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Sarah Tut will soon join her four children as a Canadian citizen. (Photo by Joanne Paulson)

From Sudan to Canada: Sarah Tut finds her freedom in education

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express arah Tut’s four children are Canadian citizens. Soon, she will be too.

To say it has been a long journey from war-torn Sudan to Canadian citizenship is an understatement of global proportions.

Yet any day now, she will be called to appear at a ceremony celebrating her new status, and all the hard work that came before.

Tut was among the Sudanese displaced due to a tribal conflict between the Nuer

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and Dinka tribes. Tut is Nuer; the dictator of Sudan was Dinka, which put her culture at extreme risk.

Only eight when her mother was forced to take Tut and her siblings to Ethiopia, she was constantly frightened and hungry as they traversed the hot, rocky road in bare feet.

They walked for weeks, with little to eat and a gourd of water. But they made it.

“People starting leaving in 1991 for Ethiopia,” said Tut in an interview, leading up to Canada’s 150th birthday. “From 1993

until 2001, we lived in a refugee camp.

“The United Nations had a program for people who wanted to go to other countries.

We left the camp because life there was very deficient.”

Eating was dependent on the UN’s ability to get food into the camp, and that wasn’t always possible. That was just one of the many, many problems.

Meanwhile, Tut’s father arranged a marriage for her at age 15, and her husband-to-be appeared in camp one day proclaiming that

they would apply to emigrate. Tut underwent the various processes, including blood work and reams of paperwork, then waited a year to come to Canada.

In that time, she became pregnant with her first daughter, Nyakier, who is now 15.

Fortunately, Tut wasn’t showing by the time it came to leave.

“When you have a child, it delays the process. We had to keep it quiet,” said Tut. Some women left their children behind when (Continued on page 11)

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n 1967 I made a speech in front of my classmates in Mrs. Hogg’s Grade 7 room at Haultain School.

I remember being petrified as I stood there. I also remember the pride I had in talking about my great-grandfather, John Earl Mitchell.

Talk about a cool name, eh? It’s hard to believe that I gave that short speech in Canada’s centennial year and 50 years Editor have passed since.

I remember being at the Exhibition Grandstand with hundreds of other school kids for a centennial celebration. Those of you my age will remember the Canada Song. It’s on YouTube should you want to listen to it. I remembered most of the simplistic lyrics. It would have been cool had Nickelback written a Canada 150 song.

We have designated and dedicated this edition of the Express to Canada’s 150th anniversary. When I was thinking about what Canada means to me, the memory of my great-grandfather came to mind. It’s people like him that shaped who and where I am, as well as the country in which we live.

My great-grandfather was one of the pioneers who settled in rural Saskatchewan early in the 20th century. Many of your family trees probably have stories much like his.

He was born in 1885 in Ontario and came West in 1907. His homestead was in the Kindersley area. In the mid-1960s, he wrote a 30-page account of his life which must have been the basis for that speech I gave 50 years ago.

I read the story again last week. It’s descriptive, informative and humorous. He was as bad with commas as I am. He wrote about hardships in a matter-of-fact manner.

Walking from Kindersley to Swift Current wasn’t treated as a big deal. Making a round trip of 24 miles to pick up the mail seemed routine.

He arrived at his homestead on May 12, 1907. To make a long story short, he and his brother, Bert, took a train from the East which eventually dropped them off in Hanley. From there, they travelled 150 miles with their oxen, two wagons, a plough, harrows, a drill, a mower, a rake and a small cook stove. They had a barrel to use to carry water, a load of baled hay and oat chop.

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My great-grandfather had an impact on my life. (Hutchinson Family Photo) When they arrived on their land, they built a sod house and then started picking rocks and breaking the land.

In 1908, my great-grandfather went back to Ontario and married Vida Pearl Wallis. In his booklet, he talked about meeting Vida at a prayer meeting in Huron County in Ontario.

“A girl which had recently moved into the district was there and I asked to see her home,” he wrote. “This was the beginning of a romance, which not until six years later terminated into marriage.”

As an aside, Sandy and I had a five-year romance which terminated into marriage in 1978. I am lucky the marriage hasn’t terminated into termination.

My great-grandfather was tall and thin.

He had a cool mustache, wore suspenders and smoked a pipe. Isn’t that how all greatgrandfathers were back in the day?

There are photos of my great-grandfather and me when I was a baby and toddler, but I only saw him a time or two when I was a teenager. He had moved to British Columbia by then and came back to Saskatchewan for a visit.

I loved looking at the photo albums last week at my mother and father’s home.

Captured in these moments were real people, living at a real time in our country’s history.

My great-grandfather and greatgrandmother had eight children, including my grandmother Ina. Vida died suddenly in 1958 of heart disease. John Earl died in 1975 shortly after celebrating his 90th birthday.

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Harold Chapman Emphasis on education a key to Canada’s future

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express t’s been a good year for Harold Chapman.

He turned 100 on April 27 and travelled to Ottawa on May 12 to be invested into the Order of Canada.

Chapman, in the simplest of terms, was honoured for his long career in forming co-operatives for groups and teaching others how to do it.

His first co-operative was formed just after the Second World War when soldiers were returning home with parcels of land available for them. Chapman was working in the Department of Co-operatives in Tommy Douglas’s first government.

That first co-op under Chapman’s watch was the much-studied Matador Cooperative Farm in southwestern Saskatchewan. It was the blueprint for many others.

Seventeen veterans decided they wanted to farm together. A photo shows an oval with 17 houses around it, a community hall and a school house.

The land in front of the houses had amenities such as a baseball diamond. It looked like one of those fancy new suburbs where houses face a small body of water.

The co-operative lasted until a couple of years ago when the third generation of farmers sold the land to a Hutterite colony.

It was the first of 38 farms Chapman organized under the CCF government.

Chapman is the second oldest of seven children. He was raised on a farm about 10 miles southeast of Saskatoon. Unlike many boys his age during the Depression, he was in school long enough to complete Grade 10. He took Grade 9 at Nutana Collegiate and Grade 10 by correspondence.

By then, his family had given up that farm and moved to a half section in the Melfort area.

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Chapman had been out of school for five years when his mother encouraged him to complete high school. He must have been quite a sight being 20 years old in a class in which the next oldest student was 15.

“My mom was a teacher so she was interested in education, but also there were five boys in the family and so there wasn’t room on the farm for all of us,” Chapman said last week. “I think she realized that I would do well in school so she was interested in me furthering my education.”

Chapman completed Grade 12 and then enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan on the day the Second World War started.

During his time in military training, he was able to get a degree in agriculture.

“I specialized in farm management which resulted in me taking a class in cooperatives. It was that class that qualified me to start work with co-operatives.”

Among his career highlights, Chapman was the first director of the Co-operative Institute in Saskatoon. The institute, founded in 1955, taught those wanting to organize a co-operative to develop bylaws, and learn bookkeeping and management systems.

The institute evolved over the years, becoming the Western Co-op College and then the Co-op College of Canada. Not only were people from throughout Canada trained, but also those from other countries.

The institute is now centred in Ottawa.

Chapman retired in 1982 after nine years as the public relations director at Federated Co-operatives Ltd. He has never stopped working in the co-operative field.

He has a cabinet in the living room of his condo filled with awards.

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Harold Chapman was awarded the Order of Canada earlier this year.

(Photo by Cam Hutchinson) add up,” he said with a laugh.

He said being honoured with the Order of Canada came as a surprise. One of those who endorsed him was former premier Lorne Calvert.

“To be selected for this is a humbling experience. I really appreciate it. There are a lot of people that helped me to develop and to be able to do the things I have done.”

He was asked for his thoughts on Canada being 150 years old.

“It is a great democracy but a democracy requires citizens who know what’s going on and who are giving guidance, giving leadership. Developing these citizens requires education. And the education needs to help them to develop a philoso phy of the kind of Canada they want.

“I think more emphasis should be given in schools and universities . . . I think there is a need for more emphasizes in the area of having a philosophy of helping people to help themselves.”

Chapman comes from a family with good genes. His father lived to be 100 and his mother to 97.

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“I tell people it’s one thing to have good genes, but you have to look after them. One of the first principles is no smoking. My older brother was a smoker and passed away over 20 years ago. My other brothers all passed away in the last four or five years, and were all in their 90s.”

One of his sisters is still living. She is 84.

Chapman’s wife Mary died 11 years ago. They had been married for 62 years and raised two children: Gail and Bob. Gail, who lives in Toronto, has two daughters, and Bob, who lives in Victoria, has one daughter. Chapman has two greatgrandchildren.

He sings in a choir, something he has been doing since his mother formed one decades ago, and takes a fitness class. He has a regular coffee group.

He is on the senior advisory committee of the Community Clinic. He published a book — Sharing my Life: Building the Cooperative Movement — five years ago.

“I’m as lucky as the dickens,” he said of his long life.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - June 26-July 2, 2017 - Page 4 reserve has been side by side forever with the community of Broadview. In the 1880s, Broadview was a railroad town, while Cowessess was establishing itself in farming.

“We were producing quite a bit of produce – wheat, barley, root plants like potatoes, turnips and carrots. There were no other farmers in the area so it was the Indian people that started the farming.”

Things were going well. Cowessess won awards for its work with livestock and grain. Things changed when the area was settled. “(Settlers) weren’t able to compete with the First Nations farmers. So (the government) came up with a policy that First Nation farmers couldn’t sell their produce anymore (without) the permission of an Indian agent. Now the same people they were dealing with, bartering with, trading with suddenly became illegal.

“By 1889, the farmers didn’t want the reserve there and wanted them to give up part of their land for settlement. So by 1907, half of the reserve we were given was taken.”

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“It was humiliation by not being able to live like Canadians did and having free access to the markets and living on reserves and not being able to vote. Then (we had) the land taken away and then having the Terrance Pelletier, a former chief of the Cowessess First Nation, received a Vanier scholarship. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) kids taken away . . . so the story on the First Nations side is one of defeat.”

He said it wasn’t easy for the settlers to learn to farm, but their future was brighter.

“They were in a foreign land so the first generation was hard, and they helped get the second generation established and Cam Hutchinson Pelletier smiled when he said one of his dents to receive a Vanier Canada Graduate populated and schools going. Then they Saskatoon Express grandsons, Cameron, was born on July 1. Scholarship. It is valued at $50,000 per got the third generation who was able to errance Pelletier has a small Cana- That’s a reason to celebrate. year for three years. They are awarded to become more urbanized and participating dian flag on his desk in his office at Pelletier is working on a PhD, studying top-tier PhD students in Canada. in the wider economy, then the fourth genthe University of Saskatchewan. how leadership models within his comHistory has not been kind to First Naeration was going to school and becoming It can be seen as representing the diffi- munity have been influenced by the effects tions people in a country about to celebrate wealthier as time went on.” cult past of First Nations people in Canada of colonization. He pretty much knows the its 150th anniversary.

Now we are here, celebrating Canada’s and perhaps as a symbol of hope for a answers.

Pelletier uses his First Nation — Cow- 150th birthday. brighter future.James Pelletier was one of four U of S stuessess — as an example. He said the (Continued on page 5) JW062606

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(Continued from page 4) here the difference is in the 150 is First Nations are just pulling themselves up while the others are five generations up. If I was to compare myself with one of those generations coming up, we’re probably at only the second or third generation.

“I see the social problems with families today and I see children suffer, gang violence, lateral violence, poor education attainment among families living in poverty. If we looked after that generation today, then the next one will have the benefit.

“So that’s where we’re at. Canada keeps building itself up and First Nations are still at the same place and in greater numbers and on smaller-sized reserves and with no say on how we run our own communities.

“It’s a façade that Indian Affairs always speaks for Indian people. They don’t know about Indian people at all.

The local people know more than Indian Affairs does about what is going on in the community. It is like this right to this day; this stuff is not made up.”

Pelletier, a former chief of Cowessess, had a piecemeal education that included a stay at a residential school.

He was in his early 30s in 1988 when he enrolled at the U of S. He earned an education degree and was studying law when he returned to his First Nation to operate his farm and provide for his family.

He and his wife had 13 children in their care around that time. He points to a photo on his office wall of a summer when his family filled two large vans and went camping. He said he did a lot of cooking.

Pelletier said things are improving in the school system for First Nations students.

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they can, put a great deal of effort into making First Nations and indigenous people more established within their schools and providing for not only their teaching and academic needs but their social needs as well. They do what they can, I say.”

He said he sees a better future for Cameron, who stayed with him on Father’s Day and turns 11 on Canada Day. “It will be more seamless from K to 12 and then you just transition into post-secondary when he comes of age.

I think that’s possible, but I caution to say it may not be possible for a great many kids. That’s the social part of it and doesn’t have anything to do with the schools. That has to do with other levels of government.

“Unless there are policies there to address the poverty of First Nations kids, both in the city and on the reserves, then we are going to struggle with that problem for a long time in the disparity in education levels. Living up to the treaty obligations would be one thing; they’re not at all on a great many levels.”

He said governments are in the business of wanting immediate results. That isn’t the way it works in education and helping those who are living in poverty.

“You can’t make a policy and think it’s going to make a whole bunch of changes the next year. For governments, it has to show an immediate return . . . so you’re not prepared to let them work at it for five, 10, 15 years because that is where I think you will see the benefit.

“If they are doing a decent job today, then in 15 years we aren’t going to have a bunch of problems with young people.

But if they don’t, you are going to see what is going to happen in 15 years... the social conditions in the cities especially, and on the reserves, are just going to continue to deteriorate and get bigger and bigger.

“The social conditions are always changing; our poverty never changed at all.”

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Second World War, he was So are you, if you are not an determined to make a new life, Indigenous person descended free of the threat of conscription, from the centuries-old nations of and Canada offered those opwhat was to become Canada. We portunities. He landed here in the will soon celebrate 150 years of early 1950s with no English, no Confederation. They will commoney and few prospects. He bememorate thousands of years of came a lawyer, farmer and pillar being home. of the legal community.

I would not be here, nor Where else do you find those anywhere, had my father and opportunities? Arguably in the maternal grandparents not found United States, but even there Columnist an open door to the Canadian Dad might have found himself in West. the army, at least at the time. The My grandmother, although German by Korean War was underway. He’d had more descent, lived in Ukraine as a child and than enough of war, of fighting, of hell. After young woman. My grandfather, equally a a stint in Manitoba, he came to Saskatoon.

German Mennonite, was a Russian citizen.

He didn’t listen to his connections in WinniMy Oma survived Bolshevik raids on her peg, who told him that mice crawled through town, and eventually escaped Ukraine with the cupboards of Saskatoon with tears in her family, ending up north of Saskatoon and their eyes. ultimately in the city. Opa was a highly-eduHe met my mother here, and they made cated agricultural brain, with a degree from me. the University of Moscow. The Russians Many sad things have happened since didn’t exactly want him to skip town and then, but so have wonderful things. Some of take his brain with him, so they chased him the sad things could have happened anyto the border and tried to shoot him before he where. Some of the wonderful things, and hopped on a train and finally made his way some horrible things that we have avoided, to Canada. are reliant on living in this country.

It seems bizarre to me now that they met In many parts of Europe, for example, here, not there, and made my mother. plenty of average middle-class people cannot Dad’s journey to Canada was a deliberafford to own homes. They rent, or buy little ate, well-thought-out apartments, or find hovels on the outskirts of JW062624 Jamesadventure. After the

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town. Recreation properties? Forget it.

In many parts of the world, people can’t find any sort of decent shelter. Women and girls cannot go to school. People of both genders enter arranged marriages, some good, some hideous. People endure civil war, refugee camps, rampant disease, terrifying coups — and if they do own land, or animals, or buildings, or really anything, there is a constant threat of having those things taken away by force. There is personal physical violence, such as female genital mutilation, which I can’t even think about without wanting to vomit, cry and rage against.

So here I am, married to a man I chose, whom I love. We live in a house that we actually own, having burned the mortgage a few years ago. (That happened with a little help from my adored Aunt Mary, also an immigrant, who really understood the value of financial independence and shared some of hers with us upon her death. I can’t really express how grateful we are.) Occasionally, we take vacations. We have never worried about being forced to fight, having our property taken away, nor any other religious or state action that threatens our life and happiness.

All of this sounds like relative paradise, right? Of course, for many people, Canada is hardly paradise. Our history has not treated all its citizens as well as it has treated us. Indigenous peoples have been terribly abused by the state, as have Chinese

and Japanese people. Farmers who came out west to homestead were duped and, in my view, abused by government policy of the time.

I do not want to add a ‘but’, because the dark sides and times of Canada’s history were truly vicious and cannot be swept aside. People still face poverty, racism and a lack of inclusion in our society.

Instead, I will add a ‘yet’. Conditions of life in Canada, for most, are among the best in the world. Recent history has found us much more welcoming to Vietnamese, Syrian and other desperate refugees. If we can make the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission come to pass, perhaps we will find a greater connection with Indigenous peoples and create a more unified nation, a Mari usque ad Mare.

Selfishly, personally, I cannot even begin to see a life elsewhere. I drive the province catching my breath at the gorgeous, endless fields of whe at, canola and other crops; I dive into icy northern lakes and think there is no more beautiful place on Earth. I travel the country and am amazed at the glorious cities and sprawling rural areas, where there is room for everyone. I cannot get through O Canada without weeping; I have never sung our anthem without dropping a line, with a catch in my throat. It is not perfect, but I love this country.

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Celebrate Canada Day with awareness of settlers’ history

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hen I was growing the last few years – that our up, an elderly family ancestor, a homesteader, was member kept two ice likely picking up the fragments cream pails in his garage, full of the lives of the people who of First Nations arrowheads, had been forced off that land hammer stones and other tool so he could have it to build his fragments. own.

I thought they were fasciIt’s not easy to admit nating, and loved putting them this little anecdote, but with out on the table, side by side, Canada’s 150th birthday examining the differences celebration on the horizon, it and intricacies between them. seemed like a good time to talk When we asked where they about it. I feel really ignorant Columnist came from, we were told how and embarrassed that it took his father had found them on his farmland so long to realize that we had no right to in west-central Saskatchewan. those artifacts, and the fact we had them Before I go any further, I want to clar- was representative of a much bigger, ugify that my family has since surrendered lier issue that has dominated the broader this massive collection to the appropriate part of Canadian history in some form or indigenous organization, and I’m confianother. dent it has been repatriated, respectfully My family is full of settlers. Every one studied and displayed, and ultimately ap- of my four sets of great-grandparents, preciated in the best possible way. plus my great-aunts and uncles, were The thing is, though, it really didn’t homesteaders who came to Saskatchewan occur to anyone to surrender them until in the late 19th and early 20th century within the last decade. Even worse, the from the United States. I am proud of painful significance of the fact my extheir hard work, and I am grateful to them tremely Caucasian family even had those for everything I have today, including my artifacts really didn’t sink in until within heritage in this beautiful province. James JW062601

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However. I used to really resent that “however.” I know my forefathers were good people, and I don’t want to denounce them. However, I no longer can consider them, or my family history, outside of the context of truth and reconciliation, because the truth is that they, along with thousands of others, played a role in displacing Saskatchewan’s First Nations people, and in order to reconcile that, I have to at least start by admitting it.

In the run up to Canada’s 150th birthday, I’ve not been able to shake the feeling that it’s all a bit hollow. I mean, I love this country and believe we should celebrate its milestones, but I don’t see AS062602 Aaron

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Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express he Optimist Club of Saskatoon is getting set to throw one of the biggest parties this city has ever seen. On July 1, every resident in Saskatoon is invited out for the Optimist Canada 150 in the Park, kicking off at Diefenbaker Park with a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m.

“We have focused on inclusion, access and entertainment,” said event co-chair and Optimist Club member Bradley Sylvester.

“We have a First Nations village, and we will open the day with First Nations dance, drums, and prayer.”

Various First Nations, Métis, government, sponsor and Optimist Club dignitaries will be on hand to participate in the opening ceremonies at 9 a.m., which will be followed by a morning of multicultural entertainment on stage, including a performance by the Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble.

At 12:30 p.m., CIBC will present a special Canadian Citizenship Reaffirmation Ceremony, followed by an afternoon of more performances by a number of local artists and bands.

“We are expecting a very large crowd, over 50,000 people over the course of the day,” said Sylvester. “There will be free parking this year in Prairieland Park’s grounds and parking lots, but people should plan for an hour to get out, or better yet, use the free transit buses, or bring your bike and park it at the secure bike valet.”

Saskatoon Transit will be running a free bus service to the Canada 150 celebration, leaving every half hour from Confederation Mall, Lawson Heights Mall, Market Mall and Centre Mall, beginning around noon. Sylvester recommends arriving far earlier, however.

“We will have 16 food vendors, a beer garden, and a Canada Market with assorted vendors and merchandise,” he said. “There will be a kids area with bouncy castles, assorted rides, displays from Canadian Forces and Saskatoon Fire Service, Wyant Raceway race cars and a bunch more things going on.”

Sylvester says they have spent 250 per cent more on this year’s fireworks performance, which is expected to begin at dusk — around 10:30 p.m.

He has a word of caution about those, which he says he can’t emphasize enough.

“Stay out of the restricted area, the fireworks hot zone, even early in the day,” he said. “The caution tape is up for your own safety. Do not use the Meewasin Trail alongside Diefenbaker Park on July 1 between 10 p.m. and midnight. The river alongside the park is also closed for boat traffic during that period.

“No one will be able to stop on Circle Drive South this year, as police will be on site to make sure traffic moves,” Sylvester warned. “I would advise getting to the park by about 8 p.m. at the latest.”

The Optimist Club of Saskatoon is a service club comprised of 23 members, both women and men. The club was formed in Saskatoon in 1946 and has been organizing Canada Day festivities in Saskatoon since 1967, making this year Saskatoon’s own milestone celebration of 50 years of fun.

“We are in service to our community, we focus our energies in the community,” said Sylvester, who has been the chair of the event since 2003. “Our recent focus has been delivering Optimist Canada Day 150, and we’re the driving force behind the Optimist Snow Park planned for Diefenbaker Park.”

The hill project got a boost last week when the Federated Coop’s community spaces fund donated $150,000.

For more information on Saskatoon’s Optimist Canada 150 in the Park, visit optimistcanadadaysaskatoon.com.

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how we can do that without acknowledging the rolling toll of every single one of those 150 years on Canada’s indigenous peoples.

I don’t have anything more, or profound to add to this column. I just think that as we celebrate, we must also reflect on the next 150 years, and how we can make them better for everyone. We can’t go back and erase the past, but we can take the steps we need to, in order to make it a better tomorrow for all of Canada.

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Ask what you can do for your country, eh?

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couple of weeks ago my Atlantic provinces and had editor suggested writa whirlwind tour of Halifax, ing an article relating to Charlottetown and Saint John/ Canada Day and the 150 years St. John’s as well as a driving since Confederation. tour of Cape Breton Island – Easy-peasy, I thought. After which was interesting in that staring at a blank screen for half Atlantic fishermen sounded an hour, this exercise dredged a lot like our farmers when up the feeling I had as a student expressing concern about the each September when the weather, their crops (fish and teacher asked the class to write wheat respectively) and the low an essay on “how I spent my market price of their product.

Columnist summer vacation.”

Manitoba was simply WinThe conundrum was, do I nipeg. Aside from Edmonton write the truth and talk about the boring and Calgary, we have, over the years, spent babysitting job I had caring for two whiny time in Alberta’s national parks skiing and kids and the family trip that I didn’t want camping. There is beautiful British Columto go on where, as a snotty-nosed teenager, bia, with its stunning Okanagan Valley; I was determined to make everyone’s life and who wouldn’t enjoy a visit to Vancouas miserable as I thought they made mine? ver and Vancouver Island? Alas, we have Or do I embellish my pathetic teen life never been to the Territories or Nunavut. and write about a bogus fun-filled summer The conclusion is we live in a vast and of lazy beach days, parties and romantic varied country boasting bounty and beauty relationships that the 1960s pop group the from coast to coast to coast.

Beach Boys sang about? (I now suspect I enjoyed seeing our country and meetthose teacher assignments were to teach ing people in the various provinces, but in the art of compromise.) truth I didn’t feel a strong familial conMy husband and I have travelled across nection to all of these regions. (Not very Canada, but admittedly for the best part, Canadian, eh.) Yes, we are all Canadian only to the major cities. In Ontario, it was but we are a bit of a raucous extended Toronto and Ottawa, although I did have family. And like all families, some sibling one occasion to visit Thunder Bay. rivalry comes into play periodically, but In la belle province, it was visiting nonetheless we are kinfolk sharing values Montreal and Quebec City. We toured the and collective goals of a democracy.

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Being born and raised here, Saskatchewan is primarily my Canada. I feel free enjoying our wide-open spaces, warmed by the sunshine and comforted by the big, blue sky and its billowing clouds. The waving crops feel like old friends saying either hello or goodbye. Our northern forests and lakes leave me in awe of Mother Nature and glad that these pristine areas are harder to access and thus free of mankind’s polluting habits. And catching glimpses of wildlife in their natural habitat makes me appreciate the respectful balance between man and nature, once only enjoyed by our indigenous people.

Feeling I was being provincial and missing the significance of this national holiday, I started asking friends what Canada Day means to them. For the best part the answer was “a long weekend.”

Was anyone going to the big shindig at Diefenbaker Park with thousands of other residents to enjoy an action-packed day and lining up for cake? Nope, it would be a quiet barbecue in the backyard or a family gathering at the lake. They were of no help. It was then that I had an “aha” moment. The question to friends should have been, what does being Canadian mean to you?

We Canadians are a collection of people from all nations of the world and come in all shapes, sizes and colours, who all enjoy freedom of religion and are encour-

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aged to celebrate our ethnic and cultural diversity. Aside from indigenous people, a significant number of us spring from early settlers who came to the Canadian Prairies lured by the promise of land offered under the Dominion Lands Act. These settlers worked hard, suffered harsh living conditions and only asked for the opportunity to build a better life for their families. However, as little as 100 years ago many of these newcomers endured bigotry and derision on their arrival but persevered to help build the country we now call home.

Although we have learned much over that last 150 years, we would do well to remember the lessons from those early Canadians when new people come to our land today wanting exactly what our ancestors wanted. To do so would honour those who helped build the country we celebrate today and mean a better Canada for the generations to come.

Whether you choose to celebrate our 150 years of confederation at a public event, have a quiet backyard party or a family gathering, celebrate the privilege of being a citizen of one of the greatest countries in the world. And mull the poignant words of John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

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ne hundred and fifty I was just starting school years. when the residential schools It seems like a long were being phased out. I only time, but to the First Nations of spent a brief time in this sothis country, it’s just around the called school before First Nation corner. students were allowed to attend This, of course, is not to take what was called a day school. away from Canada’s birthday. I This school was located on believe the founding nations of our reserve, because at the time this country should celebrate. our students were still not alHowever, our celebration should lowed to attend the school locatinclude survival. ed in the closest town. I vividly Our nations are somewhat remember almost everything Columnist wounded but we are still here. while I was at the day school We are here to dance to music because I started school late. of our ancestors. We are here to sing the I grew up on a northern trap line and songs that go with the wind and the heart. only spoke Cree. My family was forced out We are here to speak our languages and we of our traditional lifestyle because I had to are here to show the pride in our heritage attend school. and culture.

Maybe it was because I started school When I look back on my own journey in late, but I picked up the English language life, I ask myself what has Canada done for really fast. I believe I learned fast because me and not what has Canada done to me.

I wanted to know what the other children I can write an entire book on what were talking about and why they were Canada has done to me, but the list is short laughing. But more importantly, I wanted to for what Canada has done for me. The list is learn. I ended up in university and today I short because I came to realize a long time continue my passion to learn. ago the bottom line for me is freedom.

Canada is a place for anyone who asThe year I was born I wasn’t even con- pires to dream, to challenge their creativity sidered a person. At the time, First Nations and who finds the courage to climb mounwere allowed to vote. I often wonder if it tains. The list of what Canada has done for wasn’t for my favourite prime minister, me maybe be short, but the fundamental John Diefenbaker, if I would still be a non- right, indeed the inherent right, to be treated person and not be able to vote. as a human being is exactly what I need.

The Diefenbaker government also At the end of the day, freedom is what’s opened the doors to economic justice and important in my life and for that, thank you educational freedom.

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Auditorium, an elite home for So there was the auditorium, musical, theatrical and cultural the crowning entertainment events and their stars. jewel near 23rd Street and The building was named in Pacific Avenue, tucked neatly honour of Canada’s centennial into a sizeable space near the year and suitably so because north end of Midtown Plaza. the final costs, determined by It was the spectacular touch to November 1967, were going how Buckwold and his council to be in the neighbourhood of associates changed Saskatoon’s People $6.3 million, with about $3.3 downtown, first by removing million coming from the fedthe CNR tracks and then aperal and provincial governments. proving the plaza and the auditorium.

When the concert hall opened in April Just as all of this was unfolding, it was 1968, Secretary of State Judy LaMarsh my honour to be named the first full-time represented the federal government, entertainment and features writer with Premier Ross Thatcher represented the the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. The timing Saskatchewan government and Mayor couldn’t have been better. Along with the Sid Buckwold thanked both governments joys of watching world-class stars perform, profusely for making a Saskatoon dream the bonus came with the opportunity to come true. The Saskatoon Symphony meet and interview most of them. chose Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana as its To me, none of Saskatoon’s love afheadline music, a sparkling send-off for a fair with glitz and glamour would have hall which, over the years, would present happened without Buckwold, a visionentertainment of national and international ary unmatched in Saskatoon’s history. In stature. his years as mayor (1958 to 1963, then a The opening of the auditorium was a second term from 1967 to 1971), he was major accomplishment in the 1960s when always on top of the political game and financial responsibility carried considerbrought great ideas to the table. able weight among city councillors. Some Count his other major successes as of them took the debate right down to the bringing the 1971 Canada Winter Games last penny of spending, and one councillor to Saskatoon, as inviting Fred Mendel to suggested that once the auditorium was launch the art gallery and by playing a key built, it should be turned over to the prorole in the establishment of the Holiday vincial government to operate and manage. Park sports complex.

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“The key ingredient to the new-look downtown was the idea of an entertainment facility,” said Buckwold.

“I realized that Canada’s centennial was coming up in 1967 and even five years earlier, I knew that if we wanted something special for the centennial, we should start planning. We decided at the city level to cancel the electric light discount, put the money in a building fund and we collected several hundred thousand dollars a year. In the end, our total was close to $1 million.

“Blair Nelson was our committee chair.

He came up with a gorgeous building, probably more elaborate than our original thoughts of just a concert hall, but it was a good vision. We received half of the federal government share as a centennial project when Regina thought it was going to get it all. With government help and with our own financing, we paid off the auditorium, even with a cost over-run, and it was good value for the money.”

Earliest estimates on the cost of the building were $3.2 million.

Buckwold became a member of the Senate in 1971, retired when he reached his 75th birthday in 1991 and died June 27, 2001.

There were many magical nights of entertainment at the auditorium. There were singers like Harry Belafonte, Anne Murray, Wayne Newton, Kenny Rogers, Roger Whittaker, Nana Mouskouri, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings; big bands led by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Guy Lombardo, Stan Kenton and the tribute bands still run by Tommy Dorsey and

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The prince of them all was Belafonte, who first appeared in October 1971, in days when his tickets were priced at $7.50 and $6.50 and he’d do multiple nights. On stage, he was the master showman; off stage, a most articulate conversationalist, with fresh, sincere answers and careful reflections about social consciousness. He came to Saskatoon at least 10 times.

When Murray came the first time in 1971, one show sold out in 90 minutes, a second one in 60 minutes, all in a day before ticket computerization. Her manager, Leonard Rambeau, always made her accessible which allowed me to watch and write about her career from the beginning.

There was a slight disappointment the night Liberace and I were about to sit down in the Green Room when suddenly then-manager Roy Aikenhead and his entourage of board members burst into the room. Lost was an interview; gained were Christmas cards from Liberace for the next two years.

Major disappointments away from the stage were Bill Cosby, respectful of me but I saw him treat other interviewers with disdain; and Kenny Rogers, who virtually begged for publicity in early years and after becoming a star, wouldn’t sign autographs for anyone.

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Education, support turn immigrant’s life around

(Continued from page 1) their paperwork was approved, “which I would never do. I would not have come.”

Tut and her husband arrived in Toronto in May 2001, caught a taxi and stayed in a hotel for 15 days. They connected with a cousin of her husband’s who lived in Windsor, Ont.; and Nyakier was born there six months later.

“It was so amazing, and so confusing.

It was the first time I saw snow. I’d never seen anything like that in my life,” said Tut, who remembers wondering if it would taste like salt or sugar.

She had to adjust to wearing layers of clothing to stay warm, and dressing her baby for the cold new climate was a challenge. Tut knew nothing of buying food in Canada, using stoves, eating at tables or the myriad other small tasks Canadian-born people take for granted. In the stores, she could not determine what kind of meat was on offer, except whole chickens, which were obvious.

“They should put pictures with them,” she said, laughing. “Like a cow (with the beef cuts.)”

She looks down.

“It was a very tough year,” she said. “We missed our family. Especially my mother.”

Traditionally, Tut would have given birth in her mother’s home. “It was hard to do all those things alone.”

English a barrier Tut, as a girl, would not have been educated in her homeland even had she stayed; so education was a wide unknown for her.

She did not speak any English when she arrived in Canada, nor had she any skills or useful knowledge.

Once in Canada, with a baby at home, she could neither work nor attend English classes. But after a year, government supports stopped, and she and her husband had to figure out what to do next. Getting a job was, of course, job one.

“With no English,” she asked, “how are you going to get a job?”

In the mid-winter, Tut, her child and her husband climbed aboard a bus and travelled two and a half days to Calgary. They had been persuaded to move to the Alberta city, where there was a large Sudanese community, and where, they were told, were many jobs that did not require much English.

They stayed for nine years. Her husband got a cleaning job, as Tut also did eventually. Things began to settle down for them, as they found friends and work.

“It was good to see people who speak your own language,” she said.

Her husband also went to school and achieved his Grade 12; Tut worked and attended evening English classes. Then her son, Dak, was born. She was working, studying and raising two children; two more came along two and four years later. Daughter Nyawarga is now 10, and Teslaoch is eight.

“It was a lot,” admitted Tut. “I didn’t find a lot of time to work on my English, because I had to work to support the family while (her husband) went to school.”

In 2007, her husband was accepted to the University of Saskatchewan and came to Saskatoon; but Tut and her children stayed in Calgary for two more years.

“It was very difficult to put all of them in a taxi to buy food,” said Tut, who could not yet drive. It was, again, a hard time trying to manage the family on her own. So, in 2010, she decided to move to Saskatoon, as well.

Not knowing anyone but her husband, she called Global Gathering Place, a local settlement agency, and things started to change.

She connected with Greystone United Church, and “that is where I first started getting support. They offered to look after my kids (when I was at school); they formed a support circle.”

It was actually called Sarah’s Support Circle. “They became my Canadian family.”

It was the turning point of her life. She began attending school for the first time, apart from some English classes in Calgary.

Attending SIAST, she worked her way through the many levels of “LINC” English training and attained a Grade 6 level of reading and perhaps a Grade 3 grasp of math.

Over the next three and a half years, Tut studied hard and achieved Grade 12 equivalency in 2015.

But the marriage did not last. Separated in 2011, Tut became completely independent and has done it all on her own ever since.

“I didn’t give up,” she said. “My education was number one.”

She applied to the U of S and the University of Regina in June 2015, and was accepted into the social work program. The program is run out of the U of R, but Saskatoon students can also attend via classes at St. Thomas More.

“I wanted to stay in Saskatoon. I didn’t want to start over again in Regina. My kids have friends here, go to school here.”

She is two years into the four-year program, and she has specific goals for a future with a social work degree.

“My main goal is to work with immigrants in the city,” said Tut, “with immigrant women. That is my passion. I want to work with women who want more than to just stay home with children.

“I want to go out there and tell people, they can do it. I want to encourage them to get an education. It’s a good way to contribute back to Canada.”

Other good things have happened to Tut. She has been invited to speak about her journey at SIAST, which was a confidence booster. She also won a car donated

by Princess Auto, after being nominated as someone who could really use a vehicle. A committee chose her from among the nominees, and now she’s driving a refurbished Ford Focus, thanks to Princess Auto.

Tut wrote her citizenship test on June 14, and aced it. Now, she is just waiting for the call to stand up and be declared a Canadian.

At the time of the interview, she hadn’t told her children yet.

She wanted it to be a surprise.

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Feedback from Contributors Re: Freshening Your Home Dear Reena, Your suggestion regarding homemade air fresheners was so disappointing. You didn’t suggest that a good airing of your home will help freshen the air and reduce odours. The industry has convinced us that clean fresh air is not a desired odour, so we have to mask it with cinnamon, lemon, fresh linen, tropical fruits and all kinds of odours. I am someone who must detour around the fragrance counters in large stores, use “fragrance free” laundry soaps and softeners and can literally start

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Inductees named for Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame

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Baerg was part of the Canadian fours taking silver medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. It was another slice of glory for the four Canadians who had won gold at the world championships in 2003.

Cumpstone, a catcher, played on Canada’s national team from 2001 onwards, competing in the Olympics twice and the world championships three times.

Two others are being honoured posthumously. Ted Dushinski, who played in four Grey Cup games during a 13-year career with the Canadian Football League in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, is being recognized in the athletes’ category.

He died in 2005. Keith Allen, who was general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers when they won two Stanley Cups, is being recognized in the builders’ category. He died in 2014.

Other athletes being honoured are Joanne Jones Vause for athletics and Barb Wilson for golf.

Those entering the builders’ division are Bryan Kosteroski for softball, Chris Baranuik for artistic gymnastics and Huw Martin for soccer.

The Saskatoon Hilltops’ Canadian junior football champion team in 2007 will be inducted in the team category. Curl Saskatoon, launched in 1990, has been selected as the sports organization of the year. ***** The redevelopment project at the Holiday Park Golf Course has been completed and all 27 holes will be fully operational on June 30.

During construction, the Executive 9-hole course was temporarily closed, and patrons accessed a modified front nine.

The upgrades include: New green and tee box complexes on hole numbers 7, 8, and 9 of the championship course; New green complex and expansion of the water feature on hole number 3 of the Executive 9; Exchanging hole number 2 of the championship course and hole number 6 of the Executive 9; New green and tee complex on newly-

designated hole number 2 of the championship course; A transplant program of the existing mature trees; and Paved asphalt cart paths in the redevelopment area.

Tee times can now be booked online or by phoning 306-975-3325. ***** Overtime for city workers is the lowest it has been in the last four years.

“We are encouraged with the positive direction reflected in this report,” Jeff Jorgenson, acting general manager of corporate performance, said in a news release.

“Operating teams always look for ways to be more efficient in the work we do for our citizens.”

Total overtime as a percentage of earnings has been trending downward since 2013. Overtime as a percentage of earnings is 4.78 per cent (2016) down from 5.33 per cent in 2015. This is a decrease of 10.3 per cent.

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“These trends are positive and show continued improvement in how city business is managed,” Jorgenson says. “The trend also demonstrates city workers want to improve key aspects of civic operations – from beginning to end.”

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Remai Modern to be a must-see gallery: Gregory Burke

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he opening of Remai Modern – a new museum of modern and contemporary art – is a much-anticipated event in Saskatoon and throughout the national art scene. Situated on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River, the Remai Modern building was designed

by Bruce Kuwabara, of the Canadian architectural firm KPMB, and received an Award of Excellence from Canadian Architect magazine before construction even began. The museum describes itself as home to the world’s foremost collection of Picasso linocut prints, and aspires to be a leading centre for contemporary Indigenous art programming.

At the end of May, Remai Modern staff moved to the museum and settled into new office space as construction continued in other parts of the building, including work on the climate system.

The museum’s permanent collection of more than 8,000 artworks cannot be moved until construction is complete and climate readings are stable.

At press time for this edition of the Saskatoon Express, Gregory Burke, Remai Modern’s executive director and CEO, was set to announce the museum’s official opening date at a media event scheduled for June 26. In advance of the announcement, the Express asked Burke some questions about his vision for Remai Modern, what sets it apart from other modern art galleries in North America, and what will be featured at the museum’s opening gallery-wide exhibition.

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sual arts in Canada. We also aim to offer a highly engaging and animated experience – to offer access to great art from Saskatchewan and the world, but also to offer a range of hands-on learning experiences, art workshops, guided tours, lectures, film programs, and performances. The building has an impressive range of rentable community spaces, for meetings, weddings, receptions, conferences and galas, so we expect the gallery to be buzzing most of the time.

Express: You are the former director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand and of the Power Plant in Toronto. You have been involved with building Remai Modern in Saskatoon since the beginning. What are your observations about the differences between leading an existing gallery and opening a new one?

Burke: In fact the opportunity to establish such an exciting new gallery from the ground up was a big motivating factor in my deciding to take on the position. One big difference is the gallery itself. It is substantial, at five times the size of the Mendel. It still isn’t as big as some in Canada, such as the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) in Toronto or the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. However, unlike those galleries that grew piecemeal by adding a new wing or having a makeover every 10 to 20 years, Remai Modern is purpose-designed and, in my view, will be the most beautiful gallery in Canada, with an amazing backdrop against the South Saskatchewan River.

One practical difference in opening a new gallery is that for the past four years I have Express: Remai Modern is expected been involved in the design, construction, to open this fall at River Landing. As fundraising, and transition management, the executive director and CEO of the with limited opportunity to focus on pronew facility, what is your vision for this grams. That will soon change. gallery?

Burke: Essentially we aim to be a Express: It’s been two years since leading modern art gallery in Canada and the Mendel Art Gallery, a taxpayera must-see attraction for residents and funded institution, closed its doors. visitors alike. We hope to be recognized Remai Modern has not yet opened. by local, national, and international media How has Remai Modern been reaching as presenting a bold new vision for the vi- out to the community while Saskatoon

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Burke: Even without a dedicated studio, the learning and engagement team has done a fantastic job delivering hundreds of artmaking activities annually at schools, libraries, seniors’ residences, and hospitals. Think what the team will accomplish with the fully-equipped, flexible spaces of the Cameco Learning Centre at its disposal. The learning and engagement team’s off-site programs in 2016-2017 have included all ages and

intergenerational programs. Outreach programs are designed in collaboration with partner organizations to suit the needs of the diverse populations they serve.

Activities offered through SaskTel Remai Modern Art Caravan and Art Reach build art-making and critical-thinking skills to support generations as they learn together. In 2016, more than 12,000 people, including 8,700 children, participated in learning and engagement programs.

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The history of SSP goes back more than 50 years, when the community-based, nonprofit organization staged its first production, Oklahoma, in 1964. Since then, SSP has presented a high-quality main-stage musical every summer.

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With a large local volunteer cast and live orchestra, SSP is set to present Monty Python’s Spamalot in early July. The show has its roots in the popular motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a British slapstick comedy film released in 1975 that has since become a cult classic.

Shaun Bzdel, the show’s music director, believes the audience is in for a treat with SSP’s parody of the Arthurian legend.

Audience members can expect knights wearing tights, a killer rabbit, and catchy tunes such as Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

“It’s a lot of Monty Python antics and great music,” said Bzdel, whose day job is working as a teacher at St. Joseph High School, where he is involved in music, theatre, and photography.

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Spamalot was the 2015 Tony Award winner for Best Musical. More than 100 Saskatonians are volunteering on stage, in the orchestra, and behind the scenes to bring the SSP production to life.

Lorna Batycki directs the show, with SSP veteran Rob Reynolds playing the lead role of King Arthur. Other cast members include SSP alumni Greg Malin, Bobby Williston, Rob Armstrong, Jason Arcand, James Hataley and Grant Martens, as well as SSP newcomer Kristel Harder as Lady of the Lake.

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(Continued from page 18) n addition, we ran some innovative art projects, such as the ones we presented at the farmers’ market last summer.

Express: Unlike the Mendel Art Gallery, Remai Modern will charge an admission fee when it opens. How is Remai Modern working to make the gallery accessible to everyone in our city?

Burke: While most galleries and museums in Canada charge admission, what is different about Remai Modern is the amount of access we will provide for free: the extraordinary deck overlooking the river, for a start; the large main floor atrium with its sweeping vistas and large fireplace; performances, talks, and reading groups offered in that atrium; AS062604 Aaron

and, not least, a large ground-floor gallery that will present a dynamic program of exhibitions and community projects.

As well, there will be free programs in the Cameco Learning Centre, such as the Scotiabank Something on Sunday family art classes. Then, in addition to all of that, with the support of Rawlco Radio, we will provide free admission to all galleries six times a year. This means that all exhibitions at Remai Modern will be accessible at least once to the Saskatoon community. We are also seeking subsidized support for visits from school children through our Making Our House a Home appeal. And then, of course, there is our membership program. We want people to not just visit once a season, but to come back again and again and to treat the gallery as their third place after

home and work. For a low annual mem- bearer signalling a new era in Saskatoon. bership fee, members will be able to visit as frequently as they want, as well as Express: What are the plans for the get great discounts at the restaurant and first exhibition in the new gallery? store. Becoming a member will provide Burke: Given that we could not plan extraordinary value. for an exact opening date with all the delays, we will not open with an exhibi Express: There have been some tion drawing on treasures loaned from delays in opening Remai Modern. How other galleries. We will not have the do you think visitors to the gallery will climate data to enable us to do that for respond when they finally have the op- some time. Nevertheless, the opening portunity to see it in person? gallery-wide exhibition will be a treat.

Burke: As you would expect, there It will draw on our own collections and are many people who have reason to mix these works with artworks borrowed enter the building in these few months direct from artists and their agents. before we open. Without exception, their There will be new and surprising works jaws simply drop. I think they will be mixed with the familiar and well loved. blown away and very proud that such an We will be announcing our opening date uplifting and direction-setting gallery and the focus of the opening exhibition is theirs, and recognize it as a standard very soon.

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Mustafa is a fan of folk music and art and has presented traditional Syrian songs at multicultural events organized by the Saskatoon Open Door Society.

Deborah Buck serves as the music director, and elementary school student Anas Mohamad plays the oud, a pearshaped stringed instrument that is used in Arabic music. Mohamad, who is originally from Syria, came to Canada in February 2016 and started playing the oud at the age of seven.

Others involved in the show include designer Evgenia Mikhaylova, production assistant Drew Mantyka, stage manager Emma Thorpe, and ensemble members Lance Knight, Connor Brousseau, Yvonne Addai, Krystle Pederson, and Anna Seibel.

Morrison said people who are originally from Syria have attended rehearsals of The Woodcutter and the Lion and are pleased with the show.

“When they realize we’re singing in Arabic, the smile across their face is so huge. So I already feel like we’re building community and we’re making connections. It already feels successful just because of what’s happening in the rehearsal hall,” she said.

Theatre in the Park has another reason to celebrate: 2017 marks its fifth season.

Morrison said the company has grown a lot during the last few years and “everything just seems to be building on itself and things just seem to be getting bigger and better.”

“We have more opportunities to just do more great work in the community. I think we really realize, after five years, how much people appreciate the experience of Theatre in the Park – not just having something to do with the kids, but the warm feelings that we get from it. It just feels good that this is what we do for a living.”

Theatre in the Park will run from July 3 to July 28 in more than 20 different parks throughout Saskatoon. July 5 will be a nut-free performance, and the performances on July 9 and July 16 will be ASL interpreted. For more information, visit sumtheatre.com.

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As its name would suggest, Theatre in the Park is exactly that; live professional theatre productions are presented, for free, at community parks in Saskatoon.

During the last four years, more than 24,000 people have attended the shows.

This year, Sum Theatre will present The Woodcutter and the Lion, with the first performance scheduled for July 3 at 7 p.m. in Meadowgreen Park. Artistic producer Heather Morrison said that park was chosen to kick things off because many newcomers from Syria live in the area.

The show tells the story of a starving woodcutter who has no wood to cut down due to drought. In order to feed his family, he decides to go chop wood on an island occupied by a dangerous lion.

“We chose this play because it’s got a great message about being courageous and about friendship. It’s a wonderful tale,” Morrison said.

The production celebrates Syrian culture and includes four people who came to Canada from Syria as refugees, as well as Arabic words and music, she said. The show is meant to welcome Syrian people to Saskatoon and to provide local people with some access and insight into Syrian culture.

Morrison said the local Syrian community is really excited about the production and Sum Theatre is “so pumped” about the show.

“If your country was always in the news with negative headlines, wouldn’t it be so lovely if somebody just put on a play celebrating your culture? And that’s kind of the idea – let’s celebrate something that’s great that’s coming out of Syria.”

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By Doreen Kerby for the Saskatoon Express t is one of the top attractions in China, one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world and one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century.

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Vault one is the largest and most impressive with 2,000 restored warriors on display. It is the size of an airplane hangar with more than 6,000 terracotta soldiers and horses. Each soldier is armed with a long spear or dagger.

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Two bronze carriages on display in a separate hall were discovered on the westside of the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang in December 1980. They have been restored, driven by four bronze horses. The carriages are about three metres long and a metre high. All of this was to accompany the emperor into the afterlife. He believed he would live forever.

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Also buried with the emperor are hundreds of his concubines who did not bear male children and thousands of people who built the mausoleum to keep them from telling any secrets about the contents of the tomb or how the booby traps worked. Then it was covered with earth and vegetation so it looked like a hill.

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And while trying to achieve its goals, its members are working through the implementation and evaluation of the AgeFriendly Saskatoon initiative.

Candace Skrapek is a pivot in all steps, serving with Murray Scharf as co-chairs of the steering committee, tending to work on the evaluation and communications committees and contributing the experience she has shared with SCOA since 2005.

“The older adults, at the end of the day, want to have a say in services and programs they need,” said Skrapek. “There’s an oftrepeated saying, ‘nothing about us without us,’ and that’s a clear indication of wanting to be engaged and involved.

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In the three stages of the initiative since 2011, organizers sought findings on outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information, and community support and health services.

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“Those people have a deep emotional attachment to the homes where they now live. Older adults would like to see some more creativity by housing developers. It isn’t enough to ask older adults to move into an apartment with only 650 square feet of space. We’d like developers to look at different models, with more spaces, with good community links and keeping adults from being trapped in gated ghettos.”

Seniors still want to be social and active participants, knowing full well they live in a climate where snow and ice limit their outdoor sessions and that a lack of activities contributes to isolation and depression.

One of SCOA’s most-enjoyed ventures has been the globe walk where adults stroll and roll, bike and hike, swim and go to the gym and count the distances they travel from January until the end of April.

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The benefits of including Tai Chi into your exercise regimen are numerous. Because of the slow, meditative approach to movement, some people question it as an exercise modality since the aerobic component is not high. You should not dismiss it, however, simply because you might not break a sweat doing it! The intensity of this form of exercise can be increased or decreased depending on the depth of the postures and the duration of practice. It is certainly a low-impact form of exercise which is beneficial to people with existing joint issues and to people who want to avoid joint issues.

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(Continued from page 25) • Improved symptoms of congestive heart failure • Reduction in the risk of falls in older adults • Decreased stress, anxiety and depression • Improved mood • Improved overall well-being That list is impressive just by itself!

There are other studies that have proven improvement for those who live with chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, osteoarthritis, COPD and others. It has also been proven to improve bone mineral density in elderly

women. One study (Tai Chi Chuan: an ancient wisdom on exercise and health promotion) even stated that, “The long-term practice of Tai Chi Chuan can attenuate the age decline in physical function. . . .”

It’s no secret that we are living longer now due in part to medical advances. It can be argued that we are not necessarily living better, however. The practice of Tai Chi can possibly be one of the ways we are able to increase the enjoyment of our later years because of the improvements it provides in physical and mental health.

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• Opt for heart-healthy foods. Instead of foods that are high in sodium, eat a diet that is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins. Check labels before buying prepared foods at the grocery store, as many such foods are high in sodium.

• Look for foods that contain probiotics.

Johns Hopkins Medicine notes that studies have linked foods that contain probiotics to healthy blood pressure. Probiotics are consumable live bacteria, and while studies regarding the relationship between probiotics and blood pressure are ongoing, researchers believe probiotics may produce chemicals that, when absorbed in the blood stream, may activate receptors in the blood vessels to lower blood pressure.

• Lose weight. People with high blood pressure who are carrying a few extra pounds should know that research indicates extra weight can cause injury to the heart.

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EVENTS

HOME GROUNDS COMPETITION The Saskatoon Horticultural Society Home Grounds Competition is taking place in July. The deadline for entries is July 10 at 8 p.p. There are three categories this year, 1.

Overall home grounds; 2. Vegetable garden and 3. Yard under 5 years old. Prizes are sponsored by Dutch Growers.

Please visit www.saskatoonhortocity.ca or call Jackie @306-373-8313 for more information.

not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com.

LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH

Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There will be an educational topic presented and an opportuJUNE 28 nity to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann Canada 150 Celebration: St. George’s Seniors Club, 1 p.m. at 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca. to 6 p.m. Cards, bingo, horse shoe pit, old time music ***** with BBQ Supper at 5 p.m. Admission: Offering.

The Compassionate Friends is a non-profit self-help bereavement organization offering friendship, understanding JULY 1-2 and hope to parents that have experienced the death of a A Geocaching Event to earn a limited time Canadian souvenir to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday —CANADA child at any age. TCF Saskatoon meets the last Tuesday of every month (except December) from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 1867-2017 (GC75Y43) at Tim Hortons on Idywyld Drive p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (333 Fourth Ave. North). and 38th Street from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on July 1. The same event will be held July 2 at Jerrys on Eighth Street LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last

JULY 7-9 Festival Fête Fransaskoise - Saskatchewan summer French festival at Pike Lake Provincial Park It’s a bilingual festival. Activities include Metis and jig workshops, mosaic fresco, build your birdhouse, games for children, make your floral crown, mini-golf, yesteryear games, flag football, ultimate frisbee, inflatable castles and all the Pike Lake activities (trails, museum, rent a boat or paddle board). For more information, visit www. fetefransaskoise.ca

JULY 8 MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is being held in Saskatoon at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. For more info, call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus. usask.ca.

JULY 15 Community Garage Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. rain or shine.

Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres. 249-3393) Donations accepted from July 10-14 (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or call to book a table and sell your own stuff. Concession available.

MARR RESIDENCE The residence, located at 326 11th St. is open Sunday afternoons in July and August from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There are also a number of special events.

July 2 National Designation Ceremony, 2 p.m.

Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada invite you to an unveiling of a plaque commemorating the national historic significance of the Marr Residence. Please join us for a brief ceremony celebrating this very special occasion. The house will also be open for tours.

Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family, children, caregivers and friends are all welcome! This is a safe, friendly place to share, discuss ideas, answer questions, and support one another. You can follow Epilepsy Saskatoon on Facebook.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at Preston Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday.

If so, meetings are on the second Monday. There are no meetings in January, July and August.

SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or considering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-2802160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com.

FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ gmail.com.

Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring your little ones, 5 years & under, with you downstairs for a great time of fun & connecting! Monthly theme, learning centres, snack & occasional speaker. For more info, go to erindalealliance.ca.

***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project.

Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone EVERY WEDNESDAY is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail. invites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS com.

Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH ***** The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly supCafé movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a port meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivrelaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, ers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). care partners and other interested people. The Café is a The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and engaging space for people to connect with each other and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Comfor ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. munity Centre. saskfasdnetwork.ca/events ***** TABLE TENNIS Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialThe Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and ize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in 6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more ***** information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835.

Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW).

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every Church (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. month, with the exception of July and August. For more 22, March 22 and April 19. For more information or to information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone (306church at 306-343-7101.

655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www. ***** facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon.

T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every atmosphere. For more information, call Neva Bayliss at Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446. ***** EVERY TUESDAY Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, new members. No auditions. We meet each Tuesday at monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email: 7p.m. at Grace Westminster Church, beginning Sept. 6. ***** allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone 306-978-0813.

Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella har***** mony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at has bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is 7 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccampaigning for new members who are 55+. Membercitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@ ships are $5 per year with discounts included. For more DS062601 Danor 306-716-0204. shaw.ca. info, call 306-384-4644

AL-ANON MEETINGS Weekly group meetings open to anyone who has been affected by someone else’s drinking. For more information, call 306-655-3838.

July 9

Canada 150 Planting. Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday by planting a rose which you can take home to enjoy in its FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH pot or to place in your garden.

Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United July 16 Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also Friendship Bracelet Craft. Friendship bracelets are special have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Satbracelets given from one friend to another as a symbol urday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching of friendship. They are created from embroidery floss or with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact thread and made in various patterns. Come and make one Glenda at 306-343-1882. to give to a friend.

EVERY THURSDAY

July 30

Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from Music in the Garden. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon in our 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church heritage garden, with harp music provided by Chris Lindin Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone gren beginning at 2 p.m. The house will be open for tours. or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ hotmail.com. ***** The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club dances in NEWCOMERS’ CLUB Kiwanis Park North of the Bessborough Hotel at 7 p.m. from June through August. Everyone is welcome. No fee.

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n oh-my-goodness moment from yet another Toronto columnist.

Steve Simmons wrote that the Leafs are closer to a Stanley Cup than many might think. He then compared Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel with Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner. He referred to Matthews, Nylander and Marner as stars. Oh please.

• TC Chong, on Tiger Woods getting professional advice on his pain medications after he was charged with DUI caused by their effects: “We assume that ‘take two Aspirin and call me in the morning’ wasn’t one of the remedies?”

• Janice Hough, on Pope Francis meeting with a NFL Hall of Fame delegation that included Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: “Did his Holiness thank Jones for all the years Tony Romo had fans on their knees praying?”

• Torben Rolfsen, on Michael Phelps planning to race a shark: “Ryan Lochte claims he was once mugged by a barracuda.”

• The Roughriders are the youngest team in the CFL with an average age of 26.9. I’m thinking if you subtract Kevin Glenn, it would be more like 23.437.

• If football was baseball, Glenn would not be a closer. He’s more of a long man.

• My favourite moment at the NHL awards ceremony was when Marcel Dionne was given the Brent Musberger Trophy for making an inappropriate remark about a young woman.

• From Chong: “Trump has made travel to Cuba more difficult to Americans. It will remain that way until a new Havana Trump Hotel and Golf Course opens.

• Hough, on LaVar Ball saying his son Lonzo will take the Lakers to the playoffs in his first year: “So is he buying them tickets?”

• From Rolfsen: “What’s on the undercard of the Mayweather-McGregor fight?

Butterbean versus Ronda Rousey?”

• A man won $870,000 in a malpractice lawsuit after a hospital removed the wrong testicle. I would like to see the court’s price list. One ball for $870,000 or two for $1.2 million?

• I wonder if Jared Kushner can bring peace to the Middle East from a prison cell.

• Chong, on Trump taking credit for building the Panama Canal: “If nobody challenges him, what will he say next? He built the Great Wall of China?

• I was nice to see Darian Durant get some of that hate for Chris Jones out of his system. It seemed excessive given how the game ended.

• Hough, on reports Kevin Durant will turn down a $28-million player option and sign for $24 million to help the Warriors keep Iguodola: “How will he feed his family?”

• From Rolfsen: “NHL Expansion Draft: Dino Ciccarelli was happy to finally not be on an exposed list.”

• Here’s one for you: 12 per cent of all people who have ever lived are alive today.

• For those keeping track, Donald Trump has told more than 300 lies or made false claims since becoming president.

• A great headline from NBC: “More adults have died from eating laundry pods than kids.”

• From the Palmer Report: “Donald Trump is now writing incoherent screeds, screaming at technology, and hiding in a cabin in the woods. He’s basically the Unabomber.”

• Hough, on Bill Cosby wanting to do a series of town halls to tell young people how to avoid being charged with sexual assault: “Step 1 — become a big celebrity.”

• From Rolfsen: “It was hard to tell when Vegas was on the clock for the Expansion Draft, because there are no clocks in Las Vegas.”

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By RJ Currie he Las Vegas Golden Knights made 10 trades on Expansion Draft night. Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

• Saskatchewan lost their CFL opener when Tyler Crapigna’s last-gasp field goal was wide. One more like that, and Roughrider fans will start hyphenating Crapigna.

• Speaking of clutch misses, one of the hosts of The Big Show on TSN Radio Winnipeg is Troy Westwood.

• No one was surprised the Vegas Golden Knights drafted Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Even the weather forecast called for 48 Celsius with Fleurys.

• Team USA’s World Cup Qualifier in Mexico City ended in a 1-1 draw. Whenever Mexico had a free kick, President Trump asked President Peña Nieto to pay for the U.S. wall.

• An Atlanta cheerleader broke a Guinness World Record by performing 44 consecutive back handsprings. It all started with a rumour Tom Brady was out for the season.

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• The Sun-Sentinel said Brooks Koepka had a history of oddly improbable birdies. What do you call three straight birdies on the back nine to seal the U.S. Open? Koepkaesque?

• The Lakers acquired centre Brook Lopez from the Nets. That’s one way to take the Brook out of Brooklyn.

• Charles P. Thacker, a pioneer in early personal computing, died last week at age 74. Out of habit, doctors tried rebooting him.

• Authorities in California arrested three men suspected of stealing up to $300,000 worth of avocados. Police say they caught them green-handed.

• Tom Brady stepped into the ring against one of Japan’s highest-ranked Sumo wrestlers. He lost. Gisele Bundchen blamed Wes Welker.

• Donald Trump drove his cart onto a green at a golf course. Once again, he left followers in a rut.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week Phil Mickelson and caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay have parted ways after 25 years.

When asked if it was the right move, Mickelson made no Bones about it.