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50 years of raising money one step at a time

l Anderson was part of an organizing group of a Riki Walkathon which saw “a crazy dream” turn into a “50-year, million-dollar legacy.” Anderson has been a long-established sporting goods dealer in Saskatoon. He has been a most important player in the development of both Elmwood Residences and Cosmopolitan Industries, two organizations which help individuals with disabilities People lead rich, more fulfilling lives. And he was a founding member of the Riversdale Kiwanis Club. To hear Anderson tell it, “we were just a group of men, 35 to 40 members, who had only been in Kiwanis for four to five years when we challenged ourselves to raise money to build a cabin at Camp Easter Seal. It was going to be our way of helping in 1968.” Camp Easter Seal is a fully accessible summer camp for people with disabilities on the shore of Little Manitou Lake, not far from Watrous. Under the managerial reins of the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, the camp accepts about 800 people a season. The 50th anniversary walk will take CT052101 Carol place June 9 at Pike Lake on a seven-kilo-

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Al Anderson was one of the founders of the Riki Walkathon in 1968. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) metre course — shorter than the 1968 hike — but nevertheless, inspired by the same motives of the original walkers. The name Riki was derived from the first two initials of Riversdale and the first two initials of Kiwanis. The slogan was Walk a Mile for a Crippled Child. “We were lucky to have a man like Red Holder, who was involved with the Abilities Council in its earliest form. He knew the needs and if you knew Red, he was a Kiwanian through and through. The idea of a walkathon came up in discussions around the table. To our knowledge, only one had ever been staged before and it was in Toronto. We didn’t know how people would react but we were willing to try,” said Anderson. “The plan was to encourage people to walk from a park on Avenue W to Pike Lake Provincial Park, which was about 22

miles. We were guessing that 200 to 300 people might show up. They just kept coming and coming. As soon as they registered, they started on their walk. There were 4,000 people who showed up that day. It was so unbelievable.” The Kiwanis raised $41,000 that first walk and the total over the first 49 years has sailed over the $1-million mark. Not only did the club raise enough money to build one cabin that first year, they were able to build five. “The people came with pledge cards and, no doubt about it, if it hadn’t been for the enthusiasm and participation of the school children, it would have never worked. If anyone deserved credit for that success, the school children were No. 1 on our list,” said Anderson. The first walk had some pitfalls, most

caused by a heavy downfall which soaked the walkers for a good part of their mission. “We promised to feed all the participants hamburgers and hot dogs. Jim Wasilenko, who was with the Abilities Council, offered to do the cooking. The grills were outside and the rains came down. Jim and his crew did an unbelievable job. “The other challenge was that here we were, with 4,000 people at Pike Lake, all needing a ride back to Saskatoon. We had some buses. We had parents driving out to Pike Lake to pick up their children. At that time, there wasn’t a paved road to Pike Lake. Cars were skidding into the ditches and scrambling up again. “The irony of it all,” said Anderson, “is that I don’t think they’ve ever had another rainy day like that one.” (Continued on page 6)

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Walk for Lupus

Alayna Schmidt takes her struggle in stride

Kathy Fitzpatrick Saskatoon Express o look at her, most people can’t tell Alayna Schmidt has a life-altering chronic disease. Not unless they watch her stanch the nosebleeds — gushers lasting half-an-hour or more — that recur up to several times a day. Or notice her hyper-sensitivity to sunrays, which give her a butterfly-shaped rash across her nose and cheeks. Or, that she seems to tire more easily than a girl her age should. Now 17, Alayna will lead the annual Walk for Lupus on May 27 here in Saskatoon. But it’s by no means her first time serving as marshal. She has been helping to educate the public about Lupus for a good chunk of her life. “It’s a big disease that affects lots of people, but not many people know or talk about it,” she says. According to Lupus SK Society Inc. one in every 1,000 Canadians has the disease. Dr. Alan Rosenberg, director of the Pediatric Rheumatic Disease Research Laboratory at the U of S, says there is nothing to suggest the prevalence is any different here in Saskatchewan. Alayna is one of the lucky ones. To this point, Lupus has not restricted her life much. “I kind of forget I have it unless I get a nosebleed or just get super tired when I’m outside,” she explains. Alayna has a related condition called Sjogren’s syndrome. It typically affects the eyes and mouth first, decreasing production of tears and saliva. Alayna’s chronically dry mouth has resulted in abscessed teeth, sometimes requiring hospitalization and surgery. She was diagnosed when she was only four years old. Her parents noticed every time she went outside her face would turn pink and a butterfly rash would appear (a classic sign of the disease, they now know). Their doctor sent them on to a dermatologist, who ordered blood work. It came back positive for Lupus. “You always think the worst,” says Alayna’s mother Tammy. “But because my sister has it we know that it’s manageable.” Manageable — but serious and frightening, in her sister’s case. Flare-ups attack major organs — heart, lungs, liver, kidneys. It’s something different each time, Tammy says, and can involve months in hospital while doctors pinpoint what’s happening and what to do about it. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease which attacks

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Alayna Schmidt, pictured with her parents Gerard and Tammy, will lead the annual Walk for Lupus on May 27. (Photo by Kathy Fitzpatrick) healthy tissue. It can damage joints, skin, blood vessels and nerves in addition to vital organs, including the brain. And, because it varies in symptoms and severity from person to person, it’s often called the disease with a thousand faces. There is no cure yet, only medication to treat symptoms. So far Alayna has been able to get by without medication. She just has to remember to drink enough water, protect herself from the sun, and stop what she’s doing when she gets too tired. There are trying moments — a 40-minute nosebleed during a test at school for instance. But Lupus has not kept Alayna from karate. She has her black belt. She also travelled to Italy with her Grade 12 class. It entailed “a lot of intense walking” her mother says. But her teacher didn’t know Alayna has the condition until Alayna asked her to write a letter of support for a Lupus Canada scholarship. Alayna says she doesn’t normally tell people about her ailment. “And if I do tell them I just say ‘hey, I might not be able to go completely full-out all the time.’” What she’d like other people to understand is that she is probably not the only person with Lupus who doesn’t often mention it. So when someone hangs back from an activity “they (other people) shouldn’t get mad at them, they should just understand that there mightTA052110 be (unspoken) reasons.” Tammy

However, every year from kindergarten to Grade 7 her parents made sure her teachers and classmates understood the disease, and that Alayna was affected. They brought information materials to her class: booklets, bookmarks and t-shirts. They even organized school walks, from Mother Teresa School in Silverspring to Forestry Farm Park and back, to coincide with the annual Walk for Lupus. “Random kids would find coins on the ground, run up to Alayna and give it to Alayna,” her father Gerard recalls. “‘Here’s a donation for the walk,’” her mother chimes in. From the beginning, Tammy and Alayna also attended the Lupus SK Society symposiums, held twice a year. Impressed with Alayna’s participation, the president and treasurer asked her to be youth ambassador. She has been marshal at the annual Walk for Lupus since the age of 12. “Nerve-wracking and grateful that they allow me to do that,” Alayna says of her experience. She encourages everyone who can to join in – to help raise visibility, awareness and money, for support services and research. Pledge sheets are available by contacting Irene Driedger at idriedger@sasktel.net or calling 1-306-227-9562. The walk begins this Sunday, May 27 at River Landing Amphitheatre, starting at 1 p.m. (Registration at 12:30 p.m.)

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A weekend at the cabin – hopefully – and a princely wedding

y the time you read dry side, then. this, if all goes well, I This happens every year. will have been to the Grassfires, forest fires, all lake and back. kinds of fires all over the provFrom my vantage point ince: but it seems to me that pre-long weekend, I’d say we it’s been worse the last seven, have a fairly high chance of eight years or so. Is that just getting smoked out like little my perception? Sure, spring sausages. Or burned out, like fires before everything turns old growth trees. green are just a part of the seaThe Tuff Fire today is sonal shift, but 148 of them? burning hot, blanketing the I won’t do my climate Columnist Waterhen Lake First Nation change warning paragraph, with thick, choking smoke, with my usual caveat that even bad enough that the band decided to if you don’t believe in global warming evacuate its elders to safer locations. we still have to accept and react to rePhotos from the lake we frequent, cently-strange and often-more-terrifying quite a distance away, were daunting; a weather and related events, yadda yadda. heavy haze over the water, huge clouds (Well, I suppose I sort of just did). It of smoke hanging to the north. sure as heck seems drier than popcorn I want to go to the lake. I must go. farts out there. I have not been out of this city in 10 And I don’t know if the Rally fire months and I need to get out of here. I threatening the hamlet of Crutwell was will scream, and you don’t want that. caused by a human, nor the Tuff fire alOn the bright side, the government ready mentioned. Kind of hard to think it finally brought in a fire ban on all Crown might be lightning this early in the year, lands south of the Churchill a couple of but I don’t know. On the grasslands, just hours ago, and I’d say not a moment too a spark from an ATV will do the trick; soon. At the time of writing, and acyou don’t need to start a controlled burn cording to a CBC story, there had been or have a wiener roast. 148 fires on Crown lands so far in 2018, But I’m starting to think we should well up from the five-year average of 86. just assume there’s a fire ban from snowYikes. So those late snowfalls in March melt until green-up, unless and until and April didn’t help too much on the someone tells us otherwise.

****** Who’s excited about the marriage of Prince Harry and Princess Henry (aka Meghan Markle)? Fess up, now. I like to think of myself as a vaguely interested, somewhat detached, occasional royal watcher. I kind of lost my mind when Will and Kate had their second, adorable baby and named her Charlotte. Queen Charlotte (someday, I hope)! I adore her. Charlotte was my aunt’s name, and is my middle name. I’m very attached to that name. But I have a large and growing soft spot for Prince Harry. I hope the wedding went well, and that he will be sickeningly happy with his new princess, despite some clouds drifting in from the Markle family. She has a not very close, rather odd and crabby family, apart from her mother. That’s caused some problems, with her sister saying nasty things and her father waffling on whether to attend the wedding. She is also divorced, like Edward VIII’s Wallis Warfield Simpson (and see how that went) and part African-American, a new thing for Windsor Castle. A real person, in other words, and a true commoner. Harry sticks up for her proudly and manfully. Maybe that’s just love for you. I rather thought he was an awful young man, allowing naughty naked

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photographs in unbecoming situations and other off-putting hijinks. I didn’t much care, but neither did I care for him, even if we all understood he was very distraught and damaged by the loss of Diana, his mother, at such a young age. But he has really powered through and become mature — even quite handsome, mostly because his personality and determination are shining through. He has admitted to his mental health problems, and his therapeutic battle to heal. He created the Invictus Games for injured veterans, which I think is bloody brilliant. God knows they deserve a venue like that, with a patron like Harry — to wit, a royal celebrity with pull. He’s being quite aggressive about telling the paparazzi, whom I think he still views as causing his mother’s death, to back off — with some success. But he also knows he has to show up publicly, or that back-off message isn’t going to work. Somehow, he’s managing all that. So yeah, I’m rooting for him. If we’re going to be stuck with royalty, and mostly I don’t really mind, I want good royalty. Mature, intelligent royalty. Royalty that models how to treat people and behave bravely. Congratulations, Prince Harry. Somehow, over the last few years, you became my most favourite royal. Apart from Queen Charlotte, of course.

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I want to pay library tax for books, not bricks

as it simply haplibrary was built to serve penstance that our “traditional public library tax bill arrived the functions of collection develsame day that an article apopment and quiet individual peared in the local newspaper study.” regarding construction of a Isn’t that the textbook definew downtown library rangnition of a library? I am dubiing in cost between $80 to ous about the comment that it $120 million or more? is too early to speculate what The library tax shown on a new central library will look our current tax bill is $579. like, although disenchanted For that money I could buy library employees have whisa new softcover book once a pered about it including a gift Columnist week over the next year and shop, coffee shop/restaurant, still have change to spare. meeting rooms and the like. You might be thinking that we live Then again, if the library board must in a mansion to be paying that much hire a consultant to convince council of in library tax. We don’t, but we do live the need for change and new infrastrucin one of the neighbourhoods that got ture and to tell them what a new library heavily dinged when new assessments requires, maybe the board doesn’t have came into play, primarily because resi- a clue. dences were assessed at the peak of the However, given the recent angst over boom. the seemingly heavy-handed activiAlthough the market value of our ties emanating from the library board, home is much lower than the assessed maybe it is the chief librarian and board value, there was no way to appeal it. But that requires a change. I digress. We would also do well to remember It appears that anything this city that aside from the city already carrying builds only has a life span of about 50 an all-time high capital debt, that when years or less, that nothing can be reno- the new police station was built the vated or expanded, nor are there alterna- operating costs escalated. tive ways to deliver services. Such was We were told that a larger buildthe case with the Mendel Art Gallery ing cost more to heat/cool, clean and and the police station, and according maintain. And these costs only go up to recent reports, possibly TCU Place, each year. Now, the police must look Sask Tel Centre and now the library. for ways to reduce spending and we can Apparently, the library has deficien- only hope it will not impact on police cies, including fire code violations. services to the public. Hmm. I recall working on repurposing The same operating scenario applies the old T. Eaton Building (Army and to the new art gallery (although all those Navy Store) that was built in 1928, for New York Times subscribers that are gouse by the Public School Board. It was ing to flood into our city, drawn to our converted from a department store to gallery like moths to a flame, may help a functioning administration building, control the gallery’s operating costs.) along with perks like a multi-media The year before last when the procentre, as well as correcting both build- vincial government initially cut funding ing and fire code deficiencies. It cost for libraries, the public was incensed. substantially less than new construction The government quickly saw the error and also addressed the issue of preserva- of its ways and restored the funding. tion of a historical building. As a community we all recognize It was stated that the Frances Morthat libraries are essential to developing rison Library was built when the city’s and maintaining a literate and educated population was only 115,000. But that society. Libraries ensure that literature was also the time before eight branch is available to everyone, the young and libraries were strategically located old, the rich and poor, and to all races, throughout the city. ethnicities and creeds. It is the one place Today, when new neighbourhoods are where no one is left behind because it developed there is an expectation that may be last public facility that is availa branch library will eventually follow, able to the public without having to pay along with a firehall and parks, to serve a direct user fee. residents in suburbia. (And let’s not So, I am not bellyaching about payforget that new neighbourhoods get new ing taxes for library services, but service schools that also have libraries.) is the key word, not bricks and mortar. It bears repeating that in today’s If the existing main library needs updattechnological world, reading material is ing and renovation, then do it, and then readily available online and ordering li- open more branches. There is $13 milbrary books for pickup at branch outlets lion sitting in reserve, which is a good is fast, easy and efficient. start to achieve that end. The library board also said our main ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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(Continued from page 1) rom the second year on, the Kiwanis organizers chose an honorary chair, as well as a child with a disability, as an honourary Riki. “One of our Rikis was Randy Kleckner, who was disabled but so enthusiastic. Randy read about John Diefenbaker’s dog dying and he made a connection with the former prime minister and actually sent him a dog. Later Randy approached Mr. Diefenbaker to become our honorary guest and Dief showed up in all his glory.” One of the most inspirational figures was Ted Fidgett. He came to Saskatoon in 1910, retired from the work force in 1956, participated in the first RIKI Walkathon and died in 1979, shortly after participating in his 12th. It is estimated he personally raised $25,000. To honour his memory, the Riversdale Kiwanis Club donates an annual trophy which goes to the individual who raises the most money. Another inspirational figure is Colette Bourgonje, a 10-time Paralympian who, between the years of 1992 and 2014, earned CT052120 10 sports goldCarol medals for Canada. She

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Sharon Butala

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By Shannon Boklaschuk n 1962, the body of 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk was discovered by a young boy who had wandered into some trees by the South Saskatchewan River. Wiwcharuk, a Saskatoon nurse, had left her City Park apartment on May 18, 1962, to mail two letters at a nearby drugstore and to go for a walk. She was scheduled to work at City Hospital a few hours later and told her roommates she would return. Tragically, she never did. Wiwcharuk’s body was discovered in a shallow grave nearly two weeks later, near the intersection of Spadina Crescent and 33rd Street. Police considered a number of suspects in the case, but, more than five decades later, answers continue to elude investigators. Best-selling Canadian author and University of Saskatchewan alumna Sharon Butala (BEd’62, BA’63, PGD’73, DLitt’04) has had a longtime interest in the unsolved case. Butala went to high school with Wiwcharuk and published a nonfiction work about her killing in 2008. That book, The Girl in Saskatoon: A Meditation on Friendship, Memory and Murder, examined why the brutal slaying of Wiwcharuk continues to intrigue people to this day. “I’ll try to put it in a nutshell: Because she was the descendant of a hard-working, never wealthy, quintessential Saskatchewan pioneer family, she stood for all of us and the hope our families had when they settled in Saskatchewan,” said Butala. “Because she was a beautiful, un-

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spoiled, good-natured, intelligent and ambitious young woman who might have gone far had she lived, she also represented the death of all our dreams. She was youth, beauty and innocence destroyed by wanton evil — that which we all fear. Saskatoon was a small place in the middle of nowhere and this extraordinary girl rose up in it, only to be killed for no reason at all. There is an echo from mythology here.” Butala said Wiwcharuk was “a decent, intelligent young woman” and her death was “appalling and heartbreaking” for many. Because Butala and Wiwcharuk knew a number of the same people, and because Butala was living in Saskatoon when Wiwcharuk’s body was discovered, Butala naturally became very interested in the case. “I wanted to write about the Saskatoon I knew, too, from 1953 — when its population was about 50,000 — to her death in 1962, when it was already 100,000. I wanted to try to figure out why her murder mattered so much to everyone, even 50 years later,” she said. This month, Butala is launching a new book, Zara’s Dead, that was inspired by her experiences trying to tell the story of Wiwcharuk’s murder. Zara’s Dead is not intended to be a companion piece or a follow up-book to The Girl in Saskatoon; rather, Butala wrote the new book to stand alone as her first mystery novel. “But anyone reading Zara’s Dead is inevitably going to know I would never Sharon Butala will hold a book launch on May 24 at McNally Robinson Booksellhave even tried to write it if I hadn’t spent ers. During the event, which will start at 7 p.m., Butala will discuss all those years trying to put together Zara’s Dead and sign copies of her new work. (Continued on page 9) (Photos Supplied)

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(Continued from page 8) a narrative about what happened to Alex Wiwcharuk — and, even while I was gathering a mountain of information, I was also being thwarted at every turn, or given apparently important clues that I couldn’t understand,” said Butala. “That is where I learned everything I know about what a writer is up against in trying to tell such a story — not to mention one heck of a lot about human nature that maybe I would be better off not knowing. But then, I wouldn’t be a writer.” Butala, who was born in Nipawin in 1940, has found great success as a prairie writer. She is a three-time Governor General’s Award nominee and an Officer of the Order of Canada. Her classic book, The Perfection of the Morning, was a No. 1 bestseller and a Governor General’s Award finalist, while her short story collection, Fever, won the 1992 Authors’ Award for Paperback Fiction and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best book (Canada and Caribbean region). Butala’s 2015 novel, Wild Rose, was shortlisted for the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, while Where I Live Now: A Journey Through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope was a 2017 Governor General’s Award nominee in nonfiction. Butala wrote the memoir Where I live Now when the life she had known for 33 years living on a southwest Saskatchewan ranch came to an end with the death of her beloved husband. Butala also received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2009 and the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary

Excellence in 2012. The University of Saskatchewan bestowed Butala with an honorary degree in 2004 and the College of Arts and Science named Butala as one of its first 100 Alumni of Influence in 2009. Butala looks back on her time at the U of S with fondness. “I will never forget my English lit classes and professors at U of S: Professor Smith, who taught Shakespeare, Professor Carlyle King and modern American literature and others who in brief moments, which they would never even remember, they gave me glimpses into the power and beauty of literature,” she said. Butala now lives in Calgary, but she will be heading to Saskatoon soon for her book launch on May 24 at McNally Robinson Booksellers. During the event, which will start at 7 p.m., Butala will discuss Zara’s Dead and sign copies of her new work. Fittingly, she is also returning to the home of Alexandra Wiwcharuk to talk about the new mystery novel almost exactly 56 years after Wiwcharuk died. “I wouldn’t characterize Zara’s Dead as a fictional telling of the murder of Alexandra Wiwcharuk. It isn’t a re-telling of that murder at all. This is more a book inspired by my experiences in trying to tell the story of that murder, and, as you know, that murder has never been solved and I wanted to write a mystery where I actually got to solve a murder,” said Butala. “I also wanted to write about the frustrations of the ‘sleuth’ — which I’m not and never have been — and I wanted to talk about how people hug secrets to themselves in such cases, how a socalled ‘sleuth’ angers people and suffers from it without ever knowing where the anger is coming from or precisely why it even exists, and also about the secrets a ‘sleuth’ stumbles on and doesn’t know what to do with. “I had a head full of situations and experiences and knowledge I couldn’t use that fascinated me and I wanted to put them into a book. So I created a whole new raft of characters and a different situation, and then I invented solutions to my murder and chose the one I would go with. I’m not sure now that I picked the right ending out of the ones I thought up, but I guess it’s too late now to fix that.” For more information about Butala, go online to sharonbutala.com. For more information about the May 24 event, go online to mcnallyrobinson.com. (Shannon Boklaschuk is a communications coordinator in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan.)

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ou can hear the enthusiasm in Marilyn Whitehead’s voice as she talks about the upcoming production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which is set to run in Saskatoon at the end of the month. “There’s just so much human impact that you can’t help but be touched. I can’t believe anybody wouldn’t be absolutely enthralled with it,” said Whitehead, the artistic director of the Saskatoon Fireside Singers, in a recent interview. “It does sort of follow the Disney show, but not totally. It’s a little darker; it’s more complex. And then the score is really exciting and difficult in that it’s multi-layered as well. We’ve got sometimes eight-part harmony going at once in different languages. It’s just a real exciting collaboration of artists.” The spring production from the Saskatoon Fireside Singers features about 100 people aged 11 and up who will bring to life the famed story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The show is based on Victor Hugo’s gothic novel, with a musical score from Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The musical begins as the bells of NotreDame Cathedral sound in 15th century Paris. The deformed bell-ringer, Quasimodo, who is being held captive by the Archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, escapes for a day to join a boisterous crowd revelling in the Feast of Fools. Sadly, everyone with the exception of Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy, treats him cruelly. Quasimodo isn’t the only character who becomes enthralled with Esmeralda; Frollo and Captain Phoebus are also smitten. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo sets out to destroy the gypsies — and it’s up to

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Quasimodo to save them. The show is described by the Fireside Singers as “a riveting story of faith, power, discrimination, hypocrisy, isolation, strength and sacrifice.” “We knew it was going to be a show that could demonstrate what we were capable of. . . . It’s a particularly exciting and challenging endeavour for everybody,” said Whitehead. The Fireside Singers production team includes stage director Albert Couture, choreographer Kelsey Stone and pianist and orchestral director Bonnie Nicholson. The cast features Jordie Hughton, Greg Malin, Kate Nachilobe, John Wilby, Olivia Guselle, Sean Brandt, Zack St. Louis, Madison McLean, David Dyck, David Thiessen, Holly Donahue, Jayden Burrows and Trevor Wingerter as Quasimodo. Other features of the production are its dramatic choreography, a “superb” orchestra and a mass cathedral choir that remains on stage throughout the show, said Whitehead. She said the choir is “an integral part of the production” that provides “authenticity to the cathedral ambience.” “They sing frequently in Latin, offering supportive commentary on the drama and the action — and they kind of become like the conscience of some of the characters. So they play a huge role in the show,” she said. “This was a particularly wonderful show for the Fireside Singers. We look for shows that do use the chorus more; they don’t just want to be coming on stage for two or three numbers. So this has been an amazing challenge for everybody. It’s a very complicated score — very intricate and demanding vocally, and particularly learning a lot of Latin text — but it’s perfectly written for us to be able to display all the talent that’s in the group.”

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Woodworkers celebrating 40th anniversary at this year’s show Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he Saskatchewan Woodworkers’ Guild will mark a milestone this month when the organization hosts Wood Show ’18, its 40th annual exhibition of fine works. More than 200 pieces will be on display during the nine-day event, which is scheduled to run from May 26 to June 3. The guild has more than 150 members from Saskatoon and surrounding communities, and some of the members will be on hand during the exhibition to answer questions from the public. The event coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Woodworkers’ Guild (SWG), which was established in 1978. The goal of the non-profit organization is to share ideas and knowledge for greater improvement and satisfaction in woodworking. Trent Watts has been involved with SWG for more than 30 years, originally joining the group “to associate with likeminded people, learn skills, share ideas, make friends (and) become more skilled at woodworking.” SWG members create pieces in various ways, so both woodturning and wood carving demonstrations will be on offer during Wood Show ’18. The reasons the members work with wood vary as well; for Watts, the joys of woodworking include

the tactile feel, the smell of the wood, the mental challenge and sense of accomplishment and making something beautiful and/ or functional. “There is a great community in the SWG. Becoming a member of this group has led to many opportunities in the woodworking community and beyond,” he said. “It is a significant part of my life. Being a member has opened so many doors for me as a student, an instructor, an organizer and, most of all, finding many friends to share life with.” Paul Perron is another longtime SWG member who also serves as the guild’s community liaison. He said visitors to Wood Show ’18 will see pieces by creative people who are relatively new to woodworking and as well as pieces created by those who have been working with wood for decades. A special showcase of pieces made by high school students will also be featured. While the guild is starting to see some younger members coming in, there are also members who have been involved with the SWG for many years – including some since Day 1, said Perron. “I actually started playing around with wood and whittling some stuff when I was a kid and, when I moved to Saskatoon 25 years ago, I found about the woodworkers’ guild – and that’s how long I’ve been with them,” he said. “One of the biggest things is the fellow-

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Paul Perron is a longtime Saskatchewan Woodworkers’ Guild member and also the guild’s community liaison. (Photo Supplied) ship and knowledge you can get from other woodworkers — like-minded individuals. A lot of young guys, they’ll come to a meeting and they’ll sit there and they’ll go, ‘Wow.’ They’re hearing so much new stuff, so much they can learn, that they just get in there, they absorb it all and they can go home and try new techniques.” The guild meets on the third Thursday of each month for a general meeting and also provides various teaching workshops AS052117theAaron throughout year. For more information,

go online to saskwoodguild.ca. Wood Show ’18 will be held at The Galleria at Innovation Place, located at 15 Innovation Blvd. The show will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 26 through June 2, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 3. Woodturning and wood carving demonstrations will be given from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day, with the exception of June 3. There is no admission charge for the show, which will also include a silent auction and door prizes.

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he city reminds residents that the provincial ban on pruning elm trees is in effect until Aug. 31. The ban ensures that elm bark beetles, which transmit Dutch elm disease (DED), are not attracted to the freshly pruned trees at the time when these beetles are most active. Anyone wishing to prune elm trees during the ban must obtain a permit. Please call the City’s Parks Division at 306-9753300 for information. DED was first discovered in Saskatchewan in 1981 and continues to be found in more areas of the province every year. In July 2015, the first case of DED was identified in Saskatoon. The infected tree was removed and city-wide surveillance of the elm tree population continues regularly. Elm bark beetle traps are also put in place to monitor the beetles that can transmit DED. The most effective management strategy for the elm bark beetle is to deprive it of its breeding habitat. This involves keeping elm

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here’s an old trope about vincing his Ukrainian heritage learning everything you wife that no dinner is complete need to know about without a pasta course. life in kindergarten. ObviMuch later, a woman in Texas ously, there’s some truth there: delivered the ultimate statement sharing, caring and, of course, about my hair. In her tiny salon not wiping your nose on your where the walls were covered sleeve. with personally-signed photos of Lately, though, I’ve been famous football players she had reflecting that there’s a whole trimmed, she drew a long drag stratum of society that’s been on her ever-present cigarette largely overlooked for its and announced through the blue Columnist contributions to the world. Yet, smoky haze, “Your hair packs.” most of us cannot even funcA revelation! Now, a shower! tion without its members. When I got back to Canada, I learned a We have given our hairdressers, or whole lot of reasons not to indulge in gastric stylists, short shrift, I think. These “shear” bypass surgery from another of my hairdresswonders who are an enduring presence in ers. Watching the proceedings from “before” our lives are not always recognized for their to “after” made me realize that this surgery talents beyond their scissors. I’m referring is never the answer to anything especially if to their ability to listen, to offer counsel, to someone is not morbidly obese. know what and what not to share as they Sweet Kaye, my ex-pat stylist in my encounter clients across the whole human Swiss years, kept my tresses in line and a spectrum — the young, the old, all the gen- beautiful champagne beige for five years. ders, races, creeds and nationalities. She also schooled me in the intricacies of My sister has enjoyed the same stylist international snooker as her husband was a for decades. They have literally grown old ranked player who trained religiously and together — from childbearing to grandtravelled all over Europe. Probably the last children, as well as dealing with parents thing I ever thought I would know anything with dementia. They are so entwined that about. the “duo” once convinced me to sell a Since returning to Canada again, there piece of furniture that I owned and which have been more stylists and more experithe hairdresser really wanted. (The piece ences. I’m still worrying about J, who was she wanted was no longer in production). so talented and yet one day simply went Naturally, I caved. AWOL and left a lot of us bereft and lanky. Alas, I have had no long-term relationMy current guy is Persian, and every ships with any particular hairstylist — they visit is a new revelation. He received his have come and gone as I have come and training in Sweden, but spent time in jail gone. But along the journey, I’ve encounin the U.K. for forging a British passport tered many favourites who have entertained (trying to leave Sweden). He was released me and taught me so much beyond the for both good behaviour and providing the value of the great haircut. guards with free haircuts. Needless to say, One of the earliest was Vincent who his ex-con status did not prevent him from emigrated from Italy and for whom the Ca- coming to Canada where he spent 20 years nadian government found a spot in barber in Toronto before seeing the light and movschool. But Vincent had bigger ambitions ing to Vancouver Island where he operates and soon ran multiple establishments inhis own business, come Air BnB. cluding the first Starbucks-style coffee shop Nicco cuts hair like a Turkish whirling in Edmonton. He had more trouble condervish, his fingers and scissors so fast that

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

Views of the World

Members of Rush Nation, including the Crush dance team, will be out in full force for Game 1 of the National Lacrosse League final against the Rochester Knighthawks. The Rush have home-field advantage in the best-of-three series. Game 1 is scheduled for May 26 at SaskTel Centre. Game 2 will be in Rochester on June 2. If a third game is needed, it will be played in Saskatoon on June 9. Fans can purchase tickets via Ticketmaster, or the Rush office: 306-978-7874. (Photos by Darren Steinke)

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orben Rolfsen, on the Toronto Maple Leafs having a new GM: “I didn’t realize they were head-hunting high school debate teams.” • If I was Darian Durant, I’d give the money back. It’s the right thing to do. Actually, it is the only thing to do. • CFL players get screwed over time and again with horrible contracts, but take that up with the union. Contracts should be guaranteed as they are in most other sports. • From Janice Hough: “If the Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup, will they vote a playoff share to the Pittsburgh Penguins for leaving Marc-Andre Fleury unprotected in the expansion draft?” • Aaron Shutra of this fine newspaper, on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: “Call him up.” Shutra, a man of at least three words, says the same thing on his Twitter account — @shuster_shuffle — frequently. • Torben on the same subject: “There’s an ongoing debate on whether or not the Blue Jays should bring up super-prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. And you thought the phrase Call Me Maybe only applied to Carly Rae Jepsen.” • TC Chong, on PGA Pro golfer Lucas Glover getting supreme verbal abuse from his wife for performing poorly in tournaments. She was arrested for assault last week after getting physical with his mother when she came to his defence: “Now there’s a Mother’s Day story you’ll have a tough time topping.” • I suspect Marc-Andre Fleury would have met the Haugan brothers with the same class and enthusiasm had Vegas lost that night to the Jets. Many of us can learn from him. • Blake Wheeler of the Jets on being tickled by Fleury: “I didn’t clean my ears that day, so the joke’s on him. … This league is getting weird. It doesn’t bother me. I thought it was funny. Like I said, things just keep getting weird.” • From Hough: “Do have to thank Meghan

Markle for reminding many of us that maybe our families are not so crazy after all.” • Rolfsen, on speculation that Red Sox pitcher David Price’s carpal tunnel syndrome could be attributed to his Fortnite addiction: “Bartolo Colon said he once experienced the same problem from BurgerTime.” • If Joey Votto didn’t mean it, why did he say it? • From Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: “Bobby Hull is starting to look like my late Auntie Ester.” • I don’t recall ever calling my aunts auntie. And is it pronounced Anty or Onty? • Chong, on an American Amazon customer being dinged $7,000 in shipping fees for three boxes of toilet paper delivered to her residence: “When this Georgia customer saw the charge on her credit card, her first words were ‘holy crap’ — or something similar to that.” • From Buster Olney at ESPN: “There are six teams that would lose 100 (or more) games at their current pace: White Sox, Royals, Orioles, Marlins, Reds and the Dodgers.” Yes, the Dodgers. • Hough, on Aspen increasing fines for tourists harassing wildlife by taking selfies, especially bear selfies: “I hope some of the money goes into a fund for Darwin Awards.” • Rolfsen, on Orlando City fans throwing trash at Atlanta United players after a ref’s crucial non-call: “Finally, Euro soccer culture is gaining a toehold in America.” • From Chong: “The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled gambling on sports is legal, and each state can set their own rules. Pete Rose tweeted just one word — ‘See?’” • Hough, on Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon saying he’s open to urinating on his middle finger to heal a cut on it: “Well this should cut down on autograph requests.” • “Yanni or Laurel? Don’t ask me. I can’t hear s—t,” tweeted Marlee Matlin.

Jets fans face sleepless Knights

By RJ Currie SportsCentre hockey analyst suggested after Game 3 that Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was in the Jets’ heads. One thing’s for sure: he was in Blake Wheeler’s ear. • It took decades of heartbreak for Winnipeg fans to see the Jets in a conference final. Can’t blame them for worrying the dream season might end in a Knightmare. • An oxymoron is defined as contradictory terms put together. Some examples are jumbo shrimp, little big man and millenial baseball fan. • It’s a good thing for Boston Bruins pest Brad Marchand he’s not in the NBA. He’d probably lose that tongue in James Harden’s beard. • Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon said he’d consider healing a cut on his middle finger by urinating on it. Or as they call it in baseball, a dribbler to third. • A Paris museum has offered special hours for nudists to visit a new art exhibit. There’s never been a better time to see what’s hanging. • After PGA golfer Lucas Glover’s wife, Krista, was arrested for assault, Lucas reportedly told police his wife will attack him for having a bad round. Another reason I don’t play golf. • Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky’s first swim as a pro saw her smash her own world record by five seconds. Don’t bet against Ledecky in your pool. • Kentucky Derby winner Justify was picked by oddsmakers to win the Preakness. It’s easy to spot Justify – he’s perfectly even on both sides. • Meghan Markle’s father-in-law-to-be agreed to walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry. In fact when Markle asked Prince Charles to do it, he was all ears. • Can’t see things going well for new Browns quarterback and first overall pick Baker Mayfield. I give him six games before he changes his name to Mayday. • Karolina Pliskova, upset by bad calls in an upset loss at the Italian Open, put a hole in the umpire’s chair with three whacks of her racquet. In hindsight, her best forehands of the day. • A 17-year-old Texas high-school basketball star was recently discovered to be 25. Suspiscions arose when his pre-game ritual included shaving. • ESPN Films and Netflix have released a trailer for an upcoming 10part documentary about NBA legend Michael Jordan. No word on when they plan to air Jordan. RJ’s Groaner of the Week Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa has just completed a record 22nd climb to the top of Mount Everest. And he’s only 48 years old — far from over the hill.

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n o o t a k EVENTS as

FEATURE EVENT MAY 26

Saskatoon SPCA’s annual spring Cocktails & Critters gala will be held at the Western Development Museum, with a Western theme of Wild, Wild Pets. Funds raised will support the approximately 4,000 pets the SPCA cares for annually in Saskatoon. Period attire is encouraged — cowboy, saloon girl etc. — but gala attire (black tie) is also welcome. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.saskatoonspca.com/ wildwildpets.

MUSIC MAY 23-24

Joy of Vox Vocal Ensemble performs a diverse repertoire of popular music from the last 60-70 years. 7:30 p.m. both nights. Cathedral of the Holy Family. Tickets $17.50 online only at www.joyofvox.com.

EVENTS MAY 25

Station 20 West is hosting a Community Flea Market from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Station 20 West (1120 20th St. West). Community members and groups are invited to rent tables from Station 20 West to sell their goods. Station 20 West will also have its own tables set up with assorted items for sale. To be a vendor or for more information, visit station20west. org or phone 306-343-9378.

MAY 25-26 Saskatoon Cache and Release (GC7K8A5). Geocachers will be out and about searching for newly placed geocaches. There will be a pot luck windup on May 26 at the Floral community centre. A SCAR 2018-Pancake Breakfast (GC7MVVR) will be held on May 26 in conjunction with SCAR. There will also be a Dine and Dash Flash XI (GC7PB7T) from midnight to 12:30 a.m. on Friday night-early Saturday morning. Check the cache page for more information.

MAY 26

The Saskatoon Horticultural Society Spring Plant and Water Gardening Sale at the Co-op Parking Lot at Circle Centre Mall from 9 a.m. to 2 pm. For further information call Marj MAY 24 Saskatoon’s Darrell Burko and Roy Anderson are Sprnigtime at 306-249-1329 or Karen at 306-222-1728. favourites at The Bassment, delivering the best in acoustic ***** Nutana Park Mennonite Church (1701 Ruth Street) yard roots music, and providing background with two guitars, mandolin and harmonica. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $18 sale. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hot dog lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds to MCC Relief. for SJS members, $23 for non-members. ***** MAY 25 MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who Zodiac Tapestry Handbells Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. Gracescore among the top two per cent of the general population Westminster United Church on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is (505 10th St. East). Special Guest: David Fong, Piano. being held at 2 p.m. The cost is $90 or $70 for students. If Admission at the door: $20/$15 seniors and students. you are interested in attending this session, please call Tim ***** at 306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus.usask.ca. Joe Nolan is an Edmonton blues and roots rocker and MAY 27 he comes to The Bassment for a first time, introducing the music from Cry Baby, his latest recording. 9 p.m. The Forestry Farm Park & Zoo Interpretive Centre opening. Bassment. Tickets - $18 and $23. Refreshments will be served and there will be walking tours of the site at 2 p.m. People are asked to meet at the MAY 26 Superintendent’s Residence at 1:30 p.m. Admission is free, Jack Semple, the epic Saskatchewan guitarist and soulful with donations gratefully accepted. singer, and his pal, Dave Chobot, are about to uncork the best of the blues. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $25 and $34.

JUNE 2 Saskatoon Fiddle Orchestra Spring Show. The orchestra will feature ‘devlish and saintly’ traditional fiddle tunes at its 14th annual ‘Saints and Sinners’ spring show at 7:30 p.m. Now in its 14th year, the SFO’s spring concert has become an annual attraction for lovers of authentic, happymaking music tapping their feet to waltzes, jigs, reels, airs, two-steps and much more. Tickets are $20 and are available at McNally Robinson and at the Broadway Theatre box office and online at https://broadwaytheatre.ca/events.

JUNE 9 Farewell Gala Concert, Third Avenue United Church at 7:30 p.m. Admission by donation. The event features some of Saskatoon’s finest musicians. For more information, call 306-652-6812.

MAY 31 A Parish Nursing Information Forum will be held at St. John Anglican Parish Hall (416 Spadina Cres. East) from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (registration begins at 6:30 p.m.). This is an interchurch event and is open to anyone interested in exploring the role of the Church in health and healing. panel will discuss the role of the Parish Nurse in the life and ministry of the congregation. For more information or to register, contact Mona at 306-978-1951, Elaine at 306-652-4524, or email: p.nursing@sasktel.net.

JUNE 2 Saskatoon Walk to Cure HD. 9:20 a.m. registration, 10 a.m. walk, 11 a.m. social and lunch. Meewasin Trail, University of Saskatchewan behind Diefenbaker Centre. Walkers of all abilities are welcome and the event is wheelchair accessible. Visit www.hscevents.ca/SaskatoonWalk to register or for more information.

1939 Royal visit digitized on film

s the world watched a new generation of the Royal Family celebrate the marriage vows of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Saskatoon was having a royal moment of its own. “We recently digitized a – colour – film of the 1939 royal visit to Saskatoon,” city archivist Jeff O’Brien said in a news release. “We have this one-of-a-kind treasure in the archives; with the help of social media, so many people can now experience this part of our community’s history from nearly 80 years ago.” The film was originally produced by

ONGOING

SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 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.

EVERY THIRD SATURDAY 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.

Grade 4-8 Teachers!

Free year-end programming Your Voice Matters: Building a Better Saskatchewan This engaging program underlines the importance of democratic institutions, and active citizenship.

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 Carol at 306-978-0970.

COSMO SENIORS CENTRE Daily activities for seniors during the week, beginning in September and running through May. Monday - Yoga: 8:45 a.m; Kaiser and Whist: 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m.; Wednesday - Yoga 10 a.m.; Whist:1:30 p.m. Thursday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m. (partners); Friday Yoga: 930; Cribbage and Kaiser: 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments provided. Drop-in fee for cards is $2. The fee for the exercise classes and yoga are $4-$5. New members welcome. Annual membership is $5. For more information, call Lois at 306-260-1878 or email Imgrylls@ hotmail.com.

NEWCOMERS’ CLUB The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com.

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LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There will be an educational topic presented and an opportunity to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann at 306652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca.

John Sproule Mills. J.S. Mills was a former principal of King Edward School, instructor at Saskatoon Normal School (teacher’s college), city councillor and mayor. The film capturing the visit of Her Majesty’s parents, King George V and Queen Elizabeth, was acquired by the City of Saskatoon Archives in 2017. O’Brien narrates the digitized version of Mills’ film and helps transport us back to the first ever visit to Canada by a reigning king and queen. See the digitized film on the city’s YouTube channel.

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