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Fast tracking 19-year-old jockey earning her spurs at Marquis Downs

Trainer Jamie Hartmann and jockey Isabelle Wenc with Highly Favoured in the barn area at Marquis Downs (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Cam Hutchinson Much of her first race is a blur, although Yes, it was. “will fire at the three-eighths (pole).”

Saskatoon Express she has had flashbacks.

Wenc lost a stirrup coming out of the While Lasting Cash would have needed sabelle Wenc has been referred to as “Honestly, I don’t even remember most gate, and Lasting Cash fell to the back of a rocket booster to win the race, she did the crazy horse girl. of it. I was so nervous I don’t remember the field. She knew the horse runs best fire on cue.

Her life got a bit crazier on a recent post parade. And I remember going and from behind, but this was behind behind.

“She did exactly what we thought she August evening, when the 19-year-old was watching the replay and going, ‘That hap“It is hard not to get discouraged when would do. All of a sudden she gave me her helped aboard Lasting Cash in the ninth pened?’ you are on the backside (of the track) and all. That was the best feeling I have ever race at Marquis Downs. Wenc has defiYes, it did. the dirt is hitting the ground before it’s had on a horse. I have never had a horse do nitely been on the fast track, going from a “I remember getting in the gate and go- hitting you in the face. It’s like, ‘I’m really that for me before. And it was just a dream 14-year-old feeding horses to a jockey five ing, ‘Oh my god, this is actually happenfar off.’ ” come true for me. years later. ing.’ ” Trainer Don Senebald told her the horse (Continued on page 4)

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t was great being at MarChocolate: Let me tell could be worse. I could be a gelding. quis Downs last weekend you a little secret. I was We call those guys Bobbitts. to watch Isabelle Wenc listening to music on an Me: Do you like the other horses? ride in the second race of her iHorsePod. I didn’t hear a Chocolate: The guy in the next stall career. I missed the first one thing she was saying. drives me crazy. I would like to pee in by a week unfortunately.

Me: What’s on your his oats.

After looking tense and playlist?

Me: That’s not nice. In what way focused before the race, Chocolate: Is this going does he upset you? it was so nice to see the to be in the paper?

Chocolate: Last night when I got 19-year-old Saskatonian Me: Yes. back to the barn after finishing second, burst into a big smile after Chocolate: Can you he said, “Why the long face, Chocoshe finished second aboard leave out the part about my late?”

Editor French Chocolate. Second illegal downloads?

Me: That is an old joke. in her second race is pretty Me: We’ll see.

Chocolate: I find it mildly amusing darn impressive.

Chocolate: I like the songs you hear when the joke is about John Kerry or I spoke with Isabelle the next day on Cruz 96.3. I love Dave Muzik Mor- Sarah Jessica Parker. People say I look in the barn area. What a delight it was gan’s pipes. If that guy could ride like a lot like Mark Messier. to chat with somebody so honest and he talks, he’d be Triple Crown material.

Me: Really? passionate about what she does. I would Me: You should give him a call.

Chocolate: Do you see the resemtake jockeys and quilters and coin Chocolate: Horses don’t talk, stupid. blance? collectors and business owners over Me: But … so what’s on your playMe: Actually I do, now that you politicians and professional athletes and list? mention it. You’ve had 20 races in your entertainers almost any day.

Chocolate: I like songs like a Horse career and have won three. Are you After talking with Isabelle, I was with No Name, even though I have one. happy with that? given a quick interview with French Wild Horses. Dark Horse. White Horse.

Chocolate: I don’t like your tone.

Chocolate, a talking horse. I couldn’t Shouldn’t there be Gray Horse? My Put it this way. You’ve written thoubelieve it either. favourite song is Save a Horse, Ride a sands of columns and they’ve all been Me: Congratulations on finishing Cowboy. horse manure. I’ll take my three wins second. Was there anything you and Me: Of course it is. Do you like your over the crap you write.

Isabelle could have done differently to name? French Chocolate doesn’t seem to Me: You have a point. Would you win the race? measure up to Secretariat, War Admiral, like to have Isabelle as your jockey Chocolate: Tripped the horse that Citation, Affirmed and Gallant Fox. again? passed us. I thought about it, trust me.

Chocolate: Cam Hutchinson doesn’t Chocolate: Will she have a whip?

Me: That wouldn’t be fair. measure up to Elmer Fudd.

Chocolate: Put it this way. He has Me: Touche. the new blanket and got the photo opp. What’s it like in the And these shoes are killing me. barns?

Me: Did you know it was Isabelle’s Chocolate: Three second race of her career? square meals a day.

Chocolate: Of course I did. I really Sponge baths. Leg liked having Izzy as my jockey. rubs. It’s a pretty Me: Why is that? good gig. The living Chocolate: First of all, she didn’t quarters are small, have a whip. Can you imagine running but what the hell. It’s your butt off and then somebody whip- like a two-star allping you as you approach the finish inclusive. line? Duh. I’m running as fast as I can, Me: Do you interdude. act with other horses?

Me: Isabelle said she was screamChocolate: There Isabelle Wenc and French Chocolate finished second ing during the stretch drive to try to get aren’t enough fillies in a recent race at Marquis Downs you to go faster. Did that affect your here, if that is what (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) running? you are getting at. It

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Aimee Leslie (left) and Genevieve Turcotte at GA Interiors (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Garden Architecture and Design Adds indoor furniture store to growing business Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express

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here are many kinds of pioneers, including urban ones.

Banish the thought of wideopen prairie, sod huts and oxen in the fields. Open the mind to a green oasis in the heart of the inner city.

That vision was part of the origin of Garden Architecture and Design, among the first businesses to contribute to the transformation of Riversdale.

Ten years after opening on Avenue A — it celebrated the milestone anniversary in March — Garden Architecture has expanded its garden oasis courtyard, and most recently added an interior furniture store, GA Interiors. The entire grouping now takes up most of the shortest avenue in the core of Saskatoon.

“Who would have known 10 years ago how the area has transformed?” asked Neil Robinson in a recent interview, surveying his expanding business from the street.

Robinson is co-owner of the enterprise with his partner in life and business, Delores Wionzek.

“When we opened the business we didn’t know any of this was planned for River Landing, and the farmers’ market wasn’t fully committed either.

“When you look back, we did definitely set the trend and took a risk coming into the area, so I guess we are pioneers. Ten years – it’s hard to believe.”

While the decorating and gift store was really the first driver behind the business, it has been the garden area — packed with seating areas, arranged in vignettes and surrounded with plants — that has, perCD00589.I01 Curt haps, attracted the most attention.

“It’s the zen aspect,” said Robinson. “We have regular customers who are here at least once a week. They are coming with their coffee and their fresh produce. They come through the store and the courtyard.

“People will often stop and say, ‘Thank you for what you’ve created down here.’ ” Five years ago, the couple purchased the lot next door and expanded the courtyard. Part of it, however, will eventually be developed, said Robinson.

“Our long-term goal is we will have commercial space on the main floor that will flow into the GA Interiors courtyard and this courtyard, with a residential mix above,” he said.

Last year, Robinson and Wionzek also acquired the Modern Springs building next door. It fit into their plan to “create our next opportunity in the business,” GA Interiors.

It opened in May, after the couple refurbished the mid-century brick building.

“We started last summer doing some demolition and kept the old façade, put all new windows in, (and) have given it a beautiful look,” including new exterior canopies, said Robinson.

“We were able to keep the old ceiling with the old, original beams for architectural purposes . . . give it a big-city look for Saskatoon.”

GA Interiors features 6,000 square feet of room vignettes, along with a full design service, fabrics, custom furniture, wall art, drapery, wallpaper and rugs. Exclusive furnishings lines to Saskatoon include Bernhardt, Visual Comfort, Global Views, Dickens, Rowe and Curations.

The interior has a modern, industrial

look, including concrete floors and exposed ductwork, and considerable room to expand into the back storage area, now elegantly obscured by a grey velvet curtain.

“We’ve created a lot of excitement just by word of mouth, but also by foot traffic, people just finding us by walking by,” said Robinson.

As with many successful businesses, Robinson and Wionzek started small, opening a landscaping and plant sales business out of their garage. Robinson came from a corporate environment, and Wionzek from a career in health.

They had a vision to grow something unique, and when they took the plunge into a retail environment 10 years ago, they were ready.

“When we look back at when we started

the business, it comes back to our location.

We took the risk of opening in an off-beat location at that time,” said Robinson.

“It was the mindset of ‘build it and they will come.’ It was offering something that was totally unique for Saskatoon.”

Asked if the city’s recent economic environment has contributed to the GA success, Robinson says, “I think you can never take anything for granted. Even if you do have a strong economic environment, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will come back to your business. You have to keep everything fresh.

“We keep our inside of the store fresh with new product, seasonally through spring and summer, fall and Christmas with our Christmas boutique, Christmas trees.”

Fresh thinking, or pioneering, also means looking ahead. Robinson and Wionzek are always asking themselves, what is the next chapter of Garden Architecture?

“That’s what we always look at – what is the next step,” said Robinson.

“It goes back to Neil and I. We have the passion for beautiful product, inside and out. I think that’s what’s driven us,” said Wionzek.

“We are by ourselves in this, from day one. We’ve done it on our own,” added Robinson.

A huge part of the company’s success is customer service, said Wionzek.

Both owners agree that their staff, now numbering 20, is a crucial part of their success.

Another contributor is the development of a destination design district in Saskatoon, shared with stores such as Anthology and Green Ark. “We’re very excited to have great partners here, because it’s creating traffic for all of us,” said Robinson.

Traffic does not only come from Saskatoon, however. Garden Architecture and GA Interiors have had customers from across Canada and even from the United States. It keeps them extremely busy.

“We work seven days a week, but it’s worth it,” said Robinson. When customers enjoy roaming through the courtyard, browsing through the gifts and happily designing their homes — and coming back, again and again — it’s very satisfying.

“At the end, that was our goal,” said Robinson. “We’re doing something right, then.”

Delores Wionzek and Neil Robinson opened Garden Architecture and Design 10 years ago (Photo by Steve Gibb)

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Riding a horse an honour Isabelle Wenc with Thrilledtothemax, owned by Dark Cloud Stables (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) (Continued on page 4) “When you are that far back and suddenly you start passing a few horses, you get excited and think, ‘Oh, we are doing better than I thought we were.’”

Lasting Cash finished sixth in a 10-horse field. Not bad for her first race.

A week later Wenc got her second ride, this time aboard French Chocolate. Mounts don’t come easily for apprentice jockeys.

Let’s let her provide a bit of play-byplay.

“I had to load (into the starting gate) last, which was kind of nervous for me. I wasn’t in the gate two seconds when all of a sudden we shot right out of there. Don told me to be tight on and be ready. I am glad he broke good.”

Wenc was perfectly positioned throughout the race, taking French Chocolate into the lead in the final turn.

“It was a cool feeling being out front there. It is all so new to me still. It’s like I am in shock almost that I am actually doing this; it was a really good feeling coming down the lane.”

A roar went up in the crowd. There were lots of “go girls” being hollered.

People lined the rail and smart phones were recording the stretch drive.

“Honestly, I can’t hear anybody when I am out there. It’s me and the horse. I heard myself screaming, but that was about it,” she said with a laugh.

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three-eighths pole I started sending her a little bit. I was screaming down the stretch because I didn’t have a whip. I had to do something.”

Wenc and French Chocolate were passed in the stretch and finished second.

Jamie Hartmann, the leading trainer at the Downs at this writing, is impressed with the young jockey who worked for her stable a year ago.

“She is so brave and has come leaps and bounds in her galloping and everything,” Hartmann said. “I give her a lot of credit. She’s brave and she works hard.

She’s determined to do it and here she is.

She’s doing it.”

Hartmann was working in the barn area and didn’t see the race.

“To run second your second time out?

I was told by (jockey) Naim (Samaroo) if she had a whip she’d have won.”

Screaming is not as effective as a whip, but apprentice jockeys have to earn their spurs. And whips.

The big smile on Wenc’s face after she dismounted told a story. Jockey Fazal Razack put his arm around her as they walked to the jockey’s room. It was one of those “you done good, kid, moments.”

“I was happy with the way it all worked out,” Wenc said. “The horse gave me his all and you can’t ask for anything better than that. He came back good. He

didn’t get a good race last time. I knew he could do run than that. I wanted to show people he is a better horse than what he is made out to be.”

Wenc is grateful for her opportunities at the track. She was 14 when a friend of her mother’s asked if she wanted to go to the track to feed horses.

“I never grew up with horses, but always had a love for horses. I am the only one in my family. Even growing up, I was the crazy horse girl.”

That first bucket of feed got her hooked.

“I went and every single day after that.

I fell in love with it. She got me going.

I would go out to the paddock and ride around in circles. I just couldn’t get rid of it after that. I was determined. I had the size and everything and people knew I wasn’t going to be much bigger. They kept telling me, ‘You should be a jockey.’

I hung onto that in high school. I knew when I graduated this is what I wanted to do.”

She worked for Hartmann and her aunt, Judy Hunter, after graduating. This year she was working for Wendy Anderson when Senebald knocked on the stable door.

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from easy, but I’ve come a long way and wouldn’t be where I am if it wasn’t for him. And I really appreciate everything he has done. I am thankful he has given me a shot.”

She is also grateful for the way the other jockeys at the track have accepted her.

“The guys are really helpful. They’re all pretty good to me. Last week when I went into the jock’s room (for my first race), I was really iffy. I was like, ‘Oh my god, what am I doing? Do I have to go in there?’

“I have my own room and they offered me to come and sit in their room because it is bigger and they have their TVs in there and stuff. They made me feel welcome and talk to me before I go out there. They all wished me a safe trip. They look out for me out there and I really appreciate that they are all doing their best. At the end, it’s competition. I couldn’t ask for a better place to start.”

Wenc says it is an honour to ride a person’s horse.

“I feel pressure a little bit, because it is an investment every time they put me on a horse. It’s a privilege for me to be on them. It’s not a right, the way I see it. He’s investing in me, so I am going to try my hardest to get there for him.”

It’s early, but it sure seems like she is going to be a good investment.

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That is not acceptable. On top of that, when trains were rolling through Saskatoon 100 years ago, they had two steam engines and maybe 40 or 50 cars. Today that is considered a short train. The trains today are one and two miles long.

They are talking about three and four mile trains. Going 30 kilometres an hour through the city, how long does that take when you are sitting at a level crossing? A four-mile-long train divides the entire community. The traffic congestion is one thing, but safety is the real issue.

There’s the frustration on the part of first responders trying to get to someone in need. We certainly have a lot more work to do in that area.

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the Rail Safety Working Group meetings to put them on the table for discussion.

We certainly have been talking with the two national rail lines. Our fire chief, Dan Paulsen, has serious concerns, too.

When there is an alarm now in Montgomery, we send out three different units from three different directions in order to be sure equipment and personnel can get into the neighbourhood. People may say that is just part of doing business, but I tell you what: If you have a heart attack and an ambulance doesn’t get there because they are a minute late because of being rerouted, that doesn’t do you much good. Safety is our No. 1 concern. We are going to continue to work with CN and CP to see what can be done there.

We are also cataloging all the delays at the level crossings. For example, just recently there was a rail delay of 54 minutes. I don’t care what anybody says.

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Question: The City is put more turning lanes in; moving ahead with the new what we need to do is get North Commuter Parkway started building an overpass Bridge, but I want to know at Boychuk and Highway 16, if there is any news on the and one at McOrmond and proposed perimeter highway Highway 5. Those need to around Saskatoon. I know start almost immediately. At business owners in the north the city council’s transportaend would like to see that tion committee meeting, those highway get built. two overpasses plus Highway Mayor Atchison: I would 16 and Marquis Drive and certainly like to see it get Idylwyld and Marquis were built, too. We have two apAsk the Mayor approved as priority projects. proaches to this issue right The administration is worknow. We have the Planning ing out the details. Part of for Growth (P4G) group, talking about the costs could be covered by the New the city growing out in the future to Building Canada Fund and with contri500,000 to one million people. We’re butions from the province as well. working with Corman Park, Martensville, Warman and Osler. There is also Question: There have been recent an advisory committee on the perimeter news stories about rail safety and you highway to discuss alignment and the have said that the answer is moving river crossing. But it is really all part of rail lines out of the city. How optimisone big discussion about the future of tic are you that will happen? And what the region. about rail safety in the meantime, Specifically on the perimeter highway, specifically the long waits in Montonce we determine where the river cross- gomery? ing will be, and I think we have agreed Mayor Atchison: If you gave me on a general location, then the connect- $1 billion, we would have this problem ing roadways will fall into place. This is solved right now. But that’s not the case. a massive project with high-speed road- The national rail lines are doing risk ways that someday will circle the city. assessments at the encouragement of the We may have to use Moe Neault Road, minister of transport. They are looking formerly Dalmeny Road, as part of the at rail lines to determine safest routes perimeter highway to start with. But over for goods through cities. If you look at a period of time, it would be moved out Lac-Megantic, they are talking about farther than that. There is no timeline moving the rail lines around the comright now, but the regional partners are munity. I think you are going to see more certainly making good progress on final- and more of those discussions occurizing the route and that will be a big step ring across Canada. I don’t see this as a forward.

Saskatoon-only solution. This is going to have to be a national, provincial and Question: Are there plans for more municipal solution. turning lanes off of Highway 16 on We have heard loud and clear from Boychuk Drive? Traffic is backed up the residents of Montgomery. Their conevery day. cerns are certainly my concerns. I have JW11763.I01 JamesWe don’t need to Mayor Atchison: been taking those concerns with me to

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Dear Reena, able container. Store in the freezer. Never buy pre-grated cheese; it costs up to 70 per Please tell me how to clean my husband’s disgustingly stinky thermos. It is cent more than block cheese. an expensive thermos and I can’t bring Just as a side note, reduce the time it takes for cheese block “ends” to harden by myself to throw it out. — Lindey Dear Lindey, storing a few lumps of sugar with cheese To clean a dirty thermos simply drop in an airtight container. a couple of denture tables inside and fill Dear Reena, with water. Let set overnight and rinse Do you have a recipe for making well. This works just as well on tea- and vinegar from herbs? — Pam coffee-stained mugs. Or fill the thermos Dear Pam, half full with vinegar and sprinkle in a In a large re-sealable glass container combine: 1 large bunch of clean herbs such couple of tablespoons of raw rice. Fill with as, basil or tarragon, with 3 cups white wine hot water and leave overnight. Shake in vinegar. Store in a cool, dry place. This can the morning and rinse. If the thermos is still dirty, clean with a baby bottle brush, be used for up to one year and is great for baking soda and water. vinaigrettes. Additionally, some herbs — Fabulous Tips such as parsley, chives and basil — may be Use the holder (also known as a CD pureed with a small amount of water in a that CDs are soldwould in as a carrier blender, then frozencopy in ice cube trays. hed is and a proof for the spindle) insertions we like They can later be stored in plastic bags for for your bagel sandwich. — Rekha Sweeten whipped cream with confecuse in flavouring soup and sauces. Herb tioners’ sugar instead of granulated sugar. butter can be made with the addition of It will stay fluffy and hold its shape better. about 4 tbsp. chopped, dried herb leaves — Kaley and a dash of lemon juice to one-quarter bring this I enjoy your questions tips; keep pound of butter softened at room temperaadvertand in as your ture. The butter should then be stored in the them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an refrigerator in a covered container. hedDear is Reena, a proof copy for the upcoming insertions weoutwould like event? Check my website: Reena.ca.

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The South Kensington landscape is busy with residential construction.

Saskatoon builders have launched a home parade there to show people the potential of locating in this new suburb. In Stonebridge, contractors are filling in some of the last remaining lots with new homes that are being exhibited in the parade. variety homes makes for an to The run asoffollows: interesting and enjoyable time for visitors. With quartz and granite countertops, hardwoods and laminates or ceramic and porcelain tiles as interior options, and acrylic stucco, brick and Hardie board sidings as exterior choices, these showhomes are great places to pick up ideas.

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New school year reminds me of lime green and lard

hen, the school yard routine I got used to. came alive. The Then, the children went on children had returned summer holidays. And I totally from their summer break. missed them, noise and all. For Once again the swings were almost two months they were swinging, the monkey bars gone and the school yard was were being challenged and silent. the new spiral slide tried.

Then once again it came A few years back, I alive. The children had removed into a small house by turned. an elementary school. In fact The first week of school was this was the same school I always the loudest. Everyone Columnist attended when I was going knows how hard it is for the to school. It hadn’t changed first week, and it doesn’t matter much, except for an expansion. at what grade level. I remember the first I thought it would be nice to move to time I attended a regular school in the a familiar area with a place with a lot of closest town from my home reserve. fond memories. What I hadn’t counted By the time I started school, the resion was the noise. You know how much dential school system was being phased noise five children can make? Now out. I only spent a couple of weeks in the multiply that by 100. The screaming, residential school before I was allowed crying, hollering was, at times, too much to attend a day school on the reserve. to bear.

A day school is one the white kids It didn’t take long for me to get used attended. These were families that lived to the noise, but I couldn’t get used to on the reserve, but were not First Nation. the screaming. Every time I heard one of When I started school, I couldn’t help the children screaming, I took a look. I but notice the nice clothes the children tried not to, but in the back of my mind had. I, on the other hand, basically wore I thought if one of those children is hurt what could have been handed down from and I could have helped but didn’t even at least two generations. bother to look, then it was a whole difThe day school was basically a oneferent story. room school house on the reserve. It was From the deck of my place, I would too small because of the influx of former listen to the children. After a while they residential school students. We were told started to sound like a choir, as if they we would be bussed to the closest town were singing a song I didn’t recognize. for the following school year.

At times it was a song that gets on a As the first day of school got closer, person’s nerves or a song that makes a I was nervous. I was shy about what I person want to take a quick nap. would wear with the town’s children Regardless, I was always happy to wearing their Sunday best. My mom see, and hear, the school day come to kept telling me not to worry about it. an end. For the rest of the evening and The morning of the first day arrived JW11760.I01 Jamesand quiet. It was a and I woke up to find a suit hanging on night, it was peaceful

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my door. This was in the late 1960s, the psychedelic days. The suit, complete with pants, jacket and vest, was lime green. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

The other children had Superman and Spiderman lunch pails. I had a small tin lard pail with holes punched out on the lid for air. Inside my Tenderflake pail was a moose meat and bannock sandwich.

But let me tell, you couldn’t find a prouder kid standing by the road waiting for the school bus.

That was more than 45 years ago.

Today I feel saddened when I see a silent school yard. I would rather hear the laughter, learning and playing of the children. Every now and then I’ll look around to see if I can spot a kid with a lime green suit and a lard pail for a lunch kit. kennycree@outlook.com

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Broadway Street Fair gets bigger and better Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express t’s the Broadway District’s largest event of the year — the Broadway Street Fair.

For the 31st consecutive year, and always on the Saturday after the September long weekend, the Broadway Business Improvement District (Broadway BID) is proud to present this year’s iconic outdoor event on Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“In its 31st year, the Broadway Street Fair has had many iterations, all themed around a fair atmosphere,” said Sarah Marchildon, executive director of the Broadway BID. “Originally, it was truly born of merchants hosting sidewalk sales. Today, merchants remain an integral part of the additional surrounding ‘oomph’ that the music, dancers, bouncy castles, food and artists provide. It is only recently that we have gratefully received the title sponsorship support of SaskTel.” For those new to Saskatoon, or who have never checked out the Broadway Street Fair, there’s plenty of options to entertain the whole family.

“Broadway Avenue will be closed to traffic that day and filled with over 90 street vendors and over 50 sidewalk sales from your favourite Broadway stores,” said Darla Wyatt, event and administration coordinator for the Broadway BID. “There will be dance performances, live music, children’s activities and shows, including a free Kids’ Kingdom, food, a dunk tank, silent auction tent and more. We’re so excited to be to hosting the community for another sunny Broadway Street Fair.”

Speaking of the sun, the Broadway BID is eternally optimistic about the weather, despite the volatility typically associated with the month of September.

“Weather is a constantly changing factor,” Marchildon said with a laugh. “I am warned of horror stories from dunk tank participants of the sleety cold years, but we are pleased to have had Mother Nature’s cooperation of late. And expect the same for this year.”

New this year is the first Walking Street Fair Parade, beginning at 11 a.m. and marching on Broadway from 11th Street to Ninth Street. Children’s entertainer Al Simmons will headline the Grandstand Stage at 3 p.m., and a Free Super Slide will be set up all day to entertain the kids. Recent streetscaping at the corner of 10th Street and Broadway Avenue is almost ccompleted, including the addition of new tables with chess and checker boards. The Broadway BID will even provide game pieces on the street fair day, to ensure visitors have the opportunity to sit down and enjoy a game.

“The role of the Broadway BID is to animate the district for our community,” explained Marchildon, when asked why the Broadway Street Fair is important to the BID. “This is very visibly accomplished through street maintenance, streetscaping and event planning.

While striving to achieve an excellent business environment, attracting the public to the district is a constant focus for the Broadway BID, and the street fair does so in spades. For the past few years, we have hosted 10,000 guests. Our community members enjoy the event, and the opportunity to leisurely walk the streets of the district.”

For more information, visit www.onbroadway.ca .

Check out the Broadway District Facebook page to follow updates on the fair.

I The Saskatchewan Intercultural Association is celebtating its 50th anniversary this year (Photo Supplied)

Intercultural association to mark 50th anniversary with supper

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express local non-profit organization that provides services for immigrants and refugees is celebrating its 50-year history in Saskatoon.

The Saskatchewan Intercultural Association (SIA) will mark its milestone anniversary with a multicultural supper on Sept. 12 at Prairieland Park.

“We’re doing an international supper, so there’s going to be different food stations from different areas of the world,” said SIA executive director Jess Hamm.

As part of the event, people who have played important roles in the growth of the SIA and in promoting intercultural relations in the province will be recognized with awards in five categories: volunteerism and leadership; language and education; arts and culture; intercultural relations; and organizational contributions.

Following the dinner and the awards ceremony, there will be live entertainment from Vancouver-based band Delhi2Dublin, which mixes together Irish and Indian music.

“We’ll also be revealing a new logo and, going forward after this 50th anniversary, we’re going to change our logo to be a little bit more representative of our mandate and who we are,” said Hamm.

The mandate of the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association is “to eliminate discrimination and racism by working towards the promotion of intercultural relations, understanding and acceptance, and fostering changes in policies, programs and legislation that will result in a fair and equitable society where all individuals can participate fully.”

“Our programs and services have really been about pushing interculturalism and anti-racism for 50 years in the community,” said Hamm.

Over the years the SIA has evolved from a performing arts group to an organization that provides services to newcomers to the province and that speaks out against racism. In June, a barbecue featuring cultural performances was held in Meewasin Park to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary. The upcoming dinner will be a more formal event that will recognize several award winners.

“We decided to do an informal and a formal event to kind of recognize both sides of everything that we’re involved in,” saidAaron Hamm.

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“We do programs that help people that have barriers and things like that, and then we do programs for professionals. We kind of have a variety of people connected to us, and we wanted to kind of give two different experiences to recognize our last 50 years.”

The event at Prairieland Park will celebrate the organization’s history as well as look to the future.

“The organization definitely started as a way of having a voice for newcomers, but also recognizing different cultures. The main part, at the beginning, was really having an avenue for recognizing performing arts and keeping language and culture alive (when people came to Canada),” said Hamm.

“As we’ve morphed over the years we’ve maintained that, but we’ve also worked (on) really focusing on antiracism in general, so that’s included First Nations and Metis people as well. We have employment programs where we actually have a combined class for First Nations and Metis and newcomers.”

Today, the organization — which has an office at 230 Ave. R South — provides free English language programs for adults, a free work readiness program and other services. Advocacy is also an important part of the organization’s work. For example, Hamm has been involved with the equity and anti-racism committee, which aims to eliminate racial discrimination.

“I’ve actually sat on the committee for the last four years and have been the staff liaison,” she said.

“We promote events around the March 21 events — the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — so every year we do events in the city to try to promote cultural acceptance and anti-racism throughout.”

The Saskatchewan Intercultural Association’s 50th Anniversary Celebration will be held on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. in Hall A at Prairieland Park. Tickets are $65, while tickets to see the band only (without dinner) are $30 or $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.picatic.com/SIA50thanniversary. For more information, call 306-986-0068 or email 50th@saskintercultural.org.

To learn more about the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association, visit the organization’s website at www. saskintercultural.org.

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City needs to control debt before chickens come home to roost

on Page 7 of that same edition pon return to the city was a small article about the after a relaxing summer city’s request to the Saskatchoff, I was catching up ewan Municipal Board for an on the news. Front and centre increase in its debt limit to $558 was an article in The StarPhoemillion. Apparently an excess nix about keeping chickens in of a half a billion dollars of city backyards. Buried on Page pending debt is chicken feed to 7 of the newspaper was, apparSaskatoon taxpayers. No reacently, the chicken feed. tion from the public to that little First, the chicken issue. Adpearl of information. There was mittedly, I don’t like chickens. a further article on the pros and It stems from my farm experiColumnist cons of backyard chicken coops ence as a youth. One of the and letters to the editor on the designated farm chores was to gather eggs every morning. I hated going subject. But I could find nothing on our into the poop-encrusted coop and trying to looming debt.

Does the public realize that servicing a get my hand under the hens to collect the eggs. On one such occasion a vicious hen total $558 million in debt at as little as a one per cent interest rate means in excess pecked me near my eye and thus began my hostility towards chickens. And to this of $5 million in annual interest payments over and above the debt payment? (That day I gag from the stench of wet feathassumes the interest rates are fixed and not ers, resulting from fall slaughter of these variable.) feathered beasts.

We should at least be pleased that muThus, it is easy for me to concur with Couns. Eric Olausen and Darren Hill and nicipalities are required to include P3 debt on their books. My worst fear was that the their reasons for not allowing chicken City would spend with impunity under the coops in city backyards. Chickens do cloak of P3 and that we wouldn’t know create an unsavory odour, they do attract what our future financial liabilities would pests and they do create early morning noise. I have visited Third World countries be until the bills came due.

Mayor Don Atchison states “it’s imporwhere raising chickens was the norm, and can assure you the noise starts before tant for the public to realize that we’re dawn with a cockle-doddle-do and cluck, not going out tomorrow to borrow all this cluck, cluck. I guess you could argue that money.”

He is right in that the majority of new roosters would not be allowed, but then borrowing will occur through the P3 some animal-rights activists would no doubt argue that city chickens were being tender process and the debt will be with a deprived of their connubial and/or repro- contractor, not the bank. Will the interest rate with the contractor be the same as ductive rights.

Coun. Charlie Clark is receptive to the with the bank?

He goes on to note that the City is only idea and comments that other jurisdictions asking for the increase to have it in place are toying with the idea of city chickens.

He claims people want to be close to their should the need arise. And we know the need will arise. According to the report, food source. While the development of the current debt load is $234.5 million community gardens fulfils some of that and the proposed debt for the bridges and need, in reality a community plot cannot produce enough food to feed a family any civic operations centre is $183 million.

Add another paltry $32.8 million for other more than a few meals, but tasty meals.

After that it’s back to the farmers’ market. unnamed projects and we hit a total of However, encouraging city folk to grow a $450.3 million. City administration flags garden is a great idea, and it’s a good fam- that all the numbers are estimates, except for the half a billion debt limit. I expect ily activity. the additional $107.7 million is meant to And although you don’t find many of be a cushion for expected budget overruns yesteryear’s large gardens in backyards or for projects in progress that need adanymore, we should applaud those who ditional financing. make the effort. By encouraging it, we So how far does the provincial mumight even resurrect the lost art of garden nicipal board go before it says no to an raiding, another blast from the past. increase in the city’s debt limit? And what Raising animals in the city as a food happens if a major catastrophe happens source is not a great idea. If you want chickens for eggs or eating, cows for dairy and we are out of borrowing power? What or beef, hogs for bacon or horses to plow about the city’s pension liability?

This year we received one of the largest the field, move outside the city and create tax increases in the city’s history. Accorda truck farm. Then again, what a great idea for an entrepreneur — rental chicken ing to City Hall, one mill generates about coops — located outside the city. Interest- $1.7 million, which means, hypothetically, ingly enough, many residents don’t seem three mills will cover interest on total debt if it is all at a one per cent fixed rate. How to be up in arms about backyard chickens — as long as they aren’t next door to that translates into increased tax dollars on your property depends on the assessed them. Should it be allowed, if any of my neighbours consider raising chickens, they value of your home. Do the math.

Or maybe I’m counting chickens before might find their hen with a beer can up her they are hatched. butt and perched on my barbecue. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com Now on to theChenise chicken feed. Buried CP90218.I01

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Jamie Hartmann has a stable of 15 horses this year (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Happy horses

Being at track labour of love for trainer Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express orse racing has been described as “months of misery for moments of magic.”

“It really is,” said trainer Jamie Hartmann. “You bring these horses in in February and they’re hairy and it takes blood, sweat and tears to bring them to the races.

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Then when they win, it’s a really good feeling. For one minute you’re so excited.

“It’s a rush. I love how happy the owners are. The horses are so happy. They can tell when they’ve won. It’s what it is all about.”

Hartmann has a lot of happy horses in her stable at Marquis Downs. She has won more than 25 per cent of the races she has entered,

and was the leading trainer at this writing.

Horse racing is in her blood. The 29-year-old has been around the track since she was born. Her parents owned racehorses, and her aunt — Judy Hunter — is a highly respected trainer. Her grandparents trained horses as well.

“When I was old enough I started working around the track with my aunt,”

Hartmann said, sitting on a couch in her barn area. “After high school I took a few years off and did some other things.

I came back and since then it’s been real serious— all about horse racing.”

She worked with her aunt as a groom and progressed to being her assistant trainer for three years.

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“It’s a lifestyle; it’s not a job. I love it,” she said.

Hartmann trains mostly for owners she has known for a long time. They are repeat owns. customers.

A late arrival to her stable is El Mono “I think it shows in my barn and when Verde. He will run in the Saskatchewan they come here and see how well the Derby. He was scheduled to arrive from horses are being taken care of. I have a Ontario during the evening of this interreally great staff.” view. For Hartmann and the horse’s ownShe said exceptional care is what she ers, it was like waiting to open Christmas provides. With it comes happy owners and gifts. happy horses.

Hartmann’s moments of magic are “I have a lot of help. I have three girls much more than the time it takes to watch here every morning helping me with those a race. It extends to the hours and hours horses. And, of course, I have a really she spends in the barn area. There are no good relationship with the jockey Naim overtime slips in horse racing.

Samaroo. We really trust each other. He “I’m here and the first horse is on the helps me get my horses out. He knows track at 5 a.m., so I’m usually here by them just as well as I do and probably a quarter to five and get them all out and little better. He can tell me when somegalloped and spend time working on their thing isn’t right or this horse isn’t acting legs, get them brushed and all their needs quite right out there.” looked after.

Winning races is the best part of the “I usually leave here around 10:30-11 in job. the morning, and then I am back again feed“I’m pretty vocal out there,” she said ing them at 4 and then back here one more of watching her horses run. “I stand at the time at night on a regular day. Race nights, fence and I am definitely yelling for them I’m here at 5 (a.m.) and here all night long.” to come home. Sometimes I think it helps.

It’s a fact of life. There are no comThe horses hear me calling them and they plaints. know their names. They’re definitely run(Continued from page 10) ast year she had a few horses of her own. This year she has 15 horses under her care, including one she

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Jamie Hartmann’s barn is more colourful than most (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) ning down the lane for me, that’s for sure.”

Hartmann said there is pressure that comes with being the leading trainer.

“It makes me nervous. I didn’t think I would still be at the top right now, and I think it is going to be really hard for me to continue to stay there. But I keep plugging away and try to keep doing what I am doing, and hopefully it works out. This year I set a goal. I wanted to be 25 per cent — have a winner one out of every four times.

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t some point in the ing in spaces that are cramped future, there will be until an expansion or new facility a perimeter highway can be built. Construction comthat will skirt Saskatoon, panies, engineers and architects keeping large trucks and hazare not able to plan until locations ardous goods off of Circle can be finalized. When a business Drive. This roadway will cannot expand, it may not increase include a bridge and many capacity or produce a product line significant interchanges, that will create more jobs. allowing access from within Additionally, the City of Saskathe city and linking the toon and the RM of Corman Park Columnist highways. are without the taxation base that “It is true that Saskatoon expanded businesses would provide. has had the fastest employment growth in SREDA, the Saskatoon Regional Ecothe country over the last five years,” said nomic Development Agency, witnesses Kent Smith-Windsor, executive director of this need for urgency on a regular basis. the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Com- Manufacturing companies looking to merce. “In percentage terms, the employ- locate in Saskatoon are unsure as to where ment growth rate is much higher even than or when to build.

Calgary and Edmonton. With business “We have seen a number of business investment driven growth to continue as attraction opportunities stall due to the its current pace, we will need new infradelay. This is a constraint on job growth structure like the new perimeter highway in and around the city,” said Jim George, sooner rather than later. Saskatoon needs chief operating officer of SREDA. to press to accelerate the Yellowhead This uncertainty is also affecting comNorthern Gateway project right now if we mercial land prices, according to Tom want to keep up with our growth, rather McClocklin, president of Colliers Internathan holding it back.” tional in Saskatchewan. “The location of When a bridge is required within city the North Perimeter Highway is currently limits, it us up to the City to plan and pay under review, and this has certainly made for it. When it is outside the city boundar- it difficult for developers wishing to build ies, it is a Saskatchewan Department of today or even 10 years down the road. The Highways matter. While the perimeter lack of certainty has to forced developers highway and bridge are important to local to exercise caution when buying land, let residents and businesses, the city occupies alone developing it.” but a few chairs at the planning table.

The overall economic impact of a delay The proposed highway around Saskain planning and constructing the perimeter toon is a massive project that has been in highway is difficult to calculate, however, the planning stages for many years. One SREDA is giving it a shot. While the more can only imagine the number of hours that obvious costs can be measured, the ripple goes into selecting locations for the bridge effects are more difficult to quantify. How and interchanges involved. many jobs are not being created? How Land must be obtained, geological many tax dollars are not being collected? surveys done, financing secured, specifiHow many traffic accidents could have cations finalized and contracts awarded. been avoided?

Clearly, this does not happen overnight. In The perimeter highway is important to the meantime, semi-trucks have no option Saskatoon’s growth. but to take paths directly through the city.

For a map of the proposed location of In addition to the safety concerns, there is the Perimeter Highway see http://www. the cost of time and fuel spent by trucking saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Commucompanies to have their rigs waiting at red nity%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/ lights. These are particularly noticeable on Documents/Mapping/Wall_maps/ProjectIdylwyld Drive and Circle Drive North. ed_Growth_11x17.pdf.

There are other more subtle impacts of (Prosperity Saskatoon is the initiaa delay on the economy. Businesses put tive of 13 local business groups working relocation plans on hold when they don’t together as the Combined Business Group. know where the highway accesses will be. For more information visit www.prosperiThis affects employees who may be work- tysaskatoon.com.

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Hartmann now has her eyes on the Saskatchewan Derby and a cut of its $20,000 purse. El Mono Verde — which means the Green Monkey in English — has won twice at the 1 1-16th mile distance.

“We will call him Monkey and hope he doesn’t run like a monkey,” she said with a laugh.

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rom 2007 until 2012, deep-tissue rubs. the number of spas Pauline Frommer: worldwide jumped by Why do you think spas are 22 per cent, according to a experiencing such a boom in study by the founders of the popularity?

Global Spa and Wellness Michael Thompkins: summit. But spas aren’t just I think that about a decade mushrooming — they’re diago, with the burgeoning versifying, adding new types success of electronics and of treatments and experiences the Internet, we became and attracting a broader range more disconnected as a A spa client tries Thai massage of customers. I recently sat people. You look at social Travel in Frankfurt down with Michael Thompmedia, like Facebook, and (Thomas Wanhoff/Flickr) kins, chairman of the board it’s a force that makes us of I Spa (the International Spa Associa- less connected. Because of the Internet, tion, which represents thousands of spas people receive less touch, they’re disis that more people are choosing spa Frommer: What are “fusion services”? around the globe) to discuss all that’s connected sensually, and by that I mean vacations, and more are choosing fusion Thompkins: So, it’s not just a massage anymore. new in the world of tinkling music and the five senses. So what we’re seeing services when they come to a spa.

Spa-goers book a massage and acupuncture, and then aromatherapy and perhaps some sort of healing, Ex vibrational music therapy. Something that really hi relaxes the body, whether it’s through sight, touch, bit 9th an HU taste, sound — whatever it may be. I’ve done some o RR 70 r I new services during which healing vibrations are % Lo nq Y played through the table you’re lying on and make rn ! I SO ui you feel as if you’ve become the music, which is an eG nq LD re s uplifting and weird experience at the same time. @s uir as e Frommer: I’ve also noticed that many spas kt NO are trying to distinguish themselves by creating el. W services that, in some way, reflect their location. ne !

I was just in Mexico where I received a “tequila t massage,” which started with a small shot of tequila and involved a massage cream infused with the spirit.

Thompkins: For the past several years, there’s been a “arm-to-table trend in dining, and we’re seeing that same trend — from farm to massage table — in our industry, whether that means using local ingredients, plants that are indigenous to the area for aromatherapy, or creating experiences that take advantage of where you are. I am CEO of Hilton Head Heath in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and one of the things we’re doing is that we’re taking our spa guests out on canoe trips into the waterways. There, you actually can see the dolphins beach themselves in order to eat. It’s one of the only places in the world where you can see that. You see, our guests are looking for one-of-akind experiences. and Frommer: I’m confused. What does that have to do with spas? Are the guests getting a facial while they’re watching the dolphins?

Thompkins: A lot of people go to spas for relaxation and to de-stress. And part of that is healthy eating, exercise and the relaxation from a massage services, or facial and body treatments.

So you might get a really good salt scrub, but then when you want to exercise, we’re going to take you canoeing or kayaking, and you’re going to have the extraordinary experience that I just described.

Frommer: At the Mexican spa, they also were offering treatments for children. Is that getting to be more common?

Thompkins: It is, and I think it’s a great thing.

The nice thing is that, by offering these services, we have the ability to teach children about stress management and relaxation. Before, ADD kids were given medicine to calm them down. Today, some are teaching them breathing or relaxation exercises through yoga, like mommy-and-me yoga classes. It’s absolutely fascinating. And the ability to find a place where they feel comfortable to go and relax is a huge thing. There’s a lot of pressure on kids nowadays.

Frommer: Stress management obviously is a big deal for adults, too, which also may be why Admission at the Door $10 we’re seeing more and more spas popping up. But (Under 18 yrs. accompanied by an adult) how can one know that the treatments you’re get12 & Under FREE ting will really help in the long run?

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portsnet unveiled last week its commentating roster for NHL games this season. Of note on regional telecasts is Kelly Hrudey becoming the analyst on Calgary games.

Other regional analysts are: Greg Millen (Toronto), John Garrett (Vancouver) and Drew Remenda (Edmonton). All I ask is they do their jobs impartially. No cheering in the press box, boys. l Roger Millions, the host of Flames games, is excited about working with Hrudey and play-by-play guy Rick Ball, saying — with exclamation marks — it will be a great season. What does that mean? Thirty to 35 wins? l Hrudey routinely tweeted photos of fancy dinners he was having with fellow Hockey Night in Canada commentators.

I’m guessing Sportsnet won’t offer quite the same per diem CBC did. l Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson will be Sportsnet’s No. 1 national team, as well as retaining their roles as president and vice-president of the Maple Leafs fan club. l From TC Chong: “Don Cherry took the ice-bucket challenge. I always thought he got those suits dry cleaned.” l Torben Rolfsen, on the NFL announcing new player punishment guidelines for domestic violence: “First offence: six games; Second offence: You’re an opening act on Chris Brown’s next tour.” l It is a shame that media members from outside Saskatchewan broke the story on Weston Dressler’s return to the Riders. It’s a bigger shame that on the day news broke, one Rider insider speculated that Dressler wouldn’t be back. When you get too close to a team, you can’t cover it properly. l For every dollar the Riders throw Dressler’s way, they better have 80 cents for Chris Getzlaf.

l Bill Littlejohn, on reports that USC football player Josh Shaw’s story about injuring both his ankles while rescuing his nephew being a hoax: “Sources now say that he was actually attempting to rescue Manti T’eo’s girlfriend.” l Chong, on Texas A&M QB Kenny Hill passing for 511 yards to break Johnny Manziel’s single-game passing record: “In related news, the patent office says the name Kenny Football has not yet been copyrighted.” l From Rolfsen: “Kenny Hill is so serious about replacing Manziel as Texas A&M’s quarterback, he spent halftime at a pool party.” l Janice Hough, on swing coach Sean Foley saying his split with Tiger Woods was amicable: “Well, duh, does anyone think Tiger is stupid enough to anger someone who knows how to wield a golf club?” l Littlejohn, on Jacksonville Jags season-ticket holders getting a concealed weapon permit deal: “Let’s hope they don’t offer the deal to Raider fans.” l A study found people with big booties have high intelligence. Finally an explanation for how the Kardashians make so much money. l Is booty gender specific? For example, does Mike Duffy have a big booty? l Hough, on police near Houston looking for a man who abandoned a cellphone with a selfie on it at a four-acre marijuana farm they recently raided: “Doesn’t do much to dispel that marijuana and short-term memory issue.” l Rolfsen, on the NFL wanting fantasy football added to school curriculums: “It’s already offered as a major in the SEC.”

l Chong, on Green Bay visiting Seattle to open the NFL season: “To commemorate the anniversary of their last meeting there, the Seahawks want that replacement ref crew back for an encore.” l Hough, on NFL Nation Confidential asking more than 100 players this: “The only way I’d play for (team name) is if they doubled my salary. The Raiders ‘won’ with 23 per cent, followed by the Bills at 19 per cent. Of course that might be because many players forgot there is a team in Buffalo.” l Rolfsen, on TSN expanding from two channels to five: “And ice fishing inches ever closer to a profession.” l Chong, on former Redskins QB Joe Theismann saying Kirk Cousins should get the start over RGIII in the first game of the NFL season: “Way to go Kirk; now go out there and break a leg.” l Littlejohn, on the Yankees having a new good luck charm in the form of a very realistic horse head mask worn by reliever Shawn Kelly: “Meanwhile, Camilla Parker Bowles was spotted wearing a Yankees cap.” l Hough, on Vikings star RB Adrian Peterson apparently telling Dallas owner Jerry Jones he would like to play for him and the Cowboys: “Quick, check Peterson for a concussion.” l I am still smiling about B.C. Lions president Dennis Skulsky having to cough up more than 30,000 tickets after his guaranteed win against the Riders failed miserably. Maybe now he will keep his mug away from TV cameras during games. l Chong, on the NFL fining Broncos QB Peyton Manning $8,268 for taunting during a game: “After some quick calculating, Manning sent commissioner Roger Goodell’s office 636 and a 1/2 large Papa John’s pizzas as payment.”

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By RJ Currie cientists at MIT claim they have successfully removed painful memories from the mind of a mouse. They’re still working on the Toronto Maple Leafs fan. l Teenager Catherine Bellis, 15, became the youngest woman since 1996 to record a victory in the U.S. Open main draw. Her match stats: 4 winners, 6 errors and 287 texts. l Two reasons for unconfirmed reports of tremors in Vancouver: a) Aftershocks from the Northern California quake; b) Rider lineman Dan Clark’s falling-to-the-ground TD catch. l Caroline Wozniacki lost a point at the U.S. Open when her pony tail got caught in her racquet. She won the match but may have suffered a tress fracture. l One sign MLB games are taking

a record amount of time to play? At the start of the Nationals-Dodgers game last night, Jayson Werth and Brian Wilson were clean-shaven. l What’s with that gawd-awful special uniform — double blue with no gold — the Bombers wore against the Alouettes? Signature jersey? More like a forgery. l A new app that helps users find partners to fulfill three-way sex fantasies is called 3nder — pronounced “three-ender.” It appears I have underestimated curling. l The Robo World Cup was recently completed in Brazil. The robots play soccer on two legs just like humans, but have better mechanics. l The BBA just ended its second regular season. My wife said young women playing basketball in bikinis detracts from the sport. I said, “They

were playing basketball?” l The N.Y. Yankees are crediting their recent hot streak to a horse’s head.

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No doubt the league office hopes to cash in on a July Stanley Cup ratings bonanza. l Oxford scientists who studied 5,000 years of evidence have concluded Neanderthals and modern humans coexisted. Wouldn’t have been easier to attend a UFC match?

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North America’s Salad Bowl CASTROVILLE, California About 99.9 per cent of – It’s a small town just a few the U.S. supply comes from miles from Monterey Bay and California, with two-thirds of a 90-minute drive south of San the crop being produced in Francisco. If you’re an artiMonterey County. choke fan, this is the sweet spot.

In the 1600s, Spanish Castroville is also the place settlers brought artichoke to begin a fascinating agriplants to California. While the cultural driving tour of the flavour qualities are indisputSalinas Valley, affectionately able for aficionados, it has known as the Salad Bowl of been touted for numerous America. During the journey other attributes, such as being Travel you’ll discover celery, lettuce, an aphrodisiac and reputedly strawberries, tomatoes, brocfor its potency for curing coli, cauliflower, wine grapes and spinach hangovers. produced in the valley’s neat fields.There The truth is that one medium-sized arare taste tests along the way. tichoke has about 65 calories per serving, Established by Evan Oakes, Ag Venmore antioxidants than red wine or chocoture Tours, the driving tour I had joined late and provides 20 per cent of an adult’s focused on the history of agriculture in vitamin C requirement and 24 per cent of the Salinas Valley, describing the landthe recommended amount of dietary fibre. scape, its crops and the support systems It’s high in potassium and magnesium, for valley agriculture, including the pack- has four grams of protein and contains no ing companies that operate here. Oakes, fat. They are also scrumptious. an agricultural scientist with the UniverOcean Mist is a major production sity of California Cooperative Extension, company operating here. It has become also offers wine tours of the Central Coast synonymous with the decidedly oddregion. Once aboard the bus, you quickly looking little vegetable. It is recognized realize you’re driving through one of the as the largest artichoke operation in the richest agricultural areas in the world.

United States. The company’s roots began As a Canadian, it’s also important to in 1924, when a group of farmers banded note that producers along the sprawling together to form the California Artichoke 150-kilometre valley also supply much of and Vegetable Growers Corporation. ToCanada’s fresh salad requirements when day, along with other major packers in the our own fields are buried under snow. area such as Mann’s and Church Brothers, From lettuce and broccoli to artichokes you’ll find their range of fresh produce in and strawberries, the products from the virtually every Canadian supermarket. irrigated fields in the valley find their way Ken decided to start the tour at a throughout the year to kitchen tables from smaller artichoke producer in the valley.

British Columbia to Newfoundland.

The early mist of the ocean was slowly Our tour guide was Ken Lewis, a local dissipating as the sun weaved its magic farmer. He explained the wonders and over the fields at Pezzini Farms. Like so mysteries of the artichoke as we made our many producers in the valley, this is a first stop. family-run operation that has been grow-

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The artichoke has a long history and is gaining a growing respect among consumers (Photo by Peter Wilson) ing artichokes in the region since 1929.

That’s when Valentine Pezzini arrived from Italy. By 1944, Valentine and his son, Guido, had purchased a 300-acre ranch in Castroville to start their own artichoke-growing business.

These days Guido’s son, Tony, has taken over the reins. Along with his son, Sean, Tony operates the business and a popular roadside stop where visitors can buy fresh produce. Parked next to the food stand is Pezzini’s Choke Coach, selling French-fried artichokes and grilled artichokes infused with an olive oil and secret herb blend.

The area’s artichoke growers have never been slow in promoting the wonders of their venerable plant. But shortly after the Second World War, they really hit pay dirt when a then-unknown Marilyn Monroe was given the honorary title of Artichoke

Queen, during a visit to the Monterey Bay Area in 1947.

The photographs of a beaming Marilyn wearing her regal sash with her hands clasping artichokes were used in many advertisements for the produce industry over the years. As Marilyn’s fame grew, so did the popularity of this remarkable crop.

The agricultural tour moved on out of Castroville, and headed past acre upon acre of lettuce varieties as we headed to our next stop, an organic strawberry operation where we were to tour fields and pick and eat our own samples. Yummy.

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Police chiefs got it right; there’s no need for inquiry

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t was a proud moment for have lambasted him for it. Had residents of the City of he pushed for a sociologically Saskatoon last week, when constructed response, he would Saskatoon Police Service have been roasted for not acChief Clive Weighill was knowledging that missing and named president of the Canamurdered aboriginal women dian Association of Chiefs of are victims of a crime, not a Police (CACP). case study. When politicians Weighill wasted no time weigh in on issues such as this, getting down to business on the response is filtered through one of the most controversial their politics, not what they issues in Canada — that of actually mean. whether or not the federal Which segues nicely to Columnist government should decree and Premier Brad Wall’s somewhat finance an inquiry into the grim cases of surprising position: He voiced his support missing and murdered aboriginal women for an inquiry. Why wouldn’t he? That’s in Canada. not a provincial decision to make, so he Prime Minister Stephen Harper has can call for it all day long. None of his emphatically stated the answer from the money would be spent and no results Canadian government is ‘no.’ Unfortuwould rest on his shoulders. When no renately, in classic Harper style, it is not so sponsibility is borne, it’s easy to support much what he said, but the way he said it the easy route. that ended up backfiring on him. In a nutBack to Chief Weighill. One of his first shell, Harper rebuffed the inquiry notion decrees as president of the CACP was to by reinforcing the fact the RCMP treat announce that Canadian police chiefs do murders, kidnappings and other crimes not support an inquiry. as, well, crimes. Therefore crimes against “Yes, a national inquiry may shed aboriginal women should not be viewed some light on this, but as Canadian chiefs, as “sociological phenomenon.” we don’t want to delay action,” he said at It came across a bit cold, and the the CACP’s annual meeting in Victoria. backlash was fast and furious. Who are “We know what the problems are. The we kidding though? No matter what aboriginal population in Canada knows Harper said, the anti-Harperites would and I think most Canadians know what

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I really had no idea where I stood on this issue until reading that quote. Could Chief Weighill be any more succinct? Or right?

The folks at Maclean’s magazine wrote a compelling editorial last week in support of an inquiry, citing the horrible statistics that show just how many times more likely an aboriginal woman is to be on the receiving end of violence, abuse or even untimely death. The editorial, entitled “Why the PM should call an inquiry into missing Aboriginal women” almost had me convinced, until I clicked on a related link in the story, which led to a Maclean’s editorial from 2012 called “The Missing Women Inquiry” is another in a series of costly train wrecks. Rather confusing.

The latter story was in reference to the inquiry held into missing and murdered women in Vancouver, many of whom were aboriginal. Train wreck is a completely appropriate description, with the commission criticized as having paid little attention to the roles that negative stereotyping played in that city’s investigation into the issue. More than a dozen aboriginal and women’s groups accused the commission of “failing to address” issues such as systemic racism, sexism and discrimination, with boycotts and protests marring the proceedings.

Of course, one example doesn’t necessarily mean all inquiries are flawed. To reach that conclusion, you’d have to at least include the $80-million Gomery inquiry, which changed everything you knew about the Canadian political landscape (sarcasm). Or perhaps the $25 million spent on the absolute failure that was the inquiry into the behaviour of Canadian soldiers in Somalia. Or the $16 million on Schreiber-Mulroney. Then there’s the long list of provincial inquiries held all over Canada on various issues, plus the joint federal/provincial inquiries.

You get the picture.

In 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People produced a 4,000page report with 444 recommendations.

Most of those recommendations were never followed, according one of the directors of research for that very commission. Yet here we are again, calling for a similar process to start all over again. It mystifies me.

Inquiries aren’t always useless, or ridiculously expensive, but they often are.

To quote the 2012 Maclean’s editorial, “do you, as a government, really need a specially commissioned judge to tell you to do the right thing?”

Thankfully we have Chief Weighill at the helm, who already knows the answer.

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Skye Brandon is the new artistic producer at Dancing Sky Theatre (Photo Supplied)

Brandon returns to Saskatoon for job at Dancing Sky

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ell-known local actor Skye Brandon is returning to the Land of the Living Skies for a new job at Dancing Sky

Theatre.

Brandon, a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s drama program, will take on the role of artistic producer at the professional rural theatre in Meacham.

“It was a bit surprise, to be honest,” he said of landing the gig.

“It’s something I always thought I would like to do if the right opportunity came around.

I’ve always had a number of peers suggest that they I think I should be running a company at some point. “...When they kind of reached out with this one, well, it’s a company I know well. It’s one I care about, and I know the type of work. So that was intriguing. It was, ‘OK, well, this might be happening maybe a little bit sooner than I thought or anticipated, but why not take the experience and do it?’ ” Since 2008, Brandon has been living in Stratford, Ont., with his wife, actor Kristi Friday, and their daughter. He returned to Saskatoon this summer to take on three roles as part of the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival’s 30th season. Prior to that, he spent five seasons at the acclaimed Stratford Festival.

Brandon is excited about moving back to Saskatchewan to work for Dancing Sky, a theatre company with which he has many ties.

For example, he previously worked for Dancing Sky as an actor and a stage manager and also served on the board of directors from 2002 to 2008. In addition to those professional connections, there’s also a personal one: Brandon and his wife were married in the Dancing Sky building 11 years ago.

Brandon said Dancing Sky offers patrons “the kind of theatre they won’t get anywhere else.”

“It’s an environment that’s unlike any other.

That’s the building where Kristi and I got married. It feels likes home — not just to us. I know a lot of the patrons who come there, they just love the feeling of coming into that build-

ing and seeing a show.”

Given Brandon’s new job, he and Friday are considering where they will live. They need to decide what to do with their home in Stratford, and also determine whether they will settle in Saskatoon or Meacham.

At Dancing Sky, Brandon will take on the general manager duties from Cynthia Dyck, who is leaving the theatre to focus on her work as executive director of On the Boards Staging Company. Brandon will also contribute to Dancing Sky artistically, working in partnership with Angus Ferguson, the theatre’s artistic director.

Brandon said Dancing Sky supports the work of Canadians, with a particular focus on Saskatchewan writers.

“They do a number of collective creations.

So someone — quite often Angus, but not always — will have an idea for a story and then they’ll assemble a cast. The cast, the actors, the director, the designer, the stage manager as well — they all write the story collectively together,” he said.

“That’s pretty unique. There’s not too many people who work like that, and certainly not as many who work like that as consistently as Dancing Sky does. So you know you’re going to go see a show that you’ve never seen before, even if it’s an adaptation of something you’re familiar with.”

Dancing Sky’s upcoming season will feature two plays. In December, a collective adaption of Charles Dickens’ Christmas ghost story, The Haunted Man, will be presented. Brandon will have the opportunity to work with his wife, who was cast in that show prior to Brandon taking on the artistic producer role. The premiere of Kelly Jo Burke’s play, The Lucky Ones, will take place in May 2015.

Dancing Sky Theatre is located in Meacham, between Saskatoon and Humboldt, and can be found five kilometres south of the junction of highways 2 and 5. Dancing Sky offers homecooked meals before the shows in its dining room. For more information about the theatre, visit dancingskytheatre.com. To purchase tickets, call 306-376-4445.

We have no idea who the author or authors are, but at least two pint-sized samples of street poetry have cropped up in public places in Saskatoon. One was fastened to the steel deposit window on the outside of the Royal Bank on Broadway Avenue. The other was taped high out of reach, and view, near the top of the Peace Plaza monument in Rotary Park. (Photos by Steve Gibb)

Condo owners prepare to take on province Ned Powers Saskatoon Express

stand up and lobby for their cause.

Karwacki, a retired school teacher, embers of the Saskatoon Condo the owner of a condo at Briarwood since Owners’ Association are about 1997 and chair of the association, worries to feel another financial pinch. about owners who continue to “see the The pinch — or maybe more than costs going upwards and upwards.” one — will come as a result of the revised One of the main debates will be about Condominium Property Act and Regula- the increased frequency of reserve-fund tions, a provincial government process studies, a regulation that looks at managethat has been in the works for two years ment of services, like water and sewer. and was initiated in June.

“When the frequency was every 10 A discussion with provincial governyears, it was a lot more reasonable. Now ment officials will take place on Sept. 12 they want the frequency to be every five at 6:45 p.m. at the Cliff Wright Library at years, which just adds to the costs of the Lakewood Civic Centre, 1635 McKercher owner. I think we have to protect our Dr. properties and make the owners aware of For Vic Karwacki, the meeting is a every change in legislation,” said Karchance for Saskatoon condo owners to wacki.

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The government is also introducing changes in liability insurance for the authors of reserve-fund studies, audits of financial statements, annual returns, and an issue like estoppel certificates on property.

“Unlike single-family unit dwellings, condo owners are now facing increased costs and requirements. All of these changes need explanation and government officials will be at the meeting to walk us through the requirements and, I hope, answer some questions from the owners.”

He says more and more people, whether they are singles, seniors or families, are moving into condos.

“Sometimes people don’t know what

to expect or that condo ownership is different from those with single-unit dwellings. We’ve been successful in putting forward to the City of Saskatoon some constructive proposals in snow removal and recycling.

“Most people don’t know, for instance, that inspection of fire hydrants for singlehome dwellings comes automatically but, with condo owners, there is a charge.

“You hear that moving into condos can increase urban density, and that good public policy can curb urban sprawl. We want to have homeownership that does not have such an environmental footprint.

“All condo owners, and in particular the condo board members, must recognize the need to continue to lobby.”

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A striking patch of dotted blazing star (Photo by John Patterson)

Fall flowers are in full colour May Jean Roy 120 centimetres and has rough for the Saskatoon Express rhomboid-shaped leaves but veryone looks forward very often solitary flowers. to spring and the sights Many of the late flowers and sounds that signal belong to the aster or composits arrival. It’s exciting and ite family. Another of these is reassuring to meet old friends gaillardia. Many people call Nature Notes each year from the world of this beauty brown-eyed Susan. nature. In every season there Its flowers are up to 10 centiare sights to look forward to, and fall is no metres across. The yellow rays are broad, exception. with three small lobes at the tips, and often Walk at Beaver Creek, Cranberry Flats or red or purplish colouring at the base where Saskatoon Natural Grasslands and see how they meet with the central disc. This plant, bright the fall flowers are. Hairy golden aster too, has grey-green rough hairy leaves. will be common. The leaves are grey-green, This feature is one of the ways many plants as they are covered with hairs. The plant will adapt to dry conditions, as the hairs reduce be loaded with yellow daisy-like flowers the effects of evaporation. about 2.5 centimetres across.

There is so much yellow — look down Of course, the sunflowers will stand out again and there is one more plant that’s nice as they are tall and numerous. Along roads to see: broomweed. It is usually less than will be the prairie sunflower, an annual that 30 centimetres, and erect on many slender grows 30-90 centimetres with alternate rough brittle stems that arise from a woody tap hairy leaves and many showy yellow flowroot. The leaves are narrowly linear and the ers. The rhombic leafed sunflower grows to flowers are bright yellow. Each flower is

very small, but they appear in a close, rather flat-topped, cluster at the ends of branches.

Among all the yellows there are some blues and purples. Purple prairie clover is a beautiful little member of the pea family that will be 30-40 centimetres tall. This plant has a delicate appearance as its leaves are divided into narrow linear leaflets. The deep pink to purple flowers are tightly packed on a terminal head. The flowers open from the bottom of the head first.

White prairie clover is seen more rarely. After mid-August one might be lucky enough to see some late harebells or bluebells, or western wild bergamot with its crown of two-lipped lilac flowers atop rather stiff square stems that can be up to 100 centimetres. This is a plant that “needs” to be touched — it has a wonderful fragrance. Dotted blazing star, as illustrated, is another early fall purple flower that is abundant in our area.

Fall is a great time to see the fruits of the plants one admired earlier in the season — the curved pods of golden bean, the round pods of ground plum, the long thin pods of spreading dogbane filled with many seeds bearing tufts of silky hairs, the tiny burs of blue bur and the large sticky burs of wild licorice, to mention only a few. It is interesting to learn what the plants look like in their various stages.

One of the obvious sights to enjoy as fall progresses is the colour of the leaves of the native shrubs and trees as they get ready to drop their leaves in preparation for winter.

All this and much more awaits in this corner of nature’s world. Have fun exploring and observing.

Mary Jean Roy is a member of the Saskatoon Nature Society. The SNS website is at www.saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca, or you can find the SNS on Facebook at www.

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o you have any canoe old daughters and I were in the capsize stories? Once, other. as a youngster eagerly Obviously, keeping canoes learning new paddling strokes, balanced is the trick to reducing I leaned over the water too the risk of capsizing. I had to aggressively for a so-called remind the kids more than once “sculling draw.” An instant to “rebalance” by not hanging soaking happened and a lesson too far over the edge, and getwas learned. ting back to the middle of the Another time, miscommucanoe. nication with my dad resulted REBALANCING in us shooting the rapids — in YOUR PORTFOLIO Finance the rapids — instead of in the Rebalancing investment canoe. In that case I found portfolios is a trick for reducing myself in the dangerous position of being investment risk, too. downstream of the sideways canoe headed For example, over the past year stocks for a huge rock. Stories from a canoe safety have performed strongly. Let’s say your book flashed through my mind. Thankfully portfolio has an initial target of 50 per cent I had just enough time to scramble on the stocks, but now it’s at 65 per cent due to rock before being hydraulically crushed their growth. What do you do? Nothing? between it and the submerged canoe.

Hold course? Buy more stocks because Less dramatically, this summer our they’re doing so well? Or, sell some stocks family had a wonderful time at a friend’s and add that to other portion(s) of your portcabin at Little Bear Lake. The weather folio such as bonds, precious metals or cash? was beautiful, and we were able to enjoy That last option describes rebalancan incident-free canoe outing in which our ing, which in this case is the act of selling 11- and eight-year-old boys, along with some of the stocks position and placing our five-year-old daughter, were in one the proceeds in other areas of the portfolio canoe, while my wife, three- and one-year- that were relatively weaker. Essentially,

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you’re selling stocks high and buying something else relatively lower.

Sure, stocks may continue higher and you’ll miss out on gains you otherwise would have experienced if you’d not rebalanced. But stocks could also enter a correction and, if they do, you’ll have already taken some gains off the table. Over the past year, in my business, the most common rebalancing actions with clients were from stocks to precious metals and/ or stocks to cash.

A MORE STABLE RIDE What difference can rebalancing make on long-term portfolio returns and risk? I analyzed the annual data (source: BMG) from 1972 to 2013 for a variety of portfolio types — from conservative bonddominated portfolios to aggressive growth stock-dominated portfolios, and a few in between. I also looked at more broadly diversified portfolios which include meaningful portions of gold and cash.

In every case I examined, the annualized rate of investment returns was higher, while the risk (as measured by standard deviation) was predominantly lower when rebalancing annually.

Further, portfolios more diversified with

gold and cash tended to show even greater risk reduction with higher returns when rebalanced compared to not rebalancing.

To illustrate, an unbalanced portfolio with initial targets of 40 per cent stocks, 30 per cent bonds, 20 per cent gold and 10 per cent cash produced annualized returns of 9.2 per cent with a standard deviation (risk) of 14.2. Annual rebalancing boosted returns to 10.0 per cent and pushed risk down to 9.6. Averaged out each year, returns were 8.7 per cent higher, while risk was reduced by 32.4 per cent.

THE MESSAGE Keep your portfolio upright and reduce the chance of a dunking. History teaches that the practice of portfolio rebalancing tends to produce higher returns with less risk.

Derek Shevkenek is a Saskatoon Investment advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Member CIPF. Inquiries are welcome at (306) 956-7803 and at www.dereks.ca. Information is believed to be accurate at the time of writing and is subject to change. Past performance may not be repeated. Opinions are provided in good faith, but without legal responsibility. Opinions are the author’s, not that of RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 6 SASKATOON BLUES SOCIETY’s fourth Annual Blues Party and barbecue at the Kinsmen Hall (formerly the Cosmo Senior Citizens Centre) on 11th Street East. The food will be ready at 6 p.m. and the music by SOUL PICNIC will start at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door.

Food and bar tickets are $5.

SEPTEMBER 8 Registration for the University Chorus will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. at Quance Theatre, Education Building, U of S Campus, followed by a short rehearsal. Any adult who loves to sing, can read music, and enjoys traditional and varied choral repertoire is encouraged to participate. No audition is necessary. For more information, phone 306-343-6370, 306-966-8352 or go to www.usask.ca/music/ensembles/ uchorus.html SEPTEMBER 19 Show and Dance with England, featuring the music of the Everly Brothers.

Nutana Legion (3021 Louise Street) Advance tickets $12. $15 at the door if available. Tickets may be purchased only at Nutana Legion 306-374-3292 or McNally Robinson Book store 306-9553599. A light supper will be served at the Legion at 6:30 p.m., with a separate cost of $ 5.

EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 3 107 Spitfire Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron. Open house to showcase what Air Cadets do in Saskatoon. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sgt. Hugh Cairns V.C. Armoury (930 Idylwyld Drive North). Please access the Armoury via Idylwyld Drive. main entrance. For further information on timings and activities, please contact Cpt. Craig Moore at craig.moore@cadets.gc.ca or by calling 306-203-3766.

SEPTEMBER 5 Glow, the Canadian Cancer Society’s new glow-in-the-dark fundraising walk.

All participants will meet at the Rotary Park at sunset to begin their journey along a specially marked path through the city wearing glow-in-the-dark items to show off their fundraising success.

The Glow walk covers a 101/2-kilometre route and it all finishes off with a glowin-the-dark party when participants return to Rotary Park. The early-bird deadline to register is Aug. 15. To find out more and to join, visit glowwalk.ca.

SEPTEMBER 6 Sask. Writers Guild Reading. Noon to 1 p.m. Readings by James R. Brayshaw, Allison Uitti and Glenda Goertzen. Host: Xander Richards. ***** Saskatoon Chinese Ladies Association Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Banquet at the Mandarin Restaurant. 5:30 p.m.

Cost is $23 for members and $25 for non-members. This is an eight-course dinner, complete with moon cake for dessert. Order your tickets from Rosanna Parry Photography at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market, or call her at 306-229-8289. ***** The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78 TVS will be hosting two more Fun Cribs in 2014, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4, both on Saturday, at St George’s Anglican Church Hall (624 Ave I South). The cost of $8 includes crib, lunch and door prizes. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with play commencing at 1 p.m. Call Jacquie Gardiner at 306-343-8898 to register. ***** International Literacy Day celebration.

The Saskatoon Literacy Coalition is joining the world wide celebration through a fundraiser at the pavilion at the Farmers’ Market. The coalition will be sharing the space with SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health), AIDS Saskatoon, and the Saskatoon Open Door Society.10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sale of gently used bestselling books, music, and cookies. *****

MISCELLANEOUS

Save the Children – Canada, fundraising barbecue. Coop Attridge Food Store (402 Ludlow Street) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please contact Mel at 306-373-9877 or Every Monday There’s Hope Beyond Depression Lavonne at lavonne.cloke@gmail.com program. Free introductory sessions for more information.

Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 7 Where: 327 Pinehouse Drive (wheelchair The Canadian Federation of University accessible). For more info call Pekka at Women (CFUW) Saskatoon Inc, is hold- 306-717-1665 or email saskatoonreing its annual Open House from 2 p.m. covery@gmail.com. to 4 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards FamFirst Saturday of every ily Centre, 333 4th Ave. North. CFUW month Saskatoon Inc. works to raise the social, economic, education and legal status of The MindFULL Café, part of the internawomen and girls. CFUW Saskatoon Inc. tional Alzheimer Café movement, is an actively promotes education for women opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, famand awards over $20,000 annually in ily, care partners and other interested post-secondary scholarships. This is people. The Café is a two-hour get an opportunity to learn about the work together with refreshments, entertainof CFUW. New members are always ment and information. First Saturday of welcome. the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: SEPTEMBER 8 Sherbrooke Community Centre.

Holosy, an adult mixed voice UkraiEvery Tuesday nian community choir welcomes new Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & Intermembers. Rehearsals begin Sept. 8 national Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of at 7 p.m. at the Ilarion Residence. An Grace-Westminster United Church (505, ability to read Ukrainian is helpful, but 10th Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. not necessary. Special projects this year include recording a CD. For more infor- First Monday of every mation, call Audrey at 306-373-8905 or month Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetvisit http://holosy.weebly.com. ings. 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United SEPTEMBER 10 Church. We meet the first Monday of the The Cecilian Singers, a mixed voice month except when there is a holiday. community choir, welcomes new mem- Then it is the second Monday. bers to its first rehearsal of the season First Tuesday of every at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic month Church (corner of Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street). Please use the Broadway FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People door. For more information, call Graham with Mental Illness. These meetings run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. at 306-867-945 or visit http://ceciEdwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth liansingers.ca.

Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). ***** If you have a loved one or friend with a Canadian Club meeting. Speaker: Tom mental illness and you need underMolloy. Title of Address: Historic Foundastanding support, contact Carol at 306tion of Aboriginal Rights in Canada, 249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois and The Basis of Current Discontent. at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ Registration at 11:30 a.m. with a hot gmail.com. buffet at noon. Sheraton Cavalier. $20 per person. Call Laura at 306-931-6790 First and Third Sunday of each month for tickets.

Pet Loss Support Group offers support SEPTEMBER 12 and comfort to people who are strugCanadian Association of Professional gling with the loss of a beloved companSpeakers invites all speakers, trainers ion animal due to old age, sickness or and facilitators to an informal event other sad reasons. The no-obligation from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Learn about the support group meets the first and third association and the benefits of member- Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at the ship. For details, call Carolyn Schur W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue 306-975-1114.

North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343SEPTEMBER 13 Sask. Writers Guild Reading. Noon to 1 5322. p.m. Readings by Fawn Neilson, Joan Tuesdays, Thursdays, Soggie and Yvonne Yourkowski. Host: Saturdays James R. Brayshaw.

Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. ***** All ages welcome, all materials supplied, Canadian Association of Professional no registration required. Every Tuesday, Speakers. Regular meeting and program 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For details, call 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Carolyn Schur 306-975-1114.

Every Wednesday SEPTEMBER 14 Depression Support Group — free group The third annual Saskatoon Heartbeat runs on the first and third Wednesday Run. There are 10k, 5k, 1k distances. of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to Location: Mendel Riverbank. Fundraiser 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 for Royal University Hospital Foundation. Avenue P North). This is open to anyone Event details: heartbeatrun.ca. Individu- struggling with depression and family als who’ve experienced a previous car- members wanting to support them. For diac event are encouraged to participate more info call 270-9181. ***** – there is a distance for everyone.

Bargain store to support the inner city ***** Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, Journey for Justice Freedom Relay to ladies’ and men’s clothing; jewelry, bring awareness to human trafficking.

Registration 1 p.m., start 2 p.m. Meewa- purses, belts and camping clothes.

Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 sin Park in north Saskatoon. Walk, jog, bike or rollerblade. Preregistration is not p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 required and all fitness levels welcome. Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5.

There is no charge, although donations Everyone welcome. For more informawill be accepted. For more information, tion: Call306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@ visit www.nashi.ca/events.html or call gmail.com.

Betti at 306-220-7441 or call Chris at 306-220Third Thursday of the Month SEPTEMBER 19 The Amazing Race - Lighthouse Edition The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group is a local community group 1 p.m. A team building experience of men who have or who have had providing greater understanding and prostate cancer, and their spouses/partsupport to those who are chronically and episodically homeless in Saskatoon. ners/caregivers. We meet monthly for sharing, for support, and for information.

Teams of two will compete on foot in Location: W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 – mini-challenges around downtown 4th Avenue North.

Saskatoon to win prizes, including a

than 50 countries throughout the world.

FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world.

Visit our website at www.thefriendshipforce.org Find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka at 306-249-0243 or by email w.gulka@sasktel.net.

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.

Fridays Learn to dance - Karousels Dance Club, Starting Sept. 19. Cued ballroom at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre (610 Clarence Ave. South. Contact 306-2905486.

Saturdays Country Farms Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Confederation Mall.

Tuesdays and Thursdays Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

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.

Singles Social Group Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information emailallaboutus10@hotmail. com or phone (306) 978-0813.

Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-7160836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

Volunteer Opportunity Prairie Hospice has volunteer opportunities for individuals interested in providing support to people who are facing advancing illness, death and bereavement. The Hospice without Walls program is a non-medical service that is provided within the individuals’ homes and includes companionship, outings, other activities of interest or respite care. Volunteers receive 30 hours of training. The next training program is Nov.15, 16, 22, 23, 29, and 30. For this intake we need people who are free during the day on weekdays.For more information call 306-249-5554, email inquiry@prairiehospice.org, or visit www.prairiehospice.org.

The Amazing Race Lighthouse Edition 1 p.m. A team building experience providing greater understanding and support to those who are chronically and episodically homeless in Saskatoon.

Teams of two will compete on foot in mini-challenges around downtown two-night stay at Lost Creek Resort in Second Wednesday of the Month Saskatoon to win great prizes, including Waskesiu, spa packages, restaurant Friendship Force International, Saskaa two-night stay at Lost Creek Resort in gift certificates and more. For more information, visit www.lighthouseamaz- toon and Area Club. We are an organiza- Waskesiu, spa packages, restaurant gift tion of more than 360 clubs in more certificates and more. ingrace.org.

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