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To bring the experience full circle for the public Yukon Government’s Arts Branch and the Yukon Arts Centre wanted to provide an opportunity for visitors to truly immerse themselves in the process of creating the work. “You can experience a piece of art on an aesthetic level, and you can appreciate the technical skill that went into its creation, but you get a whole new depth of appreciation and understanding of the work if you have the opportunity to watch it bring created or if you have the opportunity to interact with the materials yourself,” Muething says. With that in mind a suite of programming has been designed to run throughout the summer to allow the public to engage with materials in a tactile way and with artists who are featured in the exhibit face-to-face. “It’s really exciting for us,” says Jessica Vellenga, the Yukon Arts Centre’s community co-ordinator for visual arts. “It would be a challenge for us to run a painting workshop inside the gallery, but with craft we can have people physically working in the space.” The programming takes two forms: Artist Demonstrations & Talks and Try & Talks. The artist demonstrations feature artists creating work in the gallery space. In the last several weeks Lena White and Helen

O’Connor have shared their processes with visitors. “The feedback on the demos so far has been fantastic,” says Muething. “Visitors have stumbled upon the artists at work and have ended up so enthralled that they’ve spent their entire afternoons with them.” The next demo will feature copper artist Brian Walker and Raven’s Tail weaver Ann Smith on August 19 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. The Try & Talks give visitors the chance to learn some new skills and create a project. Vellenga stresses that these events are open to everyone, including kids. “By letting people explore some of these techniques firsthand we’re creating a new way of bringing the exhibition to life, while celebrating the handcraft movement and our talented northern artists.” Centre staff will be leading Try & Talks over the next few weeks on Wednesdays from 1:30-2:30 p.m. August 5 will explore doll making, while August 12 will dive into bookbinding. Found, Forged & Fused continues at the Yukon Arts Centre until August 29. Amber Church is a Whitehorsebased writer. Please send comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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A Mirror Named Moving

On the Cover Harmonica George McConkey playing at Dawson City’s legendary ‘Snake Pit’ tavern. Photo by Michael MacLean

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t’s not the first time I’ve written about this. Moving. Not everyone likes it. I don’t. It’s work. It disrupts the rhythm of everyday. It’s “Where’s the coffee pot?”, it’s buying a new toothbrush then finding your old one packed in with all your shoes three days later. It’s eating toasted bread with cheese and tomato sandwiches for breakfast lunch and dinner, using a former roommate’s toaster that’s plugged in on the floor next to the rest of her kitchen utensils. Moving weighs, a burden to fit in between the hours of more than one part-time job, social obligations and desires — beer drinking, basketball playing, watching dance routines, eating birthday cake, swimming in lakes that are too cold, dog walking, eating skewered shrimp. The unavoidable sweet parts of life, harder to enjoy when you know you should be packing up your spices or writing a story. Moving is a pool of loneliness that’s beautiful to sink into. Eating cold barbecue grocery store chicken on a bootprintmarked floor surrounded by boxes, your mom tells you to just find the clothes you need for tomorrow and your toothbrush, don’t worry about anything else. It’s an unusual exciting disruption to the everyday calm of a lucky kid’s life. It’s a reckoning point. Belongings. Who needs them? Why? There’s nothing like having to pack up bottles of vitamins, sunscreen for face skin, pencil cray-

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Moving disrupts ons, two different colours of tulle that would be good for a costume one day, rocks and bones, feathers and small ceremonial drums, that gives a person a chance to question her values and priorities. What do you cherish? Denim-

clothes, more than one arm full of notebooks, filled with scribbles dating decades back, cast iron pans, cutting boards and heavy knives — the things a person carries with her in boxes across the country, and again across town.

And again across town. There’s the up-in-the-air-ness of living in a house without furniture for even two days that causes any soul to cherish solid ground under its feet. Coming home to the same sun slanting through the window every evening, but no couch one day, no kitchen table the next. Finally the desk is gone and all that’s left is a laptop sitting on top of a record player and a bed, surrounded by a mixture of washed and unwashed clothes. An impossible situation. Throw the clothes into garbage bags, haul them to a foreign room, it haunts, the certainty that soon you will lend your presence to the room by folding the clothes, hanging them. You will lay out the rocks where they fit, not too many. Each one marks a spectrum on a life already spent. Your routine stakes a claim on a house, harnesses the space. Soon it will be yours. Moving ploughs a person’s fields, upturning dark soil and big, previously invisible rocks. You find yourself in moving. Here I am, you think, sitting on the floor, again, wearing an old dress re-discovered in the closet. How does it look now? Is the impetus for the wardrobe change. Do these boots work with it? Explains the clattering when you walk from room to room, slowly putting yourself into boxes. Meagan Deuling is the assistant editor. She will write about moving again. Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.

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When local voices made a difference I n 1976 I was a young teacher just starting out in Beaver Creek, fresh from Nova Scotia and learning about the North. Regular stories about the Berger Inquiry (or Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry) were part of my education, as was the report itself when it came out, as well as the Lysyk Inquiry (or Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry) when it took place in my town a few years later. Mr. Justice Thomas Berger created the template for this type of hearing, taking his panel to the various Dene and Inuvialuit villages in the Mackenzie Valley. Kenneth Lysyk would do the same thing a few years later. Drew Ann Wake, who was a young reporter for the CBC in that same year, was attached to the Berger inquiry and followed it to its conclusion. Six years ago she happened upon on a personal archive of audio tape (remember tape?) and began an across-the-North and eventually across-the-country odyssey of taking this material to the nation. It developed into a picture, text and audio-visual exhibition, part of which was shown here in Dawson in May, 2014. A much larger version of the material, entitled “Thunder in Our Voices” is the summer display in the Gathering Room at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre. A mini tent is set up in the middle of the room within which you can watch videos of various people, including Berger, reflecting on the significance of the inquiry. While it was an economic downturn that killed the Alaska Highway proposal, it is safe to say that it was the thunder in the voices of the village residents along the Mackenzie Valley route that convinced Berger to put the project on hold and persuaded the federal government of the day to back his conclusions. Around the room there are lifesized photographs of people who testified at the hearings. Their reactions, taken down 35 years later, are recorded in four scrapbooks placed beneath those pictures. Other photos are suspended from the ceiling, and there are a number of text banners hung

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The tent, with a photo of Mr. Justice Berger on the back is the central point for the exhibit that fills the Gathering Room. Some of the photographs and two of the scrapbooks can be seen here. about the room. Wake has put this exhibit together with the assistance of photographers Linda MacCannell and Michael Jackson. It is just one of several reasons to tour the Dänojà Zho (“Long Ago House”) Cultural Centre, including the welcome film in the 90seat theatre, the gift shop, and the Hammerstone Gallery, which showcases the history of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in from earliest times up to the completion of the

Land Claims process. The centre was opened in 1998, and is located just inside the dike on the banks of the Yukon River. From its balconies there is a splendid view of the river valley. Since retiring after 32 years of teaching in rural Yukon schools, Dan Davidson continues to write about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to Dawson@ whatsupyukon.com.

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adine Landry describes Louisiana’s Cajun culture as a ‘holy trinity’ of food, music and dancing. “People invite you over to dinner, so there is food, and that’s hugely important in Cajun culture. And it takes so long for the food to get ready, you start playing tunes, and then people start dancing,” she says. “So dance and music and food: you can’t really have one without the other. It’s just really, tightly connected.” The Whitehorse musician was raised in a musical family in the small Quebec community of Pointe-a-la-Croix, although she was born across the bridge in Campbellton, New Brunswick, in the heart of Acadian country. “My grandma was a fiddler, and we’d always listen to the country radio show on the weekends, and every so often a Cajun song would come up. I always liked it.” After moving to the Yukon 15 years ago, she first ran into her husband, Stephen “Sammy” Lind and his band, the Foghorn Stringband, at the Alaskan Music Festival in Juneau in 2003. “I never saw a band like that, and I was in awe of that band. I danced the whole weekend,” she says. It was also in Alaska that she encountered a musician named Lee Garrity, who has since passed on. “When I saw him play Cajun music, I was just like, ‘Why am I not doing this?’ This is my first language, and he was singing all these songs in French, and he didn’t speak one word of French.” Landry started digging into Cajun recordings and books of lyrics and stories about Cajun musicians. “Just listening to Cajun music all the time, I got obsessed with it,” she admits. Still, when first went to Louisiana in 2010 to study Cajun music on a Yukon Government advanced artist grant, she was shy about speaking French, fearing her accent might not fit in. “I’m Acadian, but I’m definitely not Cajun. But I was really encouraged to just go for it and sing it,” she says. “That’s when I played my first dance in an old dance hall in Breaux Bridge and that’s when

Members of the Cajun Country Revival for the Whitehorse event are (l. to r.) Joel Savoy, Nadine Landry, Cedric Watson and Stephen “Sammy” Lind we started the Cajun Country Revival, basically.” Through her husband, she had already met Cajun musician Joel Savoy at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington. Savoy is a noted musician from southwest Louisiana, a son of Marc and Ann Savoy, who are respected worldwide as ambassadors of Cajun culture. Together with his brother, Wilson, they perform as the Savoy Family Band. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, Savoy is an a accordion-builder like his father, and owns his own record label, Valcour Records. “So we recorded a CD, and he asked us to play that dance and stuff in Louisiana, and now whenever he tours, most of the time we’re part of his band, the Cajun Country Revival,” Landry says. “It still baffles me that he likes to play with us, and we love to play with him. We’re just really good friends. When you spend time on the road, making the music is a big factor, but all the hours that you spend not on the

stage, you want to be spending it with people you love.” On Friday, August 7, the Cajun Country Revival will present a Cajun Dance Party at the Wharf n the Whitehorse riverfront, starting at 6 p.m. with a lesson or two in how to move, Cajun-style. “We’re going to teach people how to two-step and how to waltz, which are the two types of dancing you can do to Cajun music,” Landry explains. Then we’re just going to play two hours straight, and hopefully everybody will dance and have a good old time. “There’ll be the four of us, and we’ll pair down to a double fiddle and kind of go into the early, early days of Cajun music. Before the accordion was brought by the Germans in the 1850s, all they had was two fiddles, so we’ll try to recreate the early days of Cajun music and talk about the culture.” But what about the third component of the ‘holy trinity’ of Cajun culture? “I think there’ll be some food vendors there, so you can grab dinner between two songs, have a little bit to eat,” Landry promises. “Yeah. A big old Cajun street party.” Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and interim editor of What’s Up Yukon. You can reach him at ken@whatsupyukon.com.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Art Shows Mon, Aug 3 - Fri, Aug 7 Arts in the Park Alana Warner 12:00 PM LePage Park Wed, Aug 5 Artist Demo Days: Dolls with YAC staff 3:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Free talks & demonstrations with local artists Thu, Aug 6 Yukon Youth Gallery: Creative Summer “Opening Reception” 6:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre artworks by Amzie CookeGoodall & Camp Raven Campers. Wed, Aug 12 Artist Demo Days: Bookbinding with YAC staff 3:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Free talks & demonstrations with local artists Fri, Aug 14 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Art Talk: Michelle Latimer 5:30 PM The Old Fire Hall From Hamilton, Ontario, Michelle Latimer is a ﬁlmmaker, producer, actor and curator. until Sat, Aug 29 Found, Forged and Fused Yukon Arts Centre A survey of handmade works from the Yukon Permanent Art Collection. until Sat, Aug 29 Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 Yukon Arts Centre explores innovative architectural designs shaped by Nunavut’s distinct land, climate and culture. until Wed, Sep 30 Stories of Traditional Land Use Cultural Exhibit Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Through ancient artifacts, we can learn how the First Nations lived thousands of years ago. Come and learn their story! until Mon, Nov 2 “Somewhere Here” Arts Underground What place names tell us about who we are and where we are. Presented by Friends of the Yukon Archives Society. until Mon, Aug 31 Yukon Youth Gallery: Creative Summer Yukon Arts Centre artworks by Amzie Cooke-Goodall & Camp Raven Campers.

Live Music

Wed, Aug 5 Arts in the Park - Keitha Clark Swing Trio 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music! Wed, Aug 5 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done! Wed, Aug 5 Arts in the Park - Soda Pony 7:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music! Wed, Aug 5 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Aug 5 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Aug 5 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Aug 6 Arts in the Park - Steve Slade 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music! Thu, Aug 6 Jim Vautour plays Music at MacBride 5:00 PM MacBride Museum The concert is free for museum members or $5. Cash bar and BBQ will be available. Thu, Aug 6 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Aug 6 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Aug 6 Fishead Stew 9:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub Thu, Aug 6 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Aug 7 Arts in the Park - Grande Finale 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and see the awesome end to an awesome program! Fri, Aug 7 Cajun Street Party on the Wharf 6:00 PM Whitehorse waterfront wharf The Yukon Arts Centre is proud to present this free live performance on the Wharf in downtown Whitehorse. Dance up a storm with the Cajun Country Revival, featuring musicians from Whitehorse and Louisiana! Fri, Aug 7 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Aug 7 Iron Kingdom Tour With Guests 7:00 PM Epic Pizza Free Admission Fri, Aug 7 Megan Nash 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Aug 7 RETRO Dance Party With CKRW 8:00 PM CKRW 867-668-8100 Tune into 96.1FM with Bobby & Amy Fri, Aug 7 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Aug 8 Ragtime with Grant Simpson 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Sat, Aug 8 Megan Nash 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Aug 8 live music 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Enjoy some fantastic live local music!

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Sat, Aug 8 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Aug 8 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Aug 9 Ragtime with Grant Simpson 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Sun, Aug 9 ReCreational Hillbilly 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Mon, Aug 10 Ragtime with Grant Simpson 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Mon, Aug 10 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Aug 11 Iron Kingdom Tour With Guests 7:00 PM Epic Pizza Free Admission Tue, Aug 11 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Wed, Aug 12 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done! Wed, Aug 12 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Aug 12 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Aug 12 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Aug 13 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Aug 13 Declan O’Donovan Live at the Ice Palace 7:30 PM Yukon Transportation Museum Come and celebrate this wonderful Yukon summer and YTM’s 25th year with Whitehorse’s own Declan O’Donovan. Thu, Aug 13 Fishead Stew 9:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub Thu, Aug 13 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Aug 13 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Aug 14 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Aug 14 The Wheel 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Aug 14 RETRO Dance Party With CKRW 8:00 PM CKRW 867-668-8100 Tune into 96.1FM with Bobby & Amy Fri, Aug 14 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Aug 15 Ragtime with Grant Simpson 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Sat, Aug 15 The Wheel 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Aug 15 live music 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Enjoy some fantastic live local music! Sat, Aug 15 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Aug 15 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Aug 16 Ragtime with Grant Simpson 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Sun, Aug 16 Ben Mahony 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn

Sat, Aug 8 Whitehorse: Fireweed community Market 11:00 AM Whitehorse waterfront wharf 393-2255 Enjoy Yukon Food, Crafts, Music and Weekly Workshops on Saturdays Sat, Aug 8 YTEC: Ready To Work Alumni Reunion Celebration 6:00 PM Robert Service Campground YTEC: Ready To Work Alumni Reunion Celebration at the Robert Service Campground. Sat, Aug 8 Swing Dancing! 8:00 PM TBA 3352300 Free introductory swing dance lessons (also for advanced) please RSVP and we’ll let you know the location. Lessons followed by practice to live music. Sat, Aug 8 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join. Sun, Aug 9 Movie Night 6:30 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Come and watch movies with friends and have some fun! Mon, Aug 10 Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Aug 10 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon, Aug 10 All the Time in the World 7:00 PM Beringia Centre 667-2161 Screening is organized by a private group; 75 tickets available to the public Tue, Aug 11 Barbecue Tuesday 11:30 AM Stringer Park Barbecue to raise funds for The Whitehorse Food Bank and Nepal Restoration Hamburger or Hotdog $5.00 Tue, Aug 11 Summer Fun for Kids! (4-5 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will be offered! Please call or email to register as space is limited. Tue, Aug 11 Open Mic 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Come and play your music! Wed, Aug 12 Archeology with Greg Hare: Miles Canyon Suspension Bridge 10:00 AM Miles Canyon Bridge A Yukon Conservation Society event. Wed, Aug 12 Summer Fun for Kids! (6-8 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will be offered! Please call or email to register as space is limited. Wed, Aug 12 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week! Wed, Aug 12 Board Games and Karaoke 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Play some board games with friends or try your singing skills at karaoke! Thu, Aug 13 Summer Fun for Kids! (8-12 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the Thu, Aug 6 Summer Fun for Kids! (8-12 Year summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 667be offered! Please call or email to register as 5239 This program is designed to help children space is limited. develop a love of stories and reading during the Thu, Aug 13 Whitehorse: Fireweed summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will community Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park be offered! Please call or email to register as 393-2255 From stunning jewellery, fine art, and space is limited. unique crafts to fresh produce, quality prepared Thu, Aug 6 Whitehorse: Fireweed community foods and personal care products. All handMarket 3:00 PM Shipyards Park 393-2255 made, grown or produced by Yukon artisans. From stunning jewellery, fine art, and unique Thu, Aug 13 Live Summer Events at the crafts to fresh produce, quality prepared foods Wharf: Tai Chi 6:00 PM Whitehorse waterfront and personal care products. All hand-made, wharf grown or produced by Yukon artisans. Thu, Aug 13 Team trivia 8:00 PM The Thu, Aug 6 Live Summer Events at the Wharf: Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Test your trivia Tai Chi 6:00 PM Whitehorse waterfront wharf skills! Thu, Aug 6 Team trivia 8:00 PM The Fri, Aug 14 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Art Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Test your trivia Talk: Michelle Latimer 5:30 PM The Old Fire skills! Hall From Hamilton, Ontario, Michelle Latimer is Fri, Aug 7 Swing Dancing! 8:00 PM TBA 335a filmmaker, producer, actor and curator. 2300 Free introductory swing dance lessons Fri, Aug 14 Swing Dancing! 8:00 PM TBA 335(also for advanced) please RSVP and we’ll let 2300 Free introductory swing dance lessons you know the location. Lessons followed by (also for advanced) please RSVP and we’ll let practice to live music. you know the location. Lessons followed by Sat, Aug 8 The Heart of Riverdale Community practice to live music. Party and Flea Market 9am-1pm. at Klondike and Lewes Blvd Entrance by donation. Call to register for a space at (867) 667-6700 or Wed, Aug 5 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM email: info@theheartofriverdale.com. There will be food, coffee, juice, an open mic, singing, MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable dancing, clothes mending, crafts, information, interpreters and play Who Dung It? and lots and lots of fun stuff for sale! Sat, Aug 8 Live Summer Events at the Wharf: Wed, Aug 5 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child Your Nanny Hates You 1:00 PM Whitehorse and have fun with many different activities waterfront wharf happening every week!

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Thu, Aug 6 Summer Fun for Kids! (8-12 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will be offered! Please call or email to register as space is limited. Thu, Aug 6 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Fri, Aug 7 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs. Fri, Aug 7 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Fri, Aug 7 Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Aug 7 Going Batty! 9:30 PM Gazebo at the end of road (867) 667-8291 Turn on your sonar for an evening of bat viewing! Learn about bat biology, habitat and conservation with Environment Yukon biologists. Sat, Aug 8 Live Summer Events at the Wharf: Your Nanny Hates You 1:00 PM Whitehorse waterfront wharf Sat, Aug 8 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Sun, Aug 9 Stunts with Sticks! 2:00 PM Beringia Centre 867-667-8855 Could you take down a short-faced bear with a tool you made from two sticks? It requires gumption and ingenuity! We’ll show you how build your own atlatl so you can test your skills on our target range. Sun, Aug 9 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Mon, Aug 10 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Mon, Aug 10 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon, Aug 10 Theatre Camp 2 August 10th August 14th 9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Aug 11 Summer Fun for Kids! (4-5 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will be offered! Please call or email to register as space is limited. Tue, Aug 11 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Tue, Aug 11 Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Aug 11 Sports Experts Fun Run/ Walk - Athletics Yukon 6:00 PM F.H. Collins Secondary Tue, Aug 11 Ahhhhh Nuts! 7:00 PM Robert Service Campground (867) 667-8291 Join Meghan Larivee, biologist and squirrel enthusiast, for an evening stroll to learn about the small critters (squirrels!) that many people ignore. Wed, Aug 12 Summer Fun for Kids! (6-8 Year Olds) 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 6675239 This program is designed to help children develop a love of stories and reading during the summer. A variety of free, exciting activities will be offered! Please call or email to register as space is limited. Wed, Aug 12 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Wed, Aug 12 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Workshops

Wed, Aug 5 Cramped Hand 7:00 PM 102 Gold Road, Suite 1 (upstairs) 633-3566 bring writing materials or work-in-progress for a couple of hours of free writing and/or writing from prompts Thu, Aug 6 Art Tasters - Create Your Own Piece of Yukon Memory! 1:30 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Each week a new medium workshop with two artist to help guide the way.

Thu, Aug 6 Invasive Species: Yukon Spotter’s Network Workshop 6:00 PM Shipyards Park A Yukon Invasive Species Council event. Sun, Aug 9 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour. Mon, Aug 10 Bear Safety Training 12:00 PM Northern Safety Network Yukon (867)663-6672 Learn how to be safe in bear country with these half day courses! Please call to register for the course. Tue, Aug 11 Art Tasters - Create Your Own Piece of Yukon Memory! 1:30 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Each week a new medium workshop with two artist to help guide the way. Tue, Aug 11 YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Thu, Aug 13 Art Tasters - Create Your Own Piece of Yukon Memory! 1:30 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Each week a new medium workshop with two artist to help guide the way. Sun, Aug 16 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends

Meetings

Thu, Aug 6 Whitehorse Baptist Church Elder Meeting 4:45 PM Whitehorse Baptist Church Mon, Aug 10 Bear Safety Training 12:00 PM Northern Safety Network Yukon (867)663-6672 Learn how to be safe in bear country with these half day courses! Please call to register for the course. Thu, Aug 13 Whitehorse Baptist Church Elder Meeting 4:45 PM Whitehorse Baptist Church Sat, Aug 15 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Pufﬁn (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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HeaRt of

Riverdale MORNINGS: TUESDAY 10:30-11:30

Parent Child Monther Goose (Pre-register) THURSDAY & FRIDAY 10-12

Ball Pit Play - Family SATURDAY

10-4 Family Drop-In 10-3 Ball Pit Play AFTERNOONS 3:15-5:15: MONDAY

After School Art Exploration TUESDAY

After School Sing Together

Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse Free Drop-In Youth Centre COMING SOON!!

French Connexion Mardi à 17 h CJUC 92,5 FM

Une heure de radio en français

An all new Drop-In Centre AT OUR NEW LOCATION AT 306 ALEXANDER Ph. (867) 393-2824

After school Ball Pit 7 Games THURSDAY

Induction Forge 101 August 6 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Members Social August 7 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Weekly Open House August 11 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm SUMMER HOURS until August 31st Monday: closed Tuesday - Thurs: 3 - 9 Friday: closed; Saturday: 1 - 5 Sunday: 3 - 9 Note: YuKonstruct will be closed June 29th - July 6th

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August 6 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Exhibi� ons CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: >> in the Yukon Art Society FOCUS AND Gallery: THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS EDGE GALLERY: “How Does it Felt”

REFLECTIONS

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

Yukon Art Society Members

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: JulyYUKON 3 to August 1, 2015 ARCHIVES Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

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Open Studio Sessions

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>> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << What place names tell us about Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm who we are where we are $5 and per hour

July 3 – November 2

>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << atwith ArtsNeil Underground Graham every ﬁrst and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm (14+) $10 per 2 hour session

OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS

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To register call: 867-667-4080 Every except long weekends Email:Sunday recep�on@artsunderground.ca From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22

After school Theatre FRIDAY

After school Building and Sculpting Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

EVENINGS: MONDAY 7:15 - 8:15

NATURAL & MANUFACTURED 2015

Learn to Sing Together Teen / Adult w/ Scott Maynard

August 13 – September 18 Kevin Murphy One inch more or less (gallery installation)

Colin Lyons Time Machine for Abandoned Futures

TUESDAY

Knitting Circle 6:30-7:30 Kids 7:30-9 Adults Book Club - Adult (see website)

(off-site installation)

WEDNESDAY 5:30-6:30

Girls Group THURSDAY 6:30 - 7:30

FREE Concerts & Visual Demonstrations Monday - Friday 12pm-1pm Lepage Park

Kids Choir - Ages 7-12 w/ Barbara Chamberlin

Wed. Aug 5 Keitha Clark Swing Trio

FRIDAY 7-9

Teen Drop-In

Wed. Aug 5 Evening (7pm) Soda Pony

Heart of Riverdale

Thurs. Aug 6 Steve Slade

38 A Lewes Blvd

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Fri Aug 7 Grande Finale

Dr. Curtis Collins Guest Lecture & Post Exhibition Essay

NORTHERN EXPOSURE: KIAC SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Owl & Antler, Soda Pony and Old Cabin

Friday, August 7 at 7:30pm In the KIAC Ballroom

YUKON RIVERSIDE ARTS FESTIVAL

The week of Discovery Days

August 13 - 16

Print Symposium, Art Market, Artist Demonstrations and Live Music Check our website for more details.

Tel: (867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY Rotary Music & Dance Festival Coordinator Part-time contract position until June 30, 2016 with the possibility of renewal For detailed terms and conditions of the contract please visit our web site at www.rmfestival.ca

The deadline for submissions is Monday, August 24 at 5:00 p.m.

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Review Haiku

Yukon libraries invite poetic appraisals of what patrons are reading by Joslyn Kilborn A selection of staff picks at the Whitehorse Public Library

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“W

e want to freshen up the image of the library ... as the cool place that it is,” Sarah Gallagher tells me with a sideways glance. We both giggle. It’s funny, because she’s a librarian and I have a degree in literary criticism and books are a big part of our lives. The library is our seat of action. It’s definitely one of the coolest places to spend a summer afternoon, and not just because you can catch a great cross breeze through all the open windows. But we know the library isn’t exactly, you know, cool. It isn’t popular. You might not change your Facebook status update to let all your friends know you were there, and you might not Instagram the covers of each book you sign out. But Gallagher kind of wants you to. “Libraries these days aren’t just in the walls. Lots of people who use the library regularly never come in to the building,” she says, citing the impressive catalogue of E-books readers that can be signed out directly from the library’s website. “My whole point with putting energy into social media is to bring the library out into the world and the world into the library,” she says.

Review Haiku is the library’s most recent attempt to do this. It’s a Tumblr page... /Downloads/ (http:/yukonpubliclibraries.tumblr.com/) of book reviews in the form of haikus. When you return your book to the library, you’re invited to submit a haiku or small poem discussing the book you’ve just read. The librarians upload them to the Tumblr page (yukonpubliclibraries. tumblr.com) along with a photo of the book cover. Each haiku is also entered into a draw to win an Acer tablet. You can enter each time you finish a book. “The more you read, the more ballots you can put in,” Gallagher says, also mentioning that anything at the library is eligible for review, including books on tape and DVDs. But the project is about more than just social media presence. “Behind the scenes we know we’re manipulating people to read more,” says Gallagher, which makes us both laugh again. It’s like manipulating people to brush their teeth or go for walks. “It’s a reading incentive for adults,” she says. “Kids always get prizes for their reading.” It’s also a heightened way for people to engage with the books they’re reading. “People want to talk about

their books,” Gallagher says. “They’re talking to us all the time about their books when they return them.” The Tumblr acts as a platform for this kind of discussion. Library staff will also be voting on the “most creative” review they receive, so there’s an extra incentive to put a little thought into it. That being said, your review need not be a traditional 17-syllable haiku. “Some people stressed out about it,” says Gallagher. “So we’ve opened it up to short poems, one-line poems. We don’t want it to be homework.” The responses so far have covered a real range. “Everything from ‘it was good’ to two paragraphs,” says Gallagher. “And then we’ve had some poems.” Review Haiku runs until September 15. You can enter your haiku in the ballot box at the Whitehorse branch, through email, or in person at any Yukon library. Visit the library’s website (ypl.gov.yk.ca) for more info. The ideal submission, says Gallagher, is short and sweet. “Like a Yukon summer.”

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Ahhhhh Nuts! August 11, 7:00 PM (1.5 hrs) Meet at Robert Service Campground, Whitehorse Join Meghan Larivee, biologist and squirrel enthusiast, for an evening stroll to learn about the small critters (squirrels!) that many people ignore.

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Yukon’s Great Salt Lake August 25, 6:00 PM (3 hrs) Meet at the Beringia Centre parking lot, Whitehorse This is the place to see rare plants and unique mineralization. Join plant enthusiast and Environment Yukon biologist Bruce Bennett for a walk around this little-known gem of the Takhini Valley. Rubber boots are suggested due to the harsh salt. Carpooling is encouraged for the 40-minute (one-way) drive.

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Blowin’ Strong

George McConkey and his harmonica collection are regulars at Dawson City’s ‘Snake Pit’ by Gabriela Sgaga

fter playing harmonica for more than 40 years, George McConkey finally feels he is getting to the venerated status of “old blues guy”. Nicknamed Harmonica George, he started playing when he was young. Through sheer stubbornness, he has never let up on music since. Growing up in Toronto, McConkey spent every summer at the family cottage on Go Home Lake near Georgian Bay. “Every weekend, my dad would invite the guy up the hill to come over to drink beer and play darts,” he recalls. “He would bring along a squeezebox and a harmonica, and I would lie in bed listening. I was intrigued.” McConkey says he bugged his dad until he finally bought him his first harmonica. “I knew this wouldn’t be a fleeting interest,” he says. “I knew that if I had an opportunity, I would make something of this. It was a sixth sense.” McConkey started fooling around playing cowboy music until his ear got turned on to the blues in high school. Not knowing how to read music, he would listen to records and try to hear the nuances and emulate the notes.

“I wore those records out,” he says with a smile. McConkey’s family eventually headed to Alberta. At age 15, he played his first public appearance when his father dragged him onto a stage at the Legion in Edmonton. “They said I was a good player, but I needed to dress better,” he says of the plaid shirts he favoured at the time. There followed gigs at open houses and coffee houses. Then, at 19, he found himself in Dawson City, playing at the talent show at Diamond Tooth Gerties and at the Downtown Hotel. A year later, he was in Whitehorse playing with a band at the Kopper King every Sunday from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. “We ended up earning $15 each and two free jugs of beer for 12 hours of playing,” McConkey says with a laugh. “We couldn’t believe we were getting paid to do something we loved.” After various odd jobs and more gigs in Whitehorse, Dawson City and Vancouver, McConkey finally settled permanently in Dawson, with his partner Brenda, in 2006. McConkey is a well-known session musician in the Yukon, hav-

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ing played on various CDs, including the Juno award-winning recording ETSI Shon with Jerry Alfred and The Medicine Beat. He has also opened for Blue Rodeo and Prairie Oyster, and has performed by invitation for Prince Charles. In 2000, he co-founded the Undertakin’ Daddies, whose album Post Atomic Hillbilly was nominated for a Juno the following year. McConkey has played in Switzerland, Holland and England, as well as China, and has just returned from performing in the Czech Republic. In 2008, he felt the need to do his own project, and released his first CD, Tin & Bone, which he paid for himself. Currently, McConkey is raising the roof in the Westminster Tavern (aka the ‘Snake Pit’) in Dawson City every Friday, and is also planning a possible second CD. Despite his musical successes, he remains humble. For the past two years, he has been taking online lessons with harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy. “If you think you’re done [learning], you’re cheating yourself,” he says.

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Outside the colourful ‘Snake Pit’ tavern in Dawson City’s Westminster Hotel “There’s so much more out there.” McConkey has always made music a first in his life. He plays from the heart with a sincerity and honesty that resonates with his audience. “For what I know how to do, I’ve seen it through to the point of people loving it, and I love it too,” he says.

“As long as it’s reciprocal, I’ll keep doing it.” Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin, where she enjoys writing about everyday life in the Yukon. Please send comments about her articles to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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er. While they do look different, I can imagine an enthusiastic newbie grabbing a handful of currants and having a few of those slip in, with really terrible consequences. So ... please forage, and please pay attention as you do so! Most often my berry harvest is targeted, but occasionally I come across a patch where four different bushes are growing next to each other. In these cases, I feel it is not disrespectful to gather them together. My first such mixed bucket of the season is currently gently fizzing away to become a lightly carbonated soda to be enjoyed on a sunny evening before the days draw in. After all, that’s part of why we get on this harvesting train, to enjoy the fruits of our labours. This will yield a very low alcohol fizzy drink (think a ‘non-alcoholic beer’). Because it is a live fermentation (i.e. - not pasteurized) it will keep changing over time. This means if you like it on day six, put it in the fridge and drink it soon, because it will become progressively less sweet over time; a colder temperature slows but doesn’t stop the process. Try it with whatever berries you have, including raspberries, blueberries, currants, rosehips and cranberries. Kim Melton is an enthusiastic forager and gardener, inspired by all things that make up good, local food.

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Porter for Your Stout?

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he year is 1720. If you just touched down in London town, you would see a bustling city with ships docked at each port. If you were a male looking for work, you might have considered the popular porter trade. With London being on the banks of the Thames River, ships would come and go bring all sort of products. The porter man would be responsible for carrying the goods from the ship to his vendor. But what about vendors within the city who had a need for exchanging goods? A different kind of porter would be used for this task. Needless to say, London could have been dubbed Porterville. The popularity of this profession carried its way into the pubs. Brewers thought it would be nice to pay tribute to the working class, and thus a darker, stronger (both in taste and alcohol content) beer was made at an affordable price for the working class folk. This is also where the area becomes grey between porter beers and stouts. So let’s back up for a minute and discuss what each beer is and why there is a thin line of distinction. A porter is a dark browncoloured brew with a strong flavour palate. A stout is also a dark brown-coloured brew with a strong flavour palate. The difference lies in the strength of the flavour palate.

But somehow I think the brewery Arthur Guinness founded in the 1770s in Dublin, Ireland, changed that to establish a clear distinction. I’m not taking about Guinness draft. I’m talking Guinness stout. This one does not come in a black can with a plastic ticker. It is bottles only for this flavourful black brew. This is indeed quite a strong beer, and can easily be used as an umbrella category for stout beers. Prior to Guinness, porter beers would be marked with the letter X to determine strength. The XX was a very strong porter. Guinness sought to rebrand, with what it called Guinness Extra Stout Porter. During the 1800s stout became known for very strong, robust flavors attributed to its black malt grain, thus making the distinction from porter. As for the porters, there are many to choose from, but none with as much name recognition as Guinness. In these modern times, I would suggest Rickard’s Dark, which is brewed porterPhoto: wikipedia.com style and has Cana black malt began to be used for adian maple syrup as one of the ingredients. some brands. Try both, then decide if stout is Back to London town. Historically, porters came first. The stout worth your porter. followed closely. Angela Symczuk is a For many decades there was Whitehorse-based writer. not much of a distinction. Some Contact her via say a stout is just a stronger poreditor@whatsupyukon.com. ter. Whichever flavours are placed in a stout, you will taste to the max. Very strong, perhaps with a hint of bitterness. A porter will be strong, but not as powerful as a stout. The colour can be lighter. Which ingredients create these beers? Well nothing too different from non-stout or porter beers. The malt is there, but a different colour, brown - until 1817, when

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o you like climbing rocks? Do you enjoy hiking in a gorgeous valley? What about making friends? Walking a tightrope suspended between two giant boulders? Do you like having fun and being happy? If you answered yes to any of these, you’re in luck. This Saturday, the local climbing community will host a revival of the Ibex Valley Bouldering Festival, and you and all your friends are invited. What in tarnation is a bouldering festival, you ask? Or what, more specfically, is bouldering? I’m glad you asked. Bouldering is the sport of climbing - not surprisingly - large boulders. Climbs tend to be a lot shorter than your typical top-rope or sport route you find at, say, the Rock Gardens or Crag Ex. Whereas the latter routes

PHOTOS: Alexander Weber range in height from 30-100 feet, boulder climbs tend to be in the 10-20 feet range. The beauty of this is you don’t need a rope or harness or any of that fancy gear. Heck, you don’t really need anything other than a good attitude and a drive to put body to rock and climb upwards. Most people, however, climb with rock climbing shoes to stand on delicate edges, gymnasts’ chalk to keep their hands dry, and a strategically placed mat with helpful spotters (sometimes named Matt) to make a soft landing when you fall. And there’s a lot of falling in bouldering. It’s part of the fun. For more information on the festival itself and the Ibex Valley, I sat down with the shockingly handsome, sweet, charming, witty, clever, totally humble event organizer, Alex Weber.

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Oh wait, that’s me! Now enough with the self-aggrandizing and on to the facts: the Ibex Valley is a short drive from Whitehorse (about 30 km north-west) situated below the Ibex Mountain, and surrounded by several other mountains, including Mount Arkell. The boulders, having long ago fallen from the mountain above, are made of quartz monzonite, which tends to be very solid and sharp - pretty much perfect for climbing. There are over 100 known boulder ‘problems’ in the area, ranging from the very simple to damn near impossible. The area has been attracting climbers to it ever since the 1970s. In 2001, the very first Ibex Valley Bouldering Festival was held by local climbers (mainly the Allen family, I believe). It

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card competition entries, the booklet will feature short submissions from the local literary community along with some locallyproduced visual art. “In the past we’ve had the ability to produce a couple of pages or a few hand-cut images during the symposium, but we’ve always been limited by both time and technology to create anything more substantial,” Dowhal says. “We’re incredibly excited to actually create and publish a complete handmade piece of work in our time together.” The Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Symposium will take place August 14-16 in the historic former hub of publishing in Dawson City, the Dawson Daily News. The 15th annual Yukon Riverside Arts Festival, co-ordinated by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, takes place at various venues over the Discovery Days long weekend, August 13-16. More information is available at http://www.kiac.ca/artsfestival/

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Community EVENTS Atlin Wednesdays Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

Beaver Creek Wed, Aug 5 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Aug 6 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Aug 6 AquaFit 6:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Aug 6 Baseball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Fri, Aug 7 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug 8 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug 8 AquaFit 6:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug 8 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug 8 Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sun, Aug 9 Baseball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Aug 10 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Aug 10 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Aug 10 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Aug 11 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Tue, Aug 11 AquaFit 6:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Tue, Aug 11 Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Wed, Aug 12 Public Swim Night 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

Carcross Thu, Aug 6 Adult Swim! 12:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool No Children Please Thu, Aug 6 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Aug 6 Public Swim! 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Sunday To Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays Thu, Aug 6 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Aug 6 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranﬁeld, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sun, Aug 9 AquaFit 11:00 AM Carcross Swimming Pool Sun, Aug 9 Adult Swim! 12:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool No Children Please Sun, Aug 9 Public Swim! 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Sunday To Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays Mon, Aug 10 Adult Swim! 12:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool No Children Please Mon, Aug 10 AquaFit 12:30 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Mon, Aug 10 Public Swim! 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Sunday To Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays Tue, Aug 11 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Aug 11 Adult Swim! 12:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool No Children Please Tue, Aug 11 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Tue, Aug 11 Public Swim! 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Sunday To Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays Tue, Aug 11 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Aug 11 Tlingit Design Course 6:00 PM Carcross Carving Shed Lead Carver Keith Wolfe-Smarch is giving a course in traditional Tlingit design for members of C/TFN. This will be held every Tuesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. See you at the Carving Shed! Tue, Aug 11 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Aug 12 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranﬁeld@ctfn.ca Wed, Aug 12 Adult Swim! 12:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool No Children Please Wed, Aug 12 AquaFit 12:30 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Wed, Aug 12 Public Swim! 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Sunday To Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays Wed, Aug 12 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Aug 12 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building

Dawson City Thu, Aug 6 Critter Talk 10:30 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug 6 Bannock Making 3:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug 6 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To conﬁrm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Fri, Aug 7 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Aug 7 Radio Zho with Alison and Ryan on 106.9 FM CFYT 11:30 AM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Join them for live music, celebrity guests, news, Han language and general good times!

Fri, Aug 7 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Aug 7 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Aug 7 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Fri, Aug 7 Northern Exposure: KIAC Summer Concert Series at the Odd Fellows’ Ballroom Dawson City 7:30 PM Oddfellows Hall Owl & Antler, Soda Pony and Old Cabin perform at the Odd Fellows’ Ballroom for the Northern Exposure: KIAC Summer Concert Series in Dawson City. Fri, Aug 7 Weekend on the Rocks Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Aug 8 Great Klondike International Outhouse Race 12:00 PM Dawson City Get ready for fast paced hilarity! It’s a race, it’s a scavenger hunt, it involves decorated outhouses on wheels, it’s completely absurd! Visitors are encouraged to participate in this one of a kind event. And yes, we supply the outhouses. Sat, Aug 8 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Aug 8 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Sun, Aug 9 Guided Hike on Grizzly Trail 10:00 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Sun, Aug 9 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Aug 9 Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Sun, Aug 9 Klondike Firefighters and First Responders Golf Tournament Dawson City Golf Course Mon, Aug 10 Critter Talk 10:30 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Aug 10 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Aug 10 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Aug 10 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Mon, Aug 10 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Mon, Aug 10 Guided Hike on Goldensides 7:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Tue, Aug 11 Bannock Attack! Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre: Dawson City 10:30 AM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Tasty times at Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre. Bannock Attack! every Tuesday. Tue, Aug 11 Critter Talk 10:30 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Tue, Aug 11 Piano Lessons with Barnacle Bob: KIAC 3:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture New session starting July 28th. Tue, Aug 11 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Tue, Aug 11 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. Wed, Aug 12 Critter Talk 10:30 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Aug 12 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Wed, Aug 12 Guided Hike on North Klondike Trail 7:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Aug 12 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio. Thu, Aug 13 Critter Talk 10:30 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug 13 Authors On Eighth 12:00 AM Jack London Museum 867-993-5575 Authors on Eighth Literary Walking Tour and Writing Competition combines an interpretive tour with a writing contest. Thu, Aug 13 Kevin Murphy & Colin Lyons The Natural & The Manufactured 12:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture inside the Odd Gallery Thu, Aug 13 Bannock Making 3:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug 13 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Thu, Aug 13 Discovery Days Festival Dawson City 867-993-5575 A weekend of special events celebrating Dawson City including exhibitions, arts & crafts fair, a parade and much more! Thu, Aug 13 Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Dawson City The festival aims to provide an accessible environment for community members and visitors to interact directly with the arts and explore their creativity.

Faro Daily Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request. Wed, Aug 5 Parent & Tot Storytime 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Aug 5 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Aug 5 Faro Market 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 867-994-2728 Ext 5 Handmade crafts and art, garden grown produce, and homemade baked products Wed, Aug 5 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Thu, Aug 6 Bocce Tournament 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center or we’ll have a Cribbage Tournament if there’s bad weather Thu, Aug 6 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.

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Thu, Aug 6 Fireside Chats 7:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Talk about the surrounding nature and the animals that live in it. Thu, Aug 6 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Aug 7 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Aug 7 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre. Fri, Aug 7 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Aug 7 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Aug 7 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Aug 7 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre. Sat, Aug 8 Faro Kettle Cafe 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group. Sun, Aug 9 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Aug 9 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Aug 11 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group. Tue, Aug 11 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Aug 12 Parent & Tot Storytime 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Aug 12 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Aug 12 Faro Market 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 867-994-2728 Ext 5 Handmade crafts and art, garden grown produce, and homemade baked products Wed, Aug 12 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Haines Junction Thu, Aug 6 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Aug 6 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Thu, Aug 6 Campfire Talks 8:00 PM Kathleen Lake Campground (867) 634-7207 Here we will talk about the park and the animals in it! Fri, Aug 7 Coffee House Music 4:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli northern musicians perform on the deck, for free! Listen to some great music while enjoying some coffee! Fri, Aug 7 Jamm’in Salmon with Steve Slade 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli 867.634.2867 Delicious salmon dinner & Live Yukon music on the patio, rain or shine. Dancing encouraged so bring your dancing shoes! Fri, Aug 7 Campfire Talks 8:00 PM Kathleen Lake Campground (867) 634-7207 Here we will talk about the park and the animals in it! Sat, Aug 8 Campfire Talks 8:00 PM Kathleen Lake Campground (867) 634-7207 Here we will talk about the park and the animals in it! Sun, Aug 9 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Aug 10 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Aug 11 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Aug 11 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Tue, Aug 11 Campfire Talks 8:00 PM Kathleen Lake Campground (867) 634-7207 Here we will talk about the park and the animals in it! Wed, Aug 12 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5)

Marsh Lake Fri, Aug 7 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Aug 7 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Aug 8 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Aug 9 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 All welcome Tue, Aug 11 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Yoga With Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre (867) 660.4545 Richard is a certiﬁed IYENGAR Yoga instructor Wed, Aug 12 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Mayo Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Sat, Aug 8 Stewart Valley Community Market 10:00 AM Galena Park Please join us for coffee, baked goods, eggs and other local products.

Mt. Lorne Thu, Aug 6 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Aug 7 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Aug 12 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Aug 13 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Old Crow Thu, Aug 6 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Aug 9 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Aug 13 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Aug 16 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381

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All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 3993418 or 399-3407 Thu, Aug 6 Outdoor Youth Activities: Tagish Community Centre 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre A different activity every day. Thu, Aug 6 Carpet Bowling: Tagish Community Centre 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Aug 8 Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell. Tue, Aug 11 Outdoor Youth Activities: Tagish Community Centre 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre A different activity every day. Tue, Aug 11 Nordic Walking Group 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call Centre for meeting location as it varies week to week Wed, Aug 12 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday. Wed, Aug 12 Tagish Community Market 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Teslin Daily Teslin Lake Bird Observatory 7:00 AM Teslin Campground Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work. Wed, Aug 5 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Aug 5 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Aug 5 Softball at Diamond Field 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Softball at the Diamond ﬁelds starting on Wednesday June 17 and every Sunday and Wednesday thereafter. Wed, Aug 5 Biking Group 7:00 PM Teslin Tlingit Council Administration Building Sun, Aug 9 Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Catholic Mass/ Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Mission Sun, Aug 9 St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Sun, Aug 9 Carpet Bowling with the Seniors 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Aug 12 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Aug 12 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Aug 12 Softball at Diamond Field 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Softball at the Diamond ﬁelds starting on Wednesday June 17 and every Sunday and Wednesday thereafter. Wed, Aug 12 Biking Group 7:00 PM Teslin Tlingit Council Administration Building Sun, Aug 16 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Aug 16 Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Catholic Mass/ Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Aug 16 Carpet Bowling with the Seniors 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Watson Lake Thu, Aug 6 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Aug 6 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Aug 8 Watson Lake Arts In The Park: Emily Ross 12:00 PM Wye Lake Park Lunch, farmers market and listen to live music! Sat, Aug 8 2015 Watson Lake Triathlon Watson Lake: Dennis Ball Swimming Pool 536-8023 (Meaghen) Swim 15 Laps / Run 3km / Bike 9km Sun, Aug 9 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Aug 9 Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly! Mon, Aug 10 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Aug 13 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Aug 13 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Fri, Aug 14 Buddy Taylor Slo-Pitch Tourney: Watson Lake Town of Watson Lake 7/3 Format. Beer, Concession, Dance, etc. Cash prizes to be announced.

Haines, Alaska until Thu, Oct 1 A Culture of Eagles Exhibit Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre A cultural exploration of eagles in the Chilkat Valley through history This strong icon permeates Tlingit legend, myth, art, ceremony and even social structure. Thu, Aug 6 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Aug 6 Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Aug 6 Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Aug 7 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Aug 7 Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Aug 7 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Aug 7 Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Aug 7 Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Aug 7 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre

Fri, Aug 7 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Aug 7 Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Aug 7 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Aug 8 Haines Farmers Market 10:00 AM Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) a place for growers, chefs, and artisans to sell locally grown produce, homemade cuisine, and locally made products to the Southeast Alaska Community Sat, Aug 8 Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Aug 8 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Aug 8 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Aug 10 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Aug 10 Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Aug 10 Zumba Gold 9:30 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Aug 11 Yoga with Nancy 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Aug 11 Borough Assembly Meeting 8/11, 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Wed, Aug 12 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Aug 12 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Aug 12 Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Aug 12 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre

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From the Back Country

August 6, 2015

A smoky pinnacle beckons in a hiker’s personal

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Shangri-La The pinnacle the author calls the Smoky Dragon, which she hopes to climb in August

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This month, Jane Vincent is coming with me on an attempt to climb the pinnacle. It’s a pinnacle I now call Dragon Mountain. Recently, hiking there on my own, setting my own pace, very aware of my surroundings, I was in tune for miracles. The mountain was un-named; a mountain in a range of mostly nonames south of Taye Lake, which is an official name. Because of certain features, I think of that area as Yukon’s Middle Earth. I park my car on a small lay-by off the Alaska Highway at kilometer post 1514. Walking west, I come to the dirt road heading north. In a spruce forest of swampy ground, orchids bloom, along with other moisture-loving flowers.

Newly-made paths go around the worst of the water, after which I come upon the ‘super-highway’ in terms of trails - a level dirt road following a slight ridge. The forest gradually opens. There are trembling aspen. I ignore a trail heading west, marked with pink ribbon, to continue north. (Do not rely on my directions. If you do this hike, bring your own map for the lay of the land). As the spruce lessens, the poplars become smaller. I love these dwarfed poplar forests. Where the trail elevates, littered with boulders, the main ATV trail bends east. Here at a fork in the trail, not really sure, I take an even more inconspicuous path and keep heading north. The landscape keeps opening. I enter the land of old dunes; the is trail sandy now. I round a spruce-

topped hill to the west. To the east is the big spruce-covered ridge that leads up to what I named Tolkien Mountain. On my way up there are glimpses of a rock face I don’t really recognize. The trail peters out as I look down on a lake that I do know, in-between Tolkien and the one I am on. There is hardly any bushwhacking to do, and maybe only three steps in, I am up to my head in dwarf birch. Some kind person before me has hung a few tiny pieces of orange ribbon at pivotal points. I make meticulous notes of the ribbons and land features in my head, so I will be able to find the trail again on my way down from the mountain. There is a bit of a climb on the beautifully-layered granite of the

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rock face. And by way of ancient faults, pathways through the towering rock, I feel the connection with Tolkien. Tolkien, which I have hiked many times, being so lovely and exciting, for the way it is and looks on the topographical map. I had never before gone up this regularshaped pyramid among more glorious-looking giants. Topping the first rock face, I am finally in my own personal ShangriLa with wide open space and unlimited vistas. The weather is inbetween rainy days, surprisingly dry and warm. The alpine is carpeted with past-bloom mountain avens, and a lot of rock rubble. I see only a few blooming wildflowers. For animals, I meet only a regular squirrel that has opted for life at the top of a mountain. For

birds, there is only an American pipit, near an abandoned nest still containing eggs. I am not sure if they are hers. Reaching the top, an inukshuk indicates other people do hike here. The top is nice, but the mountain calls me onward. I hopscotch down over to the other side, following the ridge. To the west are vertical drops; to the east, steep, scree slopes; while to the north there is, in the near distance, a red rock. Coming closer, I see, it is a pinnacle! Clouds roll up towards it from Taye Lake, making it look as if it is breathing and exhaling smoke. The scariest part is that it actually looks accessible. I could follow the narrow ridge leading to it. cont’d on page 21...

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A smoky pinnacle ... cont’d Not quite knife-edged, from here it looks - if not walkable, at least climbable without ropes. With the weather being warm with no wind, it would be perfect. But I am alone.

I climb back up to the inukshuk where, sitting among wildflower blossoms surprisingly abundant, I eat my well-deserved lunch. The way down is - as always lovely. Gravity is now on my side.

Yet, this hike still holds other surprises to come. Still in the alpine. I meet a ladybug to tell Bruce Bennett about. A ladybug, on the back of a dragon. Who would have thought?

And Bruce tells me she is a Coccinella transversalis, a transverse ladybug, and that the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is writing a report about it.

Jozien Keijzer is a visual artist, writer and avid hiker who lives in the Mendenhall Subdivision. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

The Queen’s Corner with Shirley Chua-Tan

Around and About T he Rendezvous Queen and Court are also known as Yukon Ambassadors! And as such, here is what has been happening. If you are new to the Yukon, by now you will have realized that the territory is full of Klondike history. Our time capsule seems to have stopped at 1898, the year that the Yukon was formed. Queen Victoria was the monarch of Great Britain during that era. She had (and still has) an influence on our clothing and lifestyle, and especially influences our Rendezvous winter festival in February. As a first generation immigrant, I have the opportunity and privilege to be this year’s Rendezvous Queen. It is a title I proudly won, and vow not to take lightly the positive impact it can have in our communities. Now that six months have passed since we were crowned, I thought some of you might be interested to know what the Rendezvous Queen and her Court actually do, or have been doing, during their one-year reign. I would like to share with you some of my favourite events. The top of my list is The Seniors’ Tea, which is organized by the City of Whitehorse. It is so heartwarming to see all levels of government, including our dear Commissioner, serving drinks and snacks to our seniors. It is a small token to show-

case our gratitude, love, respect and admiration for our pioneers. These are the people who built the roads, bridges, schools, infrastructure and communities that we now call home. To add icing to the cake, some seniors told me they have been reading my Queen’s Corner articles and are very impressed with the information I provide. I am very encouraged to have some followers. Thank You if you are reading this article now. Walking With Our Sisters (WWOS) was another powerful and emotional event in April. An estimated 1,800 moccasins were used to represent the missing or murdered First Nation women and girls across Canada. The numbers are alarming. I am in the enviable position to continue learning about events that affect some or all of us. The Canada Day Parade is another big day for the Court. Waving on the float and taking pictures with friends and ‘new friends’ in Shipyards Park is a nine-hour event. As proud Canadians, the wave of red and white everywhere brings out the patriotism in our citizens. The court and I are

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The Seniors’ Tea organized by the City of Whitehorse tops Queen Shirley’s list of events for the year Shirley Chua-Tan is the 2015 Yukon Sourdough Rendezous Queen. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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DVD Review with Marianne Darragh

Lucy Come Home

A 2000 tale of grit and misadventure evokes an aura of the Great Depression

iving on a knife’s edge isn’t as exciting as it sounds. It can actually be downright tedious, and that’s what Wendy and Lucy captures — the daily grind of staying upright in a treacherous situation. On the way to Alaska with her dog Lucy, Wendy’s car breaks down and it becomes apparent that this trip is being made with little in the way of money to spare. The car is Wendy and Lucy’s temporary home and means to an end. While waiting for the mechanic to make the diagnosis, Wendy (Michelle Williams) and her dog are temporarily separated and Lucy (playing herself) goes missing. Wendy and Lucy, released in 2008 and available on DVD at Whitehorse Public Library, is

adapted by Jon Raymond from his short story, Train Choir. Directed by Kelly Reichart, it’s an intimate film that tracks the insidious downward spiral that could prove fatal to someone’s fragile forward momentum. In an interview with Gus Van Sant, Reichart said the idea evolved from reflecting on the reality of trying to get by when you have limited resources in a culture that trumpets the virtues of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. “What if your bootstrap floated away?” she mused. You can only guess about what unfortunate events propelled Wendy to the road north with Lucy - little background is provided for her, except for a brief scene with a disinterested sister on the other end of a telephone call.

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All we know is that somehow 20-something Wendy sees a stint in a cannery in Ketchikan as the best option available. With Lucy missing, the energy that drove Wendy from Indiana as far as this quiet town in Oregon is now spent on daily rounds from the repair shop to the pound, tacking up posters of Lucy, and calculating her dwindling budget. A kindly security guard (Walter Dalton) who stands watch in front of the blank wall of a big box store for 12 hours a day, offers her words of encouragement and the use of his cell phone. So much of the film is conveyed in brief conversations, poignant images of Wendy’s solo treks through quiet streets and Michelle Williams’ stoic expression and defensive posture , that it leaves Wendy and Lucy open to a variety of interpretations. Released in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 recession, images of freight trains, hobos gathered around campfires and even Wendy’s Ketchikan plan, evoke a Depression-era aura of hard times. But with the financial trauma of 2008 less raw in memory, Wendy’s halting journey seems more existential than topical: a constrained echo of Christopher McCandless’s odyssey in Into the Wild. Gus Van Sant called the film’s effect of drawing people into its anxieties “a great achievement” and many film critics agreed, put-

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Sid’s Treasures with Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé

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he airport in Beaver Creek, Yukon is small and if you don’t know what you’re looking for, there’s a good chance you will miss it. Many who know Sid van der Meer may recall him owning and operating a small aircraft in the 1970s. “I used to own a J-3 Cub. It was a ’45 or maybe ’47. I bought it in 1970-something and had it for about five or six years. We used to land on the (Alaska) Highway,” Sid tells us. “It was good smooth road,” relatively speaking, he adds. “It was just gravel in those days, no pavement like today.” Sid and his family would travel from their old homestead at Mile 1128, Mountain View Lodge, and land in Destruction Bay so his children could attend elementary school. “I learned how to fly from Ken Shewchuk back in the ‘60s. He had a little Champion aircraft that we used to fly around in.” I ask Sid about the airports along the Alaska Highway and when they were built. “It was called the Northwest Staging Route,” he says. “They were all over the place. All the way from Great Falls, Montana up to Alaska. The first one built in the Yukon was in Watson Lake. The other locations in the

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Lizards Lounge Yukon were Whitehorse, Aishihik, Burwash, Snag, and then into Alaska. “Beaver Creek’s airport is fairly new compared to the Northwest Staging Route which was built in the 1940s for World War II. The closest one to us is Snag which is located 35 miles from here. 20 miles that way down the road and then 15 miles in. “Straight across over the hills maybe about five miles away from Beaver Creek. It wasn’t until the late ‘60s when everybody was out of there. A few families lived at Dry Creek, but they all moved to Beaver Creek eventually.” Sid has one main piece of Northwest Staging Route memorabilia, which rests on a wall in his cozy living room. The wooden mantelpiece is noticeably antique, with visible water damage. Looking closely at the rather large, bulky object, you will see the signatures of several young men. The names are associated with a place, such as Vancouver, as well as a date. Many of the sig-

natures are dated to 1943–1945. “It came from the airport store at Aishihik years ago. The builders of the airport wrote their names on it,” Sid explains. For historians and antique collectors alike, it serves as a valuable document for tracing and recording the construction of the Northwest Staging Route. “Fred Cook used to own the store. I remember him. He used to be (notably known as) a gravedigger.” Sid was gifted the mantelpiece by a friend who had purchased Cook’s home. Though Sid now focuses his time and energy on automobiles, there is still a part of him that loves flight. Come and visit Bordertown Garage & Museum and take a look at Sid’s historic salvaged mantelpiece. This series recounts the stories of Beaver Creek collector Sid van der Meer, as dictated to his granddaughter, Teresa Vandermeer-Chasse.

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o you took good advice and bought premium boots that fit you properly, and took the time to properly break them in before you went hiking. Those steps really minimize the chances of major foot problems, but some difficulties can still arise due to the challenges your feet are facing in the trekking experience. The best boots in the universe can’t keep your feet healthy if you choose the wrong socks. Cotton socks will guarantee foot problems. Just like shirts and other cotton garments, as strenuous effort causes you to perspire, cotton gets damp and stays that way. The damp cotton bunches up and chafes various spots on your feet causing hot spots that will develop into blisters. The best socks are thick wool worn in combination with thin poly-pro against your skin. Both

these materials wick the perspiration from your feet. Your feet, socks and interior of your boots will still feel damp from perspiration but there is not the same frequency of chafing as with cotton. The thickness afforded by the two layers of socks acts as a cushion protecting your feet from any stitching or other rough spots inside the boots. This cushioning also allows your feet to swell comfortably, which is normal while hiking. Spare socks should always be carried to change at least daily, or whenever necessary. Wear a pair of short gators to prevent sticks, stones, sand, burrs and whatever else from dropping into the top of your boots, which can result in scrapes, cuts and

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other aggravations. If done up properly, the gators also increase the depth of water you can quickly run through without water getting into your boots. To give your feet a break at the end of a long day, take along a pair of crocs or light sneakers. Wearing these allows your hiking boots, socks and feet to air out and dry. Having your big boots off for the night also allows you to examine your feet and treat any foot problems PHOTO: kozzi.com that may have started that day or continued from previous days. “The best boots in the universe Foot-care kits at various prices can’t keep your feet healthy if are available at the pharmacy or in you choose the wrong socks.” the camping supplies rack. These contain band-aids, medicinal wipes or creams and mole-

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skin pads in various shapes, many with the centres cut out so that they go around but don’t touch the blister, puncture or hot-spot. Ordinary band-aids carried separately can be applied during your regular rest stops. Duct tape also works very well to protect tender spots and it’s usual width covers more area. Hopefully your rest spots, and especially your camping destination, have a flowing stream nearby to provide camp water. But more importantly, the icecold flowing water is great therapy for your tired, sore feet. Sit on a rock with your bare feet in the creek and all the pain and discomfort seems to disappear. Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person. Please send comments about his articles to wild@whatsupyukon.com.

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