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Rachel Loewen Walker: Coming out as a leader Rachel Loewen Walker learned on the job how to be an executive director. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express ust over four years ago, Rachel Loewen Walker had no experience in finance or management or any other of the customary skills attributed to executive directors of organizations.

What she did have was passion, and a powerful background in philosophy. She was this closeAaron to attaining her doctorate.

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And then the job came up: executive director (ED) of OUTSaskatoon, although the organization wasn’t called that at the time.

“Before that I was in academia. I was finishing working on my PhD in philosophy, and teaching in Women’s and Gender Studies, focusing particularly on queer theory and sexuality studies,” said Loewen Walker in an interview.

“I spent many, many years in a uni-

versity setting, but of course my research interests were this community.

“It was one of those very bizarre moments when I saw the posting.”

Originally from Warman, she had just returned to Saskatoon from Edmonton, where she was taking her PhD. And, she did have some non-profit experience. Years ago, she had been involved with community organizations, particularly AIDS Saskatoon.

“I was a volunteer, and my partner worked there. But then, I had gone down this other path. When I saw the posting, I thought, oh my goodness, if there ever was a job that was made for me, that was it.

“And I had no experience. I was a writer.

I’m a writer and a thinker. I was teaching.

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comment on Twitter last week upset me.

The person wrote, in a vulgar way, that people who eat pizza with knives and forks are losers.

I have long wondered about the etiquette of eating pizza. I am not a knifer, but I am a forker. I have long feared using a utensil is a horrible thing. After all, nobody wants to be called a forker.

It’s been my experience that cool Editor people eat pizza with their fingers.

When I try to be cool, it results in pizza sauce on my face and clothing.

As a matter of fact, the sweater I am wearing now — this is the honest to goodness truth — has either pizza sauce or spaghetti meat sauce on it, or both.

The two run together. I have two stacks of sweaters at home. One is the stained sweater pile and the other is the soon-tobe stained pile. I picked from the wrong pile this morning.

I wish now that I hadn’t taken off my coat when I did an interview. If I was a woman, it would have felt like the guy was staring at my breasts. Instead, he seemed mesmerized by my stains.

Anyway, to help with my pizza-eating etiquette dilemma, I did a Google search and came across a piece by Joanne Blake of styleforsuccess.com. She says we can trust her advice because she is Italian and has been eating pizza her entire life.

This was a good sign, although her name doesn’t sound Italian. Maybe Blake is her married name or she is Italian on her mother’s side. Or maybe she’s three or four generations removed or something.

Blake says eating pizza correctly can be found in a Kenny Rogers song.

“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to use a fork and know when to use a knife.”

Those aren’t quite the lyrics to the song, but are close enough for the purposes of pizza etiquette.

Blake says to fold a pizza when it has a thin crust with toppings that might fall off.

Fold the pizza vertically and eat it from the tip to the top.

When we have tacos at home, I can’t fold the shell properly, so I am unlikely to use this method for pizza.

For a firm-crust pizza, Blake says to use your fingers, going from the point in. I get my sweaters in trouble with this method, no matter how thick the crust is.

Toppings seem to fall onto me and my

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(Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) face looks like that of a baby dining in a high chair. I have full-blown food-on-face phobia.

Here is the good news.

Blake says eating a pizza with a knife and fork is acceptable in “very” formal settings. It is troubling that she threw “very” into that sentence. That said, I don’t get invited to formal settings. And who at a formal setting would serve pizza?

She goes on to say in informal restaurant settings she will often use a knife and fork until she zeroes in on the crust, and then picks it up. That’s sound advice.

Crusts don’t leave stains.

“The idea is to not be messy, look messy or get your clothes messy,” she concluded.

In other words, I will continue to be a forker. ***** I have never been a snow shovelling or snow blower kind of person. I’m lazy.

I learned about 55 years ago from my father that the reason people have children is to shovel snow. I recall my father standing in the window making hand gestures to correct the snow shovelling techniques my brother and I employed.

He wasn’t entirely wrong; we tended to be in a hurry to get to our next shinny game.

With my sons, there was never an expectation of them shovelling. It’s not that they didn’t help, but that duty always seemed to fall on Sandy.

About five years ago, as they were beginning to leave home, the boys bought

Sandy and me a snow blower. With the heavy snow a couple of weeks ago, I fired it up.

I was a snow-blowing fool that day. I couldn’t get enough. I did the driveway and the sidewalk and moved the snow along the street onto the lawn. I figured out how to use the various functions on the machine.

Had I not run low on fuel, I might still be out there. ***** It was great catching up with Ron Waldron last week. Ron, who is the subject of the story next door on Page 3, and I went to Haultain School and Aden Bowman Collegiate at the same time many years ago. I don’t think we have seen each other in 45 years. Forty-five years is a lot of territory to cover in 90 minutes but I enjoyed every minute of it.

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Ron Waldron has a passion for the night sky Ron Waldron conducts northern lights tours in Churchill, Manitoba and on a cruise ship in Norway. (Photos Supplied) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express on Waldron laughs when he says he has the best job in the universe.

The retired Saskatoon teacher has had a passion for what goes on in the night skies since he was 10 years old. There was a night after a drive-in movie in the early 1960s when he and his father, without the impediment of the city lights, looked up to the night sky for 10 or 15 minutes.

Waldron was star struck.

Now 55 years later, Waldron is scheduled to be on a cruise ship off the coast of Norway in early February sharing his love of the aurora and the night sky with a group of travellers. He makes the trip to Norway twice a year where he teaches and conducts northern lights tours, He offers a similar program for

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three weeks in the early spring in Churchill, Manitoba.

He laughs again when he says he gets paid for these labours of love.

“Whenever you are sharing your passion, it’s never a job. When I go to Norway or go to Churchill, I am getting a salary, but it’s not a job. It’s the perfect retirement.”

Known as Saskatchewan’s own Starman, Waldron is keeping busy. He officially retired in June 2012.

“I’m basically spreading my passion for the night sky to whoever will invite me to do so. It started with Star Talks at Brightwater Science and Environmental Centre near Beaver Creek. I’ve been doing that for between eight and 10 years.”

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followed by a viewing through a telescope, weather permitting.

He also works periodically during the day with schools in the Saskatoon Public School Division, working in much the same manner as a substitute teacher. He sets up any one of three portable inflatable planetariums and introduces up to 40 students of all grade levels to the wonders of the night sky. It’s never cloudy in there.

Last fall he made his first trip to Norway, boarding a 200-passenger cruise ship in Bergen and travelling up the coast to the very northern tip of Norway and back again. He is out on the water for 12 days. He does an afternoon lecture and, in the evening, shows the night sky with the help of a green laser pointer or assists the group in watching and photographing the northern lights. The cruise

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passes the Arctic Circle, so there are some spectacular shows of light.

Most of those in his classes are Road Scholars. Yes, Road. These are people, mostly Americans, who travel the world with a thirst to learn. He had 49 in his class in 2017, double the recommended number.

Waldron said in March his three weeks in Churchill at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre are much the same. Groups of independent travellers and Road Scholars will come in, with each group spending five days with him. He is responsible for the evening program, but the centre is responsible for their activities during the day.

“I like the people,” he said. “They are 50-plus, so they are my age, and they love to learn.”

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(Continued from page 3) e said the northern lights seldom fail to impress.

“The only thing that will stop them when you are up at that latitude are clouds. If you have clear weather, you are going to get some form of northern lights almost nightly and that’s what the people come for.”

Last August, Waldron wanted a chance to see a special event in the day skies. He wanted to be in Wyoming — one of the best viewing locations — for the rare total eclipse of the sun.

“You talk about being passionate about what you do. I knew the North American eclipse of the century was coming up. I knew I wanted to be there and I knew I wanted to take my wife (Val) with me because she had never experienced a solar eclipse, but I had.

“So I bought a trailer because there was no getting a hotel for the eclipse of the century. Then I had to buy a truck to pull it, so I did that. You can understand how a passion can cost a lot of money,” he said with a laugh.

“When it came time to leave, my wife said to me, ‘Let me get this right. We are going all the way down to Wyoming to watch a total eclipse of the sun, an event that lasts two minutes, 22 seconds and it might be cloudy?’

“I said, ‘yes.’

“And away we went, and the skies were perfectly clear, the event was all it was billed to be. A total eclipse of the sun is, for many people, a life-changing experience.

In the middle of the daytime, it gets dark and stars come out and the temperature changes dramatically.

“You can actually see the shadow of the earth coming towards you. Then it is like somebody punched a hole in the sky and surrounding that hole is the most beautiful filamentary corona atmosphere of the sun you have ever seen.

“It’s life changing because you can actually sometimes see flames shooting out from the sides of the sun. It’s an amazing alignment of the earth, moon and sun. It’s somewhat rare unless you are willing to go to great personal expense and chase them around the world.

“The last one that I saw in North America was in ’79 —Feb. 26 1979. It was my first solar eclipse and was somewhat of a life-changing experience for me. Last Aug. 21, 2017 was my second.”

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Ron Waldron’s collection includes four telescopes.

He said there are some astronomers, amateur and professional, who log their totality minutes and try to outdo one another.

“Well, I am not one of those. But for the record, I have logged almost five minutes of totality. And I am happy with that. I don’t need to see another solar eclipse, but some people get really hooked and they literally chase eclipses around the world at great expense.”

Waldron is a member of the Saskatoon Centre Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (http://www.usask.ca/ rasc/). The group is always looking for new members and now has a youth program for students in Grades 7, 8, and The northern lights seldom fail to put on a show.

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ue to the weekly naSome cool things are hapture of our publication, pening, like the opening of the I’m a week behind Agri-Food Innovation Centre on this. However, for those mentioned last week. Did you of you who care about the know Crestline Coach Ltd. economy, but aren’t regulars landed a $23.5 million ambuon the SREDA website, I’d lance contract in B.C.? (And like to point out that things are that Minhas Sask Ventures, looking a bit better than they connected to the big Calgary were much of last year. And booze company co-run by one the year before that. And the of the CBC Dragons, is buildyear before that. ing a monster distillery and Columnist The Saskatoon Regional winery in Regina?)

Economic Development AuFrom the higher view, dethority (I am bound by journalistic duty spite the Tweety King south of the border, to spell it out) provides a quarterly ecoNAFTA’s not dead yet, even as our prime nomic report, which is extremely useful. minister astounded everyone in Davos, In the authority’s view, and I’ll give them Switzerland, with his announcement that authority, the Saskatoon region’s that 10 countries are moving on with the economy merited a B-minus rating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is last quarter of 2017, which is up from the generally good, although some sectors are C it got most of last year. unhappy, such as dairy. I think every time So, we’re not booming yet, but I didn’t we make progress on trade agreements have to tell you that. outside the United States (see NAFTA) “The local economy seems to be at a it’s a good thing. crossroads of sorts; many Q4 indicators Better yet, it snowed. Around here, are showing signs of strength, yet confi- quite a lot. As of Jan. 29, the Agriculture dence in the local economy seems lower and Agri-Food seven-day precipitation than it should be,” wrote president and map showed that much of the area around CEO Alex Fallon in the report.

Saskatoon and over to the northwest had “The labour market rebounded last between six and 15 millimetres of moisyear with a more positive shift to fullture. They always break down how much time employment.” actual wetness is in the snow, and some That surprised me, a bit, I must say. of what we’ve received has been pretty However, they are the keepers of the fluffy; but at least we got it. numbers, and indeed the unemployment That being said, we’re nowhere near rate dropped 0.6 per cent to 7.6 per cent; as damp as we want to be. If you look at we added 200 jobs, up 0.1 per cent from the 60-day map, we still have very little the previous quarter. That being said, the moisture out there; and even on the recent labour force also fell slightly, as did the map, south of Regina looks dire. participation rate, so it’s not a big change.

But we did get some snow. If we’re Employment crept up 0.1 per cent to going to hit our growth targets, we need 171,500. agriculture to pitch in, big time, unless Overall in 2017, we added 1,800 jobs, something crazy happens with oil. Most “replacing all the losses of the prior year of those bank forecasts are relying on it. with more permanent full-time positions.” For that to happen, we need to not have a Unemployment, however, remained an drought; so I greeted this recent dumper issue because the growth of the labour with a little canola-wheat-lentil-pea force kept up with job growth. Boo, but at dance. least we added jobs, yes?

I’m not going to weigh in on how our But there were other bits of good new premier might help us stabilize and news. Bankruptcies are declining; new improve the economy. It’s early days for business licences are at record levels; Scott Moe, and I’m happy to wait and see and there was an increase in big-ticket what he comes up with — and how he consumer spending. Cars, big surprise, manages the upcoming budget. I do wish jumped 11 per cent in sales. We always him luck, though. Coming off a decade buy cars first around here, when we get of Brad Wall rule, and not coming into a few bucks or a little bit of confidence. the strongest economy ever, he will see Construction still lags. challenges.

So, if we see a sustained recovery in Maybe he (and we) will luck out, and oil, potash and agriculture next year, and this burgeoning economic uptick will some of the bank forecasts for growth carry us into a new, stable, and thriving hold true, we may be seeing something of economy . . . which this time, we will a rebound in 2018. build upon and not squander.

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OUT has something magical going on (Continued from page 1) experience.” She laughs. “I had sat on a board, briefly. But I have a huge appetite for learning and a passion for this work. And this centre, in particular.

“I always say the board, in that interview, they took a huge leap and I’m so glad that they did. They saw potential, and I just learned my butt off.”

Loewen Walker hasn’t looked back.

Since she took over the leadership of OUT, dramatic changes have taken place, from policy influence to increased outreach to housing for LGBTQ2S youth.

But, as she says, she plunged into learning the details of the job, such as taking leadership training and surrounding herself with others in the community.

“The amazing thing about Saskatoon’s non-profit community is that we work together, people have each other’s backs,” she said.

“Within my first week, Sheryl HarrowYurach from READ Saskatoon contacted me and just immediately lent a hand, and became a mentor and now a very good friend. I just surrounded myself with other EDs. And I asked a gazillion questions and participated in all the leadership training I possibly could, got to know the organization, got to know the board. And just dove in.”

She put the PhD on hold, but has now returned to it. The team at OUT is well in place, she says, and things are operating smoothly. It wasn’t the case, at first.

“We were in major, major flux for a long time,” she said. “We restructured in April, and I have a management team, and now my life has calmed down. So I’m finally at a point — and I always knew it would come — where I’m going to finish the PhD.” She will take a three month leave of absence over the summer to complete it.

When the board asked her in the interview how long she could commit to the job,

she said five years.

“Now that I’m at four and a bit, oh my gosh, I can’t even imagine leaving right now. You grow something with the most incredible team ever . . . I’ve realized how long it takes to get an amazing workplace culture. We have something magical here right now, and it wasn’t always this way.”

She is quick to note that her comments are not a patch on the past organization, nor unique to it. It takes time to build relationships, a team that works well together, and an environment that allows for progress.

“It’s a sector that turns over,” she noted.

“I’ve seen lots of EDs, lots of non-profit organizations, have had turnover in leadership.

Staff and volunteers at OUT Saskatoon include from left to right, Briana Hedlin, “But every single time leadership turns Amanda Guthrie, Rachel Loewen Walker, Meaghan Baker and over, it just shoots an organization back; Connor Rodriguez. (Photo by Joanne Paulson.) and so I guess I feel and respect that responsibility, of following through.” name. It was a crucial piece of growth. of that opening.”

“When we changed the name to OUTWhat has influenced the change? Well, Years of progress Saskatoon, two and a half years ago, we it didn’t stem from the United States, where Times have also changed for the LGcame out. We had a coming out party; we many Pride events are held. Loewen Walker BTQ2S community — lesbian, gay, bi, launched new branding, new imagery, attended an international gathering of Pride trans, queer and two-spirited — in the last tonnes of new signage; you follow the organizers called InterPride two years ago five to seven years, she estimated. rainbow ribbon up the hallway. We made in Las Vegas, and was amazed at how far “There’s been a huge shift. Even four this conscious effort to come out, and we ahead Canada was. years ago our name was Avenue Communi- saw a 70 per cent increase in engagement in “We felt very much so that Canada was ty Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. one year.” much more progressive, and not necessarily Before that, it was GLHS, Gay and Lesbian The engagement came from all areas, in events. There are lots of things happening Health Services. such as donors, businesses calling for in the United States. (But) they’re probably “We’ve been around for 26 years, but diversity training, and more people visiting 10 years behind Canada in equal marriage, we flew under the radar, out of necessity. the centre. which is something today, in Canada, we There was a lot of confidentiality, anonym“In the last four years, we’ve doubled don’t think about. ity, privacy wrapped around the organizaour staff, we’ve doubled our operating bud“You can support people all you want, tion to ensure the safety of the people who get and probably quadrupled our program- but unless you have official human rights accessed services, because it needed to be ming. in place, legislated from our leadership, it that way.

“It is this serendipitous moment,” said doesn’t have the same impact,” she said.

“What happens, in any historical moLoewen Walker, “for a community that is So, part of the change in societal attitude ment, you get used to a narrative. You get becoming more accepting, more interested has come through public policy engageused to a story about yourself, and you in conversations, more willing to support ment. It wasn’t working very well with the believe it’s true. I think it took some shak- and keep its youth safe, for example. And previous Conservative federal government, ing up to come out as an organization, and a staff and a centre more willing to step out said Loewen Walker, but they’re recovering recreate that narrative.” into the world. It’s definitely the right time from that era.

Part of the shake-up was changing the for this, and we’re lucky to take advantage (Continued on page 7) CT020504 Carol

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ree is a funny lanto be a few days in Saskatcheguage,” a man once wan turned into more than 20 said to me. He’s a years and he’s not leaving. white man I got to know very “First, it was the air,” he said. well. Originally from the east He described how the air coast, he moved west to search smelled fresh and the gentle for a better life. breeze in the middle of sumHe said he was on his way mer felt like freedom to him. I to Alberta when he decided to found this interesting because make a stop in Saskatchewan it’s something I heard from for a few days. It was the international visitors. middle of summer and he had “Then it was the people, the all his camping supplies with clear blue skies, night stars and Columnist him. northern lights.”

For the most part, he took After those few days he a Greyhound from his native province; made his way up north. He passed La but every now and then, to save money, Ronge and went deeper into the northern he would hitchhike. Sometimes he would part of the province. He decided to set up stand by the highway for hours without camp for the summer, surviving on fishing getting a ride, so he would set up camp and hunting small game. When winter arnear a river or a lake. rived he found a job. He got to know many This man reminded me of a trip I once of the local residents, mostly First Nations took. people. There were several white families I hitchhiked throughout northern and most of them, including the children, Saskatchewan and into northern Alberta. spoke Cree. He decided he had to learn the I wasn’t looking for long rides because I language. wanted to camp for the most part. It didn’t It took him a couple of years, but he matter if it was a public campground or is now fluent in three languages: English, walking into the bush: I would set up camp French and Cree, “with a little bit of Newnear a town or village and walk into the fie,” he would add. He told me he wanted to community. learn Cree not because there were so many Most times I would find the local library speakers of the language in his area, but but sometimes I would find a bench and because the Cree were always laughing. hang out. I got to meet lots of people from This is what he meant when he said all walks of life. When I mentioned I was “Cree is a funny language.” I thought about hitchhiking and camping, some would his observation and I have to agree with invite me to their place for supper. I appre- my friend. Cree is a language that could ciated their offers but I looked forward to make fun out of any situation. Even if it’s a enjoying a cup of tea and something to eat life and death situation, pending the person over an open fire. survives, a Cree speaker will come up with Even though I caught many rides, I a story filled with humour, such as “you never once found myself in a situation should have seen the look on that grizzly where I sensed there may be trouble. All that tried to attack me when I slapped him the people I met were awesome and many around.” had great stories to share. I’m not encourOf course it’s embellished, but rest aging anyone to go hitchhiking because it assured that storyteller was attacked by could be dangerous. It’s the camping out I a grizzly. As far as him slapping the bear enjoyed the most. around goes, as my Newfie friend would The man I was talking with had adven- say, “I don’t be thinking so.” tures on his journey. What he had planned KNCREE@gmail.com

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(Continued from page 6) “We helped push through, along with many grassroots organizers, the changes to Saskatchewan’s human rights code in 2014 to include gender identity, so we wrote policy papers for that,” she said.

“Then, advising on policy for leisure centres in the city; people call, and say hey, what kind of policy would you use for bathrooms? What would you do if you had mixed gender teams? We do as much of that as we possibly can. We know how powerful that is in supporting people.

“It’s educational. Changing the human rights code isn’t just making a huge public statement that these people deserve our utmost respect. Everybody has to learn the new human rights code. All of a sudden they’re talking about trans people, and that they have to support them, have to accept them, and they cannot refuse housing or employment.”

Indeed, one of OUT’s biggest recent wins was the launch of its group home for youth a year ago. The idea came from people involved in OUT’s youth programming, when they realized that after the evening events at the centre many youth had nowhere to go. Some were homeless; some were couch-surfing.

“Kids get kicked out when they come out,” said Loewen Walker baldly. “It’s a big problem for trans kids, because group homes are gendered.

“Now we’re working with youth housing in the city, but at that time, no one was willing to change their policies.

“And so, we just went for it. We have a really strong board and great staff. We just went for it.”

And people came out of the woodwork to help, particularly Tyler Stewart, owner of Pride Home.

“We rent at a low-income rate and have full reign over the home,” said Loewen

Walker. Six trans youth aged 17 to 21 are presently living there, supported by a livein mentor, funded by a Saskatoon Foundation grant.

“Community support, donations from individuals make this work. We still don’t have stable funding, or social services support. Our existing youth programming makes it doable.”

OUTSaskatoon continues to grow in all ways. Loewen Walker counts 30 regular volunteers, and perhaps 50 to 70 all together. Drop-in units of service are 500 per month, and the organization serves LGBTQ2S people of all ages.

Along with housing, OUT is focused on education, such as diversity training at schools, businesses and elsewhere; counselling and drop-in services; resource development; and connecting, creating a space of belonging.

“It’s all run by volunteers. It’s people supporting each other. It is that belonging that builds resiliences and helps people.”

She notes that the correct terminology around the people OUT serves has also changed over time, adapting to circumstances. She often uses the Queer + Trans descriptor, but also LGBTQ2S. “The second you stagnate, you leave someone out,” she explained. And the greatest need now, and in the future, will be supporting young trans people and twospirited Indigenous people.

But she sees, in the words of Leonard Cohen, the crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.

“I’m an optimist,” she said. “We have to be always working ourselves out of a job. But there will come a day where the LGBTQ2S community will be accepted at all levels of public life.”

For more information or to help, go to www.outsaskatoon.ca.

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Hot lineup ready to rock, jazz and soul at the Bassment

Ned Powers Saskatoon Express on Griffith, artistic director for the Saskatoon Jazz Society, has released a 66-date spring lineup which includes everything from jazz ensembles to big bands, from blues to northern soul and from fiddle music to bluegrass.

He has also signed three significant artists — Australia’s Shane Howard on Feb. 15; Stephen Fearing, Canada’s king of the minstrels, for April 12; and Great Big Sea founder Sean McCann for May 5. Griffith respects the acts so much he’s booking them under the category of Legends of Song.

And for a World Music bonus, he’s bringing in Black Umfolosi, a touring the group from Zimbabwe which specializes in harmonic a capella singing and African dancing. They appear March 11, a rare Sunday afternoon date at The Bassment.

“Jazz remains a prime concern in presentations, especially on Saturday nights, because the society established The Bassment for its launch in September 2009 and has built a strong artistic and business foundation,” said Griffith.

“But our doors are always open to other artists. Roots and folk performers have really taken a liking to our room, which accommodates about 180, and we have great atmosphere and great acoustics.

Artists come here once and they want to return. With other artists, it is a word-ofmouth thing from their friends and they seek us out.”

From September until late June, the society will present 135 to 150 shows.

Bobby Shew is an elite jazz trumpeter, who played with the NORAD services band, took turns with bands that carried the JW020504 James

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Carrying international reputations and returning to the scene are the Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vuth duo from Holland, booked on March 17; cutting-edge guitarist Alex Goodman and his quartet from New York on April 6; Cuban-born, New York-based pianist Manuel Valera and his trio on April 20; pianist Amina Figarova, born In Azerbaijan and trained in Holland and the United States, and her sextet arriving on May 4; and Florian Hoefner, born in Germany and trained in New York, who brings his group Subtone on May 12.

The lineup for the big bands includes the University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble on Feb. 9, The Stone Frigate Big Band on Feb. 24, six high school bands on May 2 and The Bassment Big Band and Community Jazz Band on June 16.

Among the nine blues bookings, Randy McAllister, Saskatoon’s own Suzie Vinnick and Steve Dawson’s Travelling Roadhouse Revue are returning favourites and Ken Whitely is making his first Bassment appearance. McAllister rides into the club on Feb. 8, singing a collection of Texas roadhouse blues and roots, playing drums and harmonica like few others. Vinnick, now based in Toronto, has won 10 Maple awards for Canadian blues, has released five albums and the sixth will be introduced on March 16. Dawson, making a third return April 23, is a player and a producer of renown who has worked

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Suzie Vinnick will play at The Bassment on March 16. (Photo Supplied) with Colin James, John Hammond, Long John Baldry and Bruce Cockburn, among others.

Whitely is a distinguished veteran of Canadian music, having worked extensively with Raffi, the children’s recording star for years. He has formed family groups and brings The Beulah band on this trip.

Northern soul is the catch-phrase Griffith uses to describe some hometown songbirds.

The list includes Heidi Munro with Big Stuff (March 9) and The Realgroovyband (June 9), Wilma Groenen (April 21), Eileen Laverty (April 28), Jessica Robinson singing the music of Eva Cassidy (May 11) and gospel singer Sonia Reid Noble introducing a new album (May 31 and June 1.)

There are prominent signings in roots and bluegrass. The Residuals, comprised of Cape Breton fiddles and a touch of Scottish pipes, appear Feb. 16. The East Pointers, who won a Juno for their 2015 release, Secret Victory, will be introducing new material as well on Feb. 27. The Lonesome Ace Band, an all-star trio from Toronto, has just released a CD, When The Sun Comes Up, and they will appear TA020505 Tammy

March 6. An outstanding Canadian fiddle traditionalist, Gordie McKeeman, arrives April 14.

The catch of the season could well be McCann.

McCann was the founder of Great Big Sea, which grew from a pub-oriented band to one which gained widespread attention.

The band recorded nine studio albums and four live albums. The hectic schedule got the best of McCann, who opted out on Dec. 31, 2013, and decided to go solo. He put together a CD, Help Your Self, which reflected some of the alcohol problems he endured. Some may recognize the song, Proud (to be a Canadian) which he wrote in the wake of the Fort McMurray fires two years ago.

Constant improvements have been made to the club, including the raised decks for spectators, the storage area behind the stage and the recent carpeting by Braid Flooring. The next mission is LED outside signage on Fourth Avenue and fundraising shows by Neil Currie Sings Billy Joel, Big Stuff, Shew and The Bassment Big Band will target that need.

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City hall must be more transparent on debt

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t is probably a good thing The two P3 contracts that I didn’t have a vote in Tarasoff refers to are the civic the recent Saskatchewan operations centre, which opened Party leadership race because late in 2016 at a cost of $190 I was somewhat confused as million, and the two bridges that to how the ballot count would will open later this year at a cost happen. of $497.7 million. That is a total But it makes sense that of $687.7 million in P3 contracpreferred votes on the ranked tual obligations/debt. ballot from the dropped candiThe civic operations contract dates would simply be distribis amortized over 25 years and uted amongst the remaining the contract for the bridges Columnist candidates. spans 33 years. The P3 contracts And I did hear on a CBC reinclude construction costs and port that you could vote for your preferred maintenance. The federal government candidate across the ballot which does committed about $42 million to civic mean strategic voting could have played operations, and up to $66 million for the a role in the eventual outcome, which I bridges, while the provincial government assume is what happened with the 1,426 committed $50 million to the bridges. That votes in Ken Cheveldayoff’s camp that would logically mean the city owes the were not redistributed. private sector conglomerate $529.7 million Nonetheless, I was more interested in under the P3 contracts. the voting process than in the outcome and If the $420.8-million year-end debt perhaps having a ranked/preferred ballot primarily reflects these two P3 projects, is a good idea. With “first past the post” are we to assume that all the other costly voting, Alanna Koch would have won projects like the South Bridge, art gallery, the leadership with 26.39 per cent of the interchanges, etc. have been paid off? Or vote and party cohesion may have been are we to assume that the maintenance difficult. costs related to these P3 projects have been But confusion seems to reign in my life. backed out of these contracts, leaving only I am stymied as to how the city’s taxthe construction portion as reported debt supported debt will sit at $420.8 million at and putting the contractual arrangement year’s end, a debt which is an all-time high for maintenance under the operating budfor our city. If not from taxpayers, where’s get? If so, just how much will this private the money coming from? Chief financial sector maintenance cost? officer Kerry Tarasoff explains that unlike If we factor in the city’s AAA credit other cities, we have a cash flow advantage rating, would it have been more cost effecbecause the city owns an electrical utility tive for the city to borrow money for these and generates money from the land bank. projects and provide its own maintenance?

He forgot to mention the water utility So many questions, so few answers. revenues or the fact that taxes were paid to In my world, an iron-clad legally“grow the city” because the land bank had binding contract that obligates a monthly/ been stripped of its sustaining revenue. He annual payment is called a debt. The also stated that most of the debt is attribdictionary definition of debt is “something uted to the two P3 projects. that is owed or that one is bound to pay;

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a liability or obligation to pay or render something.”

After discounting the federal and provincial contributions, even if you take the city’s P3 contractual obligations of $529.7 million and break that amount into two separate categories, being capital and operating expenditures, it is still a debt.

And that, folks, is just for the two P3 projects.

Tarasoff boasts that despite rising debt resulting from costly infrastructure spending, a repayment plan is in place.

Is that plan the averaged five per cent tax increases we have been paying over the past several years? Based on his repayment schedule, the debt should be $376.7 million by 2020, the next civic election year.

But this presumes the city will not acquire new debt over the next few years.

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So, I am still confused as to how the city’s share of the P3 projects, which by my estimate is $529.7, leaves us with only $420.8 million of debt this year. What is our real debt?

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Saskatoon artist Monique Martin and downtown areas. She plans to wake up around 4 a.m. on Feb. 14 to hide those pieces of art, which she describes as “permanent” love letters.

“They look exactly like an envelope, but they’re made out of clay. So they’re permanent and they have a stamp on them and the whole thing,” she said, adding she did something similar in B.C. last year.

“I actually did it in Castlegar last summer as my Canada 150 project, and I hid 150 of them around Castlegar, B.C., in the parks and all kinds of really interesting places.”

Martin said the Castlegar initiative was a success, with people even trying to bribe her to find out the locations of the People are encouraged to write letters and cards to loved ones and then drop off the letters, stamped and addressed, envelopes. Martin said those who find in the special mailboxes designed by Saskatoon artist Monique Martin. (Photos by Trint Thomas) the envelopes in Saskatoon are free to keep them, but she asks that they “pay it forward a little bit” by giving a donation to the food bank.

“I’m hoping that people see this as just a way to connect,” she said.

“A lot of my work is about social impact and how we interact as humans, and I think Shannon Boklaschuk “I just wanted to see if I could recreate had been in Toronto long ago. For authen- interacting through writing is a wonderful Saskatoon Express that for people and have them send a love ticity, she even created her mailboxes in way to do it.” onique Martin is helping to spread letter, make them think about the differ“the actual pantone of Canada Post,” she Martin’s mailbox project is linked to an the love this Valentine’s Day. ence with the handwriting – you know, the said. upcoming exhibition she will have at the The well-known local artpersonal touch,” said Martin.

“So I stylized it on that, but made it a Saskatchewan Craft Council gallery on ist has embarked on a unique project that “A handwritten letter has a sort of rever- little taller so it could be seen over top of Broadway Avenue focused on the disapencourages people to forgo emails and text ence that an email doesn’t have.” the cars. There weren’t quite as many cars pearance of handwriting and the mailed messages in favour of hand-written letters Martin has since designed two oldwhen mailboxes looked like that.” letter. and cards to be sent to their loved ones in fashioned Canada Post mailboxes that are Martin was excited to see that people She plans to have thousands of clay the mail. changing locations in Saskatoon’s Broadhave been dropping off letters in her mail- envelopes in real Canada Post mailbags as Martin was in a stamp-collecting shop way and downtown areas every three days. boxes. Some of them have been part of her multimedia exhibition entitled in Paris last summer when she found some People are encouraged to write letters and destined for international locales, including Paraph, which will kick off with a reception love letters that inspired the project. The cards to loved ones and then drop off the Australia and the U.K. at the gallery on March 23 and run until old letters “on crispy paper,” which date letters, stamped and addressed, in the spe“I thought it would be a success if I only May 12. back to 1946, were written with a quill pen. cial mailboxes. had one letter in there, because then one “I think this generation of children do They were written by a couple living in Martin will pick up all of the letters and person had touched one person’s life in that not use their handwriting as much as we Strasbourg and Paris just after the Second Valentine’s Day cards and then glue her way,” she said. did, and I think that’s something that’s beWorld War. art to them – small prints of birds – before The mailboxes will remain up until Feb. ing lost,” said Martin.

Martin said the “tangible” nature of mailing them to the recipients.

14. As well, Martin has another special art “I don’t think that technology needs to those old letters contrasts with the digital She said her mailbox design was based project planned for Valentine’s Day. She go away; I just think we need to be aware emails and text messages that are sent on a historical photo she saw on Canada has created 140 clay envelopes that will be that sometimes there’s a better way to send AS020509 Aaron today.

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Symphony concert sparks dialogue about war and peace

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here are always a lot of options for music fans in Saskatoon — and February is no exception.

From a fun-filled movie-themed cabaret, to a symphony concert set during the year of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, to a tribute to one of the world’s greatest rock bands, there’s pretty much something for everyone.

Here’s a look at some of the exciting shows coming soon to a local venue near you.

FEB. 10 SASKATOON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A MASS FOR PEACE The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has been offering a lot of stellar music for its 87th season — and YXE Music that will continue with the upcoming concert called A Mass for Peace.

The Canadian Chamber Choir will kick off the evening with Jocelyn Morlock’s Exaudi, featuring the SSO’s principal cellist, Lahni Russell. The University of Saskatchewan’s Greystone Singers will also perform.

The SSO’s executive director, Mark Turner, describes the concert as marking the beginning of a yearlong dialogue about the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It’s fitting, then, that the work of English composer George Butterworth, who died while fighting in the war, is part of the program. Butterworth was killed at the age of 31 on Aug. 5, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. His body was never recovered.

“Over the course of the next 12 months the SSO has a few events in the works that will look at the 100th anniversary of Armistice — the composers whose lives were cut short, the impact that the Great War had on music and the remarkable search for peace in this music,” said Turner.

“From great conflict has come some of the most beautiful music ever written.”

Turner said the bulk of the Feb. 10 concert will feature Karl Jenkins’ work for choir and orchestra, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. Turner describes the Jenkins piece as “one of the must-hear

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Andrea Armstrong will be one of the singers in Saskatoon Summer Players’ Broadway Goes to the Movies production.

(Photos by Tim Yaworski, timkip imaging) moments of music in Saskatoon this year,” noting it explores the concepts of war and peace through music and poetry by writers such as Rudyard Kipling, John Dryden and a Hiroshima survivor.

“It is a true call to peace — and the music is so completely moving and touching,” Turner said.

The SSO’s A Mass for Peace concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at TCU Place. For more information, or to buy tickets, go to saskatoonsymphony.org.

FEB. 10 & FEB. 11 SASKATOON SUMMER PLAYERS BROADWAY GOES TO THE MOVIES It’s the fifth time the Saskatoon Summer Players (SSP) and the Saskatoon Jazz Society have teamed up to offer some midwinter entertainment, but there’s a different spin for 2018.

While the focus has been on Broadway love songs for the past three years, the SSP will now focus on films with its upcoming cabaret, the aptly titled Broadway Goes to the Movies. Directed by Rob Armstrong, the shows will feature a live band, two emcees and 26 artists performing 22 songs from 15 Broadway musicals that ultimately went on to become Hollywood blockbusters.

Expect to hear local singers such as Jordie Hughton, Kristie Elliott, Gwenda MacPherson and Jayden Burrows take to the stage, and hit tunes such as Edelweiss from The Sound of Music, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miserables and Don’t Tell Mama from Cabaret. As Armstrong notes, there will be performers with more than a dozen SSP productions under their belts, as well as folks “who are just starting to dip their toes into the water.”

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Juan Mendoza will be one of 26 artists performing in Broadway Goes to the Movies.

Floyd, with the tribute band performing for crowds throughout the country. The group kicked off 2018 with the second leg of a 12-week, 45-date tour travelling from Nanaimo, B.C., to Sydney, N.S., and plans to soon travel to the U.S., Asia and Europe.

FEB. 16 “Every show on this tour has been PIGS: CANADA’S PINK FLOYD amazing and we’ve been honoured to share Do you like 1960s and 1970s rock our love of the Floyd with so many fans,” music? Are you a super-fan of the Engsaid band leader Josh Szczepanowski, who lish band Pink Floyd? Even if you’re not, takes on the David Gilmour role. you’re sure to recognize iconic tunes from “The crowds were great and really The Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, loved what we are doing.” two of the best-selling albums of all time.

If you go to the show, expect to hear While you obviously won’t see Pink selections from the entire Pink Floyd cataFloyd performing in Saskatoon, you can logue, as well as material rarely performed catch what may be the next-best thing.

by Pink Floyd. The tribute band has also PIGS, self-described as “Canada’s most incorporated authentic gear — including authentic Pink Floyd tribute,” will make 12 guitars and basses each night — into its debut performance in the Bridge City the PIGS show, as well as “high-end” this month during a show at the Broadway lasers.

Theatre.

You can catch PIGS: Canada’s Pink The members of the Victoria, B.C.Floyd on Feb. 16 at the Broadway Theatre. based PIGS have spent nine years tryFor tickets, call 306-652-6556 or go to ing to perfect the sound of ’70s-era Pink broadwaytheatre.ca.

Broadway Goes to the Movies runs at The Bassment at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11. Tickets are available by calling 306-652-4700 or by going online to thebassement.ca.

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Diamond Girls highlights Sask. softball history Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express id you miss playwright Maureen Ulrich’s popular production when it hit the local Fringe theatre

gorgeous and she was a phenomenal catcher,” Ulrich said.

Ulrich said high-quality softball was played on the Prairies in the 1940s, noting that in the league’s first year 60 women circuit? made the four teams — and seven were Don’t worry — you now have another from Saskatchewan. chance to catch Diamond Girls. The one“I didn’t know that Saskatchewan had act, one-woman show is coming back to had such a huge presence in the league Saskatoon for one performance on Feb. until I saw the memorial for Mary Baker 11, to be held in the basement of Graceand then starting researching her and then Westminster United Church. realized how significant she was,” Ulrich Diamond Girls tells the 12-year tale of said.

Philip K. Wrigley’s All-American Girls Ulrich’s project soon became part of Professional Baseball League through the the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame’s eyes of three Saskatchewan players: Mary 2016 50th anniversary celebration. It went “Bonnie” Baker, Arleene Johnson Noga on to travel to four Fringe festivals — in and Daisy Junor.

Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg and EdmonAmanda Trapp, a 24-year-old performer ton — and was performed 39 times. from Regina, plays all three women, as At the end of this month, Diamond well as teammates, reporters, a manager Girls will head to Australia for the Adand others — for a total of 21 characters. elaide Fringe. Ulrich said scheduling a “It’s a great little show,” said Ulrich, show in Saskatoon beforehand provides an who calls it “timeless.” opportunity for Trapp “to get up to speed” “It’s something I just don’t want people for the trip Down Under. to forget about our history.”

“It’s kind of like a going-away party,” Ulrich, who is a fan of Penny Marsaid Ulrich. shall’s 1992 movie A League of Their After the 60-minute show, there will be Own, became inspired to write her play a 20-minute question-and-answer session after seeing an article in the summer of during which time audience members can 2015 in the Regina Leader-Post newspaask questions of Ulrich, Trapp and director per about a commemoration for Baker at and stage manager Kenn McLeod.

Regina’s Central Park. Baker was a wellThe show is being billed as suitable for known player in the league, making the audience members ages eight and up. all-star team in 1943 and 1946.

“It’s funny and it’s poignant and it’s so “She was highly publicized, she was informative,” said Ulrich.

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Amanda Trapp plays 21 characters in Diamond Girls. (Photo Supplied) “I’m hoping they’ll have questions and then I’m hoping that the next day, or that night, they’ll get out their computers and start Googling and looking up information on the women and on the league. . . . It’s such an inspiring story, and I think

people just really warm up to it.”

Tickets to Diamond Girls are $20.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the performance at 7 p.m. For more information, or to buy tickets, go to menageriepro.weebly. com.

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New premier will have uphill battle

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It was a lovely day for a horse-drawn wagon ride on Broadway Avenue on a recent Saturday.

(Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Many of my ancestors had checkered pasts

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earching your family roots has become middle name when he was conscripted to the a popular pastime. You can’t avoid the Great War. He never served, as he died in the ubiquitous ads on television or the emerClayton Workhouse Hospital of tuberculosis gence of TV programs where celebrities find just after enlistment. their surprising histories.

The chief claim to fame for two other The BBC has some 17 seasons of Who Do uncles, Francis and Patrick, was being included You Think You Are? in its archive. Genealogy on the National Register of Habitual Crimiis also big business for companies that sell nals. The register provides almost too much DNA profile kits to the general public. Never information regarding scars, tattoos, and other has it been easier to find out where you come physical anomalies. The brothers were regufrom. Records from all over the world are now larly written up in the newspapers of the day, digitized and readily available at modest cost. and Francis was once described as an “impuColumnist About five years ago, I succumbed to the dent thief” and both were assigned “rogue and allure of the chase and decided to explore my vagabond” status which certainly did not help own family roots. Like so many of the profiled celebrities, them when in court. my knowledge of my personal past was sketchy and largeThe bad acting was not confined to the boys. An aunt, ly hearsay. I approached some of my first cousins — only Mary, spent a considerable amount of time in court. In to discover that they knew as little as I did. Early on in the 1900, she was sentenced to two years in the St. Joseph’s quest, I came to believe that while nothing was deliberately Inebriate Reformatory for Catholic Women. The inebriate hidden, there was much that was not brought up or spoken reformatories were a great social experiment by upper class of. The big question was, why?

Victorian women to reform and remove female riff-raff As part of the grey hair/no hair demographic, I can from the streets. The movement was a spectacular failure reflect back and be certain that I’ve led a largely unblemas the inhabitants would complete their sentences and ished life. I’ve been married since the dinosaurs to the instantly re-offend. The conditions of the reformatories same person. I’m the parent of two successful daughters. I were superior and pleasant compared to what the women have had the privilege of an excellent education. I’m a bit had come from. of problem in social situations because I really don’t do Anthony, Michael, Francis, Patrick and Mary are alcohol, coffee or tea. I’m a non-smoker. I had a speeding merely some of the many sad and sorry family members ticket once which I’m inclined to blame on a cattle liner.

I found. I often became upset over people who had died a My greatest sin might be my addiction to Hawkins Cheez- century ago, and I’d have to give myself a break from all ies. the misery.

As I began my initial research, I began to understand The easiest recourse would be to deny my lineage, call why I (and the other relatives) had been kept in the dark. it all a mistake. But that wasn’t to be when I did my DNA The biggest real surprise was the pervasiveness of the profile and learned that 75 per cent of my genetic matecriminal element in our direct family lines. Criminal rial was squarely located in the area of Connaught, Ireland behaviour that could not be excused or explained away by where these ancestors had come from. poverty, poor living conditions or lack of opportunity.

Oddly, only one person ever left Leeds – my greatAs I continued to delve into the past, I frequently found grandfather, arriving in Saskatoon in 1911 and scraping tomyself emotionally exhausted and near tears because as gether enough money to bring his wife and seven children I moved from relative to relative, things simply became the following year. Things were not easy in Canada but more and more awful. over time there was haphazard improvement for the family, There was my Uncle Anthony who spent so much time and in the ultimate of ironies, considering our documented in the Leeds Assizes for drunken and disorderly behaviour criminal past, a grandson became the first chief provincial that he must have been on a first name basis there. Ulticourt judge in B.C. and is considered the architect of that mately, he was sentenced to three months hard labour for particular judiciary. wounding his long time common-law spouse (one Sarah Yes, the fortunes had finally turned. At my mother’s Ingram) in a pubic house, bending a kitchen knife on her funeral, an old family friend sought me out to tell me he head. My heart broke for Uncle Michael who was picked had attended because he wanted to tell me how much my up at age 12 living rough and begging on the streets of father had meant to him: he told me my dad had taught Leeds. His parents were described as intemperate and his him “morality.” To this day, when things were difficult, he father in a mental asylum. Michael was sentenced to four would ask himself “What would H…… do?” years in the Leeds Industrial Training School where he All things considered, I don’t think he could have given did learn to read and write.

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Is Moe the best choice? Well, 74 per cent of Saskatchewan Party voting members didn’t seem to Columnist think so. Moe received a mere 26 per cent of first-choice support, not reaching the 50 per cent plus-one majority until the fifth ballot, which saw him finally take the win over longtime civil servant Alanna Koch, 54 to 46 per cent.

It’s not exactly a clear mandate. Despite a post-leadership election “celebratory reception” being advertised as part of the convention itinerary, it didn’t take long for the massive convention hall to clear out, save small pockets of individuals wearing Koch scarves or Ken Cheveldayoff stickers hunkered together, heads down and whispering furiously.

In order for the Sask. Party to survive this leadership change, the 76 per cent of the organization’s membership that did not put Moe down as their first choice, or in some cases, even their second, third or fourth, must be motivated to embrace him anyway.

That sentiment must not just apply to Moe’s new caucus, half of which supported his candidacy; it must also trickle down through constituency associations to the potential or returning voter in the next general election.

Born and raised on a grain farm in rural Saskatchewan, Moe still lives in his hometown of Shellbrook, along with his wife and two children. He has an agriculture degree, and throughout his campaign placed heavy emphasis on his farming background.

Like the vast majority of his rural base, Moe is a cardcarrying member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

He used country and western music and farm imagery liberally throughout his campaign. The majority of the Sask. Party’s country-living voters will very likely be satisfied, if not pleased, with Moe’s win.

Saskatchewan cities, specifically Saskatoon and Regina, are another matter. The two cities together comprise 26 of 61 provincial seats, and are largely considered at risk for the Sask. Party in the next general election, a theory backed by recent poll numbers. Moe remains largely unknown in both centres, despite cabinet positions — albeit in lower-key ministries like Advanced Education and Environment.

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Rising Star Maier’s meteoric rise in the Blades net Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express olan Maier knows he has created some buzz in town playing goal for the Saskatoon Blades.

The Yorkton product joined the Blades permanently on Nov. 14 after playing for Team Canada Black at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge held jointly in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B.C. Joining the Blades as a 16-year-old, Maier expected to go through a campaign where he had some spot duty and gained a better grasp of life in the WHL. Instead, Maier has jumped into the role of starting goaltender and rolled off a stretch where he won 10 straight starts where his save percentage didn’t dip below .900.

Due to that stretch, Maier started to catch the attention of casual fans along with the Blades’ diehard supporters.

If people didn’t know who Maier was by name, they were wondering who the Blades’ new young goalie was.

“I’ve seen some of it on social media,” said Maier, who turned 17 on Jan. 10. “Just looking at it, I think it is pretty cool that they are talking about me.

“It feels really good to have that support in the city.”

Maier arrived with some expectations.

He was selected by the team in the second round and 25th overall in the 2016 WHL Bantam draft.

When he started attending camps with the Blades, Maier was impressed by how professional everyone was.

“I just really wanted to be here,” said Maier. “I feel good being here right now.

“This whole league is just one step higher in everything, so I just have to work on my all-around game and being able to adjust.”

In 27 regular-season appearances, Maier has posted a 16-9-1 record, a 3.18 goals against average, a .904 save percentage and two shutouts.

Blades head coach Dean Brockman didn’t think he would have Maier seeing that much action.

“I don’t think anybody would have expected it,” said Brockman. “The game has changed quite a bit.

“He is in great shape. He is more mature than I’ve seen from other 16-year-olds. He has a great temperament.

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Nolan Maier has been unflappable in the Saskatoon Blades net.

(Photo by Darren Steinke) “All those attributes kind of lead to the fact that he could play a lot of minutes.

Would I have ever guessed that? No. He’s proved me wrong.”

Brockman has been amazed by how steady Maier has been when action gets hectic and the team hits adversity.

“Things don’t affect him,” said Brockman. “If he gives up a goal that he thinks he could have had, he just bounces back.

“That is really an attribute of a kid that is going to be really special anytime you can recover from a mistake and realize I have to move forward. Is he getting better?

Yeah, for sure he is getting better. We will only see how good he gets when he is done playing.

“I think he will be good just because of the fact that he has confidence, but he is not cocky or arrogant. I think certainly that is an attribute that only special players have.”

Maier wanted to be a goalie from the time he started playing hockey. He became a full-time goalie at the atom age level.

“I just like how much you have to think about the position,” said Maier. “Just everything about it, having to read plays.

“Obviously, I like the equipment and the helmets. They really strung my heartstrings, when I was a little kid. That is probably why I got into it. It is just a passion I have behind it.”

After becoming a full-time goalie, Maier constantly played on Yorkton’s top teams, and those squads always played at a high level. He said he was fortunate to be in a good generation coming up through those ranks.

“I think it really helped me out,” said Maier. “Our 2001 and 2000 group, there are a lot of guys in this league now.

“I think growing up with them and being able to practise with that calibre of players was really good for my development.”

Maier said one of his big moments this season was getting his first win. He had started four games, but that elusive victory had yet to come.

He made his fifth start on Nov. 24 against the Brandon Wheat Kings at SaskTel Centre, and it appeared that first victory would still have to wait as the Wheat Kings took a 5-3 lead. The Blades scored three times in the last 1:56 of the third period to pull out a 6-5 victory with over-age left-winger Braylon Shmyr netting the last two goals.

Maier knew he could play in the WHL. He made 26 saves that night against Brandon, but it felt big to get over the hump and get a victory.

“During that game in the back of my mind, I didn’t think it was going to be that game just the way it was playing out,” said Maier. “Luckily, Braylon Shmyr just got a few in the back of the net, and my hopes started rising.”

The 10-game winning streak followed about three weeks later.

“It was really good,” said Maier. “My confidence was through the roof.

“I was playing well. Our team was playing really well. I can’t take all the credit.

“We were pushing and playing really hard, so it felt really good.”

With the performances Maier has had,

he knows there has been talk among Blades fans about how far he can go. He doesn’t want to get too far ahead of himself.

“It is always in the back of my mind what could happen,” said Maier. “I am always kind of thinking about what will happen in the future.

“I am just trying to take it day by day and really just focus on now and getting better every day.”

The big focus at the moment is helping the Blades make the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

“It is going to be huge,” said Maier. “As a team, we know that we have to be there this year.

“I think we know that we can, so it is really exciting. We just have to keep working and not take a day off.”

(You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)

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FEATURE EVENT FEBRUARY 10

Canadian Chamber Choir, 7:30 p.m. at TCU Place. A Call for Peace – The Armed Man, featuring the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Chamber Choir and Greystone Singers. Tickets: Reserved seating $15-$85 at TCUtickets.ca.

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Irish Mythen is an Irish-born, Canadian contemporary folk singer who won a 2015 East Coast award for album of the year and a 2016 SOCAN award for her song, Gypsy Dancer. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North.

Tickets $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

The Mi ndFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre.

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FEBRUARY 8 Randy McAllister is a Texas blues and roots singersongwriter, works from behind the drums and plays world-class harmonica. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.

FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH

TABLE TENNIS

The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The FEBRUARY 9 location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. Leader Dean McNeill sets the tone and his University of Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble responds in fine fashion, North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in playing some jazz standards and introducing some original and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more material. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28. information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835.

FEBRUARY 10-11 The Saskatoon Summer Players are packaging Broadway Goes to the Movies, with 26 performers delivering music that was transformed from stage musicals into movies. It’s cabaret-style entertainment. Feb. 10 at 8 p.m., Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.

FEBRUARY 14 That’s Amore is the Valentine night’s special. Neil Currie pays tribute to Billy Joel, starting at 7:30 p.m., wine samplings and appetizers at 8 p.m. Proceeds go towards completing LED signage at the front of the club. The Bassment. Tickets $70 and $80.

EVENTS

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. 22, March 22 and April 19. For more information or to get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone (306655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www. facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon.

SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For more information, call Hilda at 306-382-2446.

EVERY TUESDAY

Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes new members. No auditions. We meet each Tuesday at 7 Greystone Theatre presents The Beaux Stratagen. 8 p.m. p.m. at Grace Westminster Church, beginning Sept. 5. For nightly. For tickets call 306-966-5188 (box office) or visit more information, please contact: janinasaskatoonchoralartsandscience.usask.ca/drama. society@gmail.com or phone Janina: 306-229-3606. ***** FEBRUARY 10-11 Professional Ice Carving Society of Saskatoon presents it Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) fourth annual Frosted Gardens at the Zoo. The theme this rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s year is The Minion Olympics. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. the Lions Event Pavilion. The fee to attend is by donation. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca.

For more information or to volunteer, email frostedgar***** dens@gmail.com.

Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become FEBRUARY 13 more confident in your personal life and in your work?

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Third We help each other develop oral communication and Avenue United Church. Tickets $7 in advance or at door. leadership skills by providing instant feedback. Guests are $5 for age 10 & under. Call 306-652-6812 for more info. always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 Idydwyld FEBRUARY 14 Drive, room number 129-C or 150.

The Endless Love Valentine Gala. The event is in support of the Children’s Home in India and all funds raised will be ***** directed toward a building project that will increase the resident capacity from the current 22 children to as many THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH as 75. For more information, call 306-290-4426.

Columbian Seniors (55+) pot luck supper at Holy Spirit Parish Hall (114 Kingsmere Place.) Doors open at 5 p.m., FEBRUARY 15 with dinner at 6 p.m.

Saskatoon Nature Society monthly meeting. 7:30 p.m. in

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Room 106 of the Biology Building on the U of S campus.

For more information, visit saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca.

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: 306-6576100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required.

Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email murraydhill@me.com.

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@ hotmail.com.

FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties takes place at 1 p.m. at Jerry’s on Eighth Street for a lunch meeting. For more information, call Dave at 306-665-6937 or Susan at 306-373-4264. ***** Depression Support Group from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com.

Saskatoon Oldtimers’ Association’s monthly meeting.

Parkville Manor (625 25th Street East), Reception at the main door between 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The association looks after the Log Cabin at the Exhibition. New members needed. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-3824915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.

Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m.

For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

EVERY MONDAY Modern square dance beginner class, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

All Saints Anglican Church Hall (1801 Lorne Ave.) Friends, fun and fantastic exercise for your body and your brain.

For more information, contact Eldon at 306-253-4453 or AS020502 Aaron

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An exhibit produced by the Diefenbaker Canada Centre

Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon, Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

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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 German Cultural Centre presents Winter Family Carnival. 11 companion animal due to old age, sickness or other a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. One Day Family Pass is $20 (max four reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 people) and Two Day Family Pass is $30 (max four people) p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Additional family member is $5. Passes at the door are $25 Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, for family of four and $7 for additional family members. One call 306-343-5322. free pony ride per person. There will be bouncy castles, kids SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH snow art, carnival food and indoor and uutdoor activities.

Call 306-244-6869 Ext 203 for tickets.

Renters of Saskatoon and area meeting. 2 p.m. to 3:30 for Feb 5

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Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Support Group meetings at 1:30 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (338 - Fourth Ave. North). For more information, contact Gail at 306-382-1578 or email saskatoon@catna2.ca.

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By RJ Currie Trump. What has been her takeaway? erri Einarson beat Jennifer Jones in Scotties pool play, ending a “He cheats like hell. I don’t know how he is in 17-game losing skid against Jones. As Vitas Gerulitaitis might business. They say if you cheat at golf, you cheat say: Nobody beats Kerri Einarson 18 times in a row. at business. I am pretty sure he pays his caddie • The opinion of most Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans on the signing well, since no matter how far into the woods he of Darian Durant, long-time pivot of the arch-rival Roughriders? Snap- hits the ball, it’s in the middle of the fairway ping with the enemy. when we get there.” The defence rests.

• The Cleveland Indians decided the Chief Wahoo logo is offensive • Factoid: Trump lied or made inaccurate and will drop it as of 2019, but not in 2018. So they’re only going to claims 1,100 times in his first year in office. Yes, insult Native Americans 162 more times. there are journalists being paid to check Trump’s • USC has sold the naming rights of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum facts. They must work a lot of overtime. to United Airlines. What an airline calls a stadium is up in the air.

• Torben Rolfsen, on fears a plague of locusts • An ESPN basketball analyst said Thunder point guard Russell is going to hit Russia during this summer’s Westbrook does everything with anger. Heck, when he was born he World Cup: “Moscow hospitality workers said slapped the doctor. it’s better than Trump coming back.”

• Mike Fisher will reportedly come out of retirement and return to • Canada, by the way, is ranked 95th in the the Nashville Predators. “Don’t worry,” said Brett Favre. “Un-retiring world in men’s soccer. gets easier the more you do it.”

• Janice Hough, on USC selling the naming • It felt like the Aussie Open cameras cut to Tomas Berdych’s wife, rights for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to cover girl Ester Sátorová, after every point against Roger Federer.

United Airlines for $69 million: “Expect Trojan Shame it only went three sets. tickets to have a base price, a cushion fee, a sta• A man frolicked buck naked for over two minutes on a fairway dium entrance fee, a concession fee . . .” during the Phoenix pro-am. And where better than the Waste Manage• TC Chong on Hollywood announcing Tom ment Open to show off your junk?

Hanks will star in an upcoming movie as Mr. • A study of university tennis players found they had up to a sevenRogers. “Every millennial interviewed asked, per-cent increase in hitting speed the louder they grunted. Who com‘Why are they making a movie about Aaron Rogmissioned that study? Maria Sharapova? ers’ dad?’”

• ESPN said Oklahoma star Trae Young was “raining threes” in a • The headline said Gisele Bunchen does the win over Baylor. Or was that Trey Young? unthinkable. I thought, “Great, she has finally • The St. Louis Blues placed Magnus Paajarvi on waivers. You could apologized to Wes Welker.” (I was wrong. She tell Magnus was upset: his comments were filled with Paajarvitives. appears on the cover of a magazine sans make• A joke in Marvel Two-In-One where Spider-Man insulted Donald up.)

Trump was reportedly edited out. Speaking of Spider-Man, what’s • Hough, on IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad Trump’s motto: With great power comes great irresponsibility? passing away at age 91. “His funeral will take place as soon as his coffin is assembled.”

RJ’s Groaner of the Week • Rolfsen, on the NHL Skills Competition: Did I hear the TSN curling crew say one of the Fesser twins, either “Gary Bettman won fastest rejection of Quebec Kourtney or Krista, fanned on back-to-back takeout attempts? So which City.” was the Fesser of two evils?

• Johnny Manziel says he will bring in more

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money in ticket and jersey sales than what his CFL contract would be worth. He’s close. I’m thinking he’s a bake sale and bottle drive away.

• A factoid from Hough, this column’s American friend: “A Marriott executive at a recent travel conference said there are only two countries with a decreasing number of international travellers — one is the U.S. and the other is Turkey. Are we greater yet?”

• Rolfsen, on the Cleveland Indians announcing they will stop using the Chief Wahoo logo in 2019: “The XFL has asked if they can use it.”

• From Hough: “As we enter February, NBA fans can rejoice — only two months left in the pre-season.”

• Like him or not, golf is better television when Tiger Woods is playing.

• From Rolfsen: “Why do referees say ‘roughing the passer, defence?’ It’s rarely roughing the passer, offence.”

• From Hough: “Roger Federer, 36, won the Australian Open, his 20th Grand Slam title.

‘Such a talented young man,’ said Tom Brady.”

• Factoid: There are about 30 million dead people on Facebook. And that’s not counting the deceased.

• From Chong: “The most popular prop bet for this year’s Super Bowl: Who will steal Tom Brady’s jersey, and how long will it take him to get it back?”

• Hough, on American Express partnering with NBA for a Jersey Assurance program: “If your favourite player is traded or leaves his team, you can change his jersey. I’m guessing this won’t happen with MLB — the Oakland A’s alone could bankrupt the program.”

• If the Saskatchewan Roughriders had a program like this, my wife could trade in her Graham Harrell jersey.

• How Canadian is this? Bank robbers in New Brunswick were arrested at a Tim Hortons.

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