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SASKATOONEXPRESS - February 23-28, 2015 - Page 1
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper
Volume 12, Issue 8, Week of February 23, 2015
Joanne PaulsonSaskatoon Express
From a national TV show to falling in love, music is always playing to the events of Theresa Sokyrka’s life.
Last November, Sokyrka was married to bass guitarist and Newfoundlander Ryan Marshall. Where did they meet?
“We were doing a charity gig for the Pink Wig Foundation,” said Sokyrka in an interview, just after shovelling snow at her Saskatoon home. “There was a big banquet that the both of us got hired . . . to play in this band for a rockin’ night.
“I had met him through Paul Tobin before, just really briefly. We played this gig together. This was a totally different
connection. We fell totally in love and, had that gig not happened, we probably wouldn’t have met one another.
“He has a six-year-old daughter. When I moved back to Saskatoon a couple of years ago, he was used to being a dad. He never went out. There was no chance we would have met. It was a really nice chance meet-ing that changed our lives.
“It’s music that brought us together.”Marshall not only plays bass guitar, but
also makes them, working for local and famed guitar maker Sheldon Dingwall.
Sokyrka describes the wedding day as very intimate and really private.
“I had a lovely, lovely day. I was even wearing my slippers when I got married.”
Sokyrka has not played or sung in pub-lic for a while, but is now gearing up for a show at The Bassment Feb. 27 supported by Marshall on bass, David Fong on piano and Arlan Kopp on drums. Sokryka will also play guitar. They will play Sokyrka’s music from her 2013 album, Prairie Winds.
“I wanted to have a little gig. I haven’t played for a while,” said Sokyrka, who is thinking about her next album.
“We’ll do the whole album, Prairie Winds, and we’ll put in a few jazz tunes, too . . . some nice little standards, just to get the roots series and the jazz series, kind of meld them together in our show that night.”
Prairie Winds is the latest of Sokyrka’s five albums, released since her second-place finish on Canadian Idol just over 10 years ago. She remembers that time as crazy, busy, public and both too intense and too wonderful.
Marshall had not seen any of the Cana-dian Idol episodes, so Sokyrka decided she should go hunting them down.
“Most of them, I haven’t seen, either. So I went digging through the garage and found all these VHSes,” which the Idol or-ganization provided to the top 10 finishers.
“This last week we’ve been watching all of these shows. It’s been amazing and nostalgic to kind of live it for the first time. It completely changed my life. I kind of have been . . . reliving everything.
“Finally, now, (almost) 11 years later, I’m kind of processing how much things really changed for me. It’s weird that it takes that long. I was kind of going with the flow and going wherever, and now that I’m stationary here in Saska-toon and close to Mom and Dad, I’m totally nostalgic about it,” said Sokryka, who for a while lived in Eastern Canada after Idol.
For those who don’t remember Cana-dian Idol of that year, Sokyrka’s rise, week by week, to the top 10 created a sensation. Her success was carefully recorded by every media outlet, and she became one of the most recognizable people in Saskatoon. That had its good sides and not-so-good sides.
“It exposes you, in a way, that you’re kind of worried about how everyone is always judging you. I kind of wanted to be myself and be free. There’s so much pres-sure that people kind of don’t realize. Your life is completely unrecognizable when you come back. . . . The support here in Saskatchewan was so intense, it was hard to walk down the street.
“It’s so welcome, but it’s also really intense. You feel completely incapable of being anonymous.
“I’m just amazed that it all happened. It feels like this dream. . . . It’s so strange to watch the tapes, to see how I was under that pressure.
(Continued on page 4)
Theresa Sokyrka plays The Bassment on Feb. 27 (Photo supplied)
Music plays through Theresa Sokyrka’s life
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Many years ago, I considered going to law school and went so far as to write the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT. I
wrote countless preparatory exams, and was doing fairly well until I actually had to sit for the timed exam in a hot, crowded lecture hall.
Yikes. That was not for the faint of heart.For those who have not written this test, it is
largely an attempt to discern whether someone can use logic to solve knotty problems. I ended up in the 75th percentile (which was not great, but appar-ently enough to solicit circulars from Canadian law schools). This showing does not make me a giant of logical thinking, even if it does not make me a certifiable idiot on the logic front.
Snow clearing law logic unclearOur street under the snow after the last snowfall. See the little gray patch on the left? That’s our sidewalk (Photo by Joanne Paulson)
Taking that grain of salt into account, then, riddle me this: Why can the City fine the average citizen for not shovelling his or her sidewalk, while it makes next to no attempt to clear most streets in winter?
I, and my significantly dear other, walk a lot. I’m here to tell you, based on considerable experience, that the furthest you can wander without encountering an in-tersection is one block. On every block, there is a street at the end of it.
In the case of our neighbourhood, there are plenty of streets without side-walks, too, so if you’re traversing down Eastlake Avenue, for example, you have to walk on the street for several blocks. Uncleared blocks, you understand. All the sidewalk clearing on Earth will not help you navigate if there are no sidewalks.
So, now, we could be seeing $1,000 fines next winter for a lack of snow
clearing, or $2,000 if we are businesspeople. These higher fines would come after a couple of warnings.
Under a City bylaw, sidewalks in residential areas must be cleared within 48 hours of a snowfall, and those in commercial areas have to be cleared within 24 hours. If this does not occur, the City will clear the walks and charge property owners $100 or $150 on their tax
bills. To inspire compliance, these fines are soon to rise.
I must say, it’s very nice to walk down the street after a snowfall without falling down. I pitched headfirst and sprawled in a very undignified way on an icy sidewalk recently, pulling tendons in both legs. (In essence, I sprained my derriere. Try not to laugh. It hurt.) Of course, compliance would be good. That being said, most of our neighbours are already great about clearing snow.
However, it would also be very nice to be able to cross the street without taking my life in my hands. I fell in an icy intersection two weeks later. Less damage was done, thank goodness; I’m learning how to fall.
I do not see the logic behind forcing citizens to clear their walks when the City doesn’t do its part on the streets – or, for that matter, even some of the sidewalks it is responsible for, near parks and schoolyards. Can we report the City to itself? “My intersection is full of snow, and has been for three months. Please fine yourself $1,000.” Or, “I slipped on the sidewalk by the park. The snow fell two weeks ago. You’re busted. $2,000 fine.”
My better half is a serious shovel-ler. We, meaning mostly he, gets out there to attack those walks as soon as possible, and always within 24 hours. Yep, it’s important. But threatening us with fines, when snow plowing and removal are only occurring on main roads, seems wildly inconsistent. Even illogical, I daresay.
Joanne Paulson
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Joanne PaulsonSaskatoon Express
Tanner Zekonic is off to the Univer-sity of British Columbia. Or McGill. Or Waterloo. Or, really, almost any
Canadian university he wants to attend.The Grade 12 student at Mount Royal
Collegiate has won a $100,000 Loran Scholar Award, which entitles the recipient to choose from 25 participating universi-ties in Canada. Zekonic has it narrowed down to three and, even before the scholar-ship announcement, he was accepted at McGill. His 99 per cent average may have had something to do with that.
“When I first found out I was speech-less until I got off the phone, but then after that there was a lot of yelling and scream-ing,” said Zekonic in an interview. “My jaw kind of dropped.”
He got the call after participating in the final round of the selection process in Toronto on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, whereupon he texted his teacher and coach, Adam Pe-ters. Peters has taught Zekonic English and
media studies, and coached him in football and basketball.
“He’s the hardest-working student I’ve ever come across,” said Peters. “If he were to get a 98 per cent, he would ask, ‘Where’s the other two per cent, and can I resubmit?’ There would be a lot of students who would rewrite one or two sentences. . . . He would rewrite the whole thing in the way you were looking for.”
Most students who attain 98 per cent on anything are jumping for joy, noted Peters. Zekonic keeps aiming for 100 per cent.
The scholarship process began last fall. Student counsellors brought the award to Zekonic’s attention when he was looking for a scholarship, and helped him with the application process. This involved not only a lengthy online application form, but the preparation of three essays detail-ing one’s accomplishments and describ-ing a situation one didn’t know how to handle.
“We got it done – pretty last minute,” said Zekonic.
“Once you send in those applications,
you are invited to a regional interview. About a week and a half after my applica-tion was submitted, I got an email letting me know I was selected for the northern Saskatchewan regional.
“There were 10 of us at the regionals. They could have selected up to three, I think, but only selected me to go to the nationals in Toronto.”
Now he is thinking about the university programs, and will take up UBC’s offer to tour its campus before making a decision. He likes Waterloo’s engineering program, but he also wants to be in a big city for university, so Vancouver and Montreal, where McGill is, are appealing.
“I feel like a place like Montreal would have something going on all the time, and never be boring.”
Zekonic does not have a set career path in mind, but he is considering chemical engineering so he can work in petroleum, pharmaceuticals or food additives.
Loran Scholars are chosen on the basis of character, service and leadership
potential, and must have an average of 85 per cent. This year, the program received 3,800 applications and whittled the list down to 30.
The school he chooses waives the tu-ition, plus he receives a $9,000 stipend and $8,500 during the summers while doing practicums.
Zekonic is on the student council and participates in school events. As a vol-unteer, Zekonic, through Mount Royal’s HCAP program (high school carpentry apprenticeship program) in a charitable partnership with SaskTel, helped recreate a shipping container for doctors to live in while working in Africa. The container is solar powered, and Zekonic did the electri-cal wiring for the little home before it was shipped overseas.
Mount Royal provides a lot of trades classes on top of academic classes. Ze-konic, since Grade 10, has been involved in electronics, and every April has been participating in Skills Canada’s electrical wiring competition.
Scott Farmer, principal of Mount Royal, said the school is very proud of Zekonic’s accomplishment.
“The credit goes to Tanner. It takes a special person to work that hard consis-tently, and to be involved in all those types of things,” said Farmer.
“But there’s no doubt about it: it makes some people at school feel very proud of all their efforts. . . . It’s a sign that they’ve accomplished something.
“He’s a great reminder to our commu-nity that combining academics and applied academics is a great opportunity. Mount Royal has the best mix of hands-on learn-ing and academics.”
And, the buzz at school has been very positive, said Peters.
“People are like, ‘Yeah! You go to Royal. That’s awesome.’ On our (basket-ball) team, they’re not like, ‘I can’t believe Tanner got it.’ They were more like, ‘This is awesome. He’s on our team. This guy’s got $100,000.’ You could see the confi-dence just surge through to Tanner. That is showing around the building, I think. It’s Tanner’s award, but the whole school is sharing in it, a little bit.”
For his part, Zekonic is the tiniest bit apprehensive about the scholarship’s ongoing high standards, such as main-taining a high average. He’s ready to join clubs and work hard, but he’s also pretty sure he won’t have a college basketball career.
“I watched the Huskies basketball team the other day,” said Zekonic, “and literally every team member could dunk.”
From left: Teacher and coach Adam Peters, Mount Royal student Tanner Zekonic and principal Scott Farmer (Photo by Joanne Paulson)
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“It was such an incredible lesson in life, just how to stay humble and keep going after things have
changed so much.”She also sees how much the music
business has changed since then, not to mention telecommunications. During Idol, people were exhorted to vote by text for their favourite performers, and people voted again and again.
“To text your vote was 25 cents. People must have gone flippin’ broke,” said Sokyrka with a laugh.
“You realize how the times have
changed. It wasn’t so much about iTunes just yet.”
While the fame of being on TV every single week for months has faded, Sokyrka is still on the music scene, more on her own terms.
“I’m just going to be here. I may not be making my living specifically from music, but I will go on creating. I’m not going to stop writing songs. I’m not going to stop making records. “
The pressure after Canadian Idol took some of the love of it out of her, but she has recovered from that and hopes to stay in music, even if a day job
takes up much of her time. Sokyrka works for a company that pro-
vides home care services, and she is loving it to the point where she is considering returning to school to become a licenced practical nurse. Music, of course, also comes into that plan.
“It would be nice to have a musical therapy (program) here in Saskatche-wan. I’m always singing anyways. Sometimes I’m sure it can get a little bit annoying. I’m always humming some sort of tune.”
She doesn’t miss the stress of the Idol days, but she said she would do it again,
and it’s unfortunate that Canadian Idol is no longer in existence.
“It really brought the country together. Maybe it was the specialty of that top 10. . . . But that year, it seemed like there was something really special about it.
“Everybody (in the top 10) was just really neat. Everybody had a completely different thing going for them. I look back with such fond memories. I never regret it.”
Sometimes, she would worry that life would never be the same but today, “I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
Sokyrka plays at The Bassment Friday, Feb. 27, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $25.
Sokyrka sometimes nostalgic about Idol
Cam HutchinsonSaskatoon Express
Trevor Lees’ artwork is being displayed in the most unlikely of places.
He has a piece that appears at the arena in Swift Current, and now one has popped up at Rutherford Rink at the University of Saskatchewan. Both pieces also travel.
Lees paints goalie masks. He’s one of 25 artists in the world certified by Bauer. He is also authorized to apply his paint on CCM helmets.
He got his start in the Humboldt area, where he grew up on a farm. He was riding motocross in high school and thought it would be cool to have a painted helmet. Without the cash to get it done, he did it himself, using the paint that comes with model cars and planes. Soon after, he bought an airbrush kit for a more profes-sional look.
He started painting for friends and family. He did custom auto painting, motorcycle tanks and snowmobile hoods. He earned a measure of notoriety in 2004, when he painted a set of helmets for the Eatmore drag racing funny car.
A couple of years ago he turned to goalie masks. He has since done masks for rec league players and for goalies in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. This year he has made the Western Hockey League (WHL) and Canadian Interuniver-sity Sport.
Landon Bow of the Swift Current Bron-cos is Lees’ first WHL client. Lees said it was exciting going to Swift Current with his wife and daughter to give the mask to Bows.
“They had two home games on the weekend and he got back-to-back shutouts wearing the mask.”
Since donning Lees’ piece of art, Bow has been the Canadian Hockey League goalie of the week twice.
Last week, Lees handed off a mask to University of Saskatchewan goalie Jordon Cooke.
“It’s pretty picky and detailed,” Lees said. “He had quite a bit of input on it. We
met and discussed it and what he wanted. He was pretty excited because this is his first custom-painted goalie mask.”
Cooke is impressed.“During my four years with the
Kelowna Rockets, we weren’t allowed to paint our helmets. When I had the go-ahead (at the U of S) to get it done, I was pretty excited.
“When it comes to the design of the mask, we discussed what we could throw in there. Being it’s the University of Saskatchewan, we decided to throw in the University Bridge and keep it pretty simple when it comes to the logo. It’s pretty rare to have a skating dog logo, so that was a crucial thing that needed to be put into the helmet.
“When it comes down to the detail, it was well done.”
Another one Lees just completed is for a Humboldt Broncos fundraiser. Highlight-ed on it is Elgar Petersen, a hockey legend in the Humboldt area for whom the local arena is named. The mask is up for auction on the Broncos website. Lees also did one for his own collection.
Lees has rubbed shoulders with the best in the business, David Gunnarsson of Sweden. When you see a mask worn by an NHL goalie, there is a pretty good chance Gunnarsson painted it. He’s the Sidney Crosby of mask painting.
Lees and his father went to the Win-
ter Classic NHL game in 2014 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gunnarsson was there painting.
“It was pretty cool. We had a chat. We talked about different paints and if I had ever painted outside before. He was painting in a little tent outside in the parking lot in a fan zone. We exchanged emails. I got a photo with him that I sent back to Sweden to get autographed. And I sent him some of my stuff. Then he sent the picture back with some of his stuff.
“He is the guru of goalie mask painting. He’s the big cheese. That was pretty exciting.”
Lees hopes his paint-ing will turn into a full-time job. He is currently a diamond miner at Snap Lake, about 250 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. During his weeks off in Sas-katoon, he tries to paint two masks. There is approximately a six-week turnaround time for getting a mask painted.
For more information, visit www.heavytdesigns.ca or email [email protected].
One of Trevor Lees’ masks is in the hands of Don Cherry (Photo Supplied)
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Trevor Lees (left) painted a mask for University of Saskatchewan goalie Jordon Cooke (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)
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Shannon BoklaschukSaskatoon Express
Clayton Tootoosis has discovered a passion for theatre. The 24-year-old from Onion Lake
Cree Nation is part of the cast of the latest Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC) play, entitled The House You Build. The show is a production of the Circle of Voices program, which trains young people in all aspects of theatre.
Since becoming involved with the program, acting has become a labour of love for Tootoosis.
“I was just willing to do what it takes. I’m dedicating a lot of my time and there’s many nights where I don’t get too much sleep because I’m busy with the Circle of Voices program,” said Tooto-osis, an activist who works with at-risk youth.
“This opportunity changed my life. I’m going to encourage young people along the way to do the same, to be part of the Circle of Voices.”
The House You Build, written by Gov-ernor General’s Literary Award finalist Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, is billed by SNTC as “a story exploring the intergen-
erational divide between elder and youth using modern dance, traditional dance and hip hop.” The Dene and Lakota languages will also be included in the play.
From October to March each year, SNTC engages youth who are part of the Circle of Voices program in theatre and cultural and career development. This year, the young people worked with a number of people, including indig-enous poet Kevin Wesaquate, playwright Kenneth T. Williams, musician Lindsay Eekwol Knight, elder John Sugar and ac-tor/producer Tom Bentley-Fisher, among others.
A year before a Circle of Voices production is launched, a playwright is hired to write the script. The playwright then works with the youth involved in the program to incorporate their ideas and perspectives into the show.
“The Circle of Voices program was an amazing opportunity for me,” said Tooto-osis, who is now considering pursuing a career in theatre as a result of his involve-ment.
“I heard a little about it before, and the person I work with – the elder John Sugar – introduced me to the program. He told
me to try it out, and I have friends who were previously part of the program also. I was more than willing to step out of my comfort zone, per se, to be part of the Circle of Voices program.
“I’m glad I actually did, because it gave me that opportunity to grow and ex-pand and to step out of my comfort zone and do something that I wanted to do. I have relatives who are actors; the late Gordon Tootoosis was my uncle. Just see-ing how he was able to express himself in that way and bring laughs to people – that’s something I always wanted to do.”
Tootoosis said The House You Build deals with grieving. A young woman loses her father, while a grandfather – a moshum in the Cree language – loses his son. They are “trying to deal with the relationship and the drifting apart that happens” following the losses, he said.
Tootoosis is taking on a lead role in the play by portraying the grandfather, a character he describes as a wise man.
“He has so much experience and life knowledge that he goes on these little tangents of his life story and what he’s been through. He has a lot of humour in the way he does this, and it’s also just try-ing to deal with his own emotional issues with the loss of his son in that moment – all while trying to comfort and soothe the granddaughter.”
Tootoosis predicts audience members will be really interested in the play’s storyline. Some moments in the show have left Tootoosis on the verge of tears because of the intensity of the scenes.
“If it was like that for me, I sure believe it’s going to be like that for other people. It’s going to be a good mix of
laughter and serious moments,” he said.In addition to Tootoosis, the play stars
Ingrid Gomez, Austin Hunter, Sunshine Joseph, Kieran McIntyre, Marcus Meras-ty, Rochelle Robillard and April Rogers. The show is directed by Charlie Peters, who also serves as lighting designer, while Cole Alvis, executive director of the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance, is the dramaturge.
Other members of the creative team include: assistant director Jennifer Dawn Bishop; movement director Frank Engels; set designer Jared Beattie; costume designer Chris Mason; sound designer Curtis Peeteetuce; stage manager Aaron Shingoose; production manager Jim Arthur; and assistant stage manager and mentee artist Ingrid Gomez.
The play runs from Feb. 25 to March 4 at 914 20th St. West. Tickets are $12.50 for the 8 p.m. evening shows and $6.50 for the 1 p.m. student matinees. Tickets can be purchased by calling 306-667-1221 or by going online to www.la-troupedujour.ca.
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Clayton Tootoosis (Photo by Sweetmoon Photography)
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Colleen MacPhersonfor the Saskatoon Express
University of Saskatchewan cow 944 is a thoroughly modern bovine, which means she turns to technol-
ogy when she needs to be milked rather than relying on humans to do the job.
Number 944 is one of 39 cows in the herd that uses the Rayner Dairy Teaching and Research Facility’s automated milk-ing system, essentially a robot that handles the thrice-daily milking requirement of each animal. For Morgan Hobin, facil-ity manager, the system is an important management tool, freeing up dairy farmers and staff “from milking three times a day so they can direct their time to other duties like management, nutrition and animal health.”
She explained the cows access the system on a voluntary basis. Each wears an electronic tag that the robot recognizes; if the cow is due to be milked she is admitted to the narrow milking stall. If not enough time has passed since her last milking, a series of automatic gates directs her out of the milking parlor and back to her stall.
Once the cow is in the stall, a predeter-mined daily allotment of grain pellets is dispensed into a bin in front of her, one third for each milking. Then the robotic arm goes to work under her, first rinsing her udder and then, using a laser-guidance system, attach-ing suction teat cups to each of her four teats.
Hobin said the system can be pro-grammed with each cow’s teat configura-tion and if, for example, one quarter of the udder is dry, can be instructed not to attach a suction cup to that teat.
As the cow is milked, the system records the milk flow from each teat and total milk produced. On an office computer, Hobin and other barn staff can see which cow is being milked, monitor each cow’s milk production over time, and are alerted by the system if a milking is incomplete. The screen also alerts staff when a cow is past due for a milking. “Then we go find her and push her through, but we also check to see if something might be wrong like she’s lame or has mastitis (an infection in the ud-der tissue). Or, she might just be lazy.”
When the milking is complete, the teat cups detach and the robot sprays the udder with iodine. After the cow leaves, the stall is automatically rinsed with water before the next animal is allowed to enter. The robot also cleans itself three times a day, said Hobin, running water and detergent through all of its pipes and hoses.
Like all technology, the robot does oc-casionally experience technical difficulty. When that happens, it contacts the cell-phone of on-call staff members who then do repairs and clear the situation. “And as we learn more about the system, it’s easier for us to troubleshoot the little things,” said Hobin, who has a master’s degree is dairy
nutrition from the U of S.“It’s great technology,” she continued.
“As a university, we’re the ones who should be using this technology and be leaders in the industry. It’s our role, as is sharing with dairy farmers what we know.”
Hobin expects the next evolution in automated milking will come with software rather than machinery, and will likely in-volve analysis of milk as it is flowing from the cow.
She has noticed, though, that the volun-tary milking system highlights a very clear pecking order among its users. “They defi-nitely have a hierarchy as to who gets to go first. One cow will be waiting to get into the
robot and another will come up and simply push her out of the way. It’s quite entertain-ing to watch them back there.”
The system is also proving entertaining for visitors to the facility. “When people come for tours, they always want to see the robot. They think it’s the coolest thing.”
The Rayner gallery, which includes an interpretive centre and overhead walkways through the barn, is open seven days a week from 12:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. for self-guided tours. Hobin advises 1 p.m. is a good time to visit to see the cows being milked.
(Colleen MacPherson is the editor of On Campus News at the University of Sas-katchewan.)
“I’ll get around to it,” I thought to myself, as I considered writing to
someone I had never met, but yet had an influence in my life.
A couple of years ago Cam Hutchinson and I went to the Roxy Theatre to watch a documentary that went behind the scenes at The New York Times. It was a fascinating look at what actually hap-pens behind the pages of the newspaper.
One writer, a columnist, stood out for both Cam and me. His name is David Carr. He wrote about the media and what’s really happening in the world of journalism. I don’t mean he was an entertainment reporter, but rather a person who took on the tough challenges and was never scared to step up or step back on whatever he was writing about. David Carr passed away on Feb. 12. He died in the newsroom; he was only 58.
There are some things David and I have in common. The biggest thing we had in common is addictions. His book The Night of the Gun is a brutal memoir chronicling his struggles with addictions
and recovery. He was a single father who worked his way up. It had nothing to do with luck because he was a gifted writer who told it like he saw it. There was no beating around the bush with him. This past Christmas one of my goals was to go to New York City and to try and meet him. I was telling Cam how I was planning on keeping track of where David goes for coffee or lunch or what times he gets off work. I realize this
may sound like stalking, and it is, but I’m sure he would have understood.
Instead of heading to the Big Apple I decided to go trekking around in -50 C and head to Canada’s extreme North to look for Santa Claus. “I’ll get around to it,” I said to myself as I thought about taking a trip to New York. I had pictured myself standing in front of the New York Times building with David Carr, which is never going to happen now. It’s one of the big regrets of my life.
I was never a big supporter of the role model approach, as I always believed a person should create their own path in life. I was asked several times to be on one of
those posters, on role models but I always refused. I decided against it because I don’t think I’m a positive role model. If there was anything I could ever be a role model for it has to be on survival. I’ve always admired and respected those people on the posters, and sometimes I could see my ugly mug on one of those posters, but when I think back on my life I found there are very few people who could walk in my moccasins. Besides, who would want to?
There have been people in my life who I thought of as role models and David Carr was one. A man I never met, a man who has never heard of me. And yet, by his words and what he wrote, he had an impact. It’s one of those typical stories of “I wish I would have while he was alive.”
How many times have I said that in my life? After funeral services, I would be one of those who sat with the people thinking I should have said this or done that while that person was still alive. I suppose I had some people so high on the podium I thought they would never pass away. Immediate family members have also had an influence. My first role model was my late uncle. He was one of the best storytellers I know. Even though he didn’t know how to read or write and
only spoke limited English, he still had the funniest sense of humour. It was never about the story but rather how he told the story. I never took the opportunity to tell him how his stories influenced me - even to this day over two decades after his passing.
This week I will reach middle age, whatever that means. In those years I have been privileged to have met people, sometimes only briefly, who would go on to have an impact in my life. Most are ordinary people who just happened to be there when I needed that person. Most times I didn’t even thank the people for their wisdom, advice or direction. It was always one of those “I’ll get around to it” moments. Sometimes getting around to it is too late. If there was a lesson for me, it would have to be to not wait. I always believed people will forget what you say, what you wrote or what you did. But there is one thing people will never forget, and that is how you make them feel.
I have to learn how to thank people and give them a handshake or a hug for being there when I needed someone. I’ll stop with the “I’ll get around to it.”
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Shannon BoklaschukSaskatoon Express
Life is never easy for a street cat. The threats of dis-ease, hunger and injury are always present.
But things get even tougher when the temperature plummets during a frigid Saskatoon winter. During a cold snap, cats face even more obstacles, such as frozen ears, tails and paws, and even limb amputation.
“Typically winter is a hard time for cats who do not have homes. Like with people, illnesses and injuries can be made that much more common and severe when it’s cold out,” said Colin Wilson, treasurer of SCAT Street Cat Rescue.
An increase in the number of cats needing veterinary care prompted SCAT to put out an “emergency appeal” on social media this month. SCAT’s Facebook post asked the public to make donations to help stray cats like Lin-coln, Sherman, Dougie and Mada, who are dealing with issues such as frostbite, a dislocated hip, ear mites, upper respiratory infection, heart disease, wounds and possible mange.
“Due to the costs involved with some recent intakes of cats needing emergency medical care we have almost completely exhausted our funding,” the Facebook post stated.
“SCAT is 100 percent funded by public donations and unless we can replenish some of our finances we will be forced to start turning away cases like these due to the inability to pay their vet bills.”
It’s common for SCAT to see cats with “fairly severe frostbite” when the mercury plummets, said Wilson. And the more severe the injuries or illnesses are, the more expensive the veterinary bills become.
“We’ve had some tail amputations, typical ears that could fall off. Paws can be affected quite severely as well,” he said.
SCAT, which has been operating in Saskatoon since 1997, is a no-kill volunteer-run organization. SCAT has a cat adoption centre on Faithfull Avenue and also provides shelter to stray cats through numerous foster homes.
“SCAT is completely run by volunteers and foster homes. We have 175 cats in our system right now, and about 70 active foster homes. We have a few cats at our free-roaming centre, some boarding in vet clinics, but the majority of our cats are in foster homes,” Wilson said.
SCAT relies on donations and fundraising efforts, such as the Men With Cats calendar it is selling for 2015. The calendar features men posing for photos with their feline friends, and orders have been placed from customers throughout the world.
“Calendar sales have gone great. Every year the calen-dar sales surpass the last, “ Wilson said.
Wilson has also been “floored” by the response from the public to SCAT’s emergency appeal on Facebook. The post has been shared dozens of times, and has received thousands of views.
That public support is heartening, since it appears the need for SCAT’s services is not going away.
“We usually get anywhere between 1,000 and 1,300 calls for help every year. Some are people just wanting
to surrender a pet. Others notice a neighbourhood stray. Some find an injured animal in need, and need some direction on where to take it,” said Wilson.
“That doesn’t count emails, either,” he added.Wilson said the main reason there are so many stray
cats on the streets of Saskatoon is that people aren’t spay-ing and neutering their animals.
“We always have a lot of animals in our care. There’s a lot more that we would like to help, but our biggest limitations are the resources that are available and foster homes. We’re always looking for new foster homes as well,” he said.
Donations to SCAT can be made at the adoption centre or online through CanadaHelps.org. More information about SCAT and how to donate is also available on the SCAT website at streetcat.ca. Donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt. SCAT also accepts donations of pet food and other supplies, such as cat litter.
SCAT can be reached by telephone at 306-955-7228 or by email at [email protected].
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Question: When temporary flood protection was first implemented on our utility bills, we were told it was for only one or two years. Now it’s been about 10 years. That’s not very temporary. Are there any plans to eliminate it? And, if so, when? And isn’t it redundant with the storm water management charge, which is also there? Or is it a case of once the City levies a fee they don’t want to get rid of it? I think it’s high time to eliminate it.
Mayor Atchison: I am a very big proponent of sunset clauses. When you put a levy on for a particular reason and when that need has been addressed, it is time to remove that levy. I think each program needs to stand on its own merits. I don’t think you should be taking the money collected for one project and transfer-ring it into different projects. That is very frustrating for citizens. When that levy was applied, we had major flooding in the city – one of those one-in-50-year floods – and the question was, do you continue on with the same old, same old, and have basements filling with water? Or do you make changes? So, consequently, council voted to fund a program to install super pipes, or underground storage tanks, in some neighbourhoods. They collect large volumes of water during really heavy rain-storms and have been installed in a lot of
areas. We aren’t finished. If you talk to people in those affected neighbourhoods that have super pipes now, I think you will find there has been little or no flood-ing at all. It has been a huge benefit to those homeowners. When the reader asks about it not seeming very temporary, for those that still need storm water super pipes we still need to get that completed.
We are working on other methods of dealing with storm runoff. We are using wetlands and creating new ones. Hyde Park in the Rosewood area is one of those existing wetland areas. It’s a beautiful natural wet-land. It is a collection area for storm water. The water makes its way through the area and eventually to the river. The water is naturally cleaned and much more envi-ronmentally friendly through the whole system. I am a big believer in these natural ponds.
Question: Since the University of Sas-katchewan has done an exceptional job of reducing expenses, are you looking at a similar plan? Unlike the City, they could not rely on ever-increasing rev-enues from the stakeholders. The U of S is now requiring employees to document their daily work. The City should do the
same. This would eliminate the department managers from the decision-making so no empire building would occur. No manager is going to admit that he has been overstaffed for years. Either do this or bring in outside consultants to do complete time and motion studies in all departments. Instead of increasing staff, you’ll be shedding employees.
Mayor Atchison: That is a very interesting point of
view. I don’t know if the comment is ac-curate when it comes to the university not increasing revenues, because tuition fees certainly have been going up and I think those stakeholders are paying more. I can’t speak to the provincial side of university funding, but I believe that is increasing as well. I do want to talk about the City of Saskatoon. We should be doing a better job of telling citizens how the City is saving money and streamlining functions.
Over the last six years, under the con-tinuous improvement initiative, the City has seen savings of more than $25 million. We are counting on $1.5 million this year. There is a culture within the organization to continuously look for improvements and better ways to provide services. We
are the only city in Canada that reports, on an annual basis, on the productivity and continuous improvements we are doing.
Let me give you a couple of examples. First, the Circle Drive South Bridge: that project came in $30 million under bud-get because it was a design-build by the private sector. The next one is the Civic Operations Centre. We will see savings of approximately $25 million. The “value for money” estimate is a saving of $92 million over the 25 years of the contract. That is a P3 project. Next will be the Parkway Bridge/Traffic Bridge project. This is also a P3 and bundles two bridges together for the first time ever in Canada. It’s another one-of-a-kind idea.
We also save money by buying buses that are new to us. We have saved the citizens of Saskatoon millions of dollars. Some people say the cheapest price is the best price. We are turning more to a value-for-money philosophy. Just because it is the cheapest price doesn’t mean it is the best value.
We have also saved money by eliminat-ing a $162-million pension liability with the help of our unions, associations and out-of-scope personnel.
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Benjamin Franklin quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be
certain, except death and taxes.” While you may cheat the tax-
man, you can’t cheat death. As a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling on assisted suicide, the only question is the tim-ing of when you meet the grim reaper. Does Mother Nature set the date, or do you?
No doubt this issue will play a role in the upcoming federal election, with the groups sup-porting death with dignity and those campaigning for the sanctity of life, each pressing candidates for their respec-tive positions on the matter. I dare say by now the federal parties’ spin doctors have already written straddling positions on the matter. But allowing for assisted suicide isn’t up for debate as the fact is, like it or not, the Supreme Court ruled that assisted suicide is a right, and thus legislation is necessary.
It is hard to argue with the dying with dignity supporters that a terminally ill person dying a painful death should have the right to end their suffering. And it is easy to understand the “slippery slope” concerns of those opposed. The court ruled that adults who are mentally competent and suffering physically or psychologi-cally from intolerable, irremediable medi-cal conditions have the right to obtain a doctor’s help in dying. The crucial element in the ruling is assessing the “mentally competent” and who determines that competence.
Philosophically speaking, when you are young and healthy, it is easy to say “if I ever get to that point, pull the plug.” Is the easy answer to this dilemma a bind-ing health-care directive made well in advance of any intolerable illness? But what happens if you make that directive, and then when faced with imminent death, you change your mind at a time when you are not deemed to be mentally competent? The indomitable human spirit is geared to survival and as long as there is a shred of hope for a better tomorrow, I think very few people would actually have the cour-age to terminate their own life even when death is knocking at the door.
If you cannot determine for yourself whether death is a viable alternative to life, should next of kin get to make that decision for you? We all like to think that our loved ones would hang on to us as long as they can, but with each passing generation our lifetime is extended beyond past generations, thanks to medical inter-vention. As crass as it sounds, if next of kin are allowed to make the decision, will the emotional and financial burden of car-ing for ailing family members encourage euthanasia? Will obtaining the spoils of a patient’s estate play a role in determining a patient’s future, or lack thereof? Also, will physician-assisted suicide negate an insur-ance payment to the deceased’s survivors,
and, if so, for that reason will kinfolk deny your wish to die?
To some degree we already have people making life and death decisions for others. Family members or guardians already place Do Not Resus-citate (DNR) orders on the chronically ill. There are news reports of parents refusing proven medical procedures for their children and opting for cultural and/or alternative treat-ments which, in most instances,
end in death.By the sounds of things, thankfully
only physicians will be allowed to assist in the dying with dignity option. Talk about a tough job. The fact is, most of us struggle with euthanizing a sick and suffering family pet. So how do we ask doctors to do what we ourselves couldn’t do, which is to end a person’s life? Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath, which is basically to do no harm to their patients. Will we exempt doctors from assisting with a suicide if they conscientiously object based on their oath and the first commandment “thou shall not kill”? Then again, doctors already play that role to some degree by recom-mending to next of kin that there be no further medical treatment and comfort family members by saying they will keep the patient pain free to the end, or that patients be disconnected from life support systems.
In 1930 the life expectancy at birth was 59.7 years. Fast forward to 2010 and life expectancy at birth is 78.7 years. In less than a century, we have added about 20 years to the average lifespan at birth. With extended life come the greater cost to publicly funded health care, home and senior care and pension sustainability. Will these issues, subliminally or otherwise, impact on the outcome of those having to draft legislation?
The court ruling includes assisted suicide for those suffering from an intoler-able, irremediable psychological illness. How will it be determined that a patient suffering from a psychological illness, which affects the mind, has the mental competence to end their life?
As hard as it is to watch a person we love die, it is harder to watch that person suffer from unbearable pain resulting from an incurable disease. For that reason I can support the dying with dignity camp, but only if it is the decision of the person asking for a peaceful and painless death. Besides, it saves the family bickering and/or putting a burden of guilt on kinfolk to make that decision.
I expect this legislation will divide Canadians much like the death penalty and abortion issues did. The legislation will necessarily have to have strict controls; and doctors should be allowed to deter-mine individually whether or not they will aid in the procedure. And we will individually govern ourselves if faced with this dilemma.
Just an afterthought, but maybe we should just send this issue back to the un-elected Supreme Court jurists and let them draft the legislation they want and save the
money and years of time on challenges to whatever legislation an elected govern-ment might draft.
Euthanasia ruling likely to divide Canadians
elaIne HnaTYsHYn
Columnist
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While I was pondering which recipe to use for this week’s column, I started thinking about upcoming special days. The next holiday is St. Patrick’s Day, which made me think of the St. Pat’s Classic hockey tournament in the Breast Friends’ hometown of Foam Lake. Each year, the recreational hockey team hosts a very successful and fun tournament themed around the “Irish and the Green.”
Almost all of the Breast Friends have husbands or sons who have played in that tournament at one time. Each of the host team had to make a big batch of pickled eggs for the event. This recipe (which, in our house, was called Bob’s Famous Pickled Eggs) became the chosen one. We used to add a touch of green food dye to the brine and most of the players had green fingers before the weekend was over. We now make these for the summer cottage as well as St. Patrick’s Day, and they remain a favourite. Visit breastfriends.ca for more recipes and information on Breast Friends cookbooks.
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Ladies and gentlemen, raise your glasses – or binoculars, that is – and salute the lowly House Sparrow. This is their 100th year in Saskatoon.
Blame it on Shakespeare! Newcomers to North America brought many of the spe-
cies he mentioned in his works to make the new world more familiar. House Sparrows were successfully released in 1851 in New York City. This release began the largest avian conquest ever recorded. It took less than 50 years for the first House Sparrows to arrive in Saskatchewan. One was report-ed in Carnduff in 1899. The first of their
species arrived in Saskatoon around 1915. I see sparrows at my feeder as I write on this winter day and I am glad. They are commonly considered a pest because of their unruly behaviour and sloppy eating habits, but they are welcome here when so few other birds can survive our winter.
The House Sparrow has an interesting background. First, it’s not a sparrow. It is a member of the weaverbird family, the finest architects of all birds. Unfortunately, judging by their messy nests, that trait has not been passed on. The House Sparrow is one bird that everyone seems to know. Males have a large black bib – the larger and blacker, the more attractive to the dull brown females. They often begin mating in January, nesting in March, with eggs ap-pearing in April. They may have as many as three broods in a season.
To be fair, the introduction of this species was also to control pests, such as canker worms. With hindsight, the plan was probably not a good one. The House Sparrow, a generalist in terms of diet, dines on insects when nestlings are very young. After that, they eat our planted vegetables and some of the crops they were imported to protect. They are also aggressive birds and occupy martin, bluebird and swallow houses, sometimes destroying the young in the process.
The population of House Sparrows in Saskatchewan was at its highest around 1940. They thrived where there was plenti-ful food. Their food sources were tied to the use of horses, mixed farms, grain el-evators and urban garbage. Their numbers are declining. We have fewer horses and we manage the disposal of discarded food differently. As a result, these opportunistic birds have moved to our backyard feed-ers. Even here they face competition with the House Finch, another species that has expanded to our area quite recently. We have also made our buildings less acces-sible to nesting birds and increased the use of pesticides. The decline in sparrows is apparently worldwide. In fact, these old world sparrows have disappeared from some parts of mainland Europe and are placed on a conservation concern list in Britain.
Despite its limitations, I salute the House Sparrow on its 100th year of Sas-katoon residency. This robust survivor is welcome at my feeder.
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The now common House Sparrow was first seen in Saskatoon a century ago, as the non-native species spread across North America (Photo by May Haga)
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Once Kaibo finishes stepping up a set of stairs a dozen or so times and balanc-ing on a physio ball, the assistant leads Kaibo to the underwater treadmill for the final part of the day’s session.
These types of rehabilitation sessions for small animals have been offered by the WCVM for about seven years now, explained Pinto, a clinical associate who runs the program.
“The treadmill was donated by a client, and that’s what actually got the rehabilitation program started,” she said, adding that particular piece of equipment – a treadmill encased in a tank of water to take some weight and pressure off of the animals’ joints while walking – is every visitor’s favourite.
Since the arrival of the treadmill, the range of rehab equipment has grown to include a therapeutic laser to speed tissue healing, a therapeutic ultrasound for deep heating, electro-acupuncture and electrical-stimulation to stimulate
muscles, a special walkway to measure differences in the pressure an animal places on each limb while walking, and wobble boards to improve balance and core strength.
Pinto and her staff treat pets who have a wide range of conditions, but her most common patients are those recovering from surgery, have neurological prob-lems, have arthritis or mobility issues, are canine athletes with soft tissue injuries, or are in need of a weight-loss program.
“We treat seven or eight animals a day, mostly dogs and cats. I had one rat,” said Pinto, who describes herself as a dog and cat person equally. “Dogs want to please, but cats generally don’t, so you need to find out what motivates them (to do the exercises).”
She said some of the more challeng-ing cases included “re-conditioning an out-of-town police dog in the middle of winter and finding ways for an owner in a wheelchair to help their pet do the needed home exercises.”
No matter the animal size, condi-tion and treatment method, Pinto’s goal remains the same: to get the patient back to as close to normal as possible. Work-ing with the animals through the process gives Pinto and the pet owners an incred-ible sense of happiness.
“I get to know the patients and their owners. Even patients that are nervous initially usually like coming here eventu-ally. It’s a very positive place, since we usually get to help improve an animal’s condition.”
(Kris Foster is a communications writer at the University of Saskatch-ewan.)
Vet college offers pet physio
Dr. Romany Pinto and rehab patient Rose (Photo courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan)
Hola from Los Angeles! Or as I like to call it, The City Where I Feel
Safer Than I Do In Saskatoon.Seriously, how is it that I
am surrounded by people who are extremely prone to road rage, likely packing automatic weapons and/or are certifiably California-style crazy, but back at home my friend is getting stabbed trying to buy a movie ticket? Stabbed, in more or less broad daylight, minding his own business, standing in a lineup with hundreds of people milling about.
I’ll tell you how it is – it’s our ab-solute farce of a justice system (yes, I appreciate I sound like your drunk uncle at Christmas, but hear me out). I’m not talking law enforcement, who picked up the movie-theatre-stabber quickly and
efficiently through forensic identification. I’m talking about the justice system that let this clearly deranged pre-offending individual out on probation, leaving him free as a bird to run around stabbing whoever he felt like.
It never fails that when a heinous, often random act of violence victimizes some in-nocent Saskatoon resident, 99 percent of the time it seems like the offender is, in addi-
tion to the charges related to his or her offence, charged with a breach. Whether it’s breach of undertaking or breach of probation, the bottom line is they’re out of jail because they promised not to be bad people any longer, and then they go and stab someone who just wanted to see Fifty Shades of Grey like the rest of the
known world.Which brings me back to Hollywood.
Literally: I am in Hollywood. On the eve of the Oscars (well, technically the week before the Oscars, but it’s all one big party) this place is exactly as ridiculous and awesome as you’d expect. With more traffic in one condensed space that I ever thought possible, they will be shutting down the major streets and thoroughfares to everything except the limos hauling the Jennifer Lawrences and Bradley Coopers of this world to be worshipped upon the altar of the Chinese Theatre.
You gotta love Americans though. I’m in the back of a car on a six-lane freeway moving 85 miles per hour, and the lady driving the vehicle beside me is FaceTi-ming on her phone with her toddler. Not even trying to pretend to hide it. And did you know a bag of Fritos has 700 calories? I’m not talking a potato sack, I’m talking a bag roughly the size of an individual serving of Old Dutch ketchup chips.
It’s all good, however. I adore the un-abashed ridiculousness of places like the L.A. freeway, Hollywood Boulevard or the Las Vegas Strip. There is something
so refreshing about the honesty. In small doses.
In life, there are few rules, but those that exist should be followed. For exam-ple, never drink orange juice after brush-ing your teeth. Tin foil and the microwave don’t mix. I’d like to add one more to the list: never, ever go straight from Disney-land to Las Vegas. Please, insert a buffer, lest you experience the shell-shocked reality we did.
The entire world should be run like Disneyland. Everything is so utterly awesome. Even the lines were fun. Every single cast member loves their job, and seem to exist solely to make your day even better than it already is.
Then you go to Vegas, where unless you are hemorrhaging your net worth all over the casino floor, you are precisely nobody. The lines are long. The place is filthy. The cigarette smoke is akin to ag-gravated assault.
Make no mistake, I love both places equally, but just not back-to-back. I don’t need Disneyland to remind me how slimy Vegas can be, I’ve got plenty of my own experiences to draw from. Why else would I keep going back?
Welcome to Los Angeles, a safer city than home
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Chances are that if you’re visiting here you will have a crowded itinerary in one of the country’s favourite tourist destinations.
But, after you’ve included highlights like the Alamo, River Walk, SeaWorld and the San Antonio Mission Historic Park, you should leave some time to walk off the spectacular Tex-Mex cuisine you sampled along the way.
That’s what I had been doing on a tour of San Antonio’s King William neighbour-hood – walking off a luncheon feast of spicy tamales along the streets of the city’s first designated historic district. About 1.5 kilometres south of the Alamo Plaza, it seemed I’d become a time traveller leaving the bustle of tourists and the sounds and eclectic razzmatazz of River Walk lights years behind.
Enchanted by the leafy tranquility that surrounded me, I was lost in time as I strolled past the neighbourhood’s many fine old homes that reflected an earlier era in the history of this thriving Texas city.
I was especially interested in one old home, Villa Finale, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that is open to the public. Not only does the beautiful residence have amazing charm and charac-ter, its interior holds the fascinating collec-tion of its last resident, a local businessper-son who put life and soul into restoring and preserving what was to become his final home, a place he aptly named Villa Finale.
Walter Nold Mathis’s choice to buy an old subdivided boarding home in 1967 after his own home was razed to make way for a freeway must have seemed quite odd to his friends. But the San Antonio investment
banker, civic leader and collector had a vision for the home at 401 King William Street that locals called “the old Norton house.’’ Like many of the neighbouring homes back then, it was a little down at the heel, but Mathis had the energy, the money and the all-powerful dream to restore the residence and its grounds to their former glory.
Mathis spent almost two years meticulously restoring Villa Finale. After he was satis-
fied with his work, his attention turned to the neighborhood. Over time, he purchased and fully or partially restored up to 14 houses in King William and then sold them to preservation-minded buyers who he knew would continue with their restoration.
Mathis died in 2005, at 86, after about 35 years in residence at the house, bequeath-ing it along with its varied antiques to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The opulent mansion is far different today than the original one-story, four-room family residence built in 1876 by hardware merchant Russel C. Norton, in the brand-new area of the fast-growing city. The neighbourhood was particularly favoured by wealthy German families with so many settling in the area that other San Antonio citizens nicknamed the neighbourhood “Sauerkraut Bend.”
Mathis was also a remarkable collector of artifacts and every room is deliciously crowded with everything from books and paintings to musical instruments and fine china. Looking past his Russian icons, pewter plates, apothecary jars and German beer steins, it does not take long to discover that his greatest passion for collecting was focused on memorabilia linked to Napo-leon. His fascination with the brilliant sol-
dier and strategist can be found in both his library and art collection. I was particularly impressed by the death mask of Napoleon encased in an open wooden box.
Throughout his home, there are also beautiful examples of European furniture along with fine examples of china and ceramics and other decorative arts. What I really loved about touring this captivating house is that it has the feeling of a home, a real home loved by its owner, a man who would have been a gracious and genial host. And judging by Mathis’s eclectic collec-tion, there would have been no shortage of conversation.
For more information, visit www.villafi-nale.org and www.visitsanantonio.com.
Tickets are sold at Villa Finale Carriage House. Parking is on King William and Sheridan Streets.
Guided tours of Villa Finale are hosted by interpretive guides, who will lead your experience through the 6,500-square-foot home and its collection of fine and decora-
tive arts. Self-guided tours of the first floor only are also available. Space for guided tours is limited, and reservations are recom-mended. Call (210) 223-9800 to reserve your guided tour.
Mathis particularly enjoyed collect-ing memorabilia relating to the life and death of Napoleon Bonaparte, including
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Walter Mathis restored and preserved what was to become his final home, a place he aptly named Villa Finale (Photos by Peter Wilson)
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FEBRUARY 26The Whiskey Jerks play The Bassment at 8 p.m. Peter Abonyi, Anna Bekolay, Nevin Buehler, Kevin Buzinski, James Diakuw, and Gillian Snider play a musical fusion of klezmer, folk, rock, country-blues, gypsy-punk and jazz with clever, cocky, and, at times, sensitive lyrics. The Whiskey Jerks’ Bassment debut will feature the release of their first CD, Neat. Purdy Bird plays the opening set. Tickets $17 and $22.
FEBRUARY 27Theresa Sokyrka plays at The Bassment Friday, Feb. 27, at 9 p.m. Tickets $20 and $25. She will be accompanied by Ryan Marshall on bass, David Fong on piano and Arlan Kopp on drums. Sokryka will also play guitar. Tickets at www.saskatoonjazzsociety.com.
FEBRUARY 28The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra presents Espana, a musical trip to sunny Spain, with guest conductor Lucas Waldin and guitarist Daniel Bolshoy, who will be featured in a per-formance of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. TCU Place, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Feb. 28. Tickets at http://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/espana/.
FEBRUARY 28The Stone Frigate Band with Robyn Knight are at the Bassment Sunday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Expect accessible and danceable big band classics. Tickets $17 and $22.
MARCH 1The University of Saskatchewan Greystone Singers are performing their Spring Concert at 3 p.m. in Knox United Church. The program consists of a wide variety of choral repertoire from traditional and classical to sacred and secular, including folk songs and spirituals in a variety of languages and styles. Featured works are Benjamin Britten’s Choral Dances from Gloriana, Heinrich Schütz’s Singet dem Herrn (Ps. 98) with double chorus, Ola Gjeilo’s Contrition, and Saskatchewan composer Paul Suchan’s Wake the Grain. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors avail-able at McNally Robinson, from choir members, or at the door.
MARCH 8Pavlo in concert. Broadway Theatre, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $38 and avail-able by calling 306-652-6556, online at www.broadwaytheatre.ca or at the theatre.
EVENTSFEBRUARY 25The House You Build, a production of Saskatch-ewan Native Theatre Company. runs from Feb. 25 to March 4 at 914 20th St West. Tickets are $12.50 for the 8 p.m. evening shows and $6.50 for the 1 p.m. student matinees. Tickets can be purchased by calling 306-667-1221 or by going online to www.latroupedujour.ca.
FEBRUARY 27Premiere of To Light a Candle and panel discussion at Broadway Theatre, 7 p.m. for “Education is Not a Crime Day.” Focus is on the non-violent struggle of the Baha’i community in Iran to educate its youth, who are barred from universities. The one-hour film is based on ex-perience of Iranian-Canadian journalist, Maziar Bahari, jailed for 118 days in Iran in 2009 while a reporter for Newsweek. Admission $5 at the door for cost recovery. For more information call 306-955-1203 or [email protected].
FEBRUARY 28A Sixpence is Not Enough is a drama by Millar College of the Bible about George Mueller, and how his faith in God helped thousands of orphans in Bristol, England, in the 1800’s. SDA Christian School on 2228 Herman Ave, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $12 online at www.sixpence.brownpapertickets.com.
MARCH 2The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westmin-ster United Church are hosting a screening event Monday, March 2 at 7:30 at the church. Colin Clay, a veteran of the Korean War, will speak about the film, Children of Soldiers. In addition, we will welcome Jerri McPhee of the Citadel Canine Society, Leigh Michel and Shiloh, a Service Dog in Training. The event is free and everyone is welcome.
MARCH 5Dine in the Dark, a culinary fundraiser
presented by the CNIB, goes Thurs., March 5, sponsored by the Park Town Hotel and supported by Scotiabank and Rawlco Radio. Wearing blindfolds, diners will be taken on a journey of the senses and will enjoy smells, sounds, tastes and textures in a way they never thought possible. The event is being held at the Park Town Hotel. Reception and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $75 or $525 for a table of eight people. Call 306-374-4545 or visit the CNIB office in Saskatoon, 1705 McKercher Drive.
MARCH 5-8The Sports and Leisure Show, presented by the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, goes at Prairieland Park Thurs. March 5 from 6-10 p.m.; Fri., March 6, noon to 9 p.m.; Sat., March 7, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sun., March 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $12 adults, $8 juniors, $8 seniors, $25 families.
MARCH 6Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers 10th anniver-sary fundraising dinner. Western Development Museum. Reception at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $45. Tickets are avail-able by calling Jenifer at 306-242-4989 or at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
MARCH 6Mighty Voice’s five singer songwriters play a rugged blend of alternative folk-rock marked by winter-chilling five-part vocal harmonies. Part of the Roots series at the Bassment, March 6 at 9 p.m. Tickets $15 and $20.
MARCH 13An old style sock hop takes place at the Ger-man Concordia Club featuring the ‘Elvis’ band England on Friday, March 13. Come dressed in 1950s and 1960s style clothing. Advance tick-ets $20; call the German Club 306-244-6869 or McNally Robinson 306-955-3599.
MARCH 14Fifth annual Music For Mutts charity benefit concert. Music for Mutts is a benefit concert for New Hope Dog Rescue, generously hosted by the Saskatoon Academy of Music. The evening features musically diverse perfor-mances by the Saskatoon Academy of Music teachers, as well as a silent auction, door prizes, and great refreshments. Meet some of the fabulous New Hope foster dogs, and enjoy an evening with fellow music and dog lovers. Doors and silent auction open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are avail-able at the Saskatoon Academy of Music: call 306-934-2424 or email [email protected] to reserve your tickets today. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for kids (14 and under). Academy families get $2 off ticket prices.
MARCH 14 AND 15REMIX is a show and sale of upcycled furniture and artifacts such as art, sculptures, jewelry and home décor created by local artisans. The show goes at The Refinery noon to 8 p.m. March 14 and noon to 5 p.m. March 15. This year’s line-up of remixers includes: Kathy Allen, Kristin Almen, Dave Cummine, Karen Davidson, Bette Fontaine, Kim Fontaine, Shelley Kaszefski, Christina Pambrun, and Jody Timm. Free admission.
MISCELLANEOUSSECoND AND FoURTH TUESDAYThe Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th Street East) from October until April. We dance to old-time music from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beginner instruction during the first hour. No experience needed. For further information call 306-382-5107.
FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAYS oF THE MoNTH Lions Club’s Texas Holdem Tournaments. $60 buy-in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to the cash prize pool. No Re-Buys. 50 seats avail-able. Registration opens at 6, tournament starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.
FIRST SATURDAY oF EVERY MoNTH The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sherbrooke Community Centre.
EVERY TUESDAYOff-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of Grace-West-minster United Church (505, 10th Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.*****
Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters Club Downtown Saskatoon. Come and have some fun with speaking and leadership skills. Our club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.
FIRST MoNDAY oF EVERY MoNTHSaskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday, if so we meet the second Monday.
FIRST TUESDAY oF EVERY MoNTHLeft Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide.W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email [email protected]. 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 acces-sible). 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 306-242-7670 or e-mail [email protected].
FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY oF EVERY MoNTHPet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
EVERY WEDNESDAYDepression Support Group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181.***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, ladies’ and men’s clothing; jewellery, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email [email protected].*****St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 -20th St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. On the last Wednesday of each month we hold a birthday party for applicable members. Monthly socials are also held randomly. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Included are bowling alleys, pool tables, dart boards. The club building is wheelchair accessible with adjacent bus service. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For further info call (306)384-4644 or (306)716-0204.
THIRD THURSDAY oF THE MoNTHThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email [email protected].
SECoND WEDNESDAY oF THE MoNTHFriendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. Visit our website at www.thefriendshipforce.org , find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or [email protected].
EVERY THURSDAYSaskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries around the world. First night is free. For more information visit www.sifc.awardspace.com.*****
Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who 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 SECoND SATURDAY oF THE MoNTHMemory Writers meet every second Saturday of each month from September to June, 10 a.m. – 12 noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Record and share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For more information call Neva at 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446.***** SCOOTERS indoor playgroup for children new-borns to age five and their parents/caregivers will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church from9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. $40/family/year or sug-gested drop-in donation of $5/family. Visit our Facebook page (Scooters - at EBC) for more information.***** Pop In & Play. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring your little ones with you downstairs for a great time of fun and connecting. Monthly theme, learning centres, snack and the occasional speaker. More info at [email protected].
FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY oF THE MoNTHResporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992.
EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYOvereaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including loca-tions visit www.oa.org.
FRIDAYSKarousels Dance Club, learn to dance. New class starting Jan. 9. Cued ballroom at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre(610 Clarence Ave. South). For more information, call 306-290-5486.
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSBridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.
NEWCoMERS’ CLUBThe Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relation-ship status, retirement, or becoming a new par-ent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email [email protected] or call 306-668-8131.
SINgLES SoCIAL gRoUPSingles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sun-day brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email [email protected] or phone (306) 978-0813.Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support GroupThe Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.
VoLUNTEERS NEEDEDTrack and Field needs you! We have an opportunity for you to watch track and field athletes up close at indoor track meets at the Saskatoon Field House by being part of the officiating team. We have a number of exciting jobs on the track, at long jump, high jump and shot put. All officials start off with a two-hour training session in conjunction with a track meet. This training can start you on a lifetime experience as part of the sport of athletics or merely allow you to follow your kids and their friends around the meets. Register today for one of the following Introductory Officials Clinics: Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. or Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10 p.m. Register by email: [email protected].
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PRAIRIEGMC.COMON NOW AT YOUR PRAIRIE GMC DEALERS. PRAIRIEGMC.COM 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4WD (1SA/K05/G80/B30), 2015 GMC Acadia AWD (3SA/K05), 2015 GMC Terrain AWD (3SA/K05), and purchase of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra Double Cab 2WD Kodiak Edition. Freight ($1,695/$1,650/$1,650/$1,695) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, dealer fees, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to quali� ed retail customers in the Prairie GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. * $10,000 is a combined total credit on 2015 Sierra Double Cab 2WD Kodiak Edition consisting of a $4,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $1,000 Loyalty Cash (tax inclusive), $2,155 manufacturer to dealer Option ‘Kodiak Edition’ Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive), $250 Kodiak Double Cab 2WD cash credit, and $2,095 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and � nance rates. By selecting lease or � nance offers, consumers are foregoing this $250 and $2,095 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ‡ Lease based on a purchase price of $29,890/$39,031/$30,881 (including $1,000/$1,500/$500 lease credit, $4,500/$0/$0 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit, $1000/$0/$0 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit, and $885/$664/$664 Loyalty Cash) for Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4WD (1SA/K05/G80/B30)/Acadia AWD (3SA/K05)/ Terrain AWD (3SA/K05) . Bi-weekly payment is $159/$179/$159 for 36/48/48 months at 0%/0.9%/0.9% APR, on approved credit to quali� ed retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $0/$1,650/$2,150 down payment is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $12,412/$20,310/$18,726, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $17,478/$19,774/$12,938. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. ¥ Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between February 3, 2015 through March 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA, Sierra Light Duty and Heavy Duty); $1,000 credit available on all GMC Sierras. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between February 3, 2015 through March 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,500 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. ††Offer valid to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by and entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial, and who accept delivery from February 3, 2015 through March 2, 2015 of any new or demonstrator 2015 MY GMC (except Canyon 2SA). General Motors of Canada will pay the � rst two bi-weekly lease payment as de� ned on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes). After the � rst two bi-weekly payments, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Consumer may be required to pay Dealer Fees. Insurance, license, and applicable taxes not included. Additional conditions and limitations apply. GM reserves the right to modify or terminate this offer at any time without prior notice. See dealer for details.*† U.S. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ‡* The 2014 GMC Terrain received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
LOYALTY CASHUP TO $1,500 FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥
FOR 36 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $29,890‡
(1SA MODEL). INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $1,000 DISCOUNT CREDIT, $4,500 DELIVERY CREDIT, $1,000 LEASE CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
FOR 48 MONTHS WITH $1,650 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $39,031‡ (SLE-1 MODEL). INCLUDES $750 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $1,500 LEASE CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
BI-WEEKLY LEASE
BI-WEEKLY LEASE
BI-WEEKLY LEASE
2015 SIERRA 1500DOUBLE CAB 4WD
2015 ACADIA AWD
2015 TERRAIN AWD
$159 @ 0%
$179 @ 0.9%
FOR 48 MONTHS WITH $2,150 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $30,881‡ (SLE-1 MODEL). INCLUDES $750 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $500 LEASE CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
$159 @ 0.9%
TRUCK MONTHSTEP UP TO THE SIERRA DOUBLE CAB 2WD KODIAK EDITION
IN TOTAL VALUE*
$10,000 INCLUDES: UP TO
1ST TWO BI-WEEKLY LEASEPAYMENTS ON US††
1ST TWO BI-WEEKLY LEASEPAYMENTS ON US††
1ST TWO BI-WEEKLY LEASEPAYMENTS ON US††
DELIVERY CREDITCASH CREDITLOYALTY CASHKODIAK PACKAGE DISCOUNTKODIAK DOUBLE CAB2WD CASH CREDIT
$4,500 $2,095$1,000$2,155
$250
