Volume 10, Issue 37, Week of September 16, 2013
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper
Dustin Strongarm led the Walking Parade of an estimated 350 United Way supporters. Following close behind are (left to right): Myra Potter (United Way director of resource development, Sheri Benson (United Way CEO) and Jo Custead (Chair of United Way board of directors (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)
United Way launches 2013 drive to raise $6.5 million
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ast week United Way of Saskatoon and Area officially launched its 2013 Community Campaign. The big announcement was their fundraising goal of $6.5 million. Thursday’s campaign kicked off with an energetic morning parade of nearly 350 sponsors and supporters. This was followed by breakfast with the mayor at the Radisson hotel. The focus was on the United Way’s motto: Change starts here. The breakfast and program were sponsored by UFCW Provincial Council, with entertainment provided by enthusiastic emcee Jeff Rogstad from CTV Saskatoon. The packed room witnessed the unveiling of a new United Way website and heard comments from Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison. “Yes we can. Yes we will,” said Atchison. “We will make things better in the lives of everyone living in the
community of Saskatoon. That’s why we’re known as the City of Bridges. And not just the bridges you and I drive over every day, but the bridges that bring us together to work together as one.” United Way Chief Executive Officer Sheri Benson took the stage to thank all of the businesses, individuals and community organizations that support the Community Campaign. Many in the breakfast crowd were still in their tutus, glittery face masks and other costume regalia donned for the Walking Parade. “Change starts with one person, one
group, one business, one community. By working together we can change lives, build each other up,” said Benson. “Together we can impact change, here and now.” Following her address, Benson introduced a short promotional video, available for viewing on the United Way’s website under the tab Success Stories. The video told the important story of a local man named David whose life has been directly impacted by United Way of Saskatoon and Area initiatives. He shared with the camera a snippet of
his everyday life, and the difference having a space of his own — to wash, cook and watch a TV — has made on his life. “It’s so relaxing,” he said about having a home, as he donned a clean black “Staff” T-shirt to wear to work. The United Way focuses its work and investments on three areas: moving people from poverty to possibility; building healthy people and strong communities; helping kids be all they can be.
United Way of Saskatoon and Area CEO Sheri Benson will write a column for the Express throughout the campaign. Her first column is on Page 18.
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Living a creative life Word On The Street envy of literary/artistic festivals
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rthur Slade and Brenda Baker, a husband and wife with a deep reach into Saskatoon’s literary and artistic community, are among those contributing to the third annual The Word On The Street celebration on Sept. 22 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) around City Hall Square. Slade, who has written 17 books, is going to engage in conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay, internationally-acclaimed author, on the Great Expectations stage at 12 p.m. Then he will visit the Brave New World stage at 2 p.m. to discuss how he used crowd funding to create a novel. (In crowdfunding, readers fund a book in exchange for access to the process as well as exclusive items.) Baker will share the stage with Saskatoon’s Candace Savage, author of more than 20 non-fiction books, at the Brave New World tent (11:30 a.m.). They will discuss living a creative life. Saskatoon is only one of five Canadian cities which People annually stages Word on The Street. The others are Toronto, Lethbridge, Kitchener and Halifax. Saskatoon’s festival director, Mary Jane Covello, proudly said, “We’ve become the envy of some of the other festivals by our ability to attract literary guests like Will Ferguson, the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Yann Martel, our homegrown hero, chef Michael Smith, the Looneyspoon’s Sisters and Robert J. Sawyer.” Slade agreed. “It is really important to celebrate writers in a one-day festival. And the happiest part is that those in attendance will have to make some difficult choices,” Slade said. “I was lucky that Guy Gavriel Kay wanted someone to conduct an interview on stage with him. I’ve followed his career since I was 17, read all of his books and have met him a couple of times. For me, it will be interesting to focus on another writer’s career and learn more about what it takes to grow as an artist.” Baker knows what she’d like to contribute to the celebration. Her latest interest has been in creative coaching. “I have long been a huge fan of Candace Savage. When I was asked if I’d like to share the stage to talk about creativity with someone else, Candace was a natural choice. We want to concentrate on exploring the process and psychology of the creative self, hoping that some people will take with
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Authors Arthur Slade and Brenda Baker are participating at the Word On The Street Festival (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) them the inspiration to get started and, benefits — one being his marriage to ated from Evan Hardy Collegiate and for others, the affirmation to keep on Brenda, the other being his work on the University of Saskatchewan and being a creative soul.” Dust. He almost immediately enlisted toured as a singer-songwriter from Slade was born in Moose Jaw, raised Brenda “as an editor at the first stage 1989 until 1994. She has recorded five in Tompkins and Gull Lake near the of his book. The work was hard and albums, three of them for children. She Cypress Hills. While in Grade 11, he intense when you’re together, but it has been a host of a pre-school televiwrote a Twilight Zone kind of short allowed Brenda and I to get know each sion program. story which earned him a mark of 100 other in a special way.” Baker made special inroads with per cent. That whetted the appetite and Dust was unique to Slade, who bethe vocal group Kids of Note, which the need to attend the University of lieved “the Prairie landscape was beck- she began as a solo effort, but it grew Saskatchewan, earning him an English oning me. In a way, it was my ode to rapidly when a community committee degree in 1989. W.O. Mitchell because he was the first was formed. After being told that one of his unto write about the Prairies like he did. “I was inspired to launch the choir published novels was perfect for young He wrote about the Prairies as a way of by Dee Cole, whose daughter, Ali, was adults, Slade wrote Draugr, which was becoming part of the reader’s imagina- a child with Downs syndrome who had published by Orca in 1997. That opened tion. I saw Dust as an amalgamation of a desire to sing. We came up with the up a market that really hadn’t occurred two different versions: the pure Prairies idea to create a choir where those with to him in his earliest writing. of Mitchell and some Ray Bradbury disabilities would share the stage with Slade had been a reader of horror, by bringing weird creatures from other children who were typical. It didn’t science fiction and fantasies and had dimensions.” matter whether the children had disread Stephen King novels. He took a Aside from his stalwart string abilities or not. liking to Alfred Hitchcock’s fascination of young adult classics, Slade once “We are now going into our ninth of “building psychological suspense stepped outside the realm to write John season, having built the program from over grossing people out with spattering Diefenbaker: An Appointment With the ground up for children 16 and unblood.” Destiny. He called it a “good experider. From the first concert when we had Aside from the release of Draugr, ence, and it got me hooked on politics.” Slade saw 1997 as a year of great Baker was born in Saskatoon, gradu(Continued on page 4)
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Great Expectations Tent
11:00 – Melanie Schnell 11:30 – Robert J. Sawyer 12:00 – Guy Gavriel Kay 1:00 – Robin and Arlene Karpan 1:30 – Will Ferguson 3:00 – Yann Martell 3:30 – Robert J. Sawyer 4:30 – Bernard Flaman
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11:00 – Larry Wawaruk 11:30 – D’reen’s Yum Yum Club 12:30 – Sigmund Brouwer 1:00 – Ashley Spires 1:30 – Sigmund Brouwer 2:00 – Ashley Spires 2:30 – Wide Open Puppet Theatre 3:30 – D’reens Yum Yum Club
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11:00 – Teen Advisory Council 11:30 – Brenda Baker, Candace Savage 12:30 – Bill Robertson 1:00 – Sharon Butala, Mary Balogh, Lois Simmie 2:00 – Arthur Slade, Suzanne Paschall 2:30 – Mary Balogh, Wes Funk 3:00 – Beverly Brenna 3:30 – Joanne Brothwell, Lesley Livingston 4:00 – Gail Sidonie Sobat, Sylvia McNicoll 4:20 – Alice Kuipers
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Brenda Baker focuses on her creative life (Continued from page 3)
a half-full house at Grosvenor Park United Church, we are now performing in front of full houses,” said Baker. Her sister, Diane Phillips, started a similar group in 2005, working with those from 17 to 20-something. Another pet project has been The Old Elephant’s Christmas, which is mostly performed in schools. One show will be open to the public early in the holiday season. This year Baker will use it as a fundraiser in honour of her late daughter, Tori, who had Downs syndrome complicated by epilepsy. She was about to turn five when she died in 2008. The fund will be set up within the Saskatoon Community Founda-
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Lack of old-time quality leaves us fit to be tied
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ostalgia is good for you. At least a pair of functional shoelaces? In the “good according to an article in the New ole days� shoelaces were always cotton. And York Times. Social scientists have although you changed them more frequently, now concluded that “living in the past� may they worked and stayed tied. Today’s synactually be healthy and help us to cement our thetic laces are useless, and frankly I think particular personal space in the universe. they are designed to make people crazy. I’ve been suffering from While shoelaces may be what I serious bouts of nostalgia am most nostalgic about right now, lately. But somehow I have the same thinking applies to other a sneaking suspicion that day-to-day items that are no longer what I’m experiencing may readily available to us. When we went not be the positive event that to Ukraine a couple of years ago, no is described so glowingly in souvenir vodka was brought home. The Times. Instead Frank packed back a dozen Before we left for an odpairs of lightweight wool socks from yssey to Ireland, I had been the Kiev Marks and Spencer. A few impatiently waiting for my weeks ago he topped up his personal shoelaces to give out. When fleet of socks with an additional haul one snapped just before we from a M&S store in Oxford. Columnist were about to leave, I eagerly Frank has literally tried every kind replaced the pair with my of sock on the market in an effort to find favourite kind of flat shoelaces. Frank also something that he likes as much as the wool replaced his as a kind of pre-trip precaution. socks he has always worn. Yet it is increasWell folks, if I disliked the first set of ingly difficult to readily find any in our local laces, I positively loathed the replacements. environs. Hence the suitcases full of foreign Frank was none too thrilled with his new lacsocks to perplex Canadian customs and es either. It seemed like every time we turned excise officials when they want to know what around one or the other of us was stopping to we are bringing into Canada. re-tie or looking for a ledge to prop a foot on. Surely Frank and I can’t be the only ones Totally annoying, especially when we’d have to resort to bunny ears double knots that we’d who wax on nostalgically about stuff that somehow has evaporated from our lives. be cursing at a few hours later. We were in Clonakilty in Co. Cork when Where did the Spumoni ice cream from I spotted a cobbler/shoe repair shop, which is Save-On-Foods disappear to? What about practically an act of God in and of itself these Wink, which was my favourite kind of pop days. Miracle of miracles, the shoe repair guy for years? What’ll I do if the Cheezies factory in Bellevue, Ont., ever burns to the ground actually had cotton laces for sale, the kind along with the secret recipe for Hawkins that actually stay tied. Our Irish shoemaker probably thought the Cheezies? As the old saying goes: If it ain’t broke, Canadians in his shop were barking mad as don’t fix it. What do you yearn for from they immediately ripped out our shoelaces on the spot and replaced them with his laces, the past? What got fixed or lost when you along with purchasing most of his inventory. weren’t watching? Why in the world is it so difficult to find Do tell!
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Photo radar: crossing that bridge when we come to it
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uestion: Why don’t we have Question: Why does the province get photo radar in the city like other 50 per cent? major cities? Even though the Mayor Atchison: They claim that if speed limit is either 80 or 90 there is a court case, they have to pay for km/h on the new bridge, most the prosecutor and everything people are driving at 100 km/h that goes with it. They want — or more! Let’s make some the City to pay its fair share. money to pay back the expense We think our fair share isn’t 50 of the bridge. per cent, but that is a story for Mayor Atchison: There another day. are a few things here. Let’s start with the radar itself. In Question: Can anything Saskatchewan photo radar is a be done at the intersection of provincial government manRuth Street and Lorne Avenue? date. To date they have photo North-bound traffic on Lorne radar in construction zones Avenue ends up in a bottleneck only. The City, through Police Ask the Mayor at the four-way stop at Ruth Chief Clive Weighill, has asked Street, especially after a train for it in the past, but it is conbacks up traffic. Now comtroversial. What Chief Weighill has asked pounding the problem are the vehicles for is permanent photo radar. For example, exiting Circle Drive at Lorne Avenue. at a corner where there have been some isMayor Atchison: The city administrasues photo radar would be there 24 hours tion is looking at Ruth Street and Lorne a day, seven days a week. It wouldn’t be Avenue. They are looking at putting in there one day and gone the next. traffic lights there; that is being studied Let’s use Eighth Street and Preston Av- right now. Traffic lights are not inexpenenue as an example. People are speeding sive — close to $200,000 per intersection. along there, and there are accidents. What When they talk about this bottleneck, the Chief has said in the past is if you put and I appreciate what they are saying, photo radar in locations on Eighth Street, there is frustration at waiting at that stop people will abide by the speed limit. It sign when you are going north on Lorne. doesn’t matter if it is one in the morning or The right lane says you have to turn one in the afternoon. It is there all the time. right. It is the same going eastbound and In terms of having radar on the new westbound. You can’t cheat and go straight bridge, I am sure Chief Weighill is probthrough. Sometimes that causes problems ably going to be reading this article and there. Occasionally, the police service is I’m sure the Traffic Division will be out out there and they will pull you over and there issuing more tickets. They started write you a ticket. writing tickets literally on the first day the bridge opened. Question: Why does a group such as the Friends of the Bowl Foundation have Question: How is money from speed- to raise money for facility improvements? ing tickets used? Should this not be the responsibility of the Mayor Atchison: Fifty per cent of City? the money for a speeding ticket goes to Mayor Atchison: In Saskatoon we are the Province and 50 per cent goes to the unique. We are really special people here. City. Our 50 per cent goes into general If you think of the SaskTel sports facility, revenues. the soccer families raised $7.4 million for
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Proposed levy runs dry
When all was said and done, council said more than it did
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was disappointed with city council’s that exceed overall average income indecision to shelve the idea of a special- creases doesn’t have the same inequitable levy tax for road repairs. effect? It wasn’t because I was looking forCoun. Pat Lorje claims we have the ward to more taxation, but rather limited some of the lowest property taxes in the taxation. A special levy would country. I question this. Does have an end date to the tax, she include in that the services whereas increasing the mill or lack of services this city prorate makes it a tax in perpetuvides compared to other cities? ity. A special levy also would Does she measure it against have assured that the majority average individual incomes beof revenue generated through tween cities? Does she include this levy would be spent on levies and/or user-pay fees paid roadways and not diverted to over and above our taxes? And new capital whims of coundo other cities still pay educacil or to cover extra costs on tion tax on their property and whatever current project goes have a dedicated library tax? Is over budget. it reasonable to simply hive off Columnist What amazed me are the the city’s portion of a property reasons council gave for dismissing the tax bill without considering the total propidea of a special levy. The fact council erty tax burden on homeowners? couldn’t find another province that used Coun. Mairin Loewen said, “I feel that this model implies that we can only mimic a flat tax asks most citizens to pay more what other jurisdictions do rather than lead than their fair share.” the way, as does the City of Prince Albert. The administrative report said under Council also reasoned a levy would the traditional tax model the average adversely affect “those least able to pay.” household would still be dinged for $140, Yet they seem not overly concerned about homes over $1.9 million would pay $750, those least able to pay when instituting and those worth less than $100,000 would utility levies and user-pay fees for other pay $40. How many homes in this city services. are worth more than $1.9 million and how But the hybrid model proposed, being many are worth less than $100,000? a tiered levy based on home value ($100 When all is said and done, Coun. for homes valued up to $150,000, $170 for Loewen, “most” taxpayers will be paying the $200,000-$500,000 range and $250 for about the same amount under traditional home values in excess of $600,000) would taxation as under a hybrid-tiered special have somewhat mitigated that concern. tax. But the mill-rate increase will be with Then again, with the cost of a new lot in us forever rather than a special levy for a the city averaging $150,000 or more, how few years. many homes are there in Saskatoon worth What most councillors seem to agree $150,000 or less? on is having the provincial government Coun. Charlie Clark claims a move to expand council’s power of taxation. a levy is simply bad policy, and it results However, unlike its predecessors this in a higher level of inequality. Does that provincial government has already given mean that overall percentage tax increases the municipalities a substantial sum of
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revenue sharing from the PST. Perhaps the provincial government should earmark the money it is already giving to be used for basic and necessary infrastructure only. If council wants to ask the provincial government for taxation change it should be asking for removal of education tax from our property assessments. In most instances it would cut a homeowners property tax in half and allow taxation room for municipal services and infrastructure. But if the province did extend the municipalities’ power of taxation to include, let’s say, a city gas tax, would that only encourage motorists to buy gas outside the city limits? That’s assuming of course our bedroom communities would not add the municipal gas tax or a lesser amount within their jurisdiction. Would it mean a proliferation of gas stations outside the city limits transferring large property taxes to bedroom communities rather than paying property tax to the city, as has happened in the housing market? Property tax, be it through a mill-rate increase or special levy, does not recognize a person’s ability to pay; it assumes homes with higher values equates to higher incomes. But older residents on fixed incomes, paying taxes on a home that increased in value thanks to the boom,
cannot afford to sustain the increasing cost of residing in their homes. Nor do they have viable alternatives for residence. For this growing segment of our community, council’s debate on the inequality of a mill-rate increase vis-à-vis a special tax levy is for not. And it won’t help the very poor or the working poor as property tax increases result in rent increases. Although is it heartwarming to hear some councillors wear their hearts on their sleeves sharing their concern for beleaguered taxpayers, they should do more than talk the talk. Council should reflect on how it got us into this mess in the first place: spending on amenities to make our city more attractive to investors rather than focusing on necessities. Instead of looking at new ways to tax citizens more, perhaps council should look at priorities in spending and, God forbid, at ways of spending less. Be it the voice of wisdom or experience, Coun. Tiffany Paulsen’s comment regarding special levies “It’s coming back” should not be taken lightly. Let’s hope it doesn’t come back after a large mill-rate increase this year. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com
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A life lesson in lentils Hippie friends remind me judgment not always necessary
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write this column watching my friend towards friends who were just like me. whip up a batch of organic, gluten-free, Aggressive. Opinionated. Conservative. dairy-free and sugar-free baby food We revelled in how right we were all the in my kitchen. It looks like a lot of work. time and looked down our noses at the Her beautiful, extraordinarily healthy hemp-wearing free-spirits who we knew and strong toddler is running around my thought they were better than us. Guess living room wearing an environmentally- what? Surrounding Tammy with people friendly cloth diaper. She wipes bright just like Tammy didn’t always work out so purple beet puree on her pants, which are well. emblazoned with the logo of the studio Today, at the wizened old age of where she teaches yoga, to 35, I’ve embraced the adage reach for the almond milk and “opposites attract.” My crunchy, cherry tomatoes to feed her son Steep Hill hippie friends remind a snack. me that judgment is not always Meanwhile, I’m casting a necessary in every situation, side-eye at my fridge freezer and they practice what they wondering if she’d notice if I preach by never judging my microwaved my toddler a Pizza Pizza Pops (not openly anyway. Pop. His Pampers are a bit Really, Pizza Pops deserve to soggy, but I try not to care — be judged). They’ve taught me do you know what those things how to cook quinoa and that cost? He can last a few more organic bananas are actually minutes. My friend and I keep really good. I was humbled Columnist chatting over our respective and softened by my longtime projects (hers a Vitamix, friend’s empathy, tenderness mine a laptop) surprising each other with and openness to her transgendered child’s the fact we share common ground on choices. In three days she taught me more our positions on vaccinations. Then she about embracing the moment and the life swoops up her boy, heading to the couch right in front of me than anyone ever has. because he wants to breastfeed. It’s a small lesson, but one that’s been I’m reminded of some precious time hard-learned. I still absolutely enjoy spent a few weeks ago with a longtime, sitting down and talking hardcore politics, childhood friend who travelled from preferably right-wing politics, with my Calgary to stay with me for a couple of corporate, Harper-loving friends. We extoll nights, along with her three kids. We the virtues of the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t seen each other for about five years. and Ezra Levant, while debating the merits We’d only seen each other twice in the last of a municipal flat tax. However, it’s just 20 years. Back then she was a vegetarian as refreshing to flop back onto my friend’s (much to her mother’s chagrin). Today woven bamboo chair, wrap myself in a she’s a gluten-free vegan. Her eight-yearhemp blanket and listen to her laugh when old boy is transgendered. He and my I ask how to cook lentils. nine-year-old son got along swimmingly, The best part of the lesson life taught just like his mom and I did when we were me about opposites and friendships is the kids and like we still do today. I love her fact that I’m pretty sure there’s more to as much as I did when we were kids. learn. Perhaps one of you could fill me in. In my 20s and early RS31300.I16 Rob30s, I gravitated
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n the top left corner of the Bank of Can- range of one-to-three per cent.) ada (BOC) website is the statement: “We If they simply achieve their target, 10 work to preserve the value of money by years out your Canadian dollars will be keeping inflation low and stable.” The BOC worth 18.3 per cent less. And compared to is Canada’s central bank. today, 20 years from now your money will That sounds good on the surface, but it’s have lost 33.2 per cent in value. absolutely impossible. You I’m not sure how you feel cannot preserve the value of about your money being targeted money while targeting low to decrease in value, but that’s a inflation. By definition, inflamatter of fact. tion is the rate at which the As of June, inflation in Canada value (or purchasing power) of is 1.2 per cent. Based on the past, money decreases. I don’t believe the BOC will be Since it’s the value of your able to keep inflation low and it money at stake, let’s take a could very well rise quite high in quick look at the past and the future. But even if inflation future to try to sort this out. fell below their target zone and PAST TRACK RECORD into negative territory, this would Finance Over the last 30 years our be deflation. And during deflation money has lost 52.8 per cent money actually becomes more of its value. And that doesn’t valuable. (A topic for another even include the high inflation of the 1970s. day.) Throw in that period of time, and since 1970 PRESERVE THE VALUE our money has lost 83.5 per cent in value. OF YOUR MONEY (You can confirm this with the inflation To help you understand the inflation iscalculator at the BOC website.) sue better, I’ve addressed it from a number Clearly the value of money has taken a of angles in this column over the past few huge hit. And not only that, but inflation has years. In particular I recommend you check been known to quickly jump to the upside out the July 11/11, Sept. 5/11, June 4/12 and from time to time. Feb. 4/13 articles archived at my website. In the horse and buggy era of 1915 to The past track record and future targets 1917 inflation galloped from 3.9 to 15.5 per of the BOC are clearly not on the side of cent. To be fair, the BOC did not exist until preserving the value of your money. So 1935. you’re going to have to take matters into But from 1945 to 1947 inflation shot your own hands. from 1.1 per cent to 12.4 per cent. And between 1971 and 1973 inflation zipped from Derek Shevkenek is a Saskatoon Invest3.9 to 9.4 per cent. ment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Maybe the BOC didn’t always have the Inc. Member CIPF. Inquiries are welcome at goal of preserving the value of money, or 306-956-7803 and at www.dereks.ca. Inforit was not able to. But that’s the past. Let’s mation is believed to be accurate at the time look to the future. of writing and is subject to change. Past FUTURE TARGET performance may not be repeated. Opinions The BOC has a target inflation rate of are provided in good faith but without legal two per cent, which is displayed on the top responsibility. Opinions are the author’s, not right corner of its home page. (Within a that of RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
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Getting on track
Arbutus Properties sponsor track and field program for inner-city kids
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rbutus Properties wants you to join them for their Block Party BBQ at The Meadows in Saskatoon’s Rosewood community on Sept. 21 from noon to 5 p.m. The event supports the Saskatoon Inner City Youth Track and Field program. The first 100 people in line at 12:30 p.m. and the first 100 people in line at 1:30 p.m. will receive a free pulled-pork lunch from Schryers Smoke House BBQ. With its head office in Vancouver but the majority of its employees in Saskatoon, Arbutus wanted to give back to the community — particularly to children in the city. “We knew that kid’s sport was something we wanted to get involved with,” said Samantha Kincade, business development manager for Arbutus Properties. “We also knew we wanted to support the larger community from Saskatoon.” In doing research about where they wanted to focus their fundraising efforts, Arbutus found the Inner City Youth Track and Field program. “We saw that hockey, soccer, football — all the traditional sports — were already very supported by the residents of Saskatoon,” Kincade said. “Talking to Bob Fawcett, who is very involved with inner city youth, we found this program. It’s new, which appealed to us, and really needed a champion. “It’s a program that helps two kinds of kids that need the help,” she continued. “You have the traditionally economically-challenged kids that are helped by KidSport. However, Saska-
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toon also has a pretty large immigrant population. One of the things about track and field that makes it really interesting is that it addresses the needs of the kid who comes from a climate where they’ve never been exposed to hockey. So they may not know how to skate.” Enter the Saskatoon Inner City Youth Track and Field program, which provides kids who are new to the community, perhaps even to Canada, to integrate into the sport culture despite not having the means or the necessary experience. “One of the nice things about Inner City Youth Track and Field program is they pick kids up from school, take them to the meets, feed them and then take them home,” said Kincade. “Kids from dual-income families or who have parents working shift work can’t always get to and from their sports activities. So this not just about the practices and the meets and the team; it’s also about helping the whole family to be able to do this.” Arbutus Properties’ Block Party BBQ at The Meadows in Rosewood is for everyone, from any area of Saskatoon. In addition to Schryers Smoke House BBQ, the Disco Dog food truck will also be on site donating a portion of its served lunches to the program. AJ Morrison from Saskatoon Legends will have his race car on-site for pictures and autographs, and the Saskatoon fire department will have its vintage fire truck there for kids to explore. Family fun includes balloons, face painting, raffles, a 50/50 draw and the music of Stephen Maguire.
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OutGrow OutPlay Consignment sale of children’s items offers a great deal
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utGrow OutPlay, Saskatoon’s biggest children’s consignment sale, is back for its fifth semi-annual event on Sept. 21-22 at Prairieland Park - Hall B. Parents take part in OutGrow to sell their good quality, new or almost-new children’s items, shop for deals on new-to-you children’s items, and ultimately save a bundle. Melissa Zimmer is the OutGrow OutPlay franchise owner for Saskatoon East. She’s looking forward to another busy, potentially record-setting event. “Our very first year was busy, but there’s also been a lot of growth,” said Zimmer. “We’ve had a lot more consignors sign up for this sale. The number of people coming through the door has doubled. Now that we’ve moved to Prairieland and being that this sale comes later in September, we’re expecting even more. It’s been a bit of a snowball effect.” With the deadline for consigning inventory set for Sept. 19 at 10 p.m., you still have time to head to the sale’s website (saskatoon. outgrowoutplay.com) and sign up your family’s gently-used baby and children’s items.
“Consignors sign up online, where you’re given access to Consignor’s Corner,” explained Zimmer. “There the consignor is able to enter and tag their merchandise and choose drop-off and volunteer times.” Volunteering at the OutGrow OutPlay sale earns consignors additional commission on their sold items (commission begins at a 65-per-cent return). “For every shift you volunteer, you earn an extra five per cent on your consigned merchandise,” said Zimmer. “Three shifts mean you get 80 per cent of your sold merchandise dollars back as opposed to 65 per cent. There’s nowhere else that you can consign your kid’s stuff and get that kind of money back so quickly and easily.” Consignors can expect their cheque, along with a detailed sales breakdown, will be in the mail within approximately three business days. OutGrow OutPlay organizers only consign upscale quality children’s items in excellent condition. If you’re there to shop, you will find items for both parent and child: clothing, furniture, nursery bedding, maternity clothing, nursing accessories, and baby gear like strollers, high chairs and playpens. For the older child and
young at heart, you will find a wide variety of toys, arts and crafts supplies, children’s books, video games, sports accessories and more. “Shoppers know that all merchandise has been inspected by our volunteer moms. Everything is in great, gently-used condition” said Zimmer. “You know you’re buying quality items with no negotiating. We accept Visa, MasterCard and debit, so there are no worries about having cash.” The sales floor is sorted and sectioned by gender, age and category to make the shopping experience a breeze. Friday night is a pre-sale for volunteers and consigners, while Sept. 21 at 8 a.m. the doors open a half hour early for first-time parents (who have to register in advance online). The doors are open to the general public from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 21 and then from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 22 for a 50 per cent clearance on marked merchandise.
“Pretty much anything your baby or child would use we’ll have it there,” said Zimmer. “It’s crazy the amount of stuff that comes in and then back through those doors.” Those interested in some last-minute consignment or volunteering for OutGrow OutPlay can contact Zimmer at 306-2304499.
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information, contact Michael at 306-249-1527 or David at 306-291-6476.
Sept. 21
What: Multiple Myeloma March to raise awareness for multiple myeloma, a rare incurable blood cancer. Where: Education Building, U of S Campus. Registration: 9:30 a.m. — no registration fee. For More Info: www.myelomamarch.ca or call 306-242-2703. **** Elks and Royal Purple Fowl Supper. Sittings at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are $12. There is no charge for children under 6. Where: 508 12th Street East. (West of Five Corners). For tickets call: Lynda (306-2298724), Floyd (306-221-3777 or Dick (306-2222195) or leave a message at 306-244-5547.
Sept. 22
What: Saskatoon piano man Ray Stephanson applies his touch to some jazz standards and introduces some of his originals, hooking up with Nick Todd on bass and Duane Dorgan on drums. 9 p.m. Where: the Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North .Tickets: $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members
Oct. 5
The Harmenics Male Choir of GraceWestminster United (505 10th Street East) will present a turkey dinner and concert. Special guests: Sanctuary Much Band and the EldonJohn Duo. Tickets $30 for the dinner and concert. Dinner at 5:30 p.m. and the concert at 7. Tickets for just the concert are $15. For more information phone 306-653-1766.
Sept. 24
Saskatoon Women's Community Coalition is holding the annual Take Back the Night march. It is a march to raise awareness about genderbased violence and reclaim the streets. People are invited to gather at 7 at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. Dr. Alex Wilson will speak at 7:15 p.m. and the march will take place at Sept. 19 7:30. Following the march will be refreshments What: social evening for seniors, an annual party for seniors sponsored by Senior Fitness and entertainment by local band The Seahags. This is an inclusive event to be held rain or Association. Where: Royal Legion Pavilion (606 Spadina Crescent West). There is a happy shine and there will be a bus available for hour at 5:15 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner those with mobility issues. **** is followed by Old Time Dance Music from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, available What: Save the Children - Canada (Saskatoon Branch). The first executive committee meeting by phoning 306-374-4542, 306-665-6232, 306-242-9452 or 306-382-1730. Ticket sales of the year and introduction of new volunteers. end Sept. 14. Everyone is welcome. Where: Edwards Family Centre on Fourth ***** Avenue North in Saskatoon at 7:30 p.m. Please Are you caring for a loved one suffering with Alzheimer’s or other dementias? Free Family contact Mel Hosain at 306-373-9877 or preferably at hosain@sasktel.net. Caregiver Education Workshop. Primrose Chateau (310 Cree Cres) from 6:45 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26 Call Marina at 306.931.4663 to register. Attend this local community event to hear ***** perspectives on lean methods for quality in The Saskatoon Branch of the Saskatchewan education and K-12 educator and governance Genealogical Society will hold its monthly viewpoints on process improvement. Speakers meeting are David Francis, PhD candidate, College of from 7 p.m. in the Albert Community Centre, Education; Darren McKee, Executive Director 3rd Floor, 610 Clarence Ave South The topSaskatchewan School Boards Association; ics of the program will be: Homesteading in Gwen Dueck, Executive Director Saskatchewan Saskatchewan and a Webinair: Building a Teachers Federation. Family from Circumstantial Evidence. The Library will be open from 5-7 p.m. . Come and Location: Sheraton Cavalier - South Room. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Reserve your browse the collection. Network with family spot by contacting Voice of Customer at info@ researchers and stay for the program. Coffee asqsask. Registration fee is $20. and cookies will be available.
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What: Free public information sessions on mindful-based stress reduction. Sept. 19 or Oct. 28 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at McFarland House, 716 Queen Street, Saskatoon. Attendance at one of these is necessary for registration in the course. Courses being offered in Saskatoon begin Oct 31. For more details, call 653-2325 or visit jeannecorrigal. com or facebook.com/MBSRSaskatoon.
Oct. 1
The Saskatoon Council on Aging and TCU Place, Spotlight on Seniors is held in recognition of Saskatchewan Seniors Week (Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.) Spotlight on Seniors takes place Oct. 1t, 2013 at TCU. Doors will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is at the door, with the $7 fee includes coffee and afternoon tea. A reasonably-priced lunch will also be offered. For more information, please call the Council at 306-652-2255 or visit www.scoa.ca.
Oct. 4-5
The Canadian Prairie Lily Society (CPLS) is holding its annual fall lily bulb sale. Where: The Mall at Lawson Heights, 134 Primrose Drive. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. A wide variety (colours and sizes) of lily bulbs suitable for the prairie garden will be available. The funds raised by the bulb sale are used to provide two scholarships for students studying Horticulture at the University of Saskatchewan and a scholarship and a bursary for students studying Horticulture at the Olds College of Agriculture in Olds, Alberta.
What: The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.
First Monday of every month
Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings. 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. Then it is the second Monday.
First Tuesday of every month
What: FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness. These meetings run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible).If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.
FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
What: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at the Oct. 5 W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, What’s up with the Whooping Cranes? Join us Saskatoon. For more information or telephone to hear all about the past, present and future support, call 306-343-5322. of one of North America’s most beautiful, interesting and endangered birds. World leaders in TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATthe conservation and restoration of Whooping URDAYS Crane populations will be gathering in What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Saskatoon to share their latest research find- Centre. All ages welcome, all materials supings and insights at a free public symposium plied, no registration required. Every Tuesday, co-sponsored by the Saskatoon Nature Society, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9 the Whooping Crane Conservation Association, p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Nature Saskatchewan. 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Room 106, Biology Building, University of EVERY THURSDAY Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon. What: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group. Who: Caregivers for adult family Oct. 6 members or friends. Cost: Free (presented by La Paroisse des Sts-Martyrs-Canadiens is Saskatoon Health Region). To Register: Jeanne hosting its annual Turkey Supper at the parish (655-3426) or Karen (655-3427). hall located at 1628 - 9th Avenue North. There **** will be two sittings: 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. For What: Depression Support Group — free group tickets, call Muriel at 306-665-9103 or 306runs on the first and third Thursday of each Sept. 28 Sept. 20 280-4219. Reserve early as tickets are limited. month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open What: Dance Party at The Hat (Hwy 5, What: Soroptimist International of Saskatoon Adults: $12. Children 5-12 $5 and children to anyone struggling with depression and famSaskatoon) From 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets present the 10th Annual Luncheon en Vogue under 5 by donation. ily members wanting to support them. Where: $20 and $23. For tickets, call 306-242-7373 Fashion Show Fundraiser – proceeds to 311 – 38th Street East. This is a wheelchair or 306-244-4143. Presented by The Friends of Oct. 8 to Nov. 26 support the Saskatoon Sexual Assault & accessible building. the Saskatoon Public Library. Information Centre’s program and services. Men’s Cooking Class Level 1. 4 p.m. to 6:30 at For more info, call 270-9181. **** Doors open: 11 a.m., Program 11:30 a.m. Grace Westminster United Church, 505 10th Tea, Bake Sale and Bazaar Table at Oliver to 1:30 p.m. Where: TCU Place, Lower level. Street East. Tuesdays, October 8, 15, 22 and Every Tuesday Lodge. 1405 Faulkner Cres. Sponsored by the 29. And again November 5, 12, 19 and 26. Tickets $45 or $360 for a table of eight. United Church Auxiliary. Time: 2 p.m. to4 p.m. Cost: $55 per course; includes 4 meals and a Tops Sask.#5273 meets at St. Mathews Available at Paramount Day Spa & Salon Church Hall, 135-109th St. W Saskatoon. Supports the needs of the recreation departor Saskatoon Sexual Assault & Information copy of Living Simply cookbook. Participants Weigh In from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15. Meeting from ment for activities for the residents. Centre. For more information call 306-244must pay for course prior to start date by visit- 6:30 to 7:30 pm. (Experience a healthy weight 2294. ing the SCOA office at: 2020 College Drive, in loss). For more information call 306-249-2029 Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 the Saskatoon Field House. For more informa- or 306-931-3286. MENSA is an international, non-profit society Sept. 21 tion, call the Saskatoon Council on Aging at for people who score among the top two per Saskatchewan Environmental Society will be 306- 652-2255. Every Friday hosting its eighth annual Sustainable Gourmet cent of the general population on a standardKarousels Cued Ballroom New Dancers class ized IQ test. Mensa is offering a supervised IQ fundraiser dinner at 6 p.m. at the Saskatoon starting Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 and then proceedtesting sale in Saskatoon. Anyone who tests Club. All of the primary ingredients used in ing Fridays until mid-April. Albert Community between Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Oct. the dinner are acquired from local producers Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. 2nd floor hall at 7 6 will be charged only $30. If you are interand then prepared by local chefs to create a p.m. This is a Chance to Dance! Waltz, Two ML41908.i16 ested in attending this session, please call Tim unique gourmet meal. Tickets for the event are First Saturday of every Step, Rumba, Jive, Cha Cha, Tango. For more at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus. $80 (with a tax-detectible portion). The event month information contact Ruby at 306-290-5486. Mary Sept. 20 usask.ca. will also feature a silent auction with goodies What: Piano Fridays with David Fong at 4:30 donated from around the province. For more p.m. Where: The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue information or to purchase tickets, please conNorth . No cover charge tact the Saskatchewan Environmental Society What: Jan Lisiecki, an 18-year-old Canadian at 306-665-1915 or email info@environmenclassical pianist, is a Chopin specialist, among Saskatrivia3c talsociety.ca. an2j Tickets can also be purchased other qualities, and he is achieving internaonline at www.environmentalsociety.ca. tional success. 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It has been 50 years since there was this much excitement over a new Corvette. Interestingly, this car is also called the Stingray. By MALCOLM GUNN
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bviously, nothing becomes “iconic” overnight. It’s a term that has to be earned and the six-decade-old Chevrolet Corvette is deserving of that status, and more. The seventh-generation 2014 ’Vette (few multisyllable cars become as well-known for their abbreviated handles as for their proper name) maintains its brand mystique. In fact, adding the Stingray appellation is an acknowledgement that history and heritage are as important to the Corvette as You might not like all the vents, its modern-day looks, advanced high-tech content and sizbut they’re not for decoration. zling performance. From any angle, the 2014 Stingray — Sting Ray was first used for the artful “split-window” 1963 ’Vette — is all Corvette, all the time. The wedge-shaped body and grinning grille are symbolic of previous editions, yet most of the car is completely new. The front fenders and hood (the latter made from carbon fibre) are dramatically shaped and the coupe’s removable carbon-fibre top accentuates a more angular hatchback opening. Then there’s the air-intake and heatextraction vents on the hood, sides and atop the rear fenders that aren’t just for show. And at long last, the Corvette’s designers have fashioned a breathtaking rump, including an integrated spoiler, non-round taillights and quad exhaust-pipe outlets. The sensational convertible is not merely a coupe without a roof, but a highly detailed sculpture that carries shapes and themes from the body to the interior and back. The soft top can be lowered remotely using the key fob and at vehicle speeds up to 50 km-h. There’s much to ogle when it comes The dashing cockpit is therefore the design equal to the to design. The rear hatch has a long, exterior, which is something the ’Vette faithful have waited straight sight line that runs from the roof a long time to see. Available carbon fibre, aluminum, suede to the tail and the rear side windows and stitched leather trim is used, the steering-wheel diameter fully modernize the car. is reduced and the magnesium-framed seats are built for comfort as much as for support. The effect is dramatic and world-class all at once. Equally dramatic are the Stingray’s new bones. The stiffer chassis uses weight-reducing aluminum that’s about 45 kilograms lighter than the previous steel structure (the Z06 model was aluminum, however), although total vehicle weight has increased by the same amount. It’s also stronger, which
What you should know The gorgeous new interior, with real carbon fibre, will silence the critics. The “Track” mode is loudest and most aggressive of the five driver settings. And if you like to “drive,” there’s a new sevenspeed manual transmission.
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Type Engine (hp) Transmissions Market position
Two-door, rear-wheel-drive coupe/roadster 6.2-litre OHV V8 (455) Seven-speed manual; six-speed automatic (opt.) The Corvette makes economic mincemeat out of the competition, excelling in design and total performance. A more sophisticated presence simply adds to the sports car’s desirability. Points ☛ Dramatic restyle controversial in some quarters, but should be lauded by most ’Vette fans. ☛ Amazing power and fuel economy without fancy overhead cam layout. ☛ Stunning interior update. ☛ Sophisticated variable powertrain and suspension settings range from thrifty to track ready. ☛ Will there be Z06 and ZR1 versions to follow? Safety Front airbags; side-impact airbags; side-curtain airbags (coupe); anti-lock brakes; traction control; stability control. L/100 km (city/hwy): 12.2/6.9 (manual trans.) Base price (incl. destination): $54,450
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The stunning convertible has no extra structural bracing. Chevy says the platform is strong enough, even without a roof.
means the convertible body requires no additional bracing and thus weighs about the same as the coupe. Under the hood is a newly designed 6.2-litre “LT1” V8 worth 455 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. The previous 6.2 was rated at 430/424. Direct fuel injection (new for Chevy V8 engines) and variable valve timing are key to the extra power with Chevrolet saying that the torque rating actually comes close to that of the larger 7.0-litre V8 found in the previous Z06 Corvette. If you’ve driven a Z06, you’ll understand the impact of this statement. Cylinder deactivation, a program whereby half the engine shuts down under light loads, cruise and deceleration, benefits highway fuel economy. The overall numbers are 12.2 l/100 km in the city and 6.9 on the highway, which is improved from 12.9/7.7. Both the new-for-2014 seven-speed manual transmission and optional six-speed automatic are located directly ahead of the rear suspension for improved weight distribution, just as before. The seven-speed’s “Active Rev Matching” blips the throttle when upshifting/downshifting for smooth gear transitions and better vehicle stability, such as when gearing down while braking for a corner. Standard is a five-position selector knob with settings for Weather (ratchets up the stability and traction controls), Eco for maximum fuel economy, Tour (standard default position), Sport (firms up the suspension and throttle settings and reduces exhaust back pressure) and Track (really firm and loud plus adds a lap timer to the electronic gauge panel). Most Stingray buyers will want to spring for the $3,500 Z51 performance option that boosts engine output to 460 ponies and adds a performance suspension and exhaust system, beefier Brembo-labeled brakes, larger wheels and tires and both differential and oil coolers. According to Chevrolet, Z51-equipped Corvettes will dash to 60 mph (96 km-h) from rest in 3.8 seconds, about 0.3 seconds quicker than the base Stingray. All this power and glory starts at shockingly reasonable $54,450 for the coupe and $59,950 for the convertible. That makes the sexy, potent Corvette hands-down the best performance machine for the money. And that’s why it’s the most anticipated Corvette in five decades, and likely the best.
Base price: $102,000 Expensive, yes, but the performance gap might be closer than you think.
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You like muscle cars? Then this is one man you have to thank for a whole era of them.
Estes began as a young engineer at Oldsmobile in Lansing, Mich., where he helped develop a highcompression engine in 1949. While there, Estes’ life took its real first turn. lliott “Pete” Estes, an engineer at heart, could Knudsen had just been given the reins at Pontiac see the wheels spinning that morning in 1963 when a bright account executive for Pontiac’s and he needed some fresh ideas and young minds advertising agency walked through the door to inject excitement into the brand. A call was placed to Estes. with a notion that would ultimately ignite the “muscle “Pete,” Knudsen said, “I want you to come over car” era. Estes could see the potential in secretly creating here and help steer us on the right course.” Estes was a little hesitant about leaving Olds, at the GTO, a car that would eventually become the subthe time a successful GM division. ject of songs, movies and passionate car clubs from Detroit, Mich., to Dallas, Tex. “After all,” Estes said, “Olds was a fast stepper, But, then, Estes could see a lot of while Pontiac certainly was not.” things before they happened. But Knudsen and GM styling vice It’s that kind of brilliance that would president Harley Earl eventually contake him from the engineering offices of vinced him to make the move. Chevrolet and Pontiac, all the way to the “I just had all my Oldsmobile blood top of General Motors. drained out one night,” Estes rememHis hands-on approach won over bered, “and had Pontiac blood pumped dealers. His leadership energized a P ro - files in the next morning. That’s all there division. His vision led a corporation to was to it.” Automotive legends profitability. Estes went to Pontiac as a chief and heroes Pete Estes knew how to water, nurengineer. It was the beginning of an era ture and allow ideas to grow. He knew unequaled in recent automotive history. about life’s quick turns. Together with Knudsen, Pontiac and Estes were “You knew immediately that he was someone who on their way up. wasn’t afraid to try something different,” Estes’ longOver the years, Estes was instrumental in detime coworker Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen once said. veloping the “wide track” concept of the automobile The conversation began innocently enough. It was early 1963 and after years working his way (a wide stance for better handling and more interior through the ranks, Estes was Pontiac’s general man- room) and also working to equalize the weight distribution of an automobile by mounting the engine in the ager. He knew the division needed a blast of energy front and the transmission in the back. and set out to assemble a team to make it happen. But it was his leadership that truly shined through. Jim Wangers, the account executive at the By 1974 he was elected the 15th president and chief advertising agency of MacManus, John and Adams, operating officer of GM and held that position until his knew that GM’s mandate to pull out of all forms of retirement in 1981. factory-backed racing in 1963 wouldn’t help the “He was a brilliant automobile exec who undercompany attract young buyers. Wangers’ idea was to swap an engine from a full-size Pontiac into the mid- stood the soul of the car industry,” Nat Shulman, a sized body of the Tempest. The car, named the GTO Chevrolet dealer in Massachusetts, wrote about Estes in a story for Ward’s, an industry trade paper. after Ferrari’s GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato), also Estes died in 1988 after only seven years in retirereceived a number performance upgrades, including a ment, but not before leaving an indelible stamp on an heavy-duty suspension. industry. “It’s an old hotrodder’s trick, but I think it could work,” Wangers said that day. Pontiac even brought back the GTO name for Estes outlined the plan. The 1964 GTO was born the 2004 model year, touting that the musclecar had, and the rest was history. The original production plans indeed, returned. Expensive and loaded with features, called for about 5,000 units; Pontiac sold more than it deviated from Estes formula of mid-sized muscle for 30,000 the first model year. Sales topped 97,000 units the masses, especially young buyers, but the resurjust two years later. rection more than proved it was a period in time worth The GTO was the right product at the right time, remembering. but Estes was just getting rolling. His ability to spot a trend and ride it would eventually take him to the top. Jason Stein is a feature writer with Born Jan. 7, 1916 in Mendon, Mich., Estes was a Wheelbase Media. He can be reached on car guy practically from birth. He graduated from the the Web at www.shiftweekly.com by using General Motors Institute in 1938 and then attended the the contact link. Wheelbase supplies autoUniversity of Cincinnati where he received a degree in motive news and features to newspapers mechanical engineering. across North America.
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“Eco” badges mean a different kind of green When some people look at a box of munchies on the shelf at the corner store that reads “low fat,” they somehow see “this is healthy for me.” “Low fat” is really a label to make you feel less guilty about buying munchies in the first place, which keeps you coming back for more munchies. That’s how marketing works. In the car world, there’s the term “Eco” that many automakers have glommed on to. Their cars have “Eco” lights on their dashboards, their engines are called “Ecotec” and “Ecoboost” and some even have little green swatches worked into their shiny logos. That’s the marketing departments at work playing to the trends, but the term “Eco” does not mean that “This thing is saving the planet.” But that’s what “Eco” might make you think. That driving a giant seven-passenger rig is somehow being “green” because there’s an “Eco” badge on the tailgate. It’s a term designed to make buyers feel good about their purchase and it gives the automakers some credit for spending billions of dollars on incremental gains in cutting emissions and consumption. But, when it comes to vehicles in general, the term “Eco” is, at best, a stretch. The new Ram “EcoDiesel” is the perfect example. Surrounded by 2,500 kilograms of glass and steel, the new engine — and the truck, by inference — can’t really be “Eco” anything. Sure, it might burn less fuel than other engines in the Ram line, but “Eco” is a stretch. How about, “It gets a bit better mileage than the rest of our big trucks.” I guess that descriptor is a little ungainly, but the way I see it, it’s at least more accurate. For years, marketing departments have been putting the best possible spin on their products. This is how terms such as “fuel economy” came about. Economy is subjective and implies thriftiness. A cement truck can’t have fuel “economy,” it has “fuel consumption,” which is a measure of what a vehicle actually uses. A less fluffy term, yes, but it’s far more accurate. Green leaves sprouting out of a hybrid’s instrument cluster is a bit much, as is Honda’s “Earth Dreams” term used for its new-generation engines that, just like they did 20 years ago, still burn gasoline. And “Ecotec” as it relates to a 6.2-litre V8 engine or an “Ecoboost” engine in
the Ford F-150 pickup that has about the same fuel consumption as the Ram 1500 with the 5.7 “Hemi” V8. I guess that should be “EcoHemi” then? In part, it’s about branding products with a sellable name for what would otherwise be considered normal year-over-year progress. Mazda’s “SKYACTIV” cars are the perfect examples of this. The company has given the name, in part, to its new direct-fuel-injection engines, which many other manufacturers have added to their lineups as a matter of course, with little fanfare. Mazda gave it a name however and has been successful selling that name. But automakers really need to be careful so that the term “Eco” doesn’t come off as a mere slogan — like “low fat” — that stands for a different kind of green . . . sales dollars. — Jeff
The Ram “EcoDiesel” will have lower consumption than the gasoline V6, but can a 2,500-kilogram truck really be considered “Eco”?
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If anyone knew there was a legend in the making, it was Max Hoffman.
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hrough triumph and tragedy, the original Mercede-Benz SL left its mark not only on the racing world, but in the minds and imaginations of sports-car fans the world over. The highly coveted German car figured in some of the most memorable racing moments of all time, from the most heroic to the saddest. Such is the legacy of a car that, more than 50 years following its creation, commands eye-riveting attention whenever one appears at any classic-car gathering. But it wasn’t for Max Hoffman, North Americans would have known little of the 300SL. In the 1940s and ’50s, Hoffman, who lived in New York City, was an importer of a number of European auto makes, catering to a small and exclusive group of enthusiasts. Up to that point, the 300SL was a strictly race-only piece and Hoffman was more than familiar with its impressive competition record. It had won the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans (France) endurance race as well as that year’s Mexican road race, the Carrera Panamericana. Hoffman was convinced the car would be a big hit in the United States. He pleaded with Mercedes-Benz to build a street version for public consumption and backed that up with a commitment to buy 1,000 of the brutish-looking coupes. Mercedes obliged and set about to build the roadgoing 300SL. Visually, the consumer-oriented SL (the letters stood for Sports Light) varied only slightly from the racing model. Instead of an aluminum body that attached to a tubular space-frame chassis, the production version used panels made of steel, although aluminum was retained for the hood, trunk and roof-hinged “gullwing” doors. Also retained was the 3.0-litre inline sixcylinder motor (canted at a 50-degree angle to make it fit) and four-speed manual transmission. Equipped with Bosch fuel injection, the 240-horsepower street version of the SL made 65 more horsepower than the racing version. The 300SL was presented to the public at the 1954 New York Auto Show. Despite the then-outrageous price of around $7,000 — about $5,000 more —‑than your typical domestic sedan, importer Hoffman had no trouble selling all that the factory could ship him. As with most sports cars primarily designed for racing, the 300SL wasn’t exactly user-friendly. To gain entry, there was the issue of straddling the high and very wide door sills, while carefully lowering yourself into one of two extremely snug-fitting bucket seats. Fortunately, the SL’s giant steering wheel was hinged below its hub so the bottom half could be folded
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Malcolm Gunn is a feature writer with Wheelbase Media. You can email him by logging on to www.shiftweekly.com and clicking the contact link. Wheelbase Media provides automotive news and lifestyles to newspapers across North America.
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o you dread buying a vehicle? It should actually be a fun experience, don’t you you think? We’re talking new wheels, here, after all. Factor in used cars and the selection is endless, so coming away happy shouldn’t be a really big deal, right? That’s not always the case and apparently the problem is not the car, but the actual pothole-filled journey of getting to the dotted line to sign your name. It has always been assumed that women are uncomfortable with the whole thing and some interesting stats would appear to back that up. Yes, women are involved in almost every car-buying decision. But according to Autotrader.com, 25 per cent of women also feel uncomfortable and stressed about it. Actually, I would have guessed that the percentage would have been higher. Most women I know would want a “car guy” friend to help out, for sure. First off, when beginning to look for a car, give yourself some time. In fact, the more time you give yourself, the better the chance you have a scoring the right car at the right price. But which car? Consider what ride is best for your lifestyle. It sounds like a no-brainer, but plenty of people let the basics slide right by. For instance, the Corvette sports car is fast and fun, but is probably not the best option for a mom with two kids who play a lot of sports. A sport utility vehicle for the single woman living in Los Angeles, Calif., might not be the perfect choice, while the daily hiker with two big dogs might love a roomy, rugged ride. However, I would not be alone in saying that it’s pretty easy to get wrapped up in a vehicle that’s good looking or presses some sort of emotional hot button.
There’s actually nothing wrong with feeding that emotion, but first consider what you really need based on your lifestyle and then look for hottest vehicle with the right attributes. Write them on a sticky note and tack it to your computer. Next, get off Facebook for a few minutes (your 37 “friends” will still be there, I promise) and begin researching as much as you can about the vehicles you’re interested in. There is a wealth of free information out there at your disposal without even having to leave the house, and you must take advantage of it. An obvious place to begin is with the manufacturer Web sites, which contain the most current model news and photography and even video. Most will let you “build and price” right there so that at least you know what you can afford. Bookmark the cars you like and keep glancing over at that yellow post-in note to make sure the profile fits. In fact, pay special attention to features and options dictated by that little note. For example, if you feel safety features are crucial, know how many air bags you want, what stability control is (it prevents skids and spins), rollover protection and blind-spot warning sirens. A knowledgeable buyer is better equipped to make the right choice. Ask any auto dealer and they’ll say that you have just as much product information as they do. It’s a good idea to print out any dealer quotes and any offers you might find when scouring the newspapers, the Internet or from other dealers so that you have something very specific to refer to. Saying, “you know, that deal you had in the paper a couple of weeks ago? Or was that the another place . . .” is not going to help anyone out. Take the info with you in a neat and tidy folder, feeling informed and
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reasonably certain about the purchase you want to make. You’re not going to know all the lingo, but most people just let the jargon fly right by because they don’t want to appear uninformed. Hey, if someone says, the “residual is 40 per cent,” and you don’t know what it means, ask. The sales staff expects questions. I recommend visiting the dealership with a friend, preferably someone who is also informed. Moral support is always helpful, especially when it comes to temptation. “Well, I don’t have the silver one in stock. Ordering it will take six weeks, but I can give you a heck of deal on purple if you take it today.” You might want the vehicle so badly that you’ll compromise the key features on your sticky note. That’s in your hand right? Feel free to offer and negotiate. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If negotiations are not going your way, take a little walk and gather your thoughts. Stick to your guns and be prepared to walk away. You have no leverage if you’re going to buy the car anyway. One flaw is that many people wait until an old lease is up before they begin shopping, or when their current car is on its last legs. The additional pressure of not having any wheels at all might force you into a buying decision you might otherwise walk away from. However, most dealers are eager to make a sale, and if your requests are reasonable and you don’t waver, they’ll often try to meet your conditions. Even if there’s a price gap that’s just too big to overcome, ask about demonstrator models (with a few thousand miles on them) that will often have extra incentives and still have full warranty. And be sure to
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have a “Plan B” (either a different vehicle or a different dealership). I’ve always had good relationships with dealerships and I want the same for you. Purchasing a car is big decision, most importantly the idea of it shouldn’t keep from diving in. Hey, if you mess up you can sell it, but hopefully these tips will lead you down the right road. 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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Most were only ever intended to make people say “wow”, but some of these were green-lighted for production only to crash and burn somewhere in the pipeline.
was silver coated for UV protection. Just . . . wow.
By TODD D. BURLAGE
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F
rom the 1958 Ford Nucleon that could reach 8,000 kilometres on one fill-up of uranium, to the 1997 Cell Craft G440 Flying Car that rolled down the road but also lifted and flew on demand like a helicopter, concept cars have captured the imagination of the automotive industry for more than 80 years. Many concepts are often designed and built more to attract attention at auto shows, and used to test new technologies, fresh design features, and performance improvements that can change the course of auto building, or quietly slide off into the engineering ditch. The concept cars of the carefree 1950s are typically held as the standard for ingenuity . . . and often insanity. And some of these old classics are included in our list of intriguing concepts that, for a variety of reasons, never made it to your driveway.
Production of the popular Ford GT ceased in 2006, leaving Ford without a true supercar in its catalog. With a breathtaking design inspired by the Shelby Cobra Daytona, the GR-1 was expected to fill the void. A 6.4litre, V-10 engine promised to produce more than 600 horsepower. The GR-1 made its grand debut at the Detroit Auto Show and was on-track for production. But high manufacturing costs and sketchy demand projections were its demise.
1955 Lincoln Futura
This concept was designed by Ford Motor Company and built by Ghia in Turin, Italy, using the original standards of the classic Lincoln models from the 1950s, which included the clear-plastic canopy top and the outwardpointed tailfins at both ends of the vehicle. This beautiful concept was a stage-stealer at North American auto shows, even inspiring model kit and toy car collectibles. Of course, the concept car eventually became the original Batmobile.
This rocket was powered by a 6.8-litre, twin-turbocharged V12 engine that could propel the car to 60 mph (96 km-h) from rest in 3.9 seconds. Fueled by ethanol, the Aero X would produce a claimed 800 horsepower and reach a top speed of 261 mph (418 km-h). Not unlike an open-wheel racecar, this ride also featured a seven-speed manual transmission controlled by paddles on the steering wheel. This concept idea was popular, but myriad of snags — like, where ethanol would come from — kept it from reaching production.
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This futuristic ride — highlighted by a bubble-top roof — tested the limits of automotive design of the day. The interior was inspired from the cockpit of an airplane and was trimmed out in bright metal and red leather, When the doors opened, the front seats automatically slid back electronically and a rear-view camera relayed traffic activity by a video monitor mounted in the dashboard. One of the last cars drafted by Harley Earl, the Cyclone became an important test vehicle for futuristic styling and technology. The fully independent suspension was cutting-edge and the radar-operated crash-avoidance system — with two sensors mounted in the twin “nose cones” at the front of the car — was about 50 years ahead of its time. The canopy opened electronically and
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This high-performance concept was designed to become the fastest streetcar in production with a claimed 1,000 horsepower and a top speed of more than 220 mph (350 km-h). British builder TVR put in a 7.7-litre V12 engine to propel the Speed 12 to 60 mph (96 km-h) from zero in barely three seconds. Hopes were high for this ride but plans were scrapped because the car could never be made street legal.
Considered to be the original concept car, it came from Harley Earl, the first designer at General Motors. The Y-Job was never built for mass production, but rather to provide consumers a glimpse into the direction of modern styling and engineering. Highlighted by wrap-around bumpers, hidden headlamps and electric windows, many of the Y-Job’s features found their way to production models, including the trademark tail fins that appear on the 1948 Cadillacs. Interestingly, Earl used the Y-Job concept as his daily driver.
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Engineers designed and built two early Aerovette models before Chevy’s general manager, John DeLorean, cancelled the program as a budgetary move. The Aerovette, which had its V8 engine in the back, was resurrected and beefed up in 1976 and this concept was approved for production in 1980, but executive turnover at GM sapped momentum from the program and it died.
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This concept was unveiled to commemorate the 30th birthday of the popular M1 model, only with many more advanced technical and engineering innovations added. Styling touches such as the rear-quarter-panel gills, and the trademark rounded rear BMW emblems are present on the Homage as a tribute to the original. BMW execs hold hope the Homage may someday reach production, but like so many concept vehicles, costs have stalled this project indefinitely.
Todd Burlage is a feature writer with Wheelbase Media. You can message him using the contact form at www.wheelbasemedia.com. Wheelbase is a worldwide provider of automotive news and features stories.
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