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The Rush Hulk Kelvin Ooms gets the crowd going at Rush games Kelvin Ooms has become part of the Rush family, championship ring and all. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express hen Kelvin Ooms was young, his favourite superhero was the Hulk. He had a recorder and added a gizmo from Radio Shack to allow him to slow the tape down. He would growl into the device and then rip a piece of fabric to emulate the Hulk. “When I played that back, it was the most incredible hulk sound you have ever heard in your life,” he said, chuckling at the memory. Little did he know that 40 years later he would be the Saskatchewan Rush Hulk, pumping up fans and selling the sport to children at National Lacrosse League games. Ooms’ path to being the Rush Hulk started when he wore a Darth Vader costume to the game when the team won the 2016 championship. A friend of Ooms’ wore a green gorilla suit that night. “One of the first things I realized from the moment I stepped into the arena was
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the impact it had on the fans. I noticed how much they liked it. What really impressed me was the kids, and how it affected the kids at the game.” That night he was invited to celebrate the championship on the field. “It was a cool experience and I thought, ‘You know what, I want to do something that is out of the ordinary; something that is different; I wanted to develop a character that was mine.’” It didn’t hit him initially to become a Hulk. “I thought for a long time and couldn’t come up with anything.” It was staring him right in the face. “Early-goers of the Rush games might remember a 10-foot, 12-foot fibreglass statue of the Hulk. What happened at one of the games is a fan who had consumed a little too much beverage hung on the arm and broke it off.” It was destined for a landfill or recycling facility. “I’m a bit of handyman so I told the
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He called the reaction remarkable. He wanted more though. He had the Hulk arms and mask, but he was wearing jeans. “So I started looking for a costume. I remembered seeing an episode on Myth Busters, where the guys were talking about a place in Tacoma, Washington, where they make professional suits. I looked and sure enough, they made a mega-muscle suit in the green fabric.” He bought it. He thanked the Rush organization for chipping in. It’s easy to spend more than a few thousand dollars on a suit. He is grateful that the Rush accepted him. “I can’t speak highly enough of this group: the ownership, the Urban family, the office staff, the players; I mean everybody. They have embraced the character of the Rush Hulk wholeheartedly. It’s been a journey; it’s been a ride. It’s been so much fun and I feel very much a part of the family.” (Continued on page 6)
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ell Let’s Talk Day is Jan. me the comfort Linus has with 30. his blanket in Peanuts. I avoid When it comes to mentaking them because they can tal health, there are 365 days be addictive. Because I have a year when we should talk, them, I am more relaxed. and 366 days in a leap year. It Panic attacks made being seems the discussion has come a sportswriter difficult. I just a long way over the years, never knew when one would thanks to people who have hit me. How do you explain shared their stories. There is a to your editor that you left the long way to go. Hilltops game because you I suffer from anxiety and dehad to get out of the press box pression, and have never been and high-tail it out of stadium? Editor afraid to admit it or talk about You couldn’t explain it, at least it. As I have written before, you couldn’t in 1978. Even in anxiety ruled my life, and still does to 2019, it would be dicey. some extent. Unlike 30 years ago, I now You know the solution to being a understand it. That doesn’t always make sportswriter with anxiety? You take a desk the panic attacks easier to get through, but job at the paper. now, for the most part, I know I will. Some people think it’s all in our heads. I started noticing something was wrong Well, yes. or different when I was in my late teens. I Panic attacks have ruined many special couldn’t understand how I could go into a occasions, like a trip to Disneyland. While movie theatre feeling great and suddenly my sons were enjoying everything Disney, I be running for the door. It happened in was forming an escape plan. I was edgy and restaurants and at sporting events and in agitated. I missed one of the happiest days malls. It happened just about everywhere, of my sons’ lives because I was there only in actually. body. You don’t get those days back. I got to the doors of a mall in Phoenix I once missed three or four days of last spring and couldn’t go in. Every time I work because I was paralyzed with the tried, I retreated. I took a couple of stabs at fear of leaving my house. It was time to it before admitting defeat. It wasn’t my day. figure out what was going on in my life. Airplanes were horrific. I remember With a referral from my family doctor, sitting between two wide-bodied men on I joined a support group with others who a flight. When their food trays went down, felt like I did. We shared our stories and I panicked. The bathroom was a safe spot. celebrated each other’s victories. I rememSadly, other people needed to use it. I was ber one woman in the group telling us she able to convince flight attendants to find had walked to a grocery store, purchased me another seat. I now sit on an aisle. a few items and walked home again. That I carry a pill in my pocket which gives was huge for her and we applauded.
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The panic attacks haven’t stopped, but are a little less frequent. The worst ones are waking up in the night in full panic mode. Those are really bad. Bell’s Let’s Talk Day is a time to share our stories and to encourage others to share theirs. It’s the first step to getting help and support. Suffering in silence is not a good thing. You aren’t less of person because you admit to having a mental illness. Mental illnesses are the most common factor in suicides in Canada, according to Statistics Canada. Ninety per cent of those who take their lives have a mental or addictive disorder. Depression is the most common condition in suicides in Canada. As mentioned earlier, I have been diagnosed with depression. I am not sure what that means. When does “he’s having a bad day” become depression? Maybe it’s the frequency of bad days and the array of symptoms. For me, I lack energy, lose interest in activities, can’t concentrate, get easily agitated, and don’t eat or sleep properly. I don’t like making commitments and I withdraw from people. I owe apologies to many people whose calls and texts I haven’t replied to, and for the times I didn’t show up for an event. I don’t understand why I disengage; I just do. There are medications that smooth out many of the rough spots. There are health care professionals and there are support groups that will guide you to a better quality of life. I am grateful for the life I have and for all the wonderful people that are a part of it. Let’s talk on Bell Let’s Talk Day. Let’s talk every day.
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Five afternoons a week, Percy Hoff runs the Astro Soccer Academy at the SaskTel Soccer Centre. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson)
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ercy Hoff easily qualifies a member of the 4x100 relay as South Africa’s greatest team while representing the gift to Saskatchewan province of Natal at the South soccer. African high school track and Since arriving in Saskafield championships. toon in 1987, Hoff has been Soccer was a different a powerhouse coach at youth story. and university levels, a mentor “In school yards, we played to other coaches, a developer in the uniforms which we wore of technical programs and the all day — flannel pants, blazultimate volunteer. ers, shirts, ties and everybody He has earned awards at wore Bata shoes,” said Hoff. every level, capped in 2016 by “After school, it was much People induction into the Saskatoon more fun. We played pickSports Hall of Fame and by up games on the corner lots winning both the Canada Soccer Award organized by the boys themselves. Maybe of Merit and the Canada Soccer Presiit wasn’t much fun if you were the last dent’s Award. He’ll add another on Feb. 1 choice in pick-up. But we loved playing when he receives the Saskatoon Kinsmen and we learned the game.” Sportsman of the Year honour at the anIn education, he attended a trades nual sports celebrity dinner at TCU Place. school and learned all about diesel enIt is certainly more than a hop, step gines and fuel systems, allowing him to and jump from South Africa to Western start his own business and have a career Canada, but Hoff managed to conquer to bring to Canada when the time was some challenges and land in a city where right. he fulfilled business and sports achieve“Life began to change in South Africa ments. in the 1980s. I grew up in a school system He was born in Ubombo, moved to where we had teachers from all over the Durban to gain higher education and won world come to teach. Apartheid was soon the 100-yard dash, the long jump and was setting in. I was considered a coloured.
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They wanted all the coloureds to live in one area, all the whites in another, the Asians in another. You were assigned neighbourhoods and job classifications according to your race. It became tougher, too, when a black government was elected in neighbouring Rhodesia and then their whites wanted to escape into South Africa.” Hoff’s parents moved to Canada in 1976 and he came to visit in 1980. “It really became time for my wife, Yvonne, and our three children to think of moving to Canada. I had a job offered to me in Winnipeg. The immigration process was slow. When I met him, the immigration officer said there was bad news and good news. I lost out on my first application because I was missing French as a language. The good news was that the scoring system was changing, French was no longer a factor, but I would have to start the process all over again. “When I landed in Winnipeg, my job offer wasn’t there anymore but I was told there was a job for me in a place called Saskatoon.” His future began to take shape. The job in Saskatoon led to the development of
Saskatoon Diesel Services, which under his leadership grew into DSG Power Systems Inc. His first home in Warman led to him helping so much that the community soon built a park in his name. The move into a Saskatoon home led to more soccer opportunities. His home base in Saskatoon soccer was the Hollandia, where he was an inspiring leader, but his coaching records extended beyond the Saskatoon level and have reached Western Canadian and Canadian levels. He coached Saskatchewan under-15 and under-17 players at the nationals from 1991 until 2012. He took Saskatchewan’s men’s teams to the Canada Summer Games in Brandon in 1997 and Regina in 2005. He led Hollandia Impact to the women’s nationals in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015, “and one of the teams took bronze medals, coming back from a 3-0 deficit at halftime to win.” He coached the University of Saskatchewan men’s team from 1993 until 1996. Twice he led teams to the Bon Boys International tournament in The Netherlands, a 1995 excursion with the Hollandia under-18 boys and a 2005 trip with a Saskatchewan men’s team. He has won the Canada West coach of the year award with the Huskies, the Saskatchewan senior coach of the year honour, the David Newsham award for the Saskatchewan Soccer Association as volunteer of the year and was honoured with a life membership in the Saskatchewan association in 2011. He is happy with the state of the game, and five afternoons a week, he runs the Astro Soccer Academy at the SaskTel Soccer Centre. “We have some of the best facilities in Canada. Our player numbers are healthy. There was a time in the early 2000s where the totals grew 25 per cent year over year, but that’s a hard number to match. We always need more coaches. I look back at some of those I coached at the University of Saskatchewan and after graduation, they left the province. “Soccer is a game which takes intensity, tenacity and co-operation. One survey told us that adult players, for instance, travel the equivalent of 11 kilometres in a game. It is a game which is demanding on your hands, your feet and your brains. “I stick with it because I have reached the point now where I have youngsters playing the game, just like the way their dads played for me when they were young. “For me, it has been the love of the game and it is my way of giving back to the community.” The Kinsmen dinner series began in 1960, and right from the start the group has always honoured a Sportsman of the Year. This year’s 59th dinner will pay tribute to heroes like Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, Curtis Joseph, Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald, who wore Toronto Maple Leaf colours in the National Hockey League.
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n the same day we, tiny raindrops. Then they got the public, learned louder. Hubs held up a hand, that Saskatchewan raised his head; I listened, and Roughriders coach Chris we both knew our sentence. Jones was headed south, I The next morning, our almost wiped out downtown. driveway and the rest of the More than once. city was not a skating rink, Hurrying from appointment but a curling rink, perfectly to Coles to resto to bank and pebbled for maximum slide. back, I covered a fair amount By Tuesday, matters weren’t of YXE downtown sidewalk. much better. But making The streets, of course, were things worse was the badlyColumnist out. Too much traffic, and thought-out attempt by streetslippery besides. Everywhere, clearing crews to clean the except one spot (see below), it was imstreets. They removed the crunchy snow, possible to hit my stride because of ice — all right, but left the ice underneath. That either coating the cement or lying there led to more tentative tiptoeing in spots in patches, ready to take your freedom by where, before, I could navigate without broken hip or wrist or back. terror when cars weren’t coming. I assume, because I’m frankly too Meanwhile, husband (who walks to frightened to wipe out my patience work regardless of ice, snow, forty-below reading the endless pages of the city’s or enemy attack) attempted to walk the website, that it’s up to building owners new Traffic Bridge. The hill was good for, to clear the sidewalks in case of freezmaybe, toboggans, apart from a sparse ing rain, as it is when it snows. This is spray of sand; the rest of it was a sheet of no mean feat. You’d have to start with a ice. razor blade, kneeling on the hard surface, This makes me question where, exto crack it open. Not sure what to do next, actly, the city’s responsibility lies in cases but scraping, salt and sand would be good of strange weather events. How often do ideas, no? we get freezing rain like this in the winApparently, somehow, it can be done, ter? Who’s ready for that? Who makes the because after tiptoeing under the building decisions not to salt/sand/clear the bridge overhangs from Starbucks (on 22nd Street walkways and scrape away snow, only to and Second Avenue) toward the TD bank expose ice? at the end of the block, I was suddenly I’m not necessarily speaking legally, released from sheer ice hell. The last here (there’s a minefield) but logically quarter of the block was completely clear. and ethically and sensibly. Obviously, we I feared the icing of Saskatoon on the city (taxpayers being ultimately on Sunday night, as my husband and I chat- the hook) can’t/don’t try to salt/sand/clear ted in our family room. It has a skylight every street after a weather event, which (ugh), which always alerts us to condiis extremely evident after snowfalls. But AS012112 Aaron tions outside. We heard the pitter patter of bridges, streets, even major shopping
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Sidewalks were like curling ice after last week’s rain. (Photo by Ken Paulson) districts? Come on. It is Ridiculous out there. Do something. That goes for building landlords, too, mind you. I have no idea if the streets are this bad in Regina; nor do I know where Chris Jones lives in the wintertime, but he’s certainly around until at least midNovember, right? Or he was. Now he’s off to Cleveland. This means that while I’m trying not to slip and break out there, I’m also worrying about what the heck is going to happen with my Riders. No coach or GM, on top of no offence and spunglass quarterbacks. (Sorry, QBs. I know you’re trying your best and injuries suck. But there’s not enough depth in that position, to put it mildly). This may be a very weird season.
If I were Jones, I wouldn’t have chosen Cleveland. The weather forecast for that American city on Wednesday was “freezing rain and flurries possible” with a high of one degree F. If I were going south, it wouldn’t be to Ohio, I tell ya, with that kind of weather. Bet it’s a damp cold, too. He’s slip-sliding away from Saskatchewan and our Riders, even as we try to keep our footing on the ice and our hopes intact for our team. Some folks didn’t love him, and are doing happy dances at their desks. Some thought he had improved matters in the three years he’d been here. Either way, here we go again, looking for leadership. Something we could use at city hall when the streets are impassable, too.
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ne campaign I support I found the pictures of the pills fully is Bell’s Let’s I brought along. I realized the Talk Day on Jan. 30. pills were downers, muscle It’s a day when Canadirelaxants, anti-psychotics, ans are asked to talk about anti-depressants and different mental health. It sounds like types of painkillers. a simple thing, but for people I couldn’t believe it. At going through depression that one point I started to cry, not simple talk could save their because of all his so-called lives. medication, but because I A hug, a kiss on the cheek started to understand his pain. or an “I love you” could help That was over 25 years ago a person who may be contemand today I still miss him. Columnist plating suicide. I also support Bell’s Let’s My youngest brother took Talk spokesperson. Clara his life. I didn’t see it coming. He was Hughes is one of my personal heroes. in his late 20s and married with four Sports and athletes have always been a beautiful daughters. constant my entire life. He was a lone wolf who would spend Clara Hughes is one of few athletes his leisure time alone. His favourite who won Olympic medals in summer thing was fishing. I once went with him and winter games. The other athlete who to his fishing spot. I can see why he is a source of inspiration for me is Jim liked the place; it was peaceful. Thorpe. Tall evergreens surrounded a slowThe other day I watched a video of moving river. One day he went fishing Clara in which she spoke about her and never came back. depression. In spite of her fame, fans He lived in a small village and the en- from all over the world and surrounded tire community went out to look for him. by family and friends, she would rather He was found by his fishing spot. He had lock herself in her bedroom, lie down a letter marked for his wife in one hand, on her bed in a fetal position and rock a bottle of water in the other and next to herself to sleep. him was an empty pill container. There were times she thought about A few days after the funeral, I went ending it all. Until she sought profesto visit his wife. She had his final letter. sional help, she didn’t realize she had an He wrote about his pain and how he illness and, more importantly, she wasn’t couldn’t handle it anymore. alone. Today, when she starts feeling Of all the time we spent together, he down, she goes for a walk. It’s another never mentioned anything about pain. simple act that can save a life. He, like me and my siblings, was afSince Bell, along with Clara Hughes, fected by the Sixties Scoop. started the campaign they have educated This was a government policy of many people about mental health and placing First Nations children in homes its social stigma. It’s no longer a subject all over the world. that should not be discussed. Even though I shared many stories There is no longer shame in having about my experiences, he never once a mental illness and no need to suffer mentioned his journey. His wife then alone. showed me a plastic tray loaded with Go ahead: shake someone’s hand, pills. I took a sample of each pill and give them a hug or a word of inspiration. headed to the library. You may be saving someone’s life. I found a medical book that had photos of probably every pill manufactured. ken.noskye@gmail.com
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(Continued from page 1) he team took him to Rochester last year during the best-of-three final, and he was presented with a championship ring when the Rush won the league title. He said he was well-received in the Rochester arena. “It was great, fantastic, amazing.” That wasn’t the case in Calgary a year ago. In 2017, he started taking Rush fans on the road. More than 100 people, on short notice, travelled to Calgary for a game against the Roughnecks. Last year, four buses went. Ooms made international news when the Roughnecks said he couldn’t wear his Rush costume to the game. “The controversy last year was just a big media frenzy. It was just a big giant circus, a complete misunderstanding. I’m glad we got that all worked out (so Ooms could wear his outfit to the game). When I went to Calgary, the Roughnecks have some of the best fans as well. They’re passionate; they love the game and they love their team. That’s what makes this sport so much fun. “Kids wanted to see the Rush Hulk in Calgary. Again that’s what this is all about, growing the game and growing the interest in the game. If I can go into another stadium and do that, that’s what I love doing.” Ooms will be hosting a trip to Calgary in April. He has access to as many as 10 buses this year, including one that will be for families. Details can be found on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Ooms, like thousands of others in the city, fell for lacrosse quickly in 2016, the team’s first season in Saskatoon. Ooms was working at SaskTel Centre as a coliJW012203 seum operatorJames at the time. He was one of
the people doing set up and takedown for events. He wasn’t sure what to make of the Rush. “We had seen a couple of sports teams come and go. Lacrosse wasn’t a talked about sport at the time, so there was even more reason to suspect it may not last long.” Two or three home games into the season, he thought the game would catch on. He started giving away his work shifts so he could be part of the frenzied crowds. He said the players appreciate what he does. “I try to get as loud as I can to get the crowd going. I’ve had so many of the players in post-game interviews come up to me and say, ‘Man, we heard you on the bench. Thank you so much for getting the crowd going.’” One of Ooms’ most memorable moments was meeting Lou Ferrigno, who starred in the 1970’s show The Amazing Hulk. Ferrigno was in Saskatoon for the Comic & Entertainment Expo. Ooms went in character the first day and out of character the next. “When I approached his table for the first time in character, he stopped and looked up and he kind of had to do a double take. He elbowed his security guard or his agent or whoever and said, ‘Now that’s good.’ And pointed at me. I thought that was a pretty good compliment. “The next day I went back out of character and put the pictures back on the table because I want to get these pictures autographed. He looked at it, recognized it, looked at me and looked back at the picture. He pointed at the picture and said, ‘That’s you?’ I said it was. He said, ‘honestly, no offence, but I was expecting somebody a lot younger.’” At 53, Ooms says he isn’t sure how
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featuring Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major. Also to be included in the first half of the concert program is Darius Milhaud’s jazz-infused piece about the creation of the world, La Création du monde. Following intermission, the SSO will perform two Canadian pieces: Glenn Buhr’s Winter Poems and Malcolm Forsyth’s Atayoskewin. Gordon Gerrard, the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s music director, will make his SSO debut as conductor. The concert will JAN. 26 start at 7:30 p.m. on RAVEL AND JAZZ Jan. 26. Tickets range A hometown piano hero is returning to from $34 to $73 and our city to make his solo debut with the can be purchased online Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) this at saskatoonsymphony.org. weekend. Godwin Friesen, who is just 20 years JAN. 31 old, is a rising star on the Canadian clasENSEMBLE MADE sical music scene, winning the SaskatchIN CANADA ewan Music Festivals Association’s ShurThe Lyell Gustin 15th anniniak Concerto Competition in 2017 and versary recital series is presentbeing named one of the 30 Hot Canadian ing Ensemble Made in Canada, a Classical Musicians Under 30 by CBC piano quartet touring from coast to Music that the same year. Originally from coast that will perform 14 newlySaskatoon, Friesen is currently studying at commissioned works that celebrate the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. our nation’s diversity. “I’m really excited about coming home The ensemble’s Mosaïque Project for this show because it’s a crowd full of invites audience members to create people who know me or know of me,” informal art as they listen, and features he said in an SSO news release. “There’s a website that will display art from all of something really freeing about knowing all Canada’s provinces and territories. Reperthese people are behind me.” toire for the project was created by 14 CaFriesen will take to the stage at TCU nadian composers, with each work inspired JW012102 Janes territory or region. JW121007 James Place for a concert titled Ravel and Jazz, by a specific province,
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Entertainment Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express hould terrorists be given a voice?” That’s the question The Telegraph posed in 2005 in reference to Robin Soans’ verbatim play, Talking to Terrorists. The Telegraph described the play — which was taken from hundreds of interviews with people from around the world who have been involved in terrorism — as “controversial” and “riveting,” noting “terrorism is the hot topic of the 21st century.” Talking to Terrorists is now coming to Saskatoon, with Persephone Theatre’s Deep End presenting a staged reading in the BackStage Stage at Remai Arts Centre this month. It will run for three nights only, from Jan. 25-27, at 8 p.m. The provocative play includes the voices of peacemakers, journalists, hostages, people who committed acts of terrorism, family members, significant figures from recent history and others whose stories take the audience to Africa, Israel, Turkey, Iraq and Britain. Featuring actors Torien Cafferata, Colin Dingwall, Carol Greyeyes, Nadia Mori, Curtis Peeteetuce, Robbie Towns and Kevin Williamson, the show will be presented in an “unplugged” style. While the staged reading won’t feature the production values of a full-scale show, that doesn’t mean it’s static or boring to watch, said director Elizabeth Nepjuk. Rather, the power of the many stories that
“S Ensemble Made in Canada will perform on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. (Photo Supplied) (Continued from page 8) The Mosaïque Project in Saskatoon will open with a work by Saskatoon-born William Rowson, who is now the assistant conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble Made in Canada includes a pianist, a violinist, a violist and a cellist. The group has appeared at major festivals and has been the ensemble-inresidence at Western University since 2014. The Ensemble Made in Canada performance will be held on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, located at 436 Spadina Cres. East. Tickets are $40 or $30 for students, and can be purchased at the door or from McNally Robinson, Saskatoon Academy of Music or the Gustin House Committee. Children 12 and under get in for free when accompanied by an adult. A pre-concert talk will be held at 6:45 p.m.
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are told is captivating, she said. “I’ve often thought, while I’ve read through it, that I could easily listen to it as a book on tape or something like that,” Nepjuk said. “The fact that it’s verbatim doesn’t factor as much into a staged reading, because so much of what Robin Soans’ play was about was really inhabiting the body and the physical characteristics and tics and stuff that all of these people had.” Nepjuk, an award-winning Saskatoon actor, is a graduate of Vancouver Film School’s Acting for Film and TV Program and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Saskatchewan. She is thrilled to be at the helm of Talking to Terrorists for her inaugural directing project. “I’m incredibly grateful to Persephone, and in particular (literary manager) Johnna Wright, who put their trust and confidence in me to do this story justice,” she said. Talking to Terrorists explores what makes ordinary people do extreme things. When Nepjuk first read the play, she recalls being “shocked at the humanity of it.” “I was really deeply impacted by the fact that I could identify and empathize with people who had done what had only been — you know, from my frame of reference — a horrible act,” she said. “But when you think about it — and you think about what if someone did that to my home, to my family, to my government, to my country, what would I do?
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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ary Baba has combined two of his passions into a new business. Baba is a life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and had spent 30 years in the restaurant business until a fire destroyed Bonanza Steakhouse on Eighth Street almost two years ago. When the opportunity came up in July to own a chunk of a Wendel Clark’s Classic Grill & Bar, he joined three others in bringing the restaurant to Saskatoon. It is the first one outside of Ontario. His eyes lit up when talking about being back in business and getting to operate a bar/restaurant that is a shrine to one of his hockey heroes. Clark is a hero to lots of people in this part of the world. He was born and raised in Kelvington, and is arguably the best Saskatoon Blades player ever. “I guess it’s always that childhood dream,” Baba said. “You are a diehard Leaf fan and you get to open up a sports bar with the name Wendel Clark . . . you woke up and you’re still in the dream.” The name Wendel Clark’s Classic Grill & Bar is perhaps a bit deceiving, Baba said. It’s not strictly a bar and grill; it’s a family-friendly restaurant as well. Those under 19 are welcome from opening at 11 a.m. to closing at midnight. “What you see on the lounge side is what you see in Toronto and that’s why they wanted to open it up and make it family friendly,” Baba said. “We are striving to get the families in here.” The ownership group came together last summer. Byron Kidd, Baba’s partner for 21 years at Bonanza, and Jay Keating had a meeting about the business and asked Baba if he wanted to get involved. A friend of Baba’s, Kendall Kowalyk, became the fourth person to get on board. They signed a deal in August with Dynamic Hospitality, the parent company for the chain, and took over the former Tony Roma’s site on Circle Drive on Sept. 1. “We took down the building to four
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walls and started over,” Baba said. “Then we started putting it back together. We had to change the interior, so it didn’t look like Tony Roma’s anymore.” He said they followed the design used at other Clark establishments, but did tweak it. “The other ones are more bar type and a little smaller. With this one, they wanted to build the restaurant part.” He said it has become a model for those interested in purchasing franchises elsewhere in Saskatchewan and in Alberta. Wendel’s has been busy since it opened – busier than Baba anticipated, given its opening was by word of mouth and a “now open” sign outside. “We didn’t think it would happen that fast. We thought we would have a good couple or three weeks and then get busy, but it took off pretty fast. We’re not complaining,” he said with a laugh. The grand opening will be Jan. 30 between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Clark will be in the house. Baba said Clark stays out of the kitchen, but pours beer. Baba is hoping other former Leafs stars will drop in. “If Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald come in jaws will drop. And there’s Doug Gilmour and Curtis Joseph.” The four will be in Saskatoon for the Kinsmen Celebrity Dinner. No jaw would drop more than Baba’s. Baba is happy to be back in the restaurant business. “I’ve done it for 30 years. I’m not retirement age, so to get back and visit people again and talk to people has just been great. “Everybody has recognized me from Bonanza. ‘Hey, you’re the Bonanza guy,’” people have said. He said he thought about rebuilding Bonanza, but there was red tape from head office and a year of dealing with insurance. “It was tough not knowing what your next step was going to be. Now I can get my feet back on the ground,” he said.
Gary Baba is one of the partners in Wendel Clark’s Classic Grill & Bar. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) The Bonanza fire cost approximately 50 people their jobs. For many people, working at Bonanza was their first job. Back then, 14, 15 and 16 year olds could be hired. He said some of his former employees have followed him to Clark’s. “They like the environment and I guess the way Byron and I ran restaurants before. It’s a good family environment; we’ve always created a family environment.” He said he has heard from others on Facebook. “Others have said, ‘If I didn’t have a job, I’d be there in a heartbeat.’” Wendel’s has 20 screens for watching sports, with room for more. There are three top-sellers on the menu. “The Wendel burger is our No. 1 item.
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He designed it the way he wants it — a nice patty with a couple of onion rings on it, instead of fried onions. The beef dip is a good meal and the haddock fish — an eight-ounce haddock breaded in kettle chips — is another one. “We have your steak meals and your pasta meals, but if you’re looking at three meals, those are the three.” Besides Clark, Baba said the restaurant will feature the Rush, Riders and Blades. There is a Blades jersey with Clark’s name and number on it. “It’s been fun again. It’s a fun environment,” Baba said. More information on Wendel Clark’s Classic Grill & Bar can be found at wendelclarks.com.
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Saskatchewanderer initiative needs to better represent the faces of the province
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demographic is multicultural. ast week, scrolling Further, according to the 2016 through Twitter, I census results, 17 per cent of our came across a picture province is made up of Indigof the Government of Sasenous peoples. katchewan’s latest choice for In nine years, there is no Saskatchewanderer. good reason that a visible Launched in 2011, the prominority candidate has not been gram was originally a summer selected for the Saskatchewanstudent position, then became a derer role. In fact, there’s no year-long appointment in 2014. good reason that the people in Today, the program runs charge of this program haven’t as a joint initiative between Columnist gone out of their way to select a Tourism Saskatchewan and visible minority for this role. the Ministries of Agriculture, Of course, there’s a list (in my head) Trade and Export Development, and of plenty of terrible reasons that could Parks, Culture and Sport. The objective explain why the Saskatchewanderer has of the marketing program is to send the Saskatchewanderer to locations across our never been a member of a visible minority. I would put at the top of that list the province while he or she blogs, creates fact that the odds are high that a brown videos and posts social media content Saskatchewanderer wouldn’t necessarily about his or her experiences. have only fun-filled adventures traversing Saskatchewan, especially rural Saskatchewan, as a white one would. At the very least, they’d be different. Second on that list is the fact that this is a tourism marketing initiative, and one of the first rules is that people want to see themselves reflected in whatever is being sold to them. I don’t need to quote a bunch of stats here, because we know that the vast majority of the Saskatchewanderer campaign’s target demographic — people both inside and outside Saskatchewan who have enough cash at their disposal to take grand, sweeping tours of the southern grasslands, or go snow-shoeing and then enjoy a According to the government website, 2018’s Saskatchewanderer produced gourmet dinner at a luxury Northern resort — is white. “more than 60 videos, visited 122 loca“So you’re saying we should pick the tions, attended 143 different activities and Saskatchewanderer based on skin colour? events while travelling 44,342 kms.” And deliberately exclude white candiImpressive, right? What an amazing dates? That’s racist!” I hear you thinking. opportunity for an early-20-something Saskatchewan resident to explore all four Yes, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting, corners of this beautiful province we call and no, it’s not. You can’t racially oppress a majority. It’s just that simple. home. And, like it or not, when trying to corSo, I’m looking at a picture of the 2019 rect a societal imbalance, like the glaring Saskatchewanderer, a bright, handsome one between white and non-white people young man named Zane Buchanan, with movie-star blue eyes and casually pushed- in Saskatchewan, deliberate choices must be made, such as prioritizing the recruitback blond hair. In some of the publicity photos provided by the government, Zane ment and selection of visible minorities for is holding his little dog, a cute little Brus- roles they’ve not previously filled. Like the role of Saskatchewanderer. sels Griffon named Stedman. I guess we’ll see in 2020 whether These pictures got me thinking. I looked up Zane’s eight predecessors, and hindsight proved true enough to motivate my hunch was confirmed: every single one a change on this front — a simple gesture of them was white, or at least looked that that could send a powerful message about combating racism in Saskatchewan. way. TA012102 Tammy After pointing this out on Twitter, I was advised by a couple of reporters that Buchanan had told them at the announcement that he is Métis and planned on using the Saskatchewanderer experience, in part, to explore his heritage. That’s awesome, and good for him for making the best of this opportunity, but it doesn’t change my point. The fact he is Métis appears nowhere in the news release or online; instead, we learn he’s from an acreage near the rather affluent town of White City. It also did not show up in any of the news stories on the announcement, despite the fact those reporters said they heard him mention it. More importantly, however, is that the Saskatchewanderer program is a marketing campaign, one based almost completely on visuals. The purpose is to market this person’s image and likeness as he or she translates experiences in the province for an audience. And the fact is that every person who has been chosen for this role since its inception has an image and likeThe Sewing Machine ness that, at the least, appears to be white. Store Yeah, yeah, I can see your eyes rolling from here. Why should we care if the 306.652.6031 “best” candidates (Saskatchewanderer294 Venture Cres. Financing Available wannabes must apply for the role, including video and photographic submissions of themselves) just happen to be white? 41 Well, for starters you should care because this isn’t 1954, and despite some people’s best efforts lately, Saskatchewan’s
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Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express t is considered by many to be the oldest of humankind’s alcoholic beverages. Mead, also known as honey wine, had somewhat fallen by the wayside over the past several thousand years. Historical evidence demonstrates the popularity of mead across the ancient world, when Chinese, Indian, Greco-Roman, and countless other societies used mead both as a tipple and as medicine. Once enjoyed by the likes of Aristotle and Shakespeare, mead’s popularity decreased and it virtually disappeared once cheaper wines and ales began filling everyone’s drinking horns instead. Today, however, mead is enjoying a slow but steady revival. Some have attributed its revival to pop culture. For example, mead is Hagrid’s go-to drink in the Harry Potter novels, and it makes an appearance in both J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series and The Hobbit. And, of course, an entirely new generation of hipsters has watched mead being imbibed in traditional banquet scenes on the smash HBO hit Game of Thrones. A stroll through your local liquor store reveals a wide variety of meads available here in Saskatoon, some of which incorporate fruits, spices, and hops into the brewing process. In fact, it’s also being produced locally. “Mead is a fermented alcohol beverage, where the primary fermentation sugar is honey rather than fruit or grains,” explained Connor Parenteau, owner and operator of Parenteau Brothers Meadworks, located just outside Saskatoon near Clavet. “We enjoy mead at room temperature, but customers generally prefer it cold or with ice.” Mead can also be mixed into a cocktail using plain or flavoured sparkling water, or with other fruit juices such as cranberry or apple. Parenteau says he strives to produce a simple, natural product that showcases the delicious flavours of Saskatchewan wildflower honey instead of trying to mimic grape wines or ice wines. “I like to say that mead was invented thousands of years before there were definitive rules on how you are supposed to drink it, so you are free to enjoy any way you like,” continued Parenteau, who credits a combination of his many interests, including crafting, cooking,
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Ian Parenteau sells his son’s product at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) beekeeping, and medieval history as creating the gateway into experimenting with making mead at home as a hobby. “When the SLGA opened up their rules and promoted cottage or craft alcohol manufacturing in Saskatchewan, I already had good experience making a mead honey wine product, so with the help of my brother and father I rented a shop in Clavet and got licensed as a cottage winery.” Parenteau also takes great pride in explaining his company’s logo, a simple yet rustic design that anyone can relate to. “When I was first starting the company and discussing branding, I decided the best representation was of the favourite vacation spot of myself and my brother Angus, where we went camping, canoeing, and fishing north of La Ronge with our little family dog. We designed the graphic to include Canada geese flying overhead to represent our grandparents who have passed on.” Wolf Willow Winery, known as a quality local producer of Saskatchewangrown fruit wines, has also recently branched into mead. “We make a sweet mead . . . I describe it as a dessert-style honey wine,” said owner Russell Goodall. “It is quite sweet, has a dry finish, and at 15 per cent alcohol, is a really nice way to fin-
ish off supper.” Wolf Willow Winery, located near Outlook, started making mead because local honey is readily available, and because there had always been a lot of interest from their customers. “A lot of people are curious about mead,” said Goodall. “Given the wide variety of mead styles and flavours, it can be as fun and rewarding as trying any new type of alcoholic beverage, such as wine or beer.” Parenteau said that while the alcohol industry was once dominated by industrial wine, beer, and hard alcohol manufacturers cultivating brand loyalty, people today are more inclined to seek out new and interesting variation in their beverages, supported by the prevalence of small craft micro breweries, wineries and now meaderies. “Our products are available by the glass at Bartari on 20th Street in Saskatoon, or by the bottle at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday,” said Parenteau. “It is also available by the bottle at Silver’s Local Market in downtown Saskatoon, and at Metro Liquor on Herold Road.” Wolf Willow Winery’s mead is available for sale at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market every Saturday, and at Sobeys Liquor Store in Stonebridge.
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EVENTS
FEATURE EVENT JANUARY 25-26
Writing North is a two-day festival for Saskatoon’s community of writers and anyone interested in writers and books. This year’s festival features five Canadian writers from diverse genres and backgrounds: Jacqueline Baker, Sarah Gartshore, Laurie D. Graham, Michael Helm and Elizabeth Philips. The event is co-produced by the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of English / MFA in Writing Program and the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. Free and open to the public. Jan. 25 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Jan. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. St. Andrew’s College (1121 College Drive).
MUSIC JANUARY 31 Lyell Gustin 15th Anniversary Recital Series presents Ensemble Made in Canada, the nation’s premier piano quartet, performing 14 newly-commissioned musical works in celebration of our country’s rich diversity. 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (436 Spadina Cres. East). Pre-concert talk at 6:45. Tickets: $40 regular and $30 student, at McNally Robinson, Yamaha Piano, Saskatoon Music Academy, Gustin committee, or at the door. Children 12 and under, free if accompanied by an adult. Season passes for all 2019 recitals also available at above locations. For more information, call 306-373-1451 or visit www.gustinhouse.ca
dinner at the Western Development Museum. Reception 5 p.m., Program at 6:15p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment: Back of the Bus. Tickets $50: Beer, Wine cash bar. For tickets and information, contact Maureen at 306-373-0087 or Jennifer at 306-242-4989. Or pick up tickets at McNally Robinson Booksellers. The event supports the Stephen Lewis Foundation www.stephenlewisfoundation.org.
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RUH Foundation’s Greek Gourmet Feast, 5:30 p.m. at Manos Restaurant & Lounge (200-1820 Eighth Street East). Proceeds support 12 innovative chronic care programs, including equipment and research initiatives related to diabetes, coronary artery disease and stroke, heart function, cardiooncology care, epilepsy, respiratory care, and culturally safe approaches to chronic disease management proposed by FEBRUARY 3 clinicians and researchers at Royal University Hospital. Call The Royal Canadian College of Organists, Saskatoon Centre, or email Trina at 306-655-0628 or trina.hritzuk@ruhf.org featuring international performer for more information or to purchase tickets. Sarah Svendsen on the Pipe Organ. Knox United Church MARCH 21 (838 Spadina Cres.East) 3 p.m. The program includes The Saskatoon Council on Aging will host a spring dinner Romantic works and Orchestral Transcriptions. Admission at and dance party to bring back memories of sock hops the door: Adults $25; Students $15. and drive-ins. Western Development Museum. Writer and ***** performer Brenda Baker will be master of ceremonies Classical Variety concert at 2:30 p.m. This concert features for our “kick-off to spring” event. The Cherry Bop Hop local musicians performing their favourite music. All ages features England playing your favourite tunes from the welcome and admission is pay what you can at Grosvenor 50s and 60s. Wear red and be entered to win exciting Park United Church. door prizes. The Cherry Bop Hop is a fundraiser for the FEBUARY 14 Saskatoon Council on Aging. Tickets $65. phone 652-2255 or visit scoa.ca. Valentunes special at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Children’s entertainer, Sylvia Chave will be celebrating at The Refinery and has just the right mix of movement and music to have everyone lovin’ their special time together. Advance $8; door $10 (Under 2 Free) Tickets can be purchased SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH online at www.ontheboards.ca or at the box office: 306G4G (Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers). Meetings held 653-5191. monthly, except July/Aug/Dec., at 1:30 p.m. downstairs at Grace-Westminster Church (505-10th St. East). Call Tannis at 306-382-6636 or go to www.g4gsaskatoon.ca for more information.
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In a series of community talks called Literature Matters, members of the Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan explore diverse literary topics. The upcoming talk by Tasha Beeds is entitled Through an Indigenous Woman’s Lens: Revitalizing Our Relationship with the Water Using Movement, Song and Story. Free and open to the public. 7:30 p.m., Grace-Westminster United Church Social Hall (505 10th St. East)
JANUARY 25 Ladies Night-Out Potluck, 6:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (135 - 109th St. West). After dinner there will be games, singing and socializing.
FEBRUARY 1 The Saskatoon Council on Aging will host a Volunteer Fair for Older Adults at the Saskatoon Field House (2020 College Drive). Dozens of community agencies will be on hand with opportunities to get involved with our community. 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. (track area). Free to attend, no registration required. For more information, phone 306-652-2255 or visit www. scoa.ca.
FEBRUARY 2-3 Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan AGM and Conference - What’s New with Native Plants Location: Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon. This year’s theme is “What’s New with Native Plants” and is packed with interesting topics and speakers. For more information or to register, visit https://www.npss.sk.ca/news-and-events/events/251.
FEBRUARY 4-8 Indigenous Achievement Week. Join us in celebrating the successes and contributions of Métis, First Nations and Inuit students, staff and faculty during Indigenous Achievement Week. The week focuses on achievements in academics, research, education, community engagement and leadership. This year’s theme is Powerful Voices. Everyone is welcome. For more information and event listings, visit students.usask.ca/events/iaw.php.
FEBRUARY 13 Canadian Club of Saskatoon meeting at noon at the Sheraton Cavalier. Mayor Clark will be the guest speaker. Lunch at noon and presentation at 12:40. $20 for members and $25 for guests. Contact Elaine at 306-934-4639 if you’re able to attend.
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EVERY WEDNESDAY Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s to 70s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus@ shaw.ca or phone 306-249-0254. ***** Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, invites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ ***** The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative and engaging space for people to connect with each other for ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. saskfasdnetwork.ca/events ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. ***** Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the exception of July and August. For more information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. ***** T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babiy, children, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is wel-
come. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com.
EVERY SECOND SATURDAY One Light Chant and Dance: Held the second Saturday of the month, with sporadic impromptu chant-only evenings, in Saskatoon. Hosted by Dances of Universal Peace leader Wayne Rollack. A meditative practice combining the chanting of sacred phrases with simple circle dances to live music. No experience necessary. For more Information, email chantndance@sasktel.net.
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Seraphina, a Grade 8 student at Ecole Sister O’Brien, busks regularly at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. In addition to the ukulele, she plays guitar and cello at the market. She’s been in the Saskatoon Children’s Choir for seven years. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)
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The Saskatoon Oldertimers Association meets from May to September meetings are held at the Log Cabin at the Prairieland Park. From October to April, meetings are held at All Saints Church (1801 Lorne Ave. Meetings start at 10:30 a.m. People 50 and older are invited to attend. For more information, call Marie at 306-668-3618 or Emily at 306-242-2025.
FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Ave. North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.
SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Renters of Saskatoon and area meeting. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West). ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access. For further information contact: 306-6576100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.
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GRAND THEFT TERRA FIRMA An unflinching redress of Canada’s colonial narrative, this exhibit by David Campion and Sandra Shields uses the language of video gaming to reframe the settlement of Canada as a complex heist, and invites visitors to evaluate their own complicated relationship with colonial practices. GRAND OPENING JANUARY 29! Free admission | www.usask.ca/diefenbaker
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email murraydhill@me.com.
SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Friendship 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. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@hotmail.com. FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties takes place at 1 p.m. at Jerry’s on Eighth Street for a lunch meeting. For more information, call Dave at 306-665-6937 or Susan at 306-373-4264. ***** Depression Support Group from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 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 Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com.
EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Overeaters 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, Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org.
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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: O’Day the right choice for Riders
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uston Matthews hasn’t scored in 11 games, but don’t fear Leafs fans. As commentator Mike Johnson pointed out, “it isn’t for a lack of high-danger scoring chances.” I thought high-danger scoring chances were hitting on a woman at a biker bar. • Did you know Milan Lucic has more goals in January than Matthews and Patrik Laine combined? • I’m closer and closer to writing I’d rather have Marner than Matthews. • Torben Rolfsen, on Youppi celebrating his 40th birthday: “I never thought we’d see a deranged, orange, out-of-shape creature reach such a position of power.” • Janice Hough, on Terrell Owens calling out Dallas coach Jason Garrett as not the answer after the Cowboys loss to the Rams: “Why? Because TO knows all about winning a Super Bowl?” • From TC Chong: “China has successfully grown cotton on the moon. Trump immediately put a 25-per-cent tariff on it.” • Rolfsen, on Snoop Dogg doing some commentary on a Pens-Kings game: “The press box food spread was doubled for the third period.” • UberFact: “Google makes an estimated $4,105.45 per second.” Think about that. In 12 seconds Google makes more than some CFL players. • Hough, on the Washington Wizards beating the NY Knicks in London: “As if Britain doesn’t have enough to worry about with Brexit. You’d think the NBA could have sent them professional teams?” • From Chong: “Talk about being deflated: Chargers QB Philip Rivers is now 0-8 lifetime vs Tom Brady.” • Why wouldn’t the Riders bring Darian Durant to training camp? The worst thing that can happen is he leaves with his bonus. • Count me as being happy that Jeremy AS012101 O’Day is the Aaron new general manager of the
Roughriders. He’s been with the team in some capacity for more than 20 years. He’s seen it all, from Shivers to Jones, and lots of characters in between. I am part of the majority that would like to have Paul LaPolice as the head coach. • Hough, on new Dodgers president of business enterprise, Tucker Kain, having big ideas including night clubs and sports bars inside Dodger Stadium: “Well it might be one way to get fans to stay past the seventh inning.” • From Rolfsen: New York Jets head coach Adam Gase has the craziest eyes in sports since Gritty. He also enters the sports aptronym Hall of Fame with Lonzo Ball and Usain Bolt.” • Remember when some people considered Jonathan Toews the best hockey player in the world? • Chong, on Gladys Knight singing the National Anthem at this year’s Super Bowl in Atlanta: “There will be a Vegas prop bet on whether she will arrive the day before on The Midnight Train to Georgia.” • A question from Hough: “Do hamberders go well with covfefe?” • Rolfsen, on the Turkish government making an extradition request for New York Knicks centre Enes Kanter: “Knicks fans asked if they would take James Dolan instead.” • Am I am horrible person for cheering for the world team at curling’s Continental Cup? Players on the world team are just that much nicer. • Chong, on the World Series champion Red Sox upcoming visit to the White House: “What’s for dinner? Hamberders or Fenway Franks?” • Bill Littlejohn, on Donald Trump hosting a fast food feast at the White House for the National Champion Clemson Tigers: “You can bet it wasn’t Taco Bell.” • From Rolfsen: “No World Cup in 2020, the NHL and NHLPA announced, to a collective yawn from sports fans who weren’t sure if that meant soccer, rugby or cricket.”
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By RJ Currie hree reasons I’ve watched a lot more curling over the last decade: 3. Clock based on thinking time; 2. The four- and five-rock rule; 1. Anna Sidorova. • Did you see Preds centre Ryan Johansen’s two-hand slash to the head of Jets forward Mark Scheifele? Throw in Babe the blue ox and call him Bunyan Johansen. • Reuters report astronomers in Hawaii have noted a strange oblong object hurtling through our solar system. They figure it’s an alien probe or one of Nathan Peterman’s passes. • An ESPN tennis expert said Maria Sharapova was looking good on the baseline. With an annual income of $21 million, I’m thinking she looks even better at the bottom line. • Gasp! Team World got all the points in the first three draws at the Continental Cup. North American curling fans didn’t expect that kind of sweep. • LA Chargers QB Phillip Rivers and his wife, Tiffany, are reportedly expecting their ninth child. One more kid and he’ll be calling signals for his own starting offence. • Nike has come out with a new sneaker with laces controlled by an app. The NBA once had hack-a-Shaq; stay tuned for hack-a-shoe. • An Aussie Open commentator said 18-year-old newcomer Bianca Andreescu will make Canada forget about Eugenie Bouchard. To which Canadians said: “Forget who?” • Gladys Knight will sing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl. Pip Pip hooray! • The final words starting with “w” in a puzzle I was working on: woo, wed, and woe. Which also sums up my first marriage. • The visiting Warriors scored an NBA-record 51 points in the first quarter against Denver. They went into Pepsi Center and kicked the home team in their Nuggets. • Anna Hasselborg’s Continental Cup win over Rachel Homan was reportedly her sixth in their last seven meetings. Hasselborg makes Homan look human — or even ho-hum. • The Brandon Wheat Kings hosted Blue Bomber Night for their Jan. 18 game. Given the history of both clubs, what are they calling it? The Championship Drought Classic? • I just learned the name of co-founder and CEO of electric car company Tesla. Anyone else think Elon Musk was a cologne? RJ’s Punalty Box A man was caught at New York’s JFK airport smuggling in a suitcase full of South American finches, coveted for their birdsong. He faces 70 charges of attempting a chirp trick.
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