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FASHION:

Expectant mom wears rocker style with pride P. 2

DAY TRIPS:

An adventure to Saskatchewan’s Big Muddy Badlands P. 14

MUSIC:

Grassroots Regina brings traditional folk artists to the city P. 18

HER JUST REWARD LAWYER SUSAN BARBER ADDS A NEW DISTINCTION TO HER REMARKABLE CAREER P. 7

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FASHION #

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R e g i n a FA S H I O N

Alysia Czmuchalek: Rock and roll family

By Ashley Martin She’s seven months pregnant, and Regina resident Alysia Czmuchalek is wholeheartedly embracing her bump.

“If you don’t show it, I find it affects everything because then you just kind of feel big everywhere instead of just feeling pregnant, so I like showing it off,” said Czmuchalek.

“I wear lots of the higher belts that show off my tummy or a tighter shirt to show off the tummy and it doesn’t bother me in the least.”

The mother of two — six-yearold Jake and two-year-old Joss — tries to adapt maternity fashion to match her everyday rocker look.

“I think it’s because everything else feels so out of place, so to put on something a little more edgy, more style, more rock, makes you feel good about yourself because nothing else fits maybe the way it’s supposed to anymore.”

She’s always loved rock and roll style. Her favourite bands are Rob Zombie, Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails. Music inspires her fashion sense, “as long as it looks good and we’re comfy.”

“We” being her two kids, who she decks out in rock-inspired looks.

“Jake is getting older so he likes to pick his own stuff now more, but he still likes the look too. And she’s perfect because I can still dress her.”

Czmuchalek usually tries to match the kids; sometimes it happens that the three of them match each other.

The family tends to shop online or on vacation, because “it’s hard to find rock or metal stuff or anything that’s a little different in Regina.”

When she can’t find exactly what she’s looking for, she’ll alter it — “sew it my own way, kind of revamp it that way or embellish it my own way, because sometimes it is hard to find exactly what you like.”

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1. HAIR: “I actually got clip-ons this time. I used to dye it all the time but it bleeds and it colours all my hair green.”

2. NECKLACE:“We went to Vegas and we saw a little guy at a kiosk and he cut the kids’ names in our rings. That’s my main piece of jewelry that I wear.”

3. SHIRT: Suzy Shier 4. TANK TOP: Suzy Shier 5. JEANS: Below the Belt 6. ENGAGEMENT RING: Las Vegas. “(It’s) kind of an antique or edgier look; not so clean cut.”

Alysia Czmuchalek with her rock and roll kids, Joss (centre) and Jake (right). QC Photo by Don Healy

7. SHOES: Iron Fist zombie stompers, online.

“They glow in the dark”

JOSS 1. JACKET: Superstore 2. EVERYTHING ELSE: eBay

JAKE 3. BLUE HAIR GEL: Walmart 4. shirt and shorts: H&M

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O n T h e C o v e r P. 7

On Sept. 20, lawyer Susan Barber is receiving a University of Regina Alumni Crowning Achievement Award. QC Photo by Don Healy

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FASHION — 2 Family dons rock-inspired looks IN THE CITY — 4 QC’s best shot of the week COVER — 7 Prominent lawyer stays humble among many achievements CITY FACES — 11 Tony Cote brings life to First Nations University of Canada INVENTORY — 12 Homemade Scrubxury Sugar and Salt Scrubs for men and women PARENT TO PARENT — 13 Were your pregnancies different from one another?

DAY TRIPS — 14 Adventure awaits in Saskatchewan’s badlands, the Big Muddy Valley

EVENTS — 16 MUSIC — 18 Group brings traditional acoustic folk performers to Regina ON THE SCENE — 20 At the Queen City Marathon ASK ELLIE — 22 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 23 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation READ MY BOOK — 24 CROSSWORD/SUDOKO — 25 SHARP EATS — 26 Regina’s food truck scene still comes out on top WINE WORLD — 27 Blending makes for balanced wine

Nic Olson stands in his favourite place in Regina, the Carmichael Outreach community garden.

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Sowing seeds of community in Carmichael’s garden

By Vanessa Brown After a long day preparing as many as 250 meals for some of Regina’s most vulnerable residents, there’s nothing Nic Olson loves more than visiting Carmichael Outreach’s community garden.

The 24-year-old cook and co-ordinator of Carmichael’s food recovery program says plunging his hands into the fertile soil is akin to therapy.

Growing nutrient-rich vegetables that feed the organization’s many clients is just icing on the cake.

Q. What does the community garden, now in its fourth year, represent?

A: It just really represents the community we’re in. Every time I’m out there picking weeds or planting or picking up garbage in that one lot, there’s always people that come up and talk to me about their garden when they were a kid, or just giving me tips about the garden, or helping me pick weeds. When there’s something like that in a community, I think it’s pretty important.

Q. It also feeds people. What do you grow there?

A. This year, we did four major crops: We did potatoes, tomatoes, beans and carrots, because I figured those would be easier for me to use in the kitchen here. We also grew some Swiss chard and zucchinis, some onions and peas. And whatever is too much for us to deal with, whether we don’t have time to chop or wash, we just put out in bins for people to take as they feel they need to.

Q. What types of meals do you prepare with the produce?

A. Right now we have a whole bunch of potatoes left over, so we chopped up a bunch of those, put them in the oven with some brown sugar and some carrots and roasted it up. It ended up being really quite nice.

Q. Describe one of your first times visiting the garden.

Nic Olson in the Carmichael Outreach community garden, located in the lot north of Souls Harbour Rescue Mission on Halifax Street in Regina. QC Photo by Don Healy

A. I had to clean up the garden at the end of the season last September. So I went there with another worker and we just chatted for quite a while.

He made quite an impression on me.

I found that it’s really important to the community. People respect the space. They take care of it.

Q. How often do you visit the garden?

A. I used to check it out two to three times a week. Now that I’m working full time in the kitchen, I don’t get there as often. I go about once a week just to check it out and clean up and pick vegetables.

Q. How long have you been gardening?

A . I grew up gardening with my

parents (in White City). We always had pretty massive gardens in our yard. It’s always been a part of my life. I really enjoy doing it. I think it’s just some sort of therapy. When you’re a kid, picking weeds sounds like hell, but now it’s the most peaceful thing I can think of doing.

If I ever see a weed, I have to go pick it.

Q. How does it feel using fresh, local produce in your meals at Carmichael?

A. I really enjoy this job, because sometimes fresh food is something that we don’t get tons of, and this time of the year we get so much stuff and it really helps balance out the meals we get to serve to make sure (our clients) are at least approaching a balanced diet.

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I went from lifeguard to lawyer. It was tough to get out of the bathing suit and into the pantyhose, I’ll tell you. — Susan Barber

U O F R A L U M N I C R O W N I N G A C H I E V E M E N T AWA R D S

From the law to the beach, Barber enjoys life

Susan Barber has practised law at the McDougall Gauley firm for 25 years, 19 of those as partner. QC Photo by Don Healy

By Ashley Martin Any prairie dweller has probably heard the misconception “there’s no water in Saskatchewan” from an outsider. Susan Barber knows better.

“I went from lifeguard to lawyer. It was tough to get out of the bathing suit and into the pantyhose, I’ll tell you.”

While growing up in Saskatoon, then Regina through high school at

Luther College, Barber spent every summer at Regina Beach. Her dad Lloyd and mom Duna would load up their six kids every weekend without fail.

“We came to the beach rain or

shine, snow, wind, or hail.”

When Lloyd was appointed the second president of the new University of Regina in 1976, the weekend trips got a little shorter.

Today Barber still spends summers

on Last Mountain Lake. She and her husband Gary Benson have a house at Buena Vista. Spending time at the lake, cruising on her 27-foot Sundeck boat, is the “centre of my world.”

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I think the first thing I remember about her is what a great sense of humour she had. She’s a great lawyer and has been tremendously successful. — Gord Kuski

Devout fans Susan Barber and husband Gary Benson attend the Roughriders’ Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium on Sept. 1. QC Photo by Michael Bell

It’s a rare reprieve from her busy job as a partner at the McDougall Gauley law firm, where she has made a name for herself in a 25-year career, 19 of those as partner.

She landed there out of law school because of Gord Kuski.

“That’s got to be one of the best decisions I ever made,” said Kuski.

“She’s just bright, articulate, and I think the first thing I remember about her is what a great sense of humour she had. She’s a great lawyer and has been tremendously successful.”

But Barber’s career was a bit of a fluke. As a student at the U of R,

working toward her bachelor of arts in English (which she received in 1984 with Great Distinction), she’d planned on becoming a journalist.

She wrote the LSAT on a whim and “before I knew it I was going to law school at the University of Saskatchewan,” said Barber. “I always thought of lawyers as politicians and I had zero interest in politics. But I wrote the LSAT and applied to law school and I got accepted and off I went.”

Since graduating from the U of S in 1987, she has received a YWCA Women of Distinction award (2000), was named a Woman of Influence by

Saskatchewan Business Magazine (2007) and was listed by the Women’s Executive Network among the top 100 most powerful women in Canada (2012).

The latest honour will come at next week’s U of R Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards, where she’ll receive the Dr. Robert & Norma Ferguson Award for Outstanding Service. She’s grateful, especially because she knew the couple.

“When mom and dad would have gatherings, which they frequently did in connection with the university, I would often see Bob and Nor-

ma Ferguson and got to know them really well. So to get an award that they created is just the topping on the cake.”

She’s aware of the accolades that stem from her career in labour and employment litigation, but there’s no ego about her.

“Sue Barber treats everybody with such respect and grace,” said U of R president Vianne Timmons, who worked closely with Barber during her six years on the university board of governors. “Anyone who meets her, whether it’s an international student or it is the premier,

she treats everybody she meets exactly the same, with generosity and warmness.”

Indeed, Barber seems as laid back a person you could find. And she doesn’t like to blow her own horn.

“I think I’ve just been lucky and in the right place at the right time,” said Barber. She credits her fortune with having a wide network of people dating back to high school and university — friends of her siblings, friends of her parents, and so on. Regina is “a smaller centre, so you can be sort of a bigger fish in a smaller pond.”

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Anyone who meets her, whether it’s an international student or it is the premier, she treats everybody she meets exactly the same, with generosity and warmness. — Vianne Timmons

As most young lawyers do, she began as a jack of all trades. She gradually carved her niche “because there wasn’t really anybody occupying it” at their firm.

It was a clever move, said Kuski, as “she’s highly regarded in that field today.”

Her interest in management-union and employeremployee relations is something she still can’t explain, but she’s still challenged by it after all these years.

“There’s barely a day that goes by where I’m not doing something that is either different or a twist.

There’s always something where you say, ‘Geez, I’m not sure I’ve come up against that before.’”

Since 2006, her work has also included adjudicating Indian residential schools claims. She has decided upwards of 400 claims to date, and it makes up almost half of her practice now.

It’s a lot different than the methodical nature of her regular work.

“They’re not the best stories to hear,” said Barber of the claims. “You just have to focus on the task at hand and recognize that you’re trying to assist … You like to hope you’re also giving them a chance to heal because part of this is they’ve just kept it inside for so long.”

Difficult stories, like “the little old lady who was 75 years old, who (as a child) got locked in a closet by a teacher or a nun, and she would sit there in front of me with tears rolling down her face and tell me about being afraid of the dark.”

In hearing stories like that, staying impartial is sometimes a challenge, but Barber endeavours to be empathetic yet detached.

“I’m not the therapist and I would never like to lead a claimant to think that I’m their best friend and I’m there to do everything I can. I am the adjudicator; I’m going to make a decision about their claim at the end of the day.

“Some of (their stories) are quite gut-wrenching but you just have to steel yourself and try to keep your emotions in check because the last thing you want is … to burst into tears. A claimant might appreciate that but the representative from Canada is going to think ‘Wow, how impartial can she be?’ So although a lot of them are very difficult stories to hear, I always try to maintain just empathy but you’re kind of dispassionate. You definitely have a role to play and it’s not as an advocate or a participant, it’s as the adjudicator.”

Barber’s contract goes until 2017 and may be extended. There are thousands of claims left to be heard by the 100-or-so adjudicators across Canada; many of those claims are from Saskatchewan people.

“This has sort of taken on a life of its own, so I’ll be at it for a while.”

■ ■ ■ ■ In addition to working 12-hour days, Barber finds time to volunteer.

She spent six years on the U of R board of governors (two as chair), was chair of ISC and was on the board of the Saskatchewan Roughriders (she’s a fan of the team too), and was involved in many other organizations. She’s now chair of the SaskEnergy board.

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Susan Barber is one of about 100 adjudicators in Canada for the Indian residential schools claims process. QC Photo by Don Healy

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Some of (their stories) are quite gut-wrenching but you just have to steel yourself and try to keep your emotions in check because the last thing you want is … to burst into tears. — Barber

In that way, she’s like her father, who died two years ago.

“My dad was so busy, he was on so many boards, he was all over the place.”

She remembers a newspaper article about him that said something to the effect of, “What’s the difference between Lloyd Barber and God? God is everywhere; Lloyd Barber is everywhere except Regina.”

While her father was busy, her mother was the glue that held the family together.

“I think it’s the combined influence that gave all of us a really strong work ethic, a real commitment to and belief in education, just real loyalty and strength of family.”

That extends to her marriage to Benson and relationship with her six stepchildren. It’s evident she’s proud of them all, and her three grandchildren.

He is semi-retired, but work remains on the horizon in her future. Though

she has no aspirations to be a judge or do anything grandiose, she’s happy to continue with the work she’s doing for a long while yet. She’s only 50, after all.

And when she’s not working, Barber amuses herself with athletics — skiing in the winter, scuba diving on tropical vacations, and working out at Level 10, where her daughter-in-law is her trainer — reading the “latest potboiler” by John Grisham or Lee Childs, or cheering on the home team from her seats behind the Rider bench at Mosaic Stadium. Her great-uncle Gordon Barber played for the 1923 Roughriders.

One thing is certain: She’s a Saskatchewan girl for life.

“There was always that part of me as well that felt like, ‘Geez, am I just always going to be in the province, shouldn’t I spread my wings?’ Then at the end of the day I guess you are who you are and I am rooted pretty firmly,” said Barber. “I can’t imagine leaving.”

U of R Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards honorees Here are Barber’s fellow honorees at this year’s U of R Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards, being held Sept. 20 at the Conexus Arts Centre: Outstanding Young Alumni Amber Fletcher BA ’06 (High Hons) Now a PhD candidate at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, in 2012 Fletcher shared her research on farm policy and climate change’s impact on women with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Lifetime Achievement Ken Sunquist BAdmin ’70 In a long public service career, Sunquist worked in Ottawa and around the world. His most recent position was as assistant deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Asia and Africa) and chief trade commissioner for Canada. Now retired, he volunteers on the board of CARE Canada.

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F i r s t N at i o n s U n i v e r s i t y o f C a n a d a

Tony Cote a living legacy

By Kerry Benjoe Retirement proved to be the best move Tony Cote ever made.

After a life of politics, at the age of 68, he decided to move to his reserve and spend the rest of his years relaxing and enjoying life.

After leading the charge against the Canadian government to compensate its First Nations veterans for their services, he thought he achieved what he needed.

The idea of enjoying a sedentary life lasted about nine months.

“I got tired of doing nothing,” said Cote.

So he moved back to Regina and contacted the commissionaires and asked if they still hired veterans.

“They said they did and asked me where I wanted to be,” he said.

He indicated his preferences would be at the airport or at the Legislative Building.

“They said, ‘No Tony, I’ve got a better place to for you.’ ” He was assigned to the First Nations University of Canada, which had just opened its doors in the fall of 2003.

Cote said it was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Now, at 78, he says the young people keep him young.

He starts his day at 6:30 a.m. at the university where he provides security as well as a welcoming face for all who enter the building.

Jeanelle Mandes, a FNUniv student, considers Cote one of her good friends and a respected elder.

“He brings life to the school,” she said. “He greets everyone. There are times when I bring him coffee or breakfast.”

Mandes said she equates Cote with FNUniv.

She began university in 2006 and after a couple years she took two years off school. When she returned, many of her classmates had completed their studies, so that first day back she was anxious to see a friendly face.

She walked into the building and

After a life of politics, elder and former chief Tony Cote enjoys his position with the commissionaires at the First Nations University of Canada. QC Photo by Don Healy

was relieved to see Cote sitting at his desk in the Atrium.

“I have so much respect for him.

He’s accomplished a lot.”

Cote not only leads the charge to have First Nations veterans compensated by the federal government, he is the founder of the First Nations Summer Games, which eventually gave rise to the North American Indigenous Games.

He is also a residential school survivor and one of the Saskatchewan

chiefs who worked to establish the first college for aboriginal students, which eventually became FNUniv.

Now to be able to sit and watch over the FNUniv is Cote’s biggest pride.

He said being at the university is not a job.

“It’s good to see that we initiated something that everyone else enjoys,” he said. “It’s nice to see that.”

He said everyone in the building works well together.

“They are a good team.”

Because he provides security for the building, he knows its every nook and cranny.

“I pretty much know everything that goes on here. I usually find out one way or the other. I always tell them they don’t have to tell me anything. I just observe. I’m a good observer.”

After nearly a decade at the FNUniv, he still enjoys starting at 6:30 a.m. and still counts down the days until students fill the halls again.

“I missed the kids — it was a dead summer,” he said before the fall semester had started. “I don’t like it when I have a summer like this. It’s so quiet. I will be glad when they get back.”

Cote is always willing to help the students whenever he can, whether it’s sharing stories or helping them with a Saulteaux language lesson.

“It makes me proud to see them be successful,” said Cote. kbenjoe@leaderpost.com

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Were your pregnancies different from one another?

“Totally. The first was an emergency C-section after three days of labour. The second was all natural; no drugs or anything in two hours!”

— Rhonda Fleck Schneider “Very different! This second one I can smell all kinds of things I normally would not know existed!”

— Courtney Mang “My first three pregnancies were very long ago and all pretty similar. Being older the second time around, it was much harder on me. I tired easier for sure! After having four boys, the girl was by far the worst pregnancy. I hope that’s not a sign of things to come!” — Carla Contreras “Every time I ate while pregnant with my daughter, I was sick. The opposite happened with my son; I was only sick when I wasn’t eating.” — Judy S. “Very different! I did however go into labour at the exact same hour with both babies. It was strange.”

— Jenn Lyster “First one: I was super hungry all the time and super tired with a sore back. I was never sick. Second one:

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By Tim Switzer As we drove down Highway 34 a couple hours southwest of Regina, the scenery looked just like that of any other rural highway in Saskatchewan.

The fields stretch on for miles, the odd farmhouse sits surrounded by barns and machinery, and oil pumpjacks dot the landscape.

But then, just a few kilometres south of Bengough, we found what we had come for as the ground dropped out below us into the Big Muddy Valley.

The valley itself, with its exposed rock layers on the hill faces and incredible formations, looks more like something you’d expect to see in the hills of Alberta or South Dakota. We found ourselves stopping to take photos all along the valley floor thinking the scenery wouldn’t be outdone. It was every other mile we drove.

There’s dozens of attractions in the area formed (roughly) by the triangle created between Bengough, Willow Bunch and Coronach, but I’m not convinced any match the natural features of the valley itself.

Formed during the last ice age by melt water and so named for its slippery-when-wet clay-filled soil, the Big Muddy offers options for those looking for an afternoon drive, those looking for an up-at-dawn, back-at-dusk break from the city or those looking to spend a few days camping.

Castle Butte, though, is the mustsee site whatever your plans.

The 200-foot-high free-standing hill is featured in dozens of tourist bureau photos but really does have to be seen to be believed.

The most impressive part of the butte is that it looks equally amazing no matter how adventurous you find yourself during that visit. It’s far from an easy climb to the top, but it’s not like you need spiked shoes and climbing rope, either. Running shoes will do just fine. (One word of warning though, climbing the butte is done at your own risk.)

The walls of Castle Butte, the freestanding hill in the Big Muddy Valley, south of Bengough. QC photos by Tim Switzer and Leah Sharpe

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The Big Muddy, formed during the last ice age by melt water, is located roughly in the triangle formed between Bengough, Willow Bunch and Coronach.

One of the outlaw caves seen during the Big Muddy Badlands tour in southern Saskatchewan.

One of the formations in the wall of the Big Muddy Valley south of Bengough

A view down the Big Muddy Valley in southern Saskatchewan.

The view from the top was incredible, but walking around it on the narrow path halfway up was equally impressive. Oddly enough, the quarter-mile walk around the bottom might be even better as you see the water- and weather-worn sides cascade in and out.

While Castle Butte is free to see, it’s also worthwhile to take a tour of the badlands from Coronach. There

you can get full- and half-day guided tours either as part of a large group or in the comfort of your own vehicle.

You’ll make stops along the badlands to see caves where outlaws like Sam Kelly would hide out when being chased and begin to understand what was actually a very clever route for train robbers and the like of the day where they could

One of the more than 300 carvings at the St. Victor petroglyphs, found on a cliff face near Willow Bunch.

bounce across the Canada-U.S. border depending on which authorities happened to be after them.

There are also effigies laid down on hilltops by First Nations people which have withstood the test of time, the remnants of the area’s first North West Mounted Police detachment and an old schoolhouse, all of which are behind lock and key on private land and can’t be ac-

cessed by just anyone.

And there is a whole lot more to see in the area.

The St. Victor petroglyphs — located about 25 km west of Willow Bunch — are a sight to see. The glyphs are etched into the cliff face above the valley and while it’s unknown who made them or how long they have been there, they’re impressive nonetheless. If you’re

somehow not impressed, the view from the cliff is worth the drive in itself.

Willow Bunch is also the place to find out about the amazing and tragic tale of Edouard Beaupre (better known as Le Geant Beaupre or the Willow Bunch Giant) who grew to be 8-foot-3 and 375 pounds and travelled with Barnum and Bailey’s travelling circus.

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David Myles with Tim Chaisson The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave.

Wednesday Night Folk: The Vudu Hounds Bushwakker 2206 Dewdney Ave.

Lisa Nicole, Jason Thomas The Club at the Exchange 2431 8th Ave.

Jam Night Every Wednesday McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

The Milkman’s Sons with Brad Papp McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

100 Mile House The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave.

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Thursd ay, S e p t . 1 2 Don Williams Conexus Arts Centre 200 Lakeshore Dr. Dwight Yoakam Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Stephanie Thomson The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

An Evening of Cowboy Stories & Song with Ian Tyson and Corb Lund Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Big Chill Fridays with DJ Fatbot The Lancaster, 4529 Gordon Rd. Tom Holliston The Club at the Exchange 2431 8th Ave.

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Stephanie Thomson The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr.

Alexis Normand and Julia McDougall The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave.

The Accomplice The Lancaster, 4529 Gordon Rd.

Indie Night Featuring Ink Road, Skylight, The Empire Associates and Vudu Hounds The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave. Harvest Dance Featuring Black Drink Crier, Wildmen and Snake River The German Club 1727 St. John St. Gunner and White Women O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St. Sa turday, Se pt . 1 4 The Bad Decisions The Mercury, 2936 13th Ave. Wanted Man – A tribute to Johnny Cash

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Davin School Open Doors Self-Guided Home Tour Sept. 14, noon-4:30 p.m.

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Brandt Centre, Evraz Place Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Toronto Argonauts Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m.

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Dr. Lloyd Barber Academic Green, U of R AM National Drifter Event Sept. 14-15, 11 a.m.

Kings Park Speedway Men’s hockey U of R vs. Lethbridge Sept. 14, noon, The Cooperators Centre, Evraz Place

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Grassroots Regina brings quality folk music to town

(From left) Karen Haggman, Brenda Tacik, Rob Grzebinski, Roman Tacik and Jocelyn Bishoff are members of Grassroots Regina, which brings folk and roots musical acts to the city. QC Photo by Don Healy

By Terrence McEachern A handful of Regina residents were tired of seeing traditional acoustic folk and roots musicians pass by their city onto their next venue and decided to do something about it.

It led to the creation of Grassroots Regina — tasked with providing Regina audiences the opportunity to experience that type of music through concerts, says Rob Grzebinski, one of the founders of the non-profit organization.

Grzebinski helped form Grassroots Regina in September of 2007 along

with Brenda Tacik, Jocelyn Bishoff, Karen Haggman and Roman Tacik.

Since the inaugural show — Cara Luft of the The Wailin’ Jennys on Sept.

25, 2007 — nearly 60 acts have come to Regina, including James Keelaghan, 100 Mile House, Del Barber, Whitehorse, Fred Eaglesmith and Mary Gauthier.

Grzebinski said Gauthier’s performance stands out, which he describes as “introspective in an uplifting kind of way.”

The next scheduled show is Andrew and Zachari Smith on Sept. 26 at The Club on 8th Avenue.

The organization meets twice a month to discuss applications it has received to play in Regina. The decision to approve a musical act must be unanimous among the five members.

Grzebinski notes there has been dissension at times with the decisionmaking process that has led to musical acts not being pursued. But that is what ensures the quality aspect of what they do as well as the criteria that acts “have to be good,” said Grzebinski.

“We’re very proud of that. We have never put on a show where we said, ‘God, that’s an awful show.’ ”

Grzebinski and Haggman have backgrounds with the Regina Guild of Folk Arts going back to the early 1980s and then later the Regina Folk Festival.

One change they have noticed since Grassroots Regina started is that the “cultural vibrancy” of Regina has improved, said Haggman.

This has led to competing venues, such as the Artesian and the Creative City Centre and the Artful Dodger, opening their doors.

Haggman said new venues have not resulted in “bad competition.” However, they have made it more difficult for the group to get the performers it

wants because musical acts now have more options.

“From the artist’s perspective, it’s great,” added Grzebinski.

Despite the organization’s success, there are still a few acts members would like to bring to Regina but fear are out of reach and have too high a price tag.

For Haggman, it’s Rosanne Cash, who recently played at the Regina Folk Festival.

Grzebinski admits he’d like to see Leonard Cohen play an acoustic solo performance.

“Wouldn’t that be cool?” he asked.

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Time apart best thing for recently broken up couple Q. My girlfriend and I broke up.

At first, it’d seemed like nothing could go wrong. Her whole family, and friends accepted me.

Her friends said she was starting to fall for me. But then I felt she was hiding stuff from me. She said she wasn’t.

A week later she gave me a daylong test because her friend thought I was hot. So she distanced herself from me to see if I’d flirt with her friend. I passed the test.

The next day, she was again distancing herself, so I gave her space and came back finding her alone with this dude.

When we eventually started to talk, she doubted us as a couple, saying that she pictures me with her friend.

I later learned she still had feelings for that boy she’d been with. I blew it out of proportion.

She said I should’ve trusted her that nothing would happen between them. We both cried. She felt we rushed all this, and it’s too stressful for both of us.

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Finally she said she doesn’t want to break up, we just got to get to know each other.

I kept pushing to make things work and I believe I drove her away… asking do you really want to work things out, and if she still liked me?

She said she still had feelings, but a lot’s going on and I’m going through a lot. I finally pushed for a definite answer.

She said she thinks all we could be is friends, maybe, as she’d started talking to the other guy.

The next day I messaged her that I want to be more, and apologized for questioning us and not trusting her.

I said I’d love a second chance

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I’ve had no reply and fear I’ve lost her forever, and I’m in love with her and would do anything to get her back.

Desperate A. The daily doubts, tests, distancing, and discussions add up to a relationship that never got off the ground. Neither of you felt secure… it was too fast, too intense, with too much analysis, and then backtracking.

You both need a break from the pressure of trying to know if you have something worth trying again, or not.

You both seem young and inexperienced in relationships beyond early dating. That’s normal; so don’t push it to places you don’t yet know how to handle. Nothing, including the breakup, is forever at this point.

If you contact her, do so without pressure or questioning her about the future, just occasionally checking in as a caring friend.

Let time help you both get more confidence about yourselves, and

handling relationships, before you talk about trying again.

Q. My close friend hung up on me one day without saying why she suddenly got angry. I called, texted, tried to apologize for any offence, but got no reply. Several months later, she called and acted as though nothing happened.

I’ve wanted to know what happened, but when we talked again, she said her parents were divorcing.

The conversation was all about her hurt, and sadness, so I didn’t ask if it was related to her hanging up that day.

Is it wrong for me to pursue this now?

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The hang-up could’ve been for many reasons, related to her dealing with her parents’ story.

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years, 29, used to be close but due to distance and life events, we’ve become occasional text and Skype acquaintances.

Her relationship (one year) was troubled; she’d only contact me about her problems. She’d rarely ask about my life. He broke up with her in April.

She still keeps asking, “Why he did this, how could he have another girlfriend,” etc.

She’s miserable because she can’t get a job, or find another boyfriend.

I’ve tried to be supportive, but I’m over rehashing these issues.

How can I put an end to her analyzing this situation, without evoking her mean side (she can be spiteful and we know the same people)?

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She’s too self-interested to stay connected.

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Come Hell or High Water Come Hell or High Water takes place over 10 days in the summer of 1937.

While people on the Prairies struggle to survive, world events swirl around them.

Hitler and Mussolini are on the march, testing their military machines in the Spanish Civil War. On the heels of the Glen Larson Wallis Simpson scandal, George V has just been crowned King of England. The fledgling CCF is attracting attention from a depression-weary populace. And no matter what the topic

under discussion, it is permeated by the pervasive smell of dust.

I set out simply to record some family anecdotes for posterity. It evolved into a snapshot in time.

What exactly did people think about during this devastating time on the prairies? What did they talk about? How did they cope with the certainty of yet another crop failure, one which would dwarf all the previous years of poor harvests?

My research took me to places I had never considered before. I discovered that it is one thing to look back on history in perfect hindsight and see how events unfolded. It is quite another to try to guess at exactly what passed through people’s minds while they lived through the times.

The story tells of two prairie families that lived through that dreadful summer of 1937. Drawing heavily from my own experiences on the farm, I tried to capture their moods, their fears and their courage. It is, I believe, an honest and direct portrayal of life in that brief portal of time. As I point out on the cover page, it is a simpler, yet far from easier time.

And yet it is not all doom and gloom. They are determined to take the time to live, and the story culminates at the local sports day, a mainstay of those bygone days and one which seems to have fallen by the wayside in our modern, hightech age.

As a novice writer, compressing so much information into so

short a time frame presented a bit of a challenge. While the story is a work of historical fiction, there are some factual sidebars I could not resist sharing with my readers. To this end, I decided to cheat a bit and added an ‘addendum of historical research’ at the back of the book. If I could make one recommendation, it would be to peruse the addendum before reading the story. It may shed just more light on the time.

Available for only $16 at McNally Robinson and SaskMade Marketplace in Saskatoon, and The Artful Dodger in Regina. It is also available on Kindle at Amazon.com. Check out my website at glenclarson.webs.com for more retail outlets or to read an excerpt on the Amazon site.

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Saskatoon food trucks trail Regina in numbers

By Jenn Sharp Back in June, I wrote about Regina’s impressive food truck scene. At that time, the Queen City had six food trucks — since then, at least one more has joined the fray. While the trucks can be found at various locations in the city, most set up shop near the City Square Plaza downtown for the lunch crowd. The best way to find out where your favourite truck will be is to follow @yqrfoodtrucks or that truck’s Twitter feed for updates.

In Saskatoon it works a little differently as there’s not a central place for the trucks to convene (although many can be found in the downtown core during the noon hour on weekdays). Finding your truck of choice can be a chore because, unlike in Regina, there’s no centralized Saskatoon Twitter handle. The individual trucks have Twitter and/or Facebook, which I’ve included here.

Regina has really been rocking the food truck scene in Saskatchewan.

It took longer for legislation to be passed in the Bridge City. Once it was, several owners had problems getting (or keeping) a truck up and running.

The City of Saskatoon has currently only given out three licenses that allow trucks to park and operate on public property (parking stalls). Others are in operation, but are licensed to operate only on private property or at street fairs. Others, like Flavours of India and Sous Chef ’s organic poutine truck, operate just at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market on weekends.

Because of a late start this summer, most owners will be running their trucks into October or November.

DISCO DOG TWITTER: @discodogtruck WHAT TO EXPECT: Disco Dog has been killing it on the food truck scene, setting up around the city during the day and outside pubs after dark. The first to hit the streets of Saskatoon in July, co-founder Chuck Prongua sells premium hotdogs and smoked sausages in nine imaginative options.

Saskatoon’s Disco Dogs serves up gourmet hotdogs and sausages with unique toppings on stone baked naan bread. QC photo by Michelle Berg What makes owner Kos Kosmas’s truck better than your average hotdog seller, apart from the disco ball and techno tunes, is that these dogs come on stone-baked naan bread brushed with extra virgin olive oil.

DISH TO TRY: Richie Rich — bacon, spinach and artichoke cream cheese, pesto, diced tomato, green onions, red and green peppers.

PRICE: $6 to $8.50; sausage is $1 extra; veg options too

JOY RIDE TWITTER: @Joyrideyxe WHAT TO EXPECT: The brainchild of Weczeria owner Dan Walker, Joy Ride was eagerly anticipated by many Saskatoon foodies. People waited in long lines on the opening day (July 26) in front of City Hall for the globally

inspired eats. After an incredibly busy opening week, Walker unfortunately had to shut the truck down shortly after due to mechanical failures. Happily, Joy Ride reopened on Sept. 6.

DISH TO TRY: Lake Trout Taco PRICE: $5 to $8

YUMM TRUCK Facebook: Yummtruck WHAT TO EXPECT: Delicious savoury waffles, homemade cheese cakes and a healthy kale smoothie. Linda Boldt and son Jesse are changing their menu to cater to the construction crowd though, so look for stew, chili and sweet and sour meat balls. The duo is planning on keeping Yumm going into November on 60th Street and Millar Avenue.

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PRICE: Waffles $7 to $10, add $2 for gluten free

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Facebook: Snak WHAT TO EXPECT: The Snak truck takes snack food to a new level. Raissa Graumans and Kunga Jhanson use local ingredients to produce artisanal eats, almost too pretty to be eaten on the street. Look for them at street fairs and the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market until mid-October.

DISH TO TRY: Raspberry Lemon Frozen Souffle PRICE: $2 to $8

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Enjoy this blended wine’s balance, refinement

By James Romanow A wine like Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc can easily become a little too much. Chardonnay can seem downright greasy, for example, and Sauvignon Blanc can be too sour. And if you drink either exclusively you’ll likely become bored with them. I sure do.

You can blend these two or any other wines and solve much of the problem. In the Bordeaux — a location that causes cork dorks to fall on their knees shouting “I am not worthy!” — pretty much all whites and reds are blended and the white blend of choice is Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.

Semillon is more or less unknown to most Canadians. It has a texture and viscosity similar to Chardonnay. The Sauvignon Blanc is added to the blend for the bracing acidity that helps your tongue recover after the butter dipped lobster or shrimp that preceded the sip. On this side of the Atlantic, the vintners came up with the term “Meritage” to describe both red and white blends that are modelled on Bordelais wines.

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It is also a first rate drink by itself.

It doesn’t leap out of the glass, and I expect such restraint will prevent high scores when tasted alongside another 99 wines. But if you like and understand words like balanced and refined I think you’ll quite enjoy it. You’ll enjoy it even more if you drink it a bit warmer than fridge temperature, maybe 10 or so degrees.

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