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Clive Weighill Reflections on 11 years as police chief City, policing have changed during Clive Weighill’s time in Saskatoon. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express leven years ago, when Clive Weighill was chosen as Saskatoon’s chief of police, this was a very different city. The findings of the Neil Stonechild inquiry were still fresh wounds in the community’s consciousness. Saskatoon was a much smaller and a more homogenous place. Social media was not yet as ubiqui-

tous as it is today. Drugs like crystal meth and fentanyl were far less prevalent. Weighill knew from the start that he would have many issues to face and battles to fight, starting with morale. “I knew coming into Saskatoon that the morale was low in the police service and we needed to do a lot of work with the indigenous population,” he said in an interview last week. “The previous chief to me (Russell Sabo) had started on that road

to recovery and he planted a lot of good seeds for me when I came, and I just carried those on. “When I came to the city, the city was fractured. Civic politics at that time, mayors were winning and losing elections on whether they were supporting the police or against the police. There was a lot of fracture in the community about how police do their job. “The work of the men and women here,

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Catherine Gryba retired in May after 33 years with the City of Saskatoon. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Catherine Gryba remembers first of her game-changers

ooking back on a multiSummer Games committee faceted career embracing wanted someone to help orgasports, leisure facility nize the bid day in May, coming development and Saskatoon up a year later,” said Gryba. strategic planning, Catherine Saskatoon MP Don Ravis Gryba remembers the first and the Saskatoon committee game-changer in her life. members were at the airport for She was 22 years old, the arrival of the Canada Games fresh out of the University of Council site selection memSaskatchewan and a new addibers in May, 1985. The visitors tion to the City of Saskatoon’s were wined, dined, treated to a leisure services staff. show spectacle at the Centen“Early in 1984, I had been nial Auditorium and a rally People hired by the City of Saskatoon that attracted 10,000 people to as a sports consultant and EmBessborough Park. mett Smith, the manager of the services, But most of all, the visitors were able told me that Saskatoon’s Jeux Canada to see sports being played at the potential

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venues, organized by Gryba, who not only sought out the athletes but had spectators at every place. The awe-inspiring chain of events was credited with Saskatoon winning over Regina in a bid for the 1989 Games. Impressed by Gryba’s fire and determination, Tony Dagnone, chair of the Saskatoon committee, phoned five times to offer Gryba the position of vice-president of sports before she accepted. “We had our bid rally in May, I married Shawn in June. And here was Tony calling me. I wasn’t afraid of the job, but I was in a relatively new position with leisure services,” she said. “It was a rare opportunity for a person

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of my age. It was a large-budget event, valued at about $25 million, where you worked with tremendous volunteers. It turned out to be an experience of a lifetime. “At the end of the Games, I was so tired, so filled with emotions, but I had just been through an exercise where I met great friends and where our event was televised right across Canada. You couldn’t ask for anything better.” From there, Gryba climbed the ladder in leisure services in a series of more gamechangers. Her roles included project manager at Shaw Centre and chair when the Canadian University hockey tournament came to Saskatoon in 1998. Everything led to her participation in city strategic planning and then a position as manager of the corporate performance department for the city. She took on that job in 2013 and held it until her retirement in May. During the Summer Games in Saskatoon, Gryba said the major challenge was scheduling the final games in men’s baseball and women’s softball because of rain delays. “We thought about having helicopters hover over the grounds in order to dry them up. As it turned out, crews used squeegees and dried the diamonds. Some of the athletes had to play on Sunday afternoon instead of going to the closing ceremonies.” Because Gryba graduated from the physical education college and had run summer camps on campus for a year, Ross Wilson, then the athletic director at the U of S, asked her to chair the university hockey tournament for three years in a row. “It had never come west before. Our own Huskies got to the semifinals in one tournament but even without them in a final, we did well at the gate. We got Saskatoon excited about university hockey and we turned a profit each year, thanks to the amazing sponsorship.” Gradually, her work in leisure services became her “dream job” and it was about to take another turn. She became project manager of the new Shaw Centre which was going to be built between a public high school and a Catholic high school on the west side of Saskatoon. (Continued on page 4)

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My water bill may sink me, but I’ll go down smiling

get a bit cranky with city not be responsible for being hall over the occasional atrociously over-charged for, issue. That was my first particularly, water. The water reaction when I saw my utility bill alone was $440. We use 880 bill last week. cubic feet (cu.ft.) per month in It was nearly six hundred our house, which is significantly bucks. Never in my life have less than the average 1,000. We I seen a bill like that. The last actually try not to use too much bill that blew my mind came water, and we could sure be 10 years ago, when we stupidly doing better; but at least we’re bought and moved into a masunder average. Which is a good sive house that was not just too thing in this particular case. Columnist big but in the wrong location I called, and this calm, (for us) and, due to a poorlyhelpful and courteous woman conceived addition, freezing cold. answered the phone. She explained that it The first utility notice that came in was was indeed a catch-up bill; that our water for $365-ish. I was accustomed, at the time, meter had not been read for eight months. to paying under $150 at our previous home. (Okay, that’s a bit too long in my view, but I nearly had a heart attack. We moved out at least it was an explanation.) And then! within 15 months. She actually offered to check the bill, to see So, grrrr, when this monster bill showed if we had been over-charged. up the other day, I was, shall we say, agiYou see, we Saskatoon home owners tated. Having paid utilities for something pay for water based on three rates: the first like 35 years, I’m familiar with catch-up 611.44 cu. ft., the next 611.44 cu ft., and bills and figured that must be part of the then a whole bunch more for anything over problem; but still. Six hundred dollars? that. It might be possible that they just apI mulled it over for two days, and finally plied the third rate to the catch-up amount, decided to call the city. I kept my wig on, instead of doing it incrementally over the figuring that whoever took my call would eight months. Furthermore, we pay our in-

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frastructure rate based on usage. Therefore, all the rates (sewer, too) rise in tandem. That adds up. So she offered to check. I love her. I also loved her demeanour and helpfulness. While I’m not crazy about paying exorbitant rates for water, I am crazy about that kind of customer service. I’m still a bit cranky. I think the city could manage these bills better, and I’m told they will once the new water meters now being installed are operative. But I have nothing but bouquets for the way I was treated when I asked for explanation. ***** Speaking of such things, the city has to do something about the noise bylaw and its enforcement. The students of the Edwards School of Business have a society, and that society had a very large party at Prairieland Park just after university began. I live perhaps a mile away from the venue, maybe a bit less. The music was so loud, and I am absolutely not exaggerating, that the living room floor of my home was vibrating. My house is one of those old bungalows that was built like a fortress with a forest of wood in it. May I reiterate that I’m quite a distance

away. Sleep was impossible. I tried to stay calm and read, hoping they would pack it in at a reasonable time, but by about 11:15 I was losing my cool. I called the Saskatoon Police Service. Again, one of those great experiences. The constable sighed and told me the police had already been there twice, based on a number of complaints. I asked if it was possible to try again, and she said they would; but good luck getting them to turn it down. They didn’t. The city has to put teeth into noise bylaws governing private parties. Some noise is fine. House-vibrating, teeth-clenching, heart-racing booming music until 2 a.m. on a Monday night is absolute crap. ***** In other news, I was honoured and delighted to host a tent at The Word on The Street (WOTS) festival on Broadway. I met fascinating people, learned tonnes from the authors who spoke and read from their works, and generally felt like I was connected to the community. I love it when that happens. And at this public party, I could indeed hear myself think.

Strategic plan report among Gryba’s proudest accomplishments

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(Continued from page 3) e went out to Tisdale to look at a similar situation. Ours was going to be an $80-million project. The school boards approved it. It happened at a tough time when governments and education systems were careful about their budgets. There were times when it took a lot of movement by all parties. Everything turned out, especially in the face of some who didn’t believe it could ever be done.” Her position as one with a widespread civic influence began in 2009. “Phil Richards, the previous city manager, had Aaron come up with the idea of AS100207

a strategic plan for Saskatoon. Murray Totland, his successor, and I were on the committee hoping to take the plan to the next step. The community visioning in 2010 shaped the strategic plan. “Saskatoon was growing so quickly. We needed to be more accountable and take more ownership. We had to find out how our staff could adapt to the vision. We came up with a quality report and I consider it my proudest accomplishment during life at city hall.” By 2013, she was appointed manager of corporate services, one of the city’s highest-ranking positions, and she continued to oversee strategic planning

as well as service delivery, environmental challenges and communications. “City hall was a great place to work. We placed a high value on the services to changing demographics. I always believed if people were going to pay increased tax dollars, we better be making the right decisions. We became part of leading edge practices and always tried to be innovative. “There came a point early this year when the city was thinking about a change in its reorganization plan. I’d put in a good career there, I was eligible for the full pension and I wanted to try something else,” said Gryba, who has launched

a company called CRG Strategies. All the while, she has been conscious of the values she learned while growing up with her parents – Gene and Shirley Wenaas – a farm outside of Robsart and going to high school in Consul. She and Shawn raised a family of three in Saskatoon. Eric, the eldest son, has become a hockey player of distinction, including six years in the National Hockey League, first in Ottawa and now in Edmonton. Their daughter, Sarah, is practicing law in Melfort and daughter Victoria is studying at Saskatchewan Polytechnical, with a desire to work in the fashion industry.

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A house divided on legalizing pot

e are a household weed.) And if that is the case, divided — and never then legalize all narcotics and the twain shall meet. “poof” crime will vanish. But My partner supports the legalizalet’s not forget the fact that tion of marijuana and I am leery many crimes committed today of it. (For purposes of clarity in are by those wanting to access this writing, it should be known cash to buy alcohol and tobacco. when my partner agrees with me My other half argues that he is my better half, and when he weed is no more harmful than disagrees with me he is merely alcohol, our acceptable social my other half.) stimulant. That is where the My other half takes the posidivide widens. Many addiction that marijuana is a commontion educators, counsellors and Columnist ly-used soft drug and that the medical personnel profess that government should control both the quality marijuana is a huge problem for the health and distribution of cannabis and generate of our youth and its use may have permatax revenue from it in the same manner it nent negative effects on their brain developdoes with alcohol and tobacco. Otherwise, ment, not just intellectually, but particularly the profit goes to street thugs who don’t pay for emotional and social development. How tax on that income. He has a point there, do you protect our youth from unauthorized but the counterpoint is will that revenue be use of legalized weed? sufficient to pay the social costs that will My other half points out the legislation likely follow? prohibits the sale of the product to those My other half likens those in possession under the age of 18. If that is the case, of marijuana for responsible personal use why does the proposed legislation provide to people responsibly using alcohol, and that persons between the age of 12 and 18 thus they should not have criminal records. will be able to possess up to five grams of He also suggests that it would cut down marijuana before facing criminal charges? on other crime because buying the product According to Ralph Goodale, federal from a licenced vendor would be cheaper minister for public safety and preparedand safer than buying it from a street dealer. ness, it is so that adolescents in possession (I strongly suspect that recreational weed of small amounts of weed won’t be subject users are not committing break and enters, to prosecution and a criminal record. Huh? robberies and muggings to pay for their Adolescents under the age of 18 go through

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(Continued from page 1) felt very welcomed in Saskatoon and the police community,” said Weighill. “A lot of people in these positions feel they get attacked personally, but I’ve never felt that. I almost feel like I’ve had a honeymoon here for 11 years. “I’ve also been very fortunate with the civic administration I’ve worked with, whether it be city council, the Board of Police Commissioners, the mayors or the city manager. I would say I’m probably one of the envies across Canada for the relationship that we’ve had. Usually the police chief and city manager are always at odds because of the budget.” A chief’s highlights Looking back, Weighill notes many highlights in his term as chief, among them being the president of the Canadian Association of the Chiefs of Police. “It was a real honour being elected as the president (and) giving Saskatoon a national voice, and an international voice because they put me on the executive of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. “One of the highlights, and something I wanted to get done before I left and thank you to the partnership with Felix Thomas at the Saskatoon Tribal Council, was erect-

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ing a memorial to missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in front of our police headquarters here. It meant a lot to me personally. “I firmly believe in police getting to the bottom of missing and murdered women, and did a lot of work in changing our policy here in how we handle it — all police services across Canada have done that, not just us. It was a way to show the community that we do understand and serves as a beacon to the community that . . . we have a place now where people can start an awareness march, or end an awareness march, or just come and reflect.” Building the new SPS headquarters was another major highlight, a massive project that took several years to complete. It’s not just a functional police HQ, said Weighill; it’s a welcoming “person-friendly” place, as well. “We’ve held citizenship ceremonies in our gymnasium. We have our gender neutral bathroom, we have a special room that we can do smudges and pipe ceremonies. We have a community room. We open our gymnasium to different cultural events. You walk into our front foyer and we’re not hidden behind glass pillars. For a police service, it’s a very welcoming environment. And that was done purposely.”

The force also is well-equipped, said Weighill, and he’s proud of the resources provided to his officers. “We’re a very progressive service; we’re the only municipal service to have an aircraft in Saskatchewan. We’re the only ones with a brand new police headquarters, the only one with a rescue vehicle. We’ve worked very closely with the Board of Police Commissioners and built some very good business cases for why we need certain things. One of the accomplishments I can look back on is leaving a service here that is probably second to none for equipment, second to none for morale, second to none for just the way we do business.” Another challenge the force has met is communicating with people from all backgrounds while immigration soared. “It’s good; it’s positive. But for the police we’ve had to launch an interpretive program where we can now interpret about 80 different languages and 120 different dialects. Our officers are continually being trained on the different cultures, how to approach different cultures, how to deal with different cultures. We want to make sure we provide the best service that we can to people.” The SPS also received two federal grants that allowed the force to train volunteer interpreters.

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What’s next for Weighill After taking some time off, Weighill plans to start up a little consulting business. “I think I have a little bit to offer on leadership, change management and building Indigenous relationships,” he said. “This is the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life, to leave; I still had a little bit of time left on my contract. But I firmly believe you want to leave when things are going well. I still have the energy and some passion, and I want to put that to work.” Weighill and his wife, Lois, plan to visit their grandchildren in Regina and the Edmonton area, as well as a daughter in Vancouver. “And Lois and I like to travel. We have a Trans-Atlantic cruise booked for the spring. We want to go over to England, go across the channel to Normandy and do Normandy, Vimy Ridge and Dieppe because we’re both history buffs.” Finally, he offers a message to the people he has led and worked with for 11 years. “I would really like to thank the men and women of the Saskatoon Police Service. I get a lot of credit for the things that have happened here, but as I’ve said many times, one person doesn’t walk alone. It’s been the co-operation, the enthusiasm, the work ethic of our people both sworn and civilian that have made the difference. “People judge a police service not by the chief going out and saying how great we are. They judge a police service by how their friends talk about how they were treated by a police officer or a family member was treated . . . that’s what builds a different perception of a police force. They get full marks for this.”

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Jean Ardell, piano and her brother, Doug, saxophone. Bruce Ardell, Doug Ardell and Raichuk’s other brother, Ron, have all died. Jean Ardell is now 86 years old. Raichuk sang with different groups at Elim Tabernacle. She sang at weddings and funerals and sang the national anthem a time or two at the arena before hockey games. She recorded 13 songs in Saskatoon at DJ Barry Danyleko’s studio in 2011. She took on some challenging ones from Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. She will perform a Houston song, I Will Always Love You, in the Zoomer Idol final. Music helped get Raichuk through a tough time in her life. She said a failing relationship sent her into a tailspin. She said music and her love of nature kept her going. “I would sing and sing and that would keep me calm. I would sing for three or four hours.” She said the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo was a happy place for her, whether walking in the zoo or sitting quietly near the duck pond. She’s now prepared for Zoomer Idol and the chance to bring her singing career full circle. She also sees it as a sign that she is back on her feet. “I started this way back in the ’70s. I thought ‘wouldn’t it be nice to come back and prove to myself that I didn’t lose anything? It was a gift I was given, so why would I hide it? Why would I keep it quiet?’ “I really hope to go on and sing at more charities. It’s really what I want to do. I want to bring awareness to different subjects that aren’t being

Gloria Raichuk entered her first singing competition 40 years ago. (Photo by Ryan Grainger) talked about.” She said winning Zoomer Idol would be kind of cool, although it isn’t everything. “I think I’ve already won just even getting this far. I like to be competitive, yes, because I feel there is so much more I want to offer and so much more that I want to do. I would like to use it as a platform to move on. “I’m going to be 57 in December and I don’t know a lot of women in Canada who will get up and sing I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston-style. That’s what I’m going to do and it’s going to be good. It’s going to be great,”

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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express he competitive side of Gloria Raichuk’s singing career is about to go full circle. Forty years ago, she participated in Saskatchewan’s Youth Talent search and was the singer selected to perform on CFQC television. On Oct. 19, she will be one of the seven finalists in Zoomer Idol, a Saskatoon talent show with a focus on older adults. In the years between the two competitions, she has done a lot of singing, recorded 13 songs on a CD and has overcome a difficult time in her life. When she was a teenager, Raichuk’s father, Bruce Ardell, heard on the radio about the talent search. The travelling salesman thought his 16-year-old daughter was good enough to compete. He was right about that. “At my Grade 8 graduation I sang My Best to You, so my dad kind of knew there was a singing ability there,” Gloria Raichuk recalled last week. “So I thought, ‘OK, sure, I’ll go do it.’” Raichuk sang You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone in the competition held at Castle Theatre at Aden Bowman Collegiate. She recalls CFQC picking people in five categories to perform on television. She was the top vocalist. She remembers being impressed that the 30-minute show had commercials and that she was featured in one of them. “I wish I could see that clip again. It was amazing.” Raichuk came from a musical family and was exposed to gospel music back then. Her father played trumpet, her mom,

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he roots of Julia Mackey’s award-winning show, Jake’s Gift, stem back to when she was just 12 years old. That was when the Second World War first deeply impacted Mackey. In a recent interview, she recalled how she became very upset as a child after watching a PBS documentary series about the war — so much so that her father wanted to turn off the program. “It was the first time I’d ever seen images, or understand or learned anything that had happened during the Second World War, and I was absolutely horrified,” she said. “But I remember after I saw that episode — my dad wanted to turn it off because I was so upset by it — I remember thinking that seeing that documentary all those years ago, when I was 12, that kind of made me appreciate the sacrifices that our veterans make, and the history of that time and how many people had died. “I don’t think I truly understood what Remembrance Day was about until I had seen that documentary. And I remember thinking, even then, that I wanted to write something — because I was about 11 or 12 when I first started being interested in writing stories. I remember thinking, ‘I want to write something one day as a thank you to veterans.’ ” Twenty-five years after seeing the documentary, Mackey – who grew up in Beaconsfield, Quebec – went on to write her moving one-woman play. Jake’s Gift, which has earned rave reviews and has been performed more than 900 times, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The drama has captivated audiences in more than 230 communities across Canada and has had international stops in the U.S., England, and Normandy, France. Jake’s Gift tells the story of a Canadian veteran’s return to Normandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day. While on the shores of Juno Beach, Jake meets an inquisitive 10-year-old girl named Isabelle who challenges him Aaron toAS100213 confront some of the ghosts from his past — including

the wartime death of his older brother, Chester. Mackey, who now lives in Wells, B.C., first brought Jake’s Gift to Saskatoon for the Fringe Theatre Festival in the summer of 2008. Since that time the story has remained the same, although some of the show’s scenes have been slightly altered due to the characters’ growth, she said. “I’m absolutely stunned that we are in our 10th year,” said Mackey, noting that it’s rare for an actor to have the opportunity “to be with a certain number of characters for such a long time.” “That’s probably why some of the scenes have altered a little bit, too. I feel like I know Jake and Isabelle so much better than I did 10 years ago,” she said. “Even though the story’s the same story I’m telling, I think they’ve developed in terms of their quirks and quarks.” For a week during the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Mackey travelled to Normandy to interview “as many Jakes” as she could find. As a result, Mackey said, some of the things that the Jake character says in the show are “absolutely exact quotes” from those interviews. “It was really that trip to Normandy in 2004 that really kind of helped me discover the real centerpiece of where this story started to go.” Mackey said veterans have since had a “beautiful response” to Jake’s Gift. She admitted that she is never more nervous to perform than when there are veterans in the audience. “I call them now my band of 90-year-old boyfriends and girlfriends, and some of my dearest friends now are veterans,” Mackey said. “Of all the veterans we’ve met over the last 10 years, I’d say at least a dozen of them from that generation are still alive and so I still keep in touch with them. And their response to the play has always been so moving to me. A lot of them have said, ‘You know, it was hard to watch, because it brought back some tough memories. But it also brought back some really lovely memories, too,’ ” she added. AS100219Aaron

Julie Mackey says it is more difficult to perform Jake’s Gift with veterans in the audience. (Photo by Tim Matheson) “One of the things that I think was the biggest compliment, and kind of a huge relief to me, was that the people that I have talked to from that generation said that they’ve felt it was an authentic portrayal of their experience.” Persephone Theatre will present Juno Productions’ Jake’s Gift — which is directed by Dirk Van Stralen — from Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 in The BackStage Stage at Remai Arts Centre. Tickets are $36 and are available at the Persephone Theatre box office by calling 306-384-7727 or by going online to persephonetheatre.org. For more information about Jake’s Gift, visit jakesgift.com.

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Ukrainian dance ensemble celebrates 50 years Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express well-known local dance troupe will mark its 50th anniversary this weekend with a celebratory gala at TCU Place. Saskatoon’s Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble (PFE), which was established in 1967 by Lusia Pavlychenko, has delighted audiences at home and internationally for decades, with the aim of preserving Ukrainian culture and fusing traditional Ukrainian roots with the Canadian experience. While there are currently about 30 PFE dancers, hundreds have joined the ensemble’s cast over the years, including PFE past-president Megan Worobetz. “They’re quite a committed ensemble,” said Worobetz, who danced with PFE from 2003 to 2013. “They’re dedicated and practice three times a week, including performances that are held at various events.” Worobetz continues to be involved with the performing group and is one of the members of the 50th anniversary planning committee. She said 50 years of dance “is a milestone to be celebrated.” “Saskatoon’s fine arts community has flourished over the past few years, so we’re just excited to share this commemorative event with Saskatoon and the surrounding community,” she said. “It’s a great achievement to have been supported in our community for 50 years and to have shared Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian dance with those around us.” The 50th anniversary celebrations will begin on Oct. 6 with an event at The Bassment at 8 p.m. called Warm Up at the Barre. The evening will include a performance by Toronto’s Papa Duke Band, featuring Ukrainian-Canadian violinist Vasyl Popadiuk. The evening will include music and food, with tickets available for $30 at the Saskatoon School of Dance. A larger gala event will be held on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at TCU Place, with performances from the PFE, Vasyl Popadiuk and the Papa Duke Band and Lastiwka Choir & Orchestra. Tickets are $50 for adults and $30 for chil-

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‘Scoop’ affected my family deeply

don’t do book reviews. I other down about 20 years ago. leave that to those trained It was an amazing reunion. in that area. She completed high school This is not a book review; and went on to university to it’s more of a recommendation. study education. She ended up The book is called STR8 in the United States, where she UP: Stories of Courage. Even still lives with her husband and though the book was published two children. in 2015, I read it only recently. I seemed to always be on the It’s one of those books I run. After running away a few didn’t want to put down and times and social services knowsometimes I would re-read ing where I would be, I figured some of the stories. The stories out my best plan was to run to Columnist are from recovering gang memthe cities. bers and addicts. Some of the Mostly I ended up in Edstories reminded me of a lifestyle I once monton, where I met other people my age. followed. We would gather together as a group and I was never in a street gang in my late some people looked at us as a street gang. teens but sometimes was viewed and We mostly stayed in Edmonton’s inner treated like I was. city because that’s where we found help if Some members of my immediate fam- we needed it. We got to be known as the ily were part of the scheme of adopting Boyle Street kids because Boyle Street First Nations children all over the world. Park is where we often slept. That period, which covered a 10-year span It was in the middle of summer so it and ended in the 1970s, is known as the was no big deal. The Edmonton Police Scoop years. Service (EPS) got to know us and we got I vividly remember my baby sister to know them. If we ever had any probbeing taken. My mother, who was a single lems with the demented men who drove mom at the time, was told my sister had a around silently like sharks waiting to medical condition and it was best she was feast, we would talk to the EPS. taken to a hospital. Thank God for the Christian Soldiers My mom, who couldn’t speak English, who came after midnight in their old was assured my sister would return home school bus with sandwiches and fruit and as soon as she was better. That was the last their caring hugs. If it weren’t for those we saw of her. My mother was told my outreach workers, many more youth sister had to be placed in a special hospital would have been lost. Eventually we all and she would be well looked after. made it home and I got old enough to be Little did she know my sister was left alone as an adult. already adopted out. My younger brother I share this story because behind every and I were placed in a temporary home. former gang member or recovering addict Sometimes I would only stay for a few is a real person. It might be someone just hours before I would take off because I trying to survive, and they have the inherbelieved that was what my mother would ent right to be treated like human beings. want me to do. What Father André Poilievre and the I got lucky with some of the many men and women have accomplished with families I ended up with. Over 40 years the STR8 UP group is remarkable. later, I am still in contact with some of Many of the stories are from people these people. here in Saskatoon. These are young men My younger brother who was taken at and women trying to make a difference. the same time as me ended up in a foster They have already in many people’s home in Greece. We have tried to track lives. him down but still haven’t found him. My younger sister and I tracked each KNCREE@gmail.com DC100219 Darlene

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or a debate over freedom Every single NFL game saw an of expression, there sure enhanced protest response from wasn’t much to be found. its players, sometimes entire By now I think the vast majorteams, who linked arms or took ity of us can agree that Donald a knee, or both, in a historic Trump is a walking disgrace, display of defiance. both as a human being and as the The Saskatchewan Roughridpresident of the United States. ers were also playing that day, a This was never more evident as home game in Regina against a when he decided to take on NFL bitter rival, the Calgary Stamplayers who have opted to take peders. Saskatchewan fans were a knee during the singing of the treated to a show of solidarity Columnist American anthem prior to their that day as well, but the ensuring games. mini-tempest in a teapot seemed As the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico con- to fly in the face of the purpose of the entire tinued to beg for assistance from Trump after debate. the island was plunged into a humanitarian Prior to every Rider game, whether at crisis from being hit by Hurricane Maria, home or away, there is an absolutely fabuthe president seemingly ignored their cries, lous pre-game show that airs on Harvard instead ranting and raving about football Radio’s 620 CKRM and Saskatoon’s 96.3 players. Cruz FM. Tom Shepherd, a former Riders Trump roared at a GOP primary rally for president who now runs the team’s fundraisthe candidate he supported (who went on ing lottery, appeared on the radio show prior to lose to a gun-toting, racist homophobe) to Sunday’s game, presumably to pump sales that NFL players who protested during the of lottery tickets. anthem should be fired, and then insulted Somehow the topic meandered into their mothers. Then, in what is now classic Trump territory, resulting in Shepherd declarTrump fashion, he followed up his rant, and ing on the air that he agreed with Trump and the subsequent pushback, with a string of referring to him as “my man.” He went on to nonsensical, early-morning tweets doubling say that if it was up to him (which it’s not) he down on his condemnation and babbling wouldn’t pay any Rider player who kneeled about boycotts. or showed a similar display of protest during The result? Well, it was a Sunday — a the pre-game anthem. busy day for football in the United States. Now you could consider these the

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ramblings of an old man struggling desperately for relevance in a football world that has long since forgotten him. Or, you could climb onto your high horse, like tons of other people in Saskatchewan, and publicly flog him, demanding he resign or be fired from his volunteer position with the Friends of the Riders fundraising lottery, and declaring your intent to never again buy tickets to that lottery (that I guarantee most never bought in the first place). Let’s think about that. Trump demanded that NFL players who exercised their freedom of expression be fired, and then called for a boycott. Saskatchewan people, upon hearing of his comments, demanded that Shepherd be fired and called for a boycott. You don’t have to agree with what Shepherd said; I know I certainly don’t. However, there’s no such thing as a morally-superior freedom of expression. We all enjoy that right (minus some obvious caveats involving hate speech etc.), and dissenting opinions are crucial to the evolution of any issue, whether you like it or not. “He’s a representative of the Saskatchewan Roughriders organization!” howled the perpetually outraged, knowing damn well that Shepherd is absolutely not a representative of the organization, a fact which the Riders reiterated in response to the short-lived, manufactured melodrama. Many of these were the same people who were understandably incensed when

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The 14th Annual Luncheon en Vogue. TCU Place. Doors: 11 a.m. and program from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets available at www.saskatoonsexualassaultcentre.com. OCTOBER 5 ***** The Saskatoon Musicians’ Association is honouring the A Taste of the Arts, Persephone Theatre’s fundraising late Kenny Shields by naming its special recognition event for its Main Stage, Second Stage, Theatre School award in his name. Featured entertainers are the Ray and youth programming. There will be wine tasting and a Elliot Trio, Heidi Munro and the RealGroovyBand, Marlon silent auction. 7 p.m. at the Remai Arts Centre (100 SpaHarder and Autopilot, symphony players Michal Swan and dina Cres. East). Tickets $100. They can be purchased by Brenda Moats and piano man Martin Janovsky. 8 p.m. The calling 306-384-7727 or at www.persephonetheatre.org. Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North. Tickets $25 for SJS OCTOBER 14 members, $30 for non-members. Family Discovery Day at 10-2 Church at 1429 10th St. OCTOBER 7 East. Free family history workshops including: How to Get David Fong, Don Griffith, Kim Salkeld and Ray Stephanson Started, Indigenous Storytelling, How to Write your Perare The Pianomen, playing two pianos, sometimes with sonal History, Ways to Preserve Family Artifacts, Make Eveight hands, and delivering thousands of notes. There are eryday Photos into Family Heirlooms. Free lunch. Request some show-stopping moments. 8 p.m. The Bassment. registration packet at familydiscoveryday2017@gmail. Tickets $20 and $25. com. Sponsored by the Saskatoon Genealogical Society and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. OCTOBER 10 ***** Twin Bandit features the song stylings of Hannah Walker Ukrainian Museum of Canada of the UWAC Founders Gala and Jamie Elliot, touring in support of their third album, at Park Town Hotel, Cedar Room. Cocktails 5:30 followed Full Circle. Singer-songwriter Oliver Swain opens the by dinner and entertainment. Spirit of the Founders draw; evening. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $15 and $20. silent auction; 50/50. Tickets $100. Contact Mary at 306OCTOBER 11 244-4345 or purchase at UMC gift shop. Adyn Townes, an East coast singer-songwriter, is working OCTOBER 17-19 his way across the West, introducing his single, Sad Mammoth Book Sale. The Canadian Federation of Songs, which will be a prelude to an album release early University Women is holding its Mammoth Book sale from in 2018. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $15 and $20. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day at the German Cultural Centre (Cartwright Street and Lorne Avenue). Come and help us turn books into scholarships.

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Fundraiser CFCR Community Radio’s FM-PHASIS Fundraising Drive, Sept. 30 to Oct. 13. Saskatoon’s non-profit Community Radio station, CFCR, celebrates its 26th year at 90.5FM with a two-week fundraising drive. Listeners and supporters are encouraged to pledge their support to keep alternative, independent radio strong on Saskatoon’s airwaves. CFCR is proud to feature diverse local programming, featuring music, topic, and a variety of multicultural shows, all produced by local volunteers. Donors can call 306-664-6678, visit 267 Third Ave. South (third floor) or to www.cfcr.ca. The station is also presenting a variety of live music fundraisers throughout the drive. Visit www. cfcr.ca for details.

OCT. 2 to NOV. 13 Everything you wanted to know about shooting incredible photos using your digital camera! Award-winning photographer Roberta Wells instructs a Digital Photography Class. The class includes advice on downloading images, photo manipulation, printing and how to resize, save and send in email, and includes composition guidelines outdoor shooting. Mondays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $110. To register call 306-652-2255.

OCTOBER 5 The University of Saskatchewan’s Be Well Day is a handson event that will introduce the university’s new integrated wellness strategy for its faculty, staff and students. Keynote speaker Allan Kehler, will share his story of how, as a student with mental issues and substance abuse, a professor helped him come “out from the shadows.” The day continues with breakout sessions focusing on healthy body, healthy mind and healthy life approach to wellness. The event is free and everyone is welcome. For more information or to register, please visit https://be-well-dayusask.eventbrite.ca

OCTOBER 7 Harvest Festival German-style at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. Program 10:30 a.m. to noon. Display of Harvest Crown, Singing and Folkdancing.

OCTOBER 18 National Association of Federal Retirees will be holding its Fall Supper at 6 p.m. at Smiley’s Buffet and Event Centre (702 Circle Drive East). Cost is $10 each for members and $20 for their guests. Eligible for membership are all federal retirees and employees and their partners including surviving partners. Membership is available to departmental workers, Armed Forces, RCMP. Please confirm your attendance to either 306-374-5450 or 306373-5812. For more details, visit federalretirees.ca and click on Saskatoon Branch.

The Saskatoon Aquarium Society’s Thanksgiving Show at the Masonic Temple (1012 Saskatchewan Crescent). The show features speakers, an aquarium show, and a public auction. The show is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. on Oct. 7, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 8. The auction goes from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 8. Admission to the show and auction is free.

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OCTOBER 20 Irish Ceili at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall (1006 Broadway Avenue, side door). Opens at 7 p.m., $5 entry. There will be a Cash bar and food available. The event is sponsored by Claddagh Branch, Comhaltas. ***** Fifth annual Oktoberfest Dinner and Comedy night, featuring comedian Kelly Taylor. There will be a German buffet and craft beer. German Concordia Club. The event supports the Jubilee Residences Foundation. For tickets, go to JubileeResidences.ca or call 306-955-0234.

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OCTOBER 21 Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers sixth Annual Fabric Sale. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Ave. South). Donations appreciated: unused fabric 0.5m or longer, quilting fabric, yarn, knitting needles, sewing notions, threads, embellishments. Please drop off at St. Martin’s United Church Oct. 19 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. To make other arrangements, call Lois Gammel at 306373-3690 or Jenny Neal at 306-343-9448. All proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation helping grandmothers in Africa support their grandchildren & others who have lost their parents to HIV AIDS.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Two women walk toward the Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo last month. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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By RJ Currie emember Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino’s restaurant scandal involving sex at the table? From what the FBI tells us, there has been a whole lot more going on under the table. • Chuck Pagano is one of the NFL coaches said to be on the hot seat. I’m thinking Pagono is one vowel change away from being Pa-gone. • Bird researchers claim Eurasian jays know others are watching them hide food in October. They are different than Toronto Blue Jays, who won’t be seen this October. • ABC has reportedly cancelled Inhumans before the first episode aired. Speaking of inhuman, Rod Black is still doing CFL play-by-play. • A sure sign you’re getting old? Instead of porn, you watch NFL RedZone to see non-stop scoring. • Ex-Detroit cornerback Stanley Wilson’s most recent arrest was third time he was apprehended naked. And that’s no Lion. • Unconfirmed reports say Miami Marlins players kneeled for the anthem at their last home game. One fan booed. The other fan applauded. • Texans QB Deshaun Watson gave a game cheque to three cafeteria workers impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Finally: pro sports food for thought that doesn’t leave a bad taste. • Rick Pitino, on FBI charges of college basketball corruption: “These allegations come as a complete shock to me.” Right. Every bit as genuine as his hair colour.

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Views of the World

Curlers are the salt of the ice

t’s difficult to dislike curlers. At the end of a bonspiel, Sherry Middaugh’s Ontario team tweeted a thank you that included the bar staff. In how many sports does the bar staff receive a shout out? • Are they many people cooler than Prince Harry? His work with the Invictus Games and his accessibility are second to none of his ilk. And if you weren’t moved by the opening of the Games, you aren’t moving. • From the Twitter account of music legend Charlie Daniels: “I would ordinarily be watching Thursday Night Football, but for some reason I’m not.” Daniels made the comment on Wednesday night. • WestJet is launching a low-fare, nofrills airline named Swoop. As someone pointed out, how can we have fewer frills • An Australian study found problem than we now do on Canadian airlines? gamblers made higher slot machine bets while Two people per seat? holding a three-foot long crocodile. What did • From Torben Rolfsen: “Donald the winners shout? Crockpot? Trump is furious that field goal and extra• Reuters reports prosecutors are investigat- point holders are kneeling during play ing a Geneva bank after its toilets got clogged and says they should all be fired.” by about $100,000 in euro banknotes. And • Janice Hough, on Trump lauding people say the NFL is flush with cash. hockey: “Maybe he doesn’t know the • The Winnipeg Blue Bombers honoured NHL is the league with the most imformer coach and GM Cal Murphy with a migrants taking well-paying jobs from statue. To no one’s surprise, it went way over Americans.” budget. • Why would the Toronto media ask • On Hard Knocks, Buccaneers fourthAuston Matthews for his opinion on NFL string QB Sefo Liufau said his girlfriend’s players kneeling during the American family rescues goats. Arrr Billy! national anthem? It was plain stupid to RJ’s Groaner of the Week put the kid on the spot. A culinary school in Mexico made a giant • Rick Flair claims he slept with batch of guacamole using 25,000 avocados and 10,000 women. Porn star Ron Jeremy weighing 6,600 pounds. It’s a Guinness World called BS and Hugh Hefner died laughRecord, nacho-ly. ing.

• From tweeter Jock Cartier: “Could the CFL relegate the Als & promote Laval for the rest of the year? They’d probably be over the cap, but at least they would put up a fight.” • From Hough: “RIP Hugh Hefner. Bunnies across the world will put their ears at half-staff.” • There is talk that Dan Shulman, who has left ESPN and is reportedly heading back to Toronto, will be broadcasting Blue Jays games next season. Wouldn’t it be great to have a professional in the booth? • From Rolfsen: “Why does the theme song for Sunday Night Football say, ‘We’ve been waiting all day?’ No one’s been waiting all day. They’ve been watching football.” • I found myself liking Jose Bautista during his final home game as a Blue Jay. Thankfully the feeling didn’t last long. • From Rolfsen: “The Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins completely fooled the Yankees’ Todd Frazier with the best hidden-ball trick since The Crying Game.” • It’s sad seeing what has become of Darian Durant. • A tweet from former NHLer Brendan Witt, who was born in Humboldt: “Athletes are payed (sic) to perform & entertain fans whatever the sport is. No one gives a s--- about athletes political views or should they.” • From CTV news: “(North Korea) threatened to attack (the United States) on Twitter.” I’m thinking it’s better to be attacked on Twitter than it is with missiles.

The Prairie Beckons

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