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Lisa Ford

30 years of breaking news

Lisa Ford was the first woman in Saskatoon to go on the air while pregnant (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson)

Global station manager found niche in leadership Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express

er and news director at Global Saskatoon.

“I found my niche in leadership,” said Ford, reflecting on her personal journey o ahead and call Lisa Ford “soft.” and career with the Saskatoon station she’s She is fine with it. After spend- helped build since its inception as Good ing 30 of her 50 years in the busi- Lookin’ STV in 1987. ness of covering the news, she’s seen and “I don’t like to say ‘management’ experienced a lot of difficult things. because I immediately think of a suit and She’s listened to an anguished mother tie and someone who golfs every Friday,” (Joyce Milgaard) trying to convince anyFord said. “I didn’t visualize myself in this one who would listen that her son David position all those years ago, and honestly, was innocent. She was the first person in at that point I had no idea where it would Saskatoon to deliver televised news while take me. I just kept trying to develop mypregnant (that one got her hate mail and self as a leader and as someone approachthe title of “disgusting.”) She dealt with able and empathetic.” her mother’s suicide (23 years ago) as Ford Ford’s leadership and management stood on the threshold of her career and skills and style have paid off. Global after just becoming a mother herself.

Saskatoon proudly scored a 75 per cent Yes, Ford has no issue with being engagement rate in their last market survey pegged as too soft or as a mother hen to — leading the country within the Shaw her staff, people she’s mentored during her Media group and closing in on “best-emrise from rookie reporter to station manag- ployer” numbers.

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In her early years, Ford knew that a future in news media was in her cards. She started down her career path by enrolling in a print news reporting program (there was no program for television news broadcasting then) at Lethbridge College. That is where she met her husband Bill. “We were the only two people from Saskatchewan in the class,” Ford said with a laugh. “The instructor said on our first day, ‘You’ll likely end up getting married.’”

Bill and Lisa were mortified at their instructor’s bold prediction. Like a plot right out of a television romance, on July 28 1984, the two Saskatchewanians did indeed get married.

“My first job was at Fun Radio FM-94 in Swift Current as a creative writer,” she said. “I volunteered my early Saturday mornings — yes, unpaid — to read the newscasts because that’s what I wanted to do. Being a small station, staff turned over

quickly and I was given the first news job that came open.”

From Swift Current, Ford moved on to an anchoring and reporting job at CKRDTV in Red Deer, Alta. “The news director at the radio station was friends with the news director at CKRD and recommended me,” she said. “I have no idea why he hired me. I had no television experience and frankly was awful on-air for the first few shows. The frizzy perm and giant pink-framed glasses likely didn’t help. But he hung in there with me and eventually I improved.”

In July 1987, Ford’s boss at the Red Deer station was poached to assist in the launch of Saskatoon’s new television station. Clearly recognizing the talent in front of him, he opted to take then-24-year-old Ford with him. With no contacts, no files, (Continued on page 5)

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Mookie was with us from approxiWe picked a man who lived at a mately 1980 until 1990. We lake. Nice spot, we thought. had to give her up when we Teary-eyed, we drove her to discovered our second son her new home. Well, a few (Brandon) was allergic to days later the man calls and cats. says Mookie has gone into I remember saying to my hiding and won’t come out. wife (Sandy): “Don’t make We took her back. me choose between them.” I Next on our list was a thought Brandon could get a woman who lived in the City bachelor pad somewhere.

Park area. Mookie settled I jest. in nicely there. We spoke to One of the things I rethe woman a couple of times member most about Mookie in the first few months after was the day a toilet flushed she adopted Mookie. There Editor in our home. I thought I was was always an urge to ask if the only human there. Then I heard it we could visit her. I thought of Mookie again. I walked to the bathroom door again last week when the kitten visited and there was Mookie looking into the us. I wondered how her life turned out. toilet bowl. She would hit the handle I will always remember the sweet and then watch as the water swirled sound of the toilet flushing and the down and out of the bowl. I reminded puzzled look on her face. And mine.

Sandy to always put the seat down.

Closing thoughts: Two of the stories Another time we thought we lost Mookie for good. Turns out a boy in the in this week’s edition came with showneighbourhood had scooped her up and and-tell elements. Shawn Semchuk hid her in the basement of his home. A dropped into our office for an interview couple days later a red-faced neighbour and performed a five-song set. Great playing and singing, I should add. He is returned her. No harm. No foul. releasing a CD Aug. 30 at the BroadIt was devastating to have to give her up. Sandy and I decided to be picky. way Theatre.

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The milkshake was delicious. The only downside was me spilling some of it on my shirt. How embarrassing. A photographer was capturing the moment and I had pineapple shake all over me.

During the past couple of years we have had a magician, a balloon-twister, a roller-derby player, a man with a falcon and a woman with bats among our guests. Lest I forget, Ned Powers is here twice a week. It’s like show and tell. Ned shows up and tells me what to do.

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Saskatoon Exhibition

experiencing growing pains

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he Saskatoon Exhibition is experiencing some growing pains, especially with traffic flow and parking spaces.

But its officials believe week-long attendance of 220,000 — and beyond — is manageable and realistic.

That’s the assessment of Mark Regier, chief executive officer of Saskatoon Prairieland Exhibition, and Carl Schlosser, the director of events.

This year’s crowd count was 220,008, a figure enriched by 49,000 on Saturday, Aug. 10, over 43,000 on Aug. 8 and almost 40,000 on Aug. 9, but reduced by some threatening weather on Aug. 7. The all-time record is 221,156, set just a year ago.

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Regier and Schlosser said the Exhibition is growing annually, but there are still some problems to overcome.

“Traffic flows and shortage of parking are two of the biggest issues as we plan for the future,” said Regier, noting there are 3,300 parking spaces on the grounds.

“Once we get low on spaces, we have to shut the gates to vehicles for short periods and wait for a turnover before we can open them again.”

The first big headache occurred Aug. 8, the night The Offspring (a punk rock band) was playing the main grandstand show.

“We were facing traffic tie-ups of six to seven blocks in some directions, and there aren’t many alternatives on the outside of the grounds,” said Schlosser. “With the anticipation of a big crowd on Saturday when Burton Cummings was onstage, we opened up 248 spaces on the outside, in the grassed area facing the fence, and we asked the City of Saskatoon that these people not be ticketed.

We had about another 500 find their way into Diefenbaker Park.”

“As Saskatoon grows,” said Regier, “the public hasn’t quite adjusted to going places without their own cars. In Edmonton and Calgary there are less parking spaces on their grounds than we have. But people there are getting accustomed to LRTs and transit travel.

To be honest, I know that when I go to a Saskatchewan Roughrider football game in Regina, I’m going to walk at least seven blocks from RS31245.H19 my car to my seat.”

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More than 220,000 people attended the Saskatoon Exhibition this year (Photo Supplied) Schlosser said the Exhibition “experimented with Express buses for several years, first as a trial run by the transit department and then with the Exhibition buying the services.

But the costs were too high and the number of users was really minimal.”

Schlosser said, “It would be simpler to tell your customers to the grounds earlier in the day, and perhaps we could adjust our scheduling to put stronger acts on the front end of the week.”

“It is tradition in the summer-fair business that customers want to wait for the last weekend,” said Regier. “At the Canadian National Exhibition the programming is spread over three weekends, but the counts on the first two weekends are nowhere near the last weekend. In Winnipeg the fair stretches over two weekends, but again it is a last-minute tradition.”

An engineering study was conducted during the last four days of the fair, which might lead to more spaces and easier flow within the park. There will be consultation with the City of Saskatoon, hopefully pointing towards wider use of Diefenbaker Park.

Regier and Schlosser gave immense thanks to the Saskatoon Police Services for the way they controlled street traffic, especially late in the nights when lanes of outflowing traffic were increased.

There’s always a dream that customers going south on St. Henry Avenue might someday have a ramp that leads onto the new freeway. That would make conditions easier for those who now have to exit near Lorne Avenue and then use the Lorne Avenue ramp onto the freeway.

Extra days on the schedule are not a consideration. Rides on the midway come from two directions: Regina and Prince Albert.

Many of them leave Saskatoon as quickly as possible to reach Toronto in time for the CNE. Saskatoon dates are virtually carved in

stone on the North American Midway Entertainment calendar.

When the Exhibition attracts more than 200,000, the Saskatoon profit margin is usually in the neighbourhood of $1.5 million.

The revenue comes largely from ticket sales, rental of space, and commission from the midway and the concessionaires.

Regier and Schlosser said the profits are usually turned back into making each succeeding fair better than the last.

The biggest draws on the main grandstand were The Offspring, Burton Cummings and the Crash ‘n’ Bash Demo Derby.

Improvements to the grounds over the years have contributed to success.

“There was a time when people weren’t sure what they were going to get on a rainy day. We’ve grown out of the mud-bowl parking days,” said Regier.

“Our significant gains have been in the paved parking, the placement of the midway on pavement, the good lighting all over the park, the addition of the new washrooms — all with flush toilets — and we’re going to add at least two more next year. The Trade Centre has allowed us to do so much programming without the fear of standing in the rain.”

Schlosser said a lot of “little service things add up. The washrooms were important. We’re delivering better refreshment service in the main grandstand. We keep up the beautification aspect – the benches and picnic tables, more greenery, more seating in the arts area, big sofas just inside the main For instance, next year a little bit of terrientrance. We’ll do more renovations in the tory between the main midway and the chilfoyers between the halls. A little bit of comdren’s midway will be spaced more tightly fort goes a long way.” so that the number of rides can be increased “We want all of our buildings to look from 48. right and present an image of which we’re Schlosser has brought attractions to the proud,” Regier said. “We have a lineup of grounds which are repeatedly strong. capital projects we want to undertake.”

In Hall C of the Trade Centre, the TerBasically, only two buildings — the Ag rance B hypnotism show was attracting Centre and one hall within the Trade Centre 1,000 a sitting for each of three daily shows.

— go unused during the Exhibition. Mostly On the same stage, MANA Cirque Fantaiit is a question of making the best of the siste played to 1,000 twice a day.

“Given the days when we had children’s space.

“We think we present high-class entershows in the afternoon, we had beyond 6,500 tainment, which I think is above and beyond occupying space in front that stage,” said other summer fairs in Canada. It is always Schlosser. a question of keeping it new, fresh, and The President’s Choice Superdogs averdelivering full value for the ticket,” said aged 2,000 for each of their three shows a Schlosser. day.

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Dedicated levies pave way to greater transparency

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uestion: In the new proposal for paving roads and fixing sidewalks, what is the process to ensure moneys collected for those repairs will be used in this manner?

Mayor Atchison: Great question. It gets to the heart of the issue of transparency and accountability. When you provide your hard-earned money to the City you should ask: “Are those dollars really going to fix roads and fix sidewalks?”

I believe this funding needs to be in the form of a levy — a dedicated levy used only for streets, roads, sidewalks and back lanes. When you put that money into general revenue, over a period of time it erodes.

In other words the money just disappears into other projects.

Ask the And then one day you have to go back to the taxpayers asking for more. That’s not right. I truly believe the best way is to have dedicated levies.

These levies should have sunset clauses on them, so every five or 10 years if they are no longer required they are removed. The taxpayer shouldn’t be burdened with other programs being funded from what was once dedicated dollars. It may be programs they aren’t in favour of.

If politicians in the future want to spend those dollars on something else, should they have to go to the public and let the people know what they want to spend the money on?

We need this fund to be open and transparent. So in my mind the biggest

thing is dedicated levies. When people ask “Where’s the money?” you know those dollars are going to streets, sidewalks and lanes, not some pet project. One purpose and one purpose only.

Question: Can you ask the mayor when the railway crossing at Lorne Avenue (south of the Circle Drive bridge) will be rebuilt and levelled? I was hauling a motorcycle on the back of a truck and it jolted it so hard it snapped the tie-down strap at just under 60 kmh.

Mayor Atchison: We’ve been trying for a long time to encourage CN to partner with us and White Cap Dakota First Nation to build an overpass at that level crossing on Lorne Avenue. But it all boils down to Mayor money and who is going to pay for what. In the city right now we have a lot of infrastructure projects that require our attention, and overpasses are certainly among our top priorities. We are finishing up on the Preston overpass right now. At this time we hope we can encourage and convince CN, the federal government and the provincial government this would be a good investment for the safety and security of everyone on the roads.

Question: Are level crossings a city responsibility?

Mayor Atchison: No, that’s actually the responsibility of the railways. They are responsible for the integrity of the rail system, and therefore they don’t allow the city to get on there to fix anything. Be-

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cause something could happen, the railway companies want to be solely responsible for their own repairs. And quite frankly, I understand where they are coming from.

Question: On a recent drive southeast of Saskatoon, I was surprised by the number of estate-styled housing developments.

I know these are common in most areas outside the city. What is Mayor Atchison’s view on these developments? What are the pluses and minuses to these developments from the city’s perspective?

Mayor Atchison: I don’t think we have time or space to answer this question in its entirety today. This is one of the keys to future development of the Saskatoon region. It is a huge question and a fundamental question about urban growth and rural sprawl. We have been working hard on our Regional Plan for Growth. This will outline our future planning district that would grow us to one million or perhaps 1.2 million people.

When you see those numbers, people ask is that realistic. I can tell you right now if you look to the history of Calgary some 50 years ago it was the same size as Saskatoon is now (about a quarter of a million people). Today Calgary is 1.2 million people and perhaps as many as 1.6 million in the greater Calgary area. That city grew on oil.

Here in Saskatoon we have potash. We

have uranium. We have gold. We have diamonds. We have rare-earth minerals.

We have transportation. We have agriculture. We do 38 per cent of all the ag-bio research in Canada. We are the largest steel fabricators west of Toronto. We have a tremendous university with world-class research facilities. All of that combined will push us forward toward a future growth of more than a million people. So with rural developments or rural sprawl now and in the future, what we really need is planned and well-organized development.

We want people who move to rural areas for that lifestyle to have the security they will be able to enjoy that lifestyle for decades to come. We don’t want anyone to find out 20 years from now there is an oil refinery across the street from them, or a hog processing plant, or a cattle plant or feed lot. The idea is to have well-planned, good smart growth throughout our region.

Our plan for the future combines the interests of First Nations such as English River, Cowessess and Red Pheasant, and communities such as Martensville, Warman and of the RM of Corman Park. Working together we can accomplish so much more.

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Ford covered the biggest stories in Saskatoon

(Continued from page 1) no file footage and no knowledge of what made Saskatoon tick, the pair managed to form a team and helped launch the STV station just after Labour Day. Meanwhile husband Bill, also in broadcasting, was the play-by-play man for the Blades hockey club.

“I did the weather at 6 p.m. and anchored the 10:30 p.m. news,” said Ford. “I enjoyed both these things very much but tried to report when I could. I missed being out there. I think that’s what made me start to think more about taking a decisionmaking role. I found myself wanting to have more of a say in the content and news gathering.”

In December 1987, Ford’s life changed again. She was pregnant with her first son (Logan).

“Good timing, eh?” she said. “I was the first on-air person in Saskatoon to ever be pregnant on television. This actually brought me a lot of hate mail and nasty phone calls from some viewers calling me things like disgusting — just what a hormonal female needs to hear. However, there were many kind gestures from viewers as well.”

Throughout and after her pregnancy, Ford continued anchoring but was also given more responsibility in the newsroom. In 1991, the station’s news director moved, and Ford was given the job. In April 2012, she was promoted to become both Global Saskatoon’s station manager and news director. “I am very grateful to have been able to keep the news director role. I don’t think I could ever completely let go of my love for news-gathering,” she said.

Looking back at over 25 years of news in Saskatoon, Ford has covered some of the biggest stories that have played out in the city.

“The Martensville child-care scandal JW11032.H19 was huge in the early ’90s,” she said. “We James also covered many stories with Joyce Mil-

gaard when she came to Saskatoon trying to convince anyone who would listen that her son was innocent. Turns out she was right.

“We got exclusive footage of Larry Fisher (who was then under the spotlight for the crime) trying to leave Saskatoon under a cloud of darkness. We subsequently covered his trial where he was proven to be the actual murderer of nursing assistant Gail Miller, thanks to DNA technology.”

Ford’s love for news and current events extends into the world of sports. A selfprofessed sports nut, she deems baseball “the most romantic game on earth” and the ballpark her “happy place.” For that passion for sports, she credits her rural Saskatchewan upbringing and her grandmother.

“Watching the players and fans with the cars parked around the diamond so they could turn their lights on when it got dark was pretty much like watching the big leagues to us,” said Ford. “My grandmother shared her love of the Montreal Expos with me. It was something we always enjoyed doing together: watching a ball game, breaking it down and sometimes even keeping score in our own scorebooks.”

Ford’s husband Bill was a ball player, playing in the same league their son Logan played and now coaches in. At 17, Logan made the Canada Cup team, catching the eye of numerous prestigious universities and going on to attend Newman University in Kansas, where he received his degree in Criminal Justice with honours. Logan also played with the local Saskatoon Yellow Jackets for four years, becoming the team’s pitching coach in 2012 and head coach in 2013.

“During the years Logan played ball, I volunteered as the official team scorekeeper and statistician. Now that’s a stressful job!” said Ford. “My kids grew up at the ballpark watching their dad, and then their dad and I watching them. There can be

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communities like ours, especially when we don’t have professional teams.”

Ford has seen some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting come through her station’s doors, from TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen to Sportsnet’s RJ Broadhead and Roger Millions. Saskatoon’s Wray Morrison, provincial sports director at Rawlco Radio and a former TSN broadcaster, worked alongside Ford in 1987 when STV launched, and for nine years after that.

“Lisa has always had tremendous people skills, striving to work together, instead of having employees work ‘for her,’” said Morrison. “When she moved in to management it was very important for her to have a tight-knit team, and she accomplished that. She always made sure that we in sports had the resources in place to have the best local content in the market in the late ᾿80s and early ᾿90s. She was a very solid, credible anchor, and it didn’t take long for her to move in to the news Lisa Ford in 1987 director’s chair, because of her passion for chaos in my life, whether professionally or journalism.”

Ford stays in touch with some of the personally, but once I get to the ballpark, it station’s former broadcasters. is all gone.”

“One person I have kept in touch with Ford’s youngest son Hayden, 20, has is Jay (Onrait, former TSN broadcaster taken a few steps in mom’s broadcasting footsteps, hosting a radio show called now based out of Los Angeles with Fox News’ new sports channel),” said Ford.

RCMP on CFCR community radio every “I will sometimes get an out-of-the-blue Monday at 4 p.m. “I know I am biased, email or a sarcastic Tweet from him. He but I think he sounds pretty awesome on once jokingly asked if I would keep his the air! He is our beautiful, eclectic, free job open here, because he was pretty sure spirit,” she said. “He too played baseball and loved it, but was also into musical the- they were going to fire him at TSN for his antics.” atre and excelled at drama in high school Ford points to a recent event as one — even playing the tuba in the Marion of the pinnacles of her career so far. “I Graham band.” was terribly humbled and honoured when Ford reiterates her belief in the imthe lovely Lisa Dutton nominated me for portance of sports and local media. “We have a commitment to cover sports at the a 2013 YWCA Women of Distinction award,” she said. grassroots, junior and local levels,” she “While I didn’t win, I sure felt like a said. “It is critical to be involved with the winner being piped in with all those remarkcommunity. We are evolving how we do able women — women who quietly make a this all the time, but local sports coverage will always be important to tight-knit difference in Saskatoon every single day.”

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the age of four he grew up playing the fiddle in a family band with his two sisters and his father on the accordion. ‘The Sawitsky Family Fiddlers’ performed all across North America. From there he developed a successful performing and recording career.

He has performed not only across North America, but also across Europe. Since 2009 he has released three award nominated albums. He is also the 2012 winner of the Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Arts Award, a Western Canadian Music Award and a People’s Choice Award at the Independent Music Awards. We are very proud to showcase this very talented and successful Saskatchewan artist at Ukrainian Day in the Park. Patrons at the festival will have an opportunity to purchase his CDs, as well as get his autograph.

SE: What’s on the menu this year?

MB: There is quite a variety of food available this year. Of course there will be varenyky (perogies) and cabbage rolls. But other items on the menu will be meatballs, shashlyky, smokies on a bun, hamburgers and hot dogs. For dessert there will be scuffles, poppy seed slice, poppy seed danish, watermelon, Saskatoon berry crumble pie, kutia (which is a traditional Ukrainian dish at Christmas) and popcorn and candy.

SE: If I’m not Ukrainian, why should I come out?

MB: You do not have to be Ukrainian to enjoy Ukrainian Day in the Park. It is a fun event for everyone, young and old.

Best of all, there is no admission charge.

Bring a lawn chair and come enjoy the spirit of our Ukrainian community, culture, heritage and hospitality.

SE: Who should we thank for bringing us this event?

MB: Ukrainian Day in the Park is hosted by The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Saskatoon branch. The Ukrainian Day in the Park planning committee is made up of eighteen hardworking individuals who have been planning this event since last September. We were very fortunate this year to receive many sponsors and grants that have helped us immensely with our festival. Our event sponsor is SIGA through the Dakota Dunes Casino. Our stage show sponsor is PotashCorp of Saskatchewan.

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by New Community Credit Union, Fam-

f you’re reading this, live in Saskatchewan and have a heartbeat, the odds are pretty good you’re either Ukrainian or know someone who is.

On Sunday August 24, 2013, the Saskatoon branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress is proud to present the city’s 13th annual Ukrainian Day in the Park. Kicking off at noon in Victoria Park (on the riverbank, a few blocks south of the Farmer’s Market), this year promises another full day of Ukrainian family fun.

Marlene Bodnar, chair of the 2013 Ukrainian Day in the Park planning committee sat down with the Saskatoon Express to chat about this year’s festivities.

Saskatoon Express: After being rained out in 2012, this year you’re back and better than ever. What familiar fun can people expect from 2013’s event? What’s new Marlene Bodnar: People can once again expect great food, entertainment, beer gardens offering Ukrainian Beer as well as domestic beer, a lot of children’s activities, souvenir vendors, and cultural displays and demonstrations. This year we will be having a 50/50 lottery running during the day’s festival. With only 5,000 tickets available at $1.00 per ticket, someone could win up to $2,500. Tickets will go on sale at noon when the festival opens, and the draw will be made by 5:30 p.m. during the stage concert. We will not be having our traditional balloon launch at the end of the stage concert; we decided to try something different this year. If you want know what that will be, you will have to come to the festival and see for yourself.

SE: What does this event mean to the Ukrainian community in Saskatoon?

MB: For those of us who practice and appreciate Ukrainian traditions, this is an opportunity to reinforce and maintain our sense of identity. It also is an opportunity to give Ukrainian Canadians who are losing or have lost their ties with their Ukrainian roots an increased awareness of their heritage. Further, it is an opportunity to showcase our heritage to the broader community.

SE: Karrnnel Sawitsky is headlining this year. Can you tell me a bit about him?

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MB: As many Saskatoon residents will remember, the festival was cancelled in 2012 due to the weather. This year we have booked an alternate location in case of inclement weather. If the

weather is not suitable for an outdoor event, we will be moving indoors to the Saskatoon Kinsmen Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in Lawson Heights.

Ukrainian Day in the Park is on Facebook: www. facebook.com/UkrainianDayinthePark, and on Twitter: @DayInPark.

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y bad news last week was that cost of living in our boom city. my vehicle will require well over We must resign ourselves to the fact $800 for replacement/repair of that we will pay a dedicated tax to fix our the rim and tire, and a wheel alignment. broken roads. The question is whether This uninsured damage resulted from hit- it will be a base tax of $170 per houseting a water-filled pothole. This bad news hold, or an approximate three-per-cent came on the eve of council’s preliminary tax increase. “Everyone drives the roads; debate on increasing taxation to repair Sas- everyone uses the roads. I think it (a base katoon’s dismal roadway infrastructure. tax) is fair,” Coun. Tiffany Paulsen said.

It wasn’t just the double I agree with her. Even if you whammy of car repairs and don’t own a car, you use the increased taxation that greatly roads when you take a bus or incensed me, but the attitude taxi, ride your bike or simply of some councillors that they cross streets. These roads are are doing taxpayers a favour by used by ambulances, fire and finally fixing what they broke. police vehicles that provide Speaking to the special needed services to every housetax issue, Ward 8 Coun. Eric hold.

Olauson stated: “If we need to “I’m not willing to make increase taxes to do it, let’s do policy based on the thoughts of it.”

11,000 residents who filled out To his credit, although Columnist a civic survey,” Jefferies said in agreeing with a dedicated tax response to a base tax. increase for roadway rehabilitation, he also Just how many citizens have to respond stated that he wants the budget trimmed in before Jefferies takes public feedback other areas to offset some of the roadway seriously? And how many people were levy. “We need to fix our infrastructure, surveyed to convince council the public our roads, and our city. Those are needs.

Once we deal with those, we can deal with was in support of this dedicated tax that things we want,” he was quoted as saying Jefferies agrees with? He is in for a rude awakening since much of council’s previin The StarPhoenix.

Thank you to Coun. Olauson for being ous spending was decided on far lesser taxpayer input. a voice of reason, although he may be a Ward 6 Coun. Charlie Clark stated: voice crying in the wilderness when deal“I absolutely do not support a move to a ing with his colleagues on council.

On the other hand, wet-behind-the-ears base- tax model.”

He thinks it is a dangerous precedent.

Ward 10 Coun. Zach Jefferies said: “Those who tell you they are going to lower taxes By that I assume he means other services or keep them the same are either crazy or will move towards that taxation model.

But we already have that model with recythey are lying to you.” cling and the “temporary” flood-tax levy.

Was he that glib when running for council 10 short months ago? Perhaps this And certainly garbage pick-up fees are on the horizon.

26-year-old councillor should listen his elder (Olauson) who was also elected 10 The mayor in one breath says, “What months ago, but brings more life experiI heard overwhelmingly was that citizens ence and a better understanding of belea- were willing to pay $170, not a three-perguered taxpayers’ views to the council cent increase.” chamber.

When asked which option he preferred, What these new councillors should he responded with: “I am open to and rebe asking city administration, the mayor ceptive to a plan that gets our roads fixed.” and seasoned councillors is why was road So much for citizen input. maintenance so short-funded over the last In reality, with an entry-level home valdecade? And where were the tax dollars ued at about $300,000, the majority of us we paid for road maintenance spent over will be paying near the $170 base tax levy that period? anyway. The problem with a percentage inThe answers will be, in part, numerous crease is that dollar amount can go up each expensive capital projects. Apparently we year, especially if it is compounded on the wanted all these projects more than we previous increase. On an annual base tax, needed passable roads. And of course we you know each year what you will pay, and were told all these “wants” would serve to you can expect that. After the proposed attract people to our city, increase tourism three years, this cost is eliminated. and expand our tax base.

If you repeat something often enough, For example, aside from public use we people will begin to believe it is true. So were told the $50-million Shaw Aquatic when councillors justify tax increases by Centre would attract international swim repeatedly telling us that we have a low competitions and thousands of visitors to tax rate compared to other unnamed cities, stimulate the local economy. Yet acthat doesn’t necessarily make it true. But cording to leisure services manager Cary if it were, why is that a bad thing? Wasn’t Humphrey, leisure service revenues are advertising our cheap land costs what down and particularly at this aquatic facility. His solution is better marketing to lured new residents into our midst? Maybe advertising cheap taxes will attract more increase the use of and revenue from our leisure venues. The City built this facility residents, and we will benefit from an supposedly because of public demand. So economy of scale.

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ick Mah grew up in the restaurant his parents owned. During those years, he discovered it is a business he would never pursue.

Here we are decades later and what has Mah gone and done? Yup, opened a restaurant.

Mah, his son (Dave) and Dave’s friend (Mackenzie Clare) hit the streets last week with their food truck – the Pineapple Express. “Mackenzie is the handy man and the mechanical guy. Dave is the creative mind behind this project; the idea, the menu, recipes and signage are all his doing. “I am the anchor. I keep Mackenzie and Dave grounded by reminding them that the food truck is simply a restaurant on wheels. Anyone that has been involved in the restaurant business will attest to the enormous amount of work involved. I like to also think that Mackenzie and Dave wanted me to join them in this venture because of my vast experience and knowledge. But the real reason is they don’t have to pay me,� he said with a laugh.

Mah, a retired letter carrier, laughs a lot as he talks about his life coming full circle. “I wanted no part of a restaurant. This evolved and I am up to my neck in it now,� he said.

Mah said Dave’s initial plan was to get a hot dog cart. That was in May. Dave (who owns Way of the Dragon Martial Arts) thought a cart would supplement his income during the slowest time of the year at the gym.

With talk of having food trucks on city streets, the plan changed. It grew big time.

The truck (purchased in Regina) is impossible to miss, thanks to the paint job done by Sirvis, a Saskatoon graffiti artist. “It isn’t exactly what we requested him to do, but dealing with graffiti artists isn’t the same as going to Maaco!� Mah said. “Overall we’re happy. The colours are vivid and the design is eye-catching, which is what we wanted.�

As the name suggests, pineapple dishes are served through the truck’s window. “We wanted something unique, different but simple,� Mah said. “My son came up with this grilled pineapple on a skewer (the Pineapple Experience) that

Rick Mah, Mackenzie Clare and Dave Mah own the Pineapple Express (Photo by Amanda Adam) is soaked in this secret sauce he has developed. You grill them for four or five minutes and they are really yummy.�

Also served from the truck are the Pineapple Explosion (grilled pineapple served on ice cream or yogurt) and the Pineapple Extreme (a pineapple milkshake).

Mah said the truck was well received on its maiden stop at the Fringe Festival. “The response was overwhelmingly positive. One customer ordered two milkshakes on Sunday and came back three more times on Monday. He drank five milkshakes himself. Of course I told him they are very healthy milkshakes.�

He said it is not like the restaurant his parents owned. “It’s almost like not working.

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Now, the penny is gone, a nickel for your thoughts?

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I remember practice teaching and being placed esterday I spotted a penny while walking down the street. I smiled, slightly in sadness, with a professional who referred to certain students as “bright young pennies.� I had the image of thinking this was probably one of the last continuously needing to shine those pennies working times I’ll see a discarded penny. I picked it up and to keep up their brightness. tucked it in my pocket.

Have you ever visited the conservatory at the Normally I would have given it to the first person Mendel Art Gallery? Perhaps you have made a wish I saw, wishing them good luck. Yes, some are a little tossing your penny over your shoulder? taken aback, but most smile while accepting With the loss of the penny, did the price the gift. This time I decided to keep the luck of a wish just go up? all to myself.

Will people stop putting their “two Earlier this year, the federal government cents� in? decided to take the bright copper coin out of Will we stop referring to others as “a circulation. bad penny?�

A penny is not worth much unless you Worst of all, will we ever again learn put it together with 99 others. Then you the lesson Benjamin Franklin tried to have a dollar and the start of something teach us: “A penny saved is a penny bigger. And don’t you know, just like the earned?� song says, “every time it rains, it rains Looking at the dire straits of many pennies from heaven.� national economies and the charging I’ve always been partial to pennies, rate of debt, it is a lesson we could still recognizing the “little-guy� potential in each Columnist stand to learn. one. It surprises me the ease with which Over the years I have kept pennies many people can overlook a penny as not (especially the lucky ones) in a box above my worth much. But I’ve always been able to see the fireplace. Today my grandsons will visit, and they love potential. I’ve always been lucky. to roll up the pennies into a coin roll. Maybe those Have you ever been asked “a penny for your moments are my lucky pennies paying me off. thoughts?� What a lovely way to ask “What’s on Times do change and we seem to roll along with your mind?� What a romantic way to engage in a conversation. Many a time, I knew the person posing them. Still, it saddens me to say good-bye to the the question wouldn’t be getting their money’s worth, penny.

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Shannon Tweed-Simmons found her father’s grave last week. For more than 30 years it was unmarked in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Tweed was in Newfoundland with her daughter, sister and her sister’s family. Her husband, Gene Simmons, was there too, along with his band, KISS. On their first visit to the cemetery they couldn’t find the spot where her father rests. How could they? It was unmarked in a sea of headstones.

Donald K. Tweed died in March 1981 after suffering a heart attack. He was 50 years old.

A retired supervisor of the cemetery (Lester Stoyles) read in the The Telegram in St. John’s that Tweed was in Newfoundland looking for her father’s final resting spot. Stoyles knew where Donald Tweed was buried and helped the family find it. Now a wooden cross stands over it. It will soon be replaced with a headstone.

Donald Tweed moved from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland in the early 1950s, worked on a mink farm and eventually owned his own.

He was in a serious car accident in 1966 and spent 13 months in a coma. He spent another 10 years in hospital recovering from injuries.

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stack up Tweed and his wife eventually separated, with to be! her moving their seven children to Saskatoon.

Shannon kept in touch with her father over the years. Her sister Kim would fly him to Saskatoon. Shannon would save tips from a waitressing job and drive to Newfoundland, according to an account in The Telegram.

He was proud of his daughter. “My daughter Shannon Tweed is a successful model in Toronto,� he told Decks EXPRESS Awash magazine. “Her picture will be on the JW11029.H19 cover of En Route magazine.�

He knew she was going to be on the cover James of Playboy magazine, but died before it was published. â€œâ€˜â€Ś Do whatever you can, whatever you can, because look at me; you never know what could happen. Don’t pass up an opportunity or say you’re going to do something later.

Just do everything you want to do and don’t worry about what everyone thinks about it,’’’ Tweed-Simmons said in an interview with Tara Bradbury of The Telegram.

She was at his funeral, but the rest is a blur.

She couldn’t remember where the funeral was held and didn’t know her father’s grave had no headstone.

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Since Synergy 8 Community Builders, a group of Saskatonians working to make nother year, another community the city a better place, began hosting the project, another celebrity golfer. tournament five years ago, it has raised $1.3 The legendary Tom Watson is million for various community projects. that golfer. The project is the fifth annual They include the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health bus, a rebuild Synergy 8 Community Builders fundraising of the Crisis Nursery, an ultrasound machine initiative. Money raised this year will go to for pediatrics and fetal assessment, and a building the backyard of the newly renopediatric ambulance. vated Ronald McDonald House.

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chool is right around the corner, and that means organizers are busy preparing ways to welcome new students. And at the University of Saskatchewan, organizers have many new ways to help make life easier for those entering post-secondary.

New this year is the University of Saskatchewan’s Welcome Centre. Staff and upper-year students will be available to answer questions and help students get settled (even on the weekend). From August 28 to September 3, students who stop by the Welcome Centre can pick up a schedule of welcome activities, get a Student Guide, ask questions, and even go on guided tours.

The Student Guide is another new addition, and it’s intended to help undergraduate and graduate students successfully transition to university.

“Attending university for the first time can be an overwhelming experience and finding the right place to ask the right questions can be a daunting task—even tracking down the correct web page can be tricky at first,” explains Meghan Sired, Communications Coordinator of Student and Enrolment Services Division. “This guide has a travel guide look and feel and explains, in a succinct way, university services and opportunities available to all students.”

It also includes specific information for international, Aboriginal and graduate students.

“A number of units across campus create guides for specific groups of students, but with the creation of this new guide, colleges, for example, will now be able to focus on communicating college-specific information to their students,” adds Sired. “This saves staff time and is much more cost effective.”

Also new this year is the website students.usask.ca/new. It will launch at the end of this month, and students are encouraged to visit the site throughout August, September and October, which will help them get to know the university. The new site is meant to compile all the information students need in one place so they don’t have to search for it.

The website is divided into three categories, making it easy for students to find what they’re looking for: • Things To Do lists important tasks students should complete in the first few weeks and months here and lists all the welcome events taking place in September; RS31229.H19 Rob

• Things To Know outlines important information, including rules, phrases and abbreviations we use at the university and tips for adapting to university life; • Things For You lets students search for the types of services they’re looking for (such as business, health and fitness, academic or technology support) and provides information about that service and shows the location of it on an interactive map.

Students can also visit the U of S’ Ask US Facebook page, facebook.com/ askusask. Students can post a question on the Ask US Facebook page or via a private message and a university staff member will respond. Ask US also posts information about programs, events and services for students.

And every year, there is a two-day orientation, this year on September 3 and 4. The first day is the main event that all new students are encouraged to attend. Attendees will be grouped with other new students and a currentstudent group leader to take a guided tour of campus and attend the LIVE Expo information fair (where college representatives, campus clubs, student services and other vendors are available to answer students’ questions and show them how they can get involved). In the afternoon, college representatives will provide information sessions to showcase their areas of study and facilities There are additional welcome activities for specific groups of students on the second day, and these include the Aboriginal First-Year Student Welcome is being hosted by the Aboriginal Students’ Centre (ASC); the International Student Welcome will be offered by the International Student and Study Abroad Centre (ISSAC); St. Thomas More Col-

lege students can attend the St. Thomas More College Student Welcome; and Greystone Scholars are invited to attend the Greystone Scholar Sneak Peek, hosted by the Greystone Scholars Society, a student group made up of the university’s top, high-achieving students.

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• Read the information in our Student Guide and on students.usask.ca/new • Take advantage of the many student services available (like the Aboriginal Students Centre, International Student and Study Abroad Centres, Student Central, USSU Pride Centre, USSU Women’s Centre, USSU Help Centre, Student Health and Counselling Services) • Give yourself time to adapt. Stay confident and positive.

• Keep in touch with your family and friends.

• Establish simple goals and celebrate each success.

• Make a list of all the positive things that have happened to you since you started university • Participate in university-organised activities to make new friends • Volunteer or take up a hobby that will help you meet people and make friends • If there is something you did at home to help relieve stress keep doing it (like jogging or listening to music) More tips, written by students, can be found at students.usask.ca/new under Things to Know (Adapting to university life)

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Saskatoon Public Schools Summer Literacy Camps a great success

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he Saskatoon Public School Division continues to find success with its summer literacy camps, this summer in part due to a generous donation from the Turnquist Family.

The camps are geared towards students who have been identified as benefitting from access to reading during the summer in order to help them avoid “summer slippage” in reading and writing, according to Superintendent of Education, Lisa Fleming. In its third year, the program is an extension of the SPSD’s ten year old “Literacy For Life” program, and was developed by Lorraine Benthan and Jill Monahan.

The camp is offered in 11 schools, each with two teachers and 12 students from grades one through four, and is run between 9:00 and 12:00 everyday, starting two weeks before the new school year begins. “It lets the kids participating hit the ground running when September rolls around. They’re ready to go on the first day of school,” Fleming explains. Keeping in mind that children learn better if they are active and properly nourished, the kids also take “lots of energy and nutrition breaks. They do fun things like learning to juggle scarves, or balancing peacock feathers on their nose.”

Family involvement is also encouraged, and each student takes home a

Just Right Book every day to read with their family. This helps, says Fleming, to solidify the idea of literacy as a family activity “where you turn off the technology and spend time together with books”. Parents also attend the graduation ceremony, held this year on August 19th at the Forestry Farm. “It is important that the kids are recognized for their hard work, and it is as important that our sponsors and especially our families are thanked for their support,” Fleming notes. And although some of the students are referred to the program because English is their second language, Fleming insists that it is also important for these students and their families to “encourage the development of primary language literacy in the home, too. Having literacy in two languages gives kids a great advantage.”

Fleming is very pleased with the program’s results, saying that students involved in extra literacy programs have shown increased reading abilities in grade six, transition better to grade 9, and have an increased chance of graduating on time from grade 12. She says the school division hopes to see the program increase to full days in the future, with more of an actual day-camp feel.

If you are looking for ways to continue to encourage your child’s literacy during summer, Fleming has some

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children have continued access to libraries over summer months. “And play together,” she says, adding “go to where your child is, and encourage them to let their imagination decide where you go.”

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New spaces for students

reater Saskatoon Catholic Schools is seeing “incredible growth,” with more than 550 new students expected this September, says Diane Boyko, chair of the school division’s Board of Education.

“We’re thrilled that so many parents are choosing a spiritual education for their children, and want their children to be inspired to serve others,” Boyko says.

The new students are part of a trend since 2011, the division’s student population has grown by 1200 students.

Making a Difference

In serving its growing enrolment, GSCS maintains its focus on having students achieve their full potential both academically and personally. “I have great faith that what we’re doing is creating people who care about others from generation to generation, which for us is doing the work of Jesus Christ,” says Boyko.

In 2011, GSCS created a partnership with the Friendship Inn in order to help students learn about Saskatoon’s less fortunate and to provide the Inn with donations of much-needed food staples.

But rather than simply bringing a donation, students learn about local poverty and hunger and what they can do to make a difference. The donations are important though – last year’s contributions saved the Friendship Inn about $11,000 – almost half its yearly food budget.

Excellence in Learning

In the classroom, students are taught to be curious and to think critically.

More and more often, this happens through inquiry-based learning. With their teacher’s guidance, students ask questions in class, seek their own answers and work together to solve problems.

In some instances, they are using technology like computer notebooks and Ipods to do their schoolwork.

“The ways we learn have expanded,” Boyko explains. “We keep up to date with and teach our students the latest technology and how to use that technology to broaden their minds. We want them to graduate with full knowledge of what is out there, and to not be reticent about asking or answering questions.”

To accommodate its growth, GSCS is in the midst of major renovations at three schools.

More than $40-million is being spent to update and expand Holy Cross High School and Georges Vanier and St. Matthew elementary schools.

In other areas, portable classrooms have been added to schools in recent years.

Meanwhile, Holy Family elementary school is under construction in Willowgrove and will open in September 2014.

Last fall, the division opened the new $18.9-million St. Mary’s Wellness and Educa-

tion Centre in Pleasant Hill. While grateful for construction under way in the division, Boyko says she and her colleagues continuing to let the provincial government know there are additional Saskatoon neighbourhoods that need schools.

A diverse student body

As enrolment has grown, the number of New Canadians needing English as an Additional Language (EAL) programming has increased, from 267 students in 2007 to 1400 in June 2013. GSCS recently held a one-day summit to find out what is working well with its 40year-old EAL program and how it can be made even better. People from all levels of government, newcomer groups, school staff, students and parents and organizations like the police service and Saskatoon Health region all attended the summit.

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ucked away on a dusty road at the edge of Warman sits a compound full of skeletons.

Andrew Faris, owner of Graveyard Restorations, trudges from one building to another lugging a steel rod in one hand.

It’s an uncharacteristically hot summer day — as still as a grasshopper on a blade of grass. But Faris emanates cool from under his black ball cap and long-sleeved T-shirt.

Faris, born and raised in Saskatoon, is an artist in his own right and on his way to becoming a legend in his industry. Faris, 36, has loved “fixing up” automobiles since he was a boy working by his father’s side.

Stepping through the doors of one of Faris’s warehouses is a bit like walking into a graveyard, with the bones of both old and new vehicles lying in wait. As the name Graveyard Restorations implies, those bones are far from dead. Instead, they await their transformation into something amazing — for Faris to breathe new life into them.

“I already have the car built in my head,” said Faris, gesturing towards the sleek, bare metal frame of a 1968 Ford Cougar. He then launched into a laundry list of modifications he has planned. “We follow a plan, but there’s always lastminute decisions made on the fly.”

Faris is getting ready for this weekend’s Show and Shine in Saskatoon, presented

by Rawlco Radio’s Rock 102 FM. He’ll be showing the Cougar and a 1930s-era Ford.

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out into the community and to see what’s new on the car scene.

Not that Faris is any stranger to that scene on either a local or a global scale.

His custom creations have been showstoppers at Las Vegas’s famous Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show. Back at home he starts with a vision, then brings it to reality for clients from all over Canada.

“I do the design work alongside a contact out of Texas,” Faris said. “We bounce ideas back and forth until it gets to a scale drawing. All the custom work is done here, with one-off machine work coming out of California and Kentucky.”

Faris’s clients may already have an old vintage automobile they want customized, or he can even source that aspect of the project.

“With the old muscle cars, there’s often a lot of nostalgia,” said Faris. “Sometimes it’s just a client with a dream of owning a one-of-a-kind custom automobile. Either way, there’s a lot of thought put into each piece. And a lot of work. A straight restoration can be done in three months, while the detailed custom pieces can take as many as 5,000- or 6,000-man hours to put together.”

Faris points out that in addition to looking amazing, the vehicle has to be functional and safe, especially with the amount of horsepower they have under the hood.

You can catch Andrew Faris and Graveyard Restorations at the Show and Shine, kicking off in downtown Saskatoon on Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. Show and Shine festivities run all weekend. For more information and a schedule of events, visit ssw.rock102rocks.com.

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his is an exciting time of the year. in a wagon. There were a number of times Soon students will return to when he would phone to say he was short school with new dreams of the of milk or something. Of course I did incredible world of education. From everything I could to help because he was kindergarten or post-secondary, it’s an working so hard. Today he is a successful avenue that opens doors like no other. I lawyer in Prince Albert. He did it all by draw inspiration from those who overcame determination and hard work. life’s obstacles to reach a goal they once There are many people I know whose thought never possible. lives completely changed I have a friend who lives in through education. It starts Prince Albert. His wife fell into with the desire to make a the world of extreme substance difference, either with their abuse. She tried and tried to own life or to help others who beat her demons, but in the end walked a similar path. the demons took her life. My I was a part of the formation friend was left to look after four of the Won Ska Cultural children, ranging from a new School in Prince Albert. This born to a preteen. school is for youth who have He was working, but now as dropped out and want to go a single father he couldn’t afford back to complete high school.

Columnist child care. We were talking one There was a young man in the day and he was telling me he had school who struggled with to go back to school in order to support issues at home. But he continued. I got his children. He first had to complete high to know him and could tell he was going school. Many of his friends and family somewhere. looked after the children while he was in A few years later I was walking through class. the education college at the University of He received his high-school diploma Saskatchewan. I heard someone call my and immediately enrolled in a pre-law name. And there he was. He was in his first program. I remember driving through year in Education, and his dream was to be Saskatoon and seeing him walking down a a teacher at Won Ska. Today he is. All it street. He was carrying the baby, holding took was an education. another child’s hand and pulling another KNOSKYE2012@live.com

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Saskatoon busker’s music hits a new stage Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express

Shawn Semchuk is having a CD-release party Aug. 30 at the Broadway Theatre (Photo by Amanda Adam) make ends meet or that kind of thing. It is an interesting process to find which words match up with which chords.”

The chords he uses on the album are mostly D and E minor.

“It is the stuff a guitar player listening at home in their bedroom can really get into and know where to find the chords immediately. As a growing guitar player, if it sounded replicable in the home sense it was probably going to become one of my favourite songs to play.”

And play and play and play.

Semchuk has been busking since 2007.

He says it makes him a better musician.

“It is an exercise in practice but also in discipline. There are a lot of musicians going after the money, but it’s important to do it for other reasons. People are very benevolent with their tipping at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market, but it is not always about that. Sometimes you need exposure to people, not playing to your bedroom wall.

“It is great that Saskatoon businesses are receptive to buskers in the better sense, although there are still some that think it is panhandling. I am not down with panhandling. The two are different entities entirely. You have singing in the street making an atmosphere in the city, and you have people with their hats. There is a lot of room in Canada for busking and for beautifying the neighbourhood.”

The busking and his day job (Bernard Harden & Huyse Chocolates) finance his music. He has been making chocolates for six years after being recruited right out of an outlet at the Midtown Plaza food court.

Now Semchuck and band mates David Grosse (bass) and Allan Hundeby (drums) are ready to share their work. While Semchuk is the primary writer, Grosse contributed one song to the album (Standing Water). It is dedicated to his father, who died in 2005.

Semchuk said the album is gritty with influences such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Alice in Chains. Neil Young and Led Zeppelin and classic rock are definitely found in his arrangements, he said. The album was made at Mosaic Music in Prince Albert. “Rich McFarlane, the recording tech, was dynamic to work with.”

The show at the Broadway Theatre will JW11022.H19 be the Jamesband’s second.

“Our first was in Estevan in June. That was kind of a getting our feet wet with how we perform live and what kind of vibe we want to propel.”

He said the Broadway Theatre is a perfect venue for the CD release. He said wouldn’t want to do it in a bar setting. “l think with any good rock show or any music that is constructed artistically you want people in a theatre mind frame so they are sitting there enjoying a presentation. This is more ‘take an hour out and enjoy a good show in Saskatoon.’ We are really capable as a community in cranking out a lot of these theatre acts and art in its best senses.”

Opening the Aug. 30 show will be Spade the Shovelhead. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8. Tickets ($22) will be available at the door. For more information on the band, go to www. smallkitchenradio.com.

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One of Saskatoon’s best-known buskers is taking his music from the street to a theatre.

Shawn Semchuk and his guitar — Eris the Goddess of Chaos — can often be seen and heard at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market, Bus Stop Refreshments downtown or under the canopy at Willey’s jewellers on Broadway Avenue. The two have more than 600 songs in their catalogue.

Semchuk and his band (Small Kitchen Radio) also have original music and will release a 10-tune album (Perspective Pieces) Aug. 30 at the Broadway Theatre.

Semchuk’s music had changed and evolved since he learned to play the guitar on a farm near Spruce Home. He had been playing the piano since he was seven when he joined the school band in Grade 9. In the orchestra, he played electric bass and would sub on drums for the girl “who never showed up.”

At the same time, he was learning to play the guitar. That instrument hooked him one D- and E-minor chord at a time.

He vividly recalls taking a month to learn Led Zeppelin’s Over the Hills and Far Away. The next month it was Closer to the Heart by Rush. He once played in a Rush tribute band, Odd Man Rush. It lasted one five-song set (at Lydia’s), he said with a laugh.

From the Zeppelin and Rush songs, he has added approximately 598 more.

“You know how they say some people have photographic memories? I think a lot of it has to do with audio-genic memory.

Certain people just have that facility for remembering patterns. I couldn’t remember your name a day after I met you, but certain formulas like songs are in there forever,” he said.

When he was 18 years old (2003) he wrote his first song. One of his early songs (So What) is on the album.

“I was writing a lot of politically charged stuff at the time because of the war in Iraq. I have a very leftist view of things,” he said. “Money was being funnelled into a war effort that sounded like a catastrophe for everyone.”

His writing has changed over the years.

“I’ve taken on a more philosophical approach in the last five to seven years. I find the connectivity in music to be a lot about writing into a metaphor an everyday issue, whether it is love or struggling to

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the most trying times. There is a huge spectrum of “invisible” illnesses that many people struggle with every day, including ’m sure that everyone at some point mental-health issues. Be careful not to in their lives has thought about what make the assumption that you know what they would choose should a magical another person is going through. And or divine presence suddenly materialize remember, as my mom knew, that the gift before them and offer to grant them a few of good health is not something to be taken wishes. Wealth and riches would jump for granted. straight to the forefront of the minds of My family (including my dad, Basil) many. Maybe just a sweet car, a great is a support base I could not live without. house or an Olympic-sized swimming pool Through our struggles and shared decorated with Victorian fountains and experiences we help to make each other beautiful supermodels. Of course family stronger. My brother Jordie is an extremely and happiness would play a big role in talented, classically-trained baritone singer. many wishes too.

He has created another outlet for us to rally I remember having this discussion together and raise awareness for a cause with my mom (Tara) when I was younger. that is very dear and deeply personal for Her proposed wishes tended to lean more all of us. For the third year running we are toward those last two. But she would hosting a benefit concert called MUSIC emphasize one big wish above all else: for the GUT, with all proceeds going to the good health.

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My mom was diagnosed with Crohn’s This year’s concert brings together disease 25 years ago. When I was 13 over 35 local musicians and artists. This and just starting high school, I was also includes members of the Saskatoon diagnosed with Crohn’s. Just over three Fireside Singers and teachers from the years ago my brother Jordie was diagnosed Saskatoon Academy of Music. Among with colitis. Both Crohn’s and colitis are the featured acts are pianist Yuli Chen, classified as inflammatory bowel disease singer/songwriters Brianna George (IBD). These are conditions that affect Burtt and Justin Rybinski, spoken-word a large and seemingly rapidly growing poet Khodi Dill, violinist Arthur Boan number of Canadians (more than 230,000 and drummer Kyle Krysa — all under the according to recent statistics). musical direction of the wonderful Jennifer It’s hard to believe my experience Rommens. with Crohn’s has already lasted nearly 17 I am deeply proud to be part of MUSIC years. There have been ups and downs. for the GUT and to be part of a family Living with IBD doesn’t just involve the that is actively engaged in the fight to typical “bad stomach” symptoms; these find a cure for Crohn’s and colitis. The are chronic (life-long) conditions that overwhelming goodwill that the show can affect a person’s entire body, often has generated over the past few years — including extreme pain and fatigue. Stress from the performers and crew to those in is a huge factor in IBD and can often attendance — has helped make our fight aggravate it or vice-versa. When I was worthwhile. With your support, we hope to 21, I had surgery to remove a section of make this year’s show the most successful my small intestine. While this improved yet! my overall health, maintaining a regular MUSIC for the GUT is on Saturday, day-to-day lifestyle (from work to social Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. at Grace Westminster engagements) can still be demanding at United Church. Tickets are available times. at McNally Robinson or the Saskatoon Those with Crohn’s or colitis often Academy of Music for $20 (or $25 at suffer silently. They don’t want to advertise the door). Cheque donations payable to their condition for a variety of reasons.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World Female police officers up in armours

• TC Chong, on Irish discount airline Ryanair being under fire for refusing to refund the ticket of a passenger who passed away before her flight: “The deceased’s son threatened to put the urn containing his mother’s ashes on the plane and to film and upload the video onto YouTube. Ryanair responded by offering a free upgrade to first class.”

• United States Gen. Wesley Clark, 68, is divorcing his wife of 46 years for a 30 year old. I’m thinking this has something to do with his privates.

• From Janice Hough’s you-can’tmake-this-stuff-up file: “San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has been banned from the local Hooters. They’ve posted a sign that the mayor “will not be served in this establishment” and “we believe women should be treated with respect.” Does this even need a punchline?

• Torben Rolfsen, on CBS Sports saying Manti Te’o was largely invisible in his NFL debut: “Just like his girlfriend.”

• Now that mixed martial arts fights will be sanctioned in Saskatchewan, we can only hope we aren’t given the same crap from the UFC that cities such as Winnipeg got.

• You can’t blame Daniel Alfredsson for wanting to play with guys his own age.

• Hough, on Oprah giving away a car on the Jimmy Kimmel show this week: “Well, it was a cheaper gesture than a handbag.”

• Chong, on a lab-grown synthetic hamburger patty introduced in London last week costing more than $300,000 to develop: “In related news, Oprah was directed by a sales clerk to cheaper cuts of meat.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Hud Mellencamp, son of John Mellencamp, facing charges of felony battery after allegedly assaulting a 19-year-old man: “The man reportedly told police, ‘No, it doesn’t Hurt So Good.’”

• A suspicious package received by a woman in Jensen Beach, Florida, turned out to be a battery-powered sex toy. “It was a pink plastic adult novelty item, with some type of a plastic rabbit attached to it,” a sheriff’s spokeswoman wrote in an

email. “The recipient says she did not order it.” I call BS. • Hough, on Forbes says the Dallas Cowboys (worth $2.3 billion) are America’s most valuable team: “Can you imagine how much the Cowboys would be worth if they could actually win?”

• A New Zealand burglar, nicknamed the Buttcrack Bandit due to security camera footage of his exposed buttocks, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Lane Lewis was convicted for burglary and assault. I’m wondering what he would have been called had he been facing the camera.

• Chong, on former Heisman Trophywinning QB Troy Smith of Ohio State signing a two-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes: “People in Montreal are asking ‘Who is Troy Smith?’ Ohio State fans are asking ‘What are the Montreal Alouettes?’”

• Littlejohn, on the legendary rock band KISS having part ownership of an arena league team heading to Los Angeles: “The team has already been warned — no firebreathing during end-zone celebrations.”

• NBC’s Meet The Press has dropped to its lowest ratings in 21 years. I’m not surprised. With layoffs and firings, there is no press left to meet.

• Rolfsen, on Doug Gilmour, general manager of the OHL Kingston Frontenacs, trading his son to the Niagara IceDogs: “Somewhere, Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson are smiling.”

• Chong, on the B.C. College of Dental Surgeons offering a reward for tips leading to the arrest of an unlicensed and noncertified practitioner who is in hiding: “So my question is this: If you have false teeth, wouldn’t you go to a fake dentist?”

• Rolfsen, on Tiger Woods’ play at majors: “We haven’t seen anything fade on weekends like this since the release of After Earth.”

• Female police officers in Detroit have filed grievances after their heights, weights and bra cup sizes were accidentally circulated following body armour purchases. The bulletproof vests are contoured for women’s figures. Interesting.

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• A viral video of a rejected marriage • If Wilton Norman Chamberlain slept proposal at a Connecticut Double-A game with 20,000 women, should his nickname was faked by the Rock Cats to get publicity. really be Wilt?

If you’re scoring at home, that’s one pitch, • At a London subway excavation, one balk and 600,000 hits. archeologists have uncovered numerous • Saskatchewan running back Kory Sheets ancient artifacts, including medieval hockey told TSN he has the nickname One-Time. skates.

“So that’s where I left them,” said Which is a lot more trustworthy than Tiger Jaromir Jagr.

Woods’ nickname — Two-Time.

• American identical twins Camille and • Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva Kennerly Kitt are a YouTube sensation for openly spoke out against gays, then hours their harp playing. They also have taekwondo later claimed she was misunderstood. We’ll black belts, but music is where they show have more from the world back-track and their chops. field championships.

• Lady Gaga has posed nude again, this • What’s the big deal about Wayne time for V Magazine. If this keeps up she’ll Gretzky babysitting Robin Thicke when run out of alphabet.

Gretz was traded to the Kings? By then • The Blue Bombers promoted Max Hall Dave Semenko had spent years babysitting to starting quarterback. They realized all that Gretzky. glitters is not Goltz.

• Martina Hingis is the latest inductee into • Reuters reports a Chinese zoo was the tennis Hall of Fame. Anna Kournikova caught trying to pass off a dog as a lion. wasn’t nominated, despite a great body of So what? In Chicago there are Cubs being work.

• How far have the Blue Bombers fallen? passed off as a baseball team.

• Andrew Shaw of the Blackhawks is To find them on TSN’s power rankings you auctioning off his Stanley Cup stitches for have to scroll down to page three. charity. If you want to buy one, suture self.

• Novak Djokovic lost the opening set • A belated Happy Birthday to Angels to Denis Istomin 6-2 at the Canadian Open, outfielder Mike Trout. It seems like only then regained form to win in three. I’m thinking the trainer gave him an anti-Istomin. yesterday you were a minnow.

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What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

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------Aug. 24 – Sept. 1 What: Singles Social Group - “All About Us” in What: Messiah’s Mansion Exhibit. Tour this life-size their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday replica of the of the wilderness temple built by Moses Volunteers Wanted restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday Brunch , Movie and the Israelites 4000 years ago. Discover what the What: The Saskatoon Branch of Save the ChildrenNight, Dances, Pot Luck, and more. Meet New temple services meant to ancient Israel, and what they Canada is currently going through a process of mean for us today. Tours are free and begin every 15 rejuvenation. Senior executive members are voluntarily Friends! No Membership Dues. For more information, minutes from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Visit us at www. stepping down to make room for younger members to email allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone 978-0813.

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Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada featuring 9877 or, preferably, at hosain@sasktel.net. new non-profit group running Wednesdays from 10 singer Jordie Hughton, pianist Yuli Chen and over 30 Where: 2228 Herman Ave. (Two blocks north of a.m. to 3 p.m. talented local performers, including many members of Prairieland Exhibition) SSCL Fall Classes the Fireside Singers. The night will offer a mixture of What: Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning (SSCL) Where: Lower level, Resurrection Lutheran Church, classical and contemporary music, showcasing a live Sept. 4 Fall Class Registration for non-credit academic studies. 310 Lenore Dr. For more information, call Wendy at 934-1586. band and other special features, such as local spoken What: Open House –The Saskatoon Scottish Country Mail-in registration begins August 20, and in-person word artist Khodi Dill. The music director for the **** Dancers invite anyone 16 of age and older to join them registration is Sept.4 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 217 Arts evening is Jennifer Rommens. for an evening of Scottish social dancing. Experience What: St. Paul’s United, Bargain Basement Store Building, U of S. A General Meeting will follow at The event will take place Saturday, Aug. 24th at 7 is not necessary and partners are not required. Classes 2 p.m. Where: Classes are held at the University and weekly from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Second-hand p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church. Tickets begin Wednesday, Sept. 11. For more information, visit begin Sept. 23 for eight weeks. Visit www.ccde.usask. clothing for children, women and men. Everyone are available at McNally Robinson or at the Saskatoon saskatoon@rscdssask.org or 306-664-7049. welcome. For more information, call 306-955-3766 ca/seniors on August 20 for class information and Academy of Music (on First Avenue) for $20, or will be Where: St. Mark’s Hall – 1406 Eighth Ave. North., just registration forms. Pick up brochures at all Public Where: 454 Egbert Avenue. $25 at the door. Online tickets and donation forms are north of 33rd Street. The open house begins at 7 p.m.

Libraries starting Aug. 20. Classes are open to all available at MusicfortheGut.com.

EVERY THURSDAY seniors 55 and older. Call 306-343-6773 for details.

Sept. 7 What: For June, July and August, Saskatoon Sept. 10, 17, 24 First Saturday of every month What: Saskatchewan Brain Injury Brain: Boogie International Folkdance Club meets every Thursday at What: Magic City Chorus free vocal instruction for What: The MindFULL Café, part of the international 7 p.m. Learn dances from Italy, Romania, Israel and women . For information, contact Yvette at either 306- Positive STEPS in Motion Walk/Run & Barbeque Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet other countries. Free admission.

Where: Victoria Park, Registration at 10 a.m. and the 955-6033 or y.jaspar@shaw.ca. in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, walk/run begins at 10:30 a.m. A barbecue to follow.

Where: Kiwanis Park, by the Jeux Canada Games monument. family, care partners and other interested people. The Call 374-0005 or visit www.sifc.awardspace.com.

The entry fee is $40 or choose to collect pledges.

Register online at http://www.sbia.ca/brain-boogie.aspx Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, **** entertainment and information. First Saturday of the What: New Farmers’ Market. Thursdays 10 a.m. - 5 month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Sept. 8 p.m. rain or shine at The Centre Mall in front of Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.

What: Steak Night, at the Odeon Event Centre, Dollarama. Go to www.farmersmarketsaskatoon.com. to raise funds for Kawasaki Disease (KD) research.

Aug. 24 – Sept. 1 Second Monday of every month Cocktails are at 5 p.m. Supper is at 6 p.m. and is being Every Thursday, July 27-Aug 29 What: Messiah’s Mansion Exhibit. Tour this life-size provided by Samboroso Brazilian Steak House. There What: The ACT/UCT Saskatoon # 1031 Fraternal What: The Saskatoon Summer PROMS from 7-8 p.m. replica of the of the wilderness temple built by Moses will be a 50/50 and silent auction as well as a special Club is always looking for new members. An optional No tickets, by donation, pay what you can. PROMS and the Israelites 4000 years ago. Discover what the guest speaker (Dr. Alan Rosenberg). Tickets are $25 insurance plan is available with all memberships. concerts are packed with local musicians and welltemple services meant to ancient Israel, and what they and available by contacting Tracy at kdawareness@ Where: Mixed Supper Meeting start at 5:30PM at the loved music. mean for us today. Tours are free and begin every gmail.com or by phoning 306-715-0420.

ACT Hall (upstairs) in the ACT Area, Sutherland.

Where: Third Avenue Centre, 304 3rd Ave. North.

15 minutes from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Visit www.

For information call Penny at 931-8647 or Bob at saskatoonsanctuary.com or call 306-653-0661 for 382-4893.

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What: Pioneer Summer Programs through to Aug. 26 Where: 2228 Herman Ave. (two blocks north of First Tuesday of every month from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. daily.

Prairieland Exhibition) What: FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Where: Western Development Museum.

Mental Illness. These meetings run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. **** Aug. 24 Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth New Exhibit What: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group.

Ukrainian Day in the Park, Saskatchewan’s largest Avenue North (wheelchair accessible).If you have Diefenbaker Canada Centre: Touch the Sky: The Who: Caregivers for adult family members or friends. outdoor Ukrainian festival, is back come rain or Story of Avro Canada. This in-house produced exhibit a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you Cost: Free (presented by Saskatoon Health Region). shine. Hosted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress need understanding support, contact Carol at 249– Saskatoon Branch, this year’s festival will be taking encourages visitors to look beyond the controversy To Register: Jeanne (655-3426) or Karen (655-3427).

0693, Linda at 933-2085, Lois at 242-7670 or e-mail surrounding the Avro Arrow, and focuses on the place in Victoria Park on the banks of the South **** fromisk@gmail.com. history and accomplishments of Avro Canada.

This Saskatchewan River between the Saskatoon Farmers’ What: Depression Support Group — free group runs exhibit runs through December at the Diefenbaker market and Riversdale Swimming Pool. Ukrainian on the first and third Thursday of each month, from FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH Day in the Park 2013 kicks off at noon with non-stop Canada Centre. For more information, call at 3066:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open to anyone struggling MONTH 966-8384 or email dief.centre@usask.ca. entertainment including dance groups, vocalists, and with depression and family members wanting to What: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and comfort instrumentalists from across Saskatchewan until 6 support them. Where: 311 – 38th Street East. This is a to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved Haunted, Humorous, Historic p.m. Ukrainian Day in the Park is a free event for all wheelchair accessible building. companion animal due to old age, sickness or other ages and hosts cultural artisans, children’s activities, Tour For more info, call 270-9181. sad reasons.

The no-obligation support group meets beer gardens, food vendors and a souvenir market.

What: A One Hour Tour. Started July 22 and runs **** the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at Note: If weather is unfavourable the festival will be every night until the end of summer starting at 9:30 What: First Mennonite Church (418 Queen Street) the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, moved indoors to the Saskatoon Kinsmen / Henk 3can9j Ontariariario p.m. Meet in front of the Senator Hotel at 244-21st Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, invites interested people to an ALPHA course on the Ruys Soccer Centre (219 Primrose Drive).

Street East. Cost $10 cash. Children under 12 free. purpose and meaning of life. There will be 14 weekly call 306-343-5322. **** For more information, call 306-491-6655. consecutive sessions held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on What: MENSA IQ testing on Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. The Sunday evenings. The course begins Sept. 1. The Second Wednesday of every cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested Books Wanted course is free but registration is required by Aug. 25. month in attending this session, please call Tim at 306-242Send email to FMC789@sasktel.net or call the church What: Probus Club of Saskatoon Bridges, a new club What: Books wanted. The Canadian Federation of 7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca at 306-244-6772. for retirees.

A community-focused group offering University Women is accepting donations of books, **** monthly meetings with local speakers; several interest videos, CDs, tapes and puzzles for their Mammoth MARR RESIDENCE What: VAST (Veterinarians Abroad Supporting and groups offering new social contacts. Enjoy retirement! book sale. For more information contact Alverta at today’s puzzle Teaching) Family Fun Day. VASTAnswer is atoSaskatoonAugust 25 The first meeting on September 11 at 9:30 AM 306652-7708. based charitable group of veterinarians and support welcomes those who would like more information on Historic Neighbourhood Walk, 1-4:30 p.m. this new club. Contact Lynn Gee at (306) 374-9417 or Discover the early buildings remaining in the Marr M A S F A G S L O B E neighbourhood, on a guided walking tour, leaving the Merv McKee at (306) 374-9688 Y E N A L A E O R A L house at 2 p.m. The house will be open all afternoon Where: Nutana Legion Hall, 3021 Louise Street. for visits as well.

T R I L L I U M Y O R K **** September 1 H O T E L L I S A What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon & Open House and Music in the Garden, 1-4:30 p.m.

A S P S L A K E Area Club welcomes all travellers! We are a nonJoin us for a tour of the house and enjoy music in the profit cultural exchange organization promoting C L E F E R N E L I D ambience of the lovely Marr Garden. friendship and goodwill through a program of L A R S S A O B A N G homestay exchanges. We are an organization of more September 2 A M I J O H N O R G Y than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout Marr Harvest Fair, 1-4:30 p.m. Re-live the tradition M A C A O E L F of a pioneer harvest fair. There will be demonstrations the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel of heritage crafts, treats to sample, and contests for D E A L A F I R E while forging new friendships with club members best jams, jellies, pickles, flowers, garden produce, from around the world. Visit our website at www.

G O L D M U S K O K A S baking and handiwork. Bring your entries early in thefriendshipforce.org.

Find out more about us or O B O E E R I E O P P the afternoon. This is a partnership program with the come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill B E A R N E T S N E Y Gulka at 249-0243 or emailing w.gulka@sasktel.net. Meewasin Valley Authority.

Lyell Gustin Recital Series presents a summer duet concert to delight and inspire . . . One Piano, Two Friends, Four Hands! Che Anne Loewen & Kathleen Lohrenz Gable, pianists. Show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $30 regular / $25 student; Yamaha Piano & McNally Robinson, at the door. More information: (306) 343-0542, and www.gustinhouse.ca Where: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 436 Spadina Cres. East.

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If you need more than five chairs and all-wheel-drive, this is your only choice from Hyundai.

second-generation wagons. Along the sides and rear deck, the sheetmetal is now as taut and crisp as a starched shirt, while the grille copies a familiar style that’s common to most of Hyundai’s fleet.

The XL’s interior reveals that Hyundai is really getting the hang of what constitutes great interior design. From the sculpted dashboard and door panels to the inwardly angled primary gauges, the look is strictly premium, even without the available leather seat coverings or 20-centimetre touchscreen display.

A second-row bench seat that’s included with the base model is split 40:20:40 and can be had with optional slide and recline to maximize either passenger comfort or stowage room. Second-row twin-folding high-back bucket seats are standard in the six-passenger Santa Fe Limited.

Both trim levels come with a 3.3-litre V6 that puts out 290 horsepower and 252 pound-feet of torque. The engine is exclusive to the three-row Santa Fe (the five-passenger Sport comes with fourcylinder power). The V6 is hooked to a six-speed automatic transmission with manual shift controls.

Fuel consumption is rated at 7.8 l/100 km in the city and 9.9 highway, or 11.7/8.0 if all-wheel-drive is selected.

AWD increases the Santa Fe XL’s $31,900 base price by $5,000, but it’s loaded into the Premium edition along with numerous extras. The system has been engineered to shift torque to a single wheel,

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if necessary, depending on weather and driving conditions. Additionally the AWD’s active cornering control applies light braking to the outside wheels while turning to help stabilize the vehicle’s intended trajectory.

Towing capacity for all is rated at 2,770 kilograms.

Another Santa Fe feature is the Driver Selectable Steering Mode, which has Comfort, Normal and Sport settings. Selecting Comfort reduces steering effort by 10 per cent and aids parking maneuverability. Inversely, the Sport position firms up the steering by the same amount and increases “on-centre feel” for better highway control.

The base XL is fitted with a solid array of content but stops short of going overboard. For that you’ll need to move up to the Premium, Luxury and Limited that, along with AWD, feature a wide assortment of up-level gear.

The options list includes a panoramic sunroof, 20-centimetre touch-screen navigation system, 12-speaker premium audio package, heated steering wheel and rear-side-window sunshades.

With its enlarged dimensions, the attractively packaged Santa Fe XL provides more of everything for more people. Factor in a thrifty V6 and numerous technological improvements and it’s a virtual certainty that most Hyundai shoppers will barely miss the Veracruz.

2013 Hyundai Santa Fe XL

Type Four-door, front- /all-wheel-drive wagon Engine (hp) 3.3-litre DOHC V6 (290) Transmission Six-speed automatic Market position Tall wagons with all-wheel-drive capabilities are key in most automaker’s lineups. Six- and seven-pas-

senger models such as the Santa Fe XL occupy an increasingly important niche within that bracket.

Santa Fe complements regular-length five-passenger version. ☛ Standard V6 is unique to that model. ☛ AWD option a cut above most competitors in sophistication. ☛ Fuel economy about average for its class with more gears for automatic transmission likely on the way. ☛ Good looks and practical packaging make Santa Fe a solid choice.

Safety Front airbags; side-impact airbags; side-curtain airbags; front-knee airbag; anti-lock brakes; traction control; stability control.

L/100 km (city/hwy): 7.8/9.9 (FWD) Base price (incl. destination): $31,900

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The Veracruz’s capacity, if not its name, has been replaced by the Santa Fe, or at least one version of the Santa Fe. For the 2013 model year By comparison he driving distance from Veracruz, Mexico, Hyundai has seen fit to create both a five-place Nissan Pathfinder to Santa Fe, N.M., is about 2,700 kilometres. model, called the Santa Fe Sport, plus the extendBut Hyundai’s recently retired Veracruz Base price: $31,800 ed-length Santa Fe XL, with ten centimetres added New-for-2013 model converted to wagon and the 2013 Santa Fe are much between the front and rear wheels, that can seat car-based wagon from tough offcloser, at least in spirit. six or seven, depending on the configuration. The roader.

Until its demise following the 2012 model year, XL now closely matches the boxier Veracruz’s total the Veracruz represented Hyundai’s mainstay trans- cargo capacity, but is lighter by about 145 kilograms port for people requiring accommodations for up to The trimmer, sleeker design also places it higher seven-passengers and their belongings. Its drawRS31250.H19 backs, including a hefty 1,950-kilogram base weight, on the attractiveness scale. Abandoned is the soap-dish shape that was in evidence with first- and eventually placed it out of the running.

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Chevrolet Traverse Base price: $34,550 Restyled-for-2013 three-row rig is one of a trio of similar models from GM.

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Foremost in quality, resale value and goosebumps.

The 2013 Genesis Sedan from Hyundai has been honoured with two prestigious accolades. First, it was the “Highest Ranked Midsize Premium Car in Initial Quality” by J.D. Power. It also earned a Canadian Black Book Highest Retained Resale Value Award. If there was an award for goosebumps, the 429hp Genesis would also be the highest ranked.

Additionally the Genesis Sedan has received many previous accolades such as the 2009 car of the year, a Top Safety Award by the U.S. Insurance institute for highway safety (IIHS), and being named as Consumer reports ‘Top-Rated Upscale sedan’, highest ranked medsize premium car by JD Power Appeal study (beating out the BMW 5 Series, Jaguar XF).

Combining performance, luxury and style, the 2013 Genesis Sedan offers many class-leading features such as: t 8-speed automatic transmission with SHIFTRONIC® harnesses maximum engine power while providing higher fuel economy through an efficient gear ratio spread. t 5IF (FOFTJT JT BWBJMBCMF XJUI B 5.0-litre highperformance Tau® V8 that generates 429 HP and 376 lb.-ft. of torque. This design features Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) for more power, increased fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Since its introduction in 2009, the Tau V8 engine family has been named to the prestigious Ward’s Ten Best Engines list for multiple years.

t 5IF (FOFTJT Auto-Defogging System is among the most advanced HVAC technologies, using an integrated humidity sensor, it works to automatically prevent windshield fogging. t 5IF (FOFTJT BWBJMBCMF power rear sunshade automatically deploys with just the touch of a button. It’s great for keeping your interior cool and comfortable, not to mention your rear passengers. t 6TF UIF (FOFTJT Integrated Memory System (IMS) to set your preferred seat, steering wheel and side mirror positions, then recall them at a moment’s notice with just the push of a button. t 5IF FYDFQUJPOBM RVBMJUZ PG UIF BWBJMBCMF HID Xenon headlights is an innovation you have to see to believe.

As you add passengers and luggage to the Genesis, the headlights automatically adjust so that the illumination remains parallel to the road surface. t Smart Cruise Control Radar guided cruise control system that automatically slows and maintains speeds and Lane Departure Warning System

The award winning 2013 Genesis Sedan offers a fantastic mix of performance, luxury, safety and value that is not matched by its competitors. Experience the comfort, quality and advanced technology of the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Sedan for yourself.

Find out more from one of our knowledgeable and friendly salespeople at Saskatoon Hyundai 2035 Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon, online at www.saskatoonhyundai.com to arrange a visit to view the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Sedan in person. Arrange a booking at your convenience by phone at (306) 664-6767.

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Ford Flex Base price: $31,200 Unique boxy styling offers impressive passenger and cargo space.

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FullThrottle Diesel Chevy passenger car breaks new ground

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fter patenting an amazing and revolutionary contraption, he narrowly escaped death when it blew to pieces in his shop a year later.

That was more than 100 years ago and the invention -- the diesel engine -- was about to change the world, even if Paris-born Rudolf Diesel was unwilling to change with it.

Diesel was a complicated and emotional man, and seriously talented. His invention’s simplicity and durability made it the undisputed standard for industrial power. By 1898, his engines were everywhere, from factories to electric powerplants. Diesel was the king . . . at least for a while.

Strangely and stubbornly, he wouldn’t listen to suggestions for improvements.

He thought that his creation, given patent 608,845, was perfect. End of story.

So, others went ahead and changed it without him.

The ridicule and criticism was too much to bear and Diesel, out of control of his own machine, flung himself over the railing of an English Channel steamer.

But that was an entire lifetime ago, a lifetime that few people today even know about, and the invention’s origins, like so many others, completely taken for granted.

Today’s geniuses stand on the shoulders of yesterday’s geniuses to improve, invent and reinvent. Rightly or wrongly, we call it progress.

Whether Mr. Diesel would have begrudgingly approved is irrelevant, because progress is the reason his invention is slowly creeping its way into North American vehicles.

The reasons it has taken so long are few, but significant. With gasoline prices here still low when compared to other parts of

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The new Cadillac ELR is fitted with a similar hybrid-electric power system as the Chevrolet Volt, but it would have better performance and fuel economy (after the ELR’s batteries run dry, that is) if it were equipped with the diesel engine from the Cruze. Why not put in a diesel, then? the world, such as Europe, there has been very little demand for more efficient diesel power in the North American private sector.

Second, diesels have the reputation of being underpowered, smoggy, noisy and smelly . . . and they were. Third, diesel engines are sold at a premium here, which means justifying the extra expense through fuel savings.

If fuel is cheap, it’s less of a factor in the vehicle purchased.

So, what’s changing? With the price of gas going up -- a lot -- diesel’s efficiency looks pretty darned good, especially when weighed against the fact that diesel engines generally provide better fuel economy than gasoline engines of similar displacement.

For example, the Wheelbase Media editors are road-testing the new Chevy Cruze Diesel and are reporting nearly 70 mpg on the highway. Rudolf Diesel was definitely onto something. The Cruze is ground breaking

because it’s the first modern Chevrolet passenger car to be fitted with a diesel. Even the light trucks, which could benefit most from a diesel option, are gas only.

Diesel passenger cars are in the works from Mazda and others, too.

Perhaps most important to diesel’s acceptance is a new breed of diesel engine with superior electronics (engine-management software) that not only runs quieter and pollutes much less, but offers more kick than a gasoline engine. Thanks to turbocharging -- forcing additional air and fuel into the engine -- the performance gap has significantly closed to the point where diesel’s advantages are pretty obvious.

Diesel engines don’t use spark. Piston travel comes from the fuel mixture exploding under pressure and not via an electronically induced spark as is the case with a gasoline engine. Diesel’s simplicity translates into

durability and toughness. The proof is in the millions of kilometres long-haul trucks log every year.

Just as it was in Rudolf’s day, progress isn’t accidental. Tightening emissions regulations everywhere have forced diesels to clean up. In fact, the new generation of higher-quality (cleaner) diesel fuel is a big part of diesel’s coming of age. And if you doubt the power and speed, you only need to look to the European brands that have been offering high-performance diesel engines in their cars for years. The Audi A5 comes to mind.

Look at the news and you’ll find that a lot of attention is being paid to expensive new technologies such as hydrogen fuel-cell power (which uses hydrogen to generate electricity) and hybrid systems (gas engines aided by electric motors), but a new generation of diesel should raise a few eyebrows, especially if someone develops a diesel-electric hybrid. All that’s required of us is to accept change.

Ignoring it was Rudolf Diesel’s undoing. It needn’t be ours.

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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The Nissan 300ZX led the performance rebirth of the 1990s and proved just what this Japanese automaker was made of

and the passion of the original Z. The only problem was that the body design, which continued to emulate previous Z-cars, looked dated. To Nissan’s credit, though, the inaugural version of the 300ZX enjoyed brisk sales in its five years on the market. ome would consider the 1980s the “lost The dawn of the 1990s heralded the arrival of years” of performance. If that’s the case, a second-generation 300ZX, a thoroughly modern then the 1990s ushered in a rebirth.

The decade proved many things, first and fore- styling masterpiece and a radical departure from most that bread-and-butter manufacturers had what previous Z/ZX designs.

As with the first ZX, the new 300 offered both it took to build world-class sports cars.

Dodge would build its first Viper after not producing any real performance hardware since the early 1970s. Acura would carve its NSX from a block of titanium and aluminum alloy, a tribute to its Formula One racing success.

Mazda would bring light weight and turbocharged rotary power to its pinnacle with the RX-7. Chevrolet was just putting the finishing touches on Thirty years of its 375-horsepower Z history: the first-generation 240Z . . .

ZR-1 Corvette. And Nissan? Nissan started two-seat and 2+2 stretched body styles. In base the whole ball rolling with its 300ZX. In fact, the current 370Z is a direct descendent form, the V6, equipped with double overhead cams, delivered a respectable 222 horsepower. The twinof the 300ZX, which was phased out in the midturbocharged variant of the 3.0 packed 300 horse1990s.

Big boots to fill, indeed, for the 350Z and 370Z, power, which was enough to push the 1,580-kilgram car to 60 mph (96 km-h) in a quick-ish 5.5 seconds, since the 300ZX was the last in a quarter-centurylong line of “Z-cars.” When it rolled into dealer show- 1.3 seconds faster than the non-turbo car, according to Nissan. rooms in 1989, it changed perceptions about the Either engine could be coupled to a five-speed capabilities of Japanese automakers: that they were for real and completely capable of building whatever manual transmission, or optional four-speed automatic. Serious performance fans opted for the they wanted, from economy runabouts to exotic performance icons. The 300ZX was living, breathing manual gearbox since the automatic used smaller and optionally-twin-turbocharged proof. And it was a turbochargers, which reduced horsepower to 280.

All this wondrous speed and agility came for serious threat. about $48,000, which was cheap, really, when comIt looked every bit as exotic as a big-buck pared to similar-performing Porsches, Mercedes German or Italian sporting machine, but at a more and even V8-powered Ferraris from that era. down-to-earth price. And it could easily keep up Ordering the twin-turbo option also included with, and frequently outrun, many of them.

Super HICAS, Nissan’s nomenclature for its The introduction of the 300ZX didn’t just take four-wheel-steering system. Designed to improve the automotive world by storm, it signaled that the high-speed cornering, this computer-controlled company had finally abandoned the aging 240Zbased shape that had been around since the early feature turned the rear wheels to a maximum of 1970s. The original Datsun (a Nissan brand name) one degree while the car moved through a turn, gradually straightening out once the maneuver was Z-car had been a styling and sales triumph when first introduced, proving that a great-looking, great- completed.

One year following its debut, Nissan made availperforming GT-class car didn’t have to have a skyable removable glass roof panels, which added high sticker price. even greater appeal.

The 240Z was replaced by the 260Z in 1974 As good as the 300ZX was, sales of Nissan’s and the 280Z the following year. Although both super-fast near-exotic were simply not strong appeared similar to the original 240, they were no enough to justify maintaining production. Even the faster due to the extra weight of their reinforced introduction of a convertible model in 1993 was not bumpers and detuned six-cylinder engines, both a enough to nudge the 300ZX out of the doldrums and result of government safety and air-pollution laws. the car was cancelled at the end of the 1996 model Both the 260Z and 280Z offered an extendedyear. wheelbase 2+2 version, which carried over to the Six years later, Nissan again attacked the two280ZX that arrived in 1983. It might have looked seater market with the 350Z with more success similar to the previous cars, but it was larger and as buyers once again began yearning for a little Z considerably heavier. It had also lost some of the crisp handling and spunky behavior of the original. magic.

The mid-1980s marked the beginning of the Jeff Melnychuk is Wheelbase Media’s managfirst-generation Nissan 300ZX, a restyled and more ing editor. He can be reached on the Web at powerful successor to the 280ZX. The new model www.shiftweekly.com by using the contact link. abandoned the previous straight-six engine in favour of a 3.0-litre V6 (available in turbocharged and Wheelbase supplies automotive news and feanon-turbocharged form) that brought back the power tures to newspapers across North America.

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Cadillacs in Chicago to make money — Bendix struck gold.

Once night late in 1909, he finished (and quickly patented) what would become known as the “Bendix Drive,” which would eliminate the hand cranking of an automobile engine. he kid’s life was different. There’s no question.

The first automobile to use the Bendix starter drive was the When you are a few months past your 16th 1914 Chevrolet “Baby Grand.” birthday, living in the outskirts of Chicago, Ill., after It was an enormous hit. having moved from middle-of-the-Midwest Moline, Ill., with a By the end of the decade, the Bendix starter became a Methodist Clergyman father and a farm girl mother who both standard in all cars produced in North America — 1.5 million came from Sweden, well, maybe “normal” isn’t really normal vehicles — and the era of crank-start cars was essentially from the start. over.

And perhaps that’s why Vincent Hugo Bendix, later a The sudden fortune led to more money and more time for man who made stopping the automobile so easy for millions, inventions, including the patent rights for a braking system, didn’t think twice about hitting the accelerator on his own opwhich led to the establishment of the portunity, then never letting up.

Bendix Brake Company in 1923. With Bendix was 16. He was headed to New York (alone). his own business, Bendix turned his And he wanted a chance. energy toward perfecting the brake The world can still thank him today. system of the time and, by 1926, creFrom an early age, the founder of the Bendix ated the first four-wheel automotive Corporation, the company that introduced a reliable foursystem that greatly increased safety. wheel brake system, showed the kind of spirit that comes Production climbed to 3.6 million around once every century or so.

P r o - f i l e s brakes in 1928 from 650,000 in 1926.

He was creative. He was fascinating. He was outWith his auto business in good landish and extravagant. And he was willing to take a few Automotive legends shape, Bendix expanded into the airand heroes chances. craft business, which was ironic given But then opportunity was in the Bendix blood. the fact Bendix hated to fly and only An eager family spirit prompted Jann Bengtson, a native did so only a handful of times in his life. of Amaland, Sweden, to pick up and find America with his After creating the Bendix Aviation Company, he invented new bride, not thinking twice about the opportunity it would the pressure carburetor for aircraft engines, another invention present. that found its way into almost every American plane.

That same drive led Bendix to run away to Manhattan in For his many efforts, Bendix was knighted by King 1898 as a kid of just 16, the scene for many entrepreneurs Gustav V in Sweden and he would begin living an incredibly of the time. lavish and outlandish life.

But Bendix was different.

Bendix built two enormous mansions, one in South Bend, He began working as an elevator operator in a hospital, Ind., not far from Chicago,Ill., and in Palm Beach, Fla., as then moved to the maintenance department where he was well as his own airfield. He formed his own four-passengertaught the basics of electricity. Within two quick years, Bendix worked in an accounting office, a law firm and finally helicopter company, divorced twice (the second time after reaching a settlement of $2 million in 1932) and, by 1939, as an engineer. listed liabilities of $14 million and assets of a little more than Early colleagues described him as “someone with the $1 million. energy and aptitude of 10 men.”

In 1945, at age 63, Bendix died of a heart attack — ofBut it was the early American mode of transportation that ficially a coronary thrombosis — at his home on East 57th fascinated him.

Street in New York City.

Bendix began to drift into mechanical engineering, Exactly 47 years earlier, he had come to the city with a specializing in automobile engine design, and eventually worked on motorcycles and cars for the Holsman Automobile dream.

Company where he learned all about internal combustion He left in a casket, bound for Chicago and a burial in the engines. city’s Grace Memorial Cemetery.

By 1907, less than 10 years out on his own, Bendix had The kid’s life was different. designed and built his own car: the Bendix Motor Buggy.

Of that fact there was little question.

Seven thousand Bendix machines were built before the mismanaged company declared bankruptcy.

Jason Stein is a feature writer with Wheelbase Media.

It would be the beginning of a legendary run that would He can be reached on the Web at www.shiftweekly.com leave Bendix as an icon of American industrialism. by using the contact link. Wheelbase supplies automotive After moving back to engineering — while selling news and features to newspapers across North America.

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Just “print out” your new car at home?

Ivan Sentch is turning the stuff of automotive dreams into reality using newly available technology that creates parts and pieces out of thin air.

I feel as though I’ve just crossed into the Twilight Zone, or whatever zone you arrive in when confounded by something that stretches credulity beyond the unfathomable. Assuming this isn’t some early (or late) April Fools prank or Internet scam, I recently read in Autoweek Magazine where a New Zealander named Ivan Sentch is printing his own 1958 Aston Martin DB4. Notice that I wrote “printing” and not “building” or “restoring”. On the surface, printing sounds ridiculous, but Mr. Sentch is being assisted in his project by a Solidoddle 3D printer.

You might be aware of these newfangled devices and how all kinds of things from hardware to small car parts are being made from digital plans. But fabricating an actual car body (apparently Mr. Sentch will install his over a modified Nissan Skyline platform and engine) with the aid of a $500 3D printer opens up a new world of possibilities for car nuts.

Until now, the only choices one had to recapture the car of his or her youth, or at least the look of such a vehicle, was to do it the old-fashioned way: buy one. And if the cost of a perfectly restored car was beyond onerous, the next best thing was to locate what hobbyists call a “basket case” and begin locating the necessary hoods, doors, hood fenders and trim from various specialty manufacturers that supply the necessary items.

The latter option works best if you’re restoring a popular model, such as an older Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro. However,

Irreverence MALCOLM GUNN/senior editor

3D printing isn’t new, but it’s becoming affordable for creative people who want to “print” entire cars such as this Aston Martin.

if you’re set on an early-model Aston Martin like Ivan Sentch apparently is, it could take a decade of searching before your automotive dreamboat is completed. Unless of course you’re rich, like TV talk-show host/car collector Jay Leno, whose team of crack restorers repair or fabricate the necessary pieces for his collectibles.

Now those of us of more modest means might soon be able to recreate whatever make and model of car we want, whenever and wherever we want it. All we’ll need is to shell out a modest sum for the 3D printer and likely some pre-designed, made-to-order schematics. Then there’s the resin-like raw material from which the various pieces are “printed” with laser-like accuracy. The process sounds easier, less expensive and more fun than the alternatives, but the truth is something else altogether since printing a car body is done in pieces that the printer can deal with. Small pieces, put together. Still, there’s no question of where this road will eventually lead. A printer that will do a whole car in one shot.

So which car would you recreate, given that this emerging opportunity seems about to come knocking? Would you re-body an existing rusted-out heap, or scour a car museum or two looking for the most exotically enticing body you could find? Or would your choice be something as simple as your or your family’s first car?

I vote we call this new hobby Sentching, after the inspirational Kiwi who is leading us Pied Piper-like to the automotive Promised Land.

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