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Volume 17, Issue 31, Week of August 6, 2018

Myles Morrison Saskatoon comedian in hunt for national title

Myles Morrison’s love of comedy was inspired by a George Carlin album. (Photo Supplied) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express yles Morrison had a good training ground for his success in standup comedy.

His brother Kirk is a writer and sounding board, his father Mark is a master of one-liners and his mother Judy is a storyteller. Myles’ sister, Kayla, sometimes wears a bull’s eye as the target of his jokes. Family meals at the Morrison home must have been a hoot.

“My family has definitely shaped my sense of humour and my brother is a huge part of that. He’s always been my writing partner. He did try standup for about six months; he did a bunch of shows and went out on the road too. He did well but he’s a little too shy — he

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doesn’t like being in front of people, but he is ridiculously funny and I always respect his opinion on what’s funny and what’s not.

“My dad is kind of the strong silent type but he always has something clever and witty to say. He’s an interesting character I guess and I find him really funny these days because he’s retired and my mom isn’t. He tries to keep himself entertained and I think part of that is messing with people just for his own laughs.

“He has kind of a dark sense of humour sometimes too. He used to open up the newspaper to the obituaries and tongue in cheek he’d say, ‘let’s see who had a bad week.’ He would say that to himself every day and I would laugh every day.

“My mom is the storyteller. That’s where I get that aspect from. I get both aspects — the witty one-liners and the storyteller from my family.

“My little sister is 15 years younger than me. She comes up in the material too because it is a lot of fun having a little sister who is so much younger. I get to show her the cool stuff.

She had never seen Shawshank Redemption until this year. It is cool showing her stuff that she missed that we got to watch growing up.”

Morrison, who was born and raised in Saskatoon and still lives here, fell for comedy when he heard George Carlin’s Class Clown album. It was recorded in 1972, more than a decade before Morrison was born.

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“Lots of our friends are having kids now too. I don’t know, man, I just feel like kids are something like tattoos. Like you are going to regret something that lasts that long. Some people will freeze their sperm, you know, to use later on in life when they’re ready, and then my wife gets mad because I used her good ice cube trays. People call it the miracle of childbirth. I think that is a funny word for something that happens a lot. There are seven billion people on the planet. It’s not a miracle, it’s something that happens too much, you know. If I sunk a three-pointer from one end of the basketball court blindfolded it’s a miracle. If I did it seven billion more times, you’d be like enough already.” — From a Myles Morrison performance

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ick and Dave Mah beginning. threw a party a couple The festival started in 2015 of weekends ago and at the Sutherland Curling more than 25,000 people Club. Dave Mah had a lease showed up. for a mixed martial arts event It was quite accomplish for at the venue. When the provinthe father/son who worked all cial government put the kibosh but without volunteers and on amateur MMA events, he only $13,000 in sponsorship and Rick came up with the money to put on a festival of idea of a food truck event. It that magnitude. made sense since the Mahs It took 13 months of planown a truck.

Editor ning for the Food Truck Wars A total of 9,000 people Street Festival, which was attended that first year. That’s held from July 27-29 in Riversdale. a big number for a festival held in a parkThere were three days of eating, ening lot and curling rink, miles away from tertainment and people-watching. The the city’s main drags. entertainment was a mixed bag. For the The festival moved to 20th Street this hot dog eating contest, more than 1,000 year. The Mahs picked one of Saskapeople squished into a small area to rel- toon’s few weekends without a festival ish the event. (Relish? Cam, you can do and it worked to the tune of those 25,000 better than that!) people, and that’s a conservative estiThere was a pie-eating competition mate, Dave said. and a couple of local celebs spent 10 Rick said his measuring stick was the minutes scarfing hamburgers. (Blair Far- success of the trucks. thing of CTV out-ate Kranky from The “It doesn’t tell you how many people Bull 92.9. Kranky seemed like a pleasant were there, but on Friday most of the fellow to me.) food trucks were sold out (early in the There was a talent show, a strongman evening). You could have 50,000 people competition — or should that be strong- attend and if nobody is eating, that people? There were the staples of festidoesn’t do the food trucks any good. If vals: a beer garden and street vendors. there are 10,000 people there and the But the stars of the show were the trucks, food trucks sell out, they are happier as they have been from the festival’s than heck. That’s my indicator. The food

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trucks were all happy and they’ve all signed up for next year.”

As was the case on Friday after the dinner rush, numerous trucks had to shut down for an hour on Saturday to replenish. With that success, the total of food vendors will be upped from 21 to 25 next year.

Street vendors selling their wares were charged $50 for the three days. It basically cost the artisans only their time.

“That’s low risk,” Dave said. “We are used to going to these events and paying a ridiculous amount of money, so it’s a gamble.”

The Mahs could use some corporate help for next year.

“We ran this festival with under $13,000 in total sponsorship money,” Rick reiterated. “We did have some inkind sponsorships that helped a lot.”

The money was gobbled up with things like paying MCs, a sound technician, advertising and security staff, which included two police officers. Rick said his son-in-law handled social media, and his family and a couple of paid people who pitched in to dismantle the site.

That was about it, other than Affinity Credit Union folks looking after recycling and Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) sending some people to help out.

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Garry Peters has helped raise more than $1 million for KidSport. (Express file photo)

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arry Peters, a former next day on a par-three format National Hockey at the Willows Golf Club.

Leaguer, has reached About 25 former National a crossroads in the promotion Leaguers will attend, most of his favourite fundraising of them recruited by Chase, event, the KidSport Celebrity a former Saskatoon Blade golf tournament. player and now a commentator Peters made a huge perwith the St. Louis Blues. The sonal commitment, just like lineup includes Bryan Trottier, being on a 12-year winning the onetime New York Islandstreak, which raised more er star, and others with past than $1 million for KidSport.

NHL credentials including It’s a charity which provides Garth Butcher, Dave Babych, People support for children in order Colby Armstrong, Curtis for them to overcome some Leschyshyn, Bob Plager, Kirk of the financial barriers that come with McLean, Mike Keane, Brent Ashton, playing organized sports. Developed in Grant Jennings and Clarke Wilm.

British Columbia in 1993, KidSport now From present-day NHL ranks is Chanexists in every Canadian province. dler Stephenson, who grew up in SasFaced with some heath issues which katoon and played for the Regina Pats. sapped his energy early this year, Peters After two brief stints with the Washingwasn’t able to stage the annual tournaton Capitals, he crashed the lineup, with ment. He is now getting closer to achiev- considerable impact, with this year’s ing a cleaner bill of health.

Stanley Cup-winning Capitals.

Saskatoon’s Bob Fawcett and the Fawcett had helped in some of the team of Kelly Chase and Terri Sewell recent KidSport tournaments and was from Spark Creations and Booking have chair of the celebrity tournament which come to the rescue to establish the Spark was held in support of the Royal UniverGolf Classic on Aug. 13-14. A draft will sity Hospital. take place Aug. 13 to determine the line“We saw this as a blending of differup of teams; the tournament follows the ent resources. We were given access to

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the mailing lists of the two former tournaments and believed it was only natural that the proceeds be shared by KidSport and the Royal University Hospital,” said Fawcett.

“When Kelly and Terri came on board, it gave us access to NHL alumni members and some strong organizational skills.”

Fawcett had worked as recently as in May with Chase, Sewell and Troy Volhoffer, owner of the Country Thunder music franchise, to set up a concert at SaskTel Centre where the proceeds went directly and immediately to the families affected by the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash on April 6, 2018, where there were 16 fatalities.

Chase, who is originally from Porcupine Plain, played with the Blades from 1985 to 1988 and later spent most of seven seasons with St. Louis and three with Hartford in the NHL. Roger Millions, who worked in Saskatoon television before becoming part of the Sportsnet team for Calgary hockey broadcasts for many years, will be a master of ceremonies at the functions.

The attraction of the tournament is a chance to golf with the NHL crowd.

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KidSport tournament but Peters, humble as he can be, credits the co-operation of many people in making the golf event work over the years.

“Dan Demchenko of Boston Pizza attended a tournament honouring Andy Moog in Kelowna and he came back to me and wondered if we could do the same thing. I had the hockey connections, he turned the banquets into something special every year,” said Peters.

“We talked to Rick King and he got excited. He talked to Ken King, his brother and owner of the Calgary Flames. Ken started off with a three-year commitment, then was involved in 10 of the 12 we held. One of Ken’s gifts was arranging for someone to go to a Flames game, sit in the luxury box, and really enjoy the NHL game night atmosphere.”

Gordie Howe lent a hand for the 2007 event.

“He came with an asking price, but he donated 250 copies of his hockey biography and sat there on the 10th hole and autographed all of them.”

The greatest coup was in 2016 when Mike Babcock, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, brought along a collection of his coaching friends.

“I was always conscious of the costs of the events. Mike came right out and told me that nobody in his group was going to get paid. Some other source paid for a charter flight to bring the coaches in from Kelowna to Saskatoon.

“When I talked about having the patrons bid to have a coach sit at their dining tables, Barry Trotz just said ‘Garry, do what you want. We are here to help you and to help KidSport.’ On that night, all of the coaches financially matched the amounts that bidders paid for their seat at the table. That’s an example of the good luck I’ve had over the years with the tournament; an absolutely amazing response for those who came as guests.”

Depending upon the health of Peters at the banquet this year, he’s liable to be honoured.

Fawcett said, “Garry is very passionate about KidSport. He was front and centre and his heart was always in the right place.

He was a tireless worker.”

There is also an interesting catch to the aftermath of the golf tournament.

The NHL contingent will also stay for three more days to participate in the Kelly Chase Adult Fantasy Hockey Camp.

Individuals and companies sign up for what becomes “Want to be a Pro for the Weekend.”

Players are drafted on Aug. 16, then get to play with their favourites on Aug. 17, and then on the final day, the best of the want-to-be-stars will face off against a fully-loaded NHL alumni team. The proceeds go to charity.

Fawcett said the Fantasy Camp, in its brief existence, has donated to Saskatoon causes like the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, One Voice, the Optimist Hill, YWCA, READ Saskatoon, Restorative Action program, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Ronald McDonald House.

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2019 festival will be better, organizer says

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(Continued from page 2) e are thankful for our sponsors — Affinity, SIGA and Riversdale Business Improvement District — who supported us this year, but we are hoping for some other corporate sponsors to step up and join us next year to make the festival even better,” Rick said.

Dave said the festival was good for neighbourhood.

“We brought thousands of people out to Riversdale that probably haven’t been to Riversdale in a long time,” he said.

“I think if you are a business in the area you are going to benefit directly during the festival but also after. People haven’t been to some of the restaurants or the stores before.”

Dave, who owns Bartari — a business on 20th Street — said the festival was a benefit for him and has anecdotally heard it was for others as well.

The Mahs said they were too busy to step back and enjoy the festival. Dave said they probably made five cents an hour. Rick corrected him. It cost them more than five cents an hour over the past 13 months of planning and then executing the festival.

“We stepped up a notch this year, not realizing how these things would take so much of our time during the festival,” Rick said. “We had to put out other fires as well. We have no general manager; anything that had to do with the festival, we had to handle it.”

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An estimated 25,000 people attended the festival.

(Photos by Cam Hutchinson) year. There will be a number of tweaks, they said. Better, not bigger, is Rick’s motto.

Dave said the 2018 edition was satisfying. “We were so busy. It was nice to get (positive) feedback from people.

People were really impressed, so I am glad we did this.

“We lost money the last three years.

Hopefully next year with some sponsorship, we should be OK. It takes a while and we knew that; it takes four or five years to build it.”

Next year’s festival will be held from July 26-28.

Blair Farthing of CTV won the celebrity hamburger eating contest at the festival.

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was sitting on the beach This may be the case, but at Waskesiu the other day, whoever created that advertisewhen I noticed something ment did so by deliberately sparkling on the lake. choosing the colour of the subNo, it was not the glimmer ject’s skin. If they had not wanted of the water or the sun reflectto insinuate that a certain race or ing off some rocks. It was two colour was undesirable, or somewomen sitting in a canoe, both thing we don’t want in Canada, wearing beautiful sparkly saris. they wouldn’t have made the Having taken over the boat creative decision they did. from their male family memSeeds of racial discontent, bers, the pair had obviously like the one being planted in Columnist decided to go out for a spin. that ad and coming from our soAs someone pointed out to called leaders in this great nation me later, they were sitting in it backwards, should worry you. We aren’t immune to but that didn’t seem to stop them as they that message, and racism is as prevalent in glided rather effortlessly across the calm Canada as anywhere in the world, even if lake. The bright colours of their saris and at times we are slightly more polite about their scarves contrasted beautifully against it. Or, perhaps a better way to put that we the green forest across the lake, against the are less obvious about it. I really don’t blue water and the bright red of the canoe. know which is worse.

The scene lies in stark contrast to what Just a couple of weeks ago we saw a we’ve been seeing around Canada lately horrific racist attack on an unassuming when it comes to the interaction between Saskatoon man as he walked home from his people of this nation of various cultures. local mosque.

We like to think that as Canadians we After being nearly mowed down by a are immune to a lot of the overt hate and pick-up truck, the driver of that truck proracism for which we love to look down on ceeded to throw bricks through the man’s our American neighbours. living room windows. Shouts of “What are The truth is that as Canadians, or really you doing here?” were said to be heard. just human beings, we are as susceptible as “That kind of thing doesn’t happen anyone else to racist messaging, whether here,” is what so many of us think about it’s in our face or being delivered by more when we hear a story like that — until it subtle means. does. Which takes me back to the women in This is why it blows my mind that politi- the canoe. cal parties, like the Conservative Party of As I watched, I had no doubt that sitting Canada, would risk their reputations, and around me were other individuals watching other people’s lives and livelihoods, on with disdain. In fact, I’m pretty sure I heard advertisements like we saw them put out at least one jack wagon running his mouth just a few weeks ago. (but I couldn’t be sure, so I felt unable to The visual was of a black man pullsay anything). ing a suitcase across the Canadian border, Opinions like his don’t form in a walking across the words of Justin Trudeau, vacuum. That’s why it’s so important that when our prime minister indicated some our elected officials, and those who want to time ago that everyone was welcome in be our leaders, are held to a standard that is Canada. impeccable and how they encourage us or The implied messaging, the Conserotherwise to treat others. Because contrary vative Party insisted, was that Trudeau to what so many would have you believe acted recklessly by inferring that Canadian today, it is a wonderful thing to watch two borders are wide open and without restric- different cultures embrace and enjoy what tions. each other has to offer.

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‘It’s one of the coolest jobs in the world’

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(Continued from page 1) e got the entire audience to pop their cheeks at the same time in a 5,000-seat auditorium.

And to this day it is still one of the coolest things I have heard. I thought, ‘wow, to have that kind of control over an audience like that and get laughs just seemed like the coolest job in the world.’ That was when I was 12 years old and I am 34 now.

“And it is one of the coolest jobs in the world,” he said.

Morrison was 22 when he first got up on stage.

“There wasn’t a lot of opportunity back then. I was one of the only opening comics so I would try to get on stage with any comic that was coming around town. There were a couple of comics who took me under their wing and would bring me out to shows and I’d get to do five minutes.

“There were a lot of shows in small town Saskatchewan bars. I took my lumps for quite a few years and slowly I started getting invited to comedy clubs and theatres and better venues. It’s a long game.

There’s no overnight success in Canadian comedy.

You slowly scratch and crawl your way to a little bit better things.”

Morrison has scratched and crawled his way to the semi-final of a national competition. He was one of the eight people left standing in the SiriusXM competition. The winner gets $25,000 and a whole bunch of good gigs.

Morrison has had a fair share of good gigs over the years. He has performed in 12 countries overseas for NATO, has appeared on CBC’s Laugh Out Loud, SiriusXM’s Laugh Attack and BiteTV’s Comedy Time.

He said comedy has come a long way in Saskatoon since he was starting out. An open mic called the Comedy Lab will open in September at the Crazy Cactus. It will be held on Thursday nights.

“We have a really vibrant community; there are a lot of women trying out comedy now. There are probably 30 open-mic-ers who are giving it a go. It is kind of neat to see their experience because when I was around I was the only one so it is kind of neat to see them get brought up in this entirely different environment. I try to mentor them and help out as much as I can. Now there are more of them and a lot more opportunities.”

He has advice for those courageous enough to go on stage.

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“Just get really good at doing your five minutes.

Do it over and over until it’s great and then polish that. Always continue to write; don’t ever stop writing because that’s when you get stale and you get boring.

Go up there and be honest and hopefully people are attracted to it.”

He said he learned a valuable lesson from a Las Vegas comedian named Tommy Savitt. Savitt prepared him for those times when a joke bombs.

He told me, ‘embrace the silence. As soon as you figure out the silence isn’t going to kill you if a joke doesn’t work, then you don’t care and move onto your next joke and hopefully they like that one.’ I don’t lose my cool too often.”

Morrison considers himself more a writer than a performer.

“You have to perform in order to get your jokes heard so I kind of reluctantly started performing and grew to love it as the years went on. They go hand and hand now but I was always more of a writer.”

While the competition is the focus of much of his attention, he is doing a tour this month and into September. He will hit a number of small towns and will perform Aug. 24 at Yuk Yuks in Saskatoon.

“I’m excited about touring the small towns again because now I am doing it as a headliner. Instead of the small town bars it’s the community halls and we’re doing a lot of small town community fundraisers. It’s fun to get out to those communities and it’s also fun to look back and see how far I’ve come.”

He has a couple of long-term projects as well.

“I got asked to record my second album in Ontario next year, so I think I am going to do that. Another local comedian, Jody Peters, and I are working on a stand-up comedy documentary about Saskatchewan comics so that’s next summer’s project. I always have a few sticks in the fire that we cultivate attention and keep the whole comedy ball rolling.”

People can vote for Morrison at Siriusxm.ca/topcomic. Click on his name and hit vote. People can vote once a day until Aug. 17. The finals will be held Sept. 27 in Toronto.

“I promise if I win the $25,000 I am not going to put Christmas lights on the new Traffic Bridge,” he said with a laugh.

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Dear Reena, How do you keep strawberries from spoiling? Please tell me what I need to do before this year’s picking season. — Carissa Dear Carissa, Do not wash berries until ready to use. Using a large baking sheet, wet a tea towel and lay it on the sheet. Spread berries onto the baking sheet so they do not touch each other. Wet another tea towel and cover the berries before putting the pan inside the fridge.

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— Marsha Dear Marsha, Dried nail polish acts like regular glue, making lids stick and difficult to open. Begin by wrapping a rubber band around the bottle. Submerse the bottle in HOT water for five minutes. Twist the bottle cap until it opens. If you do not have a rubber band, you may want to wear rubber gloves while you twist the bottle lid.

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olin Berglof can finally enter the SaskTel Centre as an athlete as opposed to a ticket buyer.

The 19-year-old member of the Saskatchewan SWAT junior A lacrosse team will hit the playing surface that is the home of the National Lacrosse League champion Saskatchewan Rush, as a member of Canada’s team that will play in the three-team indoor World Junior Lacrosse Championship.

The event, which is a 20-and-under tournament, runs Aug. 8-12. Canada opens play on Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m. against the Iroquois team. The United States rounds out the field.

The top two teams in a round robin preliminary advance to the championship final that is set for Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

“It is going to be cool,” said Berglof, who also plays junior B hockey with the Delisle Chiefs. “With hockey or lacrosse, I’ve never played (at SaskTel Centre) before.

“Being out on that brand new turf that they got this year and being in a pro rink and a pro dressing room, it is going to be something else. It is going to be surreal.

I’m pretty excited about it.”

Berglof is one of seven players from the SWAT junior A lacrosse team that will represent Canada at worlds. He is joined on the Canadian side by Tanner Deck, Quinn Ingalls, Keagan White, Wyatt Haux, Mitch Linklater and Laine Hruska.

“It is nice to have some familiar faces in the room,” said Berglof. “It also shows how much lacrosse is growing in Saskatchewan, and that we are getting better and can kind of hold our own with B.C. and Ontario.

“We have a chance this coming week to kind of show the rest of the country and world that guys in Saskatchewan are no slouches.”

With the world junior event looming on the horizon, Berglof had a bit of a chuckle admitting that about 12 years ago when he was a kid he didn’t want to take up lacrosse. He had an argument with his JW080602 James

Colin Berglof is one of seven players from the SWAT team to make the national junior squad. (Photos Supplied) parents, saying he wanted to play summer hockey over lacrosse.

Berglof’s father, Darren, and mother, Lindsay, wanted him to try another sport.

Older brother, Connor, was already playing lacrosse.

Fate had other ideas pushing Colin into lacrosse.

“I got cut from my summer hockey team, and they ended up signing me up for lacrosse,” said Berglof. “I ended up playing lacrosse. I’ve never looked back really.”

Berglof played multiple sports growing up including lacrosse, hockey, football and basketball. These days, he plays defence for the Chiefs in the winter months and forward for the SWAT in the spring and summer.

He admits he quickly took a liking to lacrosse once he started playing.

“I liked the physicality a little bit,” said Berglof. “You are able to kind of beat on each other a little bit.

“I loved the high scoring games. I like how you could score 12 goals a game. That was probably the most interesting part for me and just how fast it is.

“I just fell in love with it at a young age.”

Berglof has developed a strong scoring prowess around the net too. In 39 career regular-season games spread over the last three seasons with the SWAT, he has piled up 42 goals and 48 assists.

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The SWAT fell in a best-of-seven league semifinal series 4-2 to the Calgary Mountaineers.

With Canada, Berglof will be moving into the transition player position. That means he will be responsible for faceoffs, playing defence and starting the rush up the floor passing the ball to an offensive player. If he sees an opening to drive to the goal for a shot, he has to read the play and take it.

Standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 225 pounds, Berglof said the Canadian coaches wanted to have someone with his size in that spot on the floor.

“Obviously, I am a pretty big guy,” said Berglof. “I was always naturally good at playing defence and working guys over.

“I have some alright hands, so I can also help out on the offensive side of the floor. It kind of just developed into the perfect position for me.”

There are times Berglof still can’t believe he made the final 23-player roster for the Canadian team.

“It was a dream come true,” he said.

“It is kind of cliché, but every kid wants to wear the maple leaf and represent their country on the world stage.

“When I found out, I was ecstatic. I just can’t wait to go. I never really thought I

would have the chance.”

When worlds finishes, Berglof said he aims to keep playing both lacrosse and hockey in the future and will rejoin the Chiefs for a third campaign in the upcoming season.

For the moment, he just wants to focus on the opportunity he has in the present with the lacrosse indoor junior worlds. He believes the Canadian side can win the event.

“Canada normally does well,” said Berglof. “I think we will have a pretty good shot of making it to the final and taking a shot at gold.”

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

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express hat do campfire songs, gender roles, friendship and puppets have in common?

Audience members will find them all in Pack Animals, the latest production from Saskatoon-based Scantily Glad Theatre.

Billed as a “raunchy feminist comedy,” Pack Animals is running until Aug. 11 as part of the annual Nutrien Fringe Theatre Festival.

“I think we want the audience to know that we’re playing — we’re playing with a lot of the concepts of gender and sort of trying to turn them on their head and make fun of them, but in a really light-hearted way,” said S.E. Grummett, a Saskatonian and University of Saskatchewan drama graduate who co-created Pack Animals with Holly Brinkman from Victoria, B.C. “I think we say some really true and some really poignant things, but all couched in just the silliest, campiest, overthe-top sort of clowning humour — just this idea of something that can be really, really political and say something really important but not take itself too seriously at all,” Grummett added.

Scantily Glad Theatre was founded in 2014 to promote the work of female/ woman/femme and queer artists in the community. The emerging independent theatre company is known for taking risks and challenging artists and audiences alike.

Grummett previously toured Canada and the U.S. with her hit feminist comedy SCUM: a manifesto. That production focused on American radical feminist Valeria Solanas, who is known for her attempt to assassinate renowned artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Another of Grummett’s recent cocreations, the horror play Girl in the Box, was nominated for Best English Production at the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival.

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They hit it off, and were soon writing Pack Animals together at a cabin in Saskatchewan. That initial collaboration occurred in April 2018, with Brinkman returning to Saskatoon in July to join Grummett in rehearsing for the show and building sets, costumes and puppets.

When asked how the audience will respond to Pack Animals, Grummett said: “I guess we’ll find out.”

“I’ve done feminist shows in the past, and it can be really hit or miss, depending on who’s in the audience, what moments land and what sort of ideologies and preconceptions people come into the show with. But that’s always fun to break those pre-existing notions of gender and feminism,” said Grummett.

Brinkman said she wants audience members to initially see the show as fun, but then to think a little more deeply in the days that follow about some of the comments and jokes in the play.

“I think humour is a really great way of making politics and big identity politics – like feminism and the concept of gender binaries — more accessible to an audience and more accessible to a community,” said Brinkman.

“I think that it’s also just a really good reminder to people that it’s OK to use humour to diffuse tense situations or to protect yourself in tense situations – and I think that there’s a lot of material in here that people can use to kind of get themselves out of a conversation that they don’t want to be in or a situation that they don’t want to be in, and use humour to do that.”

Pack Animals is the latest in a string of creative endeavours for Grummett, who has been busy since graduating from the U of S in 2016. Recently she was hired through an emerging artist program to serve as assistant director on the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan production of Titus A. puppet revenge, working along-

side director Will Brooks. And, because of her past experience working with Wide Open Children’s Theatre, Grummett was also involved in building puppets for Titus.

“I learned a lot of good skills,” she said.

What Grummett enjoys most about theatre is telling stories.

Performing in Fringe shows and creating her own work offers her the opportunity to “tell a story from its conception all the way through to putting it on stage and being in it – and building everything.”

“It’s really cracking the story and making it your own and sharing it with others,” she said.

Pack Animals will show at The Refinery, located at 609 Dufferin Ave., on Aug. 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11. Tickets are $15.

For more information about the Nutrien Fringe Theatre Festival, including how to purchase tickets, go online to www.25thstreettheatre.org.

S.E. Grummett is a U of S drama grad and co-creator of Pack Animals.

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I acknowledged the man by saying “sorry, Hmm. The recycling business is more but no.” He responded with “piss on you,” lucrative than I thought. unzipped his fly and attempted to do exactly I scanned the newspapers to catch up that. Lesson learned, when in Rome . . . on what was happening in Saskatoon, but A visit to Times Square and the Theit was the same old, same old. Council was atre District would have been a must. Our still struggling with the weighty issue of Persephone Theatre shows well, although creating a cul-de-sac on Ninth Street. Ho understandably it doesn’t have the ambihum. There was the quick report on how ence of NYC’s historical buildings, which many tickets had been issued on backyard is another thing I hope Clark noticed, that fire pits. Ho hum. being the mix of architecture created over Then I checked my email and found news the centuries. Beautiful old cathedrals and from the mayor’s office which is a synopsis century old retail and apartment buildings of highlights from city council. The Mayor’s are mixed in with the glass and brass skyOffice gets thumbs up for this communica- scrapers which bounce sunlight into dark tion mode. What was interesting is that corners. It is eclectic, and it works.

Mayor Charlie Clark had been invited to Central Park is worthy of a daytime and attended a gathering of big dogs in New stroll, but Saskatoon wins hands down for York City (NYC) sponsored by the Bloom- downtown green space and streetscaping. I guess that is the trade-off between a big and berg Harvard City Leadership initiative. small city. It is something to remember in Kudos to Clark. The even better news was our quest to grow our city. that all expenses were paid by the host.

For Clark’s relaxation I would have recI admit I was envious of Clark’s trip to NYC as it is, in my opinion, the most excit- ommended a refreshment at the Algonquin Hotel located in the theatre district, it ing city in North America.

While Clark was there, I hope he noted being a quaint boutique lodging and the gathering place for the literary giants of the number of dedicated bus and bike years gone by. I made a pilgrimage there lanes (or lack thereof) in the heart of the once, ordered a martini and hoped to comCity, which has one of the most vibrant mune with the ghost of Dorothy Parker, downtowns. I can’t recall seeing a bus in Manhattan, but this city has subways, trains my favourite American poet, writer, critic and vehicles coming into its centre from the and satirist. When the bartender gave me the bill for a $25 drink, I almost choked on boroughs and Long Island. my olive. (Did I mention that was US dolGridlock is endemic in NYC, the yellars?) Kind of makes Bev Oda look like a low cab is iconic; cyclists bob and weave piker with her $16 orange juice. Mind you, in-between the gridlock and pedestrians and everyone seems oblivious to it all. If a this excursion wouldn’t have been covered tourist is foolish enough to drive a car into on his expense account.

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We got to meet outreach workers (bless The group from Germany decided to their hearts), Christian soldiers who had a enter a relay race which included swimmidnight bus with coffee and something ming to a canoe across a river, then to eat. We got to know the police who paddling the canoes upstream for a couple would come and check on us. One by one of miles. Then there would be a running we would find our way home. leg, followed by five miles on a horse.

Being a teenage homeless person has The group’s leader was telling me how he its challenges, but sometimes all it takes is got all the students together to ask which for someone to step up and recognize evevent they could do. eryone has the inherent right to be treated One young woman said she could like a human being. swim. Another young man said he and As for the “go out and experience it,” as his father used to canoe all the time in an adult I was homeless a few times. Even Germany. It looked like they were putting here in Saskatchewan I ended up under the together a pretty good team. Then it came Broadway Bridge a number of times. time for the horse race.

This was by choice, however, because I There was a young woman in the group know many people in the city and I know who some students tended to stay away they would be more than willing to spare a from. Apparently she came from a very room. But it was in the middle of summer wealthy family and was known to be a and there were always people under the little snobbish. She piped in to say they old bridge with guitars and other musical have horses on their property and she rides instruments. We would jam until the sun them all the time. Now they had a team. started to rise.

I got to meet interesting people being In Northern communities, or for that matter any small Saskatchewan town, the entire homeless in Saskatoon. Like Edmonton years prior, I found where I could eat, community comes out for such events.

There were people all along the banks clean myself up with water and clean of the river cheering us on, the chaperone clothes. I met a man who lived under the bridges year round. said. We were ahead of the other race Once in the middle of January, I went teams when it came to the final event, and checked in on him. After checking horseback riding. All they needed to do under a couple of bridges I found his was to pull off the impossible. little camp. Sure enough there he was in a “The young woman jumped on the horse sideways, with both legs hanging on shelter he had built with cardboard, plastics and blankets. I’ve experienced being one side of the horse. All the people had homeless in the summer, but winter was a gathered at the finish line,” my German friend said. “One by one the Indians came different story. I decided to camp out with riding, whipping their horses like a bat out him for an entire month in the coldest part of the year. of hell,” he said. Then their horse rider, I built my own shelter and every night I still riding sideways, finally showed up. would fall asleep with the humming of the “The local people were laughing so tires on the vehicles that drove over the hard some were rolling on the ground bridge. I learned many things of survival because our rider was riding sideways, which the locals probably had never seen in that month and gained a new-found respect for that man who lived homeless, before. But she was waving at everyone not because he wants to but because he like Her Majesty.” has to.

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Construction of the multi-sport facility is well underway.

Gordie Howe Complex continues to grow Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express he Gordie Howe Sports Complex seems to be busy at all hours these days.

While athletes and sports groups utilize the facilities in the evenings and nights from Monday to Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday, construction crews are busy working on numerous improvements during the day from Monday to Friday.

The most noticeable site on the complex is the rise of a new multi-sport indoor athletic performance and training centre that neighbors Gordie Howe Kinsmen Arena. The walls are up on the building and workers will likely be working on the inside of the structure during winter.

The press boxes for SMF Field are near completion as the football season approaches for the Saskatoon Hilltops, who have won the last four Canadian Junior Football League titles.

The stands at Cairns Field have been demolished. In their place, the base structure is currently being set up for a new multi-sport centre.

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new track being built at the new track and field facility. The long and triple jump pits have been completed.

Another outdoor turf field is being constructed for football, two infields for baseball and an overflow parking lot, which will be located west of Saskatoon Minor Football Field.

It is amazing to see all the improvements that are being made to Saskatoon’s long time sports park. It almost becomes a challenge to keep track of them all.

The improvements have been overseen by the Friends of the Bowl Foundation, which is a not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to improve the facilities and amenities at the Gordie Howe Sports Complex.

The Friends of the Bowl Foundation has initial roots dating back to 2011 when discussions were held about improving what was then known as the Gordie Howe Bowl football facility.

The first focus was refurbishing Gordie Howe Bowl, which was an eyesore. The refurbishment began on that facility in 2014, and it was renamed Saskatoon Minor Football Field.

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The new home for track and field is taking shape. (Photos by Darren Steinke) happened just to SMF Field, the work of the Friends of the Bowl Foundation could be deemed a success. That fundraising entity had built such momentum that wheels went into motion on improving the rest of the Gordie Howe Sports Complex.

When the master plan for the complex is complete, a total of $62 million will be put into renovating and improving the complex. The fundraising efforts have been ongoing since Friends of the Bowl started and $42 million has been raised towards the ultimate final goal.

Positive momentum keeps building as improvements and renovations quickly occur after additional funds are raised.

Saskatoon is going to end up with a sports

complex that could be the envy of Western Canada.

Chairperson Bryan Kosteroski and board member Johnny Marciniuk have been the faces of the volunteer board of directors for the Friends of the Bowl Foundation, and they have played a huge part in providing leadership to this big-picture project.

In the end, all the volunteers and everyone who has donated to make the final vision of the Gordie Howe Sports Complex a reality, can take a bow and be owed a big thank you from the rest of the citizens of Saskatoon.

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Folkfest ready to take us around the world for 39th time

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express he trip around the world at Folkfest will be a bit longer geographically this year.

After having 17 pavilions at Prairieland Park last year, there will be eight on the Exhibition grounds this year, with many others returning to the comfort of their old homes. There are also three new pavilions — Japan, Cameroon and Sri Lanka.

The pavilions, which will stretch from Archibald Arena in the north to the German Cultural Centre in the south, will be served by three bus routes. Nine buses, which are free to use with a passport, will be travelling the city for the festival.

“Last year was our contribution to the Canada 150 celebration,” Folkfest executive director Terri Rau said of the large number of pavilions at Prairieland. “Members never got a chance to visit each other. That was the opportunity.

“I think although a lot of the public enjoyed it, there were some that were a little nervous about the weather that are used to being in their indoor pavilions. We are going to return to that and see how it goes.”

She said the decision as to where pavilions locate are up to the members.

“We didn’t put any restrictions on the members; the members chose for themselves their venues this year.”

Of the eight pavilions at Prairieland, three will occupy the Kicking Horse Saloon. They are the Hungarian, South Sudan and the Pakistan pavilions.

“There is a bit of shelter there for those three so they are happy, so we are going to try it again. Every year there is something new as we head toward our 40th anniversary.”

What isn’t new is the value festival-goers get from a $16 passport.

“The Folkfest passport is your best entertainment value in town,” Folkfest president Dr. Jay Kalra said. “For $16 you will receive unlimited access to all 21 pavilions for the three days complete with free shuttle service. Travel with us around the world in three days — Aug. 16-18 — right here in Saskatoon.”

Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. There will be tour guides on the buses which interconnect at the downtown bus mall. Dr. Kalra said people are encouraged to park their vehicles and use the

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Terri Rau, executive director of Folkfest, and festival president Dr. Jay Kalra display this year’s passport.

This year marks the 39th year for the festival. (Photo

by Cam Hutchinson) transit system during the festival.

Rau said Folkfest continues to get more recognition every year.

“We’re proud of the impact on the interest in the festival from all over Canada, the United States and even beyond. We are working closely with Tourism Saskatoon to increase attendance from our out-of-town guests.

“When you support Folkfest you are supporting local cultural groups. All funds raised go for further promotion of cultural programs for our youth and other worthwhile initiatives right here in Saskatoon.

“The Folkfest family believes that if we pursue our ideals, that of learning and sharing our heritage and cultural richness here in Saskatoon with others and with our neighbours, it will surely create lasting memories and bring harmony in all our lives.”

Passports are now available at Mac’s/Circle K stores, Co-op stores and gas bars, major hotels and from Tourism Saskatoon. Passports will be available at pavilion doors as well.

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The pavilions and locations in alphabetical order are: Asia Pacific, Aden Bowman Collegiate; Bangladesh, Royal Canadian Legion, 3201 Louise Street; Cameroon, Global Village at Archibald Arena; Caribbean, Hall B, Prairieland Park; Central America and Mexico, Lion’s Arena; German, German Cultural Centre; Ghana, Global Village, Archibald Arena; Greek, Hall E Prairieland Park; Hungarian, Kicking Horse Saloon, Prairieland Park; India, Brunskill School; Indian & Metis, Indian & Metis Friendship Centre; Irish, Nutana Curling Club; Japan, Global Village, Archibald Arena; Nepal, Global Village, Archibald Arena; Norway, Holy Cross High School; Pakistan, Kicking Horse Saloon, Prairieland Park; Philippines, Hall C, Prairieland Park; Scottish, Hall A, Prairieland Park; South Sudan, Kicking Horse Saloon, Prairieland Park; Sri Lanka, Global Village, Archibald Arena; Ukrainian Karpaty: Hall D Prairieland Park.

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You know all of the stuff we did before we were married.

He is acting exactly the way his parents act. He earns, she spends. I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Do you have any words of wisdom? – Mrs. Spend

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By Sarath Peiris niversity of Saskatchewan researcher Karen Lawson is studying the psychological and social factors behind an increasing number of Canadian women delaying motherhood, a trend that has ramifications for women themselves and for the country’s societal and economic future.

The national birth rate for women in their 20s has been decreasing. About one-third are waiting until they are over age 30 to have their first child, for reasons such as career advancement, financial stability and education, according to Lawson, a professor in the psychology department in the College of Arts and Science.

The less positive repercussions of the trend, at the personal level, include the reduced fertility of women after age 28 that limits their reproductive capabilities. At the societal level, the decline in fertility rates in Canada to 1.61 children per woman—well below the replacement level of 2.1—has implications for the economy, labour force, tax base and social safety net, because projected immigration won’t fill the gap.

“This study will contribute to fostering informed reproductive decision-making in a way that will benefit women, families and society,” said Lawson, who was recently awarded an Insight Grant of $87,000 for the project, by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Deferring motherhood to a later age can lead to difficulty in conceiving a child, having fewer children than desired or involuntary childlessness, said Lawson. Among the common misbeliefs of women is the vast overestimation of the longevity of their fertility, and the success rate of medical interventions in addressing fertility problems, she said.

“I don’t want to advocate that women should be having their children earlier, or that they should be waiting to have their children,” said Lawson.

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“We’re all about helping women make informed reproductive decisions,” said project co-applicant Pamela Downe, an associate professor in anthropology with whom Lawson has done previous research on women’s reproductive intentions.

Lawson and Downe will interview 60 women in Saskatchewan between the ages 18 to 45 with varying reproductive intentions or outcomes, focusing on why and how they decided on the timing of motherhood.

Factors such as personal attitudes, interpersonal relationships, available supports and workplace practices that pose a societal barrier to earlier childbearing will be part of the discussion. Specific issues raised in the 60 interviews will be explored in a detailed questionnaire given to a nationally representative sample of 1,000 Canadian women who are childless but intend to have children.

What’s learned can guide the development of public programs and policies that support individual reproductive choices while meeting the national objective of having a stable population that can support economic and societal goals.

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(Sarath Peiris is Assistant Director, Research Profile and Impact, at the University of Saskatchewan.)

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Music for the Gut 8 - A musical program highlighting a 40-voice choir performing powerful pop/rock hits and musical theatre standards, accompanied by a 14-piece band. Guest artists include Jay Semko and Theresa Sokyrka.

7:30 p.m. at TCU Place; visit tcutickets.ca or call 306-975-7799.

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A night of jazz will be at 8:30 p.m. at 2nd Avenue Grill, the Prairie Music Residency presents ‘An Evening with Al Kay.’ featuring Juno award-winning trombonist Alastair Kay with the Gerard Weber Group. Free admission, all ages.

AUGUST 11 A Brass Band gala concert will be held in the Quance Theatre, Education Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and admission is by donation. This concert features brass players from Canada and beyond.

AUGUST 12 A Percussion Ensemble gala concert will be held in Quance Theatre. Dr Michelle Colton, celebrated Canadian percussion soloist and educator, will be performing and conducting a group of percussionists from Saskatchewan and beyond. The concert starts at 1 p.m. Admission is by donation.

AUGUST 21 The Lyell Gustin Recital Series presents Canadian soprano Leslie Ann Bradley performing “Songs of Evening” with pianist Rachel Andrist. The concert includes Romanticera songs, opera arias, and Broadway music: works

by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Sondheim, and more. 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (436 Spadina Cres. East). Pre-concert talk at 6:45. Tickets: $35 regular / $30 student, at McNally Robinson, Yamaha Piano, Saskatoon Music Academy, Gustin Committee, or at the door. Children 12 & Under, free if accompanied by an adult. Information: 653-8889 or www. gustinhouse.ca.

EVENTS AUGUST 12

AIESEC’s Fun Run for Good Health and Well-Being presented by Brainsport and Affinity Insurance goes Aug. 12 in Victoria Park. All proceeds of the event will be donated to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital. The 10K begins at noon; the 5K at 1 p.m.; and the one mile run goes at 1:30 p.m. Entry fee for each participant is $30. Top three finishers win prizes and each participant will receive a race package. Registration is open until Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. at http://bit.ly/RunForGoodHealth.

AUGUST 13 Renters of Saskatoon and Area (ROSA) renter meeting at 2 p.m. Topic: Sask Human Rights Commission and Renting.

St. Thomas-Wesley United Church Lower Hall, 808 20th St. West. Childcare and snacks available. Ring doorbell for elevator. Volunteers wanted. Contact renters.rosa@gmail. com or find on Facebook @rentersrosa

a Pancake Breakfast at Grace-Westminster United Church from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. ***** Saskatoon Bridge Club open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 3041 Louise Street. Come and learn about what the Club can offer you.

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SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people to meet in a relaxed social setting. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre. For more information, call Katherine Soule Blaser at 306-6553742 or Robin Kitchen at 306-655-3646. ***** 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.

wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.

EVERY WEDNESDAY ***** Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). to 70s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a genmembership dues. For more information email: allaboueral meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the tus@shaw.ca or phone 306-249-0254. exception of July and August. For more information, contact ***** Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. ***** invites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For ***** The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). The Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. free-of-charge support meetings are an informative and ***** engaging space for people to connect with each other for Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. ongoing support. For information and times, visit www.

Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, saskfasdnetwork.ca/events purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by AS080607 Aaron Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com.

EVERY TUESDAY Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes new members. No auditions. We meet each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grace Westminster Church, beginning Sept. 5. For more information, please contact: janinasaskatoonchoralsociety@ gmail.com or phone Janina: 306-229-3606. ***** Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. ***** Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become more confident in your personal life and in your work? We help each other develop oral communication and leadership skills by providing instant feedback. Guests are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 Idydwyld Drive, room number 129-C or 150. ***** Truth Research Circle of Friends at 7 p.m. If you are concerned about the trouble in our world, researching its roots, feeling grief and confusion, and wondering what to do with what you’re learning, you are welcome to join our circle. Call Patti at 306-229-1978 for more information and the location.

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THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Columbian Seniors (55+) pot luck supper at Holy Spirit

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AUGUST 18 MENSA is holding a supervised IQ testing session on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized test. The cost of the test is $90, or $70 for students. Call Tim at 306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus.usask.ca.

AUGUST 25 Ukrainian Day In The Park will be held in Rotary Park from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

August 26 Walking tour and open house at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Walking Tour begins at 2 p.m. at the Superintendent’s Residence (the big brick house). Tours are free. Refreshments available. Donations welcome. For more information, or to arrange a private tour, please call Peggy at 306-652-9801.

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By RJ Currie hree hopes for TSN’s telecast of Johnny Manziel’s first CFL start: 3. The U.S. audience is large; 2. Americans enjoy Canadian football; 1. Rod Black isn’t doing playby-play.

• Selfridges store in London announced early Christmas by opening a new Yule-themed shop Aug. 2. “You call that early Christmas?” said Leafs fans. “We got John Tavares July 1.”

• Admit it. When TSN analyst Matt Dunigan said Johnny Manziel is playing with a small package, did you giggle?

• Angels ace Shohei Ohtani hit a 446-foot homer. As exciting as he is as a pitcher, when he steps up to the plate it’s Sho-time.

• Danica Patrick told Rachel Ray seven things she likes about her boyfriend, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers. When Tom Brady heard this, he said: “Gisele listed 14 about me.”

• Police at the Tour de France using tear gas on protestors accidentally sprayed several cyclists. The protestors cried; the cyclists asked for something stronger.

• I was hoping that Nationals star Bryce Harper would be dealt to L.A. of the American League. Back in Sunday school, every angel was a harper.

• Very disappointed in a video of some guy running on a landing strip in Atlanta in his BVDs. When I heard about a runway and underwear, I was expecting a Victoria Secret model.

• According to a German study, robots were able to convince 30 per cent of human volunteers not to turn them off.

The other 70 per cent were married.

• Ohio State savior Urban Meyer is now on leave, and it appears he lied about being unaware of his assistant coach’s domestic abuse. He’s gone from Urban renewal to Urban myth.

• Ravens rookie QB Lamar Jackson took a serious shot near the sidelines in the Hall of Fame Game. He was hit so hard it knocked both the chips off his shoulders.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week Carmelo Anthony wants an Atlanta jersey with his name on it, even though it’s expected he’ll be waived without playing one second as a Hawk. He’s just a technical fowl.

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Enough blame to go around in Osuna trade

id you hear the one about the Saskatoon driver who tailgated a vehicle through a construction zone?

The woman then made a rude gesture to the driver of the other vehicle. That driver happened to be a police constable. I can only imagine the look on the angry young woman’s face when the police car’s lights went on. Oops.

• I’m thinking the Roughriders have three choices with the offence when on the opponent’s one-yard line: 1. Run their regular alignment; 2. Kick a field goal; 1. Bring Chris Szarka out of retirement.

• Torben Rolfsen, on the Yankees Jonathan Holder giving up earned runs to the Red Sox without recording an out: “I was trying to figure out his ERA. Where’s Stephen Hawking when you need him?”

• Congratulations to Derek Keenan on being the National Lacrosse League’s coach of the year. Had he not won, voters would have needed to take concussion protocol.

• Former Rider player and executive Steve Mazurak is will be the senior advisor, business development and partnerships for the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Western Operations. I’m sure the Saskatchewan Rattlers and other teams in the west are happy to have Steve on board.

• You might want to pass if Jerome Messam invites you over for a movie night.

• One talking head pulled a Freudian when talking about athletes such as Messam messing up: “We’ve been to this movie before.”

• Janice Hough, on the one-on-one golf match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson being set for US Thanksgiving weekend: Let’s hope they’re both playing well, or this could be biggest holiday sports turkey not involving a Lions game.”

• Derek Dennis of the Calgary Stampeders, on hot-headed Jason Maas throwing a child-like tantrum in the first quarter against the Riders. “Don’t you think you should be able to lift the cooler before you attempt to slam it?”

• From Bill Littlejohn: “If things get much worse for Urban Meyer, Al Pacino will consider playing him in a movie.”

• I did a search for idiot and Maas’ photo popped up.

• How long is the delay on TSN? There have been numerous times when people have tweeted about a play before it’s been shown on the telly.

• A witty person said Messam must have done well in the team’s film room.

• From Edmonton DJ Ryder: “Jerome Messam was not in attendance at the Riders vs Eskimos game, but he did record it.”

• From Hough: “Anyone but me still having a hard time wrapping their head around the phrase ‘division-leading Phillies?’”

• The second best quarterback on the Riders roster is cornerback Nick Marshall, who was an all-American quarterback at Auburn.

• Hough, on Jerry Jones’ son Stephen saying players should stand if they want to be a Dallas Cowboy: “If they want to take out their frustrations, players should do something more American like beating their girlfriends?”

• Another reason to dislike Derek Jeter: He pays his gambling debts in pennies.

• I have said it before and will say it again: I like the Trivago man.

• One of the coolest people I follow on Twitter is retired executive secretary Myrna Tellingheusen, who lives in California. Here are three of her recent observations: 1. Nothing gets my adrenaline flowing like double-coupon days; 2.

Due to the sudden dearth of deaths, the Funeral Luncheon Committee has been placed on hiatus; 3. I thought Evelyn was signalling me through prayer breakfast. But it was just her tic.”

• From Rolfsen: “Biggest winners at MLB’s trade deadline: scorecard sellers, if they still exist.”

• Hough, on reports that Donald Trump wanted to see Ivanka married to Tom Brady: “Millions of Americans would be OK with that. The Patriots couldn’t be any more hated, and Americans would have Ivanka out of DC.” • There are people disgusted that the Houston Astros would trade to get Roberto Osuna. Aren’t the Jays equally at fault for trading a player they should have released?

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