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Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper

“Because of the positive energy of the group, the little cookbook grew and soon we were designing dividers, doing food shoots and collecting quotes and so For the Breasts of Friends was born,” wrote Patti Hack, one of the Breast Friends who has affectionately been called the queen of cookbooks.

When that first book was launched, Charlene Rokochy was the full-time postmistress in Foam Lake, and grandma of eight. Val Helgason was a farm wife, bookkeeper for a local business and grandma of four. Jacquie Klebeck was managing Leslie Beach Cooperative and was a grandma of two. Nat Dunlop was newly retired, busy creating works of art and was a grandma of six.

Anne Reynolds was full-time secretary at the Foam Lake Elementary School and establishing a home in Phoenix to get ready for retirement. Darlene Cooper was the librarian at Wishart School and was raising teenagers.

Linda Helgason was a full-time kindergarten teacher, farm wife and grandma of four.

Jeannie Johnson was owner/manager of Golden Ocean Giftware, with children in university. Cecile Halyk was teaching piano and voice, co-running the family business and was a grandmother of 12. Hack was teaching senior English at Foam Lake Composite and was a grandmother to two. The women ranged in age from 44 to 63.

“When we look back at how busy we all were, with our families and many of us caring for aging parents, we wonder how we fit in this new full-time job called Breast Friends Cookbooks Inc.,” Hack wrote. “If we knew at that time what the job would have become, most of us would have turned down the commitment. Thank goodness we didn’t and life just happened as it should.

The project grew slowly because all 10 of us loved it and considered it to be a very special time in our lives.”

The Friends thought it was one-anddone as far as cookbooks went.

“We had no intention of a second book, but that winter we lost Kevin (Cooper), The Breast Friends are (left to right standing): Charlene Rokochy, Nat Dunlop, Linda Helgason, Jacquie Klebeck, Cecile Halyk, Darlene’s husband and our great friend and Jean Johnson, Darlene Cooper. Sitting from left to right are Val Helgason, Anne Reynolds and Patti Hack. (Photo Supplied) colleague, to melanoma,” Hack wrote. “We felt restricted because we had mandated all Cam Hutchinson $1.8 million to various causes, all of them her fundraising committee. They planned a of the profits from book one to breast cancer Saskatoon Express cancer-related? women’s night and a banquet. They hoped to and now we wanted to be able to donate to est friends became Breast Friends in Linda Helgason, unknowingly at the time, raise $3,000. other cancers — so along came Book 2, For 2003. That was the year 10 women inspired the first book. Helgason decided The food at the banquet was so tasty that the Breasts and the Rest of Friends. Now we from Foam Lake compiled their first to ride with the Prairie Women on Snowpeople asked for the recipes. Why don’t we were done!” cookbook. Who knew that over the next mobiles to raise money for breast cancer. put them in a community cookbook, the They weren’t done, of course. Cancer dozen years they would win an international Women in the community of 1, 200 were women thought? Do you see where this is survivors inspired the third book. award, hobnob with the Dragons and donate proud and excited, and decided to head up going?

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Dear Lianne

With the holiday season coming up soon my nerves are starting to get the best of me. I am the one who is expected to host the family.

I cook and clean and for most I am happy to do so. My sister-inlaw is critical, ungrateful, useless and can ya tell I can’t stand her.

She always thinks she can do everything better than me. She

The Breast Friends were good to us

t was one of the best phone ers. And your cake recipes are calls I have ever made, just pretty darn awesome. behind calling Sandy and ***** asking for a date back in 1973.

There are few things better Or did she call me? than a trip out of the city on a Anyway, in the month leadbeautiful November day. We ing up to the publication of drove to Wynyard on Nov. 12 our first edition — on June 13, to watch the provincial final in 2011 — I called Patti Hack, one six-man high school football. of the 10 women involved with Wynyard was hosting Hanley the successful Breast Friends in the game. cookbooks.

We hadn’t been out of the Editor I am a bit of a traditionalist city in that direction in a long when it comes to newspapers, time. It was great to see that offering something for everyone, with a Highway 16 is now twinned quite a ways few surprises thrown in. We decided we past Clavet. could distinguish ourselves with good colIt was fun stopping to snap photos of a umns. People such as Ned Powers, Elaine long row of snow geese. There were hunHnatyshyn, Ken Noskye, Tammy Robert dreds upon hundreds of birds. Snow geese and Reena Nerbas have provided these live in the far north — like Greenland pretty much from the start. north for some flocks — and are migratWe felt we needed a crossword and ing a long way south to Texas and beyond. a recipe. I recalled hearing about these That they make the flight year after year is women in Foam Lake that were taking the fascinating. cookbook industry by storm. They had The Quill lakes are high and spilling raised hundreds of thousands of dollars onto farm land. They are getting alarmingfor various organizations, most of them ly close to the highway. Being salt lakes, related to cancer initiatives. the water is rendering a lot of farm land Patti asked how much it would cost useless. I was told one family has had to them to run recipes in our paper. I said it pack up and leave their land. That’s sad. would be free and that we should be payWynyard is a wonderful town. The hosing her group. pitality was great, the burgers tasty and the For a long time, we were creating a game one of the best I have seen. How can PDF of the recipe of the week so it could you beat 69-61 on a November day when run in numerous other weekly papers in the temperature reaches 15 degrees?

Saskatchewan. As our space tightened and ***** the Breast Friends got busier, the colTickets umn drifted away from our pages. I have We have tickets for two events. We always felt guilty about that. have a pair for the Night with Stars Jingle We still get calls now and then, with Ball on Dec. 2 at Prairieland Park. The people asking if we can remember in event is a fundraiser for STARS. We which edition such-and-such a recipe also have a pair for The Barra MacNeils ran. Sadly, our filing system isn’t slick performance Nov. 27 at the Broadway enough to provide information like that. Theatre. Send entries to editorial@saskaWe would literally have to flip pages of toonexpress.com. Please put either Barra old papers. or Gala in the subject line.

I heard a couple of weeks ago that the Correction Breast Friends wouldn’t be doing more Greg Keller made a sizeable donation cookbooks. They have compiled six, to the Gormley Gathering, a fundraiser in won an international award and raised support of cystoscopy equipment at the $1.8 million for various charities and Leslie and Irene Dubé Urology Centre of causes.

Health at St. Paul’s Hospital. Mr. Keller’s Congratulations. You have made an name was spelled incorrectly in our story. incredible contribution to the lives of oth- We apologize for the mistake.

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My husband just says ignore her. Really, do I need to invite her and if so how do I deal with her attacks?

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Top hat. Big scarf. Peer-over-the-top glasses, with piercing blue-green eyes behind them. He only wishes he had already grown his sideburns, or mutton chops, by the time the photo was taken.

It whisks you back into Dickensian England, and for Christmas Carol fans, lures you into that redemptive, often-told story of an awful miser, hurt by life and saved by a quartet of ghosts.

And Allen, just getting ready for the first full on-stage run-through on a Tuesday morning, reflected on the history of the story and his own history with the play.

Have you played Scrooge before?

I’ve had contact with the story, of course, as we all have over a long period of time. I played Fred, the nephew, I don’t know how many decades ago at the Regina Little Theatre. Then eight years ago, we did this production here at Persephone where I played Scrooge, so it’s a bit of a revival.

Do you like the role?

I like Dickens. I admire his writing.

He’s the one who really created the modern novel. His writing is brilliant, and it’s really right on the nose in terms of what people needed to hear at the time he was writing in England, because the conditions he wrote about were horrific. And he was a real cause for change. That is really literature taking a social cause and creating an energy for change. And so, I admire him very much.

Are there any similarities today?

Yes. Oh yes. It’s just that we are so

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dispersed in terms of our focus; there is so much information and so many ways to access it.

The people who were suffering, it was the first time they were ever written about; it was the first time they recognized themselves as an entity. It gave them a self-awareness they began to react to, to respond to.

It not only jogged the powers that be, in terms of their behaviour towards these people — and they had been entirely ignoring them — and it developed a social consciousness coincidentally with the building of railroads. The railroads just smashed through the city. If there was anything in their way, they just designed the railroad not around things, but from point A to point B. If anything was in the way, they just knocked it down — like buildings, schools. So what happened was, when rich people went on the railway, they actually were able to see the cities and the poverty for the first time ever. And they were shocked.

That, and Dickens was read (many people couldn’t read) by the people who could to the people on the street. It came up episodically — and so every time there was an episode, they would grab a newspaper and read and these people would listen to these stories about them. It was the first time the common vernacular was used in literature. He captured the Cockney, if you will, the East London accent for the first time, and people heard themselves and went, wow, that’s us, man. We’ve got to do something about this.

I don’t see it here, because we are somehow numb to that kind of thing. But in other parts of the world, people are using social media to talk to each other and creating movements. And I’m sure that goes on around here, but there doesn’t seem to be a commonality of purpose; it’s

Kent Allen plays Scrooge in Persephone Theatre’s staging of A Christmas Carol spectrum-wide. So I don’t see the impact tain level of attention. That’s all well and as being the same. But it’s ongoing; people good, but I don’t know if a lot of change is do this all the time. Each group will have happening. its own sense of itself and demand a cer(Continued on page 6)

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ast week, I planned undoubtedly was — she could to, and did, write two also be warm and loving, and theatre pieces. You’ll she looked you right in the eyes. see the results, like ‘em or Here is what Brent Butt said lump ‘em, in this edition of the after her passing.

Express.

“She had a giant wit, a giant Then I made it three. heart, and was one of the stronI already had a navel-gazing gest human beings to ever stride column written (and I may around this planet.” resurrect parts of it next week.)

She was. Her sister and Then we learned Janet Wright parents died in a fire at Stratford passed away on Nov. 14, and many years ago. Her daughter Columnist my mind flew back to the early Rachel, who clearly inherdays of theatre, or at least my ited that strength, was killed in early days therein, in Saskatoon. It was a Vancouver after breaking up a gang-related powerful blast to the past. street fight. Wright graciously received RaYou youngsters out there may not rechel’s posthumous Medal of Bravery from member Janet Wright in any role other than then-Governor General Michaelle Jean, in Emma, the crusty, scheming and absolutely 2007. And she carried on. wonderful mother of Brent in Corner Gas. I thought she was amazing right from the God, she was funny. Soon after the Corner get-go. I was pretty young when PerseGas years, I was honoured to interview her phone was founded, but I remember the briefly when she came to Saskatoon. First buzz around it. I remember some of the thing out of her mouth was, “How’s Ned early plays. I remember thinking, “can you Powers?” do that? Can you just go out there and start Now Ned was deeply engaged with the up a theatre company?” theatre scene for decades, and Wright reObviously, you can, if you have the talmembered that. Described after her passing ent and the strength and that kind of “I will as being no-bull---- and blunt — which she do what I want, and to heck with you, if

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When I was a kid, I lived and breathed and ate theatre. I was up to my neck in it during high school, both at school and volunteering with Gateway Players and Summer Players. I caught the bug in elementary school, when we would perform a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta every year. I was never among the stars, sadly . . . not quite a good enough singer or actor . . . but there was a time I could sing all the way through HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance.

(Don’t ask me to sing Go, Ye Heroes, because I will, and I’m not a soprano; so heaven help your ears. I was a baby nun, also known as a postulant, in the Sound of Music, among other chorus roles; and I’ve toted more props and shifted more lights than I can count.)Anyway. Forgive the trip down memory lane.

Those were great years. I made wonderful, talented friends; got yelled at by great directors; went to strike parties until two in the morning; and after it all, really was blown away by the amazing talent in Saskatoon.

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Lona Finney, owner of Saskatoon Home Support, saw the need almost a decade ago, and began delivering home-made baking and Christmas baskets for local seniors without families or a support network.

After seeing how successful Rawlco Radio’s Brent and Penney Adopt-AFamily has been for many years, Finney realized that by teaming up with Rawlco and creating an Adopt-A-Senior program, she could help even more people this Christmas.

“This will be the first year we are launching Adopt-A-Senior, which will work just like the Adopt-A-Family program,” said Finney. “If you know of a senior who would appreciate a gift basket delivered over the holidays, give us a call.”

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Saskatoon Home Support is a locally owned and operated private business which helps seniors stay independent in a dignified manner.

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(Contimued from page 4) t Gateway/Summer Players, there were Rosemary and Dennis Hunt.

Judy Buckle, who blew everyone’s minds as Saint Joan. Bob Hinitt, the incredible stage designer, drama teacher, and, by the way, beautiful dancer. Chrisse Bornstein. Pat Heighes. Bud Stilling!! I could go on and on...

And then there came 25th Street Theatre, too, and Tom Bentley-Fisher, and the founding of the Fringe Festival. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. Live Five. The Refinery.

And then there were, of course, the Wrights, who really moved Saskatoon theatre along into professional territory. This week, I interviewed the great Kent Allen, who is playing Scrooge at Persephone, which is now in a professional, beautiful location, and has to extend its runs because everyone always wants to go to its plays. I interviewed Tom Ratzlaff, who is constantly finding ways to engage young people in theatre, and is a regular at the Fringe.

The legacy lives on here, no doubt; and I wonder what it would have been without Janet Wright and her family. Saskatoon owes them a great debt, for their talent, courage and determination in founding Persephone.

Theatre here is great, in part because of the great Janet Wright. Go, ye Saskatonians, and JW112111 James experience it.

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Tech awards presented

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ew awards created by the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) to highlight technology in the city were presented last week at Louis’ Loft on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

The first annual Science, Technology, Innovation and Collaboration (STIC) Awards presentation celebrated the people in Saskatoon and area’s science and technology cluster, said Alex Fallon, SREDA president and CEO. “These innovations add value to the local economy by creating jobs, wealth and knowledge, and positioning the Saskatoon Region as a global competitor,” he said in a release.

“The calibre of the 2016 STIC finalists and winners clearly demonstrates the Saskatoon Region is a hub for science and technology innovations.”

The 2016 STIC Award winners are, as provided by SREDA: PROJECT AWARD – Development of a vaccine for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization – International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) University of Saskatchewan In less than a year, University of Saskatchewan scientists have developed and tested a prototype vaccine that could protect the North American swine industry from a virus that has killed more than eight million pigs and costs more than $400 million in lost income since 2013.

PRODUCT AWARD – Variation Designer Solido Design Automation Solido’s software enables the creation of electronic chips with optimal performance (to improve chip speed), power (to improve battery life), area (to reduce chip size) and yield (to reduce chip manufacturing cost).

Solido’s software is faster, more accurate, and more scalable than its competitors based in the United States, Germany and China.

TEAM AWARD – Natural Resource Technology Program Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Natural Resource Technology (NRT) Program has been training fish and wildlife technicians, foresters and conservation officers since the early 1960s. The success of this program is due to a willingness among faculty to embrace new technologies while never losing sight of the organic field experience that is integral to resource stewardship.

STIC AMBASSADOR AWARD – Dale Lemke Mr. Lemke has an extensive career in the science and technology sectors and has spent countless hours volunteering his time to help young entrepreneurs and new companies start and succeed in Saskatoon. Mr. Lemke’s career began in the Aviation Department of UND where he wrote computer programs to analyze radar weather data to determine the results of cloud seeding programs in the prevention of hailstorms. Since then he has started and helped create numerous companies and organizations in the science and technology sectors, including multiple Computerland stores, Display Systems International (DSI), Terminal Systems International, SAINT, Saskatchewan Capital Network and the Saskatchewan Advanced Technology Association. Today, Mr. Lemke spends most of his time mentoring young entrepreneurs in Saskatoon.

Scrooge still resonates today

(Continued from page 3) Is it challenging, or fun to play, or how are you otherwise responding to the role?

It’s demanding. The man is self-conflicted. It’s not like he doesn’t know; he’s not pathological. He lives a terrible life, and it takes someone to reinvigorate the vision he had of himself as a younger man and to begin to live life honestly.

The thing that resonates so much is that it’s still accurate. It still says, wake up and do something yourself. It’s not about somebody doing something for you. It’s about those people who can do, should do.

It does poke at people and remind them that there are human elements involved here.

Some interpretations of A Christmas Carol are lighter, some darker. Would you say yours is on the lighter or the darker side?

It’s pretty true to the story. It depends how you interpret the piece and the character, and how far you’re willing to go with it. We are striving for that lovely balance; we’re not shying away from the reality of the situation. We are trying, as best one can, to get the smells, so the change (in Scrooge) is important. You know the story, but when we’re telling it, we don’t want you to jump to the end. We don’t want to allow you to do that. We want to maintain the suspense and the conflict and the danger these people lived in constantly, and the filth . . . we want to get as much of that

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as we possibly can.

There are any number of different versions of this play. I did a different version at the Globe where I played the ghost and it was kind of fun too, but I don’t think it was quite as dark . . . quite as balanced as this production in terms of the dark and the light.

This is why they say Dickens was sentimental. He really did want to get an emotional response. He didn’t want a left brain, “oh yes, that’s right, it’s terrible, and off we go.” He wanted to really get on your nerves. You should feel bad for these people; you should be connected to his story at the time, in book form. I think that’s what we’re still trying to do. If it’s not emotional we’re not doing our job.

Do you like performing the role of a redeemed character?

If you are the part pushing another character to change, you can play through a character who maintains their good or bad element. But the central character or characters must change. That’s what life and plays are all about — what sort of transformations we must go through in life. Whether they’re ascending or descending, we have to see that movement. If we don’t see that movement, it’s flatline.

He’s an extreme example of someone who has rejected his fellow man, basically.

He can’t stand people because he might get reminded of the mistakes he’s made in life.

It so happens there is a spiritual intent.

The ghost of Jacob Marley, his best and only friend, if they can even be called friends, takes on a responsibility and says because of the torment I’m in, the hell I’m in, I must try to redeem this fellow Scrooge so he doesn’t suffer the way I’m suffering. So it starts from a spiritual kind of arc. It just takes Scrooge a while to get there.

Any surprises, say, in the staging for example?

We’re hoping for some surprises. Sure, why not?

Nothing you can hint at?

Oh, I think that’s hint enough.

Is there anything you’d like to add?

Obviously the people in the production are first-rate. I think we’ll have a fine, fine piece of work for people. And it’s such a seasonal thing. In the end, it’s such a joyful thing that people will have no trouble having a great time.

(The main cast includes Kevin Williamson as Jacob Marley, Skye Brandon as Bob Cratchit, Joshua Beaudry as Fezziwig, Kristy Friday as Mrs. Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig, and Nathan Howe as the young Scrooge and Fred.)

Persephone Theatre presents A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Shamata and directed by Johnna Wright, Nov. 23 to Dec. 18, in Rawlco Radio Hall at Remai Arts Centre. Tickets start at $21.90. Go to http://persephonetheatre.org/events/a-christmas-carol for tickets and more information.

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Don’t store clothing in plastic bags

Reena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena, I am attempting to store a large quantity of clothing in a basement that is slightly damp. I am using two large plastic bags for each lot of clothing. Can you recommend anything to help keep the clothes dry and mould free? — Bruce Dear Bruce, It is a good idea to avoid storing clothing in plastic bags. Natural fibres expand and contract with changing temperatures, and if fabrics are trapped in plastic, they cannot breathe. Cardboard boxes can be used for temporary storage. Make sure that you use new clean boxes to avoid staining and insects. One of the best storage containers is an unused suitcase, lined with acid-free tissue paper. Canvas garment bags with cedar tops and bottoms provide great storage protec-

tion. These bags are available in a variety of sizes for both hanging and flat storage items.

If your storage containers allow light inside, you will need to find a dark space since light fades fabric colours. The ideal space is approximately 23 degrees because heat encourages bacteria growth and cold can damage natural fibres; however, cold spaces are the best for storing furs. Also storing chalk or charcoal with clothing absorbs some of the moisture and reduces the chances of mildew growth. If you are worried about pests, use an aromatic cedar or lavender essential oil which gives off a scent that people and pets love, yet repels adult moths and carpet beetles. A general rule of thumb when considering how much cedar to use: if you can’t smell it, the pests can’t either.

Dear Reena, My son dropped (and cracked) a bottle of red nail polish on my bathroom

tile and it seeped into the grout. I tried using nail polish remover but to no avail.

Please help! — Jodi Dear Jodi, Whenever wet nail polish finds its way onto a smooth surface, immediately pour sugar onto the area. The nail polish will clump together making it easy to wipe.

Spilling nail polish on grout becomes a little more challenging. Pour acetone or paint thinner onto the grout and scrub with an abrasive green scrubby cloth. If the nail polish doesn’t budge, gently sand the grout using sandpaper dampened with WD-40 (test every product on an inconspicuous area before applying onto a visible area).

Cookie Monster Approved Tips I like to reduce the amount of flour in most cookie recipes by one-quarter cup to make tender cookies that do not dry out

even after several days. — Tina I make icing with confectioners’ sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I “paint” the icing onto the cookies with a pastry brush. I apply it thinly enough to spread easily, but not so thinly that it just makes your cookies wet and runny. — Jessica Use parchment paper on baking sheets to eliminate the need for greasing sheets. This tip helps promote even browning and easy clean-up. — Darren I do not own cooling racks and what I found works to cool freshly baked cookies without sogginess is to line the counter with wax paper. Sprinkle sugar onto the paper before cooling the cookies. My cookies are never soggy! — Elma (Reena Nerbas is a popular motivational presenter for large and small groups. Check out her website: reena.ca. Ask a question or share a tip at reena.ca.)

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The mathematics attached to her service are astounding. Come January, she will have been conducting fitness classes for 39 years and given that she has averaged seven a week — and still does — she will soon reach the figure of 14,000 classes.

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The association is a non-profit, memberbased organization which provides leadership, facilitation, programs and services to enhance the impact of recreation on the quality of life for Saskatchewan residents.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - November 21-27, 2016                       (Continued     from page 8) simple. Even if we push them  a little bit,                     wo of the busiest classes  are with  seniors will respond.”                                                she was   in          Suffragists held Bridge City SeniorAction Inc., where Although born London, Ont.,                                               ‘respectable’ tea parties about 75 individuals, mostly women, to parents Bernard and Mary Healey and she                                          ‘the cause’. to discuss      work out for an on Tuesday and Thursspent five years of her school life in Kenora,   hour      

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day mornings at the Saskatoon Field House. Ont., Smith is a Prairie woman at heart.   Visit us to learn more “The seniors are living longer, their qual- Her earliest Saskatchewan home was at   Free Admission ity of life is expected to be higher and the Waldheim and her earliest schooling was in Une sororité sisters Mon-Thurs: 9:30am - 8:00pm best medicine for all of that is exercise,” said Rosthern. Her high school days were spent at Friday: 9:30am - 4:30pm Women’s•suffrage•in•saskatchewan Smith.

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Weekends: noon - 4:30pm LE•Suffrage•DES•FEMMES•en•Saskatchewan “I was asked to join an older adult fitness “I was a member of the Saskatoon www.usask.ca/diefenbaker AS112112 Aaron module in the mid-1990s. Audrey Atchison YWCA, my husband Reid was a member had been the leader of the Bridge City group. of the YMCA and someone asked if I’d ever When she decided to step back from doing consider being an instructor. I took the first Best Prices Paid for Recyclable Metals two a week, I took one of them. I started do- course in 1978,” she said.

GUARANTEED! ing two a week in 1998.”

She has taught courses at both the YMCA       The ages of participants range from   and YWCA, all five City of Saskatoon leiWE TAKE ANYTHING               METAL STEEL & METAL INC.                         their late 50s to their late 80s. Each pays a sure centres, occasionally within community Aluminium Radiators Brass                         COMMERCIAL     as well       registration fee of $20 at the start of  the year associations as  working with city and      Batteries Copper Scrap Metal BIN SERVICE        and $2 for each fitness session. The University of Saskatchewan employees. She mats,  FREE 24/7 APPLIANCE DROP OFF TURNING TODAY’S SCRAP weights and music are owned by the group has also taught in Warman, Osler and Bor         itself. den. In the summer of 1985, she was invited Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5 • Sat 8-3 INTO TOMORROW’S RESOURCES A typical session includes 30 minutes of by the Meadow Lake hockey association to action and then 30 minutes of strengthening work on fitness with hockey players from six 1920 Quebec Ave., Saskatoon www.bnmetals.com AS112124 Aaron and stretching. years up to teenage years.

“Once the seniors start coming, they She also owns a certificate in urban pol-   usually come  backa season at a time. Just a ing, another fitness venture which she adapts          couple of weeks ago, a man watched, then mostly for herself during summer months at       came back to give it a try and now does the the lake.           full program.

Much of a session is repetition, The Smiths are parents of six — Bernie,            but I try approaches, Billy, Heather, Colin, Jason and Derek —     new   too.

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From Latvia with love Move to U of S rekindles player’s passion for basketball

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express abine Dukate wanted to inject a little bit more fun back into her basketball career, and found exactly what she was looking for with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.

In May 2015, the product of Ventspiils, Latvia, finished playing her third season of professional basketball in Lithuania.

She was looking to find a way to renew her love for the sport.

“I kind of started to lose the passion for the game,” said Dukate, who had been part of Latvia’s junior national team program. “Me and my boyfriend, we started to think like where I could get it back. We thought like overseas, coming to Canada or U.S.A. “I was always against U.S.A. I really didn’t want to go there, because everybody was going there. My boyfriend had a work permit to come here. We thought let’s try. Let’s email the coaches, and let’s see if they get back (to us).”

Dukate noticed Lisa Thomaidis was the head coach of Canada’s national women’s team and sent a message, a highlight video and statistics to her along with a number of other Canadian university coaches. Thomaidis was the veteran head coach of the Huskies women’s basketball team, and she was searching for a new starting point guard, having lost Kabree Howard and Riley Humbert to graduation.

After Thomaidis responded to that first message, Dukate found herself on a plane to Canada about two weeks later.

For the last 18 months, her life has been a whirlwind.

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kate started her studies in arts and science at the U of S and helped a powerhouse Huskies program reach new heights.

In March, Dukate nailed four of seven shots from three-point range, recorded 22 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals to power the Huskies past the Ryerson University Rams 85-71 in the U Sports national championship game.

The national title was a first for the Huskies women’s basketball program.

While winning was a blast, Dukate chuckles when she looks back at her first interactions with most of her Huskies teammates in September of last year.

“They kind of didn’t get me, because I was kind of still in that position that no, like, basketball is a job,” said Dukate. “I need to do whatever it takes.

“They were like always like ‘come on Sabine, relax, just have fun.’ They were always like pushing me. They thought I don’t like them. It never was that I don’t like them, but I was just like so serious.”

The 23-year-old learned the Huskies were competitive and played the game hard, but they did it all with a jovial demeanour with smiles on their faces.

Dukate lightened up as that season progressed, but those first impressions still bring a few giggles.

“Even now when I would talk with them, they would just laugh about me, how serious I was and just like at the end of the season I would be like starting to have fun to play basketball,” said Dukate.

“It was great.

“I think I had a really good connection with the girls, when I came in. Maybe we were not so connected in the friendship, but when we were playing on the court, it was always like I have been playing five years with them.

Sabine Dukate played a huge role in the Huskies winning the national women’s basketball championship last season. (Photo by Darren Steinke) “I felt them on the court. I knew what they would do. It was never a question of if I will not fit in.”

After watching the video Dukate sent in her reach-out email, Thomaidis realized she had a gem. The bench boss loved how Dukate was able to move and shoot the ball.

Thomaidis said Dukate was a huge piece of the Huskies’ ability to win a national championship.

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“She did a remarkable job. I think this year she is going to have a much stronger year just because she has had that year under her belt. We are looking forward to that, because we are going to need that from her.”

As a sophomore, Dukate is part of a much younger Huskies team this season.

Following the national championship win, U of S graduated star players Dalyce Emmerson, Laura Dally, scrappy guard Kelsey Trulsrud and key reserve Taya Keujer.

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(Continued from page 10) ukate is the only starter that returned from last season’s national championship winner. She is surrounded with a roster that contains six rookies.

“She is going to play a big role,” said Thomaidis. “She brings a lot of experience with her, and she is going to really help those young ones I think raise their level of play on a pretty advanced pace. She’ll be a big part of these young ones coming along.”

Dukate said the difference in experience is noticeable in this year’s Huskies team compared to last season’s squad.

While the current Huskies are much younger, Dukate is impressed with the talent in the likes of rookies Libby Epoch and Summer Masikewich, who both played on Canada’s under-18 team this past summer.

“It is really different, and we play really different,” said Dukate. “I know like all the rookies are trying the best of what they can.

“They are doing great in their first year.

It is awesome to watch them grow in each practice. In time, we will show that we can be again like a championship team.”

With her joy and passion for the game renewed, Dukate wants to keep playing high-level basketball in the future. She hopes to bring what she learned from her experiences in Canada back overseas.

“I am hoping that the Latvian national team will invite me next summer home,” said Dukate. “I could try to compete with the best Latvian players to get on the women’s national team.

“It would be great to come back on national team, because I played on my junior national teams. Now that I am kind of been four or five years out, it would be great to come back and stand for my country and maybe (play) in the future Olympics.”

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America has changed for the worse since 9/11

n the fall of 2001, I planned Earlier this month we went a trip with friends to New to the west coast of America, York City. A couple of thinking we would witness the weeks before our departure the historic election of the first tragedy of 9/11 occurred. After woman president of the United weighing the risk, we decided States. After watching the to continue with the trip. Upon most uncivil, hateful, divisive, arrival, I was shocked to see disgusting election campaign the airport swarming with in the history of that nation, we armed military and roaming truly believed that the majority bomb-sniffing dogs. But what of Americans would maintain surprised me more were the the dignity of the office of people of the United States of president by electing a skilled Columnist America. and experienced person to repLike Canadians, Americans have their resent them in the most powerful office regional differences, together with racial, in the free world. Instead they sent white ethnic, religious and immigration tentrash in the form of Donald Trump to the sions. But what I witnessed during that White House. Needless to say the folks visit was an unbelievable exhibition of we were there to celebrate with were patriotism. Virtually everyone was flying devastated. and/or wearing the flag. Cabs, cars, buildAmericans elect members to Congress ings and store windows were red, white and the Senate through individual state and blue. voting, but cast a nationwide vote for Street vendors were hawking tchotchke office of the president. Although Hillary items emblematic of America. It took an Clinton won the popular vote, she was attack by foreign terrorists to unite these defeated by the Electoral College votes. people, but united they were. At the time Go figure. I truly don’t understand this I wondered if the American meltingsystem, but it is enshrined in their conpot theme was preferable to our mosaic stitution, and much like our senate, is not model in that if you came to America, easily changed. you were first and foremost an American.

We hear a lot about their second I envied them their patriotism, especially amendment, the “right to bear arms,” because at that same time a man in east- also enshrined in the constitution by the ern Canada was being taken to task for founding fathers well over 200 years ago. hanging the Canadian flag on his balcony Can anyone believe that when those wise in violation of a condo regulation. founding fathers, who carried muskets

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and gunpowder to load a single shot, could have ever conceived of citizens carrying semi-automatics and machine guns which would be used to mow down students in a school or people in a church?

But I digress.

After defeat, Clinton gave a gracious concession speech and called for the country to unite. Trump read a prepared text applauding Clinton’s tenacity and dropped his rigged election rhetoric.

Early the next morning, we went downtown and protesters were already gathering in opposition to Trump’s victory.

Those protests were happening in cities across the country. What happened to that patriotism I witnessed 15 years ago? Are these people their own worst enemy?

Will the rift heal? I doubt it. Why? Because voter cynicism will sky-rocket in both camps. Democrats will never accept Trump’s bigoted, racist and misogynistic attitudes and Republicans will be stung by his failure to keep his promises.

What promises has he already broken? That beautiful, big 25-foot-high concrete wall on the U.S/.Mexico border will now be sporadic fencing, some of which already exits, and America will pay for it, not Mexico. There will not be a mass deportation of 11 million or more illegal Mexicans, just those with criminal records, which is what Obama was already doing. Obamacare will not be repealed; it will be slightly modified.

We can only hope that Trump will forget

about his plans for NAFTA, NATO, tariffs and taxes.

Trump’s choice of a cabinet, comprised primarily of those from the alt-right, will keep oppositionists anxious. He even wants his three oldest children (and possibly a son-in-law) to have top security clearance because they are going to be his advisors. Yes, corporate America officially occupies the people’s White House.

What a sad and sorry mess. Regrettably, their mess is going to have an impact on the global community.

Following the election loss, there was a lot of bravado from party guests about moving to Canada. Exercising sensitivity, I didn’t point to the fly in the ointment, that being that Canada may not accept their applications for immigration, especially since America proposed closing its borders to immigrants from other countries. OK, I slipped once and said Canada may have to build a wall along our shared border to keep the “deplorables” out and have the Americans pay for it, but one witty guest responded that it was the “adorables” who would want to leave the U.S. What can we learn from our neighbours’ mistakes? First and foremost, vote and vote for something rather than against something. Americans voted against the establishment by sending Trump in to clean up the Washington swamp, but instead he may become the biggest predator in the swamp. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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n my early teens, my movies was Westerns. While friends and I were always we were talking about what we hanging out. In fact, we would do if we found we were were hardly ever apart. about to die, my response was There were four of us, and to find a fast horse and jump we did everything teenage on a train just to say, “Hold boys do. We talked about girls your hands up, this is a train and what we wanted to do after robbery.” high school.

Of course that never hapOne day the subject was pened and the years rolled on. bizarre.

About eight years ago, I “What would you do if you developed a horrible illness. found out you were going to I lost almost 100 pounds and Columnist die?” one of the boys asked. wasn’t expected to live. Not One of the boys replied he one time did robbing a train would rob a bank and travel all over the cross my mind. I spent much of these past world. A couple said they would do eveight years in and out of hospitals. erything they could to meet their favouDuring this time all that mattered was rite rock or movie stars. my family and friends. In the hospital, Rock music was important in our little I met people who were passing away. group. We once hitchhiked from NorthAs they did, all of them had family and ern Alberta to Edmonton to watch an friends by their side. When it’s all said Alice Cooper concert. We thought about and done, all that’s important is those separating, thinking we would get a ride who are close to your heart. faster, but we stuck together. A kind man Even though it took a long time, I picked us up and went out of his way to slowly recovered. Today, I still have my take us the stadium. It was a good thing, bad days, but overall I am back to my because we got there just in time for the normal weight and able to look after concert. myself. This would not be possible if it That was more than 40 years ago and wasn’t for those closest to my heart. two of my teenage friends and I are still I have met many wonderful people friends. The other passed away from leu- throughout my life. Even some from kemia in his early 20s. We gathered for grade school are still my friends. There his funeral, remembering he was the one are people in Saskatoon I’ve known for who said he would rob a bank and travel over a quarter century that remain close. the world.

Friendship is a gift, something I cherHe never robbed a bank, but before ish daily. It’s those friends who believed his death he did get a chance to see many in me when I didn’t believe in myself and parts of the world. kept me steady on the road to recovery.

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(Continued from page 1) fter a couple of years of marketing, travelling and speaking at many cancer events, we were meeting so many strong cancer survivors. We looked at our first two books and realized that these had both been dedicated and focused on our losses; on people that had died of cancer.

“We decided that we needed to do a book dedicated to living with cancer and about hope. Along came Book 3 – Breast Wishes. With the sale of this book, we hit $1 million in donations. We were pumped and motivated to keep going.

“Talk was just beginning about the new children’s hospital that was to be built in Saskatoon. We were celebrating the births of grandchildren often, so it seemed natural to do one more book and dedicate it to our grandchildren and make a sizable donation to the children’s hospital. Book 4 – Breast Wishes for Christmas — came to be and with it a $100,000 donation to the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital.

Around that time we appeared on Dragon’s Den and our regional cookbooks became truly national best-selling cookbooks.”

Crusty old Kevin O’Leary remembers meeting the Friends on the popular CBC show. He was in Saskatoon two weeks ago for the Conservative leadership debate when Darlene Cooper approached him and welcomed him to our city.

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“I said, ‘I have actually met you,”’ said Cooper, a sales representative at this newspaper. “He looked up perplexed by that. I said, ‘We were on the Dragon’s Den’ and he said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Do you recall a group of women — we were cookbook authors?’”

Cooper laughs as she continues to tell the story.

“He started to grimace. ‘You girls,’ he exclaimed, ‘I was not to about to ever tolerate a not-for-profit. We are in business of for-profit, making money. You gals caused quite a s---show.’ He really really argued against our presence there. The powers that be liked our story and the obvious successful business model in selling so many books, so that was awesome to watch his expression when I introduced myself.”

From the Dragon’s Den appearance came a wonderful ongoing relationship with Brett Wilson. The Friends are on the guest list for his annual garden party in Calgary. Invitations are about as prestigious as it gets.

After the book inspired by cancer survivors, the Friends thought it was truly time to wind down. They had accomplished more than they had ever dreamed possible.

Then it struck them — do you see a pattern? — that they had never thanked their husbands for the support and sacrifices they made to make the cookbooks possible.

“They were so proud of us; and they hauled books, changed holiday plans, built warehouses, attended fundraisers and made many, many suppers when we were away,” Hack wrote. “We wanted to thank them and our sons and sons-in-law, who always championed Breast Friends.

“We also wanted to address men’s prostate cancer so it was time for Breast Wishes for the Men in Our Lives, dedicated to them. We are very proud of all of our books, but this book won a Gourmand Award for the best charity cookbook in North America. We got to go to Paris, France, to receive that award. What a highlight.”

Cooper agreed.

“It’s like the Oscars in the cookbook world,” she said. “Nine of us were able to attend and we still pinch ourselves that it actually came to pass, especially when we tied with Bill Gates of Microsoft and actually beat Michelle Obama. It is a story to tell grandkids and even strangers.”

The gala was held at the Louvre, no less.

The Friends would write two more books.

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“They asked if we would be willing to work on a cookbook with them that followed the nutritional guidelines for the prevention of disease,” Hack wrote. “We had been working with these doctors for the past few years doing workshops in Saskatchewan for newly-diagnosed cancer patients. We trusted and respected them.

They chose 400 of our recipes, adapted and tested them, and soon we published Breast Friends Inspire Health.”

A sixth book was dedicated to the daughters and daughters-in-law of the Friends.

Those women helped throughout the years in many ways. They were unsung heroes.

A lot has changed since that first book.

These Foam Lake friends are now between 56 and 75 years of age. They have more than 80 grandchildren and great-grandchildren are beginning to join their families.

The $1.8 million in donations came through thousands of hours in their kitchens as well as writing, editing, marketing, meeting, speaking and selling. They had a lot going on in their lives at the same time, according to Hack.

“At the same time our children were growing up, grandbabies were being born; we were retiring, moving, selling businesses and grieving the loss of parents.

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here are nine public brary,” author and librarian Milibraries in Saskatoon, chael Perry details the outreach including the newlyinitiatives undertaken by one christened Round Prairie branch Indianapolis library, including in Stonebridge. monthly visits to a number of elAs Saskatoon city councilementary schools, taking library lors deliberate over the 2017 services to community events preliminary budget, they’ll be and designing in-house services taking into consideration the and programming tailored to the request from the board of direcneeds of the neighbourhood it tors of Saskatoon Public Librarserves. ies for a slight increase in their If it’s a matter of funding, Columnist annual funding — $2 million then reduce the hours at the or 7.7 per cent, to be exact. The other locations to bring the inner money is said to be for staff, specifically city hours up. the new staff required for the new library, What bothers me the most about this which is expected to open next month, and is the fact that while some of Saskatoon’s for staff to bring Saskatoon’s inner-city public libraries languish, the library board libraries up to the same level of operations continues to push for a new central library as their counterparts in the suburbs. building to replace our downtown Frances That last bit is what really gets me.

Morrison branch — another $80-million Shouldn’t libraries, and the wealth of to $100-million megaproject to replace a literacy programming and learning oppor- building that appears to be built like a cetunities that could come with them, be a ment bunker designed to survive a nuclear priority in a city’s core areas, as opposed to war. It’s not the prettiest building, but who an afterthought? cares? If there’s not enough room in it anyFor example, the Cliff Wright branch, more — get rid of the in-house art gallery, located on Saskatoon’s east side in the because we just built a giant $100-million Lakewood Civic Centre, is open seven days one up the street. a week, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on week“We’ve responded to growth and new days, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and demands by creating shortages in all areas from 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Sundays. That’s of our organization, leaving us with just the a total of 67.5 hours. Compare that to the ability to get by — or barely get by — on a 20th Street branch (seriously, that’s the day-to-day basis,” Saskatoon Public Library name – could we really not come up with director and CEO Carol Cooley told city something better?) which is only open for council during budget deliberations in Nov. 40.5 hours per week over six days, and only 2015, when she was defending her request open in the evening on Wednesdays. for more money to hire 15 new full-time The Rusty Macdonald branch, located in staff members to serve the existing facilithe Lawson Heights, holds the same 67.5- ties. hour schedule as the Cliff Wright branch.

That request made sense. We need to Meanwhile, the Mayfair library, located on take care of what we have first. But this 33rd Street, only operates on a 29.5-hour notion that has recently consumed the city, schedule, and is never open in the mornthat because we’ve seen our population ings. numbers go up, we have to have bigger, I cannot think of one good reason that better and newer, has to go by the wayside. library services, in their entirety, should not It’s not about accepting mediocrity, it’s be equally accessible to every neighbourabout common sense. There is no appetite hood in Saskatoon. If it’s a matter of some now for another downtown megaproject, branches being used less than others, then nor will there be in 2019, which is when implement an outreach program and get the development of this new library is allegedly numbers up. slated to begin. Unless the current building In a report entitled “Striving for Success: is deemed unsafe or unusable, let’s embrace Breaking the Barriers in an Inner-City Liwhat we’ve got, and make the rest better.

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The long-time director of Shadow Players, a theatre group focused on giving young people on-stage experience, continues to seek ways of getting new actors on stage — this time with a new collective called Tough Choice Productions.

Also new to his approach is the material, which is quite a bit heavier than the Shadow Players’ repertoire, and the fact that Tough Choice is hitting the stage with one-handers instead of ensemble-cast plays.

Ratzlaff has teamed up with Shadow Players’ alumni Braden Butler and Trillian Reynoldson, with whom he has worked several times before.

“We click; we think the same way when we’re looking at plays,” said Ratzlaff in an interview.

“They have a chemistry as actors.

Working with them on a scene has always been a great pleasure. They love to experiment, to try anything. There, in a nutshell, is my reason for wanting to do something different with them, some different material, that wouldn’t quite fit into Shadow Players mandate. There, we are trying to bring together a reasonably large group of people to give them experience.

“With these two, we’re intending to focus on plays that have smaller casts. These two plays are one-person shows. They’re both aspiring to be professional actors. The arts educator in me thinks this is a wonderful opportunity to work with these two as they throw themselves into the world of

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After the debut, Ratzlaff said they’ll see how things go.

“We are talking about going further, perhaps with these two plays in a Fringe festival. That’s dependent upon whether we can get into a Fringe festival. It’s also dependent upon whether they get into other things as well.” (Somewhat amazingly, the Saskatoon Fringe is already full, months ahead of the August festival.)

Both actors do have quite a bit going on. Butler is enrolled in drama at the University of Saskatchewan and has auditioned for the new apprenticeship program the U of S has set up with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan.

“Trillian also does some on-camera work. That’s the advantage of film and TV work. You can work for a week . . . and work it around other jobs.”

The two performances start Nov. 23 at Paved Arts, supported by sound and projection technician, Quinn Von Kuster, and musician, Declan Hills aka The Atrium, who will be rearranging and recording two songs.

Both are by Daniel McIvor, described

by Ratzlaff as one of the finest Canadian playwrights.

“He deals with pretty serious subject matter, inserting humour here and there.

His characters are very real and very well-rounded so for an actor, any of his plays give a great opportunity to develop a character.

“The characters are very playable for actors. And of course often his one-person shows have been pretty successful around

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Braden Butler, left, and Trillian Reynoldson star in two short plays presented by Tough Choice Productions, a new Saskatoon theatre collective. (Photo Supplied.) the country. And the characters in these two plays in particular are around the right age for these two actors. For them, the empathy with the character is easy, because at least indirectly they can relate to what the characters are going through.”

The link between the two plays is that both characters are trying to understand where they fit into the world, even as they deal with different immediate problems.

Steve, the character in Wild Abandon, is contemplating suicide — “but of course like anyone in that situation he is also contemplating reasons to live,” said Ratzlaff.

Intriguingly, Steve has been described as “a dance-loving Hamlet with a shocking sense of humour.”

“Bob (in See Bob Run), as a result of a great number of her experiences, including having been sexually abused, is trying to come to grips with an action she took that is bothering her considerably. She is trying to find people who understand . . . and in the process, she discovers more about why she did what she did and what it means for her whole life.”

Both characters emerge knowing more about themselves and their situations, said Ratzlaff.

McIvor is very passionate about theatre, added Ratzlaff, “and in some of the research I’ve done into what makes him tick, I’ve discovered that for him theatre is something like a religion — that people come together, they congregate, they try to find connections.

“It’s bringing strangers together in a way that allows them to find commonality and to deal with problems and issues.

This is the kind of thing that one would hope happen in a church . . . not just sing a couple of songs and go home.”

This passion results in a style that is “not exactly” audience participation, but the characters are written to be aware of the audience.

“We’re bringing it right up into their faces, at times,” said Ratzlaff. “If that kind of thing is your cup of tea, sit in the front row.

“For all three of us, this has been a new experience,” he added. “None of us have performed a one-person show before.

“I’m learning a lot by doing these one-person shows. It’s very different and intense.”

Tough Choice Productions presents See Bob Run and Wild Abandon by Daniel MacIvor at Paved Arts, 424 20th Street West in Saskatoon. The run includes a pay what you can preview on November 23 at 8 p.m. (PWYC offer is cash only at the door). Otherwise all tickets are $20, or $15 for students and seniors. Nov. 24, 25, and 26, and Dec. 1, 2, and 3 at 8 p.m.; November 27 and Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door (cash only) or in advance through On the Boards at http:// ontheboards.ca/events/see-bob-run-andwild-abandon or at 306-653-5191.

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• Game 3 of the World Chess Championship in N.Y. lasted six hours. I caught most of the second half by switching backand-forth during the final three minutes of an NBA game.

• The Atlanta Braves signed free-agent pitchers R.A. Dickey, 42, and Bartolo Colon, 43. Anyone know an antonym for youth movement?

• FIU tight end Jonnu Smith’s girlfriend was charged with aggravated assault after pouring boiling water on him during a spat. That sounds like a heated argument.

• Cubs owner Tom Ricketts reportedly said he plans to “reach out” to Steve Bartman. May as well, because Bartman stopped reaching out after 2003.

• Pelican Solomon Hill had a dunk erased and got a foul because Celtics guard Marcus Smart flopped. USA Today called the flop shameless; Boston fans called it, well, Smart.

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• Last year we bought a brand new 2015 Nissan, a big improvement on any of our previous cars, but I couldn’t drive it because of foot surgery. I have an idea how Tony Romo feels.

• Reuters reports the Skladan brothers won last week’s burial competition in Slovakia for being the fastest team to dig their grave. Anyone else just think of the Detroit Lions?

• There is a superstition that placing a pair of shoes on a dinner table foretells a death in the family. True in my case, because my wife would kill me.

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• From Torben Rolfsen: “The book I am most looking forward to in 2017 is Kate Upton’s Baseball Abstract.”

• Janice Hough, on the Indiana Supreme Court ruling that Notre Dame’s police department doesn’t have to release crime reports to ESPN: “Well, yes, because there is no higher authority than Touchdown Jesus.”

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• From Rolfsen: “I figured out why the Packers defence gave up 47 points to the Titans last week. They spent much of the game doing the Mannequin Challenge.”

• Hough, on Tony Romo saying Dak Prescott has earned the right to quarterback the Cowboys: “Romo still hopes to come back to disappoint Cowboys fans in the postseason.”

• Chong, on Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots being groggy after the vicious hit he took from Seahawk Earl Thomas: “Concussion protocol usually involves simple questions like: Stadium that you’re in, score of game and your name. Gronk passed the first two, but doctors removed him from the game immediately after he said he was Wes Welker.”

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NOVEMBER 25 Elvis and the Best of the Rest, 10th Street Players, Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th Street). Adults (dinner and show): $30 — 6 p.m. to 7:30. Students six to 12: $15.

For more information, call 306-653-1766.

NOVEMBER 26 Ineke Vandoorn, vocalist and pianist, and Marv van Vugt, guitarist, represent the act which has travelled the farthest to play The Bassment this season. They are from Houten, The Netherlands, and they’ll be joined in their funky, modern harmonies by Gent Laird on bass and Arlan Koop on drums.

8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 and 25.

NOVEMBER 27 Kids of Note and The Notations, two groups consisting of children, youth and young adults, some with disabilities, will present their 12th annual Christmas concert. Jazz vocalist Heidi Munro will be featured. Brenda Baker is the founding director. 2 p.m. Grosvenor Park United Church. Tickets - $10, children under six are free. ***** Barra MacNeils in concert, Christmas Show at the Broadway Theatre. Tickets are $39, plus charges, and can be purchased at the theatre, online at www.broadwaytheatre.ca or by calling 306-652-6556. Doors at 6:30 p.m. and show at 7:30.

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All-You-Can-Eat Varenyky (Perogy) Supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral Hall (919 – 20th Street West). Prices are: Adults - $12, Children 5 to 9 years - $6 and children 4 and under are free. Entry includes a dessert and a beverage. Meat and cabbage rolls are extra. While quantities last.

Brandi Disterheft plays deep, resonating bass lines, is a real innovator and fiery player and has great respect for the jazz tradition, and will lead a vaunted trio on its visit to Saskatoon. A key ingredient is New York’s Harold Mabern, an aggressive pianist fine-tuned in hard bop, post-bop and soul jazz. Joe Farnsworth is a much-in-demand drummer and perfect fit for the trio. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $25 and $35.

DECEMBER 3 Zodiac Tapestry Handbells present their Christmas Sparkle concert, 7 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church (505 - 10th Street East). Admission at the door $15.

DECEMBER 4 The Saskatoon Choral Society Fall Concert, featuring seasonal music. Tea and goodies to follow. 2:30 p.m. at Grace Westminister Church (505 10th Street East). Tickets at the door: $15 for adults, $5 for children six to 10. Under five, free.

NOON HOUR CONCERTS Thursdays at Third Avenue United Church — Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Donations appreciated. Feel free to bring your lunch. Coffee and tea provided. For more information, call 306-382-9830.

EVENTS NOVEMBER 23 to DECEMBER 3 Greystone Theatre presents Bronte at 8 p.m. nightly at the John Mitchell building on the U of S campus.

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Christmas Bake Sale. Homemade Turkey Pies and Crafts.

Tea tickets are $5. For more information, call 306-242-5146. ***** Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild annual sale. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Albert Community Centre (610 Clarence Ave.). There will be spinning and weaving demonstrations. ***** Craft sale and Trade show from 9:30-3:30 at the Massey Place Community Church (930 Northumberland Avenue). No admission charged and there is a children’s area. For more information, call 306-382-8400 or visit masseyplacechurch.ca. ***** Book and Baking Sale, Third Ave United Church, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 306-382-9830 ***** Gone Wild for Wildlife, Prairieland Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gone Wild is the annual FUNdraiser for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan. There will be live wildlife, cool science experiments, fun and informative lectures, interactive booths and all sorts of activities. This event is fun for all ages.

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Contact Shirley at 306-373-1474 or at ws.maskal@shaw. ca for more information. ***** New Hope Dog Rescue, Santa Photos at Wilson’s Greenhouse 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10.For more information, visit www.newhoperescue.org or www.facebook.com/ newhoperescue ONGOING

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THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

EVERY THIRD SATURDAY

The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at 306-2425893 or email murraydhill@me.com.

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@hotmail.com.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-9318053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

Saskatoon Oldtimers’ Association’s monthly meeting.

Parkville Manor (625 25th Street East), Reception at the main door between 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The association looks after the Log Cabin at the Exhibition. New members needed. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-3824915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.

COSMOS SENIOR CENTRE

Daily activities for seniors during the week, beginning in September and running through May. Monday - Yoga: 8:45 a.m; Kaiser and Whist: 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m.; Wednesday - Yoga 10 a.m.; Whist:1:30 p.m. Thursday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m. (partners); Friday - Yoga: 930; Cribbage and Kaiser: 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY provided. Drop-in fee for cards is $2 The fee for the OF THE MONTH exercise classes and yoga are $4-$5. New members Resporados support group for people with breathing difwelcome. Annual membership is $5. For more information, ficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church call 306-343-6710.

(33rd Street West).

SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club at All Saints Anglican EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Church( 1801 Lorne Avenue) from October until April. We dance to old time music from 7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. with Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you beginner instruction during the first hour. Beginners are eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit welcome. For further information call, 306- 382-5107.

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by Nissan Canada Inc. (“NCI”) in its sole discretion. Proof of current ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferrable or assignable except to the current owners’ spouse or a co-owner/co-lease of the existing vehicle (either of whom must reside within the same household as the intended recipient of the offer). Individuals who purchased/leased a vehicle under a business name can qualify for the program provided that the new deal is not a fleet deal and that the individual can provide valid documentation that they are the registered primary owner of the business. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered model year 2016 Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and Daily Rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through Nissan Canada Finance Inc. (collectively “NCF”), he/she will receive a specified amount of NCF Loyalty/Conquest Cash, as follows: (I) 2016 ALTIMA ($2,106); (II) 2016 MICRA/VERSA NOTE/SENTRA ($500); (III) 2016 JUKE/ROGUE ($600); (IV) 2016 PATHFINDER ($800); (V) 2016 TITAN XD ($1,000); (VI) 2017 TITAN HALF TON ($1,000). Loyalty/Conquest Dollars will be applied after taxes. Offer is combinable with other NCF incentives, but is not combinable with the Nissan Loyalty program. Offer valid on vehicles delivered between November 1-30, 2016. *Models shown $17,524/$37,463/$49,319/$77,021 Selling price for a new 2016 Sentra S MT (C4SG56 AA00)/2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/2016 Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 (5XEG16 AA00)/2016 Titan XD Diesel Platinum Reserve (3CPD96 AA50). Offers include freight and PDE charges ($1,600/$1,795/$1,795/$1,795) air conditioning levy ($100), applicable fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/loyalty. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. Certain conditions apply. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc.

***** The Saskatoon and Area Geocaching Association will NOVEMBER 27 be having its annual general meeting and 10th annual The Studio On 20th Open Studio Show and Sale. 11 a.m.

Christmas Potluck Party (GC6W7WW) at Faith River Church to 5 p.m. (236A 20th Street). This unique work and exhibi(2625 Preston Avenue) from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tion space will be open for one day to showcase the most ***** recent paintings by 11 Saskatoon artists: Bridget Aitken, MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people Nicki Ault, Kathy Bradshaw, Jan Corcoran, Ann Donald, who score among the top two per cent of the general Jane Harington, Miranda Jones, Brenda Kennedy, Karen population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ Maguire, Amira Wasfy and Carol Wylie. For more informatesting session is being held at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, tion, go to The Studio On 20th Facebook page. or $70 for students. If you are interested in attending ***** this session, call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@ Traditional German Advent Celebration, organized by Kulturcampus.usask.ca. garten Saskatoon. Big buffet of original German Kuchen and DECEMBER 8 Torten ( large cakes), coffee and tea, entry is free. We will present Tenor M. Harris singing Advent carols with piano by G. Spirit of Christmas: Late night shopping in the Broadway Schulte, Childrens Quartett, and Childrens poems. First can- District with free sleigh rides, carolers, outdoor firebowls dle of Advent Wreath will be lit. Hall of Holy Family Cathedral with marshmallows, games, and even an appearance by (123 Nelson Road — off Attridge Drive, use hall entrance). For Santa Claus himself! More info at www.broadwayyxe.com. more information, contact Rosa Gebhardt at 306-373-3328 ***** or rosagebhardt@icloud.com. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Jingle Bell Lunch for Junior Achievement Saskatchewan, Travelodge Hotel, student trade show at 11 a.m., with NOVEMBER 28 the meal and program beginning at 11:45 a.m. The guest AIDS Saskatoon fundraising gala. 5:30 p.m. at TCU Place. It speaker is Preston Manning. Tickets: www.picatic.com/ is a night of comedy, fashion, food and music. Tickets can JingleBellSaskatoon be purchased for $125 at aidssaskatoon.ca. A table of eight ***** is $800 and can be booked by calling 306-242-5050.

New Hope Dog Rescue, Christmas Puppy Showcase, Bone NOVEMBER 29 and Biscuit (3020 Preston Avenue), 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

- Angel Wish Tree for donations and prizes wrapped up New Hope Dog Rescue steak night, presented by Sask Polytechnic – 5:30 – 10 p.m. at Green Bryre Country Club. around the store. For more information, visit www.newhoTickets are $25 available at newhopetickets@gmail.com. perescue.org or www.facebook.com/newhoperescue (Continued from page 19)