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Coach brings wealth of experience to dance team

Jennifer Ritchie, the coach of the Coors Light Saskatchewan Crush Dance Team, was once a cheerleader and coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ cheer team. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express erek Keenan isn’t the only person coaching a Saskatchewan team during Rush home games. Hidden mostly out of view in the open corner of the SaskTel Centre stands Jennifer Ritchie. When her team takes to the floor, she inches closer to the entrance. Through the dim light, she watches every move her team makes. On this night, she likes what she sees. Ritchie is the coach of the Coors Light Saskatchewan Crush Dance Team. She has coached and performed at high levels before. DC020645 Darlene She was once a Saskatchewan

Roughrider cheerleader and, for one season, coached the troupe at the same time. Ritchie’s coaching dates back to the early 2000s with the Roughriders and as a volunteer at a Regina high school. She put together the pre-game halftime shows at the 2003 Grey Cup in Regina. That wasn’t the one with the famous snowmobile flip. That piece of lore came 10 years later. Ritchie started dancing when she was “itty bitty.” She competed in solo and group competitions as she was growing up. It was after she moved to Regina that she performed on a bigger stage. “I heard an ad on the radio for Rider tryouts. Because I didn’t work with

anybody my own age, I thought ‘this is a good way to meet a bunch of people.’ It turns out I made the team, so I did my first year cheering and my second year cheering and coaching.” She coached the Roughrider dance team for another two years after that. When Ritchie moved from Regina to Saskatoon, she taught at a couple of local studios and started a pom team at Marion Graham Collegiate. She did that on a volunteer basis for seven seasons. The team did well, winning multiple city and provincial championships. Ritchie replied to an advertisement in 2015 for the Rush job. The team contact-

ed her and interviewed her the same day. “It has been an amazing opportunity to be involved with the start of the team in Saskatchewan from the ground up,” she said. “The growth is certainly more than anyone expected in the first year. The response has been so positive and it’s great to get that kind of support from the community.” And it’s also a great opportunity for local dancers. “Some have trained for 12, 16, 18 years here in Saskatoon, so it’s great to offer them a professional opportunity without having to go to a bigger centre. (Continued on page 14)

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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express amien Lee had to rename his dog. His sister, Janine MacLaurin, named him Sid, as in Sid Vicious. MacLaurin found Sid in a ditch when he was just four weeks old, and nursed him back to health. Sid looked scary, Lee admits, but he was anything but vicious, so he became Squid. Lee said he chose the name because Squid and Sid sound alike. Squid adopted Lee – yes, that is correct – when Squid was about two years old and Lee had just returned to the Fort William First Nation in Ontario after living in Europe. “When I came back, he basically latched onto me. He chose me as his owner I guess. So he’s been with me for 11 years. I was really special because we have this little living being who chooses you when he could have chosen anyone in the whole universe. I am a dog person anyway, but I really wasn’t looking for a dog.” That’s because Lee was moving around a fair bit for school at the time. Squid and Lee lived in Thunder Bay, Peterborough, Victoria and Winnipeg, before arriving in Saskatoon last summer. He said he could have left Squid in the safe, stable environment that his family provided, but that wasn’t part of the deal. “He had already decided to come with me, so I basically accommodated him.” Lee, who is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, credits the move to Saskatoon for saving Squid’s life. At the time of the move, Squid started showing signs of what was later diagnosed as nerve interference in his hind right leg. Swelling in his spine caused the problem. Lee said the skill level and technology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine saved Squid. He said the care was unparalleled. “By the end of the summer, he had lost the complete use of his leg. It was totally paralyzed. In Ontario, the diagnosis we got early on was not anywhere close to what we got here. “When his issue got to the worst of it, we happened to be here and were able to get the right help. I don’t think that would have been the case where we were living in Ontario. He probably would have been put down.” Lee said he was simply honouring the commitment he made to Squid when they set off on their journey.

Damien Lee credits the Western College of Veterinary Medicine for saving his dog Squid. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) “So when it came down to his leg in the summertime, and the choice was putting him down or going the extra mile, all I had to do was remember the original commitment I made to him which was basically as long as you are interested to keep going, I’m going to facilitate that as much as I can. “When he decides it’s done, his body decides it’s done, that’s a different conversation, but he’s not done in no way at all. He’s interested, he’s not in pain, he wants to get out and do stuff.” Lee says Squid, who is now 13, has taught him life lessons. “I believe dogs, animals, have their own lives and we don’t really own them. I don’t own him; he chose to be with me. Watching him live his life, I was really inspired to appreciate life more because he just loves life. He emanates pure love for people, for life. “Going out on walks, you can just see they get excited, they dream and they can see the love.” Lee and Squid have gained a measure of notoriety for the walking device Squid uses to get around. He said it didn’t take Squid long to get used to using his $600 walking aid. “The first three times we used it, he didn’t know what it was. He wasn’t resisting, but he was trying to walk as if he didn’t have it on. By week two, he was actually using it. You could see him taking the weight off his back leg and sitting

into it so it can carry him.” Squid moves slowly but loves being outdoors, Lee said. Games of fetch are gone from Squid’s walks, but he can do those in water. “When we go to the dog parks he needs (the walking device) to get the most out of the experience of being there. With those wheels it is basically limitless. We could go for an hour or more.” Lee said he has been approached about having Squid work as a therapy dog. Lee said he would love to do that, but the timing just isn’t right. He is busy teaching and is just months away from getting his doctorate. “Maybe next year. It’s on the horizon and something I’d like to do. Kids react to him with interest and intrigue, especially kids who have a disability. They have reacted to him in really positive ways, so there seems to be some sort of traction there.” Lee says he can see why some people were afraid of Squid. “When you see him, he looks like a monster. He looks like the typical dangerous Rottweiler/pitbull-type dog. But he’s nothing like that. He’s the gentlest thing you have ever met.” In other words, he’s definitely a Squid, not a Sid.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - February 6-12, 2107 - Page 4 Donating monthly is also an option, which makes it more affordable, said Deborah Kies, a local marketing professional and another group member. Kies has been amazed by the support for the group’s efforts from other people in Saskatoon. “I have people say, ‘Tell me when your next fundraiser is.’ They clearly want to help, and they want to be involved. And right off the bat, people were offering stuff,” she said. In addition to raising the funds, the group will also offer in-kind help to the Syrian family, such as providing household goods, furniture and clothing, as well as support with connecting to community resources. However, the fundraising group is not ready to collect Deborah Kies (left) and Maggie Sawatsky are raising money to bring the household items yet, since it will be a Syrian refugee family to Saskatoon. (Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk) about two years before the refugees, who are currently living in Turkey, arrive in Canada. They will then join members of their extended family here, who are recent government-sponsored refugees in Saskatoon. Sawatsky is pleased to hear all of the Shannon Boklaschuk relatives joined her effort to raise money. “awesome stories” of Canadians helping Saskatoon Express So far, the group of 12 people – called refugee families. For example, renowned hen Maggie Sawatsky saw the Friends and Family for Refugees – has Saskatoon author Yann Martel – who is haunting photo of Alan Kurdi, raised more than $10,000 of the $30,000 most famous for writing the international the drowned Syrian refugee required for the refugee family of four to best-selling book Life of Pi – provided his boy whose body washed up on a Turkish live in Canada for the first year. former house to a Syrian refugee family beach in September 2015, she knew she “It was tough slogging at first,” said of six. had to do something. Sawatsky, a registered social worker, “When you look for good, you find Sawatsky, a Saskatoon mother of two about the fundraising efforts. good,” Sawatsky said. young boys, couldn’t forget that tragic The group began to raise money and Sawatsky’s fundraising group is comstory and the other horrific images of the awareness with a steak night and silent prised of retirees and young professionals war in Syria. auction last winter, as well as through a with various areas of expertise. Kies said “I was just sitting on the couch, crying. hot dog and hamburger sale this past sum- diversity will be an asset to the group I thought, ‘We need to do something more mer and a GoFundMe page. Their fundin its efforts to provide “wrap-around than just give money.’ Even though that’s raising efforts got a boost when Sawatsky services” to the refugee family, such as a great way to go, it needs to be more,” discovered that the group’s partner, the taking them to appointments and to the she said. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), grocery store, explaining how the public So Sawatsky talked to her husband, could include a page about the group on transit system works and helping them Chris Bernhard, about what it would take its website. That means donors can now with jobs and resumes. to sponsor a Syrian family to come to provide funds to Friends and Family In November 2015, it was announced Canada. After discussing the idea with for Refugees through the MCC site and that Saskatchewan would establish others, some of Sawatsky’s friends and receive a tax receipt. a Refugee Settlement Centre to co-

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ordinate the arrival of Syrian refugees into the province. As of Nov. 2, 2016, Saskatchewan had welcomed 1,236 refugees as part of the federal government’s initiative to settle 25,000 governmentassisted refugees by the end of 2016. Saskatchewan had originally committed to receive 850 people – its per-capita share – but settlement organizations, volunteers and others have assisted hundreds more in making the province their new home. Many of the newcomers are children, with 534 enrolled in Saskatchewan schools in the fall. One of the reasons Kies wanted to join Sawatsky’s fundraising group was because of Canada’s history of immigrant and refugee stories. For example, her grandmother was a war bride, and her husband’s father came to Canada after the Second World War. “I wanted to do something,” Kies said. Sawatsky said the members of the group believe everyone needs to feel safe and secure, and it’s part of Canada’s history to welcome newcomers. Her own grandfather came to Canada around the time of the Russian Revolution in the early 1900s, with the help of MCC. “It’s come full circle. It’s time that our family give back and thank that opportunity, really, to come here,” she said. For Sawatsky, one of the best parts of fundraising for the Syrian family has been “learning about the whole process” of bringing a family to Canada. She has also been heartened by “the kindness and goodwill of people, just reaffirming that there’s good in the world.” “I think in this climate right now we’re just so bombarded on the media with the negative side of things, that to actually see people are still good – that’s just what we focus on.” To read more about the Friends and Family for Refugees group, or to make a donation, visit https://donate.mcccanada. ca/registry/friends-and-family-refugees.

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elled by fear, including POix Muslim men are TUS Trump and, in France, murdered, and five Marine Le Pen. Most people injured, in a horrific atwill know the list. tack while praying in a QueAnd it’s here, make no bec City mosque. The effect mistake. on Canada, in the main, was So what do you do? profound and remarkable: Marches and other gatherpoliticians were at their best ings are useful, because in the House of Commons, people take back their citizens gathered to honour communities through these the dead and to weep, and events, provide evidence of one could sense a widespread Columnist anti-hate solidarity, and try rallying around the Muslim to show the world that they community. – we – are not afraid, or at least will not The perpetrator and terrorist, who looks 10 years younger than he actually give in to fear. But we also have to behave like acis, was identified as Alexandre Bistual human beings in our everyday lives. sonnette, 27. He was relatively wellknown for his extremist views. Indeed, Don’t smile awkwardly and turn away a refugee welcome group in Quebec had when an acquaintance makes a racist comment. It’s too late for politesse. tagged him as a concern, although not And when our politicians and other as a violent man, so he was not flying community leaders do behave like under the community radar. He wasn’t really even trying; some of his opinions rational, caring human beings, we could and allegiances were right out there on support them. I was sickened to read that after Premier Brad Wall condemned his Facebook page. Trump’s refugee and immigrant ban After this information came out, I found myself wondering why he wasn’t on specific Muslim countries, he was slammed himself. on the Quebec police radar. With apologies to Postmedia’s Mur“Police said the suspect was unray Mandryk for snagging this nugget known to them prior to his arrest on from him, Wall said he didn’t know Sunday night, when he called 911 to when protectionist or anti-immigration turn himself in,” said one Postmedia report. “It remains unclear how he was sentiment became a conservative POV, because it wasn’t his conservatism; and able to orchestrate the attack without ever coming to the attention of authori- that immigrants had built this province. A nasty tweet came his way, calling him ties.” In general, our top security organiza- a globalist (apparently a vile thing these tions repeatedly say that there is only a days). He responded to that by saying he was ready to help anyone stranded by minor threat from extremist groups to the U.S. ban. Canadians. The Saskatchewan left, for its part, “The majority of individuals inpointed out with some validity that Wall volved in the milieu in Canada hold had asked to slow down the refugee strong racist and anti-immigration views, but do not overly propose serious process in 2015. What was more than unnecessary was a tweet from Sask. acts of violence,” according to a 2012 Federation of Labour adviser Kent PeCSIS Intelligence Assessment, in the terson, who called Wall a “hypocritical same Postmedia story. garbage human.” It looks like that was then, and this Garbage human. A lovely dive to the is now. Certainly, as MP Ralph Goodale bottom, Mr. Peterson. Considering and pointed out, the “lone wolf” attacks calling human beings garbage does not are the most difficult to pre-detect and appear to be isolated to the alt-right, prevent, but it might be time to take a different view of extremism in Canada. does it? And with such excellent timing, Time will tell whether last week’s attack too – just as our premier was having was “isolated,” but I don’t think we can one of his finest hours in recent history, trying to point out that human beings assume it was. What seems obvious is are not, in fact, garbage, but welcome in that community groups must interact Saskatchewan. more efficiently with police services. But I owe Mr. Peterson thanks for so Enter our police chief, Clive Weighill. He, too, does not believe that precisely pointing out the exact problem that is harrowing Planet Earth. If you anything terrible is being planned in and around Saskatoon, but to his eternal don’t share someone’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or – in this case credit – even though Quebec City is 3,300 kilometres away — he almost im- – political stripe, it is becoming fair mediately got in front of the media and game to denigrate and hate that person, with a public venom that fuels further our Muslim community, and promised loathing and makes it more acceptable. to actually do something. He announced that the police service Is this what we have become? I seek another planet. In a galaxy, would provide extra patrols to local far, far away. I woke up yesterday, mosques, especially during times of prayer, and said it was important to of- strangely, with a Star Wars scene in my mind. It was Princess Leia begging a fer support to the Muslim community. Jedi knight: “This is our most desperate Do something. We all have to do hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re something. 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enny Shields and long-time friend of the late his Streetheart band Janet Wright, has been selected members are getting to voice Wright’s character, ready to jump off the Canadian Emma Leroy, for a 13-week rock and roll merry-go-round animated series of Corner Gas . . . With Streetheart celebrat. . . The comedy, which was set ing its 40th anniversary this in the fictitious Saskatchewan year, Shields, who is nudging town of Dog River, ran for six 70, decided it was time to quit years on the CTV network and playing live concerts . . . Still a movie version was created left on the 2017 Saskatchewan in 2012 . . . Wright grew up in schedule are two nights (March Saskatoon, was a co-founder 10-11) at the Regina Casino, a of Persephone Theatre and People concert (July 7) at Tisdale and worked at the Stratford festival then the band’s appearance as before embarking on her Corthe Sunday night closing act at Saskatoon’s ner Gas journey . . . Brent Butt, originally Rock The River on Aug. 20 at the Bessbor- from Melfort, and Eric Peterson, who ough Gardens . . . Originally from Noko- launched his acting career at the Univermis, Shields fell into rock and roll as the sity of Saskatchewan, will be part of the lead vocalist with Saskatoon’s Witness Inc. animated series along with all the other in 1965, was on the shelf from injuries cast regulars . . . Butt said entirely new sustained in a car accident in 1969, and episodes will be written and The Comedy then rejoined Witness Inc. in 1975 . . . Network will launch the show in 2018 . . He and his friends founded Streetheart in . Gillian Snider, a regular vocalist on the 1976 . . . Their final performance will be Saskatoon jazz scene, comes by Dec. 31 in Winnipeg, which he adopted as her music quite naturally . . . home after leaving Saskatchewan. Her mother was Jackie Allan, Canadian pianist Frank Mills, rewho along with sister Coralie nowned for Music Box Dancer, will be sang duets on Tommy touring in Western Canada this sumHunter’s television show mer and his Saskatoon stop will be May from 1966 until 1977 . . . 11 at TCU Place . . . He comes with Her father was Art Snider, newly-earned credentials, having won a pianist and Canadian the Conservatory of Canada’s honorary Country Music Hall licentiate diploma in November . . . The of Famer, who was conservatory called Mills “a musical icon musical director of the and his musical style is a perfect comple- Hunter show about the ment to the Conservatory’s efforts to same time as the Alengage students through its progressive lans were appearing . . curriculum of using contemporary musi- . Snider will do somecal genres.” . . . Saskatoon’s Fransaskoise thing different at The singer-songwriter Alexis Norman has Bassment on March been nominated for a third time in the 25 with a tribute to best female singer category for the 2017 Joni Mitchell. Gala des prix Trille Or, a prestigious Sean Maw is flying awards night to be held in Quebec in May to South Korea this week, . . . The success stemmed from the recent ready to take an assignrelease of her self-titled album, three new ment as a track announcer music videos and a holiday single, Sing at the world speedskating Me Home, performed alongside Quebec’s singles championships . Daniel Lavoie . . . Norman’s next tour . . Maw was a volunteer will include a March 1 appearance with with Speedskate Canada Kevin Roy at The Bassment, home of the at the Olympic oval in Saskatoon Jazz Society. Calgary before moving Canadian actress Corrine Koslo, a to Saskatoon where he

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Corrine Koslo has been selected to voice Janet Wright’s character, Emma Leroy, for a 13-week animated series of Corner Gas. (Photos Supplied) is an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan and an announcer for speedskating at the Saskatoon oval . . . Quite likely his dedication to the sport will be rewarded with an invitation to announce at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea . . . Saskatoon’s Steve Shannon was a Winter Olympics announcer for curling at both the Salt Lake City

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Library’s cancellation of Trost meeting tramples free speech

security concerns, and thus the think it is fair to say that booking was cancelled. most people fear change, Well, those problems are eassome more than others, and ily solved by simply advising especially so when change apthe individual booking the room pears to benefit others at their that the space has a maximum expense. There is a comfort in limit and that when capacity is the status quo and often change reached, the doors must close. is viewed as simply disturbAs for the threat by the suping that which seemingly is posed protesters to storm and working. But change inevitably presumably disrupt the meeting comes when the status quo is and/or create chaos for library not working for everyone. Columnist users, a quick call to Police However, there is one thing Chief Clive Weighill advising that should not change and that is our democratic right to free speech. him of the threat and concern would no doubt get a positive response from the It also includes the right to legally and chief. The police are often available to peacefully march, protest and provide a collective voice to that which we perceive monitor events that could lead to conflict. It is not an excuse to cancel a law-abiding to be right or wrong, and it usually occurs when dealing with government at all meeting of citizens with their duly elected levels. Freedom of speech is best summed representative regardless of the planned discussion content for the meeting. up in the words of Evelyn Beatrice Hall: So, we are back to individual and col“I disapprove of what you say, but I will lective rights. Pro-life supporters have defend to the death your right to say it.” the right to meet, and pro-choice activists I am a self-confessed supporter of have the right to protest, and vice versa. library services in this city. I am not a Most importantly, the public has the right supporter of strident groups or organizato attend any meeting it chooses to if it is tions who presume that only their views constituted within the law. are right, and thus attempt to foist those What neither group has the right to do views on others. Nor am I a supporter of is to prevent the other from a peaceful the pro-life movement, or of Member of Parliament Brad Trost or his bid to become gathering. When you organize a protest, it does not mean you have the right to limit leader of his party. access of citizens to an event; you cannot However, this now brings us to the block public walkways, storm public fadisappointing decision by the Saskatoon cilities, threaten or intimidate people comPublic Library board to cancel Trost’s ing or going to or from a site. When that scheduled meeting at the Alice Turner Branch Library whereat he would presum- happens, you lose your status as protesters and become an unruly mob and should be ably have had a dialogue with pro-life subject to legal sanctions. supporters. In its public statement, the But let’s not get lost on the issue of Saskatoon Public Library (SPL) said “the abortion because the real issue is freedom booking was completed by an individual of speech. What if this group was meeting who stated the purpose of the event as ‘a to discuss the environment, development day of reflection’ and the organizational of the oil sands, pipe lines, voter identifiaffiliation as ‘none.’” cation/reform, assisted living or suicide, or Perhaps the person booking the room was not doing so on behalf of any organi- pick a controversial topic of your choice? zation, but on behalf of a group of citizens Should citizens not have the right to attend, listen and voice their opinions? Is it not formally affiliated with any organinot why we endorse public forums on a zation who simply wanted to meet with their MP and reflect on their beliefs about host of topics? The missive released by Carol Cooley, abortion. But even if this person was associated director of libraries and CEO of the Saswith the pro-life camp, or if the room was katoon Public Library, said: “The Saskatoon Public Library is a champion of free being booked on behalf of Trost, why speech and intellectual freedom. We welwould it have mattered to the library? come democratic debate in our spaces, but Citizens have the right to congregate to we have to balance this in a way that the discuss issues of importance to them and safety, security and comfort of all of our the library offers space for that purpose. patrons and staff are not compromised.” The SPL does not have the right to pick It is hard to accept that statement at and choose which citizens can use this public facility if the users are not using it face value as the action taken by SPL in the Trost incident smacked of censorship for an illegal purpose. and politics. What would the SPL have After the room was booked, the SPL done if the library stocked a book that a states it was contacted by a group of certain group didn’t like and this group protesters, presumably pro-choice activthreatened a book burning if it wasn’t ists, who called on the library to cancel the event, and then subsequently the SPL removed? Would the SPL dispose of it? Generations past died in wars fighting received information that if the event was for our freedoms and they did so at the risk to occur the protestors planned to enter the library and attend the event. The SPL of their own safety, security and comfort. This unfortunate incident belittles their further stated that this branch library is not equipped to support large-scale public sacrifice. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com events that involve potential safety and

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very week since Octothe boost they need to get over ber, we have been drivthe fundraising finish line in ing our 12-year-old son order for a late 2018 opening, back and forth from Vonda for I’d like city council to seriously hockey practice. consider giving the university Does he play for Vonda? the money. No. His coaches and league Why? Because city counjust can’t get enough ice time cil has ignored the deficit in in Saskatoon to accommodate ice-time for Saskatoon kids the team’s practices. playing hockey or ringette for There are five city-owned decades. All this yammering and operated indoor hockey about a Winter City feels fairly rinks in Saskatoon, with a total hypocritical in light of that Columnist of six ice sheets available for fact. If the U of S project is minor hockey. Another nine rinks are shelved, even temporarily, I have no faith located in private facilities. in city council to proceed with its own The University of Saskatchewan is rink construction, even though it’s curplanning to build a new hockey arena. rently claiming it’s a possibility. The $41-million, twin-ice facility near the Further, in the few short months that Saskatoon Field House is expected to ac- the city has been talking about building commodate 1,830 spectators, with the po- a new ice sheet (in addition to, or as an tential to expand to 2,310 seats. The new alternative to giving the $3 million to the rink will be called Merlis Belsher Place, U of S), the price has jumped from $4 honouring a $12.25-million donation (the million to $6 to $8 million. Forgive me, largest donation to the university ever by with the price tag for the Remai Art Galan individual), from U of S commerce and lery in mind, for assuming that’s going to law graduate Merlis Belsher. go up even further. In March 2016, the U of S secured $1 According to the U of S and Saskatoon million from the City of Saskatoon, in exMinor Hockey, in the 2015-2016 season, change for a guaranteed 1,500 hours of ice Saskatoon children fell short by more time per year for Saskatoon minor hockey. than 1,500 practices of meeting Hockey These 1,500 hours represent over double the Canada guidelines. Anecdotally, I can tell average amount Saskatoon minor hockey you that when Saskatoon players square teams are allocated. off against rural teams, the difference in In October 2016, the U of S launched skill level is extraordinary. its Home Ice Campaign, led by alumnus It’s quite obvious the rural teams pracand former NHL hockey coach Dave tise more, and conversations over coffee King. The campaign is asking local minor and rink burgers with other parents and hockey organizations and community vol- coaches usually confirms that fact. I know, unteers to raise $7 million to put towards I know, it’s not about that, it’s about havthe price tag. To date, individuals have ing fun – but my kid loves hockey, so havcontributed $23.6 million, including $6.5 ing more time to play would be fun. million from the Graham, Wright, RychWhat the U of S and the Home Ice john, Van Norman and Wyant families. Campaign need to realize is if they want In January, the Home Ice Campaign this money from city council, they need to went back to city council asking for campaign the residents of Saskatoon. It’s another $3 million, citing a deficit in fund- a PR exercise, not a political one. raising. The implied message was city They also need to explain if there is a council’s decision on another $3 million serious risk of construction delays, or of could make the difference between the having to change the business model by new U of S rink opening in September reducing their 1,500-hour commitment to 2018, or not. There are no additional perks minor hockey. or hours for taxpayers beyond what was Saskatoon parents are quite fed up with already agreed for at $1 million. driving 150 kilometres round-trip to take This puts city council in the awkward their kids to practice. I’m confident that position of having to explain to ratepayers with proper messaging for residents from why it chipped in an extra $3 million for the Home Ice Campaign on the full imessentially nothing extra in return. pact of its fundraising deficit, there’d be The statement regarding 2018, however, more support for investing in the U of S’s worries me a bit. If construction of the new new rink than there would be for relying rink is dependent on the city giving them on city hall to get it done.

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Leschyshyn family Jake Leschyshyn (right) was rated 31st among North American skaters in the NHL’s central scouting’s midterm rankings. (Photos by Darren Steinke)

Like father, like son and daughter

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express urtis Leschyshyn had no expectations that his children would follow his footsteps in hockey, but the former NHL defenceman is enjoying the fact that two have chosen that route. For two full seasons from 1986 to 1988, Curtis was a star defenceman for the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades. He went on to play 1,033 NHL regular-season games for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, Washington Capitals, Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise, Minnesota Wild and Ottawa Senators from 1988 to 2004. Curtis was a member of the Avalanche’s Stanley Cup-winning team in 1996. These days, Curtis’s son, Jake, is a standout centre for the WHL’s Regina Pats, and daughter, Anna, is a star forward with the Saskatoon Stars of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League. Curtis coached Jake for his one season with the midget AAA Saskatoon Blazers and currently is an assistant coach with the Stars. “It was something I think that they inherently did,” said Curtis. “Myself or my wife (Laura), we didn’t force them to play the game. “We welcomed them to try it, and they both enjoyed it. Even our third child, Kate, tried playing hockey, and she didn’t like it. I didn’t force her to stay in it. I never forced Jake or Anna to stay in the game. We try and encourage them to work at it as hard as possible. For the most part, they’ve done that all on their own.” Both Jake and Anna have vague recollections of their father playing in the NHL. When Curtis was wrapping up his final season in 2004, Jake was turning five at the end of that campaign, while Anna was two years old. Jake started skating about the time he was closing in on his fourth birthday. He decided to take up hockey, because that was the sport his dad played. “I think that he (Curtis) was a big influence on me starting hockey,” said Jake, who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 182 pounds. “I started with skating lessons and then just kind of worked up from there.

Anna Leschyshyn is a star forward with the Saskatoon Stars of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League. “I enjoyed the game more and more and just got hooked on it. There are not a lot of sports out there that have these long seasons. You go through a lot and get a lot of good memories and experiences throughout the course of the season.” Anna got into the sport because she wanted to follow what her father and older brother were doing. As time went on, Anna developed her own reasons for loving the game. She loved the team environment of the sport. As she progressed through minor hockey, Anna developed fond memories of all the teammates she played with and the coaches she played for. “They are all really positive and it is just awesome,” said Anna, who stands 5-foot-10. “It was really fun. There are always great girls to play with, and it has just always been great. I have just been lucky to have such great teams and teammates.” AS020608 Aaron

While Curtis has already cemented his mark in the game, both Jake and Anna are building their own reputations in hockey. Jake’s WHL rights were originally held by the Red Deer Rebels, who selected him in the first round and sixth overall in the 2016 WHL bantam draft. While making moves to gear up to host the 2016 Memorial Cup, the Rebels traded Jake’s rights to the Pats in January 2015. As a 16-year-old rookie last season, Jake appeared in 66 regular-season games, collecting seven goals and nine assists. He added a goal and three assists in the Pats’ 12 postseason games. Jake turned a lot of heads in that playoff run, displaying a gritty work ethic. As a 17-year-old sophomore, Jake had 17 goals and 23 assists in his first 46 games with the Pats. Just past midJanuary, Jake was rated 31st among North American skaters in the NHL’s central scouting’s midterm rankings, which means he can be a potential second- or third-round NHL entry draft selection. On Jan. 30, Jake played in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game in Quebec City, and he scored an empty-net goal to help Team Cherry earn a 7-5 victory over Team Orr. While he has already made great memories with the Pats, Jake gets a chuckle out of fond recollections when he would hang out with Curtis, when Curtis was a Blades assistant coach from 2012 to 2014. “I think I just kind of hung out around the locker room after games waiting for him to get a ride home,” said Jake. “I just remember getting to skate I guess after morning skates with the team just going out there and goofing around with them. “After games, I was in the locker room vacuuming and stuff like that. I think they kind of had me doing rookie duties before I was a rookie. I think it is pretty funny looking back.” Anna started to turn heads last season as a 14-year-old underage rookie with the Stars. She piled up 14 goals and 11 assists in 28 regular-season games. Anna then added another four goals and six assists in 11 playoff games. She was a key figure who helped the Stars win a second straight league title, second straight Western regional banner and make a second straight appearance at the Esso Cup, the national championship tournament. As a 15-year-old sophomore, Anna has almost eclipsed her offensive totals from her rookie campaign, netting 14 goals and 16 assists in 23 regular-season games. “Last season was awesome,” said Anna. “Coming into the league when I was just a first year and being able to experience going to Esso Cup and just being able to win league with all the group of girls we had was just awesome and just a great experience.” So far in their careers, Jake and Anna have displayed a better touch around the net offensively than Curtis showed during his career. Curtis played a different role on the ice being a defensive defenceman, and he has enjoyed watching his children fill the net. “They both have way more offensive upside than I had, which from my perspective as a defensive defenceman is really nice to see,” said Curtis. “It is nice to not have to tell them to defend all the time like I was told to do, but they need to be responsible the other way as well. It is a learning process every day when they get on the ice. Hopefully, they become better players each and every time they are out.” Curtis prefers to stay focused on the present when it comes to his children and their hockey careers. “I don’t really try to look too far into the future,” said Curtis. “I think we have to stay kind of within the season, within the moment. “I think they both have potential, and it is really up to them to see where that takes them. Potential only takes you so far. You have to be dedicated. “Ultimately, it is up to them. I have zero bearing on where the game takes them. I hope they can continue to play for a long time.” (You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon.blogspot.ca.)

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Dear Reena, We live in a 1930s heritage home and there is natural tile in front of the fireplace. Unfortunately, the bottom of a chair has scraped the tile. We have tried to fix it but with no luck. Do you have a suggestion for us? – Robert

Dear Robert, Many surface scratches can be buffed out with fine grit sandpaper or fine steel wool. A popular handyperson expert trick is to purchase one tile to match the scratched tile, and sand the tile to produce tile dust. Cover scratches with instant glue and pack the scratch with the tile dust. Gently sand after the glue is set. Dear Reena, I am newly married and want to take good care of my home. At my wedding shower, a conversation broke out about some of the necessary areas in the home that people forget to clean. What do you think they are? – Kaley Dear Kaley, Greystone Theatre actors rehearse for the 10-day run of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner’s The kitchen sponge and dishcloth are The Illusion. (Photo Supplied) often left too long before changing. Other forgotten areas of the home include the space between appliances and the counter, behind appliances, floor and wall vents, ceiling fans, the top of the fridge, pillows (decorative and bedroom) and mattress cleaning. Dear Reena, How do I clean road salt stains from Tammy Robert acting major. His character is Amanuen- “If there was ever a time when we, my rubber car mats? I tried vinegar Saskatoon Express sis, assistant to the magician Alcandre, a as an audience and as citizens on this and it doesn’t clean very well. – Bill am Haig Bartley is a veritable conjurer of illusions, residing in a cave Dear Bill, planet, needed to develop the skills to institution in the University of on the French countryside. Begin by beating the mats with a discern what is real from what is unreal, Saskatchewan’s drama depert“I was first introduced to acting when it is now.” broom to remove most of the loose dirt ment. I was about 10 years old via a small She says anyone who likes the movie and dust. Next, vacuum the mats until no An actor, professor and theatre direc- community acting program called the The Princess Bride will love The Illudirt remains. Using either dish soap or tor, Haig Bartley is both a recipient of Young Actors Club. But aside from sion, which she describes as a “delightcarpet shampoo and water, create lather the U of S’s Long Service Watch, which that, I didn’t really have anything to do ful mixture of seventeenth-century and distribute onto the salt stains. Then honours individuals who have been with with acting until I entered university,” swash-buckling sensibility undercut with scrub with a stiff brush. Rinse and let air the department for 25 years, as well as explained Martin. “There is nothing as twenty-first-century skepticism.” dry. the Saskatoon Area Theatre’s Henry exhilarating as getting to live someone Martin said he has had fun working Hints of the Week: Woolf Continued Achievement Award in else’s life for a little while. This is also on the show. When I was using a permanent marker 2014. She’s directed and acted in dozens the greatest challenge of acting; to leave “This play has a beautiful mixture of one day, it seeped through the paper onto of live theatre performances in Saskayourself behind completely and absorb dramatic tension and clever contempothe wood table. I immediately sprayed the toon. that person’s nature.” rary humour, gorgeous costumes from area with hairspray and the ink disapOn Feb. 8, the U of S’s Greystone Haig Bartley says the theme of The multiple time periods and a wonderful peared without damaging the wood. – Theatre will kick off a 10-day run of Illusion, essentially the exploration of cast that are bringing a myriad of their Brittany Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony what truth and reality really mean, is own colours to the stage,” he said. Hard shell clams are easy to open Kushner’s The Illusion, a playful adap- timelier than ever. “This is some of the best theatre you if you pour boiling water over them. – tion of Pierre Corneille’s seventeenth“The media tells us that we are now Ronald can see in the city outside of our procentury L’Illusion Comique. living in a ‘post-truth’ world,” she I save old shower curtains and wash fessional venues. Everything you see “When we choose a season at explained. “The United States has a them well. When the curtain is clean, I use has been guided on some level by the Greystone, we try to select a compleit for a tablecloth at picnics. I also save the president who happily — and frequently hands of industry professionals and it ment of plays that will provide chalcurtain rings for napkin holders. – Sam — departs from the truth, and who either really shows. It’s a fun time, come on I have worked in the manicure induslenges for our senior actors, who are doesn’t know what is true, or simply out and as Alcandre says, ‘give yourgraded both on their rehearsal process doesn’t care. selves over to strange pulsing warmth’ try for many years. For longer-lasting nail polish, I wipe each nail with vinegar and on their performance,” said Haig “Tony Kushner, who adapted this and be ‘rocked by currents of another before applying polish. – Shauna Bartley. “Without giving too much away, script from a seventeenth-century life.’” this play is an opportunity to turn the French play about love and disilluReena Nerbas is a popular motivationstudents’ theatre history knowledge into sion, said ‘theatre is a laboratory where Tickets to The Illusion, or to buy action.” people have a direct experience: they tickets online, visit http://artsandscience. al presenter for large and small groups. Check out her website: reena.ca. 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here are many things I don’t get, and here is one of them. The news release for the media gathering before the Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner included the following: “Mario Lemieux has also agreed to take part on the condition that he is only asked questions about Guy LaFleur.” I understand it was Lafleur’s night but what the heck. • A question from Torben Rolfsen: “Where does Gary Bettman want to go to less: Pyeongchang, Quebec City, or presenting a Stanley Cup to a visiting team?” • TC Chong, on former NHL star Chris Pronger pushing Justin Bieber into the boards during the celebrity game during the NHL’s all-star festivities: “When Pronger got home, he found it strange that someone had pelted his house with eggs.” • From Bill Littlejohn: “Sergio Garcia is going to let a fan who tweeted him 206 times caddy for him — until a SWAT team hidden in the trees takes the man into custody, that is.” • From Janice Hough: “This just in – Trump fires Punxsutawney Phil and replaces him with a relative of that furry thing that lives on his head.” • Kim Staples, Saskatchewan Rush fan from here in Saskatoon, has won the team’s 50/50 draw twice. Last year she won $12,907.50 and this year $49,840. Here’s hoping for the three-peat . . . when I don’t have a ticket. A Rush three-peat would be pretty outstanding too. • Rolfsen, on Leo Santa Cruz beating Carl Frampton in a majority decision to win the WBA featherweight title: “I guess Frampton couldn’t come alive.” • Littlejohn, on Pats owner Robert Kraft saying his team’s fans in Foxborough would welcome Roger Goodell, who hasn’t been there since the Deflategate Game: “Yeah, he would be as welcome as ult-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulus was at Berkley.” • Chong, on Boston Bruins fans calling for coach Claude Julien’s head all year: “Insiders say no one noticed that he was fired last year and replaced by Don Rickles.” • From Hough: “Anyone else remember halcyon days when you could out go out for an evening and not worry about what the President of the United States might have done during dinner?” • I heard the NHL expert on the Green Zone say six Canada-based NHL teams would make the playoffs. He then couched it and said five for sure. You don’t have to be a genius to know it will be four tops. • Rolfen’s 2017 College Football National Signing Day All-Name Team: 6. Kobe Buffalomeat; 5. Ye’ Majesty Sand-

Chris Corbeil, captain of the Saskatchewan Rush, carries the league championship trophy onto the floor at the team’s home opener. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) ers; 4. Chaz Ah You; 3. Fa’avae Fa’avae; 2. DeeJay Dallas; 1. From Edmonton, the top-ranked high school player in Canada – headed to Oklahoma State – Chuba Hubbard.” • Chong, on Masaya Nakamura, the inventor of Pac-Man, dying at age 91: “To attend his funeral, people had to run through a maze after parking their cars and being chased by muggers all the way to the front door. No secret immune super-strength pills were handed out.” • From Hough: “Trump uses National Prayer Breakfast as excuse to taunt Arnold Schwarzenegger over ratings. Can’t wait to see the president in action at state funerals.” • Despite what we read and hear from Toronto, Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen is 27th in the league in goals-against average and 21st in save percentage. • From Rolfsen: “The Pro Bowl was held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. What is that venue used for the rest of the year – boy scout sleepovers?” • Littlejohn, on major league baseball ruling that the St. Louis Cardinals must send their first two picks of the 2017 draft to the Houston Astros as a result of the team’s hacking scandal: “And in a further crackdown, MLB has also indefinitely removed Moscow from its list of possible expansion teams.” • Hough, on rumours Melania Trump and Barron may never move into the White House: “So the First Lady might really be smart as well as pretty.” • Rolfsen, on former Lakers guard Derek Fisher having $300,000 worth of jewelry stolen from his L.A. house: “The rest of the NBA said, ‘At least he didn’t keep the good stuff at home.’’’

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By RJ Currie he Dauphin Kings of the MJHL celebrated Ukrainian Night with a 3-2 overtime win. With Dauphin killing a two-minute perogy, a timely polka-check was their goalie’s borscht save. • Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris announced his retirement. The CFL Hall of Fame has already reserved a spot for the chip on his shoulder. • Chris Pronger has drawn criticism for checking Justin Bieber into the boards in the Celebrity All-Star Game. Mostly for not hitting The Bieb a lot harder. • Assistant coach Rocky Seto is leaving the Seattle Seahawks to enter the ministry. In this case, the needs of the many were outweighed by the needs of the pew. • Anybody else notice the respective coaches in the Nadal-Federer Aussie Open final were Carlos Moya and Ivan Ljubicic? Yep, good thing Milos Raonic fired those fools. • A Russian astronomer has reportedly

predicted a doomsday event on Feb. 16. For years that’s been the date the Leafs get mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. • Word is one of the headliners in the Puppy Bowl was named Rex. But enough about coach Ryan. • A recent CRTC ruling means Canadians watching the Super Bowl will see American ads. In a related story, my wife decided to watch her first Super Bowl. • The owner of the Houston Texans said they are looking to draft a quarterback. What’s it mean for Brock Osweiler? Os-ta luego. • According to Wikipedia, during filming of the Puppy Bowl, urinating or defecating on the field can occur once every 20 seconds. This puts a whole new spin on poopfest. RJ’s Groaner of the Week OKC Thunder star Enes Kanter broke his forearm punching a chair and is out for an extended period. I’m not sure for how long, but ulna more later.

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(Continued from page 1) We’ve had girls travel down to Regina for an entire Rider season to be part of that. So to have something in Saskatoon for our top-tier dancers to grow and be a part of is huge for the dance community here.” The Crush have 24 dancers this year, up from 16 during the team’s first season. She said 40 people auditioned, not including the returnees from the first season. “We certainly have younger members of the team,” she said of this year’s group. “Half of the team are vets, people who have stuck around and are building on the work they have done. It’s been a lot of work to make the snowball bigger, so to speak.” She said the team performs at a high level. “Anyone who has danced or has dance training can certainly recognize the big skills and the great technique that our dancers have from years of training. It’s cleanliness and precision and synchronization that has a universal appeal to anyone who is watching a dance routine. That is really what we strive for, is that precision and synchronization. “The other thing we are trying to do in our program is keep the level of difficulty at a high level. These girls have been dancing at this level in recent years and they want to continue to dance at that level. While some of the stuff you see with other leagues and other teams is great and we do a lot of that, we try to incorporate difficult skills that we work on week to week to keep it challenging for our dancers.” Ritchie said there are a number of things she looks for during auditions. A panel ultimately picks the team, she added. “We are looking for people who are in great shape. These girls go. They have a rehearsal on a game day starting at 2:30 or 3 and they go until 11 at night. They are

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Members of the Crush dance team perform at a Saskatchewan Rush game. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) going up and down the stairs and out in the stands. It’s a long day so they have to be in shape to do the dancing and keep up with that pace. “The main thing that helps people stand out and draw the eye is girls that are just able to get out there and perform and smile and look like they are having an amazing time. “It takes a lot of energy to translate that feeling to the people in the upper bowl, in the very back seats. It’s not like performing to a camera in front of you or off a stage in a small auditorium. Your energy has to get to every single back wall of the arena and it takes a true performer to do that.” Ritchie now has her own studio – Eclipse Dance and Performance Training. While she offers a myriad of dance choices, she was the first in Saskatoon to offer all-star pom. While there are pom teams at some schools, Ritchie offers one for students wanting to compete at a higher level. Her junior and senior teams won provincial

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Toastmasters Club from 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. Meetings are at Le Rendez-vous francophone - 308 Fourth Ave. North, second floor. For more information, visit http:// inspirationbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org/ ***** Modern square dance beginner class, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. All Saints Anglican Church Hall (1801 Lorne Ave.) Friends, fun and fantastic exercise for your body and your brain! For more information, contact Eldon 306-253-4453 or Carol 306-978-0970. ***** Acadia Drive Grief Support Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Acadia McKague’s Funeral Centre at 915 Acadia Drive. This is a drop- in support group for people who have lost their spouse or other close family member. Come and meet with others who understand what it is like to lose your spouse or someone very close to you.

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Kush to unleash top notes in Broadway in Love Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express manda Kush is warming up to make her top notes fly in a big Broadway song from the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. Gimme Gimme is the title, and it’s one of the many passion-filled pieces in Saskatoon Summer Players’ third annual Valentine’s revue-cabaret, Broadway In Love. The show goes Feb. 11 and 12 at the Bassment, in conjunction with the Saskatoon Jazz Society. For anyone who saw Summer Players’ sold-out run of Grease last year, Kush played the female lead of Sandy. If you couldn’t get tickets, here’s your next chance to hear her open up those pipes. “I feel like it’s a perfect representation of the Broadway belt song,” said Kush of her offering, which builds and builds from rumination to excitation. It’s a barnburner. “It starts slow, and has this big finish. I like to be able to show off my higher range, and the director, Rob (Armstrong), agrees. (If) you can hit those notes, he wants you to belt them out. It’s a pretty hard thing, but it’s going to be awesome once we get practised up with the orchestra. “It’s so great to be able to have these female power ballads. I feel so much in musical theatre, modern day and in the past, the males are always shown off so much. In Thoroughly Modern Millie, and in this song, the female is the star. It’s so refreshing to be able to sing a piece from a musical where the female is the lead. You have to kind of pick and choose your musical, where the girl is the star.” Love is a recurring theme here: it also brought her to Saskatoon originally. Kush, a nurse and singer from Medicine Hat, Alberta, attended nursing school in Lethbridge, but then was Saskatchewan-bound. “I moved here because my boyfriend and I had been doing long-distance. Once I finished nursing, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and relocate. I moved here and I just kind of Googled auditions for musicals. I wanted to be in a musical, and Grease had come up – I had already missed the auditions but I asked if I could come for missed auditions (during callbacks) and I made itAS020604 and I got Sandy.” Aaron

She had been in Saskatoon for a whole two weeks. It’s obvious that singing is a priority. “I’ve always been a singer first. Musical theatre kind of provides an opportunity for me to sing and be on stage. I also like acting, but singing is kind of my forte. Musical theatre is something I’ve always done since I was in middle school, just to have an outlet for my singing. “I do a lot of solo stuff as well. I haven’t done much (recently) because I’ve been so busy with work. In the future, I’d like to record some stuff. I like pop and country as well, and (do) some writing.” She also plays guitar, violin and mandolin. Asked how she manages to fit in musical theatre with a demanding nursing career, not to mention writing music, she admits it’s not easy. Theatre is a serious commitment. “During Grease I just didn’t work. I couldn’t. I only work 12-hour shifts, so I had to take the run of the show off. My mom moved to Saskatoon for the two weeks and did laundry and cleaned. “I would have to be there every night, and during the day get all my stuff done, and pick up a four- or eighthour shift if I could. So it was a really busy and draining time, but it was worth it because it was such a blast. It was crazy. “It’s something that I love to do, it was awesome, but in hindsight I spent so much time and energy on the show. Looking back, it was my life. You really have to be prepared to give that commitment to something and, being a nurse, it was really difficult because I couldn’t work.” Kush is on the pediatrics ward at Royal University Hospital and twice a week works at John Dolan School. Children attending the school often have chronic illnesses, and Kush provides medications and feeds for them. “I absolutely love my job. It’s really a blessing to work here,” she said of the pediatrics ward. “I’m obsessed with babies. I just love babies so much.” In addition to Gimme Gimme, Kush is singing in a couple of group numbers — Can You Feel The Love Tonight from The Lion King and Seasons of Love from Rent.

Amanda Kush played Sandy in the Saskatoon Summer Players’ sold-out run of Grease last year. (Photo Supplied) In addition, “there are songs about happy love, songs about heartbreak . . . it kind of encompasses the whole idea of love in these songs,” she said. The Valentine’s Day date offering, Broadway in Love 3, features 27 singers, a five-piece band and songs from Wonderful Town, My Fair Lady, Avenue Q and many other musicals. Show times are 8 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 2 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets range from $23 (SSP/SJS members) to $28, and are available through the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival box office: 306-652-4700 or www. thebassment.ca. For more information, go to www.saskatoonsummerplayers.ca.

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