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December 18, 2014

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y office and my bed are 10 feet apart, which means that my morning commute takes between 15 seconds and one minute, depending on whether I put on pants.

I have amused myself with thoughts of what Cary Grant’s dapperly dressed editor in His Girl Friday would have thought about a weekly newspaper put together by people who needn’t put on more than their skivvies.

He’d be appalled, I bet.

Regardless, the transformative affects of the Internet have allowed myself, and legions of others, the opportunity to work from home.

Some thrive in this environment; some don’t.

I found it tricky at first. My job at What’s Up Yukon was the first such gig and the lack of physical distance between work-space and rest-space rebelled against my psychological conditioning, which insisted that such areas should be separate.

I was easily distracted, occa-

sionally unproductive, and often agitated. More than anything, it was the lack of human interaction that bothered me. I’d grown up believing that work, for all its nuisances, had the virtue of being social. But instead, I was beginning to suffer some insidious form of cabin fever — like Jack Torrance in The Shining, but without the naked bathtub lady.

Recognizing the problem, I would shut the laptop; fling it in the Honda, and head for the valley, hoping to catch a Wi-Fi signal in the downtown breeze.

In my early days this was at least a weekly event.

But as a testament to the adaptability that our species is always bragging about, my frustrations with homework lessened, as did my downtown Wi-Fi binges.

Now, 27 months after my current employment began, I never feel the need to parachute myself into the midst of hustle-and-bustle to get my work done. In fact, working from home seems like a blessing, complete with midday

napping infrastructure.

What’s more, anecdotal evidence leads me to believe that my attitudinal trajectory is normal — starting with awkwardness, moving through acceptance, arriving at appreciation.

However, one side effect of this trend towards working where one sleeps is that the line between what-one-does and whoone-is gets blurred. Indeed, the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do at night is check my work email.

And even though this cultural shift is facilitated by avant-garde technology, there is something curiously retro about it.

People’s work and life used to be so intertwined that surnames and occupations were interchangeable (Baker, Mason, Smith).

Now technology appears to be taking us (me, anyway) back to the Middle Ages.

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Soon it Won’t be Dark

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by Meagan Deuling

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ccording to perfunctory Internet research, ‘solstice’ means ‘the sun appears to stand still’, or stop, in the sky.

Winter solstice is when the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the sun.

It means darkness.

Solstice is a moment that’s hard to calculate. The Internet suggests instead of calling December 21 ‘solstice’, we call it ‘the darkest day’, or ‘mid-winter’, because the exact moment the sun appears to stand still can occur from the 20th of December to the 23rd. Those are all dark days. And dark nights.

I love winter nights, because of the the snow. It gives the darkness a blue-lit quality, if there is any kind of light reflecting off it.

And certainly everywhere that it’s dark and snowy and cold in the winter, but especially in the Yukon — it will be lighter soon. The days will be longer.

The nights will disappear.

Winter solstice marks the beginning of the nights disappearing, and the Internet (I’m quoting specifically from wikipedia here)* says it best: it’s the “reversal of the sun’s ebbing presence in the sky”.

Winter solstice is a big deal in the Yukon. To me. It’s poetic.

And I find greater comfort in darkness than I do in summer’s endless, abrasive, pastel-insteadof-dark light. I miss proper, dark, summer nights. I’m a slim majority, I know, but winter solstice — the darkest day, the longest night — is cozy more than anything.

Back in the day, way back, winter solstice marked the beginning of the long, dark, cold winter — from January to April was called famine season. People died of cold and hunger.

Cows were slaughtered; they wouldn’t make it through the winter. It was one of the only times people ate fresh meat. It was also the time of year wine, beer, mead, and ale were fully fermented. They were ready to drink.

Fresh meat, drinks, and impending population shrinkage sounds like a good reason to celebrate the solstice.

Solstice is celebrated here, in the Yukon, too. I accidentally discovered a poster promoting a “5+” hours of light ski and fat tire bike relay, again on the Internet. I contacted the Contagious Mountain Bike Club, because I knew it was likely behind such an event.

I was right. Sierra van der Meer, president of the club and organizer of the event, got in touch with me, and since she was in transit between air flights, shuttling from cab to cab to gate, we communicated via text message.

Me: “How many years has 5 + hours of light been in existence?”, and “Why did it get started?” van der Meer: “This is our 4th year. We started the event as a bit of a joke playing on the idea of light. In the summer our big event is the 24 Hours of Light, so it seemed fitting to celebrate both sides of the solar extremes.”

Me: “I understand the relay is about skiing and biking and getting outside, but is there any other reason it exists?” van der Meer: “We decided if we were going to make bikers ride in June for 24 Hours without lights, we should try the opposite in December and celebrate the small window of light we get to enjoy.”

Me: “What is the relationship between the relay and solstice?” van der Meer: “The relationship with the solstice is really about

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‘Snow beard’ is a winter solstice phenomenon, and therefore, tradition the celebration of all seasons and the recognition that while the summer solstice is a great reason to spend all day biking, the winter solstice can also be a great excuse to get out and ride.”

Me: “How many ppl participate?” van der Meer: “Approximately 40 people came out last year and this year we expect over 60.”

She went on to say: “Winter biking changes a lot depending on the snow and temperature conditions. A lap in good, warm winter temperatures is much faster than a lap in the extreme cold, or in fresh snow, so it’s hard to guess laps. I think last year the winner had 11 or 12 laps. If the great winter riding conditions persist it will be more this year.”

Me: “What is the atmosphere like?” van der Meer: “The atmosphere is very casual. It’s a chance for riders to hang out and have fun, racers to challenge themselves and new bikers to try out the trails.”

Me: “How would you convince a skeptic to participate?” van der Meer: “Skeptic? If you are a skier and you haven’t been out to the biathlon trails here is your chance to check out beautiful Grey Mountain.

Biker? Ride some fabulous single track with your fellow fatbiker, or if you’ve never ridden come see what you’re missing.

None of the above? It is the solstice! Come celebrate trails and recreation, be active at a time that laying on the couch with a fire seems like a really good idea, and hang out with some fun folks.”

Me: “Ppl have to bring their own things to ride, or?” van der Meer: “Yes bring your own fat bike but there are always extras that people have. Check out the event site on Facebook to find a team for folks who don’t have their own bike.”

She went on to say: “Just as an FYI that it is a lap format (most laps win), and you can go in teams of any number. Total laps includes ski plus bike, but only one team person on the course at a time.”

As you can see, Contagious Mountain Bike Club is making the most out of dark times. I’ll close with a final line from the Internet: “No matter where you live in the world the solstice is a time to celebrate.”

The 5 + Hours of Light relay is on Saturday, December 20. Registration is at 9 am, it costs $15 and gets you entry, hot drink and food. It’s at the Biathlon site on Grey Mountain.

Jickling’s Jabberings................ 2 Winter Solstice....................... 3 Longest Night......................... 4 Didee and Didoo..................... 4 Klondike Korner...................... 5 Orphan Christmas.................... 7 Scotch Tablet........................10 Moose Stew........................... 11 Winnie’s Christmas.................12 Bird Count............................13 Bring Back the Night...............15 Yukon Flickers.......................16 Kathy O’Donovan...................21 The Social Traveller................22 Rendezvous Queen.................23

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December 18, 2014

Sing-along Solstice

Longest Night founder Daniel Janke wants this week’s concert at Yukon Arts Centre to be an interactive affair

by Ken Bolton

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hy settle for karaoke night in a bar when you can parade your singing talent at the Yukon Arts Centre?

“I think people miss singing in their lives, or miss music in their lives,” claims Whitehorse composer and filmmaker Daniel Janke.

“It can just slip away if you don’t make the effort to get involved with it.”

Janke hopes to change that on the eve of winter solstice, by encouraging audience members to sing along with some of Yukon’s finest singer-songwriters at a concert billed as The Longest Night Ensemble Rides Again.

“It’s probably going to be quite healing. People will go away humming; that’s what I hope,” he says.

Originally planned as a night of duets featuring Janke and Toronto singer Mary Margaret O’Hara, the December 20 concert needed a shift in focus after O’Hara had to cancel.

“I’ve worked with her before and I was looking forward to that, but she hasn’t been well, so that didn’t work out.”

With the YAC booking already in hand, Janke turned to several members of the group that had provided the musical backbone for The Longest Night, an eclectic evening of performance, first presented in 1995.

Janke stresses the upcoming concert is not a reboot of the elaborate variety-style solstice show that ran annually until 2010.

Instead, it will be all music all the time.

“I’m pulling together the en-

semble and a bunch of locallybased singers, and we’re just going to have a lot of fun.” he says.

Besides Janke, the six-piece ensemble will include long-time members Andrea McColeman and Ken Searcy, and more recent additions Paul Bergman, Darcy McCord, and Heidi O’Connor-Brook.

They will perform “some of the bigger pieces” from the Longest Night archives and the 1999 compilation CD, not too DARK, now out of print, but which can be found on iTunes.

“And then most of the show is focused on singing.”

To round out the roster, Janke recruited four guest singer-songwriters, including veteran Dave Haddock, a frequent collaborator of Janke’s who has been living in British Columbia for the past year.

Jazz vocalist Fawn Fritzen will doing something different this time out, Janke says.

“She’s doing some of her own songs, and not in a jazz vein. She’s a wonderful singer, first of all, but she’s also very focused on career.

I could learn a lot from her,” he laughs.

While Whitehorse native Declan O’Donovan has strong family ties in the community and has been developing a major profile as a piano player-songwriter, the fourth guest singer, Calla Polenczny, is not yet as well-known here.

“She’s great. She’s very new to the territory, and she’s got a beautiful voice,” Janke says.

As organizer, Janke says he chose guests who could bring “kind of their own identity in

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voice” to the stage.

“I’ve been trying to put together what I think will be just a really nice, warm — but not schmaltzy — show,” he says.

“I think it will be quite memorable, with a lot of really powerful voices. It’s going to be a really great evening of singing.”

And if Janke gets his way, not all of that singing will be coming from the stage.

“We’re going to put some lyric sheets in the program, and there’s going to be some sing-along, too,” he says.

On the question of whether this year’s concert might herald a return of The Longest Night in future, Janke is non-committal.

“It’s sort of a magical night to play. It’s always easy to get people interested, even though it’s a busy time of year. But right now there are no plans.”

The Longest Night Ensemble Rides Again takes place at the Yukon Arts Centre on Saturday, December 20, beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $33 for adults, $28 for seniors, and $17 for seniors and students. A teen access pass is $10.

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December 18, 2014

A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

Turning Her Life Into Stories A s a former English teacher, long time library patron, book reviewer, informal Berton House liaison, and editor of The Klondike Sun, it often falls to me to make the introductions when an author comes to do a public reading at the Dawson Community Library.

It’s a community library because it contains the collections for both the public and school libraries, is jointly run by a public and a teacher librarian, plus a clerk, and so serves the entire community.

Eleanor Millard needed hardly any introduction when she came to promote her latest book in November. Most of the dozen or so folks in attendance knew her already; she lived here for more than a decade in the 1960s and 70s.

In her time here, during part of which she owned the iconic little log cabin that Henry Reinick now lives in on 8th Avenue, she was a social worker, building custodian, adult educator and even a Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the days when the North End of Dawson all the way to Old Crow was designated as the Ogilvie Riding.

For part of 1978 she was the Minister of Education, in the decade before party politics would have made it impossible for an NDP sympathizer to serve with a batch of Tories.

Since then, she’s worked as a government researcher (she used to write up the daily tributes you can read in Hansard). For almost two decades she has lived in Carcross, from which she commutes a day or two a week to work part time for Yukon Learn, a natural extension of the years she spent running Project Northern Tutor in Dawson.

Millard read a little from all three of her books, beginning with the memoir, Journeys Outside and

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Palma Berger and Eleanor Millard had a long chat at the Dawson Daycare Bazaar.

In, which deals a lot with her time in Dawson. There’s lots of amusing tales about airplane rides.

Her first book was actually a series of interconnected short stories, also inspired largely by her Dawson life, called Riverchild. The stories feature the same characters at various times in their lives, mostly First Nations people whose lives and community have been affected by Residential School.

Her most recent book is a novel, Summer Snow. Its theme, she told her audience, is about coping with the chronic problem of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Her adopted daughter, now 47 years-old, has had to live with this problem, and while she was growing up, there wasn’t a great deal of information or advice about how to deal with it.

The book is set during the period when the authorities, either

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connected with a number of old friends while in town and participated in the Dawson Daycare’s Christmas Bazaar as well as doing her reading.

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Wed, Dec 17 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Dec 17 Johnny Rogers & the New Music Jam 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 333-9315 Wed, Dec 17 BRU Night 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Dec 17 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Dec 18 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Dec 18 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

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Thu, Dec 18 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Dec 19 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Dec 19 Singalong Messiah 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church The Messiah Chorale, directed by Rachel Grantham, presents Handel’s Messiah. Guest artists include Michael B. Marino, tenor, Morgan Traynor, mezzo-soprano and Jana Holesworth, soprano.

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Sat, Dec 20 DJ Red Eye 7:30 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Sat, Dec 20 Speed Control 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Dec 20 Winter Solstice Concert 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre For many years in Whitehorse, the Winter Solstice was synonymous with the Longest Night musical performances created by Daniel Janke. We have asked Daniel to return this season to curate and perform in an evening of music with very special guests from the Canadian music scene.

Sat, Dec 20 The Longest Night Ensemble Rides Again 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Sat, Dec 20 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Dec 20 Jimmy D Lane 10:00 PM Paddy’s Place Blues magician Jimmy D Lane returns to Whitehorse - Jimmy has performed with many great blues legends - if you love rockin Chicago

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Wed, Dec 17 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground Sun, Dec 21 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Noninstructed 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.

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But aside from that, I nurse; the holidays tend to be a busy time in the hospital.

Truth be told, I don’t mind working. There is a palpable layer of gloom cast over the hallways and I commiserate with my patients. They, too, have not been able to get home for the holidays, and when I compare my pickle to theirs, I gain perspective.

I want to say that it doesn’t matter, that the holidays are just like any other time of the year, but this isn’t the truth. Through corporate advertising, temporary business closure, and a hefty dose of nostalgia, the holidays remind us to spend time with the ones we love.

For the adult orphan, this category just gets a little bit bigger; it extends beyond blood ties.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. In fact it’s part of what some call “the holiday spirit”.

Isn’t it?

So this year, I’m happily staying put. Perhaps I will align myself with the other Christmas outcasts and make brisket with Jewish friend Vanessa or hit up Chop Suey restaurant for Photo: Eliane Roy some, yup, chop suey.

Or maybe if I am really Friends become family during the holidays lucky, someone will adopt me. Gosh golly, that would be swell.

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Indeed, there have been many movies wherein it is threatened. The Grinch attempted theft; that twit Kevin boarded the wrong plane, yet again separating himself from his family; a derelict uncle and his slobbering dog named Snot trashed a carefully composed Christmas with their lack of social etiquette.

Films aside, every year it comes and every year I have to bust the news to my beloved family that I will not be coming home.

The reaction is always the same: an understanding disappointment.

“Of course darling, shift work makes it difficult,” my father states stoically.

Meanwhile, in the background, my mother squeaks in a tiny voice, “But is there any chance you could try to get small bit of time off?”

No can do; I’m too low on the old seniority totem pole.

It’s another Orphan Holiday for me.

There are the classic appeasements I repeat every year, the primary being the horror of holiday travel. Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is a festering mess of humanity, causing the gentlest of souls to foam at the mouth.

Teeth become sharp little points; they sprout claws, and rabidly rage against their neighbour.

Ice storms in distant lands (Dallas and Buffalo seem to be common culprits) somehow jam up flights from Whitehorse. The baggage clerk is verbally accosted so many times that he becomes a husk of his normally chipper self.

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• Put the sliced mushrooms that I forgot to list in and let that toss around for three to four more minutes. Once you feel good about what you have done in the pot, put the cooked moose back inside and add whatever spices you find adequate with it. Give it a snork of red wine and let that do its thing for a bit.

• Add a few more shots of wine because it’s in your glass anyway and it’s fun to put what you’re drinking into your food. Add stock. Get it up to a slow boil then put it down to minimum. Add some Worcherstershire sauce.

• Then sit and work on that box of wine for an hour or so, that stew’s not going anywhere. Once you snap back into it, two hours later or so, it’s now ready for for peas and spuds. Get those in there and give it 20 more minutes on the stove. I like to add one more snork of wine after it’s done on the stove for that uncooked red wine taste that you don’t actually taste.

• Now it’s pretty well ready. If you have a wood stove, let it sit there for the evening and let the party lay into it. If not, just leave it on the stove and keep it warm.

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Eric Walker is the real deal. Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Getting Ready for Christmas

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The Peterson girls go home for the holidays

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t was December sometime in the mid-1950s. I was in the Baptist Mission School here in Whitehorse.

Behind the fenced-in grounds of the school were several long buildings that were once used by the army. There also was the Army Theatre where we would perform our annual Christmas concert.

We would practice in the long dining building.

Someone would play the piano while all the students would sing a traditional Christmas hymn. That year it was “Joy to the World”.

Tap, tap of the baton; practice, practice, practice!

We practiced.

A group would do the Nativity story. There were recitals of bible verse. There were musical drills performed by junior to senior girls.

The girls marched in time to the music, pretty crepe paper dresses swishing, and tinsel twinkling. The boys practiced their gymnastic performances, which ended with a

soft collapsing of the human pyramid.

And, the Peterson sisters usually performed a song. My three sisters and I would practice with one of the teachers. That year it was “Silent Night”. Over and over we practiced singing this song in order to not make mistakes.

Excitement began to build, as we got closer to that eventful December night because we knew that there would be the traditional brown paper bag full of hard candies, nuts, apples, and mandarin oranges, and even more so because after the concert, some of us would be able to go home for the holidays.

It seemed that there were hundreds of people in the audience.

Our parents were there. I loved the applause!

It was a happy time.

We went back to our dormitories afterwards. The brown paper goody bags rustled. Tastes of our treats were relished. Decisions

were made about which ones to eat first and which ones to save for later. It was very difficult to crack open the Brazil nuts. Some wise student figured out how the feet of our fold-up bunk beds could be used as a nutcracker. A familiar sound was the crack, crack of nuts being opened.

Then, we, the Peterson sisters, would make the trek home with mom. It would be cold, with the Northern lights swishing and crackling. We walked, our steps crunching in the snow. Dogs barked, their owners talking to them, telling them to be quiet.

Finally, we were home. We lived at the very bottom of the clay cliffs, on Seventh Avenue, where the Whitehorse Community Garden is now. Our house was a renovated army barracks with a wood heater fashioned from forty-five gallon oil drums. It was cozy warm; the wood crackled as it burned.

We ate mandarin oranges and put the peelings on the heater.

The girls’ Christmas dance drill

The peels smelled wonderful while they crackled and popped.

We were free from school for a couple of weeks.

Mom was excited about getting the Christmas trees ready.

She liked to have an outside tree decorated with lights also. She would sing, “Jingle Bells”.

The closer Christmas came; she would start singing, “Here Comes Santa Claus”. On Christmas Eve, she said, “Go to sleep now; Santa Claus will be here when you are sleeping.”

It seemed that we couldn’t sleep for all the excitement.

Morning came; it was Christmas!

There were presents under the tree.

Mom said, “I saw where Santa Claus landed his sleigh; you can go and look for yourself.”

She pointed to a little hill, a short distance from the house and said, “Look for the sleigh and his boot tracks.”

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There they were. We followed his boot tracks back to the house.

There was the proof.

Back in the house, it was time to open our presents. That year, the Peterson sisters each got a beautiful set of glass play dishes.

We could use some of these to eat our breakfast from.

Mom started to prepare our turkey for dinner; she was busy with the pots and pans. The clank, clank of the pots and pans was a happy sound, promising a tasty Christmas dinner.

Now we could go outside to play.

We marveled at the spot that Santa Claus landed his sleigh before we started sliding down that hill. Over and over we slid down the hill, happy that we had a perfect spot for him to land next Christmas.

Winnie Peterson is a Whitehorse-based writer and Elder. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Time for Birds

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Happiness is a Warm Bird I t’s a season of traditions, and for thousands of Canadians this means taking part in the annual Christmas Bird Count.

Called the “longest-running science project in the world” by the Audubon Society, this annual winter event — the 115th — can be fun, and it also has a purpose.

This year the Yukon Bird Club is sponsoring 15 counts throughout Yukon, plus ones in Atlin and Skagway. The first count took place on December 14, and the last will be completed on December 28.

“The Christmas Bird Count helps sustain a North Americanwide conservation effort which relies on monitoring winter bird populations,” says Cameron Eckert, president of the Yukon Bird Club.

One of the most popular counts is the Whitehorse one, on Boxing Day. Anyone can take part, from beginners to experts. You can bird in a group, or alone. You can even count birds from the comfort of home, at feeders or in your yard.

Local “compilers” — well known volunteers and birders — organize the event so that a specific count area is covered. In Whitehorse, this includes a 24 km diameter from the top of Two-Mile Hill.

The southern boundary is roughly Meadow Lakes Golf & Country Club and the northern boundary is MacPherson subdivision.

Riverdale is a popular area, with open water near the Rotary Centennial Bridge and Millennium Trail — hot-spots for uncommon birds and ducks. But surprises can occur anywhere.

It is a bit of a thrill to discover an American robin hanging out near the dam, or a puffed up house sparrow pecking for crumbs near a downtown café.

Tagish compiler and young birder Shyloh Van Delft calls the event, “the highlight of the winter season.”

As Eckert says, “Seeing our remarkable and beautiful birds on the coldest, darkest days of winter is simply magical.”

The results are entered on the Audubon Christmas Bird Count website. Here you can find information from every Yukon count, dating back 40 years. It’s a terrific resource for tracking and understanding changes in winter birds around us.

What have we learned? Bird populations are changing in Yukon.

“In 2014 there were five species of ducks on the Whitehorse count — that was unheard of 20 years ago. Bald eagles are now a regular winter bird here.”

Species commonly seen include tiny red-capped birds called the common redpolls and giant flocks of Bohemian waxwings.

To sign up or find out more about a count you want to join, contact the compilers named below before count day.

Teslin – December 14 Compiler – Ben Schonewille E-mail: teslin.bird.banding@ gmail.com Phone: 867-334-2683 Carcross – December 20 Compiler – Dan Kemble Phone: 867-821-3461 Haines Junction – December 20 Compiler – Julie Bauer E-mail: bauerjulieann@outlook. com Phone: 867-334-2002 Skagway, AK – December 20 Compiler – Elaine Furbish E-mail: snowshoes@aptalaska.net Phone: 907-983-2049 Tagish – December 21 Compiler – Shyloh van Delft E-mail: yukonbirder@gmail.com Phone: 867-399-3022 Meet 10 a.m. at the Tagish Bridge day-use area.

Dawson City – December 21 Compiler – Sebastian Jones E-mail: sebastian@northwestel. net Phone: 867-993-4430 Marsh Lake – December 21 Compiler – Clive Osborne E-mail: cosborne@northwestel. net Phone: 867-667-6976

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New Christmas Bird Counts are welcome. If you don’t see your community on this schedule and would like to organize a Christmas Bird Count then please e-mail: yukonbirdclub@gmail.com to get started.

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Jenny Trapnell has a passion for birding. Please send comments about her articles to birds@whatsupyukon.com.

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Bring Back the Light

The Swedish tradition of Sankta Lucia

by Glenda Koh

I

n the dark days of winter, we could all stand to sing a page from the Swedish songbook; in particular, the tradition of Sankta Lucia, a celebration of light meant to ward off the evil spirits of darkness.

Saint Lucy’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Lucy, is celebrated on December 13. This was the shortest day of the year under the ancient Julian calendar, which, starting in 1582, was cast off in favour of the Gregorian calendar with its leap days (full conversion took several centuries, not unlike the metric system).

Lucy, whose name means light, lived around the year 283, and was a martyr persecuted for refusing to renounce Christianity. Some stories involve her gouging out her eyes. For this feat, she is the patron saint of blindness.

In another notable story, Lucy assisted Christians in the catacombs. To leave her hands free for maximum utility, she ingeniously attached candles to her wreath, possibly the first historical use of a headlamp.

The story of Lucy and her crown of candles appealed to the Swedes, who combined it with their own pagan celebration of Jul into the unique Scandinavian Sankta Lucia tradition sometime in the late 1700s.

This particular merging of Christian and pagan traditions remains something of a mystery, but as Sweden’s official website explains, “As is typical with traditions in Sweden, the why became less important than the how.”

Every December 13 begins with a procession led by the figure of Sankta Lucia, a woman or girl dressed in a white robe wearing a crown of candles symbolizing light, and a red sash representing martyrdom or death. She is accompanied by several other girls or women dressed identically, called the tӓrnor, or handmaidens, each carrying a candle.

The figure of Lucia is always female. Sometimes she is elected. The official website explains, “Among the youngest, anyone can be Lucia; as the children get older, the competition will harden.”

However, there are “star boys”, who follow behind wearing conical hats. Sometimes gingerbread figures bring up the rear, possibly a modern addition to boost the numbers. The procession sings traditional Christmas songs, the most prominent being the Swedish version of the Italian folk song “Santa Lucia”.

The participants also carry baskets of Lussekatter, or yellow saffron buns, typically shaped in an Sshape with two spirals at each end centred with raisins. According to

the arbiter of all things Swedish — the Ikea website —- the shape derives from ancient patterns that can be traced to jewellery from the Bronze Age (1700-500 BC).

The procession also serves coffee and mulled wine called glögg.

The Swedish government website is clear about the necessity of glögg: “Make sure you have some plonk on hand for mulled wine.

Put it in a pot with some spices then watch it like a hawk so it doesn’t boil, or Lucia won’t be quite as much fun.”

Bengt Petterson, a long-time Whitehorse resident who grew up in the small town of Österbybruk, describes the Sankta Lucia celebration as tradition that has remained relatively unchanged throughout the years.

“You got up and watched it on

television, then went to school, then it was more of that for an hour,” he says. “Later when I worked in the administration, we would go down to the cafeteria and school groups would do it. It’s just a nice tradition that makes you feel good and gives you some time together.”

Although December 13 has passed, there seems no reason why winter solstice can’t be a perfectly good replacement for your own Sankta Lucia celebration.

Just remember: only the most experienced celebrants mix mulled wine with open flames.

Be smart and use electric candles.

Glenda Koh is a Whitehorsebased Sankta Lucia enthusiast.

Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

Lussekatter Ingredients 1 cup melted butter 1/2 tsp. saffron threads, finely crumbled (or 1 tsp. powdered) 1 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt

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• Heat milk to scalding. Stir in melted butter, sugar, and salt.

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• Punch down risen dough. Lightly knead two or three times on a floured surface. Pinch off 2” balls of dough and roll into snakes. Shape snakes into “S”-shaped buns with spirals. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet, cover with the towel again, and allow to rise until doubled (about an hour).

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Yukon Flickers with Heather Austin

Beautiful Designs, Tools of Destruction

Hayao Miyazaki’s last film leaves lots to ponder

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ayao Miyazaki, of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, has declared that The Wind Rises, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on December 28, will be his last film. It is a truly beautiful piece of animation, complete with painterly landscapes and a remarkably textured soundscape.

Listen for strange human voices that imitate the sound of an airplane propeller and the terrifying vibrations of an earthquake.

As a great creator of art, Miyazaki is decidedly an admirer of Jiro Horikoshi, the animated protagonist, and a prominent Japanese engineer, famous for designing fighter planes during WWII. Miyazaki seems seduced by

The Wind Rises raises some interesting questions PHOTO: courtesy of YFS Horikoshi’s impressive engineering ability to “turn dreams into reality”.

However, the film has attracted negative reviews asserting that Miyazaki romanticizes the creation of killing machines. Drawing from the ideology of the film, Miyazaki’s rebuttal might be that airplanes in and of themselves are beautiful and elegant inventions; the production of airplanes is not evil, but the appropriation of them as killing machines is.

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Throughout the film, he employs a sort of doublethink strategy to completely separate an invention from the manner of its use.

The film oscillates between reality and a series of surreal sequences that act as a window into cartoon Horikoshi’s many lucid dreams about airplanes. In these dreams he invariably meets and speaks with a man named Giovanni Battista Caproni, an Italian aircraft designer who was allegedly an inspiration and hero to Horikoshi.

They share the same “dreams” of creating beautiful airplanes.

Amid Caproni’s many lofty musings about aeroplanes is a considerably intense and loaded question: “My aircraft are destined to become tools for slaughter and destruction, but still, I choose a world with pyramids in it. Which world will you choose?” he asks Horikoshi. He replies by saying simply, “I just want to create

beautiful airplanes.”

The subject is glossed over, as this response allows Horikoshi to remain neutral on the subject by way of not actually answering the question. If one were to consider this an answer, it must be admitted that it is extremely vague, leaving itself wide open for interpretation.

Studio Ghibli’s version of Jiro Horikoshi is an unfettered hero.

His life has here been controversially appropriated into a fairytale characterization, making the film a sort of animated pseudobiography. One might be reminded of the Disney’s portrayal of John Smith in the 1995 feature Pocahontas, wherein romanticism took precedence over historical accuracy.

At any rate, these films instil a fantastical image of real individuals into the minds of children for years to come, rubber-stamping these historical figures as legends.

Taken on face value, the film

is a lovely homage to creative ingenuity. Sprinkled amongst the sugar-coated, dewy-eyed candy of the piece is a line taken from a French poem by Paul Valéry: The wind is rising! We must try to live.

This is the inspiration for the title, and a summary of the supposedly simple message behind the narrative. The film asks a moral question, to which it provides a vague but symbolically definitive answer.

It’s an interesting look at the values of Japanese culture, and a self-reflexive examination of the responsibility of the inventor and the artist.

The Wind Rises plays at the YAC on December 28 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $11 for YFS members and a buck extra for non-members.

Heather Austin writes on behalf of the Yukon Film Society.

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Winter 2015 Classes & Workshops Adult Classes (Ages 14+)

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Instructor: Suzanne Paleczny Tuesdays, Jan. 27 - Mar. 3, 7-9:30pm $265 (all supplies included)

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Community EVENTS Atlin

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Wed, Dec 17 Open Gym 3:30 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sun, Dec 21 Yoga 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Dec 22 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Dec 22 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Dec 23 Exercise Group 10:00 AM Beaver Creek Community Club

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Wed, Dec 17 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Dec 17 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Dec 17 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Dec 18 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Dec 18 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Dec 20 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Carcross 867-821-3461 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Dan Kemble before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sun, Dec 21 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129 Mon, Dec 22 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artwork Tue, Dec 23 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Dec 23 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Dec 23 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251

Dawson City

Wed, Dec 17 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-9935370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latininspired workout!

Wed, Dec 17 Dark Room Club 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture *paper available for purchase. For more information or to participate:please contact Rebekah at bekmiller1234@gmail.com Wed, Dec 17 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Dec 18 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 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, Dec 19 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec 19 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec 19 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Dec 19 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370

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Sun, Dec 21 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Dawson City 867-993-4430 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Sebastian Jones before count day.

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Sun, Dec 21 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Dec 22 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec 22 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec 22 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-9935370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latininspired workout!

Tue, Dec 23 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more Fri, Dec 26 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec 26 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec 26 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Dec 26 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

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Sun, Dec 28 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381

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Thu, Dec 18 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Dec 18 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

Sat, Dec 20 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Haines Junction 867-3342002 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Julie Bauer before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sun, Dec 21 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Dec 22 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Dec 23 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Dec 23 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Sun, Dec 28 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

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Wed, Dec 17 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Dec 18 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Dec 19 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Dec 26 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Marsh Lake

Wed, Dec 17 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Dec 19 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights last Friday of each month Fri, Dec 19 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 20 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 20 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Dec 21 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 660 4999 All welcome

Sun, Dec 21 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Marsh Lake 867-667-6976 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Clive Osborne before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Tue, Dec 23 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Dec 23 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Dec 26 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 27 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 27 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Dec 28 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome

Mayo

Wed, Dec 17 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Dec 17 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Dec 17 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Dec 18 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Dec 18 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Dec 18 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Dec 19 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Dec 19 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night

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Fri, Dec 19 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Dec 21 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Dec 22 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.

Tue, Dec 23 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Dec 23 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Dec 23 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Dec 23 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Dec 23 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Dec 23 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Fri, Dec 26 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Dec 26 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Dec 26 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Dec 28 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Old Crow

Thu, Dec 18 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Dec 21 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Dec 22 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238 Sun, Dec 28 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381

Tagish

All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Thu, Dec 18 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sun, Dec 21 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Tagish 867-399-3022 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Shyloh van Delft before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sat, Dec 20 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sun, Dec 21 Pancake Breakfast! 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Once per month everyone welcome Tue, Dec 23 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Dec 27 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418

Teslin

Wed, Dec 17 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Dec 17 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Dec 18 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Dec 21 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Dec 22 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Dec 23 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Dec 28 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Watson Lake

Thu, Dec 18 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Dec 18 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

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Thu, Dec 18 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Dec 18 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 20 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 20 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Dec 21 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Dec 22 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Fri, Dec 26 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Watson Lake 867-5367488 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Jenny Skelton before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sat, Dec 27 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 27 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Dec 28 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932

Skagway

Thu, Dec 18 Popcorn & Berry Garlands for Kids 5-12 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Dec 18 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Dec 18 Wild and Scenic Film Festival 7:00 PM AB Hall Thu, Dec 18 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Dec 19 Movie Night at the National Park Service - Guardians of the Galaxy 7:00 PM Skagway Visitor Center Fri, Dec 19 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 20 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM Skagway 907-983-2049 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Elaine Furbish before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sat, Dec 20 Rock Wall Belay Classes 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 11‐12:30 pm Belay Instruction, 12:30‐1 pm Belay Check Sat, Dec 20 Solstice Potluck & Holiday Skate 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 20 Cookie Exchange 2:00 PM Bites on Broadway Sun, Dec 21 Emblem Christmas Carnival 1:00 PM Elks Lodge Skagway Sun, Dec 21 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, Dec 21 Emblem Christmas Carnival 1:00 PM Elks Lodge Skagway Sun, Dec 21 Emblem Christmas Carnival 1:00 PM Elks Lodge Skagway Mon, Dec 22 Yuletide Restorative Yoga 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Dec 22 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Dec 22 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec 23 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec 23 Holiday Spinning 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec 23 Beginner Friendly Climbing Night 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre This is for people that have been belay checked and want to practice their skills in a beginner environment! Gather your friends for a fun night out!

Tue, Dec 23 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of

props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Dec 26 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Dec 27 Rock Wall Belay Classes 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 11‐12:30 pm Belay Instruction, 12:30‐1 pm Belay Check Sun, Dec 28 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30p PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 5373461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350

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Active Interest Listings Thu, Dec 18 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Dec 18 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 3354500 Thu, Dec 18 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Fri, Dec 19 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Dec 19 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Dec 19 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Dec 21 Winter Solstice Run 10:00 AM Grey Mountain Road - upper parking lot Run or walk up to the towers on Grey Mountain Road approx. 12 km return Donations to the food bank accepted.

Details contact: Don White 633-5671 Sun, Dec 21 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome.

Sun, Dec 21 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Dec 21 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Mon, Dec 22 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Dec 22 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo

Mon, Dec 22 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice 7:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School 30 minutes off skate work followed

by Skills and Drills Tue, Dec 23 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Tue, Dec 23 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Dec 24 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Dec 24 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Dec 24 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Dec 24 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Dec 24 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Dec 24 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Thu, Dec 25 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Dec 25 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 3354500 Thu, Dec 25 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Fri, Dec 26 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo

Wellness Listings Fri, Dec 26 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Dec 26 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Fri, Dec 26 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM City Of Whitehorse 867-668-2639 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Jim Hawkings before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sun, Dec 28 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome.

Sun, Dec 28 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Dec 28 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca

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Instructor: Bruce Willis

Understanding Legislation

This 1-day workshop introduces non-lawyers to the theory and practice of interpreting legislation and regulations. No previous coursework in law is required to take this course.

If you are new to working with legislation and regulations, or if you want to expand your understanding of the purpose, development and application of these tools, this training may meet your needs. In the workshop you will work through the following areas: the sources of law; researching the law in relation to reading and understanding statutes; and how to interpret actual statues and prepare draft rules or policies.

Feb 9, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm CRN: 20480 $175 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Practice and Procedures for Decision Makers

This introductory course is for members of boards, tribunals, and committees with a quasi-judicial function. The course was developed by the B.C. Council of Administrative Tribunals, and is designed to provide participants with a better understanding of their role and responsibilities as tribunal members. ** This course is a prerequisite to take Advanced Decision Writing **

Feb 10-11, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm Feb 12, 2015 9:00am to 12:00pm CRN: 20481 $600 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Advanced Decision Writing

This 2-day workshop builds on the decision-writing module in Practice and Procedures. Its focus is to assist board and tribunal members to acquire and retain writing skills directly relevant to them. Participants will practice particular skills and techniques through focused writing exercises, and by revising one of their own decisions. They will receive individual feedback on their decision from an instructor. The workshop will include large and small group discussion and exercises.

Feb 13-14, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm CRN: 20482 $450 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Arbitration Training

This 3-day training provides an introduction to arbitration.

The first part of the course focuses on theory and the last part focuses on the practice, including fact scenarios that you would use when conducting a hearing and writing a decision using the procedures and evidence in your decision.

Feb 16-17, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm CRN: 20483 $525 + gst Location: Yukon College Room T1023

December 18, 2014

Trauma Training

This 3-day course is for those who provide support services to individuals exposed to trauma material or who work with trauma survivors. The focus is Yukon-specific with an overview of historical traumas within the First Nation communities.

For safety reasons, this course is not recommended as a healing workshop as the information can be overwhelming and it is not intended to re-victimize survivors of trauma.

Instructors: Jackie MacLaren & First Nations Initiatives staff, Yukon College

March 4-6, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20484 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

YFN 101: History of Yukon First Nations and Self-Government

This 1-day course is intended for anyone interested in learning more about Yukon First Nations and Self-Government. Develop a broader understanding and appreciation for the key events in Yukon First Nations distant and recent past, in a day that includes interactive activities, discussions and presentations by staff from the Yukon First Nations Initiative department at Yukon College. The instructors incorporate historical timelines, facts, personal stories, and activities for an engaging look at history and recent developments.

For more information on this course call: First Nations Initiatives @ 867.456.8582

March 13, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20485 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Mental Health First Aid for Northern People

This 3-day course is guided by a number of important principles including respect, cooperation, community, harmony, generosity, and resourcefulness. This course covers topics such as substance disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, deliberate self-Injury, and psychotic disorders.

March 17-19, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20486 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Paddlers Abreast 2015 Yukon River Quest team are being accepted until Jan, 31, 2015. Applications can be found at www.paddlersabreast.org Fri, Dec 19 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Dec 20 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 Sat, Dec 20 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Mon, Dec 22 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon, Dec 22 Recovering from Chronic Pain 7:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary October 20-November 24 Monday evenings from 7:15-8:30 Tue, Dec 23 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Dec 24 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Dec 24 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Dec 24 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Wed, Dec 24 FH Collins Parent Circle 7:00 PM F.H. Collins Secondary This is a safe place to come and chat about that amazing job we were handed without an instruction model: parenting teenagers. Our focus for this meeting is Mindful Parenting.

Please join us Fri, Dec 26 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Dec 27 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

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. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. 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 (CM, 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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December 18, 2014

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Everyday Hero

Getting by on a little less fills you with a whole lot more

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knew my mom, Kathy O’Donovan, was something special as far back as my memory allows. I remember being in awe of all her talents, maybe not always appreciative, but in awe none-the-less.

The down side of your mother being able to make everything and anything — including food, clothing, costumes, science experiments, sport equipment, school supplies, toys, and gifts — is that she will make such an item, thus eliminating the need to get it from the all-elusive store.

She used her talents not just for birthdays and holidays but as a source of much needed sideincome, selling her creations at craft fairs to make Christmas affordable; and I for one remember being very motivated to help sell the merchandise.

I have memories of the pencil bag made from old jeans — which my children still use to this day, despite having travelled with me from Grade 3 to 12. The hobbyhorses my siblings and I used both for riding and beating each other with, sometimes simultaneously, also continue to live in my children’s playroom. Both are great reminders of how my childhoodself so greatly undervalued these things that are now my most sacred treasures.

And the homemade clothes that at the time I would have gladly traded for store-bought labelled outfits now stand as souvenirs of idol worship. They represent my high standards for what a mother should be, and remind me of my own lacking maternal talents — if I could just have the ability to even fix their clothing,

never mind make it from scratch.

I would love it if my kids brought me torn outfits or costume emergencies to fix, but instead, they know what I did not at their age, Grandma will fix it, and that’s awesome.

Many of my memories began as childish insecurities about being perceived as different or not well-off because my things were homemade instead of purchased.

Now they have transformed into memories of a super-mom who managed to raise 11 kids and find time, by sacrificing sleep and any hope of a social life, to make individual items for us. I’m sure if we had had the funds my mom would have gladly surrendered some of these tasks, but I would hazard a guess that she would still complete most of them herself because that’s just who she is.

Her superpowers weren’t just limited to cooking, sewing, and creativity but could also be found in her lessons of life and responsibility.

I always felt safe when it was only her nearby. Even when she was angry with me, I never feared her. I knew if she was upset I had let her down, and that was scarier than any punishment she might deliver.

My mother never shielded us from our mistakes or coddled us when we had to face up to something. But she let us know that we could right our wrongs and no love would be lost. It is an incredible superpower to set expectations high, but refrain from judgement, especially given our strict Catholic upbringing.

We were raised in a faith that held, and still holds, many strong

PHOTO: courtesy of Catherine O’Donovan

by Catherine O’Donovan

opinions about right-and-wrong, and although it is undergoing changes, many still use Catholicism to pass judgement on people for the choices they make.

We were raised with high standards of Catholic living but my mom simultaneously conveyed a more powerful message of social responsibility, and the replacement of judgement with acceptance. There were no conversations specifically to this effect, but rather by living by example, my mother would admit to not understanding everyone’s particular personalities but in the same breath would invite them for dinner or donate to them if they were in need.

Although our house had its own trials and struggles we never turned away a person who was in need; they were invited in for dinner and maybe many more meals

Kathy O’Donovan is surrounded by love, clockwise from left: Kylene (in-law), Fayne (granddaughter), Shannon (daughter), Roshean (daughter), Shawn (daughter), Catherine (author), Kailtin (granddaughter) to follow. And although I know we filled their bellies, I sometimes wonder if they sought the family bond that filled their hearts with so much more.

Through all the hard times marked with financial strain, individual turmoil, and familial strife, the love of our mother filled the air and breathed resilience, empowerment, and strength into our hectic house.

I cannot pinpoint what she did or said that led her to raise eleven children that felt the world was at their fingertips if they just chose to work hard and go out and seek it, but the message was loud and clear; we did not have money or privilege or ease to pave our path into adulthood, but we had a hero with superpowers beyond explanation backing us up and guiding

our way.

My siblings and I are now a group of adults that genuinely love one another and who have made ourselves into contributing members of society, all carrying some form of post-secondary education, all on a limited budget.

But what none of us can do, despite all our education, is make our own outfits, sew our kids costumes, perfectly fix a hem or jacket, and make a hobbyhorse.

We still come to her to sew our professional pants and make clothes for her grandkids, which comes with the best label of all — With Love from Grandma (or Mom)!

Catherine O’Donovan is child number 7. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Social Traveller Bjorn Troch with his van and guitar

PHOTO: Bjorn Troch

by Gabriela Sgaga

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ant to be a part of a reality show that you can influence? Just hop onto Bjorn Troch’s website, The Social Traveler, and you can have a say in what he does while he travels the world.

Troch, a communications major originally from Belgium, first had the idea to become a social traveler while he was a consultant for social network start-up companies.

“I love being social, I have experience in social networks and I wanted to travel,” he says.

He decided to combine all three and started planning his epic journey gradually, talking with friends on-line and allowing his family to get used to the idea. Soon he had a small on-line support network.

“It became easier as more people came on-board,” he says.

He started with walking the entire Camino de Santiago, where he will end his journey.

After the Camino, he drew a trajectory of travel around the world and began his voyage. He made only two rules for himself: he was not allowed to use search engines, and no guidebooks.

This would force him to rely on people to get around. This ties in with one of Troch’s goals for this trip — he wants to live by example, showing it’s not bad or dangerous to talk to strangers.

“We should give everyone a chance by creating a platform to be social. It’s just common sense, and we shouldn’t be afraid,” he says.

People are proud to share their knowledge and want to be a part of something, he says.

“I try to make it as real as possible by involving (not only

on-line followers, but) locals as well, and asking them where I should go. If you make people feel comfortable, they’ll open up. All you have to do is ask.”

Troch says being social has taught him to lose his demands, his idea of stereotypes, and his prejudices.

“You learn not to judge and to develop and trust your gut.

It’s always about the experience. You learn to live in the moment and not to think about the future.”

Because he’s never quite sure where he’s going once he arrives, Troch has found that being adaptable is the best way to go, especially after adding a twist to his travels: network followers can challenge him during his trip. Challenges must be social — anyone can join him for some or all of it — and they must take

place along the trajectory he has chosen, and he must learn something from it.

Troch’s latest challenge is to drive a van across North America and learn how to play the guitar.

He started in Newfoundland and has driven all the way to the Yukon — and he’s learned several chords along the way.

After Dawson City, he plans to head back to Edmonton, then on to Banff, (where he will be looking for a new challenge) before heading to Vancouver to travel down the coast to Mexico and then Panama, where he must play what he’s learned on his guitar to earn his gas money.

After four-and-a-half years of traveling, with only a couple of breaks to visit family back home, Troch still feels he’s on the right track.

“What drives me is being

around people and bringing them together,” he says.

“Pushing boundaries drives us and opens our scope on things.

Everyone’s responsible to find out who they are,” he says.

Troch takes his journey dayby-day and person-by-person.

“People are generally really good.”

To find out more about the Social Traveler and his continuing voyage, log onto www.thesocialtraveler.net, or follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus.

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in the Yukon. Please send comments about her articles to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

“I love being social, I have experience in social networks and I wanted to travel,” he says.

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