Dr Richard St. Barbe Baker, O.B.E., Hon. L.L.D. (Sask), F.A.I.L., For, Dip. Cantab. (St. Barbe) 9 October 1889 – 9 June 1982.
Today is St. Barbe’s birthday! It is the 129th anniversary of St. Barbe’s birthdate. October 9 means he is a Libra. What is known about persons who are born under this horoscope sign?
Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections,
Song by
T. S. Eliot, born September 26, 1888 – 1965 [a fellow Libran]
When we came home across the hill
No leaves were fallen from the trees;
The gentle fingers of the breeze
Had torn no quivering cobweb down.
The hedgerow bloomed with flowers still,
No withered petals lay beneath;
But the wild roses in your wreath
Were faded, and the leaves were brown.
Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections,
The Curious Events Day is celebrated annually on October 9.
Fire Prevention day is commemorated every year on October 9.
Fire Prevention Day October 9
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Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail)
Support the afforestation areas with your donation or membership ($20.00/year). Please donate by paypal using the e-mail friendsafforestation AT gmail.com, or by using e-transfers Please and thank you! Your donation and membership is greatly appreciated. Members e-mail your contact information to be kept up to date!
“It is with a spirit of reverence that I approach God’s Creation, this beautiful Earth. The ancients believe that the Earth was a sentient being and felt the behavior of mankind upon it. As we have no proof to the contrary, it might be as well for responsible perople to accept this point of view and behave accordingly.”~Richard St. Barbe Baker
“Clearly, human pressure is exerting a sudden and cataclysmic impact on much of this province, if viewed in the time-frame of evolution and geology to which the rhythms of ecosystems are tuned. The groundswell of environmental concern taking shape among us, its citizens, results in public pressure for new and stronger strictures on human exploitation and desecration…Such action is needed as the embodiment of an ethical responsibility to the land and living things, for our own well-being as well as for that of all other species.” Theberge, 1989. P.376
“The dog alone, of all the brute creation, seems capable of a disinterested, self-sacrificing affection; and this, united with his usefulness and adaptedness to all climes and countries, has made him a favorite in every quarter of the globe.”~ Richard L. Allen
Celebrating: Be Kind To Animals Week 4th-10th, Pet Week 5th-11th, Pet Month, Wildflower Week – May 2 -8 Year, Jane Jacobs 101st Birthday!!! (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) Birthday party!!!
Meet Sparky . Dog Walkers Off-leash Get-together. Celebrate pets. Discover Richard St. Barbe Baker legacy, Swale & Afforestation Heritage
Led by Julia Adamson, , Sparky Saskatoon Fire Department Mascot, Chelsie Schafer
May 5, 2017, 10:00 AM, 1-1/2 Hour
D.O.G. YXE ~ South West Off Leash Recreation Area
Led by Julia Adamson, , Sparky Saskatoon Fire Department Mascot, Chelsie Schafer
Meet Sparky @ D.O.G. YXE~ Dog Walkers Off-leash Get-together Celebrate pets at a 101 birthday party! Discover Sutherland Beach History
Led by Julia Adamson, Chelsie Schafer, Sparky Saskatoon Fire Department mascot.
May 5, 2017, 2:00 PM, 1.5 Hours
D.O.G. YXE Jane’s Walk ~ Sutherland Beach Off Leash Recreation Area
Led by Julia Adamson, Chelsie Schafer, Sparky Saskatoon Fire Department mascot.,
“D.O.G. YXE ~ Dog Walkers Off-leash Get-together Gala in Saskatoon YXE.”
This 90 minute festival will begin with a kick-off celebration first; meet “Sparky” the Saskatoon Fire Department mascot . The (1.7 km) walk will include information on Saskatoon’s off leash recreation areas, an insight into the wildlife habitat, health benefits of dog walking, celebrating special occasions in the city you love and providing opportunities for participants to share their own stories. This walk will surely be fun and informative. Representatives from the City of Saskatoon Animal Services Dog Parks will speak to the City’s off leash recreation areas,, the Saskatoon Fire Department will talk about keeping your dog safe around the water.
Bring your pooch, or borrow one from your neighbour and join us for a walk around the South West Off Leash Recreation Area at 10:00 a.m. Friday May 5, 2017 (this walk) OR the Sutherland Beach Off Leash Recreation Area at 2:00 p.m. Friday May 5, 2017! Dress for the weather ~ on average 11.2 Celsius~ please bring a collar, and leash, insect repellent and a bottle of water, and wear proper footwear for walking along a packed dirt roadway…. However, you do not need a pooch to participate! … D.O.G. YXE Jane Walks are free and designed for all residents of Saskatoon and community members. Join us for a walk and be eligible for some give-aways. (while quantities last).
“A city street equipped to handle strangers, and to make a safety asset, in itself, our of the presence of strangers, as the streets of successful city neighborhoods always do, must have three main qualities:
First, there must be a clear demarcation between what is public space and what is private space. Public and private spaces cannot ooze into each other as they do typically in suburban settings or in projects.
Second, there must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind.
And third, the sidewalk must have users on it fairly continuously, both to add to the number of effective eyes on the street and to induce the people in buildings along the street to watch the sidewalks in sufficient numbers. Nobody enjoys sitting on a stoop or looking out a window at an empty street. Almost nobody does such a thing. Large numbers of people entertain themselves, off and on, by watching street activity.”
~Jane Jacobs
The dog is peculiarly the friend of man. ~ Richard L. Allen
SW OLRA JANES WALK D.O.G. YXE Friday May 5 2017 10:00 a.m.
Sutherland Beach DOG YXE Friday May 5 20172:00 p.m.
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SW 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Please help protect / enhance /commemorate your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail)
Support the afforestation areas with your donation or membership ($20.00/year). Please donate by paypal using the e-mail friendsafforestation AT gmail.com, or by using e-transfers Please and thank you! Your donation and membership is greatly appreciated. Members e-mail your contact information to be kept up to date!
The dog we have always with us; if not active in the garden or passive on the best bed, then gracing or disgracing himself in other domestic capacities. For the dog is a curious combination, wherein heredity constantly opposes culture; and therefore though your dog be a woolly dog or a smooth dog, a large dog or a small dog, a house-dog, yard-dog, hunting-dog or farm-dog, he will be ever a delight and a scandal according as he reveals the complexities of his character. Just as soon as you have decided that he is almost human, he will straightway unmistakably indicate that he is still very much dog.~Edward L Sabin
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 