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rt Battiste has been a community dynamo ever since 1995, throwing himself particularly into seniors’ issues. Yet his community service, at levels from provincial to federal, has been a constant in his adult life.

Battiste was a civil servant from 1967 to 1991, hired first by the Saskatchewan government, then by the Nova Scotia government, and then by the Secretary of State’s department in Ottawa.

“You were a servant of the People government of the day,” said Battiste, who enjoyed his roles and worked for many influential Canadians even though “senior civil servants were order-incouncil appointments hired, or perhaps fired, at the pleasure of the government in power.”

In Saskatchewan, he was a civil servant in the days when Ross Thatcher, Alan Blakeney and Grant Devine were premiers and later a consultant for Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert. He worked in Ottawa when Pierre Trudeau was in power, then Joe Clark and back again into Trudeau days.

In 1995, he and his family settled back

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Art Battiste holds Saskatchewan and Canadian records in track and field throwing events in his age group.

(Photo by Ryan Grainger) in Saskatoon. Since then, Battiste has been active in the community, spurred mostly by desires to preach cancer survival, senior fitness and continuing education for seniors.

“My wife, Angela, recognized that both my age and the size of my waistline were

advancing and she talked me into going to a fitness class at Lakewood. I began working out on the machines and it was good,” said Battiste.

“Then in April 2012, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I went into surgery on Aug. 31. The operation went well, no

complications, no side effects and no need for chemo or radiation. I went back to Lakewood and one day, I saw a poster in the wall, advertising the benefits of joining the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association. I joined.

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he gate to the parking lot at Paradise Beach will be closed this sum-

But I digress. I got my hackles up last week when I saw a report on television mer. about the gate to the parking That’s a real shame, yet lot closing because of MVA understandable given the cutbacks.

MVA had to find ways to In the television interview, pare its budget after receiving Judy Harwood, the reeve of $440,000 less in provincial Corman Park, said as many as funding this year.

1,500 people go to the beach My family spent quite a on hot days. That sounds high, few enjoyable afternoons but what the heck. She said Editor at Paradise Beach back in she has concerns about safety the day when our boys were at the beach this summer. growing up. We knew swimming in the Harwood rightfully said a locked gate river was dangerous, but there were to the parking lot will make it tougher always little channels where the water for emergency vehicles to access the moved slowly and it was no more than beach. thigh high. We didn’t consider ourselves Harwood went on to say the locked bad parents. gate is going to force people to park on It wasn’t the beach you get at a four- the road leading to the beach. She said star in Mexico, but it was a fun place those parking illegally could be ticketed. to spend a few hours on a Saturday or It bugs me that parking-ticket revenue Sunday. There were times when we took could pour into Corman Park’s coffers as a picnic lunch and times when a hot dog the result of the MVA’s tough decision. vendor would set up shop in the parking Now that I think about it, it also bugs me lot. that Corman Park doesn’t contribute to People could walk for long distances the MVA. if they wanted to be alone. These people For safety’s sake and the enjoyment were likely seeking the privacy to tan of thousands, let’s talk this through and their privates. Remember to use sunfind a way to keep the gate open. screen, people. ***** Only once did we see a person who When you get to Page 15, you will should have been arrested for indecent see how our 55+ section is taking off. exposure. A wrinkly old guy walked We seem to have struck a chord with along the edge of the water in the family readers and advertisers. Ned’s story on area, wearing nothing but a hat.

Art Battiste was earmarked for 55+ until Tanning in the nude off in the diswe stole it and put it on the cover. tance is fine by me, but this guy should ***** have been locked up. And clearly, he had Good for the Saskatchewan no reason to be particularly proud. None Roughriders for promptly giving Justin of us wanted to hold him, if you get the Cox the boot for an alleged domestic drift, while waiting for the police. abuse incident in Regina. Cox has been Once on a warm fall day, Sandy charged twice previously in the U.S. and I went for a walk on the beach. We Good riddance. thought we were alone. (Note: This isn’t And nice that Fox News succumbed going where you might be thinking.) As to the pressure from advertisers and fired we were approaching a small cluster of serial harasser Bill O’Reilly. Some say bushes, out popped a guy in all his glory. O’Reilly will laugh all the way to the He startled us, but at least we could tell bank with his multi, multi-million dollar he didn’t have a weapon. severance. But he can’t buy respect.

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Fleeing Vietnam

High drama at sea as family attempts escape Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express This is the second story in a series. im Tran remembers her father standing on their boat with a grenade in his hand.

Phat Minh Tran had a plan to get his family out of war-ravaged Vietnam. If all went well, a tugboat would take his family to the freedom they lost when South Vietnam fell to the North on April 30, 1975. If not, the grenade was an option.

The Trans were among the hundreds of thousands of people who fled from Communist rule in Vietnam. An estimated quarter of those people died. The Trans were lucky ones, although the five years between the war ending and the family arriving in Saskatoon were harrowing on both land and sea.

Phat Minh Tran owned a shipyard in Saigon. His family of 10 children lived on a beautiful acreage. When Saigon fell, Tran moved to a small city named My Tho, where he worked salvaging ships. His family remained in their Saigon home and would for another six months.

Kim Tran, one of Phat Minh Tran’s daughters, says her father’s escape plan started to take shape when he befriended a North Vietnamese general.

“He’s Communist, but he was a very kind soul,” she said of the general. “In his position, he had the power to give you permission to go outside of the country.

“My father had business outside of the borders of his area. Paperwork was needed to move around the country freely in order to do his work. Sometimes his work was on land or out on the ocean when he would have JW042406 James

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This map shows the route the Trans took in their first attempt at freedom. (Google Earth photo) to salvage ships or go out to a ship.”

The Communist general provided documentation that allowed Phat Minh Tran to come and go as required.

Phat Minh Tran saw the document as an opportunity.

“He took the document to a person who was able to create a ‘stamp’ out of the document. This way my dad could create false paperwork for an ocean-going vessel with seemingly genuine paperwork.”

The stamp was given to Kim Tran, who was just eight at the time, for safekeeping.

“He said, ‘when I need it, you have to have it for me.’ I’m like, ‘what am I going to do with it?’

“I didn’t know what his masterplan was, so I put it in a plastic bag and I went to the backyard between the house and the shelter that we were hiding. We had lots of coconut trees back there and one guava tree.”

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She paced off a number of steps and buried the document under the guava tree.

The document remained buried at the Saigon home even after the Tran family joined Phat Minh Tran in My Tho. Late one night, Phat Minh Tran said it was time to go. Those fleeing went into the lower level of a barge which was docked on the water near a ship Tran was salvaging.

Phat Minh Tran asked Kim for the stamp.

She didn’t have it. It was still buried under that guava tree on the acreage where they once lived.

It was a two-hour drive to Saigon. An uncle, who wasn’t part of the escape, drove her to her former home.

“I was very sad because I grew up in this house and now it was so empty. It was like a ghost house. I went outside – by then it was 2 or 3 in the morning – and took a shovel and was hoping the stamp was still

down there. My uncle dug and we found it and he drove me back to My Tho. We got back there at 4 or 5 in the morning. “And it was raining.

Some of her dad’s workers took her to the barge. There were approximately 70 people on board. “This is how we had to travel until we got into international waters,” she said.

There was a time when they had to pass a checkpoint. Kim Tran said it was surreal.

“We are Buddhists so everyone was chanting and praying in the lotus position.

I remember all of this because I thought, ‘that’s kind of cool.’ It looked like you were at a temple with everybody in their lotus position and doing their chanting because we were going to a check station.”

They had to stay quiet at the checkpoint.

It was going to be difficult with many restless and fussing children on board.

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Don’t check out my Facebook page; you won’t like it

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n considerably less than ter and ‘likes’ on Facebook. two weeks, people across There’s the Tweeting Trump the country who care about phenomenon, too, showing freedom of speech, inapproprihow powerful social media can ate and over-the-top penalties, be even at the top end of the and conversations around food chain. Trump doesn’t just health care (and other imporeat meat; he eats apprentices, tant things) raised more than other world leaders, Democrats $26,000 for Saskatchewan and possibly the Canadian nurse Carolyn Strom. dairy industry for lunch.

I have seldom felt quite This led me to wonder if so exercised about an issue, anything on my Facebook page Columnist and am delighted to see that might get me in hot water. I’m Strom will have her ridiculous not on there a lot, partly due to sentence for questioning her grandfather’s lack of time, and partly because . . . well, I care in a Macklin health facility paid for. just don’t like it all that much. Perhaps if I With any luck, her appeal of the Saskatch- did engage in some heavy conversation or ewan Registered Nurses’ Association’s got snarky on an issue, I’d be there more (SRNA’s) decision and financial penalty often. will also be successful. If so, the funds My latest post, for example, was a raised will go to seniors’ advocacy. photo of the amazing blueberry-orange Strom, in a Facebook conversation, French toast my husband made for breakcalled her grandfather’s care ‘subpar’ — fast on Good Friday. I posted it along with leading to the SRNA’s disciplinary proa Happy Easter message, noting that even cess. The SRNA alleged that the failed to as the world’s leaders were behaving in use proper channels for complaint and did a scary and unnecessary fashion, there use her status as a nurse for personal pur- was love and peace and yummy food in poses. Whether that’s true or not, $26,000 my house. I hoped it was the same for my and months of hearings are insane. friends and family, and I wanted them to Social media is getting a lot of us in know I love them. deep, deep trouble. A lot of politicians, I got tonnes of likes and loves, and a including our own, have been bitten by bunch of my people really liked the photo. inappropriate comments or shares on Twit- Mostly, methinks they wanted blueberry-

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This sort of thing is not going to move the world, for good or ill. At least I’m keeping in some sort of touch with folk, which indeed was what Facebook was intended for. Wasn’t it?

Some people think it’s more useful for trolling and catching people out these days, as the Strom fiasco illustrates so well. Had they just shut up about it, as I said last week, no one would know that the care home was ‘subpar’ and the whole thing would have blown over.

I’m also peeking around for salacious and earth-shaking missives from my Facebook friends. Here’s what I found today and yesterday.

A certain graphic artist friend of mine posted a drawing of a buffalo with a chainsaw. It’s a fabulous cartoon.

A local author took a great photo of two beautiful purple crocuses.

My cousin from Edmonton visited her sister in Toronto, and those two gorgeous women had someone take a photo of them.

There were many pictures of Easter baking. Mennonites, and others, love to bake and serve paska – a sweet Easter bread – and decorate it, too. Yum. There were photos of kids during their Easter egg hunts, photos of my niece and

nephews and brother at my place, and a real bunny tucked under an already-green bit of shrubbery.

A shared blog post excoriated the use of aspartame, and claimed that it mimics the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. I quit drinking diet sodas several years ago, thinking the sweetener upset my stomach, so I found this interesting . . . if a little over the top.

Then there were all the ads. My favourite was the one from The New York Times, which posted this: “Subscribe to clarity. Not confusion.” Love it.

I laughed at the beaver leading a herd of cows across a pasture.

I think the best recent item was a shared Women After 50 piece that read: “I am at that awkward stage of life where most of my conversations have at least one of these sentences in them: Have I told you this already? What was I saying? Have you seen my glasses? I’d love to, but I already took my bra off.”

I laughed out loud. Gah! I hate to admit it, but oh man, that’s too, too true. At least Facebook can help me lighten up about aging.

See? I’m boring. On the bright side, I’m not being dragged before tribunals. On the down side, I’m not exactly lighting up my social media world. Maybe it’s time to complain about something.

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Public firing of Bill O’Reilly a great reckoning

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(and presidency) went on, hers nd with wrath did the was pretty much destroyed.

Lord smite the philisMost recently was billionaire tine Bill O’Reilly. presidential candidate DonHallelujah! ald Trump who, when several Of course, this assumes God women stepped forward with is a man because if God was allegations of his sexual misa woman, O’Reilly and his ilk conduct, called them liars and would have been long gone gengold-diggers and threatened to erations ago. bury them in the courts.

Some, but not all, of the older Then when the audio tape generations of men might be feelcame to light where he said you ing a tad sorry for dear old Bill, Columnist could grab women’s genitalia but women across the generaand do whatever you wanted do tions will not. to them if you were rich and powerful, it was Old Bill harassed, verbally abused and sexually molested women for decades with written off as “locker room talk” and “boys will be boys.” the blessing of his employer, Fox News.

Golly shucks, he didn’t mean it and it was Over the years, up and coming young a long time ago. What happened to him? He women who objected to his advances or became president of the United States. Howabuse, in many instances, lost their jobs and/or had their careers ruined before those ever, Trump did take a break from his warmongering to display his continued misogycareers could take off. nist leanings when he tweeted his support of However, with the advance of technolO’Reilly. Who knows, maybe O’Reilly will ogy, it was no longer a “he said, she said” scenario because some women managed to end up on the White House payroll.

Let’s be clear that Fox News did not fire get recorded evidence of the abuse and consequently, if nothing else, got million-dollar Bill O’Reilly for his conduct, past or present.

The Fox organization was notorious for its settlements. But money doesn’t take away the sting of watching your dreams of a career abusive culture and several earlier accusers were quietly paid off and sent into the hinterturn into a nightmare of disappointment.

O’Reilly was an icon of the old bad boys’ land. (I won’t fault the women who settled because they knew they could never afford era. Decades back, when women burned their bras, the O’Reillys of the world didn’t the costs of a David vs. Goliath lawsuit.)

Bill O’Reilly was a rich and powerful get the message — they just wanted to see man and a good earner for the network. But the bare boobs. if it wasn’t for his abusive conduct, why When women were trying to climb the corporate ladder and shatter the glass ceiling, did they toss their lead talk show host to the wolves? It’s because corporations withdrew the O’Reillys of the world were handing their advertising sponsorship of his show. them bottles of Windex and a cloth, all the Why did corporations withdraw their while looking up their skirts. advertising? Because women are consumThere are very few women who have worked outside the home who at some time ers and many women would boycott their products and corporate profits would go or other during their careers didn’t feel the down. And shareholders were unhappy about anger and pain of the injustice of a malepaying out millions of dollars in harassdominated workplace and the continuing insult of doing equal work for lesser pay. So, ment claims. Yes, it seemed like the network the public firing of O’Reilly was a symbolic anchor was keeping the corporate ship from moving forward to the pot of gold. reckoning for the sins of yesteryear and This was not the right reason to axe today.

O’Reilly, but if it was the only way to be I didn’t think the time would ever come rid of him, then so be it. It sent the message when a rich and powerful man would be to other “good old bad boys” that the “old held to account for his inappropriate begood days” are over: if O’Reilly can bite the haviour. I recall being aghast when several women stepped forward with allegations of dust, so can they. It also sends a message to sexual misconduct against then-presidential women that we do have clout and it should be used judiciously to the betterment of all candidate Bill Clinton.

All of them were publicly humiliated and women.

I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge had their reputations destroyed as unfounded allegations about their pasts were printed in that not all of the old boys were bad boys. newspapers across the nation. (I have never In fact, there were and are a lot of very good men who are supportive, fair and respectful been able to forgive Hillary Clinton for of women in their working sphere. aiding and abetting her dear old Bill in this What is even more heartening is the carnage.)

Then along came “I did not have sex with knowledge that a great number of young men see and treat their female counterparts that woman” Monica Lewinsky, who was as equals. Yes, in at least this realm, the tagged as an attention seeking liar. But as world is becoming a better place. in the case of a few of O’Reilly’s accusers, Goodbye Bill O’Reilly. Enjoy Jurassic Monica had proof. He was the liar, not she.

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Sask. Party support for libraries takes radical shift

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n times of economic over the map, using the same hardship such as talking points as his predeceswe’re going through sor of three decades earlier, right now, libraries are used and then some. even more by people than they However, he also are in good times . . . with took things further the cutbacks that the libraries than Devine ever did, by sughave suffered, library boards gesting that it isn’t the role have had to reduce the service of the provincial government that they’ve been able to proto be involved in the library vide to people. “business.”

“They’ve had to reduce Perhaps, like me, you’ve Columnist their material budgets; they’ve been wondering how you had cuts in salaries and hiring missed a massive ideological freezes; they’ve had the reduction of shift in the way the Saskatchewan governmaintenance and other services, cutbacks ment views libraries. of hours of services in libraries, and the A significant change to an important reduction of inter-library loans.” — Sas- system that impacts virtually every katchewan government committee meet- resident of the province in some form ing, Aug. 6, 1987. or another wouldn’t happen overnight, That’s right. 1987. would it?

Saskatchewan NDP Opposition I think it did, actually.

MLA Anne Smart was responding to During the last decade – even within the Devine government’s decision to the last year – the Sask. Party governabolish the Saskatchewan Library, reas- ment has held up its support for Sassigning oversight of public libraries katchewan libraries as a shining example to the Ministry of Education, while siof their commitment to bettering this multaneously cutting funding to regional province. And to be fair, they have put libraries by 10 per cent and city libraries a decent amount of money into libraries by 30 per cent. since they formed government.

Then-Education Minister Lorne • In their first budget in 2008-09, Hepworth countered Smart by first citing the Sask. Party invested an increase how much money libraries had received of $3 million into provincial libraries, from his government in the past, and $2 million of which was to migrate all then pointing to the modernization of li- of Saskatchewan’s 300-plus libraries brary systems, including “microfiche and onto a single integrated library system microfilm and all those kinds of things, (SILS), ensuring anyone in Saskatchand computerized access systems . . . ewan could borrow a book from any of the information age,” as the reason library in Saskatchewan. libraries were basically on their way out.

The creation of SILS was especially Sound familiar? important and beneficial for rural or In defending his 2017 budget cuts to remote library users, who could now libraries, which have already laid off access the entire province’s collection employees and shut down an important of books and information, as opposed province-wide sharing service, Educato only what was available at their local tion Minister Don Morgan has been all branch.

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In a post-budget committee meeting in 2008, the newly-minted NDP Opposition praised the move, one they hadn’t made themselves when they were in government, stating “provincial library funding is long past due.”

Then-Education Minister Ken Krawetz, a former educator and one of the best education ministers this province has ever had, had this to say about the ideology driving library investments in that first budget: “. . . there is a love of being involved with books and being involved with all the features and all of the resources that libraries provide.”

• The following year, during one of those long-winded budget speeches delivered after the 2009-10 budget was released, which included $12.3 million for public libraries, Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson declared: “. . . libraries are one of the most important landmarks in our rural communities and are an investment for the future of our children.”

• The 2011-12 budget also contained a library funding increase. Right after the budget was released, MLA Dan D’Autremont said libraries were: “. . . something that we continue to recognize is a very needed educational tool and an opportunity for people to better themselves and for entertainment in reading books. Reading books is very important . . . I still like the feel of paper when I’m reading a book.”

• The trend toward supporting libraries continued through the Sask. Party’s second term.

After delivering his 2014-15 budget, which included a one per cent increase to public libraries, in addition to continued operating commitments for SILS and other services, Morgan assured us that his government remained “committed to

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highly literate citizens and the important role public libraries have in supporting student success. . . . This funding will ensure that the people of Saskatchewan can continue to access information and resources that they need through their public libraries.”

Regarding SILS, Morgan said: “Literacy is another priority of our government. At the heart of this is ensuring the residents of Saskatchewan have an easy, affordable access to books and resources.”

• Finally, the newly re-elected Don Morgan had this to say only a mere 10 months ago, regarding his ministry’s commitment to public library funding in the 2016-17 budget, which remained unchanged from the previous year at $11 million: “(We) remain committed to supporting and developing the literacy skills of all learners in our province and recognize the role public libraries have in supporting that. . . . This funding will ensure that the people of Saskatchewan can continue to access information and resources they need through their public libraries.”

So forgive me if I’m not buying that the Saskatchewan government has turned its back on its 10-year commitment to libraries, not because it’s broke, but because it had a sudden revelation about its role within the library “business.”

The good news is I suspect we’re going to see some effort at damage control from the government, restoring that $3.5 million library funding, at least in part, in the near future.

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and died in a trench. He had been missing in action ever since, along with seven other Canadian soldiers from the same battle.

The man was Private Kenneth Donald Duncanson, an Ontarian who enlisted and fought for Canada as part of the Algonquin Regiment. **** In the Saskatoon home of Judith and Gordon Thomas, there are three large panels of photographs dedicated to Duncanson’s life and death.

One of those photos depicts a highranking Canadian soldier presenting Judith Thomas with a folded Canadian flag in a Belgian war cemetery. Judith, also originally from Ontario, is now Duncanson’s next of kin, a first cousin once removed, along with her brothers and her own cousins.

Duncanson’s discovery set in motion a whirl of identification processes, contact with Canadian military and heritage departments, and the emotions that come with finding a long-lost family member. That discovery, said Gordon Thomas, was remarkable.

“What makes this unusual — highly unusual — is that they recovered almost the entire skeleton,” he said in an interview.

“When they dug down, they found (his) ring on one of his fingers, with his initials on it, KDD.” Later, the Belgian authorities, who also helped identify Duncanson, found a wooden snuff box, which was taken to Ottawa and restored. Inside, they found a bracelet with his personal information on the top. Inside, it reads, “Love, Lillian.” It was a gift from his wife.

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The Algonquin Regiment realized it couldn’t hold the bridge and withdrew, but the smoke bomb and artillery battle, complicated further by fog, resulted in many casualties. A third of the soldiers were lost, many were wounded and some were captured as prisoners of war.

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(Continued from page 8) e was identified in Belgium, with help from the Bruges archeological service.

He was interred in Belgium, in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, with a full military funeral.

“All of it was overwhelming,” said Judith Thomas. She described how they flew to Belgium, along with Judith’s brother David Johnson, and were toured around the area, including the canal. Due to ill health, their cousins could not join them.

They saw the archeological lab, with a table full of all the military objects — a canteen, shovels, picks and other items — along with the personal objects belonging to Duncanson. And, they found his boots.

“Those went in with him, in his casket,” said Judith.

The service took place Sept. 14, 2016, at 11 a.m., 72 years to the day Duncanson died.

There were many dignitaries in attendance, from the Canadian embassy in Brussels, the head of the Commonwealth Graves Commission, the head of Veterans Affairs for Europe, 25 invited guests who had a relationship to the story, and about 100 local people.

“What we don’t appreciate here is the respect the Belgian people have for the Canadian army,” said Gordon. “Like Holland,

they were liberated by the Canadian army.

We came home with several contacts of people over there, who can’t do enough for us. Their job is to keep the memory alive.” ***** Judith Thomas never knew Duncanson.

She was born a couple of months after his death.

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“He had been married a couple of years,” said Judith Thomas. “Over time we have discovered his name, along with all the other soldiers from his town or county. The plaques are all over town. Kenneth’s was in one of the churches.”

And a tombstone with his name was erected in the Dutton cemetery, next to his grandparents.

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Boyan Dance celebrates 50 years with big show Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express hat started as a small group in a church basement decades ago has since become a thriving cultural organization in Saskatoon.

Since 1967, Boyan Ukrainian Dance Association Inc. has been offering Ukrainian dance instruction to local youth ages four to 18. On April 29, Boyan will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an event at TCU Place that starts at 7 p.m.

“What we have tried to do is piece together part of our history with our present, and we found some video footage of dances from many years ago. We’re going to blend that in with our new dances,” said Boyan president Sherry Rawlyk.

“We have tried to get the word out to as many alumni (as possible) — for old board members, parents, dancers, instructors. So, actually, on our committee is one of the first dancers with Boyan — and then she instructed with Boyan — and so it’s been really good to have all this alumni, because there’s all this history.

We’ve spent the past almost two years trying to get pictures and information and year-end concert programs and stuff like that, just to kind of put together a little timeline for people.”

The Celebrating 50 Years event will feature performances by Boyan Ukrainian Dance and Boyan’s performing group, Boyan on Tour, as well as guest performances from Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, Lastiwka Ukrainian Orthodox Folk Choir & Orchestra, and Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble.

There will be a dance and social to follow in TCU Place’s Centennial Hall. The dance will feature music from Half Na Piv, and a midnight lunch will be served.

The attire will be semi-formal, with no jeans.

Rawlyk said Boyan’s 176 dancers are set to perform during the evening, including four performances from Boyan’s tour group, which has travelled internationally.

She said 50 years is a long time for an organization like Boyan to operate — and it wasn’t always the thriving club that it

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“At times the numbers were really small. It was maybe 10 years ago or 12 years ago the club didn’t know if it was going to be around. There was like 40 dancers on record,” she said.

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“That’s what means the most — is that after 50 years to see a club being stronger than ever. We have more numbers than we’ve ever had, so that’s really nice to see.”

Boyan’s roots go back to 1967, when Rosalie and Joseph Kitz decided to take over a club that was operating out of a church basement. Although the club was doing well at the church, Joseph Kitz had learned that the city would provide grant money for cultural groups such as theirs if they were a separate entity. The club then applied for non-profit status and Boyan Ukrainian Dance Association Inc. was born.

Rawlyk is excited for Boyan’s older alumni to see how the club has grown and evolved over the years.

“They just had this idea that, ‘You know, we just want our kids to dance.

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Rawlyk, who has three children dancing with Boyan, said groups like the dance association play an important role in keeping parts of the Ukrainian culture alive in Saskatchewan.

Boyan dancers compete in a dance competition in 2013.

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Help solve the mystery during Shear Madness Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express t hasn’t even opened yet, but Persephone Theatre’s latest offering has already been extended due to audience demand.

Two additional performances of Shear Madness have been scheduled for May 11 and May 12, with the popular ‘whodunit’ play now set to run from April 26 to May 12 in Rawlco Radio Hall in the Remai Arts Centre.

Saskatoon certainly isn’t the only city that’s been excited about the show. In fact, more than 11 million people worldwide have seen Shear Madness — and its decades-long popularity shows no signs of slowing down.

“Shear Madness is a comedy murder mystery that engages the audience in solving the crime. We’ve had a long history with the show; actually, we hold the first, second and third places as the longestrunning non-musical play in the history of North American theatre,” said director Bob Lohrmann, who is in Saskatoon working with local and Canadian theatre artists.

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Lohrmann has had a long history with Shear Madness. He is the resident director of the 30-year Kennedy Center production of the show in Washington, D.C., and has directed more than 20 productions throughout Canada and the U.S. He has also consulted on productions throughout the world, including in Russia, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, and Croatia.

Lohrmann describes the show as a “worldwide phenomenon,” noting productions are also running in locations such as France, South Korea, and Indonesia.

“I doesn’t matter where this play is done, the audience gets engaged. The audience gets involved,” he said.

In addition to directing and consulting on Shear Madness, Lohrmann has also acted in the show. In fact, he has performed all of the male roles — some for less time than others.

“I only played Mikey, the young cop,

Bob Lohrmann is the director of Shear Madness. (Photo Supplied) once, and that was out of sheer desperation because we had an actor who was out.

The understudy had never performed the role and was uncertain about it, and the president and first lady of the United States were coming to the theatre that night to see the show. So I said, ‘All right. I’ll do it,’ ” said Lohrmann, recalling an evening back in 1989 — the first year of George H. W. Bush’s presidency — at the Kennedy Center.

Lohrmann said the actors in Shear Madness “have to be on their toes,” because they don’t know what any specific ‘witness’ — a.k.a. audience member — might bring up on a particular night. That means no two performances of the show are ever exactly alike.

“The detective doesn’t really know what’s going to come up on any given night, so there’s always an element of flying by the seat of your pants,” said Lohrmann.

He said people may be “justifiably leery” of audience participation, but it’s not an issue when they’re watching Shear Madness. It’s a show that makes people want to get involved.

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Dennis Page, the man who brought pro boxing back to Saskatoon last year, said he got his feet wet in 2016 and there were growing pains. Given the way Prairieland Park was rocking for both cards last year, it clearly takes a lot to please the head of Page Professional Sports.

How is it going to be bigger?

He points to the fact there will be a Canadian championship bout. It helps that Saskatoon’s Paul Bzdel is currently the best of all Canadian middleweights. He is putting his title on the line April 29 against Adam Green of Montreal.

Bzdel won the interim title last October and was later awarded the champion’s belt when the title became vacant.

Bzdel has become the face of boxing in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan. That face was bruised and swollen in his fight against Montreal’s Francesco Cotroni last fall as the two went toe to toe for 10 rounds. Cotroni looked worse.

Green defeated Cotroni in 2015 so the two boxers have a common opponent.

“He’s a really good fighter,” Page said of Green. “It’s not going to be a walk in the park for Paul.”

Page said the two successful cards in 2016 have certainly generated interest in the sport. The high turnout at both events spoke volumes. Page said the word is spreading.

“We have so many guys that are calling. It’s really crazy because so many guys have left Saskatchewan to go fight in other places.”

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Page said it is important to keep developing Saskatchewan boxers. Wayne Smith and Ian Abbott are two Saskies that will also be on the April 29 card.

“It’s important because we need to let people in Saskatchewan get behind these guys, the way people get behind the Rush and football teams. We need people to get behind the athletes here so they can feel good about what they are trying to do.

“We’re looking at establishing boxing in Saskatchewan as an industry. If people support the fighters, I can bring more fighters in, bring bigger fighters in . . . they are going to be staying in hotels, they’re going to be buying food, using taxis, buying clothes.”

Page said he is preparing his fighters for the bigger events.

Paul Bzdel’s Canadian middleweight title will be on the line on April 29 “The more fights they have, the better at Prairieland Park. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) prepared they are for the world stage. What we are doing here is preparing them for HBO and Showtime and fighting in Vegas on Facebook. We have two pairs of tickets saskatoonexpress.com and please put “boxand all of that.” toAS042403 give away. Send your entry to editorial@ ing” in the subject line.

Aaron That said, he would like Saskatoon to become a Canadian hotbed like Montreal.

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The Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra enlists the help of legendary Western Canadian saxophonist, P.J. Perry, and Saskatoon Dione Taylor has won a Juno for best jazz album and with a vocalist BJ Harris for as romp through the swing stylings of Gemini award for her performance of Hymn to Freedom. She Steve Lawrence, arranged by Marion Evans. Dean McNeil will introduce southern gospel and delta blues from a new al- leads the orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Broadway Theatre. Tickets bum, Born Free. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $35 and $45. $33, with student price of $18.

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APRIL 27-28 Big Stuff features Heidi Munro and Carla Carignan on vocals and recreates the Motown and pop hits from the 1960s and 1970s. The instrumental ranks are filled by some of Saskatchewan’s best players. Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $22 and $27. ***** Station Singers of Rosthern presents Canada 150 - A Celebration of Canadian Songwriters, featuring the music of Stan Rogers. April 27 at the Station Arts Centre in Rosthern at 7:30 p.m., and April 28 at Mayfair United Church in Saskatoon at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at Station Arts Centre, McNally Robinson Booksellers, choir members, and at the door. $20 adults, $10 students, $5 Under 12.

APRIL 30 Join the Saskatoon Choral Society in a celebration of choral favourites at 2:30 p.m. at Grace- Westminster Church (505 10th St. East). Tickets: adult: $12 in advance from members or $15 at the door, children: $5 and under five free.

MAY 14 Le Chœur des plaines, Saskatoon’s Francophone community choir directed by Michael Harris, invites you to its spring concert at 2:30 pm on at Sts- martyrs- canadiens Church (1007 Windsor Street). Tickets available at the door: adults $15, students $5, 12 and under free. For more information, contact Noëlla at 306-933-3108 or at noella.nutting@gmail. com.

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• Torben Rolfsen, on the Buffalo Sabres firing their GM and head coach: “Apparently, Jack Eichel is the new E.F. Hutton.”

• TC Chong, on Eli Manning being in hot water for selling an unrealistic amount of autographed uniforms as being gameworn: “In related news, Henry Burris is still trying to peddle game-worn bras.”

• From Winnipeg journalist Randy Turner: “This is the kind of playoffs where the winner of the office pool will be the guy who thought PK Subban still plays for the Canadiens.”

• Hough, on the Predators being the first No. 8 seed ever in pro sports to sweep a No. 1 seed: “So will someone in Nashville at least write a country song about the Chicago Blackhawks?”

• Rolfsen, on Donald Trump going on an Easter egg hunt: “He looked in 18 holes.”

• Regina radio guy Mitchell Blair, on Wayne Parrish, formerly a big cheese at Postmedia, being a candidate to become commissioner of the CFL: “Will his first move be to chop the league to six teams?”

• Chong, on Indiana blowing a 25-point

half-time lead in an NBA playoff game: “How on earth did they get a hold of the Atlanta Falcons playbook?”

• It took 52,129 tries before the NFL came up with its 2017-2018 schedule. Apparently everyone wanted to play Cleveland twice.

• From Rolfsen: “Since Trump took office, he’s played more rounds of golf than Sergio Garcia.”

• Not sure life as a hockey commentator is all it’s cracked up to be. I read that Kelly Hrudey checked into a Toronto hotel for 65 days.

• From Hough: “The A’s new 2017 slogan: Rooted in Oakland. With their plumbing issues at the Coliseum, maybe it should be Roto-Rooted in Oakland.”

• Can you believe we didn’t have Ron McLean hosting the Hockey Night in Canada panel last year? How did we survive?

• Toronto sports talking head Jim Lang, after one of the Leafs’ wins over the Capitals: “Love it!!! Suck it Washington!!!”

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• From Rolfsen: “Just the usual playoff heroes: Zack Kassian, Jake Guentzel, Kasperi Kapanen.”

• From Hough: “A California Chick-filA franchise had three cow mascot costumes stolen from a shed this week. What an udder nightmare.”

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• The NBA just set a record this year for regular-season attendance. The same cannot be said of LeBron James.

• The Calgary Sun ran a photo of an eight-year-old boy near tears at the Flames being swept by the Ducks. Cheer up kid: you could have been born a Winnipeg Jets fan.

• A Sarasota Open tennis match was reportedly interrupted by a couple having extremely loud sex nearby. From the sounds of it, somebody was winning at love.

• Ex-Detroit Lions wideout Titus Young was sent to prison. Or as it’s known in the NFL —the farm system.

• The WHL’s Everett Silvertips beat the Victoria Royals at 12:36 of overtime five — the longest game in Canadian hockey history. It almost ran into the start of the 2017-2018 NHL season.

• Reuters reports a British farmer has won the title of World Coal-Carrying Champion. I’m guessing he scuttled the competition.

• I admit it: Rod Black does a good job on figure skating and should stick with it. I’ve said the same thing when Blackie does CFL games — he should stick with figure skating.

• The Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber was upset umps ruled his grab against Wrigley’s wall was not a catch due to the ivy interfering.

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“Don’t look at me,” said Tiger Woods. “It’s been years since I set a course on fire.”

• I’m thinking the Patriots should sign Colin Kaepernick. They often need to kill the clock, and who better than Kaepernick to take a knee?

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APRIL 28 The Saskatoon Chapter of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians will be having a fundraising event to celebrate International Guide Dog Day. It will be held at Hudson’s Canadian Pub, located at 401 21st Street East.

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APRIL 29 The Saskatoon Horticultural Society Stained Glass Gazing Ball workshop will be held on from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rusty MacDonald Library, 225 Primrose Drive. The cost is $65 per person and includes all materials and tools.

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APRIL 29-30 REMIX at the Refinery (609 Dufferin Avenue). REMIX is an annual exhibition by local artisans who work exclusively with reclaimed materials. Explore a fine collection of furniture and artifacts—art, sculpture, jewelry, home décor and clothing. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Free admission. Visit facebook.com/remixshowandsale for details.

MAY 4 Make a Wish’s Shaker Full of Wishes. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the William Pascoe Room at the Delta Bessborough. Tickets are $60 each or purchase eight for $440. For more information, call 306-850-9474 or visit www.makeawish. ca/Saskatchewan.

UNTIL MAY 4 10X10 Art Celebration at Amigos Cantina. The Riverbend ICM is proud to present the eighth annual 10x10 Art Show and Celebration. 60 canvases, painted by artists who live and work in Saskatoon’s Core neighbourhoods, are up for silent auction. For more information, email icmsaskatoon@gmail.com or visit www.icmsaskatoon.wixsite. com/10x10.

MAY 4-7 and 11-14 Live Five Theatre presents Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Refinery (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Pay what you can preview on May 4. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Thursdays to Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets at On the Boards Box Office: 306-653-5191 or online at livefive.ca.

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MAY 5-6 The Scale Modellers Association of Saskatoon will be hosting BridgeCon 2017, a scale model show and contest at the Nutana Legion Hall (3021 Louise Street). Hundreds of scale models will be on display. There will be vendor tables, a model swap and a concession. The public is invited to view on Saturday. The event is free to attend.

MAY 6 The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre’s annual City Wide Food Drive. What you need to know: 1. Watch your mailbox for your donation bag in late April.; 2. Fill the bag with nutritious non-perishable food donations. (Didn’t receive a bag? Simply pack a regular bag with nonperishable food and clearly label it for volunteers.); 3. On Saturday, May 6, set your bag on your front doorstep before 10 a.m.; 4. A large team of volunteers will set out into the Saskatoon neighbourhoods to collect from your doorstep between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information and to learn about the work the food bank does, visit: www.saskatoonfoodbank.org. ***** Zodiac Tapestry Handbells, spring concert, 7 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church (505 - 10th Street East). Special Guest: Scott McKnight, Cello. Admission at the door is $15.

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Carter was in a Japanese internment camp from 1943 to 1945. Living in Shanghai when it fell to the Japanese, life changed dramatically for the white people who called it home.

Pearl Harbor had fallen on Dec. 7, 1941, when Emperor Hirohito made his surprise attack on the U.S. Shanghai and Hong Kong also fell and Carter, like so many others, became an “enemy subject.”

What is most amazing is that she was able to write a journal even when she was a prisoner. Had she been caught, she would have been executed. Fortunately, both she and her journal survived though an imprisonment that was fraught with unmitigated horror.

The Abkhazi Garden is open from March 1 to Sept. 30 and is well worth the visit. Carter left instructions to shed no tears for her, but to celebrate with a glass of champagne and her reunion with her beloved Nicholas.

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(Continued from page 1) had some earlier experiences in track and field. With the help of Margaret Tosh and Brian Berquist and the encouragement of Judy Warick, I got involved again. I’ve competed in 26 events, indoors and outdoors, in the last two years and my first outdoor meet of the new season will be in Regina on May 6,” he said.

He specializes in the throwing events.

He holds Saskatchewan records for the 70to-74 masters age group in indoor shot put and weight throws, and in outdoor shot put and discus. He also holds the provincial and national records in discus, javelin and shot put in his age class.

With a cancer support group, he gets three or four calls a month from families “who have a member seemingly at wit’s ends. Often they are in shock. I try to explain where the cancer trip will take them and about the prospects of happy results afterwards. They really can look ahead to where the rest of their lives will be as good, if not better, than it was at the time of diagnosis.”

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Battiste also has strong connections with St. Thomas More College and has served the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canadian Library Trustees, the United Way, Saskatchewan Aerospace and Sage Hill Writing Experience in various ways.

These commitments come from an individual who didn’t move to Saskatoon until 1954 when he was 12 years old. He and his brother, Don, and two sisters, Camille and Barbara, were all born in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

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Battiste said his parents, Charles and Phyllis, were “the most honest, hard-working, loving people you could ever meet.”

Battiste played football and basketball at St. Paul’s High School, from which he graduated in 1960.

“It took a couple of years before we won a football game,” he said. “In basketball, it was different. In 1960, we won all of our games, except one at the Luther Invitational and one in the provincial final.”

He received his Bachelor of Arts and an education diploma from the U of S in 1966 and spent two years teaching in Saskatoon Catholic schools.

As a civil servant, his roles were varied.

He was often a deputy minister. He worked in tourism, culture and aboriginal affairs ministries. With the federal government, he was a manager and director general in regional development and cultural departments.

After the Canadian constitution was reworked in 1968, there was a strong protest from the Indigenous people who hadn’t been invited to participate. He was a lead

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“Watching Pierre Trudeau, René Levesque and Peter Lougheed in action was absolutely a fascinating experience.”

He had served in aboriginal affairs in Saskatchewan, often working in the North.

“In the days when I was a civil servant, it was a different time. In the North, they didn’t have schools and hospitals. They also didn’t have the arrival of drugs and the gang violence as much. The argument has always been that the Aboriginals lost the right to use the lands and lost their freedom. To them, that was a terrible thing.

For their people, they were forced to live on reserves and be wards of the state.

“Some conditions have changed since then. There are positive signs. The Métis, at one time, didn’t have any support from any level of government. It was a case of sink or swim. Now all First Nations people are well-represented on the U of S campus and they are producing doctors, lawyers and professionals.”

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Saskatoon 55+ Lifestyles Victoria: a delicious destination (Continued from page 15) New to Victoria is the La Roux Patisserie at 519 Fisgard Street in Victoria’s historic Chinatown. All the pastries and desserts are made from the highest quality ingredients by people who clearly know how to cook.

It doesn’t matter what you order, it is delicious and selections range from French-inspired pastries to nostalgic treats from childhood. I can personally vouch for the bread pudding, the crème brulée and

the key lime pie.

La Roux Patisserie, which opened in 2016, is amazingly decorated in purple and white, charming in every detail including lovely bouquets of flowers on each table. It is a patisserie, so you select what you would like to try. The problem is it all looks so good that the choice is difficult but always delightful.

(Doreen Kerby is a Saskatoon freelance writer.)

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s much as you may want it, you simply can’t turn back the hands of time. This can be frustrating as the signs of aging begin to set in (believe me, I KNOW!) The good news is that by adding a few anti-aging tweaks and habits to your routine, it’s quite possible to look younger, healthier and more vibrant than ever before. And, no, you don’t need surgeries, injections or expensive lotions or potions to look years younger than you do today!

Anti-Aging Habit #1: Daily Sunscreen Studies continue to prove that people who protect their skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays look younger than those who skip sunscreen. Apply 30 SPF to your face every morning to reap the benefits of this simple age-defying habit.

Anti-Aging Habit #2: Lotion Your Hands Since the skin on the backs of your hands is naturally thin, it becomes increasingly important to apply moisturizer here as you age in order to prevent it from becoming wrinkly and dried out. Rub some of the 30 SPF that you are applying to your face each morning to the backs of your hands to keep them supple and smooth AND protect them from the sun.

Anti-Aging Habit #3: Eat Less Sodium When it comes to keeping your skin looking bright, tight and young, sodium is your worst enemy. Salty foods cause your skin to become puffy and bloated, and increase the bags under your eyes. Avoid eating sodium-rich foods and instantly

look younger!

Anti-Aging Habit #4: Get Enough Sleep If you’d like to look younger, fight the urge to stay up late. Getting plenty of sleep, 7-9 hours each night, is key for allowing your body to produce the ideal levels of estrogen and progesterone, hormones that boost your skin’s natural repair mechanisms and promote a healthy complexion.

Anti-Aging Habit #5: Exercise Daily (my favourite!)

Exercise improves your circulation, which has a number of age reducing payoffs. Healthy circulation helps your skin to look its best and even reduces puffiness and bags under your eyes. Exercise also increases muscle tone which improves your metabolism and helps you burn fat, looking slimmer and younger.

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Saskatoon 55+ Lifestyles Avoid aches and pains when gardening

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eople who have not spent much time in a garden may not consider this rewarding hobby much of a threat to their health. But as veteran gardeners can attest, gardening can contribute to nagging aches and pains that can force even the most ardent greenthumbers indoors.

Gardening is a physical activity that, despite its peaceful nature, can be demanding on the body. Thankfully, there are several ways that gardening enthusiasts can prevent the aches and pains that can sometimes pop up after long days in the garden.

• Use ergonomic gardening tools.

Ergonomic gardening tools are designed to prevent the types of aches, pains and injuries that can cut gardeners’ seasons short. Gardening injuries can affect any area of the body, but injuries or aches and pains affecting the back, wrists and hands are among the most common physical problems gardeners endure.

Look for ergonomic tools that reduce the strain on these areas of the body. Even arthritis sufferers who love to garden may find that ergonomic tools make it

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possible for them to spend more time in their gardens without increasing their risk for injury.

• Alternate tasks. Repetitive-strain injuries can affect gardeners who spend long periods of time performing the same activity in their gardens. By alternating tasks during gardening sessions, gardeners can reduce their risk of suffering repetitive strain injuries. Alternate tasks not just on muscle groups worked, but also level of difficulty.

Remember to include some simple jobs even on busy gardening days so the body gets a break.

• Take frequent breaks. Frequent breaks can help combat the stiffness and muscle aches that may not appear until gardeners finish their gardening sessions.

Breaks help to alleviate muscles or joints that can become overtaxed when gardening for long, uninterrupted periods of time. When leaning down or working on your hands and knees, stand up to take breaks every 20 minutes or the moment aches and pains start to make their presence felt.

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• Maintain good posture. Back injuries have a tendency to linger, which can keep gardeners indoors and out of their gardens. When gardening, maintain good posture to prevent back injuries. Gardening back braces can protect the back by providing support and making it easier for gardeners to maintain their posture.

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stools or chairs also can be less taxing on the back than gardening belts tied around the waist.

SASKATOON 20 Gardening might not be a contact sport, but it can cause pain if gardeners do not take steps to prevent the onset of muscle aches and strains when spending time in their gardens.

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ompanion animals bring great joy to their owners. The unconditional love cats and dogs provide appeals to people of all ages. While many people associate pets with kids who can’t wait to welcome the first cat or dog into their homes, pets can benefit aging men and women as well.

It’s not uncommon for seniors to feel lonely or depressed when they retire, their children move away or they lose a spouse or close friend or friends. The American Humane Society states that studies show pets help seniors overcome loneliness and depression by providing affection, company and entertainment. Pets also provide much-needed mental stimulation, and many pet owners find their pets help them become more physically active as well.

Seniors who adopt pets may also feel a sense of purpose when helping animals who may not have anywhere to live. This is particularly true of older companion animals, which many young families are understandably hesitant to adopt. Mature pets might be an ideal fit for seniors. When seniors are looking to adopt a pet, there are various reasons AS042415 Aaronwhy older pets or

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• Adult pets may already be house trained, saving seniors the trouble and effort of training them.

• Seniors may find cats fit their lifestyles more than dogs, as cats are less active and do not need to be walked or played with as much as dogs. Cats also are small and easily maneuverable, meaning even seniors who have arthritis or other physical limitations can easily care for cats. Many cats are also content to spend long periods of time sleeping on their owners’ laps.

• Small dogs that can be active within the house might be a good idea as well, especially for seniors with mobility issues.

They’re also easily transported to and from vet appointments.

It’s important that seniors carefully weigh the benefits of adopting a pet against any limitations they may have.

Having a backup plan for care is advantageous as well. Seniors should not adopt a pet if they anticipate frequent travel or medical care that requires they be away from home for long periods of time.

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Diamond House PERSONAL CARE HOME • WARMAN, SK

Teamwork Brings out the Best in Each Other

I have been involved in some form of maintenance for my entire working career. Although I have found all of my rolls in maintenance enjoyable, I have never held a position that is any more rewarding as this one here at Diamond House as their Home & Maintenance Manager.

I feel a great sense of privilege and pride to be a part of such a home like Diamond House, and to be a part of a philosophy of care for our deserving seniors the way we do. As kids we have always been excited about going to grandma & grandpas house, well, I can honestly say I am like a kid every morning going to all my extended grandma & grandpas homes, at Diamond House.

I get to come to work each day knowing that I have the opportunity to make a difference in our resident’s life. Just by fixing some of the simple things for them like getting their signal back on their TV makes their day, and at the end of each day, I can go home feeling good about what I have done for them. Often what I do does not only affect the resident’s life, but it also makes an impact on our resident’s family.

I don’t see it as our residents living in my work place, but rather I work in their home.

And the stories, there is so much history in this home, I can sit for hours and listen to them. My wife also works at Diamond House as a Personal Care Worker, as does my older daughter, so when we get to our own home, we then often can sit for hours and discuss the many stories and experiences we had during the day with our residents.

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Community support is an important part of what we do at Diamond House.

I have the flexibility of being a Volunteer Firefighter and First Responder and taking calls when necessary while at the home. I am also an avid supporter of the Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse Team and enjoy getting the crowd involved with my “new look”.

The home is also a great place to bring our younger children, ages 3 & 9, we often find we come back to the home with our children on our days off to visit with the residents, this is always enjoyable for both the residents and our children.

Besides my full time responsibility here at the home as Diamond House’s Home & Maintenance Manager, I am also a volunteer Fire Fighter and First Responder with Warman Fire Rescue.

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As a team, we try our best to make the residents feel welcome and comfortable. After all we really are just one big family!

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