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Take me to your Command Centre New emergency system enters last phase

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express ay Unrau likes to tell people that Saskatoon is even safer than Greenland. During the Second World War, two planes crashed in the far-northern country, both by pilots in training. Saskatoon, by comparison, has only had one plane crash, quite recently on Lenore Drive and Wanuskewin Road. Disasters may be few and far between in this city, and Unrau’s lighthearted point about Greenland illustrates that. But make no mistake: the City’s director of emergency planning takes public safety very seriously. So seriously that he is now fully involved in the final phases of setting up a new emergency management process. When completely functional after the training beginning this fall, it will significantly change the way Saskatoon handles emergencies. It all started after a major blizzard in January 2007, which most Saskatonians are unlikely to forget. “We weren’t prepared,” he said in an interview held in the emergency operations command centre (EOC) in the fire hall on Attridge Drive. Since that time, Unrau and others, in-

cluding emergency measures co-ordinator Anthony Tataryn, have been revamping their emergency response protocols and set up the command centre. Now, Unrau is very close to finalizing a new team approach. “What a lot of people don’t realize is when an organization has an emergency plan, it is built for their organization,” he said. When the situation gets bigger than anticipated, “the assumption is that someone else will take care of the rest.” “What emergency management does is when every emergency plan for every organization meets its maximum, we coordinate all the gaps that are left over.” In other words, emergency preparedness teams connect all the dots to get the various local organizations functioning again. That means knowing where all the fire trucks and police cars are; where the power is off; what is going on at the water treatment plant; and all the other arms and legs to the city’s functionality. It sounds complex, and in some respects it is; but a lot of it boils down to basic planning and communication, and that means getting the City’s leaders and emergency planners into one location during a major emergency — the functional, but not fancy, EOC. “It’s not like the Starship Enterprise,”

said Unrau. “It’s a situational awareness room. “We don’t look at tornados or droughts or floods as being anything really special. You don’t do things differently. You don’t evacuate differently in a flood; you don’t put out a fire differently in a flood. All those tasks for first responders are identical.” The difference in a widespread emergency is “you’re doing them in a context or environment where you don’t have all your resources available.”

the right people know the information they need to do their job,” said Unrau. “My purpose here during an emergency or disaster is to help people . . . understand the process. “When there’s an emergency, everyone’s brain shrinks about three sizes. They just default to what they know. You lose 10 IQ points. It’s just what happens. So we have to make sure we use this room as a way to distribute information.” It all has to be very visual, to make the process easier to follow when even IQ points are falling. Communication: Task One Everything is colour coded. Each of Knowing that communication is one three banks of desks in the command of the biggest problems to overcome in a centre have differently coloured vests restdisaster largely led the design of the new ing on the chairs, complete with nametag emergency process. pockets, ready for donning. Unrau is a student of Dennis Mileti, The blue vests on one side of the room whose 1999 book Disasters by Design not- represent the planning group, which is ed that successful local emergency manage- about displaying, verifying and collecting ment involves “integration of the emergen- information, said Unrau. cy management office into the day-to-day In the middle of the room reside the activities and structure of local government; orange-red-coloured vests. These are extensive relationships with other commu- donned by the bosses — the fire chief, ponity organizations; and concrete outputs to lice chief and others who manage various the community, such as the maintenance of tactical areas. an emergency operations center.” On the other side of the room are the All of that has been integrated into the yellow vests, reserved for the procurement new team plan. people. “This room is all about making sure (Continued on page 4)

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Todd McLellan Still considers Saskatoon home

or the last five months, Todd McLellan has been on a high-speed rollercoaster ride. Luckily, each ride came to a satisfying stop. McLellan was invited in March to coach Canada’s team at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s world championship in Czechoslovakia. He coached the team to a gold-medal victory, with the Canadians defeating the United States People 6-3 in the final. Having parted ways amicably with the San Jose Sharks at the end of the National Hockey League season, McLellan was a prime candidate for another coaching job. At the world tournament, the Edmonton Oilers started talks with him, and the result was McLellan accepting a five-year contract, reportedly for the secondhighest wage ever paid to an NHL coach. McLellan’s good fortune came again on the NHL draft day when the Oilers drafted first and chose Connor McDavid, a sensational forward with superstar potential. Then, on a more personal note, there was a telephone call from Saskatoon’s Jack Brodsky, asking if he’d lend his name and talent to the Driving Fore Prostate Golf Classic on Aug. 26 at the Dakota Dunes. The event is an initiative of the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. “I got the call in March,” said McLellan from his home in San Jose, “and I welcomed it. Jack is a real good friend. We’ve known each other for a long time, and what he has done for the Saskatoon Blades DC20241.H17 Darlene

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Todd McLellan will be in Saskatoon for the Driving Fore Prostate Golf Classic on Aug. 26 at the Dakota Dunes (Photo Supplied) and the community is remarkable. “The timing was ironic. My father, Bill, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and he has gone through the radiation treatments since. He’s finished with them for now, he’s feeling good and we’re hoping for the best. Dad will see a specialist again in October.” What registers high on McLellan’s radar is reconnecting with Saskatoon. “I played with the Blades from 1983 through 1987, and you don’t easily forget the growing-up years and the friends you made. I came back and married Debbie there in 1992. In hockey, you move around a lot. I spent six great years in Swift Current, eight great years in San Jose, but there’s something about Saskatoon that still makes me want to call it my home.” He also knows that “giving back to a community” is something that comes with his profession. “Most of the NHL teams have foundations through which they can support their communities. Debbie and I have done that

in San Jose, too, raising funds for children, who may have lost their parents, or helping troubled kids.” He’ll be joined at the event by Drew Remenda, the Edmonton Oilers broadcast analyst, Andrea Menard, Canada’s gifted singer-actress, and Tom Sargeant, coach of the Saskatoon Hilltops, among others. There will be 20 teams participating. Auction items will include football jerseys from Chris Getzlaf, Weston Dressler and George Reed, hockey jerseys from Larry Robinson and Patrick Marleau, and one from the Oilers. As a player, one of McLellan’s best seasons with the Blades was his final one when he scored 34 goals and had 39 assists, enough to attract the attention of the New York Islanders. He played five games with the Islanders and a couple of years with Springfield in the American League. Bothered by a nagging shoulder injury, he went off to The Netherlands to play with SIJ Utrecht. That’s where he started to think about coaching.

“Doug McKay, a Canadian who’d been in the New Jersey system, became our coach in The Netherlands. We’d sit around, talk, evaluate and it all seemed challenging to me.” When McLellan came back to Saskatoon to get married, he saw an advertisement in The StarPhoenix saying the North Battleford North Stars were looking for a coach for their Saskatchewan junior league team. He spent two years in North Battleford and was then recruited by the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League. He was chosen to replace Graham James, who had moved to Calgary. In a dual role as coach and general manager, McLellan was voted executive of the year in 1997 and coach of the year in 2000. In six seasons, the Broncos never missed the playoffs. “I started to think about a job with the pros. There were a couple of interviews and Doug Risebrough of the Minnesota Wild offered me a chance to work with his farm teams.” (Continued on page 4)

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Dealing with disasters a team effort

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(Continued from page 1) t’s not about death and dying; it’s about resource management,” Unrau said. “For these guys to accomplish X — (for example) you want to decrease the water level 25 inches between here and here by 8 o’clock tomorrow morning — as soon as you can create that kind of objective, you’ve now made it a math problem. “These guys create the math problem. They do the gap analysis.” In the old system, each tactical boss (like the police or fire chief) had to find his own staff, transport and other necessary items. “What we’re doing now is saying, ‘This is a team effort.’ The way we’re working together as a team is breaking it up functionally,” said Unrau. If disaster hits, the people who need to be at the command centre are located and pulled in. The leaders in the community have to be protected, said Unrau. “We can only burn them hot for 18 hours, then we have to give them a break,” said Unrau. But he knows that his rules only go so far. “They’re the bosses. We can’t tell them what to do. If Murray (Totland, city manager) doesn’t want to leave, he doesn’t have to leave. But if you follow this framework, there will be someone here tomorrow (he) can trust.” Unrau’s place is at the front of the room with two members of the leadership team, and one of them is usually the city manager. “I don’t have any tactical capacity; I don’t make decisions on Murray’s behalf. What I do is make sure this room functions.” The EOC would be opened when an emergency occurs that goes beyond the working area of a site-specific emergency, and requires support and co-ordination between organizations. Examples include the declaration of a local emergency; an event that requires evacuation or relocation of a lot of people; or where available resources cannot get required tasks done in a normal amount of time. There is also a command bus, a more mobile version of the command centre. For more day-to-day, site-specific emergencies, the bus is dispatched to where increased co-ordination between responding organizations is needed.

Expert advice for taking care If Unrau has one message, it’s to take all reasonable precautions in case of emergency. EMO has six categories of emergency: • Prolonged utility disruption • Plane crashes • Hazardous materials releases • Public health problems, such as epidemic outbreaks • Severe weather: summer • Severe weather: winter

How to prepare?

• Have a family escape plan. • Have a family reunification plan. For example, if the kids are in school and you are at work, where will you meet? Be sure to text plans to each other; don’t call. Texts contain the information – meet at 123 Main Street, for instance – while phone calls are hard to remember in an emergency, and cell towers could be overwhelmed. A text will sneak through when a call won’t. • Practice situational awareness. Be aware of threatening weather, for example, and don’t take risks. • Buy chargers for cellphones, so they can be charged even when the electricity is out. • Buy flashlights, and put them around the house. Unrau notes the little, new LED flashlights cost under a dollar; get a bunch and stash them everywhere. Not much useful can happen without light. • Store bottled water and canned food. • Have an emergency kit and a first aid kit, if financially possible. • Buy a generator, also if financially possible.

Emergency measures co-ordinator Anthony Tataryn (left) and Ray Unrau, the City’s director of emergency, in the new command centre (Photo by Joanne Paulson)

First responders will co-ordinate their efforts (Photo Supplied)

Therefore, citizens – all of them – need to be ready for an emergency. Unrau: Man of the people “There’s a certain amount of accountUnrau started his career helping people ability that they need to take to be safe,” in distress in 1983, becoming a paramedic said Unrau. and a firefighter. He joined EMO in 2002 He wants to “change the channel” on and was in uniform until three years ago. Cold War-era thinking that has persuaded He took emergency management train- people and governments alike that citizens ing at Royal Roads University in Colwood, cannot handle themselves in a crisis. It’s British Columbia, and realized during just not true, he said. the course that acquiring more and more “Emergency management is not about resources, like fire trucks or police cars, more fire trucks. Emergency management is not the answer to emergency response. is about empowering citizens to know the There will always be limited resources, information that they need. It’s about recno matter how much cities bulk up their ognizing that there will be emergent volunemergency vehicle fleet. teers, and we need to work with them.”

In a disaster, emergency vehicles are highly unlikely to reach people quickly. For example, before a tornado hits, a high wind will blow through a region and litter the ground with nails from buildings’ shingles and siding. Even if a fire station is nearby, it could take a long time for a truck to reach you if its tires are continually becoming flat en route. “It’s not just nails, but branches, debris, overturned cars. We are not going to be able to get into your driveway, your street or cul de sac or crescent. We’re going to be parked somewhere central walking in and doing assessments. That’s hours and hours. We’re going to assess first.”

Saskatoon a great training ground for NHL coaches

(Continued from page 3) e coached in Cleveland and then in Houston, where the Aeros won the AHL championship in 2003. And then a friend, Mike Babcock, came calling. “Mike was then with the Detroit Red Wings by 2004. We knew each other as opposing coaches in junior hockey and minor pro. I believed I was ready to make the step. He gave me a role with the power play and we became the top-ranked power play in the NHL.” The Red Wings also won the Stanley Cup in the spring of 2008. “I think that victory caused San Jose to look at me as a head coach. We had some good teams in San Jose, reached the third round twice,

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and a lot of things went well. The bottom line was that winning the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal and we never quite made it.” He became the winningest coach in Sharks history. Now that McLellan is in Edmonton, it means there are still four Saskatchewanraised coaches in the NHL — Babcock, now at Toronto, Willie Desjardins at Vancouver, Dave Tippett at Arizona and McLellan. “There is something to be said for what all of us learned in Saskatchewan. One influence was Dave King, who went from the University of Saskatchewan to coach the Canadian Olympic team, in the NHL and internationally. He opened our eyes to

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the potential of staying in the game. “Another influence was Daryl Lubiniecki, who was either the coach or general manager of the Blades for some of us. Lubie taught us to become men; he challenged us to become the best. Suddenly there became a pattern for former Blades to turn us as coaches, people like Dave Lewis and Trent Yawney, who also coached in the NHL, and others like Marc Habscheid, Kevin Kaminski and Dave Struch.” McLellan saw Edmonton as an option in the spring. “I liked the way they built the management team and how they were accumulating player assets. And as much as San Jose was a remarkable hockey city, there is

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something special about a Canadian coming back to coach an NHL team in his own country.” The most-asked question since June: How good can Connor McDavid be? “What a great young gentlemen he is. I like the way he carries himself in public and the way he interacts with the players and coaches. He has charisma and poise. On the ice, he is the complete package. We will take a look at him with different linemates in the training camp and that will all sort itself out.” The McLellans have a son, Tyson, who plays American college hockey at Iowa State. Their other son, Cale, will remain in San Jose with his mother for at least another school year.

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I was perfect for the role of a real Indian

ow come they didn’t hire old Ken? A couple of weeks ago, during the Fringe I was watching the national news Festival, the sun was beaming down and there when a story came on about Samuel de was no shade to be found. Since I’m not a cap Champlain. “The Father of New France” and or hat person, my forehead was starting to Quebec City was an early (1600s) explorer and get burned. I decided to wrap a red tea towel cartographer. around my head to protect my forehead. He is important to Canadian history beIt was incredible the difference a red cause he made the first accurate map of the headband on an Indian makes. People would East Coast. The news story was a re-enactment look at me and quickly snap their head away. of de Champlain’s landing and First Nations I could just picture what a man was telling his people greeting him. I thought it was a good wife: “Don’t look at him, Martha, he might be news story, except that the First Nations dangerous.” Or “Look, Harry, it’s Geronimo.” Columnist people were being played by white people. I decided to take a walk down Broadway In this day and age, I would think they Avenue — right down in the middle of the could have found “real” Indians to play the parts. The street —during the festival. I walked with complete confinews story had a chief with balding hair and a beard. dence with the best “Indian stoic look” I could muster. When was the last time — and it would have been the Once again, people were treating and looking at me first time — you ever saw a bald-headed Indian with a as if I were an Apache or something. They would take a full beard? quick look and quickly get out of my way. I don’t know “White washing” is a term that’s been around for a why, but people were taking pictures of me. They were long time in the movie industry. This is where white peo- probably thinking they could use the photographs for ple attempt to portray a person of another ethnic group. evidence later. Put a red headband on an Indian and his There was a Japanese Mickey Rooney, Marlon Brando as persona in the eyes of others completely changes. If an a Japanese interpreter or John Wayne as Genghis Khan. older white man was wearing the same headband, he The first original Jazz Singer was played by Al Jolson as would be looked at as an old hippy. a “black singer” and Shakespeare’s Othello, throughout I had to take the headband off when I went downtown history, has been played by a white actor. Othello was because there were just too many people that had the look believed to have been black. In this year’s Shakespeare on of being intimidated. When some people saw me coming the Saskatchewan production of Othello, Othello is being toward them, they reached for their cellphones. I know played by a First Nations actor. I’m looking forward to they had their fingers ready to make a 911 call in case this hearing Shakespeare in Cree. How come nobody ever warrior with a headband decided to lose it. There were thought of that before? also a couple of people who asked to take selfies with me.

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Ken exhibits his “stoic Indian look” (Photo by Beth Jarrell) But instead of the stoic look, I decided to smile in every photo. But a smiling Comanche warrior didn’t fit in the picture for some reason. I should advertise myself on Kijiji as a genuine Indian for a re-enactment or something. Just give me a call. Heck, I’ll even come to your door to play the Indian part for Thanksgiving dinner as long as you hire old Ken. kkiyawasew@outlook.com

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h, woe is me. office) and try to get tickets for one of the Methinks I should have headed last few performances. down to the Shakespeare on the SasI do believe it’s one of the best things I katchewan festival much before now. To be, have ever seen at S-on-S, and while I haven’t or not to be a reviewer: that is the question. attended in the very recent past, I’ve seen Perhaps I have learned a lesson. many of the plays ever since the very early Once I was indeed a reviewer on a regudays. The festival has been blessed with lar basis. This entailed going out most weekmany great actors over the years — John ends, during many festivals, and even week Wright, for instance, of the great Wright actnights. This is not a job for the faint of heart ing clan — and the tradition continues. (swoon). The straw that broke my exhausted The first brilliant stroke in this year’s back was, methinks again, the Juno Awards. comedy was placing it at the end of the Columnist When they were held in Saskatoon, we Second World War. This also inspired some worked more or less 24/7 for a week, and great music — In The Mood, anyone? — and 12/6 for three months before. I was beat. pretty great, very fun dance scenes. It’s a perfect take on Once that arts editor gig was over, I didn’t leave the the original plot. house at night for two years. I exaggerate not. (Quick plot note: Soldiers return from war, are invited I have revived. Friends have helped. It was, in fact, to stay for a month at Mayor Leonato’s place to recover inspiring that our friends Colin and Heather came all and two sets of lovers under different circumstances the way from Calgary, no less, to see Much Ado About find each other. Bad guy Don John tries to mess things Nothing. Their friend Ward from Carrot River also up for one of them. Ridiculous but apparently effective came. OK, they came to see friends and family and constabulary intervenes. It’s all much ado about nothing, each other, too, but the S-on-S was the star attraction. apparently.) We may have gone earlier, but they were coming Aug. The second brilliant stroke was casting Robbie Towns 8. And, I reiterate, I’m wrestling with that reviewer (who has more energy in one night while fighting a cold question. than I can muster in a week) as Benedick. Sadly, this was We went, too. It is, I know, late in the festival game, the first time I’ve seen this actor. Long, lean and lithe, but if you have not seen Much Ado, and you like to he reminds me of Dick Van Dyke, since he was also irlaugh, hie thee to the riverbank (or at least call the box repressibly goofy. I adore Dick Van Dyke. He’s the best

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Question: Your campaign any one or all three of those. in 2012 pledged the compleThe seniors in our community tion of the north commuter certainly have talked about Parkway Bridge by 2016. Inthe fees being high. Now we stead, you have fast tracked have been able to reduce them. the development of the new I think that in itself is tremenBrighton neighbourhood. dous. You can now buy passes With only one road into the on a monthly basis — you no city (College Drive), isn’t it longer have to purchase an a bit naive to prioritize land annual pass. This allows the sales to builders and developresidents in Saskatoon and surers instead of improving trafrounding areas this opportunity fic woes for existing residents Ask the Mayor to buy the month they want it of Arbour Creek, Erindale for. I am hoping we are going and Willowgrove? to see a significant increase in Mayor Atchison: I am disappointed usage. The other part is we have been able to hear those comments, blaming the City to reduce the price of the 10 tickets. The for Brighton. You would have to talk to one-time admissions will stay the same. I Dream Developments about this projthink council made a really wise decision ect, because those lands belong to that in doing this. company. As I recall from administration Question: How is the timing of trafreports, Dream is behind schedule rather fic lights determined? The commute than fast tracked as you have suggested. north along Warman Road across 51st It is unfortunate to hear comments such Street to Wanuskewin during rush hour as that. Every land development comes requires several changes of a very long to council under the hearing process. It is light cycle to get through. Wanuskewin open. It is transparent and each member is backed up sometimes 20-30 minutes. of council votes on moving a project for- Ironically, when a lane was closed for ward. This project was not fast tracked by construction, traffic flowed better than anyone from council. When we talk about it does now. There seems to be a heavy prioritizing, the City has lands it is devel- bias on east/west traffic on 51st Street. oping, along with these private developers. Vehicles travelling in that direction Everyone knows Brighton has been on the never wait more than a single light cycle radar for quite some time, and that’s why — about two minutes. Some changes it was annexed into the city. could alleviate a lot of congestion for As far as the Parkway Bridge goes, everyone. I really wanted to see it open in 2016, Mayor Atchison: I am told the Transbut that was an aggressive goal and now portation Department does traffic volume we are looking at 2018. At that time, the studies throughout the city. I believe they Circle Drive South Bridge was not even would have done the same at that intersecopen. I think people forget it didn’t open tion. I don’t have specifics on this paruntil 2013. It’s only in its second year and ticular intersection. If the traffic volume you can see how integral it is to our com- is higher going east/west, that would munity. We have certainly been working determine how the traffic lights would be hard to get the Parkway Bridge and the timed. Traffic Bridge project going. Thanks to the I have been at that intersection during federal government’s $66 million and the the morning and afternoon rush hour and provincial government’s $50 million, the you are absolutely right. It takes a while to project has been able to move forward. I cross 51st Street. A ray of hope I can offer guess sometimes governments don’t move here is that the new commuter Parkway as fast as we would like them. We would Bridge and Traffic Bridge project will be certainly like to see that project completed starting very soon, and by 2018 a lot of as quickly as possible. If you look at the the traffic on those busy streets will be amount of work that is going to go into it, diverted farther north to Marquis Drive I think the citizens of Saskatoon will be when the Parkway Bridge opens. I know very, very pleased in the end. 2018 is a ways away and that doesn’t ease Question: What are your thoughts on your concerns or the congestion today. the decrease in costs to use our leisure centres? Did You Know? Mayor Atchison: I think it is a wonThe Saskatoon Fire Department operderful idea. Increasing pricing to meet ates 12 engines and two aerials out of nine our costs in some cases works, but we fire stations. In 2013 there were 11,071 could see the number of people using emergency and non-emergency calls. the facilities was not increasing at all. (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Leisure centres are really about health, Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. wellness and enjoyment for families. And com. Please put “mayor” in the subject the last thing we want to do is eliminate line.)

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o you ever get tired a dead lion in Zimbabwe than of the repetitive news they did about invasion of their cycles we are constantpersonal privacy or a lame atly subjected to? For example, tempt at censorship in this city. did the Cecil the lion story start Did the Canada Post employto get on your nerves? ees have the right to refuse to Over and over we heard a deliver any of the questionpublic outcry to extradite the able enveloped material being American dentist to Zimbabwe distributed by Canada Post, paid so he could stand trial and for by pro-life lobbyists? Abpossibly get 15 years in jail for solutely not. Mail carriers are hunting a lion that he may or not our censors. Nor should any may not have legally killed. employees’ political views take Columnist Lest I leave you with the wrong precedence over the job they are impression, I was appalled by the hunt paid to do. itself, but let’s get real — in this country, I refuse to get into the abortion debate. you can kill or maim people and not get That ship has sailed and we can individual15 years of jail time or the same public ly hold whatever opinions we respectively reaction to crimes against humanity that have on it. But what galls me the most this lion’s death elicited. In this country is the position taken by advocates of the and province, we have trophy hunters that pro-life campaign. These groups believe come here to kill bear, elk, moose and that if we, as Canadians, do not endorse whatever other game tickles the fancy of their views, and what they deem to be the a hunter, and the public is not incensed by most violent of actions (abortion), then those kills. they are entitled to foist upon us pictorials However, Cecil the lion had his 15 of that surgery with the intent of implying minutes of fame and was then bumped culpability on our part for not supporting off our news loop by the actions of four their beliefs. Canada Post employees in Saskatoon who Sorry folks, but you have no right to refused to deliver questionable mail. It, impose your unwanted views on anyone too, enjoyed about a week of constant play who is not receptive to listening to your before the media moved on to Mike Duffy position or receiving your materials. (and the reporting on that trial will wear Would I be appalled to open an envelope thin in a short period of time.) to see a picture of fetal tissue in a bucket? Eventually, the Cecil story met its Of course. Then again, I would be appalled timely demise, but I was surprised that to see pictures of amputated limbs, disthe public expressed more concern about emboweled bodies, or, for that matter, any

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s Tuesday, September 1 draws closer, so does the start of the school year for Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools. This year, the board is excited to begin the construction of six new schools in and around the Saskatoon area. Greg Chatlain, the director of education for the board, says that the schools have been a long time coming. ‘It’s been a big project, so getting to this stage is quite rewarding,” he said. “We have been growing for quite some time and it will be very nice to have these new schools in use, because the growth has been there for some years now. “ “As we move into Martensville and Warman, we’re entering areas where we haven’t had a Catholic school before, so it’s quite exciting.” Chatlain said that this year, the board is continuing to develop their Newcomers’ Welcoming Centre, designed to give those new to Saskatoon a little extra assistance with settling in the city. “We’ve seen growth come from many different areas, both inter-provincial migration and new Canadians. Our Newcomers’ Welcoming Centre we see to be a great service for our new Canadian families in particular. It can be a challenge to come to the community and try to navigate all the bureaucracy, so we think this is a great support for streamlining that process.” Elementary and High School both start on Tuesday, September 1, and the offices will be open from August 20th for registration. “There are 44 schools, and we serve nearly 17,000 kids each day. It’s a very vibrant and active community, and a great

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools board office in downtown Saskatoon opportunity where we can learn, and in addition learn about our spirituality and faith as well.” He adds that the Catholic school system is constantly trying to change and evolve to prepare students for the career landscape ahead of them, something they are especially focusing on this coming school year. “Internally, education has changed a lot over the last decade. With the inclusion and reliance on technology, it’s transformed the way we’re providing education for our students; one based on student need and not generalities,” he said. “We always ask ourselves how we can help educate our students for a world that’s still evolving and changing so much,” he said. “We are honoured to have the opportunity to help each and every student discover who they are, and help them develop to be the best that they can be.” The Newcomers’ Welcoming Centre can be reached through the central office at (306) 659-7000

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he start of September means one thing for attendees of the University of Saskatchewan; it’s time to go back to school. Through their continuing education program, the university will offer nondegree classes for people of all ages, regardless of whether they’re a university student. “We have a wide range of continuing education programs for a wide variety of age groups, ranging from art for children up to courses for seniors,” said Patti McDougall, vice-provost of teaching and learning. There is a wide variety of classes, including those in languages such as Spanish, Portuguese and conversational French. Others may be interested in horticulture, or business and leadership. McDougall said the U of S approach is unique because continuing education programs are now offered within colleges, often with ties to degree-credit programming.

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Going Back... Unique learning opportunities for Saskatoon Public Schools’ students

new school year is bringing innovative opportunities for Saskatoon Public Schools’ students to engage in learning and explore new opportunities, both inside and outside of the classroom. The school division is creating a unique learning environment at City Park School. The former collegiate building is the new home to the EcoQuest program for Grade 8 students, the Outdoor School program for high school students, the division’s Online Learning Centre and the brand new Flexible Schedule, Blended Learning Program. Deputy Director of Education Shane Skjerven says City Park is undergoing a $2.4-million renovation that will transform a portion of the building to house those programs. “It was important to the division that City Park remain an educational hub. The programs that will call the building home beginning this fall are an excellent fit for that facility and neighbourhood,” Skjerven said. “In particular, we are excited about the opportunities for Grade 7 to Grade 9 students provided by the new Flex Program. The program’s flexible timetable and learning options will allow students who are pursuing high-level training in sports, the arts or other areas to combine these pursuits with their education.” The Flex Program will offer a combination of in-class instruction along with online learning opportunities, depending upon the schedule and needs of each individual student. The division’s French Immersion program is growing again to meet the needs of students and families. Additional grade levels have been added at both École

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School offices will all be open for registrations beginning August 20, 2015. Elementary School: August 31, morning; registration day for new students - no classes for students. September 1 - All students attend and classes begin. High School: August 24-31, registration for new students. September 1 - All students attend and classes begin.

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don’t know if I’m noticing it more, or it’s hapreveals 19 such lost and found cases. Calgary appening more, but it feels like the Saskatoon pears to have had nine, and Halifax’s are also in Police Service is spending way too much time the single digits. tracking down “missing” children. I don’t know what the cost is on managThat sounds exactly as terrible as I thought it ing these cases, but I’ll venture a guess at the would before I wrote it, and now I feel terrible. If resources required. Presumably an officer is either my two children were “missing” for more required to go out and take a statement from the than five minutes, I, too, would probably call the family, conduct any subsequent follow-ups and police. The likelihood of that happening, howinvestigation and open and process a file. ever, is thankfully pretty slim, because I always Presumably, all other officers are briefed know where my kids are. In fact, I’m a little about the situation and spend time on patrol on overly cautious, especially with my 10-year-old, the lookout for the missing child. The case is forColumnist and am trying to be a cooler mom about him takwarded to SPS media relations folks, who draft ing off with his friends or whatever. a media release and deliver it to all local news The thing is the incidents we keep hearing about over outlets. Your local media then, and rightly so, prioritizes the and over in the media don’t really involve missing chilstory over other local and worldwide events that you need to dren. They’re not “missing” in the sense of the word that, know about. when associated with children, implies danger, kidnapping That’s a lot of people, a lot of energy and a lot of salary. or even worse. The reality is they’ve just taken off on their Thirty times that number of people, energy and salary was parents or guardians. Or, their parents or guardians just spent already in Saskatoon in 2015. suddenly figured out they don’t know where their kids are. Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely, categorically not It’s irresponsible, and the result of dysfunctional family suggesting that the Saskatoon Police Service should not dynamics and immaturity all around, but not any criminal take seriously every report of a child whose whereabouts is behaviour. unknown. I guess what I’m trying to say, gently, is that it feels like What I am suggesting is that it would be awfully damn our already overburdened, overspent city police service is helpful for everyone involved if parents and caregivers being forced to babysit, when parents and guardians have considered improving their personal level of responsibility failed to do so themselves. And it annoys me. for their kids. (Right now I’m picturing any officer reading this column Finally, here’s my biggest concern, though I’m loathed laughing heartily over my naivety. Because, really, they to admit it — but I will, because I think it’s important. My babysit all of us. But I digress.) question is, are we really paying attention anymore? Don’t According my count of Saskatoon Police Service news answer me, but answer yourself. Because some day, god releases (in other words, this might not be the exact numforbid, a Saskatoon child is going to go truly missing, in the ber), 30 children aged 16 and under have been “lost,” and context I mentioned above, and you or I are going to skim then found, since January 2015. Or, one per week. Teenover their picture on the news. agers, aged 14 and up, seem to be a little more adept at Being on alert and on the lookout is truly crucial for disappearing, as, on average, they don’t tend to resurface the protection of all our children. You know the old sayfor a couple of weeks. Children ages 13 and under, to age ing about it taking a village to raise a child, and our local six, usually turn up within 24 hours, sometimes 48. Ages six police force is part of that village. But that doesn’t negate and under don’t appear to have mastered the art of vanishing the need for us all to do our part. It only takes one adult quite yet. to make sure that child is accounted for. If that’s your job, A similar survey of the Regina Police Service’s releases please do it.

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with sport seats and one with regular seats. BMW’s regular seat is good, but I found the sport seat to be well worth the extra dollars. If you happen to be consigned to the rear, adults will find it a bit cramped and tight on leg room for a long trip. The four door is the choice of those who have to haul passengers on a regular basis. If you are footloose and fancy free, the two door just looks a bit cooler. There is one drawback to the two door you need to think about, and that is door length. Given the narrowing size of parking places, it can be very difficult to get in and out of a two-door car when in a parking lot. The same goes for the average attached double garage. When it comes to the stop light Grand Prix, getting through the lights will happen quite quickly and getting up to highway speeds will keep you pressed back in the seat even in the “slower” 428i. The other extreme is grocery-getting and the 4 Series does it all easily, without a fuss. Driving the 428i is much like any other BMW. Steering “feel” is pretty good when compared to many competitors, but the electronic nature of the steering assist does reduce the feeling of precision that older BMWs had. Keep in mind that an average driver will never notice, because you need to be pushing the car pretty hard through ntroduced in 2013 as a BMW for the past, well, let us I suspect that most of the sales in Western the corners. When pushing hard, the 4 2014, the BMW 4 Series just say a long time. Canada will be of the X Drive (BMW’s Series will stick as well as the Pirelli All keeps on expanding — in My opinions of what version of AWD). Season tires will let it. Once it does start to trim levels, not size. The 4 BMW should do often differ Engine choices for the 4 Series consist come loose, the front gradually goes away Series can be ordered in a fourwith those of the company. of a 2.0-litre twin turbo that puts out 241 and backing off will bring the nose back. door version called a coupe, a In fact, I never saw a need horsepower in the 428i or a twin turbo A competent driver makes use of the two-door version also called a for a 4 Series BMW. When it 3.0-litre inline 6 that puts out 300 horseelectronic aids of today’s cars. BMW is coupe and a convertible. was announced, I couldn’t be power in the 335i. Both engines are mated no exception. You can drive hard and reap Then you have to choose bothered; all I needed was a to an eight-speed automatic. There is no the rewards of precise driving. The other a drive train. Last, but by no well-equipped 3 Series. Now manual transmission available. extreme is doing all sorts silly things like means least, you have to select that I’ve driven a couple 4 BMW’s engines, particularly the six, braking hard in the middle of a corner or trim levels that not only affect Series, would you please pass have been in use, in one form or another, adjusting your cornering line dramatically. Autozone your comfort and interior style, the humble pie? I need a rather for decades. The new part is the eightIn each case, the system sorts the car out. but may significantly alter the large serving. speed automatic. The other item that takes You get around the corner and your ego exterior as well. My four-door test drive was suppleplenty of getting used to is the stop-light thinks you are a great driver. That is why Before we move on, it’s time to make mented by a two-door short drive. I am engine shut off. Fortunately, BMW does BMW calls itself “The Ultimate Driving a full disclosure. One of my first jobs in going to use the driving impressions and provide a shut off for the shut off, which Machine.” high school involved working in a BMW/ photos of each interchangeably. By the makes driving much closer to normal. I enjoyed the 4 Series. To me the posiRenault dealership. Later on, I ran a few way, AWD (All Wheel Drive) is available What didn’t take much getting used to tives of this car far outweigh any negatives. races in one and have owned at least one as an option on 4 series BMWs, although were the seats in the 4 Series. I drove one Take one for a drive and see if I’m right.

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Ram Power Wagon lives up to its name Charles Renny Saskatoon Express f you are a Power Wagon fan, you know a Power Wagon is exactly that. The trucks of yore looked a bit brutish, kind of plain inside, but would go over a mountain, pull your car out of the snow bank, up a cliff and generally scare motorists enough to get out of the way when they saw you in the rear view mirror. In 2105, the Power Wagon looks like a regular Ram. Unless you look closely, you will never see the winch located in the lowest grille opening of that gargantuan chromed bumper. So the Power Wagon looks like a truck and it has a winch. Big deal? Well, it still is a big deal. With the 6.4-litre Hemi that puts out 410 horsepower and 429 ft.lb. of torque, a manually activated, four-wheel drive system and sway bar control, it will still go over a mountain,

will haul your car or truck out of the snow bank, up the cliff and move a few logs. The grille is still massive enough to scare motorists out of the way. The more things change, the more they stay the same. As a 2500 series Ram, a Power Wagon order sheet can be built to be as comfortable or as Spartan as you want. My test unit from Ram Canada came with everything except a leather interior and running boards. A factory lift kit and large diameter tires put the truck up high enough that I could easily see the five-link rear suspension with coil springs and the special front suspension that consists of three links and coil springs. The lack of running boards and the lift package meant that I had to literally grab onto the A-pillar assist handle and leap up and in. The bottom of the door was at my waist. I could laugh about it, but when

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hat if you could pick Even for experienced drivers, it the features from any makes life easier. vehicle on the market Many vehicles are offered and combine them into one vewith superb all-wheel drive hicle? Would it be your perfect systems, but the new Lexus vehicle? Would it be a truck? A RC350 AWD provides a comsports car? A convertible? bination of traction and fun My perfect vehicle would that is hard to beat. Even on the start with the styling of the new slipperiest of road conditions, Porsche Cayman sports coupe you can step on the throttle and have the torque and power and let the combination of of the new Shelby Mustang. It all-wheel drive, stability and Autozone would also handle like a go-cart traction control work together and have the ride comfort of the to give you excellent acceleraChrysler 300. Oh, did I mention it would tion with great steering control. It simply have the fuel economy of Toyota Prius feels fun to drive, and, as a bonus, the Hybrid? This may be a dream vehicle but, bucket seats are some of the nicest fitting when dreaming, you can go for the stars. around, providing great support without There are also many other features I would being too tight. want in my vehicle. Some features are just cool, and one First, I would want Honda’s Lanewatch of those is the Mustang sequential rear Blind Spot Display. When you signal for signal lights. No, you don’t need them, a right turn, a camera in the outside mirror but if building the perfect car, why not housing displays a picture in the centre add them in? dash display that shows an up to 80-degree For fun and driving pleasure, the review of the lanes to the right of the vehicle. tractable hardtop convertible of the Mazda You can also press the button in the end of MX-5 is a great feature at an affordable the signal lever stalk, to turn on the display price. The power hardtop folds down in at any time. Once you use it, you will want only a few seconds, yet provides warmth it in any vehicle you drive — it is so much and security when raised. Wind in your better than the outside mirror. hair and sun on your face motoring in a Nest, Ford’s Active Park Assist, is ofcompact and nimble package make this fered on several Ford and Lincoln models, feature a winner. including the new 2015 F150 pickup. With Obviously, all of these features this, parallel parking a big vehicle like the wouldn’t be suitable for just one vehicle. F150 or squeezing a Ford Focus into a Therefore, my perfect vehicle would tight parking spot are equally simple. Press actually be a couple vehicles — probthe Park Assist button and drive slowly ably a truck for work and serious off-road ahead. The system lets you know when a adventures, and a car for everyday driving parking space is big enough. Then, you and holiday trips. simply follow the directions on the display So far, I haven’t found the perfect comscreen. The vehicle steers itself, while you bination, but there are many that will come control the brakes, throttle and gear shifter. close. What is your perfect vehicle?

Jim Kerr

I asked my wife to come for a ride, no one was laughing. At five-foot-five, she reminded me of when I was young and had to have the horse next to the corral fence so I could climb up and get on. In this case, I had to be parked next to the curb, preferably a tall curb. Once inside, cloth-covered seats with a flip-up centre console covering the middle seat proved to be quite comfortable. Power adjustments allowed for fine tuning the already comfortable driving position. Power adjustable pedals are a nice touch, but it would have been nice if the pedals would have gone a bit farther back. Since this was a four-door model and tall, the back seat was used mostly for cargo like groceries, rope and other small items. On occasion, I did have a person in the back seat and comments about the jump in height were common, as were

comments about how comfortable the back seat was. My son got married while I had the truck, and thanks to the optional spray-in bed liner, I hauled everything I needed for a garden wedding (my back still hurts). With a load height that was pretty much chest high, I perfected the chimpanzee technique of getting into the truck box. With the tailgate down, I climbed up the rear tire, swung over to the bumper and then stepped onto the tailgate. Then I managed to load all the tables, chairs, lawn umbrellas and whatever else was needed. Getting down was simple —jump! Driving around town was a combination of serious and hilarious. I was quite conscious of how high up the truck was and that it could literally do the monster truck thing and drive over most cars. I also have to admit that if I were closing in on most passenger cars, the drivers did move out of the way. I like to think it was out of courtesy, not intimidation. Fuel economy and hemi never has gone together very well. That hasn’t changed, either. Government fuel economy numbers are achievable, but not the way I drive. I did watch the instant economy gauge in the truck most of the time and did manage to eke out numbers like 12 and 13 L/100 km on straight, level roads at roughly 95 km/h. When I boosted the speed to 110 km/h, fuel economy came in closer to 16 L/100 km. You really don’t want to know what it shot up to when I pulled out to pass. Ride quality was good for what it is. Translated, the truck was harsh, but not uncomfortable and handled potholes and construction areas with ease. Put a load in the back and the ride smoothed out considerably. Incredible as it sounds, cornering and handling were very good considering the tall off-road type tires had plenty of side wall windup. I could stick to a chosen cornering line easily and, if I pushed too hard, the front would start to slide out in a very predictable manner. I enjoyed this truck much more than I thought I would and can easily see its appeal. If you are interested, our local Ram dealers would love to have you drop in.

How can I get my hood to open?

askatoon Express auto writer Jim Kerr is happy to answer questions from readers. Question: I have a 2003 Nissan Sentra with a 2.5L 4-cycle engine. I recently had to replace the hood latch. However, when I replaced the latch, I forgot to re-attach the hood release cable. Therefore, I am wondering how I can open the hood where the release cable is disconnected. Answer: Don’t you hate it when that happens? It is possible to get a long mechanics pry bar through the small grille openings to move the hood release mechanism, but you have to be careful because it is easy to break the grille. It helps to have someone press down on the front of the hood while doing this, so there is less tension on the mechanism while releasing it. A more preferred method is to access the release from beneath the front bumper. Remove the lower engine compartment shield and then attempt to reach up between the bumper and the radiator support to get at the hood release. You can unbolt the release mechanism so it and the hood will both lift up. Then remove the release mechanism from the hood. In some cases, it may be necessary to remove the lower part of the front bumper cover to gain better access. Body shops do this all the time for front-end repairs, so they know where to find the hidden bolts and clips that hold the bumper cover on. For this reason, I would recommend taking it to a body shop for this work.

Question: I have a 2001 Bigfoot Motorhome (24 foot) with a 2000 Ford F450 7.3 diesel power stroke engine. I’d like to get a tachometer installed, as it didn’t come with one. I’d like to know if this is a gear driven or electronic unit that would power the tach. Also, approximately how much should this cost? Answer: There are several after-market manufacturers of tachometers for diesel engines. The one I am most familiar with is the Auto Meter #2888 diesel. This is a quality gauge and the cost is about $200, plus installation costs. Installing the gauge is relatively easy. The gauge can be custom mounted in a panel or mounted on the steering column with a clamp. It requires a switched ignition power and ground connection, as well as power to the gauge light so you can read it at night. The only other connection is for the sending unit, which is an inductive pickup that is strapped to the outside of the alternator. The inductive pickup senses the electrical pulses coming from the windings of the alternator and sends this signal back to the tachometer on a single wire. If the tachometer needle bounces or fluctuates, you may have to move the position of the inductive pickup slightly on the alternator until it stabilizes. The final step is to calibrate the tachometer. Read the actual engine rpm with a scan tool or a handheld strobe tachometer and turn the calibration screw in the back of the tachometer until the rpm readings are the same. The tachometer will then read correctly. (Questions for this column can be sent to kerr.jim@sasktel.net.)

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City woman rappelling for a reason N

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ot many people would step off the side of a building without a good cause. Fortunately, Jaedean Mitchell has one. Mitchell, the owner of Simple Solutions Weight Loss in Saskatoon, will be rappelling down a downtown high-rise building on Aug. 25 to raise funds for Easter Seal Drop Zone. Proceeds go towards the running and upkeep of Camp Easter Seal Saskatchewan. “I’m more excited than nervous,” she said. “This is something I can control, whereas before my accident I was into high-adrenaline stuff. But, after my accident, I couldn’t do anything anymore.” She was involved in a horseback riding accident in 2003. It took her mobility and changed her life. “I was out riding my horse, and she bolted and I landed on a chunk of summer fallow in the field. I knew instantly I broke my back. It took them about an hour to find me,” she said. “It was about four hours before the pain meds were administered. It was horrible. I thought I was dead. The funny thing was, I’d fallen the exact same way before, no problem, but something went wrong this time.” Mitchell underwent an operation to place two titanium rods in her spine. The hardest part, she said, was going through rehab to learn how to walk again. “I had no strength in my legs and no muscle control. It was pretty scary. At that point, I had three kids and a whole life ahead of me, and I didn’t know if I would ever take care of them again. I remember crying through physiotherapy, lifting a one-pound weight and going, ‘I can’t do this.’ “The scariest part, though, was walking again. My kids asked, ‘Mommy, can you walk?’ At that time I couldn’t, but I told them, ‘Not yet, but I will when you come,’ and I managed two steps the day they came to visit. It was all I could do.” She believes her children were the driving force behind her rehab and sub-

sequent recovery. “My kids were amazing. They were 11 and three at the time. The accident was hard for them, because it was only six weeks after their brother died. In April 2003, my six-year-old passed away within five hours of being diagnosed with leukemia. “Six weeks later, I hit the dirt. They needed to see me walk out of the hospital, because seeing their brother go in and not leave was still so fresh for them. ” Mitchell says there are still some things she still cannot do, including lifting heavy items, running, jumping and activities such as snowmobiling. She says that more than anything, the accident opened her eyes to experiencing what it’s like to live with a disability. “It’s tough. You look at the world from a completely different place – even picking things up, like a jug of milk, or getting off a chair. I have to think about every movement I do. “We need to work on making our city accessible. Some things are, and some things are not. Handicap bathrooms are a big one, as are restaurants.” She adds that lack of empathy from people in the public was one of the bigger challenges she faced. “It was the looks of ‘What’s wrong with you.’ That’s why I love Camp Easter Seal. They took things that everyone wanted to do and made it possible. It means so much to them, and you can feel like you’re giving back.” She is looking forward to rappelling off the high rise in support of the camp. “This is exciting because it’s pretty adrenaline-rushing stuff. Going down the practice wall was no big deal, but it might become a bigger deal when I look over to my left and see the river. “You have to take the first step off the ledge, then it’ll get easier. I kind of live my life that way; just take that first step ahead, don’t think too far ahead. After my accident, I’ve tried to live by that.” She had to raise $1,500 for the Easter Seal organization to be able to rappel. Although Mitchell raised the funds

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Children’s choir members learn life lessons on trip to Europe

he opportunity to broaden “She is kind, joyful, shared the an appreciation and unhistory with our choir and was derstanding of music has just perfect for our visit. brought members of the Sas“We all carried stones, katoon Children’s Choir (SCC) which we’d brought from Sastogether for almost 20 years. katoon, much the same as we But artistic director Phoebe had done when we visited the Voigts has always looked beApartheid Museum in South yond the basics. Through interAfrica four years ago. We national travel, choir members hummed and sang to remind have discovered the significance us of our conviction to join of history, a sense for social the world’s voices for global justice and have learned to understanding and peace.” demonstrate, through their own It was another memory of a People courage and conviction, an lifetime for two of the 16-yearobligation of creating a world of old girls, Agnitha Xavier and tolerance and hope. Brooklyn Mattila, who were sharing in The July 2015 tour by 39 choristers their last performances, since 16 is the and the choir team to the European Choir graduation age from the choir. Games in Magdeburg, Germany, produced “Dr. Dagmar was a survivor of Bergensome desired musical results — two gold- Belsen. She was there for two weeks medal performances — but also afforded before she was liberated at the end of the another eye-opening experience. Second World War. It was a heart-breaking They visited the Education Centre at story, how 30,000 Jews could die in condiBergen-Belsen, accompanied by Dr. Dag- tions which were awfully tragic, filled with mar Lieblova, a Holocaust survivor and disease, while existing without food or wamother of Rita McLeod, general manager ter. She told the story in humbling fashion, of the Saskatoon choir. Lieblova is acwith much honour,” said Xavier. tive in Holocaust education, speaking to “The Belsen ceremony for us took students in Czechoslovakia and Germany place over a lunch hour. It was 43 degrees on a regular basis. She has been a winner Celsius in a heat wave, and one of my first of the Order of Tomas Garrique Masaryk, thoughts was what it must have been like named in honour of the nation’s president, for those in the camp to line up for roll has spoken to the Austrian parliament in call, stand for hours and remain silent,” Vienna and, just lately, addressed the Euro- Mattila said. “It was terrifying to think pean Commission in Brussels. about it.” “Rita’s mother was involved in our Mattila said the centre was set in an 2009 Brundibar project and has been a area of beauty and trees. cherished friend of the choir,” Voigts said. “We stood in a circle, holding hands,

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and the togetherness was something special. We began to hum By the Waters of Babylon and it was haunting. You could see the emotion of the people, who were shivering as we began to perform. I didn’t think the event would affect like it did. “It was really a sweet way to end my time with the choir, always blessed with finding a sense of history along with the music in festival settings.” Both girls had been through the same emotions in South Africa. “On the trip to South Africa, I was 11 years old. We visited Robin Island, where Mandela had been imprisoned, and I especially remember visiting an orphanage, where you fully grasped the importance of our visit,” said Mattila. “It was South Africa where my experience started me on the social justice path,” said Xavier. “You appreciate peace, sustain-

ability, achievements through non-violent means. I couldn’t have imagined me being that kind person without the choir helping me recognize the international relations from culture, music and language.” Mattila will be going into Grade 12 at Bedford Road in September and hopes to keep a connection with the SCC by assisting with their preparatory choir. Xavier is taking a different route. She left on Aug. 10 for Wales, where she will attend the United World College of the Atlantic. That’s been her dream since Grade 7. The choir’s trip to Wales two years ago heightened her enthusiasm. She wants to get a degree in the sciences and then pursue a career in medicine. She would like to treat victims of AIDS and work much like Doctors Without Borders. “But as a singer and cellist, I can’t imagine a future without music,” she said.

City entrepreneurs earn spots in youth summit

Beth Jarrell Saskatoon Express evon Fiddler, owner and operator of SheNative Goods, is one of two Saskatchewan entrepreneurs who will be travelling to Istanbul, Turkey, in September for the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance (YEA) conference. SheNative Goods was founded in April 2014 with the aim of showcasing and empowering indigenous women. “SheNative is a handbag and accessories company meant to empower indigenous women and girls,” Fiddler said. “We do this by showcasing and celebrating indigenous women with our Facebook page and social media.” To get a spot at the conference, Fiddler had to go through a rigorous interview process, competing with 60 others from Canada. Heather Abbey, her friend and owner of Saskatoon-based ShopIndig.ca, encouraged her to apply. “(Heather) was applying, and she told me about it, wanted me to try, too, so we

The choir hummed By the Waters of Babylon at the site of a former concentration camp (Photo Supplied)

decided to apply,” Fiddler said. “There were two stages. One was an online application, and once we got through that stage, we had to do this Internet-based interview. After that, we were notified that out of 60 applicants, we were in the top 22 heading to Istanbul. It’s really exciting.” Twenty-two delegates from 20 countries have been selected to attend the summit, which will provide networking opportunities as well as lessons from larger corporations on running a business, including Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent. “For me, it’s a learning opportunity, and just the ability to go is fantastic. We’re travelling with a large group of people, and the connections we’ll be able to make there is really huge for me,” she said. That doesn’t mean the trip will be cheap, however. The pair is trying to fundraise to cover the price of the travel and the summit, a cost they believe will be more than $5,000. To cover this, they have set up a GoFundMe page. “We need to fundraise for this; it’s com-

ing out of our own pocket,” she said. “We were told from the very beginning that it’s not going to be sponsored. Heather and I are teaming up to do some fundraising over the summer.” Fiddler says that the selection was unexpected, but she’s thrilled to be chosen. “The selection means a lot to me. I wasn’t expecting to be selected to go. It’s really an honour, and it tells me I’m doing something right on a personal level. Being able to represent indigenous women in Canada means a lot to me, and being able to bring my perspective – because it is a unique perspective – means a lot,” she said. “A lot of people don’t understand the circumstances surrounding our community. There are a lot more hurdles we have to go through and hoops to jump through. I want Devon Fiddler owns SheNative Goods (Photo Supplied) to be able to encourage other indigenous women in our communities and show them that we can do really big things in this To learn more about Fiddler and Abworld, and can go to Istanbul or anywhere bey’s trip, visit their GoFundMe page at in the world to do what we want.” http://www.gofundme.com/G20YEA-YXE.

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Scheer gives thumbs up to UFC card As for the rest of the card, Scheer expects fans will definitely get bang for their bucks. “I’ve seen some of the names of some of the other Canadians that they are bringing on the undercard,” said Scheer. “There were some guys that were on the Ultimate Fighter, when Canada faced Australia. “Some of those guys are really good. It will be interesting to see how their skills have developed since the Ultimate Fighter show.” The card is made of five preliminary fights and six main card battles. The four other main card fights feature three ath-

letes from Montreal. Patrick Cote (22-9) faces Josh Burkman (28-11) of Draper, Utah, in a welterweight fight; Chad Laprise (11-0) battles Francisco Trinaldo (17-4) of Amarante, Piaui, Brazil, in a lightweight tilt; and Olivier Aubin-Mercier (7-1) takes on Tony Sims (12-2) of Denver, Colorado, in another lightweight match. The main card is rounded out by a women’s straw weight tilt between Maryna Moroz (6-0) from Volgorsk, Ukraine, and Valerie Letourneau (7-3) of Coconut Creek, Florida. The Fight Night card is subject to change.

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don’t understand very much, but everyone likes to watch someone else get punched in the face.” Holloway rides a five-fight winning streak heading into Saskatoon. Out of his 13 wins, five have come via knockout. One was by submission and the rest desisions. Oliveira has won two of his last three fights. Out of his 20 wins, six have come via knockout, nine by submission and five by desision. Scheer expects fans will come away with a good impression of the UFC after seeing the fight between Oliveira and Holloway, which is set for five rounds. “I think it has the potential to be an allout slugfest,” said Scheer. “(Holloway), he is like Hawaiian tough. He will bring his best fight to the forefront. In that fight, I would pick Oliveira for the win just, because he is more well-rounded.” The co-main event was originally set to be a welterweight bout between Rick Story and Erick Silva. Story (18-8), who is rated 10th on the UFC’s welterweight rankings, suffered an injury near the end of his training camp and had to pull out. Replacing Story will be Neil Magny, who is the UFC’s 15th ranked welterweight. Magny (15-5) fought at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 1, where he lost by submission in the second round to Demian Maia of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before that setback, Magny, who is from Brooklyn, N.Y., had won seven fights in a row. Silva (18-5) has won three of his last four fights, including his last two. The Brazilian has won 11 fights by submission and four by knockout. Scheer was hoping to see the originally scheduled fight between Story and Silva. While Story won’t be in Saskatoon, Scheer expects Silva will put on a good performance.

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Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express roy Scheer believes Saskatoon’s upcoming UFC card will give casual and new fans the thrills they are looking for. “I think it is a great opportunity for people who were not fans before to kind of catch the bug,” said Scheer, who is the owner and trainer of Saskatoon’s Scheer’s Martial Arts. “It is one thing to watch an event on TV. It is different to sit at ringside or be in the building and feel the energy of the crowd and the people that are there when you are in a live event. This card is going to be great, because there are some really good fights on it. It should be exciting.” The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Fight Night 74 is set for 4 p.m. on Aug. 23 at the SaskTel Centre. It will mark the first time the top professional promotion in mixed martial arts holds a card in Saskatchewan. Scheer, who trains and promotes local MMA fighters, gives the Saskatoon card high marks. It might not contain names that everyone would know, such as undefeated women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, but Scheer expects lots of action. The main event of the 11-bout card is a featherweight clash between Charles Oliveira (20-4) of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Max Holloway (13-3) of Oahu, Hawaii. Holloway sits fifth in the UFC’s top-15 featherweight rankings, while Oliveira is rated eighth. “Obviously, the Oliveira fight is going to be a good fight,” said Scheer. “That is going to be a scrap. Both of those guys are the kind of guys who are going to stand in front of each other and light each other up. That is very easy for the average or new UFC fan to understand. A lot of AS70378.H17 Aaron the grappling portions of the fight, they

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By RJ Currie Canadian is the 2015 North American Scrabble Champ. Matthew Tunnicliffe credits his victory to studying dictionaries for over three hours a day. He now faces a bigger challenge — getting a girlfriend. • Have you seen the Deflategate courtroom sketch of Tom Brady? It’s the worst quarterback draw since the Mark Sanchez butt fumble. • Summing up two big news items from Houston, where Arian Foster said he’s an atheist, and the Texans cheerleaders released their bikini calendar: No God, and OMG! • According to the Daily Mail, for over 1,000 years The Great Wall of China has been in a constant state of rebuilding. “See?” said the Chicago Cubs. • Reuters reports a Texas judge has come under scrutiny for giving a man a choice: get married or go to jail. And thousands of spouses are saying, “There’s a difference?” • Organizers for the Winter Olym-

pics in Pyeongchang named Lindsey Vonn the first-ever International Games Ambassador. Her duties include promoting skiing and throwing ceremonial first bribes. • Bills coach Rex Ryan ate a MilkBone in support of the SPCA. I hear the dog biscuit didn’t taste arf bad. • August 11 was the first time in MLB history all 15 home teams won — a 1 in 32,768 probability. Or twice as likely as the Maple Leafs winning the next Stanley Cup. • An online Winnipeg company is reportedly being sued for selling counterfeit drugs. Also named in the suit are the Blue Bombers, for pretending to be Grey Cup contenders. • Caitlyn Jenner’s handlers reportedly made a deal for her ESPYs award in exchange for PR plugs on her TV series. In other shocking news, Rihanna got another tattoo. • Despite rumours to the contrary, Jets pivot Geno Smith’s dislocated jaw wasn’t caused by trying to pronounce

the name of linebacker Ikemefuna Chinedum Enemkpali. • Cedric Paquette’s NHL team lost a ball hockey game to ATP coaches and ex-players. On the bright side, Paquette lasted longer at the Rogers Cup than Eugenie Bouchard. • An Indianapolis brewery made TV headlines for stamping ”Tom Brady Sux” on the bottom of its beer cans. Yep; nothing like the name Tom Brady to get air time. • I’m not saying Toronto fans got over-enthused over David Price’s pitching debut as a Blue Jay, but the national anthem at Rogers Centre is now O KKKKKKKKKKKanada. • Reuters reports a man wasn’t allowed to pay a parking ticket in Pennsylvania with 2,500 pennies because it was against the law. So there’s one less use for CFL bonuses. RJ’s Groaner of the Week I tried archery once but wasn’t any good at aiming an arrow. I just couldn’t see the point.

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don’t envy the work Mike Babcock has to do in Toronto. Here are the pre-camp projected forward lines from a Toronto reporter for the Leafs: 1. Van Riemsdyk, Kadri, Lupul; 2. Winnik, Bozak, Parenteau; 3. Panik, Holland, Beck; 4. Matthias; Arcobello, Komarov. My goodness that is terrible. You’d expect better from an expansion franchise. • Janice Hough, on scientists finding possible marijuana residue in William Shakespeare’s pipes: “So maybe what the playwright meant to write was ‘Doobie or not doobie?’” • TC Chong, on China busting more than 60 wineries and whiskey distillers for illegally spiking their products with Viagra: “Whiskey makes total sense, but who would consider wine hard liquor?” • Bill Littlejohn, on Joe Maddon growing a beard and planning to keep it until the Cubs win the Series: “Immediately, organizers of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration offered him a gig to play Father Time.” • From Torben Rolfsen: “After 63 years, the Harlem Globetrotters told the Washington Generals they aren’t going to play them anymore. They’re going to use the New York Knicks instead.” • Breaking news: Eugenie Bouchard loses, fires coach. • From Hough: “Give Donald Trump credit for one huge achievement: he made a blonde woman from Fox one of the most respected news people in the country.” • Another from Hough on the same topic: “This Trump-Megyn Kelly backand-forth bickering is getting so bad, you’d think they used to be married to each other.” • Chong, on a cat from Kentucky

named Limberbutt McCubbins entering the presidential race: “Now people have a choice between it and the squirrel that lives atop Donald Trump’s head.” • Rolfsen, on three million gallons of toxic waste being dumped into the Colorado River: “The good news is U.S. rowers now have an appropriate training site for the Rio Olympics.” • With the Blue Jays playing so well, I’m wondering if the Saskatoon Police Service has brought their riot gear out of storage. Littlejohn, on Lions’ wide receiver Ryan Broyles, who makes $3.6 million, living on $60,000 a year: “$60,000? Pacman Jones rains $60,000 a year.” • Breaking news: Eugenie Bouchard loses, fires coach. • From Hough: “The happiest people over the Jets’ releasing Ikemefuna Enemkpali for breaking Geno Smith’s jaw? They would be New York copy editors who no longer have to spell Ikemefuna Enemkpali.” • Hough again: “The Buffalo Bills claimed Enemkpali off waivers after he was released by the Jets. Guess coach Rex Ryan just wants to make sure he has one defender who can hit?” • Chong, on Smith being out six to 10 weeks when his jaw was broken in a locker-room fight: “An unnamed source said that Geno tried to fight back, but three of his punches fell short, and another two were intercepted.” • From Rolfsen: “At the coin toss before the Bills-Jets game, Geno can give IK the $600.” • Littlejohn, on Eagles fans petitioning the Pope to bless quarterback Sam Bradford’s knees: “The Pope said he first wants fans to apologize to Santa Claus.” • One thing that has impressed me so

far during the federal election campaign is how Elizabeth May has been taking a sober second before speaking. • Anyone else think it would be good for the UFC if Rhonda Rousey lost a fight? • Chong, on Tom Brady celebrating his 38th birthday last week: “I hope he didn’t use those two equipment managers to blow up the balloons.” • Rolfsen says the offseason stress has taken its toll on Brady. “According to his courtroom sketch, he now looks like a cross between Steve Buscemi and Mr. Burns.” • One more from Rolfsen: “There are rumours that Tom Brady and his wife, Gisele, are splitting up. Obviously, she saw the courtroom sketch.” • Littlejohn, on a minor-league game between the Tampa Yankees and Clearwater Threshers at Steinbrenner Field being postponed due to a colourful circus tent in centre field being in the line of sight of batters: “Once again we have the linking of circus and Steinbrenner.” • Breaking news: Eugenie Bouchard loses, fires coach. • I looked up “knob” in the dictionary, and there was a photo of Eskimos coach Chris Jones. To have his team head-hunting quarterbacks in the final minutes of a blowout game is despicable. Play to the whistle, yes, but launching bodies at quarterbacks, no. • Chong, on Sesame Street moving to cable station HBO: “In related news, CBC is looking at replacing Don and Ron on Coaches Corner with Bert and Ernie.” • I am not sure if Stephen Harper knew anything about the cheque Nigel Wright wrote for Mike Duffy, but he should be suspended for four elections.

Dear Reena, I have a home business and ship fragile items to customers across Canada. More than once, the items have broken in transit. How can I package the merchandise so that they stay intact? — Louise Dear Louise, Begin by wrapping the contents with white tissue Household paper. This will protect the Solutions items and avoid discolouration. Next, wrap the items with small bubble wrap and secure the bubble wrap with packing tape. Follow this with large bubble wrap and packing tape. Fill the box with Styrofoam peanuts. Check the box to make sure that it is sturdy and has no weak seams. Pack the box to the top, because a full box reduces the chance of items moving around inside. Lastly, using a thick permanent marker, write FRAGILE on the outside of the box. Alternatively, you may want to consider using “green” items to ship products, while still presenting a professional image to recipients. Such items include recycling newspaper, biodegradable packing peanuts that dissolve when exposed to water and plain popcorn. Dear Reena, I have an oak night stand on which a small lamp sits that has a black velvet type bottom underneath its stand. I have noticed that the black velvet has actually stained the oak a black colour. Can you advise me on how to remove the stain from the wood? — Sonja Dear Sonja, In a ventilated area, spray the wood with WD40 (test first). Leave for 20 minutes and wipe with an abrasive pad (not steel wool). If the stain remains, the woods needs resurfacing — in other words, sand and re-stain. Dear Reena, Is it true that what you put on your skin, such as bug repellent actually goes into your body? — Brandon Dear Brandon, I’m not a doctor, but here is an experiment that you can use to test whether skin is porous. Rub a garlic clove onto the soles of your feet. Chances are you will eventually taste garlic in your mouth. Conclusion: skin is porous.

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Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family Support Group will run from 7:30pm to 9:00pm 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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JULY 1- AUGUST 31 Kids Bowl Free. Register your child (15 yrs and under) to receive two free games of bowling every day from July 1 to Aug. 31, 2015 at Hunter’s Bowling Centres. Register online at www.KidsBowlFree.com/EF. Come bowl free at Eastview Bowl (2929 Louise St.) or Fairhaven Bowl (3401 22nd St. West).

EVERY WEDNESDAY Creative Cafe (paper crafting) returns to Coffee’s On Emporium, 815A Gray Avenue, from 1-2 p.m., July 22 – Aug. 19th. Ages 10 to adult, children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent. Call or text 306-2297757 for details and to register. $10/person/session, all materials included. https://www.facebook.com/ creativecafesaskatoon.

reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Every Wednesday Depression Support 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 members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com.

Every Wednesday St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For further info call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204.

Third Thursday of the Month 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, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306242-5893 or email murraydhill@me.com.

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.

Every Thursday

In June, July and August, the Saskatoon International Folkdance Club dances on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Kiwanis Park, north of the Bessborough Hotel. No fee. Everyone welcome. For more information, visit www.sifc.awardspace. JULY 8- AUGUST 23 July 1 to August 31 com. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan presents Othello Visit Wanuskewin to take part in a marathon unlike ***** and Much Ado About Nothing on the riverbank. Tickets any other. Walk, run, or jog over 6K of trails throughout Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each are available by calling 306-652-9100. Visit shakethe beautiful Opimihaw Valley. Wear one of our super Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. speareonthesaskatchewan.com for more information. cool pedometers and report your total distance to our The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All staff. The individual with the most kilometres by Aug. AUGUST 10-19 who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more informa31 wins prizes. Only $25 for unlimited access to the Join the Saskatoon Council on Aging (SCOA) for the tion, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. park throughout July and August. second Zoomer Idol. Zoomer Idol, for adults 55+, will First and Third Wednesday of the month take place on Oct. 22 at TCU Place. Auditions will take First and Third Saturdays Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place of the month place on August 10, 11 and 12 as well as August 18 The Lions Club will be holding Texas Hold ‘em Tourna- at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more informaand 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have talent ments. $60 buy-in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to tion, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992. in voice, dance, comedy, magic, storytelling, poetry the cash prize pool. No Re-Buys. 50 seats available. ready, etc., please contact the SCOA office at 306Every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday Registration opens at 6 p.m., with the tournament 652-2255 to sign up for auditions. Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re starting at 7 p.m. Located at the Coachman bar at not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? AUGUST 17-21 Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information. We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon, Saturdays Twinkle Toes Dance Camp from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations children ages 3-5. Join Saskatchewan Express for this First Saturday of every month The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer visit www.oa.org. camp that will offer your child one week of fun and Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in creative exploration that will really get your toddler Tuesdays and Thursdays moving and grooving. Experience all genres of dance a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 throughout this fun filled week: Tap, jazz, hip hop, bal- family, care partners and other interested people. The a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call let, musical theatre, pom, and acro. For more info and Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587. to receive a registration package, call 306-477-5553 entertainment and information. First Saturday of the Newcomers’ Club month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Comor michelle@saskatchewanexpress.com The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the munity Centre. AUGUST 17-21 Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant SonSpark Labs Vacation Bible School at Third Avenue Every Tuesday change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon United Church. School from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., ages and Bistro, located in the basement of Grace-West4-11. $25/child plus $15/each additional child. Call and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly minster United Church, located at 505 10th Street 306-652-6812 for more information. dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com. AUGUST 19 ***** Kinsmen Healthy Family Day at the Delta BessborSingles Social Group Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club. Come ough Gardens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The purpose of and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership “All about us” for people in their 50’s and 60’s. Events such as weekly this event is to encourage healthy living to make our skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, community a better and healthier place. The event Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. dances. Potluck and more! Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more features fun for all ages and it is free. Children can Follow the red fence on south side of building through information email allaboutus10@hotmail.com, or phone 306-978-0813. meet their local sports heroes including appearances the gate up the stairs into the building. Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group from the U of S Huskies and Saskatoon Blades, along The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depresFirst Monday of every month with other local teams and athletes. Included will be Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. sion and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical face painting, balloon animals, a jumpy castle, and Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For at Mayfair United Church. Meetings are held on the a scavenger hunt with prizes. For the grown-ups, more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398. there will be pharmacists, dietitians, paramedics and first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on 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. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. AUGUST 24-28 at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue Summer Groove Dance Camp from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved for ages 9 and up of all experience levels. Join one or friend with a mental illness and you need Saskatchewan Express for this camp that will help you understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249find or fine-tune your moves in time for the new dance 0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 season. All experience levels welcome. Experience all or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. genres of dance throughout this fun filled week: jazz, hip hop, ballet, musical theatre, pom, yoga, and acro. First and Third Sunday of every month For more info and to receive a registration package, Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to call 306-477-5553 or michelle@saskatchewanexpeople who are struggling with the loss of a beloved press.com. companion animal due to old age, sickness or other nurses on site to answer your health questions for your family. AUGUST 20 Have you ever wondered about the history of the Forestry Farm Park? Join us for a tour of this National Historical Site of Canada! The open house goes from 1:30 p.m.- 2 p.m, and the walking tour begins at 2 p.m. at the Superintendent’s Residence. Tours are free.

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