Saskatoon Express, November 3, 2014

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Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper

Volume 11, Issue 43, Week of November 3, 2014

Jodi Schellenbergand Cam Hutchinson

Saskatoon Express

Htoo Htaa was six or seven years old when he received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child.

Sixteen years later, he is filling them.Sitting inside the front entrance of

Saskatchewan Polytechnic, he smiles and shakes his head as he scrolls through pho-tos of the refugee camp where he grew up.

Htaa’s family fled during the civil war in Burma, with a camp in Thailand becom-ing their safe haven.

“Look at this,” he said, displaying a photograph on his phone. “This is exactly where we were when we got the shoe-boxes.”

On his smart phone, he shows a picture of the classroom where Operation Christ-mas Child gifts were handed out. It doesn’t look anything like a classroom here.

“Basically there was nothing,” he said of life in the camp. “When you get something new as a kid, you are just so excited.”

There were a variety of items in Htaa’s box.

“I got a toothbrush and toothpaste and I went and used it right after I got it. I remember that part,” he said with a laugh.

He also received clothing and a couple of toys. His parents didn’t have a lot, so Christmas was usually small and quiet. The shoebox brightened one.

Christmases have been much better since the family immigrated to Canada seven years ago. Htaa, now 23, has been

working at Parr Autobody, and is now learning the trade at Saskatchewan Poly-technic.

He was working at Parr one day when he heard other employees talking about filling shoeboxes as a donation to Opera-tion Christmas Child.

Htaa’s ears perked up. “They were collecting money and

talking about shoebox stuff and I was, ‘I used to get one of those when I was a kid. That’s where it came from.’ I thought they just bought it and sent it overseas. I didn’t know they had to collect it.”

Now he is involved and has filled shoe-boxes to send to people living in circum-stances like he once did.

“Can you imagine being a child and you have nothing? And they give toys and other things you never see. That’s pretty cool.”

Sheri Smith, a Saskatoon volunteer with

Operation Christmas Child, says stories like Htaa’s make the work rewarding.

“It was amazing to think that someone that far away made it here and is making a better life for himself and is succeeding. We like to think that is in part because of the power of that gift. It gave them hope and encouragement and it really helps change people.

“Some of these people have nothing. And then when they get that, it does give them hope and it inspires them. To know that he is here and building a life, you know you did the right thing and you know you helped empower someone.”

Smith had a first-hand look at the pro-gram in 2010, when she travelled with a group to Paraguay.

“I remember one particular distribu-tion,” she said. “We were walking up this dirt road and the wild chickens and cows are running all over the place. And we

finally caught a ride, and it would be just what you would imagine in your dreams or see in movies. We all jumped on this rickety old truck with this flat deck on it. We all sat in the back. There were wooden chicken crates and stuff on there.”

When they arrived at their destination, there were 2,000 children waiting for them. Smith worried that there might not be enough shoeboxes.

“There were so many times when I was sure we were going to run out of boxes, but for some reason, because you know you are doing good work, there are always enough. It just worked out. It’s pretty special.”

Smith shared another story that moved her. She said a girl, who could be no more than 12, carried a sibling on her hip for more than three hours to get to the distri-bution point.

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Htoo Htaa received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child when he was living in a refugee camp (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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You pass it in a blink as you travel on High-way 11. There is a

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I’d never turned into Hanley until one recent day. In the town, there are blocks and blocks of homes and a nice smattering of businesses. There are more than 500 people living in a vibrant community which is almost 110 years old. As I was driving, I crossed paths with a car coming from the other direction. The driver waved. Clearly, there were more fingers visible than the one I am used to seeing in Saskatoon.

At the north end of town is the K-12 school. It’s the home of the Hanley Sa-bers sports teams. I’d made the drive from Saskatoon to watch the Sabers face the LCBI Bisons in a football game.

My son, Brandon, is teaching in Hanley and is an assistant football coach. I arrived 45 minutes before the game. It was a beautiful fall day - one where a hoodie would suf-fice as outerwear. Partially ringing the field were vehicles. By game time, about half the spots around the field were occupied by trucks, SUVs and cars. Many people stood on

the south sideline or sat in a couple of rows of bleachers.

When the teams came onto the field, I noticed the Hanley players were wearing pink socks as a means of raising awareness for breast cancer. A nice touch.

Many schools in Saskatchewan play six-man football. It is a different game for sure. Only the centre is an ineligi-ble receiver. It’s a good thing for LCBI

they didn’t need more players on the field. Only 10 got off their bus for the game. Hanley, by comparison, had a good-sized roster. Football is alive and well in this area. Hanley was a dynasty in the 1990s, winning provincial cham-pionships three straight times.

I was told to expect a lot of scoring in the game. The field is the regular length, but narrower because of the number of players. There is lots of room for ball carriers to get into the open field. Having a quarterback who can run is a huge advantage. Anthony Calvillo would not have been a good quarterback in six-man football.

Hearing the honking of horns after scoring plays brought back memories of playing decades ago in town softball and slow-pitch tournaments. We had a media team back then, and would travel to play at sports days. Specta-tors always seemed to gravitate to the familiar faces of TV guys.


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Are entrepreneurs born or made? In the case of Monique Haakensen, the answer may be both.

As a child, Haakensen would sell straw-berries and other produce, make and sell necklaces, and tutor younger children with the motivation of making some pocket money. In retrospect, she sees the seeds of an entrepreneurial bent in those early ventures. It may also run in the family: her brothers are the creators of Skip The Dishes, the online food ordering service.

Haakensen is today the president and principal scientist of Contango Strategies, a company that combines her entrepre-neurial spirit with a PhD in microbiology. Since its opening in 2010, she has added a sophisticated laboratory, 14 staff and sev-eral clients to her ever-growing business.

Most of her clients are mining compa-nies, for whom she provides environmen-tally-friendly water reclamation services using microbes, or “good bugs,” to remove toxins from waste water. When business gurus talk about finding a need and filling it, Contango is a poster company: it is the only fee-for-service pilot facility in its industry in North America.

Indeed, Haakensen was successful so early into the venture that Profit named her one of Canada’s Future Entrepreneurial Leaders (FuEL) in her first year.

Entrepreneurial spirit, however, is not the only element that inspired Haakensen to start her own company. As she says,

there were other motivating factors – in-cluding the uncomfortable fact that there are not enough scientific research jobs to employ science grads in Canada. There were also mentors and fascinating projects that guided her along the way.

“Going through grad school, it’s pretty much taught to most graduates that you are going to be a professor,” said Haakensen in an interview. “You aren’t given any idea of what jobs are out there. I was lucky I came from a lab where the professor wanted us to learn other things, and was a great mentor to us in many ways other than just science.

“When I came out of university, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I was working with the university while doing the last year of my PhD, but that was a

project involved in environmental work with Cameco. That’s where I got my exposure to mining and environment, and realized that was really where I wanted to be working.”

As part of her early career, which began in human health, she was studying – of all things – beer spoilage. The bacteria that can spoil beer are essentially the same as the bacteria used to create yogurt. She could see transferrable concepts to envi-ronmental work.

“What I really enjoy is taking concepts from one area and applying them to an-other,” she said.

“I never had a plan to be an entrepre-neur. I never meant to do a PhD; I never meant to be a scientist. I just have always been open to opportunities. When I see an

opportunity, I always at least consider it, if not jump on it.”

Contango began after Haakensen left a job that she describes as “not a good fit.” She was putting in 80 to 90 hours a week and, for a while, wondered why. Now she knows.

“It pays off. People remember that. No matter where you go or what your career change is, your reputation follows you – good or bad.”

Clients told Haakensen that, if she opened a lab, they would follow her to her own company. With $50,000 in seed capital from savings, she bought some used equip-ment from a lab that was closing (“good timing,” notes Haakensen), opened an office at Innovation Place and opened the doors.


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OCC facts:l Operation Christmas Child (OCC) was started in

1990. In 1993, OCC grew and was adopted by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian organization run by Franklin Graham. To date, OCC has collected and distributed more than 100 million shoebox gifts worldwide. l In 2013, Canadians donated more than 664,000

OCC shoeboxes for children around the world. The goal this year is 700,000.l In Saskatchewan, 2013 saw the collection and

distribution of more than 29,000 shoeboxes. l Shoeboxes are distributed in more than 100 coun-

tries, on six continents. l In 2014, Saskatchewan shoebox destination

countries include: Uruguay, El Salvador, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Venezuela and Equatorial Guinea. l National Collection Week is Nov. 17-23. l Shoebox gifts can also be packed online at Samari-

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What to packl School Supplies — Items such as pens, pencils,

pencil crayons, note pads and picture books. l Hygiene Items — Items such as a facecloth,

toothbrush, comb and soap. Place soap in a sealable bag.l Toys and Other Gifts — Items such as stuffed

animals, small musical instruments, hair clips, toy jewelry, T-shirts, socks and candy (loose, individually wrapped hard candy in a sealable bag).l Personal Note — Include a personal note and/or

a photo in your shoebox, but not inside the donation envelope.

What not to packl Perishable items, such as cosmetics and candy, war-

related items, such as toy soldiers or guns, and playing cards, which are against some countries’ religions.

Other suggestionsl A small, soft toy is always nice no matter what

the age. Flip flops (buy them a bit bigger than your age category — they can always grow into them), tape mea-sures, small tools (no knives), flashlights and calculators (solar or don’t forget the extra batteries) and items with a Canadian flag on them. l Send the items in a small Rubbermaid container.

They are more durable than most boxes and children can repurpose the container.

Drop off-points:l Sutton Financial Group (1633 Quebec Ave.)l Cooke Insurance (1-411 Confederation Dr.)l Armstrong’s Physiotherapy Clinic (Saskatoon Field

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The $50,000 was recovered within two months, and Haakensen then concentrated on reinvesting rev-

enues into more and better equipment and research. She has spent much time and energy researching how mining-affected waters can be treated in natural ways, often in association with plants and microbes.

“Most of our clients are mines. There are a few reasons why they contact us. Ninety per cent of our work is in water treatment….passive water treatment, which means low-energy inputs, no chemi-cals added… naturally driven processes.”

Mining companies are interested in decreasing their very high water treat-ment costs and in developing mine closure plans, she said.

“If they can figure out how to treat the water without having people on site the en-tire time, it’s not only cheaper but it’s safer because you don’t have to keep this facility open forever, you don’t have people driv-

ing back and forth. It’s more natural and more environmentally sustainable.”

Most reclamation projects begin with mine site visits. Just this summer, Haak-ensen has travelled to the Yukon, North-west Territories, Quebec, South Carolina, Colorado and Kyrgyzstan.

“We look what the land’s like, we look at what’s naturally happening… and we can look at the natural processes at the site, what plants are there, what beneficial microbes are associated with those plants.”

Contango specializes in coupled bio-geo-chemistry, a highly-specialized com-bination of the three sciences. The com-pany uses this specialization in creating a conceptual design, testing its elements and then overseeing the building of the passive water treatment systems at the mine sites. Most similar companies are missing the testing and optimization phases.

“What we do is quite different. We have the only (fee-for-service) pilot facilities in North America,” said Haakensen. Con-

tango is also the only lab to provide testing for microbial communities based on their DNA.

“We can find the answers to questions the regulators might ask. What happens if there is a drought? What happens if the water chemistry is worse or different than expected? And we can develop all the calculations and designs that the engineers like to have.”

In terms of the microbes, it’s a matter of encouraging the good ones to grow onsite.

“Because we know what’s there, we can figure out which ones are the good guys, which ones aren’t that useful… and en-courage them to proliferate in number and also in function. That’s one of the things we test, is how to best encourage them to do these processes.”

“I didn’t know enough about business and all the things I should be concerned about,” she said, but she was undaunted by the learning curve.

“I really enjoy what I’m doing. I enjoy

solving problems. I don’t feel like what I do is work. I have so many hats and roles, there’s always something different.”

Haakensen knows the science, learning the business


“The volunteers, with her permis-sion of course, took the little one, and we gave him food. We

sat with him so this young girl could actu-ally go and play with the kids and be a kid. It was obvious she was in a mother-type role. Here she is at the young age of 12, as-suming such responsibilities.”

Volunteers sent the girl home with a backpack full of items for her family.

“Coming back from this experience, it

really reminds you to keep things in per-spective. The things we are so privileged to have really for the most part, short of our health and family, it’s stuff. It’s stuff. I can’t help but think, ‘Does this add value to my life?’

“If it doesn’t add value to my life, do we really need it? We don’t. It is pretty easy making decisions moving forward after that experience. You realize just how much stuff there is in the world. That is the part that hit me the most. They have

nothing and are so happy and joyful in this moment. It’s quite something.”

Sixteen years later, Htaa remains grate-ful for the shoebox he received. Now it’s his turn to help.

“I think it is very important to help a kid that doesn’t see (much),” he said. “I was just so happy as a kid. I will help out. It is just something so special for me.

“I would love to give away and share what I have. It is a really personal experi-ence. It is hard to explain and hard to say

(what it means) … I want to say thank you to those who give all the gifts.”

(Operation Christmas Child is run by Samaritan’s Purse, an international humanitarian organization, with the mission to engage the public to build a shoebox filled with goods for a child in a developing country. More information can be found at samaritanspurse.ca/operation-Christmas-child and in the sidebar accom-panying this story on Page 4.)

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Having a barbecued cheese-burger at the football game brought back memories of

sports days and eating rink burgers as a hockey dad. Those were the days. So was the one watching a football game in Hanley.

By the way, Hanley won the game 50-34 to advance to a provincial quarter-final game.

***** I read with interest the stories

about the 10th anniversary of the Stonechild inquiry. I had a front-row seat when the original stories were written. I was the city editor at The StarPhoenix in 1991 when Terry Craig wrote about Neil Stonechild’s death, and his mother’s ever-lasting belief that he was the victim of foul play.

I was the managing editor when circumstances surrounding Stone-child’s death resurfaced in 2000.

The story that slipped under the radar in some coverage was one done by Dan Zakreski. Dan broke the story of Darrell Knight be-ing dropped off outside the Queen Elizabeth Power Plant. It was one of the finest pieces of journalism I ever saw at the SP.

I wish in its recent coverage — which was very good — the SP would have reprinted Terry’s story, Dan’s piece, a 1997 column by po-lice officer Brian Trainor — which shed light on the so-called Starlight Tours — and a story done by Les Perreaux that put the pieces together and blew the doors off the whole thing. Those were four memorable moments.

There was some outstanding work done in the SP newsroom from Stonechild’s death right through the inquiry. I was lucky to be there, and smart enough to stay out of the way.

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Trees can be good storytellers; their rings report history that can help predict the future, and forests are filled with chapters of information on

the environments in which they grew.Colin Laroque, a dendrochronologist at the Univer-

sity of Saskatchewan, spends his time discovering all the stories trees have to tell: from the value of shelterbelts, to the age of hockey sticks and pieces of the Titanic.

“If you’ve ever sat around a campfire and looked at the rings of a piece of fire wood, or counted rings on a nearby stump and said, ‘This tree was this old,’ then you’ve scratched the surface of what dendrochronol-ogy is all about,” said Laroque, who spent his forma-tive years between the family’s home in Riversdale in Saskatoon and their farm near Duck Lake.

Now a professor in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, and the School of Environment and Sus-tainability, he and his team of students have amassed a library of samples numbering in the thousands, a trove containing answers about history, climate change and different types of industrial development. Samples are gathered with a hand-held auger about the length of a forearm and slightly smaller in diameter than a dime.

Holding a piece of pine, Laroque points out the varying widths of the rings.

“Basically, we look at how wide the rings are. The wider the ring means the better the growing environ-ment was that year, narrower means a poorer growing environment.”

Each tree species is like a unique individual with specific likes and dislikes: some prefer lots of water others less, some like heat, some not so much.

“Trees let us go back in time because their stories are locked into their ring patterns. So I can ask 100 trees about something that happened 50 years ago in

their environment, and if I get the same answer from each tree, I can be pretty sure about what the condi-tions were like. The trees can help tell us about past temperatures, flooding events, insect cycles, etc.”

Laroque is also working with colleagues to deter-mine the economic benefit of the Shelterbelt Program, which until cut by the federal government in 2013, subsidized planting trees and shrubs on farmland to prevent erosion.

“We are looking at how shelterbelts grew in the past, how they will grow in the future, and the benefits including carbon sequestration, warmth in winter, wind protection and water control. Many farms are currently ripping out their shelterbelts, but we want to show the economic benefits of shelterbelts.”

Laroque’s expertise of all things wood is frequently sought out for a variety of projects. “We deal with a lot of artifacts and date items for archaeologists and historians.”

He was involved in dating the Moffatt Stick, a hockey stick that, after four years of investigation, was determined to be the world’s oldest. “The Moffatt Stick is from 1838. Previous to that, the oldest was the Rutherford Stick made in 1852, and reportedly sold for over $2 million U.S.”

PBS also called upon Laroque for its television program History Detectives. The case was to determine the origin of a piece of ship railing and “it turned out to be from the Titanic.”

All of this work falls under something Laroque calls history mysteries.

“Trees can help us figure out what happened in the past, so we can try to avoid some of the same mistakes and plan better for the future.”

(Kris Foster is a communications writer at the Uni-versity of Saskatchewan.)

Want to significantly increase the chance your marriage will last? Spend less than $1,000 on the wedding.

I’ve always heard the most com-mon reason marriages eventually break up is money problems that develop over the years. That may be the case, but it turns out the chance of divorce can be strongly linked to how much is spent on the wedding.

CUTTING OUT THIS COLUMNI’m drawing from the Oct. 20

Monday Morning Memo by Roy H. Williams. He summarizes interesting data sourced from the Sept. 14 study titled, “’A Diamond is Forever’ and

Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship Between Wedding Ex-penses and Marriage Duration” by Dr. Hugo M. Mialon and Dr. Andrew M. Francis of Emory University in the U.S.

Using $5,000 to $10,000 in total wedding costs (infla-tion adjusted US dollars) as a comparison point, it turns out you’ll be 53 per cent less likely to divorce if you spend less than $1,000. On the flipside, spend more than $20,000 on the wedding and your chances for divorce skyrockets to 46 per cent more likely.

I can hear the scissors of parents of brides-to-be madly cutting this column out of the newspaper to be presented as evidence.

DANDILIONS, BURGERS AND POP?Filling in some of the other interesting study findings,

spending between $1,000 and $5,000 on the wedding makes divorce 18 per cent less likely, while spending between $10,000 and $20,000 makes it 29 per cent more likely.

Aside from wedding spending, running off secretly to be married without parents’ knowledge makes divorce a whop-ping 12.5 times more likely than couples whose marriage is witnessed by 200 people.

Hmmm, 200 people times $5 per guest equals $1,000. Sounds like it will be dandelion picnic table settings, burg-ers, hotdogs, pop and chips to stay on budget for the recep-tion.

Or a potluck.

MORAL OF THE STUDYThe more your wedding costs may cost you your mar-

riage.Derek Shevkenek is a Saskatoon Investment Advisor

with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Member CIPF. In-quiries are welcome at 956-7803 and at www.dereks.ca. Information is believed to be accurate at the time of writing and is subject to change. Past performance may not be repeated. Opinions are provided in good faith, but without legal responsibility. Opinions are the author’s, not that of RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

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The Brodsky family: Standing (l-r): David, Shirley and Jack; Seated: Heather and John.

While Shirley Brodsky watches, Jack Brodsky tries out a tilt-in-space wheelchair, one of the many pieces purchased due to their generous donation.

At a recent tour of the Rehab Therapies department at Saskatoon City Hospital, Jack and Shirley Brodsky see the result of their philanthropy.

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Those who know the Brodsky family in Saskatoon are aware of its dedication to the community. During the family’s decades long ownership of the Saskatoon Blades, the team was instrumental in creating a league-wide scholarship fund allowing players to attend university after their junior careers.

So, after selling the team, it was no surprise to see Jack, Shirley and their children step forward as philanthropists. Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation was honoured when the family donated $126,000 for the purchase of equipment and technology at the hospital’s Rehabilitation Centre.

“The community’s been good to us. We love being a part of it,” Jack says. “We were inspired by others who donated to hospitals. When [Foundation CEO] Steve Shannon called me, we realized that was where we wanted our money to go.

“There are many good things to support but, being familiar with aging parents and knowing athletes, I recognize how important proper equipment is for rehab therapy,” he adds.

“You don’t raise three kids without knowing hospitals,” Shirley says. “Our son had surgery for a broken leg at Saskatoon City Hospital. My mom had a broken hip, Jack’s mom had two hip replacements. I realize how

important rehab is for getting people back to their former level of functioning.”

Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation, on behalf of the patients and staff at the Rehab Centre, thank the Brodskys for providing the best for people who care.

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Celebrities are weird. Yes, that’s a blanket statement, but it’s

true, with the exception of Canadian ex-pat and Holly-wood actor Will Sasso, who I had the privilege of inter-viewing last week.

I say “privilege,” not because of his level of ce-lebrity. Let’s be honest, you probably have no clue who I’m talking about.

Neither did I, unfortunate-ly, when I answered my phone that day. Sasso introduced himself, and I blanked. My kids had been sick all week, work had been hectic, and I vaguely remem-bered some emails flying around about doing this interview. I had done some prep, but my heart sank as I realized it was entirely on the wrong subject.

After some hemming and hawing and awkward fumbles, I finally blurted out, “I am sorry. I am so unprepared for this,” bracing myself for the anticipated huffing, puffing and barrage of insults — all of which I’ve been subjected to by other Hollywood-types for far less egregious offences.

It takes a certain type of person to put themselves out there as a celebrity, and often that involves one hell of an ego. How can it not? When your personal brand pays the bills, you have to invest in it every day. This means thinking about yourself a lot. It means being con-fident that the public will love you, just because you’re you. It often means being one person in public, another behind closed doors.

Not the case with Will Sasso. The deluge never came. Instead he was kind in the wake of my stuttering, almost ob-scenely so, empathetic and relaxed. He laughed his way through my awkward attempts at initial questions, patiently

guiding the interview when I couldn’t.

Perhaps he comes by it both naturally and profession-ally. “I’m the actor that played the good guy’s friend in that thing,” reads Sasso’s Twitter bio. He’s not wrong — the Friendly Wing Man is more or less his portfolio, with the ex-ception of playing Curly in the 2012 flick The Three Stooges.

“The challenge there, was nobody had ever seen more

than 90 seconds of Curly at a time,” Sas-sos said with a laugh, when we finally got into something substantial — his process for adding depth of character to performances in which the writing is specifically formatted to be the opposite.

“Sometimes you just can’t,” he admit-ted. “The characters are written to be one-dimensional. I’m the quintessential sidekick from the ’80s.”

Seriously though folks, Sasso knows his job, often as the good guy, is to be an anchor for the audience, and to be real, which is exactly what he does in his new movie Hit By Lightning. Starring along-side Jon Cryer, Sasso plays Seth. You got it — Cryer’s character’s best friend.

“We’re both unlucky in love,” said Sasso on his and Cryer’s roles. “I’m that positive, cockeyed optimist hiding behind a bunch of bravado and jokes.”

Cryer plays Ricky, a single, quiet 40-year-old aspiring writer and restau-rant manager. Ricky is hit by lightning when he meets the love of his life — the beautiful Danita — online. As you might imagine, hilarity and mayhem ensues, and the relationship turns out to be a lot more than what he bargained for.

Sasso, who is Canadian, lives and works in Hollywood, but loves filming in his homeland when he can — Hit By Lightning was filmed in Vancouver.

I was unprepared for actor’s forgiving nature

TAMMY rOBerTColumnist The City’s two compost depots are

scheduled to close for the season at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7, as long as the

weather cooperates. Residents still have time to bring their unbagged Halloween pumpkins, leaves, grass and non-elm branches to one of the sites between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. The sites will remain closed throughout the winter season until opening in April 2015.

West – Highway 7 Depot, located at the

corner of Highway 7 and 11th Street West East – McOrmond Drive Depot, on McOr-mond Drive, with access from 8th Street East

The west compost depot will reopen at the current Highway 7 site in April 2015, while there will be a new east compost depot announced.

For more information, including the types of material accepted, visit saskatoon.ca and look under “C” for Compost Depot.

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“Culturally there is definitely a border there,” said Sasso of Canada and the United States. “Canada is the upstairs neighbour: we have the view, but the downstairs neighbours have a way bigger lease and the yard.”

That’s not to suggest inferiority on the part of his Canadian comedic peers.

“Canadians are hilarious,” said Sasso. “I’ve got buddies on Facebook, who live back in Canada, and who are some of the funniest people I know. They’re not in the industry, they’re just amazing.”

Hit By Lightning is in theatres now. Check your local listings.

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While playing and singing the blues as a profes-sional for 40 years, Big

Dave McLean has rubbed shoul-ders with some of the legends.

He received his first guitar lesson from Blues Hall of Famer John Hammond, and his first significant place on a stage was as an opening act for Muddy Waters, considered the father of Chicago blues.

McLean will join two other friends, Jim Byrnes and Steve Dawson, as Canadian roots heavyweights on what is called the Black Hen Travelling Roadshow, which stops at The Bassment in Saskatoon on Nov. 13.

McLean’s home since he was eight years old has been Winnipeg. But he has a Sas-katchewan history. He was born in Yorkton, the child of a Presbyterian minister and a classical pianist. Because of his father’s profession, he spent four years in Yorkton and four years in Moose Jaw before settling in Winnipeg. As an artist who delivers raw and gravelly vocals, he has appeared at Bud’s On Broadway three or four times a year for the last 30 years.

His connection with Hammond began at the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1969.

“I’d dug the blues, played in a jug band, but when I heard John Hammond perform Country Blues, I’d never heard music played that way before. I was captivated. And from there, my music career was up and running.

“I had a cheap $5 guitar and, while we were talking, he gave me a lesson with some licks on I’m A Man, a slow blues tune by Bo Diddley. John is one of the most courte-ous gentlemen on the planet, totally helpful and inspiring, and I’m happy to call him my friend.”

His chance to play as an opening act for Waters was somewhat intimidating.

“He called me into his dressing room. For me, it was

like being invited to meet the Queen or the Pope. He was a down-to-earth guy who grew up in tough conditions in Mississippi. He was the best of the best. He wrote the book.

“For me, he was a super major influence, a wonderful, wonderful man. He’d let me phone him at home. He was the influence in my style and my approach. He gave me advice on all kinds of life lessons. He’d give my advice; I told him jokes.”

Years later, McLean wrote an 11-minute blues selection, Muddy Waters for President.

“Muddy used to laugh about how B.B. King used to call himself the chairman of the board. He said he was fine with being the president.”

Obviously happy and content as a player, McLean says “longevity is up to each individual. Sometimes you re-invent what’s in the box. The secret is you have to keep motivated. In blues, the older you are, the

more genuinely you are accepted.”The tour is arranged as a tribute to three

artists and their most recently released works. Dawson moved from Vancouver to new studios in Nashville. And as a multi-instrumentalist, he introduced his seventh solo project, Renaissance Man, which was inspired in part by earlier American stylists John Fahey and Leo Kotke. He also ar-ranged for McLean to record in Nashville and his album, Faded But Not Gone, is deeply personal. Byrnes released St. Louis Times in June, an ode to the city in which he grew up and there is a sensational track, St. Louis Blues. Byrnes, now of Vancouver, will be recognizable from his roles in two television series, Wiseguy and Highlander.

There is much to like about McLean’s new album, but three songs are filled with nostalgia.

The Fallen is a song that was written in recognition of people close to him, all of whom died within the same year. They were his mother Pearl, his brother Grant and a fellow musician, B.B. Gordon. His brother passed away a week before the album was recorded.

Shades of Grace is a personal tribute to his mother, who often sang Amazing Grace. Some of the words of the great classic were sung by the McCrary sisters and interwoven into McLean’s poignant refrain. His mother played piano when she was 95 on an earlier McLean album and then wrote a song at 97 for another.

I Choose to Pick the Blues is like a fam-ily biography.

“Everything about the Nashville prod-uct blew my mind,” said McLean. ”I spent a week down in Nashville, stayed with his family, visited an old slave plantation, went to the Grand Ol’ Opry and sat in on Colin Linden’s regular jam. “

For the session, Dawson supported him on guitar, banjo and pedal steel. Linden laid down a slide on I Choose to Pick the Blues. Colin James was nine years old and playing mandolin when McLean first met him. James played the mandolin on Dead Cat on the Line.

“With his new studios, and friendships with some talented musicians in Nashville, Steve took me out of my usual comfort zone and took me back into the Delta blues, the early Chicago blues and slid me into some country blues. Steve is the ulti-mate, consummate professional as a singer and songwriter, and he has those special ears as a record producer. ”

One of McLean’s greatest joys has come from initiating the Saturday af-ternoon jams in Saskatoon for aspiring musicians.

“When I come to Bud’s, I have a band waiting here to join me. I’m glad to see young fellows getting their starts in the business. Some of those that I have in-spired have gone on to find their own share of stardom.”

Soon to be introduced on Shaw televi-sion is a blues documentary, Ain’t About The Money, which was being shot in Mississippi about the time his mother and brother died.

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It’s no secret I have been obsessed with superheroes all my life. I mean — my god —

have you seen my closet? There is a T-shirt in there that represents almost every major spandex-clad vigilante that has ever graced the pages of a storyboard. Lately, I keep asking myself why.

Why am I so fixated on caped crusaders and masked marvels in colourful tights and emblem-covered muscled chests? Is it the ensemble itself, or the mysterious powers behind the costume? Like a lot of gay guys, Batman has always been my favourite.

And this year, the character turned 75 years old. I’ve been infatuated with him for most of my life — more than 40 years. And yet today I questioned why. Why does the concept of a grown man in a pointy-eared bat-costume con-sume my thoughts numerous times a week?

Is it the idea of the dashing billionaire behind the cowl that enraptures me? Is it the image of a luminous dark knight in shining armour (or black rubber) swooping in and res-cuing the world from evil clowns and Gotham crime bosses? Is it that endless mystery behind the true nature of the relationship between The Bat and The Robin? Hmmm . . . are they or are they not a couple? I mean, come on — early mid-20th century Batman comics actually showed images of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson in bed together (true story!).

Like a lot of boys coming of age in the 1970s, I couldn’t get enough of the corny ’60s Adam West Batman TV series reruns. I could curl up on my parents’ tangerine-orange chesterfield and watch them for hours (but I couldn’t, because we didn’t even have VCRs back then). I inhaled every campy minute. I love how three different actresses portrayed Catwoman, and cartoon pop-ups of the neon pows, crashes and booms, and the way Burt Ward’s muscular legs looked in his green Bat-

shorts. And that was just the beginning.When the 1989 Batman movie

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actress had before; drag-queens across the globe all abruptly began donning black leather in a whole new way. This also brought about a new soap-opera-like quality to the hero’s es-capades — the love/hate relationship between The Bat and The Cat was spotlighted. Will they or will they not end up doin’ it?

In recent years, with newer movies and se-ries, growing cosplay culture and visually strik-ing interactive videogames, Bat-culture has exploded tenfold, bringing about a huge new wave of Bat-fans. Frankly, this makes me very happy. I suspect Batman will continue to be a target of my own obsession for the remaining years of my life.

There is something about the jet-set-play-boy-by-day who turns into a dark-hero-by-night that will never grow old. The car might evolve, the costumes may alter, the Batcave may get redecorated from time to time, but The Bat will always be that gothic hero with just enough of a dark side that he keeps reeling in fans from generation to generation.

Thanks Bob Kane, for having that vision of a deeper ,darker building-scaling hero in a flying rodent costume. And thanks for exist-ing, Batman. I don’t know what guys like me would do without guys like you. Happy 75th.

(Wes Funk is a local award-winning author. His new memoir Wes Side Story is in stores now.)

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Stonebridge has had a wealth of upscale showhomes on display. Now the former

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The two-storey executive home at 566 Langlois Rise has an 1,803-square-foot floor plan that includes some interesting design themes.

The home is full of stylish additions, including brushed hardwood through-out much of the main floor. In the great room, a natural gas fireplace with a stone surround is another highlight.

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Saskatoon B’nai Brith Celebrates 60th Annual Silver Plate Dinner

Wednesday, November 12th at TCU PlaceThis event is the longest running charitable dinner in Saskatoon. B’nai Brith is the international Jewish men’s organization committed to doing charitable work in local communities and in combating racism from the local to international level.

All of the monies raised at the dinner go towards local needs in the community. The mandate for many years has been to focus on the needs of youth. In keeping with that goal the proceeds have provided funds to many organizations, including the Children’s Health and Hospital Foundation, the Care and Share program, Ronald McDonald House, Saskatoon Pre-school Foundation, Station 20 West, the Future in Mind campaign and the Crocus Co-op. As well, B’nai Brith supports Congregation Agudas Israel and Batting 1000, an initiative of the Saskatoon Foundation, supporting youth activities for less privileged children. In the past, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the local hospitals and many other worthy causes have been recipients of support. B’nai Brith was a leading sponsor of the internationally acclaimed project, “Anne Frank in the World” held at the Diefenbaker Centre in Saskatoon in 2006. Almost 20,000 guests visited this moving exhibit which related the story of Anne Frank and illustrated the need to combat racism and persecution in our own communities.

At the dinner, the winner of the B’nai Brith “We’re Proud of You” award will be named. This award is presented annually to a citizen of Saskatoon who has provided an exceptional level of volunteer service to our city outside his area of professional responsibility and has not received public recognition.

The members of the B’nai Brith are grateful to all those who have given the lodge the privilege of supporting so many worthy causes. If you would like to purchase a ticket please contact Arnie Shaw at 306-665-5380, ext. 381, cell 306-221-0747 or email [email protected]

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What’s more Canadian than hockey and playing cards? The answer is simple: combining the two.

Saskatoon residents Deb and Dave MacLean, in partnership with Paul and Sue Logan of Nova Scotia, are giving people the full hockey experience in their card game Rink Ratz.

Originally from Lashburn, the MacLeans were introduced to a version of the game by the Logans. The Logans taught in Saskatchewan before moving home to Nova Scotia. The MacLeans are retired educators.

“He (Paul) showed me how to play the game, and we both looked at each other and said, ‘We can make this game better,’ ” Dave said.

They began developing, honing and testing their new game. They launched it in Nova Scotia in the summer of 2013.

“Dave and Paul are both real hockey nuts, so they wanted to make it as close to a hockey game as they could,” Deb said. “The two of them wrote and rewrote the rules several times until they got it to the point where someone who knows hockey would feel like they were playing a real game. But people who don’t know a thing about hockey will still be able to understand it.”

Rink Ratz is played like a hockey game. The game is made up of three periods, with each period lasting until the deck of cards is played through. The goal of the game is to match your cards to your opponent’s, which eventu-ally can lead to goals. There are a number of special cards that can change the flow of the game.

The game is played with two or four players, with the MacLeans saying it is perfect for ages eight and up. A game can be played in 20 to 25 minutes.

There are three levels that can be played with just one deck of cards: rookie, junior and pro. The special cards

elevate the complexity of each level. “Kids can play with kids, but it’s a good game to sit

down with as a family, too, because of the levels,” Deb said.

All four creators have had experience in Saskatchewan as educators with backgrounds in music, physical educa-tion, psychology, career guidance and literacy. The group developed this game to minimize an issue in our society.

“We just wanted to get kids away from the computers and tablets all the time,” Dave said. “We know how much kids like their gadgets — we all like our gadgets — but kids like this game, and it’s not a gadget.”

Rink Ratz was one of the top five games to buy for Christmas last year in Nova Scotia, where 2,500 units

were sold. It is available in 40 stores, including one in the United States. Deb and Dave are now hoping to grow the game in Saskatoon.

“People have been overwhelmingly positive about this because it’s created in Saskatchewan. And it’s about hockey, and it’s a quick card game,” Deb said.

As hockey parents, naming the game was relatively easy.

“When we were at the rink, we always called our kids little rink rats, so we thought it’s catchy,” Deb said.

The couple will be at McNally Robinson bookstore on Nov. 9 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for their game launch. Visit rinkratzhockey.com for a list of coming events and more information on the game.

Dave and Deb MacLean will launch Rink Ratz Nov. 9 at McNally Robinson (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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Question: I was read-ing about new overpasses being planned at McOr-mond Road and Highway 5, and Highway 16 and Boychuk Drive. Why hasn’t an overpass been built at Dalmeny Road and 22nd Street? There is a lot of new growth out in that area as well. When we moved to Fairhaven 35 years ago, we were told there would be an overpass at 22nd and Diefenbaker, as well as Laurier Drive and Circle. Neither of those became a reality. Now the west side is again being put on the back burner. Why?

Mayor Atchison: The City has done a study on traffic in different locations. That helps determine the need for over-passes and other transportation needs. I am disappointed to hear someone talking about the east side gets something and the west side gets nothing. We’ve been trying to make sure that all areas of the city are treated fairly. The reason High-way 16 and Boychuk and Highway 5 and McOrmond are being fast-tracked is that people who live in those new neighbour-hoods have been paying an interchange levy, so part of those costs are covered. If we hadn’t put that levy in, we would be scratching our heads wondering how we would pay for any of these over-passes. The other reason is safety. Heavy traffic volumes at those two locations mean drivers are at risk and we can’t have that.

Those are two of the four prior-ity interchanges. The other two are at Highway 16 and Marquis, and Highway 11 and 12 at Marquis. We want to build all the necessary interchanges, but it is a question of funding. Each inter-change will cost in the neighbourhood

of $30 million to $40 mil-lion. We require a minimum of 12 new interchanges in the city. In the future, we need to put the interchanges in place before the neighbourhoods are started. People would know exactly what they are getting, rather than, as the reader says, 35 years of disappointment. I don’t think we want that in the future. We are going to continue on with all the inter-changes we need in the city. Administration will continue to

evaluate all the interchanges and give us a list of what they believe would be their priorities.

Question: In The StarPhoenix, there was a story saying the transit union is seeking more than four weeks of compensation for the lockout. “Hindsight is 20/20; we dealt with the facts as we knew them at the time,” you said. As taxpayers, our money is used to pay your salary, as well as those of councillors and personnel at City Hall who should have reviewed the facts of this lockout prior to mak-ing a decision on it. Accountability and communication is everything. What are you going to be doing to cor-rect these failings, so we don’t contin-ue to make mega-dollar decisions not knowing all the facts?

Mayor Atchison: First things first on this. We still want to sign a contract with ATU 615. Getting a contract signed is the most important thing. Our next con-cern was the potential for a mid-winter strike. The union had voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action. Then there was another strike vote that was also in the 90s. I don’t think anyone wants people out on the street when it is 40 below or in a blizzard. If that happened,

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the question would be, “Why didn’t the City attempt to do something sooner when the weather was nice?” That is what we wanted to accomplish with the lockout: get a contract. When it comes to the ruling from the Labour Relations Board, we believe the board erred. We think it is a flawed decision. We need to have the administration review the deci-sion thoroughly.

I think we need more clarity on this. When we spoke with our staff, we be-lieved they were giving us the best pos-sible advice they had available to them at that time.

Question: Now that the intersection on Idylwyld Drive and 25th Street is in full use, why are the highway signs along Idylwyld — coming in from the

north — still directing us down 23rd Street through the city to get to High-way 5?

Mayor Atchison: That is a really good point. What we are going to do is forward this to our traffic people about the signage. There may be a good reason for it but, it certainly doesn’t make any sense for people to go to 23rd Street to go back to 25th Street. We have a beauti-ful street there that takes you right up the University Bridge, onto College and onto Highway 5. We will make sure that we pass that on, and we want to thank the reader for bringing this to our attention.

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High on the banks of the lake, there’s a memorial. It’s a simple

design. It’s made of concrete and stands about six feet high. Engraved on it are the names of men who fought and died in one of the wars.

There’s a proud tradition on my home reserve of serv-ing with the Canadian Armed Forces. At one time, it was another proud tradition to observe Remembrance Day. It used to be a big deal. There was a feeling of pride when the veterans would gather at our community hall.

Things have changed. My earliest recollection of a Remem-

brance Day service was heading towards the hall on the back of a horse-drawn wagon. I can still hear the bells around the horse’s harness. I can hear the fiddle music. There was the feast. It was always traditional food: moose, elk, fish and wild berries. The surviving veterans had their place of honour. Traditional hand drum-mers would come and sing songs from the past.

It was a remarkable gather-ing of people who shared the pride of their soldiers — their warriors. Today Remembrance Day seems like just another day – a day off work. It’s not because of lack of pride for our veterans. Nor is it because the people on my home reserve don’t care. Far from it. It’s be-cause we have almost no veter-ans left. One of our last veterans passed away earlier this year.

His name isn’t important, he told me, because he wasn’t any different than any other First Nations veteran.

“When I was young, the Canadian Army came to the reserve and asked all the young men to a meeting,” he said, sharing the story of his recruitment.

They were told there were people who wanted to fight.

“We all looked at each other wondering who wanted to fight,” he said.

“The Jarmens,” the commanding of-ficer yelled. “The Jarmens want a war.”

He then went further and said if the Jarmens want a war, then we’ll give them a battle.

Our men, all of whom volunteered to serve, were sent to Edmonton for training to fight the Jarmens.

“It wasn’t until we got there we found there were no Jarmens, but the war was with the Germans,” the veteran told me.

For years there have been attempts to hang a Canadian flag on the monument, but every time someone would climb up and steal it.

Last year the chief and council com-missioned an artist to carve a marble eagle to place on the monument. It established the feeling of a part of history. Now the cenotaph has an eagle that stands boldly on top. It’s a fitting tribute to our soldiers — our warriors.

Often, I walk around the memorial. Most times I would stop and pay my respect. I refuse to be one of those who forget. There are too many talking trash just because they can. If it wasn’t for the names engraved on the memorial, they wouldn’t have the freedom to speak. In-deed, if wasn’t for those who were laid to rest, we would be speaking Jarmen.

Throughout the years, I have been privi-leged to interview aboriginal veterans. The one thing they all had in common was they

served the people. Today, we can walk with safety with our families because members of the Canadian Armed Forces served us.

I look at the names on the memorial and I see my last name. It was during the Second World War when a direct relative chose to fight. He never made it home. But what he died for is exactly what I’m writing about. I salute our veterans. I thank you for the freedom to do what my passion is: to share your stories.

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ESSEX FARM MILI-TARY CEMETERY, Ypres, Flanders — There is young life among the dead. High school students in bright co-lours and carrying notepads flit here and there along the paths through the graveyard. They’re on a school tour, extending their history class beyond the classroom and stretching their legs and their imaginations.

Even among the silent 1,200 headstones and the memories of death that make up this First World War military cemetery in West Flanders, the sight helps me hold on to a sense of hope.

I’m standing less than 100 metres from where a grief-stricken, yet inspired, Lt. Colonel John McCrea scratched down the first lines of his immortal poem, In Flanders Fields. They are words that will forever reflect the loss and courage that rose out of the calamity of the Great War.

As I try to imagine the bleak horror of those distant times, my eyes follow the young students who respectfully patrol the precise lines of headstones. Stopping occasionally to fire off their cameras and take notes, they try, perhaps, to make sense of this tranquil scene’s bloody past.

In the spring of 1915 McCrea, a sur-geon originally from Guelph, Ont., was stationed at an Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) near an area the British Army had called Essex Farm.

Located close to the front lines, these dressing stations were designed to take care of wounded soldiers close to the action, enabling medical staff to treat wounds as soon as possible after injury. Those who did not survive their wounds, and there were many, were hastily buried in the cemeteries that were becoming commonplace as the vicious trench war expanded along the fragile front.

McCrea’s ADS was located just north of the strategic centre of Ypres, a city that British and Canadian Forces were desper-ately trying to prevent from falling into German hands. Shortly after the British

Army took over a section of the front line from the French Army in April 1915, the German Army launched a poison gas attack, triggering the Second Battle of Ypres.

The Canadian forces involved had 6,000 casualties in the first 48 hours of the battle, and the death count on both German and Allied sides mounted during the course of the 16-day struggle. During the battle, a close friend of McCrea, 22-year-old Lt.

Alexis Helmer of the Canadian Artillery, was killed by a German shell.

It was devastating news for McCrea. After presiding over his friend’s funeral, the event inspired him to write In Flan-ders Fields. It is thought that the red pop-pies he saw growing amongst the military graves close to his medical bunker helped in the creation of the poem.

The poem was published in Punch Magazine in 1915, and quickly became a permanent symbol in honouring Allied war dead. Later in 1915, McCrae was transferred to No. 3 McGill Canadian General Hospital in Dannes-Cammiers, France, as chief of Medical Services. The hospital was moved to Boulogne in early 1916, and it treated the wounded from the Battle of the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. It was here in 1918 that McCrae, who had suffered with asthma all his life, developed pneumonia and died after a five-day illness.

Visitors to the Essex Farm Cemetery, which is about two kilometres north of Ypres, can still see the preserved dug-outs and concrete bunkers used by the medical staff. The Canadian government has placed a memorial to McCrae that features the words of In Flanders Fields at the site of the dressing station.

On my visit, I also found young students as they blended in with a newly arrived busload of seniors peering through spectacles at the inscriptions on the graves.

Maybe, like me, they will find the headstone of Rifleman Valentine Joe

Strudwick, Service Number 5750, serving with 8th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He was just 15 when he died in January 1916. He was probably the youngest Brit-ish military casualty of the Great War to die in action.

We are all seeking to somehow touch, and maybe better understand, a grim past we mercifully did not experience first-hand. Maybe our good fortune makes this trip seem like a duty, some promise that has to be kept. Perhaps this personal journey into a history kept alive and made vividly real will ensure the memories we gather serve as a collective fortress to prevent others from reliving the horrors of those times.

A hundred years after the start of the Great War, Flanders is commemorating its victims and condemning the senseless of violence with a four-year remembrance project called The Great War Centenary.

For more information on the Great War Centenary in Flanders, check out http://www.visitflanders.us/what-to-do/events/great-war-centenary/events_2014-2018.jsp.

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A plaque depicting McCrea’s poem holds pride of place at the site where he

penned the famous words after the death of his close friend.

Hope blossomsin Flanders Fields

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Our warriors fought the good fight

A visitor photographs the headstone of an unidentified Canadian soldier at Essex Farm Cemetery, which is

located next to the Advanced Dressing Station where Canadian surgeon and army officer John McCrea wrote his

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I was fortunate enough to be a “plus one” at the annual Busi-ness and Professional Women

of Saskatoon (BPW) Women in Leadership Luncheon last week.

I walked in without any idea of what to expect, and left with a skip in my step, feeling inspired and empowered. That’s what sitting with close to 70 business-women in our community will do to you.

First the luncheon touched on one of BPW’s affiliates, Dress for Success. The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing profes-sional attire, a network of support and career development tools to help them thrive in work and in life.

We heard from one woman whose life had been changed after approaching the Saskatoon group. Absolute silence gripped the room as business professionals listened to her heart-wrenching story. Employed at the local paper, her husband had lost his job with a six-figure salary, and she was struggling to put food on the table for her family. On top of this, her employer had let her know, in no subtle way, that her work wear was not acceptable. She could not afford professional business clothes.

“How could I think about clothing, when my oldest son was concerned about the food in the fridge?”

Dress for Success changed that. After a desperate call, she was chosen for a fitting, and left with numerous outfits and a load off her shoulders. This first step allowed her to change her role at her workplace, inspire confidence in her family and start anew finan-cially. One small change can make a world of difference. It is hearing stories like those that renew one’s faith in the generous spirit of women in Saskatoon.

Next, our separate tables discussed the Athena Leadership Model for the 21st

century. In short, the attributes of this model include the Authentic Self, Relationships, Giving Back, Collaboration, Courageous Acts, Learning, Fierce Advocacy, and Celebration and Joy. Each table was assigned a different attribute to explore in deeper conversation. We received Celebration and Joy.

Our group could not have been more eclectic, including a wealth manager, a senior development officer at Royal University Hos-pital, a business owner, a Subway

marketing liaison and an Edwards School of Business student. Somehow, with all these different backgrounds, values, educations and stories, as women we related to one another and came to the same conclusions, each stem-ming from our own experiences.

One of these conclusions? As women, we tend to celebrate others before we celebrate our own achievements. A compliment on your outfit? The gut response: “Oh, it’s something I just threw together.” A compliment on a career milestone?

“Oh, it’s nothing.”We need to take this mentality and throw

it (like a girl, preferably) out the window. I value the appeal of being humble, but I also value the strength and reserve it takes to be fiercely confident in yourself. Being a woman is no detriment in the business community; rather, it is an asset in ways that diversify the strengths of our economy and allow for differ-ent role models to take their place.

I am at the beginning of my career. It was an honour to hear and learn from mentors in our community who are involved with BPW, and meet those who will make changes in the future.

BPW’s next event is its annual silent auc-tion, fashion show and bursaries fundraiser on Dec. 2. Tickets are $70 each and more infor-mation can be found at bpwsaskatoon.com.

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The Saskatoon Community Foundation will present on Nov. 7 its 2nd Annual Random Act of Kindness Day. It is a

chance for people to remind each other why they love Saskatoon by showing kindness and compassion to others.

The community foundation asks citizens to take some time to think about the people they meet each day, and what might help make their day a bit brighter.

Among the suggestions: Get a group together and plan a neighbourhood clean-up.

Volunteer at a charity. Buy your mom lunch. Not sure how to show your kindness? There is a list of 101 acts of kindness suggestions on the community foundation’s website.

People are encouraged to sign up to be on a Kindness Crew. Those who sign up will re-ceive Kindness Crew lanyards as well as pay-it-forward cards. The community foundation would also like to promote the work people are doing in Saskatoon on its Facebook page.

To sign up and for more details, visit sas-katooncommunityfoundation.ca.

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Darren SteinkeSaskatoon Express

It would be the classic understatement to say Cody Smuk’s life changed during his battle with testicular cancer.The 25-year-old veteran elite-level hockey player was

humbled on a number of fronts. To this day, he is still in awe of the support he has received from his hometown of Saskatoon and the hockey community at large.

Smuk also came away with a better appreciation about his own mortality. He helped the University of Saskatch-ewan Huskies men’s hockey team win a silver medal as the host squad for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship tournament in March.

The medal finish capped Smuk’s fourth season with the team, as he closed in on completing a degree in busi-ness management. While his university years were a big period of growth, Smuk still had the notion of being inde-structible, because he was a well-conditioned athlete.

That notion came crashing to Earth in late May, when he received his cancer diagnosis and also word that he had a tumour in his right lung.

“I didn’t really say much,” said Smuk, who spent four WHL seasons with stops in Chilliwack, Lethbridge and Moose Jaw. “I didn’t really know what to say.

“I just sat there and was just trying to process that. I had a lot of things going on in my head. I can’t even remember what was going through my mind.

“I think just the hardest thing was calling my par-ents (Marty and Darla) and letting them know what had happened to me. That was probably the toughest thing I remember on that day.”

Since that time, Smuk’s outlook has improved a lot. He completed chemotherapy treatments on Aug. 11. Dur-ing subsequent visits to the doctor, he has received news that everything looks clear on the cancer front.

All through the journey, he was powered by well wish-es and unexpected results from a fundraising campaign.

After Smuk’s diagnosis, his girlfriend, Stephanie

Vause, and her sister, Leah (Vause) Lewis, set up a profile for Smuk on the GoFundMe.com website to raise funds to help with expenses during his cancer treatments. Just over $33,000 has been raised for Smuk since the profile was created.

In July, Smuk made a trip to Moose Jaw to attend a charity steak night in his honour, which was put together by his Warriors billet mom, Liza Thornberg. The support let Smuk know he was not alone in his fight.

“It has been very emotional for me just looking back on all the support I received,” said Smuk.

Things are going so well that he committed to being the guest speaker for the Choc ‘la Cure’s 2014 Gala to raise funds for equipment at the Saskatoon Cancer Centre.

In an unexpected twist, he later learned that he wouldn’t be able to participate in person as the guest speaker at the Nov. 7 event due to a positive develop-ment in his treatment. After the original plans were made, Smuk learned he can get in for surgery to remove the tumour in his right lung on Nov. 3. Odds are good he will be well down the road to recovery after the surgery.

He will speak to the crowd at the gala through a short video, and his sister, Brittinie, and good friend and former

Huskies teammate, Garrett Thiessen, will give a speech on his behalf.

“Part of the reason why Choc ‘la Cure is so special for my family right now is just to connect with other people that are going through the same stuff as us,” said Smuk. “It is also to support our local cancer centre, and that is why I donated to them $10,000 out of that GoFundMe money that we raised this summer.”

He also hopes to get across a message at the gala.“If anything I have learned from this experience, it is

just to make sure to listen to your body and make your-self to be aware,” said Smuk, who is no longer playing hockey but is finishing his studies at the U of S. “The whole macho guy thing really isn’t it anymore.

“It is more about being smart and taking care of your body, because you only have one.”

The Choc ‘la Cure 2014 Gala will be held at Dutch Growers Garden Centre with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner being served at 7 p.m. Tickets are $175 per person and $1,400 for a table of eight. They can be purchased by email at [email protected].

The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency will issue a chari-table income tax receipt for a portion of the tickets.

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On Halloween, hundreds of kids in my neighbourhood were out trick or treating. I saw so

many sacks I felt like a Blue Bomber quarterback.l A 54-year-old Broncos fan van-

ished at halftime of the Denver-San Diego game. A similar thing keeps hap-pening during Oakland games — by halftime the Raiders disappear.l The LA Times has already asked

if the 0-2 Lakers look tired. Could be. Or maybe they just ran out of Gasol.

The new movie Ouija is about people trying to get in touch with the dead. Picture a Rex Ryan pre-game speech.l Justin Bieber posted a video of

himself playing hockey in a Los An-geles men’s league game. On general principle alone, I’d give Bieber back-to-back-to-back misconduct penalties.l Toronto defenceman Dion

Phaneuf dressed up for Halloween as Spider-Man. Perfect. Who better than a Leaf to be a guy bitten by something found in the basement?

l Rex Ryan announced Michael Vick will get the start over Geno Smith against Kansas City. When Vick heard the news he said, “About time I was top dog.”l L’Oréal announced actress Helen

Mirren as the new face of their cosmet-ics. Rodgers and Hammerstein were right: there ain’t nothing like a Dame.l Orange News reports a farmer

who began building his own submarine in June has tested it in a nearby lake by diving to the bottom. He christened it the Winnipeg Blue Bomber.l More and more people are ques-

tioning the moral compass of the NFL. Maybe because it repeatedly seems to go south.l In their second season under

owner Vincent Viola, the Florida Pan-thers started 0-2, then set a franchise record for worst attendance. It’s gotten so desperate they’re thinking of making Viola first-string.l Giants fans celebrated their World

Series victory by rioting, setting fires, smashing windows and assaulting police officers. Who do they think they

are? Canucks fans?l Becci Ellis, a British mother of

two, is the world’s fastest woman on two tires after reaching 425 km/h on a Suzuki motorbike. Her kids call her meals on wheels.

RJ’s Groaner of the WeekThe ex-treasurer of the Oakville,

Ont., Minor Baseball Association was arrested for embezzling $468,000 from them. He’s charged with fraud and cor-rupting the minors.

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Leafs defender a hit on the web

I’m with Wally Buono when he says there should be no divisions in the CFL, with the top seven

making the playoffs. The top team would get a first-round bye. l From Janice Hough: “If New

York and New Jersey really want to beat Ebola, forget quarantine. Have folks returning from Africa join the New York Jets . None of them can catch anything.” l Torben Rolfsen, on the Broncos

fan who disappeared from Denver’s Sports Authority Field during the Chargers game being found safe after five days: “Usually when someone goes missing from there it’s Peyton Manning in the playoffs.”l From TC Chong: “Consuming

three glasses of milk a day has been associated with premature death. That’s especially true when the cow backs up while you are drinking.”l With apologies to Wendel Clark

fans, I’m going with Ryan Getzlaf as the best hockey player to come out of Saskatchewan since Gordie Howe.l From Bill Littlejohn: “In the face

of mounting criticism, Florida football coach Will Muschamp says he’s adopt-ing a bunker mentality. Which one, Archie or Edith?”l Since 2004, the Boston Red Sox

and San Francisco Giants have each won the World Series three times. As a long-time Giants fan, I say let’s have a series between the two. It will be our fat guy against their fat guy.l Rolfsen, on Taylor Swift attend-

ing a New York Knicks practice and posing for photos with players upon the release of her new album, 1989: “Which coincidentally feels like the last year the Knicks were in conten-tion.”l Chong, on the Cleveland Cava-

liers losing at their home opener to the NY Knicks: “LeBron James could only muster 17 points in his much-heralded return to the Cavs. It was so bad, fans were chanting for Bumgarner to re-place him during the second half.”l Chong again: “According to

baseball analysts, Madison Bumgarner won the World Series for the San Fran-cisco Giants single-handedly. ‘Good to know,’ said Kobe Bryant.”l Here’s how bad my CFL pre-

season rankings were: 9. Winnipeg; 8. Ottawa; 7. Montreal; 6. Edmonton;

5. British Columbia; 4. Toronto; 3. Hamilton; 2. Saskatchewan; 1. Calgary. Clearly, I misread Edmonton and To-ronto, and gave the old sourpuss, Kent Austin, too much credit.l From Rolfsen: “Before the Cava-

liers lost their opener to the Knicks, LeBron James said: ‘This is probably one of the biggest sporting events that is up there, ever.’ Yeah, I’d put it right up there between a Pro Bowl and WrestleMania IX.”l You know what one of the many

sad things about the Jian Ghomeshi story is? He could still get a date.l Littlejohn, on the Colorado man

missing from the Broncos-Chargers game being found safe and alive: “However, authorities are still search-ing for the Chargers secondary.”l Chong, on KC Royals manager

Ned Yost saying he wasn’t used to national attention and stayed under the radar by using the name Frank when he went to restaurants: “Bruce Bochy said he does the same thing but calls himself Barry Zito.”l Message to Troy Aiken: It’s noth-

ing, not nothin’.l Hough, on Joe Maddon be-

ing named the new manager of the Chicago Cubs, reportedly for about a five-year, $25-million contract: “Which will work out to over $8 mil-lion a year.”l Chong, on Queen Elizabeth

sending her first tweet: “Look for future tweets like ‘I’m looking at my Twitter account while sitting on the throne.’”l Rolfsen, on FIFA President

Sepp Blatter saying he hopes one day the World Cup is an interplanetary competition: “That must be why Qatar is hosting: to prepare for conditions on Venus. Talk about your group of death.”l Has it come to this? Nik Lewis

now celebrates eight-yard receptions.l Chong, on the movie Ouija top-

ping the box office last week: “It’s about people contacting the deceased using a Ouija board. A voice that came from above that said ‘Can we talk?’ is supposedly that of Joan Riv-ers.”l And here I thought the voice of

the dead was Randy Carlyle’s.l From Rolfsen: “Good news: the

Chevy representative who presented the World Series MVP award was named the favourite in the next Toron-to mayoral race.”l I’m moving chairs around at

my dream dinner party. Joining me now will be Anderson Cooper, Kim Kardashian and Hunter Pence. l From Hough: “The first NCAA

college football playoff rankings are out. Three SEC teams out of four. Shocking to many. They expected four SEC teams.”

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Dear Reena,I was wondering if you’d be kind enough

to inform me, in general, what ratio of water, vinegar, and baking soda I should use

to clean with? I know certain things require different mixtures, especially depending on how much dirt/stain there is, and to what extent it has adhered to the surface. But surely there is a general all-purpose ratio that a person can use, at least as a base rule. — Peter

Hi Peter,Here are a number of different cleaning formulas that you can

use for your home. Choose a variety of spray bottle colours and shapes for each recipe and label all bottles. Test every product on an inconspicuous area first. When making your own cleaning products, it is important to remember to never combine bleach with other products, especially ammonia.

Window Glass Cleaner/Degreaser/Soap Scum Remover/Cutting Board Cleaner: Combine 1 tsp. dish soap, one quarter cup rubbing alcohol and 2 cups white vinegar. Spray and wipe.

Instant Toilet Bowl/Bathtub Cleaner/Sink Deodorizer: Into the toilet or bathtub pour one quarter-cup baking soda and 2 cups vin-egar. Scrub with an abrasive (scratch-free) cloth. Rinse with water.

Fabric Spot Remover: Combine a half-cup of three-per-cent hydrogen peroxide and one quarter-cup dish soap. Spray onto stain and launder as usual.

Dear Reena,We put a cork floor into our kitchen six years ago and I never

feel it is clean. We use a commercial product that our floor company told us to spray on, but I don’t feel that it is cleaning my floor at all and I see horrible spots. Being a clean freak, this cork floor is always a concern for me. — Marsha

Dear Marsha,It is always safest to use the products recommended by the

manufacturer. Either contact the manufacturer or check for cleaning recommendations online. The reason for this is that the warranty may be void if other products are used. If this is not an option, vacuum or sweep the floor regularly. Mop the floor at least once a month, making sure not to use excessive water; the floor should be damp, not wet. Avoid using harsh cleaners. One tsp. of dish soap and one tsp. white vinegar added to mop water is all you need.

Feedback from Reader:Hi Reena,

Recently you wrote about how to keep your floors scratch free. I just thought I would add to this. I too recently put laminate in my kitchen and I didn’t have pads at the time and someone suggested tennis balls. Cut an X on one side 1.5 times larger than the shaft. Just be careful as this is not easy; using a knife to start the incision and finishing with a pair of tin snips is probably the safest. — Daniel

Fabulous Travel TipsWhen packing your razor for travel, secure a binder clip over the

blade so that the blade is not exposed. — NadineYour best defence against shampoo bottles leaking while travel-

ling is to purchase small unopened bottles. Avoid opening the bottle until you have reached your destination. — Mel

Clasp earring pairs onto a large button to keep pairs together. — Joanne

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MUSIC NOVEMBER 6John Bryant of Halifax is a two-time iTunes indie spotlight singer whose songs are bold in their proclamations. Teresa Sokyrka, who once scaled the Canadian Idol heights, opens the concert at 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets: $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

NOVEMBER 7The Fabulous 50s and 60s, Tribute to the Ventures, with England. Nutana Legion (3021 Louise Street). Advance tickets $12, $ 15.00 at the door if available. Tickets may be purchased at Nutana Legion (306-374-3292) or McNally Robinson Book store.***** The University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dean McNeill, serves up jazz standards and original competitions as part of the Big Band series at 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $10 for SJS members, $15 for non-members.

NOVEMBER 8After 15 years of sitar study and festival performances in Australia and Europe, Prosad joins the Roots series with distinctive vocals and an ability to play multiple instruments including guitar, saxophone, Indian flute, didgeridoo and sitar. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $17 for SJS mem-bers, $22 for non-members.

NOVEMBER 9John and Rob McPhee are the singing brothers who have been leading Paper Lions of Charlottetown through musi-cal adventures since 2004. They have released seven albums and the group was a finalist in the 2010 John Lennon songwriting contest. It’s an 8 p.lm. start. The Bassment. Ticketsd: $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

NOVEMBER 10The CHIMO CHORDSMEN BARBERSHOP CHORUS will present “An Evening of Barbershop Harmony”. Monday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. - St. John’s Cathedral - Par-ish Hall, 816 Spadina Cres. East. Come and enjoy the harmony of the Chimo Chordsmen Chorus and guest quartets. Admission is by voluntary donation . Refreshments to follow the show.

NOVEMBER 15Amati Quartet. Knox United Church at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Haydn – String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No 3, ‘The Emperor;’ Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12; Smetana – String Quartet in E minor, ‘From My Life.’ Tickets available from Remai Arts Centre (306-384-7727). $30 adults, $25 seniors, $15 student, subscriptions available. For more information, visit amatiquartet.usask.ca.

NOVEMBER 15HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, a musical theatre production presented by Magic City Chorus, Saskatoon’s award-winning women’s a cappella four-part harmony group. Show times are 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Forest Grove Community Church (502 Webster Street). Tickets are $22 (as-signed seating) and are available from Sylvia at 306-373-7183. Visit magicci-tychorus.com. for more information.

NOVEMBER 16Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra, Broadway Theatre. Doors: 6:30 p.m. and show at 7:30. Tickets: $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for students. Call 306-652-6556 for tickets or go online to www.broadwaytheatre.ca. For more information, visit www.saskatoonjaz-zorchestra.wordpress.com.

EVENTSNOVEMBER 6Off the Leash Luncheon in support of the men’s U of S Huskie hockey program with Stanley Cup Champion and 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Modano. Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. at Prairieland Park. Tickets can be purchased online: https://www.picatic.com/offtheleash2014, by email: [email protected]. By telephone: Mike at 306-291-5298. Visit http://www.offtheleashlun-cheon.com/ for more information.***** Hey Nunnie Nunnie, presented by the Knights of Columbus, Hall A Prairieland Park. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show at 7:30 p.m. The show has been running for 20 years, with this only the second time it has been in Canada — the first being in Saskatoon three years ago. The show: “The silly sisters of sin

and song have captivated and charmed audiences with their unique style of reverent and irreverent comedy. Crack-ing jokes, singing songs, and counselling audience members, these two larger than life characters create an environ-ment of hilarity that is sure to please.” Tickets are $40 and available at the Prairieland box office or www.tickets.saskatoonex.com.

NOVEMBER 7Join Sally Meadows for a launch, read-ing, and signing of Organized Obstacles: An Underdog Anthology (real-life stories of those who have used their stumbling stocks as stepping stones) and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas in Canada. Also, she will be sharing music and signing her national award-nominated Christmas CD Red & White. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Coffee’s On Emporium, 815A Gray Avenue (corner of Central Ave.)

NOVEMBER 7 AND 9La Troupe du Jour presents Bouffe. Show presented in French only, without surtitles. Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. and Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. Location: Studio 914, 914 20th Street West. Tickets available at the box office: $26 (regular rate), $22 (under 30-years old and over 60 years old), $10 (under 18 years old). Tickets can also be purchased by calling 306-667-1221 and online at https://billets.latroupedujour.ca/?language=EN.

NOVEMBER 8 AND 910th Street Players, Grace-Westminster United (505 10th Street), present “I think I heard that song before!” Nov. 8 at 7:30 and Nov. 9 at 2:30. For tickets phone 306-653-1766.

NOVEMBER 9The Marr House and World War, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Find out what was happening in this historic house during the years of the Great War.

NOVEMBER 12Soroptimist International Saskatoon Chapter. Prime Rib Dinner and Silent Auction at 6 p.m. $30 per person at

Beily’s on Eighth Street East. Call Laura for info and tickets at 306-931-6790.***** Canadian Club of Saskatoon will host a buffet luncheon at noon at $20 per person at the Sheraton Cavalier, with speaker Mr. Michael Krawchuk, lawyer and author. Topic: Wall of Fire: the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Books for sale. For tickets call: Laura at 306-931-6790.

NOVEMBER 15St Joseph’s Parish Crafter’s Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Parish Hall (Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street). Free admission and concession on site. Contact Maureen at 306-244-8536 to book a table.

DECEMBER 2-4Dickens’ A Christmas Carol presented by John Huston. 7:30 pm each evening at Marr House. Experience a Victorian House Concert in a Victorian home. This cozy evening with Mr. Dickens features

seasonal music, coffee, cider and Christmas dainties after the perfor-mance. Tickets are $20 in advance. Call 306-652-1201.

DECEMBER 10He’s been assaulted and she’s been in jail. Hear their stories of hope and listen to Police Chief Clive Weighill’s chal-lenge: “Let’s get to the root cause of crime!” Wednesday, December 10, 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Anne Parish Hall, 217 Lenore Drive Saskatoon (access to hall from the parking lot). Everyone is encouraged to come.

MISCELLANEOUSSECOND AND FOURTH TUES-DAYThe 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 expe-rience needed. For further information call 306- 382-5107.

EVERY MONDAYHope Beyond Depression program: free introductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 Pine-house Drive (wheelchair accessible). For more info call Pekka at 306-717-1665 or email [email protected].

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, tournament starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.

FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH The MindFULL Café, part of the interna-tional Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social

setting for persons with dementia, fam-ily, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertain-ment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.

EVERY TUESDAYOff-Broadway Farmers’ Market & Inter-national Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of Grace-Westminster 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 lead-ership skills. Our club meets Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospital-ity Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTHSaskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday, if so we meet the second Monday.

FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTHFROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understand-ing support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail [email protected].

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTHPet Loss Support Group offers sup-port and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATUR-DAYS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials sup-plied, no registration required. Times are: Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thurs-days 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

EVERY WEDNESDAYDepression Support Group — free group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181.***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, ladies’ and men’s clothing; jewellery, purses, belts and camping clothes avail-able. 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 informa-tion: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email [email protected].

THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTHThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group is a local community group of men who have or who have had prostate cancer, and their spouses/partners/care-givers. They meet monthly for sharing, for support, and for information.


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Swadesh Restaurant is not your tradi-tional all-you-can-eat-style buffet.

Sadiqur Rahman opened the restaurant on 22nd Street a little over a year ago, after enjoying great success in Saskatoon with his two Swadesh Super-markets.

He was confident that Saskatoon had a taste for good Indian cuisine, so he ven-tured into Saskatoon’s diverse restaurant industry.

Rahman came to Canada from Ban-gledesh in 1987 and settled in Montreal, where he still owns a Swadesh Market. Besides his Indian grocery business, he’s also a real-estate investor, which led him to Saskatoon in 2007. After investing for three years here, he fell in love with the city.

“I make the same money doing the same thing that I did in Montreal, but find that I save two to three hours every day in every aspect of my life.

“That’s extra family time. Even my kids seem to have more time to do what they enjoy. Schools are closer; home is closer. It’s just a better place to live and raise a family. My wife loves it.”

Since opening his first market in Saskatoon in 2010, he’s been happy with the success, so he decided to make his first foray into the restaurant business. He opened up right across the street from his market on 22nd Street. He’s quick to ad-mit that it has not been easy, but refuses to sacrifice quality and freshness for profit. He said the restaurant is finally doing OK.

Swadesh Restaurant’s buffet is prepared at a mild to medium heat so meat-and-potato guys like me can handle it. If you think you can handle the heat, order from the menu and get it as hot as you want.

We were fortunate enough to be served by Parvinder. She took one look at me and knew that it was going to be a long night of “what the hell is that?” as I tried to select each dish. She was great and her counterpart, AJ, was busy giving others the same kind of attention that Parvinder was giving us. The service is understand-ably filled with advice, but sometimes you just have to dive in and give things a try.

You learn a lot, but mostly that pota-toes can have a taste, and apparently there are more spices in the world than salt and pepper. Halal is a form of butchering that is specific to the Muslim faith, similar to what kosher is in the Jewish faith.

When you say saffron to most people here, they’ll tell you that they don’t know what it is, but they do know it’s expen-sive. This restaurant is not afraid to use it. I’m still not quite sure what biryani is, but I think it’s rice. Curry is a given and can be expected in a lot of the dishes. For the farmers out there, you should taste what these people can do with your lentils.

Your tastebuds will surely be awak-ened. Despite the reasonable prices, this is quality food served in a clean and pleasant atmosphere, and served by a great staff of servers/teachers. It has all of your favourites such as butter chicken, naan bread, pakoras and samosas. There is also a wide array of vegetarian dishes, as well as traditional Indian desserts. All meals are prepared with a combination of Ban-gledesh, Pakistan and Indian-spice styles, which takes a special talent that their chef has mastered.

Saskatoon is really discovering another choice in our multicultural diets. Swadesh has also expanded into catering. For example, it just catered to an event at the university, where more than 400 samosas were served.

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Swadesh Restaurant is located at 2107 22nd Street West (Photo by Curt Duddy)

Tastebuds awakenedat Swadesh Restaurant

(Continued from page 18)Location: W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North.

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTHFriendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. Visit our website at www.thefriendshipforce.org , find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka at 306-249-0243 or by email [email protected].

EVERY THURSDAYSaskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries around the world. First night is free! For more information visit www.sifc.awardspace.com.***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and is accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.***** Unleash your creativity at Creative Cafe using a wide range of paper crafting techniques. Workshops run Thursdays until October 30 at Coffee’s On Emporium (815A Gray Ave.), 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. All ages 13 and up are welcome. Cost is $10/workshop. For more information and to register, call 306-229-7757.***** SCOOTERS indoor playgroup for children new-borns to age five and their parents/caregivers will be at Emmanuel Bap-tist 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.

FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTHResporados support group for people with breathing dif-ficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992.

EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYOvereaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org.

FRIDAYSLearn to dance - Karousels Dance Club, starting Sept. 19 cued ballroom at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre (610 Clar-ence Ave. South). Contact 306-290-5486.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSBridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.*****

CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCEThe Canadian Light Source Inc. currently offer public tours on most Monday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. (except Thanksgiving). On the following Tuesdays, we will offer evening public tours at 7p.m. (doors open at 6:45): Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Call 306-657-3644 or email [email protected]. Info at: http://www.lightsource.ca/education/public_tours.php. NEWCOMERS’ CLUBThe Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gather-ings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email [email protected] or call 306-668-8131.

SINGLES SOCIAL GROUPSingles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email [email protected] or phone (306) 978-0813.

SASKATOON MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPThe Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

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Dear Lianne,I just wanted to let you know the differ-

ence you have made in my life. I was ter-rified to call you, but forced myself to do so. You made me feel at ease as soon as we talked. I was scared, but also excited for the interview. I did my homework and we had our meeting.

Thank you again for making me feel so at ease and hopeful. I hadn’t dated since my husband passed away two years ago. Prior to that, I hadn’t dated for 30 years. You men-tioned that I needed to be patient and that these things take time.

I called in every three weeks as directed and then, wow, your assistant called me with Glen’s profile. Again I was terrified, but excited. Glen and I spoke and we decided to meet at the Mendel Art Gallery, because you suggested an activity rather than dinner, drinks or coffee. I must have changed my outfit 15 times trying to decide what to wear.

We were both nervous, but instantly felt comfortable. That was eight months ago. I never imagined that I would be blessed enough in my life to be in love twice. We are making plans for the future and I cherish this man with all that I have. I just wanted

to thank you for doing the work that you do and bringing Glen into my heart. — Eleanor

Dear Eleanor,You are so very welcome. This is why I have

loved my work for more 20 years. I am so happy I have shown you love is possible after being widowed. Congratulations and please keep me posted.

(Lianne will be in Saskatoon Nov. 18- 20 interviewing people who are looking for love and who would like her to be their matchmaker. Call 1-204-888-1529 to book your appointment. Ques-tions for this column should be sent to [email protected].)

Thank you for bringing Glen into my heart

LIANNe TreGOBOvMatchmaker

callto:1-204-888-1529



Saskatoon Express, November 3, 2014

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