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Honouring heroes Plaque will recognize fallen firefighters Doug Chovin (left) was one of those who went into the Queen’s Hotel in an attempt to rescue Victor James Budz and Dennis Aron Guenter.

Despite improvements in equipment, Rob Hogan, president of Local 80, said fighting fires is still dangerous work. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

he 1980 heroics of two less than two years, died as a Saskatoon firefighters — result of smoke inhalation while Victor James Budz and fighting a fire which broke out Dennis Aron Guenter — will shortly after 10:50 a.m. on May be recognized again on May 31, 1980, in the basement of 31 at 1:30 p.m., 36 years to the the Queen’s Hotel. Budz was day of the Queen’s Hotel fire. rushed to University Hospital at A plaque will be installed 12:15 where he died moments on property at the southeast later. Guenter was pronounced corner of 20th Street and First dead on arrival at City Hospital.

Avenue, thanks to the coChuck Sebestyen, who was operative effort of the Saskafire chief at the time, called it a toon Firefighters Local 80, the “very sad day for the fire departPeople Saskatoon Fire Department, ment and a tremendous loss to the City of Saskatoon and the the unit.”

Downtown Saskatoon Business AssociaBudz and Guenter entered the Power tion. The space has been contributed by Plant gymnasium in the hotel’s basement Cineplex Galaxy Theatres. on one hose line. Wes Poole and Walter Budz, 47, a 17-year veteran of fire Haday went into the building on another services, and Guenter, 29, a member for hose line, all under the direction of Captain

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Les Parker. The fire was burning in the northwest corner of the building where a sauna and showers were located.

Visibility was believed to be good at the beginning, but a backdraft caused an instant change in the environment and covered the room in total darkness. Three men found their way out, but Budz and Guenter lost contact with the hose line and began searching for the door amid an array of gymnasium equipment, in the darkness and surrounded by searing heat.

In total, 48 men were called to fight the three-alarm blaze.

One of them was Doug Chovin, who called the Queen’s Hotel fire “the most tragic” of his 35-year career which ended with retirement in 1996.

Chovin said all units at the main fire hall were dispatched on the first call, and

when the alarms sounded a second time, his unit from the fire hall on Taylor Street went immediately to the scene.

“As we came downtown, you could see the heavy dark plume of smoke coming from the building. I saw one firefighter staggering on his knees as he came out of the building.

“We went into action, knowing that two men hadn’t come out. We were equipped with 30-minute air tanks and there was an alarm bell on the tanks which told you there were only two or three minutes left and to get out in a hurry. Under the extreme stress and physical exertion of that day, the supply would probably last for only 20 minutes. Our paths were hampered by the largeness of the room and the athletic equipment,” said Chovin.

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ne of Wendy Gorearrived. They were wearing Hickman’s lasting camouflage, but everyone could memories of attending see them. a Donald Trump rally in March “They spread out in a long is when a semi-trailer truck line and started marching pulled up at the site. The back slowly to the area where the door opened and out poured protesters were. The crowd 20 men dressed to the nines in went completely silent and combat gear. these guys marched and came They were wearing flak face-to-face with the protestjackets, helmets, goggles and ers. They took their stand and gloves. They had big guns and stared them down.

Editor appeared to be itching for a “It was scary to see these scrap. They were there to ensure guys . . . I thought this is really a small group of protesters didn’t disrupt tense because if one of these protesters Trump during what would be a 40-minute jumps out and does something stupid, they speech on a scorching hot day. are going to pounce on him.”

Drs. Rick and Wendy Gore-Hickman Or much worse.

— my brother- and sister-in-law — spent Before all of this, three protesters had part of the winter in Fountain Hills, a com- walked past the area where Rick and munity of 25,000 just outside of Phoenix, Wendy were standing. Wendy walked over Arizona. Wendy had heard about the rally and took a photo. when she was working out at a gym across “When I came back to the area where the street from the park. Why not get tick- we had been standing, the people behind ets and attend, she thought? me were really angry with me and one of She said it was an interesting experithem said, ‘How could you! How could ence, right from watching protesters to you go and take their picture!’ Up until upsetting some Trump supporters to hear- that point, they probably thought we were ing him speak. supporters.”

The reason Trump chose Fountain Hills Wendy said Trump’s speech wasn’t is because Sheriff Joe Arpaio lives there. full of the hate for which he has become He is a friend of Trump’s and the meanest known. There were no Lyin’ Teds or Little son-of-b lawman in America. It is hard to Marcos or shots at Hillary Clinton’s husimagine the consequences if something had band for not keeping it in his pants. happened to Trump on Sheriff Joe’s watch.

“His speech had been toned down and Rick and Wendy and a group of their he started off by saying his ‘daughters and friends from Canada decided to not use wife want me to start being more presitheir tickets and stand outside the fenced dential. So I am going to try really hard to w area. Approximately 10,000 people went do that today.’ through the security check to get a slightly “So there wasn’t any hate being spewed. better view.

It was very calm; he didn’t say anything “Security was massive,” she said. “They radical. He didn’t say we are going to had guys on horseback, state police, Sheriff prevent Muslims from coming into the Joe’s local patrol and Trump has his own country. He mostly did that platitude security people. There were guys on allspeech about ‘we’re so great, we’re going terrain vehicles and helicopters hovering in to make America great again. We’re going all four corners of the park.” to stand up to China. We’re not going to let Apparently there were snipers stationed other countries abuse us . . . we’re going to around the site — pro-Trump presumably. be strong again, because we are the best.’

Trump was an hour late arriving beHe was mostly saying how great he is.” cause of a protest blocking the main road There is one more thing that has stuck from Phoenix to Fountain Hills. Those in Wendy’s mind. folks are probably on one of Sheriff Joe’s “Arizona is 30 per cent Latino and it chain gangs. Wendy estimated there were was 100 per cent, other than the small probetween 100 and 200 protesters at the park. test group, Caucasians at this rally. There Other than a wee bit of chanting, they wasn’t a Mexican to be seen.” were quiet. They most certainly became All said, she enjoyed it. more silent when that semi-trailer door “It was an interesting experience; I was opened and the boys with the big toys glad to be a part of it.”

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Terri Sewell for the Saskatoon Express he score was 5-1 in Game 7 of the St. Louis Blues series against the Dallas Stars when I received a text from Kelly Chase, a former Saskatoon Blades and St. Louis Blues player, and now a radio commentator for the Blues.

“Find these people in Saskatoon. I want to fly them to STL for a game in playoffs,” he texted.

These people were Wyatt Nelson and his father Gerry. Kelly had heard the touching story of 12-year-old Wyatt doing play-byplay at Blades games for his blind father.

Now Kelly wanted me to track them down — quickly.

Through the power of social media, the Blades and other work connections, by nine the next morning I had Gerry on the phone, convincing him that I needed to interview both him and Wyatt the following morning to “discuss how he felt about touching the Stanley Cup.” Meanwhile, Kelly and I were chatting with Shannon, Wyatt’s mom, to make sure this was all going to be OK. She was in and so were Gerry and Wyatt for an 8 a.m. interview.

I arrived at Gerry’s house with Emery Wolfe from Black Ice Media and a buddy, Ryan Olde, to get the taping done. After a few minutes of visiting, I realized this story was pure gold. Not only is Kelly Chase one of Gerry’s favourite Blades players, but Gerry currently listens to him on Blues radio broadcasts.

The stars were aligning. My phone rang.

It was Kelly and Doug Armstrong – former GM for the Canadian team and currently the GM for the Blues. They invited Wyatt, Gerry and Shannon to St. Louis for Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Wyatt accepted Kelly’s invitation to do the live commentary for the game. The trip was set and they were in for an adventure of a lifetime.

And I was joining them!

Walking through the Scottrade Centre in St. Louis, Wyatt met NHL legends like Chris Pronger, Marty Brodeur, Kirk Muller, Al MacInnis and announcer Bob Cole. Even former Blade Bernie Federko searched Wyatt out to meet him and have his wife take a photo of him with Wyatt. That was cool.

But the highlight for Wyatt was the phone call he received from play-by-play man Michael (Doc) Emrick. Doc called at intermission after Wyatt did commentary of the first period. He told Wyatt to “just be himself” on the air.

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Bernie Federko sought out Gerry and Wyatt Nelson for a photo (Photo by Terri Sewell)

Kelly Chase was instrumental in setting up the trip (Photo by Terri Sewell) upon our return that tears started rolling down my cheeks.

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His reaction to meeting these greats was, “that was really cool.” He asked thoughtful questions to these hockey greats. And all the while, he made sure to introduce his mom Shannon to the media, a tip that Kelly gave him early in the day.

For me, it was really amazing to meet these hockey icons, but the highlight of the trip was getting to know this amazing 12-year-old. He’s an old soul who watched the original Grease movie on the plane, and bantered with his mother about which 1980’s tune was playing in the restaurant.

I have never met a more humble and mature 12-year-old. And I was proud he called me “Mom” by the end of the trip. It helped that I carried water and sometimes breakfast sandwiches in my purse for him.

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(Continued from page 1) “When we went back in a third time, it was all about looking for the two men. I was among those who found Dennis along the wall. He must have found his way to the wall and was looking for stairs. As we carried Dennis, I remember we came out on what would have been the 20th Street entrance.

Victor was found farther back near some of the support columns.

“These two men were heroes,” said Chovin.

Rob Hogan, president of Local 80, and Clint Belesky, the union secretary, produced records that show only four Saskatonians have died while fighting fires. L.E. Woodhead was in the Canadian armed forces when he lost his life while fighting a fire in London, England. Charles McGinnis died while combatting a fire at the J.I. Case farm implement plant in Saskatoon in 1946.

There are also 17 names on a memorial wall on Taylor Street — the names of men whose deaths were probably caused by cancer related to the toxic chemicals which many face to this day.

Firefighting equipment has improved, but it remains a hazardous and dangerous profession.

“Air tanks have been replaced and we now go in with air bottles, which have a 30-minute protection. We wear masks to every fire, even the fires in cars and dumpsters.

We keep working at preparing ourselves.

We change our tactics, like knocking the fire down from the outside,” said Hogan.

“There is still the fear that buildings can collapse much quicker than they once did and when buildings burn, they produce much KK052315 more chemicalKaren toxins than ever.”

The greatest pride among firefighters is the unbelievable respect and admiration they show for one another.

When the funerals were held for Budz and Guenter in 1980, about 350 Canadian firefighters, including the 170 from Saskatoon, attended.

“We have sent up to 20 to a Calgary funeral, 30 or more to a funeral in Winnipeg and I was in New York once when there were 7,000 firefighters present to pay tribute to fallen friends,” said Hogan.

Although Budz and Guenter are honoured at the Taylor Street memorial and pictures of the two adorn plaques in fire halls, Hogan wanted one extra step in recognition.

“Brent Penner, with the Downtown Saskatoon Business Association, was important by committing some funds to those we had already had in place. We started the planning in January and the plaque will arrive within the week,” said Hogan.

Wayne Budz, a nephew of Victor and a current firefighter, will be among the guests.

So will be Graham Guenter, a son who was four years old, and his sister, Sarah, who was eight months old at the time of their father’s death.

Guenter was a fastball player of some stature. He had played for Arnie’s Muffler on the Friday night before the tragic fire, batting in the only run that All-O-Matic ace Gene McWillie gave up in the weekend invitational tournament.

When news of Guenter’s death reached the ball park, the team defaulted its next game and eliminated itself. Guenter caught and played right field and in his 10 competitive years, he was a perennial all-star in the Saskatoon senior league.

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Out of the city’s portion of property Let me give you a snapshot of last tax, leading the spending pack by miles is year’s engagement results. In the Oct. 19- policing, with $479 (28.2 per cent) of the 30 period, the site had 1,147 visitors and tax money. Road maintenance is next at 246 actual respondents (21.4 per cent). It $274 (16.1 per cent), followed by fire with took them a median time of 10 minutes to $265, or 15.6 per cent. complete the survey. They are all smarter, Then there’s recreation and culture, garor faster, than I am — or both. bage collection/waste management, grants, Or, maybe not. It’s amazing how many affordable housing, growth planning, respondents chose to leave funding exactly traffic management, parks and transit. This as it was in the proposed budget. For last is a category to keep an eye on: It gets

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$169 from the sample house’s tax load, or just under 10 per cent.

Armed with this information, one may plunge into the decision making. Oh, boy.

If you indeed wanted to make adjustments, it would be hard not to rob Peter to pay Paul.

For instance, 10 per cent spent on transit seems like it should be enough; but it doesn’t appear to be. Our transit system is shot. It needs a complete makeover. Every newcomer I have spoken to about transit compares it to his/her home, and bemoans its awfulness. That’s because it is awful.

It’s expensive, not frequent enough, not reliable enough, and there are not enough rapid routes.

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Secondly, in this economy, policing is more important than ever. First we had the boom, which brought in all kinds of worsening big-city problems. Now we do not have a boom — but we still have the problems, compounded by lower employment. More community support, as Police Chief Clive Weighill constantly points out, is necessary to keep people away from desperation and crime; but in the meantime, we need the police. And more funding for community supports. See? This is hard.

I will vote for more money for police, and for transit — and less for big buildings we can’t afford (except I can’t find a line for that.) Because I’d also like better roads, better snow removal (not just moval), and because the fire department is so extremely important, I’d like to increase that funding as well.

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Wood, wonderful wood: Upcoming show exhibits works of Saskatchewan wood artists

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express rent Watts’ beautiful bowls, vases and decorative items emerge from a lifetime of working with wood.

Growing up on a farm near Lloydminster — on the Alberta side — Watts was constantly around his father’s and grandfather’s machinery.

“I had access to a forge; my grandfather was a blacksmith, and my dad was always fixing furniture and machinery, and he had a saw in the basement,” said Watts.

He is among the woodturners displaying works at Wood ’16, the woodworking show coming up May 28 to June 6.

“I was intrigued with turning, even in high school days. Every chance I got, I’d take the opportunity to turn something on somebody’s lathe, when I could talk them into it.”

While woodturning was not his occupation, it has been a perpetual avocation. Watts was a veterinarian, having graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1973.

He and his wife Cathy, a Saskatoon cycling advocate and Jane’s Walk leader among many other pursuits, moved around for a while after that, but settled in Saskatoon.

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Woodturner Trent Watts, sitting on the lathe in his workshop, shows three of his works: a vase, a burled bowl, and a carved, rectangular vessel that won Best in Craft at the Dimensions artisan show.

Once a vet, always a vet; but Watts retired from active practice on Jan. 1.

“For a number of years, I worked in dairy practice,” he said. “It has informed some of the work I do, because of the interest in animals.”

For example, he creates a series entitled Just An Udder Bowl, by turning the wood, hollowing out the inside, and carving away until the bottom looks like an udder.

“The nature influences probably are as strong as the veterinary influences because I grew up on a farm,” he said. “I think my calm, serene moments, where I am most at peace, often involve being in nature and looking at birds, in particular. I’m also involved in amateur photography — I photograph birds all the time, put them up on my website. I think feathers and motifs of birds come into play in some of the work that I do.”

Two other influences are his grand-

children, aged six and eight, who often ask, “Grandpa, can you make this?” And whatever it is, he does. They live just three blocks away, and Watts knows he is “unbelievably lucky” that they are so close.

“Every day, we give thanks for that.”

He credits learning his skills to many people, including Barry Robson and his Wood ‘n’ Works shop, once located on Second Avenue.

“Michael Hosaluk is the most incredible guru of turning and the most giving person you could ever meet, in terms of sharing knowledge and techniques and ideas,” he said.

“So many people knew of him, even back in the 1980s, they would come to Saskatoon because of Mike,” said Watts.

People came from all over — Australia, Scotland, the United States — to work with Hosaluk at Wood ‘n’ Works.

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(Continued from page 6) can still kind of remember the thrill of learning and some of the opportunities I was exposed to then.”

Watts continued learning through workshops in Gatlinburg, Tenn., at the Arrowmont School of Arts; and as his skills progressed, he wanted to share them. Over the years, he has taught many classes in woodturning through the Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild and at Lee Valley.

He has also been actively involved in the Emma Lake Collaboration, where woodworks come to learn and work together. It was, at one time, at the Kenderdine Campus but now at Ness Creek.

“I was so privileged to have this opportunity to travel . . . and to learn about turning. I still do quite a bit of teaching.

I’ve taught a lot of people to turn in this community and others.”

Turning wood on a lathe is not an easy thing. Turners often experience “a catch” which can send a piece of wood flying like a missile across the room. Watts offers woodturners technique adjustments and skills, to make woodturning safe — and the outcomes lovely. He also does all of his own finishing work, from staining and patterning to painting.

He gets most of his wood locally, often from local tree pruning companies. Occasionally, he’ll use a piece of exotic wood for a specific project. “Some of the most beautiful wood is right here,” he asserted.

Most of his items are given away, often to charity auctions. That’s the part that sometimes stymies Watts, who is not woodturning for a living, but simply for the love of it: “Getting rid of the stuff you make can actually be psychologically challenging,” Watts said, laughing.

The 38th edition of Wood ’16 takes place in the Galleria Building, Innovation Place, from May 28 until June 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, except 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

June 5. More than 200 pieces will be displayed, and woodturning and wood carving demonstrations will be given 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. except June 5. Student works will also be on display. There is no admission fee, but there is a silent auction and a door prize.

The Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild presents the annual show, with the Hub City Turners members well-represented. The guild members tend to be focused on carving, furniture making and all kinds of other woodworking, while the turners are, as the name suggests, focused on woodturning.

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Newcomer entrepreneurs to be honoured Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express hen you hail from Iraq or China or Ecuador, opening a business in Saskatoon requires an enormous first step that other entrepreneurs don’t face.

You have to get here, first.

There are a large number of hurdles that leap over before opening their own enterprises, and as far as Alex Fallon is concerned, that’s pretty incredible.

Fallon, president and CEO of the Saskatoon and Region Economic Development Authority (SREDA), said that’s one of the reasons the Newcomer Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (NEYA) were launched.

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It fits into SREDA’s mission, he said. “We have our six pillars of economic development, and one is entrepreneurship — helping people start businesses in the Saskatoon region. We do that through our Square One program, which helps entrepreneurs set up their businesses.

“We’ve noticed over recent years that a large percentage, an increasing percentage, of people looking for help to start companies are newcomers, which is fantastic.

“There are some excellent Alex Fallon says newcomers face a large number of hurdles in opening a business. (Photo Supplied) business awards out there already, absolutely, like SABEX, ABEX, are well established, and they around newcomer entrepreneurit on its own — not to separate it, and the NSBA Business Builder have different categories. ships is so interesting and impor- but to shine a light on it.” awards, which are fantastic. They “We felt that this kind of story tant, that we wanted to highlight (Continued on page 9)

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And the businesses they open are also wide-ranging in scope: property development, audio visual, tailoring, website support, salons, and restaurants, to name a few.

“It’s a good mix. It’s not just in one sector; it’s all sectors.”

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“It should be a good event. We’re making it a different event, as well. We’re trying to stay away from the (usual) awards show . . . we are trying to make it a cultural event as well.”

(Continued from page 8) any newcomer entrepreneurs have a huge impact on our economy, starting businesses, hiring people, making a living, “and that’s good for the economy and that’s good for the region,” he said.

There are four categories: start-up, under-39, growth, and a “connect” award, aimed at someone who has been in business for a significant length of time. The selection committee includes members of the Square One team, Fallon, Kent SmithWindsor, executive director of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce, and one or two others.

Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, will help present the awards to the winners.

“The really interesting thing about this is the stories behind the applicants,” said Fallon. One such heartwarming story is about the owners of First Impressions Hair Design, Wajid and Maysoon Toma.

They fled Iraq, and had a hard two years in Turkey before making it to Canada.

Their immigration was held up by the loss of their documents at Immigration; but they finally arrived, worked and studied with little sleep, and eventually took over First Impressions. They have hired staff and “are doing very well,” said Fallon. You can see their story on You Tube (http://bit.ly/1TcW90V).

Newcomers are making increasingly large contributions to the Canadian economy, he added. In 2015, Statistics Canada reported that over 21 per cent of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) were owned by an entrepreneur born outside of Canada, with Saskatchewan having the fourth largest number of newcomer entrepreneurs in the country.

Fallon added that SMEs constitute 97 per cent of all businesses in Saskatchewan.

“A four- or five-person company is really important to the economy.”

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Trap lines yield great stories, along with food

I told my girl my dog and I fought off a pack of wolves.

In the early 1990s, we were asked me. living in Prince Albert. DurShe was around eight years ing the winter I would share old when I started sharing stories. Most, by the way, stories about my life when I really were true. was her age.

“I want to be a trapper The stories I told her when I grow up,” my girl weren’t exactly the whole said. truth — like the time my dog I asked her if she wanted to and I fought off a whole pack go and catch rabbits. She got Columnist of wolves. The truth was that all excited and agreed. The I was inside our cabin when next day, I went and purfour wolves came to visit. Only my dog chased snare wire and made four snares. and my mom and I were home.

I drove around the forested areas near I remember my mother telling me P.A. I could see rabbit trails all over the not to panic and to stay low. There was place, but there were also coyote and always a rifle around for emergencies dog tracks. such as this. My mom loaded the rifle I found an island north of the city and and stuck it out the window. When a rifle noticed there were no other tracks other is fired it is very loud, but when it’s fired than rabbit. That evening, my little girl indoors the sound is almost deafening. and I set off to what would be “our” trap She took one shot and the wolves line. We walked to the frozen island and scattered. I quickly got up to look out set the traps. the window, and I could see the wolves The best part of walking to the island running for it. This is what I meant when was walking with her as she asked ques-

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tions. A couple of times, we fell flat on our backs and made snow angels. We would lie flat on the frozen ice and look at the millions of stars.

“Are you ready to see if we caught any rabbits?” I asked.

The first night we didn’t catch anything. One rabbit had been caught, but managed to get away. The following evening, we once again headed towards the island.

This time I went and checked the snares while she ran around playing hide and seek with our dog. It was the third snare where I found a rabbit.

“Joci,” I screamed. “We have a rabbit.”

I could hear her running towards me, and then all of the sudden she stopped.

I was holding the rabbit up with a big smile on my face. She started to cry.

I asked her what was wrong, and she told me she thought we were just catching the rabbit – not killing it.

“But that’s what trapping is all about,” I replied. “It’s not like it’s a bunny rabbit or anything,” I tried to

explain.

The car ride back home was silent.

Her mother, on the other hand, was excited when I walked in with a rabbit.

Joci made her way back to the bedroom and wouldn’t come out. The next day, Arlene made a soup out of the rabbit for supper.

We didn’t tell Joci what was on the menu. I had made bannock to eat with the soup and I could tell Joci was enjoying her meal. We didn’t tell her she had just eaten rabbit soup. It wasn’t until years later I told her about our supper.

She is now married with her own family, and she claims she takes her boys to “our” island to lay down snares for rabbit.

I’ve been following all the television programs about life way up north. Today, there are plenty of TV programs about trapping, fishing and hunting. Every time I watch one of these shows, I am reminded of the time my girl and I went trapping.

I just don’t understand why they don’t film people making snow angels.

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Four-year budget allows for long-term planning

DON ATCHISON

dollars strictly to roads, sidewalks, back alleys, snow clearing and street sweeping.

Under a new way of doing business, we would be able to look at this over the fouryear cycle as opposed to deciding each and every year.

We have already gone to that cycle with sound attenuation walls. Council said we are prepared over the next few years to put money into the budget to pay for sound attenuation walls. Instead of building those walls over a 25 or 30-year period, we said we wanted to get that down to three years.

Question: Citizens have been invited to put together a budget on the city’s website. How does it work and will the results be taken seriously?

Mayor Atchison: Citizens can go to www.Saskatoon.ca/citizenbudget and use the interactive page to build a budget.

They can choose their priorities, raise and lower funding and see how the process works. It is a terrific way to increase our community’s understanding of the budget process. There is a whole host of configurations. There is also an opportunity for feedback, and that will be shared with the administration and council as we head into the budget deliberations this fall.

Question: What is the city doing to control dandelions?

Mayor Atchison: We are working in conjunction with the University of Saskatchewan right now to come up with an environmentally-friendly solution to look after dandelions. The other part is maintenance. You will see workers out on major thoroughfares cleaning up garbage. After that, crews go in with mowers and cut the dandelions before they turn to seed.

Question: When will the unused railway tracks be removed from Circle Drive just west of Avenue C? Mayor Atchison: The city bought that land from the railways. The tracks won’t be removed this year to the best of my understanding.

Did You Know?

The Wastewater Treatment Plant treats approximately 33 million cubic metres of wastewater every year. The water is returned to the river cleaner then when it came out.

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Question: Can you please also encourage the administraexplain why we are going to tion to build efficiencies into a four-year budget cycle and the system. What this means what it means in terms of anis they will see what impact it nual tax increases? will have on the mill rate over a Mayor Atchison: We want four-year period. to create stability and certainty Question: How will tax and still allow some flexibilincreases be incorporated into this plan? ity in long-term financial and Mayor Atchison: The mill project planning. A four-year rate impact would be part of the budget is a blueprint for the four-year plan. But I should emcity. It will put us in sync with phasize that council will review Growing Forward, Shaping Ask the Mayor the budget every year to make Saskatoon — our plan for sure we are on track and make growth for the future. adjustments. The numbers would be there Every business, big or small, has a long-term plan and the city should budget for all to see as the budget is introduced.

Each increase, if there are any, would be that way as well. Council will be able to included. But as I say, it could be revisited determine that direction over a four-year period. Right now the federal government if circumstances change.

I believe that any increases need to be has long-term funding plans like the Build open and transparent just as we did with Canada Fund that goes out 10 years. The province has long-term funding programs. the funding for Building Better Roads. ToWe want to be able to put our plan in place day, that yearly increase of approximately two per cent goes right into infrastructure. to allow us to access those funds.

This year, the funding is $58.5 million.

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Disney’s ideas don’t have to be make-believe

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e just got home from So, why can’t we replicate Disneyland. We were this when we’re designing and there in February managing the communities in 2015, but this was a trip planned which we live? by extended family, so we had Disney ‘lands’ are walkable to go again. I know, I know, and self-contained with all the you’re playing the world’s tininecessary amenities, yet tidily est violin. There are far worse connected to each other from things in life than spending too a central focal point — in this much time at the Happiest Place case, a castle. on Earth.

Of course, I’m not suggestThis visit felt a bit different. ing that our city landscapes be Columnist We were able to take our time, manipulated to represent magic unimpeded by maps and newbie kingdoms (Parcel Y arguably wonderment, so I was able to look at the takes care of that for us). But think about it: park a bit more critically. What struck me just like a city, each Disney park is divided on our first morning was one thing: atteninto very distinct communities, designed tion to detail. to feel and function distinctively, while Everything about Disneyland is conintegrating together seamlessly. sistent without being boring. Every square Turns out I haven’t had a sudden flash inch of the place has been considered under of incredible insight. Walt Disney was well microscopic attention, and as a result, noth- aware of the potential for taking the lessons ing short of every blade of grass is placed he learned from building Disneyland and deliberately and carefully. applying them to fulfill his next big dream: This focus on perfecting not just the big building his own city. features, but even the tiniest aspect is conAfter its gates opened in 1955, it didn’t sistent across the park, allowing guests to take long for metropolitan sprawl in Anaenjoy a consistent, comfortable and depend- heim to quickly envelop Disneyland. This able experience. left Disney feeling a bit claustrophobic.

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He needed more room for his next project, which he dubbed the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT), so in the mid-1960s he snapped up over 27,000 acres of land in Florida.

According to the 2012 CNBC documentary Walt: The Man Behind the Myth, Disney envisioned a Florida theme park and resort five times the size of what he had built in California. The rest of the land he intended to devote to an industrial park, an airport, and most importantly, EPCOT. Disney’s vision for EPCOT was “a planned environment, demonstrating to the world what American communities can accomplish through proper control of planning and design, business and commerce.”

He intended to design EPCOT like a wheel, with spokes radiating from a magnificent centre of skyscrapers of hotels and corporate offices, all connected by convenient, state-of-the-art public transportation. He saw plenty of greenspace for recreation and entertainment and, of course, a significant residential community of 20,000 residents.

A designer involved in the planning said during one meeting, Disney planted a finger on a blueprint of EPCOT and announced he wanted a “park bench” in that spot, for him

and his wife to sit on and watch the world go by. The designers and Disney employees in the meeting exchanged bewildered glances behind Disney’s back — this was a monolithic project, but he was worried about a park bench?

In late October 1966, Disney filmed a promotional video to introduce EPCOT to the world. Six weeks later he was dead, a casualty of advanced, untreatable lung cancer. His last night was spent madly attempting to convey his vision for EPCOT to his big brother Roy, using his fingers to draw imaginary highways and train tracks on the ceiling above his hospital bed.

After his death, Disney executives deemed his vision impractical, which it was, and the whole thing was re-imagineered into the Disney World of Florida today.

There are some basic community takeaways from Walt Disney’s vision: value esthetics; acknowledge our past; be excited about and have a plan for the future.

Perhaps most importantly, pay attention to the details, because even the man who created some of the grandest places on earth, knew that the little things, like sharing the perfect park bench, are ultimately what matter the most.

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City has too many unenforceable bylaws

here are so many byedged that the errant property laws in this city that, owner was in violation of the even with the city’s city’s bylaw, but there was new website, tracking down nothing it could do to enforce any bylaw is an onerous task, it. Consequently, the affected as one bylaw seems to bleed adjacent property owner was into another. Enforcement of left sucking wind. many bylaws is complaintHow can you have a propdriven, which is probably a erty owner who fails to comply good thing as it saves hiring with a filed building plan thus bylaw enforcement officers. A causing harm and expense to good example is the sidewalk neighbouring land, and have Columnist snow-clearing bylaw. the city say there is nothing But why do we have they can do about it? If you are any bylaw that the city can’t or won’t required to file a building plan in order enforce, or worse yet, bylaws that defy to get a permit, and you don’t follow the common sense? plan, why can’t the city have the owner Recently there was a report in The tear down what was built and rebuild StarPhoenix about a property owner who according to the approved plan? Andrew had storm water draining off his neighHildebrandt, the city’s director of combour’s property onto his site, contrary munity standards, says the city’s inability to a bylaw that states that water run-off to enforce bylaws like this comes up frefrom any property should be directed to quently. So why have these bylaws? Why a storm sewer. According to the news re- file a building plan or get a permit? port, the problem arose from a property Then there was the fellow who got owner failing to follow the building plan ticketed for violating a bylaw by parkfiled with the city. The city acknowling on a public street for more than 36

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hours. (I always thought it was supposed to be 72 hours.) How do property owners who live in older neighbourhoods with smaller lots, and do not have garages or front driveways, go away for a weekend?

It is particularly irksome since the city put a moratorium on building frontstreet driveways in many older neighbourhoods, and residents in those areas are reliant on street parking. And considering that the city is trying to encourage people to walk, bike or ride a bus, why penalize them for doing so and leaving the vehicle parked?

There is a good reason for the bylaw, which is to prevent some residents from using up the street with numerous old and sometimes inoperable vehicles, or vehicles that have been abandoned as a result of theft. But would it make more sense to give area residents one parking pass per household for an undetermined period of time, or enlarge the bylaw to a more reasonable time frame?

How do we get these crazy and/or useless bylaws? Look to the people who create them.

Recently the issue of summer use of river sandbars was raised. The city has bylaws that prohibit swimming in the river. There is a reason for that — the South Saskatchewan River is dangerous.

It is swift-moving with a strong undercurrent that can sweep people away. We can only assume most people using the sandbars for recreation are in violation of the no-swimming bylaw.

But Tourism Saskatoon has asked the city to facilitate the use of the sandbars by installing toilet facilities and waste bins. Coun. Darren Hill responded to this by saying the city can’t do that and cautioned that it could encourage dangerous behaviour, that the river is not safe to swim in and that it would create the perception that the city was allowing swimming (in breach of the city’s bylaw).

I thought Hill gave a good response, until he followed up with the idea that Tourism Saskatoon could implement those amenities and pay for them by applying for public money from the Destination Marketing Fund.

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(Continued from page 14) e stated that he couldn’t see the city parks department doing it because of the unpredictability of the shifting sandbars and the safety concerns about the river itself, not to mention an unstable riverbank.

How can you say on one hand that it is a dangerous river, unsafe with unpredictable sandbars and the use of it violates an existing bylaw, and on the other hand do a wink, wink, nudge, nudge, and encourage another organization to apply for public funding to do exactly the opposite of what you said the city can’t or won’t do?

This is called straddling the political fence.

Not to be outdone, Coun. Charlie Clark says we have to be more river-aware rather than river-afraid, that we have to embrace the river rather than fear it. Clark wants to explore using the unpredictable shifting sandbars as parks and would look at ways make them attractive and safe. Don’t worry about accessibility and liability, because public safety takes a second seat to political expediency. And of course there is the business of those pesky provincial and federal governments who actually have jurisdiction over waterways.

Well, folks, it is an election year. If there is anything your little heart desires, now is the time to ask for it. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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oun. Charlie Clark is going to try to take the mayor’s chair away from Don Atchison.

Clark, who was elected to council in 2006, announced his candidacy last week.

“We have all the elements in place to become a model prairie city for the 21st century. We have the talent, we have the ideas, we have the institutions and organizations to make this happen,” Clark said in

a speech announcing his candidacy.

Clark decided to run for mayor to provide the vision, leadership, and hard work needed to turn plans into reality, he said in a news release.

“This campaign is not about left versus right, pro-development versus anti-development, downtown versus the suburbs or car drivers versus cyclists. My Saskatoon is not AS052303 a city of divided camps and simplistic Aaron

labels. I do not subscribe to the politics of division.”

He emphasized this polarized view “was short-changing the city and dividing our people.”

Mayor Atchison is running for his fifth term. With 13 years in office, he’s Saskatoon’s longest serving mayor.

Henry Dayday, mayor from 1988-2000, is also considering a run.

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Running through ADHD, one breath at a time

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By Tara Campbell olo, I ran. The warm, comforting August air was present as I crossed over the South Saskatchewan River, en route to Gabriel Dumont Park, to meet with my coach and team. As I approached, it was peaceful but that would soon change.

No longer solo, we ran. Up the hill, down the hill, around the park and back — up the hill, down the hill, around the park, we continued. Slowly, and then more suddenly I began struggling to breathe; the lack of air eventually stopped my body.

It led to months of doctor’s appointments, tests and specialists. The sense of peace and freedom during the run had slipped away. For the next three months, I was treated for asthma.

With increasing amounts of medication, my difficulties only continued. The anxiousness within me grew as I tried to make sense of what was going on. Was my ability to run being threatened? Looking back now, ironically, this very question likely perpetuated the problem.

In November, I was sent to one of the top asthma specialists in the country at Royal University Hospital. He ran a gamut of tests and the results were clear to him: I didn’t have asthma. On the contrary, I have better-than-average lung capacity. He explained that I was hyperventilating, and the likely cause was anxiety. He told me to stop taking the asthma medication, and assured me I was in good health. His report was then sent to my psychiatrist.

This is where I will pause, briefly.

In order to tell this story properly I need to go back several months, to June — when I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I’ve likely had ADHD my JW052301 James

entire life, but like many, I’ve lived undiagnosed. This comes with complications. Years of impulsive tendencies and destructive coping mechanisms have left me with a lot to rewire.

As I started treatment, my anxiety level went through periods of being high. It took a while to determine which medication and dosage worked best for me — causing a lot of mental and physical upheaval. I started seeing an ADHD coach to work through the complexities beyond medication.

The entire process has been painful at times, but it has been worth every uncomfortable moment. I’m rediscovering parts of myself I lost over the years and tapping into other parts that I caught only glimpses of in the past.

In December, I met with my psychiatrist to review the asthma specialist’s report. He agreed that anxiety was likely causing me to hyperventilate, but he doesn’t think I have an anxiety problem.

He told me everyone has some anxiety.

It fluctuates throughout our lives. He believes it will settle for me as I learn to “let things go” better, and stay the course with my treatment. He’s proving to be correct.

A few weeks ago, I woke up at 5 a.m. with the need to run. It was just days after my appointment with the specialist at Royal University Hospital. I recently wrote about this run because it was special — I was free again. The asthma medication was out of my system and I was armed with the knowledge of my excellent physical health. All that was threatening to hold me back was my mind, and I had no doubt that I would overcome that. I let go of a lot on that run.

With every passing day, I gain a better understanding of ADHD and how it impacts my life. It’s a part of who I am and

Tara Campbell was misdiagnosed as having asthma (Photo by Jason Warick) there’s a lot of good to be harnessed from it. However, this doesn’t happen alone.

I’m fortunate, beyond measure, to have people in my life who support me.

As I continue, I expect more challenges to arise along the way — that’s the nature of striving towards being our best

selves. I’m confident, knowing — with hard work, patience, and commitment — through the struggle, I will emerge.

Tara Campbell is a former Saskatoon Express reporter/photographer. This story originally appeared in Canadian Running Magazine.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World

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C Chong, on Texas second baseman Rougned Odor being handed an eight-game suspension for his part in the brawl with the Blue Jays: “This will give him enough time to sign an endorsement contract with Hawaiian Punch. Not to be outdone, look for Jose Bautista to sign a contract with Odor Eaters.”

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• From Janice Hough: “The RangersBlue Jays brawl started by Rougned Odor and Bautista lasted long enough that it should have been on pay-per-view.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Shia LeBeouf playing John McEnroe in a new Borg vs.

McEnroe film: “Can you imagine an actor being told that he will have to tone down his erratic, often-bizarre behaviour in order to play McEnroe?”

• Torben Rolfsen, on Jim Craig, goalie for the U.S.A.’s 1980 Miracle on Ice team, selling his gold medal: “Do you believe in fire sales?”

• It’s sad when athletes sell their memorabilia. It means they need the money.

• Hough, on the IOC opening disciplinary proceedings against 31 athletes from 12 countries just found to have been doping when their samples were retested from the 2008 Beijing Games: “The IOC president said it sends a ‘powerful message to the cheats.’ The message? Always use the most cutting edge drugs.”

• From comedian Brent Butt: “Hmm. . .

Getting conflicting reports. Was Trudeau’s gaff in the House ‘less than nothing’ or ‘the most heinous act committed in human history?”

• From Todd Devonshire: “I think Justin Trudeau just threw an elbow at LeBron.”

• If Trudeau’s elbowing had happened in a hockey game, NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau would have been penalized for embellishment.

• I have enjoyed watching the Cleveland Globetrotters play the Toronto Generals.

• Hough, on a new poll finding 90 per cent of Native Americans aren’t offended

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by the Washington Redskins’ nickname: “90 per cent of Washingtonians, however, are offended by the team’s play.”

• Chong, on MLB games taking seven minutes longer than last year: “NBA commissioner Adam Silver suggested MLB try getting rid of the last 25 seconds of a baseball game.”

• From Littlejohn: “What does the world most want to see? Mayweather-McGregor? Rousey-Holm II? Not even close.

It’s Rougned Odor-Chase Utley.”

• From Rolfsen: “Should Montreal get a NBA team? #OuiTheNorth” • Hough, on Donald Trump using the same lawyer to vet vice-presidential candidates as John McCain did in 2008: “And that worked out so well.”

• The all-time NHL drinking team from @andyfrostq107: “Bob Beers, Matt Moulson, Dwight Foster, JT Miller, John Blue, Jeff Daniels, Scott Walker and Jaromir Jagr(meister).”

• From Rolfsen: “Hungary won its first top tier hockey game since 1939 — when tanking had a different meaning.”

• Chong, on the Philadelphia 76ers winning the first pick in the NBA lottery: “Out of habit, Eagles QB Sam Bradford contacted his agent and demanded to be traded.”

• From Hough: “Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas.’ Isn’t that a glass-houses insult coming from someone who wears a beaver pelt on his head?”

• Wendel Clark’s cottage is available to rent for $5,000 a night. His little lakeside property outside of Toronto has 10 bedrooms, nine bathrooms and 200 feet of lakefront. And I used to think shack tents at Waskesiu were pretty cool.

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• From Hough: “Morley Safer, 84, has died. Sad. He only lasted about 60 minutes after retirement.”

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Geocaching Playing hide and seek with modern technology Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express t is safe to say Lorianne Earl is a hardcore geocacher.

She has found 11,000 caches during the past 10 years and is currently on a streak of finding caches every day for more than two-and-a-half years. That’s about 900 straight days of finding hidden caches.

What is geocaching?

It is defined as a real-world, outdoor treasure-hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS co-ordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at the location. In other words, it’s like hide and seek.

The first geocache was placed by an Oregon man in his home state in 2000. Pre-GPS, the hobby — then known as letterboxing — started about 150 years ago in England.

Sixteen years ago, technology took over.

In 2009, Earl visited the Oregon site, which is the holy grail of caching. She made it extra special by making it her 1,000th find. The first geocache in Saskatchewan was hidden outside of Asquith in January 2001, and is the third oldest geocache in Canada. It is still there and considered a treat to find.

More than 8,300 people in Saskatchewan have geocached, Earl said. Nearly 400 of them have found 200 caches.

Earl’s travels have taken her all around the city and to lakes, deserts and country trails. She has found and recorded approximately 3,000 of the more than 4,600 caches hidden in Saskatoon and area.

Earl said a friend got her interested in the hobby. Her first cache was in a park on the east side of Saskatoon.

“I found I was spending too much time inside. It gave me a destination for a place to go to. I am not one of those people that does well at being a home-exerciser. There is a side of me that always enjoyed exploring, so this gives me a place to head towards and I can branch out from there if I feel like moving around and checking things out.”

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“The tour books will say go here, here and here, whereas we were going over here and seeing awesome stuff. We’re seeing historic buildings, works of art, scenic spots and they are not in the tour books,” she said.

Cliff said the hobby is about more than the thrill of the find, although that is always pretty cool.

“It’s the people you meet and the friends you make and the places you go. Our son lives in Calgary. How many

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times can you go to the museums and art galleries and the science centre? Now when we visit him, we will go geocaching; pick a different area and do it.”

Cliff’s first experience was eight years ago when she was hiking with a friend on the riverbank. Her friend said there were a couple of geocaches she wanted to find. Cliff wasn’t exactly sure what she was talking about, but soon got hooked on the hobby.

With each cache there is a log book. A person finding the cache typically signs and dates the book, and records the find at geocaching.com.

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(Continued from page 20) he site provides co-ordinates for cache sites. It’s a free site, although premium memberships are available for an annual fee.

Cliff said geocachers take information from the site, enter it into their GPS systems — iPhones work as well — and off they go to find the cache.

Earl goes a lot.

She was in Las Vegas and area in March. On the trip, she cached 802 times, including 378 in one day.

Spoiler alert: Taking a photo with the MGM Grand Lion, while holding a GPS, is a cache.

GPS systems typically get a geocacher to within about five metres of the cache; then the search is on. Caches can be in brush, trees and even under park benches in magnetic containers. Some caches are in containers, and some are thimble-sized.

Earl, who is the secretary of the local association, said her most memorable search was near Strathmore, Alta. Her GPS led her to an abandoned farm.

“I looked around the outside of the building. Being it was an old abandoned

structure, I was a little iffy about going inside. Eventually I made my way inside and in a manger there was the lower half of a mannequin wearing shorts and socks . . . and you had to take a marker and write your name on the mannequin. I was creeped out,” she said with a laugh.

She has come close to ending her consecutive-day streak. For a spell it was because of an eye injury suffered when she was poked by a branch. Another time, she almost ran out of time.

“I didn’t get out until almost 11 at night. I didn’t find the first two I looked for. I found one a couple of minutes to midnight.”

The ninth annual Saskatoon Cache and Release will be held May 27-28. The event is a 24-hour geocaching spree, which finishes up with a barbecue at Floral School.

New caches have been hidden and will be published at geocaching.com the day before the event.

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Amanda Rheaume is a Metis singer-songwriter based out of Ottawa and she’s touring in support of her fourth album, Holding Patterns. A 2014 release, Keep a Fire in the Rain, earned her a Canadian Folk Music award as Aboriginal artist of the year. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members.

MAY 26 Saskatchewan singer-songwriter Jeffrey Straker enjoyed a 2013 experience with Saskatoon Symphony players that he’s going to join a core of 12 players in an intimate chamber orchestral concert setting. At an international level, Straker played in front of 20,000 at Chile’s Vina Del Mar song festival. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Broadway Theatre.

Tickets - $35. ***** Jack Semple and Greg Lowe were once playing partners in a touring band, The Lincolns, out of Toronto., Now they’ve hooked up as an acoustic guitar duo, The Chess Club, and will play from the most recent album, Dualism. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

MAY 27 Two Saskatoon bands, Back of The Bus and The Residuals, serve up a night of traditional and modern Scottish, Irish and East Coast music. Show time is 9 p.m. The Bassment.

Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

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Adults $22 and children under 14 are $15. For tickets, contact Persephone Theatre box office at 306-384-7727.

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The Saskatoon Horticultural Society Plant and Garden Sale fundraiser will be held at St. Anne’s Parish, 217 Lenore Drive, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Annuals, perennials, cherry pitters, bee houses and more. BBQ hamburgers and refreshments will be available with proceeds going to the St. Anne’s Youth Group. For more information, call Marj at 306-249-1329.

MAY 24 The Meadows Street Ball Hockey Tournament presented by SOLE-stice Classic Saskatoon track and field meet, open Arbutus Properties. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The venue is the 600 to kids from eight to 13. No fees will be charged and no equipment is needed. Register at Griffiths Stadium between block of Meadows Boulevard. The event is for novice (age 4:15 p.m. and 4:45 pm. Competition starts at 5 p.m. Three 7-8) and atom (age 9-10) players. Free entry. Details at www.MeadowsLiving.ca. age categories will compete in long jump, ball throw, and ***** running events. The top three finishers in each event are Oliver Lodge Tea and Bake Sale. 2-4 p.m. Admission: free invited to attend the SOLE-stice Classic Provincial Meet, will offering. Proceeds support programs and services for June 18 in Saskatoon.

Lodge residents. Everyone welcome. ***** ***** Dedication and Unveiling of a Monument to the memory MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who of Founding President and Long-Serving Board Member score among the top two per cent of the general population of Cheshire Homes of Saskatoon . Where: at 2901 Louise on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is Street East, Saskatoon in front of House 1, renamed Dr. being held at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If John Owen House. Time: 6:15 p.m. you are interested in attending this session, please call Tim MAY 24-29 The NatureCity Festival offers dozens of exciting opportuni- at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca. ties for people of all ages to learn about and experience the ***** wild side of Saskatoon. Full details at www.wildaboutsas- Global Beats, presented by the Open Door Society, Cosmo Seniors Centre (614 11th Street East). 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. katoon.org.

This is a festival of multicultural music. For more informaMAY 25 tion, visit www.sods.sk.ca. Visit us on Community ConnecSaskatchewan Friends of the Shevchenko Foundationtions Facebook Saskatoon Chapter host the 19th annual fundraisMAY 29 ing and donor appreciation Event. Please join us The Friends of the Forestry Farm House present a walking for an evening of entertainment, friendship and tour and open house from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The walking FUNdraising for the foundation. Tickets $20 (adtour begins at 2 p.m. at the Superintendent’s Residence (the vance only.) For more information, please email: big brick house). There is not cost for the tour. Refreshshevchenkofriends@gmail.com or call 306-230-1131 ments are available by donation. For more information, Tickets also available through any committee member or please contact Peggy at 306-652-9801. from Werezak’s Pharmacy.

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Ritornello Chamber Music Festival, featuring the Junoaward winning Gryphon Trio. The trio will perform May 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Convocation Hall at the U of S. On May 28 at 8 p.m., the festival shifts to Village Guitar & Amp. On May 29, the Gryphon Trio will join forces with a number of Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra members at 2 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. Weekend passes and single-concert tickets are available at McNally Robinson, at picatic.com and at the door. ***** A Parish Nursing Information Forum will be held at MAY 28 Resdeemer Lutheran Church (812 Preston Avenue) from 7 Saxophonist Jim Brenan won the WCMA jazz album honp.m. to 9:30 p.m. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. This is ours in 2014 and will work with The Silas Friesen Quintet an inter-church event and is open to anyone interested in in what the Saskatoon Jazz Society calls a Mentorship Weekend. Show at 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $17 for exploring the role of the Church in health and healing. A panel will discuss the role of the Parish Nurse in the life and SJS members, $22 for non-members. ministry of the congregation. For more information or to ***** register, contact p.nursing@sasktel.net.

Benefit Concert for our Refugee Family. Third Avenue United Church, 7:30 p.m. Admission by donation. Featuring MAY 27 Michelle Aalders, piano and some of the stars of the Music An All-You-Can-Eat Varenyky (Perogy) Supper from 5 to 7 Festival. Other artists are Hannah Lissel-Decorby (violin), p.m. at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral Hall Jerry He (violin), Brandon Johnson (violin), Zachary Senick (919 -20th Street West) Prices are: Adults - $12, Children (bassoon), Meribeth Gauthier (clarinet), Esther Zhu (piano). ages 5 to 9 - $6 and children 4 and under free.

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MAY 27-28 ***** The Saskatoon and Area Geocaching Association will be Enjoy an Evening With The Guitar at 7:30, at St. Andrew’s hosting its annual SCAR-Saskatoon Cache and Release Presbyterian Church (436 Spadina Cres.). The concert will Event (GC6DDW6). Starting at 5:30 p.m. on May 27, cachers feature classical guitarists Andrew Booth, Stephen Davis, will be searching for special geocaches placed for the and Walter Hofmeister. Works will include pieces by Barrios, event. There are events within the main event — a Pancake Turina, Ivanovic, Villa-Lobos, and others. Tickets are $10 at Breakfast (GC6FQFR) and a midnight flash mob event the door. For more information, phone 306-653-5092.

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