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The Amazing Race

Hall of Fame inductee relives Olympic final From left to right, Barney Williams, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Cam Baerg won silver medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics. (Canadian Olympic Association)

ameron Baerg and his recounted the magical Olymteammates know full pic final in a recent telephone well the value of a fracconversation. tion of a second at an Olympic “The race was over a rowing final. 2,000-metre distance. At 250 In what Baerg calls “the metres, we were a little behind . most amazing race we ever . . At 350 metres, we were passhad,” the Canadian four clocked ing others in the field. By 750 in at 6:07.06 to take the silver metres, we knew we were in medals at the 2004 Olympic the hunt. By 1,250 metres, we Games in Athens, Greece, loswere driving the shoulders to ing the golds to a team from the bow really well. Basically, Britain by 0.08th of a second. there were two of us in the People Baerg, originally from race and the lead was changing Saskatoon, Jake Wetzel, also hands. With 500 metres to go, from Saskatoon, Thomas Herschmiller and you were almost overwhelmed by the roar Barney Williams knew they were going to of the crowd,” said Baerg. be contenders after two terrific seasons at “With 250 metres to go, we were at the prime rowing events in the world. point of no return. We were putting evBaerg, who now lives in Victoria, erything on the line, trying to get a second

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wind. As we got near the finish line, it felt like we were facing the last 25 strokes of our lives. The race was ridiculously close, it seemed like we were going to be dead even. “At first, they announced the British had won. Then they called for a photo finish. We sat for 30 seconds, maybe a minute but it seemed like five minutes. They were judged the winners. At the finish line, they were at the highest point of their stroke, we were at the lowest part of our stroke. A metre less in distance, we win because of the position of our stroke. A metre later, we win for the same reason. “My heart sank. You put so much into the work and lose by that small a margin. In the history books, the race will be remembered as one of the closest in history and significant because the lead changed hands so many times. When we reflected years later, we

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realized that silver wasn’t that bad at all.” Baerg will be inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 4 at TCU Place. Also being honoured are Erin Cumpstone, the late Ted Dushinski, Joanne Jones Vause and Barb Wilson as athletes, the late Keith Allen, Chris Baraniuk, Bryan Kosteroski and Huw Morris as builders and the 2007 Saskatoon Hilltops, who were Canadian junior football champions. Baerg’s interest in rowing came as a result of his sister, Shannon, who is four years older, already being a member of the Saskatoon Rowing Club. “Most of my early years were spent on hockey rinks, but rowing gave me a good option in the summer. I went to regattas to watch Shannon. When I was in high school, it was hard work training in the basement of (Continued on page 7)

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J.C. (Joanne) Paulson’s book launch is Nov. 1 at McNally Robinson. (Photo Supplied)

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y friend and colincredibly important to me that league Joanne I tried to make the point that Paulson was in a we don’t treat certain sectors of bad place three years ago. Her our community very well and father became very ill and she historically one of those comlost a job she loved dearly. munities has been the LGBTQ Joanne was hurting deeply community. with no light, not even a “I abhor that and I always flicker, at the end of the tunnel. have and it made me very angry Then something happened. originally when that choir was She woke up one night and kicked out of the Cathedral. It there was the plot for a book made the gay community very Editor rolling through her mind. In angry, too. So I guess there is her dream there was a remarkthat touch of morality in there able young female reporter and an incred- for me.” ibly handsome police officer. In the novel, Adam and Grace meet “I can’t explain what happened that at a grisly crime scene where a Cathonight,” she said. “It wasn’t a case where lic bishop is found dead. Grace is the I had been thinking about it during the young reporter, while Adam is a detective day or it had even occurred to me before. sergeant in charge of the investigation. I kind of think it was my brain saying, Forever after, their lives are intertwined. ‘That’s enough.’ A couple of months later I Joanne said it was important for her to decided to try to write it.” ask and answer two questions as best she And three years after that, Joanne has could. a novel named Adam’s Witness. On Nov. “How does hate happen? I hope I give 1, she will officially launch it at McNally two answers to that in the book; they are Robinson. very different answers. There are many Adam is the handsome police officer of other answers but those are two that I her dream. The reporter is named Grace, a thought were good examples of how hate woman of grace. happens.” “While the plot did not ultimately turn How does love happen? out exactly the way it was in my head that “That to me is very important because first night, it was very similar. The change all of us come to love with our baggage came in the characters. After I had written and these people are very healthy and about half the book, the characters really generally have good upbringings but have did begin to take on their own personalitheir own issues that have made them ties, desires and lives.” hesitant to really fall in love. But love can Joanne, who writes under the name J.C. happen no matter who you are, but so can Paulson, said the book can be read as a hate.” crime novel, a romance, a romp or an acJoanne said the book saved her from tion book. But it’s really a people novel. those dark days. “The story became more of a romance “I do want to say that when something than I expected it to. It started as a mystery terrible happens to you, for me anyway, with these two people who were obviously finding a creative outlet is very healing and going to start some sort of relationship. it can actually be life-saving and I’m not But it turned into more of a romance than I exaggerating. For me, this is my new world expected it to, which kind of surprised me and I like it there and therefore, I would when I got to the end.” like to stay there.” Imagine a surprise ending for the Joanne says sales have been picking author? up through both Amazon and at McNally The story takes place in Saskatoon so Robinson. readers will know many of the locations She couldn’t say enough good things that are mentioned: The StarPhoenix, about McNally. Divas and the old police station are three. “They have been outstanding. We are That makes it more fun to read, yet it will so lucky in this city as authors and readers play well in any market. to have McNally Robinson here. They’re It takes place in the mid-2000s, seven or incredibly responsive, supportive, helpful, eight years after the event that inspired the enthusiastic, kind.” plot occurred. Joanne’s official launch will be held “That was when the Saskatoon gay Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at McNally. men’s choir was kicked out of the CaAdam’s Witness is the first book in a thedral and then it went from there. It is trilogy. Her website is jpaulsonauthor.com.

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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ad George Wilson sold Hi-Way Greenhouse 20 years ago to his sons Steve and Colin, who knows if the city would be home to a new breathtaking multi-million dollar, 140,000-square-foot lifestyle centre? George Wilson wasn’t ready to retire back then and told his sons so in pretty certain terms. Having grown up in the business, the Wilson brothers kept their hands in their parents’ business — and still do — but also ventured out on their own. Have they ever. For the past 17 years, they have owned and operated Wilson’s Greenhouse and Garden Centre at the corner of Highway 5 and McOrmond Drive. This summer they pulled up stakes and opened what is now known as Wilson’s Lifestyle Centre. Wilson’s Greenhouse and Garden Centre wasn’t a typical greenhouse, given it had a driving range, a go-kart track and a minigolf course. That has been magnified numerous times in their new location, which includes 10 distinct shopping departments. For example, how many other stores have Hillberg and Berk outlets within them? The answer is none. The Wilsons have travelled to great lengths, literally, to create their lifestyle centre. It is set up in an IKEA-like format so shoppers get to sample every department as they move through the store. There are shortcuts, but those are a bit of a secret except for one that currently provides customers with a path to the entertainment centre. Steve and Colin Wilson got their hands dirty in their parents’ business as they grew up. They had an entrepreneurial spirit at a AS102310 Aaron

From left to right, Michelle Hermans, Lindsey Wilson, Colin Wilson and Steve Wilson are the faces behind Wilson’s Leisure Centre. (Photos by Sandy Hutchinson) young age. Back in their teens, Steve and Colin started a lawn care company. They cut grass, fertilized lawns and provided weed control. They still have the company. While working on his horticultural degree, Steve joined the ranks of employee. It didn’t really fit him. “I had to get a summer job so I worked for a local guy who did a lot of stuff at the university.” That summer Steve planted trees around Innovation Place and all down Broadway, as he put it. “It made me realize I didn’t want to work for anyone else again because they made a lot of money doing this and it sucked what I had to do,” he said with a laugh. That’s about the time when George Wilson wasn’t ready to budge. The Wilson brothers had pop-up, parking-lot greenhouses for about seven years before taking the big plunge on Highway 5 and McOrmond Drive. People thought they were crazy buying land in that spot. At the time, neighbourhoods like Willowgrove and Evergreen and Brighton were but a twinkle in city hall’s eye.

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The business evolved this year from greenhouse to full-on lifestyle centre. The new location is about 200 metres south of the former one. It is unlike anything in the world, Lindsey Wilson, Colin’s wife said. There are big greenhouses on the planet, but try to find one with an entertainment package like Wilson’s, she added. “We spent a lot of time travelling the world. We travelled all over the States, all over the U.K. and (the rest of) Europe. We took the best stores and put them all together to come up with this concept. There is nothing like this in Canada. Honestly, I don’t think there is another one like this in the world because of the entertainment component. “This store is most like the greenhouses in Holland; the difference is none of them have entertainment features like the rope course and Velocity (the go-kart track). All of the greenhouses in Holland are big like this.” It has such a Dutch feel that the Wilsons plucked Michelle Hermans right out of Holland to be the store’s general manager. The building is about as environmentally friendly as it gets, Wilson pointed out, looking way upNathan to the glass roof and large NH102301

ceiling fans pushing down warm air. “It’s a very, very green building,” she added. “It’s probably one of the greenest buildings in Canada. We recycle all our water. There are about three acres of rooftop and all of that water is recycled down to a huge tank under the ground, so that’s how we water all our plants, trees and shrubs.” Steve Wilson said the building is insulated to the point of being R60. Most buildings are R20. “Because of that insulation value, when it was plus 35 in the summer, it was cool in here,” he said. The tour of the centre started at the grow-your-own department. At this time of year there are canning supplies and pumpkins and the like. It includes hydroponics so people can grow fruits and vegetables year round. Little trees with limes and lemons are being grown on site and are available for purchase. As the path heads further north, next is the seasonal section, highlighted by patio furniture and barbecues and other comforts of the outdoors. The green large egg-shaped barbecues are really cool. (Continued on page 5)

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Setting the tax rate a shell game

very fall it is the same And it should be noted old thing — rake the that in the 2018 budget it is leaves, clean the garden projected that the city will beds, put away the pots and pillage the utilities of roughly try to figure out the city’s $67 million. Think about that budget. The first three tasks in 2018 when your water and are easy enough, but figuring light rates go up again. out the budget is daunting. It Based on the preliminary boils down to what we know, budget, in 2017 a one-per-cent what we should know and the increase in taxes generates probabilities. roughly $2.19 million. In In a nutshell we know the 2016, the city received $5.2 Columnist property tax increase is hovermillion for grants-in-lieu of ing slightly under the fivetaxes from senior governper-cent mark, which is becoming the ments and agencies, and projects $5.5 norm. Supposedly, for a house assessed million for 2017 and $6.2 million for at $371,000, that would mean an $86.37 2018, which appears consistent. increase, but the last reassessment was Where is the loss of $3.1 million from based on values established at the height the province? Considering the provinof the boom and many areas in the city cial budget decision, why is the city got hit with assessed values that well projecting $6.2 million in revenue from exceeded the actual market price of their grants-in-lieu of taxes for 2018? Council homes. can only ride this horse to the finish line What we do know is that we are once. getting another 9.5-per-cent increase in What council cannot do is fault the water rates and a five per cent increase provincial government for any loss of for light and power services. But do we revenue from the provincial sales tax know where all that money goes? pool, because from its conception the Well, in 2017 more than $32 million shared revenue pool is a fluctuating dolwas siphoned off and transferred to the lar amount and is based on the amount of city’s general revenue fund as grantsPST collected. in-lieu of taxes on city-owned utility When the PST pool increases, the properties. city’s share goes up and when the pool Another $31 million was transferred decreases, rightfully, so does their share. to the city coffers as a return on inAt all times the municipalities knew this vestment. The $63.2 million that was and good budgeting practices should generated from the water and light rate have accommodated this factor. To do increases, which is taken into the city’s otherwise is bad budgeting. general revenue fund, equates to indiNo one should be surprised at the rect taxation. (I certainly hope the city debt level projected to be $411 million at is leaving sufficient money in the water year’s end. When the bills come due in utility reserve to pay for the $40.6-mil- 2018 for the current capital projects, the lion upgrade for the water treatment debt will be substantially higher, possiplant, rather than increasing property bly pushing us over the half-billion doltaxes to pay for that project when the lar mark. (I am unclear as to whether the time comes.) city’s debt ceiling includes the capital

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cost of the new police station or whether that debt is carried separately on the police budget.) But what we do know is that servicing this debt costs taxpayers $32 million a year. Interestingly, that is the same amount the city takes from the utilities for grants-in-lieu of taxes. In the year ahead will we probably see the city create a new utility for garbage collection, and the current cost spent for garbage collection will be diverted to another budget line. Add to your tax bill (along with the other levies) the new utility cost, and if past performance is an indicator of future performance, the ongoing rate increases to follow.

No one should be surprised at the debt level projected to be $411 million at year’s end.

Council is right to expect that there will be an increase in illegal dumping, but Coun. Darren Hill’s proposal of a garbage gestapo won’t fix the problem. Increase the fines if you want, but forget a Garbage Stoppers program offering cash rewards to tipsters for reporting offenders. And forget about anonymity for tipsters. Should anyone get a $500-$1,000 ticket and challenge it at a hearing, the tipster cannot remain anonymous because they would have to testify and be cross-examined by the defendant. Besides, most offenders of illegal dumping do not commit the act during the light of day or with an audience present. It is reasonable to expect that the costs of this proposed program would exceed the fine

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revenue. This should be a non-starter. Coun. Bev Dubois suggested a tax on the airport property. Without a legislative change by senior governments, this would have to be a federal grant-in-lieu of taxes payment as the airport is owned by Transport Canada. Ah, give it a try. The federal government throws money everywhere else, why not throw a little our way? What frustrates me about council is the lip service it paysww to working on tax reduction while at the same time spending like the economic boom is at its peak. The operating and capital budgets are increasing by about $50 million, and 29 new full-time employees will be hired, including 5.7 new full-time employees at the new art gallery. The $250-million Active Transportation Plan is still foremost in the hearts of council. There are incentives galore on downtown development; the library board is still working on a new building which sported a price tag of $70 million a few years back; there is more money for the Gordie Howe Sports complex and more recreational facilities, and it exhausts just me trying to recall it all. At the same time, the provincial economy is not improving and, according to recent statistical reports, the city’s unemployment will peak this year at 8.1 per cent, a percentage that excludes the five per cent of people who have quit looking for a job. The construction industry has slowed significantly and the value of building permits is down. Businesses are closing, commercial vacancy is up and residential housing inventory is at an all-time high. I now understand why city manager Murray Totland left before his contract expired, grabbed his pension entitlements and walked into the realm of the retired.

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(Continued from page 3) verything in the store, right from the get-go has a really heavy European influence. All of this patio furniture came from Europe. The really good thing about it is the craftsmanship and the uniqueness of it. They look like pieces you could put in your living room. They have nice blends of teak and metals and just have a very streamlined look. “We have chosen to purchase from Europe because not everybody’s carrying it. We want products that nobody has seen before. That is really important to us to have items that will draw you in. if you have something to special to buy for someone you will think of us to come here to get that unique gift. “People’s perception is that it is a highend store and out of their price league. We are really making sure we have great prices and have all levelling of pricing so there are some very good entry-level prices. We have worked hard at doing that. The patio furniture is the one place you walk in and it’s expensive, but everything else is very

reasonably priced.” The store has an expanded landscape rental area for both contractors and doit-yourselfers. That was a feature at the former location as well. It just got bigger and more convenient.

“I would say it’s a place where we have something for everyone. And so much ‘wow’ factor. There are so many surprises as you go through.”

Next up is a pet boutique, with a dog groomer on site, and two dog wash stations that are free to use. Wilson says some of the products in the pet stop are exclusive to Wilson’s. The tour headed from the boutique area to where perennials and annuals will pop up in the spring. For now, it’s a Halloween

Alley and will then morph into a Christmas store. Automatic doors lead back into the store’s gourmet department. It will include a café next month. The area has dinnerware, spices, oils, vinegars, teas and pasta. There are salsas and jams and baking items. There is also a bar section. There a gadgets, tea pots, salad bowls, oven mitts and aprons. The list goes on and on. “I would say it’s a place where we have something for everyone,” Wilson said. “And so much ‘wow’ factor. There are so many surprises as you go through.” The biggest wow comes in the entertainment area. There’s a long go-kart track, which can be set up four different ways. There is a zip line and a rope feature. It’s all indoors and looks like fun. At the grand opening, Mayor Charlie Clark zipped through the store as part of the festivities. Construction is underway on a mezzanine level above the track. It will include a viewing area and party rooms. Wilson said it will be perfect for birthday parties, as well as corporate and team-building

events. Employees can try to run the boss off the track, and then race to the unemployment line. The area has tropical plants, including some 30 footers brought in from Florida. The tour then passes through the home décor section with eye-catching pieces made from recycled or reclaimed wood. Everything in the department has a natural feel. And then it was on to Hillberg and Berk. It is similar in size to the one at Midtown Plaza. “It’s the first store within a store they have done with a wholesale account. We are so excited that we are able to be a part of it.” The lifestyle centre also includes an expanded tack shop. Wilson’s currently employs 70 people, with that number bulging to about 170 during the peak gardening season. Construction of the new store started in December and was completed in August. For more information, visit wilsonsgreenhouse.ca.

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Shining a light on Remai Modern

he first thing you notice the Picasso linocuts, but we is the light. were allowed into a gallery The wide windows face featuring, mainly, the Mendel south, and let in the shining collection, now called the outdoors — whether the sun is Mendel Gallery Collection at out, or not. The river glitters Remai Modern. I had the most and flows just beyond. The profound sensation of Thank long lobby is tiled in a light Goodness These Works Are colour and glass divides the On Display and saw some of space, bouncing the brightness my favourite works from the around. Mendel days, including the It was my first impresone by famous Lawren Harris. Columnist sion of the Remai Modern, Off in its own little area as fait accompli; I had toured within the Mendel collection the space a year earlier, but the dust and space is the mural by William Perehudoff confusion and unfinished concrete of the that was painstakingly removed from the space at that time did it no favours. On offices of Intercontinental Packers (later the media tour last week, just a couple of Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods), founded days before the big grand opening, it was by Fred Mendel. Who still needs more slick and clean and, indeed, very modern recognition for all this. Without him, all (although I think “Modern” refers more of this may never have happened at all. to the art than the space, but the adjective I remember those murals, having interworks both ways.) viewed Intercon people in that office. It Credit is due to the architects was quite incredible to see them at the KPMB (Kuwabara Payne McKenna Remai Modern. Blumberg) for pulling in the spectacular Some of the mini-installations in the view and all that light, while sectioning halls and stairwells are a little uninspiroff the actual galleries and protecting ing, but some are quite breathtaking. One most of the works of art from sun damstairwell features a display called Lucky age. Charms by Pae White, made especially Important to note is that anyone can for the space with the same kind of pop in and experience the main floor, lighting used to treat seasonal affective including the really beautiful, if expendisorder. I found it absolutely charming. sive, gallery gift shop as well as the A large bright pink work by well-known soon-to-open restaurant. However, you local artist Eli Bornstein was commiswill have to pay for full access — $12 for sioned and hangs in its own cubby-like most of us, $10 for students and seniors, space. free for really little ones, and $30 per My two actual complaints (apart from family. I hope that’s going to work out for the incredible length of time this thing the gallery. Much has been written about took to build, and its expense) are the logo, the success galleries achieve when they rRemai mModern, which with its extra charge admission; the jury is out on that, little letters makes zero sense to me despite in my view. several explanations; and the rusty, wavy AS102316 Aaron We, the media types, did not get to see grille thing on the front. It’s just plain ugly,

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It was nice to see the mural by William Perehudoff that was painstakingly removed from the offices of Intercontinental Packers on display at Remai Modern. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) win my view, and in some parts of the party/event space, it obscures the view. This is just my opinion, mind you; curator Sandra Guimarães, whom I met for the first time and is an extremely charming person, said she liked it and found it sensitive to the architecture. CEO Gregory Burke said it’s a design feature with the practical purpose of limiting solar glare. There it is. You can’t please all of us. I would be remiss, indeed, if I did not mention the huge contributions of Ellen Remai, the gallery’s namesake, also without whom this may not have happened. Her contributions now total $103 million, including $1 million over the next 25 years for art purchases, which was announced last week. Nothing happens without benefactors, and Remai is one of

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Saskatoon’s most generous. At the end of the tour, we held a short scrum with Burke and Gaucher, and of course the question about cost and lengthy build time came up. “Just give us a chance to open, and be open to the actual impact of (it),” asked Burke. Well, we’d better try. It’s here now, open now, and it’s ours, at least partially, as taxpayers — and as visitors, if we can afford it. It’s certainly a fascinating space, and I do profoundly hope it will be well accepted and a boon to the artists of the world, but particularly Saskatchewan and Western Canada. Burke assured me, it will be. For more on the Remai opening, please see page 14.

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Dwarf goats, Carter’s hands big news stories in province

e’ve got it pretty good some kind of magnificent catch, in Saskatchewan, but he does this thing where he puts man, do we love to the insides of his wrists together manufacture drama to make up and then makes his hands like for it. an alligator’s mouth. And then Consider the example of shakes them like they’re being two tiny goats in Arborfield. If electrocuted (it looks much simyou haven’t had the privilege pler than I’m describing). of visiting Arborfield, I can I don’t know if he’s pretell you it’s a wee little town tending it’s a dragon’s mouth of three(ish) hundred people roaring fire, or that his hands are in northeastern Saskatchewan, magnetic (probably more likely) Columnist nestled somewhere between or what, but he does it a lot. A Melfort and Nipawin (and lot more than we see on TV. Tisdale, kind of). Actually, the whole team does a lot It’s a town that up until recently didn’t more dancing, celebrating and crowdhave a bylaw dictating what kinds of pumping than we see on TV, and when animals residents can keep as pets, which you’re at a game in person it is highly is why Miranda and Brian Friske bought entertaining. themselves a pair of 24-inch tall Nigerian Anyway, Carter is just a big person — Dwarf-Lamancha goats, which are well big personality, big grin, big athletic build known for being super chilled out. and big hands (apparently he and his dad, The Friskes say they bought the goats a NFL Hall of Famer, play a game where because they have lactose intolerance, and they each grab the end of a football with the three litres of goat’s milk these little one hand and play a game of tug-a-war. guys produce are a lot cheaper than coco- And no one ever wins. Can you imagine?) nut or almond. Plus, the goats, named Abby And when he’s happy or excited, Carter and Azur, are adorable, and were beloved celebrates big. pets of both Miranda and Brian and their So of course hoity-toity fans, including toddler daughter. Rider fans, have to make a big fuss about Five days after the Friskes brought it. Apparently Carter should simply hand Abby and Azur home, the town council of the ball to the referee and walk away. And Arborfield decided it needed a bylaw against sure, many players do exactly that. But if keeping goats in town, and drew one up. they don’t, and they do a weird hand thing Within a few months, and after arguing their like Carter instead, why on earth would case in front of council (I’m assuming their you possibly care? case consisted solely of the words “you told If the other team cared, I could see it us before we bought them that there was no being an issue. If the Riders were up by 30 law against having them, dummies”), the points, I could (maybe, I’m having a hard Friskes were notified that the goats had to time imagining that) see it being an issue. go, or they’d be faced with a hefty fine. But no, Carter gets attacked, online and See? Manufactured drama. There was on the field (literally, he’s been spit on by a no problem before the Friskes bought their fan) for celebrating. Fans, again including miniature goats, and there was no problem Rider fans, demand he show some class afterwards. I’m going to assume there and just walk calmly back to the bench. wasn’t a groundswell of Arborfield resiI wonder if these same fans demanddents buying livestock for their backyards ing class out of these players know that in because the Friskes had two goats smaller some parts of the world, football stadiums than most town (read: mutts) dogs. are used for beheadings and stoning people Instead, I’ll guarantee that a bunch of to death. elected officials realized that they had an Seriously, never is it so apparent how opportunity to wield some of their very good we’ve got it in Saskatchewan as when minimal power over someone else’s lives, we’re complaining about each other, or a so they did. Power for the sake of power. town or city council embroiled in some Then there’s Duron Carter. Specifically, kind of heated debate over exercising their his hands. Whenever Carter runs in a touch- authority, be it over backyard goats, buddown or otherwise delivers on a play with gets or bike lanes.

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Team began winning surge in 2003

(Continued from page 1) Albert School in the winter and then twice-aday drills in the water in the summer. I really didn’t like to get up at 5:30 in the morning, but I liked the camaraderie of the club and we believed in each other,” said Baerg. In hockey, he’d played on three city minor championship teams and two provincial championship teams. He also ran cross-country and played some baseball. One of the first thrills in rowing was getting a bronze medal in the men’s fours at the 1989 Canada Summer Games which were held in Saskatoon. Baerg’s development came quickly after he moved to Victoria, the site of Canada’s national team. At the 1994 Royal Henley Canadian regatta at St. Catharines, he finished first in the intermediate single sculls. He competed on a regular basis on the Canadian scene, and at times in the international events. But the real breakthrough came during the fall of 2002. “We had a Canadian team of eights which was solid and coach Mike Spracklen was instrumental in getting our team of four together. Jake, whom I’d known in Saskatoon as a cyclist, joined us in 2002. Jake and Tom had both been to the Olympics previously. “Mike had an amazing eye at putting the pieces of a team together. He was an oldschool coach who believed the harder you practised, the stronger you got. The others on

the team were bigger and stronger than me. Mike built us into a tougher team, physically and mentally, and he put the spark in us.” As the 2003 season began, the Canadians surged. They were first in the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston, first at the Henley Royal in England, first in the World Cup at Lucerne, Switzerland, and first in the world championships in Milan, Italy. The momentum carried into 2004. They won in Dulsburg, Germany, they won at the World Cup in Munich, and they were second in the World Cup in Switzerland. Everything was building towards the trip to Greece. They won their heat and semi-final in Athens and then came the showdown against Britain. “To perform on the day of the final isn’t easily forgotten. You remember the pressure, just the same as it was on everyone else in the event. I’ll remember it the rest of my life.” Baerg quit rowing later that year, admitting he was “spent and I really couldn’t make a livelihood out of rowing.” He did go out in a blaze of glory. In that season alone, he won the SaskSport award as male athlete of the year, shared the Saskatoon Kinsmen award as athletes of the year with Wetzel, was given Rowing Canada’s Sportsmanship award and the Saskatchewan Rowing Association’s President’s Citation. He is a mechanical engineer and technologist in Victoria.

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‘The Divas of Caswell’ perform to raise money for Prairie Hospice Society

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express our of Saskatoon’s most well-known singer-songwriters are joining forces to raise funds for a local hospice service. Jen Lane, Eileen Laverty, Gillian Snider and Wilma Groenen are set to perform at The Refinery in a show that’s been cheekily dubbed “The Divas of Caswell.” The name is a natural fit, since the women all live in the Caswell Hill neighbourhood and often run into each other while doing everyday things such grocery shopping or walking their dogs in the park — or, as Groenen puts it, living their “very un-Diva lives.” “It was more of a joke at the beginning and then I just really liked the sound of it,” she said of the concert name. “Everybody has this idea of divas sort of being full of themselves and a little bit egotistical, and these are sort of the least egotistical women you’d ever want to meet in your life — just extremely lovely, downto-earth people. And so that’s why every time I (write) “Divas of Caswell” I stick it in quotation marks, because it’s meant to be a bit tongue in cheek.” As they continued to run into each other over the years, the musicians talked about doing a show together some day. That idea will soon become a reality when they collaborate in support of the Prairie Hospice Society and its volunteer program, Hospice Without Walls. Groenen said all four women are enthusiastic about the show.

“When this idea came along, it was really interesting because I phoned all of them and not one of them asked how much they were getting paid or anything,” she said. “They just were keen to do the show, because everybody has had some kind of an experience where they’ve had a relative or some loved one who could have used more support. And they just all went, ‘Yeah, fabulous. Let’s do it.’ ” Groenen said Hospice Without Walls enables volunteers “to go into people’s homes and help them in their last days with whatever needs they might have — so cooking, holding hands, taking them out to the backyard if they’re up to it, that sort of thing. “My understanding from the Prairie Hospice Society people is that 30 per cent of the clients they work with do not have family or friends in the city, and so these volunteers are their support people,” she said. “I just think it’s a wonderful thing.” After a friend died of multiple sclerosis, Groenen and her musical partner, Brett Balon, wrote a song celebrating a life and mourning what they felt could have been a kinder, gentler death. The pair wanted their song to do some good and came across the Prairie Hospice Society, which aims to ensure access to quality end-of-life support in Saskatoon. Groenen said her friend could have used help from the program, but she didn’t know it was an option. As a result, Groenen decided to raise awareness about the Prairie Hospice Society through a public event

The Divas of Caswell are Jen Lane, Eileen Laverty, Gillian Snider and Wilma Groenen. (Photos Supplied)

and generate funds to support the organization’s work. Groenen said she would like to see the show become an annual fundraiser for the non-profit organization, which has trained about 100 volunteers since 2012 to provide non-medical supports to terminally ill individuals and their families. “That’s my goal, anyway,” she said. The four Divas of Caswell, who all have their own unique styles, will perform separately as well as together at the fundraising show. A band organized and led by Balon will accompany them. The Divas of Caswell will perform on two nights — Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 — at The Refinery, which is located at 609 Dufferin Ave. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door, and can be AS1012312 Aaron purchased online at ontheboards.ca.

Saskatoon B’nai Brith Celebrates 63nd Annual Silver Plate Dinner Wednesday, November 8th at TCU Place

This event is the longest running charitable dinner in Saskatoon. B’nai Brith is the International Jewish men’s organization committed to doing charity work in local communities and in combating racism from the local to the international level. This event raises money for the local Jewish Community and for many other worthy charities. The mandate for many years has been to focus on the needs of youth. In keeping with that goal the proceeds have provided funds for many organizations including Optimist Hill Snowboarding and Tubing Park, the SPCA In-school Education program, El Sistema Music programs, the Children’s Health and Hospital Foundation, the Care and Share program, Ronald McDonald House, Saskatoon Preschool foundation, Station 20 West, the Future in Mind campaign, Crocus Co-op, the Free Theatre in the Park, the StarPhoenix Raise a Reader program and Big Brothers & Big Sisters. B’nai Brith was a leading sponsor of the internationally acclaimed project, “Anne Frank in the World” held at the Diefenbaker Centre in Saskatoon in 2006. Almost 20,000 guests visited this moving exhibit which related the story of Anne Frank and illustrated the need to combat racism and persecution in our own communities. At the dinner, the winner of the B’nai Brith “We’re Proud of You” award will be named. The award is presented annually to a citizen of Saskatoon who has provided an exceptional level of volunteer service to our city outside his area of professional responsibility and has not received public recognition. B’nai Brith has partnered with the Saskatoon Community Foundation by matching a $5,000 gift to be donated to the charity of choice of the “We’re Proud of You” award recipient. The members of the B’nai Brith are grateful to all those who have given the lodge the privilege of supporting so many worthy causes. If you would like to purchase a ticket, please contact Arnie Shaw at 306-665-5380, ext. 381, cell 306-221-0747 or email ashaw@centennial360.com or Ron Gitlin at 306-667-6202 or email rgitlin@sherwoodchev.com.

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1971 Hugh Tait 1972 Sam Landa 1974 George Porteous 1975 Syd Gelmon 1976 Howard Stensrud 1977 Al Tubby 1978 Ted Hughes 1979 Al Anderson 1980 Ed Sebestyen 1981 Boris Kischuk 1982 Tony Dagnone 1983 Kris Rao 1984 David Kaplan 1985 Albert Ayers 1986 Cliff Worden

1987 Gerry Rose 1988 Cliff Wright 1989 Peter Zakreski 1990 Joe Leier 1991 Eric Antonini 1992 Howard Nixon 1993 Thomas Molloy 1994 Les Dube 1995 Murray Sadownick 1996 Ken Howland 1997 Dennis Carr 1998 Ray Hodson 1999 Ted Merriman 2000 Doug Hodson 2001 Murray Osborne

2002 Don Ravis 2003 Lyle Broadfoot 2004 Steven Goluboff 2005 Wally Mah 2006 Jim Yuel 2007 Jack Brodsky 2008 Grant Kook 2009 Steve Shannon 2010 Craig Peterson 2011 Bob Fawcett 2012 Orest Chorneyko 2013 Ian Buckwold 2014 Paul Jaspar 2015 Milton Taylor 2016 Murray Scharf

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Prairie history portrayed in craft council exhibition

t’s the final week to take in the latest as the Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild, Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) exhibithe Prairie Wool Weavers Guild and their tion, which celebrates fibre artists in this members. province and also relays interesting informa“The craft of weaving is thousands of years tion about our Prairie history. old. Every civilization has unique textiles and The exhibition, entitled Prairie Woven: fabric. At birth we are received in a blanket From Utilitarian Roots to Contemporary Art, and at death some of us are wrapped in a will run at the SCC Gallery on Broadway Avshroud. At certain stages of our life we will enue until Oct. 28. If you’re thinking of going, wear special garments,” states an information Oct. 28 may be a great day to visit — there panel posted at the gallery’s entrance. will be a free public demonstration of spinning “Often we take for granted the labour and and weaving on a loom set up in the gallery process involved in making these special, yet from 1 to 4 p.m. every day, objects. Weaving is a time consumYXEArt I recently walked through the exhibition ing and technical process. It can take years to and was very impressed. The show combines a few of my acquire the necessary skills to make good cloth, beautiful favourite topics — art-making, women’s history and Sas- tapestries and functional pieces. Saskatchewan represents katchewan’s history — and details how the featured piec- a vibrant weaving community of men and women who es were inspired by the weaving drafts of Oscar Bériau’s carry on this traditional practice.” book, Home Weaving. The book was used by students in For more information about Prairie Woven or the SCC, the Searle Grain Weaving program, which taught weaving visit saskcraftcouncil.org. to about 800 Prairie women starting in the 1940s. ***** In one of the information panels posted on the walls There’s always something interesting and thoughtof the gallery, the SCC noted that women have been provoking going on at Also Known As ARC (the AKA traditionally excluded from art and art history due to the gallery), Saskatoon’s only artist-run centre. A recent exhiprimary focus on “male art,” such as sculpture, painting bition, entitled Here and now and then, was no exception. and architecture. That meant both women and craft were The gallery on 20th Street West marked its 35th ansomewhat invisible in society. niversary with the exhibition, which featured work by “This connection, between feminism and craft, affects Derya Akay, Anne Low, Meghan Price and Matthew many contemporary artists’ work and connects the value Walker. On a recent visit to AKA, I was surprised to see of function and art in society,” the SCC panel stated. what appeared to be remnants of a meal filling the gal“For many people, craft is still not held in esteem for lery’s largest space. Tables and chairs were set up as if the its technique and form. There was very little training meal had just taken place; however, some rotting fruit on available for even the so-called lower-value handicrafts. the table — complete with crawling ants — indicated that The Searle Grain Weaving program provided the misstime had passed since the dinner had been eaten. ing education, resources and community. This important In an interview, gallery/outreach coordinator Derek program contributed significantly to the history of craft Sandbeck told me that 35 guests who have impacted AKA in the Prairie provinces, as well as providing income and gathered together for the meal, and the remnants of the self-sufficiency to poor households.” diners’ interactions and the performance by Akay and One of the things I enjoyed most about the exhibition Low were left behind as records. It was a unique experiwas seeing Winnie Williamson’s work from the 1930s ence, as a viewer who wasn’t at the dinner, to check out and 1940s. A pattern sample and a pink and blue woven the aftermath of the meal; even though the exhibition was purse in a geometric pattern are two historical pieces on open to the public, I felt as if I was entering a private, display at the gallery from the Western Development intimate space, such as someone’s dining room following Museum’s collection. a lively dinner party. As for modern-day works, I particularly admired Meanwhile, in the back of the gallery, Price’s work Shelley Hamilton’s 2017 shawl made from cotton boucle called Watching Rocks: Hamilton was on display. It feayarn, cotton and cotton sewing thread. Although it’s not tured a live-stream of Walker’s Extinction event, in which for sale, I’d love to wear it. Carol Carter’s blue coat was he took a boulder from an urban development site and another show-stopper. Priced at $250, the eye-catching sandblasted it. With the boulder essentially reset and “recoat was created in two of my favourite colours: cobalt calibrated within a human timeframe,” as AKA described blue and black. it, the rock became the focus of a live-stream broadcast With Prairie Woven, the SCC highlights the traditional across multiple viewing sites. I never thought looking at practice of weaving and also acknowledges that it is a rock could be so attention-grabbing, but the work procontinued today in Saskatchewan by organizations such vided some interesting food for thought about the passing

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Derek Sandbeck is the gallery/outreach co-ordinator at AKA. (Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk) of time and the unexpected life and activity that can surround something seemingly fixed and immobile. On its website, AKA described the exhibition as serving “as a snapshot of an organization adapting to meet social and artistic conditions.” “AKA’s upcoming curatorial framework is inspired by the metaphor of a gateway, positioning the ARC as placebased, engaging with Riversdale and diverse and varied publics, while taking a self-reflexive look at AKA’s role within the local, provincial and national arts ecology,” the gallery stated. “An emblematic sign of this three-year vision will be a shifting emphasis on AKA’s name, prioritizing ‘also known as’ as a flexible form directly speaking to this line of inquiry.” I am grateful that Saskatoon has AKA, which supports artist-driven initiatives and presents various forms of contemporary artistic expression in the visual arts. I am looking forward to seeing what this small, experimental gallery will accomplish in its next 35 years. It is a gem in the local arts scene. For more about AKA and its upcoming exhibitions, visit akaartistrun.com.

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Anything can happen if you reach for your dreams

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t could happen.” From now on I’ve decided this is going to be my motto in life. In fact, I might just make it my Indian name. I speak fluent Cree and I tried to think of one word that could best describe this phrase. The closest translation I could find was, “if you try hard enough, anything is possible.” However, as for a single Columnist word in Cree, I will continue to search for one. I have seen too many people pull off what others thought was impossible and make it possible. In my life, I’ve been privileged to be a part of an indigenous revolution. The year I was born First Nations people were not allowed to vote. Actually, we JW102305 James

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weren’t even considered a people yet. Today, First Nations people are not only voting, but getting directly involved as candidates. This all happened in a generation. This proves it could happen. Almost a decade ago I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Doctors, surgeons and medical specialist told me I wouldn’t make it a year, yet here I am. When many others were getting ready for my funeral I was getting ready to start a new life. Even though I had absolutely no physical strength, my mind was still working. When I heard doctors telling me I wouldn’t last, I said to myself, “that will never happen.” Along the way, through the support of family and friends and my belief in my Creator, I recovered. It could and it did happen. There are many people I met during my stays in hospitals who were right up against

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life and death and yet they are walking, strong and healthy, today. One young man I met was shot in a hunting accident. He was only 17. The bullet had grazed his spine and he was told he would never walk again. After a couple of years of therapy, he not only walks, but I would put my money on him in any marathon he runs. He made it happen. When I was living in the Riversdale area, I met many people who, some against all odds, made it happen. One little girl who used to stop at my place before and after school for a snack had a home environment filled with substance and extreme drug abuse. I always felt bad for her. She had one of the most beautiful smiles. Jacqui, my partner at the time, adored this little girl, but we also both knew her home life was about as stable as a rubber duck trying to float upstream on the South Saskatchewan River. With perseverance, she finished high school and went on to university. Today, she still has that beautiful smile and also her own family. Once again, anything could happen. A friend of my mine always wanted to be a trapper. He was married and, of course, his priority was his family. Last year, he told me he was about to retire. He’s a successful businessman. I asked him about his dream of being a trapper. He replied he was probably getting too old to be challenging 40-below weather in the wilderness. Still, he was able to get a hold of a trap line, build a small cabin and this winter he’s going trapping. Age is nothing when a person is following their dreams. Not all stories are inspiring because there are many people I believed would live a life filled with any possibility only to fall into extreme drug addictions. One should never give up on people because anything could happen. And, with the proper support and direction, that person could be the best addiction counsellor. I’ve seen this time and time again. There was a little boy who grew up on a Northern trap line. He had an incredible and vivid imagination. He ended up being taken away and into an Indian residential school and so many foster homes he lost count. He ended up in youth centres and finally in prison. He always dreamed of being a writer, but his education was limited. When he was released, he went back to complete his high school. He enrolled in university and tried and pursued different areas in higher education, but decided journalism was the way to go. When he graduated he became a radio host, a television reporter and today he writes for the Saskatoon Express. It could and it did happen. KNCREE@gmail.com

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Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express t was spring in 2011 when more than 30 dogs, greyhounds or some mix thereof were unchained from the rusty appliances they called home and given a new lease on life through the Saskatoon SPCA. In her new book Dog-Wise: What We Learn From Dogs, Saskatoon author Judith Wright tells the story of the subsequent lives of two of those rescues, one her own. She was inspired to write the book as a testimony to the theory that if dogs make us more human, what particular dogs have to teach us is worth understanding. “They came from challenging circumstances and required dedicated rehabilitation; both are success stories, although they involved different approaches,” said Wright, a practising public health epidemiologist who has published fiction in the past, but now sticks mainly to non-fiction. “I wanted to share these success stories and to share what I learned along the way, because there are many people who face the same kinds of challenges with a new dog.” She says her book focuses on different varieties of working and companion dogs, exploring what canines have to teach us as we get to know them. “I grew up with dogs and thought I

knew dogs, but when I adopted this dog six years ago, he challenged me, so I had to find out how to work with him,” she explained. “I became curious about how much dog behaviour is ‘hard-wired’ in particular breeds and how much is changeable, so I began to explore the dog world by talking to dog owners and handlers about their dogs.” Wright’s book, which is based on interviews with Saskatchewan dog owners and professional handlers, also grapples with some of the more difficult issues facing dog owners, like the hard-to-train dog, animal shelters and end of life. “As I learned more about this particular dog and dogs in general, I began to truly appreciate how much they enrich our lives, and how important they are as teammates in the working world,” she said. “I also learned that certain types of people are attracted to certain types of dogs, but what they teach us is basically the same.” What we personally gain from our experiences with dogs has a lot to do with what we are prepared to learn about ourselves, according to Wright, who cites the example of police dog handlers learning to trust their dogs’ innate ability, and the need for the dog to use its own mind. “One of the major things I learned was the difference between a well-behaved dog and an obedient dog, which is that

La Troupe du Jour play celebrates diversity

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express a Troupe du Jour is kicking off its 2017-2018 season with Bibish of Kinshasa, a show that acknowledges there’s no place like home. The play centres on a journalist who leaves her hometown for a better future but questions whether she made the right choice. Her memories of Congo come flooding back to her, and the audience is taken on a journey through the streets and neighbourhoods of Kinshasa. Written by Congolese artist Marie-Louise Bibish Mumbu, the show runs from Oct. 27-28 at Studio 914. A 2015 review of the show published by Montreal Rampage stated that Bibish of Kinshasa “comes across as honest in its reliving of the artist’s personal narrative that is tied to both the history and the contemporary of their native land. “The periodic interventions of the writer Marie-Louise Bibish Mumbu are informative and borderline emotional, as she discusses her life in Congo, a humanist window into its world. Her epilogue stood out for its emotional poetry,” the review stated. La Troupe du Jour was founded in 1985 and is Saskatchewan’s only professional French-language theatre company. Artistic and executive director Denis Rouleau, who has run the company since 1989, said the upcoming season offers a lot of variety, including shows intended for the entire family and shows coming from other parts of Canada, such as Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. He said Canada is welcoming many newcomers to the country and it is important to celebrate that cultural diversity by presenting a show such as Bibish of Kinshasa. “I think it’s a good way to a better understanding of each other,” he said. La Troupe du Jour’s 31st season will also include two shows for children and their families. One of the shows, Madame Diva Sings Noel, is scheduled for Dec. 2, just in time for the holiday season. The production, which is from Winnipeg, will feature traditional Christmas songs as well as some new tunes.

“I think this is really important to offer a cultural activity, and arts activities, in French for the family and the children,” said Rouleau. Next spring, La Troupe du Jour will also present a professional children’s production targeted at kids aged two to six. Tryo’s Three Spots is scheduled for May 12, 2018, and was written by local playwright David Baudemont. “It’s a local production. We did the premiere at the children’s festival in June (2017), and we did a few performances in Montreal, too – in a children’s festival in Montreal – and now we’re going to re-do it in May (2018) here in Saskatoon at the theatre for a few school matinees and a Saturday presentation,” Rouleau explained. La Troupe du Jour’s season also includes three other shows: the community show August, An Afternoon (Feb. 7 - 11, 2018); the national production Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show (Feb. 27 and 28 and March 1 – 4, 2018); and the love story Avant L’Archipel (April 20 – 22, 2018). Rouleau described Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show as “huge,” noting it is coproduced by The National Arts Centre, Le théâtre Cercle Molière, Le nouveau théâtre expérimental and Le théâtre français and is co-presented by La Troupe du Jour, Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre and Persephone Theatre as a Canada 150 project. “It’s a wonderful theatre experience. It’s a big cast. (We’ve been) working on that show for four years right now, so it’s really exciting. It’s a big adventure and I think it will be really interesting,” said Rouleau. “It’s also an inclusive production. It includes Metis people, First Nations artists, Francophone, Anglophone. It’s a nice way to collaborate between the different cultures – another good cultural exchange.” Rouleau is enthusiastic about La Troupe du Jour’s upcoming season and the variety it offers. “Every show is unique. Every show will bring the audience to another world, another place. Every show will offer a different experience,” he said. La Troupe du Jour’s box office can be contacted online at latroupedujour.ca or by calling 306-667-1221.

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Judith Wright wrote about a dog she rescued in 2011. (Photo Supplied) the well-behaved dog is usually part of a human family or team and doesn’t need orders and corrections all the time,” said Wright. “You have to spend a lot of time with a dog to bond with it in order to build that co-operation, but that’s when the rewards of living and working with a dog really become apparent. “When you begin to share a common

purpose and understanding you become more perceptive on many different levels,” she continued. “You learn what it is to be part of the animal family, to share instincts and understanding with a non-human. “That connection is very rewarding.” Wright’s book launch will be held on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Saskatoon’s McNally Robinson Booksellers.

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Miriam Pyett’s creations featured at quilt show

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express iriam Pyett is a thing maker. Her Grade 3 teacher told her so. Pyett has been making things her whole life. During the past 25 years or so, those things have included approximately 400 quilts. Of those, 40 will be on display at the Saskatoon Quilt Show on Oct. 27-28 at Prairieland Park. Pyett is the featured quilter at the event which is held every second year. Pyett made her first quilt on her own in 1988. The second one got her hooked. “Around 1990 a good friend took me with her to her cousin’s place near Tisdale,” she recalled during a timeout while working on a piece last week at The Refinery. “It grew from there.” She had done sewing, knitting crocheting, cross stitch, needle point, but quiltmaking became the most appealing. The quilt she made after her trip to Tisdale was of a log cabin. She said many quilters start with it because of its relative simplicity — all straight lines and no angles. “I didn’t use it a lot, but it was really really big,” she said with a laugh. “I quilted the whole thing myself on a domestic sewing machine; this king-sized quilt. It’s kind of old-fashioned looking by today’s standards.” Pyett and her friend from the Tisdale trip joined the Saskatoon Quilters’ Guild in 1996. “Social life is a big part of it,” she said. “I have met some of my best friends ever through quilting. It was almost life changing to meet these women and to get into this wonderful craft that has defined a lot of my life since then.” She said joining gave her access to “an amazing library within the guild.” “I am the kind of person who learns AS102304 Aaron

from books better. There are people who like to go to a retreat and be shown. I like to read it. Even when I look for a technique online, I look for a written one as opposed to a YouTube video. For some reason I like the page and the words and still pictures.” Pyett says the Internet has changed quilting, both for the availability of information and fun. She enjoys participating online in what are known as quilt-alongs. “Every month or every two weeks another step is released. They tell you what you need and often it is a mystery. When I am working on it I imagine somebody in South Africa and several people in Australia and a person in Holland and somebody in Iceland and they are all doing this. And it is putting us together in this amazing way. “You follow the instructions but you choose your own fabric so it is not like buying a block of the month or a kit of the month where they send you everything you need for it. They give you the pattern and say you need so much light fabric, so much medium fabric, so much dark and then you go from there.” Despite having created 400 quilts of all sizes, Pyett said her idea list is longer than what will be possible to make. She said a big part of the list of ideas is because of the wealth of patterns online that catch her eye. She has original pieces, but also puts her creative stamp on patterns. “I have done other original things that are more art quilts and at the show you will probably see a whole wall of them. Some of them are more arty pictorial quilts from a pattern. “I feel like I have some artistic sense and creativity and you need it for any quilting, but I also find them very draining. For some people art just comes to them so easily, but I find it just a bit harder.” She said she gives quilts mostly to family members, but also to people like the

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when Pyett joined. She said the show is stunning in both quantity and quality. “Hall E (at Prairieland Park) will be filled with close to 500 quilts, so it is an enormous show. We’ve been told it’s one of the best shows in Western Canada.” The show will held Oct. 27-28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 28. Admission is $10.

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Hebig happy to be back on the ice Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express ameron Hebig gained a new appreciation for being the hometown kid when he had an extended stay in hockey limbo due to injury. In 2015-16, Hebig had a breakout season playing for his hometown Saskatoon Blades, potting 26 goals and 43 assists in 59 games as an 18-year-old. The skilled centre picked up an invite to the summer development camp for the Pittsburgh Penguins following that campaign and appeared to have a nice springboard into his 19-year-old campaign. From there, things went downhill. Hebig was injured during training camp and missed the entire 2016-17 campaign. He was sidelined by an upper body injury, which was originally thought to be a concussion. It was never diagnosed definitively. During times when it didn’t seem he was going to return, Hebig relied on hometown support to get him through. “It was really tough, a lot of tough nights, a lot of tough days,” said Hebig, who is in his over-age season with the Blades. “I just kept getting up, and kept pushing and kept working. “I think that was the big thing, the support I had from my parents and just people around me, surrounding yourself with good people and the help I got from physios and doctors. It steered me in the right direction, and I am really grateful for all of that.” Besides receiving big support from his father, Trevor, and mother, Diana, Hebig heard from a number of his former teammates he grew up playing minor hockey with. “Lots of guys were texting me and wishing me all the best and hoping they’d see me back out there,” said Hebig, who stands 5-foot-10 and weighs 185 pounds. “It is nice to get that from your friends. I know I appreciate that.” Hebig had been playing hockey for as long as he can remember. All he wanted to do was get back on the ice. “It is a game I love I grew up playing,”

he said. “I worked so hard at it. It is nice to get back on the ice. I love the game. I love being around the guys, and it is a lot of fun.” Dean Brockman has seen Hebig develop for two seasons as a Blades assistant coach. As the Blades head coach, Brockman saw Hebig deal with his injury last season before returning this season. When asked about how much Hebig meant to the team, the bench boss grinned. “We could be here all day describing that, I guess,” said Brockman. “Specifics, he just brings the pace of the game up, especially in practice. “In games, you can use him in any situation that you want. He can play against the other team’s best line, or if you want a mismatch, certainly that is one that I like. He just brings a lot to the table. “His work ethic is strong every day. He just wants to be a hockey player, and any time you have those guys it is contagious. Hopefully, other guys see how hard he works.” Hebig made an immediate impact during his first regular-season game back with the Blades in a 5-4 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Sept. 30 at the SaskTel Centre. In an odd twist, he missed the Blades first two games due a league-imposed suspension for taking a checking-from-behind major penalty and a game misconduct in Saskatoon’s final pre-season game. Against the Hitmen, Hebig netted his first goal of the season, tipping home a point shot from Czech defenceman Libor Hajek. Besides the goal, Hebig helped open up the game offensive every time he stepped on the ice, which played a big part in helping over-age linemate Braylon Shmyr get a pair of goals and an assist. “Obviously, we knew how much we missed him (Hebig) last year,” said Brockman. “We didn’t want to use that as an excuse, or you want to bury it so the team knows that he is not there. “Now when you get him this year, everybody just sees what he really is. He is a pretty special player.” With the turnover that occurs in junior hockey, only seven of his current team-

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After missing the 2016-17 season, Cameron Hebig is regaining his scoring touch. (Photo by Darren Steinke) mates were with the Blades when the 2015-16 season concluded. At the end of that campaign, Hebig was centering a line with Connor Gay, who currently plays for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, and Ryan Graham. This season, Hebig is putting up points in the early going centering a line with Shmyr and 17-year-old Michael Farren. Besides the change of linemates, Hebig has found himself on the ice with a couple of other local products who were acquired via the trade route, while he sat out last season. Gage Ramsay, who is a 19-yearold winger, arrived in a deal with the Vancouver Giants, and defenceman Evan Fiala, who is the team’s over-age captain, came in a deal with the Spokane Chiefs. “I played with Evan (Fiala) when I was with Contacts midget AAA (in 2012-13), so I knew him,” said Hebig. “I always played against Gage growing up, so it was funny how our paths cross again back with the Blades. It is nice to be with them again.” When Hebig came to the Blades, he had aspirations to have a professional career

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and make the NHL. Those aspirations appeared to be a possibility following his successful 18-year-old season. He admits those hopes took a hit with missing a full season. “I think I have to get back on the radar,” said Hebig. “I think it was tough missing my last year, so I have to show everybody that I can play and I can be an impact player. I have to work towards that, and I have to show I can do that.” When Hebig looks back at what he went through last season, he said he has a better appreciation to just get on the ice and play with the Blades this season. “I want to have a good year here,” said Hebig. “It is my last year of junior, so it is a big year for me and the team here. We’re looking to make the playoffs here. “I want to stay healthy. I want to soak it all in. I want to be grateful I am playing the game again and just having fun with it.” (You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)

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Remai Modern opens

Saskatoon photographer Steve Gibb was among the members of the media who received a sneak peek of the Remai Modern art gallery a couple of days before it was opened to the public. As you can see, its amenities are many and the interior of the building is stunning.

Alexine McLeod’s 21-work installation now decorates the interior architecture at Remai Modern. (Photo Supplied)

Emerging artist uses found objects to decorate Remai Modern

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express t’s amazing what you can find on the street, if you know how to look. In the eyes of one artist, discarded objects lurking in urban environments can actually be inspiring; maybe even beautiful. The artist is Alexine McLeod of Vancouver, who layers found objects with projected light to create unique installations. With support from the RBC Emerging Artists project, her 21-work installation now decorates the interior architecture at Remai Modern. Her work was discovered by top Remai staff, and the arrangements for her installation flowed from there. “I’m represented by the Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver and I had a solo show there last year,” said McLeod in an interview, just before setting up her installation. “Sandra (Guimarães) and Gregory (Burke, also CEO), the main curators of the main exhibitions, actually visited the gallery and purchased one of the works.” They subsequently corresponded with Monte Clark, and asked for McLeod to come to Saskatoon and view the space. “I’m showing in the intermediary space, in a space that isn’t technically part of the opening exhibition. My work will remain on view for longer. It’s more relating to the architecture and will be able to be shown longer.” McLeod is already an awardwinning artist, despite her young age. She earned a bachelor of fine arts from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she received the Renée Van Halm + Pietro Widmer Graduation Award for Visual Arts in 2016. She was also recently shortlisted for the Contemporary Arts Society of Vancouver Artist Prize. The RBC support allowed her to travel to Saskatoon to do the site specific installation. “I did a site visit at the end of September, where I went to Saskatoon and met Rose (Bouthillier, the curator) and they gave me a really wonderful

welcome to the Remai and also to Saskatoon. It was my first time being out there,” she said. “I got to see the space, take some measurements, and understand what the architecture would be. “Then Rose and I went onto the streets, because I work with found objects. So, funny story: Saskatoon is completely pristine and there is no junk on the ground. There was maybe a chip bag or a coffee cup. In Vancouver people leave things out all over, and in the alleyways. “So we ended up going to a few second-hand shops and that’s where I gathered some materials. I thought it would be better to collect more rather than less.” After returning home, she incorporated one of the objects into one of her works: a small, yolk-coloured steel wheel. “I combine materials and objects by creating contrasts, looking at colours, weights and textures,” she explained. “I combine all these things and mount them onto the wall; that’s how I create a composition. All of these different materials have qualities to them that I find really intriguing . . . how they relate to each other. “Each has its own composition that is illuminated by a digital projector. I play around a lot with a little digital projector.” For the Remai installation, she has used white light ranging from cool to warm. “It’s a nice relationship between the sunlight coming into the space, the river, and the beautiful view on the other side of where the installation is set up.” McLeod’s background is in painting and photography. She has been a photographer for 10 years and was always drawn to painting as a child, “so basically my whole life I’ve been drawing and painting. It was through collage, from painting to collage, that took me to this place. I’m a picture maker, but I’m using 3-D things.”

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Saskatoon Stamp and Coin Show. Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.at the Ramada Hotel & Golf Dome (806 Idylwyld Drive North). Adult Admission $5; Children under 12 are free. Featured are stamp and coin dealers, coins, stamps, bank notes, supplies and postcards.

The Saskatoon Jazz Society is entering the OctoBeer Fest market, with The Heidelberg Band, featuring Sylvia Bender, and German food to go with the beer. Proceeds to the society’s street-level LED sign fund. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $30 and $40. ***** The Dan McConnell Band, 9 p.m. at the Lynx Club (2407 Avenue C North). A tribute to Waylon Jennings.

made during the event will go to the charity fund Pilgrim. ***** Join the Saskatoon chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada for its annual fundraising brunch. Western Development Museum. Doors open at 10 a.m. and brunch at 11 a.m. Legion, 3021 Loiuse Street. Contact the office: office@ Tickets are $30 and $10 for children ages three to 10. nutanalegion.ca or phone 306-374-6303 for more Under three are free. Entry to Boomtown is included. Details information. and tickets can be found at www.crohnsandcolitis.ca/ letsdobrunch. There will be a silent auction, a live auction, OCTOBER 29 vendors, raffles and guest speakers. St. Patrick Parish Fall Supper at 3339 Centennial Drive. ***** Doors open at 4:30 p.m., supper is at 5 p.m. Advance tickets only. Adults $15 Children (6 to 12): $5, Preschool- Come and learn what Geocaching is all about. It is time for the Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF) at Mayfair ers are free but require a ticket. To purchase tickets, phone 306-384-1100 or email: stpatrickparish@sasktel. Branch Library Community Room. There will be two showings at 1:45-2:45 p.m. and 3:15-4:15 p.m. Popcorn will be net. supplied; bring your own drinks. OCTOBER 31 ***** Burger BBQ, 5:30; Bluegrass Halloween party 7:30 p.m. November is Adoption Awareness Month. at the Nutana Legion, 3021 Loiuse Street. Contact the The Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan is running office: office@nutanalegion.ca or phone 306-374-6303 The Human Library at the Rusty MacDonald Library, in for more information. Saskatoon, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is an event that will help raise awareness on adoption and adoption related NOVEMBER 3 issues. We will have one-on-one and small group conversaHalo Gala, presented by Angels & Friends Foundation. TCU tions. If you have any questions, please contact our office at Place .Gaming tables, dinner and a silent auction. Doors 306-665-7272 or visit our website to learn more about our open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $150 and are available at upcoming events at https:/www.adoptionsask.org/. picatic Halo Gala or at www.angelsandfriends.ca. **** NOVEMBER 6 Working with Dogs in Human Services. Station 20 West The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United from 10 to noon. The discussion features, The Human Church are hosting a film event to honour Remembrance Story — how do you work with a dog in a clinical setting, Week at 7:30 at the church. The Liberation of Holland The Animal Story — what training does a dog need, and incorporates historical accounts of the heroic struggle of The Environment Story —what is the risk of dogs transthe Dutch to survive the Nazi occupation. Join us after the mitting diseases to humans. To register at no cost, email film for discussion with Pieter and Nettie Vogel. This event shiney.choudhary@usask.ca or phone 306-966-6917. is free of charge.

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AHI is a Toronto singer-guitarist who writes and performs indie-soul and alt-folk, possessing a style compared to Richie Havens and Tracy Chapman. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North. Tickets $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

OCTOBER 26 Matt Patershuk of Edmonton sings with a reserve and unspoken toughness and his songs are laden with humour and humanity. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $15 and $20.

OCTOBER 27 Prince Albert’s Donny Parenteau is a country music vocalist who can also deliver the goods on the fiddle, mandolin, manocaster, harmonica and guitar. He spent 12 years on the American country music scene with Neal McCoy. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

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Mairi Rankin is a cousin to Cape Breton’s noted Rankin family and has been playing the fiddle for well over 20 years. She’s been to Saskatchewan before at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party and played The Bassment last January. On this trip, she’s accompanied by Mac Morin, a pianist and dancer who has toured often with Natalie McMaster. 7:30 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

Art for Your Space: Grosvenor Artists’ show and sale. Nov. 3 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grosvenor Park United Church (Cmberland Ave. and 14th Street). Refreshments. Wheelchair accessibility.. Free admission. Opening ceremony Nov 3 at 7p.m.

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Dancing Sky Theatre turns 20. 6 p.m. at the theatre in Meacham. Dinner and show $100 or just the performance Children’s performer Sylvia Chave’s Halloween Howl at the for $15. The show includes readings, music and roasts of Refinery. For tickets, go to ontheboards.ca or call 306local artists. The event is a fundraiser for the theatre. 653-5191. For more information, visit www.singingwith***** sylvia.com. Kickstart: a special Memory Writers workshop led by writer and communications specialist Danielle Potter from 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre. For information call Hilda at 306-382-2446 or Betty at 306-343-9267. The cost is $10. OCTOBER 26

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OCTOBER 27-28 2017 Quilt show: Celebrating Changes Over Time. Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prairieland Park, Hall E Plaza Entrance. For more information, visit www.sasktoonquiltersguild.com or go to saskatoonguilts on Facebook.

OCTOBER 27-29 The Reflections of Nature Art Show features carvers, sculptors, painters and photographers of all ages and skill levels who express their love of nature through art. Artists register their work on Oct. 26 from noon – 8 p.m. The show opens on Oct. 28 at 7:15 with the Gala Opening. Gala tickets are not available at the door; purchase information is on the website, www.ReflectionsArt.ca. Admission on Oct. 28-29 is $5/adult (over 12 years). There are workshops and demonstrations for all artists and art enthusiasts. Events include pumpkin carving, pin carving, and the quick draw.

OCTOBER 28 Annual Harvest Turkey Supper. Third Avenue United Church at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $15 for adults, $7 for children 6-12 Free for Children 5 & under. For more information call 306-652-6812.

OCTOBER 28-29 Protestant Reformation events. An inter-Lutheran banquet organized by LuMinHoS, the inter-Lutheran hospital chaplaincy, that will be held Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Western Development Museum. Tickets are $35 and must be purchased in advance by phoning 306-343-0156. On Reformation Sunday, Oct. 29, a worship service will be hosted at the Cathedral of the Holy Family starting at 3 p.m. with a reception to follow. Everyone is welcome to attend this service. More information can be found at www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/ecumenism/reformation-500.

OCTOBER 28 Halloween Party with Spooktacle, 8 p.m. at the Nutana

NOVEMBER 5 The Ukrainian community of Saskatoon in partnership with “Intersection” community church invites everyone to watch the documentary Almost Holly at 3 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church (107 McWillie Avenue). It is a story of a Ukrainian priest, Gennady Mokhnenko, who rescued thousands of street children and adolescents. The homeless kids were without any hope for the future and often became either drug or alcohol addicts. When these children were dying in the dark alleys abandoned, unneeded and unloved, Gennady Mokhnenko started a campaign against the drug dealers and rescued the street

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THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Columbian Seniors (55+) pot luck supper at Holy Spirit Parish Hall (114 Kingsmere Place.) Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m.

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Renters of Saskatoon and area meet. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West). ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access. For further information contact: 306-657-6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Mall, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Indoor marketplace located across from Urban Planet. The Marketplace features home cooked lunch, desserts, pies, preserves and other amazing food as well as hand crafted items and home based business vendors.

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By RJ Currie he Winnipeg Jets said Brendan Lemieux will add sandpaper to their team. If he’s like his dad, Claude, he’ll certainly rub opponents the wrong way. • The Roughriders lost a heartbreaker to the Redblacks as Ottawa scored on two late touchdown drives. I ask again: what exactly does a prevent defence prevent? • Packers QB Aaron Rodgers will undergo potentially season-ending surgery after fracturing his right clavicle. That’s today’s breaking news. • Paraskevidekatriaphobia is which of the following? a) A fear of Friday the 13th; b) A women’s tennis star from Russia. • New York police said they weren’t certain where a cow that wandered onto a Brooklyn soccer field came from. My first thought: Jersey. • What do you call all four North American professional leagues having televised games on Thursday? The Wide, Wide World of Divorce. • In the NBA it was Blazers 124; Suns 76. No Phoenix rising — they just looked like a bunch of ashes. • The Dolphins pulled off a miracle in Atlanta against the Falcons. No, not Miami’s 17-point comeback win — Jay Cutler showed emotion. • With Leafs fans ready to canonize Auston Matthews, Montreal scribe Jack Todd compared Matthews’ personality to boiled cauliflower. Split the difference: Saint Crucifer. • The Montreal Canadiens lost six straight games after winning their opener. Looks like the Habs have become the Hab naughts. • Penelope Cruz told Esquire Magazine she cried after filming her first nude scene. Whenever I see myself nude, I cry too. • An Edmonton judge ordered a divorcing couple to share their Oilers season tickets. Coming soon to NHL fans: Don Cherry’s Rock’em Sock’em Un-Wedlock’em. • Apparently George Foreman’s no-holds-barred challenge fight with Steven Seagal isn’t going to happen. They both tested positive for Geritol. RJ’s Groaner of the Week Goalie Rick DiPietro, ESPN Radio’s “Humpty,” got a $1.5-milliona year buyout from the Isles in July, 2013, then in November the AHL Checkers dumped him with a 5.19 GAA. So after a good summer, Humpty didn’tTammy have a great fall. TA102321

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n football terms, it’s called blown coverage. Sportsnet’s award-winning broadcaster Arash Madani needed better sources for his Riders ‘scoop’ last week. Madani was responsible for the erroneous story that said Duron Carter had been, or would be, released by the Riders for a dustup at practice. I was part of a flurry of texting on the night when Saskatchewan people were wondering what the heck was going on. Given he has a decent track record, I believed Madani knew something the rest of us didn’t. It turned out to be Fake News. • Janice Hough, on Billy Joel, 68, and his fourth wife, Alexis Roderick, expecting a child: “Will he endorse a new line of father-baby diapers?” • Broadcaster Paul Romanuk during Patrick Marleau’s 1,500th NHL game: “Wouldn’t it be nice to see him score?” No it wouldn’t, Paul. I was cheering for the Detroit Red Wings. • Torben Rolfsen, on 16 pro teams no longer staying at Trump hotels: “‘Good, more room for us,’ said Russian spies.” • TC Chong, on Colin Kaepernick suing the NFL for collusion: “His lawyer, Ray Rice, figures he has a chance of winning the lawsuit.” • Local talking heads made way too much of the tweet Bo Levi Mitchell sent to Carter last week. In it, Mitchell said if Carter plays defence, he should expect lots of footballs to be thrown his way. Lighten up, boys; it was a joke. • This hurts to say, but the Leafs are the best team I’ve watched on TV this year. • From Rolfsen: “I’m not saying Roger Goodell’s wife’s influence is growing, but they’re now changing the Monday Night Football theme song to Stand By Your Man.” • Hough, on Lebron James’ new Nike jersey not making it through one game intact: “But to be fair, Nike paid about $1 billion for eight years to be NBA official supplier. It’s not like there was much money left to actually spend on the uniforms.”

• From Rolfsen: “Justin Turner, the son of Bruce Vilanch and Sasquatch, had quite the series.” •@randyturner15, on Winnipeg’s bid to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters: “It includes $1.7 billion in tax credits/incentives. Shouldn’t we save that money until Connor McDavid becomes a free agent?” • From Chong: “The 0-5 New York Giants improved their record to 1-5 after upsetting the Denver Broncos last week. One more win and they qualify to transfer from the NFL East Division the CFL East.” • Montreal journalist Jack Todd got himself a boat load of negative feedback for this tweet: “Auston Matthews has a personality like boiled cauliflower, but the Toronto media is trying to package him as greater than Gretzky and Crosby.” • From Toronto broadcaster Jim Lang: “Have an Auston Matthews-type day everyone.” Now you see what Todd means. • Hough, on the NBA season beginning: “Which means we’re only about six months away from meaningful games.” • Rolfsen, on Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension being put on hold by a Texas judge: “Probably a Cowboys season-ticket holder.” • A question from Hough: “Will Trump claim Warriors lost opening night because he dis-invited them from White House?” • Todd hit the nail on the head with this comment: “I don’t believe the Habs are taking part in this. Dana White? Seriously? Garbage.” I’m with Jack. I couldn’t believe the storied Canadiens were letting White, a vulgar self-promoter, drop the puck during a pre-game ceremony. • Jaromir Jagr, on McDavid: “I wouldn’t be surprised if he scored 100 goals. It’s possible.” And Matthews will get 101, of course.

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