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Puppy Love Officers form strong bond with canine partners Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express

tryker spent seven years as a member of the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS). When he retired in 2005, his work was over, but his legacy was just beginning. Stryker was Sgt. Lorne Ingram’s partner in the SPS Canine Unit from 1998 to 2005. They were partners 24/7. They had disagreements, as partners do, but they tended to be one-sided, Ingram said with a smile. “He was a fantastic dog. He was great around my family – my kids, my wife, everybody.” He was good at his job as well. “Stryker was a strong working dog who really enjoyed the pursuit, the chase,” Ingram said. “He was a dog that could fall Sgt. Lorne Ingram and Jet appear in a calendar which is being sold to raise funds to help pay medical expenses asleep in the back of a police car – not very for retired police dogs (Photo by Ryan Grainger) many of our dogs do, but he could. “He would key into little tiny things like flicking on the emergency equipment — raced him to the University of Saskatchdog, as well as the care for the dog.” featuring members of the SPS Canine Unit. just the lights — and he would start barking ewan vet college. Ingram wondered at the time if there was Ingram said having a dog as a partner and squealing in the back of the police car. “There, he went through a series of opera- a way to help pay veterinarian bills for those elicits emotions that aren’t the same with a He equated that when I hit the lights or I hit tions — three operations over the course with retired police dogs. Being a police dog human partner. the siren or I touched the mic to talk into the of three to five days. And they kept taking is hard work. Back injuries and leg injuries “We’ve lost a few police dogs in the past radio, he knew it was time for him to go to out larger and larger sections of his large are not uncommon. Stomach torsion is not couple of years through things that happen, work.” intestine to try to limit the damage going on uncommon in German Shepherds. and I can’t help remembering the guilt when Just two years into retirement, Stryker inside. In conjunction with the Saskatchewan a police dog dies as a result of whatever suddenly became ill. “Eventually it took him.” SPCA, a fund has been created to offset the reason. “In the middle of the night one night, The Ingrams had lost a member of their medical costs of retired police dogs. It is for “I am a handler and I realize that part he twisted his stomach which is a common family. They also had a $5,500 vet bill to every police dog in Saskatchewan. of it is feeling responsibility for that ailment for the German Shepherd breed. pay. Ingram stresses that he was fine with the The Saskatchewan SPCA has committed dog. There are so many things he doesn’t Their stomach twists so it cuts off the blood bill. People pay to have their pets treated all $10,000 to the Stryker K-9 Care Fund for the know. All he knows is he is going to track circulation to the stomach and lack of blood the time. first year of operation. Owners of these dogs or he’s going to search or he’s going to causes things to start to die. Ingram bought Stryker for $1 when the can apply for up to $1,000 per year to assist apprehend this person because I have “I found him in the early-morning hours, dog was1:58 retired from the police service. with vet expenses. One of the initiatives be- asked him to. ENCH.starphoenixad_genericTOSP.pdf 1 15-11-17 PM nearly unconscious. I scooped him up and “With that we take on the liability of the ing used to raise money is a 2016 calendar, (Continued on page 5)

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ow old would you be if you didn’t I played the game the way I thought a know how old you are?” person my age should be playing. I could have Satchel Paige, one of the greatest done so much better because I am capable of baseball players of all time, asked that question. better. My mind is a strange thing. How old would you be? Think about it. I have gone to Las Vegas twice with my I am living in two worlds. For the most part, sons. I didn’t feel like I was 30-plus years I feel younger than I am, but in many situations older than them. But when I thought about it in I feel I have to act my age. That is especially the evening, I would say, “The old guy is going true when I am with people a generation younger to bed.” I am sure I could have stayed up for than me. another couple of hands of blackjack. There For example, I played a couple of games of was a point when I felt awkward. slo-pitch this past summer. The players in the I wonder what number Paige would have Editor tournament were in their 20s and early 30s. I felt put on himself at various times in his remarkThe Saskatoon Express like I was still in my 30s when I was standing in able life. I’m guessing it would be much less Over 55,000 copies delivered weekly! the field. I felt I belonged. Then, something kicked in and that the one on his birth certificate. Because of discriminaI decided to act my age (61), or how I perceived someone tion, he was a major league baseball rookie in 1948 at the my age should act. age of 42. He pitched in the majors until he was 47. I didn’t run in for two fly balls I could How old would I be? I am going to say 47. I can round have caught. Both times I stood and let it way down when I am writing juvenile columns, and the ball drop not too far in front of me. round it way up when it comes to doing many other things. Why? Was it because I didn’t want to be On the round-up list are things like finding the energy to that “old guy,” trying to be young? It was do basic household tasks. I still have carrots in the ground, LIMITED easier to be the old guy and let the ball for Pete’s sake. I would have trouble juggling the duties TIME! drop in front of me, pick it up and lob it with Sandy of getting three boys to hockey and baseball START TODAY for as low as into the infield. and other activities. A calendar ruled our lives for about 15 I can still run fairly fast, but when I years. No regrets at all, but I am not sure I could do that † ran the bases, I didn’t go all out. I didn’t now. want people to say, “He runs pretty fast “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you for an old guy.” So, I went half speed, are?” like an old guy would. I thought it best to ***** play old than be a spectacle. The last couple of weeks have been a lot of fun for + get a FREE STARTER KIT When my sons started off in a touch Old Cam — in sticking with today’s theme. I had the ($200 value) with this ad. BEFORE football league, there were teams with pleasure of having students from the Prairie Spirit School older guys in the lowest division of the Division each spend a week here as part of their work-ed Kelsey lost Limited Time Offer. league. They were “old balls.” There program. Code: HM2016 * 100 lbs were a couple of times when my sons’ First up was Kelly Daniels, a Grade 12 student in Cla*Individual results team was short a player. That meant I had vet. Last week, Megan Fairbairn of Hanley was here. My may vary. FREE FIRST CONSULT to step in. I knew I could catch the ball son, Brandon, teaches Megan. We laughed that he is Mr. and run with it, but I really didn’t want Hutchinson to her and I am Cam. the ball. I didn’t want to be “look at old It was great for all of us at the Express to get an infuballs running. I hope he doesn’t have a sion of the energy students like Kelly and Megan bring to †Based on a 52 week program plus cost of supplements and meal plans. **Offer ends February 12, 2016. Free kit with purchase of program. heart attack.” a workplace. It made us feel young again.

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Josh Turner, Andrea Zimmerman and Kevin Staniowski recently opened Essential Bracelet in the Airport Industrial area (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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Megan Fairbairn was struck with an idea. He Saskatoon Express thought it would be possible to ncient holism colenhance the essential oil indusliding with new-age try by creating an oil-diffusing inventions; the bracelet. This would enable essential oil industry has users to get the benefits of their taken this revolutionary oils 24/7. turn. Thanks to the Essential “The lightbulb went on to Bracelet, natural health has make it look like the Lance Armnever been more convenient in Saskatoon. strong energy bracelets that are so popular A year and a half ago, while listening to nowadays, and to be able to make that work.” his girlfriend, Andrea Zimmerman, and his The essential oil business was nothing mother talk about essential oils, Josh Turner new to this group, as both Turner’s mother

and Zimmerman had history with using and selling oils. From there, the Essential Bracelet business was born, first taking shape in Turner’s Calgary basement. After a bit of experimenting, his idea quickly took off online, with the company shipping bracelets around the world. “It got to the point where I had to move out of that basement, and we came to Saskatoon where my good friend, Kevin (Staniowski), just got out of the military. He did logistics, so it worked out perfect that he was able to help me.”

Since Zimmerman has a history of selling essential oils, she was the perfect candidate to market the health benefits that can come from both the oils and gemstones used in the bracelets. The bracelets feature a unique design; one to two drops of the essential oil can be placed on one of the five clay tablets included with your purchase. After the oil has soaked in, the tablet can be inserted into the back of the rubber bracelet. Body heat is what diffuses the scent. (Continued on page 4)

Gallery to hold 300 events, even without a building

hen I learned that the so. Avi Akkerman, a professor Remai Modern Art in the faculty of geography and Gallery (RMAG) planning at the University of intended to hold 300 events in Saskatchewan, recently told 2016, I almost spit up. The StarPhoenix it’s “humonI instantly, and perhaps gous” and out of scale with the naively, envisioned fancysurrounding area. Unlike me, schmancy events, held in he has the cred to say so.) Saskatoon’s finest dining spots It’s over budget by several and conference halls. They betmillion dollars from the first ter be fundraising while they’re RMAG construction estimates, at it, I thought, considering the so would beleaguered SaskaColumnist spectacular overruns plaguing toon taxpayers be forced to pick the monstrous project. up even more on the operations side, in the (As to monstrous, I must digress: this form of “events”? building is absolutely enormous, and not This event thing came up when city terribly easy to get to. That is also a bit of council approved another $800,000 against a concern, and it’s not only me who thinks the rising cost of the gallery’s construction, AS70287.L07 Aaron

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this time coming out of the $1.37-million increase in the operating budget. The opbudget was indeed slated to rise to $5.03 million next year from $3.66 million this year; but most of us were thinking the thing would be open already, and would need some staff and other op-type money. Nope. Yet the ops funding remains in place. And not being open means the gallery won’t be making any revenue from inbuilding events, rentals, admissions, gift shop purchases or coffee sales. I hope the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) is right when it says the gallery should bring $17 million into the economy, once operational. We’re going to need it. I am aghast at the colossal and always-

rising investment in this huge building, and the ops budget also seems massive. However, there are these events, which are certainly “operations.” I thought, under the circumstances, they needed a little more investigation. Holding 300 events seems almost bizarre in scope. Did they mean 30? Did someone add an inadvertent zero somewhere? I’ve done it, I’m ashamed to say, and recently, too. Could it happen to someone else? I am, for once, happy to be wrong. Construction nightmares aside — and if you agree that the RMAG needs to keep up its artistic presence in the community, while preserving its various grants — these events are actually pretty cool. (Continued on page 5)

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Pets can enjoy essentials, too

(Continued from page 3) he tablets are handmade on site. This involves sending all-natural clay through a slab roller, and then adding five different types of gemstones for additional energy. The process is finished off by firing them in a high-temperature kiln. “That makes it more durable, a little bit harder,” explained Staniowski, who is the head of operations. Their method of manufacturing seems to be working, because the five tablets will last the life of the bracelet. “In the tests we run, we’re still using tablets from the beginning, which was about a year and a half ago,” Turner said. Those one to two drops of essential oil will go a long way as well, with the subtle scent remaining five to seven days. Staniowski explains that this helps the customer’s oils to last much longer, saving them a significant amount of money. On his social media accounts and website blog, Turner suggests various blends of oils and stones to aid in all-around health. Despite their knowledge of essential oils, Turner has decided to not sell them alongside his inventions. “It might sound a little bit strange, but there are just so many brands out there and people are very loyal to (them).” The three are not strangers to the controversy over the validity of essential oils as a health product. According to Turner, the best solution is to just try them out. “The cool thing is that it’s an allnatural product, so I’m not going to go hurt myself for buying a $10 bottle of pure essential oils and using them,” he said. Staniowski agrees with Turner, saying that not everyone will have the exact same experience. That is why experimentation is the key to yielding beneficial results. “I was in the Canadian Forces for 10

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years, and I had some friends that unfortunately suffered from PTSD. They learned about the essential oils, and are buying our product, and it’s helping with their PTSD. So if it’s working for them, then it works for them. It may not work for some people, but it does for others,” Staniowski said. With more studies being done into the health benefits of essential oils, there is science that supports their claims. “There’s the science that the olfactory system is linked directly to the brain, which reacts to the limbic system and nervous system, so they know a lot of emotions can be released just through sense of smell,” Zimmerman said. Many users have also found that the oils aid in the well-being of their pets as well, prompting Turner to create diffusers that clip onto animal collars. The shop’s mascot, Captain Jack Sparrow, often models one around the store. Confident that the Saskatoon area will support his business, Turner has almost filled his 2,500-square-foot location in the Airport Industrial area. Newly finished are a workshop room, a presentation area, and an aromatherapy treatment room that oil distributors or other companies are encouraged to use, free of charge. Open to the public is their retail space, as well as a cozy library that educates on essential oils and business building. Turner, Zimmerman, and Staniowski feel confident about Essential Bracelets and its future in Saskatoon. “We all have the utmost faith in it, and we know it’s going to be a success,” Turner said. To see the Essential Bracelet, visit the show room at Unit 1-501 Pakwa Place, or visit www.essentialbracelet.com. For more information, call 1-844-834-2555 or email info@essentialbracelet.com.

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our dogs — ‘stop or I will send the dog’ . . . and I probably had five people in 15 years of policing that said, ‘OK, you got me.’ I find that amazing.” He said dogs are a deterrent in keeping some situations from escalating. “I can tell you over the course of my career several times where I have rolled up and people have said, ‘I would fight you, but you have that dog.’ ‘Ok, that’s fine. I don’t need to fight. Either way we’re going to win this one.’” He said even though officers use unmarked cars with blacked-out windows, it is obvious there is a dog inside. They jump around so much the car will literally start to rock. It’s time to go to work. “There have been lots of incidences when the dog car rolls up and the crowd just disappears. The problem disappears.” Ingram in now partnered with Jet. Ingram didn’t have him as a puppy, like he Members of the Saskatoon Police Service Canine Unit are featured in did with Stryker. He got Jet as a three or a 2016 calendar (Photo by Ryan Granger) four year old when a handler left the unit. “I came in and spent the year of 2013 training with that dog, basically doing a retrain with the dog. He’s fantastic. He’s (Continued from page 1) ing, any dog that has the drive of going and very friendly. He is not a mean guy until he e could easily be a run-ofchasing after something you have thrown gets right into work mode. It was actually a the-mill dog, but due to his probably will have the drive to be able to pretty simple transition with this dog. The attributes, he is able to be a track, which is the predominant job of our previous handler did a marvellous job. That police dog and be a help. But at the same police dogs.” transfer over to me was quite easy.” time I am responsible for him. If something Ingram said tracking is what the unit Besides spending 15 years in the canine bad happens because I have sent him in, I does 90 per cent of the time. He said unit, Ingram also worked in the major crime have that guilt.” everything else — including searching and unit and in patrol. He called both fantastic. Ingram said police dogs must have apprehension — make up the other 10 per Ingram and Jet will retire together next multiple drives. cent. spring. “There’s things called a prey drive and “We track from scenes of crimes mul“I can honestly say I have had a fantastic there’s things called a pursuit drive and a tiple times a day and virtually every day.” career — no complaints whatsoever. I have hunt drive. All of these drives are important. He said the use of dogs often doesn’t managed to work with dogs for 15 years of We are not necessarily looking for a dog deter a suspect fleeing the scene of a crime. it. That’s pretty fantastic.” that would take your leg off right off the “You would sure think so, wouldn’t you? bat. We want a dog that is actually conIt doesn’t seem to. If someone is in flight The calendars being sold in support of trolled.” from police, it is amazing how people will the Saskatchewan SPCA Stryker K-9 Care He said a simple test such as teasing a continue to run. Fund are available at both Early’s locadog with a toy and then throwing it will say “I don’t have an actual percentage, but tions, as well at the front desk at the police a lot about the dog’s potential. over the course of my career I have caught a station and at the Sask. SPCA (located at “If a raw, green dog goes and picks up lot of guys with my dogs and can remember the corner of 45th Street and Avenue C). the toy, that’s fantastic. If he brings it back less than five times (that people stopped). Donations can be made at www.sspca.ca or JamesNormally speak- We always yell a warning before we send by calling 306-382-7722. toJW15736.L07 you, that’s incredible.

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RMAG reaches out with art events (Continued from page 3) In 2016, to begin with, RMAG will do more than 200 workshops in schools. That takes up two-thirds of the 300 right there. The outreach staff — 12 of them, mostly part-time, and mostly Bachelor of Fine Arts grads — also are on scene at various local events like Nuit Blanche, the after-dark arts fest held on 20th Street. At SCYAP (Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming) on Tuesday nights, from 7 to 9 p.m., RMAG presents Makerspace, a free program for teens and adults. They can gather to work on featured projects or on their own artistic endeavours. Word is that 50 people regularly show up for this. Who knew? The Art Reach program takes artmaking to various public and private locations around town, such as libraries and malls. In addition, RMAG will hold 30odd events through the Art Caravan, which shows up at local events such as festivals. There are also single events, planned around artists being in town and venues being available. All of that could easily add up to more than 300, and so far, not a glitter ball in sight. Maybe they should throw one into the mix and tell everyone what this outreach looks like. It might open up a few wallets (if they haven’t already been stretched enough) and take a little pressure off the Saskatoon taxpayer. This part of art, the get into the community and share the vision part, is what RMAG is getting right. That being said, so did the Mendel, where events programming began long ago.

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Council serves up election-year budget

omedy routines are often and how much will the grant inbased on illogical and crease in size relative to the inamusing everyday situcreased operating expenditure? ations. Council’s budget debate City manager Murray Totland this year was a comedy, albeit advised council that phasing in somewhat tragic. increases now to the operating Let’s start with council transcosts of the gallery will help ferring $800,000 from the operprevent a huge property tax ating budget to cover a shortfall increase in the future. Wow! I in the capital budget on what thought with the introduction we can euphemistically call our of a huge admittance fee to the money pit — the Remai Modern new gallery and with the influx Art Gallery. (Am I dreaming, or of worldwide tourists flocking Columnist didn’t council earlier imply that to our city to see the Picasso any additional monies needed for the capital collection that taxpayers weren’t going to costs of the gallery would be financed be hit with large operating costs on the galthrough fundraising?) Is it illogical for us lery. Let’s call this spoon-fed taxation — to believe that if council has 800,000 spare one bite at a time. (In hindsight, foregoing dollars kicking around in the operating bud- provincial/federal funding on the initial get, that it might not need another mill-rate Mendel renovation/expansion proposal and increase for operating costs? having civic taxpayers foot the $14-million In addition to the extra capital outlay, bill on its own is looking pretty reasoncouncil is adding an additional $1.37 mil- able.) lion to the art gallery’s operating budget Police Chief Clive Weighill had his for a grand total of $5.03 million in operat- dreams come true when council approved ing costs for 2016, although we won’t have his requested budget increase of $3.87 an operational art gallery in 2016. I supmillion. According to newspaper reports, pose we should be thankful the art gallery Weighill said the four constables to be didn’t hire the 11.2 employees originally hired in January (working a full calendar planned for 2016, and settled for 2.45 new year) and the four constables hired in employees. August (working five-twelfths of the year) Apparently the gallery needs to spend would account for most of the budget this additional money on programs in order increase. So, just how much are we paying to keep our provincial and federal operat- police constables these days? ing grants flowing in. The question is, how To add insult to injury, Weighill said much grant money are we talking about these new hires would not likely lead to a

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decrease in crime in Saskatoon. So, why are we hiring them? According to the chief, crime is linked to poverty and the marginalization of aboriginal people and consequently some police resources will be devoted to these root causes of crime. Just what is the responsibility of police services and what is the financial responsibility of provincial and federal governments in relation to these social problems? Coun. Ann Iwanchuk led the charge asking for a four-year incremental tax increase of 0.86 per cent annually to create a fund designated for residential snow removal in the years ahead, but not immediately. Council eventually settled on an annual increase of 0.55 until 2020 to achieve that goal. But, like the “road tax,” unless it comes into play as a special levy where the money generated cannot be used for any other purpose, what is to prevent this or any council from using those funds for another purpose down the road? And similar to the road tax debate two years back, Iwanchuk said people are willing to pay a four-per-cent tax hike just for snow removal. However, administration cautioned council that it would take eight years at this rate to develop a sufficient fund to introduce city-wide residential snow removal, along with $63 to $92 million for new snow storage facilities. But just introducing the idea of residential snow removal during an election-year budget apparently is good politics. The best comment in the snow-removal

budget debate came from Mayor Don Atchison when he said, “I don’t see how you can ask people to pay money today and get nothing in return.” I’ll leave it to readers to fill in their own response to that tidbit! What is truly questionable was council’s rejection of the library board’s proposed budget increase of $1.9 million, the majority of which was for 15 new employees. It should be noted that the library has only added 3.4 full-time positions over the last decade. Setting aside earlier proposals for a new downtown edifice, how can council expect to open more branch libraries without giving the library the necessary funds to staff them? It is especially perplexing since council readily gave the new art gallery a $1.37-million increase and 2.45 additional staff for a gallery that doesn’t open until 2017. I suspect that our good citizenry will visit a library more often than they will visit the new art gallery in any given year. As for councillors (in their fourth year of this term and on the eve of an election) who express a heartfelt concern for civic taxpayers and their tax burden, that ploy only works for those councillors have voted against mega spending in the three years previous. Santa and his wee elves have given us a little gift this year, but councillors have given themselves a bigger gift. It is a budget intended to get each and every one of them re-elected. After the election we will be back to lumps of coal. ehnatyshyn@shaw.ca

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at least two months old by Christmas Day. Also, trees that are open to full sunlight at tree lots can dry out prematurely. When shopping, look for trees that seem freshly cut and have good needle retention. Grab a branch and see if the needles remain intact. Give the tree trunk a bump on the ground and assess how many needles drop to the ground. Look at the color of the tree and determine if it is wilting. These may be signs that the tree is old and on its last legs.

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Paying off debt music to symphony’s ears

IN WHAT MIGHT be considexpects it to be eliminated within ered a well-orchestrated series of the next eight months. Potential events, the Saskatoon Symphony sellouts of the season’s remainOrchestra (SSO) has erased a ing concerts can take care of it. major debt and given itself a Turner expects the Masters stability it hasn’t had for more Series concert by Canada’s Jan than 20 years. Lisiecki on March 5 to be one of A fundraising campaign, those sellouts. Lisiecki will play Share in the Future, was launched Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 in G this year, inviting supporters Major, just weeks after he plays to donate $100 and receive a the same concerto at Carnegie ticket to the 85th anniversary gala Hall. concert on Nov. 21 at TCU Place. Lisiecki will be 21 years People The response was amazing, with old in March and his friendship every seat sold for a return of with Turner goes back six years. $448,000. Turner first brought Lisiecki to Third Avenue When the Frank and Ellen Remai Foun- United Church when the pianist was 15 years dation matched the figure, the $448,000 old. He brought him back to the same venue completely retired the debts to the City of two other times. The March appearance will Saskatoon and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. be his first with the SSO. The debt to the arts board was repaid ahead Turner also believes Bugs Bunny at The of schedule. Symphony II, scheduled for March 12, will “Very few orchestras in North America be a sellout. The world’s most beloved Looare debt free,” said Mark Turner, the orches- ney Tunes characters — Bugs Bunny, Daffy tra’s executive director. “The bonus to it all Duck, Elmer Fudd, Pepe LePew, Tweety, is that we can change our business model Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and The Road because we don’t have a continuing service Runner — will have their images projected debt.” on the big screen. Turner calls it “a truly transformative George Daugherty will come up from change to the city’s musical landscape.” It is Warner Bros. in Los Angeles to conduct partly due to Turner’s leadership that most of the orchestra in the performance of some the rejuvenation has taken place during the original screen scores. The titles include last 18 months. What’s Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville A small operating deficit on this year’s and Rhapsody Rabbit. financing remains in place, but Turner AMONG THE BEST-KEPT secrets

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leading up to the gala night was the choice of guest artists which Turner assembled. Each one, trumpeter Guy Few, mezzosoprano Danika Lauren, violinist Michael Swan and pianist Samuel Deason, grew up in Saskatoon’s musical community and each delivered a moment of surprise. “Guy Few’s mother, Helen, didn’t know her son was going to play until he arrived in Saskatoon,” said Turner. “Even by Saturday noon, the members of the orchestra were still speculating who was going to be the artist to play Rhapsody in Blue.” Deason, who now works out of Baltimore, had been a guest in the symphony’s first concert in September. Few was also greeted with the news that he will be the guest trumpeter during the 2017-2018 season when a concerto, newly commissioned by six Canadian symphonies, will be introduced. Turner has attached the slogan, Our Prairie Voice, to the season’s events. Each and every guest artist in the Masters series has been Canadian and there has been a greater emphasis on Canadian repertoire than ever before. Turner is also a champion at recording the accomplishments of other Saskatoon products in Canada. William Rowson was victorious in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s search for an assistant conductor and Janna Sailor was among the finalists. Julia Wedman is the principal violinist with the Tafelmusik

Baroque Orchestra, based out of Toronto, and just enjoyed a shining moment with the company in Versailles. Whitney Mather was the winner of the Toronto Mozart vocal competition. Justin Minh was a finalist in the Montreal Symphony’s Concerto Competition. “Performances like these speak of the quality and depth of musicians who have grown up in Saskatoon. We like to promote our homegrown talent but it is especially satisfying to have them turn up on the radars of other orchestras or organizations,” said Turner. THERE ARE OTHER creative steps being taken soon in Saskatoon as well. Marilyn Whitehead, artistic director of The Fireside Singers, has always welcomed trumpeter Guy Few, saxophonist Allan Harrington and violinist Kerry DuWors to the orchestral ranks for her Christmas concerts. This year, Thomas Yu, another celebrated product of the Saskatoon festival scene, is returning to be the special guest pianist at TCU Place on Dec. 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. The Saskatoon Children’s Choir, fresh from two Christmas concerts under the direction of Phoebe Voigts, is looking ahead to two major appearances in the spring. The choir will make a guest appearance when the Vancouver Chamber Choir sings at Knox United Church on Feb. 24. The Saskatoon choir will celebrate its 20th anniversary on April 16 with a concert at Holy Family Cathedral.

CP90552.H17 Chenise (Continued from page 8) pruce trees, which are usually the least expensive variety on lots, may only last two to three weeks.

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Builders decide how many homes are built in the city

Question: Do you have any plans on how to fix the housing problems you’ve created by letting builders overbuild and flood the market? Mayor Atchison: Home building is up to the private sector, not the City. It is a freemarket system. If contractors want to build and the land is available, then they have the opportunity to do that. Until Ask the quite recently, we had a shortage of housing and land in Saskatoon because some did not believe the city would grow faster than .8 per cent. When you think of the success we have seen in the last decade in Saskatoon, the City did a very good job getting the infrastructure in place, getting the lots serviced and getting the new communities ready for development. In the rental market, we have gone from less than a .5-per-cent vacancy rate up to three per cent which is deemed to be a healthy market condition. Over the past 15 years, 90,000 people have moved to Saskatoon, while 50,000 jobs have been created in the past decade. On average, 20 people a day move to Saskatoon. With those numbers, it suggests to me we are going to require more homes for people. If developers stopped building homes, we would have a shortage. So the marketplace has its ebbs and flows, but it is best to allow home builders to decide how many houses to build. Question: Can you summarize what happened during budget deliberations this year? Mayor Atchison: The mill-rate increase was set at 3.96 per cent. That works out to about $64 a year on a house assessed at $325,000. This budget focused on the areas people told us they cared about the most. Those were “roads and infrastructure” and “safety and security.” Council deserves to be congratulated for consensus decision-making and a thoughtful debate. It was 12 hours of discussion and decision-making, and a lot of hard work. Council agreed to add an additional million dollars to the Building Better Roads budget for snow removal. That is a start. And over the next few years that funding will grow to the point where we can fund an entire city-wide snow-removal program. There are still a lot of questions about logistics and capital costs for that, but at least we got started. In terms of roads, council agreed to in-

vest $57.5 million in road repaving, potholes, back lanes, street sweeping and snow clearing. This year, crews repaved 220 kilometres. Next year, we plan to get another 220 kilometres done. I hope people are seeing the roads are getting better. If they go to our website and click on Building Better Roads, they will see an interactive map that shows how much work has been Mayor completed since 2014 and what roads will be targeted next year and 2017. The Police Service received eight additional officers — four in January and four in August. It will be about six months before they are on the street because they have to through police college. These will be front-line officers. At the fire department, there is an increase for wages and benefits. We are looking for efficiencies by relocating two of the fire halls, so we stay within that four-minute time response. Sound walls were also included once again, and most of that work will be done next year and will be finished in 2017. Administration took a half percentage less in the budget this year than last year, so it actually had a decrease in the budget to run the City. One of the exciting things this year is sports and culture. We put in $1 million towards a new partnership for ice facilities in Saskatoon. We are hoping someone will come forward. We certainly heard discussions in the past from different groups. Hopefully, this will help motivate someone or some group to get to the finish line. Question: How important is it to the City to not have a lot of snow so far this year? Mayor Atchison: People think because there is no snow, we are saving oodles of money. But the employees are still working. They just aren’t moving snow. They could be repairing guard rails and doing a lot of other public works jobs. We save on the fuel, sand and de-icer. The contract with the private sector requires them to work when it snows, but they aren’t on a retainer. By the way, the “snow year” is the same as the budget year — January to December. Did You Know? In 2014, there were 273,100 visits to the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. com. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

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Maybe City, Corman Park just need a time out

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In a letter to Corman Park Reeve Judy This bidding war on the land north of Harwood, which was copied to city officials in Martensville and Warman, as well as to Saskatoon went down just this past summer the Town of Osler, Totland asked the RM to — a year after the P4G partnership pledged hold off on all the planned subdividing — a “co-ordinated approach to regional planning and servicing” land north of Saskafor two years. toon. How ironic. “I would hate to think the City would Harwood didn’t just stop at accusing the expect Corman Park to shut down for two City of Saskatoon of stealing her RM’s deal. years and not do any development,” HarShe called it “a little underhanded” and “not wood replied in a media interview. “Why are they kind of trying to work in very fair.” She said “trust was broken” and our kitchen here?” said an RM councillor in that to some, it appears that “Saskatoon does a meeting called to formulate a response to exhibit a sense of entitlement.” As if those weren’t enough fighting Totland’s request. words, one RM of Corman Park councillor “They don’t have the right . . . why called Saskatoon’s completely legitimate don’t they mind their own business?” OK, there’s the problem. Like it or not, winning bid “predatory,” while Coun. Bas it is Saskatoon’s business, because it’s our Froese-Kooijenga, who is also on the P4G committee, said that members of the City’s city’s population that is expanding, and finance committee, and members of the thereby its borders — not the RM’s. Fast forward a year to June 2014, when “regional oversight committee decided . . . we were once again all holding hands and that it’s OK to come into our house and pee on our rug.” singing Kumbaya. Ouch. It was then that Saskatoon, Martensville, Saskatoon Coun. Randy Donauer, who Warman, Osler and the RM of Corman Park sits on the P4G committee, shot down Harannounced they were coming together to wood and company’s concerns. “I have no form the Saskatoon North Partnership for Growth (P4G), with the goal of creating a idea why Corman Park is offended, or why they are seeking a legal opinion,” he said, regional plan. With the Saskatoon area projected to see insisting that Saskatoon’s purchase was in its population double to 500,000 people in no way “whatsoever” contrary to the P4G the next 20 years, and much of the associ- planning process. Bottom line: this is ridiculous. The RM of ated growth likely to stretch north, a plan to ensure all regions work together in a mutu- Corman Park, which rings Saskatoon like a doughnut, has got to come to terms with the ally beneficial fashion certainly sounded fact that it is indeed, in part, a land bank for like a good thing. our city’s future growth. And city council“We want our region to be ready for growth, to enable economic prosperity for lors who are playing on the P4G team, yet claim to have no idea why their teammates everyone, and support the quality of life that we enjoy,” said the P4G’s 2014 annual are upset, might want to re-evaluate their performance, because that doesn’t exactly report. “This has reinforced the need for bode well for the intended outcome. a more co-ordinated approach to regional If a group of five-year-olds teamed up to planning and servicing.” The budget for this endeavour was just add a playground onto their sandbox, and a under a million bucks, with approximately year later their parents found out that same group of kids were squabbling this hard, $300,000 thrown in by Saskatoon taxpaywhat do you think those parents would do? ers. The bulk of that money was destined for the consultant, hired to manage the pro- Well, if they were my kids, I’d be sending them all to their rooms and telling them cess in the fall of 2014 out of . . . Calgary. Sure, why not. They’re probably originally they could come out when they figured out how to play nicely with each other, because from Saskatchewan anyway, right? if they don’t co-operate, nothing is going to Things have moved along nicely and get done, and until I see evidence they’ve basically on schedule. That means a website, a vision and a strategy for developing learned to co-operate I’m not wasting anthe plan, the first draft of which is slated for other dime on their little project. If only taxpayers had the same option. release anytime now.

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Singing with Sylvia – Holiday Hoopla. Times: 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. both days. The Refinery (609 Dufferin Avenue). Advance tickets: $7. At the door $9 (under 2 free). Box Office: 306-653-5191 or purchase online at www. ontheboards.ca.

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Saskatoon pianists will stage their annual PianoThon on behalf of the Saskatoon Food Bank. Participating will be Fred Ballantyne, Brett Balon, Bryn Becker, Jesse Brown, Sheldon Corbett, Grant Currie, Neil Currie, Maurice Drouin, Irene Eliot, Don Griffith, Dianne Gryba, Martin Janovsky, Marion Mendelsohn, Bonnie Nicholson, Ross Nykiforuk, Ken Pizurny, Kim Salkeld, Melodie Stephanson, Ray Stephanson and Matt Wolsfeld. From 4:30 to 11 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Suggested donation: $10 or two non-perishable food items.

Saskatoon Nature Society monthly meeting. 7:30 at the Physics Lecture Theatre, Room 103, U of S campus. Guest speaker is Peter Flood. For more information, visit saskatoonnaturesociety@sk.ca.

DECEMBER 12 Family Christmas Music and Puppet Show at 1:30 p.m. at the Saskatoon Academy of Music, 629 First Avenue North with Debbie Larsen, Ron Bestvater, and Darren Vinek. Tickets Available at the Academy - $11 for adults, $8 for children.

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EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has a support circle using integrative healing based on the teaching of Bruno Groening open to all without charge. Contact circle.saskatoon@gmail.com, 306-664-3331.

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Grace-Westminster United Church, located at 505 10th Street East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. ***** Memory Writers — September to June, Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club. 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, Come and have some fun and learn speaking 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly and leadership skills. The club meets from 7 atmosphere. For more information, call Neva p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the Bayliss at 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at red fence on south side of building through 306-382-2446. the gate up the stairs into the building.

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EVERY TUESDAY Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. ***** Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro, located in the basement of

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

EVERY WEDNESDAY Depression Support Group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 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 Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com.

Get ready for an ‘epic’ Christmas show

Megan Fairbairn Saskatoon Express t’s an eclectic pairing: Celtic and Highland dancers coupled with Broadway, big band, jazz, and gospel music. There’s only one place to find all of this in Saskatoon, and that is at Elim Church’s annual Christmas celebration. The church’s yearly show draws in crowds from all over Saskatoon and surrounding areas. Co-produced by Pastor Blaine Eagle, and his wife, Anne, the production never fails to entertain and impact its viewers. This year marks the church’s 20th annual Christmas celebration. Blaine Eagle explains what sets this celebration apart from its predecessors, “(We’ve) pulled together many of my favourite elements from over the past 20 years, so there’s a lot of high-impact songs. There are a lot of moments people will enjoy.” The show promises a plethora of familiar music with a highenergy spin, as well as traditional favourites that the crowd will recognize. Providing the musical entertainment will be the Gospel Quartet, the energetic 80-person Elim Church Choir, and a full orchestra. The choir remains impressively

connected and in tune during the show, because its members sing together regularly at the church’s Sunday morning services, said Eagle. “This is what makes it work so well; it’s not a choir that’s just pulled together just to do this, but they sing together all year long.” As far as the orchestra goes, many of the musicians come from symphonies. “Most of our players become a part of us, really, because they come here year after year,” said Eagle. Leading the harmonious entertainment will be two special guests: singer Hiram Joseph from the Toronto area, and Saskatoon’s Sonia Reid-Noble. This will be Joseph’s third time performing in the Elim Church’s celebration, with the first two occasions being in 1998 and 2006. Reid-Noble has also made a career out of singing, as well as being heavily involved the Neighborhood Church. Eagle has great faith in the musical pairing of these two artists, describing them as a “dynamic duo.” The entertainment does not stop at music, as the show will also include several different styles of dance and choreography. One number will include a fire

Phil Eagle performs with Frosty at last year’s show (Photo Supplied) feature. Also part of the production is a touching nativity pageant. Eagle described this year’s show as “epic,” because of the anthemic songs and powerful moments the audience is sure to enjoy. The church’s Christmas celebration hasn’t always been so elaborate. The pastor reminisces back to its Saskatoon debut in 1996. “The first year was definitely the slowest, and we were just trying to see if there was an appetite for it in Saskatoon. We hired just a small string section to play with us, so (there were) only about eight people who came to play.”

From those humble beginnings rose today’s multi-faceted production. Blaine and Anne Eagle have proved year after year that passion and dedication can truly bring a community together. The Elim Church Christmas celebration is a four-day event, running from Dec. 10 to Dec. 13. The production begins at 7 p.m. each night. Patrons are encouraged to come early to get their picture taken in front of a 15-foot-tall Christmas tree. Reserved-seating tickets are $20 each. For more information, call 306-374-1700, or visit www. elimchurch.ca/christmas.

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