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Meanwhile, Tammy was Here’s what happened: tweeting the whole thing.

Tammy wouldn’t let the At one point I asked her if City tow away her vehicle. she would be able to file her Tammy had four unpaid column from jail. In another parking tickets. She quickly tweet, I suggested the police settled them after going send over the bomb squad outside and seeing a boot because Tammy was about Editor on her vehicle. Tammy had to explode. One tweeter just finished paying them came up with a hashtag online when a tow truck arrived. Then (#towtrucktammy). Turn to Tammy’s everything hit the fan. column and you will see how the story Tammy had a major disagreement (meaning she used a bad word) with the ended. commissionaires that were on the scene I TOOK my first spin on the south bridge the morning after it opened. I to supervise the tow.

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Mary Obrodovich

Modelling Agency

SHE has enjoyed a model career Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express

teaching classes at the agency for 10 years.

“When you are 11, that is the start of ary Obrodovich is a mom. She some formative years,” Gray said. “So I don’t know what I would do without the gave birth to three children modelling agency. It has been such a big and by her count has adopted part of my life and Mary has been too. hundreds upon hundreds of others.

“It’s strange. She’s technically my That is how she views the young people that have taken classes during the boss; but whenever I have to explain my last 34 years at SHE Modelling Agency relationship with her to someone that doesn’t know her, I hesitate calling her and School for Personal Development. my boss … in a lot of ways she feels like As she went from growing up on a farm east of the city to going to business my second mom.”

Obrodovich says each student is college to becoming a wife and mom, there was always a spot in the back of her special to her.

“One thing I have learned over the mind reserved for a career in something 30 years is there are so many good kids. related to “beauty.”

You know what they say about teenagers; By the time she bought SHE they are all bad? I don’t know that.

Modelling, Obrodovich had done some Everybody that comes to the agency, I modelling. Her teenage daughters were just love them all to pieces. They are so doing some as well.

Obrodovich was a stay-at-home mom sweet. They are so smart. They are such when she heard SHE Modelling was for good kids.”

Gray said Obrodovich makes the sale. It was time to fulfil a dream.

“I thought: This is what I want to do. agency special.

“She really does. She cares about My daughters were teens at the time. I felt maybe we could do this together, so all the kids that come through the door.

I asked them what they thought. Should She wants them to succeed just as much as they want to succeed or their parents we give this a try? They said, ‘Yes.’

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Obrodovich says each student is r. special to he “So (the idea) was always there, but when it was the right time, it happened.”

And now 34 years later, she has no regrets. Not one. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of young people have taken classes and have become models through SHE. Some of her originals are still with her. She is now seeing the children of her former students. She calls some of them by their mothers’ names, she said with a laugh.

Her daughter Lori is still with the agency. Her other daughter, Karen, is now living in Vancouver. Her son, Ian, is a teacher. Her husband, John, died 12 years ago.

“Lori has been working with me since Day 1,” Obrodovich said.

“Without her, I wouldn’t enjoy it or even have it. Lori is my support group.

Without her, the school wouldn’t be so successful.”

Sixteen years ago, 11-year-old Erin Gray enrolled at SHE. Her best friend’s parents owned the business next door.

Gray and her friend enrolled in summer classes.

Gray is still there today. She has been

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want them to succeed or whomever.”

Success is not measured in becoming an international model. Few reach that height. Some model locally. All learn life skills at the school.

“People think we are a modelling agency so we just teach modelling,” Obrodovich said. “We teach something we call self-improvement. It is for confidence and poise for everybody. And if they choose to try modelling, then they go into the next program, which is the modelling.”

Gray said the biggest benefit is the confidence people get from taking classes. “You see it especially with the really little guys that don’t want to leave their moms when they come to the first class. By the end of the 12 weeks they love it, and they want to know what else they can do. Some of them that are painfully shy to begin with open up quite a lot. That’s a lot of fun to watch.”

Gray said if your dream is to walk down a runway, amid camera flashes, Obrodovich will do all she can to facilitate it.

“If that is your goal, Mary works very

Mary Obrodovich has owned SHE Modelling for 34 years (Photo Supplied) hard to help you make that happen. She has lots of connections in the industry and we have had girls that have gone on some contracts in big markets overseas and in the States and that kind of thing.

“She is supportive of that, but really happy for the kids that just want to stay here, work here and have fun while they are working. I always tell the kids when they take classes: It is fun like any other activity you do — like soccer, dance or piano or whatever. It’s also a job, so it’s the best of both worlds. You get to have that fun, but you get work experience too.”

Obrodovich wishes there was more work for models in Saskatoon.

“No one can make a living modelling in Saskatoon,” she said. “I am always very up front about that. We don’t have a fashion magazine, we don’t have a catalogue, so there is no steady work here. Because I have been around for 30 years, I know a lot of models have made a nice little income for extras. But everybody needs to have a job or go to school because they are not going to

make a living modelling in Saskatoon.”

She is hesitant to mention those that have gone on to bigger markets for fear of forgetting to name them all.

Obrodovich says SHE has been special in her life.

“I can’t imagine not having it. When I think about it, what would I do? I hear people don’t love their jobs or like their jobs, and I think, ‘Oh my gosh, I get up in the morning and it is SHE Modelling.

And I go to bed at night and it is SHE Modelling.’”

Because of her devotion to business, her family and friends often accuse her of being a workaholic, she said.

“How would we know it? If somebody else tells us, does that mean that we are?” she said with a laugh.

“It is a family business. And I think people like that part of it because that means a lot more love goes into it.”

One student at a time.

For more information on SHE Modelling, call 306-652-7484 or email shemodelling@shaw.ca.

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Columnist Branch were actually about four The first guy was now really different expired meter tickets. fired up. “You’re being an -------,” Last Wednesday I walked out to my I said (and from the look on his face and the driveway and there was a bright orange backpeddling they were both doing, I don’t boot on my SUV. I couldn’t get mad. We think I was wrong.) “You call me an ------absolutely deserved it. With a squirming, and I call the police,” he huffed. “Go ahead,” whiny toddler in my arms wanting to get to I replied.

Grandma’s house, I loaded the kids up in a So we waited. About a half hour later the different car for the five-minute drive to drop Saskatoon police arrived. Two cars, lights them off. Returning home, I settled on the flashing. Your tax dollars at work, ladies and couch with my phone, wallet and laptop to gentleman. I continued to sit in my vehicle. make full payment and rectify the matter.

Now no one was coming onto my property.

After a significant hold over the phone, The two police officers and two city workers I was told by the Treasury Branch that I were all on their cellphones on the curb on could only pay online or at City Hall. So I the other side of the street, literally scratching navigated the City of Saskatoon’s clunky, their heads. It seemed no one had a clue out-of-date website and managed to pay the what to do with the lady in the truck on the tickets. tow truck. Meanwhile, I was live-Tweeting As I was doing this I heard a commotion the whole shebang, with a rather captive in the driveway. There was a City of audience from as far away as Toronto.

Saskatoon vehicle containing two elderly I was hot, thirsty and I had to pee. The male commissionaires parked the wrong lack of communication from the police way at the curb in front of my home and a officers started to worry me. Do I get out tow truck driver inspecting my rear bumper. with my hands up? Were they calling in Nothing was hooked up yet. The city SWAT? My fingers started to twist. Maybe it worker lazily rolled down his window and I was not worth it.

Suddenly my vehicle jolted and began to proceeded to try to explain that I had paid the lower. Before I could look up I heard cars tickets and could show him the proof.

He was having none of it. Power-tripping pulling away (the two police cars and City of Saskatoon vehicle were driving up the all day long, he shouted over me, “Nope, sorry. Seizure in process. Too late lady.” He street). Nobody had said a word to me, not for a half hour or more and not in parting. kept repeating himself as I tried to explain.

The tow-truck boy was removing my He continued to bellow “seizure in process” over my protestations as the tow truck driver vehicle from his rig. Slowly I got out of the driver’s seat, hardly believing it all had gone (a kid) looked on, bewildered. away so quickly. Visions of handcuffs and I dashed back into the house to try and grab my laptop and show proof of paying my court appearances had been dancing in my head. Despite the fact that I was initially dues. I heard the city employee tell the tow frustrated that they didn’t speak to me, it truck kid to “hurry up” and “keep going.” turned out the police officers weren’t going Back outside, the commissionaire was to get involved because my tickets were now not even rolling down his window. So paid. They didn’t come onto my property I did what any slightly hot-headed taxpayer because they didn’t have a warrant. In would do: despite the fact my vehicle was now hanging off the tow truck, I jumped into other words, they behaved completely appropriately. the driver’s seat and buckled down. This Did I deserve the fines I got? Yep. Did vehicle was not leaving my property. I was I deserve the inconvenience and public not going to pay a tow truck and impound shame of the boot in my driveway? Yep. Did bill, nor fight later with City Hall over time-stamps and whether or not their online I deserve the tow truck showing up? Sure. system is real-time, nor play he-said/she-said But I draw the line at the complete lack of common sense and respect shown that day with the commissionaire’s report.

Then the other commissionaire, somewhat by City employees you and I are bankrolling. sheepish, gave in a bit. They would take my But the moral of this particular story is pay your parking tickets. Better yet, just don’t vehicle off the tow truck and leave if I paid get any. the tow truck bill.

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Connecting kids with gardens a growing need Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express

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As she points out the tiny-winged creatures fluttering through the corn stalks growing at the base of Saskatoon’s Mayfair elementary school, 26-year-old Shereen Kukha-Bryson’s enthusiasm rubs off on the school-aged children digging in the dirt alongside her.

“School teachers needed someone to take care of the gardens the students cultivated from seedlings during the school year,” said Kukha-Bryson.

It was from this need that the Summer Garden Program was born.

Kukha-Bryson has run the program for two summers in many of Saskatoon’s core-area schoolyards.

“The point was for children to learn about their food, about growing food, and most importantly, to have fun playing in the garden during the summer,” Kukha-Bryson said. “Today the Summer Garden Program has become something very powerful in areas of the city where there's often not a lot of food.”

This year Kukha-Bryson has handed the program off. Born and raised in Saskatoon, she is working on her master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Victoria. As part of her research, she has returned home to work with Saskatoon school-aged children on a summer project exploring their relationship with an urban “foodscape.”

Her experience with the garden program, as well as her time spent volunteering with a non-profit organization (Agriculture in the Classroom), inspired Kukha-Bryson to further her research on children and food. After receiving approval from the school division and consulting with teachers, parents, community associations and those involved with the Agriculture in the Classroom program, Kukha-Bryson launched her 2013 summer workshops for kids from Confederation Park, Westmount and Mayfair elementary schools.

“I’ll be running 12 one-day workshops. Each school will produce a collaborative art project focused on their summer experience in the community garden,” she said. “One school wanted to do a photo story. Another is making a scrapbook or a cookbook. It depends on the school.”

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Shereen Kukha-Bryson, with Zach, Julie and Noah outside Mayfair school (Photo by Tammy Robert) Each project involves giving the children small digital cameras, while Kukha-Bryson captures their garden musings and exclamations on a small, handheld recorder. On a recent warm summer weekday morning she sat outside Mayfair school with a small group of kids ranging in age from six to 13.

Zach, a quiet 10-year-old, intently records a short video of a bee pollenating a smattering of bright yellow buttercups. Then the whole group dashes off to snack from a semi-hidden cache of Saskatoon berry bushes that line the fence along 34th Street.

Julie, 13, peers at mysterious clusters of tiny red beads clinging to the back of the leaves on a tree, debating with Kukha-Bryson whether or not they might be caterpillar eggs.

Children participating in Kukha-Bryson’s visual and sensory-based workshops were selected based

on their past participation in the Summer Garden Program, as well as through referrals from community co-ordinators. Kukha-Bryson’s ultimate goal is to explore the issue of food security through the eyes of children. Her immediate goal is to spread the warmth and joy she emanates to the children poking around the soil alongside her.

“The end product will hopefully spread awareness of the perspective children have of their food,” said Kukha-Bryson. “When it comes to food security, these kids represent the future of that issue.

The next generation of growers needs to know how to share their knowledge of how to cultivate.”

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Hall C: Terrance B at 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.; Mana-Cirque Fantasiste at 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Rise To Fame, 7 nightly, 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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reg Kriesel and Dexter Holland met on a high school cross-country team in Cypress, Calif. Almost immediately, they began playing music as a garage band.

“We were into the Orange Country punk-band scene,” Kriesel said in a telephone interview. “We wanted to write our own music, play our own instruments and basically have some fun. We wanted to see where the music would take us. I don’t think we were consciously shooting to be rock stars.”

The Offspring became one of the bestselling punk rock bands in history, with sales of more than 55-million records.

They are among the bands hailed for popularizing punk rock and taking it into the musical mainstream.

Holland (vocalist), Kriesel (bass player), Kevin (Noodles) Wasserman (lead guitar) and Pete Parada (drummer) will be playing on the Saskatoon Exhibition’s main stage in front of the 6,000-seat grandstand on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

“We started out in 1984. Maybe our personalities have mellowed with age. But when we’re on stage, it’s still the shows we’re used to doing which are exciting for us. And people keep telling us they get a big rush out of our performances,” said Kriesel.

So just how big have they become?

Smash, their third album (released in 1994), sold six million in the United States and the figure ultimately ballooned to 16 million worldwide. The album featured three singles (Come Out and Play, SelfEsteem and Gotta Get Away) which all hit the top 10 on what Billboard magazine called its Modern Rock tracks.

“With the two albums before Smash, our best seller was about 15,000. You never know what to expect. The doors were beginning to open with some radio air play. I predicted we’d sell 100,000 copies (of Smash) and the rest of the guys thought I was crazy,” said Kriesel.

They released Days Go By in 2012.

They also have produced three compilations albums. There is some talk that a concert recorded in Warsaw, Poland, may be another release.

The proof for The Offspring is the

amazing response to their concerts.

“We played at festivals where the numbers reached 100,000. And we’ve done our own shows in front of 20,000. It has been 20 years of large-scale touring,” said Kriesel.

They were in Russia in late May and early June, playing in Minsk, Kiev, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

“We’ve been a couple of times, usually in hockey arenas. They know our songs for sure. Often we’ll ask if there’s anything special we should be playing when we go abroad. But usually the audiences are just in tune with us.

“We were at a bar in Minsk after the concert. Someone came over and said ‘We’ll see you in August.’ We went back there just last week for a one-time only private concert for a company. That’s the way it works sometime.”

Then, with a laugh, Kriesel said, “Maybe Siberia is next for us.”

Soon they will also be travelling to South America (again on return visits) and will appear in Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. In the fall there will be an extended tour through Australia.

An intriguing part of the band is Holland, the lead singer. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in molecular biology, both from the University of Southern California. He was also a PhD candidate in molecular biology. He’s a licenced pilot who once made a solo trip around the world in 10 days. He ran in the 2006 Los Angeles marathon. His charity of choice was Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic that handles cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence. He is a champion of helping those with HIV and AIDS. He’s also invented his own brand of hot sauce called Gringo Bandito.

So what do the boys talk about while travelling?

“Not much biology,” said Kriesel, “but Dexter likes to talk about airplanes. He likes to write the songs. We all know our roles in the band. Noodles and I accept that.

“Punk bands have often been labelled as rebellious. I don’t buy that. I think we just do music that is about everyday stuff

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N ONLY ITS second year of (Bobby Orr being the other) — that existence, the Saskatchewan Hockey night in Regina came with a personal Hall of Fame took some more giant honour of accepting Shore’s famous No. strides in recognizing heroes of the 2 jersey and plaque. They will be sent to province’s fabled past. his family in Springfield, Mass. Shore The ceremony was held recently in played senior hockey in Melville and Regina (although the hall is located professional hockey in Regina before in Swift Current in the embarking on a career with upper level of the recentlythe Boston Bruins — where he renovated iPlex). The won two Stanley Cups, four inaugural ceremony paid Hart trophies as the NHL’s tribute to legends such as most valuable player and was Sid Abel, Doug and Max named to the all-star team Bentley, Johnny Bower, Glenn seven times. He died in March Hall, Gordie Howe, Elmer 1984.

Lach, Metro Prystai, Fred WITH THE DINNER being Sasakamoose, Bryan Trottier in Regina, it was an appropriate and a number of builders and time to honour Del Wilson, teams. now 86 years old and living in And in a masterful stroke of Campbell River, B.C. He was People reaching out to the province, the first goalie of the reborn the hall governors are going to Regina Pats in 1946, the longmove the induction ceremonies from city time general manager of the Pats, the to city (Regina this year, Prince Albert father figure of their amazing juvenile, next year, Saskatoon in the near future). midget and bantam teams, a guiding force There are many individuals and teams yet in the formation of the Western Hockey to be honoured.

League and a prominent scout for the Having been invited to submit an Montreal Canadiens. application on behalf of the legendary Equally satisfying for Wilson is that Eddie Shore — arguably one of hockey’s three of his players (Gordon “Red” two greatest defencemen of all time Berenson, Bill Hay and Clark Gillies)

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uestion: Are the voices getting louder for more money to be spent on road repair and resurfacing. Has the City ever considered a special levy on road maintenance?

Mayor Atchison: More and more people are saying they would like to see the City invest more money in roadways. I totally agree. Right now there is a special levy of 1.25 per cent. We tried to get a higher percentage through council during budget debate, but it didn’t make the grade.

I think in each of the wards councillors should have an opportunity to identify, say, three of the worst streets in their wards. The administration can certainly put forward the streets it believes are the worst streets in those wards, but I think the Ask the councillors need to have this opportunity. When we are raising taxes and levies to fix them, people want to know what is going to happen. I think councillors should have more input.

Question: Why does the City penalize private citizens for not meeting deadlines on building and construction? The fine is automatically $10,000 for going one day over. This is a huge hit to a regular family.

But billion-dollar companies can go a year or two over the deadlines without penalty?

Mayor Atchison: If the writer is talking about city lots, we have time frames when they have to build on them. I believe it is two years from the purchase of the lot.

The reason is people were buying the lots, leaving them vacant and then trying to flip them. The other thing that was happening is people were buying them, building a home and then trying to flip the house right away.

Our lot sales to individuals are meant for people who will live in their homes. It’s not for a quick profit. If you want it to be for profit, you need to be in the land branch forprofit draws.

As far as billion-dollar corporations go, only on rare occasions have we levied those fines. A lot of times it is a difficult case to prove. Often there are mitigating circumstances.

Outside of that, I don’t know when or if the City would get involved in a private construction.

Question: The mayor says he wants every neighbourhood in the city to have diverse housing — low-income or entry-level housing everywhere in the city. Can he answer as to why his neighbourhood is the only one in the city that does not have any entry-level housing? The City is in charge of zoning, is it not?

Mayor Atchison: It really isn’t a zoning issue. It is a decision by the contractor and city planners about what housing will be built. I live in a condominium arrangement.

There are a lot of condominium projects in the city that don’t have a wide variety of price points. I am not the developer of the property, so it wasn’t my decision. I believe the developer of that property does have low-income, attainable housing in its projects throughout the city. This project isn’t completed yet either. There is still more development to go. I have no idea what the developer has in mind for the area.

Question: Why are we residents on Lowe Road burdened with so much heavy-industrial traffic, creating loud noise and leading to dust getting into our Mayor units? Coupled with this, we are experiencing heavy diesel and fuel exhaust entering our condo units, which creates some health difficulties. We understand that there is the new Evergreen residential development and normal resident traffic will increase. It was sometime earlier in pre-development that city management was to complete Central Avenue to connect roadways into Evergreen. This supposedly would become the heavy-industrial traffic route into the new development and wouldn’t overburden other connecting roadways. Why was Central Avenue not completed properly to coincide with the Evergreen roadway entrances?

Mayor Atchison: It is a bigger picture than just Lowe Road. It is an area of the city that is undergoing great change. There is a lot of development, and some of the streets, roads and arterials are still in the final planning stages. Part of this has to do with the Parkway bridge and roadways leading to it. We’re planning where that roadway will go. Another street called Fedoruk Way (named after Sylvia Fedoruk) is also in the final stages of development.

Add to that the northeast swale — that’s the sensitive ecological ancient river bed that runs northeast from the city — we have to carefully plan where crossings will happen to preserve that area. So there is a lot going on. And at the same time we need to get into Evergreen to build the neighbourhood.

I feel for those people living there with the noise and the disruption and everything else. No one wants that. They’ve invested substantially in their homes and we want to get this cleaned up as quickly as we can.

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were also inducted. In the audience were Gordie Staseson and Dunc Fisher, who played junior with Wilson, and Gordon Cowan and Bev Bell, who played for the Pats in the early 1950s.

As one who cut his sports-reporting teeth with the Regina Leader-Post, it was like old home week to see Wilson, Staseson, Fisher, Hay, Berenson, Cowan and Bell. I hadn’t seen Cowan since April 1953 when I left Regina to join The StarPhoenix in Saskatoon.

Gillies, who won Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders, was such an all-round athlete that he once was given a $5,000-signing bonus and $500 a month to join the Houston Astros baseball organization. At the end of his first baseball season, he had to make a choice and picked hockey. Very fitting because “I’d skate on anything that was frozen,” he said with a laugh.

Bernie Federko, who grew up in Foam Lake and played junior with the Saskatoon Blades, was also inducted.

He was lavish in his praise of the way that Jack Brodsky, Lorne Molleken and the Blades organized and managed the Memorial Cup championship in May. WINNING AWARDS wasn’t a particularly new thing in the lives of those

who were inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame, but there is special meaning when it happens within an honouree’s home province.

As a supporter of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for 20 years, including 12 as a director, there was always some frustration that hockey never seemed to get its rightful place on the walls.

Some would say the Bentleys weren’t born in Saskatoon; they were born in Delisle. But that’s irrelevant. Few athletes ever wore as many Saskatoon jerseys as Doug and Max. They played softball and baseball most summers. They played professional hockey with the Quakers. They coached (Doug with the professional Quakers and Max with the junior Quakers). Throw in their greatness in the NHL and what more was there to contribute?

Some would say Federko and Wendell Clark weren’t born in Saskatoon and only played with the Blades for three or four years. Federko came from Foam Lake, Clark from Kelvington. Both Federko and Clark stepped right from the Blades into the NHL, and their pro statistics speak loudly for them. They have not forgotten their Saskatoon Blades roots. That should to count for something.

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here is a light on in the attic, but it is would have been cheaper to resurface the operating on a low wattage bulb. street rather than continue to throw good Mayor Don Atchison has finally asphalt after bad, year after year. It is like recognized that our roadway putting Band-Aids on surgical infrastructure is in desperate wounds. need of attention. He states In the older areas of Saskathat we need to come up with toon it is not just the roadways a new strategy for fixing our that are decayed, but also the roads; we can’t continue to just curbs, sidewalks and medians. patch them. Our mayor has said Even when a road gets proptaxpayers have made it loud and erly repaired, within a short clear that Saskatoon’s roads are time it will be dug up to repair a priority. Really? the underground water and Recognizing that fact and sewer lines, much of which is actually doing something about bordering on the century mark. it are two different things. For Would it make any sense in the Columnist years reports have come and planning of road repair to work gone about the increasing amount needed from the bottom up? to repair and rehabilitate our existing Although it was discussed in last year’s streets, yet the budgeted amount always budget cycle, the mayor’s “new” strategy is falls substantially below the amount a suggested special tax levy for roadways. required. And with each passing year the He claims public feedback indicates taxpayroads deteriorate further and thus the cost ers will be happy to pay more taxes in order to fix roadways. He must live in a rarified to fix them increases. Now that the situaworld. Most taxpayers I speak with want to tion is extreme, so will be any solution. know where all those tax dollars that should Potholes in my area that were filled have been used for roadway repair and in spring are already open again. In fact maintenance went during his tenure. we had so many potholes they couldn’t If we have to live with a special tax all be filled. The small ones were left to levy for rehabilitation of existing road grow into craters. Yet still the roads took on a connect-the-dots pattern. It probably infrastructure, what assurance could we

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h, the sweet smell of stale been smoked in. And 27 per cent said cigarettes. their clients would not even consider a Being the child of a smoker, I house unless it was smoke-free. These didn’t notice the smell of cigarette smoke preferences were based primarily on that clung to our clothes smell and health risks. every time we left the house.

Landlords of units in Now when we visit my which tenants smoked face parents our overnight bags many expenses in cleaning get aired out immediately up the property before being after returning home. If our able to rent it again. Not only clothes are absorbing that does the suite need to be much smoke in one weekend, detoxified (with something what is happening to the like Odor-Free Villa 1000 walls and carpet in their Purifier, available for roughly house? $400 online or from different Smoking in a home not venues on a per-day rental Real Estate only affects the selling price basis), it also may require of the property, it can also painting and professional hurt the pockets of landlords after tenants cleaning. Landlords often have to vacate the premises. contend with burns in places such as Pfizer Canada, a healthcare company flooring, countertops, appliances and dedicated to developing disease window sills. If these steps aren’t taken, preventing medications, recently did potential rent income may be affected, as a survey of Ontario REALTORS®. It well as the vacancy rate of the property. found 87 per cent of agents said a home In Canada, it is estimated 15 per with a smoker had a lower resale value. cent of homes have at least one smoker, And 89 per cent said the homes were a number that has declined from past harder to sell. A total of 21 per cent of studies. So unless you don’t mind making those polled said that the value of the home depreciated by 30 per cent or more. less money on your home, kick your cigarette habit. Or go outside to smoke.

That is $135,000 on a $450,000 home.

(Ashlyn Newlove works in More than half of the REALTORS® communications for the Saskatoon surveyed said that their clients were Region Association of REALTORS®.) less likely to buy a house that had

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23 pounds, 12 ounces — Weight of the biggest baby ever born. A Canadian (Anna Bates) gave birth to the baby boy in 1879.

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have that the special tax collected would be used solely for that purpose? In The Cities Act, the legislation states that any special tax revenue collected must be used for the purpose stated in the bylaw and used in the taxation year it is collected. But it also provides that any excess revenue from a special levy can be used for another purpose provided public notice is given.

Will a special road levy top up the $11 million currently budgeted from general tax revenue for road repair? Or is the levy intended to raise the suggested annual amount of $25 million? If it’s intended to raise $25 million, where will the current allocation of $11 million go? For how many years will this special assessment be in place? Or will passing annual special levies become a tax practice in perpetuity for councils, much like the one year “temporary” flood levy placed on water bills almost a decade ago?

The mayor and council are searching for roughly $75 million in funding for a north commuter bridge. Based on earlier reports with preliminary estimates, council will be scrambling to find an equal or greater amount to construct the roadway infrastructure to access this promised bridge. How do we prevent a special road tax levy (intended to repair and rehabili-

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Visitors to this city may comment on our growth and any one of our new amenities, but the one item that is consistently voiced by them is the poor condition of our streets. Businesses are complaining that customers can’t access their locations due to the poor condition of our roads. Sinkholes are becoming a common occurrence.

The only upside to a special levy is that we will know at least most of the tax collected will be used for road rehabilitation.

Come to think of it, we should have a special levy to pay for each and every one of the mega-projects favoured by this council. Then we would know the true cost to taxpayers of each project.

While council contemplates new sources of revenue, it should reconsider toll fees for our numerous bridges. Perhaps have one toll fee for city residents and a higher fee for non-residents. Then all those users residing in bedroom communities and commuting to the city can help pay for the infrastructure they use.

The times are a-changing, and with that change comes new ways of doing business. The only same old, same old business is increasing taxes.

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Cotton tends to wrinkle more than synthetic blends and does not dry as quickly. A polyester jersey wrap dress is a classic option for dinner or an evening out. It is flattering on all body types and is ready to wear with a bit of a shake to remove any slight creases.

2. Forgo bright colours. Pack neutrally, especially for pants, skirts and shorts. Clothing in shades of black, navy, grey, brown and tan will be easier to pair, allowing you to spend more time sight-seeing and less time trying to figure out what to wear. Use scarves, jewelry and handbags to break up the monochromatic monotony of an outfit.

3. Leave your expensive jewelry at home. Unless your hotel has a safe, taking your fine jewelry while on holiday is risky business. It makes you a target for pickpockets and thieves. Opt for inexpensive costume jewelry, or purchase a few pieces similar to what locals are wearing in order to blend in with the crowd.

4. Ditch the flip flops, Crocs and any gym-type shoe that looks like it might potentially be used for exercise.

While Crocs are borderline acceptable in North America, Europeans will think you are utterly ridiculous for wearing them in public. Wearing gym shoes in public is another North American phenomenon. Europeans (and many other global citizens) have an aversion to wearing anything associated with sportswear in public, unless they are actually participating in a sport.

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Queen of the Vines looking divine

lematis are called Queen of the Vines. continuously all summer on both new and old This summer in Saskatoon clematis wood. With both, winter damage to the old are looking extraordinarily regal. wood will limit flowering. Saskatoon gardenJackmanii, the most familiar clematis to ers should choose hardier varieties or plan Saskatoon gardeners, has been to remove the trellis from the wall, most impressive. In July, trellises place it on the ground and cover the are covered with show-stopping vine with mulch over the winter. masses of dark purple blossoms.

Group C flowers on wood proThe keys to growing clematis duced during the current growing successfully are choosing the season. This clematis should be cut right variety and planting them in back in fall to allow the clematis to the right location. grow from the roots. This is done to To choose the right clematis avoid a vine that has lots of green for a Prairie garden, you need leaves at the bottom and middle of to know about clematis groups. the plant, with a crown of flowers.

Clematis are divided into three Group-C clematis are among the groups (A, B, and C). B is further easiest to grow in Saskatoon.

Gardening divided into two sub-groups It is important to choose the (B1 and B2). Groups are deterright location for your clematis. mined by whether the buds form on the wood Clematis prefer their head in the sun and produced in the previous growing season, the feet in the shade. Keep the root zone cool by current growing season or a combination of planting a shrub or perennial in front of the both. clematis. Alternatively, you can mulch the Group-A clematis only flower on wood base of the plant heavily. Clematis dislike produced the previous year. They are generhot sun and will grow well on the east side of ally not recommended for Prairie gardeners. a house that gets at least six hours of mornClematis can die back to ground level and ing sun. That said, my husband (Dave) and I sprout from the roots. Group-A clematis will visited an incredible garden on a Saskatoon have lost their flowering wood and not bloom Horticulture Society tour this past month. The that year. Avoid this problem by choosing har- gardener had planted his clematis on a south dier varieties such as Blue Boy Clematis. wall. Shrubbery shaded the root zone and the Group-B clematis flower both on wood clematis were amazing. produced in the last growing season as well Choose a location that drains well. Soggy as wood produced in the current growing soil will cause root rot. When transplanting, season. B1 clematis will have flowers in be gentle to avoid damaging stems. early summer followed by a smaller flush of Clematis need a trellis to climb. In our flowers in September. B2 clematis will bloom garden, we’ve created a frame with 4x4 posts

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ear Reena, to 6 parts warm water. Soak the ring for at least I just purchased a beach ball and 5 minutes. Remove the ring and polish with a already it has a hole in it. How can I little dish soap and an old toothbrush. Rinse locate the hole so I can successfully patch it? the ring with water. Voila, the ring will shine — Jessie once again.

Dear Jessie, Dear Reena, Sometimes if you put your ear The lower element of my oven is to the ball you can locate the hole hidden.

I recently baked a strawwithin seconds. Another solution is berry/rhubarb pie. To prevent the to fill a bucket or sink with water. juices from dripping, I put a sheet Hold your beach ball under the of aluminum foil on the oven floor. water. Observe where the bubbles That was a big mistake! Part of the come from. Remove the ball from foil stuck to the oven and looks like the water; dry and circle the hole it is melted on. There is probably with a marker. Lay the ball flat and no solution for my stupidity, but adhere a patch. If you do not have thought I would ask. — Grace a proper beach-ball patch, dab Household superglue around the hole. Stick Dear Grace, Solutions Tuck tape onto the area and press.

I am assuming that you are Leave for 24 hours before inflating talking about a self-clean oven. the ball.

There isn’t a safe way to quickly remove the Dear Reena, foil without damaging the porcelain finish of My friend recently had her diamond ring the oven. You can use a plastic scrub pad, some cleaned. It now sparkles as if it were new. liquid dish soap and a plastic scraper to remove Without taking my ring to a jeweller to be loose pieces. This is best done when the oven cleaned, how can I make it shine? — Celeste is warm. When you are wiping out the oven, Dear Celeste, periodically use a plastic scrub pad and each If you really want to make your ring time more will come off. The great news is that sparkle, it is important to clean it regularly, a self-cleaning oven will eventually remove the especially if you wear it day after day. In a foil. It may take several cleaning cycles and a measuring cup, mix 1Rob part household ammonia bunch of patience.

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Workshops are a key component of the John Arcand Fiddle Fest (Photo courtesy of John and Vicki Arcand)

Fiddle Fest continues successful string

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Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express

he John Arcand Fiddle Fest began in 1998.

That’s when John Arcand decided it was time for him and his beloved fiddle to give back.

His goal was to ensure Métis music and its traditions were preserved, with youth given the opportunity to learn the cultural representations behind the music and to dance under the guidance of elders.

Now entering its 16th year, the festival has grown into a four-day celebration of culture, music and dance. It features two days of workshops to inspire the young and old alike. This year’s festival is set to run from Aug. 8-11 at the Arcand family acreage, just west of Saskatoon on the Pike Lake Highway.

While the annual festival is named after its founder, Arcand wants the association with his name to stop there. Arcand and his wife, Vicki (the festival’s administrative director), want word to get out that the event is about so much more than just one man.

“We’re looking to overcome a few misconceptions,” said Vicki Arcand. “We’re not just about fiddling.”

One needs to look no further than the extensive schedule to see that. The festival has a strong Métis theme, but also promotes fiddle, music and dance from all cultures.

Sponsored by Graham Construction and Points Athabasca, this year the Fiddle Fest’s Culture Camp is a new attraction. It provides participants of all ages with the opportunity to learn traditional Métis art forms through a series of hands-on interactive workshops — in Métis beading, finger-weaving, Métis embroidery and traditional dances like The Red River Jig, Drops of Brandy and the Duck Dan ce.

“All of our on-site cultural and musical workshops are free after the price of gate admission,” said Vicki Arcand. “With our incredible calibre of instructors and free gate admission for kids under 12, it’s a great, inexpensive way to find out if your kid is musical.” Workshop instructors are renowned and respected fiddlers, dancers, and guitar and piano players from all over Canada.

The Absolute Beginners fiddle workshop is designed for someone who has never picked up a fiddle. “Fiddles are provided free of charge for

workshop participants,” Arcand said. “By the end of a day of beginner’s workshops I’ve seen people who have never touched a fiddle in their lives playing a tune.”

She goes on to tell the story of a young girl who had never played the fiddle before, yet after a couple of days of workshops entered the fiddle competition in the novice category.

“We have an amazing concert lineup every evening,” Arcand said. “On Thursday evening we’re presenting the Fiddle Instructors Showcase with some of the best fiddlers in the industry all sharing the same stage for one incredible show.”

Friday evening brings the Concert Showcase featuring a variety of talent, including The Chickadees, Jeremy Ruso, Metis square dancers and Elmer Lammadee (Saskatchewan’s own Stompin’ Tom impersonator). Daytime performances provide an entertainment option for attendees who may want a break from ongoing workshops. And a large activity area for children ensures the young folks stay occupied.

According to the festival’s website (www.johnarcandfiddlefest.com), “the John Arcand Fiddle Fest is designed with young musicians and dancers in mind, adhering to a grassroots philosophy of allowing all to experience a culturally rich experience at a low admission rate with effective programming that serves our mandate to promote and preserve fiddle, music and dance and provide a forum to showcase youth talent and culture.”

This year more than 3,000 people are expected from all over Canada, with some from the United States as well. “For the younger players it’s a meeting spot for the summer,” said Arcand. “Over the winter they stay in touch via social media. The Fiddle Fest provides them with a way to reunite, jam, learn, share and network.”

There is free un-serviced camping on site, as well as a concession. Everything the John Arcand Fiddle Fest has to offer is available for a one-time gate fee.

General admission (per person) is $50 for the weekend or $20 per day. Children 12 and under are admitted free thanks to the support of PotashCorp of Saskatchewan. Affinity Credit Union has sponsored free shuttles from Market Mall, The Mall at Lawson Heights and The Heritage Inn. More information is on the festival’s website.

August 30 th& 31st Celebrate a GREEN & WHITE Grey Cup! Come out to Rotary Park and River Landing to enjoy a full evening of: Safety Fair, Live Music, Beer Gardens, and Award-Winning Pyromusical The fun starts at 5 pm both Friday & Saturday New fireworks show each night!

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Gordon and Eunice Laidlaw won this $1-million home

Kinsmen winners visit their dream home

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ordon and Eunice Laidlaw were overcome with emotion as they crossed the threshold of their new, $1-million Saskatoon home for the first time.

“We’re celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary and this couldn’t come as a better anniversary present,” said Eunice Laidlaw.

The Kinsmen Willows Grand Prize Showhome winners were on vacation when their names were drawn on July 19. Therefore, they only laid eyes on their prize last week.

Accompanied by their children and grandchildren, the couple’s reaction to the stunning design and decor of the Cartwright Street home was overwhelming. It was the best Grant Giesbrecht, chair of the Kinsmen Home Lottery, has seen since he took over the lead on this significant Kinsmen

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The Laidlaws were equally impressed.

“It’s something that you dream of, and it’s still not hitting home. We haven’t slept since we’ve won it,” Eunice said with a laugh.

Many of the previous winners of the Kinsmen Grand Prize Showhome have chosen to sell the prize instead of live in it, but not Gordon and Eunice. They plan on moving into the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home. With its accessibility features, life will be a lot simpler for the retired couple.

While Eunice looks forward to hosting friends and family in the couple’s spacious new home, Gordon mused that he may revisit the game of golf, with a gorgeous course now almost literally in his backyard.

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‘Dating disaster’ needs help

ear Lianne, be unfair of you to enter into a I am 50 years old and relationship until you sort out a dating disaster. In the what is really happening and why last five years I have fallen in you are playing the cat-and-mouse love, been engaged, game. broke it off, fallen Dear Lianne, for someone else I am not sure how I and then realized should feel about this it was the first guy situation or how to deal I really wanted. It with it. My significant seems I am not happy other just attended his unless I want what I adult child's birthday don’t have. I start to dinner at his ex's lose myself in these home. I was away so it relationships and wasn't a question of me become someone attending or not. But other than who I am for future birthdays, do Relationships meant to be. I am so we both attend or both full of life and love stay home? Or does that it is difficult for men to figure he go without me? I know I will me out. When they do, I move on. struggle if he attends while I stay I am just on my way to break home. it off with one of the most — Help wonderful men I have met. I am Dear Help, doing this because I am starting Life and time have moved on. to behave how I think he wants I would suggest an introduction me to and am feeling emotionally to his ex in an informal setting bankrupt. prior to the next family birthday.

Everyone has something to I would be upset if I had to stay offer. I am truly grateful and blessed to have these men in my at home and miss his family functions. Have a conversation life, but I am not content with with your partner and let him anyone. I think this says more about me than them. My questions know this situation has to change.

You both should be attending are: Do I take a break and try to figure myself out? Should I go to these functions.

Lianne Tregobov is a counselling or talk to someone? matchmaker and the owner of Do I continue on and hope that one of these times I will be happy Camelot Introductions. She will be in Saskatoon interviewing in a relationship? potential clients Aug. 28– Carol 29. Call 1-204-888-1529 to Dear Carol, book an appointment or visit I would strongly urge you to take a break from men and get to www.camelotintroductions. com. Questions for this know yourself. You need to find column can be submitted to a good counsellor and get help camelotintroductions@mymts.net. addressing your issues. It would

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Jillian Martin

crowned Miss Teen Canada

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iss Teen Saskatchewan is now Miss Teen Canada.

Jillian Martin was awarded the crown after competing against 64 other contestants at a week-long pageant last month in Toronto.

The 18-year-old called the demanding seven-day pageant a long haul.

“We were judged on an interview that we did with the four judges, as well as photogenic appeal. Our behaviour was also a big one — like how you act in public and how you present yourself. Swimsuit and evenings gowns, which are more or less based on your confidence and not necessarily what you look like, were also considered.

“On finals night, they announce the top 20 on stage, so it’s a bit like Miss America where they’re immediately cut down to the top 20. Then the top 20 did swimsuit; then the top 10 did evening gown; then the top five answer a final question which they’ve never heard before.

“It’s probably the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done. My question was: ‘What is your future ambition?’ I knew exactly what to say for that. I’d like to get into sports medicine or sports therapy. If I got paid to do that, I’d be happy for the rest of my life.”

As for her responsibilities as Miss Teen Canada, Martin says she’ll be heavily involved in social media through her blog at the Miss Teen Canada website (www.missteencanadaworld.com), on Facebook (www.facebook. com/missteencanadaworld) and on Twitter (@ missteensask13). She’ll also be attending and possibly speaking to 20,000 youth at We Day Toronto. She will also represent Canada at Miss Teen Universe.

“It’s not a glitz pageant. It has more of a social justice component to it. If it didn’t have that I wouldn’t do it, because it’s a platform for me to make a difference.”

Jillian Martin topped 64 other contestants at the Miss Teen Canada pageant (Photos Supplied)

Women in leadership make a better world

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f we had more women in leadership, her conclusions. I had experienced these would the world be different? situations when I worked as a corporate I have always believed that to be the executive. It has always been my position case. But when people I respect differ, that if we can get more women at the it causes me to question my thesis. decision-making table, we will have more Unfortunately, we haven’t had a empathetic decision-making and lot of women leaders around the conciliatory leadership. world to gather a large body of Those are attributes of evidence. feminine energy. When women A quick review of history are given an opportunity to use mentions only a few female their attributes, not only will our leaders, and they were mostly organizations benefit, but so will known because of their our world. association with men.

I was taken aback when I DeeDee Myers, the White read the book Half the Sky by House press secretary during the Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Bill Clinton presidency, watched WuDunn. They are two people Columnist politicians in Washington, and I admire for their dedication concluded the men were more to women’s rights around the interested in winning the argument than world. They state there isn’t much evidence solving the problem. She found women that female leaders have provided more were more willing to work together, peaceful or caring leadership than men. In regardless if they came from small states, fact, they say female leaders haven’t been large states, were conservative or were attentive to issues such as girls’ education, liberal. They were better at “working across maternal mortality or sex trafficking. the aisles” to pragmatically seek results, Maybe that’s because the women who putting aside bitter partisanship to form rise to the top are from well-to-do families not just political alliances but genuine and have never actually experienced abuse. friendships.

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members, they are committed to improving the lives of women and children.

If there is one woman that we can hold up as a shining example of what women can do for other women in leadership, it is Hillary Clinton. Nearly two decades ago, when she was the First Lady, Clinton addressed the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women by saying, “Let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all.”

With those words, she started a groundswell of support for women’s issues around the world. She stayed committed to those principles as the secretary of state.

The fight for improving the plight of women and girls became the focal point of U.S. foreign policy during her tenure. She issued a directive to American embassies for the “strategic imperative of advancing women’s equality.” For that she says she has been “kidded about it, ribbed about it and challenged in boardrooms and government offices around the world.”

As secretary of state, she visited 112 countries — more than any of her predecessors. She said she faced ambivalent men in every one. Her message was consistent: giving opportunities to women and girls is much more than the right

thing to do. When women participate in the economy, it advances prosperity for everyone. Clinton now calls this “the unfinished business of the 21st century.

Most of us won’t have the platform of Clinton, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be leaders and work to be sure that women enjoy the same human rights as men. Eleanor Roosevelt, another former American First Lady, understood that clearly. In 1958 she said, “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home ... the neighbourhood ... the school ... the factory, farm or office....

Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.”

Each and every one of us needs to do our part to empower women to participate fully in our economy and our society. We can start by making equal pay a reality.

We can ensure that men are encouraged to take paternity leave. We can demand that women as well as men populate the boards and management teams of our corporations.

We can encourage more women and girls to pursue careers in math and science.

We can wipe out discrimination against women by building a coalition among both genders, and across political spectrums which accept, appreciate and promote the contribution of women.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Golfing great espouses spouses

By RJ Currie

• The Chicago Blackhawks are selling vials of their home ice melted after their Stanley Cup championship. Unlike the San Jose Sharks, whose meltdowns occur during the playoffs.

• Golfing great Gary Player says Rory McIlroy needs to find a good wife. For putter or for worse.

• What can you say about Eagles wideout Riley Cooper publicly uttering the N-word? When some guys are born, nobody cuts the imbecile cord.

• Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce said he is not happy about his demotion to backup. Great. Now even his pride is injured.

• A team of Chinese scientists have grown teeth from urine. Talk about potty mouth.

• Tennis legend Jimmy Connors is Maria Sharapova's new coach. So far it's going well; not only does Maria grunt, she cusses John McEnroe.

• A British woman made headlines for taking her horse into a McDonald's restaurant. Maybe she was looking for horse d'oeuvres.

• What's the difference between UFOs and UFAs? UFOs are usually out of this world; with UFAs, just the salary is.

• Canadian women's hockey star

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Tessa Bonnehomme is one of Sportsnet's top five most beautiful female athletes.

Despite playing defence, she has a lot of shots on the net.

• According to a U.S. study, outdoor activity may improve mental health.

Unless the activity is watching the Marlins.

• Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic both use Head racquets. Murray won the Wimbledon final, but Djokovic leads 11-8 Head-to-Head.

• Disgraced Patriots receiver Aaron Hernandez had his commemorative brick removed from Florida's Ben Griffen Stadium. On the bright side, nobody threw it at him.

• The Oregon Ducks new $60-million facility includes a barber shop. Expect this summer's camp to have unexpected cuts.

• Have you seen any Bikini Basketball Association games? You can tell it's the BBA because the cheerleaders wear more than the players.

• Charges against Gators linebacker Antonio Morrison for barking at a police dog have been dropped. That ought to give him a new leash on life.

• When CFL import receiver Brandon London was born, were his parents reading A Tale of Two Cities?

I’m not big on Warrener buying the Blades

xcuse me for not being gung ho about the Saskatoon Blades potentially being sold to a group including Rhett Warrener. I was ticked off when Warrener, a former Blade, took a rip at Saskatoon during the Memorial Cup. I tried to tweet him and got as far as the Calgary radio station where he has a talk show. Someone at the station replied with a smart-ass remark. I liked it. Give it and take it, right?

During the Mem Cup, Warrener was critical of Blades management and the organizing committee. An excerpt of his comments appeared in The StarPhoenix: “The ownership and the management ...

I don't know how many people have called me and said they don't have a clue what they're doing. They've got no organization behind it; they're just throwing balls up in the air and letting it drop. It's just been, from a lot of people I've heard, poorly, poorly, poorly run."

Warrener went on to say Blades management has “jaded the fan base, to the point where the people ... it's not just 'I don't feel like going.' They're making a point of not going."

I would like to see the team sold to a group with ties to the city. Just not one including Warrener.

– Cam Hutchinson

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Views of the World

Strikeout call drives Papi batty

• Janice Hough, on archaeologists finding a coffin-within-a-coffin in the central England parking lot where the skeleton of King Richard III was discovered: “The remains are yet unidentified. Maybe an ancestor of Jimmy Hoffa?”

• Headline: Eating Organic Food Might Turn You into a Jerk. Might?

• From TC Chong: “$53-million worth of jewels were stolen in Cannes, France.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau III and his partner Kato Jr. have been assigned to the case.”

• From Bill Littlejohn: “I’m thinking Riley Cooper was the NFL’s best red-neck zone receiver.”

• Note: In June 2010, the Blue Jays designated Edwin Encarnacion for assignment. For $20,000 any team could have had him. If you do the math, there are 30 general managers in baseball that didn’t have a clue.

• From Hough: “Interesting understatement from Roger Clemens: ‘A-Rod was my teammate in New York. I’m glad he was my teammate. I did things to make him feel comfortable.’”

• Chong, on Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer leaving the team to be with his wife for the birth of their twins: “No word on whether he named them Minneapolis and St. Paul.”

• Littlejohn, on Tom Brady saying the Aaron Hernandez situation is “heartbreaking:” “He made the comment before he saw Tim Tebow's first day of practice with the Pats."

• Torben Rolfsen, on the NFL eliminating the AFC vs. NFC format from the Pro Bowl beginning in 2014: “This confused Bud Selig. ‘How will they JW11000.H05 determine who gets to be the home team

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for the Super Bowl?’”

• In the change of format, captains will pick the teams for the Pro Bowl. I’m thinking Phil Kessel will be the last player picked.

• Hough, on Jason Giambi (at 42 years and 202 days old) hitting a home run in bottom of ninth inning to win a game for the Cleveland Indians: “Should we call it a walker-off home run?”

• Littlejohn, on Drew Brees trying to clarify tipping $3 on a $74.41 bill: “He said he was merely picking up something in which most people don't tip — a takeout order. History will also show that this is the first Saints takeout order that didn't involve an injury to an opposing player.”

• From Rolfsen: “Unhappy with an umpire's balls and strikes, David Ortiz destroyed a dugout phone with his bat. ‘If I'm not getting calls, then no one is!’ he said.”

• Chong, on Beijing’s airport having the worst flight delays of 35 airports studied last month: “Only 18 per cent left on time.

Who knew that United and Jet Blue started using this airport as a hub?”

• Didn’t you used to be Travis Lulay?

• UFC president Dana White makes an estimated $9 million a year. I’m thinking that breaks down to $1.19 per F-bomb.

• Hough, on the Milwaukee Brewers giving away about $3 million in food and drink vouchers to fans at the ballpark for the rest of the season, basically spending the money they would have paid Ryan Braun: “Gosh, if/when A-Rod gets suspended, the Yankees could afford to turn their stadium into an all-inclusive resort.”

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Spirit of adventure drives fitness centre

By Breanne Massey for the Saskatoon Express eeling physically fit doesn’t come from a machine or neon-coloured spandex. Freedom Functional Fitness owners Chandra Groves and Noel Erickson say it comes from physical freedom.

“Everything that I have to do with being active and mobile comes from having an adventure,” Groves said when asked about the gym’s name. “It’s like when you win that championship game and you have that feeling of total euphoria. Or when you hike a mountain in Victoria and get to the top and look down at the city and the ocean below you. Or when you get to the top of the chairlift at Sunshine Village and look down at the scene below you.

“It’s that feeling of freedom, and it all stems from having physical freedom. And it allows you to be adventurous and do things you never thought you could do.”

The dream of opening up a gym with elements of the outdoors quickly flourished when Erickson met Groves while playing in the Sutherland Hotel beach volleyball league.

“We met at the Sutherland bar,” Erickson said.

“It’s not too glamorous. Venice Beach in California would’ve been a much better story.” As a result, the Riverdale community now lays claim to the city’s newest physical fitness centre (an unconventional gym without treadmills and weights).

Erickson built an organic environment from the ground up, while Groves designed a business plan.

The indoor gymnasium has a climbing wall, an indoor slackline, free weights, kettle bells, medicine balls, resistance bands, rings, ropes, pull-up bars and a wide variety of cardio equipment. The facility also includes some traditional fitness methods like yoga, spin machines and spin ellipticals with interval training.

Although Freedom Functional Fitness opened

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Chandra Groves and Noel Erikson own Freedom Functional Fitness (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson) its doors in mid-July, it has scheduled free classes and an obstacle course during the grand opening (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 10). Participants can attend a 30-minute workout free of charge to get a taste of an unconventional fitness program.

“There aren’t a lot of people that are going to walk in here and know exactly what to do with a tractor tire, a sledge hammer, an agility ladder, a wall ball and a sand bag,” Groves said with a laugh. “So we offer an introduction that gives people some basic knowledge about how the equipment works in a smaller setting.”

A group of four people can attend introductory classes to learn about the equipment, while having joint and mobility analysis to ensure personal success from workouts.

“I think group fitness is stereotypically geared towards and attended by women,” she said. “What we do here isn’t aerobics-inspired and it’s not choreographed. It’s people moving and playing, doing teamwork. It naturally attracts both female and male athletes for a studio-style workout that’s done to music with beats and counts.”

During the day-long grand opening, an obstacle course will be set up to raise money for Caged for the Cure for prostate cancer. It costs $5 to enter the competition filled with scales like sandbags, monkey bars, burpees (a full-body exercise used in strength training and as aerobic exercise), pushups and climbing ropes.

The winner of the course will be presented with a sixmonth unlimited membership and an intro class, yoga classes, massages and gift certificates from outdoor and health stores, U of S Huskies tickets or two tickets to an NHL pre-season game in Saskatoon this fall.

“We’ve got some really cool stuff from an amazing group of people who have outdoor activities and adventure in mind,” said Groves.

The gym will be open from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call Freedom Functional Fitness at 306384-7600, or visit www.freedomsaskatoon.com/Welcome. html or www.facebook.com/FreedomFunctionalFitness.

Lunch to go

Website facilitates takeout orders

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t all began with a Saskatchewan boy, living and working abroad, thinking about the food back home.

It was early 2012. University of Saskatchewan alumni Josh Simair was living and working in the banking sector in London, England. As lunchtime rolled around, Simair noticed his colleagues were all ordering their takeout meals online. Simair made a call back to Saskatoon to inquire how his friends were managing their takeout routines.

Sure enough, he was told in Saskatchewan was offering a simple, online, user-friendly takeout ordering experience. Instead, it was the same old matter of shuffling through a drawer-full of old menus, phoning busy restaurants and struggling with language barriers.

By September 2012, Simair was part of a team of four University of Saskatchewan graduates, all Huskies alumni, who launched Skip The Dishes, an online takeout ordering service found at www. skipthedishes.ca. Their launch focused on Saskatoon restaurants. Red Deer and Winnipeg followed, with a Regina launch in June. Today Skip the Dishes works with 300 restaurants across those four cities.

“We didn't want to wait til a big overseas company came in and took over this market,” said Jeff Adamson, one of the founders of Skip The Dishes. Today he JW11034.H05 James

manages the company’s restaurant and corporate accounts team. “We felt that we had the talent to do it ourselves.”

The four, comprised of Simair and Adamson, along with Daniel Simair and Chris Simair, competed together as Huskies athletes, in track and field, volleyball and wrestling. “Being athletes we all shared a competitive mindset — pushing ourselves to the limit,” said Adamson.

“We’re always looking for new challenges and not afraid to work hard. I wouldn't have gone into this if we didn’t already know this about each other.”

Vinh and Trang Tran certainly understand competition. As owners of the popular downtown restaurant Thien Vietnam, they’ve been a popular Third Avenue spot for both eat-in and takeout diners for years. With a revitalized downtown area and the food-truck craze taking Saskatoon by storm, the Trans recognized a new opportunity to carve out an edge for themselves. They’ve seen hundreds of orders, particularly lunch specials, come through Skip The Dishes since they signed up for the service in May. With the orders processed and paid for online, it’s a simple matter of walking in, bypassing the line and picking up your order by providing your name or phone number.

“It’s a lot easier (when customers order online) than trying to handle the phone when we have so many customers already at the counter,” said Trang Tran.

The Trans are pleased with their decision

Jeff Adamson, a founder of Skip The Dishes, and Trang Tran of the Thien Vietnam restaurant (Photo by Tammy Robert) to sign up for the service which is free for the customer to use.

Many of the businesses signed up for Skip the Dishes are locally owned Mom and Pop-style restaurants, trying to compete with the online ordering services offered by large national and international franchises. Skip The Dishes provides them with the opportunity to be a part of this leading-edge opportunity, and ups the ante for customers hankering for takeout, and now able to peruse a bunch of menus from different restaurants at once.

“We get people calling us, say-

ing we're changing the way people are ordering food on the prairies,” said Adamson. “They’re saying Skip The Dishes is providing them with an experience better than the big chains, who are now approaching us because we've had such success. Simply put, ordering your takeout online is superior to ordering it by telephone.”

Vinh Tran is a man of few words.

When asked if he’s happy with the benefits he’s seen through offering his customers the Skip The Dishes options, he smiles and nods knowingly. “You bet.”

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Detroit:

city with a past and a future.

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ETROIT — It was sad to hear of Detroit’s worsening financial woes last week. But don’t write off this once-booming city quite

yet.

Motor City is going through tough times, yet my experience in Detroit was one of discovery. There is a vibrancy the media don’t mention in their gloomand-doom dispatches.

No question the economic hit is real. But Detroit is desperately trying to reinvent itself, with the city’s hospitality industry leading the way. They spend approximately $5 billion annually. Metro Detroit attracts about 16 million visitors a year.

Tourism has become a big money-maker.

During a visit to Detroit a few years ago, I met Jeanette Pierce, an energetic woman who founded a not-for-profit company that helps folks get to know the city. She told me to forget Detroit’s reputation for being gritty and ultimately forgettable as she guided me through downtown and some of the city’s neighbourhoods.

“We have wonderful hisTravel tory, great architecture and fabulous ethnic restaurants,” Pierce said as we stood in the shadow of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel — a towering 1920s building that had recently undergone a $200-million renovation.

When the Book Cadillac opened in 1924 it was the tallest hotel in the world. Guests have included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Errol Flynn, Frank Sinatra and an array of American presidents.

There have been glorious times here since Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac arrived in July 1701 after a six-week canoe trip from Montreal. The French explorer landed at a 30-foot bluff along the Detroit River. It was here he built a log fort he named Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit. Eventually the settlement’s name was shortened to Detroit.

That original landing spot isn’t far away from the future site of spectacular General Motors Renaissance Centre. The glass-and-concrete complex

Undergoing routine cleaning, “The Spirit of Detroit” is perhaps the best known among the city’s numerous statues. The statue symbolizes the city’s unfailing confidence in its future. of interconnected skyscrapers looks out over the five-kilometre walk along Detroit’s waterfront.

If you want to do a little musical time travelling, there’s the Motown Historical Museum (www.motownmuseum.com). The city’s musical scene kick-started such legends as The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes and many others.

In many ways the city is reaching out to its automobile past to build on its future. The big three

automakers have impressive museums portraying their histories.

At the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn (www.hfmgv.org) the historical panorama goes far beyond automobile development. While vehicles take up a fair chunk of the 12 acres of indoor display space, the museum is also home to locomotives, airplanes and machinery. It is a fascinating storehouse of important artifacts reflecting significant historical events in America.

Among the displays is George Washington’s camp bed. There is also the rocking chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated at the Ford Theatre in 1865.

Other exhibits include the limousine John Kennedy was riding in when he was shot in Dallas. There is also the presidential car that whisked Ronald Reagan away

from the 1981 failed assassination attempt in Washington.

Neighbouring Greenfield Village, an 80-acre dream child of Henry Ford, is another must-see attraction. The village features 83 authentic historic buildings, including the Wright Brothers’ original bicycle shop and the farmhouse where Ford was born and raised.

In some ways the museum complex signifies the resilience of the city Ford help put on the map. Ford opened the museum with great fanfare in October 1929, just days before the stock-market crash that led to the depression. Eighty-plus years later and in the centre of another financial crisis, the site is still one of the most popular tourist attractions in the U.S. For more information on Detroit, check out www.visitdetroit.com.

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Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible).If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 2490693, Linda at 933-2085, Lois at 242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

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What: Pioneer Summer Programs through to Aug. 26, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. daily.

Steven Maguire plays at the Mayfair United Church.

Where: Western Development Museum.

The doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 Haunted, Humorous, Historic FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH **** p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at McNally Tour MONTH What: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group.

Robinson or Mayfair United Church. For more infor- What: A One Hour Tour. Started July 22 and runs What: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and comfort Who: Caregivers for adult family members or friends. mation, call 306-382-6446. Proceeds go to Mayfair every night until the end of summer starting at 9:30 to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved Cost: Free (presented by Saskatoon Health Region).

United Church. p.m. Meet in front of the Senator Hotel at 244-21st companion animal due to old age, sickness or other Street East. Cost $10 cash. Children under 12 free. sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets To Register: Jeanne (655-3426) or Karen (655-3427).

Aug. 20 **** For more information, call 306-491-6655. the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at Lyell Gustin Recital Series presents a summer duet conWhat: Depression Support Group — free group runs the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, cert to delight and inspire . . . One Piano, Two Friends, Books Wanted on the first and third Thursday of each month, from Saskatoon. For more information or telephone supFour Hands! Che Anne Loewen & Kathleen Lohrenz 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open to anyone struggling What: Books wanted. The Canadian Federation of port, call 306-343-5322.

Gable, pianists. Show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: with depression and family members wanting to supUniversity Women is accepting donations of books, $30 regular / $25 student; Yamaha Piano & McNally port them. Where: 311 – 38th Street East. This is a Second Wednesday of every videos, CDs, tapes and puzzles for their Mammoth Robinson, at the door. More information: (306) 343- book sale. For more information contact Alverta at wheelchair accessible building. month 0542, and www.gustinhouse.caWhere: St. Andrew’s 306- 652-7708.

What: Probus Club of Saskatoon Bridges, a new club For more info, call 270-9181.

Presbyterian Church, 436 Spadina Cres. East. for retirees. A community-focused group offering Boating Courses monthly meetings with local speakers; several interest MARR RESIDENCE Everyone who operates a power-driven boat must groups offering new social contacts. Enjoy retirement! August 11 carry proof of competency — the “PCOC card”.

What: String Art, 1-4:30 p.m. Come and try the The first meeting on September 11 at 9:30 AM welCanadian Power & Sail Squadrons national webcomes those who would like more information on this early technique of String Art, invented at the end of site offers online Boating Basics, the Pleasure Craft the 19th Century. This is an arrangement of coloured new club. Contact Lynn Gee at (306) 374-9417 or Operator Card course. Get ready for the Transport thread strung between points to form abstract geoMerv McKee at (306) 374-9688 Canada online test. The Operator Card is good for Aug. 1-10 metric patterns.

Where: Nutana Legion Hall, 3021 Louise Street. life. Go to www.cps-ecp.ca .

What: Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar, August 18 **** For information about this and more advanced boatSecond Annual Summer Sizzler Sale. Emmanuel Vintage Sewing Techniques, 1-4:30 p.m. Before the ing courses offered by CPSS Saskatchewan Squadron What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon Anglican Church grounds, 607-Dufferin Ave. and days of mass-produced clothing, unique and lasting in Saskatoon call Jim Smith at 306-280-0033 or jim. & Area Club welcomes all travellers! We are a 12th Street. Weekdays: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. pieces were created at home, by hand and later on non-profit cultural exchange organization promotsmithjr@sasktel.net.

Weekends and holidays: noon to 11 p.m. treadle sewing machines. Taran Meyer will demoning friendship and goodwill through a program of homestay exchanges. We are an organization of more strate some old-fashioned sewing techniques such as Volunteers Wanted Aug. 14 than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout pin-tucks, ruffles and insets.

What: The Saskatoon Branch of Save the ChildrenScotiabank’s Summer of Free Outdoor Movie Tour. the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel August 25 A classic baseball film will be shown at Cairns Field. Canada is currently going through a process of rejuHistoric Neighbourhood Walk, 1-4:30 p.m. Discover while forging new friendships with club members venation. Senior executive members are voluntarily The show starts at sunset. The rain date is Aug. 15. stepping down to make room for younger members to from around the world. Visit our website at www.the- the early buildings remaining in the Marr neighbourThere is no charge for the event. hood, on a guided walking tour, leaving the house at take over. For information, please contact Mel at 373- friendshipforce.org.Find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka 2 p.m. The house will be open all afternoon for visits Aug. 15 9877 or, preferably, at hosain@sasktel.net. as well. at 249-0243 or emailing w.gulka@sasktel.net.

What: Golf ‘Fore’ Autism Tournament. Cost is $150 per golfer (includes steak dinner, prizes and silent auc- SSCL Fall Classes tion). Sponsorships still available. Call Monica at 306- What: Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning (SSCL) TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Fall Class Registration for non-credit academic stud- What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All 230-1016 or email crae@autismservices.ca. ages welcome, all materials supplied, no registration ies. Mail-in registration begins August 20, and inWhere: Moon Lake Golf & Country Club person registration is Sept.4 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 217 required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday Arts Building, U of S. A General Meeting will follow 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. Where: Classes are held at the University Ukrainian Day in the Park, Saskatchewan’s largEVERY WEDNESDAY and begin Sept. 23 for eight weeks. Visit www.ccde. est outdoor Ukrainian festival, is back come rain or What: St. James Farmers’ Market from 11 a.m. to 6 usask.ca/seniors on August 20 for class information shine. Hosted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and registration forms. Pick up brochures at all Public p.m.

– Saskatoon Branch, this year’s festival will be takWhere: 607 Dufferin Ave. Libraries starting Aug. 20. Classes are open to all ing place in Victoria Park on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River between the Saskatoon Farmers’ seniors 55 and older. Call 306-343-6773 for details.

New vendors welcome. For more info call 664-2940. market and Riversdale Swimming Pool. Ukrainian ------Day in the Park 2013 kicks off at noon with non-stop First Saturday of every month What: Singles Social Group - “All About Us” in entertainment including dance groups, vocalists, and What: The MindFULL Café, part of the international their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday With nearly 150 cats currently in the Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday Brunch , Movie instrumentalists from across Saskatchewan until 6 shelter and dozens more in foster care, the p.m. Ukrainian Day in the Park is a free event for all in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, Night, Dances, Pot Luck, and more. Meet New Saskatoon SPCA has had to temporarily ages and hosts cultural artisans, children’s activities, family, care partners and other interested people. The Friends! No Membership Dues. For more informacease accepting cats. beer gardens, food vendors and a souvenir market.

Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, tion, email allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone Owners looking to surrender their cats are Note: If weather is unfavourable the festival will be entertainment and information. First Saturday of the 978-0813. encouraged to explore all other options. moved indoors to the Saskatoon Kinsmen / Henk month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

------They can leave their name and contact Ruys Soccer Centre (219 Primrose Drive).

Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.

What: River Heights Artist Group. This group is a information and will be reached when **** new non-profit group running Wednesdays from 10 space is no longer a concern for the shelWhat: MENSA IQ testing on Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. The Second Monday of every month a.m. to 3 p.m. ter.

What: The ACT/UCT Saskatoon # 1031 Fraternal cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested Moody Manitoba 3can4j In order to help alleviate space concerns in attending this session, please call Tim at 306-242- Club is always looking for new members. An optional Where: Lower level, Resurrection Lutheran Church, 310 Lenore Dr. without euthanizing animals for space, the insurance plan is available with all memberships.

7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca.

SPCA will be having a one-day special Where: Mixed Supper Meeting start at 5:30PM at the For more information, call Wendy at 934-1586. **** adoption drive on Sunday, Aug. 11 from ACT Hall (upstairs) in the ACT Area, Sutherland. noon until 5 p.m.

WHAT: St. Paul’s United, Bargain Basement Store For information call Penny at 931-8647 or Bob at weekly from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Second-hand cloth382-4893.

During this special event, all cat ing for children, ladies and men. Everyone welcome; for more information call 306-955-3766 First Tuesday of every month adoption fees will be $10.

New Exhibit What: FROMI - Friends Relatives of People with Where: 454 Egbert Avenue.

All adoptions will still include: the spay Answerand to today’s puzzle Mental Illness. These meetings run from 7:30 to 9:30 or neuter surgery, microchip implantation Diefenbaker Canada Centre: Touch the Sky: The

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Where: Kiwanis Park, by the Jeux Canada Games monument.

Call 374-0005 or visit www.sifc.awardspace.com. **** What: New Farmers’ Market. Thursdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. rain or shine at The Centre Mall in front of Dollarama. Go to www.farmersmarketsaskatoon.com.

Every Thursday, July 27-Aug 29 What: The Saskatoon Summer PROMS from 7-8 p.m. No tickets, by donation, pay what you can.

and a complementary health examination at a participating veterinary clinic, six weeks of Petsecure pet insurance and age appropriate vaccinations (up to the point of adoption).

While the fees may be lowered for this special event, SPCA staff will still be maintaining its current adoption protocols to ensure these cats will be placed into appropriate homes. Those wishing to save time can fill out a profile ahead of time www.saskatoonspca.com/felineprofile. com.

Cats cannot be reserved or placed on hold.

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Cadillac’s mid-size sedan lightens up and powers up and grows up

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By malcolm gunn

www.wheelbasemedia.com

adillac’s head-to-head battle with German and Japanese rivals is nothing short of audacious and with the reenergized 2014 CTS joining in, the brand continues to gain newfound respect.

The third-generation CTS joins the new compact ATS and full-size XTS in a constantly evolving lineup and will soon be joined by the electricpowered ELR coupe that will employ a similar powertrain to the Chevrolet Volt. The speed at which these new models are coming to market is dizzying to say the least.

The CTS is being repositioned as a larger model with 13 centimetres in added length and about 2.5 centimetres more between the front and rear wheels.

Despite these increases, the CTS’s base weight is about 115 kilograms less than the 2013 edition and, according to Cadillac, is now 90 kilograms less than a BMW 528i.

Contributing to the reduction is a greater use of aluminum in the manufacturing process, including the door structures.

With its elongated nose and lower profile, the finished design is much more exotic-looking and groundhugging than before, while maintaining Cadillac’s knifeedge design cues. The grille maintains its familiar eggcrate shape, but the side air intakes have been enlarged and the fender edges are now trimmed in a row of eyepopping LED (light emitting diode) running lights.

The interior is equally modern and can be trimmed in seven different material combinations, including genuine wood, carbon fibre and aluminum along with cloth and two grades of leather seat coverings.

However it’s under the hood where the CTS also displays a flair for the dramatic. The choices include a 3.6-litre V6 that produces 321 horsepower and 275 pound-feet or torque. Also available is a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder rated at 272 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque.

What you should know

The star of the show is a twin-turbocharged version of the V6 that puts out 420 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque. This unique-to-Cadillac powerplant anchors the CTS V-Sport (it’s also used in the larger XTS), which is the successor to the hotrod CTS-V sedan. The “V” is available for at least one more season in the coupe and wagon models that carry over unaltered for the 2014 model year. As quick as they are, the 556-horsepower supercharged V8 with its unquenchable thirst for fuel (17.8 l/100 km in the city and 11.0 highway) is no longer considered acceptable or politically correct in this day and age. Enter the turbocharged V6.

A six-speed automatic transmission comes with the turbo four-cylinder and the base V6 with all-wheel-drive.

The rear-wheel-drive V6 and rear-drive-only twin-turbo V6 each run with an all-new eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters.

The twin-turbo V6 hits 60 mph (96 km-h) in an impressive 4.6 seconds, which isn’t quite CTS-V territory (a claimed 3.9 seconds), but it should prove quick enough to satisfy most Cadillac owners. Best of all, perhaps, is the 11.6 l/100 km city/7.6 highway fuel numbers trounce the CTS-V’s rating. By comparison, the 2.0-litre turbo CTS is pegged at 10.5/6.6.

The base CTS sedan, at an expected base price in the $52,000 range (about $6,000 higher than the 2013 model), comes very well equipped. Even still, the options list is a lengthy one and includes 20-way adjustable front seats, a 12-inch high-resolution display monitor for operating the infotainment, phone and climate controls. There’s also a spoil-you rotten electronically locking glove box and a power-operated cupholder lid for the center console.

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Take a walk around the new CTS and it’s obvious that Cadillac is intent on keeping the car as fresh and relevant as possible, and in tune with buyer expectations.

2014 Cadillac CTS

Type Four-door, rear- /all-wheel-drive mid-size sedan.

Engines (hp) 2.0-litre DOHC I4, turbocharged (272); 3.6-litre DOHC V6 (321); 3.6-litre DOHC V6, twin-turbocharged (420) Transmissions Six-speed automatic; eight-speed automatic (std. with twin-turbo V6) Market position The premium auto market is a lucrative field for automakers such as Cadillac. The addition of the entry-luxury ATS for 2013, followed by an all-new CTS for the 2014 model year should add considerable brand luster.

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Here’s why the sign reads that you have to be naked

absolutely love going to car shows, whether it’s a gathering of the local AMC Gremlin club, a larger mixed regional event or an enormous show such as the Specialty Equipment Marketers Assn. (SEMA) event held every year in Las Vegas, Nev. Many of my hosting duties take me to shows all over the country, where I sign autographs and meet great people and see a lot of cool rides. No matter where you go, you’ll either see something -- or meet someone -- new and interesting.

And no matter where you go, the sign in the window of the cars reads the same: “Please don’t touch this car unless you are . . . naked.”

Since there are few naked people at car shows, you would think that the vehicles are left pretty much untouched. But there’s always someone who thinks they know better (“surely they don’t mean me . . .”) or someone who just doesn’t realize they happen to be leaning against a $100,000 car with a $20,000 paint job, grinding their wallet chain up and down the front fender and door.

tions. Owners of old cars aren’t just owners.

Their experiences and knowledge are vital to the education process. They’re expected to be historians and they need to strive to make car-show experiences fun and memorable for youngsters and not in a bad way.

In exchange for this privilege, we have a few responsibilities as show-goers: to make the experience a memorable one for the owners and not because we banged a stroller into the side of a $500,000 1970 Plymouth Hemicuda convertible.

Most shows that charge an admission are not going to allow in spectators on bicycles, skateboards or roller blades. The risk of damage is just too great. At some high-end shows, even strollers won’t be allowed in and you had better keep that camera that’s dangling around your neck in close proximity while you lean your head in the window of a million-dollar car designed by my fried Chip Foose. And don’t get angry if you’re asked to leave Fido at home. If he jumps on or in the family minivan, there’s little to stop him from doing so at a car show,

“This car is my life and an important part of our history, please feel free to ask me all about it . . . and you don’t have to be naked.”

Among her numerous accomplishments, Courtney Hansen is the author of her own book, the host of Spike TV’s “Power Block,” the former host of TLC’s Overhaulin’ and a writer with Wheelbase Media. You can email her at www.wheelbasemedia.com by clicking the contact link.

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Does anyone really wonder why there’s a sign in the window that reads, “Please don’t touch this car unless you are naked?”

As the cost to properly and entirely restore a vehicle -- depending on condition and how difficult it is to source replacement parts -- can easily top $50,000, owners are much more skittish about bringing their cars out. Can you blame them?

But a car show is just as much an educational experience as it is a beauty pageant. It’s important for youngsters, especially, to learn and know this part of their history since it’s not taught in school. For every kid who runs up and slaps the door of that $100,000 car with two ice-cream-covered hands, there’s another staring inside with wide eyes and hands in their back pockets as the parents explain what the vehicle is.

Often, it’s something like, “This is what grandpa used to drive.”

“Realllly? Grandpa drove this car?” the youngster will look up and ask in earnest.

It gives old cars meaning and purpose aside from just looking great in the bright sunshine.

It’s about learning, remembering, respecting and sharing information.

Car shows are really cultural experiences and the owners who dare exhibit their prized possessions are answering a lot more ques-

even if he’s on a short leash.

Most importantly, the car owners are not baby sitters. If you think a car show is like the mall and it’s OK to let the kids run wild, you might just find out the hard way that organizers and vehicle owners don’t take this neglect lightly.

A rock innocently bounced off a $20,000 paint job is your $20,000 problem. You break it, you buy it. Wal-Mart might let your kid off the hook with a broken glass, but that won’t fly in a place where some people have spent their entire life savings and years perfecting their vehicle. A car show is not a playground. People who treat it that way are abusing the privilege of seeing all these splendid vehicles in one place.

Look at it this way: the owners have the burden of actually owning their cars, caring for them, paying for them and learning about them. And now’s your chance to see them. As a show-goer it’s up to you to be courteous and responsible. That’s it. That’s all. It seems like a small price to pay to see millions of dollars worth of historic vehicles in one spot on one sunny day.

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