By Lisa Goudy
The single largest commercial building permit last month was for alterations, repairs and additions to an arena.
A permit valued at $991,000 was for that exact purpose. It was one of 22 permits valued at $2.63 million that the city issued
in September. In September 2013, the city issued 37 permits worth $18.97 million.
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Friday, October 10, 2014
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Dealing with stress, the bad and the good
By Lisa Goudy
When I first read that not all stress was bad for you, I wasn’t sure I believed it.
Stress can make people uptight or angry. It can produce physical, emotional and mental symptoms and can even, in worst-case scenarios, lead to the development of diseases. Sure, everyone deals with stress differently, but ideally wouldn’t it be better not to have any stress at all?
Well I did some research and there are many studies out there showing that isn’t true. According to research by Firdaus Dhabhar, PhD and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of research at the Stanford Center on Stress & Health, short-term stress could be beneficial.
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When I first read that not all stress was bad for you, I wasn’t sure I believed it.
Stress can make people uptight or angry. It can produce physical, emotional and mental symptoms and can even, in worst-case scenarios, lead to the development of diseases. Sure, everyone deals with stress differently, but ideally wouldn’t it be better not to have any stress at all?
Well I did some research and there are many studies out there showing that isn’t true. According to research by Firdaus Dhabhar, PhD and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of research at the Stanford Center on Stress & Health, short-term stress could be beneficial.
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Transcending generations with Frankie Valli's music
By Lisa Goudy
Rick Wojnowski can easily pinpoint the most rewarding part of playing a tribute to The Four Seasons.
“One of the things that is amazing is that we have people in their 60s, 70s that remember when this music came out and then we have their grandkids in the audience that are begging to buy the CD after the show because they’ve never heard the music,” he said.
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Rick Wojnowski can easily pinpoint the most rewarding part of playing a tribute to The Four Seasons.
“One of the things that is amazing is that we have people in their 60s, 70s that remember when this music came out and then we have their grandkids in the audience that are begging to buy the CD after the show because they’ve never heard the music,” he said.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Singin’, Pickin’ & Grinnin’ with fiddlin’
By Lisa Goudy
Calvin Vollrath loves to fiddle because of his audiences.
“I like playing for the people. I like making people happy,” he said. “It’s not just notes that we play. We play with lots of emotion and we bring back memories for people.”
It’s been 25 years since Vollrath, a fiddler from St. Paul, Alta., started playing with Freddie and Sheila Pelletier, who are a couple and music duo from Birch Hills, Sask.
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Calvin Vollrath loves to fiddle because of his audiences.
“I like playing for the people. I like making people happy,” he said. “It’s not just notes that we play. We play with lots of emotion and we bring back memories for people.”
It’s been 25 years since Vollrath, a fiddler from St. Paul, Alta., started playing with Freddie and Sheila Pelletier, who are a couple and music duo from Birch Hills, Sask.
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Movie review: Gone Girl an exceptional piece of work
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It’s easy to think you know what you’re walking into when
you see Gone Girl.
You don’t.
Not even close.
And this is
one of the best parts about the movie. It is certainly a film you don’t want to
have spoiled before seeing it. The thriller film lives and thrives on its
twists and turns that draw you in, wind you up and keep you guessing for the
entire runtime of 149 minutes.
Notwithstanding,
the film is a complex thriller based on the 2012 New York Times bestselling novel of
the same name by Gillian Flynn. Flynn also wrote the screenplay.
Directed by
David Fincher, the premise at first glance seems simple. It is the fifth
anniversary of Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike), a
couple living in Missouri.
However, it
is on this day that everything changes when Amy goes missing. Furniture is
overturned and his wife is nowhere to be found. A search begins and it soon
becomes a media circus since she was the inspiration for the Amazing Amy book
series, written by her parents.
Police get
the sense Nick isn’t sharing everything he knows and the spotlight turns to
Nick. Through present-day events and flashbacks through an entry in Amu’s
diary, secrets come to light and it’s soon suspected that he might not be
innocent. Themes of trust, marriage, the media and perception are deeply
explored in this mind-gripping film.
Everything
about this film is excellent. All of the acting was fantastic and believable,
including the performances of Affleck, Pike, Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler
Perry, to name a few.
In many ways, a film like Gone Girl is very difficult to act in
just because of the nature of the plot, but the actors pull it off marvelously.
This is one of the best performances Pike and Affleck have ever done and,
seeing as both actors have shown her talent before, that is truly saying
something.
The way Fincher has set up the
film, portrayed the scenarios and the way Flynn has adapted her book for the
screen, works like a charm. It pulls you along easily from one scene to the
next.
With the inclusion of how much
time has passed included as a subtitle at the bottom of necessary scenes, it
truly feels like a ticking time bomb with so much to discover. This only adds
to the overall dark feel of the film.
It’s clear every shot is planned
to the tee. With multi-layered characters and a soundtrack that adds to the
thrills of the film, it comes off as a big success, touching on deep, dark and twisted themes. Some
say the ending spoiled the film or book, but in reality, it adds to the overall feel of the story. At the end of the day, no matter what you think about the ending it pays off as a fantastic movie and can easily be
considered as one of the best movies made this year.
The film feels wild and
controlled at the same time, which is a deliberate and fitting move for the
film. Filled with suspense and shocking, unnerving twists and turns, Gone Girl will leave you with feelings
of surprise, chills and a haunting revelation that will stay with you long
after the final credits roll.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Mixed views on new minimum wage
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| As of Oct. 1, the minimum wage in Saskatchewan was raised from $10 to $10.20. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
Minimum wage workers are making 20 cents more than they were on Sept. 30.
As of Oct. 1, the minimum wage in Saskatchewan was increased from $10 an hour to $10.20 an hour.
“It would still be pretty difficult to live on minimum wage if anyone sat down and looked at the issue. Many people view minimum wage jobs as entry level jobs and in some cases, that’s accurate, but it’s also not accurate in a number of cases,” said Mayor Deb Higgins, who is also the appointed director of the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: LED traffic lights coming to town
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| The lights at the intersection of Fairford Street West and First Avenue Northwest have been changed to LED lights. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
Mayor Deb Higgins is all too aware of the age of the city’s infrastructure.
“Everything’s getting old,” she said. “We’ve focused on roads and sidewalks and what’s underground in most of our conversations, but street lights are also a big part of it and the problem we’re facing right now is that many of the street lights are old.”
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