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Garden Patch Five years old and still growing

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express

he Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre’s innovative Garden Patch project is feeding the hungry and educating local citizens about the importance of urban agriculture. Now in its fifth year, the community-driven initiative transforms a vacant lot owned by the City of Saskatoon into a thriving garden full of vegetables and other plants. The Garden Patch is located in the downtown area, in the 900 block of Third Avenue North. “This is an entire city block, so it’s about an acre and a half of growing space,” said Brit MacDonald, community developer and urban agriculture manager at the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre. MacDonald said the garden provided 19,000 pounds of food to the food bank last year. During the course of the last four years, it has produced more than 70,000 pounds of food. The fresh veggies — including peas, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, beets, onions, garlic and squash — are incorporated into the food baskets the food bank distributes to those in need. “Everything harvested within our garden goes to the food bank for distribution, so it goes out in our community food baskets, and also is accessed sometimes by community schools and different organizations as well,” she said. “It definitely helps us fulfill our commitment to provide healthy, nutritious food to the community. Beyond that, we’ve seen the garden as a space to create learning opportunities and to bring people together in a community space that’s inclusive. . . . People can get their hands in the dirt and really engage in the food system in a different way.” New this summer are the two beehives located at the garden’s south end. Flowers are also planted in an attempt to attract pollinators. “We observed last year some poor pol-

Janna Perry (right) and Brit MacDonald at the Garden Patch in downtown Saskatoon (Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk) lination with our cucumbers and different things, and also because since 2005 there’s been this incredible loss of bees all throughout North America — and largely unexplained,” MacDonald said. “We see that as an opportunity for us to then create a suitable habitat for bees and we thought what better than to partner with someone from the Saskatoon Bee Club and bring bees in.” MacDonald said there are some misconceptions about bees, but the honeybees at the garden are not aggressive and they won’t attack unless their hive is attacked. They travel a distance of two miles, “so it’s not as though they’re going to infest the garden.” They honey the bees produce also tastes “very good,” MacDonald added. “We’re very fortunate in Saskatoon that it’s legal to have bees, so urban beekeeping is encouraged,” she said. Other initiatives at the Garden Patch include a seed-saving project, funded by USC Canada, and the new Youth Garden

Internship Program, which is in its first year. The internship is an essential skills program that focuses on workplace training for young people between the ages of 16 and 22. “They’ll have a camping trip in the first week of July, and then they’ll be starting in the garden Monday to Friday for July and August,” said MacDonald. The six youth involved in the paid internship will focus on resume-building and interview skills, effective communication and hands-on sustainable agriculture work. The youth will tend to the garden, work with volunteers and community groups, learn about cooking and preparing food and supervise the tomato seed-saving project. “We have different youth sponsored by different organizations throughout town and different schools. We have kids coming from Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op, from the Open Door Society, Nutana Collegiate (and other organizations),” MacDonald said. “Our goal was to pick the candidates that

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would receive the most from our program.” The program will be evaluated this year, and the goal is to offer it again, she said. In addition to growing vegetables, keeping bees and offering a program for young people, the Garden Patch also conducts research projects. For example, there is a partnership with the Permaculture Research Institute of Saskatchewan and Let’s Talk Science at the University of Saskatchewan to test different soil amendments — such as worm compost — on particular plots, said Garden Patch coordinator Janna Perry. “As we go, we’re going to be tracking and recording plant height, how green are the leaves, what’s the differences that we can see,” she said. Perry said the garden is helping people — including the school groups that visit — connect with the food they eat. “I think that when people see the food and touch it and then eat it, there’s a connection that happens,” Perry said. (Continued on page 4)

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he Rolling Stones, the The night we saw Little Eagles, the Bee Gees, River Band was special for Fleetwood Mac, Bon them and extended to the Jovi, Elton John, Green Day, Centennial Auditorium crowd. Bryan Adams and John MelAustralia had just won the lencamp. Burton Cummings, America’s Cup yachting comBachman Turner Overdrive, petition after a United States Kenny Shields, Bob Seger, stranglehold of more than 130 Matchbox Twenty, Leo years. Party time. Sayer, the Little River Band, The Bee Gees pre-disco Rod Stewart, the Zombies, concert will go down as an Styx, Roxette, Nazareth, all-time favourite. Maybe the Editor Herman’s Hermits, the favourite. Talk about a great Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, date night. Chicago, Reba, Jann Arden, Heart, the All together now: Stampeders, the Northern Pikes and April There’s a light Wine. Trooper, of course. James Blunt, A certain kind of light Kelly Clarkson and Donny and Marie. That never shone on me Those are most of the concerts Sandy I want my life lived with you and I have attended in our 40 years Lived with you together. We are definitely shy on rap and There’s a way everybody say heavy metal. To do each and every little thing The Queen concert last week, even But what does it bring sans Freddie Mercury, was one of the If I ain’t got you, ain’t got? best of all. There are only a handful of You don’t know what it’s like, baby the ones listed above that hold the memoYou don’t know what it’s like ries it will. To love somebody Front-row seats at a Beach Boys To love somebody concert in the late 1970s when Carl and The way I love you. Dennis Wilson were alive is one. Besides That, ladies and gentlemen, is dating the great music, Dennis was so drunk gold, even for a runty guy. The only fear he could barely play. He would toss his was Barry Gibb would steal your girl. drum sticks into the air and where they Back to Queen. landed nobody knew. He did an amazSandy and I went to the concert on ing version of Joe Cocker’s You Are So media passes. A New York public relaBeautiful as an encore. When he finished tions company named Rogers&Cowan and started the song again, the rest of the invited us to attend the event. How it band came back onto the stage. found us, I don’t know. Green Day was fabulous. Our sons I was the reviewer and Sandy the introduced us to the band. We went to the photographer. Queen’s rules were that concert soon after listening to one of their photographers would be positioned CDs all the way from Saskatoon to Los in front of the stage for the first three Angeles and back. Billy Talent and Nick- songs. Sandy and Maria Rieger, the elback were on the playlist on that trip as outstanding photographer who shoots well. I like Nickelback. Sue me. for Credit Union Centre, were the only

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two. They had Queen all to themselves from their little gated community near the stage. It is hard to miss getting great shots of Adam Lambert, given his eyes and smile and energy. The trick was getting guitarist Brian May and Lambert together and in focus and while using old equipment. And one security guy was partially blocking the view. Why aren’t there tiny security guys? “Can we bring up the house lights? Hey Adam. Hey Brian. Strike a pose!” May and drummer Roger Taylor, who made it into our photo, are what physically remains of Queen. Despite not being one of those guys that can rank guitarists in order from one to 100, May is the best I have heard. And to this untrained ear, Taylor ranks at or near the top of drummers. May’s solo, which stretched past 10 minutes, was amazing. The guitar went through a range of emotions. It talked. It cried. It was eerie. It was beautiful. Taylor did a drum off with his son, Rufus. The old man might have won the skins game, but the women in the audience clearly were rooting for Rufus. If Sandy had taken a photo of Rufus, we’d show you why. Lambert was amazing. He didn’t try to be Freddie Mercury. Who can be? He was Adam Lambert singing Queen songs. Brilliantly. It was touching when the band saluted its lost leader. There was a take-your-breath-away moment when Mercury’s face and vocals appeared on the video screen. To hear him singing Bohemian Rhapsody was haunting, touching and downright incredible. Thank you, Queen, for another large deposit in the music memory bank.

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Devon Fiddler hopes to have samples of her deer-hide handbags this month (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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Young entrepreneur heading for success

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n Devon Fiddler’s mind, 2014 is going slowly. With so much to do, she hasn’t sat back to see how far she has come. She completed a 12-week program at Praxis School of Entrepreneurship, where she developed a business plan. She was a recipient of the Michaelle Jean Foundation’s Young Arts Entrepreneur Funding. She has made pitches, raised money and forged partnerships and working relationships from here to Arizona. As the year has progressed, so has her company, SheNative Goods Inc. Soon Fiddler will have prototypes of her deer-hide handbags. After that, the company will go into production. It’s unlikely, but maybe then Fiddler will catch her breath. Her road to SheNative was not paved with gold. She wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. The 26-year-old is a member of the Waterhen First Nation. She spent her school years at both Waterhen and in Meadow Lake. The worlds often clashed. Fiddler said she faced racism in Meadow Lake, both at school and in the community. When she would return to Waterhen, she was “the town girl.” As her friends dropped out of school in Meadow Lake, she was suddenly alone. Should she drop out? Should she return to school in Waterhen? She chose Waterhen. Though she couldn’t know it at the time, it was a life maker. Her grades and her self-confidence began to soar. She was her school’s valedictorian and won awards in the community. She’s gone from those school awards to national awards in fewer than 10 years. “Education isn’t as good at reserve

schools,” she said, while sitting at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. “But it still gave me that confidence to go to university.” She took her first year in Meadow Lake and moved to Saskatoon for her second. That first year in Saskatoon didn’t go well. “I didn’t make enough friends right off the bat and still hung out with negative people.” She said those friends were into drugs and alcohol. “A couple of years later, I let go of those friends and started surrounding myself with people I wanted to be like. In the university, they have the Aboriginal Students’ Centre. I looked up to the people who ran the centre, so I always stuck around there so I could get to know people. And I started slowly making friends.” Fiddler started getting involved during her final two years at the U of S. She became vice-president of Aboriginal relations for the Indigenous Students’ Council. She was volunteering, and doing more to create the positive environment into which she had been welcomed. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Aboriginal public administration. For the next three years she worked for the Meadow Lake Tribal Council Resource Development in Saskatoon. “I had no idea what I was getting myself into – no idea of anything entrepreneurial,” she said with a laugh. “I was intimidated at first about the work I was doing, but I’m a go-getter so if I didn’t know something I would just do it anyway. And I built my reputation. “I worked with entrepreneurs and ran an entrepreneur program. It was kind of hard at first because I didn’t know what I was doing, but I learned along the way. That is what sparked my interest in entrepreneur-

ship and wanting to start my own business.” SheNative was born. “SheNative Goods Inc. is an ethical line of designer handbags inspired by Native culture. We give back a portion of our revenues to indigenous women and girls, and will be hiring indigenous artisans to help us with the collaborative fabrication of our goods, so that would be providing a secondary income. We are targeting indigenous women to hire when we start our own production facility.” The plight of First Nations women hits home for Fiddler. “We have the most disadvantages of all women in Canada. I have experienced so many disadvantages myself. They go from unhealthy relationships, physical abuse and sexual abuse – all those bad things that happen to most Aboriginal women. The sad thing is it is very common. “A lot of people have it a way worse than me. That is why SheNative is really about self-motivation, perseverance. And, despite all the circumstances that have happened in the past, we can go for it. That is really my message to any woman.” Fiddler has been inspired by people such Kendal Netmaker, founder and CEO of Neechie Gear Inc. Netmaker launched a clothing line in Saskatoon a couple of years ago that has become a national success story. “I went to school with him at the U of S and watched him grow. To me it was really inspiring to see somebody actually doing it. Hey if he can do it, why can’t I?” She mentioned a number of other mentors, including Monica Kreuger at Praxis and Heather Abbey of shopindigeous.ca. Being one of the recipients of the Michaelle Jean Foundation’s Young Arts Entrepreneur Funding did wonders.

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“It was pretty cool. Being one of eight in Canada is pretty big. It will be a lot of help.” Fiddler received $7,500 in start-up funding from the Jean foundation. It also opened the doors to other funding and other mentoring opportunities. She recently completed crowdfunding, a relatively new concept in which individuals can contribute to a business and earn perks for their donations. Fiddler is also one of 21 entrepreneurs chosen globally to participate in a new international program — the Start-Up Generation Global Fellowship program. To keep SheNative moving forward, Fiddler has been working with a Native graphic artist in Arizona and has a partnership with Academy of Fashion Design in Saskatoon. “They will be producing all our samples, doing the sample specs and making our patterns,” she said of the Academy of Fashion Design. “We have illustrations and we have mock-ups, but they are nothing near what the final (product) look will be. We are working on a logo and branding. When we come out we want to make sure we are targeting the right people and with the right messaging and doing things properly.” She said that target is professional women. “It’s women with disposal income that care about the well-being of indigenous women. It is really aimed at women who care about helping other women.” If all goes well, those first samples will be ready in July or August. The business will be based online, with the handbags also available in some retail outlets. For more information, contact Devon Fiddler at devon@shenative.com. A website – www.shenative.com — is in development.

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It was a rainy night in... Saskatoon THERE WAS a classic quality of acts at the Broadway 1944 golden oldie, performed and The Bassment were better by Ella Fitzgerald along with than ever. Bill Kenny and The Ink Spots, that carried the lament “Into THE GROWTH of the Each Life Some Rain Must festival has been rather phenomFall.” enal. But with growth, there are And for anyone connected sometimes troubling behindwith the SaskTel Saskatchewan the-scenes issues, some due to Jazz Festival for 10 days in media concerns about the acJune, the greatest concern was cessibility to the star attractions the song’s second line, “But and how the media is limited in too much is falling on me.” some of its coverage methods. People Hardly an evening’s There are photo and video crowd escaped the threat of rules, which specifically apply rain this year and, on some occasions, to the artists on the main stage. Artists can the rain fell heavily. The saving grace only be photographed or filmed during for the festival committee was that four the first three songs. Crowd shots can be of the shows, held outdoors on the TD taken only during the first three songs. No Main Stage at the Delta Bessborough lenses larger than 10 inches are permitted. Gardens, were sold out. That amounted There can’t be any entrance between the to somewhere beyond 13,600 tickets new metal barricade and the stage unless sold for those nights only with a rainotherwise instructed by festival committee or-shine condition. Other houses were members. healthy as well. Since the Gardens are Some of the artists impose additional the festival’s main source of revenue, requirements. Thankfully, one act, Tegan the bills will be paid. and Sara, came without any special deThe tell-tale sign on the books is mands. whether the loss of liquor and concessions So can you imagine the buzz when Colin revenue, especially for the first four days, James decided he would not allow the will be crucial. publication of pictures of him performing The festival has some built-in safeon stage unless he first saw the images. Or guards against the weather, such as The a smaller buzz when another media source Broadway Theatre, The Bassment and was chastised for allowing its photograAmigos. Quite vulnerable, however, is pher to go beyond the boundaries that John the free outdoor stage at Friendship Park, Legend had dictated. These are two isolated where rain and wind can put a chill on an cases – maybe there were more – but the evening’s programming and on the locacases were symptomatic of a growing intions of vendors. terference. The artists call all the shots they The ability to attract top-notch talent want. The festival bureaucrats protect their is a strong virtue of Kevin Tobin, the fes- every move. The public doesn’t know what tival’s artistic director. There was quality is happening and probably doesn’t care. It’s on the main stage from start to finish. The a simple case of the media being somewhat

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John Legend was magnificent while singing in the rain (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) shackled. The more often the rules are enforced, the tighter the shackles get. The artists, who come to Saskatoon’s festival, don’t carry the star stature of Cher and Queen, who happened to be in Saskatoon on two of the same days. The media knows the Credit Union Centre rules they must live by, and the media also knows that the big acts at CUC have been around long enough to deserve that entitlement. Neither Cher nor Queen demanded to see photos before publication. It’s amazing that the festival is growing rapidly, but isn’t there something to be said for a desire to maintain some small-town Saskatoon atmosphere. CARL SCHLOSSER, out at Prairieland Park, is hoping the rain won’t extend through the Aug. 5-10 timeframe when the Saskatoon Exhibition is scheduled. But the Ex has so many safeguards that rain can only have a minor effect. Even with the major shows, the stage is

covered, there are 6,000 grandstand seats covered and only the tarmac between the stage and the seats is unprotected. Adding to Schlosser’s excitement is the fact that The Sheepdogs, the Saskatoon musicians who have blossomed into a big-time act globally, will be headlining on Aug. 8 at the free grandstand. Look what just happened to The Sheepdogs. Their lead singer, Ewan Currie, was scheduled to throw out the pitch and all band members were scheduled to be present at the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game on June 29. They were also scheduled to headline at the Edgefest Summer Concert series in Toronto on July 1. The timing is just right for the Exhibition. The Sheepdogs are in heady company. Also booked that week are Johnny Reid on Aug. 5, Walk Off The Earth on Aug. 6, Billy Talent on Aug. 7 and Pat Benatar, with Neil Geraldo, on Aug. 9. All shows are free once a customer buys the gate admission.

Hundreds of volunteers tend to the garden

(Continued from page 1) feel that as soon as people pull a carrot and eat it, they’ll want to do that again,” she added. The City owns the land the garden sits on, and the garden is given a year-to-year lease. That means the garden will be relocated in the future, said MacDonald. “We know there’s plans to widen the road, so we know that this isn’t our permanent home. We’re trying to steward it the best we can for the time being. But we look forward to having a permanent home that we can then put a little bit more infrastructure on,” she said, noting a new location has not yet been chosen. “The City’s been very supportive of us, and they’ve told us that they’ll find us a home when the time comes.”

Hundreds of volunteers tend to the garden during the growing season, including the 32 teams of volunteers that will be a part of the Adopt a Plot program for 2014. Teams of about five to 10 people from families, businesses and community groups spend about an hour each week taking care of a 100-square-foot plot. The seeds are provided and no gardening experience is necessary. “You can come down without a green thumb and hopefully, throughout the season, people feel a little more comfortable and have a little bit more confidence with growing as well,” said MacDonald. MacDonald and Perry are grateful for the dedicated volunteers who support the garden, such as Ernie Fast, a long-time supporter of the project. MacDonald said

he is “almost like a staff member.” “He does everything for us. He tills in the fall. He connects us to a lot of resources that we need within the community, (and he) brings us straw, mulch, wood chips. He fixes everything that breaks for us. He welds these tools together and makes mallets from birch logs. He’s incredible. This garden owes a lot to him.” MacDonald said each year there’s “more and more feedback” from the public about the Garden Patch, and people now want to “get involved in all different levels.” “Of course, we’re always looking to the future and trying to make this a sustainable project and, in the meantime, we are very grateful to the sponsors that we have that are sponsoring the project,” she said. “There’s so much research that kids,

seeing a vegetable, they’re just more likely to eat vegetables. Knowing a vegetable . . . comes from the ground and not the grocery store is really an important, valuable experience.” MacDonald said the Garden Patch is about more than growing vegetables for the food bank. It’s also about creating opportunities for people to “come and engage with each other,” connect with food, learn new skills and meet new people. As well, the Garden Patch provides an opportunity to demonstrate viable and economically feasible urban agriculture methods. “We’re definitely on the road there, and we want to continue that,” she said. “The production of the vegetables is very important to us, but really more important is the people.”

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Saskatoon senior gives chase to purse snatcher

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t was late in the afternoon when Marg (not her real name) parked her car on Sixth Avenue and started walking toward Queen Street, where she had a doctor’s appointment to test her blood pressure. When Marg got out of the car, she saw a man sitting at the front of a house. She noticed his bright red top. She thought nothing more about it as she started walking toward Queen Street. Soon, she had the feeling that somebody was behind her. That person was getting closer. Suddenly her purse was ripped away from her right arm and a man ran away at full speed. “At that time I probably went into shock,” she said. “I just screamed. I said, ‘Somebody help me. Call the police. Don’t let this man go. He just took my purse – the one with the red top. Please don’t let him go.’ “I just kept screaming. I never stopped. Somebody said I ran for three blocks — I’m going to be 78 in September,” she said with a laugh. She was running in the same direction as the man who had her purse. “I didn’t want to lose track of him. I wanted to see that red top until he got caught. I just kept screaming and running after him.” As she was chasing the man, people were responding. People were coming out of their homes and getting into their cars to help her. Suddenly Marg came upon a congregation of people. They told her she didn’t have to run anymore. A man was in custody. The police had arrived in cars, on bikes and on motorcycles. It was time to take care of her. People brought her water and called a cousin, who consoled her. However, her purse JW11612.F30 Jameswas still missing.

She was taken to the police car to try to identify the man in the backseat. “I said, ‘He’s the one that took my purse.’ I have never had language used to me like he used. It was ‘Eff this’ and I was lying – just all kinds of names. The police figured I didn’t need to hear that.” Marg said she felt badly for the young man. He was only in his 20s and has a mother out there, she said. “I don’t have a hatred for him,” she said. “My heart really goes out for him that he did anything like this.” Marg really wanted her purse back. Police had dogs searching and asked her to retrace her steps. The purse contained various pieces of identification, credit cards and about $25. After spending the evening with family, she returned home between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. There was a message on her phone saying her purse had been found. “I was so thankful.” The only thing missing was the money. Marg said she was impressed beyond words about how the police and citizens helped her. She wanted officers to pass on her thanks and regards to Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighhill. “The police did an excellent job. They couldn’t have been any better and more polite.” She was also grateful to members of the City Park community. “Thank you so much for coming to my rescue. I am so thankful. From my heart I really do appreciate them and thank them.” The police did give her a couple of pieces of advice. Screaming was great, but the pursuit wasn’t such a good idea, they said. Given the trauma, Marg’s blood pressure was not too far out of line. The doctor told her running three blocks proved her heart was in good shape, she said with a laugh.

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Both Spence and Harwood hen Coun. Tiffany think Saskatoon residents Paulsen served her should be happy to have outmotion to give city of-towners using our facilities, residents first dibs on leisure even if it means city residents services programs, I thought lose their access because of it. the passing of this motion They cite economic spinoff. would be no-brainer. I had If they mean that after the hoped that she or another kiddies finish swimming they councillor would amend the pick up some fast food on their motion and add some meat way out of town, then my reand potatoes to it by includsponse is sorry folks. The cost ing a provision that out-ofColumnist of the subsidy is far greater town residents would not get than the net profit from the the subsidized user fees. It sale of a burger and fries. Others bellowed didn’t even cross my mind that the moabout the spending bedroom communities tion would fail, or that five councillors would happily put the best interests of our do in Saskatoon and that it is good for our bedroom communities over and above the businesses. But are they shopping here because their own cities don’t have the interests of Saskatonians by sanctioning variety of shopping that Saskatoon has, city taxpayers paying the full freight for operational costs of leisure facilities while or is it because they get bargain-basement leisure services? However, this is not non-residents get a free ride. Paulsen flagged the fact city tax dollars about business, it is about families. And were used to build and/or finance the fa- this sense of entitlement from non-resicilities. City tax dollars greatly subsidize dents is appalling. It is not only leisure services that the annual operating costs. City taxpayers then pay a user fee. At the very least, city need a review. A few years back, when the Library Board wanted to construct a residents should be first in line for the new downtown library to the tune of $50 programs offered. million, I asked a councillor from Corman I was taken aback when Warman Park how well their municipality’s mobile Mayor Sheryl Spence stated she worlibrary worked. He responded that he ries that a “residents-first” policy would negatively affect rural children, including didn’t know because he accessed library Warman youth, who don’t have a pool of services from our Frances Morrison Litheir own. But isn’t it her job to provide brary. What is wrong with this picture? I can’t remember the last time we had these services to the residents of her a year without a tax increase, but I do recity? Spence needs to be reminded that Warman is now a city with a sufficient tax call that last year we had one of the largest mill-rate increases in our city’s history. base to support building a leisure facilMany Saskatonians have paid hefty car ity if residents want one. But why tax Warman residents for a facility when they repairs due to the poor condition of our can easily glide into the city and use exist- roads, underground infrastructure is in decay, sinkholes are no longer an oddity ing facilities for a subsidized user fee? but a norm and debt is rising. Does using I would have had respect for Spence our tax dollars to support use of facilities had she said that the City of Warman would like to make arrangements with the by out-of-towners encourage homeowners City of Saskatoon to contribute to annual and businesses to move outside of the city limits if for no other reason than to avoid costs of the facilities in exchange for equal access to our facilities and programs increasing city taxes? This motion had no financial implicafor Warman residents. And let us remember, Warman is a city, not a small village, tions. It simply asked that courtesy be and its neighbour, Martensville, not long extended to taxpayers who have paid, and ago was touted as being the fastest-grow- continue to pay, for facilities that we as a city deemed necessary for our quality of ing city in Western Canada. life. The argument that usage of leisure Corman Park Reeve Judy Harwood venues is down doesn’t wash because this seemed indignant over Paulsen’s motion. She claimed it was divisive at a time was about priority use for residents, not a ban on non-residents. In reality, outside of when our city is collaborating with the rural municipality and surrounding towns five councillors, the only folks writing letand cities for regional planning. The same ters opposing Paulsen’s motion were the message should be sent to Harwood. Help out-of-towners benefiting from it. This is not about our city being nigpay at least the operating costs of facilities in exchange for access. That truly would gardly towards bedroom communities. be a kumbaya moment for both jurisdic- We can share what already exists, but we all need to share the costs. tions. So thank you, Coun. Paulsen, for tryCoun. Pat Lorje chimed in with a silly ing to assist our residents, and thanks to and divisive comment that we shouldn’t Mayor Atchison and the councillors who think that our children are more imporsupported her effort. And a toot salute to tant than children from neighbouring communities. Obviously we do, because councillors Lorje, Hill, Clark, Iwanchuk Saskatonians are willing to build and sub- and Loewen for pushing your electors to sidize leisure services for their residents, the back of the bus. Maybe in the next election you can seek a council seat outwhereas the surrounding communities side of our city. seemingly are not. When did Saskatoon taxpayers become responsible for providehnatyshyn@gmail.com ing services to other cities?

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Resident raises voice over short sound wall

Answers on page 19

By Boots and Jim Struthers

Question: In 2009, the City built a sound wall on Circle Drive between Clarence and Preston avenues. At the time, it didn’t look high enough. For three years the speed limit was 60 km/h due to Circle Drive construction. The noise levels were fine. Now the speed limit is 90 km/h — meaning 100 plus — and the noise levels are insane. Will the Ask the City be raising the sound wall? Mayor Atchison: Until there is notification to the administration, the answer would be no. The people in the neighbourhood need to contact the City, let them know their concerns and ask them to come out to do sound testing and take a decibel reading. At that point, it will be determined what the situation is. Interestingly, we had to rebuild a few sound walls because cars have decided they want to challenge the walls. In fact, we have one spot now that has a view. So we have had to replace some of the walls. I don’t recall us having to extend the height of a wall. It doesn’t mean it can’t be done or won’t be done in the future.

that same opportunity for our families in Saskatoon. Question: Is there a chance this will come back again? Mayor Atchison: It will eventually come back again. I think there is a bigger picture here that we must consider for the future. We are in the process of developing a regional plan with our partners in MarMayor tensville, Warman, Osler and the RM of Corman Park, and I believe that recreation and leisure should be part of that discussion. Facilities are very expensive and don’t make any money, so we need to look for creative partnerships with municipalities and the private sector to provide the kind of leisure activities that all families in the region deserve.

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Rhubarb is here in abundance and we want to enjoy every bit while it is fresh. Not only does it taste delicious, it is good for us. The stalks are rich in several B-complex vitamins such as folates, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin and pantothenic acid. We have been busy making muffins, cakes and pies for the cottage and the arrival of family. These muffins have a great flavour and freeze well for lazy mornings when you would rather be playing with grandchildren than making breakfast. Visit breastfriends.ca for more information and recipes from Breast Friend cookbooks.

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Question: I have noticed more and more cars are clogging intersections when a light turns from green to red. Is there a law against this? If so, what is the fine and is it being enforced? Mayor Atchison: It seems to happen a lot. The car in front of you is moving forward and you go on the assumption that the traffic is flowing through. Then, as you pull ahead, everybody else stops and you are stuck in the intersection, and somebody says how much they love you by honking on their horn or they wave you a single-stem rose or something along those lines. But there is a bylaw. I think it is a municipal law under traffic bylaw 7200. The fine for that is $80. It is hard to enforce because the officer has to be Johnny-on-the-spot. I would think to write a ticket it would have to be an awfully flagrant violation. Question: Are you disappointed the proposal to give Saskatoon families priority registration times for leisure services was voted down? Mayor Atchison: We wanted to give the residents of Saskatoon an opportunity to register their children for the programs and times they want. I was hoping for a 24- to 48-hour advance registration. It is not unusual for some people to have that option. Here’s an example: some events at Credit Union Centre are connected to certain credit-card companies so they have early ticket buying. Sometimes media groups in the city offer their listeners and viewers an opportunity to buy tickets to events ahead of everyone else. I believe that other communities around Saskatoon offer their residents the opportunity for advance registration for activities, so we were looking for

Question: Had this passed, was there concern that it could alienate members of the regional plan? Mayor Atchison: I don’t know about that. I hope not. Some mayors in the past have said to me they wouldn’t have a problem with the City charging more, because they charge residents from Saskatoon more. I don’t think that is where we want to go. I think we want to make it as fair as possible for everyone. In the other communities if they said residents from Saskatoon can have the same chance to register for activities or book ice time at the same rates as their families, I think that would be great. I don’t think that happens right now. Look, I am not a big protectionist. I am a big believer in an open market. Question: How are engineering consultants for major projects selected? Are expressions of interest advertised somewhere? I don’t recall ever seeing one. Mayor Atchison: It depends on the project. Usually these jobs are advertised in industry publications and the newspapers. What happens is they submit their qualifications, administration looks at them and then chooses an engineering consultant for a project. If the City contracts with a company to build a project, then that company hires its own consultants. In that case the City might also hire a consultant to look out for our best interests. Note from the mayor: The council procedures process we have used for decades now has come to an end. From now on, the mayor will sit in the chair all the time. And there will be the new committee structures going forward. Our first council meeting under the new procedures will be on Aug. 21. Our council meetings will now start at 1 p.m. They will recess at 5 p.m., start again at 6 p.m. for public hearings and end at 11 p.m. (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. com. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

City playground programs begin

he City of Saskatoon’s summer playground programs begin on July 2, with all 45 neighbourhood locations open by July 4. The last day of the programs will be Aug. 27. Designed for two to 12 year olds, these free drop-in programs include water play, sports, crafts, games, music and much more. Playground programs operate rain or shine Mondays to Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Fridays from noon to 4:30 p.m. The same activities are also offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 16 locations around Saskatoon. Weekend playground

program hours are noon to 5 p.m., beginning July 5 and ending Aug. 17. Please note that children under the age of six must be supervised by an adult or a responsible youth at all times during playground program and paddling pool hours. As a reminder, the City’s 17 spray pads operate from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day, up to and including Sept. 1, 2014. Paddling pool hours are the same as playground hours. Visit the interactive map at www.saskatoon.ca/go/playgrounds for more information on dates and times paddling pools are open, or call 306-975-3378.

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We owe thanks to airport authority, Tourism Saskatoon

udos to the Saskatoon its size. It will feature eight Airport Authority bridgeable gates, retail stores, (SAA). Not only has it more food options and even a recently opened Phase I of its fireplace for the enjoyment of $53-million terminal expansion, travellers. but it is doing it with a balanced The expansion represents budget and financing it within just half of the investment its existing revenue stream. Few that the SAA is making with businesses, not-for-profit or changes to the public side of otherwise, can boast of such an the terminal. In the future, we achievement. Once completed, will potentially see a parking Columnist the original 139,000-square-foot structure and a hotel complex. terminal will have increased These are ambitious plans to to 266,670 square feet, almost doubling meet the needs of our growing city.

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A relatively new entity, SAA was established in 1999, taking over management of the John G. Diefenbaker Airport from Transport Canada. Managing 2,000 acres, 3.2 kilometres of concrete runways and hosting 1.38 million people per year takes a team of 30 dedicated workers. In addition to the airport activities that most of us are familiar with, SAA is a landlord to 40 businesses and government agencies. These tenants employ more than 1,800 people and pump in more than $250 million into the Saskatoon economy each year.

SAA’s efforts are paying off big time for the residents of Saskatoon. Seven airlines fly from the city, with direct flights to four countries. According to the statistics compiled in the Economic Impact Study recently commissioned by the Regina Airport Authority, “each time a B737 lands and takes off, it supports 1.33 FTEs (fulltime equivalent workers), $61,000 of annual labour income and $164,000 of GDP activity.” This equates to a $746-million contribution to Regina’s local GDP. With Saskatoon’s airport being even busier than Regina’s, the impact is that much larger.

The construction project alone is keeping 75 to 100 people busy on site each day for a two-year period. One might ask why the SAA is so successful. Many would tell you that good leadership by both the board and the administration has made the difference. In addition, good planning, investment in quality and a dedicated team are evident. Not coincidentally, these are the characteristics of any well-run business. In addition, the growth of Saskatoon and the economic health of our city play a large role. There are more people travelling

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for business, more conferences and more disposable income for vacations. Enthusiastic cheerleaders have also contributed to the airport’s success. Tourism Saskatoon has done a tremendous job of increasing traffic and revenue to our city under the leadership of Todd Brandt. President and CEO of Tourism Saskatoon since 1998, Brandt and his team have helped increase total visitor numbers to 2.8 million per year, with total receipts jumping to more than $530 million annually. “I think what is important is that increased air service over the past years

has resulted in service through major hubs — both Canadian and in the U.S.,” said Maxine Montgomery, manager of customer and terminal services of the SAA. “Not only can travellers have ease of access through major Canadian hubs like Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, the opportunity to connect thorough major U.S. hubs of Minneapolis, Chicago and Denver really provide great connections. We have experienced growth every year since 2004. And between 2008 and 2013, we saw a traffic increase of 18 per cent overall. Currently we are one of the

fastest-growing airports in Canada.” Now the 13th-busiest airport in the country, this momentum will continue to build as the SAA works toward providing residents of Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan with even more options and giving Tourism Saskatoon even more reasons to draw people to the city. Prosperity Saskatoon is an initiative of 15 local business groups working together as the Combined Business Group. Follow Prosperity Saskatoon on Twitter at @ProsperityStoon or visit the website at www. prosperitysaskatoon.com

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July 16 – 19: Canadian Summer National Swimming Championship – Shaw Centre

June 30 - July 6: SIGA Dakota Dunes Open presented by Sasktel – PGA Tour Canada

July 17 – 20: Back to Batoche Days – Batoche National Historic Site

On now to July 6: Saskatoon Summer Players present HMS Pinafore – Remai Arts Centre

July 17 – 20: Ness Creek Music Festival - 20km north east of Big River, SK

July 1: Canada Day at Batoche National Historic Site

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July 3 – 7: Prairieland Junior Ag Showcase – Prairieland Ag Centre July 4 - 5: Live Thoroughbred Racing - Marquis Downs July 4 – 5: Tractor Pulls - SIR July 4 – 27: Hilda’s Yard – Station Arts Centre, Rosthern

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July 6: Pets in the Park – Kiwanis Memorial Park July 6 - 12: Football Canada Cup - Griffiths Stadium July 11 - 12: Live Thoroughbred Racing - Marquis Downs July 9 - Aug 24: Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan - Big white tents next to the Mendel Art Gallery

July 18 - 19: Live Thoroughbred Racing - Marquis Downs July 18 – 20: Saskatchewan Team Penning Finals – Prairieland Ag Centre July 18 – 20: River Lights Festival and Watercross Nationals – River Landing July 18 – Sept 1: A Show About Nothing – Affinity Gallery July 18: Bryan Adams Live – Prairieland Park (Grandstand) July 19: Super Trucks Racing Series – Auto Clearing Motor Speedway July 19: Live@Lunch – Little Stone Stage, Broadway Avenue July 20: Brits by the Bus Show and Shine – at 21st Street and Spadina Crescent

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July 26: Local Points Meet – Auto Clearing Motor Speedway

July 11 - 13: Points Race #6 and #7, and Street Legal Racing – SIR

July 26: Live@Lunch – Little Stone Stage, Broadway Avenue

July 12: Live@Lunch – Little Stone Stage, Broadway Avenue

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July 17 – 20: Back to Batoche Days – Batoche National Historic Site

On now to July 6: Saskatoon Summer Players present HMS Pinafore – Remai Arts Centre

July 17 – 20: Ness Creek Music Festival - 20km north east of Big River, SK

July 1: Canada Day at Batoche National Historic Site

Saskatoon Folkfest Inc along with RBC proudly present

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For tickets go to: picatic.com/RBCFolkfestGala

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July 15 – 20: A Taste of Saskatchewan presented by Conexus Credit Union – Kiwanis Memorial Park

Convoluted Beauty: In the Company of Emily Carr

July 1: Optimist Canada Day Celebrations – Diefenbaker Park

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July 11 - 13: Points Race #6 and #7, and Street Legal Racing – SIR

July 26: Live@Lunch – Little Stone Stage, Broadway Avenue

July 12: Live@Lunch – Little Stone Stage, Broadway Avenue

July 26 – 27: Saskatoon Blitz 2014 – Prairieland Park (Halls A and C)

July 12: Saskatoon Reggae and World Music Festival – Kinsmen Hall (614 11th Street E)

July 28 – 30: Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Finals – Prairieland Ag Centre

July 12: Run or Dye - Prairieland Park

July 28 - Aug 1: Living History Young Pioneer Camp - Western Development Museum

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Why don’t Hill, Clark decide who’s running for mayor?

ast week’s city council meeting the next SUMA convention, oped programming, lures in residents package was huge. There were which is really what this was from nearby bedroom communities hundreds and hundreds of pages all about. who then unabashedly throw money of reports, recommendations and comThe thinly veiled subat our fast-food restaurants and shopmunication on various issues impacting context underneath the ping centres when they’re here. That’s our city. Don’t worry if you weren’t debate was that the issue awesome for the provincial and federal aware of how thick the binder in front of access to leisure progovernments who collect those taxes, of the mayor and councillors was. That gramming in Saskatoon is just like they would wherever that type means you have a life. a middle-class or east-side of disposal income is spent. One of the items on the table was issue. With one leisure centre Last I checked, Warman and Martensa commonsense, principled decision on the east side compared ville’s slogans are not “Live here, spend that Coun. Tiffany Paulsen requested to three in the west, I’m not your money in Saskatoon.” No, both of Columnist – that of giving Saskatoon residents entirely sure how that works. their local retail economies are booming first dibs, for a whopping 48 hours, on As for who or what class this with high-end clothing stores, fast-food registering for leisure programming services at issue allegedly impacts — we’re sacrichains and grocery stores of their own. tax-funded facilities. Under the current strucficing the middle class in Saskatoon on In fact, during the debate, one of ture, Saskatoon residents actually pay for these the altar of Warman and Martensville? the directors of the Greater Saskatoon facilities three times: through property taxes, Seriously? Because there is absolutely Chamber of Commerce vigorously through the mill rate and then the fee paid upon no middle class in those cities? weighed in on the debate on Twitter. She registration. Yes, there’s a misguided theory that said her residence is in Martensville, and Paulsen wasn’t proposing anything groundswimming lessons, or other city-devel- that’s where she tries to shop and spend breaking. She wanted staggered registration, JW11507.F30 James which would still cost us as much, but at least respect the fact we pay more. A similar structure is commonplace in most cities, including Regina, which implemented it years ago quietly and without rioting. Because nothing at Saskatoon city council can be accomplished quietly or without rioting, her request was denied. The elephant in City Hall is Warman and Martensville, our neighbouring cities whose marketing campaigns are essentially “Live here, shop here, go to Saskatoon for the things you can’t get here.” On yours and my taxpaying tab, that is. Coun. Charlie Clark and Coun. Darren Hill 2,104 PRIZES WORTH MORE THAN led the charge against shutting down Paulsen’s request, chanting mantras about “regional cooperation” and “not poking the bear” that is apparently Warman and Martensville. When Clark and Hill finally decide which one of them is running for mayor against Don Atchison in 2016, council will be a much better place. In the meantime, they’ll have to draw straws on who is going to be the most popular guy in the room at CD00549.F30 Curt

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Smiles all around at Pets in the Park Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express

tion area will feature flyball, agility and more. Trade booths will be set up, and the ardele Atchison is a selfSaskatoon Police Service’s canine unit described pet lover. will attend. It’s fitting, then, that Atchison Registration for the SPCA Paws-in— who is married to Saskatoon Mayor Motion Walkathon will start at 9 a.m., Don Atchison — recently welcomed two with the walk set to begin at 10 a.m. 10-month-old Golden Retriever puppies “It’s fun for the family and all the pets into her home. there. We’ve had dogs, cats. We’ve had It’s also fitting that she would serve some snakes, rabbits — you name it,” as the honorary chairperson for Pets in said Atchison. the Park, one of the city’s popular annual Pets in the Park selects a poster pet to summertime events. represent the event. This year’s winning The 2014 Pets in the Park event will be “poster dog” is Rufus, a 13-year-old held on July 6 in Kiwanis Memorial Park, Golden Retriever-Labrador Retriever mix. south of the Delta Bessborough Hotel. Rufus was selected after John Ogresko atThe event marks the only day of the year tended the event last year with Rufus and that city council grants permission for his other two dogs. on-leash pets to accompany their human “We got portraits taken of the three family members to the park. dogs — as long as they would sit still,” he While Pets in the Park provides a fun- said with a laugh. filled day for the entire family, including “Then we got a call that said Rufus’ their animal companions, it is also an picture was picked for the poster and for important fundraiser. a calendar or something, and we thought, “Monies help three of the rescues in ‘Well, that’s awesome.’ He would be Saskatoon: SPCA, New Hope Dog Reskind of like the ambassador dog for Pets cue and Street Cat Rescue. The funds that in the Park, so it’s quite an honour for we raise at this time go towards medical him.” treatment and just other things that the Saskatoon Pets in the Park is a charanimals need,” said Atchison. ity that was founded in 2006 with the Atchison said the “atmosphere is goal of raising money to support sick, absolutely fantastic” at Pets in the Park. injured and homeless animals. AdminThe event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and istrative coordinator Linda Jean Gubbe features live music, a barbecue, a bake said the annual event benefits the anisale, a silent auction and face painting. mal organizations because it promotes There are activities planned for the pets, their work and connects them with the including pet portraits, microchipping public. and nail trimming, while the demonstra“It has benefits for the organizations,

Pets in the Park honorary chairperson Mardele Atchison poses for a photo with 2014 poster dog Rufus and Rufus’ owner, John Ogresko, in Kiwanis Memorial Park (Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk) but it has huge benefits for the people who love animals, because they get to see what’s going on. They get to share the day with their pets,” she added. “And it has huge benefits for the pets themselves, because how often do they get to go to these family oriented

events with their family and be able to enjoy the day? I mean, there’s smiles all around.” For more information, visit the event’s website at www.petsinthepark.ca or find Pets in the Park on Facebook at www. facebook.com/petsinthepark.

Visiting grandson’s class makes positive impression

uring the last days of it didn’t have to be in books, June, I had a chance but rather that they could read to visit my grandson’s everywhere: signs on the road, Grade 1 class at Brunskill information signs, highway School. It left a positive imsigns or reading a map. pression on me. Summertime reading and The visit started with the learning comes with all types morning bell as students of opportunities. The Saskatoon flowed into the school, knowPublic Library is a great place ing what to do and how to set to visit throughout the sumthemselves up for the day. mer. Children can utilize its All action slowed to a resources to create projects and Columnist halt as the intercom syslearning of the finest order. tem brought the music to O The time in the Grade 1 Canada. I’ve never been one to support the classroom ended with hugs and students playing of O Canada over the intercom; asking when we could meet again. As I perhaps I had too much of it as I grew up. walked away from the school, I realized I’ve changed my mind. I realized that my how successful the school year had been grandson knows the words to O Canada for the students, and how summer freedom — all of them – and he learned them in would be welcomed by all. school. The students will use their newly found Aidan’s class was a delight to meet. skills in the real world and follow their They all sat on the floor listening as stories own interests. were shared and knock-knock jokes were The teacher will take a much-needed told. Their teacher, Ms. Maderash-Clark, mental break, but then be thinking about sat on the floor with them, explaining some the upcoming year by at least mid-August. of the needed learning cues and redirectThe school building will receive an ing a child’s attention when needed. Her overhaul through the summer, sure to be guidance and hands-on approach with each bright and clean by the fall. student matched their learning style. They School’s out. Summertime is here — had mastered learning together as a group, finally. And while one system of education helping one another to figure things out. takes a breather, let’s welcome the freeAs I read and talked to them, I tried dom of learning everywhere, which might to support their drive to continue readhave included joining a young person to ing over the summer. I explained that sing O Canada on July 1.

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This home is located at 1422 Hunter Rd. (Photos by Peter Wilson) By Peter Wilson

undee Homes has just opened a new display home in the Stonebridge neighbourhood. The two-storey townhome has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths and offers 1,345 square feet of living space. It also has a double detached garage. The foyer, with reception closet, leads into the living room. A powder room is located on the main floor. The spacious kitchen has maple cabinets, granite countertops and an island with a double sink and pantry. The three bedrooms are on the second floor, and the master bedroom has a walk-in closet and tub-equipped en suite. The family bathroom is also located on this level. The basement is open for future development. All homes in the project are fully fenced, landscaped and equipped with underground sprinklers. There are two- and three-bedroom designs, with floor plans ranging from 1,208 to 1,345 square feet. The pricing of this Dundee home begins at $379,900. The company is including a

Local commitment six-appliance package in all units. The home is located at 1422 Hunter Rd. It can be viewed Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on weekends and holidays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed Fridays.

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Questions & Answers with Mardy Fish

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express hree years ago Mardy Fish was the seventh-ranked tennis player in the world. He was earning millions of dollars. He was a Davis Cup star and an Olympic silver-medal winner. The Americans tennis world came crashing down as he prepared to play Roger Federer in the fourth round at the 2012 U.S. Open. “I wasn’t able to do it,” he said from his home from Los Angeles. “I pulled out for personal reasons, I said. I didn’t tell anybody what was going on and what was happening.” Fish was suffering from anxiety. “I was embarrassed a little bit to articulate what was going on without feeling uncomfortable about it.” That was then. Now he talks about it, becoming another voice in spreading the word that mental-health issues touch virtually every family. While Fish has played some tennis since that August day in 2012, he has become consumed by golf. He decided to take the game seriously just five months ago. He is a scratch player and received an exemption to play in the SIGA Dakota Dunes Open from July 3 to July 6. It will be the biggest event of his young pro career. For more information on the tournament, visit www.dakotadunesopen. com. Here are excerpts from an interview Fish gave the Express last week. Express: You were still playing competitive tennis a year ago. How did you become a scratch golfer so quickly? MF: I was always good. I just never took a lesson or really understood how to play the game. I could see the ball, hit the ball. I have always had good eyehand coordination. I played my whole life sporadically because of tennis. I never played on the road. When I was on the road for tennis, that was always the reason I was there. I never wanted to let anything get in the way of it. Like you said, it hasn’t been very long and I’ve changed my swing and started taking it seriously five months ago. Express: Taking it seriously to playing in pro tournaments in five months

is pretty impressive. MF: I’m really excited about it. It is something the anxiety part of me has allowed me to move on to a different game and in a different sport that I love to play. I absolutely love playing golf. I can play every day. I love practicing. It’s a little bit different for me because I played tennis a lot since I was five – almost every day of every week of every year. You can get mentally worn out. What is the life span of somebody’s job? Professionally I played tennis for 14 years. Fourteen years of doing something as a job is a really long time. People switch jobs quite often. I guess it has taken me 14 years to switch jobs. Express: What are the strengths and weaknesses in your game? MF: The eye-hand and the athleticism I have from over the years in tennis are strengths of being able to strike the ball how I want. There is a lot I need to learn and a long way I need to go to get as good as some of the guys in the tournament up there. I am aware of that. Another strength for me is the mental side of the game and the pressure side of the game. Having the benefit of playing a sport at a high level for a long time, and playing in the most pressured situations that you can imagine in an individual sport as well, which I think matters. Tennis is a very lonely game and so is golf. Tennis is really the only sport when you leave the locker room, you are all by yourself. The only major sport. In boxing you have your corner man and in golf your caddy to talk to and keep you calm. In tennis you step out there and really are by yourself. That is a major, major advantage for me. Express: Had you ever heard of Saskatoon before getting the exemption to play here? MF: I had never heard of it. Montreal and Toronto are the only two places in Canada I’ve been in. So I had never heard of it and looked it up. I am really excited to come up and really gracious and appreciative of the tournament and the sponsors for giving me an exemption. This will be the biggest thing I have played in golf so far. I’m real ex-

Mardy Fish is making the move from pro tennis to pro golf. He will be playing at the SIGA Dakota Dunes Open from July 3 to July 6 (Wiki Photo) cited and really nervous and hopefully won’t embarrass myself too much. Express: Have you checked out the Dakota Dunes course? MF: I have. I have done as much as I could. I didn’t get to where I was in tennis without discipline and work ethic and things like that. I look at it. I watch the video of it. We’re going to get there early and get enough practice rounds in. Express: What would make it a success for you? MF: Good question. To make the cut would be special. Every single player I

will play against up there has played junior golf, they have played college golf. They basically did what I did in tennis for so many years to prepare myself for the main tour. They have done that in golf and I simply haven’t. These guys are better than me for sure. If you asked me in tennis, I would have said I’m going to win the tournament. It’s a little early for that right now. I’m just going to take all the experience at being at a real event... It’s a new experience for me in golf and I’m really excited about it.

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Father entering Drop Zone to thank Camp Easter Seal Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express arrel Frerich doesn’t particularly look like a superhero. To the untrained eye, they rarely do. The Saskatoon business owner is getting set to scale the outside of a city high rise, making him one of the many superheroes supporting the Camp Easter Seal Drop Zone event this summer. Frerich’s son, Jamie, who was born with cerebral palsy, has been named the 2014-15 ambassador for Easter Seals Saskatchewan, Saskatoon branch. Jamie says he was “shocked” when he was surprised at a school assembly with the honour. He loves going to Camp Easter Seal, where said he gets “to hang out with my friends, watch movies, go tubing and horseback riding.” Darrel Frerich will be taking on the organization’s popular rappel challenge for the first time this year to honour and thank Camp Easter Seals Saskatchewan for the support and opportunities it has provided for Jamie. “It’s an incredible opportunity for disabled children,” said Frerich. “It allows them to participate in the things that all the kids who are not disabled get to do all the time. It’s an incredible thing for any child to go to Camp Easter Seal. And that’s why I decided to do the Drop Zone myself — to help Camp Easter Seal and other disabled children.” This year will mark Jamie’s third year of his one-week summer stay at Camp Easter Seal, which is located on the shores of Manitou Lake. Frerich says participating in activities such as wheelchair basketball, boating, tubing, swimming, crafts and horseback riding have led to numerous benefits for his son that extend far beyond his camp vacation. “Camp Easter Seal has given Jamie an incredible amount of confidence in all kinds of different things, including his

schoolwork,” said Frerich. “Feeling or knowing that there are other kids disabled like him helps him be able to understand that they’re not alone in this, and there’s ways that they can grow and excel. It helped my son tremendously with confidence.” “Camp Easter Seal is a camping program for people with disabilities, ranging in age from six to 80 and 90 if they have the desire to come spend time with people,” said Su Huynh, manager of Camp Easter Seals Saskatchewan. “Camp Easter Seal is very inclusive. We’re geared to work with each individual’s ability instead of disability.” Over the summer, more than 700 campers experience Saskatchewan’s Camp Easter Seal on a one-week basis. Huynh outlines various sessions for different age categories: adults with intellectual disabilities, level-4 care residents and adults, young adults, youth and children with physical disabilities. “We also have one camp session for individuals living with Type 1 diabetes,” said Huynh. “We help those campers to learn to manage their diabetes for an improved quality of life. They can still be a kid, still join in all the activities, while learning how not to have the high and low sugars with a team of doctors and nurses that come in for that week.” Adult campers are treated to more of a holiday atmosphere – they can simply relax on the sun deck or join activities. Adult programming is geared toward ensuring the experience is independent, while offering choices and options. “Children’s sessions focus on having a lot of fun, providing kids with the opportunity to do things they may not be able to do at home,” said Huynh. “We have wheelchair-accessible playgrounds, which are really unique. Of course there are arts and crafts, a sports area, a horseback area,

Jamie, the ambassador for Easter Seals Saskatchewan, Saskatoon branch, and his father, Darrel Frerich (Photo by Steve Gibb) our waterfront and an indoor aquatic centre, which is heated. That tends to be an amazing experience for campers, experiencing the freedom of being in the water, which is a non-constrictive environment, especially for someone who is always strapped down in some way or another, or in a body brace. If feels so free to just float.” All campers are from Saskatchewan, with ages 19 and under attending free. Huynh sees similarities between the Easter Seal Drop Zone event and Camp Easter Seal. “It’s about getting over our own fear, which might give you a sense of how people with disabilities feel about trying new things, too,” said Huynh. “Going over the edge of that tall building can feel like the same fear that anyone with physical

and intellectual disabilities have trying something new.” Prior to any rappel, Drop Zone participants will be required to attend at least one mandatory local training session provided by trained experts. On Drop Zone day they will also go through a review of the safety steps to ensure a safe and fun rappel. All safety equipment and hardware will be provided, while the rappel itself is estimated to take anywhere from 10 – 20 minutes. The Easter Seal Drop Zone will take place on Monday, Aug. 25, in Saskatoon. For more information or to register, contact the Saskatoon Drop Zone office at the Saskatchewan Abilities Council by email at saskatoondropzone@abilitiescouncil. sk.ca or by calling 306-374-4448.

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It’s not a Mortal Sin to savour desserts at Stonebridge shop

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ariq Aziz is studying the butter tart. Aziz and his wife, Roomana, have opened Mortal Sin Foods, a pastry and bake shop in Stonebridge. “It has been a dream of mine for some time,” said Aziz, who began his career in the kitchen as a youth in Pakistan. From there he climbed his way up through the ranks of five-star-rated resorts around the world, including in Dubai and Sydney, Australia. He moved to Saskatoon three years ago with Roomana, who is a business analyst. Today Aziz is delighting customers with some of the exotic tastes and recipes he acquired on his journey, while learning what traditional fare is popular in the city. Butter tarts, for example, are new to him, but upon learning more about the Saskatchewan staple, Aziz immediately began envisioning how he can elevate them to new heights. “Cheesecake is my favourite thing to create,” he said. “I enjoy researching flavours and toppings, mixing and matching. I’ve also learned that people in Saskatoon really like lemon tarts, and pecan tarts, carrot cake, so I’m incorporating those into my kitchen as well.” While his stock of recipes includes flavours such as Frangipani, and any number of varieties of breads, cakes and desserts, Aziz has chosen to keep his daily selection simple, rotating between a few

Roomana and Tariq Aziz opened Mortal Sin Foods in Stonebridge (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) flavours each of items such as puff pastry, éclairs, cakes, cheesecakes, macarons and mousses. Each item is petite, and the $5 per item average price means sampling more than one is an attainable goal. The large, brand-new kitchen at Mortal Sin Foods sparkles immaculately. The front of the business is spacious but sparse. It is not the focus. All desserts are individually sized and ready for takeout, lined up in their display case to mull over because it’s difficult to decide. Tall orders are no big deal for Aziz, who was part of a Guinness World Recordbreaking project at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Together with a team of pastry chefs and cooks, Aziz constructed the

World’s Tallest Croquembouche, a French dessert consisting of cream-filled puff pastry balls (or choux buns) piled into a cone and bound with threads of hot caramel. The Dubai record-breaker took 2,600 hours of labour to construct, and was made from 140,000 choux buns, 10,800 eggs, 360 kilograms of flour and 240 kilograms of butter. Next up for Aziz and Roomana are more breads, including sourdough and traditional baguettes, which will be guaranteed fresh and warm at 4 p.m. daily. He will also be digging back into his Pakistani roots with handmade items such as savoury samosas. Planned future renovations include a public washroom, which will allow for sit-down café service.

after training in Minneapolis. In essence, he is a wound, ostomy and continence nurse. He saw the need for a business such as his when he was sending hospital patients in Prince Albert to Saskatoon for supplies. “I had my little light-bulb moment and started my business (in Prince Albert). And it did well. And it became time to expand and I thought, ‘Take it back home.’ “I don’t have a whole lot of competition in Saskatoon because we are so specialized, especially for ostomy supplies, which are our main frame for the store.” Being an ET, he can examine clients and match products to their needs. James Carnegie returned home to open a medical supplies business “It happened enough in P.A. that (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) people came in with complications and I couldn’t do anything because I wasn’t set up there. Here we are set up, and I can actually examine people and treat them here.” He said hospitals can’t keep up with Cam Hutchinson For Carnegie, it’s a return to the city the demand. He estimated there are 500 Saskatoon Express where he spent the first 25 years of his life. people in Prince Albert with ostomies. hree years after opening a medical Carnegie Medical Supplies opened He said that number could be in the 3,000 supplies business in Prince Albert, earlier this month on Millar Avenue. In ad- range in Saskatoon. James Carnegie thought the time dition to being a registered nurse, Carnegie “They are swamped,” he said of hospiwas right to expand to Saskatoon. became an enterostomal therapist (ET) tals. “They do such good work, but they

Nurse sees need for store selling ostomy supplies

When talking about the name of his shop, Aziz smiles. “Mortal Sin is the name of one of our best-selling cakes,” he explained, gesturing towards a delicately layered chocolate, vanilla and caramel confection. “It is a chocolate graham-cracker crust with New York-style cheesecake, chocolate mousse and caramel crème, infused with coffee.” As for butter tarts — look for a decadent version, mixed and matched, perhaps into a cheesecake or creamy mousse at Mortal Sin. There you’ll find Aziz in the back looking for his next Canadian dessert to master. How about the Nanaimo bar? Mortal Sin Foods is located at 50-214 Stonebridge Bld. For more information, call 306-477-4760 or go online to www. mortalsinfoods.com. are swamped. That is why I am trying to help out.” There are different reasons why people get an ostomy — an opening through the skin in which an organ is brought out. “Ninety-nine per cent of the time it is a piece of your bowel. So when a piece of the bowel is brought out that is now your reservoir for expelling your bowel contents. People need appliances to put over it to collect it. It is like a bag. “What I do is people would come into my little clinic and say, ‘James, my appliance around my stoma is leaking constantly and my skin is breaking down underneath because it is acidic. I need help and I can’t get in to see the ET nurse in the hospital for two weeks.’ ” Carnegie said for “a small fee” he can provide services such as cleaning the wound, pinpointing the problem and helping his clients choose products that will be better and last longer. He said people are starting to find out about his business. “Things are going well,” he said. Carnegie Medical Supplies is located at Bay H 2301 Millar Ave. Its hours are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The store can be reached at 306-668-3998

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: hree reasons ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian ran in the Milwaukee Brewers sausage race. 3. It was an opportunity he relished; 2. To make the others play ketchup; 1. He wanted it in the wurst way. l Quarterback Drew Willy led Winnipeg to a surprising opening-day thumping of the visiting Argos. Note to Bomber fans: it’s a bit premature to rename the city Willypeg. l Goalie Hope Solo was arrested for allegedly assaulting her nephew and his mother. Unconfirmed reports have a rep from U.S. Soccer saying “I’m not my keeper’s sister.” l Olympic curling champion Brad Jacobs is reportedly thrilled police found his stolen ring from the 2014 Sochi Games. I’m thinking it was recovered in a sweep. l Second seed Li Na was upset at Wimbledon. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova overwhelmed her 23 letters to 4. l You have to feel a bit sorry for Michelle Wie. She finally won her first major, but most headlines were about a minor. l In case you missed it, four women from Holland won the Lingerie World Cup. Lingerie soccer is similar to regular soccer, except every round involves knockouts. l Does anyone else think whenever athletes on camera point to heaven they are really pointing at themselves? l Because I hold myself to a higher standard, I wasn’t going to resort to numerous easy puns about Uruguay’s Luis Suarez biting an opponent. And that’s the honest tooth. l Is it true Luis Suarez bit an Italian named Al Dente? l A Canadian has umped MLB games this year — Stu Scheurwater of Regina. A typiJW11619.F30 James

Luis Suarez (Wiki Photo) cal Canuck, instead of ejecting players with “Yer outta here!” he’ll say “Please leave.” l Brazilian superstar Neymar is reportedly being investigated for wearing nonapproved trunks in World Cup games. Just when you thought FIFA couldn’t go any lower. l Ronaldo scored the winner against Ghana after Gary Player aimed a tweet at him: “Now would be a very good time to score your first goal.” In a related tweet: “Dear Mr. Player, I’d like a date with Anne Hathaway. #rjworthatry.” l Ex-NFL quarterback Mark Brunell’s daughter was recently crowned Miss Alabama. I hear she’s like her dad, except she’s on the receiving end of a lot of passes.

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anice Hough, on Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan reuniting briefly on screen in the upcoming movie Ithaca: “Of course, this time they will both be Sleepless in Seattle from getting up in the middle of the night to pee.” l From Torben Rolfsen: “No World Cup games were held last Friday as all the FIFA officials are huge NHL draft junkies.” l It would take 14 years to stay in every room at the MGM hotel in Las Vegas. “Trust me, I’ve been in them all,” said Paris Hilton. l From Hough: “Hillary Clinton now says she was ‘unartful’ in talking about her family’s money. Isn’t unartful just a fancy way of saying stupid?” l In a similar vein from Hough: “Katy Perry offered to write Hillary Clinton’s theme song if Hillary runs again for president in 2016. And Bill offered to spend some private time consulting with Katy while she works on it.” l Bill Littlejohn, on soccer player Luis Suarez receiving a whopping nine-match suspension: “He asked FIFA if he could serve it in bite-sized increments.” l From Rolfsen: “FIFA’s investigation into the Luis Suarez biting incident included calling in the best English orthodontists.” l There are 6,800 languages in the world, and Dennis Rodman can’t speak any of them. l Hough, on U.S. soccer star Hope Solo being arrested for domestic-violence assault: “Who says women athletes will never be the equals of men?” l Rolfsen, on LeBron James informing the Miami Heat he will become a free agent on July 1: “Further details will be revealed on an upcoming TV special, The Revision.” l How phony is it when a Canadian newspaper columnist covering the World Cup tries to be cool and write about “delicious” passes and “pounding shots down the throat of the keeper?” Can’t wait for him to call a hockey pass delicious. l From Littlejohn: “President Obama has announced he is sending 300 military advisors to the next Hope Solo family reunion.” l From Hough: “The U.S.A.-Portugal World Cup broadcast had 24.7 million viewers in the U.S., a record for a soccer game. To put this into perspective, it’s a little more than half the 45.7 million who watched the 2014 NFL draft.” l Rolfsen, on the same topic: “The temperature during the U.S.-Portugal game was so hot and humid they took a water break in the first half. Where’s Scott Thornton when you need him?” l He won’t make a top-50 list, but my goodness Kevin Glenn has been a valuable part of every football team for which he has played. l Speaking of the TSN top-50 list of CFL players, Darian Durant should have been No. 1, ahead of Ricky Ray and Jon Cornish. l From Hough: “Gregg Popovich, on Tim Duncan’s decision to return to the Spurs for

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Meg Ryan (Wiki Photo) a relatively low salary. ‘He feels a responsibility to his teammates.’ And Kobe Bryant and LeBron James responded: ‘A what?’” l Littlejohn, on the 76ers adding a dribbling Ben Franklin as their secondary logo: “This is not to be confused with Cleveland wanting to add a dribbling Benedict Arnold when LeBron left.” l If they all play, Canada will be a medal contender in men’s basketball at the next Olympics. l From Rolfsen: “With an 11-year-old golfer in the field, ESPN and the LPGA finally found a way to get Woody Allen to watch the U.S. Women’s Open.” l Hough, on a Georgia man being arrested for swimming naked and telling police he was “not a threat to society” and to “check out his YouTube channel”: “When police eventually did, they saw videos that showed a large pot-growing operation. Oops.” l A sign of prosperity or waste in Riderville: Every retired player seems to have a job in the front office. l Rolfsen, on England, Spain and Italy failing to advance to the World Cup’s round of 16: “This is kind of like having the NBA playoffs without the Knicks, Lakers and Celtics.” l Something radio people might want to try to fix: a Rider broadcast was at least 10 seconds behind the game. I was seeing tweets of plays well before the radio called them. l I will never call players in the CFL nationals and internationals. I am sticking with import and non-imports. And I will never refer to a player’s height and weight as his dimensions. l Watching birds in our backyard got me to thinking that it must suck to be a sparrow.

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What: Depression Support Group — free group runs on the first and third ThursJULY 11-13 day of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 JULY 18, 19 Rockridge Gospel Music Festival. July 11: Canadian Prairie Lily Society 48th Annual p.m. This is open to anyone struggling 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. July 12: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lily Show. The Mall At Lawson Heights. with depression and family members July 13: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free entry wanting to support them. Where: 311 Public viewing: July 18 from 1 p.m. to 9 but offerings will be taken. Food booth p.m. July 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lily – 38th Street East. This is a wheelchair open all days, camping but no hydro, bring stems on sale: July 19 at 3:15 p.m. accessible building. For more info call lawn chairs, umbrellas, off, blankets, etc. Website: www.prairielily.ca. 270-9181. West of Warman on #305, then north on ***** Rockridge Road or from Highway 12, east In June, July and August the Saskatoon on #305, then north on Rockridge Road. International Folkdance Club meets at 7 For more information, call 306-229-6856. p.m. by the Jeux Canada Games Monument in Kiwanis Park (Spadina Crescent East and 23rd Street). Learn dances from Every Monday JULY 18 around the world. No admission. Check There’s Hope Beyond Depression Program. Tribute to the Everly Brothers at the Nutana www.sifc.awardspace.com for more Free introductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. Legion. Tickets are $12 in advance and information. 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 $15 at the door. Tickets are available at Pinehouse Drive (wheelchair accessible). McNally Robinson or by calling the legion For more info call Pekka at 306-717-1665 Every Wednesday at 306-374-3292. Meals are available at 6:30 p.m. The show and dance goes from or email saskatoonrecovery@gmail.com. The Saskatoon Mood disorder support 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem First Saturday of every meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran month JULY 27 Church at 323 4th Ave. South (south What: The MindFULL Café, part of the Classical variety night: This is the first entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more informainternational Alzheimer Café movement, concert of the series’ fourth season. It tion call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed will feature talented local musicians 306-491-9398. social setting for persons with dementia, performing the music they love. This event ***** family, care partners and other interested is hosted by the Galliard Foundation and What: Singles Social Group - “All About people. The Café is a two-hour get together will take place at Grosvenor Park United Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events with refreshments, entertainment and Church. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m., such as weekly Wednesday restaurant information. First Saturday of the month with admission is by donation. For more suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke information, visit www.galliardfoundation. nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet Community Centre. zzl.org, email galliard.foundation@gmail. new friends. No membership dues. For com, or check us out on Facebook. more information email allaboutus10@ Every Tuesday hotmail.com or phone (306) 978-0813. ***** Tops #5273 meets at St. Mathews Hall JULY-AUGUST The Off Broadway Farmers’ Market and (135-109th Street West). Weigh-in from Live and Lunch on Broadway: Saturdays 5:45 p.m. to 6:15. Meeting from 6:30 p.m. International Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the little in the basement of Emmanuel Anglican to 7:30 p.m. Experience a healthy weight stone stage in front of Victoria School. Performances are free to attend. For more loss. For more information call 306- 249- Church (607 Dufferin Ave. and 12th Street). A variety of Saskatchewan foods 2029 or 306-931-3286. information, visit www.onbroadway.ca. ranging from grass-fed beef, Katadin lamb,

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AUGUST 7-10 The John Arcand Fiddle Fest Returns for a 17th year. The Fest prides itself on a history of quality music and dance entertainment, as the home of Western Canada’s premiere fiddle contest, and its expansive music and arts workshops. Offered over four days, the Fest is an affordable experience designed with family fun in mind. Admission is $25 per day or $60 for the entire festival! Tickets are sold at the gate only. Children 12 & under are admitted free with a parent or guardian. For more information, visit johnarcandfiddlefest.com or call the festival office at 306-382-0111.

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MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is being held in Saskatoon at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested in attending this session, please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca.

JULY 7-11 Great Western Pancake Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day. $5 for two pancakes, three sausages, and coffee, a red eye or juice. Location: Great West Brewery (519 Second Avenue North). Proceeds go to CHEP (Child Hunger and Education Program.

JULY 9 A barbecue will be held for 27 riders who are biking from Texas to Alaska on behalf of cancer research and awareness. A barbecue will be held at 6 p.m. to show them some good-old Saskatoon hospitality, and thank them for supporting cancer initiatives. Location for the barbecue is Christ Church Anglican (515 28th Street West).

JULY 11 The Saskatoon Horticulture Society Home Grounds Competition, deadline for entering is July 11 before 5 p.m. For further information contact Norman at 306-382-4061 or Angie at 306-242-2320.

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Every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org.

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Newcomers’ Club The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email Saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail. com or call 306-668-8131.

SUMMER PROGRAMS AT THE MARR Sunday, July 6 1 – 4 p.m. Open House and Garden Concert. The house will be open for tours and a musical program will take place in the garden at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13 1 – 4 p.m. Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Bring a special stuffed animal and join in on songs, stories and games as we celebrate teddies! (nut-free refreshments will be served). Suitable for children under six and their families. Sunday July 20 1 – 4 p.m. Open House. Join us for a tour of the house and enjoy the ambience of the lovely Marr Garden. Sunday July 27 1 – 4 p.m. Family Chores in Pioneer Times Interpreters will give you an opportunity to experience the type of work done by family members in the 1880s.

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Puppets at the Marr: Saskatoon Stories 1883 to 1908- A Puppet Show. The year is 1883 and it is an exciting time full of adventures. Watch Saskatoon grow, free-range eggs, and several varieties of First Monday of every starting from a wide open prairie to the frozen fish. Fresh baking, German pastry, month hustle of bridges, buildings, and business. and fresh and frozen Indian food including Free admission. Tuesdays: 10:30 - 11:30 Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings. samosas are other features. Guest vendors a.m. on July 8, 22, 29 and August 12, 19. 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We Thursdays: 1:30-2:30 – July 10, 24, 31 meet the first Monday of the month except may call 306-664-2940 for details. ***** and August 14, 21. For more information when there is a holiday. Then it is the Mission: To support the Lighthouse project about this program, contact Andrew Whitsecond Monday. in Inner City.What: Bargain Store: Babies, ing at the MVA: 306-665-6887, awhiting@ Children, Ladies, Men’s Clothing, Jewelry, meewasin.com. First Tuesday of every Purses, Belts; Camping Clothes. When: Evmonth ery Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. What: FROMI - Friends and Relatives of Where: St. Paul’s United Church,454 Egbert Forestry Farm walking People with Mental Illness. These meetings Avenue.Prices: From $0.25 to $5. Everyone tours Sundays: July 20, and Aug. 31: 1:30 to run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. welcome.For more information: Call3063:30 p.m. Walking tour begins at 2 p.m. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue 955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline. Superintendent’s Residence (the big brick North (wheelchair accessible).If you have com or email zixiag@gmail.com. house) Tours are free, with refreshments a loved one or friend with a mental illness available for a nominal cost. and you need understanding support, Third Thursday of the contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at Month 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or Light Source Tours The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Supe-mail fromisk@gmail.com. Curious about the latest contributions port Group is a local community group of to science research from Saskatoon’s men who have or who have had prostate First and Third Sunday Canadian Light Source? Our synchrotron cancer, and their spouses/partners/careof each month research facility opens for the public on givers. We meet monthly for sharing, for What: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and support, and for information. Location: W.A. Thursdays at 1:30 p.m., and the following comfort to people who are struggling with Edwards Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North. evenings at 7 p.m.: July 17, August 21. Adthe loss of a beloved companion animal mission is free. Pre-registration is required. due to old age, sickness or other sad Call 306-657-3644 or email outreach@ Second Wednesday of the reasons. The no-obligation support group lightsource.ca. Info at: http://www.lightMonth meets the first and third Sunday of every source.ca/education/public_tours.php. month 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club. We are an 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For U of S Walking Tours more information or telephone support, call organization of more than 360 clubs in Every Wednesday and Sunday at 1 p.m. more than 50 countries throughout the 306-343-5322. world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical until Aug. 31. Location: Diefenbaker Tuesdays, Thursdays, Canada Centre. The tour lasts for approxitravel while forging new friendships with Saturdays club members from around the world. Visit mately 90 minutes. There will be various What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art our website at www.thefriendshipforce.org themes throughout the summer. For more Centre. All ages welcome, all materials Find out more about us or come join us at information or to reserve your spot, email supplied, no registration required. Every dief.centre@usask.ca or call 306-966our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 at 306-249-0243 or by email w.gulka@ 8384.Customized times are available for p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – non-profit and community groups. sasktel.net. 6 p.m. Email: reception@bankruptcysask.ca www.bankruptcysask.ca

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