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By Jeanette Stewart Staff at The Sheaf (the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper) got in the Christmas spirit early this year, hosting a photo booth with Santa in the arts tunnel on campus before finals started.

This year production manager Jared Beattie was assigned the role of Santa.

“I was clearly the most qualified candidate. Beard and all,” he said.

Playing Santa is a bit easier when you’re dealing with adults instead of crying children.

“You can definitely take more liberties as far as goofing around, that’s for sure,” he said.

So what should you do if called upon to embody Jolly Old St. Nick at your family, office or holiday party?

“Put a smile on. That’s all you need,” he said.

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HAT: “This whole suit ... We borrowed it from an elementary school. I’m not sure which one.”

2. GLASSES: His own. “I’m pretty

sure I got these at the place on Broadway. It’s just called Broadway Optical or something like that. I actually love that place.”

3. GREY BEARD: “It’s basically face

paint and you just brush it in.”

4. GLOVES: “My favourite part.”

5. SUIT: “I folded up a hoodie and

a blanket in the old paunch here.

And I was jolly.”

Jared Beattie plays Santa for a day at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

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Benjamin, from left, Lukas, and Taleah Audette play with a train in the playroom at the Audette home in Lebret. The family are proponents of Saskatchewan’s foster program. QC Photo by Michael Bell

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pa r e n t t o pa r e n t

Each week QC gathers advice from parents to share with other moms and dads. This week we asked:

At what age should a child stop taking naps?

“One is never too old to nap.” — Rae Arnold “My 4.5 year old still naps almost every day for about 1.5 to 2.5 hours after lunch, and I absolutely let her.

She’s always been a kid that needs a lot of sleep, even with a 7:45 p.m. bedtime.” — Erica Piché Smith “My 5-year-old still naps the days he’s not in kindergarten. He doesn’t fall asleep right away but does end up taking a one to 1.5 hour nap.” — E.Carolina Galan-Everett “All people benefit from a nap. Our bodies are hardwired to snooze. Hence the afternoon crash almost all of us experience. While my daughter doesn’t nap often, I do the doze!” — Justin Mcleod “I agree with Justin. My 7-year-old still naps once in awhile. But always on his own terms and because he wants to. Although, I did stop making him nap by the time he was five to prepare him for the 9 to 3 school days. I didn’t want him sawwing logs during class.” — Chelsea Dawn Letkeman “There is no magic age ... every child is different . My son needed more sleep and slept every day until kindergarten. He is in Grade 1 and still has the occassional nap depending on the day. My daughter is four and we don’t nap her regularly at all. If we do, she’s up until 10:30 p.m.!” — Shelley Stahl Heuchert “My 3-year-old rarely naps as much as I’d love her to it’s not worth the fight.” — Ashley Pratt “We decided to stop enforcing it around the age of three because we found that if the boys had an afternoon sleep, they wouldn’t go to bed in the evening and would be awake until close to midnight so now we just send them to bed about 7 p.m. and they sleep straight through the night.” — Shelly Lambert “When they started school, so about three.” — Dee B. “My five year old stopped taking naps before turning three on his own. And my one year old only has a short one in the afternoon, so she’ll probably do the same as her brother. However if they laid down, I have no problem with that as I’d prefer them nap then be grouchy bears! A nap does everyone good, at any age.” — Alysia Czmuchalek “I am a firm believer in naps. My child napped until

she was four years old and could still use a nap at age 7 and this was at her own discretion!” — Angela O. “When the child no longer sleeps, but stays in the room talking and playing. Quiet time is a must though. It doesn’t necessarily have to be in their room, but the activity must be quiet so that I can rest!” — Carla Contreras “My boys are 3.5 years old and I’m starting to find if they have an afternoon nap everyday it really throws off bedtime. I think we stopped making a nap a necessity this past summer. During the week when they’re at the sitter’s they have a nap but no longer than an hour. On the weekend I don’t force naps unless I find their world ‘has stopped working,’ but otherwise we let them stay up all day so that bedtime actually occurs at a decent hour.”

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“Every kid is very different but I would say that by age 4 it is time to phase out naps. My daughter is almost 4 and still takes a half hour nap at daycare however she does not nap at home on the weekends. She is so busy at daycare that she really needs the short nap. It’s a pretty fine line, if she sleeps any longer then that, I can’t get her to bed at night, but if she misses the nap she can get pretty miserable.” — Nikki Melnyk “My first daughter stopped napping when she was 2. My second daughter would still nap every afternoon if she had the chance…and she’s now 6!” — Terri Leniuk “What age to stop insisting on naps is a dilemma that I currently face along with many others I’m certain. My oldest is 4 and if you ask him he would protest that he does not need a nap ever! But I find I need to gauge it daily depending on how well he slept the night before & what level of activity he’s had that morning. With 2 other small children (a toddler and a baby) I’m torn even further as the girls nap time is an opportunity for some daily one on one time with my son. So unless a nap is absolutely necessary I generally implement a quiet time where we rest with a favorite movie or engage in a relaxing activity like crafts, quiet play or even baking. I think the key for all children & especially for my oldest is ensuring they get adequate nighttime rest.” — Twyla A.

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It was like, ‘Wow, this is the best blessing we could ever get; how many more times can we do this tremendous thing?’ — Janice Audette

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The Audettes are just normal people who care

Benjamin, from left, Charles, Michaelya, Micaiah, Lukas, Noah, Taleah, Elijah and Janice Audette pose in their home in Lebret. QC Photo by Michael Bell

By Ashley Martin When I arrive at the Audette family’s new home in Lebret, about 80 kilometres northeast of Regina, their 10-year-old son Lukas answers the door. He guides me straight down the long, wide hallway to meet his mother Janice. Older sister Michaelya, age 16, is standing in the hall with a small boy who gives me a friendly hello. Shy sixyear-old Taleah is feeding a baby in a high chair near the kitchen doorway.

The Audettes moved here in November. They would have preferred to stay in Regina, but this was the only home they could find that was affordable and spacious enough for the family. A former home for retired nuns, the house is laid out like a care home or dormitory — long hallways, small bedrooms each with their own sink. It doesn’t feel very homey yet but the family plans on renovating after everyone gets a feel for the place. Most importantly, though, it’s big enough for their family. Charles

and Janice Audette have six biological children and two adopted children. They also foster as many as three children at any given time.

■ ■ ■ ■ It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time when this couple didn’t want children, but Janice insists that was the case. “I was Miss Career Woman.

Thought, ‘Maybe one or two. No promises, Charles.’ ” But the moment they held their

eldest son Josiah 19 years ago, that plan went out the window.

“It was like, ‘Wow, this is the best blessing we could ever get; how many more times can we do this tremendous thing?’ ” said Janice.

They had problems conceiving their youngest biological child but still wanted more children. They looked into adopting, but costs were prohibitive. That led to another blessing — the Audettes found out about fostering.

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to be foster parents. Janice was enthusiastic but Charles was hesitant.

He’d heard horror stories about the Ministry of Social Services invading a family’s privacy and social workers barging in at all hours — which would have been especially inconvenient since Janice home-schools their children.

But Charles had a change of heart one day, while he was preaching from the Book of James at their church, Grace Haven Reform Brethren.

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I tell people that the only way the foster care system is going to change is if we change the stereotype of who a foster parent is. — Janice

“I’m saying no we shouldn’t foster, but I’m reading this verse in the Bible that we should care for orphans and widows and their afflictions. I thought, ‘Well if I’m going to preach on this verse ... then I’d better put shoe leather to what I’m going to say.’ That was basically the trigger that convinced me to foster,” said Charles.

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Stories of abusive and neglectful foster homes are not unusual but you rarely hear about normal, well-adjusted people who foster children in need.

Even Charles admits, “I have a stereotype of what foster families are and it’s not a pleasant picture in my mind.”

“I think lots of people shy away from being a foster parent because they don’t want to be labelled a stereotype, that you do it for money (which works out to roughly 88 cents an hour per child under age five) or that you’re lazy and want to stay in your pyjamas

all day and watch TV,” said Janice. “I tell people that the only way the foster care system is going to change is if we change the stereotype of who a foster parent is.”

Before fostering, prospective parents have to undertake 30 hours of PRIDE (Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education) training. At first, both Janice and Charles saw this as a hoop to jump through. He didn’t want someone telling him how to be a good parent. “And not arrogantly speaking, but we are good parents,” said Charles. But an hour into the training, their mindset shifted.

“Every parent should go through this,” said Janice. In PRIDE training they learned how to help children with developmental and attachment issues and about the circumstances of birth parents, something neither of them had previously considered.

“Our radar wasn’t even open to what was happening with birth par-

ents,” said Janice.

“I began to understand how much dignity is lost through a host of life circumstances (that) can rob you of your ability to cope and your ability to parent,” added Charles.

Eight months after signing up, they took in their first foster children. In the three years since, they’ve cared for more than two dozen children — all under the age of five — for varying lengths of time. There is no average, said Janice: Children have stayed with them for as little as 24 hours to as long as three years.

But for every one of those kids, it’s been about giving them a safe and loving home until the children are, ideally, reunited with their family.

“The goal of foster care is to get these parents to a healthy place where their children can be reunified with them,” said Janice.

Last Christmas, they welcomed two siblings into their home. Those children stayed for 10 months and

their baby sister, who was born in the spring, also went to live with the Audettes. When the children were reunified with their mother, it was a difficult yet happy time.

“Being able to see some things that you’re building into (a child’s) life and they’re taking hold, but then having (them) go home was very hard, and yet at the same time I’m so excited for mom. ‘You are back with your children. ... You’re now in a safe place,’” said Charles.

Another time, two children were adopted from their home by a Saskatoon couple.

“You name the abuse, that home had experienced it. And so we just spent 2 1/2 years whispering into their lives that they were loved and valued, and nurturing them as much as we could, pouring our lives into them. Then we just got to see the fruit of them just becoming beautiful, stable, well-adjusted little people,” said Janice, her voice cracking. “This adoptive couple fell

Michaelya Audette feeds her foster sibling in the dining room of the Audette home. QC Photo by Michael Bell

in love with them and their family is fantastic now. It couldn’t be any more textbook perfect than what we’ve been allowed to experience and it was so very great.”

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You can’t have a little person live in your house for that long and not become (attached); your lives are entwined at that point. — Janice

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Equally great was when Charles and Janice adopted two children themselves.

Six-year-old Taleah came to live with them in January 2010 when she was almost four years old. Her mother was pregnant and that baby, Ben, joined his sister as soon as he left the hospital. After about a year, the children became permanent wards of the province.

When they became available to adopt, “We jumped at it,” said Janice. “We wanted to give them the opportunity to have a forever family and we had fallen deeply in love with them. You can’t have a little person live in your house for that long and not become (attached); your lives are entwined at that point.”

The Audettes officially adopted the kids on Oct. 25 of this year. Since then, day-to-day life hasn’t changed, but Taleah understands the bigger picture. “If she sees other kids in our home come and go … (she has) security that she’s never going to leave. She gets that concept,” said Janice.

The rest of the family was also relieved at the adoption. “The ministry is very clear ... that you are never guaranteed that child until you get that final paper in the mail because they’re always looking for (biological) family,” explained Janice. “So for us there was this great sense of relief, ‘OK, she can never be taken and now we can truly plan life with her.’”

The family hopes the children will one day be able to have a relationship with their birth mother.

“Our ideal concept of adoption is that it would be completely open and that birth parents would still be very involved in their lives,” said Janice, but “it’s damaging for the kids to see her right now; she’s not in any way appropriate or healthy for them.”

But that relationship is important to the Audettes, who want their adopted children to understand their background and heritage. “They’re going to have a strong sense of who they are and what their past has been. That’s my goal. I need to build connections from their past to their present to their future,” said Janice.

The family has hopes of adopting another of their foster children, who is expected to go up for adoption in the next couple of months. He’s three years old and has been with them since he was five days old.

“We very much want to adopt this little boy and I can’t even imagine if he was taken from us. Our world would crumble. We’ve had three full years with him and he knows no other world than us,” said Janice.

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Janice is a stay-at-home mom, so Charles is the family’s breadwinner.

He recently started a construction company, but before that had worked in church ministry throughout his career. “It’s never paid a real-world

Foster family facts As of Sept. 30, 2012, there were 2,919 wards in the care of Social Services. Of those, 827 were under age five, 759 were aged six to 11, 1,077 were aged 12-17 and 256 were age 18 or older; 1,700 of those wards were Status Indian.

The number of children in foster care has decreased by 19 per cent since March 2009, from 3,593.

As of Sept. 30, 2012, there were 622 foster homes in the province.

The number of homes with more than four placements has decreased by 48 per cent, from 133 in March 2009 to 69 in September 2012.

Foster parents are compensated anywhere from $641 to $979 per month per child, depending on the child’s age and their location in the province. This money is meant to cover the child’s basic care, including food, clothing, recreation and education.

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Elijah, from left, Lukas, Taleah, Micaiah, Benjamin and Michaelya enjoy a board game in the Audette home. QC Photo by Michael Bell

salary,” said Charles. “With no regrets, none whatsoever. We’ve always had our needs met entirely and a lot of delightful wants met too.”

For Charles, it’s a matter of adjusting priorities: “Do we have to go to Disneyland, or can we just enjoy going out and hanging out at Wascana Park? Can that be as exciting and delightful as a big expensive holiday? I think it can be.”

■ ■ ■ ■ Those concerns Charles had prior to fostering, about a negative experience with social services, turned out to be unfounded.

“They will bend over backwards to help make your family successful.

They are great to work with,” said Janice.

Foster families set their own boundaries — you only get those middle-of-the-night crisis calls if you sign up for it. The Audettes are called during regular business hours. Their home is allotted for four children under the age of five, as that’s the age group they prefer.

And you are never obligated to take a child, though Janice always feels guilty saying no.

The only problem Charles has in terms of fostering is he’d like to maintain a closer relationship with the birth families of children they’ve fostered. For example, the children who spent 10 months with them, “Is there a way for us to be there

for (her) when she just feels like, ‘I can’t handle these kids anymore, I need a weekend,’ because she’s a single mom,” he said. “Can we be an uncle, an auntie, to those kids? And I would love to think also, a connection for her, a safe connection for her where, ‘You can call us, it’s not going to cost you three months of losing your kids, you can have a weekend or whatever.’”

“We have great hopes of being very involved with them, just as a support,” added Janice. “Cheerleaders on the side who will love these kids and be of assistance to this young mom when she needs it because her own world does not offer her a lot of built-in supports.”

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I tell ya, I don’t know what you could give me to replace the joy and excitement to give that to somebody. Nothing replaces that. — Charles Audette

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In their late 40s, Janice admits the couple is old to be adopting and fostering toddlers.

But this experience has changed all of their lives.

“We’re not these great martyrs who just give and give and give, but we’re blessed and blessed and blessed. It has so enriched our lives that we advocate for people to do it because we think it’s such a great journey,” she said.

“To hold a child that’s fearful and to have that child become free and watch them relax, watch them loosen up and start to smile, watch them start to enjoy things. I tell ya, I don’t know what you could give me to replace the joy and excitement to give that to somebody. Nothing replaces that,” added Charles.

Their older children are part of this caring dynamic — the couple discussed fostering as a family before they committed to anything.

Their older boys can be wildly wrestling one moment, but when one of the foster children enters the fray, they become nurturing

older brothers. “I love watching that aspect of them develop and I think they’re going to make amazing husbands and fathers themselves someday because of this experience,” said Janice.

Fostering has opened the entire family’s eyes to the world around them, making them more compassionate and transforming their preconceived ideas of people, she added.

“I have come to a far more understanding mindset for parents who struggle with addictions, who struggle with just low self-esteem and so on. That has changed in my life dramatically,” said Charles.

“Whereas before we would have just written off, ‘Oh you abused your child? Well we’re just going to write you off as a human being,’ I don’t think any of us in our family have that perspective anymore because we can see the bigger picture. So much of the reasons kids are in care is cyclical. It perpetuates itself generation after generation and we love the idea that maybe for the kids who come into our home, that cycle is broken,” said Janice.

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Beetle restoration a father’s tribute

By Andrew Matte When Karl Breitenbach died in 2005, he left behind a large family that looked up to him for his ambition and careful attention to detail. The retired Regina jeweller also left behind his prized 1957 Volkswagen Beetle he bought in South Dakota, which he began to restore before he died from cancer. Breitenbach’s daughter Brenda and her husband Don decided to buy the car and continue the work that had been started.

Today, with the restoration complete, Brenda and Don Small have plans to drive the car for the first time in the spring when they’ll take Breitenbach’s widow, Mildred, for a drive.

Q: Why did Karl buy this vehicle in the first place?

A: Don — Karl’s dream was to own another Volkswagen. Because he was from Germany, he wanted a Beetle …

At the time, I couldn’t believe that he did this. When he came back with this car, it touched our heart. He had started to work on the bottom of the engine but time ran out for him.

After he passed away, the car was going to be sold. But then I looked at it and we decided to buy it.

Q: What kind of car is it?

A: Don — It’s a 1957 Beetle, the last version that had an oval window in the rear. They changed the model in 1958. But I am not a Volkswagen expert.

Q: How did your restoration begin?

A: Don — Karl had already worked on the bottom end of the engine. I had other people touch the top part of the engine. Karl worked as a jeweller. He was a very meticulous person. I had people do bodywork and I had other people work on the engine and the transmission. This was a ground-up restoration. It was quite a work of art. Karl didn’t mean for it to turn out like this. He just wanted to get it so that he could drive it.

The Small’s 1957 Volkswagen Beetle.

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Q: Who worked on the inside of the car?

A: Don — Scott Murray from the Recovery Room in Regina was one of the people who helped bring the car along to where it is today. He helped bring it all together with that amazing upholstery job. He did many other amazing things.

Q: This project has as much to do with paying tribute to your father-in-law as much as it does simply fixing-up an old Beetle.

A: Don — We go into the shop where the car is and look at it. And when we leave, our hearts are ticking faster … A lot of this has to do with the smile that will be on Brenda’s mom’s face. That is the day that we’re looking forward to.

The first time we plan to drive it will be next spring. The first time we drive it, Brenda wants to go and pick up her mother and take her for a drive.

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Q: Do you want to talk about how much you spent on the car?

A: Don — If I knew, it would be too much to fathom. I will say that there’s a tremendous amount of money into it.

Q: Are you comfortable sharing how much the car is worth now?

A: Don — I could say a number but then people might ask why we did this or why we did that.

I think sometimes that people just don’t need to know.

Q: What sort of paperwork do you have?

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Q: What colour is the car?

A: Brenda — It’s 2006 new Bug green.

Q: What colour was it originally?

A: Brenda — It was sky blue. I just didn’t like sky blue.

Don — She wanted to put her own touch on the car.

Q: How often do you plan to drive the car?

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By Ashley Martin Stacy Riggs has loved dogs since she can remember. She has had 15 dogs in her lifetime and has adopted dogs from a variety of places, including B.C. and Mexico, but Riggs calls one from Regina her “miracle dog.”

She got Roxy 10 months ago when the previous owners had surrendered the mixed-breed dog to the Victoria Veterinary Clinic, where Riggs takes her three other dogs.

Roxy was very sick.

Q: How did Roxy get sick?

A: I guess she wasn’t really looked after well after she was spayed so she ended up having to have more surgery and from that point on she just kept getting sicker and sicker.

The owners took her to my vet clinic and they prescribed medication for her and didn’t see her again for two months. By the time they brought her back in January she was down to 17 pounds and just hanging on for dear life. So one of the vet techs there and the person who owned her decided it was in her best interest to surrender her.

With rescue dogs, they have health issues and/or emotional issues and so I said I would initially foster her and look after her but then just fell in love with the dog. I’ve had her at home here since February. She’s now 40 pounds but she’s had three relapses since I’ve had her.

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Stacy Riggs agreed to foster Roxy in February and has since fallen in love with her. Roxy was on death’s door she has bounced back. QC PHOTO BY DON HEALY

disease they end up dying from, it’s the complications from long-term use of the prescription drugs.

The prednisone initially caused a skin disease and her skin became very crusty and her fur does not grow back in very well. She started to get really, really good and a couple of months later she relapsed and we almost lost her. She spent 24 hours over at the animal clinic and she was packed in ice her fever was so

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for her, it’s been probably three winter vacations. People say why do you keep doing it? Well she’s a healthy dog now and she deserves this and this is what I do, rescue dogs. None of them asked to be put in that situation, none of them asked to be abused or neglected, none of them asked to become ill as a result of that, so maybe that’s just my passion in life, to rescue dogs and give them a second chance.

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By Andrew Matte Todd Jones, 28, of Regina, loves to cycle so much, he does it all year long.

He and his pals often visit the rolling hills and bike trails at Wascana Trails Recreation Site just north of Regina. Though he visits the park regularly during the summer, he’s one of a growing number of wintercycling enthusiasts to use the park in the winter for the challenge of peddling his bike around the snowcovered hills. He loves it. Honest.

Q: How long have you been visiting the Wascana Trails Recreation Site?

A: I have been heading out there for five years now.

Q: What got you interested in cycling in the first place?

A: I had friends who were into riding road bikes. So I got into that. I found it very addictive. It’s sort of like exercising and working out. It can get pretty addictive. I always wanted to get faster and stronger. Riding a bike in general is a great way to see things. It’s way better than being in a car. You have the time to look at things you’re passing rather than being in a car and zoning out.

Q: How did you get involved in winter cycling?

A: I just wanted to get into something different.

Q: So what’s special about the Wascana Trails Recreation Site?

A: Wascana Trails is my favourite place locally. It’s very close. There is really good terrain for mountain biking and for winter riding. One of the reasons winter biking is so fun is because there’s a new kind of bike called a fat bike. Fat biking is becoming very popular, especially this year in Regina. There are many people getting fat bikes.

Q: What is the main difference between a regular mountain bike and a fat bike?

Todd Jones (right) and Dane Stennes (left) ride through the snow at Wascana Trails near Regina. Jones uses a fat bike with wide tires for winter biking.

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Q: Riding a bike in the snow sounds difficult. Is it?

A: It’s slower riding but that aspect of it makes it more fun. And you get a better workout because you are working through all of that snow.

A: Fat bikes have really wide tires so they pack down the snow. And it’s tons of fun. It’s a blast.

Q: What are the trails like in the winter?

A: It’s more fun riding in the winter out there because the terrain changes. There’s more snow. It’s more adventurous. You are also making your own trails some times and they often change.

Q: What’s it like in the summer?

A: It’s almost like riding around in the mountains but it’s a lot smaller. But it’s still great for riding because there are steep parts.

It’s not just a big long incline or a big long descent. There’s lots of up and down. There are probably 15 kilometres of trails out there and there are so many people who don’t

know about them. Members of the Regina Hand Cycle Club use the trails too. The club got a $100,000 grant so they brought in a professional trail builder and built 10 kilometres worth of trails. They’re really good.

Q: Do a lot of people know about this place?

A: It’s a park that not a lot of people are aware of. It’s great for hikers too.

Tons of people hike out there. And it’s a great place to ride your bike in the summer.

It’s a cool place and it’s close to the city

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It’s that magical time of year once again at Government House when staff and volunteers spend hours decorating the historic facility.

On Saturday, Dec. 8 between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., dozens of visitors took part in the annual OldFashioned Victorian Christmas, a family event that included horsedrawn sleigh rides through the Edwardian Gardens, cookie decorating, the singing of Christmas carols, snacks and even a visit from Santa.

The Amédée Forget Museum was also open to visitors.

Families even had a chance to have their picture taken at the event by organizers. Pictures can be downloaded from the Provincial Capital Commission website at www.opcc.gov.sk.ca.

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EVENTS #M U S I C Th ursday, D ec . 13 Kerri Senkow’s Holiday Concert for Kids 10 a.m., The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave. Yana & Rachel Persson The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave. Pink Slips & Retallica McNally’s Tavern 2226 Dewdney Ave. Empire Choir, Snakeoil Salesmen and New Daze The Artesian 2627 13th Ave. Frid ay, D ec. 1 4

Until March 31 MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St.

Wednesday, Dec. 19 The Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave.

Open Mic Night The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave.

The Artists of Scott Nicholson Fine Arts Until Aug. 16 Regina Centre Crossing, 1621 Albert St.

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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Tinsel Trees & Bull North The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave. Monday, D ec. 17 Monday Night Jazz & Blues: ‘round midnight Bushwakker 2206 Dewdney Ave. Jet Stream (Royal Canadian Air Force band)

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Wednesday Night Folk: The Regina Male Voice Choir (Christmas performance) Bushwakker 2206 Dewdney Ave.

Rory Allen: A Classic Elvis Christmas Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr.

Dan Silljer Band McNally’s Tavern 2226 Dewdney Ave.

The Wizard of Oz Until Dec. 30 Globe Theatre, 1801 Scarth St.

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Tuesday Night Troubador jam night Every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Bocados, 2037 Park St.

Break Down Party Band McNally’s Tavern 2226 Dewdney Ave.

Warhol Dervish The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave.

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

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Regina Pats vs. Prince Albert Thursday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.

Brandt Centre High Impact Wrestling: King’s Cup Friday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m.

Victoria Club, 1300 Victoria Ave. Regina Farmers’ Market Every Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Ave.

#A R T Handsmade Saskatchewan (Christmas fine art/craft market) Dec. 1-24 TAE Contemporary Art Gallery The Artful Dodger, 1621 11th Ave. Mindfulness and the Creative Spirit Until Jan. 6 MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Martha Cole: Interdependencies Until Jan. 10 Dunlop Art Gallery, RPL Sherwood Village Branch, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

Displaced: New work by Jess Richter Until Jan. 11 Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St.

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True Knit 6: A Very Crafty Christmas!

Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Riddell Centre Multipurpose Room University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway

Rory Allen’s Christmas show, a popular Regina tradition, is on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at the Casino Regina Show Lounge. File Photo Holiday Show Until Jan. 12 Assiniboia Gallery, 2266 Smith St. Turner Prize Golden Jubilee Until Jan. 20 Dunlop Art Gallery, Central Library, 2311 12th Ave. Joe Fafard: Cut-outs/Outcuts

Until Jan. 26 Opening reception — Dec. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Art Gallery of Regina Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, 2420 Elphinstone St. Inuit Sculpture Until Feb. 17 MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Big Bang Theory

Classic Christmas Afternoon Crafts, games, stories, a scavenger hunt, cookie decorating, Santa’s reindeer and more.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 1-5 p.m.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St. The Talkies — join host Jayden Pfeifer for a movie screening with commentary Monday, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m.

Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. Cinema Politica film screening: To Make a Farm

Pass the Hat Friday, Dec. 14 The Club at the Exchange 2431 8th Ave. Comedy Grind Gabbo’s 2338 Dewdney Ave. Every Saturday night Gangles Improv Tuesday, Dec. 18 The Artful Dodger 1631 11th Ave. Combat Improv Wednesday, Dec. 19 The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave.

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Francophone singer creates unique collaboration

By Jeanette Stewart Mirador is a Spanish word that means “vantage point.” Fittingly, Saskatoon chanteuse Alexis Normand created her most recent record with a clear view of the future.

Titled Mirador, her record will be released nationally in January 2013.

The album is the result of several years of planning.

Normand is effortlessly poised both onstage and off, casually sipping her cappuccino at a downtown cafe.

The record — her first full-length debut — is more than just a CD. It was created in collaboration with Saskatchewan-raised visual artist Zoé Fortier, who Normand had known of but not really known before they began collaborating.

“When you’re French, everybody knows each other and we all have the same aunts and uncles,” she laughed.

The vision for her project began to take shape before she found the artist who would create the visual reflection of her music.

“It started, I think unconsciously, when I was in university,” said Normand. As she explored the connections and interactions between different types of art, she came up with the idea of working with a painter to create a piece of visual art for each song.

Working with Fortier reinforced the value of creating with other artists.

“We’re both emerging artists and we learned through collaborating how important it is to collaborate,” said Normand. “We still go through the same doubts and we face the same solitudes when we’re creating. We get stuck too. These were all things we were able to help each other through.”

They released their project in Saskatchewan this fall, just in time for the provincial year of the Fransas-

Alexis Normand’s new album Mirador celebrates her francophone heritage. Supplied photo

kois 2012. Fittingly, Normand also won a Radio-Canada contest to pen the official theme song for the celebration of Saskatchewan’s unique francophone culture.

In October, Normand toured the province with a band and Fortier, completing 12 concerts across Saskatchewan. The live shows combined Normand’s music with a visual element, with Fortier performing video projections and animations as the musicians played.

Normand believes touring Saskatchewan as a francophone artist is hugely important.

“It gives us purpose. Having cultural events gives community members the chance to get together and speak in French,” she said.

Normand originally went to university to become a music teacher.

Her decision to attend l’École Nationale de la Chanson de Granby in Quebec after university changed her course and shaped the way she’s

approached her career as a performer.

The special school for francophone singer-songwriters focuses on both the music and business sides of the industry. She says the program allowed her to figure out who she is as an artist.

“By the end of the year I was convinced I had to do something with my own music,” she said.

Now Normand works occasionally as a teacher, but mostly works hard

on her music — both as a solo artist and a member of local singing super group Rosie and The Riveters.

She calls her style a “mélange” of jazz and folk. She accompanies her mesmerizing vocals with guitar and piano and hires professional musicians to add groove and swing to her original compositions.

Normand plans to tour Eastern Canada in February and hopes to repeat a performance of Mirador in Saskatoon this spring.

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This family loves to deck the halls

By Jeanette Stewart Christmas tradition is important to Michelle Parker and her family.

The mother of two begins decorating with her family at the beginning of the month and says the season is too short not to start early. Each year they follow one special tradition she loved as a child.

“The kids always listen to Muppet Christmas with Jon Denver, because that’s what I used to listen to,” she said. “It doesn’t seem like we’re decorating unless we have that music going.”

They designed their home in Willow Grove specifically for Christmas, with longer windows to hang wreathes in and plenty of space for decorations.

They moved in two years ago.

Who? Michelle Parker, her husband David and their children Riley and Ashley Parker.

What? Fabulously detailed Christmas decorations.

When? “Usually December 1 I would say. My husband would rather I wait a little bit longer, I think. I just find if you’re getting ready for Christmas, you can get decorations up and it’s one thing you don’t need to worry about anymore. If parties and school functions come up, it’s done.”

How? “Both grandmas make a lot of homemade things. David’s mom made the stockings. We have to have a lot of the homemade things that family have given us. My mom made advent calendars. That’s sort of why we have to get it done by December 1 so they can get their advent calendars up too.”

Why? “Life’s too short! It just makes you excited for the whole month. If you only decorated right before Christmas it’s kind of a lot of decorations for a short period of time. It just means you can enjoy them longer.”

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iPhone app gets kids moving

By Jenn Sharp An app designed to teach young children colours and language had an unintended outcome for Saskatchewan designer Lesia Payne.

Payne developed Color Me Pete because she wanted an educational game for her two-year-old son Liam.

“I found the quality and selection of really good apps for younger children was quite limited,” she said.

“I wanted to make a fun app that facilitated colour, and then language learning for older kids.”

Color Me Pete sends children on an active treasure hunt for Pete’s lost colours. They learn 10 colours and simple phrases in English, French and Spanish as they find the colours using the camera on their hand-held device. Once the child finds a correctly coloured object, he or she presses the screen. If it’s right, a reward is given and the colour is added to Pete.

The pirate parrot can be coloured differently each time. Varying degrees of difficulty are also available and the audio can be turned off to develop reading skills.

When first developing the app Payne assumed kids would gather the items they needed to colour Pete and sit down to play.

“But that’s not how they were playing the game. They were literally running around, finding different colours, and parents liked that it got them running around and interacting with their own environment.

Instead of just getting submersed in the screen,” she said.

To develop Color Me Pete, Payne started out by asking other parents for feedback and playing a lot of the games available for younger children.

She learned what was annoying to her and what kind of child-safe controls she wanted to put into her app.

Saskatoon-based illustrator Ryan Howe of Scibblinz Studios created the original parrot concept. Payne wanted Pete to be a pirate character but not too scary for her demographic.

Software designer Lesia Payne’s son Liam learns colours and language by playing Color Me Pete. QC Photo by Michelle Berg

The beta version (second state of software) of the app was tested on 15 families until Payne and the developer found an algorithm (a procedure used in computer science for calculations) that was accurate but forgiving enough for young users.

“It was a lot of work to make that algorithm accurate enough so you got the positive feedback but not hard enough so that it didn’t frustrate kids,” explained Payne.

Payne hopes to expand the app to an unlimited number of languages as the concept is simple enough to translate.

Two siblings in one of the beta tests figured out how to play Color Me Pete together, another positive, unintended feature.

“There’s not too many apps for younger kids that are interactive like that.”

Payne, who moved to Saskatoon three years ago from Vancouver, got started in graphics at a young age.

“Much younger than my mother approved of,” she said with a laugh.

“But my dad did. And I’m glad now.”

Her father was an early adapter and had a computer in the early ’80s.

She began by editing DOS games and Microsoft MS Paint and says she was always interested in graphics, art and science. This led to a multimedia Bachelor of Science degree in interaction design. Through her company Lesia Design (lesiadesign.com) she specializes in designing interactive applications and software for the Internet.

Color Me Pete launched at the end of September on Apple’s App Store.

Payne said it hasn’t been selling as well as she’d like.

“It’s a very tough world for independent iPhone app developers so if you’re not Disney or a bigger company it’s really hard to get featured in the Apple App Store or get enough visibility to create enough of a buzz.

That’s been tough.”

She’s received only positive feedback from people who have tried the app. Parents tell her it’s unique and their children love playing it. Payne’s son Liam has had the most exposure of anyone to Color Me Pete and still asks to play it every few days.

To download Color Me Pete or to try the free version, just search for it

in the App Store. Make sure to rate it once you’ve tried it as this will help the app get more visibility. It’s currently priced at $. 99 for the holidays.

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Children can colour the page, have a picture taken with the finished product and email it to qc@leaderpost.com by Monday at 9 a.m. One winner will be chosen each week for a $20 Toys ‘R Us gift card compliments of Joyce Tourney Realty — proud supporters of our youth.

Last week’s QC colouring contest winner was Noah Torgerson.

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Christmas shopping calls for cheap lunch

By Jenn Sharp

Is your wallet feeling the pinch of Christmas shopping yet? You need a cheap lunch, and better yet, a lunch that’s fast and fresh at a place close enough to stop in the midst of a shopping trip.

Regina’s Nhu ý Tea Tree has a menu with almost 200 dishes spanning Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai cooking styles. Apart from the oversized menu is a single sheet of lunch specials — all priced under $10. Twelve are combos for $8.99.

Won ton soup, a Vietnamese roll, vegetable low mein and steamed rice all accompany your meat (or tofu) of choice, like sweet and sour chicken balls, ginger beef and garlic spare ribs to name a few. I tried Thai cashew nut chicken while my dining partner had one of the $8.50 vermicelli noodle bowls.

It’s pretty hard to mess up a noodle bowl. Nhu ý’s didn’t disappoint.

What my cashew chicken lacked in cashews (I think there were five nut halves) it made up for in flavour. Fresh and full of the complex spices Thai cooking is famous for, I was happy. Happier still that there was enough chicken on the plate to keep me full. The plate is overflowing with starches so if you’re big on noodles and rice, you’ll love this Broad Street restaurant. You may feel déjà vu inside too with the rich red and mustard yellow walls. The chicas and chicos signs on the bathroom give away the location’s former Central American theme.

The service was low-maintenance, yet friendly. Our dishes came out when they were ready, which meant we received our lunches at different times. This isn’t that big of a deal because everything was ready faster than MacDonald’s can make it.

One of the newest additions to Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood is Taste Legend, located at 423 20th Street West. More stylish inside than one would expect from a cur-

The ginger beef lunch combo is only $6.95 at Taste Legend, located in Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood. QC PHOTO BY MICHELLE BERG

sory glance at the front entrance, this place has one of the biggest and cheapest lunches I’ve found anywhere. Sixteen combos, all for $6.95, come with rice, vegetables, won ton or hot and sour soup from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. I’d go back for it all except

the vegetables. They were served in that ubiquitous gelatinous clear sauce common to so many Asian restaurants. It’s really not necessary.

If you have to cover vegetables in a salt-laden sauce, it kind of defeats the purpose of eating them. Besides

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The spicy tofu so much that a few glasses of water were in order.

Taste Legend features several authentic Cantonese dishes, like beef

tripe with black bean sauce and intestine with spicy sauce, along with braised and hot pot dishes. It’s comfortably modern inside — definitely a place to linger over a pot of green tea while you watch Riversdale’s characters stroll by.

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