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Will Lofdahl
SaskTel Centre CEO talks Brooks, Rush and arena’s future
Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express ill Lofdahl is living in interesting times. As CEO of SaskTel Centre, he’s on the front line of a Rush of excitement — and on the tipping point of the centre’s future. Among other things, being on the front lines yields some fascinating insights into the concert stars that frequently land on SaskTel Centre’s stage. Take Garth Brooks. After a 20-year absence, the country star decided to revisit Saskatoon; and sold out not one, not two, but six concerts. Lofdahl says they could have sold two more, easily. Who made all those decisions? Garth Brooks, said Lofdahl in an interview, pointing out that his concerts are, collectively, the biggest event in the history of Saskatchewan. “He’s on the phone when it goes on sale, and it’s a big conference call, and we’re talking about it. He’s hands-on. There were 15 of us on the conference call,” including promoters, Ticketmaster U.S. and Canada, and the arena’s social media and marketing team. “It was like a shuttle launch.” The mood on the conference call was, to put it mildly, exciting. The Brooks juggernaut was monitoring hits on Ticketmaster, phone calls, and hits on the Brooks website from Western Canada. “They knew it was going to be a rocket before it even went on sale. They’re saying it’s the most they’ve ever had,” said Lofdahl. “It was going to be a movin’ tornado, and it was: 80,000 tickets in 16 minutes.” Asked if other stars are so involved, Lofdahl shakes his head. “He’s like Tigger (from Winnie the Pooh.) He’s the only one.” Brooks is not the only big deal catching fire at SaskTel Centre. The Saskatoon Rush has also made headlines, and set records — the first local, professional sports team to ever fill the stadium.
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Will Lofdahl said the impact of the Rush and Garth Brooks have been huge for SaskTel Centre. (Photo by Steve Gibb) “I’ve never seen anything catch hold like tre for four and a half years, and although He attended Arizona State University the Rush have. It’s a fever in this commuborn in Phoenix, Arizona, he has local and graduated with an accounting degree, nity,” said Lofdahl. “In my wildest dreams, roots: “My grandparents are buried in this following it up with a master’s in marketing I thought, maybe we can get 4,500 again. town,” said Lofdahl. from Northern Arizona University. They were drawing 4,500 in Edmonton, and His mother’s side of the family hails With those degrees under his belt, he Edmonton is six times the size of Saskafrom Carlyle, Sask. His grandfather later “came to the conclusion” that the best toon. I thought that was optimistic. But moved to Saskatoon and owned hotels in career for him would be in arenas, stadithey’re selling out.” the city. ums, convention centres and/or amusement His mother and father, who was from parks, because no two days would be the Phoenix born, Rockford, Illinois, met, married and stayed same, and you’d get to meet a lot of interSaskatoon roots in Phoenix, which is where Lofdahl grew esting people. Lofdahl has been CEO of SaskTel Cen- up. (Continued on page 8)
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“I am pleased to stand in front “Can you add anything?” we of you all this morning and anasked. “I can’t write another nounce that as of 9:30 p.m. last inch,” he replied. And he night Les Dube and I had the didn’t. distinct honour, on behalf of all Mr. Hunter wasn’t good of you and all of Saskatchewan, with names. John was John to sign the final documents . . . Chernecki, instead of Chernesthe Blues are now yours. Hooki. Jens Nielsen, another memray!” — Bill Hunter, April ber of our sports department, 1983 was Nels Jensen, columnist Those memorable words Dave Komosky was Dave were included in an email I Komonicki and The SP’s thenreceived last week. marketing guru, Craig (Beep) Editor The email said a documenPeterson, was called Cheap. tary — Hunting For A Team Mr. Hunter had that one right. — is being made to tell the story of those What else do I remember? wonderful, yet heartbreaking times in There was the day when John accom1982 and 1983 for Saskatoon hockey fans. panied Mr. Hunter and Don Cherry, who As a member of The StarPhoenix would have coached our team, to a sportssports department at the time, I had a men’s dinner — I think it was in Swift front-row seat as Bill Hunter and his Current. In his excitement, John left his partners worked to bring a National car locked and running in the SP parking Hockey League team to Saskatoon. John lot. It idled for hours and hours, melting Cherneski headed our coverage and was the ice underneath it. there every step of the way, breaking story As I recall, John got a major scoop at a after story. I suspect Mr. Hunter was the restaurant in Edmonton. Mr. Hunter was source for some of them. sitting at a table behind John’s and was At the time, some thought the whole telling someone about his plan. I am not thing was a charade. Some, to this day, sure if it was John’s good fortune to be still feel it was a hoax. there or if he followed Mr. Hunter into the I remind them that Mr. Hunter purrestaurant or if Mr. Hunter knew John was chased the Blues. He did all he could. there all along. It was NHL owners that prevented the I remember St. Louis players such transfer of the team to Saskatoon. Few as Bernie Federko, a former Saskatoon expected the transfer to be approved, but Blade, having to walk a tightrope. What clearly the local contingent didn’t get the could he say that would play well in both respect it deserved from the NHL’s board Saskatoon and St. Louis? To his credit, he of governors and its smug president, John did some Hall of Fame stickhandling. Ziegler. The new documentary is being made Stepping back and removing the emo- by Saskatoon’s 52 North Films. tion of the time, it is unlikely the NHL The company is launching a crowdwould have succeeded here over the long funding campaign May 30 to assist in haul. That said, it sure would have been completing production, the release said. fun to give it a shot. 52 North Films is owned by director Kyle John was in New York on the day the Burgess and producer Allia Janzen. NHL shot us down. I wish them well. The documentary One of the things I most remember will bring back memories and shed new about that day is John filing his stories light on an exciting time for sports fans in in the wee hours of the morning. We left Saskatoon. Hooray! reams of space for him. His main story For more information, visit www.facecame up a bit short of the allotted space. book/Hunting For A Team
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Hospital Auxiliary’s closure bittersweet
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n almost 61 years of volunteerism, the Royal University Hospital Auxiliary delivered hope, comfort and loving care to patients and raised more than $3 million to enhance and enrich the hospital’s services and facilities. Now reduced to 30 members from a one-time high of 188 in 1967, the current auxiliary has taken the necessary steps to dissolve. There were some telltale signs in recent years. Foremost may have been the conclusion that the auxilians were getPeople ting older. But at the same time, the Saskatoon Health Region was playing a more active role in management of all aspects and RUH, like the other Saskatoon hospitals, established a strong fundraising arm with the launching of its foundation in 1983. Joyce Billinton, current president of the auxiliary, spelled it out to members last November, noting “the auxiliary has, and continues to have, difficulty in recruiting new members and, as a result, the management and operation of the hospital’s gift shop has been transferred to the foundation.” She has since added that “over time, the duties associated with our former major project areas, including the work with the chapel and library, have also been transferred to the volunteer services and we no longer have any financial or managerial
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responsibilities related to the hospital.” Billinton said a purpose, as far back as 1955, was to raise funds to enhance the comfort and care of patients. Later, in an era of government restraints, the auxiliary raised money for equipment not funded by the government. The major accomplishments from the auxiliary were about $2 million dedicated to equipment, $1.25 million towards an auxiliary endowment, the creation and maintenance of four nursing scholarships and volunteering long hours in the hospital and at fundraising. The members voted to disband as of Dec. 31, 2015, but held a meeting on May 18 and, in another moment of triumph, voted to donate $40,000, virtually the last of the auxiliary’s funds, to the RUH for an EEG (electroencephalogram) unit for seizure monitoring. The best way of measuring the success of the auxiliary was contained in a 2010 report, commissioned by the Royal University Hos-
pital Foundation and completed by Garven & Associates management consultants. “In 2009, the auxiliary generated $123,000 of net profit on gift sales of $324,496,” said the report. “When compared to other gift shops, its economic performance is above average in almost every industry measure. Compared to other volunteer operated gift shops in North America, the auxiliary gift shop is in the top 13 per cent for annual net profit and in the top 25 per cent for annual gross sales. When compared to hospital gift shops with full-time, paid management and employees, the auxiliary shop is in the top 25 per cent for annual profits.” Lori Isinger was a volunteer on the information desk as far back as 1962. She became a member of the auxiliary in 1978 and served eight years as president from 1983 to 1987, in 2006 and 2007, and most recently in 2009 and 2010. “We knew what we could accomplish when we were at full strength,” said Isinger.
“I’m not sure that half the hospital staff even knew we existed. The district once discussed awarding the shop to a commercial company. There was also talk that the hours put in by volunteers could be covered by union members.” Billinton, Isinger, Margie Bowman and Jean Laxdal were among those who shared their stories of satisfaction and joy after the May meeting. Billinton has been a member since 1996 and her sister-in-law, Marilyn, had been a president in 2001 and 2002. “I started in the Cradle Shop, but then the gift shop needed more help. We’d unpack, do the pricing and meet the customers. Mostly, we had two markets, one being the needs of hospital employees and the other being the gift-buying customer who was visiting the patients and wanted to take them gifts,” said Billinton. Bowman moved to Saskatoon from Vancouver in 1971. (Continued on page 4)
Green is the colour at 2016 Pride Festival
Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express he rainbow flag that symbolizes Pride around the world is equitably multi-coloured; and pink is often another well-used hue. That being said, green appears to be the dominant shade for this year’s Saskatoon Pride Festival. “Saskatoon Pride Festival has its firstever presenting sponsor with TD CanadaTrust,” said festival co-chair Danny Papadatos in an interview. Note that TD’s logo colour is, in fact, green. “By doing that, it’s freed up our board to be able to start doing other things — like Pride going green this year.” There’s that colour again. This year, the festival will sell no water in plastic bottles, and instead provide refilling stations, although there will be reusable bottles for sale. In addition, the festival has organized the planting of 3,000 (green) trees in the northern boreal forest over the course of two weekends. “We also have trees available for people to take away with them for free, to help encourage a greener environment,” said Papadatos. “We’re really trying to make a difference this year,Karen by not only giving back to KK053016
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Margie Bowman, Lori Isinger, Joyce Billinton and Jean Laxdal share auxiliary memories (Photo by Steve Gibb)
the environment but also to the food bank. We are becoming a bigger festival, and it’s our responsibility to look after not only our community but the wider community as well.” The festival goes June 3 to June 12 in Saskatoon, presented by the Saskatoon Diversity Network in support of the LGBTTQ+ community; but Papadatos says everyone is welcome, and that includes the mayor, who has not attended in the past. Contrary to some media reports, the festival has invited the mayor, although organizers have asked that no campaigning take place, since it is an election year. Papadatos said the festival has experienced “a huge growth spurt in the last two years.” That gives him hope that Saskatoon may be able to land the 2018 International Pride Conference. “We just attended it in Las Vegas in October,” he said. “Three hundred Pride delegates meet once a year to discuss all things Pride. We want to bring that conference to Saskatoon. “We’re the only Canadian city in for the bid, and the only city in the bid right now. We have to make sure we cross our T’s and dot our I’s. We have to show them we can handle a conference coming to Saskatoon.” The conference is organized by Inter-
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ond Chance Prom, with OUTSaskatoon and Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon, at Station 20 West. Tickets $10. On Saturday, June 4, Out on the Green (green again!) Golf Tournament is at Moon Lake at 5 p.m. Monday, June 6 sees the flag-raising at City Hall, 12:15 p.m. The big event, as always, is the Pride Parade on June 11. It takes a different route this year, worth looking up on the website. It starts at noon on the corner of Spadina Crescent and 24th Street, heads up Fourth Avenue to Tourism Saskatoon (a sponsor), then up 23rd Street, left onto First Avenue, and coming to a stop at the judges’ corner in front of the Hilton Garden Inn (another sponsor). From there, the parade continues down First Avenue to 20th Street and back down to Spadina to Kiwanis Park, where the community fair goes until 7 p.m. Over 21 events mark the Saturday celebrations, including a food drive for the food bank. The beer gardens, sponsored by Lucky Bastard Distillers and Great Western, have also expanded; and entertainment includes The Cliks and Bif Naked. Events happen each day of the festival. Information can be found at http://saskatoonpride.ca/.
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Maybe Trudeau needs a nap
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h dear, I believe I spoke too soon. You may recall that she was so sleepRemind me not to say nice things deprived, she passed out, hit her head on about politicians in the future. It her desk, broke her cheek bone and could almost always comes back to bite me. have lost an eye. In this case, it was our prime minister, Lack of sleep is epidemic, in Huffingwho in my view was doing a fine job ton’s view. It leads to illness, she claims, around the Fort McMurray fire disaster, but also, among other things, impulse matching donations and hugging Rona control problems, outbursts of rage and Ambrose when she was sad. He took poor decision making. Sound like anyone flak for not showing up during the worst you know in Parliament? of it, but that was the right decision: (Disappointing to me is the list of tips Who needs a selfie-seeking brigade of she provides for getting a good night’s Columnist evacuees when you’re trying to douse a sleep. Those have been around forever: conflagration? no caffeine after 2 p.m., no computer A week later, he’s striding in fury across the House use before bed, make sure your bedroom is dark, of Commons floor, grabbing the arm of the Conserva- cool and quiet . . . and so on. Sure, they help — a lot tive Party whip, elbowing an NDP MP in the chest — but they don’t necessarily keep your brain from and generally behaving very badly. zooming all night long. I keep hoping, personally, His motivation? To get a vote happening on a for a magic sleep bullet that does not involve pills motion regarding Bill C-14, the legislation that or bashing one’s head against the wall, but haven’t would allow for physician-assisted death. Good found such a thing yet. I digress.) bill, generally; wrong approach to try to hammer it ***** through without debate. That, I thought, was more This brings me to Tiffany Paulsen, who anof a Stephen Harper tactic. Worse yet, Trudeau’s ac- nounced last week that she would not be running for tions backfired, and the Liberal government will now re-election in Ward 9 this October. certainly miss its June 6 deadline, mandated by the Here I go again, saying nice things about politiSupreme Court, to pass the bill. The motion to limit cians. You’d think I’d learn. (Please note that our debate was, of course, rightly and soundly defeated. names are spelled differently and no, we are not What was up with his behaviour? Pundits far related.) and wide were speculating, among other things, that Paulsen has been a strong councillor, intelligent Trudeau (who has endlessly apologized for the fracas and thoughtful. The youngest-ever person elected ever since) doesn’t have the “EQ” or emotional intel- to council in 2000, at age 27, she took her seat with ligence to keep his temper under control, nor manage confidence and a powerful work ethic. Paulsen sits his leadership skills. Others are wondering if he has on many committees, shows up at council meetings, a little power issue, not unlike certain other PMs. continues the full-time practice of law AND has ***** two small children, aged two and five. Add to that Maybe he’s not getting enough sleep. attending events and taking endless phone calls from After the fracas, he headed to Japan for a week. I citizens in her ward, and you do wonder: when does can’t imagine a high-level politician’s life, or for that she sleep? matter, even a civic politician’s schedule (more on Even more than most politicians, Paulsen amazes that later). When the heck do they sleep? me. I’ve always thought that she must have more enConveniently, I caught Arianna Huffington on the ergy than any other 10 people combined, and I’ll bet radio last week, discussing her new book The Sleep her organizational skills are in the 99th percentile. Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a And as far as I know, she has never grabbed someTime. one in chambers, or elbowed them, either. Huffington is taking a new direction in life, after As a parting gift, I’d like to wish Paulsen a JW053002 James nearly working herself to death at the Huffington Post. month-long nap. She deserves it. AS053018 Aaron
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(Continued from page 3) t was my way of meeting new friends in Saskatoon. I enjoyed the gift shop. Most of the shifts were from 9 to 1 and then from 1 to 5. Students helped us on weekends. I remember counting up. On most days, we’d do $17,000 to $18,000 worth of business and in the days in December, maybe up to $24,000,” said Bowman. Laxdal, whose profession was nursing, also joined in 1971 and participated in a wide range of activities. “I was fond of the work in the library, where Judith Kent was a great leader and the convenor. We had people donate books. We’d have them in the library as well as distributing them by carts to the patients in the rooms.” Isinger said the auxiliary was active in taking patients to and from the chapel. “Our windows came from Grace Church. We usually had two services every Sunday. The chapel had a lectern, an altar and cross, which were the work of Michael Hosaluk. We acquired an electric organ. In later years when patients stayed shorter time periods in hospital, the need wasn’t as great as it once was.” Aside from the services within the hospital, there were innovative fundraisers which helped in acquiring special equipment. Bowman remembered a time when “we made 300 sock monkeys, took orders for the colours, then sewed eyes on them. We had monkey parties. Everything worked until a government department told us the eyes on the monkeys weren’t safe.” “One of the most successful (fundraisers) was our Sneak-APeek house tours,” added Isinger. “We did them for four years. People could buy a ticket to tour 15 to 18 homes of some of our prominent citizens, who offered up their homes for a look. The house tours were popular, attracted lots of people and gave us some much-needed money. I was disappointed when the last one was held in 1988.” One of the tasks still left to be done is the disposal of the auxiliary’s silver tea service, serving trays and tablecloths, some of which were used at special functions, including the visit of Queen Elizabeth in 1978. Another will be the decision of what to do with the Barbie Doll collection, started by some purchases in 1988 but bolstered by a major gift from Mattel. There is hope they may be installed in a cabinet in the hospital’s volunteer office. As imaginative as the original founders of the auxiliary might have been in October, 1955, it’s likely that not even Dr. A.V. Swanson, who called together a meeting of women, and his wife, the first president, could have ever imagined the legacy the auxiliary has left.
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Mother Earth grows the plants we need for good health
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15,192 people jammed into the SaskTel Centre for the Rush game on May 21 (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Lacrosse League. (Owner) Bruce Urban actually had to go to the league and sell Saskatoon . . . they didn’t think the community was large enough. “Lo and behold, we have taken the league by storm.” The future of the arena It’s the same thing with concerts, he added: when a concert lands at SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon is always the smallest market on the tour, and we remain lucky to be halfway between Edmonton and Winnipeg. “As long as the economy is such here that people have enough discretionary income to buy tickets, we will likely continue to sell tickets,” said Lofdahl. “The challenge is that our building is getting older, and we don’t have the amenities they have in other buildings.” For example, with more than 8,000 people at an event — and the centre can hold 15,000 — the concourse becomes too narrow, there are not enough restroom facilities or enough counter space to sell concession sufficiently, he said. “If you’re going to spend $200 on an Eagles ticket, and you have to stand in line for half an hour to go to the restroom, and you have to weave your way through the concourse to get to the restroom . . . it’s just not as convenient an environment.” On the concert promoter and event producer side, the rigging beams for all the sound and light equipment are inadequate, there aren’t enough dressing room facilities, and there is no loading dock. Neither is there a kitchen.
Can it be renovated? Well, yes, says Lofdahl, it’s possible; but he gives this metaphor. “If you have a 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo and you put in a new engine and new tires, and a new transmission and new upholstery, what have you got? A 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.” When Katy Perry came in 2014, Saskatoon was the second smallest market (after Fargo, N.D.) on her 44-stop North American tour, said Lofdahl. And, our arena was among the oldest. “Of the buildings that she played, four of them were older than SaskTel Centre; all four of those buildings are either now being replaced, or there’s a move in the community to replace or dramatically refurbish the facility,” he said. “So, in a David and Goliath world — and we are not Goliath; we’re David — the gap between David and Goliath is growing wider. Pretty soon, we’re going to be extinct . . . we’re going to lose our rock and sling, and David doesn’t have a chance without the rock and sling. He’s a goner.” Lofdahl notes that until recently, the nearby Goliaths such as Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary had 40-year-old arenas. Now all three cities, among many others in North America, have or are building new arenas, most of them in the cities’ cores. Saskatoon has to decide what to do next. “We actually got permission from the governance and priorities committee from the city, to do a market analysis. That’s going to take eight, nine months to get it done, but once we have that done, it will
be our homework; it will give us information so we can then say, aha! This is now our road map to the future, and figure out where we need to be . . . and how to get there.” Lofdahl won’t weigh in on his personal preferences — he wants to wait for the market analysis — but he does point out that other communities have been building arenas in downtowns over the last 20 years. “The only arenas they’ve built outside of the downtown in major metropolitan areas are San Antonio (Texas) and Ottawa; and Ottawa wants to move their arena downtown. “The downtown core is where they put arenas these days, and the reason they do that is that it creates such a synergistic opportunity for the community. Take a look at downtown Phoenix these days, it’s very robust. Before they built the arena downtown, it was a ghost town after five o’clock. “With the new arena in Edmonton, I’m told last year there was $9 billion, with a B, worth of construction permits in and around the new arena. Yes. Nine billion.” Bringing it back to Garth Brooks, Lofdahl noted that SaskTel Centre cost $26.1 million to build almost 30 years ago; Brooks will be an economic generator of about $25 million. “A big chunk of the nearly 90,000 tickets that we sold, six shows, are from people from outside the province. They’re going to spend money in the restaurants, in the hotels. That event alone pays for SaskTel Centre.”
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Terrible news comes, Tragically, from The Hip Todd Devonshire For the Express “Here’s a glue guy, a performance god…” ’ve always referred to them as The Hip. The only thing tragic about them happened last Tuesday. My inbox had five new messages that morning. I saw one from The Hip and there was no doubt which message I would open first. The new album? A new tour? Another bottle of Hip wine? I smiled as I opened it only to become, well, scared. The email brought me to one knee. Gord Downie. Terminal. Cancer. “A makeshift shrine, or newly lain sod Hardly even trying, gives the nod…” I texted a buddy to see if he received the same email. Part of me thought it was a cruel joke. My friend texted back two minutes later with words I can’t print here so I’ll paraphrase. It was true. Gordon Downie had inoperable brain cancer. “I sure hope I’m not the type to dwell Hope I’m a fast healer, fast as hell.” I know some people don’t get The Hip. Your loss. At times, it was funny. I used to teach history in high school and played Looking for a Place to Happen to introduce Canadian history. Sigh. The kids don’t always get it, but I can forgive them. That doesn’t mean I forgive everybody. Hell, I cancelled my subscription to the American magazine, Rolling Stone, when they said Gord Downie “just yells.” The Hip wore the Maple Leaf on their sleeves better any hockey player. They dripped in Canadiana when we didn’t know what it meant to be Canadian. They loved this country and we loved them. This weekend, all I want to do is go to a bush party and hear The Hip blasting out of someone’s truck. Maybe crack an ice cold Boh. To a generation of Hip fans who cruised the corduroy roads late at night listening to Up To Here, Road Apples and Fully Completely, the news was completely devastating. “Don’t say people lose people all the time anymore.” We have lost so many musicians this year — Glenn Frey, David Bowie,
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e lost our 92-year-old the group, chuckling at the mother, grandmother memory of keeping their own and great-grandmothkids quiet for pictures, while sier, Clemence Paquette-Bandet, lently thanking their lucky stars recently. that their child-rearing days are She lived what I consider a behind them. glorious 92 years. Sure, there The only reason that picture were tragedies, such as suddenexists is because of the whitely losing her first husband — haired lady at the front. The and the father of her children dozens of her children, grand— when he was in his 50s. But children and great-grandchilthat tragedy led to her remardren blossoming around her riage to another man she loved are part of this world because Columnist until his death only a few years of her labour — literally — ago. She also lost an adult and her life’s work. daughter, newly a grandmother herself, to Isn’t that something? The power of one cancer — that evil, silent monster lurking woman’s mind and body created an entity in the shadows of every family, ready to like a family, and all the hopes, dreams, inevitably strike one unlucky member at accomplishments, and the trials and tribusome point. lations that come with it. You know those family reunion pictures Grandma —or Memere, or Grandmawe all take? They are usually taken in the Memere, as my four-year-old refers to her summer, maybe on the long weekend at — sat at the forefront of many of those the lake, against the backdrop of grandpa’s pictures, which I’m proud to also be a garage, or the bleachers at the nearby part of. baseball diamond. Typically, right in the As we cleaned her belongings out of middle of the front row, sits a white-haired her room at the nursing room — at age lady with a proud smile on her face. At her 92, she was still at Level One care — it feet sits a passel of squirming children, was interesting to take stock of what mawhile young parents lined up behind her terial things are left over after such a life wrestle with their babies in a vain attempt so well-lived. to keep them still, so that the photographer Let me tell you, it’s not much. can take the damn picture already. Clem lived a very productive and sucJW053008 James Baby Boomers are coupled throughout cessful life, which included decades spent
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No man, nor telecom company, is an island
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Administration weighs in on pothole question Question: In the May address all potholes on a block 9 edition of the Express a when there are more severe question asked was, why locations that could affect the don’t crews fix all the safety of roadway users. potholes on a street? I have “In addition, pothole wondered the same thing. repairs are co-ordinated with I have seen some done and the four-year Road Rehabilitaothers in the same vicinity tion Program, which can be of the same size left undone. found on the City website. Why? If the road is scheduled for Mayor Atchison: I thought rehabilitation soon, then potwe answered that but just to hole repairs will be adjusted get more information for you Ask the Mayor accordingly. I asked the administration to “Residents are encouraged weigh in on this. Here is the to report locations using the response from the Public Works depart- online Report-a-Pothole interactive map. ment. I hope this helps. For emergency locations, please call “Potholes are fixed on a priority basis Public Works Customer Service at 306for high speed, high traffic, and on a 975-2476.” – Public Works worst-first basis. The worst potholes represent an unsafe road condition and are Question: Can you give us an repaired through the Emergency Pothole update on street sweeping and road Repair Program. repairs? “In order to repair potholes in all of Mayor Atchison: So far we have Saskatoon’s neighbourhoods, crews will picked up about 10,500 tonnes of sand spend one to two days in each neighand debris. That includes neighbourbourhood prioritizing and fixing pothoods and industrial areas. We still plan holes. With a total of 61 neighbourhoods, to have the work done by the end of it will take crews approximately five June. Pothole repair crews have used months to complete all the neighbour725 tonnes of hot asphalt to repair the hoods. It is scheduled to be completed by equivalent of 41,670 potholes. I believe Oct. 31. With these tight timeframes, it we are on a record pace this year. Also, would not be possible nor responsible to utility cut repairs have moved at a very
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By RJ Currie he Savanna Bananas baseball team has adopted a puppy found in their parking lot. Possible nicknames include The Yankee Yipper, Dogfish Hunter, Poochie Wilson, Yasiel Pug and Bark McGwire. Russian Olympic high-jumper Anna Chicherova said she’s shocked at her recent failed doping test. Not as shocked as the stadium crowd after she cleared the left field bleachers. • At the French Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. Sounds like Jan-Lennard didn’t have all the right Struff. • Domino’s Pizza UK has apologized to a customer who found a human testicle on the edge of a pizza. Remind me never to order their Deluxe with extra onion. • Kevin Durant said he tells women he’s seven foot instead of his real height of 6’10.” Is that a tall tale? • Bills GM Doug Whaley said he doesn’t think football is a game “humans are supposed to play.” Not to worry. Given their record, football isn’t a game the Bills have played. • Retired outfielder José Canseco is reportedly upset over daughter Josie posing semi-naked in Playboy. Years out of the game and Canseco is still feeling needled. • The Blue Jays are averaging 1.5 fewer runs per game than last year. Toronto runs have been scarcer than one of Donald Trump’s wives whose name didn’t end with “a.” • According to a new study, 80 per cent of women under forty said they find wealthy older men attractive. In a related story, I am not wealthy. • Metro UK reports a flock of sheep in Wales went on a rampage after eating discarded cannabis plants. Stoned? They were lamb-basted. • San Jose is going to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in its 25-year history. I had to change all my choker jokes to “Washington Capitals.” • Janet Jackson is expecting her first child. Nursing-wise, the outfit she wore to Super Bowl XXXVIII might come in handy. RJ’s Groaner of the Week An update on the Florida man who was swimming across a lake last week when an alligator bit off his left arm. Doctors say he’ll be all right.
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bound to tail off — they peaked earlier than anyone since Tatum O’Neal.” • From Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star: “I’d like Bob Cole to follow me around describing my life. Even buying milk would be exciting.” • Honest to goodness, an article in the Toronto Star said this: “With a 50-roster spot limit, thinning the Leafs will be a challenge over the summer.” Really? • Chong, on the NFL Pro Bowl moving to Orlando this year: “Wallet Disney World is getting ready for a true Mickey Mouse operation to compete for Floriduh tourist dollars.” • Hough, on the NBA having to decide whether or not to suspend Draymond Green over his groin kick of Steven Adams: “So once again a playoff game could have turned on deflated balls.” • From Littlejohn: “One more kick to the groin and Steven Adams gets invited to host the next reunion of The Sopranos.” • A tweet from a member of the media in Toronto: “Demarre’s gotta start hitting some of those • Janice Hough, on a Willie Mays 1952 Topps shots. Like now, please.” rookie card selling for $478,000 at auction: “And • From Hough: “In off-season workouts, the millions of men thinking of their own childhood Pittsburgh Steelers are using robotic tackling collections are silently screaming ‘Mom!’” dummies which can simulate NFL players. So are these also the first robots that can get arrested?” • Bill Littlejohn, on Joey Votto being booed • How bad was Game 5 of the Eastern Champiby Dodger fans for stomping on a paper airplane: “But he was applauded by middle-school English onship series between the Raptors and Cavaliers? It was so bad, Cleveland fans were leaving at teachers everywhere.” • TC Chong, on North Korea rejecting Donald halftime. • The five best centres in the NBA, accordTrump’s offer to meet its president. “It wasn’t ing to Chicago reporter Sean Highkin: 5. Hakeen expected to have taken much time from either one’s busy schedules. Let’s say ‘Hair today, gone Olajuwon; 4. Wilt Chamberlain; 3. Bill Russell; 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; 1. Bismack Biyombo. tomorrow.’” • Words of wisdom from TSN basketball com• Congratulations to former Leafs James Reimer, Roman Polak, Nick Spaling and assistant mentator Jack Armstrong: “There are four teams in the final four.” coach Steve Spott on advancing to the Stanley • I started following Alex Rodriguez on Twitter Cup final as members of the San Jose Sharks. last week. He’s pretty cool on there. • From Hough: “Who’d have thunk the San • From @fakesportscenter: “Tim Lincecum Jose Sharks would look better in the playoffs than signed with the Angels. The deal is for $2 million the Golden State Warriors?” and 50 pounds of marijuana.” • From Littlejohn: “Well, the Warriors were
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Joy of Vox Spring Concert with special guest Jeffery Straker. 7:30 p.m. at the Elim Church (419 Slimmon Road) Tickets $15. at picatic.com/springJOV or at the Broadway Café.
JUNE 3 Singer-songwriters Roy Anderson and Darrell Burko are Saskatoon performers who have recorded three CDs of original music and at any moment in concert, they can reach back on stage to choose from a multitude of instruments. Show time is 9 p,m. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets - $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members.
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JUNE 3-4 Augustana/St. Tim’s Church (Seventh Street and Broadway Avenue) will be having a garage sale from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 3 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 4. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be available for sale.
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21st Annual Gutsy Walk. Registration at noon, walk at 2 p.m. North Kiwanis Park, 22nd Street East and Spadina Crescent East. Did you know that one in 150 Canadians has Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis? You can help stop the pain, the multiple surgeries and the missed JUNE 4 moments. On June 5, Canadians from coast to coast In another of the Jazz Singer series, Maureen Butlerwill take part in the 21st annual Gutsy Walk and show Kennedy, Colleen Carr, Jamie Donlevy, Graham Dyck, their loved ones living with these diseases that they are Kathi Lewis, Jessica Robinson, Tatrina Tai and Drew not alone. For complete event details, or to register, visit Tofin will step forward and sing with the backing of Kim gutsywalk.ca. Salkeld on piano, Sheldon Corbett on sax, Arlan Kopp ***** on drums and Gent Laird on bass. Concert begins at 8. Walk for Values, Saskatoon Open Door Society, beginThe Bassment. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 for ning at 100-129 Third Ave. North and ending at the non-members. Civic Square, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. It’s an annual walk promoting the practice of human values. For more inforJUNE 5 mation, visit www.saskatoonsaicentre.org. The Saskatoon Auxiliary Concert Band, under the direc***** tion of Nick Todd, will deliver A Suite Summer’s Eve. The Volunteer opportunities at the Marr Residence (326 11th band will perform Alfred Reed’s Second Suite, build an St. East) from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. A chance to tour this Ellington festival and play a variety of Broadway hits and lovely heritage home and check out volunteer opportunisome marches. Concert at 7:30 p.m. Grace-Westminster ties. Church. Tickets - $15, with $5 tickets for seniors and students. JUNE 6 Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan Business Hall of JUNE 6 Fame awards. TCU Place. Reception: 5:30 p.m., dinner Doug and Jennifer Leahy, who have performed fiddle and program at 6:30 p.m. Inductees: Shelley Brown and music for a long time, will introduce The Next Generation W. Brett Wilson. Leahy, introducing their children from Adele, 13, through Throughout the course of the evening awards will Gregory, Angus, Cecilia, Joseph down to Evelyn, five. be presented to the students involved in the Student They will play the high-energy, infectious Celtic-based Venture & Company Program, in addition to inducting music made famous by Doug’s parents. Show time is 8 local business leaders into the Hall of Fame. For more p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 information and tickets, visit www.bhofsask.ca. for non-members.
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Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, Ambassador, Reconciliation Canada will speak at the outdoor amphitheatre at Waneskewin Heritage Park. This free and public event JUNE 1 will include an informal reception, cultural dance and Newly diagnosed education night, 7 p.m. Are you newly keynote from Chief Joseph. The event is from 5 p.m. diagnosed with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis? The until 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit http://reconSaskatoon chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is preciliationcanada.ca/an-evening-of-reconciliation-sask/ senting a live online introduction to life with inflammatory bowel disease, hosted by a chapter volunteer and a JUNE 12
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JUNE 21-22 Zoomer Idol auditions. Zoomer Idol is a talent competition open to anyone 55 years and over. “If you are 55+ and can sing, dance, perform magic or comedy, read poetry or tell a great story – we are looking for you.” This year’s theme is Saskatoon’s Own Ed Sullivan Variety Show. Auditions are June 21 and June 22 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Knox United Church (838 Spadina Crescent East). Those selected must be available to perform at Zoomer Idol 2016 held at TCU Place on Oct. 27. Auditions can be booked by calling 306-652-2255. For more information, visit www.scoa.ca.
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By Luc Delanoy hange is a constant in our prairie environment. Too dry, then too wet is a common complaint of us new arrivals. The ancient landscape, the one in play prior to our arrival, Nature weeded out all weaklings that couldn’t handle the vagaries of the harsh prairie environment. Yet the result was an amazingly biologically-diverse ecosystem. How could that be? And how is it that the biological fabric seems to be unravelling before our very eyes? Prairie is very resilient to the ancient vagaries because it had thousands of years in which to adapt. Thousands of biological entities found a way to sustain themselves in this environment. But not so much with the new ecological conditions thrust upon the swale by our modern civilization. Never before has this new ecology been tested. Adaptation needs to occur for a wide variety of new conditions; high nitrogen levels, high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, biological introductions at an alarming rate, altered light and sound conditions, altered fire and grazing regimes, and the list goes on. The northeast swale is experiencing most of these and in a fast timeline. How it adapts will be an interesting experi-
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ment to observe. Gone are the dominant fescue grasslands and fast disappearing are the grassland birds, animals and plants. The mosquito hawk and fire lily could soon be just memories. The northeast swale should Notes fare better than most small parcels of prairie in the city due to its variety of landscape and reasonably large size. As well, it has been grazed and burned with some regularity. It is already obvious that some portions of this landscape are more resilient than others. The rich soils on level ground seem to have lost most of the prairie plants. Replacing them are very common invasive species including Kentucky blue grass, smooth brome grass, sweet clover, Canada thistle, sow thistle and alfalfa and a long list of recent weed arrivals such as nodding thistle, leafy spurge, cicer milk-vetch, bird vetch, bird’s-foot trefoil and dandelion. The more agriculturally-adverse areas seem to have fared quite well. These include the rocky, thin soil ridges and the saline seeps. These are the best places to find the ancient players. Seeps are home to saline shooting star, western red lily, smooth camas, gentians and blazingstars. These plants are relatively uncommon and it is a delight to find so many in
The northeast swale (shown here as it looked in 2014), is quickly being surrounded by development. As it adapts, what changes will we see? (City of Saskatoon Photo) concentrated patches at the swale. Ridges produce delightful rock gardens with violets (early blue and the rare crowfoot), prairie parsley, crocus, prairie clover and early cinquefoil to name a few. In a good year when rain comes late in the season, splendid patches of yellow, mauve and bronze outline the thin soil south slope patches dominated by sunflower, bluestem and blazingstar. I have hope that these extreme environment patches will remain interesting places long into the future and remind visitors of the ancient landscape that Stan Rowe
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Offers only valid at participating dealers. Retail offers may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible raincheckable Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). */** Until May 31, 2016, purchase a new 2016 F-150 SuperCrew 4x4 XLT 5.0L V8 300A with 53A Trailer Tow package for $41,301 (after Manufacturer Rebates of $3,750 deducted, and includes freight and air tax charges of $1,800). Or lease a new 2016 F-150 SuperCrew 4x4 XLT 5.0L V8 300A with 53A Trailer Tow package for up to 36 months and get 0.99% APR on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit Canada Limited. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease it with a value of $38,406 (after $2,895 down payment or equivalent trade-in, $3,750 Manufacturer Rebates deducted, and including freight and air tax charges of $1,800) at 0.99% APR for up to 36 months with an optional buyout of $23,801, monthly payment is $431 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $198.92), total lease obligation is $18,411, interest cost of leasing is $918 or 0.99% APR. For purchase or lease, additional payments are required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Offers excludes options, Green Levy (if applicable), license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI, PPSA, administration fees, and any other applicable environmental charges/fees and taxes. For lease, some conditions and mileage restriction of 60,000km for 36 months applies. Excess kilometrage charges are 16¢ per km, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change, see your local dealer for details. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. ± Offer valid between May 21, 2016 and May 31, 2016 (the “Offer Period”) to Canadian residents. Receive $1,500 Bonus Cash offer towards the purchase or lease of a new 2015 F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader); 2016 F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader and Raptor), F-250 to F-550 (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Only one (1) bonus offer may be applied towards the purchase or lease of one (1) Eligible Vehicle. Taxes payable before offer amount is deducted. Offer is not raincheckable. ^ Based on results from the 2015 Vincentric model level analysis of the Canadian consumer market for the Full-Size 1/2-Ton Pickup segment. † When properly equipped. Max. payloads of 3,240 lbs/3,270 lbs with 3.5L V6 EcoBoost 4x2 / 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engines. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR based on Ford segmentation. + F-Series is the best-selling line of pickup trucks in Canada for 50 years in a row based on Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association statistical sales report up to 2015 year end. †† Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR. vs. 2015 competitors. ‡ Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ©2016 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2016 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.
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