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INVENTORY — 2Tasteful finds for your living space at Anthology Home Collection
INNOVATIONS — 4Finding your career path from the ground up
IN THE CITY — 6Moment in Time: Michelle Berg’s best shot of the week
MY FAVOURITE PLACE — 7Local entrepreneur stays active at multicultural Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club
MUSIC — 8Jeffrey Popiel turns folk tales into songs
READ MY BOOK — 9The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections
FASHION — 10Jewelry designer uses her spare bedroom to store eclectic vintage finds
PARENT TO PARENT — 11Moms weigh in on the breastfeeding debate
COVER — 12A balanced life is the bottom line for Shelley Brown
EVENTS — 16
ON THE SCENE — 18Our best shots from the Greek Gourmet Feast, a fundraiser for the Royal University Hospital Foundation
SHARP EATS — 19Vino education: Experience perfect pairings at In Vino Veritas
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OUTSIDE THE LINES — 21Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation
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Shelley Brown, managing partner at Deloitte, wife mother and grandmother, has found the perfect bal-ance for her family, career and mentoring relationships. bridges photo by Michelle berg
Jeff Davis’s favourite place is the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club in Saskatoon. He says it’s an af-fordable, fun place to stay active and make friends. bridges photo by richard MarJan
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By Sean Trembath
When Landa Houlison first started teaching 20-somethings about finan-cial literacy, she realized they needed to know about more than just dollars and cents.
That insight led to the development of a new program that focuses on all aspects of career-building.
“You can’t really talk about finan-cial literacy with people in their 20s without getting into major goal set-ting. So I wanted to develop my skills as a career coach so I could offer this program as a total package,” Houlison says about Compass Career Support, her new entrepreneurial venture.
Officially launched in December, Compass offers workshops and one-on-one consulting for people looking to find their place in the professional world.
Houlison outlines three main cus-tomer demographics.
First, there are young people who have yet to enter post-secondary education and are wondering how to steer themselves toward the life they want.
Second, she works with those who have some post-secondary, but don’t know how to leverage it towards a career.
Third, she helps people in their late 20s who feel stuck in their current ca-reer path and want a change.
“You come out of the program hav-ing found your passion and exactly what you want to do, and you know exactly how you’re going to pay for it and exactly how you’re going to pay it back,” Houlison says.
It all starts with a free consultation to see what the customer needs.
“First I get brought up to date, start-ing with your high school and leading up to now, and why you’re stuck,” she says.
Depending on time and financial constraints, she recommends one-on-one or group sessions.
Houlison already has some suc-cess stories after just three months of work — including a local woman who
has completely changed her life.“One client has decided to shift
careers. She is selling her car, she dumped her boyfriend, is moving to Vancouver and starting in a com-pletely new industry,” she says.
Although she is not a counsellor,
and doesn’t give relationship advice, Houlison understands how her work could lead to overarching life chang-es.
“As your confidence increases in yourself there’s lots of shifts in your relationships in your life that hap-
pen. I do notice some shifts happen in my clients once they’re done the pro-gram,” she says.
Not everything takes place in the classroom. For a few younger stu-dents, she provides hands-on lessons in how to impress.
“I even have some younger male clients who I have taken to Winners to help shop for interview clothes,” Houlison says.
INNOVATIONS# C o m p a s s C a r e e r s u p p o r t
Finding your path from the ground up
Landa Houlison sits at The Two Twenty before the launch party for her new venture, Compass Career Support, a consulting firm focused on people who don’t know what they should do for a career, or that feel stuck in their current situation. bridges phoTo by Michelle berg
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IN THE CITY
Sixteen-year-old Everit Kocsis enjoys the +4 Celsius temperature while snowboarding at the Lions skatepark on March 9. He goes every other day and utilizes the park during all seasons — snowboarding in the winter and skateboarding in the summer. bridges phoTo by Michelle berg
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By Sean Trembath
Jeff Davis is a busy guy.On top of his day job selling web-
sites, he is part owner of StashBelt, a company making unique belts with hidden compartments for travellers to stash their valuables. These days, most of his non-work time is spent preparing for an an upcoming ap-pearance on CBC’s Dragon’s Den.
In order to stay active, Davis has taken to playing badminton at the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club in Saskatoon. The weekly drop-in sessions give a lot of value for a
cheap price, and the facility is nice enough to be one of his favourite places in the city.
Q: How long have you been going to the club?A: I’ve been going about a year and a half now. My lady and I had start-ed playing badminton with a local community association that plays in a regular gym. I found it frustrat-ing because I always hit the ceiling, which means it’s out of play. Also, the courts took up the whole gym, so you can’t go outside the lines at all.
Someone told me about Riverside,
and I decided I had to go check it out.
It’s really cheap — only six bucks to drop in — and they’ll give you a racket if you need one.
At first I was just playing with my girl. We were playing one-on-one. But after awhile we started playing with the group.
Q: What’s the social atmosphere at the club like?A: It’s a drop-in league, and it’s real-ly a lot of fun. Typically there are at least a dozen people there.
It’s all sorts of people from all ages,
say 16 to 66 or even older. A lot of the older people are pretty serious play-ers, too. Watch out for the older lady in the khaki shorts. She’s deadly.
It’s definitely a very multicultural scene. There are a lot of Chinese and Indian people. I like playing with people from all different cultures.
Q: What about Riverside’s setup? What makes it better than a regular gym?A: It’s a very beautiful facility. It (has) really nice, shiny, resplendent floors. The ceiling is super tall, so you can hit it as high as you want,
which is really important in bad-minton.
Q: Why badminton instead of another sport?A: It’s one of my favourite things to do in town. Badminton is a great way to get exercise, and it’s a really accessible sport.
It’s a good thing to do socially, with your friends, including people who aren’t really hardcore athletes. Most people have played at some point in their youth, at the cottage or on the beach or whatever, so it’s a fun thing to do on a Monday evening.
Local entrepreneur Jeff Davis stays active at the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club, a place that attracts players from a variety of cultural backgrounds. bridges photo by richard MarJan
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The bird’s the word
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By Sean Trembath
Sometimes the best way to create something new is to look to something old.
Jeffrey Popiel found a songwriting muse in Aesop’s Fables, the classic collection of stories attributed to an ancient Greek slave and story-teller.
“The hardest part about songwriting for me was finding a story,” Popiel says.
He happened upon a book of the fables at a lo-cal bookstore. He’d heard about the stories but never read them, so he decided to pick it up. He soon realized it was fertile ground for songwrit-ing.
It began as an exercise. He promised to write
a song a day based on the classic tales.He developed a method he found particularly
effective.“To capture the essence of my perception of
the fables, I’d read the fable and imagine a cho-rus line with a melody, figure out the chords, then build it from there,” Popiel says.
Although he wasn’t able to maintain the one-a-day pace for too long, he did come up with an album’s worth of tunes.
“All the songs were sounding like something people would enjoy,” he says.
He performs the songs under the name Juni-perus, along with Adrianna Dyksman on bass clarinet and the occasional addition of Stepha-nie Unverricht on bassoon.
“I knew I needed something in the low end, to cover the bass sound below the guitar. Hav-ing a bass guitar was too simple. Having a wind instrument was more interesting, and it just sounds melodic and gives it a different life,” Popiel says of his selection of non-traditional accompanying instruments.
“Instead of the pluck of a guitar, it can be a constant sound with a wind instrument. That’s something I needed.”
So far he has performed the songs publicly three times. He says people always come up to him afterward and tell him which songs were their favourites, something he takes as a good sign.
“It has a fun element to it. I get to use differ-
ent voices, and pretend to be different charac-ters,” he says.
His plan is to release an album later this year, and hopefully go on tour soon after. Until then, some of the songs can be heard on the Sound-Cloud page for his other musical project, Minor Matter.
With audiences reacting positively to the songs, Popiel hopes to continue with the theme.
“People tell me they’re having fun. It’s always great to hear people laughing at the little silly moments. I feel like the fables thing can con-tinue,” he says.
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Turning folk tales into folk songs
Adrianna Dyksman, Jeffrey Popiel and Stephanie Unverricht are part of Juniperus, a folk band with tunes based on Aesop’s Fables. bridges phoTo by Michelle berg
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LocaL aUTHoRS: Writers tell us what makes their book worth readingRead my book
I’m not the only person in Saskatch-ewan whose first day on a university campus included exposure to Sea-gram’s products, but I might be the only one who can say it happened at age 7.
In the fall of 1979, I helped my parents move my older brother into the Luther College residence at the University of Re-gina. As we walked across campus for the first time, we stopped to look at
Callooh-Callay, the 16-foot tall bright-red sculpture which at that time stood in what is now called the Dr. Lloyd
Barber Academic Green. I remember staring in wonder at the sculpture and asking my parents, “What IS that?” They were at loss to explain.
Thirty-four years later, I’m still not sure I know exactly what Callooh-Callay represents, but I do know a lot more about it from my experience working with Timothy Long, cura-tor of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, as we co-edited The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections. Through my research, I discovered that Québec-born Françoise Sullivan created Callooh-Callay for Expo 67 in Montréal, that the piece was acciden-tally destroyed in 2005 while being moved, and that it was recommis-sioned because it had become such
a centrepiece of the University of Regina campus. And the Seagram’s connection? After Expo 67, Callooh-Callay was donated to the University of Saskatchewan — Regina Campus (now the University of Regina) by Seagram’s Limited.
I learned many other things as Timothy and I worked on the book together. For example, I didn’t know that the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina have been in-extricably linked since 1936 — before either of them actually even existed. Or that since that time, the two insti-tutions have together developed four discrete collections of art that are, however, inter-connected. I learned that pieces by international figures like Rodin, Picasso and Munch are
housed right here in our province alongside works by Saskatchewan artists like Joe Fafard and Dorothy Knowles. And now understand why Kenneth Lochhead and his fellow members of the “Regina Five” were some of the most talented and vision-ary artists Saskatchewan — and in fact Canada — ever produced.
Perhaps most importantly, I devel-oped a new appreciation of what art means to the people of this province. That is something I did not have at age 7, but it’s something I now want to share with anyone who takes their own journey through The Vaults.
The Vaults: Art from the MacKen-zie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections is available from the MacKenzie Art Gallery Gift
Shop, McNally-Robinson Booksellers, Chapters, Indigo and university book-stores.
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FASHION Does new workout gear motivate you to go to the gym? Send a note to [email protected]
MAKEUP: “My staple every day is red nails and red lips. It’s either bright red or burgundy.”
EARRINGS: Hillberg & Berk bicoloured (yel-low and smoky) quartz
JACKET: Soia & Kyo
SHIRT: Urban Planet
RINGS AND BRACELETS: Various places, including H&B, the Brooklyn flea market and Vancouver Chinatown.
Most notable of her vintage rings from the Regina Antique Mall is the 1920s baby ring: “It’s got my initials and my boyfriend’s initials on it.”
SKIRT: Urban Outfitters in L.A. “I really like to mix patterns. Sometimes I even like things that are just totally mis-matched and my mom calls my style home-less chic.”
SHOES: Cade Style Lounge
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When you hear someone say she started out designing jewelry in high school, you tend to picture a small-fry setup — like a 14-year-old making friendship bracelets. Not so for Lisa McEachern.
The artsy teenager needed a business idea for an entre-preneurship class; her mom suggested making and selling jewelry. Setting up shop during lunch, McEachern would do a few hundred dollars in sales.
“That’s kind of what sparked my interest,” said McEachern, who studied jewelry design at Vancouver College and has spent the past five years as Hillberg & Berk’s head designer.
Her design style has evolved over time: “My tastes have changed; my sense of colour has changed. My eye is very well trained to see what colours go together, so it’s a lot easier now to design because I’ve been doing it for so long, so most things just come naturally.”
But one thing remains since high school: She still loves to wear vintage clothing.
Though she’s gone through goth and rocker phases, “I kind of always come back to the vintage.”
McEachern describes her style as boho-chic. Her “closet” (read: spare bedroom) is full of vintage and Free People pieces, with lots of lace and beadwork.
Though she’s a frequent travel-ler — for work and for fun (she’s in Hong Kong right now) — not all of her treasures come from far-flung places. One of McEachern’s favourite stores is the Regina Salvation Army — “I find so many beautiful things there,” among them, a cashmere sweater for $5.
But even with a closet-bed-room, McEachern can’t hang onto everything she finds. She regularly purges her closet.
“I have to. I shop a lot.”
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Each week Bridges, in connection with SaskatoonMoms.com, gathers advice from parents to share with other moms and dads. This week we asked:
Do you judge moms who don’t breastfeed their babies?
next week: How do you stop your baby from crying? Email [email protected]
“I would question the reason for bottle feeding instead of breastfeeding (as long as the reason is not because mom’s body is not producing milk) is that breastfeeding is FREE! When most families live on tight budgets; so why pay for man-made ‘milk’ when God-made milk is available for baby.” — Deb-bie Paiement
“Don’t judge moms that don’t breastfeed, period. We don’t know the circumstance of every ones life so we can’t begin to know what decision making process was made for their situation. It is far better to be supportive of women who have undertaken the role & responsibility of raising children.” — Fran Mills “I heavily question why they wouldn’t want the best for their child! #breastfeeding” — Jill Straker, via Twitter
“You never know what someone has experienced, and passing judgment on someone because of their personal choice or their need to formula feed is not only silly, but can be downright cruel. Women face enough challenges in the first few months of par-enthood. We should all be working to support one another and ensure that babies are getting the nu-trients they need, through breastfeeding or formula feeding. Formula babies aren’t going to have rickets, grow up as dullards, or face socialization issues because they didn’t have the same “bonding” time as breastfed babies do. They’re going to be just as healthy, happy, and well adjusted.” — Colleen Book
“I don’t! The only time I judge a little and again I’m fine with anyone’s decision but when a mom is dis-gusted by the thought of having their baby on their breasts. That, I don’t understand.” — Meagan Fraser
“Never! Not everyone can breastfeed for numerous reasons. As long as baby is fed and loved, that is all that matters. I have done both methods of feeding and I will say my anxiety is through the roof while breastfeeding!” — Alanna Coffey
“I certainly don’t, but many do. I wasn’t able to breastfeed any of my boys and had strangers offer advice and verbal condemnation all of the time. They didn’t know me and they didn’t know my story. There are all kinds of reasons that women don’t
breastfeed. Many women don’t seem to understand how hurtful it can be to be bombarded with ‘breast is best’ preaching all of the time when one’s body simply can’t produce milk. As long as the baby is be-ing taken care of, why is it anyone else’s business?” — Barb Popoff
“I’d be lying if I said no. I had to switch at six months with my first child because medication caused my milk to dry up. I felt like a huge failure! I’ve been on both sides and yes, I do judge. I’m only human. I don’t express my judgment though; just keep it to myself.” — Allison Treble
“I find formula fed babies seem to sleep longer at night. I was formula fed as a baby and I sure the heck turned out fine ... Hats off to the women who are able to and the woman who are not or choose not to. We made these beautiful human beings. Let’s just make sure they eat and grow no matter which way they are fed.” — Tammy Tremblay
“I definitely have opinions on those who choose not to breastfeed for any reason that is selfish (such as not wanting to ‘ruin’ their breasts). If you can’t, you can’t, but if you can, you should. After all, you can’t claim to be about what is best for your child if you choose not to for no good reason at all.” — Karen Christine
“Why judge each other ... why can’t we sup-port each other instead of shaming a decision that works best for their families? For those that breastfeed, that’s wonderful. For those that can’t or choose to bottle feed, you are wonderful mothers too. Your children need to be fed and loved, and bottles do not equate being unloved. Let’s stop judging each other’s decisions. There are many ways to raise wonderful children!” — Kristy Laird
On a crisp evening in November, one woman’s story warmed the large ballroom at TCU Place. Hundreds came out to honour her and contrib-ute to the United Way.
Shelley Brown, managing partner at De-loitte, and her husband Murray were the hon-ourees that night. The theme for the evening, “outstanding balance,” was demonstrated in the ways the couple has divided family time, career and community work.
Shelley has always juggled a prosperous ca-reer with the demands of raising children. Her success would not have been possible without Murray’s support. And her success in the cor-porate world is awe-inspiring.
She made partner at Clarkson Gordon in Cal-gary when she was 30. She later transferred to the Saskatoon office, Ernst & Young (Clarkson Gordon changed its name in 1989) and became a managing partner. It was a first for a woman at Ernst & Young.
Shelley was one of the first women to join
the Saskatoon Club (the exclusive men’s busi-ness club began accepting women members in 1989.) She became the first female president of the board in 2003.
“I have a hard time saying no,” she says with a smile.
She joined Deloitte in 2001. She’s their direc-tor of the Saskatchewan audit practice and managing partner for Saskatchewan. Then, just to top it all off, she was named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2009, 2012 and 2013.
Fittingly, Shelley’s birthday is March 8 — In-ternational Women’s Day.
BALANCING MOTHERHOOD AND CAREERIn 1985, Clarkson Gordon didn’t have a ma-
ternity leave policy. Shelley remembers deliver-ing her daughter Erin on a Friday night after a full day at the office.
“I did my full week and went and had a baby on the weekend,” she laughs.
She collected employment insurance for four months, the extent of her maternity leave.
Shelley Brown, managing partner at Deloitte and director of the firm’s Saskatchewan audit practice, says that balance is the key to juggling a successful career with family. Bridges photo By Michelle Berg
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In 1988, she went into labour with son Adam at the of-fice in Saskatoon. She took even less time off work after his birth. There wasn’t a maternity leave policy for part-ners in the firm.
Flexibility at work helped as she brought Adam into the office occasionally.
“It took time to develop some of the policies that would promote diversity,” she explains. “And I think we’re still working on some of those.”
She says more progress will come, and points to large numbers of female business school graduates.
“Things like maternity policies will continue to prog-ress. We’re seeing more issues around elder care ... and more men want to take paternity leave.”
Work-life balance has become a catchphrase in the workplace. But judgment can be swift when the balance is perceived to sway the wrong way.
Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, was widely criti-cized for taking a few weeks of maternity leave after giv-ing birth to a baby boy, and working remotely throughout that leave. Some were concerned she was setting a “su-per woman” standard for female executives, while others questioned why this was even an issue — male executives are rarely asked how they will balance a new baby with work.
Shelley feels maternity leave should be a personal choice.
“Public practice is not easy and so often we’re criti-cized for not having a good work-life balance. It’s not busi-nesses that are forcing work-life balance. It’s up to each individual to define their own boundaries. Priorities are shifting all the time,” she says.
Dressed in a trim black and grey suit, bright red glass-es holding her blonde hair back, Shelley is approachable and confident. Here’s a woman who’s used to speaking her mind and making herself heard.
While she has no regrets about her career, she also doesn’t make a habit of looking back.
“I prefer to look forward. I can’t do anything about the past. Life is good.”
To young women wondering how to balance their ca-reer with babies, Shelley says it can be done, particularly in this day and age.
“It’s a much friendlier work environment. The key is to enjoy what you do and approach things with a positive attitude.”
BRINGING WOMEN TO THE TABLE
Gender diversity in the workforce is important to Shel-ley. She entered the business world when women were vastly under-represented. Even now, the number of wom-en in Canadian corporate roles lags behind men. About 15 per cent of board members are women.
“We’re definitely not where we need to be in Canada. Fifteen per cent is not good representation,” says Shel-ley.
Women bring new ideas to the table, along with differ-ent approaches to addressing risks in an organization. She says this will help build stronger corporations and boards in the Canadian marketplace.
Gender diversity in the workforce is needed to bring new ideas to the table, says Shelley Brown. bridges photo by Michelle bergContinued on Page 14
Public practice is not easy and so often we’re criticized for not having a good work-life balance. It’s not businesses that are forcing work-life balance. It’s up to each individual to define their own boundaries. — Shelley’
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Men are selected for positions more frequently because they know how to sell themselves. Women tend to downplay their credentials where-as men tend to exaggerate.
“We need to sell ourselves,” says Shelley.
She encourages young women to step up into corporate leader-ship and board levels through men-torship programs at Deloitte and through the Women’s Executive Net-work (AWXN), which awards the Top 100 awards.
Ever humble, being named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women three times is not a title with which she’s completely comfortable, but she wholly supports the WXN.
“They’re promoting diversity, they’re promoting women in leader-ship and they’re promoting women on boards ... a lot of things that I be-lieve in.”
A REVOLUTIONARY MANMurray was called a “pioneer”
during Dinner Date because he was a stay-at-home dad in the 1980s.
“It seemed to be the reasonable thing to do at the time for us,” he says.
The couple decided early on that their children would not be raised in daycare. Plus, both youngsters were active — hockey, dance, piano — which can be a full-time job in itself.
A family man through and through, Murray was part of the home and school association, al-lowing him to spend time with his kids and their friends at St. Angela. Daughter Erin says his cooking is fantastic, especially his banana bread, and yard work has always been his passion.
“It probably wasn’t until I was in Grade 8 that I realized I had a stay-at-home dad and most of my friends had stay-at-home moms. I love that I had a stay-at-home dad. I think I have a much closer relationship with him then I would have otherwise,” says Erin.
Shelley adds he’s an incredible housekeeper — the house was always spotless when the kids were growing up. It was his support at home that enabled her to pursue her career.
Shelley grew up on a farm near Moosomin in southern Saskatch-
ewan. Murray did too but they didn’t meet until high school. They both attended the College of Commerce
at the University of Saskatchewan and were married after final exams in 1978.
Longtime friend Vic Dubois, gen-eral manager of Saskatoon Media Group, emceed Dinner Date. One of
his stories that night was a funny ac-count of when Shelley and Murray got married.
Murray and Shelley with their granddaughter Anna.
The Brown family at the Saskatoon Club. Shelley was the private club’s first female president and one of the first female members. subMiTTed phoTos
Shelley and Murray at their wedding in 1978. Shelley and Murray on their honeymoon trip to Europe.
It probably wasn’t until I was in Grade 8 that I realized I had a stay-at-home dad and most of my friends had stay-at-home moms. I love that I had a stay-at-home dad. — Erin Brown’
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(Shelley) deserves every good thing that happens to her. — Vic Dubois’
Funds were tight for the new graduates. Shelley asked her dad to co-sign a loan that would allow the couple to travel Europe on a three-month honeymoon.
Shelley smiles slyly about it today as Murray explains she had already taken a position in Calgary upon graduating.
“We felt it was then or not for some while,” he says. “It was an op-portune time.”
“But of course we didn’t have any money and student loans up to our eyeballs,” adds Shelley. “Our parents thought we were crazy wanting to go off and travel for three months, but my dad agreed to co-sign a loan.”
Nine weeks, 13 countries, nights
in tents and days sightseeing or on a Contiki tour bus, followed by a few weeks on their own ignited a lifelong passion.
“We never regretted doing it. We got back, went to work and started paying off the debts,” says Shelley.
The two have made time to see the world — name a country and they’ve likely visited.
But along with seeing the world, they’ve also volunteered extensively and made sure their children did the same.
“They always encouraged us to give back to the community, espe-cially for those that are less privi-leged than us,” says Erin.
“When the community calls on
you to participate, you should do it,” says Shelley.
The honeymoon to Europe brought that fact home. Visiting Turkey and Bulgaria in 1978 gave the two a new-found appreciation for their life in Canada.
“We also recognize that many Ca-nadians don’t have the opportunities we had and that there are many less fortunate in our communities. We need to work together to try and im-prove the standard of living for ev-eryone,” she says.
Shelley says the next generation will be giving back even more. Many companies, Deloitte among them, encourage staff to volunteer.
“Even those that haven’t been
raised with the understanding that getting involved in the community is a good thing — they’re now start-ing to get that through their work environments. Many companies re-alize they have to be good corporate citizens.”
Shelley and Murray divide their time between Saskatoon and Van-couver now. Two years ago, Deloitte asked Shelley to move to the west coast to take on responsibilities in the mining sector.
“I was at that stage where I was looking for something else to do with public companies. We thought we’d give (Vancouver) a try.”
She also took on additional re-sponsibilities in Saskatoon, hence
the time split. Work will take her all over the country this year however in her role as chair of Chartered Professional Accountants Canada.
Dubois and his wife Bev met the Browns years ago at the Saskatoon Club when Shelley fi rst joined and count them as good friends.
“They’re the salt of the earth,” says Dubois. “She deserves every good thing that happens to her.”
While they love Vancouver, the Browns will ultimately transition back to Saskatoon to be close to their family. Erin and her husband Justin recently had a baby girl, Anna. For Shelley and Murray, who have been married for 35 years, family comes fi rst. Anna is their new priority.
Murray and Shelley Brown in Vancouver where Shelley does work in the mining sector for Deloitte. Longtime friend Vic Dubois calls the couple, “The salt of the earth.” SUBMITTED PHOTO
FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESS FROM SHELLEY BROWN:1. Enjoy what you do and look at how you can make a di� erence.2. Find your own balance and approach to developing your life.3. When the community calls on you to participate, say yes. 4. Don’t waste time complaining to people who are powerless about the situation; step up and make a change or talk to the people who can.5. Women tend to downplay their credentials. Don’t be afraid to sell yourself. Ask someone you respect to help you.
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EVENTS# M U S I C
Wednesday, March 12
Free Willybuds on broadway,817 broadway ave.
Thursday, March 13
Mike Nowoselskicrackers restaurant & Lounge,1-227 pinehouse dr.
Curved Worthbuds on broadway,817 broadway ave.
Jazz Jam: The Kim Salkeld TrioThe bassment,202 Fourth ave. n.
The Residualsamigos cantina,632 10th st. e.
Mavericks o’brians events centre,241 second ave. s.
Faceplants w/ Fighting for Ithacasutherland hall,1112 central ave.
Friday, March 14
Rippertrainbuds on broadway,817 broadway ave.
Piano Friday w/ Martin Janovsky Fiddle Series: The FretlessThe bassment,202 Fourth ave. n.
4 Frontarmy and navy club,359 First ave. n.
Toon Town Big Band Dancedowntown Legion,606 spadina cres. W.
Midnight LuvToon Town Tavern,3330 Fairlight dr.
Purdy BirdMcnally robinson,3130 eighth st. e.
Leon OchsFairfield seniors’ centre,103 Fairmont ct.
Young Benjamins w/ Scenic Route to Alaska and John Antoniukamigos cantina,632 10th st. e.
The Faps w/ Bad Decisions and Myles & The BlanksVangelis Tavern,801 broadway ave.
Bad Dogspiggy’s pub & grill,1403 idylwyld dr. n.
Darrin Roystan’s place,106-110 ruth st. e.
Saturday, March 15
Rippertrainbuds on broadway,817 broadway ave.
The Diana Panton QuartetThe bassment,202 Fourth ave. n.
4 Frontarmy and navy club,359 First ave. n.
St. Patrick’s Day w/ Harry “O” Startupnutana Legion,3021 Louise st.
Phoenixdowntown Legion,606 spadina cres. W.
Sock Hop Dance: Tributes to The Beach Boys and The Beatles by Liverpoolgerman cultural centre,160 cartwright st. e.
Crooked TimberMcnally robinson,3130 eighth st. e.
St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Ray RichardsFinn’s irish pub,924 spadina cres. e.
Concert for Change: Wolfen Rabbits, The Northern Lights and Wizardsamigos cantina,632 10th st. e.
Bass Kleph, Mat the Alien and Elite Force o’brians events centre,241 second ave. s.
Vinyl Retreatpiggy’s pub & grill,1403 idylwyld dr. n.
Darrin Roystan’s place,106-110 ruth st. e.
Sunday, March 16
Martin Sextonbroadway Theatre,715 broadway ave.
Harry ‘O’ Startupnutana Legion,3021 Louise st.
Electric Six w/ The Mohrsamigos cantina,632 10th st. e.
Monday, March 17
Wenches and Rogues w/ Across the Pondamigos cantina,632 10th st. e.
St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Ray RichardsFinn’s irish pub,924 spadina cres. e.
St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Vinyl Retreatpiggy’s pub & grill,1403 idylwyld dr. n.
Tuesday, March 18
17 Seconds of Fuelbuds on broadway,817 broadway ave.
Matt Webb of Marianas Trencho’brians events centre,241 second ave. s.
# A R T
Mendel Art GalleryUntil March 30 at 950 spa-dina cres. e. contemporary drawings from the national gallery of canada, and Trace nelson: Walls of intrigue and cabinets of curiosity. The rbc artists by artists exhibition is Time Layered by gwen Klypak and her mentor, June J. Jacobs. March 16, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., make green art for st. patrick’s day. Visit www.mendel.ca.
Trio GalleryUntil March 12 in Market Mall. a new location within the mall is being renovated for the gallery space. The new space will include a larger gallery and a photographic studio. The present gallery remains open most weekdays.
Le RelaisUntil March 27 at 103-308 Fourth ave. n. pot-pourri, paintings by the artist group arTby9. reception March 14, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Paved Artsopening March 14 at 424 20th st. W. Town and country, an audio art installation by anita hamilton; equal: Toon’s Kitchen xV by Jordon schwab, riffing on double negative by Michael heizer; and Kitsch in Toons: Toon’s Kitchen xiV by peter stinson and red smart-eez, a documentary about an art collection. opening recep-tion March 14, 8 p.m. sounds Like audio iV art Festival call for experimental sound art-ists, until april 4. The festival runs July 24-26. submit performance-oriented audio art project audio/video clips electronically to paved arts.
Green Ark Collected Home
Until april 25 at 212 20th st. W. andie nicole: T’works of art. reception March 15, 7 p.m.
SCYAP GalleryUntil March 21 at 253 Third ave. s. heartbreak & birth by silvana shamo and angelina hussman. Works exploring different emotions, states of mind and experiences. recep-tion March 15, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Second Annual Street Meet Call for Submissionssubmission deadline is March 15. saskatchewan-based art-ists are invited to submit pro-posals for street Meet 2014 by March 15. The festival runs July 4-6. street Meet only ac-cepts digital submissions via email. contact street Meet programming committee at [email protected]. For information email [email protected].
Rouge GalleryUntil March 15 at 200-245 Third ave. s. new directions by eltje degenhart.
Ukrainian Museum of CanadaUntil March 18 at 910 spadina cres. e. Taras shevchenko: The Muse and the Voice. a Multimedia exhibition cele-brating the 200th anniversary of the folk hero’s birth.
Humboldt and District Museum and GalleryUntil March 22 at 601 Main st., humboldt. st. peter’s college Fine arts department stu-dent exhibit. a Local perspec-tive exhibit of watercolours by bob pitzel runs until March 29.
The Gallery at Frances Morrison LibraryUntil March 27 at 311 23rd st. e. streetcar city by Local his-tory. photographs from Local history’s collection.
Station Arts Centre, Rosthern
Until March 29 at 701 railway ave. in rosthern. all beings confluence. an ever-expand-ing installation of panels of sheer fabric that each repre-sent a single living being, kept and maintained by Martha cole.
Biggar Museum & GalleryThrough March at 105 Third ave. W. in biggar. student ex-pression exhibit. student art interpretations of picasso.
Handmade House ShowcaseUntil March 31 at 710 broad-way ave. beat the Winter blues. a group show featuring the variety of crafts members create.
Black Spruce Galleryopen through the winter at northside antiques on highway 2. after glow, a group show.
Darrell Bell GalleryUntil april 5 at 405-105 21st st. e. new paintings by inger decoursey. acrylic paintings depicting life in the city.
Affinity Gallery (Saskatchewan Craft Council)Until april 12 at 813 broadway ave. Wearable art. Works that were featured in the first sas-katchewan Wearable art gala on oct. 26, 2013. reception april 12, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
St. Thomas More GalleryUntil april 25 at 1437 college dr. collaboration, ninth annual Uscad. an instructors’ and certificate students’ exhibi-tion.
The Spring CollectionUntil april 30 on the eighth floor of the delta bessbor-ough. presented by Kehrig Fine art. bronze sculpture and modern contemporary art. Works by raphaël gyllenb-jörn, Michael anthony, Tom schultz, William prettie and Tim Johnson.
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What you need to know to plan your week. Send events to [email protected]
Diefenbaker Canada CentreUntil June 8 at 101 diefen-baker pl. a Queen and her country. this exhibit com-memorates the diamond Jubilee of her Majesty Queen elizabeth ii from a uniquely canadian perspec-tive.
# S P E C I A L E V E N T S
Speech Reading and In-formation for the Hard of HearingMarch 12, 26, april 9, 23, May 14, 28, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at saskatchewan deaf and hard of hearing services, 3-511 First ave. n. hosted by the hard of hearing asso-ciation. For information call 306-249-1357.
Life as Art: Philosophy In The CommunityMarch 12, 7 p.m., at the refinery, 609 dufferin ave. a free lecture and discussion series. Lecture six. professor eric dayton will talk about whether one should strive to make one’s life a work of art.
Ensemble: A Dress for Suc-cess BenefitMarch 13, 5:45 p.m., at Kreos aviation hangar, 16 Wayne hicks Lane. presented by cameco. an evening of food, music, automobiles, dance and fashion. in support of dress for success saska-toon. contact [email protected] or 306-956-6366.
InfinitusMarch 13, 7:30 p.m., at Wa-trous civic centre, 404 Main st. in Watrous. the beat box string trio performs. tickets at the door.
Taboo Naughty but NiceMarch 14, 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.; March 15, 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.; and March 16, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at prairieland park. an upscale adult playground
dedicated to enhancing life-styles, encouraging romance, personal betterment and all things taboo. entertainment, provocative and educational seminars, unique shop-ping, fashion shows and live demonstrations. this is a 19+ event.
Bridal Shop and SwapMarch 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at confederation Mall. Former brides will share their experi-ences, offer tips and have gently used wedding items for sale.
At the MoviesMarch 15, 7:30 p.m., at tcU place. sso’s conexus pop series. Featuring scores and songs from movies, includ-ing star trek: through the years, the King and i, the godfather, the adventures of robin hood, batman,
phantom of the opera, Life of pi and star Wars.
Middle Eastern Hafla (Dance Party) March 16, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the german cultural centre, 160 cartwright st. With dancers from dancegypt dance co. proceeds will help to raise funds for cara Mazurak who will be running with team diabetes 2015.
Rethink 911March 18, 7 p.m., at broad-way theatre. architect rich-ard gage discusses what actually happened on sept. 11, 2001.
# T H E A T R E
RéunirMarch 12 at studio 914, 914 20th st. W. presented by saskatchewan native the-
atre company. With 2013-14 circle of Voices. a poetic story of love for our relations, played with the same fervour and celebration with which our ancestors lived, ebbing and flowing like the great north and south saskatch-ewan rivers, calm at points, treacherous and old as glaciers from the west.
The 39 StepsMarch 12-15 at 7 p.m. and March 16 at 2 p.m., at Fr. o’donnell theatre at st thomas More college. presented by newman play-ers. a man with a boring life meets a woman who claims to be a spy. When she is mur-dered, a mysterious organi-zation called the 39 steps is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale.
EquivocationMarch 12-30, nightly at 8 p.m. except Mondays, sundays and March 19 at 2 p.m., at persephone theatre. a politi-cal thriller that explores the intersection of art, politics, morality, truth and history. in 1606 King James i’s prime minister commissions a play about the recent gunpowder plot, an attempt to blow up the king and his court. the king simply requests that some flattering dialogue, and witches, be added.
Saskatoon SoapsMarch 14, 9:30 p.m., at broadway theatre. the sas-katoon soaps improv com-edy troupe brings laughter to the stage.
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ON THE SCENEThe Greek Gourmet Feast is undoubtedly the most popular fundraiser for the Royal Univer-sity Hospital Foundation. Cel-ebrating its 30th year, the feast was held March 5 at Manos Restaurant. Owners and broth-ers Bill, Louis and Manoli Barlas have hosted the event for the past 15 years. It was previously held at Cousin Nik’s Restaurant. The sold-out event featured an unforgettable evening of tradi-tional Greek music, dancing, and of course food. Elegantly-attired guests also purchased raffle tickets throughout the night on a trip to for two to Greece.
Over $790,000 has been raised during the three decades the Greek Gourmet Feast has been held. That money goes toward the three pillars of healthcare supported by the RUH Foundation: education, research and patient care. More than $60,000 was raised at the March 5 event.
1. Guests enjoy the champagne reception.
2. Joy Crawford, Ted Ristau, Christy Johnson, Levi Johnson, Terry Sawchuk and Debbie Sawchuk
3. Bob and Jane Daniels
4. Marla Gordon and Theresa Mudrik
5. Melissa Hewison and Carly Neilson
6. Cory Miles and Gabriella Silva
7. Patty Timmerman and Erin Ens
8. Kathy Lyle and Joan Tilk
9. Manos servers during the Greek Gourmet Feast.
Bridges photos By Michelle Berg
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By Jenn Sharp
“Bring a bottle of wine for dinner. We’re having fish.”
A friend said this to me recently. I started sweating. What kind of wine goes with fish? White obviously (I know that much) but after that I was at a loss. What if I bring something people hate?
I know what kind of wine I like but what about everyone else? And I’m not all that skilled at pairing wine with food.
My default is usually to phone James Romanow, aka Dr. Booze, our esteemed Bridges wine columnist, but I can’t always go running for help. I need a wine education.
Reading the label can help, but it doesn’t always list food pairings. How is anyone to know that “ripe notes of tropical pineapple” translates well to pizza?
And sometimes you need a good imagination to figure out what a wine might taste like. Take this Italian Campania for example, with notes of coffee, leather, smoke and minerals. That doesn’t sound very good to me. Who wants to drink leather?
Chef Rob Harrison and sommelier Jonathan Gieni have a sweet solution to this problem in Regina. Harrison operates Rushton’s Catering at the Saskatchewan Science Centre. He quietly started The Tasting Room last year and is gearing up for a new season of events with Gieni.
The men are a fine pair of hosts; Harrison provides the food to match Gieni’s wine selections for the eve-ning. Both want to introduce people to the joys of wine.
“There are so many people who don’t know what to look for,” says Harrison.
Their goal for seasoned wine-lovers (like myself), is to teach wine and food pairings, while introducing some new varietals.
“(People) pick a wine by reading the label but don’t know how to trans-late the flavour notes,” he adds. “We show you what to look for and what’s best for your taste.”
The first event of the season will be a cabernet session, held in the Sun-light Room at the Saskatchewan Sci-ence Centre. Expect an in-depth les-son on food pairings, especially in a restaurant setting. Gieni has chosen five cabernets and will go through the history of each, along with the best food pairing for that wine.
Harrison will provide simple foods, like homemade bread and cheese, so as not to overwhelm the palate.
In Vino Veritas, a similar wine tasting and education night is held on the third Thursday of every month at
Boffins Club in Innovation Place. A wine rep hosts each event, and brings a selection of wines from a specific winery. Each wine is perfectly paired with a variety of gourmet tasting plates, crafted by chef Peter Philips and the Boffins kitchen team.
A private club, Boffins is open to employees at Innovation Place and to members. A yearly membership is $250 and includes access to patio events, like Fare and Ale, once sum-mer [email protected]
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In Vino Veritas is held at Boffins Club on the Innovation Place campus the third Thursday of each month. This Caprese stuffed chicken breast with a honeycomb potato and mushroom cream sauce is an example of what you can expect to eat during an In Vino event. Submitted photo
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Help for choosing the perfect wine every time
The Tasting Room features an upcoming session on five cabernets from around the world at the Saskatchewan Science Centre. bridgeS photo by bryan SchLoSSer
BOFFINS IN VINO VERITAS
Featuring five wines from a spe-cific winery
Boffins Club, In-novation Place
March 20, 5 to 8 p.m., $50
Call 306-978-2582 to reserve or inquire about membership
Held on the third Thursday of each month
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Level: GOLDFill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can ap-pear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle.
The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).
# J a n r i c c l a s s i c s U D o K U
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Saskatoon Summer Players (SSP) is a community-based, non-profit organization specialized inthe production of musical theatre. From its inception in 1964 to the present day, SSP has beena volunteer-based and volunteer-supported organization. It has staged high quality full-scaleBroadway musicals for the enjoyment of theatre-goers, while providing unique on- and off-stage opportunities for local artists.
SSP is currently recruiting a part-time General Manager for an anticipated start date of May5, 2014. The General Manger (GM) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of SSP, with thefollowing primary responsibilities: maintaining communications with members and generalpublic (via email, website and social media), securing funding for operational and production-related activities, and assisting in production-related activities. Applicant should demonstratestrong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), proficiency in MicrosoftOffice software, be self-motivated, well-organized and require little supervision. A backgroundin management and/or theatre production, knowledge in accounting, graphic editing and Boardgovernance are considered assets.
The ideal applicant is a creative self-starter who will be able to undertake a multitude of taskswith a level-headed, common sense, good-humored approach to problem-solving. Interestedindividuals should forward a cover letter and resume, including references and any supportingmaterials, by March 22, 2014 to:
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OUTSIDE THE LINES# Colouring contest
Each week, Stephanie McKay creates a timely illustra-tion meant to please kids of all ages.
Children can colour the page, have a picture taken with the finished product and email it to [email protected]. One winner will be chosen each week. Please send entries by Monday at 9 a.m.
Last week’s contest winner is Anna and Elena Donahue.Thanks to everyone who submitted entries!
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By Erl Svendsen
Only the best performers make it through tests done by All-America Selections (AAS).
AAS is a non-profit organization that tests new, never-before avail-able, bedding plants, perennials and vegetables in locations across the United States and Canada. Their recommendations are worth a try.
Late last year, they announced a first set of winners — eight in to-tal — that I wrote about in January. They recently announced a further four winning ornamentals — a veri-table bumper crop of champions.
New GuiNea impatieNs (impatieNs hawkeri) FloriFic sweet oraNGe:
With five-centimetre bicoloured blooms in shades of light salmon through deep orange against bronze foliage, it’s a great addition to your shade garden. Planted en mass in a bed for maximum appeal, in hanging baskets or in deck containers, Florif-ic Sweet Orange brighten up darker areas in your garden all season long. It’s a medium tall (25-60 cm) annual so it is best planted toward the front to middle of the border. Since they fill in quickly, they can be spaced 30 cm apart in the garden. Keep them consistently moist but never soggy. As an added bonus, they are resis-tant to impatiens down mildew, the scourge of other cultivars.
aNGeloNia sereNita piNk (aNGeloNia aNGustiFolia):
Another common name is sum-mer snapdragons. Serinita has hot pink flowers (with a contrasting dark throat) on moderate tall spikes, 30-35 cm in height. A heat and drought tolerant plant, it performs best in well-drained soil with four to six hours of full sun. It is equally suited in containers or in beds to-ward the front (20-25 cm apart). AAS describes it as “easy to grow and maintain — ideal for beginner gar-deners.”
osteospermum akila Daisy white (osteospermum eckloNis):
Medium (five cm) daisy-like flowers (clear white with yellow centres) are held above dark green foliage; plants range 25-60 cm in height. It flowers all season long, and is drought and heat tolerant once established. Judges in the Southern U.S. remarked they were impressed with this cultivar’s ability to keep blooming in the heat, boding well for an excellent show during our dog days of August. Plant in early spring, on 25-30 cm centres. It grows equally well in containers.
orNameNtal pepper Numex easter (capsicum aNNuum):
The white flowers are not par-ticularly showy, but the clusters of four to six fruit at the ends of branches point up, above the foli-age, and range in colour from lav-ender to light yellow as they ripen toward light orange. The compact plant (25 cm tall) is well branched, guarantying a steady supply of Eas-ter-coloured fruit. It will be popular for future Easters as a houseplant, but is perfectly at home outdoors in the garden as well. For best re-
sults, plant in well drained soil where it will receive full sun all day. It is drought, heat, rain and wind resistant making it relatively low maintenance. The small, colourful peppers are edible (but I don’t guar-antee the flavour) and might make a fun addition to a spring salad.
Since these and other 2014 cham-pions are brand new, expect limited availability this season from both your favourite seed catalogues and local greenhouses. That doesn’t mean to give up hope of finding
them, but you’ll have more success next year. If you want to see recent winners up close and personal, check out the AAS display garden this summer by the south entrance to the Agriculture Building on the University of Saskatchewan cam-pus.
This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society: www.saskperennial.ca; [email protected].
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By James Romanow
Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere the sky is blue. Somewhere in our future, spring will come anew… And in the meantime if wait-ing for it seems a bit on the tedious side, then what you need to do is crack a bottle of crisp clean sauvignon blanc. The stuff is sunshine in the glass: Crisp, fruity, full of the aromas of an orchard on a hot summer afternoon. It’s enough to make you put on a pair of flip flops and cavort in the nearest snowbank.
The Okanagan version of sauvignon blanc is much subtler than the Kiwi (super crisp and grassy) or Californian (sweet-sour with herbs) version. It maintains the citrus profile of limes and lemons, and if you stop and consider — or enjoy it with a very plain salad, preferably something with a bit of astringency like radic-chio or romaine — you will start to pick up the scent and flavours of freshly cut herbs.
Mission Hill, a winery for which I have a great deal of affection, has a sauvignon blanc that is sourced from five different vineyards, hence the name. Their goal was to subtly ac-cent each aspect of the wine, from the colour, to the bouquet, to the palate, right through to the finish.
If you like smash-mouth wines then 5 Vine-yards won’t be for you. It is an extremely unos-tentatious wine. It won’t win any medals. When
you taste 100 wines twice a day for five days, such delicacy gets lost early in the competition. On the other hand, if you’re a fan of pasta pri-mavera, maybe with a few shrimp on top, this is a wine to buy.
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