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Joan Phipps a trendsetter for female jockeys

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rom 1972 until 1982, when female jockeys were uncommon in the horse racing world, Saskatoon’s Joan Phipps was making bold statements. She first rode in a Powder Puff Derby at Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs, but soon she was challenging others in what, for the longest time, was a male domain. She rode against the men in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver, Fort Erie, Toronto and some prominent tracks in the United States. She then became the first woman to ride against men in New Zealand and in Trinidad. There were literally times when she was told by race track spectators that she should be at home in the kitchen. But with an indomitable spirit, and an ability to overcome obstacles, Phipps proved she belonged at the track. She pursued and achieved her dreams. Phipps will be honoured at Saskatoon’s Marquis Downs track on Aug. 15. The feature race will carry her name, with a branded blanket going to the winner. There will be a display of memorabilia and an opportunity to meet and greet Phipps, who will be visiting from her current home on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Although the scope of her success extended beyond Canada, the launching of her love for horses began at the Saskatoon Exhibition grounds. With her father diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, she needed a way to escape some of the abusive conditions in the home. “From 12 to 16, I was with my 4-H friends, Pat Hosie and Karen Chysyk,” recalls Phipps. “I was mucking the stalls, grooming the horses, getting a ride from time to time. Pat was the one who let me ride a horse, with an exercise saddle on it. I’d never been on the track before. There I was, galloping the horse, standing up and learning the first lessons.” The three girls went to Winnipeg, where Hosie and Chysyk got jobs and Phipps became a hot walker. Just before Phipps was about to get her first ride, her sister, Judy, 15, was killed in a car accident. “I knew if I was going to ride, I would devote my career to Judy,” says Phipps. “For each race, and all of those ever after, I looked up to the sky and dedicated the race to her.” (Continued on page 4) DC20236.H10 Darlene

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Ken Pontikes was on the founding committee of Folkfest (Photo by Steve Gibb) idea of a two-year window, Folkfest was envisioned as a strong celebratory source for the Century Saskatoon party in 1982. The number of pavilions grew to 20 in 1981 and to 23 as part of the Century Saskatoon celebrations. The festival dates shifted from September in 1981 to the last week in August in 1982. “One of the challenges we faced was where to find the up-front money, how to build the volunteer base and how to recognize there were risks involved. The Century Saskatoon committee gave us $10,000, kind of like an insurance policy where we could spend it (as) necessary or save it to provide cash flow and manage risks. We were able to save it and later build on it. “In 1981, we worked on the theme, Come Visit Your Neighbours, recognizing people who lived and worked here, but came from different cultural backgrounds. The pavilions retained a portion of the money on the passports they sold. When the central office showed a profit, a portion was divided up equally among the pavilions.” From the beginning, City Hall people

were deeply involved, particularly John King, Paul Gauthier and Bill Davern. By 1983, Tkachuk took over as president and King as the vice-president, in addition to organizing the transportation system. Gauthier was the financial chair. Pavilions in the early years tended to be more widespread across the city, perhaps with wider use of school gymnasiums and church halls. At one time, cultural groups, such as the Greeks and Ukrainians, were hosts of two pavilions. Eventually, they amalgamated into single pavilions and found a home at Prairieland Park. The professional career of Pontikes led him back to Regina as deputy minister of municipal affairs, culture and housing and later with the department of culture, youth and recreation from 1996 to 2001. He has never missed a Folkfest. His parents volunteered every year at the pavilion. During the years just before she passed away in 2014, his mother came all three days with her walker. “My wife sells passports or liquor tickets. Our daughter has danced. After I left

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the board, my sister, Diane, was part of the Folkfest management team. It’s intergenerational and we all choose to do it as a family,” said Pontikes, who can usually be seen managing the cash register at the Greek pavilion’s food venue. His father, Peter, came to Saskatoon in 1934, working for his sister, Effie, and brother-in-law, Bill Geatros, at the Ritz Hotel and Bijou Theatre. In the early 1950s, he ran Johnnie’s Lunch near the Arena. Later, in partnership with Peter Bezbes and Jim Kosmas, he operated the Barry Hotel café and eventually the Suburban Restaurant. He retired in 1973. He and his wife, Lola, remained active in the community. Peter died in 2000. “My dad deliberately gave me tough shifts at his restaurant, hoping I’d stay away from the business and go to university.” He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1971, followed by a master’s degree in economics at Queen’s University in 1972 and a master’s in public administration at Carleton in 1973. (Continued on page 6)

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(Continued from page 1) hipps was 16 years old when she got her first ride in the 1971 Winnipeg Powder Puff Derby, where Carl Anderson, a Winnipeg trainer, encouraged the three Saskatoon girls to ride. “Pat fell coming out of the gate, I was in first place for a good part of the race and Karen won it. Karen got a mink stole. I came out of the race with a strong sense that I can do this. It was a real moment for me.” She also rode in Saskatoon and Regina that summer. “Angel Cordero was the outstanding jockey in Saskatoon at the time. I’d go out and work horses for him in the morning. I watched him — how he talked to his horses, how he gets the hands on, how he switched sticks. He was a mentor. So was Gene Chysyk, who was a trainer, and I rode for him often. He did marvellous things with the legs of his horses. It was very good to be riding for a man like Gene.” Phipps was 17 years old when she took her first ride at Fort Erie. After that, she was competing at Woodbine in Toronto, and going into New York’s Belmont, Saratoga and Aqueduct parks, as well as tracks in Chicago and Florida. “At first, I had to fight for the respect of the men, but gradually I proved that I was capable,” she said. “One time, I’m in a race in New York. Ron Turcotte was on the favourite and I was challenging him. We were nose to nose from the three-quarters pole to the finish. I won the race. Back at the jockey area, the other jockeys grabbed the rubber hose and hosed him down. They told him that was for letting a girl beat him.” Turcotte, best known for being aboard Secretariat, who won racing’s Triple Crown in 1973, and Sandy Hawley were among Canadian jockeys she often faced. She achieved some memorable wins in Canada. One was at Woodbine in 1973,

when she rode Lady Shooter to victory over La Prevoyante, the horse of the year. She had much success with Tenacity at Winnipeg, riding Manitoba’s mare of the year seven times in 1977 and winning all seven. Her favourite win at Vancouver’s Exhibition Park was aboard Room Enough in the 1982 Derby trial. But there was a major disappointment to follow. “Room Enough won the trials by five lengths and I was positive we could do it again against basically the same field. I walked into the room and someone (said), ‘Too bad about your horse being scratched.’ I thought they were fooling with me. But Room Enough was a scratch.” Phipps won five out of nine stakes races in her first season — 1974 — in New York. She was invited to ride in Trinidad in 1975, becoming the first woman jockey to race in the West Indies. After winning the Ladies’ Invitational in New Zealand in 1975, and then winning in 1976, she endured a long battle against the New Zealand Racing Commission before she was granted permission to compete against the men. She won her first race there, getting a long shot named Daphalee, to the wire by a nose, in front of 19 male jockeys. Phipps represented Canada and won the Ladies’ International championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in both 1976 and 1977. “You never know what is going to happen in a different country,” she said. “I go into Sao Paulo in my second year and there was a death threat letter waiting for me. It was written in Portuguese. I had it translated, and we found out later it was from some man who had just come out of jail. It was kind of scary. The security was strengthened. I just went out and won again.” Her riding career ended in 1982 after a series of knee operations and she stayed in racing as the first woman steward hired in Regina, Saskatoon and Toronto’s Woodbine.

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then applying her storytelling skills. One of the first paragraphs in what will tentatively be called The Joan Phipps riends for many years, Gaye BurStory really sets the tone. gess and Joan Phipps reconnected “As fate would have it, she lived a in 2006. stone’s throw away from the track, MarBurgess was once on the faculty of the quis Downs. It was heaven to this little Fine Arts Department at the University squirt with jeans, a ragged T-shirt, blonde of Saskatchewan and is now associate hair and twinkling blue eyes. The smell professor of theatre at the University of of the barns would become her refuge and North Dakota. horses her first real love. As a kid, she “While I was visiting (Phipps) on Salt would escape the realities of her life and Spring Island in 2006, I told (her) it was sneak off every chance she had to watch time for her to sit down and write her the powerful thundering of horse hooves biography,” said Burgess. around the track. The exhilaration she felt There was a pause. was beyond anything she knew. It was “If you’re not going to do it, I’m going here she was able to shut out the rest of to do it.” the world, her troubled abusive home life, They’ve been working via Skype for and instead dream of a brighter future. more than a year, with Phipps telling about Somehow she simply knew that this was the experiences and Burgess listening and where she wanted . . . no . . . needed to be.

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Beth Jarrell Saskatoon Express rom August 13-15, Folkfest will be back for another year, and executive festival director Terri Rau couldn’t be happier. “We don’t see it as going away. When you go to Folkfest, you’re visiting your neighbours,” she said. “This is who we are in Saskatoon – a very diverse city with lots of incredible local talent.” Rau has been with Folkfest for 18 of its 36 years. This year she anticipates around 35,000 guests over the three-day festival. She says that there really isn’t anything like it in Western Canada. “I’ve been here 18 years, and every year, I’m still in awe,” she said. “I think it’s a very unique type of event we have here. A lot of cities call us for advice on how to run their own like it.” This year’s festival will feature 22 pavilions, five more than last year. Each will feature music, food and entertainment. “It’s been staying steady around 17, so to have 22, we’re quite pleased,” she said. “Our two new pavilions are Ethiopia and Nepal, and Hungary and France are returning this year after a break.” Running a pavilion is no easy feat. Rau estimates that it takes 200 volunteers to just run one, including organizers, and the people who serve food, stamp passports and perform the cultural entertainment. “We estimate it takes about 5,000 volunteers to put on Folkfest in total,” she said. “All the members work so hard. We meet eight times a year to make sure we’re meeting all regulations, from the city and health regulations to liquor licences.” All 22 pavilions are scattered everywhere across the city, from Prairieland Park in the south, the Lawson Heights area in the north, Sutherland, downtown and the east side. To keep the pavilions accessible, however, Folkfest has partnered with the

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(Continued from page 3) ontikes first served in a research position in the provincial government’s executive council in 1973, and later shifted to the department of finance. His second term in Regina was from 1996 to 2002. He began sessional teaching at the University of Saskatchewan, first in political studies and then at the Edwards School of Business. Today, he teaches online classes in municipal management for the University of Alberta. He married Darlene Bessey in 1992. “When we first met, we were in the middle of a very public spat. I was the director of planning and development, responsible for opening two new pools — Lakewood and Lawson — and upgrading the Harry Bailey pool. Darlene was representing the YWCA and YMCA, arguing the City was using public tax subsidies, which weren’t available to their organizations, that the situation was unfair and their organizations were in financial jeopardy.

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Enjoy summer first, then worry about the endless election campaign

rom the time the government introany one would become greedy and self-serving? duced a fixed election date, we assured During the campaign every politician will ourselves that federal elections would be make promises they can’t keep as to how they lengthy. will deal with the Senate. Why? Because our The hoopla around the prime minister Supreme Court says the federal government dropping the writ and creating an 11-week cannot reform the Senate without collaboration campaign seems odd, since all the parties and agreement of the provinces and territohave already been electioneering for the past ries, who will not agree to anything unless the six months. The only difference between the federal government gives them more than the “before and after” of the writ being dropped public can afford to give. What I don’t get is, is that the campaign spending will now be as a democracy, why Canada cannot change its capped and tracked. constitution by a vote of the people. Columnist It is not a new concept that the candidates Back in 1867 when the British North Amerand parties will recover a portion of election ica Act, now the Constitution Act, was written, spending from beleaguered taxpayers. What is new is how could a bunch of rich white guys in both the United that spending limits have been increased for both candiKingdom and Eastern Canada have ever contemplated the dates and parties. However, in order to recover the public sorry mess we live with today? We are a different country portion, the politicos have to first beg, borrow and spend today than we were 150 years ago, but we are yoked to money before they can recover it. Yes, the cost of democ- colonialism. racy is expensive, but despotism is even more costly. I suspect most of us are already tired of the campaign Based on news reports, the Liberals and New Demoadvertising, but our recycling contractor will be delighted crats have smaller war chests than the governing Conser- with the new flow of paper generated from campaign provatives and there seems to be concern about the unfairpaganda materials that will be walked from our mailboxes ness of one party having more money than the others, to the blue bins. And thank god for the technology that and thus a better chance of buying the vote. The issue of allows us to fast forward through television commercials. who has more money is easily rectified by having those How do you choose a leader based on a tri-fold pamsupporting the Liberals and New Democrats give more phlet with cute pictures and three word bullets promising money to their parties. As for buying our votes, it is the sun and the moon, or 15-second media sound bites insulting to voters for anyone to suggest, either subtlety intended to lure rather than inform? It used to be that the or overtly, that all our votes are for sale. The spenders televised leaders’ debate was a worthy venue to get a sense would do well to remember that while money may talk, it of the leaders and the direction they proposed for the coundoesn’t mean voters are listening. try. But that debate has become a screaming match with What will come up during the campaign is our inglori- repetitive accusations intended to misinform, followed by ous Senate, probably when the Mike Duffy trial resumes. pundits who will tell you who won and who lost the debate All of this will hang on Prime Minister Stephen Harper when, in fact, there are no winners. Perhaps we should just who appointed Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau focus on the local candidates and forget about the three in the first place. Yet, when appointed, Duffy (who in his wise men — and Elizabeth May representing the Greens. previous life was a great critic of the Senate and supportThere is so much that will happen between now and Oct. ed Senate reform) and Wallin, both of whom were well 19 that speculating on an outcome now would be ridiculous. respected journalists, were lauded as great appointments. The media and Opposition will hammer on Harper for his And of course the appointment of Patrick Brazeau, a arrogance and bullishness. The Opposition will continue well-educated First Nations man, was also well received. to portray Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau as the boy in the Given their previous reputations, who would have guessed booster seat. NDP Leader Tomas Mulcair will play to the

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families with dreams of inexpensive daycare without a plan as to how it will be paid for. Certainly the economy will be, or should be, a factor. And, of course. they will each step into a fresh cow pie somewhere along the campaign trail, which may be the determining factor for most voters. For the sake of your sanity, tune out for the next eight weeks. Forget about the election and enjoy the rest of summer and a glorious fall. Closer to the date, polls will abound as to who is ahead and a final advertising blitz will consume the airways trying to seduce our votes. In the end, outside of the party diehards, we will each probably pick the best of the worst based on backyard chit chat and our gut instinct and not on party propaganda. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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An evening at the Ex

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Hyndman’s untimely death teaches us to live more, now

Chris Hyndman, who died last week at age 49, brought energy and enthusiasm to his CBC TV show (CBC photo)

here was something remarkable about Chris Hyndman, something that taught people a little bit about how to live

try to pass that passion along. And now he’s gone. He was just 49. If you checked out Twitter the day after better. he was found dead in a Toronto alley, it was Watching his show, Steven and Chris, was churning with condolences, memories and one of my guilty pleasures. There is no way tributes. People were focused on his personalI have time to tune into a 2 p.m. television ity and the tragedy of his death, and less so on show but, once in a while, I’d fling deadline the mystery. pressure to the wind and see what pretty Still, everyone was shocked and wondermakeovers, interesting health tips or yummy ing what on Earth happened? He and Steven recipes were happening on the CBC show. Sabados, the co-host of the show and partner Hyndman was always bubbling over of his life, had just returned from a vacation in Columnist with enthusiasm, perhaps sometimes too Barbados. Suddenly, he was dead. Damn. much when he would talk over his interview For most of us, he was a television personsubjects. He was cheery, funny, clever, a bit naughty and ality; but so are Vanna White, Alex Trebek and Meredith rather huggable. That huge smile could change my cloudy Vieira for heaven’s sake, and so many others that never or sad day. I really liked him. inspire, motivate or make you smile. If indeed Hyndman Others have called him a force of nature, lovely, funny was who he seemed to be, and by all accounts he was, the and fabulous. Rick Mercer said he was a fan of Hyndworld of Canadian women is much diminished. Who else man’s first, and a friend later. People said Hyndman loved us that much? always made others feel special. “I feel like someone I knew died,” said a close friend. JW15498.H10 Jameslife, and also appeared to always “I was heartbroken.” He did seem to enjoy

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I appreciated his energy, his apparent fascination with absolutely everything, and how he gave his time after shows to meet and be photographed with audience members. He made me want to live life more fully, and more happily. I’m not the only one who felt that way. That’s a lovely legacy. His untimely death is also a caution to live like crazy, because it’s hard to know how long it will go on. ****** The bridge is open. Early, no less. When is the last time a municipal (or any) infrastructure project came in on time, much less early? Credit the dry weather, largely, which was wonderful for paving work even as it sucked for crops and lawns and gardens. The University Bridge had been closed since May, for some crucial maintenance work and repaving. While not everyone had their daily commutes wrecked, it was pretty exciting trying to get around parts of the city in a timely fashion. We were going to be wrestling with these traffic issues up to September but, suddenly, it reopened – and in the nick of time, really, as freeway and Broadway traffic started to snarl due to the Ex and the Fringe. Meanwhile, the new rides opened at Kinsmen Park. I am going to have to temporarily kidnap my nephews one day, so I don’t look like an idiot climbing onto the new train. I loved the old train, especially once my brother and sister came along. It was so much fun taking them on the choo-choo. It was a good week in Saskatoon. ***** It was less good on the national stage. Are you ready for 11 weeks of campaigning? The prime minister clearly thinks he has a big advantage by declaring the election so early. He may have, since he gets to spend more money the longer the campaign drags on. The other parties also get to spend more money, but they don’t have as much, so advantage Harper. We get to hear him diss Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau (a.k.a. Mulcair and Justin; no Misters for the prime minister) for six weeks longer than we normally would. We also get to enjoy his nasty comments about Kathleen Wynne, premier of Ontario, and Rachel Notley, new premier of Alberta – who is so new to the job that Harper can’t possibly know whether she’s worth dissing. Maybe he should at least wait until she tables her first budget. I’m sure everyone will diss back, instead of just having a nice, respectful debate on the issues. It’s going to be a long fall.

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I’m definitely not the brightest bulb in the cookie jar

used to think it was drawer that wasn’t the sharpest. because I started to I basically learned how to do speak, read and write things by watching other people. English at a late stage. I didn’t have toothpaste or a Now I think it has nothtoothbrush back on the old trap ing to do with that. Plain line, but my mom would clean and simple — I’m not my teeth with baking soda. It was the sharpest knife in the never a pleasant experience, but I drawer. always had teeth that appeared to Having grown up in have been cleaned with bleach. I a northern trap line, I watched as other people brushed wasn’t exposed to the their teeth. so-called modern world This was in the 1960s and Columnist until I was eight years people, mostly men, had hair like old. Prior to that, my Elvis and they would use Brylworld was running with my dogs, chas- creem. They would leave the hairstyling ing flying squirrels and playing hide and cream by the sink. I brushed my teeth seek with the shadows that lurked behind with “a little dab will do you” for several every tree. The only time I heard English weeks until my mom saw me. After that I was on a small transistor radio my parhad my own toothpaste. ents used for news and weather reports. The other time I screwed up was when However, if the radio announcer said I would take a shower and shampoo my a Johnny Cash song was coming on, my hair. I don’t know why the company mother would leave the radio playing un- would have almost the exact same design til the Man in Black sang. Then, my mom of bottles of Johnson’s baby shampoo would dance. Eventually, my family had and baby oil. I washed my hair with the to move out of the trap line so I could go oil instead of the shampoo until, once to school. I can still remember the first again, my mom asked why my hair was time I saw a white man. Of course, I had always so shiny. There many instances heard of other races, but I had never seen where I made mistakes along the way. any other ethnic group of people. I had This continued on into my adult years never met people who spoke any other and, to some extent, it still goes on today. language other than Cree. A few years ago, my brother came to When we moved onto my home visit my partner at the time and me here reserve, I was immediately placed in in Saskatoon. My brother and I decided school. I spent a few weeks in a resito go shopping at the Real Canadian dential school, but was moved to a day Superstore. school when residential schools were For dessert, I bought a bucket of ice being phased out. The day school was cream. I asked my brother, Warren, what where all the white kids who lived on the kind of ice cream he liked, and he said reserve or the local farm kids attended he always enjoyed chocolate chip cookie classes. dough. I went to the ice cream section When I was at the residential school, and grabbed a pail. After supper, I served I vividly recall looking through the fence the ice cream. I like my ice cream someat the kids at the day school. I wondered what soft, so I decided to let it sit for a why we had to wear clothes that were few minutes to let it melt a bit. made from horse blanket fabric, and the Jacqui and Warren started on theirs. kids from the day school had clothes I Jacqui wasn’t really enjoying her ice could dream of. My first class at the day cream, but my brother was digging in. school was spent with my head down as I After about 10 minutes my ice cream still tried to figure out what was being said by wasn’t melting. I decided to put my share the teachers and students. into the oven for a few seconds. When I The residential school was closed, took it out, it still wasn’t melting. but there were Roman Catholic nuns I asked my brother how he liked the who still lived in the nunnery. There was ice cream, and he said it was probably a nun who took special interest in me, the worst ice cream he ever had. Then, I mostly because she saw I was trying hard looked at the label on the bucket. I had to learn. Truth be told, I wanted to laugh purchased actual chocolate chip dough and play like the other children, but I for making chocolate chip cookies. Now was having a hard time because of the why would they place this in the ice language barrier. cream section, knowing full well the dull Actually, it didn’t take long for me to knife from the drawer would come along catch on. Along with the help of the sister thinking it was ice cream? and my determination, I was playing and I swear there’s a conspiracy against communicating with the other students. those of us who aren’t the sharpest knife But I made many mistakes; some were in the drawer. funny and some downright silly, to a kiyawasewcommunciations@ point where I became that knife in the outook.com

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All downtown parking stations expected to go online mid-August Question: I recently you should be able to donate to received a ticket for parking a campaign. At the provincial in an area downtown where and federal level, tax receipts one of the new pay stations are issued for campaign donawasn’t activated. What is tions. I believe that should be taking so long to get these considered in these discussions new stations online? When on election regulations. can we expect to see the full rollout for those of us in the Question: I would like city that refuse to carry cash? to ask the mayor for his Mayor Atchison: We are thoughts on the best use of becoming more and more a our police service. We seem to cashless society. In the pay Ask the Mayor use our police officers as an stations you can use your credit income-generating position, card, debit card and hopeinstead of solving and prefully use cellphones again to pay for the venting our violent crime issues. Surely, parking. It is taking a little longer to work our city could use these trained indiout the bugs than the administration had viduals to drive our crime rate down hoped and planned for. But, in the end, it instead of handing out tickets for 60 in is still about customer service. The beauty a 50 zone. of this system is the simplicity. As long as Mayor Atchison: Police officers are you can remember your licence plate num- on patrol to protect citizens and keep ber you are good to go. Enter your plate Saskatoon safe and secure. Police officers number, choose your payment method, are not there to generate revenue. I think make the payment and walk away. You it is really important to point out, too, that don’t have get a slip of paper to put on there are 10 officers in the City of Saskayour dash. If you want a receipt, you toon in our Traffic Division that are paid can get a receipt. Some of bugs included for through SGI. This includes the trainprinting errors and the stations weren’t ing, the vehicles and all the equipment. accepting coins and things like that. The Those officers combine with police administration is hoping to get the rest of from RCMP, Regina, Moose Jaw and the stations online about Aug. 12 in the Prince Albert to form a task force that downtown area. The old meter heads will patrols the roadways just outside our cities be removed permanently. Broadway, Riv- to keep people safe. ersdale and Sutherland will get these over I appreciate that sometimes people are the next few weeks. in a hurry and get caught speeding. Police aren’t there to generate revenue. Question: You spent twice as much I have every confidence in the police as Tom Wolfe in 2012 to win the election chief and the deployment of his officers by the narrowest of margins. Now, you is an operational decision. It is not up to are standing in front of a commission the Board of Police Commissioners or pleading for privacy of the business council to tell the chief how to best use his names of the builders and real-estate officers. The board sets policy and council developers who largely funded you, funds the force. using absence of tax receipts received In answer to your first question, the as the foundation for your argument. best use of police services is to keep you Don’t you think people see through that and your neighbourhood safe and secure. and realize your true intentions for the 2016 election? Note from the Mayor: Mayor Atchison: First of all, I don’t Remember Folkfest is this Thursday, what they mean by the true intentions for Friday and Saturday. I like to get to all the 2016 election. I want to make sure the pavilions. You don’t have to get on an elections are open and transparent and ev- airplane to see the world. You can see it eryone has the opportunity to vote. Winni- right here in Saskatoon. peg went through a civic election last year and it was reported in the Winnipeg Free Did You Know? Press recently that the person who spent In 2014 the City of Saskatoon issued the most money did not win the mayoral approximately 5,000 building permits with election. In fact, the person who spent the a construction value of approximately second most money was elected. Elections $1 billion. should be decided on platform, policy, leadership and vision, not cash. I believe (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? no matter who you are, whether you Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress.com. belong to a union or a private corporation, Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

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Last call comes when the last game is over Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express

here is no last call at King Me Boardgamery & Café. There are opening times, but when the recently opened 20th Street business closes is flexible, co-owner Bruce Filson said. “Someone asked me, ‘When’s late?’ And I said, ‘Whenever people want to shut their game down and go home.’ We stayed open to 1:30 (a.m.) one night,” Filson said. “You want people to finish their game; you don’t want to cut people off. Some of these games are pretty involved.” He cited a night when five people were playing Power Grid. “I knew they were on their last round, but I also knew it would take them 45 minutes. So, we’re not going to hustle them out the door. If there is nobody here at 11 (p.m.), we will shut it down.” Board gaming cafes are a relatively new trend in North America. “Boarding cafes are an idea that started – I don’t know when exactly – let’s say 10 years ago. I know Snakes & Lattes in Toronto is kind of the flagship store and it started in 2006. I don’t know if they were the first with the concept, but they said, ‘Look, we have a lot of board games. We love to get together. Let’s open a café with board games’ and they have been going now a long time. They also have a café, which is non-licensed, and they have a bar, which is licensed which also has games. “Now you have board game cafes in every major city in North America. I met someone from Austin (Texas) and he said, ‘Oh, we have three in Austin.’ And Vancouver has a couple, Victoria, Winnipeg

has a couple. I know the guy in Edmonton. About a year ago, I went to see the one in Edmonton and talked to the owner. I thought, ‘This is a really good idea.’ ” The idea has taken off in Saskatoon. Filson and his business partner, Sara Robertson, opened their establishment in late June. Business has been good, Filson said. “We were absolutely packed (for the opening), with a waiting list all day long. Sara is an expert on social media, being (in her mid-20s). She knows how to work social media because she filled the place.” King Me has more than 220 games for patrons to play, with more arriving all the time. They range from complicated to simple, he said. He pointed to a game named Terra Mystica. “You need a PhD to play it, and about six guys,” he said with a laugh. “(King Me) is open to everyone at any age and we have had every age. I would say the core group is people in their 20s and 30s — professionals and young professionals. It is a way of getting together and having a social event.” People pay $5 to play. Filson said that is the standard cover charge around North America. People are welcome to bring their own games. People are also welcome to drop in for coffee without paying the $5. Filson has been a long-time lover of board games. “I played a lot of board games back in the day. We had Monopoly and Clue growing up and then I played a lot of Risk in high school. “But now there are thousands of them.

Bruce Filson (above) and Sara Robertson welcome all ages at King Me Boardgamery & Café (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) They’re fantastic games; they are fun games. Games are a little bit more social. If you play Carcassonne, we could play and still have conversation. It’s a fun game, but it’s not so intense that you are always thinking.” He said the old standards are still popular. “People would know Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and I have nothing bad to say about classic games like Monopoly and Clue. We had a family of about eight come in one Saturday and they played Monopoly all day.” He said staff can help people learn new games. “We all try to learn games and teach games. We have started a game teaching on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.” Filson said there are a number of events planned for the fall. He said there will be JW15478.H10 James

tournaments and games for individuals to join, as well as corporate events and birthday parties. King Me seats approximately 50 people. There are games available to purchase. “I wouldn’t say it’s the main part of our business, but if people have played a game and they want to buy it, here’s a chance to buy it. There are already a couple or three game stores in Saskatoon. We are not a store competing directly, but you can buy games. Our prices are comparable.” King Me, located at 527 20th Street West, is open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. until “late” on Saturdays and from noon until “late” on Sundays. It is closed on Mondays. For more information, visit www.kingmeboardgamery.com, call 306-652-5464 or email info@kingmeboardgamery.com.

Attack stinky smoke smell with ozone machine with some other fabric before Dear Reena, I put my quilts back inside? If We recently purchased so, what would you suggest? a 10-year-old home, which — Delores we love despite the lingering Dear Delores, odour of cigarettes from past It is not recommended to owners. We have repainted, store quilts in a wooden chest/ burned candles and simbox unless extra precautionary mered cloves and cinnamon measures are taken. Keep these on the stove, but the odour extra special gifts in the chest, persists. The upstairs floors but line it with acid-free paper. are wood laminate. The And before folding the quilts, finished basement is carpet, Household crumple up additional acid-free but the odour is not as strong Solutions paper and tuck it inside of the down there. Do you have any folds to keep them loose and helpful hints for getting rid of prevent folds from becoming permanent. this nasty smell? — Barbara If acid-free paper is not an option, loosely Dear Barbara, wrap each quilt in a white linen sheet. Since You may want to consider renting an the quilts are gifts, washing them may not ozone machine. This little machine is not recommended for regular use, but it is great be the best solution. In order to remove the brown discolouration on your quilts, for enclosed areas that have had smoke or purchase a bar of Sunlight laundry soap. flood damage or just smell. The machine Wet the soap and scrub the stain. Rinse lets out a molecule called O3 (which, of course, is oxygen with an extra molecule at- and let dry, and check the brown stains. If tached). The third molecule escapes into the the stains remain, then you may want to air and absorbs all odours. These machines consider hand washing the quilts. Dry well can be rented at tool rental retailers as well before storage. Dear Reena, as some hardware stores. Read all of the I have a small plastic bird feeder and manufacturer’s instructions before use. the suction cups that hold the feeder to Dear Reena, I had a cedar chest built for my home- the window keep falling off. Any ideas sewn quilts. The chest is completely lined about how to hold the suction cups to the glass? — Mary with aromatic cedar. Now, after a few Dear Mary, years, I noticed that my quilts show a Suction cups stick best to clean surfaces; slight discolouration where they have touched the sides of the chest. I think this therefore, if you have not already done so, clean the window and the inside of the may be coming from the natural oils of the cedar, although the makers of the ce- suction cup with rubbing alcohol or your dar assured me by email before I started favourite window cleaner. Wet the suction storing my quilts that I should not worry cup with either water or hairspray to help it stick. that this would happen. Should I now (I enjoy your questions and tips; keep wash all my quilts? Some of them are being saved for future wedding gifts. Can them coming. Need a presenter on the I continue to store my quilts in the chest topics Effective Speaking or The Power of Words? Check out Reena.ca.) without worry? Should I line the chest

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List of close friends reads like poetry

elationships have not (Guys? What do you say?). been a strong suit over I’m inclined to think it’s just the course of this girl’s a life thing, which is basilife. In elementary school, I cally what I told my son. was the Jehovah’s Witness Some friendships come and kid, relatively alienated both go, I explained, but that’s not within the classroom and, a bad thing. We shouldn’t more devastatingly, at the collect friends like trophies; Kingdom Hall, where socially we should enjoy them while crippling cliques and clasthey last — and some will last sism in a hyper-controlled, longer than others — and then secluded environment ran smile because they happened, Columnist rampant. not be sad if life takes us in In high school, I renew directions. bounded from that dysfunction with a I used to beat myself up when a case of textbook depression. Mental friendship faded away — back in my health issues weren’t nearly as sexy as 20s, when I was so smart. Today, while they are today, so my sliding grades and I never aim for it to happen, I don’t other behaviours didn’t result in a warm punish myself if it does. However, I also cotton-wool wrapped embrace. I just judiciously avoid the friendship freight kept changing or getting kicked out of train, because I believe it’s born out of school – five in total (thank you, Nua place that isn’t entirely healthy. It’s a tana, for sticking with me and ensuring I sheet of plywood slapped over an empty graduated). void, as opposed to a foundation planted In my 20s, I thought I was so smart carefully so that it can grow upwards on (which is probably exactly what I’m go- solid roots. ing to say about my 30s). I thought I had As the conversation with my son conit all figured out: I was officially an adult, tinued, I found myself taking a mental married with children, and so my friend- inventory of those in my life I can apply ships evolved . . . and devolved. Divorce, the “friendship” label to with confidence. kids, relocation, even death – another The list is short but, to me, it’s poetry. I generation of friends dancing in and out treasure it like I do my family. It includes of my life, leaving a fingerprint as unique one sole survivor from those early childas their own. hood years — the one you’d least expect, So when my 10-year-old son asked me but with whom I can go weeks or even the other day, “Mom, why don’t we ever months without talking to and then pick hang out with (name redacted to protect up a thread of conversation like it was the innocent) anymore?” what followed never interrupted. She’s as far left on was one of those memorable (for me, any- the social and political spectrum as I am way) parent-child moments from which right, and then she’s the anarchist to my I hope he was able to glean at least some socialism. The rest are men and women small nugget of a life lesson. who have dogged with me, some for He was referring to a brief, but intense years, and some relatively recently — a friendship of a few years ago — one of beautifully curated group of individuals those situations where your life intersects who make me feel as secure with myself with someone else’s, becomes gloriously, as I feel in their company. if not a tad overwhelmingly, intertwined, My son and I kept chatting, and I and then deviates almost as quickly as it realized that he needed to understand started. We became fast friends overit is more important to understand how night. We were at each other’s houses to be a friend than how to have friends. constantly, revelling in daily coffees That one was simple, I said – just be the on the deck, play dates for our kids and type of friend to everyone that you’d like meal sharing. We shared clothes, secrets to have for yourself. Oh, and try and be and, frankly, way too much. And then, friends with yourself first. just as fast and fiercely as this friendship He looked at me like I was a little nuts freight train entered my life, our circum- on that last one, but I reassured him he’d stances changed and it exited. understand when he was a little older. You know exactly I’m talking about. Maybe. I’m not sure that I even fully unI’m certain I’m not the only one who derstand that part yet, or any other parts has these kind of torrid, platonic friend- for that matter – but I’m confident I will, ship flings. Is it a Darlene woman thing? Maybe when I’m a little older. DC20195.H10

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express popular annual musical event that raises funds for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada will mark its fifth anniversary this month. The upcoming Music for the Gut 5 concerts will be held on Aug. 20 and Aug. 22, and will feature an eclectic mix of musical styles, including pop, rock, classical, country, musical theatre, jazz and hip hop. “For the first time, we’re doing two different shows,” said Jamey Hughton, Music for the Gut’s master of ceremonies. That means there will be even more variety offered at this year’s concerts, as different material and different artists will be featured each night. While a Walt Disney song medley will be showcased at each concert, the “epic” medleys will be different from each other, Hughton said. “I think just the sheer quantity — the wealth of material — is at an all-time high this year,” he added. This year, Music for the Gut will feature 47 performers and a full band. As well, 35 crew members are involved in the production, for a total of 82 volunteers donating their time. The show offers “something for everyone” and is a family friendly event, said Hughton. The fundraiser started out small but has grown over time — both in terms of the amount of money raised and in the number of musicians and others participating in the productions, said Hughton. He said audience members have been “hugely enthusiastic” about the performances. “Even at half time at intermission in the last few years, already audience members are coming to me and just saying how utterly blown away they are by the level of talent and commitment on display.” Hughton’s brother, baritone singer and voice teacher Jordie Hughton, founded the concert series in 2011 and serves as the artistic director. Since its inception, Music for the Gut has raised more than $33,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, a national charity focused on finding cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and improving the lives of people affected by the inflammatory bowel diseases. “We’re hoping to add to that total more and more as the years go on,” said Jamey Hughton. Raising money for the organization is a personal goal for the Hughton family, with three of the four Hughton family members living with inflammatory bowel disease. Tara Hughton, Jamey and Jordie’s mother, was diagnosed with Crohn’s

disease in her early 30s. She serves as the Music for the Gut concert producer. Jamey Hughton, who works as an educational assistant with the Saskatoon Public School Division, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1997, and both he and Tara have had bowel resection surgeries. Jordie Hughton was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2010. Jamey and Jordie’s father, Basil Hughton, the athletic director at the University of Saskatchewan, serves as the Music for the Gut house manager. In addition to raising money for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, the Hughton family also wants to raise awareness about inflammatory bowel disease. According to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, one in every 150 Canadians is living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, which can cause debilitating symptoms such as abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fever, anemia, bleeding and fatigue. Jamey Hughton said living with inflammatory bowel disease has been “a challenge” for his family, but they have a strong support base in each other and in the Saskatoon chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. “My mom was diagnosed just over 25 years ago with Crohn’s, so she draws on her pool of experience,” Hughton said, noting inflammatory bowel disease has often been called “a silent illness” because some people suffer in silence due to the stigma surrounding it. “I often think of the saying, ‘Be kind to everyone you meet as you go through your day,’ because everyone is going through something. Everyone is facing some kind of obstacle, and often those obstacles aren’t immediately apparent.” Hughton is excited to be a part of Music for the Gut once again this year, and he is pleased to be “proactive” in raising money for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada as well as awareness about inflammatory bowel disease. “It really is something that makes me proud,” he said. The Music for the Gut concerts will take place at 7 p.m. on Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 at Cornerstone Church, located at 315 Lenore Dr. Tickets are $20 in advance, and can be purchased at McNally Robinson, Saskatoon Academy of Music and at the Co-op food stores’ customer service areas. Tickets are $25 cash at the door. For more information about Music for the Gut, visit www.musicforthegut.com. For more information about Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, visit www.crohnsandcolitis.ca.

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Wait is over for new, improved Kinsmen Park These children and their parents were among the first to ride the new carousel at Kinsmen Park (Photos by Beth Jarrell)

Olivia Doll (left) and June Bradley (right) were among the first to ride the train Beth Jarrell Saskatoon Express or children in Saskatoon, it was a long wait until the opening of the new and improved Kinsmen Park. On August 5, that day finally came. “I think this project has been a long time coming; people have been very patient,” said Cary Humphrey, director of sport for the City. “We’re very anxious to open the facility. I think people are going to find this a fabulous park.” Humphrey says that the park offers something for everyone, and that even older children and their parents will enjoy the experiences the park has to offer. “It’s a fantastic park, and when it’s open, people of all ages and their families will really enjoy it,” he said. “A lot of kids of all ages had a lot of smiles on their faces as they went from play station to play station… I just think that’s fantastic.” The park will also be great for those on a budget; tickets for the Canpotex train, the Ferris wheel and the carousel are only $2, and the rest of the park is free for the public. “I know most people have been driving along Spadina Drive and seeing the Ferris wheel, the carousel and the train, but we also have the playground for all ages, the zip line and the slide,” he said. The park doesn’t stop there, however. Humphries said that after the opening, the next phases of the park will begin implementation. Organizers have a master plan, including adding a festival site, winterizing the concession area and cross-country ski areas.

Families saw the sights as the Canpotex train went around the park

It was smiles for everyone as this boy and girl rode the carousel “We have a five-to-10 year, all the way many people used to come here and spend ect,” Burton said. “We really want to supout to 25-year, master plan. We want to get the day…. and that’s the sentimental port the communities wherever we operate, this up and running first; then we’ll look at piece.” and in this instance we really wanted to do the next phases.” Potash Corp representative Randy something for the kids. We think it’s going Humphries expects the park to see Burton was also on hand for the opening. to be a great success.” 200,000 visitors each summer. Previous Burton says that giving back to the comAlthough the grand opening of the park years have averaged 160,000 visitors. munity via Kinsmen Park is something the won’t be until August 12, tickets for rides “We want to make this park a bit of company takes pride in. are available now at the ticket office on the a jewel for Saskatoon,” he said. “Many, “We put $7.5 million towards this proj- site.

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Walking in circles can extend your life

CARG celebrates 30 years Beth Jarrell Saskatoon Express or most people, walking in circles seems futile. For Dave Giesbrecht, it’s not only extending his life, but providing the support he needs. “Ten years ago I had bypass surgery, then started to come to CARG (Coronary Artery Rehabilitation Group),” he said at the Saskatoon Field House. “It was scary at first, but it’s being with other people who have had the same problem – that helps.” The program is focused on improving the health of those who have suffered heart incidents in Saskatoon. Additionally, all are enrolled in education classes about diet, medication and living with chronic conditions. Therapist graduates from the University of Saskatchewan supervise those walking on the track. “We’ve made a lot of friends here, especially in the exercise part of it,” Giesbrecht said. “This program makes you accountable. You get the therapists’ help, too, which is nice to have some supervision.” Giesbrecht is the current president of CARG, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. He says that the group is not only a way to get healthy, but also a great way to meet new people. Giesbrecht first started coming to the program 10 years ago, after being referred by his physician. To be a part of the pro-

CARG participants credit the program with improving their health and creating relationships. Front row, left to right: Jim McKay, cardboard version of Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian McKay and Anita Jarrell. Back row: Darryl Fehr, Mohindar Sachdev and Tom Morgan. (Photo by Beth Jarrell) gram, all walkers must have a referral from a medical professional. “It’s the old song and dance of, if I feel like exercising, I’ll lay down until it blows over,” he said. “If you leave it to yourself to do, you don’t do it. People around forces you to do it.” And if there’s one thing the program is good at, it’s having plenty of people around. Those involved with the program are invited to bring friends or family as support people to encourage them to keep walking. “In the beginning I didn’t know anyone here. My wife came with me. When you’re walking in circles, it helps having someone to talk to. It means a lot. “It’s beneficial physically and socially. I know people who have been here for

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means I can walk inside,” said Mohindar Sachdev, a former CARG president. “There really isn’t anything else like it in the city.” Participant Roy Parker agrees. “This program is wonderful. It makes you feel like you’re going to survive. People who come here, they’re scared. You walk in and see someone here who has had a heart condition, and they’ve been here 20 years. It makes you think, ‘I’m going to survive.’ “People need to know that the support is out there,” Parker said. “Just because you’ve had a heart problem doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world.” For more information on the CARG program, go to at carg.ca.

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front of 2,000 people and what not, but this was great. People just loved it. Being Johnny Cash and everything, they just loved the show.” Brummund won’t be done with Ring of Fire after the Saskatoon presentation of the show. His Globe Theatre contract will see him touring Saskatchewan with the musical in February and March 2016, and then he will return to Chemainus Theatre to perform in the show again after the Saskatchewan tour wraps up. That means Brummund will do the show a total of five times with two different casts. What’s unique about Ring of Fire is no particular actor is impersonating Johnny Cash; rather, five performers all sing classic Cash hits to bring the beloved songs to life. “The Cash estate didn’t want anybody named Johnny Cash in the show. They didn’t say, ‘OK, you’re Johnny.’ Nobody’s playing Johnny Cash,” said Brummund, noting, however, that his vocals do sound a lot like Johnny Cash’s voice. While the show features classic hits such as A Boy Named Sue and Man in Black, some of Cash’s more recent songs, such as Hurt and The Man Comes Around, weren’t allowed by the Cash estate to be included in the musical, said Brummund. But the show still resonates with audience members. “This show succeeds because of what we’ve done with the show.” In addition to Brummund, the cast includes Fraser Elsdon, Christo Graham, Ben Redant, Devra Straker (Aug. 11 to Aug. 23) and Kaitlyn Semple (Aug. 25 to Aug. 30). Valerie Ann Pearson serves as the director and musical director. Brummund, who plays acoustic guitar on stage, said every cast member in the show plays musical instruments in addition to singing. “The musicians in this show are fantastic. There’s one guy, Christo Graham, he plays about six or seven different instruments – everything from a harmonica, to a banjo, to a mandolin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar.” In addition to starring in Ring of Fire, Brummund’s career has seen him perform in other musicals, as well as work in film and television and do voice over work for cartoons. Right now, he is passionate about bringing Johnny Cash’s life and music to the stage. “I love singing and I love country music. I’ve sung everything from musical theatre to opera, some rock, but I love country music a lot,” he said. Brummund, who is making his Persephone Theatre debut with Ring of Fire, expects audiences in Saskatoon will enjoy the show just as much as previous audiences. “When you’re singing a Cash song, the audience immediately is with you because they’ve heard the song before,” he said. “There’s a song called Sunday Morning Coming Down, which actually Kris Kristofferson wrote, and I remember singing it at the casino. As soon as I start singing the first line from it, people will applaud because they go, ‘Ah yeah, I remember this song.’ In their hearts or in their brain, they go, ‘That’s one of my favourite Cash songs,’ and you start singing it. “I remember one time I was singing it and there was a few ladies in the front row and they were tearing up, because the man himself is a legend and those songs hold meaning of a time where they were younger and what they were going through (then). He’s been gone for 12 years now, but he’ll have an affect on people. His music does.” Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash runs nightly at 8 p.m., except on Mondays, and also runs on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by calling the Persephone Theatre box office at 306-384-7727 or by going online to www.persephonetheatre.org.

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AUGUST 13-16 The 18th annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest takes place at Windy Acres, 10 km southwest of Saskatoon on Hwy. 60. Main stage entertainment, a fiddle contest and children’s area are among the attractions. Admission is $25 per day or $60 for the entire festival, paid at the gate only. Children 12 and under are free. Visit johnarcandfiddlefest.com or call 306-382-0111.

AUGUST 20 and 22 Music for the Gut 5 is an annual benefit concert for Crohn’s and Colitis, featuring Jordie Hughton and nearly 40 local musicians and performers. Two shows on Aug 20 and 22 at 7 p.m. at Cornerstone Church (315 Lenore Drive), each with different featured performers. $20 advance tickets available at Co-op Food Stores, McNally Robinson and the Saskatoon Academy of Music. Visit musicforthegut.com.

AUGUST 25 Gustin House presents Harrington/Loewen Duo. 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 436 Spadina Crescent. Tickets are $30 and $25 (students). Tickets are available at McNally Robinson, Yamaha Piano, the Gustin committee and at the door. For information, call 306-6538889 or visit www.gustinhouse.ca.

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July 8-Aug. 23 Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan presents Othello and Much Ado About Nothing on the riverbank. Tickets are available by calling 306-652-9100. Visit shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com for more information.

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SEPTEMBER 13 Pet Carnival fundraiser in support of Pet Shelters and Rescue Work. Come enjoy a BBQ, bouncy castle, obedience demo, face painting and more. 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Saskatoon Funeral Home Parking lot at the corner of 4th Ave. and 25th St. Come help “fill the limo” with much needed pet supplies. Proceeds will go to Size Small Dog Rescue, KC Rescue and Saskatoon Parrot Rescue.

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Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family Support Group will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the W.A Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North. The group is attended entirely by family members and friends of people living with schizophrenia and related disorders. For more information contact, email: ssswellness4u@gmail.com or call 306-374-2224

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EVERY WEDNESDAY Creative Cafe (paper crafting) returns to Coffee’s On Emporium, 815A Gray Avenue, from 1-2 p.m., July 22 – Aug. 19. Ages 10 to adult, children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent. Call or text 306-229-7757 for details and to register. $10/person/session, all materials included. https://www.facebook.com/creativecafesaskatoon.

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Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997 Notice is hereby given that UNA Pizzeria Saskatoon Inc. has applied to the Liquor and Gaming Authority for a Restaurant Permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as UNA Pizza & Wine at 707 Broadway Ave. Saskatoon, SK of which the following is a correct legal description: Lot 9 – 12 (inclusive) Block 83 Plan B1858 707 Broadway Ave, City of Saskatoon Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered, and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing. Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 Regina Sk S4P 3M3

Visit Wanuskewin to take part in a marathon unlike any other. Walk, run, or jog over 6K of trails throughout the beautiful Opimihaw Valley. Wear one of our super cool pedometers and report your total distance to our staff. The AUGUST 10-19 individual with the most kilometres by Aug. 31 wins prizes. Join the Saskatoon Council on Aging (SCOA) for the second Only $25 for unlimited access to the park throughout July Every Wednesday Depression Support Group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each Zoomer Idol. Zoomer Idol, for adults 55+, will take place on and August. month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue Oct. 22 at TCU Place. Auditions will take place on August First and Third Saturdays of the P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family 10, 11 and 12 as well as August 18 and 19 from 6:30 p.m. month members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181. to 9 p.m. If you have talent in voice, dance, comedy, magic, The Lions Club will be holding Texas Hold ‘em Tourna***** storytelling, poetry reading, etc., please contact the SCOA ments. $60 buy-in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to the Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, chiloffice at 306-652-2255 to sign up for auditions. cash prize pool. No re-buys. 50 seats available. Registradren’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping AUGUST 13-15 tion opens at 6 p.m., with the tournament starting at 7 clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Folkfest returns on the weekend of Aug. 13-15 across the p.m. Located at the Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone city. A passport will give unlimited access to 22 pavilions 306-668-0015 for more information. is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go and free transportation between them. For more informato spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. First Saturday of every month tion, visit saskatoonfolkfest.ca or call (306) 931-0100. ***** The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) have bingos and AUGUST 17-21 Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members Twinkle Toes Dance Camp from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for children relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, who are 55+. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For ages 3-5. Join Saskatchewan Express for this camp that care partners and other interested people. The Café is a further info call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204. will offer your child one week of fun and creative explora- two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment tion that will really get your toddler moving and grooving. Experience all genres of dance throughout this fun-filled week: Tap, jazz, hip hop, ballet, musical theatre, pom, and acro. For more info and to receive a registration package, call 306-477-5553 or michelle@saskatchewanexpress. com

AUGUST 17-21 SonSpark Labs Vacation Bible School at Third Avenue United Church. School from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., ages 4-11. $25/child plus $15/each additional child. Call 306-6526812 for more information.

AUGUST 19 Kinsmen Healthy Family Day at the Delta Bessborough Gardens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The purpose of this event is to encourage healthy living to make our community a better and healthier place. The event features fun for all ages and it is free. Children can meet their local sports heroes including appearances from the U of S Huskies and Saskatoon Blades, along with other local teams and athletes. Included will be face painting, balloon animals, a jumpy castle and a scavenger hunt with prizes. For the grown-ups, there will be pharmacists, dietitians, paramedics and nurses on site to answer your health questions for your family.

and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to Third Thursday of the Month 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre. The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, Every Tuesday across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro, located in the basement of Grace-Westminster Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email murraydhill@me.com. United Church, located at 505 10th Street East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. ***** Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club. Come and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

Second Wednesday of the Month 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. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or lstade@shaw.ca.

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In June, July and August, the Saskatoon International Folkdance Club dances on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Kiwanis Park, north of the BessborSaskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. ough Hotel. No fee. Everyone welcome. For more information, visit www. at Mayfair United Church. Meetings are held on the first sifc.awardspace.com. Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, ***** meetings are on the second Monday. 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 First Tuesday of every month Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, 306-343-9460. AUGUST 20 email leftbehind@sasktel.net. First and Third Wednesday of the month Have you ever wondered about the history of the Forestry ***** Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking Farm Park? Join us for a tour of this National Historical Site FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more of Canada. The open house goes from 1:30 p.m.- 2 p.m, Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992. and the walking tour begins at 2 p.m. at the Superintenat W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue dent’s Residence. Tours are free. North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or Every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday friend with a mental illness and you need understanding Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when AUGUST 24-28 you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306Summer Groove Dance Camp from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. for affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on 933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ ages 9 and up of all experience levels. Join SaskatchTuesdays at noon, Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For gmail.com. ewan Express for this camp that will help you find or more information including locations visit www.oa.org. First and Third Sunday of every fine-tune your moves in time for the new dance season. Tuesdays and Thursdays month All experience levels welcome. Experience all genres of Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from dance throughout this fun filled week: jazz, hip hop, ballet, Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For inforpeople who are struggling with the loss of a beloved musical theatre, pom, yoga, and acro. For more info and mation, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587. companion animal due to old age, sickness or other to receive a registration package, call 306-477-5553 or reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 michelle@saskatchewanexpress.com. Newcomers’ Club p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in SEPTEMBER 12 Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a The Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan is holding 306-343-5322. significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or its Miles for Smiles 2015 fundraising event. It is a combiTuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not nation of race options, bringing together the best of Sasresided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are katchewan’s pavement pounders, roadrunner wannabes, The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. and sneaker enthusiasts. The event will be held Sept. 12 other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonTuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 along the river. There is something for everyone – from newcomersclub@gmail.com. p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. a 2.5 K fun run, 5 K walk/run, and a 10 K run. All money

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