the building help your creative process?

A: Yeah, it’s good. You kind of feed off each other, in the morning, or in line for coffee. It gives you a different outlook than I would have if I was just in the north end by myself.

Q: Do you see yourself staying in the building indefinitely?

A: It’s so hard to say. I hope to be here as long as possible. But if you would have asked me three years ago, when I moved into the old studio, I thought the same about that space. I thought there was more than enough room.

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Gail Bowen has gone from writing about to becoming the central character.

The Regina author was the recipient of the 30th Annual Distinguished Canadian Award. It was presented by the University of Regina Centre of Continuing Education at a gala event held at the Delta Hotel on May 29.

Bowen’s mystery novels have been entertaining and intriguing readers for decades. Her novels feature Joanne Kilbourn, a widowed mother, political analyst and university professor who occasionally finds herself involved in criminal investigations in various parts of Saskatchewan.

Many of the mysteries have been adapted as Canadian television movies.

Bowen is a retired English professor, serving as associate professor of English at First Nations University of Canada before retiring from teaching.

“The Distinguished Canadian Award was established by the Seniors’ University Group in 1985 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Canadian life. The award is intended to raise public awareness of the dynamic role that people aged 55 and over play in society,” according to the University of Regina website.

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6. (From left) Jean Freeman, Lorrie Wright, Evelyn Jonescu, and Jack Ito 7. Ivan and Marj Millard 8. U of R president Vianne Timmons and Gerri Wood 9. (From left) SaskTel Pioneers Carol Lowes, Jacquie Perigny, Darrewll Liebrecht, Lyle Fluter, Marilyn Lorence, Brenda Glaspey, Mary Wilhelm and Jan Fehr 10. Ean Scotton and Ian McDonald

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LOCA L AUT HO RS: Writers tell us what makes their book worth reading

PAT T R A S K

The Man Behind Handsome My name is Pat Trask. I have recently published a book of my memoirs, titled The Man Behind Handsome.

This book is the story of my growing up years on a small farm in Saskatchewan, living in a home with my mother, five sisters and my handsome father who was a bully and was physically and mentally abusive.

He was a totally unreasonable man who kept my mother and her six children totally under his control through all of our childhood years …

Author Pat Trask a man who made sure that no one else ever got to see his dark side.

To our relatives, neighbours and friends, he was a handsome, happy, friendly man. To us, his family, he was a man we feared beyond anyone’s

The Faris family.

belief. We never knew when his temper would explode without reason, and any of us who were in his presence at the time dared not attempt to leave the room, or his vengeance would be aimed at you.

This man had huge hands with a deep blood stained birthmark. His favourite action when he was raging wildly at us was to grab each girl’s

head in those huge hands and bang them together as hard as he could, leaving us staggering and trying hard not to cry.

This story is about growing up in Saskatchewan and what was hidden behind the doors in many homes. No one was allowed to tell anything outside of the home. It is a story about the children and the wives (or husbands) who suffered the abuse, with nowhere to turn for help. It is a story that I have been told, from people who have read my book, (that) they highly recommend everyone should read it to understand that it is all right to talk about (abuse). In fact it is necessary to talk about it, that is a part of the healing. My plea (for those who have been abused) is to expose these bullies and realize it wasn’t their fault. Just because someone ruined the early years, doesn’t mean you need to allow them to ruin the rest.

The Man Behind Handsome is available at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon.

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1960s are being reconsidered by female Canadian artists at various stages of their careers.

This group exhibition brings together new works by artists from across Canada.

Until June 20. Dunlop Art Gallery — Central Branch, 2311 12th Ave.

MUSIC

Wednesday, Ju ne 4 Wednesday Night Folk: Dr. Bird & Bluebeat Bushwakker 2206 Dewdney Ave. WayBack Wednesdays with Leather Cobra McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

Sheila Kernan: Lights, Camera, Action.

Until June 26. Assiniboia Gallery, 2266 Smith St.

A Wilhelm Scream, Direct Hit, Tomorrow Starts Today, Almost Alien The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave.

Gerri Ann Siwek: Patterned After Nature New encaustics on wood and paper. Until June 28. Mysteria Gallery, 2706 13th Ave.

Thursday, Ju ne 5 Chad VanGaalen, Viet Cong The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave.

Sweet Tooth With a seemingly lighthearted approach to art, Jefferson Little brings a level of serious contemplation about the moments and experiences that resonate through our lives.

Until June 29. Slate Fine Art Gallery, 2078 Halifax St.

Cory Edward Brown The Whiskey, 1047 Park St. The Stampeders Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Wildfire The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

Catch Chad VanGaalen at The Exchange on Thursday. POSTMEDIA FILE PHOTO

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2206 Dewdney Ave.

Cory Edward Brown The Whiskey, 1047 Park St.

Tim Vaughn McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

Tim Vaughn McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

Wildfire The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

Weekly Drum Circle Instruments provided 7:30-9 p.m., The Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr. Call Mike, 306-550-3911.

The Stampeders Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr.

Unearth, Texas in July, Cruel Hand, Armed for Apocalypse The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave.

Three Doors Down Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr.

Wildfire The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

Real Panchos The Lancaster, 4529 Gordon Rd.

Bison The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave.

The Fortunate Isles, Mobina Galore O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St.

The Glitch-Stravaganza YQR Nite Club, 1475 Toronto St.

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Gay Nineties, The Wet Secrets The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave. Elder Abuse, Castaway, The Jump Off, Gutless The Club at the Exchange 2431 Eighth Ave.

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S u n day, Ju n e 8 One Young’n 1 p.m., 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. M o n day, Ju n e 9 Monday Night Jazz & Blues: Call Me Mildy Bushwakker

David Braid, Ken Jefferson JazzFest Darke Hall, U of R College Avenue campus

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Sunday Art Market Every second Sunday. 3:30-7 p.m. Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Ave.

KC Adams: Birch Bark Ltd. Winnipeg artist KC Adams presents an installation of 24 porcelain birch bark sculptures. Until June 4. Sherwood Gallery, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

Canadiana What does it mean to be Canadian? Works by Canadian artists including Augustus Kenderdine, Dorothy Knowles and Ernest Luthi.

Until June 14. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Amalie Atkins: we live on the edge of disaster and imagine we are in a musical Video installation highlighting the work of Saskatoon filmmaker Amalie Atkins.

Until June 14. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. You Are What You Repeatedly Do New work by Articulate Ink

Until June 15. The Hague Gallery, Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. Two Perspectives: Karen Holden and Mel Bolen Through paint, canvas, clay, and glaze, they interpret and discuss the powerful landscapes of Saskatchewan.

Until June 7. Art Gallery of Regina, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, 2420 Elphinstone St. Joy Walker: Untitled Toronto artist Joy Walker’s unique work for Central Library’s east-facing windows explores line, geometry, pattern and elements of chance using various media.

Until June 20. RPL Central Branch, 2311 12th Ave. Who’s Afraid of Purple, Orange and Green?

The formalist esthetics of the modernist movement of the

Essence of Place The Artists of Scott Nicholson Fine Arts New exhibitions quarterly.

Until July 31. Regina Centre Crossing, 1621 Albert St. Art in Bloom Works offer a variety of texture, colours, patterns, and materials.

Until Aug. 24. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Mary Pratt A five-decade retrospective which celebrates the renowned Newfoundland and Labrador artist.

Until Aug. 24. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. --Nouveau Gallery 2146 Albert St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oakland Gift and Fine Arts Oil and ink paintings by Chinese artists Lingtao Jiang and Huaiyi Tian.

2312 Smith St. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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COMEDY

The Laugh Shop Live standup every Saturday night, 9:30 p.m.

Ramada Hotel, 1818 Victoria Ave. Hitch Hikers Improv June 8, 7 p.m.

Creative City Centre 1843 Hamilton St.

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2 Pianos 4 Hands June 5-15 Globe Theatre How to Give Feedback Workshop for poets and performers Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m.

Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. UpStage at the Centre Dramatic reading of Popcorn Elder by Curtis Peeteetuce June 7 Creative City Centre 1843 Hamilton St. Sing It! Dance It! Express It! “We’re All Mad Here in Wonderland” Saskatchewan Express June 7, 6:30 p.m.

Conexus Arts Centre 200 Lakeshore Dr. The Vertigo Series Featuring readings by Dave Margoshes, Linda Biasotto, dee Hobsbawn-Smith and P. J. Worrell; music by Jeffery Straker.

June 9, 7:30 p.m.

Crave, 1925 Victoria Ave. Vontrapped: The Sounds of Music Until June 13.

Applause Dinner Theatre, lower level, 1975 Broad St.

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Retro Dance Party Every Sunday.

ings. New members welcome.

June 4, 8 p.m.

Bushwakker basement club room, 2206 Dewdney Ave.

McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Operation Swing — Lessons and dance June 10, 6:45-10 p.m.

The Eagles Club Hall, Osler St.

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The Soul and the Mandala Artist Bonnie Chapman will lead you through the spiritual and technical processes of creating a mandala, which is a long-standing cross-cultural form.

June 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

RPL Regent Place Branch, 331 Albert St.

MUSEUMS

Alex Youck School Museum 1600 Fourth Ave. Tours by appointment only (306-523-3000).

Civic Museum of Regina 1375 Broad St. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday noon-4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Mosaic: A Festival of Cultures June 5, 5-11:30 p.m.

June 6, 5 p.m.-midnight June 7, 2 p.m.-midnight Various spots around Regina.

Visit reginamulticulturalcouncil.ca for more info.

Government House Museum & Heritage Property 4607 Dewdney Ave. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Mondays.

Regina Red Sox vs. Weyburn June 6, 7 p.m. Currie Field

RCMP Heritage Centre 5907 Dewdney Ave. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Franco Club Practise and improve your spoken French.

June 7, 10-11:30 a.m.

U of R Institut Francais Rotunda, second floor Language Institute Building.

Regina Firefighters Museum 1205 Ross Ave. Tours by appointment (306777-7714).

Victorian Tea Hosted by the Government House Historical Society.

June 7-8, sittings at 1 and 2 p.m. Reserve a seat at 306787-5363.

Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum 2445 Albert St. Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Saskatchewan Military Museum 1600 Elphinstone St. Open Monday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m., or by appointment (306-347-9349).

Saskatchewan Science Centre 2903 Powerhouse Dr. Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday and holidays, noon-6 p.m.

Closed Mondays.

Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame 2205 Victoria Ave. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday noon-5 p.m.

Closed Sunday.

Regina Red Sox vs. Yorkton June 7, 7 p.m. Currie Field

Mosaic: A Festival of Cultures offers 21 pavilions, including Kyiv Ukrainian. QC FILE PHOTO BY TROY FLEECE

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Regina Farmers’ Market Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

City Square Plaza, downtown RCMP Sergeant Major’s Parade

Weekdays, 12:45 p.m.

RCMP Depot Division, 5600 11th Ave.

own cameras.

June 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr.

Provincial Heritage Fair June 3-4. Saskatchewan Science Centre

Regina Red Sox vs. Moose Jaw June 4, 7 p.m. Currie Field

The Art of Nature Photography Participants must bring their

Monthly ALES brewers’ club meeting Topic: Beer and cheese pair-

Women’s football Regina Riot vs. Saskatoon Valkyries June 7, 7:30 p.m.

Mosaic Stadium Pints & Prose trivia Every Sunday, 8 and 10 p.m.

O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St. TEDxRegina June 10, 1:30-5 p.m.

University of Regina Riddell Centre

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Champions for Mental Health Reducing Stigma Dinner, silent auction and guest speaker, six-time Olympic medal winner Clara Hughes.

June 9, 6 p.m. Conexus Arts Centre, convention hall.

ChewsDay Challenge Drop-in gathering of board game enthusiasts.

Every Tuesday, 6 p.m.-midnight.

Boston Pizza, 545 Albert St. N.

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Stars and Strollers Wednesday, 1 p.m.

Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall, 3025 Gordon Rd. Bake A Difference Combat bullying through baking; spread kindness with a cookie.

Wednesday, 5-7 p.m.

Sweet Ambrosia Bakeshoppe, 230 Winnipeg St. N. Drop In Indoor Playground Friday, 9-11:45 a.m.

South Leisure Centre, 170 Sunset Dr.

Canadian Olympian Clara Hughes is the guest speaker at Monday’s Champions for Mental Health dinner. POSTMEDIA FILE PHOTO Family Studio Sundays Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Parent and Preschooler Jungle Gym Monday, 9:30-11 a.m.

Al Ritchie Family Wellness Centre, 445 14th Ave.

Mom and Tot Bored Meetings Hosted by Kate Murray, 306216-2511.

Friday, 10-11:30 a.m. Early Learning Family Centre, Scott Collegiate, 3350 7th Ave.

Science Time for Tots Interactive workshop aimed at early learners.

Tuesday, 9:30-10 a.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr. ---Mom’s Morning Out 3200 Avonhurst Dr., swalter@ sasktel.net

Build and Grow Clinics Build a special feature project.

For children age 5 and up.

Saturday, 10 a.m.

Lowes, 4555 Gordon Rd.

Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) Rosewood Park Alliance Church, mops@rosewoodpark.ca

Family Favourites films Enjoy a favourite film for just $2.50.

Saturday, 11 a.m. Galaxy Cinemas, 420 McCarthy Blvd. N.

Regina Newcomers Club reginanewcomersclub@gmail. com

Family activities Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr.

Time Out For Parents Al Ritchie Family Wellness Centre, 2250 Lindsay St., 306525-4989; arfwp@sasktel.net Y’s Moms Group for Multiples

YMCA, 2400 13th Ave., meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m.

Y’s Moms Group YMCA, 2400 13th Ave., 306757-9622 YWCA Regina 1940 McIntyre St., 306-5252141

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Su nday, Ju ne 8 Community Fair A showcase of Regina’s LGBTQ-focused community service and resource providers, including sexual health, counselling, wellness and clubs.

Noon-5 p.m. Cornwall Centre, 2102 11th Ave. Queer City Trivia Hosted by Pints & Prose Trivia.

Prizes include candy, shooters and food.

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EVENTS Coming Out Party Come share your “coming out” story in a fun and creative way. All ages and identities welcome.

7 p.m., location TBA Tuesday, Ju ne 10 All Fun and Games Join in games like capture the flag, potato sack races, threelegged race, giant Jenga, on target (it’s like curling but with Frisbees), or giant Scrabble.

Or bring your own game.

Les Sherman Park, Princess Street and 15th Avenue Q’d Up Local DJs perform.

Q Nightclub and Lounge, 2070 Broad St.

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Ida Drama

As 18-year old Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) prepares to take her vows, the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naive, innocent Anna soon meets Aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey to the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism. In Polish with English subtitles.

The Last Sentence Biography/Drama A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt,

who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s. With Sweden caught between Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Russia, the country’s elites chose a policy of neutrality and compliance, with few daring to speak up against the evil around them. Among those who did, nobody was as loud and as uncompromising as Segerstedt. In Swedish with English subtitles.

Regina Public Library Theatre 2311 12th Ave.; 306-777-6104 --Flight of the Butterflies Documentary Join hundreds of millions of butterflies on an amazing journey to a remote hideaway in the mountains of Mexico.

Kenya: Animal Kingdom Documentary Discover Kenya’s famous

fauna in their natural habitat, including the Big Five — lions, African elephants, Cape buffalo, leopards and black rhinos — and giraffes, hippos and cheetahs. Meet two fearless young Maasai and follow them on their ritual safari.

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Documentary Join scientist Patricia Wright on her lifelong mission to help endangered lemurs survive in the modern world. Narrated

by Morgan Freeman.

Kramer Imax 2903 Powerhouse Dr. 306-522-4629

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WolfCop Comedy/Horror It’s not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou Garou to black out

and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but lately things have taken a turn for the strange ... and hairy. Created

by Regina writer/director Lowell Dean and filmed right here in Regina!

The Edge of Tomorrow Action A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle. Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton.

The Fault in Our Stars Drama Hazel (Shailene Woodley), who has Stage 4 thyroid cancer, meets Gus (Ansel Elgort) at a cancer support group.

Although the teens are attracted to each other, Hazel is reluctant at first, not wanting to cause Gus pain, because she knows she will eventu-

ally die and he is in remission.

Based on the young adult novel by John Green.

Obvious Child Comedy A woman (Jenny Slate) gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for the worst — and best — Valentine’s Day of her life.

Galaxy Cinemas 420 McCarthy Blvd. N. 306-522-9098 Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall Cinemas 3025 Gordon Rd.; 306-5853383 Rainbow Cinemas Golden Mile Shopping Centre 3806 Albert St.; 306-359-5250 Event listings are a free, community service offered by QC. Listings will be printed if space permits.

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You’re either with the partner you’ve got, or not Q. I have a great relationship with my boyfriend of two years. It was rocky for a few months, but we both made some changes and are very happy together.

I’ve been spending time with a friend whom I’ve known for six years, and am developing heavy feelings for him. I think about him all the time. He makes me smile, laugh, and I have a strong sexual attraction to him.

We can talk about deeper topics, but he also wishes to live life to the fullest, just as I do (my boyfriend is much more cautious).

I love my boyfriend, but I can’t stop thinking about this guy! I’m approaching some big life changes, getting my first house. My boyfriend seems quick to settle down, which only makes me desire this other man more.

My boyfriend is my first serious relationship, but I’m not his first (he’s older), and I’m worried that we may be at different stages, whereas this new guy is going through much

if you can compromise and balance each other in some of your choices.

But it is necessary to focus on one partner at a time. You’re either with your boyfriend, emotionally, or you’re not.

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the same life phases as me.

Falling In and Out of Love A. Get honest with yourself. You can’t be having a “great relationship” and also be thinking of switching partners.

You’re clearly worried about “settling” too soon, and blaming your boyfriend for this possibility.

Have you told him you’re hesitant about this big step of buying a house, or that you need more of a sense of living life to the fullest? Or, are you letting this other guy convince you that you’re missing some excitement?

It’s not necessary to be at the exact same stage in life with a partner,

Q. My son was killed in a car accident 18 months ago, at 29. I was a single mom and he was the light of my life.

I’ve married a man I met four years ago. He has a daughter, 44, with whom I’m not close.

It’s obvious that she doesn’t respect me and says things to me that have been very hurtful. She would say that I’m too sensitive and need thicker skin — and I would say that she’s mean and insensitive.

On Mother’s Day — a very difficult day for me — she chose to post a photo of herself as a young child with her mom and dad on my personal Facebook page and wish me a Happy Mother’s Day. I said nothing, but I deleted the post. She told her father she was do-

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Need Help on This One A. I’m sorry for your loss and yes, you are naturally sensitive, especially on occasions such as Mother’s Day. It’d be hard for anyone not close to you and caring to say something that was truly soothing and thoughtful.

Perhaps she intended a nice message that you’re part of her family, too. Perhaps not. When you don’t feel respected to begin with, things get interpreted negatively.

Losing your son is a blow that will re-surface on other occasions too, which you already must know.

Accept that most people don’t know how to handle others’ grief, especially as time goes by.

Hold onto your memories, be civil, and try to be respectful of her, as your husband’s daughter, and hopefully the relationship will improve.

But, unless she does something purposefully mean, don’t involve your husband. She’s responsible for her own actions.

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How to be a raw food vegan for five days

By Jenn Sharp Vegan raw food.

Those are three words unlikely to ever escape my lips in a positive manner.

I grew up eating (and loving) meat.

While I’ve learned to like vegetarian food, I would never wholly forego meat.

On a recent trip to Vancouver, I had dinner at Gorilla Food, an organic, raw, vegan restaurant that’s been around for over a decade.

I had the lasagna. Zucchini substituted the noodles, a savoury seed mixture filled in for cottage cheese, hemp and basil pesto was the meat sauce and a walnut “cheese” graced the top. It sounds strange but it was delicious. My curiosity was piqued.

Maybe this was doable in real life.

I started researching. My main question was how do you get enough protein and amino acids through vegan raw food? The answer can get complex and it’s very difficult to get everything your body needs through food alone.

For most though, it’s entirely possible to get all the protein you need through raw veganism. Apparently most of us eat way more protein than we need anyways.

Proponents of raw food claim it has enzymes that aid digestion, nourish cells and get rid of toxins. Those enzymes are broken down when food is cooked (although there is debate on this topic).

I signed up for a five-day detox with a company making the rounds on Facebook — detoxes and cleanses (especially juice ones) are all the rage these days.

I followed the instructions almost perfectly — I even soaked my nuts and sprouted my legumes (replicating germination makes nutrients more available and helps digestive enzymes grow). By the way, soaked nuts puff up and taste great.

A huge fruit smoothie with coconut milk or overnight oats with honey (which reduces inflammation)

Pastry chef Renee Kohlman’s first attempt at a raw vegan dessert turned out fantastic. If this is what eating raw tastes like, I want to do it every day. Try her raw key lime cheesecake at Leyda’s in Saskatoon. QC PHOTOS BY JENN SHARP

was my breakfast.

For lunch, I made a big batch of bean and chickpea salad with lots of veggies for the week. For a dressing, I asked Renee Kohlman, a StarPhoenix food columnist, for advice. She suggested chopped cilantro, vinegar, olive oil, cayenne, honey and lime juice — awesome.

Prepping for a raw vegan bean salad. The most flavourful taste comes from allowing the ingredients to marinate overnight.

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SHARP EATS Raw Lentil and Kale Curry

Breakfast is undoubtedly the easiest meal of the day to be a raw food vegan. This smoothie bowl is topped with blackberries, quinoa, soaked almonds and goji berries.

Overnight oats are simple to prepare and make a satisfying breakfast. Just soak a half-cup of oats in coconut milk, then top with fresh berries, cinnamon and honey (or Stevia if you’re a strict vegan) in the morning.

Dinner was a bit trickier. The provided recipes didn’t appeal to me so I made up my own.

The first day wasn’t too bad… until that night when I met friends for drinks (I had tea – no alcohol is allowed on the detox plan). I got really hungry watching them scarf down wings. So I ordered Minestrone soup — not exactly raw but I didn’t care.

On Day 2 I hit up some restaurants in Saskatoon to see how easy it is to eat raw when you dine out. It’s not. At all. Unless you order salad all the time.

Thankfully, Nosh Eatery and Tap has a few raw items (try the beets) and Leyda’s had a delicious raw vegan key lime pie. If eating raw tastes this good, I’m in!

Day 3 and 4 passed uneventfully except for when I had to visit a deli for a column. The sandwich we took a photo of had four types of meat and cheese nestled on crusty homemade bread. I had a bite; two actually. It was amaz-

ing. I chewed it very slowly and really tasted the flavours. And, to be honest, I enjoyed those two bites more than if I would have scarfed down the whole thing.

On Day 5, the extreme bloating I’d been suffering (I looked like I was pregnant all week) finally subsided. The gas, to the extreme joy of my co-workers, also let up (one recommended renaming my column to Sharp Toots). I guess it took my body that long to cope with all those legumes.

That night, a few of us were at a pub. After five days of saying “no,” I finally said “yes.”

We ordered a party platter and I dug into the meat wholeheartedly. I didn’t quite make the five days but I didn’t care. I probably will never adopt raw food veganism but I can now appreciate its benefits. And my co-workers appreciate that I’m off the beans. jksharp@thestarphoenix.com Twitter.com/JennKSharp

Raw food can be heated slightly, and kale is easier to digest when it’s lightly steamed. Topped with avocado and sprouted lentils that have been lightly sauteed in coconut oil and curry powder, this dish makes a filling dinner. QC PHOTO BY JENN SHARP

While it’s not technically “raw,” if you keep the temperature low and don’t overcook it, you’ll be fine. Some mildly heated foods are perfectly acceptable on a raw diet (don’t go above 115 F or 46C). Adjust the spice levels to your tastes. I like a lot of spice but you may not.

INGREDIENTS: > ½ cup sprouted lentils > 2 to 3 cups kale (tear leaves into bite-sized pieces) > 1 tsp. plus 1 tbsp. coconut oil > 1 tbsp. turmeric > 1 tbsp. garam masala curry powder > 1 tsp. cayenne > Sea salt and pepper to taste > Juice of one lime

> ¼ cup soaked pine nuts > ½ avocado, sliced

METHOD: 1. Put 1 tsp. coconut oil in a frying pan or skillet on low heat. Once melted, stir in spices, salt, pepper and lime juice.

2. Mix in the lentils and continue stirring until coated in spice mixture. Stir in the pine nuts and remove from heat. Keep it warm.

3. In same pan, melt 1 tbsp. coconut oil and add kale. Stir to coat leaves with the oil and add a dash of sea salt if you like. Once leaves wilt slightly (don’t wait until they’re floppy or getting crispy) remove from heat.

4. Arrange kale on a plate with sliced avocado alongside. Pour lentil curry on top and dig in.

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