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Volume 12, Issue 17, Week of April 27, 2015

Cam HutchinsonSaskatoon Express

In the spring of 2010, Jori Kirk’s father called him. He didn’t know it at the time, but it would change Kirk’s life.“He said, ‘this is the last year we are go-

ing to be actually farming, so I would like you to come home,’” Kirk said. “He wasn’t really asking me; he was telling me ‘I need you home.’

“It was just him and I, and we seeded 6,800 acres that summer.”

During those long evenings and early mornings out in the field, Kirk would make

notes about businesses that would be of interest to him.

Kirk has degrees in marketing and tour-ism from the University of Calgary. He had been putting the marketing degree to use in a number of jobs he held in Alberta after graduating. Then, his father called.

Kirk did much of his share of the seed-ing between 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. With GPS and auto-steering, he had lots of time to think and make notes.

“During that time I wrote down busi-ness plans. I jotted ideas and things I thought I might be interested in doing and

what might work,” he said. “Once I had them, I narrowed them down to five differ-ent ideas.”

It helped that he was the only teaching assistant in the marketing department at the U of C.

“One of my jobs was to grade one of their classes’ papers on feasibility studies. So I got really good at looking from a third party. ‘Is something like this going to be feasible?’ So I ran all those ideas that I had through a feasibility test of my own that I created and this zip lining thing happened to be the most feasible.”

Ah yes, the zip lining thing.Kirk’s company, Eco-Adventures, was

incorporated in late 2010. The company has been offering zip lining tours in Cypress Hills for four years. In June, it will open at Elk Ridge.

Kirk said a lot of what he learned on the farm applies to his business.

“When the opportunity arose to expand, I jumped on it because I always wanted it to be a little bit bigger. It is hard to be sustain-able if you are in a small spot. I grabbed that from my dad.

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It was a case that gripped the province. A 10-year-old boy went missing on a country

road close to his home in south-eastern Saskatchewan. When it became apparent he had been abducted, the province’s first Amber Alert was sounded.

Police said the boy was in grave danger. His abductor was Peter Whitmore, a pedophile with a long criminal record.

That 10-year-old boy is 19 now. The young man and his father will be in Saskatoon speaking May 6 at the Child Find Sas-katchewan breakfast. Their names can’t be included in this story because of a publication ban.

The father was being a Good Sa-maritan, as Saskatchewan people often are, on a late July day in 2006, when his son’s horrific ordeal began. The father was helping Whitmore with a tire prob-lem and showing him around, while his son was playing with a 14-year-old boy who was in Whitmore’s company. The boys went for a bike ride toward another farm yard.

Along their path, Whitmore was waiting. He took the boys to an aban-doned farm about 30 kilometres from the scene of the abduction. Police had put out a nation-wide warrant for Whit-more.

Pat Beaujot, then 47, lived on the property next to where Whitmore was hiding out. When Beaujot heard reports of the missing boys, he decided to check old buildings in the area.

Beaujot told The Canadian Press he spotted tracks in a yard, and then saw that the garage door appeared to have been recently opened.

“I pulled the garage door open and at first I didn’t see the van, but I saw some Kentucky Fried Chicken boxes and some bones,” he told The Cana-dian Press.

“Then I looked around the corner and I saw the

van with the wood-grained siding. I knew I was onto it, so I just got out of there and jumped into my truck.”

Beaujot drove back to his house and told his wife to phone police. He then drove back to a spot where he could watch to see if the van tried to leave the yard.

Twenty police cruisers were dis-patched to the scene. During the chaos, the boy escaped from the house and ran toward the police. His ordeal was over but not the memories. Part of the healing has been in speaking out about child abuse.

The young man said he and his father have been working with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. He said he works extensively on a program called Kids in the Know. It is taught beginning in kindergarten, with storybooks and puppets.

The puppets each have a message for the children: Always Shout No; Trust Your Instincts; Bring a Buddy Along are

among them. That is the family’s prior-ity, the father said.

The young man said his situation was different from those for which he is an advocate.

“The situation I was in only hap-pens one out of a million,” he said. “The biggest thing that happens with children right now is quiet and no one knows what is happening — it’s family mem-bers, it’s family friends, it is someone close to the child.”

He talked briefly about the effects those two days in July 2006 have had on his life.

“I look back at it being another day, another hurdle in my life. But you can’t forget what happened to you. It will always be a part of your life. You just take the good with the bad. Everyone knows about it, but no one knows really what happened.”

He said he and his family have a number of goals in the area of child protection, and the resolve to accom-plish them. His father said it would be jumping the gun to discuss a major project now.

“I work hard on trying to protect other people from having the same thing happen to them that happened to me,” the young man said.

He said he has a few words of wis-dom for children in abusive situations.

“Never keep quiet about it. Tell a safe adult.”

The Child Find breakfast will take place from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn. For more informa-tion, visit childfind.sk.ca.

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When the stars come out to play at SaskTel Centre, Dan

Hicks is never far away.Hicks is commonly known

in the entertainment trade as a runner. He is part of a 10-per-son team, led by Brian Locke, that provides local services for visiting entertainers and their production teams.

The services range from picking up the entertainers at the airport, transporting them to hotels and the venue, to being available for a grocery run where the bills can sometimes run as high as $3,000 to $5,000 a day.

Hicks will be on call April 30 when Neil Diamond, one of the world’s best-selling singer-songwriters, comes to Saskatoon.

He doesn’t know the assignment yet, but Hicks sure remembers a recent visit by Diamond.

“Neil arrived in his private jet about four

in the afternoon,” recalls Hicks. “I was able to drive out onto the tarmac. A limousine was already parked there. We waited. When Neil came out, he told his people to load the luggage in the limou-sine and that he was going to ride in the SUV which I was driving. He, his manager and security people joined me and we went straight to the venue.

“During the show, I was parked inside the building. When he jumped off the stage, he came directly to the SUV. I put on the

flashing lights to clear the path in front of me and we went right back to the airport.”

Another recent memorable trip was with Bob Seger, the rock singer-guitarist.

“I went to the hotel in a 15-seat van, again between four and five in the after-noon. His people climbed into the van and said that Bob wasn’t available yet. I’m driv-ing up around Idylwyld and 29th Street, the phone rings and Bob says he’s ready to be picked up. I circled back to get him. He got

in the SUV, sat down and smoked. “One of my rules is that I don’t tell

someone like him that he can’t smoke. In fact, I did have an ashtray available. He asked my name and we started to talk. He talked about golfing and inquired about Saskatoon. He was very friendly. I found out later that Bob usually doesn’t talk to drivers or someone like me. I heard one of his team say, ‘Bob broke all his own rules today, he talked the ear off the driver.’”

Hicks says the runners “are just part of a team supporting the entertainers. I don’t speak unless they speak to me. We don’t ask for autographs, we don’t ask to have our pictures taken with them. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and every assignment can be different.”

The work of a runner can last from 8 a.m. until 2 a.m. the next day. Sometimes they are dispatched to get a piece of music equipment, a shoe for a dancer, and there was one occasion when a musician needed an oxygen mask and tank.

“If the act brings its own chef, then the groceries come into play. We will get a list

and head to a store. If it is big order, I will phone a store manager ahead of time and have him meet me. Sometimes we have to call back and get approval for a Canadian substitution for an American product.

“When I talk about an order of $3,000 to $5,000, you have to understand the show might have 10 or 11 trucks travelling with them and all the workers have to be fed.”

Hicks is a musician who appreciates talent.

“I’m a listener and I judge them on the sounds. For the best sounds I’ve heard in the building, Reba McIntyre and Kelly Clarkson were right up there. So were Kings of Leon, Elton John the last time through and The Red Hot Chili Peppers the first time. My all-time favourite would have been Leonard Cohen on the last trip.

“Most times, you get what you expect. That’s not to say every act was perfect. There have been some shows where I would have fired the sound team.”

Hicks will be at SaskTel Centre on April 28. He’ll be there as a proud father, going to watch his son, Adam, and the band, One Bad Son, which is opening for Def Leppard on a 10-date tour.

Music in the family began with Jack, father of Dan and grandfather of Adam. Jack mainly played saxophone, and oc-casionally worked with the late guitarist Gordie Brandt.

Dan played guitar as a youngster and there was a time from 1993 until 1997 when he played with The Secretions. They were once chosen to record three songs at Sutherland Hall for a Shaw television production. Appearing on the same pro-duction, although not within the same hall, was Nickelback.

One Bad Son consists of Adam, Kurt Dahl and Shane Volk, who have been writ-ing songs and performing together since 2004. Bassist Adam Grant is the newest member. They had just finished a 22-city tour, virtually from coast-to-coast, when they got the call from Def Leppard’s people.

One Bad Son’s most recent album, Black Buffalo, earned a Juno award for Eric Ratz as engineer of the year.

Adam saw an advertisement for a guitar player, decided to join One Bad Son and their first rehearsals were held in the Hicks home.

“I’ve never been one to often tell my three children that I was proud of them. I always preached to them that they should be proud of themselves. I think One Bad Son has all kinds of potential. The tour with Def Leppard may open some doors,” said Hicks.

“I also tell them to be patient. Nickel-back was formed in Alberta in 1995. The story goes that 10 years later, Chad Kroeger, their leader, went to his dad and was almost ready to give it up. His dad told them to try it for one more year. The next year, all those guys were millionaires.”

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“I remember when I was a kid and we farmed about 3,500 acres and at one point we had over 20,000

acres seeded. So I saw it grow and grow and grow. And I saw how you could create those economies of scale and figure out little shortcuts you can make by creating a model, and then expanding it and expand-ing it.”

Kirk moved to Saskatoon after high school and studied for two years at the University of Saskatchewan.

“I plugged away in arts and sciences and was unsure what I wanted to do. But I remember sitting in Thorvaldson (Build-ing) for my first chemistry class and there was twice the population of my town in that room. I was like, ‘what the hell is going on?’” he said with a laugh. “It was quite shocking.”

In other words, university wasn’t for him at that time.

“My mom and dad were always entre-preneurial so I said, ‘I have to get out of here for a little bit.’ I took a trip, went to Australia and New Zealand, and was there for quite a while. I kind of fell in love with the tour-ism industry in general, as well as business. I always had a love for business. I always wanted to operate my own business.”

When he returned to Canada, he en-rolled at the U of C, where he graduated with those marketing and tourism degrees.

He thought he would join the corporate ranks in Calgary. Instead, he ended up in agriculture businesses where he made use of his marketing degree.

Then came the call from dad. Father knows best, right?

“I didn’t spend thousands of hours on zip lines and I didn’t have a ton of certi-fications on ropes courses and things like that. What it boiled down to was from a business stand-point, this was something that was completely feasible and it was something that would fit in Cypress Hills. I was very familiar with Cypress Hills because my family had a cabin there for 20 some years.”

With things going well at Cypress Hills, Eco-Adventures was ready to go north.

“In terms of my projections, they are pretty much bang on where I’d be. It takes people coming through there because you have a ton of staff — 18 seasonal employ-ees in Cypress Hills to make that place run.

“You’re never going to become a mil-lionaire doing it, I don’t think. I’ve lived in a travel trailer for the last four years — even throughout the winter, with no water. I’m living in it just because I want to make sure this works. I am not going to go out and make some stupid purchases person-ally that might affect or jeopardize cash flow and things like that.”

The Elk Ridge project is more than the stereotypical zip line tour, Kirk said. Think long. Think more than two hours out zip-ping, with a couple of climbs and walks. Think nature.

“It is totally an empowering thing and it’s amazing for a summer get-away and a good story for your friends and family which are all the things people want out of zip line tour. One of the parts I am proud of is the base camp itself and the atmo-sphere the staff create.

“They put a lot of effort into making sure people are having a good time and are really enjoying themselves. That falls back to the management and how we’ve created this philosophy around our business. It really empowers our staff to know they can make the choices they need to make in order to make people’s day.”

He said he believes strongly in preserv-ing the environment.

“It is important to me to have a sus-tainable site. I want to make sure it is as green as possible. In Cypress Hills, we are actually carbon neutral. We used existing walking paths where ever possible and the ones we had to design we took erosion and landscaping into consideration so we wouldn’t be messing anything up.”

Zip lines are designed to blend in with the surroundings. It is the same at Elk Ridge.

“Eco is in our name, so we have an obligation to walk the walk in this regard.”

The Elk Ridge zip line tour is consider-ably longer than the one at Cypress Hills.

“Elk Ridge is double the linear length of Cypress, so it’s about 4,000 feet of cable. Cyprus Hills is 1,947.”

In total, there are seven zip lines on the Elk Ridge tour, varying from 270 feet to more than 700 feet in length, two 160-foot-long sky bridges, ship ladders to climb and an electric off-road vehicle ride from the base camp to the starting point.

Kirk is happy he was called back to the farm five years ago, and drew up a busi-ness plan that allowed him to combine his marketing and tourism degrees.

“We’re building the shape of what I

envisioned from the beginning. Now it’s trying to put the little pieces together. This whole Elk Ridge thing has been a massive undertaking, while I still have the site at Cypress Hills going. I don’t know how it is all going to work out, but I’m plugging away and knocking off jobs as they come.

“There are a lot of small tourism busi-nesses in the province and that is what the heart and soul of this whole thing is.”

Elk Ridge Eco-Adventure will open June 6. For more information about such things as booking, pricing and size restric-tions, visit zipelkridge.ca.

The Express will make a draw for a $50 gift card for zip lining at either Cypress or Elk Ridge. Email editorial@saskatoonex-press.com to enter. Please put “zip line” in the subject line.

There should be a national day for cowboys and Indians.

Think about it. What group has contributed more to the building of North America than the cow-boy and Indian? For more than 500 years, cowboys and Indians have had this love-hate kind of a relationship.

Historically, they cannot live with each other. On the other hand, they can’t live without each other. In times of war, there has never been a better team. As a matter of fact, what we should be doing with the terrorists is send a couple of cow-boys and a couple of Indians after them.

I bet within a year those terrorists will be sitting by a campfire with a guitar and drinking beer.

I grew up in the era of noth-ing but westerns on television and at movie theatres. As a kid, the other children and I would play cowboys and Indians. Even though I am 100 per cent Cree, I sometimes played the cowboy.

It’s not that I wanted to be a cowboy, but I did want to wear a cowboy hat every now and then. Plus, it was good to be on the winning side for once. Ever notice the Hollywood Indians almost always lost in battle? When the cowboys won, it was

called a victory. When the Indians won, it was called a massacre.

Today, they don’t make the cowboy and Indian like they used to. Today’s cowboy is more than likely to be driving a Harley-Davidson, and today’s Indian is living in a

condo and driving a Ford 150. I lived in the heart of the oilfields in

Alberta as a younger man and worked on camp jobs. Either it would be on a rig, log-ging or in the gas field. Trust me, I worked with lots of cowboys. And I don’t mean Saturday night cowboys. These were real hardcore cowboys.

When they weren’t doing their paid jobs, they were doing what they loved. That was either on a saddle in Alberta or harvesting in Saskatchewan. You talk to anyone that has worked in the oil patch and they will tell you it’s filled with cowboys and Indians. They can fight each other like history has never seen, and they can work together, but there was always that little mistrust. To some extent, we were still playing cowboys and Indians.

A friend of mine is one of those real cowboys. We were having a beer in Toron-

to, which was nothing unusual for us at the time. It was one of those small neighbour-hood pubs where the locals would gather after work. We could tell all eyes were on us, but we paid no attention. I’m sure this was probably the first time they had seen a “real” cowboy and Indian.

I have to point out many of the First Nations people down east look like they just stepped off the Mayflower — they look more white than my friend. The regulars at the bar were smart-talking about the West.

“Nothing but a bunch of cowboys and Indians,” one of them said out loud.

That’s when my friend and I got up and started to walk towards their table. You could tell they were ready to pee them-selves until we both started to laugh. We couldn’t argue or get mad because we were a cowboy and Indian. That’s the way it is.

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Joanne PaulsonSaskatoon Express

Life for Dale Botting has lovely similarities to foot-ball. It has four distinct quarters of action, which inform and support each other as they go along.

“Everybody has a story. In my story, if life was a football game of four quarters — old football coach that I am — I’m in the fourth quarter,” said Botting.

In two of those quarters, Botting was the equivalent of a household name in government departments and business boardrooms around Saskatchewan and beyond. Anyone who read a newspaper would encounter his thoughts on a regular basis.

Today, he runs his own business. He’s gone “small,” he says, with Botting Leadership Inc.

“I got myself certified as a professional business coach. I’m the only certified business coach by the Pro-fessional Business Coaching Alliance (PBCA) of North America. I’m it for Saskatchewan, and having fun with it.

“I coach a lot of different companies. I’ve kind of become a jack of all trades . . . Uncle Dale, to look at all the needs they might have.

“I often start with strategy; sometimes it’s sales, or business development. Sometimes it’s operational sys-tems; it could be HR or people’s problems, organization-al development. I’ve got quite a nice stable of firms that I get myself partnered in, embedded into the companies.

“I’m a professional uncle.”He was first a scientist, director of research for the

Churchill Board of Inquiry, and was involved in co-authoring the environmental assessment act for the province. He says he had great opportunities in the baby boomer-rocking ’70s, including working with a subsid-iary of SNC Lavalin.

In Quarter Two, he went into government and helped set up northern surface leases along with aboriginal par-ticipation requirements, and was engaged as a negotia-tor on the file. He also helped set up the Department of Science and Technology.

There, he became quite enthralled by science entre-preneurs, followed by entrepreneurs in general, having also grown up in an entrepreneurial family. That led to 11 years with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, growing it as a provincially strong organiza-tion from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and into the Northwest Territories. When he returned to Sask-atchewan, he joined SARCAN as CEO.

Quarter Three was his economic development phase,

when he was CEO at the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority, CEO of Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership, and the first deputy minister of enterprise and innovation, among other roles.

“Now I’m building capacity and strategic thinking and personal effectiveness as a coach. That backfills that whole life. Maybe I have an overtime, but this is a pretty good quarter.”

He’s not doing it alone. Rose Botting, Dale’s wife, takes care of the business’s “back office,” and is also in-volved in an esthetics and hair salon, Parker & Floyd’s, with their oldest daughter, Heather. The salon is named after two family dogs. Three of Botting’s five kids are entrepreneurs.

“I’m giving back. It’s kind of fun. It’s a lifestyle choice. I’m a self-employed guy.”

He sees his role as helping people self-discover. Sometimes it’s a senior business owner looking at exit-ing the business and needing a succession plan. Some clients are very young firms who have just completed the succession.

“They say, ‘Oh my goodness, I know engineering or my craft, but I don’t think I know business.’

“We’ll go through a strategic planning process, we’ll go through key performance indicators, we’ll go through an employee manual, we’ll develop systems that will en-hance their margins. . . . We’ll develop more automatic systems rather than reinvent every time. That lowers the cost of goods sold.

“We’ll work them through business 101.”A strategic plan, he explains, usually contains four or

five goals and a three- to five-year timeline. The crucial part of it is to follow it and measure it.

“A good plan will not only tell you what you want to do but what you don’t want to do, and what you shouldn’t be doing so you don’t chase the next shiny object that comes along.”

Botting takes on 15 to 20 clients at any point, ranging from tribal councils and business development organiza-tions to hotels and manufacturing firms.

“I have two areas of real passion. I love positive psychology; I’m a practitioner and a student of positive psychology and all the techniques involved to invigorate and energize an organization.

“And I’m very interested, probably because of my age, in exit and succession planning and taking a more strategic approach toward getting ready for that.

“You look at folks who built a lifetime of hard work, and a couple of things: the business owns them, they

don’t own the business. You see that a lot. They feel trapped. Number two, when it’s time to exit and they think they have a capital gain, they haven’t approached it strategically and thoughtfully and they realize the valuation isn’t anywhere near what they thought it was. To enhance their saleability, to take a more strategic ap-proach, is quite rewarding for me.

“If they bring me in early enough, I can really help grow the value of their firm. That’s exactly where I am in the process for my clients right now.”

His greatest concern is the participation of aboriginal people in the wider economy. His voice changes when he notes that aboriginal people must be much more fully engaged.

“Maybe that’s my fifth quarter. We just have to get there. It’s just too big; it’s too important. Fifteen per cent unemployment is not appropriate. It’s not right. We have to step up.

“It’s almost like a battle cry. It is the most important strategic thing the province can focus on. It needs to elevate to the top of the agenda.”

Hello Reena, I was brave and ordered a glass

kitchen table. I am now having second thoughts. Do you have any advice on how to take care of a glass table? We will be using it as our everyday table, not as an occasional dining room table. — Karen

Dear Karen,Glass tables are timeless and often create

the illusion of a larger room. However, they do require extra attention. Use placemats and coasters whenever possible. Clean with a soft cloth and 50/50 vinegar and water. For stuck-on grime, use a non-scratching pad and baking soda and vinegar to clean. Buff the surface with a soft, dry cloth or newspaper.

Dear Reena,How can I repel spiders in my garden? They are

so ugly and creepy. I dread going to work in the garden just in case I see a spider. — Frank

Dear Frank, Spiders in your garden are a great sign of a healthy

area. They eat mosquitoes, aphids and other bugs that may harm your plants. When planting your garden, keep in mind that spiders are repelled by the following

smells: Citrus, eucalyptus, lavender, curry, peppers, tobacco and pepper.

Did you know? Some people living in the South Pacific use spider’s silk to weave fishing nets. Spiders are also cooked and said to have a nutty, sticky taste much like peanut butter. In areas of southeast Asia, spiders are fried and sold by street vendors.

Dear Reena,Guests were arriving at my house and I

was busy making my famous chocolate la-sagna supper. In that moment, I wondered if there is one food that encompasses all four food groups. I couldn’t think of a one. Any ideas? — Tarrissa

Dear Tarrissa,Chocolate lasagna sounds like a yummy supper.

Many foods carrying all four food groups come to mind (depending on how they are prepared). First on my list: Pizza, lasagna, soup, casseroles and omelets. Great question!

Dear Reena,I purchased an older vehicle and, when I brought

it home, I noticed a wad of gum stuck onto the leather upholstery. How should I remove the gum,

without damaging the leather? — JerrodDear Jerrod,Press an ice cube onto the gum. When the gum hard-

ens, peel it off. Clean the leather with saddle soap.

FEEDbACK FRom READERS:Re: Tangled threadI have been a seamstress for more than 75 years.

Here is a simple solution to prevent threads from tan-gling during sewing projects. Because of the way thread is twisted when made, threading the needle with the end that comes off the spool first will help prevent tangles. Otherwise, you are going against the weave, hence knotting and tangling. This is an old tailor’s trick; try it. — mary

Re: Prevent tearing while cutting onionsThe only way to prevent tearing eyes is to put the

peeled, halved onion in the freezer for about 20-30 min-utes depending on the size; remove and immediately chop. I do this and it works every time. It’s amazing. The larger the onion, the longer time in the freezer, but usually not for more than 30 minutes. — Donna

I enjoy your questions and tips; keep them coming. Need a presenter on the topics Effective Speaking or The Power of Words? Check out Reena.ca.

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Statistics Canada re-leased its happiness survey last week, an

utterly untelling tale of the differences between Cana-dian cities on the scale of life satisfaction.

I suspect StatsCan, a ven-erable arm of government, of seeking publicity. They must have known the media would jump all over this one.

And so we did. It was all over print, radio and every-where for days, particularly since it relit the fuse of Saskatoon-Regina compari-sons and competition. Saskatoon folks rated their satisfaction at 8.02, just above the national average, while Reginans came in at 7.9.

I have serious doubts about any statis-tical significance between the two num-bers, although Saskatoon did rank 11th on the happiness scale, while Regina was 18th. That being said, all 34 Canadian cities were between 7.8 and 8.3. We Canadians are uniformly a pretty happy bunch, and apparently are slightly hap-pier in smaller areas: Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton were among the bottom four, while Saguenay, Trois-Rivieres and St. John’s made up the top three.

Never having lived in Regina, I hesitate to bash our capital city. Besides, I like visiting there. I love going to the legislature, which even to the most jaun-diced eye must be absolutely beautiful. Wascana Park is also lovely, until you step in goose poop. I hesitate on this, but I think Regina drivers are a bit better. The roads are not. And, of course, Regina is home to the Riders. Big points there.

The few times I have been able to stay at the Hotel Saskatchewan have been magnificent. Once, in the middle of a blinding snowstorm, they got out the limousine to take me to the airport, having advised me that getting a taxi was an insurmountable task in such weather. The flight, of course, was late, but still. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have also had some wonderful food in Regina, although obviously, I have had some here, too.

If, however, Saskatoon IS better than Regina, and I’m not saying it is, here are the top five reasons why, in no particular order.

It’s got to be the river. It is indelibly imprinted on the Saskatoon conscious-ness; it’s the first thing visitors to the city comment on; it’s the gathering, walking, playing and festivaling (I know that’s not a word) point of pride for everyone.

My husband’s walk across the bridge every morning makes this his favourite thing. He says he can’t look hard enough at the water, the banks and the beauty, in every sea-son. He takes a photo every single day.

The university. Here’s one thing that I will say without doubt is better than Regina’s or Calgary’s, or Winnipeg’s for that matter. I won’t argue academic ascendancy, but

our campus is spectacular, beautifully curved around the core buildings, and (overall) architecturally magnificent. The other thing is its size, relative to the size of the city. The U of S is a small city in the middle of a mid-size one, and has enormous pride of place here. It’s an eco-nomic and academic driver, and a huge boon to Saskatoon (crabby arguments over tenure and confidentiality notwith-standing.)

Downtown. I remember walking through the pedestrian mall in Regina once, toward the Cornwall Centre. I may-be passed 10 people. This was some time ago, but it was memorable. In downtown Saskatoon, we have a constant bustle, and I really like being there (panhan-dlers aside). Oh wait, I wasn’t going to specifically compare Saskatchewan city amenities. Oops.

Jazz Festival. It must be the most successful festival in the province, and one of my favourite times of year. We also have a strong Fringe festival, even if it has scaled down, among many oth-ers. Festival city, we are. That brings us together, and is an ingredient in the glue that binds us as a city.

Saskatoon’s spirit. A lot of people suggest that our city is more vibrant because of its entrepreneurial spirit (as compared to Regina being a government town) and that is likely true. This is a happening place, despite the hideous winter weather, and that has much to do with our business community and the big businesses it serves, such as mining and agriculture.

But I think there’s more to it. There is a remarkable sense of pride, passion for community support, and positive outlook in this, my home town. I think it comes partly from our pioneer roots — also an entrepreneurial factor — although that wouldn’t set us apart from Regina or many other western communities.

Yet there is something special about Saskatoon. Maybe it’s the people. I sure like them.

Bargain-hunters rejoice: Saska-toon’s largest community garage sale is set to return May 2 in

Montgomery Place. The annual sale has been held for

almost 30 years, according to former community association president Jim Earle. It is now held every year on the first Saturday in May.

Advertisements on local classifieds websites are already promoting the event, and local groups have indicated that they will return to hold fundraising barbecues.

Hamburgers and hot dogs are not the only food available to those browsing for treasures. Spring rolls, souvlaki, baked goods, coffee, and the United Church pancake and sausage breakfast are just

some of the options.Montgomery Place is known for its

tight-knit community and living-at-the-lake feel. Its annual sale brings thousands from the surrounding area.

“We tried holding different events at the sale,” Earle explained. “We ran a car show one year, and we had Kyle Riabko play for us a couple of times. But once the wind blew him off the stage that came to an end. However, it doesn’t mat-ter, because all people really want is the garage sale.”

Because the garage sales are run by individual homeowners, there are no set beginning and end times. But as all early birds know, the best bargains will go quickly.

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Top five reasons why Saskatoon

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JOANNE PAUlSON

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Cam HutchinsonSaskatoon Express

Lisa Shirley was working in the fruit cutting department at a grocery store when cutting and peeling

machines broke down. She then cut fruits, such as pineapple and kiwi, by hand.

On her last shift before Mother’s Day in 2007, she cut three boxes of kiwi and worked in the flower department shorten-ing flower stems. Her right wrist ached like it never had before.

The pain was worse than tendini-tis. She was eventually diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome. The syndrome is a debilitating disorder that causes bone mass loss, deterioration of skin, swelling, excessive sweating and extreme pain.

It was the start of a downward spiral in Shirley’s quality of life. During what she thought was a brief reprieve, there was more devastation.

“I went into what is called a remission. That means your pain levels go down to a more tolerable level. With that, I decided I was going to do more camping and that kind of thing.”

She and her husband went tubing.“He had taken me around (the lake)

twice and I didn’t even get wet, so I turned into a whiny child and told him to at least throw me off. Tubing is meant to get wet. He did throw me off and I broke my hip in 17 places, because complex regional pain syndrome eliminates bone mass. At that point, I was unaware of that. I now have complex regional pain syndrome bilaterally, meaning I have it in my leg and my arm.”

Shirley will be one of the participants in the Steps for Life Walk on May 3. The walk is a fundraiser for Threads of Life, a national charity for workplace tragedy

family support. It serves more than 2,000 families in Canada.

Shirley became a member of Threads of Life almost by accident. She accom-panied her mother-in-law to a forum in Edmonton in September 2012. Her mother-in-law was attending because her husband had died from asbestos-related cancers.

“I was just going as a support person for her. I phoned the organization and found out more about it and found out I could go as me, not just as a support person for somebody else.”

She has since become a part of the charity’s family support team, and a member of its speakers’ bureau. She has won a national award for her volunteer work. Helping others has helped ease her anguish, but the pain never goes away.

Shirley said the summer of 2012 was devastating. She had gone back to school and earned a diploma as a youth-care worker. She applied for between 70 and 80 jobs. She had seven interviews.

“I had the brain power to do all the jobs I applied for, but didn’t have the physical abilities. They wanted someone who could carry a box from one room to the next, while they are still looking after the youth. They wanted somebody who when a youth gets upset or gets violent who can stabilize them. I can’t do that.”

That fall Threads of Life came into her life in a big way. She quickly became a volunteer family guide, helping new members cope with workplace injuries.

“Threads of Life gave me back com-munity. It gave me back a purpose. My training is involved in counselling and guidance and mentoring. For volunteer family guides, that is what it is all about.”

She tells people it is OK to cry every day. It is OK to get angry, get sad, get

excited and reminds them that it is OK to laugh.

Her disorder is progressive. “So this is not the end for me. I will end

up in a walker. I will end up in a wheel-chair eventually. All those things are com-ing. I’m dealing with it. I’m not OK with it, but I am dealing with it. My doctors say I am too stubborn to end up in a wheel-chair,” she said with a laugh.

Laughing is OK.When families lose a loved one to a

workplace accident, she said there is initial support from various groups, but there is nothing long-term like what Threads of Life can offer.

“Six months later, you now have to deal with trials, you have to deal with WCB (Workers Compensation Board) if it’s an in-

jury and you are all alone now. That’s where we step in. We call it a healing journey.”

The Steps for Life Walk will be held May 3, beginning and ending at the Dief-enbaker Centre on the University of Saska-toon campus. Registration is $15. Reg-istration begins at 11:30 a.m. Following a presentation, the walk begins at 1 p.m. After the walk, there will be a barbecue.

The Life Quilt will be on display at the walk. It has more than 100 photographs of people between 14 and 25 years old who have died from workplace injuries. For more information on the walk, visit stepsforlife.ca.

The walk is the kickoff to the North American Occupational Safety and Health week. For more information, visit NAOSH.org.

Lisa Shirley experienced a debilitating injury in the workplace (Photo by Cam Hutchinson)

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Darren SteinkeSaskatoon Express

Wilma Roosdahl hopes people in Saskatoon will tap into their creative side for a fun

charitable initiative.Roosdahl is coordinating the Grand-

mothers 4 Grandmothers Art from the Attic fundraiser in support of the Ste-phen Lewis Foundation. The foundation helps various grassroots initiatives battle the HIV-AIDS pandemic in Africa. Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers is a non-denominational organization dedicated to supporting grandmothers in Africa who have to care for children orphaned due to their parents passing away from HIV-AIDS.

Art from the Attic will be held on May 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church. Grand-mother 4 Grandmothers is currently accepting donations of paintings, prints, photographs, framed needlework, small 3D art pieces and frames for the fund-raiser.

“We are getting some nice pieces,” said Roosdahl. “We will have some higher-quality pieces, too, that we’ll just

make sure get priced accordingly. It is a garage sale of art.”

Roosdahl said they will accept anything from pictures or paintings someone might have in storage to professionals looking to donate one of their pieces of work. The photographs and paintings don’t need to be framed, but any needlework or embroidery has to be for display purposes.

This is the first time the local chapter of Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers is hosting Art from the Attic. Roosdahl said the idea came another provincial chapter of the organization.

“The Grandmothers 4 Grandmoth-ers Regina has done it for two years, and it has been very successful,” said Roosdahl. “We thought we’ll take a stab at it and see if we can do it, too. We’re learning as we go.”

Roosdahl said no fundraising goal has been set.“We are going to try it out and see what happens,” she said. “Things like this always seem to do better the second year. We hope we do well.”

Those wishing to donate items can contact Neela Lane at 306-373-9211 or Lois Gammel at 306-373-3690.

This past Easter I revisited Mexico. My first visit was in 1967.

When on a trip to California, Dad took us over the border to Tijuana. I remember the chaos and colour. At that time, there was the longest single-lane lineup to cross the bor-der. The roadway was filled with Mexican people selling their wares.

The bartering attracted my dad and we returned the follow-ing summer. Dad almost lost his mind driving in Mexico City, but regained it by the time we reached the tropical haven of Acapulco.

I fell in love with Mexico then. The divers off the high cliffs were exotic, and our pool-side hacienda was exciting. The people, with their open hearts and smiles, and the culture of their land all fascinated me.

Since then, I have returned to Mexico many times. In 1975, it was for a month of beach liv-ing in Barra de Navidad, a small fishing village boasting an outdoor theatre on the back wall of the church.

In 1996, I returned with my husband and four sons. For three months, we travelled Mexico, hauling a trailer all the way to Ixtapa. I still admire Ian for his driving. We parked at a local ocean-side restaurant, paying the owner for a week. Each day the owner’s wife, Isabel, would beat the local alligator away from the restaurant and back to the lagoon. We would have stayed longer, but the kids kept getting an electrical shock entering and leaving the trailer. Nothing had been grounded.

Returning to Puerto Vallarta this year was a lovely experience. Renting a suite through Vacation Rental By Owner (VRBO), my friend and I lucked out finding ourselves a large, two-bedroom suite nestled in the centre of town, across the river from the old town.

Again, I was immediately attracted to the warmth of the Mexican people. I walked the cobblestone streets and said “Hola” to the people I passed.

“No, gracias,” is another quickly learned phrase as sellers are everywhere. I found that a polite delivery and a smile got my message across. Reminding myself that I was a tourist visiting their country made the constant selling that much easier to deal with.

Puerto Vallarta is a very clean and well-organized tourist centre for Mexicans, as well as snowbirds. Music, food, art and culture are everywhere. While my days were reserved for the beach and walking, the nights offered up entertainment.

There was one particular event that brought

my Mexican experience full circle. Having walked the beaches

daily, my friend and I saw a breakwater jutting out into the ocean. On it there was an open cabana, gauzy curtains blowing in the breeze, and two massage tables within. We walked straight into the resort and booked a massage for later that day, giving us time to sit by the pool. Perfect.

As we wandered toward our destination, Mary, a lovely lady, stopped us, inquiring as to where

we were headed. We nervously replied, “To the pool,” throwing our massage booking out as a defence. She had us.

“How about if I told you I could get the same massage for you tomorrow, only this time for free?”

I had heard those words before. Part of the adventure of living with my father was attending time-share presentations. Whether in Florida, California or Mexico, Dad loved the game and he loved time shares, buying a few along the way. He was proud of the fact that they would be passed on to my siblings and me. Many a time he would pull out the world directory of resorts (RCI) catalogue, featuring the network of time shares available, showing us where we could travel.

Truly not wanting to, we signed up for the next morning. They had thrown in breakfast, a massage and an afternoon poolside. How pain-ful could a 90-minute presentation be?

Still feeling the joy of our massage from the day before, we woke early and walked to break-fast, where our time-share agent joined us.

The suites were great, but the price was high: $52,000 to invest in a hotel room. The proposed 30-year deal had so many add-ons and what-ifs that I wasn’t sure what I would be buying. Then came the time constraints, “Sorry, not our laws, but we have to work with them. This offer is only good for right now.” Really?

When the time-share agent pulled out the RCI catalogue, my eyes welled with tears. I could see the places and spaces that Dad consistently tried to sell me on. The tears kept coming. As much as I tried to shake it off, there was no getting away from it. I was an emotional puddle.

Explaining to the agent that I needed to leave, she brought in not one, but three, clos-ers. Each tried their best. Finally, they let us retreat to the poolside awaiting our free mas-sage in the ocean-side cabana.

Was it worth it? You bet it was.The food, culture, memories and love –

Mexico holds a spot in my heart.

melanie bevanSaskatoon Express

A non-profit volunteer group for young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 has reappeared in

Saskatoon. Rotaract, a service club sponsored

by the Rotary Club, was established in 1987 as a way for volunteers to give back to the local and global community. Although the organization faded a few years ago, new members with passion for helping others have relaunched the club.

“I have always really liked volun-teering, especially in high school,” co-ordinator Christianna Blais said. “I had a hard time in university figuring out where and how to volunteer, so this has been a great outlet.”

Rotaract members regularly come together to brainstorm and organize service projects in a social environment. New individuals with the desire to give back to their community are always wel-come to attend the bi-monthly meetings, Blais said.

“It’s been great meeting interesting people in this community club that don’t run in my usual circles,” said Blais.

In addition to providing social networking opportunities among like-minded individuals, the club promotes positive change in the global commu-nity through their volunteer work and fundraising. Guidance and support to Rotaract’s endeavours are provided by the Rotary Club — an organization with the same principles, but consisting of professionals over 30 years of age.

Rotaract has already been a signifi-cant and varied presence since its refor-

mation. Not wanting to be pigeon-holed to one cause, the members fundraise and donate time to a number of local chari-ties — most recently a successful benefit for the SPCA.

On May 2, Rotaract will look outside of Canada to the remote village of Acuru, Uganda, for the subject of their next fundraiser. The Dancing Through the Ages Dance-o-Thon will feature mu-sic from the 1920s to the 21st century. Everyone is encouraged to dress up as his or her favourite decade.

Described as a project to promote Saskatchewan youth ambassadorship in Africa, the dance proceeds will be used to purchase energy-efficient cook stoves for the village. Although pledges are encouraged to maximize the overall donation, non-participants are welcome to join in the festivities.

Young adults looking for hands-on service projects, professional develop-ment opportunities, social networking, or a combination of these, can find all of the above at the Dance-o-Thon or any of Rotaract’s initiatives.

For those interested in joining, Rotaract meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Saskatoon Club. For more informa-tion, contact rotaractsaskatoon@gmail.com or find them on Facebook (Rotaract of Saskatoon) and Twitter (@Rotarac-tYXE).

The Dance-o-Thon will be held May 2 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) at Sutherland Hall (1112 Central Avenue). Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Dance-o-Thon partici-pants must pledge a minimum of $50. It is a 19+ event.

Shelly enjoyed the sights and sounds of Puerto Vallarta, and the beaches, too (Wiki Photo)

Time share pitch brings back memories

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Saskatoon, plugging change into a parking station, when I noticed out of the corner of my eye a man approaching me. Dirty and dishevelled, hood up and wearing a backpack, he easily passed for any one of the individuals currently under fire for making residents and retail-ers of the downtown area feel uneasy, even unsafe, thanks to what has been described as their “aggres-sive panhandling.”

Fewer than 20 of these aggressors actually exist, according to numbers provided by the likes of The Partnership, the downtown business lobby. But man, have they made an impact. So much so the Saskatoon Police Service has allotted each one of them their very own officer. (OK not quite, but not wrong, either.)

Now, I’m not trying to provoke con-troversy in my description of the gentle-man involved in my potential oncoming confrontation that morning — I’m trying to be realistic. That’s exactly who you picture when hearing yet another story of a poor little old lady requesting merchants escort her to her vehicle because there is a man like this, or a group of men, on the sidewalk making her feel uncomfortable. I wish it was different, but that is what you see. And that’s what I saw, and automati-cally, without thinking, I was uncomfort-able.

Make no mistake, there are nuisance individuals in the city’s downtown. There may have been instances when those indi-viduals have been too aggressive in their demands for cash, which in some instanc-es, makes those residents feel unsafe.

Please don’t fool yourself into think-ing that this only happens in Saskatoon. You want aggressive begging? Try Italy, France. Hell, try Winnipeg or Vancouver, where earlier this spring a man in a wheel-chair responded to my polite declination of his request for my money by throwing his full coffee cup at me.

Anyway, as this man continued his way up the sidewalk towards me, I felt myself bracing for the anticipated hassle. Fum-

bling with my loonies, jamming them into the machine as fast as possible so I would be legiti-mately empty-handed when the request for spare change came in, it occurred to me that I had never been approached by anyone downtown. This was a bit of a startling realization, but indeed, only if I am walking by an individual sitting on the side-walk downtown, cap in hand, have I been asked for money.

Now, that’s not to say I haven’t been approached aggressively for money in Saskatoon. It’s happened numerous times in the parking lots of big box centres at both Preston Crossing and Willowgrove.

I don’t know where these individuals come from, but suddenly they appear, as if out of nowhere, at your side as you’re unlocking and entering your vehicle, often laden with shopping bags. Or they rap on your window as you’re getting ready to drive away. On one occasion that was particularly unsettling, the individual even opened my car door. It’s always the same ask — usually money for the bus — and it’s always relatively bold and slightly intimidating, being stuck between two vehicles and out of eyeshot.

Weird though that for as many people as I know have experienced this in the big box centre parking lots, I don’t think I’ve ever heard one complaint. Not in the news, anyway.

Coins plugged and licence plate entered (I really don’t know what all the fuss is about, by the way, regarding these new pay stations. It’s not that complicated), I turned and prepared to put the verbal blocks up. I inhaled, ready to blurt out how sorry I was that I don’t have any more change. Please just go away.

He and I were now dead parallel on the sidewalk, and he was clearly about to ask me something.

“Good morning,” he said, his gaze moving past me up to the pale blue early sky. “Beautiful day out, isn’t it?”

It was. “Have a great day,” he called over his

shoulder, as he continued to walk up the sidewalk, across the street and out of sight.

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• Reds manager Bryan Price dropped 77 F-bombs in a cuss-filled five-minute rant. So many expletives in a short time was surprising — unless you’ve written an alimony cheque.

• Australian jockey Blake Shinn stood in a last-second bid to overtake the leader when his pants fell down. Might be the first time a horse placed while its rider just showed.

• Golf Digest’s May cover features 20-year-old, six-time LPGA Tour winner Lexi Thompson posing half naked. It’s enough to make a grown man cry — might kill Johnny Manziel.

• Caroline Wozniacki was at the White House recently and reportedly played tennis with President Obama. She almost changed her mind when she heard he had 21 months to serve.

• It was Earth Day on Wednesday, when we are reminded to recycle. Or in the NHL, to recycle down low.

• San Francisco has voted to ban smokeless tobacco at all athletic venues, including baseball fields. The Giants say it’s not a concern — they’ll still be up to snuff.

• Anyone else think the Blackhawks’ rookie goaltender is a playoff Darling?

• What is it about Alex Rodriguez? If A-Rod had been abusing soap, I’d still have trouble believing he was clean.

• Vancouver came last in a new ranking of the happi-est cities in Canada. Initially Edmonton was last, but they jumped to first after the NHL draft lottery.

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from 20 pounds of bacon. Why? To commemorate a ham-pionship?

Janice Hough, on Queen Elizabeth celebrating her 89th birthday last week: “It’s all part of her grand plan to live forever. Or at least outlive Charles and

Camilla.”• I’m guessing if Connor McDavid ranked from most

to least the 14 teams in the lottery he’d like to go to, Edmonton would have been in his bottom four, along with New Jersey, Columbus and Carolina.

• TC Chong, on the No. 1-selling NFL jersey being that of Russell Wilson: “When Wilson offered his head coach Pete Carroll an autographed jersey for free, Carroll said ‘Thanks but no thanks, I’ll pass.’”

• From Torben Rolfsen: “Not sure if the Maple Leafs were confused, but in the draft lottery they played the Extra.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on the Eagles working their home schedule around the Pope’s visit: “Many fans plan to show up to boo him anyway.”

• Nice to see Chris Williams back in the CFL. This time I hope he can find a helmet that fits.

• Chong, on Billy Joel, age 65, and his pregnant girl-friend who is 34 being harassed in a New York restaurant: “People were calling him a pervert and dirty old man. He said it totally ruined their 22nd anniversary.”

• Poor TSN. While the rest of us we gathered in front of our TVs for the NHL lottery, TSN was covering the Al-lan Cup and UFC. TSN’s post-lottery coverage was good as always, but most viewers were watching playoff games on CBC and Sportsnet.

• From Hough: “What’s more amazing, that Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price reportedly dropped the F-bomb 77 times in a rant against the media, or that someone in the media took the time to count the F-bombs?”

• Chong, on Stephen Harper attending the Winnipeg Jets game last Wednesday: “Apparently the tickets were an anonymous gift, and the receipt for them was reim-bursed to Mike Duffy.”

• Littlejohn, on an Eagles exec saying Tim Tebow has improved since his Pats stint: “Isn’t that like saying Eddie the Eagle has improved since the ’88 Olympics?”

• From Hough: “Jessa Duggar Seewald, one of the 19 Kids and Counting herd, has announced she is expecting

a baby on her first wedding anniversary. What took so long?”

• From Chong: “ESPN reports that 78 per cent of ex-NFL players are broke or financially stressed. The other 22 per cent are so badly concussed that they can’t decipher a bank statement.”

• Rolfsen, on the NHL fining Flames coach Bob Hart-ley $50,000 for his role in the late Game 2 brawl: “Player discipline also fined Kevin Bieksa three Pokemon cards for calling Michael Ferland a ‘dumb-dumb.’” Attendance at four major-league games one night last week: Pittsburgh (15,101), Chicago White Sox (14,429), Tampa Bay (12,733). Oh yes, and Toronto (15,606). Wel-come back, Montreal?

• Chong, on Kraft Foods announcing it will stop using artificial colouring in their Kraft Dinner: “How about removing the fake cheese while you’re at it?”

• A tweet from @jacktodd46: “So first Genie Bouchard acts like a churlish brat when she refuses to shake hands with the Romanian. Then she loses. That’s called karma.”

• From Littlejohn: “The referee in the Pacquiao-May-weather fight will reportedly make $25,000. He must feel like the night watchman at Ft. Knox.”

• Another tweet from @jacktodd46: “The Raptors need to can this “We the North” thing. Because Toronna ain’t the whole damned north and ‘we’ ain’t we.”

• From Rolfsen: “Pete Rose is a new MLB analyst for Fox Sports. What’s next? Dan Shulman getting hired as a casino greeter?” It’s a crying shame that the Winnipeg Jets’ season only lasted 10 days longer than Toronto’s.

• From Chong: “Pete Rose has been invited to par-ticipate in the All-Star Game festivities in Cincinnati this year. When asked if he was going to accept, he replied ‘You bet.’”

• From Littlejohn: “How bad are the Brewers? So bad, one player was seen going to Bob Uecker for hitting advice.”

• A tweet from @randyturner15: “I don’t know why media keeps asking MacT if he’ll trade McDavid. The Ed-monton Oilers would never trade the best hockey player in the world.”

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MAY 1 Featuring humourist Bonnie Logan, singer Wilma Groenen, and guitarist Scott Triffo, Too Darn Hot presents a delightful romp through risqué stories, sultry songs and hot licks. Hilarious and poignant, the show explores innuendo-filled tunes from the 1920s and ’30s interspersed with stories ranging from awkward first dates to the mishaps of every-day relationships. Show time is 9 pm. The Bassment. Tickets: $17 for members, $22 for non-members.

MAY 2 One of the most entertaining, endearing, and enduring of all Saskatoon jazz groups, Solstice features a total of 12 singers and instrumentalists singing and playing arrange-ments of jazz, pop, blues, and gospel songs. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $20 for members, $25 for non-members.

MAY 3Kids of Note and the Notations present Happi-ness Is, a celebration of 10 years of the music program. A concert will be held at 2 p.m. at Grosvenor Park United Church (407 Cum-berland Avenue). The band includes pianists Ken Neitz and Sheldon Corbett, with Randy Woods (guitar), Lloyd Tomczak (bass) and Glenn Ens (drums) with special appearances from Michaela DeMong (trombone) and Gwen Roulette (drum).There is no charge. After the performance, there will be a fan and volunteer appreciation gala from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. It will feature treats from D’reen’s, a celebration cake, a dance and Balloon Fun with Warren.

MAY 4 A hit at last year’s Jazz Festival, the 24th Street Wailers are experienced, road-tested, and tougher than a two by four. Led by vocalist/drummer Lindsay Beaver, the Wailers are influenced by the freewheeling period of the 1940s and ’50s when the blues gave birth to rock and roll. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $17 for members, $22 for non-members.

MAY 4Orpheus 60 Chorus, evening of music. 7 p.m. The Bentley (1622 B Acadia Drive – Enter off Acadia Drive, behind Emmanuel Baptist Church). Free will offering.

MAY 9Zodiac Tapestry Handbells present their Spring Pop! Concert, 7 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church (505 - 10th Street East). Admission at the door: $15.

EVENTSAPRIL 27-30Prairie Sculptors’ annual show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The show is at the Galleria (15 Innovation Boulevard at Innovation Place. Innovation Place can be accessed off Preston Avenue, north of College Drive.)

APRIL 28What: Save the Children - Canada (Saska-toon Branch). Executive committee meeting. The branch is seeking new members and prospective volunteers are cordially invited to attend the meeting. A light lunch will be served. Where: Edwards Family Centre on 4th

Avenue North at 7:30 p.m. Please contact branch chair at marci.macomber@gmail.com, or publicity chair at lavonne.cloke@gmail.com or call 306-373-9877.

APRIL 30-MAY 1Sherbrooke Community Day Program is hosting a Gigantic Book Sale. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 30 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 1. Event at Sherbrooke Community Centre (401 Acadia Drive). Proceeds go to Free the Children Adopt a Village project and the Sherbrooke Community Day Program.

MAY 1-3The Artists’ Loft inaugural miniature art show and sale. May from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., May 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 3 from noon to 5 p.m. The Artists’ Loft Studio is located at 617 Main Street. Unusual and little works of art will be displayed by Cheryl Tuck Tallon and Denyse Klette, and guests Angela Morgan, Jennifer Sparacino, Cam Forrester, Mike Re-mando, Chelsea Klette, Jacqueline Fay Miller and Rod and Denise Simair.

MAY 1-3Jane’s Walk, a series of neighbourhood walk-ing tours that put people in touch with their environment and with each other. Walking tours are free. For more information on the walks, visit www.janeswalk.org, Facebook JanesWalkSaskatoon, www.Saskatoon-JanesWalk.blogspot.ca or by emailing janeswalksaskatoon@gmail.com.

MAY 1-3Big Sky Artists annual art show and sale. May from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., May 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 3 from noon to 4 p.m. Grace Westminster Church (10th Street and Eastlake Aveneue). The Big Sky Artist group consists of a diverse group of Saskatchewan artists who love to paint. Media include water colour, acrylic and encaustic.

MAY 2The McClure Place Foundation is holding its second annual Big Shred from 9 a.m. to noon in the McClure Church parking lot (Taylor & Heritage Way).This is an opportunity for people to safely shred old personal, private, and confidential documents such as tax returns, utility bills, letters, etc. in the Shred-It Co. truck. Proceeds go to reducing the mortgage at Amy McClure House intermedi-ate care home.Call 306-373-1717 for more information.

MAY 2, 3Third annual Artists on Tour exhibit. Down-town Holiday Inn. The exhibit features the works of John Einerssen, Brent Heighton and Vance Theoret, as well as many other artists from Western Canada. Artists will be in at-tendance, giving the public the opportunity to meet them and hear the stories behind their art. There is no admission charge. For more information, visit www.artistsontour.ca.

MAY 3, 31Marr Residence: Historical clothing of the late 19th century. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. both dates. These programs are hands-on and demonstration workshops that will progress over three Sundays this spring. You are welcome to attend one or more of the dates. Free admission. Donations welcome. No registration required. Come join us as we explore the clothing that would have been worn when the Marr Residence was new. The Marr Residence is located at 326 11th St. East.  

MAY 3The Saskatoon SPCA auxiliary is hosting its open house at the animal shelter on Clarence Ave. South from noon until 4 p.m. A silent auction, bake sale, raffle and table of trea-sures are included. Donations of baking can

be dropped off before noon on May 3 at the shelter. For more information, please contact Janet at 306 242-2823.

MAY 4The Saskatoon Ostomy Association will be holding its annual Kids for Camp steak night at GreenBryre Golf and Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Adult $25, children $10. We will also be having a modified silent auction and 50/50. Tickets available at Carnegie Medical, Nordon Medical or phone 306-280-8387.

MAY 4The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westmin-ster United Church are hosting a film event at 7:30 at the church. Ebola War – The Nurses of Gulu celebrates the courage and compas-sion of medical staff who treat Ebola patients. Following the film, Dr. Johnmark Opondo, Deputy Medical Health Officer with the Saska-toon Health Region, will talk about protocols should a patient present at a Saskatoon facility with symptoms of the disease.

WALK FoR LuPuSCome walk on Sunday, May 10th, 2015 to raise funds for lupus awareness, support services and research. The Saskatoon Walk For Lupus will be held at the River Landing Amphitheatre - 110 Spadina Cres. E. To receive your pledge sheet, sponsor a walker, or for more information, please contact Irene Driedger by e-mail at driedger@sasktel.net or by cell at (306) 227-9562.

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 available. Registration opens at 6, tourna-ment starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.

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 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 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 (wheel-chair 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 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

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 mem-bers 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 zixiag@gmail.com.*****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 Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society meets on the third Thursday of every month, except for July and August. Meetings are held at the Albert Com-munity Centre (610 Clarence AvenueSouth. Entrance is from the parking lot. Take the elevator to the third floor. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. New members and guests are cordially invited.

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 economi-cal 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 lstade@shaw.ca.

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/care-givers will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church from9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. $40/family/year or suggested 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 down-stairs for a great time of fun and connecting. Monthly theme, learning centres, snack and the occasional speaker. More info at office@erindalealliance.ca.

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Question: A recent report to the council executive com-mittee dealt with the subject of, “Does Growth Pay For Growth?” This dealt with the cost of servicing new neigh-bourhoods and the cost of providing long-term services and infrastructure. I guess the question is, does growth pay for growth?

mayor Atchison: When they ask does growth pay for growth that is only part of the question. The other parts of the question are, if there is no growth, does that cost anything? And if there is negative growth, does that mean that your taxes go down? The assumption by a lot of people is that if you have growth your taxes go up. But that’s not the whole pic-ture. It was a good report and it answered what it was commissioned to do. But we haven’t heard the other sides of the story yet.

The report says yes, growth partially pays for growth. There are policy deci-sions that need to be made. I think that is what we need to talk about: these policy decisions. In the new neighbourhoods, the property owners through the cost of their houses pay for new sidewalks, streets, lighting, parks, power lines, gas lines, sewer and water, telephones. All of that is built into the levies that are charged to the developers which are passed on to the consumer. So they pay their share. There is no free ride. We also ask those new homeowners to help pay for repairs to the rest of the city. For example, the road levy that was passed last year and again this year is shared by every property owner in the city, whether they live in a new neighbourhood or one of our historic neighbourhoods.

Question: Does a new development

pay for itself?mayor Atchison: The

argument there is, for ex-ample, if there wasn’t growth we wouldn’t need a new police headquarters, that you wouldn’t need a new fire hall, that you wouldn’t need a new library. But by the same token, they don’t talk about the cost of a new aerial ladder for the fire department. Those costs are borne by every citizen, so the cost per resident goes down drastically. There are

lots of things like that that aren’t included. You get into the whole argument of who should pay for the replacement of old sidewalks and asphalt repair. The up-grades to parks, who should pay for that? Where does that money come from? For me, I don’t think when you are dealing with tax policies, you can rush through that decision. For example, our residen-tial-to-commercial tax ratio took us 20 years to get to the end of that decision — two decades. The first 10 years were talking and moving into implementation and another 10 years to implement the program.

Question: Are you happy that Saska-toon finished slightly ahead of Regina on the StatsCan happiness scale?

mayor Atchison: What can I say when you live in the finest city in the province! (haha)? But seriously, I recently returned from a trade and employment mission to Poland and Ireland. In Ireland, they told me their economy is booming. They said, “Did you know we have an unemploy-ment rate of only 10 per cent?” I was shocked; 10 per cent! We’re at four per cent and people are still concerned. We are fortunate to live in a successful pros-perous city. I think we are quite sheltered here from the economic buffeting in the

rest of the world because of the resource sector: potash, uranium, gold, diamonds, rare earth minerals, agriculture, manufac-turing and transportation. We have such a balanced economy. We are fortunate we can get through most of these rocky economic scenarios. That makes a big difference. As they say, we have what the world wants – food, fuel and fertilizer.

Question: Do we have more litter in our parks and medians this year than others?

mayor Atchison: I think the wind may be responsible for that. The city is work-ing to clear that up. But I want to men-tion the Urban Camp Program through Sask. Corrections. Those crews work along busy major roadways to clean up litter. They do a great job and help taxpay-ers a lot of money. We need to thank the provincial government for tis help.

We are about a month ahead on clean up this year than last because of the early spring. We will get the city looking nice and neat and pristine like it should be once again.

DID You KNoW?Saskatoon Police Service had 266,694

calls in 2014 to the communications cen-tre. And cars were dispatched to 75,369 calls in 2014.

mAYoR’S mARATHoN DAYAre you preparing for the Mayor’s

Marathon Day? It’s never too late — or early — to begin training. Marathon Day, which features walks and runs of all lengths, will be held on June 21. For more information or to register, visit https://www.events.runningroom.com or www.mayorsmarathonday.com .

(Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress.com. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

We need all sides on ‘growth’ question

DON ATCHISON

Ask the Mayor

Why do people experience hair loss and grey hair?In the study of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Kidney Jing and Liver blood are the two most important factors affecting a person’s hair growth and aging. Hair loss and greying are only symptoms of a far more complex internal conflict between the organs inside our body, precisely the kidney and liver. An abundant storage of Kidney Jing and Liver blood in the body are imperative to the aging process and hair growth. However, both substances are naturally depleted with age, and the rate of depletion is greatly increased through our unhealthy behaviors such as an unbalanced diet, the lack of sleep, and stress. Hair loss and grey hair will occur once not enough Kidney Jing and Liver blood are left in the body to sufficiently carry the nutrients needed for healthy hair follicles.

An internal con� ict, more than just a beauty problemHair loss and grey hair are symptoms and warning that the body have an insufficient storage of Kidney Jing and Liver blood to nourish the hair follicles. If left unattended, more serious health problems could arise, such as joint pain, tinnitus, and dizziness. Most people view and treat hair loss and greying from an external perspective, the end result being less than desirable and reoccurrence being high. This is because only treating the symptoms will not remove the root cause, which ultimately is the lack of Kidney Jing and Liver Blood inside the body. Our human bodies are wired to supply nutrients to our vital organs first such as the heart and lungs before supplying it to the less important ones such as hair. Kidney Jing and Liver blood behaves in this way, that if a shortage occurs, the nutrients to the hair follicles will be cut off in order to keep the rest of the body alive. One must quickly realize the long term effect of the Lack of Kidney Jing and Liver blood can lead to very serious health issues and more than just a beauty problem.

The real long term solution: 4EverHair Capsule4EverHair capsules presented to you by 4EverHair technology Incorporation, a companied owned by people who takes health seriously and are knowledgeable in both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. 4EverHair Capsule is Health Canada approved and quality controlled by Health Canada under the NPN number 80029907. The product is also GMP certified and manufactured right in Canada.

4EverHair Capsules is a traditional Chinese formula composed of four main ingredients; Fallopia Multiflora, Polygonatum Sibiricum, Eclipta Prostrata, Ligustrum Lucidum. All four ingredients are rare Chinese herb extracts with all natural and organic properties and no added chemicals. It goes to work on the Kidney and Liver to restore Jing and blood, also detoxifies and rejuvenates the Kidney and Liver at the same time. 4EverHair Capsule is not a medication but rather a supplement. Clinical findings have showed no negative side effects associated with taking this product and great results within 90 days of use. Clinical findings also showed therapeutic effects with joint pain, tinnitus, insomnia, light headedness and increase in focus. Zero risk with all the benefits, you have nothing to lose and everything there is to gain. Act now and restore your health and confidence.

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(Continued from page 12)

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 locations visit www.oa.org.

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.

FRIDAYSKarousels Dance Club, learn to dance. New class start-ing Jan. 9. Cued ballroom  at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre(610 Clarence Ave. South). For more information, call 306-290-5486.

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.

VoLuNTEER oPPoRTuNITY Prairie Hospice has volunteer opportunities for individuals interested in supporting people who are facing advancing illness, death and bereavement. The Hospice without Walls program is a free, non-medical service that is provided within the individual’s home and includes companionship, outings, and other activities of interest or respite care. Volunteers receive 30 hours of training. The next training program is May 24, 30, 31, June 6,7,20. For this intake we need people who are free during the day on weekdays. For more information call 306-249-5554, e-mail inquiry@prairiehospice.org, or check the website www.prairiehos-pice.org.

SASKATooN oLDTIMERS’ ASSoCIATIoNThe Saskatoon Oldtimers’ Association is looking for new members. The association maintains the Log Cabin on the Exhibition grounds. Summer activities take place at the cabin, with winter activities at Parkville Manor. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-382-4915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.

ART DoNATIoNS NEEDEDArt from the Attic. Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Saskatoon present Art in the Attic on May 9 in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Grace Westminster United Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of paintings, prints, photographs are being accepted as well as framed needlework, small 3D art pieces and frames. For more information, call Neela at 306-373-9211 or Lois at 306-373-3690.

City of Saskatoon proclaims Holocaust Memorial Week

From left to right: Jan Gitlin , Heather Fenyes, Ron Gitlin, Co-chairs Holocaust Committee, Agudas Israel

Holocaust Memorial Observance in Saskatoon May 3Congregation Agudas Israel inaugurated its Annual Holocaust Memorial Service in 1982. The purpose was to honour the memory of all victims of the Holocaust, both Jews and non-Jews, to pay tribute to survivors, and to educate citizens of the Saskatoon area as to the timely lessons of the Holocaust for our own generation.Each year since then, citizens of all faiths and from all levels of government have gathered at the Jewish Community Centre, 715 McKinnon Avenue, to participate in this annual event. The City of Saskatoon has proclaimed Holocaust Memorial Week as a time for tribute and reflection, and during this period has officially renamed the portion of McKinnon Avenue adjacent to the Jewish Community Centre as Raoul Wallenberg Avenue in memory of the courageous Swedish diplomat who rescued over 100,000 Hungarian Jews from deportation and certain death at the hands of the Nazi invaders.In 1995, the City of Saskatoon and Saskatoon B’nai B’rith Lodge No. 739 jointly sponsored the dedication of Raoul Wallenberg Park immediately to the east of the Jewish Community Centre. The park stands as a permanent memorial to this heroic individual who set an example of resistance to tyranny and protection of human rights for all peoples. Over the years those attending the memorial service have heard from speakers of different faiths, national backgrounds, and walks of life as to their own experiences and the lessons they have learned from this tragic era in human history

This year’s keynote speaker will be Sally Wasserman. Sally lost all her family in the Holocaust. She survived as a hidden child because of the kindness and brav-ery of a Polish husband and wife. During her visit, Sally will be speaking to 2,000 high school students. Sally Wasserman makes her home in Toronto. Congregation Agudas Israel cordially invites residents of Saskatoon and area to this year’s Annual Holocaust Memorial Service, to be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sun-day, May 3, at the Jewish Community Centre. Door open at 12:00 to review exhibit.

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Saskatoon Express

The third annual Arts on Tour will be making its Saskatoon stop this year from May 1-3.

The show and sale features the works of artists such as Jonn Einerssen, Brent Heighton and Vance Theoret. They will be joined by many other artists from Western Canada, including Saskatch-ewan.

The show provides an opportunity for people to meet and mingle with the artists, and to learn the stories behind the pieces.

“For us as artists, it’s really enjoy-able to talk with (those in attendance), and hear their view of the world and interpretation of art,” Einerssen said in a news release. “Both long-standing collectors and new art enthusiasts enjoy our approach of exhibiting fine artworks outside of the gallery environment.

“What is really exciting is we are see-ing it resonate with younger generations, too. Some of them are simply learning about art, while others are starting on collections. Either way, they want to feel something special – they want it to be

more than a transaction.”Einerssen is inspired by nature. It is

evident in his landscapes, particularly those of Prairie skies, and the seascapes that captured his interest when he moved from the Prairies to British Columbia.

The show and sale will be held at the downtown Holiday Inn. There is a sneak peek on May 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On May 2, hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no admission charged. For more informa-tion, visit artistsontour.ca.

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MAY EVENTSOn nOw tO May 17Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company presents Crees in the Caribbean – Studio 914

On nOw tO May 23The Narrative Dish – Affinity Gallery (Saskatchewan Craft Council)

On nOw tO June 7 at the Mendel art Gallery: Fifth WorldSchool ArtTerry Billings and Dee Gibson: Time and Water**Mendel Art Gallery closes permanently June 7

On nOw tO June 211812: One War Four Perspectives – Diefenbaker Canada Centre

Marquis Downs: Live Thoroughbred races every Friday and Saturday evening beginning May 29 and finishing September 5. (Sept 11 and 12 rainout days if needed)

May 1-July 1Echoes in the ice: Finding Franklin’s Ship – WDM

May 1 – 2Living Green Expo – Prairieland Park

May 3Historical Clothing of the Late 19th Century – Marr Residence

May 6 – 17Matchstick – Village Guitar and Amp

May 6Counting Crows – TCU Place

May 7Harry Manx – Broadway Theatre

May 8Connie Kaldor – Broadway Theatre

May 8 – 10The Man Show – Prairieland Park

May 9Both Sides Now: The Great Canadian Songbook – The Refinery Arts and Spirit Centre

May 9Carousel of Dance – Broadway Theatre

May 9Vesna Festival – Prairieland Park

May 10Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan – TCU Place

May 10Keeping up with the Keepers – Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo

May 10Players Choice Series: SSO Chamber Players – St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

May 13 – 14Saskatoon Fireside Singers present The Wizard of Oz – TCU Place

May 13 – 14Joel Plaskett – Broadway Theatre

May 16Diana Krall – TCU Place

May 16Amati Quartet in Concert – Knox United Church

May 16 – 18Bikes on Broadway Race – Broadway district

May 18Opening Day at Batoche National Historic Site

May 20Dora the Explorer: Search for the City of Lost Toys – TCU Place

May 21Tommy Emmanuel – Broadway Theatre

May 21-24Food Truck Wars: May Mayhem! – Sutherland Curling Club

May 21 – 23Top of the Hops – Prairieland Park Hall D

May 23Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Master Series The People’s Choice – TCU Place

May 23Saskatoon Fiddle Orchestra’s 11th Annual Spring Show – Broadway Theatre

May 23Season Opener – Auto Clearing Motor Speedway

May 23 – 29NatureCity Festival – various locations

May 23 – 31Wood ’15 – Innovation Place

May 24Country Dance-Bal Country – Le Relais

May 26Charley Pride – TCU Place

May 26The Debaters – Broadway Theatre

May 27Great Lake Swimmers – Broadway Theatre

May 27 – 30Skills Canada National Competition – Prairieland Park

May 28Jesse Cook – TCU Place

May 29 – 31Ritornello Chamber Music Festival – various venues

May 28Bettye Lavette – Broadway Theatre

May 28 – 31International Saskatchewan Salsa and Bachata Congress – Saskatoon Inn Hotel & Conference Centre

May 29Coloplast Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championship – Physical Activity Complex, U of S

May 30Broadway ArtFest – Broadway district

May 30

The Comic Strippers – Broadway Theatre

May 30

Saskatoon Racing Canoe Club -

Season Opener Regatta at Pike Lake

Provincial Park

May 31

Saskatchewan Marathon –

Meewasin Valley trails

May 31

Historical Clothing of the Late 19th Century –

Marr Residence

Vesna Festival

306-975-7799 or online at www.tcuplace.com

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015 – 7 PMSID BUCKWOLD THEATRE TCU PLACE - SASKATOON

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General Motors of Canada will pay the first two bi-weekly lease payments as defined on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes). After the first 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. † Based on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. > Based on WardsAuto.com 2012 Upper Small segment, excluding Hybrid and Diesel powertrains. Standard 10 airbags, ABS, traction control and StabiliTrak. *^ Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ~ Requires compatible mobile device, active OnStar service and data plan. Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Customers will be able to access OnStar services only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement (including software terms). OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. After the trial period (if applicable), an active OnStar service plan is required. ¥ Lease based on a purchase price of $21,073 (including $2,000 lease credit and a $442 Owner Cash) for a 2015 Cruze LS (1SA/K05). Bi-weekly payment is $98 for 48 months at 0% APR and includes Freight and Air Tax, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometers limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $995 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $11,196 plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $9,876. Price and total obligation excludes license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees, optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. 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 Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickup models delivered in Canada between April 1 and April 30, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $500 credit available on all Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, and Malibu (except LS) models; $750 credit available on other Chevrolet vehicles (except Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado 1500 and Silverado HD); $1000 credit available on all Chevrolet Silverado models. 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 Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between April 1 and April 30, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,000 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, and Malibu (except LS) models; $1,500 credit available on other Chevrolet vehicles (except Chevrolet Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, and Malibu LS). 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 available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles from April 1 through April 30, 2015. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator Trax LS FWD (1SA/KPK) models. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Example: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $476.19 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. Licence, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. ¥¥¥ Purchase price includes a cash credit of $4,200, a $664 Owner Cash, and applies to new 2015 Equinox LS FWD models at participating dealers in Canada. Purchase price of $22,995 excludes license, insurance, registration, dealer fees and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ‡‡ Comparison based on 2013 Polk segmentation: Compact SUV and latest competitive data available and based on the maximum legroom available. Excludes other GM brands. ^ The 2-Year Scheduled LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet, Buick or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV) with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the Oil Life Monitoring System and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four lube-oil-filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. 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