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I 4 Rex Harrison dead at 82 Grumbling ruins supper Series like op-ed C4 Security tight in Beijing C2 btH Womens road to success Sheila Robertson Column rocky ness and professional woman of the year! Not that this unemployed person is letting any grass grow under her feet. Shes chairman of the board of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, and remains heavily involved with the Meewasin Valley Authority and the Wanuskewin project. Such interests, along with her family and friends, took a back seat during her SIAST stint. It wasnt the life Bill expected, but his attitude was that if I wanted to do it, fine. But I like being involved in my community, and I had to drop out of all kinds of things that mattered to me.

She admitted its difficult to give up a good position and a healthy income. And there were some wonderful projects I was involved in at SIAST, especially the equity policy and the new relationship with the regional colleges. More important, though, was her intention to become a wonderful eccentric old lady. Now that shes feeling better, shes looking for a job that will permit that: something creative, but not a killer. Thats one womans modified vision of success.

three girls to raise, she wai-tressed, kept boarders and garnered scholarships to get her masters degree in education. My children never knew we were poor, she said proudly. They had the biggest Barbie collection and they didnt know I bought the dolls at garage sales. Maher is best known as Sharon Mitchell, the blonde dynamo who steered the Diefen-baker Centre through some tough times. During the seven years she was its director, she kept a high profile through various culture and tourism organizations.

Its primarily for her accomplishments during that period that she was honored as a YWCA Woman of the Year in April. She was cited for her work with the Saskatchewan Council of Cultural Organizations, the Wanuskewm Heritage Site steering committee, the Saskatchewan Museums Association, and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, among other involvements. Maher (she married Bill Maher in December 1988) grinned at the irony. I wondered how an unemployed person could win the award for busi- Success. Is there anybody who doesnt want it? It drives our culture, although, as a concept, its open to interpretation.

Some seek meaningful work, close relationships, financial security. Others aspire to wealth, contacts, power. However you describe success, the evidence is that its particularly elusive for women. What with pink ghettos and glass ceilings to contend with, unequal pay and limited childcare options and archaic beliefs that women should be kept in their place, its no wonder so few women reach the top of the heap. That said, what goes through a womans mind when she has to give up a challenging, well-paying job? In a milieu attuned to success, how does one deal with failure? Not surprisingly, theres guilt, which most women seem to have been steeped in in the womb.

Guilt is the first thing Sharon Maher mentioned when she talked about the high-powered job she left in January at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SI AST.) Theres a sense of commitment; women have an image to uphold, she said in an interview at her pastoral acreage south-east of Saskatoon. Ill probably always have a sense of failure about that job. I had such great hopes of wanting to do something and when you cant Soon after she took the job as SIASTs vice-president of program development and co-ordination last summer, she knew she was in over her head. But you try for awhile, she explained. Every new job is tough.

She admits she thrived on some of the problems. And you take seriously being a role model not in an obscure sense, but in that there were women and men working for you and with you, and you want to make it possible for them to shine. However, continual shuttling between Saskatoon, where her boss was, and Regina, where her work was, plus a growing area of responsibility pushed her to a health breakdown. It wasnt a matter of would I have a heart attack, it was when, she said. I was working 15 or 16 hours a day.

There was many a morning I was on the road at 5 a.m. to drive down to Regina, only to drive back at 10 p.m. for meetings in Saskatoon the next day. One night in November, she got a speeding ticket on that highway. I just broke down and cried.

Id been up since 4 a.m. Its possible a man would have lasted in the job, because hed have refused to continue at that pace. Her persistence might be attributable to the superwoman syndrome, but Maher prefers such terms as duty and responsibility. Ive always been busy and achievement- and duty-oriented, she said. My Dad was like that, and he expected us to do what we set out to do.

Spurred by that ingrained need to do the job and do it well, Maher has overcome numerous barriers in her life. More than 20 years ago, as a divorcee with Mount Everest film top award winner Bowl rocks in summer kickoff By Terry Craig of the Star-Phoenix The first outdoor concert of the summer season went off without a hitch Saturday at Gordie Howe Bowl. The venerable football field rocked to the sounds of Cheap Trick, Toronto, The Razorbacks and Saskatoons Paper Shadow. Headliner Cheap Trick, playing its first show since a club date in Los Angeles last January, has not lost any MGVIGW of its musical spunk, thanks in large part to the on-stage antics of guitarist Rick Neilsen. Neilsen came armed with a plethora of guitars, including his famed five-necked guitar which he mounted during the sets final song, a new tune from the groups forthcoming disc, Busted.

The band played what amounted to a 70-minute greatest-hits selection, including tunes from its 1977 debut album up to 1988s The Flame. Thrown in for good measure were its own versions of Elvis Presleys Dont Be Cruel; Fats Dominos Aint That A Shame, and The Moves California Man. Singer-guitarist Robin Zander still has one of the most distinctive voices in the world of rock make. I just liked the idea, the extraordinary circumstance, the Simplicity. Justines Film, one womans at- tempt to find a cure for love, won for best experimental film, best original music score (Marc Perusse) and best director (Jeanne Crepeau).

Francois Dau-teuils Oui Alio! Estelle? took awards for best sound (Serge Beauchemin) and best drama over 30 minutes. Justine and Oui Alio! were two of numerous Quebec productions honored, proving short film and video makers from that province can match the quality set by their feature film counterparts like Denys Arcand and Jean-Claude Lau-zon. Other winning Quebec-based productions were Patricia Tassi-naris Goodbye Federico (best drama under 30 minutes), In Her Chosen Field (documentary under 30 minutes), Head Full of Questions (childrens show), Black Mother Black Daughter (special documentary cash award), Dizzy Heart (special jury award forbrt direction) and Danny Boy (special jury award). Ontario also claimed a fair share of the Golden Sheaf pie. Winners from that province included Sandspit to Dildo Hippi-ty Hoppity Home Sweet Home (artsentertainment), Best for Us industrialpromotional Exploring the Atmosphere (best science nature), Miroslaw Baszak for Heartbreak Verite (cinematography videography) and Margaret van Eerdewijk for The Radical Romantic (editing).

Other awards went to Vancouvers Gail Noonan for Play Ball! (animation) and Calgarys Jay Stewart for Home Room Movie (best instructionaleducation-al). Certificates of merit were given to Toronto film-makers Eleanore Lindo for Talkin About AIDS and Peter Blow for Borrowed Time. Stories to be told Page C4 By Erica Smishek of the Star-Phoenix YORKTON Take one philosophical Englishman, an equally thoughtful Tibetan sherpa and the awe-inspiring Mount Everest and you have the makings for the top award winner at this years York-ton Short Film and Video Festival. Solitary Journey, co-directed by Toronto film-maker Vic Sarin and producer Suzanne Cook, was named best production and best documentary over 30 minutes Saturday night at the 26th annual Golden Sheaf Awards. Canadians are known throughout the world for making good documentaries, Sarm told reporters.

But in the last 10 years or so, weve lost touch with that everybody is preoccupied with dramas. Its very encouraging to come to Yorkton and be recognized. Using historic footage of the 1953 ascent of Everest as well as scenes shot from 1985 to 1988, Solitary Journey traces the memories of two men expedition leader Lord John Hunt and sherpa Dawa Tenzing as they analyse the climbs impact on their lives. CBC has bought the 48-minute production for broadcast at an as-yet-un-scheduled date. Three other productions Dory, Justines Film and Oui Alio! Estelle? won multiple Golden Sheaf awards.

Dory, an intriguing mix of suspense and comedy involving two sisters, brought best script and two special cash awards to Winnipeg writer and director John Kozak. Donna Lewis and Roscoe Handford shared best performance honors for their respective roles as Dory, a mentally-ill woman who kills her daughter in an isolated farm house, and Robin, the sister who calls the police and must wait for them to arrive. It wasnt based on anything, on anyone I know, said Kozak. I didnt have a big statement to Unfortunately, the band played an abbreviated set, lasting barely 70 minutes. Toronto, which during the early 1980s scored some radio airplay and made a minor dint on the charts, trotted out the hits for an appreciative crowd.

However, age hasnt been kind to the bands principals, singer Holly Woods and guitarist Sharry Alton. Woods voice, an annoying screech during the bands heyday, has not weathered the ravages of time. She redefined shrill. Alton struck standard rock star poses with the guitar. S-P Photo by Greg Pender Robin Zander of Cheap Trick belts out a tune Learning re-creation rather than wreck-creation lend themselves to the latter.

The Saskatoon Cycling Club offers trail rides for mountain bikes Tuesdays at 7 p.m., contact 955-1186, or trips for road bikes every Wednesday, contact 955-0124. Meet behind the Mendel. June 8-10 in Nipawm, the Saskatchewan Natural History Society holds its provincial Field Meet, featuring a weekend tour of Nipawin Regional Park to observe wild flowers and birds, call 343-1148 for information. June 9 in North Battleford, the annual 48-kilometre canoe race includes standard classes in mens, womens and mixed. You must have your own canoe.

Call 446-3389. One other thing, dont forget that this week there is the opportunity to recycle your old glass. Bins will be set up at Lawson and Wildwood Malls. Hanley is a Saskatoon freelance writer with a special interest in environmental issues. motor oil and anti-freeze from outboard motors (use unleaded gas and conduct motor maintenance on shore).

Transportation: Cycling, windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, kayaking and public transport are all preferred ways to get where your going with low environmental impact. They are healthier, less polluting and keep you more in touch with nature than, say, powerboats. Cottaging: There are over a half million cottages in Canada. Cottagers should follow the same environmental practices recommended for city dwellings, such as waste reduction, composting, avoiding pesticides and recycling paper. Cottagers should also be sure that their septic systems are properly installed and maintained to avoid polluting nearby waterways.

Choose events that connect you with nature: Some events are attacks on nature, others develop sensitivity to the land. Here are a few choices that may nature and increase our pleasure and sense of intimate connection to life. Try low-impact recreation: Too often recreation becomes a consumer glut. Every parent has had the experience of giving their little child an expensive Christmas present and later finding the kid having a ball with a cardboard box. Theres something analogous here to a common approach to recreation: we rush out to buy the gear, the clothes, the RVs and three-wheelers, when we might well the happier doing something simple like having a picnic with family or friends.

Perhaps the simpler pleasures provide ways to cut down on consumerism. With less consumerism theres less waste and less litter. Whats more disgusting than finding a lovely natural spot despoiled with plastic wrappers and aluminum cans. Take your garbage home with you. More serious types of litter include lead ammunition and fishing weights (stick to steel); leaded gas, With the first hint of warm spring sunshine, summer mania strikes Saskatoon, people doff their woollies and spill into the streets.

From that point on, even if its still March, diehards stubbornly thumb their noses at all and any weather, defying wind driven ice particles in Hawaiian shirts and day-glow shorts. By the time May arrives, we move outdoors en masse to pack in as much summer as possible before the snow swirls again. To the pools, the beach, the patio, the parks, the nature trails and to mother nature, watch it, the humans are out of their dens. A clever bumper sticker wordplay more or less sums up the gist of this column: Re-creation not wreck creation. Outdoor re-creation can be a good way to get us involved in the environment, urban or rural, helping us to be more aware or appreciated of nature.

On the other hand, wreck creation involves us in wreaking havoc, polluting, Paul Hanley ENVIRONMENT littering and otherwise abusing our air, land and water. Often summer recreation means a little of each. Recreation and tourism are big business, largely because our countryside is considered natural, open and wild. The travel industry brings in $21 billion a year in Canada and is our leading source of new jobs. So, besides the ethical, environmental reasons, it makes economic sense to preserve our natural surroundings.

There are a few choices we can make that will lessen our negative impact on i.