Saskatoon Express, December 8, 2014

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Lifelong love of weather

Quinlan brings science to his forecasts Peter Quinlan is the only weather anchor in Saskatchewan who is a meteorologist (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson)

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Madison Prosofsky Saskatoon Express

t all started with a little boy laying on a dock in southern Alberta.

As he looked skyward, he was curious about Alberta’s always-changing weather systems. Unknowingly, young Peter Quinlan was taking his first steps toward becoming a meteorologist. He couldn’t possibly have known he would one day be forecasting weather for people in Saskatoon and area.

Quinlan spent his youth in Lethbridge, where his mother was a doctor and his father was a fish and wildlife biologist. A love of the outdoors ran in the family.

“We had a cabin in Crowsnest Pass that we’d always go out to when I was younger and I would always like watching the clouds,” he said in an interview on the set at Global News Saskatoon, where he is the

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weather anchor and Saskatchewan’s only meteorologist on television.

In elementary school, Quinlan’s curiosity grew. He knew he wanted to be one of three things: a teacher, a weather person or an organist. Though he took piano lessons until Grade 10, he realized quite quickly that being an organist wasn’t the profession for him.

Switching gears in Grade 12, Quinlan decided to go into pre-medicine studies at the University of Alberta (U of A).

“I went to my mom’s med school reunion and I really liked to hear the stories of how they changed people’s lives and stuff like that. I was like, ‘Wow. Oh I could do that; that would be nice.’ Plus the reunion was at the Chateau Lake Louise,” he said with a laugh.

In his second year at the U of A, Quinlan came to the realization that even though there was honour in be-

coming a doctor, he couldn’t get past the blood. He started exploring the world of weather.

“In my second year I was taking anatomy and physiology, and then I took a class called Violent Weather, which was all about tornadoes and hurricanes and snowstorms and lightning and stuff. I was just fascinated by it.”

Inspired by the class, Quinlan made one last switch in his education, moving from biological sciences to atmospheric sciences. It is a rare program in Canadian universities, and the perfect fit for him.

In the summer after his third year, he had an opportunity to work with Environment Canada during a co-op program. After graduation, he applied to work there fulltime.

“There’s this huge application process, so I applied and I had to go through all these things. You have to write an exam

and send in your transcripts and do a personality test. It was really intense.”

Unfortunately for Quinlan and the other four in his graduating class, the federal government put a hiring freeze on Environment Canada in 2011. At a loss for what to do, he took an internship at a local TV station in Edmonton. Not really sure what to do with a camera in front of him, Quinlan was shown the ropes by someone who acted as his mentor. This would later be the same man who got Quinlan an internship, and then a job, at Newcap television in Lloydminster.

Quinlan did more than weather at the station in Lloydminster; he did everything from shooting news stories to reporting them.

“It was kind of like my little broadcast school that I was able to get paid for, so that was kind of neat,” he said.

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a boardroom table at the Fourth Avenue office and we had, literally, people with laptops . . . sitting around the boardroom table.

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Q and A with Peter Quinlan

Saskatchewan “neglected” in forecasting

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he Saskatoon Express visited Global Saskatoon last week to feature meteorologist Peter Quinlan. With so much good information, we decided to break out a few pieces from the interview and run them in bite-sized amounts. Some of Peter’s answers have been edited for length.

Saskatoon Express: Do you have a memorable weather story?

Peter: This summer there was a day when we had six tornadoes touch down in Saskatchewan. It was a Saturday and I was called in to do a news story on it.

This guy’s farm was completely demolished and he almost lost his life over it.

It really hit home the damage nature can cause here and the importance of having accurate warning.

After that, I did a follow-up story with Environment Canada because they didn’t issue a tornado watch, which they are supposed to do in the morning.

They had nothing on the day. And, even the day before, I was almost certain we were going to see at least one tornado that day and I said it on the news. On the weekend, it is more important that they get that out earlier, before people are heading out for the day, and they aren’t going to check back in until the next day or Monday even.

Express: Your story brought attention to the fact Saskatchewan doesn’t seem to be on Environment Canada’s radar.

Peter: If they are not here, they are not going to be as focused here, because their offices are now in Edmonton and Winnipeg. It is very clear to me they neglect Saskatchewan. So that really bothers me.

Julie Mintenko and Peter Quinlan on the Saskatoon Global news set (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson) It was something I wanted to shed light on because I think that needs to get out.

Once we did shed light on it, so many people wrote in and said, ‘Thank you for doing this,’ because it is ridiculous how they treat this area. I used to work there so I know what it is like there. I want to make a positive difference in the weather world here because I don’t know who else is in the place to be able to do that.

Question: Do you have a long-range forecast for Saskatoon’s winter?

Peter: Long-term forecasting is tricky.

A lot of weather models have been showing a lot of differences this year because there is a potential El Nino happening in the southern Pacific Ocean. It looks like it is going to be a weak El Nino. Typically, if we have a strong El Nino, we will have a warmer-than-average year. This year it is looking like there are some other influences. We have Arctic sea ice happening.

When we get that, we get a lot of colder air coming in from the North and often invades, as we know, our area. I think we will likely be feeling slightly below seasonal, temperature wise. Even if we say it will be a warmer-than-normal winter, people don’t really notice it because we have a lot of cold days. An average day in January for us is -26 in the morning.

That means if we are -24, we are warmer than average, but everyone still thinks it is really cold.

Express: How about snowfall amounts this winter?

Peter: Near seasonal, possibly a little above seasonal. That one is trickier to figure out. Some years it is very clear, and when it is very clear, we will go out and do a story. This year it is hard to tell because we have been on that line that the jet stream sits over that divides the cold and warm air. If you are right over the jet stream, typically we are along the storm paths. And we have seen a little bit of that already.

Express: What are your thoughts on global warming?

Peter: The U of A (University of Alberta) really hammered home that it was happening. Scientific evidence is showing that. I really do agree that humans are making an impact on the Earth. I do think it is negative and we should be making changes to reduce it. The extent of it is still being discovered. Ninety-five per cent of the scientists are in agreement on that. Some people in the scientific community disagree with them. . . . I think a lot of people in their arrogance, or whatever you want to call it, sometimes

have their own theories. But I do think it is (happening).

Express: What do you think about people’s infatuation with the term Polar Vortex?

Peter: (Laughing) It has always been there. It is an actual meteorology term.

So I like it when it is used properly. The thing is a lot of news (organizations) will grab onto the term and use it inappropriately. It is something that happens in the upper atmosphere and it can affect what is happening at the surface.

Question: So whenever it is cold in the United States it is not really a Polar Vortex?

Peter: No. You can’t say that. It just gets thrown around all the time now.

It’s a cliché term and sometimes when news catches on to it, it just spreads like wildfire.

Express: You have a large following on Twitter. As a meteorologist, how do you use it?

Peter: It’s such an amazing asset, especially in severe weather season and you have a lot going on. People will tweet me a picture of a tornado that I am watching on the radar. It is like you have eyes wherever people have Twitter, basically.

It’s been an amazing resource.

Quinlan using skills to full potential

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(Continued from page 1) ventually a weather position opened up and Quinlan was able to do what he was meant to do, while not relinquishing many of his other duties.

Then one day Lisa Ford, station manager at Saskatoon’s Global station, called and offered him a job.

He accepted immediately.

“Peter is one of the nicest young men I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve worked with a lot of nice young people here. He’s extremely intelligent and obviously a complete expert at the weather,” said Ford.

Making the transition from a small market to a more advanced operation was a smooth one. With the technology being Darlene aDC20051.L08 little more advanced, Quinlan is able to

use his meteorological skills to their fullest potential, including using his own equipment to make weather predictions.

“It’s been really nice because I can just focus on the weather, and I don’t have to go report a news story, cover court and do a bunch of other random things during the day. I’m able to focus on what I went to school for.”

He isn’t your average weather person.

Unlike any other on-air person in Saskatchewan, he’s a Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) member. CMOS exists for the advancement of meteorology and oceanography in Canada. Quinlan is aiding the initiative.

He takes pride in forecasting weather for his television audience.

“There’s a whole bunch of different

weather models that I look at every day.

Some come from different agencies within Canada or the United States. Each weather model has its strengths and weaknesses.

Some are better at snowfall forecasting, some are better at temperature or wind, or cloud cover. So you look at how each of those weather models is reacting to the current atmospheric weather set up; based on that, you generate a forecast.”

Though he was hesitant to admit it, Quinlan has proved to have the most accurate forecasting in the area, when you compare his to those at the Weather Network or Environment Canada. It isn’t necessarily their fault though, he says modestly.

“Environment Canada has to use the government-made model. They can’t use

other ones. So they’re allowed to adjust the next 24 to 36 hours of their forecast, but beyond that it’s just computer output.”

While Quinlan is paid to work from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., when he’s not in the studio preparing for television, you can find him on Twitter. Some might call him a 24-hour weather anchor, as he constantly provides updates in 140 characters or less.

“I’ve got nothing but fantastic things to say about him,” Ford said. “He’s just a gem.

We’re so proud and lucky to have him.”

Keeping busy off screen as well, Quinlan is currently pursuing his master’s of divinity, staying active in his church choir and providing weather updates 24/7.

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City needs to get on track to attract highprofile events

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f Saskatoon is going to regain its stature among the upper echelon of Canadian track and field cities, the installation of a new outdoor track is a necessity.

There is a movement afoot for an excellent everyday track, with much depending upon a logical site, financing in the neighbourhood of $3 million and the opportunities to attract some meets of national consequence.

People Todd Johnston is the chair of a committee within the Hub City Track Council, which would like to see a new facility as soon as possible. It is needed to replace the aging and damaged surface at Griffiths Stadium which, for many years, was Saskatchewan’s prime site.

“We think we would need about $2 million to install a new surface and about another $1 million for the adjoining amenities,” said Johnston, who has coached at the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Track and Field Club and has been a director with Saskatchewan Athletics.

“It is hard to put a business plan into effect until we can find the right property. Ideally we would like to be on the university campus, not far from Griffiths Stadium, because of its central location.

There is an area south of Griffiths Stadium, a place where we could build the track around an existing soccer field. If a space was made available, we think we could go into a fundraising mode immediately, hopefully among track and field alumni AS70129.L08 Aaron and corporate supporters.

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Todd Johnston is chair of a committee within the Hub City Track Council, which would like to see a new facility as soon as possible (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) “Under the right conditions, it would be wonderful to begin construction of a track in 2016 and have it available for use the following year. That would put us in a position to bid on the Canada Summer Games, which are coming to Saskatchewan in 2019, as well as looking at future events like the world junior championships and the World Student Games,” said Johnston.

Those are the prospects that get Bob Fawcett excited. Fawcett first competed in track and field when Lyle Sanderson was a coach at City Park Collegiate. Today, he is very active in creating training and performing opportunities for the inner city’s budding athletes, especially in track and field and hockey. Most recently, he has stepped on board with Saskatoon Sports Tourism.

“We have a rich history in Saskatoon and track and field is another way in which

Saskatoon can promote itself as a leader in fitness and well-being,” said Fawcett.

“There are events, like Canadian championships, out there if a track is installed.

If you look at promoting Saskatoon, there wouldn’t be anything finer than attracting some of those Masters events, where people come to participate and usually stay for a week to 10 days. Or something like the North American Indigenous Games.

Track can become a real benefit to the commerce of our city.

“With the 2019 Canada Summer Games, we have every first-rate facility for every sport except, perhaps, the track. That becomes a priority in our planning.”

Sanderson, who coached the university track and field program for almost 40 years, says the immediate gain with a new track would be in the day-to-day training.

“Griffiths Stadium, in its best days, was available to schools for free training.

“To establish a strong program, it has been a bonus for us in Saskatoon to have the Field House, since the late 1970s, but the best programs work because of yearround facilities.

“We’re probably the only city of its size that does not have a decent outdoor track and field facility.

We need something better and that means the City of Saskatoon should be stepping forward. In some ways, we have lost ground in Saskatchewan, too. We were once the dominant place for the provincial high school championships, but now Regina, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert and Swift Current have quality facilities.”

Some of the current soul-searching was prompted by a letter from Bob Adams, who not only was an influence on high schools but performed, coached and officiated at Olympic Games.

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Passion for football took toll on track

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(Continued from page 6) ome of the current soul-searching was prompted by a letter from Bob Adams, who not only was an influence on high schools but performed, coached and officiated at Olympic Games.

“I would like to see Saskatoon recover some of the prominence as a centre for top-class track and field it once enjoyed,” said Adams.

“I refer to four national championships and Games trials (1958, 1960, 1964 and 1967) as well as the nationally and internationally recognized meets that the Knights of Columbus in the 1960s and 1970s staged. Saskatoon has fallen behind other Canadian cities.”

Although he has lived in Victoria for 30 years now, he is still conscious of the track and field movement in Saskatoon through the scholarships that his Bob Adams Foundation awards annually.

“As for track at the university, their program is predominantly indoors and the football team has taken over a venue which was dedicated to the memory of Joe Griffiths. I have many happy memories of my time spent at the stadium, especially the evening of the 1960 Olympic trials when Harry Jerome set a world record of 10 seconds for the 100 metres.”

Part of the demise of the track at Griffiths Stadium can be traced to the university’s passion for football.

Since the university was the host to the 2007 Vanier Cup, there has been repeated damage to the track. Some occurred by parking trucks on the track during the Vanier Cup. The prime area in front of the main grandstand was where the 100-metre races were run. That is also the same location where the Huskie football team, attired in football cleats, stands on the SS50649.L08 James sidelines.

There was once a time when the

football team rolled out heavy carpet as a partial form of protection for the surface.

Johnston says there are probably “three to four years of life left on the track. John Konihowski, who specializes in installing tracks and tennis courts, walked around the track with us this summer and he says all that’s left is repairing areas which have already been repaired. A total renovation of the track today would cost more than it would to start a track from scratch.”

There is no longer a place to run a steeplechase event and there are corners on the track that collect more water than they should. Even though there are eight lanes on the current track, there needs to be a little more room in each of the lanes.

Sanderson recalls how past Games have been beneficial to track and field.

“The 1979 Western Canada Games brought us the blessing of the Field House.

The 1989 Canada Summer Games were huge because they gave us a 20-year legacy, especially in equipment.”

There may have been a bit of a lost opportunity with the renovation of Gordie Howe Bowl into what, so far, has become as football venue. It was seen as somewhat of a location drawback because 85 to 90 per cent of track athletes in Saskatoon come from the east side and the north end.

The other deterrent was that the football field was artificial and that ruled out any possibility of staging any of the field events in the central area. They could only be staged in the surrounding areas.

Johnston says Saskatoon was a host for the 2003-2004 Canadian championships and the Western Canada midget finals a year ago.

“Between the university, Saskatoon Club and Riversdale Club, I think we’re a healthy community. Given a new track, we’d be able to do so much more.”

Wide open presents Christmas variety show Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ide Open Children’s Theatre is presenting a Christmas puppet show for the young and the young at heart.

The show, called A Christmas Spectacular, runs from Dec. 13 to Dec. 22 at the Refinery Arts and Spirit Centre at 609 Dufferin Ave. “It’s a variety kind of show, so there’s songs and sketches and musical numbers and comedy,” said performer Crispi Lord.

“There’s 20 puppets in the show that we’ve built and designed ourselves, and three performers.”

Lord predicts parents and children are “going to love it.”

“We had so much fun performing for the audiences last year. They were just rolling on the floors, so we’re really anticipating that happening again.”

Wide Open Children’s Theatre has presented seasonal shows for the past nine years. The company has been in existence since 2001, when Lord and actor Kristi Friday founded it.

“We have been doing this for 13 years and we aim to entertain parents as well as the kids, because that makes it more for fun for all of the performers as well as the audience,” said Lord.

When asked why Wide Open has experienced such longevity, Lord replied: “It’s all about the kids.”

“There’s nothing comparable to it, being in the audience for a live show. It’s not the same as watching a show on TV; the kids get right into it. It’s just magic.”

As it has done in the past, Wide Open is offering 30-minute Christmas shows for children ages four and under, while separate one-hour shows are intended for children

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five and up. However, kids of all ages are welcome to attend all shows.

After the Christmas show wraps up, Wide Open will take on a new challenge in the New Year. In January, the company will begin touring across Saskatchewan and Alberta presenting a collection of stories by Robert Munsch. The puppets and performers will primarily visit elementary schools, but will also be a part of some community events.

“I think we have almost 90 performance slots allocated, and the show is about 80 per cent booked right now,” said Lord.

Wide Open has been touring across the province since the company was established. Although the upcoming tour will take Wide Open to urban areas, such as Calgary for a week, there will be many visits to rural communities as well.

“The rural students don’t get as much exposure to the arts. And it’s really important for everyone — every child, no matter what occupation they go into — to be exposed to the arts, because it really helps them to think outside the box and to broaden their imaginations,” Lord said.

She added that it’s important for children to see the success of a Saskatchewan-based arts business like Wide Open.

“Most people think of an actor coming from Saskatchewan, that they have to leave and go to Hollywood and become big and famous to make a living at this. But there are lots of wonderful artists living right here in Saskatchewan that make a living at this and do it every day for their job and are successful and artistically fulfilled.”

To purchase advance tickets to A Christmas Spectacular, go online to www. wideopen.ca or call 306-683-9460. Rush tickets are also available 30 minutes before show time. The show dates and times are also available online.

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uring the last few 260,600 of 2011. The estimate years, there has been was arrived at mathematinothing short of an cally, somehow, by an outside outcry from Saskatoon citizens agency, but it was really wrong regarding our lousy, potholed, — by more than 47,000. The bumpy roads and how they are City has since changed the never cleared of snow. population number to 292,587, Slightly less vociferous which is much closer to the groups have complained of truth. The City proper contains bike unfriendliness, soaring about 254,000 people, accordtaxes, a big, expensive art ing to June estimates. gallery now under construcWe do appear to be on our Columnist tion, infill housing, bad transit way to the half million souls 30 service and unbelievably bad years from now, if the growth traffic. rate continues apace. That’s a big populaIn the last civic election of 2012, 36.9 tion, and with it comes big infrastructure per cent of eligible voters turned out to decisions and spending. Will that make cast ballots. (At least the number was up people get off the couch and into the votfrom 27 per cent in the 2009 election. ing booths?

Yikes.) This kind of non-engagement, Hard to say. But if you’re one of those when contrasted with the fairly high levels non-voters, or even a rare voter, there is of concern, does not compute, especially another way to register your views. when the turnout was 53.9 per cent in the In an effort to get public input on how last federal election and 66.8 per cent in Saskatoon should grow in the next couple the provincial election. That’s bad, too, but or three decades, the City has set up a certainly better than the municipal turnout. website at www.growingfwd.ca. People Some ideas as to why this is happening can plunk their computers on their laps have been suggested to me. and only lift a couple of fingers to express l Nothing ever changes at city council, their views. no matter who is elected. Why vote?

Alan Wallace, the City’s planning direcl Nothing ever changes except tax tor, said the City continues to use the first increases. Why vote? official community plan developed in 1966 l Nothing ever gets significantly better, as a building block for the future, but it’s in terms of snow removal, transit or traffic time for a major update. flow. Why vote?

“It hasn’t changed a lot. It has served us l No one has an attention span any well,” said Wallace in an interview. “But more. Does this mean no one can remem- we have to look at other ways to grow. It ber the election date? Should we all vote isn’t turning the apple cart upside down. via Twitter?

It’s looking at what we do today and what Good questions. we want to do in the future.”

The problem with low voter turnout, The most recent public input came however, is that there is never really a out of Saskatoon Speaks a few years ago. proper mandate handed to mayor and Based on that, the City formed a commucouncil. Municipal elections are probably nity vision in 2011 and created a strategic the most important elections on the calen- plan, said Wallace. Now the City is taking dar. The services provided by a municipal- the next step, and hopes to engage the next ity are the ones that affect us the most, generations. day to day: policing, firefighting, garbage “There’s a new market emerging. I talk removal and, yes, road maintenance. Why to a lot more younger people today, and would we, then, not vote — despite the they just have different ambitions, differreasons listed above? ent needs and wants.”

The voting rate is just one of many The cohort is not as big as the baby things Saskatoon citizens can learn about boom generation, but the echo boom has a in the City’s new neighbourhood profiles, lot to say. Younger people want a different posted on the City’s website life that includes walkable neighbour(www.saskatoon.ca) under the letter N. hoods, and many may not even own cars.

You can comfortably dive into your own “There’s a lot of influences here. We’re neighbourhood and learn how many just trying to get out to the public now . . . people own and rent homes, how many and deliver to council a new growth plan,” people live there, how much park space said Wallace. they enjoy and myriad other interesting That plan should be presented to counbits. Then, like me, you can rant about the cil in early 2016. Meanwhile, weigh in. pieces that really grind your mind.

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(Continued from page 3) his building, constructed to silver LEED standards by Greg Yuel’s company, PIC Investment Group Inc., was a perfect fit for K+S in terms of size and date of completion, said Poley.

K+S has a long-term agreement with PIC. “We have not had one single problem,” said Poley. “Anything we’ve needed in terms of help or modification, they are right on it.”

It also has great parking, which is a massive benefit in Poley’s eyes.

“We have in this building one of the key features, living in Saskatchewan. We have 52 covered parking spots, so we have 42 underground spots and 10 in a mainfloor parking garage, and we have 10 more under a covered area at the back.”

Parking, if you can find it at all, is very expensive downtown, and many employees were previously parking and walking a fair distance to get to work, said Poley.

“For me, I watched those people walk in the door every day. When it’s minus 25 out, and I know that’s it’s a mom who just dropped her kids off, then she’s parked her car somewhere, then she’s walked in freezing cold weather, she walks in the door and she looks like she’s done.

“Besides the workspace and how nice the building is, the ability to just pull in here, it just makes their day.”

The building measures 40,000 square feet on three floors, with meeting spaces, a lobby and offices on the main floor. The boardroom is particularly notable.

“It’s not just a traditional boardroom.

I had this table ordered so it completely splits apart and we can use this room for our training facilities as well,” said Poley.

A big screen comes down in the boardroom and can be projected to the other side on TV so that sessions can be expanded

into the lunchroom, said Poley.

Lights in the hallway leading to the parking area come on with movement to save energy. Windows open for fresh air and ventilation. A bicycle storage area leads to a shower and locker room.

Extending from the two upper floors are balconies for summer coffee breaks and lunches, with gas hookups for heaters and barbecues. There is also a rooftop deck, and a gourmet coffee machine.

“I can’t tell you what a hit that is,” said Poley.

Offices and special meeting spaces make up most of the top two floors, and are organized to fit in with the company culture.

“The way our offices are situated is so any of our employees can talk to any of the vice-presidents at any time,” she said.

“There are no boundaries here.”

That includes president and CEO Ulrich Lamp, who is always willing to chat with employees.

The building, at present, houses 75 employees. There are also two in Vancouver and 136 at Legacy, not including contractors.

K+S officially broke ground in June at the site near Moose Jaw. Commissioning is planned for summer 2016, and 1,800 people will be engaged in the construction.

The mine will employ 300 people once it is commissioned and goes into production, expected in summer 2016.

K+S also plans to hire 150 people in the new year.

Smith-Windsor said having a company like K+S in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan, on top of the significant employment numbers, also has long-term payback in other respects.

“It will also have long-term spin-off effects for suppliers to the mining industry,” he said.

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Expect magical moments at SaskCountry Christmas

Stephen Maguire was Country Music Person of the Year in 2014 (Photo courtesy Joe Fox Photography)

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express ne look at a promotional video is all it took for Stephen Maguire to get motivated to help out the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery.

The Saskatchewan-based country recording artist saw the video put together by friend Tara Yolan over a year ago, which is still on the organization’s website.

He phoned down inquiring about putting on a concert to raise funds for the nursery, which provides a temporary home for children with parents that encounter a crisis.

That resulted in the first A SaskCountry Christmas concert taking place in December 2013, which raised around $5,000 for the Crisis Nursery.

The second A SaskCountry Christmas is set for Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. The show features Kelsey Fitch, Lisa Moen, JJ Voss, Amy Nelson, Samara Yung, Codie Prevost, Jay Semko, Eli Barsi, Scott Patrick and Maguire.

A tour of the Crisis Nursery last year also left an impact on Maguire.

“The thing about it is it is so phenomenal that it is there, but it is a shame that it has to be there,” said Maguire, whose music is a combination of soul meets country with edgy vocals and thought-provoking song writing. “Thank God that it is, be-

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cause the staff and all the people that work there are phenomenal people with hearts of gold. They do amazing work.”

The fact that Maguire wants to raise funds for the Crisis Nursery shouldn’t come as a surprise. He won the 2014 Saskatchewan Country Music Association honours for Country Music Person of the Year and the Humanitarian Award.

“It is great to be recognized, but that is not why we do it,” said Maguire. “It is one of those things to be recognized by your peers — of course you take it, but you’re sort of humbled by it.”

Those honours came in part for various endeavours such as helping raise nearly $200,000 in flood relief in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He was part of four flood relief concerts this past summer. It helped him win a national philanthropy award.

He also teamed up with Prevost to do a tour through schools entitled “Imagine No Bullying,” which contained an antibullying message.

“Nobody wants to be bullied,” said Maguire. “Nobody wants to be a bully. I firmly believe that.

“So far, I think we have presented to over 7,000 kids.

“Hopefully, we start a conversation, we shed a better spotlight on it and make people stop and think.”

Maguire puts in all the work he does with charities and causes because he believes an artist has a responsibility to help the community that supports his or her work.

“I know that we give our art back,” said Maguire. “I know that we give our songs back.

“I just think when things happen and you can rally the troops, why not.”

For the concert for the Crisis Nursery, Maguire said pretty much all the funds from the $20 advance ticket price or the $25 price at the door are going to the centre. The centre helps children whose parents may be facing a sudden illness or hospitalization, high levels of stress, marital conflict, housing problems or there is a fear the children will be hurt. Lost children can also go to the Crisis Nursery for help.

Further donations will be taken at the concert, and that could include items such as toys or clothing. The Crisis Nursery puts a list of items it seeks on its website at www.crisisnursery.ca, and Maguire said it is good to check that site out and contact the staff at the nursery about bringing items to the show.

As for the performances in the show itself, Maguire said to expect the unexpected.

“When you put all these artists in a room together, you never know what is

going to happen,” said Maguire. “That is when the magic happens, and it is never going to be repeated.

“When we do nights like this, it is just so off the top. Always, we are like ships in the night. We always pass. We never get to hang out with each other, and we never get to see each other.

“On a night like this, it is like 10 concerts in one night. It is a great opportunity to hear different music and different artists’ work and to meet all the artists.”

After the A SaskCountry Christmas concert ends, Maguire returns to Mayfair United Church on Dec. 18 as part of the Memory Lane: A Tribute to the 40s, 50s and 60s tour. The tribute covers the works of many artists of that era, such as Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and Dean Martin.

“We’ve had great response in the past for that show,” said Maguire. “It is a fun time. It is a family night out.

“Eight-piece band, horn section, bigband sound, so it is a great time.”

Tickets for the A SaskCountry Christmas for the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery can be purchased at www.picatic.com, at all Saskatoon Co-op food stores at customer service and at Mayfair United Church.

Tickets for Memory Lane: A Tribute to the 40s, 50s and 60s can be purchased at Mayfair United Church and McNally Robinson.

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Curtis Peeteetuce started writing the Rez Christmas series in 2001 (Photo Supplied) the cast will include Dakota Hebert, Dalton Lightfoot, Lacy Morin-Desjarlais and Cory Dallas Standing. Others working on the show include set designers Jared Beattie and Amberlin Hsu, costume design mentor Jeff Chief, costume design mentee Chris Mason, lighting designer Tim Cardinal, stage manager Aaron Shingoose, production manager

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have also included Miracle on 20th Street, Vegas Vacation, Life is Wonderful, Luff Actually, Kohkoms in Toyland, Mekiwin: The Gift, and this year’s Nicimos, the 10th and final installment.

Peeteetuce said presenting the shows “was really about the community.

“Everybody embraces the Christmas show; they embrace the story lines and the characters,” he said.

“The biggest reward for me is hearing that good, honest belly laugh in the audience.

I hear that every year in the audience and it gives me such joy.”

This year’s play is entitled Nicimos, which is pronounced nee-chee-moose.

Peeteetuce said “nicimos” is the Cree term for “sweetheart.”

“In the whole subculture of the Cree people, Nicimos is a very funny term, or it can be a very serious term, depending on how we utilize it and apply it,” he said.

“Sometimes it will be like, ‘Who’s your nicimos now?’ and it becomes a nice running gag in the community.”

Nicimos is a one-hour show that will be performed at Studio 914, located at 914 20th St. West. Fittingly, the characters in the play are “now in good-bye mode” and are planning to go their own separate ways, Peeteetuce said.

“Generally, it’s about farewells, I think.

That’s one of the looming things in the story this year,” he said.

While the end of the series may be bittersweet for fans, Peeteetuce would like to publish the 10 stories in an anthology and makes the plays available to others.

“I hope that we could make this, my plays, available to the communities — out to the reserve communities, high school drama classes — and say, ‘Hey, if you want to attempt to put on one of these Christmas shows, you have my permission.’ ” In the future, SNTC may present other Christmas productions. For example, Peeteetuce would like to take A Christmas Carol, translate it into multiple languages and present it with an all-Aboriginal cast.

“I really hope we can make that happen someday. I think that would be a great project to work on,” he said.

Peeteetuce said SNTC is “mandated, primarily, by culture, language and history.

“We include that in all aspects of our programming, whether it’s our main stage productions, our community productions or even in our outreach. We are really guided by culture, language and history at the company.”

For Nicimos, Peeteetuce will serve as the director and the sound designer, while

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express t’s the end of an era for Curtis Peeteetuce.

After 12 successful years, Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company’s (SNTC) Rez Christmas series is coming to an end. Nicimos, the play SNTC is presenting from Dec. 11 to Dec. 20, will be the 10th and final Rez Christmas production.

For Peeteetuce, the decision to end the series is “bittersweet.” However, the time was right to take a break, he said.

“I’m the artistic director of the company, and I’m also the playwright of the series, so I’ve been writing the series since 2001. And I’ve got to tell you, I need a break from writing Christmas plays all year round, so I will be honest and say that’s first and foremost.

I need the time to focus more on my job as artistic director than as playwright.”

Peeteetuce said he would also like the opportunity to “consider artistically” what else SNTC can do at Christmas.

“I don’t really want us to be known for the Rez Christmas show, especially since we’ve got a lot of great other projects coming down the road for us,” he said.

SNTC’s Rez Christmas shows date back to 2001, when a group of alumni from the Circle of Voices program came together to write a Christmas play that was set on a reserve and featured Cree characters. They aimed to change the Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Christmas Carol, into a one-act play, with a female band manager named Purdy Parsimonias filling the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge role.

Each member of the collective contributed to the first draft of the script. However, just 11 days before rehearsals were set to begin, the draft was lost due to a computer crash. Peeteetuce, drawing from his memory and a few notes that he had kept, volunteered to rewrite the script — and the rest is history. After the first staging of the show Ms. Purdy Parsimonias: A Rez Christmas Carol, Peeteetuce became the official playwright of the Rez Christmas series.

“After that I thought, ‘That was fun.

That wasn’t too painful. Let’s try another one. Let’s try another story.’ And so I just borrowed from existing titles; the second one was called How the Chief Stole Christmas, and then the third was called Alone at Home,” he said.

There have been 10 new shows in the series and three remounts. The shows have been set in the fictional community of Kiwetinohk and have featured the popular kohkom characters of Clare Bear, Zula Merasty and Sihkos Sinclare (“kohkom” is the Cree word for “grandmother”). The titles of the shows

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Honda Canada CEO pays visit to city Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express alk about having your dream job.

When Jerry Chenkin left England for Canada, he was a chartered accountant by day and a car nut by 24/7.

Imagine his good fortune when he saw an ad for an accounting position at Honda Canada. Forty years later, Chenkin is the president and CEO of company. He was in Saskatoon recently to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Meidl Honda and the official opening of Acura Centre of Saskatoon.

Chenkin and Randy Meidl have a special connection.

“I happened to be in the Winnipeg office and the thenzone manager said a couple of young guys here are buying Val Buchholz’s dealership in Saskatoon. And that’s when I met Randy for the first time. He apologized because he was an accountant and I said, ‘I apologize because I am an accountant, too,’ ” Chenkin said with a laugh.

“We just hit it off and we’ve been good friends ever since. In our business, we travel a lot. Sometimes we go on incentive trips and we go here, there and everywhere all over the world. And we’ve done some great travel together.

And we meet up whenever we can. Our wives know each other, so it makes life a lot easier when you are with somebody and you can just catch up. You might not see each other in a year, but you can just sit and catch up.”

Chenkin is the first Canadian CEO of Honda Canada.

“It’s an amazing thing that I never dreamed in my life that would happen. Even after a year and a half, I still pinch myself to realize it had actually happened.”

Meidl said dealers appreciate having a Canadian at the wheel.

“The dealers thought it was pretty cool to have Jerry after all those years. Jerry understands the marketplace, understands Canada. And Honda being a global company, as a dealer, we are concerned about our marketplace and what’s happening in Canada. It’s been a fabulous move for Honda to recognize that.”

When Chenkin started his career with Honda, it was known as a motorcycle company. Back then, he estimates it sold only 5,000 vehicles a year in Canada.

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Honda Canada CEO Jerry Chenkin (right) congratulates Merle and Randy Meidl on their 25th anniversary as a Honda dealer (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

That changed in the mid-1970s.

“I spent the first few years basically on the accounting, finance and administrative side dealing with the motorcycle business. The car business came along after. It wasn’t until 1976-77 when the first Accord came out that you started to see some volume expanding. But we were still a motorcycle company then image wise, and in some countries we still are. The evolution changed dramatically as we became better known for automobiles.”

Sales will hit an all-time record this year and next month the Civic will be named the No. 1 car in Canada, Chenkin said.

“We have a lot of passionate people working for us.

Randy is as passionate about the business as we are. Customers like to come here and they like to do business here.”

Meidl is not surprised the Civic has remained the top car in Canada for 16, going on 17, consecutive years.

“It’s the best car and it really is,” he said. “Honda is

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an engineering company, and the car is engineered just phenomenally. As a result of that, the high resale value is attached to car. And it’s a fun car to drive. That’s what Honda’s philosophy is: to make a fun car to drive.”

Chenkin said it isn’t just Honda that makes Civic the top car.

“Our customers did. Our job is to create value for the customer and then have dealerships like this make the customer feel really good.

“There is no bad product out there anymore. Everybody sells good product. The gap between the best and the worst has narrowed significantly. So what is the difference between success and failure in this business – as with any business – is how do you take care of the customers? That is everything.”

Meidl has enjoyed his long relationship with Honda.

“It’s been 25 years of good times. Our relationship with the Honda brand is phenomenal.”

Christmas Sweater Jersey Night

Bring toques and mitts to be tossed onto the ice when the Blades score their first goal.

The Blades will be wearing a special edition Ugly Christmas Sweater Jersey These jerseys will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program

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“After 100 years of Messiah performances in Saskatoon, people kind of take it for granted,” SSO executive director Mark Turner said in a news release.

“We wanted to make it a more meaningful experience this year, so we shook things up and asked ourselves how we can make the most out of this performance.”

For the first time in the 84-year history of the orchestra, it has created a Symphonic Chorus. Auditions for the chorus took place earlier this fall, and rehearsals have been underway for a few weeks. It’s a choir made up predominantly of people who’ve never sung together — singers of all ages and backgrounds, and from across the province.

Singers from many of the city’s major choirs, Rosthern’s Station Singers, and even as far away as North Battleford are coming together.

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Two performances will be delivered at Knox United Church — the first one on Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. and the other where the audience can participate in a SingAlong Messiah on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.

“It’s been too long since the SSO did a Sing-Along Messiah. There is nothing more exhilarating than coming to a concert and sitting, sometimes with people you have just met, and delving in to music like this,” said Turner.

“For the SSO it was just so clear that we wanted Messiah to be more than just something we did every year. We wanted it to meet the needs of the community.

For people who love the performance, the Friday night concert version is perfect.

For people who just can’t help singing along, Saturday is going to be absolutely jubilant.”

The SSO is proud to have a crop of exceptional soloists — soprano Chelsea Mahan was an audience favourite last year, and this year marks the return of alto Lisa Hornung. Tenor Spencer McKnight and bass Matthew Pauls are both joining the orchestra for the first time.

“It’s the perfect way to celebrate young talent,” said Turner.

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ast year when council to open for a year and a half, imposed a 7.43-per-cent it sounds like the existing tax increase, it was my unMendel will be closed for derstanding that 2.92 per cent of about a year. According to that increase was to be allocated Burke, more money is needed each year to a three-year program because of “transitional” for repairing our city’s decaying costs and that the new gallery roadway infrastructure. is about five times bigger and I advocated for a special levy, will need more money for which would mean that the speheating and cleaning. Excuse cial tax for roadways could only me, but the new gallery will be used for the stated purpose not be operational until 2016 Columnist and would have to be renewed and the existing Mendel will each year and then, supposedly, close halfway through 2015. when the goal was achieved, the tax would Outside of a half year’s operational costs be eliminated. It would have prevented for the Mendel, what operating costs are council from diverting taxes for roadway we talking about? repair to some other purpose. And that The library board wants in excess of portion of last year’s increase designated five per cent, although I’m unclear as to for roadway restoration is still with us. No what that increase is for, but it is over and new taxes should be needed for this purabove the general tax increase. The City pose if council sticks to last year’s budget hives off library costs and shows it as a commitment. separate tax, but in reality the libraries This year, while struggling with ways are owned and operated by the city. It is to prevent another seven-plus-per-cent a municipal city tax collected by the City tax increase, one of the first items to hit for its operating libraries. We do not show the table is to thin out the monies spent taxes on any other service individually, so on roadway repair by extending the initial why do we do it with libraries? three-year program to four years, in esThe fire chief is now flagging the need sence reducing the annual amount to be for new interchanges and fire halls. We spent on roadway repair. It is this thinking are talking tens of millions of dollars here. that got us into an infrastructure crisis to And Rome burned while Nero fiddled. begin with. Before the shell game was Apparently we need money to service over, council extended the program by land for 16,688 new dwellings to accoma year, the cost of which will be paid by modate our anticipated suburban growth. another mill-rate increase and the balance It matters not that local developers say that from an unrelated reserve. In some circles the housing market has cooled and unsold this would be called “robbing Peter to pay inventory is high. Are we operating on “if Paul.” you build it they will come?”

So where is the money being spent?

In order to cut taxes, something has to Our city of roughly 250,000 souls give. It was recommended that we could built a police station to service a city of have bimonthly garbage pickup all year 400,000. Now the police chief needs a round, but council ended with shaving whopping increase to his budget of $4.5 off two months from the summer weekly million, in part to pay for the increased op- pickup schedule. This city could literally erational costs of the new building. Added stink considering administration proposes to this number are more police officers and mandatory composting bins, along with salary increases. (Can we assume that the recycling and garbage bins; and we will be police salary increases are restricted to the charged a fee for both recycling and compercentage amount the other civic unions post. Could it be that the City is preparing are getting?) The police chief was handed us for garbage pickup fees? back his budget and told to pare it down.

The icing on the cake is the addition of Outside of eliminating the new hires, what up to another 70 employees at City Hall. does he cut? Personally, I hope he reduces This is over and above the 50 hired last the fly time of that damn plane that buzzes year. Will council wait until after the next my neighbourhood. election before it announces we need a Aside from an additional $6 million new City Hall to house all these folks? for capital expenditures, the executive However, as we absorb the costs of fees director of the Remai Modern Art Gallery, for services once covered by taxes, we Gregory Burke, wants about a 20-per-cent need more and more people to monitor increase in funding, claiming operational what we lowly citizens do. costs in the amount of $3.66 million in Transit, of course, needs a greater sub2015, $4.33 million in 2016 and $4.63 in sidy, since there will be no fare increase.

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money transit has spent over the last decade on failed ideas to improve dismal service?

Leisure services received its requested increase to offset low volume usage, although the reduced use of these facilities may be due to the already high fees.

And still council pontificates the need for more leisure facilities as it anxiously awaits a report on the matter due early next year.

What council should note, as it considers another whopping tax increase following last year’s 7.43 per cent, is that seniors on fixed incomes did not get a seven-per-cent pension increase last year, nor will they get it this year. Unionized civic employees were restricted to a little more than a two-per-cent wage hike, and business is bellyaching that it is paying way more than its fair share. The number of people relying on food banks is growing out of control and there appear to be more homeless in need of shelter. Council should keep this in mind when designing the budget matrix.

This whole budget is about optics, not good spending. As I write this, council is still working on the budget and wants to

reduce the tax increase as a result of public reaction to another seven-per-cent hike.

A one-per-cent increase amounts to about $1.750 million, so even with slightly less than a six-per-cent increase, there isn’t enough new revenue generated to cover the additional spending. It simply means more debt. And looming on the horizon is the Children’s Discovery Museum, which is taking over the Mendel building. Then there’s possibly $20 million for the riverbank slumping problem.

The theme of this budget is pay more, get less. When the average household gets its roughly $100 a year increase, it should add to that amount the library’s spending, recycling fees, temporary fees and, what is no doubt coming, composting fees estimated to be about $10 a month.

On the upside, council is contemplating the creation of independent committees, one which will examine councillors’ remuneration package to reward them for their stellar service. The downside is the committee will include councillors and/or civic employees.

So Santa, decide who is naughty or nice. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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An oasis in the Nevada desert PAHRUMP, NEVADA — peak 100 degrees we’d reached Here we were drinking cold was from the reassuring hum of beer on the deck of our RV rethe air conditioner coming from sort cottage at the still point on my small but cozy one-bedroom the map between the noisiest cottage. It’s also good to know and the most soundless locathat since the elevation is higher, tions in North America. the weather in Pahrump is typiAbout 90 kilometres to the cally three to five degrees cooler east of our comfortable perch than Las Vegas. was Las Vegas. Down the I could also hear the soft highway, about 70 kilometres sound of a distant water filter to the northwest, was Death working away in the park’s Travel Valley. I was at the geographishaded swimming pool. A light cal halfway point between breeze began to blow in from Mother Nature and the awesome power the desert as I made myself more comfortof neon. able in my chair, delaying the time I would With 36,000 residents at the last census, have to hit the sack for my morning deparPahrump has become the unofficial base ture. It was a feel-good moment. This was camp for tourists resting up for the differ- a place I could get used to, I thought. ent challenges and adventures delivered During the winter months, snowbirds by the town’s neighbouring two solitudes. get used to this place. Despite the fact that About an hour’s drive towards the glow in there are about 1,300 RV spots and a varithe east, Celine and her chorus line were ety of hotel and motels to choose from, the doing their thing. Above me, stretching far local RV parks and hotels fill up quickly to the west, the full panoply of stars strut- with long-term winter escapees from the ted their heavenly stuff for all to see. north. It’s not only the nearby attractions I had just come back from a pleasof Las Vegas and Death Valley National ant dinner at one of the town’s casinos, a Park that draw folks here; shopping is much more muted kind of glitter than the another lure.

Vegas casinos. With excellent quality beer There are numerous sunny parking on tap at $4 for a foaming half-litre glass, lots along the main drag, where shopping Pahrump prices were also way more muted centres rub shoulders with RV parks, satthan in show city. ellite dish dealers and casinos. You’ll find In this frame of mind, I sipped my beer a terrific Albertson grocery store on this and once again looked up at the starstrip, its resident Starbucks doing a brisk crowded night sky. The heat of the day was trade with the numerous tourist buses slipping away. The only reminder of the that stop by on their way between Vegas

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Death Valley National Park is just an hour or so away from Pahrump’s city limits (Photos by Peter Wilson)

and Death Valley. The store also stocks a huge variety of beer options, along with liquor that’s cheaper than you’ll find in duty free.

Besides the mandatory golf courses, casinos and Mojave Desert scenery the town offers, not to mention the almost constant year-round sunshine, there are a few surprise attractions that attract tourists.

There are two wineries in town. They not only have tasting rooms, but also offer a variety of concerts and cookouts along with on-premises sales outlets. Another popular draw is the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, a 193-acre facility with a state-of-the-art race track where drivers can hone their skills.

Pahrump has had a few notable residents over the years, including Michael Jackson. The star purchased a home in the area in 2008, where he briefly had a

home studio and home schooled his three children.

Certainly, Pahrump has little romance in its name, but you can’t help what you’re given. Named by early settlers in the late 1800s after the Shoshone moniker for the place, Pah-Rimpi (Water Rock), Pahrump earned its permanency on official maps thanks to the network of artesian wells in the area. Cotton, alfalfa and livestock all became part of the economic scene in the early days, but the real boom came later when the world discovered Las Vegas.

Pahrump’s close proximity to the casino tables ensured an economic spin-off effect that still makes music in the town’s cash registers.

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Dear Lianne, The holidays are upon us again and I am still alone. I dread this time of year and wish I could just sleep until it is over. What is a girl like me to do when I have no family in town and no boyfriend? This has been happening year after year. What do you suggest?

— Alone Dear Alone, It is obvious to me that you need to take

steps to make changes in your life. I will be in town interviewing new clients Dec. 10 to Dec. 12 and Jan. 27 to Jan. 30. It is important to understand that working with a matchmaker is not a quick fix. A good matchmaker will only introduce you to those who have long-term potential. Feel free to call me at 1-204-888-1529 and we can discuss the possibilities of you becoming a member of Camelot Introductions.

You must be a non-smoker and able to pass a criminal record check. For this holiday season, why don’t you make it all about others? Con-

tact homeless shelters, soup kitchens or other locations where you may be able to volunteer and assist others in enjoying the holidays.

In turn you will be busy and likely enjoy the season by helping others.

(Lianne will be in Saskatoon interviewing new clients from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12, and from Jan. 27 to Jan. 30. Call 1-204-888-1529 to book your appointment. Questions for this column should be sent to camelotintroductions@ mymts.net.)

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e need to talk about most prominent and successful Saskatoon’s upcomfamilies. ing new, $100-million However, as the contribuart gallery, the Remai Modern. tions crept up, so did the cost.

If $100 million sounds like a In March 2013 city council lot of money for an art gallery, approved a $74-million contract that’s because it is. If it feels to build the gallery, plus an addilike we’ve been talking about tional $20-million underground the $100-million Remai Modern parkade, for a grand total of $93 for years now, without actually million in estimated costs. In opening it, it’s because we have. less than four years we had manSo allow me to refresh your aged to dream up an additional Columnist memory. $30 million of art gallery.

It was Saskatoon’s worst“The price of construction kept secret for years: the iconic brick is higher here now than it is in the rest of building on the shores of Spadina Crescent Western Canada. Those are things that one and the South Saskatchewan was no longer didn’t foresee occurring,” said Saskatoon suitable to house a modern art gallery in a Mayor Don Atchison in 2013. growing city, and with the exception of a Well, actually, one could foresee exactly vocal minority, the consensus was to move that occurring, as evidenced by this line the whole thing to a brand-new building at from the report provided to city council in River Landing.

2009 during that same meeting in which The 2009 pricetag for construction of they giddily opted for the luxury gallery the new gallery was $60ish million, with model right out of the gate: “Your Adjust under half of that, $26 million, pledged ministration cautions City Council that by the federal and provincial governments. given the scale of this development, and The rest was slated to be funded by the City the uncertainty regarding the future cost of of Saskatoon and private donors. Seemed construction and material when this project reasonable enough at the time . . . so, of is tendered in 2012, the contingency allowcourse, it didn’t stay that way. ance identified for this project may not be In August 2010, Saskatoon city counsufficient.” cil, fat and happy in the midst of a strong And here we are, a year and a half later, economy and barely a year after every facing yet another ginormous property tax single one of them was re-elected, consid- increase to make up for all the years some ered the concept plan for the new gallery people were too busy managing their cam(then referred to as the Art Gallery of paign promises and not the actual city, and Saskatchewan). another $6 million is being siphoned off Apparently city councillors didn’t like into the Remai Modern money pit. what they saw — so they sent it back, You know what I see before me? A ordering another $500,000 worth of draw- bloated vanity project that could have, and ings for a larger, flashier building. “Dream should have, been scaled, budgeted and bigger,” they said. forecasted properly five years ago. Further, A noble notion, perhaps. with over a year and a half until the gallery However today, as city council refuses is completed, and a history of construction the Saskatoon police chief’s funding costs ballooning at a rate of almost $10 request while simultaneously cutting esmillion per year, do you really believe that sential services to residents, one marvels at we’re going to get out of this at only $100 how cavalierly city council once not only million? decided to jack up the gallery project — Here and now, in this column dated and, by extension, the price cost — but to December 2014, I’m going to predict that throw an extra half a million dollars at the when you walk through those gallery doors process. for the first time, headed straight for those To be fair, perhaps council knew that lithographed Picasso prints, the price tag the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation for this art gallery will be sitting at $125 was planning on announcing an astounding million dollars (approximately half the cost $30-million donation to the gallery, which of the construction of the Saskatchewan they did the following spring: $15 million Children’s Hospital). for capital costs and $15 million over 30 So when you do, make sure to find a years for programming. A successful funbench, sit back and enjoy being cultured. draising campaign over the next few years Regardless of what you shell out for admisraised millions of dollars in donations, sion, you’ll have still paid dearly for the many in large chunks from Saskatoon’s experience.

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The Joy of Vox, with director BJ Harris, will perform Dec. 13 at Third Avenue United Church (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson)

BJ Harris gifts Saskatoon with The Joy of Vox

Joelle Tomlinson For the Saskatoon Express he rehearsal is wrapped up, but BJ Harris wants to do one more runthrough.

The director of The Joy of Vox, a choir with more than 100 members, exudes a positive energy, complete with a dramatic conducting style and a distinctive flair for comedic breaks.

There’s no groans, no sighs, yet instead a loud chorus of voices saying “great, let’s try it again, we’ll get it this time.”

The entire Joy of Vox choir is enthusiastic about staying a little longer. It seems that Harris’s energy is contagious, and has infected the pews filled with singers.

Founded three years ago, the Joy of Vox is a choir filled with a wide range of participants, all who love to sing and have fun.

“It was a bunch of us, we just enjoyed singing in Saskatoon over the years and we wanted to find that right vibe of balancing the fun, as well as the quality of the music,” said Harris. “It was about balancing the idea of putting on a great big extravaganza with something simple, like showing up somewhere like Extendicare and doing a show for those people who don’t have a chance to get out and listen to live music.”

Harris, a local musician, is a wearer of many hats. After attending the University of Saskatchewan 25 years ago, he toured with an acapella group professionally for 11 years.

“Then your 30s hit, and you realize it’s time to be a real grown-up,” said Harris with a laugh. “I decided to go back to school and finish up the two education

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degrees I had been working on. Now I’m a substitute teacher, stay-at-home dad, choir director, vocal coach, producer for a few local musicians, songwriter and arranger.”

In fact, most of the music performed by the Joy of Vox is arranged by either Harris or pianist Penny Rosten. The choir’s next performance is its Christmas performance on Dec. 13 at Third Avenue United Church. Tickets are available at picatic. com.

While the Christmas concert is $10 a ticket, the Joy of Vox spends the other half of its time giving free performances for those less mobile.

Harris distinctly remembers a performance at Circle Drive Special Care Home that will forever be in his thoughts as a musician.

“We were doing acapella for those who couldn’t leave their beds, wandering the wings, and I saw this guy, he was about my dad’s age. I thought ‘he looks pretty young to be in a place like this,’ ” said Harris.

“At the end of the night he came over and tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘I just wanted you to know that my mom was smiling the whole time. She doesn’t hear very well and she’s not really with it sometimes, but once you started singing she smiled and she continued to smile the whole time you were caroling. It was the best Christmas present you could have given our family.’

“I don’t need the lights and the big sound system and the 2,000 people in the theatre cheering and clapping. When you get a story like that, especially around Christmas time, it makes it all worth it and really gets your priorities in the right place.”

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Providence is located at 1035 Moss Ave. (Photos by Peter Wilson)

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All units in the attractive three-storey complex have balconies and include heated underground parking and storage.

The project, which is located at 1035 Moss Ave., has security intercom and elevator service.

Built by Remai, the development is being constructed in phases with all 69 units in Phase One sold. Phase two, which offers another 69 units and 10 different floor plans, is nearing completion. The company is currently selling these units.

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Not only will you love the muffins, but ginger is good for us.

Historically, ginger has had a reputation for alleviating symptoms of gastrointestinal distress. Now we are learning that ginger also possesses numerous therapeutic properties, including antioxidant effects, and has an ability to inhibit the formation of inflammatory compounds. Best of all, ginger tastes delicious. To order books as Christmas gifts, visit breastfriends.ca. You can also check the website to see what stores carry our books. We are running our Christmas special.

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Anesthesiologist Mark Slovack didn’t know until the last minute he would be modelling for the calendar (Photo Supplied)

Sheepdogs are cat lovers for Men With Cats calendar Madison Prosofsky Saskatoon Express hen Linda Jean Gubbe put calendars together in hopes of raising some money for stray cats, she never expected them to be this popular. The SCAT Street Cat Rescue Men With Cats calendars have taken off in Saskatoon and around the world, reaching homes as far away as Australia and Japan.

Five hundred calendars were sold within a month of their debut in 2012, resulting in more than $6,500 raised for the medical aid and care of rescued cats.

In their most recent year, more than 850 calendars were sold worldwide, with 130 mailed out to other countries, resulting in more than $16,000 raised.

So what sets them apart from the rest?

This isn’t your average cat calendar.

“Over the years we’d sort of talked about doing calendars, but you’re competing with a lot of the free calendars and things like that. We needed to be different and we needed to be special and something people would be interested in,” Gubbe said.

“We didn’t want just the cats because there are cat calendars out there, so we would have to be really, really different from the other cat calendars. So we thought if we highlighted local guys, Saskatchewan guys, that that would also add that little factor. If your neighbour or your co-worker was in a calendar, you’re going to buy it for that part as well.”

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“With the Sheepdogs, it just so happened that one of their guys came and adopted one of our kittens. So when I heard that Sam Corbett from the Sheepdogs just adopted from us, I said, ‘Hey, why don’t you ask him if he’ll be in the calendar?’

And they said, ‘Absolutely, sure.’ “ It’s not just the men that are making the calendars a hot commodity; the cats and kittens featured are the true sellers.

Each month comes with a short write up of the cat featured; contrary to what you may think, it’s not all about the kittens.

One of the cats featured in the calendar is Bindi, who has a congenital hip and ankle deformity.

“We wanted the calendar to highlight that these are some of the cats that we rescue, these are some of their stories.”

The calendar has resulted in some cute stories that Gubbe won’t forget.

“There’s an anesthesiologist, Mark Slovack. He actually didn’t know he was going to be a model in the calendar. His wife put his name in and kept calling us and sent us a photo and we said, ‘Hmm, he is cute.’ So she dragged him down to our location where we were going to be doing the photoshoot and, all of a sudden, he found out that he was a model for the calendar. He was tickled pink.”

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isappointing news: Linda Moore is retiring from TSN curling broadcasts because of an ongoing health problem. I’m going to miss the calmness and intelligence she brought to telecasts. l Torben Rolfsen, on Mickey Rourke making a pro boxing comeback in Russia by beating an opponent 33 years his junior: “Don’t the San Antonio Spurs do that every week?” l Bill Littlejohn, on 62-year-old Rourke winning: “I heard Mickey’s prize move was the Ali Shuffleboard.” l From Janice Hough: “One hundred brains were missing from the University of Texas. Does this even need a punchline?” l From TC Chong: “The Grey Cup game did not sell out, so organizers decided to donate some unsold tickets to minor league football. No word on how many were sent to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.” l How heartless of the Saskatchewan Roughriders to say publicly Richie Hall is the team’s defensive coordinator unless they find someone better. That’s just mean. l Headline: “Brodeur back with Blues.” I must have missed something during the past two decades. l Rolfsen, on Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford being out two weeks after injuring his foot at a concert: “Insurance agents are checking to see whether twerking was involved.” l I haven’t been active on Twitter lately. I feel if what I say doesn’t interest me, why would I inflict my views on others? l Hough, on George Clooney making an appearance on Downton Abbey for charity: “Women get it. To explain this concept to men, this is the equivalent of NFL football with naked cheerleaders.” l Why is it that a broadcaster thousands of miles away is breaking news about the Saskatchewan Roughriders? Arash Madani of Sportsnet was the first to report George Cortez was leaving the Riders. l Chong, on the University of Alabama Birmingham shutting down its football program: “ ‘Big deal,’ said football fans in Ottawa, ‘we’ve done that twice already.’” l A question for Rod Black: Do Luke

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Tasker and Duron Carter have famous fathers? l From Rolfsen: “It was Rivalry Week in college football. Lots of old foes battling over obscure regional trophies. One of my favorites: Maryland versus Georgetown for Monica Lewinsky’s Dress.” l Speaking of Lewinsky, isn’t it great that Hillary Clinton will be speaking in Saskatoon? l From Hough: “Ryan Leaf has just been released from a Montana prison after two years. What’s the over-under on how long it takes him to get a call from the N.Y. Jets?” l Danny Barrett coaching the B.C. Lions? Yes, and the Ottawa Redblacks win next year’s Grey Cup. l Paul LaPolice as the offensive coordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders?

Yes, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win next year’s Grey Cup. l Maybe I’m out to lunch, but methinks there are too many food-related columns in newspapers. l No one likes to the see the cost increase, but put me down as a fan of the new art gallery. It is going to be a source of pride in this city long after I am gone. l Rolfsen, on Arizona State University set to become the 60th Division I hockey team starting in the 2016-17 season: “The Coyotes better watch out, or they may find themselves the second-most popular team in the state.” l Craig MacTavish called a news conference to say the Edmonton Oilers suck, but will continue down the same path that makes them suck. l I am quickly becoming a fan of these Calgary Flames. l Chong, on four poultry farms in Southern B.C. being shut down as a result of birds testing positive for a bird flu known as H5 virus: “It is not a threat to humans. Can someone tell me why chicken pox is?” l Rolfsen, on George Parros announcing his retirement from the NHL: “Seems appropriate now that Movember is over.” l From Hough: “Madonna, 56, posed topless in a new photo spread in Interview magazine. And you think you embarrass your children?”

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By RJ Currie att Damon confirmed he’ll return once more as agent Jason Bourne. Three suggested titles: 3. The Bourne Inability; 2. Bourne Again; 1. The Bourne Seniority. l Ex-Leafs coach Ron Wilson said the Air Canada Centre at the start of a Leafs game is like a morgue. Not surprising with a bunch of stiffs on ice. l Remember that old TV spot where Habs legend Maurice Richard got “two minutes for looking so good?” I’m thinking Jean Beliveau deserved a game misconduct. l Lindsey Vonn returned to competitive skiing in Alberta while boyfriend Tiger Woods returned to competitive golf in Florida. Of the two, Tiger is going downhill faster. l Burt Reynolds is reportly auctioning off his helmet from the Longest Yard. Also his pair of Golden Globes — or were those Loni Anderson’s? l The Blue Jays dealt left-handed pitcher JA Happ to the Mariners. Will that make the Jays Happless?

l Anyone else think Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman looks more like a marked stressed man? l Ex-NFL centre Jason Brown, who recently left football and a $37-million contract, has reportedly harvested his first sweet potato crop. Might be the first pro who volunteered for the farm system. l Thailand authorities intercepted a package containing a human head. I thought it might be my uncle, but when they held it up, I said “No, it’s not him; he wasn’t that tall.” l Rob Gronkowski got his butt exposed during a Packers’ failed attempt to tackle him. In other words, he got a little behind in his work. l Goaltender Martin Brodeur was signed by the St. Louis Blues. I’m not saying he’s getting old, but when one gets by him, the goal judge leaves on a left blinker.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week The owner of Brooklyn’s NBA franchise, Michael Prokorov, said he lost $100,000 last year on the team. Is that gross or nyet?

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Trimming the budget has been tough sledding Question: You and counvoted for it. Now what hapcil spent 10 hours last week pens? trying to set a budget and Mayor Atchison: Safety didn’t get through it all. Are and security is a No. 1 prioryou surprised that it wasn’t ity for me. I remember years completed? ago what crime was like in Mayor Atchison: Yes. I beSaskatoon and I don’t want to lieve it is the first time in my 11 see that again. We have seen years as mayor that we haven’t a significant drop in violent completed the budget in the crime in the last decade. There time available. It has been tough are a couple of areas where we sledding. It is a balancing act of have seen a spike and that is Ask the Mayor concerning. providing citizens with necessary services and keeping an Now to answer your queseye on the budget line. I asked councillors tion: The police chief (Clive Weighill) at the beginning of deliberations to give a will go back and rework his numbers little in order to get a lot. There has been a and present them to the Board of Police lot of really good discussion about every Commissioners. We’ll take a look at them department. Managers are being asked to and then present another budget option to justify their budget increases and explain council. The chief says 184 officers per exactly where every precious tax dollar is 100,000 people is a good ratio. If we cut going. all eight officers the chief is asking for, When we ended on Wednesday afterSaskatoon would be below that number. noon, we had trimmed the administration’s So we will take a very close look what he budget increase from 7.32 per cent down brings back to the police commission. to 6.32 per cent. I believe we can do better.

I want to quickly mention something I am hopeful that we can get below six per that didn’t seem to get much attention. cent without cutting any important proThat is the temporary closure of the grams or services. We still have the roads University Bridge. The administration levy in place except that we are going to was given the funding last week for major spread the funding increases out over three repairs to the bridge. It will be closed for years instead of two. We will still be able about four months next summer. The adto get that all-important road work done ministration says one lane would be open because of one-time funding for 2015 to eastbound traffic during the repair. I just from land dividends. So we will still invest want your readers to be thinking about more than $53 million in your roads, back alternate routes next summer if they use lanes and sidewalks. We will be able to that bridge. patch potholes, sweep the streets and plow the snow. We also will start building sound Question: If I want to ask you, or walls in 2016 because we kept that fund- a member of city council, a question ing increase in the budget and spread it out through the City’s website, I have to over three years instead of two. provide my name, my address, my email address and my primary phone number.

Question: The police budget got the Why do you need this information? Do cold shoulder from council. No one you, or other members of council, share

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this information with other people or groups? Do you, or other members of council, save this information and use it during election campaigns?

Mayor Atchison: First of all, we need to know who is sending us an email and how we can contact them to follow up on their concerns. I prefer to call folks so we can have a good exchange about the issue.

That’s why we ask for a phone number.

We like to know where someone lives so if there is a concern around their home or neighbourhood we know where to send the city crews to make it right. All in all I think it is good business practice to have different points of connection. So I don’t know why there would be concern if a person has a legitimate issue that needs to be dealt with.

I do not share the email contact information with anyone outside of my office.

have received in a mayor’s office email inquiry.

Question: During my walks, I notice many garbage bins have the sides broken out. They are both new and older ones. Is the cause from poor-quality bins or too much pressure when they are emptied? Are the replacements paid for out of our tax dollars?

Mayor Atchison: I cannot speak to the quality of the bins. The City buys more bins all the time on best value, as opposed to cheapest price. We do list the criteria for the standards they are to be built to — minimum standards. We have cold winters.

When it gets to minus 40, our trucks are still out there, but sometimes it is difficult for them because of the hydraulics.

Climate could be part of the issue of the plastic breaking.

The other part is the replacements. Are they paid out of tax dollars? I was going to say, “Yes they are.” But I know people have said to me in certain circumstances they have had to pay or have been asked to pay for replacements.

Question: Is the information used in election campaigns?

Mayor Atchison: I can’t speak for other people; I can only speak for myself.

I can tell you we do not use any of this information for our elections. Someone might say, while I am talking with them, “I would like to help you out in the next cam(Have a question for Mayor Atchison? paign.” That is quite different. But I don’t Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. think anyone has ever received a campaign com. Please put “mayor” in the subject call from me based on information that I line.)

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MUSIC DECEMBER 8-11 & 15-18 Noon Festival of Carols 2014: Grand Regal- TCU Place. Free admission. Musical Interlude by Saskatoon Academy of Music at 7:30. School group choirs from 12:00 to 1:00. Hot lunch will be available for purchase on Turkey Tuesday.

DECEMBER 11 A SaskCountry Christmas: Mayfair United Church (33rd Street and Avenue I). Doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30. Advance tickets $20. $25 at the door. Available at picatic.com or at Co-op Food Stores on Eighth Street, Attridge Drive, Stonebridge and in Warman. Performers are Kelsey Fitch, Lisa Moen, JJ Voss, Amy Nelson, Samara Yung, Codie Prevost, Jay Semko, Eli Barsi, Scott Patrick and Stephen Maguire. All proceeds go to the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery.

DECEMBER 12 Zodiac Tapestry Handbells: Christmas Sparkle concert. 7:30 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church (505 - 10th Street East), with Barrie Redford and Eric Woodsworth. Admission at the door is $15.

DECEMBER 12 The Saskatoon Food Bank Pianothon returns for another season and the list of players is like a Who’s Who of pianists, including Fred Ballantyne, Brett Balon, Bryn Becker, Jesse Brown, Joe Campbell, Sheldon Corbett, Grant Currie, Neil Currie, Maurice Drouin, Irene Elliot, Don Griffith, Martin Janovsky, Marion Mendelsohn, Luke Newman, Ross Nykiforuk, Ken Pizurny, Jim Salkeld, Ray Steohanson, Cassandra Stinn and Matt Wohlfeld. From 4:30 to 11:30 pm. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue Nirth. Suggested gift of $10 or two non-perishable food items.

DECEMBER 12-13 Chelsea Mahan, Lisa Hornung, Spencer McKnight and Matthew Pauls are the soloists, the Saskatoon Symphony Messiah Chorus is in full force and it is the symphony’s annual visit to Handel’s masterpiece Messiah. Concert on Dec. 12 is 7:30 p.m. Knox United Church. Tickets: $36. The symphony presents the same cast plus sing-along participation of The Messiah the next afternoon at 2 p.m. Tickets: $30.

DECEMBER 13-14 The happiest holiday tradition within the Saskatoon Jazz Society is Maurice Drouin’s Jazzy Christmas as Drouin surrounds himself with a cast of four singers and numerous instrumentalists for a romp through the Christmas favourites. Show time on Saturday is 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $22 for SJS members, $27 for non-members.

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Depression Support Group — free group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family DECEMBER 11, 18 members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306Thursdays at Third Avenue: free noon hour concerts. Dec. 270-9181.

First and Third Saturdays of the 11: Silas Friesen (trumpet) and Michelle Aalders (piano & ***** month pipe organ). Dec. 18: Troubadours du Bois (Anna Bekolay & Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project.

Lions Club’s Texas Holdem Tournaments. $60 buy- in gets Kathi Davis-Lepage). Coffee and tea provided. Feel free to Babies’, children’s, ladies’ and men’s clothing; jewellery, $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to the cash prize pool. No bring a bagged lunch. Donations appreciated. Call Third AvRe-Buys. 50 seats available. Registration opens at 6, tourna- purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays enue United Church at 306-652-6812 for more information. from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 ment starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at Market Mall.

Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welCall 306-668-0015 for more information.

DECEMBER 15 come. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or Station Singers present A Celebration of Carols from Around First Saturday of every month go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. the World, directed by Duff Warkentin, at 7:30 p.m., Station The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café ***** Arts Centre, Rosthern. Tickets are available from choir movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 -20th St. West) members and at the Station Arts Centre: 306-232-5332. setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. On the Prices: $20 adults, students $10, children under 12 $5. other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together last wednesday of each month we hold a birthday party DECEMBER 18 with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Sat- for applicable members. Monthly socials are also held Memory Lane, a tribute to the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Mayfair urday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke randomly. The club is campaigning for new members United Church. Doors at 7 p.m. and show at 7:30. Tickets Community Centre. who are 55+. Included are bowling alleys, pool tables, $20, available at Mayfair United Church or McNally Robindart boards. The club building is wheelchair accessible Every Tuesday son. For more information, call 306-382-6446. with adjacent bus service. Memberships are $5 per year Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of Grace-Westminster United Church (505, with discounts included. For further info call (306)384-4644 or (306)716-0204.

10th Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. ***** Third Thursday of the Month DECEMBER 10 Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters Club Downtown The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every He’s been assaulted and she’s been in jail. Hear their stories Saskatoon. Come and have some fun with speaking and month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. of hope and listen to Police Chief Clive Weighill’s challeadership skills. Our club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral lenge: “Let’s get to the root cause of crime!” Wednesday, in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company.

Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306-242December 10, 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Anne Parish Hall, Follow the red fence on south side of building through the 5893 or email murraydhill@me.com.

217 Lenore Drive Saskatoon (access to hall from the parking gate up the stairs into the building. lot). Everyone is encouraged to come.

Second Wednesday

EVENTS

DECEMBER 11 8th Annual Jingle Bell Lunch supporting Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan at the Saskatoon Travelodge. Student trade show at 11 a.m. Meal and program begin at 11:45 a.m.

Tickets and more information on the event are available at: www.jasask.org/saskatoonjinglebell or by calling 306-9555267.

First Monday of every month

Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday, if so we meet the second Monday.

First Tuesday of every month

Left Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide.Where: W.A. DECEMBER 13 Edwards Family Centre - 333 4th Avenue North. 7:30 p.m. 9 Joy of Vox - Traditional and Contemporary Songs of the p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email Christmas Season, 100 + Voices, Directed by B J Harris. leftbehind@sasktel.net.

Piano- Penny Rosten. Bass- Bruce Wilkinson. 7:30 p.m.

FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness Third Avenue United Church. Tickets $10 — available at the meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Eddoor, at the Broadway Cafe and www.picatic.com. wards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental DECEMBER 15 illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at Station Singers present A Celebration of Carols from Around the World, directed by Duff Warkentin at 7:30 p.m., 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-2427670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. at Station Arts Centre in Rosthern. Tickets are available from choir members and at the Station Arts Centre: 306First and Third Sunday 232-5332. Prices: $20 adults, students $10, children under of every month 12 $5.

Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more Second and Fourth information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

Tuesday

MISCELLANEOUS

The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th Street East) from October until April. We dance to old-time music from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beginner instruction during the first hour. No

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Times

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Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more 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 Lynne Stade at 306933-4835 or lstade@shaw.ca.

Every Thursday Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries around the world.

First night is free! For more information visit www.sifc. awardspace.com. ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and is accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome.

For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. ***** SCOOTERS indoor playgroup for children new-borns to age five and their parents/caregivers will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church from9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. $40/family/year or suggested drop-in donation of $5/family. Visit our Facebook page (Scooters - at EBC) for more information.

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First and Third Wednesday of the month Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992.

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 306-290-5486.

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.

Canadian Light Source The Canadian Light Source Inc. currently offer public tours on most Monday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. There will be a public tour at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45) on Dec. 16. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Call 306-657-3644 or email outreach@lightsource.ca. Info at: http://www. lightsource.ca/education/public_tours.php.

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 email allaboutus10@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 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306491-9398.

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Dec 24 (6:30pm) Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship

White Gift Sunday Children’s Drama Program

December 21, 10:30 a.m.

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