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Volume 17, Issue 34, Week of August 27, 2018

Rising Star

Dach makes name for himself at worlds

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express irby Dach won’t have a problem writing an essay about what he did for his summer vacation if he gets such an assignment in his Grade 12 year in high school.

The Saskatoon Blades’ 17-year-old centre lived out a dream wearing Team Canada’s colours at a major international tournament.

On Aug. 11, Dach helped Canada down Sweden 6-2 in the championship game of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is the annual best-versus-best under-18 tournament.

In the gold-medal clash, Sweden jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before Canada roared back with the contest’s last six goals. Dach netted the equalizer at the 14:35 mark of the first period of that contest.

“It is a pretty unreal feeling knowing that you are a gold medallist and a world champion at the best under-18 tournament in the world,” said Dach, who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 181 pounds. “It still hasn’t really set in yet.

“It was quite the experience. I had a lot of fun and made a lot of good friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. I just want to thank Hockey Canada again for giving me the opportunity to be able to wear that jersey.

“Anytime you get to be able to wear the Canadian logo over your chest it is pretty special.”

Dach netted two goals and five assists helping Canada post a 5-0 record at the event.

In the process, he impressed a lot of hockey people.

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Lineups were long on Thursday at Kiwanis Park to get the autograph of Stanley Cup champion Chandler Stephenson.

Stephenson played a key role in the Washington Capitals’ run to winning the Cup. Pictured with Stephenson is Alexx Thomas Rayne Morin, a bantam player in the city. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson)

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The letter D gets no respect

he other day Dodger The first couple of lines of bolted out the front the song go like this: “D is a door. It was freedom consonant; a letter in the alphaseven for him — is there such a bet. D is a consonant; a letter in thing as Freedom 55 anymore? the alphabet.” It’s repeated six Sandy gave chase and captured more times.

Dodger just as he was about to “I found a dog, dog, dog, run onto the street. dog dog, dog, dog, dog. It went After writing that literary to dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, paragraph, I checked the comdig, dig in the dirt, dirt, dirt, puter screen for typos. What I dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt.” saw was quite shocking. “The The song didn’t suit my Editor other ay oger bolte out the front musical interests. In hindsight, oor. It was freeom seven for I should have looked for the him — is there such a thing as Freeom 55 song about the letter Z. anymore? Sany gave chase and capture “Z is a consonant; a letter in the oger just as he was about to run onto the alphabet. Z is a consonant; a letter in the street.” alphabet.

As you can see, the “D” on my key“Z, Z, Z rhymes with Ned, Ned, Ned, board wasn’t working. A column could a writer for the X, X, Xpress.” Z, Z, Z be written without using a D. That seems rhymes with Ned, Ned, Ned, a writer for like too much work, but the whole D thing the X, X, Xpress.” fascinated me. I did some Google searches But this day was about D. Every other of the alphabet. day is about Z and Ned. Not surprisingly, the most used letter in D goes back a long way. our alphabet is E. The second most used I found this paragraph in an excerpt is T. E is used in about 13 per cent of our from a book written by a Brit named Miwords and T in approximately nine per chael Rosen. He has written a 26-chapter cent. That leaves 78 per cent for the other book — Alphabetical: How Every Letter 24 letters.

Tells a Story — with one devoted to each A, I, N, O and S are tied for third in us- letter. D gets its due. age. D was awarded a participation ribbon “Around 800 BC, Phoenicians began for its finish in 12th spot, with just over to use a “dalet” — or a rough triangle facfour per cent of words having one. ing left — which translated to door. The There has been a song written about Greeks adopted it and renamed it “delta.” the letter D. I watched a couple of minutes The Romans later added serifs and varied of D-video. It’s done in a rapper style but the thickness of the lines, softening one without sexism and vulgarity. The video side into a semicircle.” has been watched almost 13 million times.

I barely understand a word of that paraI’m guessing no one song of the Beatles graph, but I think it means the first Ds are sold more copies. Of course, a reader will about 2,800 years old. That puts it right up pull out some stats and prove me wrong. there with Lloyd Robertson.

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Twenty-six letters seem like a nicesized alphabet. We’ve had it since about 1630. Prior to that, the alphabet was 25 letters long. Before 1630, J didn’t exist.

The second last letter to be added was W. It must have been a great moment for the families of J and W. There are shorter and longer alphabets than ours.

The one in Khmer has 74 letters. Try reciting those little puppies. According to Guinness Book of World Records, it has 33 consonants, 23 vowels and 12 independent vowels. I have no idea what an independent vowel is and have no interest in finding out. I always do the work for you, so you are on your own with this one.

The shortest alphabet is said to be Rotokas, which is spoken by an estimated 4,000 people on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. I don’t remember Anthony Bourdain visiting this place.

Anyway, Rosen says Rotokas has an alphabet of 12 letters.

The Hawaiian alphabet is 13 letters.

Why would you want or need more when you live in paradise?

By the way, D is not one of the letters in either of the short alphabets. Surprise, surprise.

I really can’t think of more to say. This column is done, done, done. ***** The article “U of S researchers discover new species of frogs” was written

by Federica Giannelli, a student intern in the University of Saskatchewan Research Profile and Impact Office. Incorrect information was published in the Aug, 13, 2018, edition of the Saskatoon Express.

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U of S to host Maori scholars from New Zealand

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By Shannon Boklaschuk delegation of a dozen Maori scholars and artists from New Zealand will visit the University of Saskatchewan this week as part of an international trip to Canada.

Four faculty members from the University of Waikato, along with eight doctoral students and academics who recently completed their PhD dissertations, will be in Saskatchewan from Aug. 28-Sept. 3.

Some of the activities on their busy itinerary include touring the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre, meeting with representatives from the U of S International Research and Partnerships Office, participating in a health roundtable discussion at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, presenting at the International and Indigenous Research Forum on campus, speaking at Station 20 West, performing at Remai Modern and visiting the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation and Willow Cree Healing Lodge at Duck Lake, Sask.

“We’re hoping to develop firm relationships between our faculty and our students to have new opportunities for global Indigenous research,” said Michelle JohnsonJennings, a professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies in the College of Arts and Science at the U of S. Johnson-Jennings said the purpose of the visit is to share knowledge and to learn from and inspire one other, noting a memorandum of understanding between the two universities is in the works. She said Indigenous people in Canada and in New Zealand have some similar experiences.

“We have a shared history of colonial-

University of Saskatchewan professors Michelle Johnson-Jennings (left) and Derek Jennings are welcoming a group of Maori scholars from New Zealand to the U of S this week. (Photo by Chris Putnam)

ism from the British Empire, so a lot of that shared history and overlap has guided a lot of our disparities now – actually formed a lot of our disparities and continues to contribute to those,” she said.

“Through Indigenous ways and knowledge systems, then we’re able to see how others have persisted in being healthy – and more of a positive approach as opposed to a deficit approach, which I think is beneficial to our communities.”

Renowned scholar Linda Smith, from the University of Waikato’s Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies, will be a part of the visiting delegation. In April 2018, Smith was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Winnipeg in recognition of her decades championing Indigenous research and scholarship.

Johnson-Jennings and her husband Derek Jennings, a professor in the Department

of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine, came to the U of S in February 2018 following employment at the University of Minnesota. They are the main organizers of the Maori visit and have relationships with Smith and other faculty at the University of Waikato that stem back nearly a decade.

The upcoming visit will mark the first time that most of the University of Waikato scholars have come to the U of S. JohnsonJennings and Jennings believe the members of the delegation will have positive experiences in Saskatchewan and will feel welcomed and at home at the U of S, where they will quickly make connections with others.

“With the large Indigenous population in Saskatoon and some of the things we have planned, we’re hoping that they have a great experience and that it’s an opportunity for kind of a long-term relationship

with the university and its academics,” said Jennings.

Robert Alexander Innes, head of the Department of Indigenous Studies, said the Maori scholars’ visit offers U of S faculty and graduate students “the opportunity to interact with some of the leading scholars in Indigenous studies.” He noted many academics have read, or heard of, Linda Smith’s influential book, Decolonizing Methodologies.

“That term, from her book, resonates throughout Indigenous studies specifically and in Indigenous research in general,” said Innes.

For information about public events, including how to register, visit artsandscience. usask.ca/events.

(Shannon Boklaschuk is a communications co-ordinator in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan).

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Is it that difficult to set election dates?

caged my kyoodling “female the same concerns about voter dog” persona for the sumconfusion and fatigue resulting mer, but the dog days of from back-to-back elections summer are coming to an end were raised. and the beast in me is howling Had that delay not hapto be released. pened, our next provincial elecThe province is floating the tion would be held in Novemidea of extending council’s ber 2019. So why not go back term by a year so a civic electo that schedule? tion wouldn’t conflict with a There is more than a year to provincial election planned for plan for a provincial election, November 2020. hold nomination meetings and Excuse me Mr. Premier, but go into full campaign swing.

Columnist our civic October elections have Either that or hold the next been in place for as long as I provincial election in April have been voting, whereas provincial elec- 2020 which would fulfil the four-year tions, until recently, were always called at mandate and, by designating April as the the pleasure of the government. month for provincial elections, we should However, I agreed with former premier never again conflict with fall civic elecBrad Wall that there should be an estabtions, barring unforeseen circumstances. lished provincial election date, but it was And there wasn’t much complaining from this government that created the overlap rural Saskatchewan about the last elecon civic and provincial election dates by tion being held in April 2016. (Maybe our extending council terms to four years from MLAs think if they play second fiddle to three in 2012 and delaying its scheduled the federal government’s election call that 2015 provincial election. civic governments should play third fiddle In the days of small mixed farming to them.) operations, it was a rule of thumb that Alternatively, the provincial governelections should not be held during spring ment could accept the recommendation of seeding or early fall harvest as farmers Michael Boda, the chief electoral officer, would be unlikely to participate due to the and move the provincial election to Notime sensitive pressures of getting the crop vember 2021. Of course, that would mean either in or off the land. But those days of all of the people chomping at the bit to turf the small family farm are gone and today’s the current government would go into a farmers are leaning towards corporate tailspin. ventures.

Actually, the only drawback to the April And summer elections were not gener- 2016 provincial election was the delay in ally favoured because many urban votdelivering the budget. I suspect if April ers are absent from the cities due to the became the established month for a provintraditional summer vacation period and cial election it would mean the governing supposedly because voters didn’t want to party would be proposing a mock budget be bothered by candidates while enjoying as part of its campaign and to give voters a their relaxing backyard barbeques. sense on the direction the governing party The last provincial election was origiwould take if it was re-elected. nally scheduled for November 2015 but At the same time the opposing parties delayed until April 2016 because a federal would point to the flaws in the budget and election was called for October 2015, and promise how they would improve it. (Let’s

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not forget I said “mock” budget which probably would change dramatically, because a re-elected government would probably introduce the items conveniently undisclosed during a campaign and the excuse by a new government would be that it didn’t know the devasting state of the province’s finances when making budget improvement promises.)

Common sense should prevail when considering that about 576 city, town and rural municipalities plan for their elections in October, not to mention the school boards, all of which would attract thousands of candidates to run for elected office.

There are only 61 constituencies in our province which would involve, on average, less than 500 candidates. Who should be given preference? I think the answer is obvious considering voters are traditionally more attached to their civic governments.

Gord Barnhart, president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, suggests that changing the established civic election date might precipitate a rash of resignations from councillors who don’t want to serve beyond their elected term causing a multitude of vacancies, thus forcing expensive by-elections.

I seriously doubt that. He also suggested moving the municipal election date up by a few weeks, which might be an option.

But what happens if a minority provincial government is toppled before its term ends and once again a provincial election conflicts with a civic election? Do we make civic election dates a moving target?

Why does it matter whether its MLAs or councillors that get a five-year term?

Voters seem more engaged with their civic governments because local governments tend to impact more on the daily lives of citizens. And when a councillors’ term of office was three years, it meant we got two years of tax increases and in the third year our tax increase was lessened.

When the term was extended to four

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Giving council an extra year only means four years of whopping tax increases before councillors start to care about the tax burden on property owners.

The way I figure it, keeping the 2020 civic election date saves property taxpayers about four to five per cent in property tax.

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Why not hold elections in the same time frame?

t was fascinating to watch Toronto mayoral candidate who the slow-motion train wreck was often at odds with his fellow that kicked off Doug Ford’s councillors when he was a countenure as premier of Oncillor himself. tario. Well, one of the wrecks, Now Ford is looking to flex anyway, because there were his newfound provincial muscles definitely more than one. and inflict some pain on his Not long after getting elected, former colleagues. Kaeding’s Ford introduced his Better Local immediate response, slamming Government Act in early August. the door on the prospect, was It is a bill that would slash the interesting for a few reasons. number of Toronto city council First, because a truly responColumnist seats from 47 to 25, which he sible use of taxpayers’ dollars says will end the “dysfunction” in would be following in Ford’s TO’s city hall. footsteps and legislating a reduction in the The timing was nothing short of extraor- size of councils. There are way, way too dinary, throwing that city’s council into tur- many of them in Saskatchewan: 779 in total moil only weeks before an Oct. 22 municipal — 459 urban and 296 rural. election. Saskatchewan media immediately Compare that to Alberta, which has 352 localized the story. Specifically, CBC asked municipalities, or Ontario, which boasts a Saskatchewan’s minister of government population of 13 million people but only has relations, Warren Kaeding, whether he’d 444 municipalities (before Ford’s legislation consider a move like Ford’s. comes into play).

“While the Saskatchewan government That will never happen here though, encourages municipalities to be responbecause each one of those municipalities, sible with taxpayers’ dollars and co-operate particularly in rural Saskatchewan, also regionally, the province has not and will not serves as a political fiefdom. consider a reduction of the size of councils,” They make for beautiful campaign read a statement emailed to the CBC by organizations, especially across the vast and Kaeding’s office. remote prairies where door-knocking really Of course, Kaeding doesn’t have the same isn’t practical. Today they’re a stronghold of spiteful, childish motivation as Ford, a failed the Sask. Party, although the NDP was just as

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guilty of using and loving them.

In fact, Roy Romanow commissioned a task force to examine municipal consolidation in 2000. It recommended amalgamating Saskatchewan’s network into just 125 municipal districts, but his government didn’t do anything with it.

The second reason Kaeding’s response to the question about interference in municipal boundaries and elections was notable was what his government did next — suggested the provincial government might intervene in municipal elections.

At hand is the problem of so-called fixed elections dates, which have never really been fixed at all. The federal election of the fall of 2015 forced the provincial election in Saskatchewan back to the fall of 2016, which means the next provincial election is scheduled to occur in the fall of 2020 — within days of a full slate of municipal elections, including in Saskatoon.

The Saskatchewan government floated the trial-balloon of changing legislation to force municipalities back one year to 2021.

Predictably, the trial balloon went over about as well as one filled with lead.

Come 2020, Moe will be one of the longest-serving unelected premiers of Saskatchewan, so for him or his government to make the suggestion that he get another JW082706 James freebie year might be a bit rich.

Dach’s younger brother to attend Blades camp

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(Continued from page 1) ach, who was selected in the first round and second overall by the Blades in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft, tries not to read too much into any of that.

“I kind of just keep my nose out of it and just focus on myself and my game,” said Dach. “I’m trying to improve as a player and as a person. I think you just kind of keep away from the noise, and I think all that stuff will take care of itself.”

Dach really started to turn heads in the sport during the 2014-15 season, when he piled up an incredible 29 goals and 71 assists in 33 regular-season games with the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers bantam AAA team.

During his 14-year-old campaign in 201516, Dach suited up for the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers midget AAA team, recording 14 goals and 21 assists in 34 regular-season games.

After being drafted by the Blades, Dach returned to the midget AAA Rangers for his 15-year-old season in 2016-17, and recorded six goals and 20 assists in 22 regular-season games.

Due to the fact the Blades were dealing with a number of injuries near the end of that season, they made a special request to have Dach called up from on an emergency basis for the rest of that campaign. The request was accommodated by Hockey Alberta, Fort Saskatchewan Minor Hockey and the WHL. Dach recorded six goals and four assists in 19 regular-season games. Last season as a 16-year-old, he appeared in 52 regularseason games, notching seven goals and 39 assists.

The skilled centre has enjoyed his brief time in the WHL. “It is a good league to play in,” said Dach. “It helps you develop your skills as a player and your people skills too.

“You have to learn how to deal with adversity and media and face tough situations in your life. I think it is a good stepping stone to get to where I want to be next, which is the NHL. “I think it is kind of preparing me the best it can for the next level.”

Dach has performed well enough that he is already drawing extra attention from opposing teams that is usually reserved for the established veteran stars. He has encountered players that try to give him extra physical shots, attempt to trash talk him and just plain try to agitate him in order to get him off his game.

“I just kind of deal with it and move on,” said Dach. “It has become part of the game now.

“You see guys in the NHL like that. That

is their job. They are there to cause a disturbance in the better team’s players. You just kind of have to focus on the game and not worry about the antics.”

At the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, Dach got to play alongside Blades teammate and young standout netminder Nolan Maier on the Canadian side. That was another development Dach very much enjoyed.

“Me and Nolan (Maier) are pretty good friends,” said Dach. “It is always nice to have a teammate with you; that way you kind of have somebody to talk to all the time.

“You’re not really too nervous there going into camp. By that time, you’re pretty much friends with everybody that is at the camp. It was a nice easy adjustment to be able to play with that team.”

The tourney also provided Dach his first opportunity to play under Blades first-year head coach Mitch Love, who was an assistant for Canada. The Blades hired Love, who had been an assistant coach and assistant to the general manager for the WHL Western Conference champion Everett Silvertips last season, in May. “I really like him (Love),” said Dach. “He is a really good guy . . . I think he will help us get back to the playoffs. I can’t wait for the season to start.”

Going into Blades training camp this season, Dach will be joined by his younger brother Colton.

The Blades selected Colton in the first round and sixth overall in the WHL Bantam Draft last May. Colton isn’t eligible to play full time in the WHL until the 2019-20 campaign.

While Kirby is looking forward to that experience, his mind is set on helping the Blades return to the post-season for the first time since 2013.

The Blades posted a 35-33-3-1 record playing out of an incredibly tough East Division last season. They fell three points shy of the Prince Albert Raiders (32-27-9-4) for the second wildcard berth in the Eastern Conference.

“I think we just have to focus on winning and trying to get into the playoffs,” said Dach. “It has been a long stint where the Blades haven’t made the playoffs.

“I think that is our main goal. I don’t think anybody is too worried about individual performances. It is just more focused on the team and trying to get us back to the playoffs.

“I think that is kind of what the city needs and what we need as an organization too.”

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

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I don’t understand this though, because the longer any government sits in office, the greater the chance that it can a) screw up, or b) wear out its welcome, the latter which Charlie Clark alluded to when he said that Saskatoon voters only elected him for four years, and that’s the expectation he wants to meet.

If I was the Moe government, I would call an election in the spring of 2019. Why would he give Ryan Meili the opportunity to build momentum and continue to permeate the provincial narrative by waiting until 2021, or even 2020? Why wouldn’t Moe want an official mandate to lead the province sooner than later? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

And what is it with the lengths we go to in order to ensure we poor voters aren’t inundated with more than one campaign at once?

Frankly the idea of going to the ballot box and casting a vote for both levels of government, if not all three, seems like a really efficient way to boost voter turnout and spare us three years of lawn signs and campaign commercials.

Today all levels of government have the opportunity to work together to think outside the box and come up with alternative solutions for election dates that best suit voters, instead of their own political careers.

A radical notion, I appreciate, but one can always hope.

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If only my brother had asked for help

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f he would have lived, what would he Of course, no one took the news harder be doing today? than my mother, who still had her hopes He would have seen his daughters up. graduate. He would have walked two of At the time, I was living off the Broadthem down the aisle and he would have way area of Saskatoon. When I received been there to see his first grandchild. the phone call that my brother’s body was Instead he walked to an isolated area, found, I went for a walk. There’s a bench his favourite fishing spot, with a bottle of high on the banks of the south side of the pills and decided his life would end. river, facing west.

It’s been over 20 years since my youngI used to enjoy sitting on that bench and est brother committed suicide. When I first watching the sunset. Like most Saskatchheard he went missing, I wasn’t worried ewan sunsets I would admire the canvas Columnist because he was known to take off but only the Creator was crafting. However, that for a few days. He would return to his wife evening there was no sunset. and four daughters. But now he was gone for a couple Even though it was still an early autumn evening of weeks and not a word to anyone. it was almost completely dark. All I could see were Generally when he was going through a hard time the dark rolling clouds heading towards the city. I sat he would phone me. Most times it was a brother-tothere and asked myself “why?” brother talk with words of encouragement.

I thought about my mom, Logan’s wife and daughLogan was a loner who spent any extra time fish- ters. I thought about what a selfish act suicide is. For ing by himself. He never spoke of his childhood or some reason I kept saying he didn’t care. No thought his past. He was another family member taken from was given to the family, his wife and children. But my mother during the notorious years of First Nation that still didn’t answer the “why” question. children being placed in international foster homes.

In his suicide letter, Logan mentioned he couldn’t These were known as “The Scoop” years and were live with the pain any longer and apologized to totally government sanctioned. everyone. I couldn’t recall anything being mentioned After a month there was still no word from my about pain. I talked with his wife and found out about brother. I started to ask myself where he would go. all the medication he was taking. All the pills were for Once he told me he had a dream of going fishing at depression and mental illness.

Lesser Slave Lake in the North West Territories.

She told me about the horrible upbringing he had It crossed my mind to book a flight to the NWT but at some homes he was placed in. I started to undermy mind kept saying he was close to home. stand his pain but still wouldn’t accept suicide was a Everyone in the town where he lived was out look- way to deal with it. Today I still think about him all ing for Logan. the time. I think about what he would be doing if he Everyone in town knew him. He was nicknamed would have lived.

“The Mongolian” mostly because of his size. He In some way he still lives within me because was a huge man at over six-feet-four and almost 300 sometimes I’ll be driving down a street and I’ll see pounds. To complete the image of his nickname, his someone that looks like him or walks like him. Then hair went down to his lower back. He rarely smiled, reality hits home. He is never coming back. never mind laughing.

When I hear about the high suicide rate with Even at Christmas or Thanksgiving family gather- Indigenous people, I think about my brother. When I ings he would mostly sit by himself. After a while it heard about four girls taking their lives in Northern was accepted he would rather be left alone. Very few Saskatchewan in less than a month, I think about the people knew about his favourite spot but my stepdad pain Logan wrote in his letter. was one who did.

There are many people who have endured incredible He decided to check and there he found Logan journeys, many filled with pain beyond description, yet with an empty bottle of pills and a letter in his hand. they continue to focus on how precious life is. Those It took considerable energy to find this fishing area. are the people who reached out for help from those There were deep ditches, ruts and thick bushes to who understand. My brother never reached out. walk through. There would have been plenty of time That would be the only advice this older brother to change his mind, but it looked like he was set on can give: Never give up but reach out. That’s what I what he was going to do. would say if he would have lived.

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Dear Reena, I bought an artificial plant, with grass-like plumes a few months ago. This plant has a very strange and disgusting odour. I didn’t notice it at first but some days it is quite unbearable. Is there anything I can do to get rid of the odour? I put it on my deck during the day hoping to air it out, but it doesn’t seem to help. The plant I bought is made of artificial materials like plastics. My son says it smell like dog pee. My sisterHousehold in-law, who works at a gift shop, says Solutions that a lot of their products have similar smells. She likens it to a “mouse” smell.

I have sprayed it with Febreze, which is only a temporary fix.

— Georgia Dear Georgia, It makes sense that the plant is made of plastic because artificial silk plants are often not silk but rather made from a variety of synthetic materials, and then heat-pressed into expertly designed molds. These newer synthetic materials hold shape much better than silk, allowing for a wider range of natural looking leaf and flower designs.

This smelly challenge is similar to that of people who purchase backpacks that carry a strange odour. It sounds to me like the culprit is the dye used to colour the plant. The not-so-good news is that any fragrant spray that you use will only be a temporary fix; the good news is that the smell will minimize over time. If your plant were actually silk instead of synthetic, it may still carry an odour. In fact some experts say, “Inferior silk gives off a slight smell of chemicals and silkworm pupa, which will become stronger in more humid and warmer environments.”

Since you have observed that the plant is plastic, your best bet is to soak it in the bathtub with a half box of baking soda, water to cover and add three tbsp. inexpensive shampoo. Soak, rinse and leave outside to dry.

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t currently feels like a time of foot speaker. She is presenting transition. School will soon a new installation that will be back in full swing, fall be shown for the first time at décor is popping up in stores and Remai Modern. The modern art there’s a noticeable crispness in museum notes that HeavyShield the August air. is “continuing her exploration of I love it. I’ve always enjoyed the spiral form and utilizing imgoing to school — be it kinderagery of grasses photographed garten, elementary school, high on her territory, the Kainai First school or university — and fall, Nation,” with her work creating to me, is reminiscent of new “a radial topography, shifting beginnings and new opportunithe spatial order of the gallery.”

YXEArts ties. I don’t look at autumn as the Knowles was born in 1927 end of summer; I look at it as the in Unity, Sask., and earned a beginning of a time of change, growth and Bachelor of Arts degree from the University learning. of Saskatchewan in 1948. She is considered It seems fitting to me, then, that this to be one of Canada’s most accomplished week should also usher in several new art painters — she was named to the Order of exhibitions in our city. I will offer some Canada in 2004 — and has captured the information about them in this space. Get Prairie environment for more than 60 years out to the galleries and enjoy! through oil, acrylic, watercolour, charcoal REMAI MODERN and pastel. According to Remai Modern, Opening at Remai Modern on Aug. her work will be represented through a 31 is the show entitled III: HeavyShield, series of lesser-known and never-beforeKnowles, Cameron-Weir. The exhibition exhibited pieces spanning the decades from brings together three artists of different gen- the 1950s to the 1990s. erations who are connected to the Prairies: Cameron-Weir, the youngest of the Faye HeavyShield, Dorothy Knowles and three artists featured in the show, was born Elaine Cameron-Weir. in 1985 in Red Deer, Alta., and currently HeavyShield, who was born in 1953 lives and works in New York. She has an and studied at the Alberta College of Art undergraduate degree from Alberta College and Design in Calgary, is a member of the of Art and Design and a master’s degree Kainai First Nation and is a fluent Blackfrom New York University. Her sculptural

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Dorothy Knowles, Memories of Home, 1962, oil on board, 48 x 54 inches.

Courtesy of the artist. works – which use components such as aromatic resins, neon, sand, parachute silk and metal armatures – will be shown for the first time in Canada. Since CameronWeir incorporates activated scents into her artwork, viewers will have a particularly sensory experience.

The exhibition runs until Jan. 20, 2019.

Also opening on Aug. 31 at Remai Modern is work by Saskatoon artist Julie Oh, who completed her master’s degree as a Fulbright Fellow at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. She also holds

a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Oh is the second artist to debut a new project at Remai Modern through the RBC Emerging Artist Series, and her work will remain on display until Dec. 9.

The opening of III: HeavyShield, Knowles, Cameron-Weir, as well as Oh’s project, will be celebrated on Aug. 30 at Remai Modern with a members’ preview from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The exhibitions will open publicly on Aug. 31.

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The Saskatchewan Craft Council is opening an exhibition featuring pieces by award-winning metalsmith KyeYeon Son. (Photos Supplied) (Continued from page 8) SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL The Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) is opening the exhibition Innatus Forma on Aug. 30, featuring pieces by awardwinning metalsmith Kye-Yeon Son. Born in South Korea, Son received her undergraduate degree from Seoul National University and her master’s degree from Indiana University. She currently lives in Halifax, N.S., where she teaches at NSCAD University.

Innatus Forma showcases Son’s sculptural wearable brooches and sculptural vessels made from fine steel wire. Son welds the steel wire together to create forms inspired by the Nova Scotia landscape. In a published catalogue from 2011, she noted that she is “drawn to the beauty and empty feeling of leafless branches during the long Canadian winter.”

“Rather than bareness or a sense of loss, I see quiet motions growing in harmony with their environment,” she said.

“This persistent transformation inspires an emotional response in me, and I have tried to interpret this response by poetically abstracting the branching forms.”

Son will give an artist talk on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. at the SCC gallery, followed by an opening reception that goes until 9 p.m.

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Innatus Forma runs until Oct. 27.

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According to the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, “through blending the art form of drag and the Newfoundland tradition of mummering, The Queer Mummer deconstructs gender norms and homophobic attitudes surrounding being openly queer.”

Morneau, a summer student at the Saskatchewan Craft Council, recalled in a post published on the SCC website how his love for fibre art was rekindled when he taught himself to crochet in October 2017.

“During this time, I started to blend drag with the Newfoundland tradition of mummering, a practice where men dress as women and women as men in order to disguise themselves. These mummers wear whatever they can find around their house, whether it be the doily from the side table or grandmother’s bra, and go door-to-door and make their neighbours guess who they are while being fed beer and whatever’s on the stove,” he wrote.

“Through this connection, I created The Queer Mummer, an alter-ego who can be seen wearing anything from a crocheted tentacle dress that references Ursula the Sea Witch and Divine to a black veil that references the Old Hag myths.”

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(Continued from page 10) etty moved into Saskatoon when she was 16, worked at the candy counter at Kresges first, then joined Black’s Jewellers and later Empire Meats.

“We’d go to the post office, and one day a friend told me that Aron, a real cute kid, had his leg amputated at the age of 19.

I hardly knew him but I was so upset that I cried,” said Betty.

Aron says today, “I had bone cancer, the same cancer that took the life of Terry Fox, and back when I was 19, we didn’t have all of the medical options we have today. There was no chemotherapy, no cobalt radiation.

The pain was so severe. My leg was amputated about 18 inches above the right knee.”

Betty and Aaron eventually met on Second Avenue, he asked for her phone number, she obliged, one date led to another and within nine months of that meeting, they were married on Sept. 17, 1955.

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Aron was owner and manager of Western Business Machines for 38 years before retiring in 1985. The two were never very far apart because of sports. They bowled together. Aron managed baseball teams, starting with the Orioles in 1956, and was later active with the Nationals. While he was on the field, Betty was always the scorekeeper and often travelled to many tournaments in their station wagon.

Cal is an engineer with technical solutions director in Canada and the western United States for Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. Candy owns CB’s Small Business Bookkeeping and is a partner in Ariix, the Opportunity Company.

Cal and his wife, Vala, are parents of Chris, with Freedom 55 and Quadrus Investments, and active as a director of the Saskatoon Hilltops, and Ryan, a student in computer science at Kwantien University.

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he celebrations virtually started with the arrival of her two British Columbia friends, Marg and Diane.

Marg left Warman in 1949, moving to Saskatoon, then to Vancouver in 1958. She also lived in Winnipeg, where she was in the credit department of Eaton’s, then to Ottawa and back to the West Coast. For Marg, “life in Warman was probably the best times of our lives. My family had a farm, with horses, and just about everyone in town would come to visit us. Our years at school together were terrific.”

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“I was one of those who ride horses at Marg’s. I always enjoyed the school activities, like playing softball and skating, and the friendships we developed.”

Sheila was the one who never left Saskatchewan. Her parents owned stores in Warman and Aberdeen and her summers were spent at the Aberdeen store. She got a job at Quaker Oats where she met her husband, Al, and they married and raised four children, all of whom earned university degrees.

“Betty and I were friends from the age of five; we were always the best of friends in school. My husband died about eight years ago. I live just two blocks from Betty and we check on each other by phone every night.”

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Too much sitting can make you old

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he bad news about sitting just keeps coming in.

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Sitting is the new smoking.” We’ve been told in recent years that too much sitting can increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and a bunch of other problems.

In one study, scientists looked at 1,500 older women to compare sedentary seniors with more active peers. They found that the more sedentary group had cells that were eight years older than the more active women.

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“Cells age faster with a sedentary lifestyle,” according to researchers at the University of California San Diego’s School of Medicine.

“Chronological age doesn’t always match biological age.”

Since a more active body means a more active brain, sedentary seniors risk lower cognitive function, too.

Now the American Cancer Society lists among the dangers of too much sitting: cancer; heart disease; stroke; lung disease; Parkinson’s; Alzheimer’s and more. Sitting

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This is particularly important to older people, who spend more time sitting than they might have earlier in life.

So turn off the TV and the computer, stand and stretch, move around, go for a walk, or head to the gym.

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Young drivers getting up to speed quickly Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express achlyn Anderson and Ty Stewart don’t have their driver’s licences yet.

Dakota Wollf got hers in July.

Wollf, a Grade 11 student in Warman, is driving in the Sportsman class in which her number 21 car can reach a speed of 140 kph on the straightaways. For older folks, that’s a shade under 87 mph. My goodness.

Anderson is driving a mini-stock. She can get that sucker up to 100 kph on the straights. That one is a simple conversion to mph. She’s 15 years old and has flipped a race car. She dusted herself off and away she went again.

Stewart is 13 and races in the Legends class. Among those he faces on the track is his father Jody.

Has Ty beat pops in a race?

“No,” Jody said.

Will he beat you some day?

“Probably.”

Ty Stewart plans to stick with the Legends class for the foreseeable future, so dad’s days of running ahead of his son could be numbered.

Wollf has been driving since she was knee high to a grasshopper, as the old saying goes.

“I started quadding when I was three years old,” she said. “My dad asked me if I wanted to go go-karting when I was 12.”

She said no.

“He asked if I wanted to go to the (entry level) Bandelaro class when I was 13. I watched a race and thought it was pretty cool, so we tried that out. That’s how it started.”

Wollf doesn’t come from a racing family. Her father, Lawrence, has always been mechanical and is now her crew chief, but never raced.

Her jump from Bandelero to Sportsman class is astonishing. She went from 30 horse power to 400 hp. That’s like going from the pony ride at the Exhibition to thoroughbred racing over at Marquis Downs.

“It’s a lot of car to handle. I think I am doing all right. I am getting faster every single time I am out on the track.

“I haven’t been lapped in a race which has been really good. It’s not a big deal but it was a big accomplishment for my team and I haven’t got totally last every single race. I am just going for improvement this year.”

Wollf says she would like to make a career out of racing, but has a solid backup plan.

“I think it’s possible if I stick to it. But if it doesn’t, I’m going to university; I want to

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be an architect or an interior designer.”

Anderson, who lives in Martensville, comes from a racing family.

“My dad has been racing for 20 years and I have been going to the track for my whole life,” she said.

He took the year off to focus on his daughters.

Lachlyn started in the Bandelaro division when she was 12. Anderson drives the No. 10 car, the same number Danica Patrick drove on the NASCAR circuit.

She led one recent race in the Mini-stock division for 10 laps before being hit. She’s hard to beat when she gets out front.

“I am just trying to keep up with everybody else,” she says, clearly being a bit modest.

She was asked about flipping her car in her first year.

“It’s not so bad; you are strapped in tightly so you’re not going to get hurt, but it’s a little scary.”

Her goal is to one day be a NASCAR racer.

Wollf hit a wall during her first year.

“I had some close calls in the Bando but haven’t in the Sportsman yet and hopefully won’t. I hit the wall pretty hard in my first year; cracked the brick. It wasn’t that bad; you’re stiff but I had a month to recover. I was slower, but I got back up to speed. If you can’t overcome that you shouldn’t really be in the sport.”

She said most drivers are fuelled by adrenalin. She’s the opposite.

“For me mostly fear drives me. I am honestly always so afraid to get into my car because of the fact of what could happen, but that drives me to do it.”

She likes the family atmosphere at the track. Drivers and crews are a close-knit group. That is until the green flag drops.

“When your helmet is on, it’s competition and you’re going to go for the win. When your helmet is off, it’s all about family.”

Matt Shirley, a prominent Saskatoon driver who took this year off to manage the marketing and corporate development at Wyant Group Raceway, loves seeing the young drivers on the pavement.

“It is incredible to see the youth and the talent,” he said of Wollf and Anderson.

“Both came straight from Bandelaro and now they’re competitive in Mini and getting really close competitively in Sportsman.

“I had no idea how the two would do when they moved up into another division because you go from this little thing to big body stock car, but they’ve been some of the cleanest racers . . . they’re right there with everybody else. It’s really good.”

Ty Stewart, 13, has left entry-level racing and is now driving in the faster Legends series. (Photos Supplied)

Dakota Wollf, 16, started racing when she was 13 and is making noise at Wyant Group Speedway.

Ty Stewart and his family drive in from Kerrobert to race. Of course, Ty can’t do the driving on the highway.

Some of the stars of NASCAR passed through the Legend class on their way to fame and glory. Ty drives No. 14 in honour of Tony Stewart. The two share a name and a number.

Stewart spent four years in Bandelaro so it was time to move up. He won a championship in the Bando class, which is for racers between the ages eight and 16.

Ty’s mother, Mikki, said it isn’t easy to watch your son on the track.

“When you are down there watching it is such an emotional mix of being nervous and adrenalin; every emotion you could have. If there’s an accident then you’re worried and scared; it’s quite a mix as a parent.”

She says she watches from the pit.

“I need to know he’s buckled in there

Lachlyn Anderson, 15, is driving in the Mini-stock division, where cars can go up to 100 kph. properly. I need to know he’s going out and he’s coming back in one piece.”

Shirley is impressed with all three young drivers.

“All three of them have the experience of winning which is something that is rare to come by,” Shirley said. “Ty is always having fun out there which is really good and he’s got a winning attitude.

“Every driver has some unique driving styles but all three of them have moved up into another division. That goes to show how good drivers they are. All three of these definitely have the confidence and the ability.”

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from one another. Grandma makes no bones about the fact that our eldest is her favourite.

She buys her gifts regularly and then comes empty handed for our son. The hurt on my little boy’s face is awful when my daughter is glowing and flaunting her gifts and Grandma has nothing for him. It leaves him devastated. She raised three

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World

EVENTS

FEATURE EVENT SEPTEMBER 8

35th Annual Broadway Street Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Broadway Avenue. The fair will feature the Kids’ Kingdom, sidewalk sales, dancers, buskers, a photo booth, a silent auction and Leopold’s Music Stage after-party. Start with a Pancake Breakfast at Grace-Westminster United Church from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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ChildrensWishSK or contact Catherine Lunn at catherine. lunn@childrenswish.ca or by calling 306-955-0511. ***** SEPTEMBER 16 Special Olympics Saskatchewan is hosting its annual A devotional music concert hosted by the Hindu Society of Truck Convoy and Truck Pull event on 11:30am - 1:30pm.

Saskatchewan. The special guest musician is Pandit Ajoy Turvey Centre - 100 Armour Rd, Regina. The public is Chakrabarty. He will be accompanied by Anol Chatterjee, welcome at no cost. The event includes a BBQ, bouncy Soumen Sarka and Gourab Chatterjee. Program from 5 castle and entertainment. Two routes for the Truck Convoy p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by supper prosad. The event both leading to Regina for the Truck Pull event and BBQ: will be held at Shri Lakshmi Narayan Temple (107 La Saskatoon-Chamberlain-Regina and Swift Current-Moose Ronge Road). $20 per person and $10 for those 12 to Jaw-Regina. For more information and how to register a 17 years old. For more information, contact one of the truck or company vehicle, or entering a truck pull team, following: Leela Sharma at 306-380-7737; Ajay Dalai at please visit SaskConvoy.ca or call Victoria at 306-780306-222-3825; Maya Chakravarti at 306-371-1173; Sunil 9428 or email vlacelle@specialolympics.sk.ca.

Sohani at 306-371-9416; Sunil Choubal at 306-2420637; Subash Biswal at 306-241-7755; Kumar Balchandran at 306-979-4466; Kishore Gali at 306-281-0039.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER The Cecilian Singers of Saskatoon, an adult, mixed voice choir of about 30 singers welcomes new members. First rehearsal of the season is Sept. 5, at St. Joe’s Catholic Church, corner of Broadway and Eighth Street, beginning at 7:30 p.m. (registration at 7). Please use the Broadway entrance. Visit our website at www.ceciliansingers.ca for more information and contact links.

EVENTS AUGUST 29

St. George’s Seniors Club (1235 – 20th St. West) open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Social afternoon and BBQ – Those 55 and older are invited to attend.

SEPTEMBER 5 The Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan is holding a fundraiser at the Roxy Theatre at 6:30 p.m. (program from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.) to raise funds to support people those affected by mental illness including the people living with mental illness, family, and friends. Jay Semko and Joy of Jammin’ will be headlining this event, with music for all ears and ages. (Minors need to be accompanied by a person 19+.) Tickets are available at 7-10:00 pm Purchase Tickets at: McNally Robinson.

SEPTEMBER 8 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.

SEPTEMBER 9 Fall Berry Festival and outdoor market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the German Cultural Club. Vendors are currently being booked. The event will go ahead rain or shine. For more information, contact Shandra at 306-244-6869 #202 or by emailing events@saskgerman.com.

SEPTEMBER 10 The University and Community Chorus will hold registration at 6:30 p.m. in the Quance Theatre, Education Building, U of S. The first practice will be at 7:30 pm.

Come join this vibrant , non-auditioned full voice choir for the full year or try it for a semester. Conducted by James Hawn and accompanied by Deborah Buck. Visit https:// artsandscience.usask.ca/music/ensembles/chorus.php for registration forms and more info. Or contact Cathy LaFleche, chorus manager, at 306-717-5383.

ONGOING

SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or considering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-2802160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com.

SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH Community Senior’s Games Group meets at St. Martin’s United Church – corner of Clarence Avenue and Wilson Crescent – on the second Tuesday of the month at 1:30 PM from September to May. Enjoy fellowship of others while playing Scrabble, Cribbage or other games. For more information call Maureen at 306-373-0087 or Elaine at 306-374-3269.

FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

AL-ANON MEETINGS Weekly group meetings open to anyone who has been affected by someone else’s drinking. For more information, call 306-655-3838.

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Saturday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact Glenda at 306-343-1882.

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The Classic Dance Club hosts ballroom and Latin dancing at the Royal Canadian Legion (606 Spadina Cres. West).

An informal lesson starts at 7:30 and dancing from 8:30 to midnight. Snacks provided. Join us for a fun evening SEPTEMBER 15 “Swing and a Wish YXE” in support of The Children’s Wish on the best dance floor in town. For more info, visit www.

Foundation of Canada 14th annual golf tournament, fea- classicdanceclub.ca turing Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole of TSN’s Sports Centre. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 18 holes of Texas Scramble style golf. After your round This is a support group those wanting to shed some there will meet be a Banquet of Wishes where all guests of their extra weight. There are various chapters in will have an opportunity to hear the wish story of one Saskatoon and surrounding area. We can help you start a family. Registration opens at 11:30 a.m.; Lunch at noon; TOPS chapter in your work place or in the area that you shotgun start at 1 p.m. at The Willows Golf & Country live in. To find out more, visit tops.org or telephone Bev at Club. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ 306-242-7180.

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Counting swans a peck of trouble

By RJ Currie hree reasons Sweden’s Ice Hotel is already nearly fully booked for weddings: 3. Couples want the coolest wedding; 2. The groom won’t notice cold feet; 1. Frost come, frost served.

• According to Forbes, roughly eight in 10 NFL players go broke within three years of retiring. It’s a different story in the CFL, where players go broke three years into their careers.

• Sweden’s Princess Estelle just had her first day at school. Meanwhile, whichever NHL team signs Swedishborn defenceman Erik Karlsson will have to pay a princely sum.

• Oakland Raiders wideout Martavis Bryant is reportedly struggling to pick up the team’s playbook. Winnipeg cut receiver Adarius Bowman because he kept dropping his.

• Chris Berman reportedly may return to ESPN, but only in a reduced role. So he ... won’t … go … all … the ... way!

• U.K. company Durex has recalled several batches of its condoms over concerns they may burst. Or as they call it in the NFL — blown coverage.

• Too bad the Browns preseason snoozer over the Eagles wasn’t played in Hawaii. It might justify it ending 5-0.

• Britain’s annual counting of Queen

Elizabeth’s swans got underway in late July. It coincided with a preseason tradition of NFL teams — counting chickens before they’re hatched.

• A golfer reportedly had a finger bitten off at the knuckle in a fight at a Massachusetts club. You can read about it in Golf Digits — er — Digest.

• Four Japanese basketball players reportedly “disgraced” the Asian Games by “spending the night in a hotel with women.” The team suspended them.

NBA scouts signed them.

• The last pitcher 35 or older to have a sub-200 average in earned runs was Spud Chandler in 1943. No pitcher that age has done it in the modern ERA. • Anyone else notice those “financial translator” ads courtside at the Cincinnati Open? My advisor translated my finances this way: too little income; too much out-go.

• Golf Digest reports a man needed stitches after asking to play through a foursome who then beat him with their putters. When I played golf, it was my own putter that beat me.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week Until recently I knew nothing about the British tradition of counting the Queen’s swans. I imagine it’s done with much poop and circumstance.

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ere’s a story by Tim Kurkjian of ESPN that seems worth sharing: “An ex-college pitcher coached a team for 12 year olds. He got tired of parents yelling at the kids for making outs, so he made the dads take batting practice against him. He embarrassed them. “Now you know how hard this game is!” he said to the dads. “So stop yelling at the kids.”

• I dropped into the Saskatoon event at which Stanley-Cup champion Chandler Stephenson signed autographs and posed for pictures with young hockey players, families and everyone in between. The way he interacted with every person was impressive, although not at all surprising.

• Torben Rolfsen, on Puerto Rico eliminating Canada 9-4 at the Little League World Series: “Donald Trump said, ‘See, I told you Puerto Rico had power.’”

• Roger Daltrey of the Who, on why he was the ‘responsible one’ in the band not doing hard drugs: “You try getting three people high on LSD from the Monterey Pop Festival all the way to London!”

• From Bill Littlejohn: “Simon Cowell said that as a result of how he treated Susan Boyle, he ‘hated his own guts’ — along with millions of others.”

• From Rolfsen: “Surfing was named California’s official sport, beating out plastic surgery and avocado toast.”

• Hough, on Four Japanese basketball players being kicked off Asian Games team and sent home after they were caught spending the night in a hotel with women: “Do they have NBA ambitions?”

• When I heard the Leafs had signed Haley Wickenheiser, my first thought was, “She doesn’t play defence, does she?”

• From Rolfsen: “Have you noticed every time a big American university tries to ‘protect’ its athletic program, it achieves the opposite?”

• From Hough: “If Oakland knocks Houston out of the AL West title, maybe karma really didn’t like the Astros signing Osuna?”

• Hooters is changing what it does because millennials aren’t into Hooters.

The restaurant will now serve organic food and lattes.

• From Hough: “Caesar’s Palace Sports Book in Las Vegas reports there are more bets on the Browns to win the AFC North. Beam me up Scotty.”

• Vancouver columnist Ed Willis, on the biggest Argonauts crowd of the season coming on a day when the ticket included entry to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition): “Still don’t know if the fans are here for the Argos or Whack-A-Mole.”

• From the Twitter account of Kelly Remple (@SilverFoxTalks): “Jason Maas scolding his players for lack of discipline and lack of composure would be like Pauly Shore criticizing Al Pacino for poor acting skills.”

• Hough, on Trump continuing to ignore Stephen Tyler’s request to stop playing Living on the Edge and Dream On at his rallies: “Maybe people could start playing another Aerosmith song for him – Hole inCarol my Soul.”

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Student Dental Clinic | College of Dentistry

JW082705 James

105 Wiggins Road | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E4 T: 306-966-5056 | www.usask.ca/dentistry

Thank You

Celebrity Golf Classic!

Thank You NHL Celebrities, Sponsors, Golfers and Volunteers A huge Thank You to SPARK Creations & Bookings for hosting the SPARK Celebrity Golf Classic on August 15 in support of Royal University Hospital Foundation and KidSport.

Proceeds from the tournament will support a new dedicated Trauma Observation Unit for emergency and other patients at Royal University Hospital who would benefit from an extended observation period before transferring to an in-patient unit. RUH is Saskatchewan’s acute and trauma care centre and the province’s busiest hospital.

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