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A fond farewell Teacher wins award in her seventh, and final, year in Naujaat

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

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Julia MacPherson's performance while teaching for seven years in Naujaat received a ringing endorsement when she was presented with a teaching award from the Nunavut Teacher's Association in Iqaluit on April 6.

MacPherson said she was nominated for one of the Nunavut Teacher's Association awards by some of the staff members at Tuugaalik High School.

She said they came to her almost at the end of the process and said they had nominated her, so she had to sign the piece of paper they had.

"I was really shocked and very humbled,"said MacPherson. "I read their very, very generous submission on me and I found myself quite humbled again. I think the fact that they even thought to nominate me was winning enough for me.

"I didn't expect to win and I felt as though the attention should be placed elsewhere because we have a lot of really amazing, hard-working and dedicated teachers working in this territory, so I was quite humbled and very, very grateful to be given this award and I was surprised

when I found out that I had won."

MacPherson said she had to travel to Iqaluit earlier this month for the association's annual meeting and usually, during that time, they hold a banquet on the Saturday night, which, this year, was April 6.

She said unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances of weather and mechanical issues, they didn't meet their quorum to have their meetings.

"They did, however, go ahead with the banquet and that's when I was presented with a gift, and the president of the Nunavut Teacher's Association, John Fanjoy, gave me a very heartfelt and kind introduction before he presented me with the award.

"So, again, I was very, very grateful."

MacPherson is heading back down south at the end of the current school year, bringing her time in Naujaat to an end after spending seven years in the community.

She said she really didn't attach any extra significance to the award because she won it during her final year in Naujaat.

"I think the teachers who nominated me felt like this would be really nice if I got it, but I think they also

just wanted to express their gratitude on working with me over the years.

"To me, it was a really nice gesture and a really nice thing to receive in April, just two months shy of when I'm leaving the North.

"Our principal, Aubrey Bolt, was really proud and he was really happy for me. He thought the award was well-deserved, so that was nice, and its also been really nice to receive little e-mails, messages or phone calls from educators and staff who I had met over the yeas in different communities congratulating me on the award.

"That's been great, as well."

MacPherson said she still doesn't have a job lined up for when she leaves Naujaat.

She said she does have a couple of things starting to fall in place for her, but she hasn't accepted anything yet.

"I'm just not sure what I'm going to be doing yet, but I know I am going to return to Cape Breton for the summer and then take it from there.

"I'm hoping I can stay in Cape Breton, but, most likely, I'll be looking for a job around the Halifax area."

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Tuugaalik High School teacher and vice-principal Julia MacPherson of Naujaat is all smiles after being presented with a teacher's award earlier this month in Iqaluit.

"There were actually a couple of people who ran away when they saw us coming, and I pulled a couple of people over and issued them with warrants right on the street. It was a fun day."

– Fire Chief Mark Wyatt on arresting Rankin Inlet residents with bylaw officer Kyle Lowe for the Jail 'N' Bail fundraiser, page 6.

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It was an extremely happy day for Chris Connelly, left, and Leo (Dali) Kaludjak when they held the grand opening for their business, Nitsik Leasing and Sales, in Rankin Inlet.

There's a new cat in town Hundreds attend grand opening of Nitsik Leasing and Sales in Rankin Inlet – a one-stop shop for hunting, fishing, safety and Arctic Cat

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

The Rankin Inlet business community has a new member after Nitsik Leasing and Sales held its grand opening last week in Rankin Inlet.

The new business is owned by Chris Connelly and Leo (Dali) Kaludjak, who have worked on getting the store open in Rankin for the past two years.

Connnelly, 32, said he and Kaludjak, 31, worked together for years and they go hunting together every weekend.

He said the two friends could never get everything they needed for a weekend hunting trip under one roof in Rankin.

"We're talking anything from skinning knives to tarps, homemade hunting gear and things of that nature," said Connelly.

"Sometimes you just couldn't get what you wanted here at every store and, in fact, you often had to go to three or four different stores just to get anything and it was really expensive.

"We wanted to try and have a place where people could come and get everything they need to go fishing or hunting for the weekend, and at a fair price.

"Our main goal from day one was a one-stop shopping place for all your hunting and fishing needs."

And having just about anything a person needs Nitsik Leasing and Sales certainly does. That includes a qamutiik and nitsik to plenty of sewing tools for the ladies, all made by Connelly and Kaludjak.

Connelly said he and Kaludjak are the only staff members at the store for now, but his sister, Avery,

has been helping out quite a bit.

He said when they were ready to open the store they hoped to eventually hire local staff, but, after the grand opening, that might come a whole lot sooner than later.

"We're already thinking about possibly expanding some of our lines such as safety gear, and we're one of the vendors for Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) so we can bid on contracts for stuff like that.

"So, for example, AEM may want to order 200 pairs of safety glasses, we'll give them a price and then they'll announce who they're going through, whether it's us, Home Hardware or whoever.

"We're trying to get in good with AEM so we can supply Meliadine with tools and stuff.

We also sell Arctic Cat products and we've already sold a couple of ATVs and two snowmobiles."

Connelly said the local business community has been happy for their early success.

He said pretty much every local business needed help and encouragement when first starting, and he and Kaludjak are appreciative of the support they've received so far.

"I don't know why there hasn't been an attempt to start an operation like ours before we came along – whether local businesses were just competing too much against each other or what. I'm not too sure.

"It was crazy busy during our grand opening, and we found ourselves re-ordering a lot of stuff (the next morning) that we sold out of during the first day.

"Our biggest sale item was the old ceramic hunting teacups. We had two cases of those and they were gone in like an hour-and-ahalf.

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Arviat Fishing derby season is about to swim its way across the Kivalliq region.

Arviat announced its annual Trout and Pike Derby will take place next month from May 3 to 5.

The top 10 prize monies up for grabs to the most successful fisher in each category of pike and trout are identical this year, with first place winning $5,000, second place $4,000, third place $3,000, fourth place $2,000 and fifth place $1,000.

The sixth-place finisher earns $750, seventh $500, eighth $400, ninth $300 and tenth $250.

Skills grads Baker Lake A ceremony will be held at the Baker Lake Community Hall on April 24, beginning at 1:30 p.m., to recognize the efforts of the six students who graduated from the recent ABE Essential Skills program in Baker.

The six students who successfully completed the training program are: Angel Aksawnee Larissa Aksawnee Tina Mikkungwak Charlene Parker Tanya Taipana Emma Quinangnaq

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A customer takes a close-up look at some of the numerous items for sale at the Nitsik Leasing and Sales grand opening in Rankin Inlet on Wednesday, April 10.

"They're really durable cups that everybody loves to take out hunting, and they're really hard to find. We were the only place in town with them, and people really like those cups because they're so tough and last forever."

Connelly estimates about 400 people went through the store on its first day.

He said watching the people file through during the grand opening, it was almost hard to believe that he and Kaludjak had been working to get the store open for two years.

"It took awhile, but we finally got it open.

"We kept pushing since the day we decided we were actually going to do it. We knew it was going to happen, we just didn't know when.

"The paperwork was nonstop but it was worth it in the end.

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Arviat Listed below are the players comprising the Arviat Arctic Connections senior men's hockey team that represented the Kivalliq at the 2019 Manitoba Cup this past weekend in Winnipeg, Man. Final results from the event were not known as of press time.

Team Arviat AC: Douglas Ollie Panniuq Karetak Terrance McLean Garry Kuksuk Jr. Tyler Tattuinee Amauyak Lindell Robert Karetak Charlie Karetak Nap Karetak JC Ollie Alfred Voisey Rodney Taparti Richard Little Gleason Uppahuak Jordan St. John Kyle Ettawacappo Dustin Easter

Pakallak Tyme Rankin Inlet The hamlet of Rankin Inlet has tentatively set May 1 to 6 as the dates for the community's annual spring festival, Pakallak Tyme.

The hamlet was scheduled to hold another volunteer-community groups meeting on April 16 to continue planning and organizing the event.

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ada are the shift in societal values that sees families and individuals As the call for volunteers once guarding their downtime or 'me time' again rings out across the Kivalliq with a vengeance rarely, if ever, seen to signal the imminent arrival of the region's spring festivals and the ever- before.

They have, in many ways, propopular fishing derbies, you can't duced the perfect storm against a help but hope our track record of number of time-honoured having a strong volunteer extracurricular activities base that constantly stepsthat often form the base, up when needed continues or spirit, of a community. to hold.

And that base can go Headlines across the from being the strength of country, such as the recent a community to its ultimone announcing the cancelate weakness in what lation of the 2019 edition seems like record time of the Top of the World days.

Loppet in Inuvik, NWT, have Darrell these Volunteers are the lifebecome all too familiar.

Greer SanikiluaqThe internationally-recblood of the festivals and derbies of our region, they ognized cross-country race often help run programs once attracted skiers from across the globe and was set to enter from pre-natal to sewing, while coaching, leading our cadet and Girl its 51st year in Inuvik.

Guides and helping out at fundraisers That's a lot of success over a long that have become too many to count period of time in a community for in the Kivalliq. such a storied event to face extincIt would be hard to imagine life tion over an ever-shrinking group of being the same in any Kivalliq compeople willing to be volunteers or munity that suddenly lost its volleaders in a community. unteer base and its winters would And, arguably, nowhere in this become darker and a whole lot great nation of ours is it more colder. important to the overall mood and I've called Rankin Inlet home good health of a community than going on 21 years now and I would here in the North. be hard pressed to explain why we've I know the majority of the continbeen blessed with such a strong ual volunteers in Rankin Inlet and foundation of volunteers for the vast I respect them and the invaluable contributions they make to their com- majority of that time.

People often use familiar terms munity on an ongoing basis. such as strong community spirit to Two things that have been driving explain it, but though there can be the steady decline in volunteerism across small-town and big-town Can- no denying you get a strong sense of Northern News Services

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community spirit in Rankin, the volunteer base seems to stretch beyond that.

Some of the events still seem to be a social activity for many of our Rankin volunteers and you often see members of the same family being community volunteers generation after generation.

Today's activities may be a far cry from the barn-raising events across the Prairies in days long since past, but they are every bit as important, if not more so, to the moral fabric of a community and the sense of togetherness that sees people pull together more than at any other time in history.

That sense of a social activity among many of the volunteers, as well as seeing numerous members of the same families constantly volunteering, give hope as to the continuing strength of our volunteer base.

'It's fun to volunteer' is a message that continues to hold its own in the war against the protection of downtime in our region, and volunteerism continues to be a part of the community legacy being forged in the Kivalliq by a number of families.

Hopefully, the message will continue to be heard by more young folk and our volunteer base will remain strong for the foreseeable future.

You don't often miss what you have until it's gone. Hopefully, that's one sentiment that will never apply to the volunteers of our region.

It is truly one of our region's greatest strengths.

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Tourney champs

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The Terence Tootoo Memorial senior men's A Division champion Rankin Miners pose for a team photo in Rankin Inlet this past month. In the back row from left are Darrian Pilakapsi, Chris Connelly, Matt Gardner, Keith (Butch) Sigurdson, Amaujaq Lindell, Roger Tagoona, Lodie Ipeelie Jr., Cody Dean, Mitchell Tilley, Warren Kusugak (coach), Wayne Kusugsak (coach) and Gabriel Nukapiak (trainer). In the front row from left are Kyle Tattuinee, Theo Clark (water boy), Philip Tagoona (stick boy), Troy Aksalnik, David Clark, Jordin Tootoo, Panniuq Karetak, Shea Karetak (stick boy) and Liam Tattuinee (water boy). At front is goalie Jomar Cruz.

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David Tulugak: “The Washington Capitals.”

Gabe Karlik: “The Winnipeg Jets.”

Jeff Tulugak: “The Winnipeg Jets.”

Kyle Tattuinee: “I'm still saying my Maple Leafs will win.”

Mike Shouldice: “Tampa Bay or Saint Louis.”

Pujjuut Kusugak: “The Winnipeg Jets, I hope.”

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Jordin Tootoo presents Coun. Kelly Clark-Lindell with a $2,000 donation to the new Rankin Inlet complex fund on behalf of the Terence Tootoo Memorial senior men's hockey tournament committee in Rankin this past month.

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Community: Rankin Inlet Interest: Aviation Troy, 14, is this edition's youth of the week for being one of 24 boys selected from across Canada to attend an aviation camp this coming August in Markham, Ont. A Grade 9 student, Troy has dreamed of one day becoming a pilot for almost his entire life. Congratulations and good luck at the camp, Troy!

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Volleyball program needs coaches Rankin's junior female volleyball players could be in serious trouble, as two coaches prepare to leave and no replacements in sight

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

It's been a year of transition for the Rankin Royals junior female volleyball team with coaches Robert Kabvitok and Holly Mercer preparing to step down following the Nunavut junior volleyball territorial from May 3 to 5 in Iqaluit.

It's been five years since Kabvitok and Mercer started coaching the Royals in an attempt to reinvigorate the game in Rankin.

They ran two practices every week with the Royals, and were always trying to pull together mini-tournaments so the team would have competition.

Mercer said she and Kabvitok were also involved with all the team's fundraising efforts, and did their own practice planning and travel scheduling.

She said all things considered, coaching the Royals is a time-consuming endeavour.

"At first we were just going to hold practices here and see who came out but it just kept building," said Mercer.

"Today Robert is the head coach for Nunavut's Canada Summer Games team and he's coached at the Arctic Winter

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Royals, ᑐᓄᐊᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ: ᐊᓕᓴᓐ ᒪᑲᐃ, ᑲᐃᓕ ᖃᕐᓕᒃ, ᐊᒻᐳᕐ ᒍᕆᔭᒻ, ᓴᓐᑏ ᑕᐃᔭᔅ, ᑕᑎ ᑳᓇᓕ - ᑲᓛᒃ, ᓱᓗᕌᔫᖅ ᒧᕐᓴᕐ, Hᐊᓕ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ (ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕋᐳᑦ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ (ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨ), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ: ᓴᕐᓕᑦ ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, ᓴᓂᓴ ᓇᑯᓛᖅ, ᐸᕐᑯᕐ ᕚᒃᓄᕐ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᓰᓐ ᕋᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᔾᔨᒦᖃᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓄᐊ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ.

photo courtesy of Holly Mercer

The Rankin Royals, back row from left: Alyson McKay, Kailee Karlik, Amber Graham, Shanti Dias, Tati Connelly-Clark, Sulurayok Mercer, Holly Mercer (coach) and Robert Kabvitok (coach); and front from left: Charlotte Siksik, Sanisha Nakoolak, Parker Faulkner and Maxine Ronald are preparing for their final Nunavut junior volleyball territorial, with Kabvitok and Mercer holding the coaching reigns. Missing from photo is Elinor Mercer.

Games (AWG) and the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).

"So you could say we came a long way during the past five

years."

Kabvitok said he got interested in coaching when Mercer would come home from the gym complaining that

there was nobody at volleyball and it felt like the sport was dying in Rankin.

He said he was usually watching NHL hockey on TV

ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑎᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᒐᖅᓯᔪᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᒦᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᓯᔪᑦ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖏᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᑎᒃᓴᖃᕋᑎᒃ

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᓖᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Royals ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᕋᐳᑦ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Hᐊᓕ ᒧᕐᓱᒥᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔫᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᕋᓂᒃᐸᑕ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒪᐃ 3-ᒥ 5-ᒧᑦ. ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑑᒃ Royals-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᒃᑎᑉᐹᓪᓕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖁᓯᑕᒫᑦ Royals-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᒐᓱᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᕙᓕᐹᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕋᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᕐᓗᒎᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᕋᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᒫᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᒃᓴᒥᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒎᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓖᑦ, ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ Royals-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᐊᓘᓲᖅ. "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᖢᑕ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓗᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ. "ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᕋᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᕈᒫᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. "ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ."

ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᙳᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕌᖓᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥᙶᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᐱᓗᒃᖢᓂ ᕙᓕᐹᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖃᖃᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔫᔭᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᕙᓕᐹᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᒎᖅ ᐊᕐᓈᒃ ᕙᓕᐹᖅᑏᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ Royalsᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐊᓂᖕᒪᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒎᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᑖᑉᑯᐊᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ. "ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᑖᑉᑯᐊ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᑉᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ. ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᙳᓵᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᓂᖃᙱᓐᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᑯᓗᐃᒡᒎᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᓐᓃᕌᖓᑕ ᒧᕐᓱᕐ ᑎᓕᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᓐᓇᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᒋᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔫᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᕉᖅ ᕿᒪᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᓂ. "ᑭᖑᓕᖃᖅᑎᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᑖᑉᑯᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᖕᒪᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑯᓘᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᓘᑉᓗᑎᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᕝᕖᑦᑐᖅ. "ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓇᓗᐊᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔫᔭᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᕋᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᑎᑐᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᒡᕙ ᑭᖑᓂᖃᖅᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋ."

when she came in, and he would have said yes to just about anything to get back to his hockey game.

"It was obvious this routine wasn't going to end anytime soon, so I suggested we coach and try to get female volleyball going again in Rankin," said Kabvitok.

"It ended up being five years with the Royals. The first time we came out to coach there were 30 kids waiting for us and we didn't have a clue what we were going to do.

"We didn't know how to coach or conduct drills, so we started doing workouts and the number of players started declining. After a bit we had eight girls who stuck to our drills and they're, pretty much, today's Royals."

Mercer said two of the girls on today's Royals team have been with her and Kabvitok since day one, with the rest of the squad joining the program the following year.

She said working with the same group of girls for five years is what's making the choice to leave so hard for her right now.

"The most challenging thing about our five years with the team was really not knowing what to do in the beginning," said Mercer.

"We both played volleyball but it's different when you're coaching and there's a lot of kids who never played before and don't have much volleyball knowledge.

"We got a lot of help from Volleyball Nunavut when they started doing coaching clinics, and then we brought up Carsten Stanjeck from Calgary.

He really helped us and it changed a big part of how we coached.

"I'm really going to miss the girls because we've spent so much time with them doing stuff in addition to our practices, and it's going to be really hard to walk away from all that."

Kabvitok said the most challenging thing for him was when he first started coaching because he didn't have any daughters and he hadn't coached any female teams previously.

He said when the girls would get emotional he'd ask Mercer to go talk to them because he really didn't know how to, and he also found travelling with the team challenging because he had to spend

so many days away from his family.

"I would always have Holly coaching beside me, but when I went to the AWG and NAIG she wasn't beside me anymore, so I'd often call her to help me out and I also found that very challenging.

"What I'm really going to miss is these girls wanting to learn from us, and they're young enough to still have so much potential.

"We got so attached to them, they're like family to us.

That's what I'm really going to miss.

"Holly has this 'but' she uses – after every practice she's telling me the girls only have a year left, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to start coaching hockey next year because our boys are at that age now where we have to support them and help them out."

Kabvitok and Mercer are hoping against hope somebody will step up and take over the Royals when they leave, but nobody's approached them about it yet.

Mercer said that's why she's having to use her 'but' already.

"We've got the junior girls, we do baseball in the summer for our boys, and now Robert's going to start coaching hockey. I'm still hoping we can figure out how to do all that for just the one year.

"That's the hardest part right now. I'm really struggling with just leaving them."

Kabvitok said he's sorry, but he's not going to think about that because he's trying to put his head towards coaching hockey.

He admits, however, it's in the back of his mind that he really doesn't want to see the Rankin Royals die because there's no other adult willing to step up and coach the team.

"I also know there are more kids interested in starting the volleyball program.

We always have 10-year olds asking if there's going to be a junior program so they can play," said Kabvitok.

"They can't wait to be in the Rankin Royals program and that's been on my mind a little, too.

"We'd like to thank our local sports and recreation, the parents and the community for all the support we've received over the years.

"We appreciated all that support very much."

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Christine Wilson and Andrew Quackenbush, left, have time to reflect on their outlaw ways while locked-up at the arena during a Jail 'N' Bail fundraiser for the Rankin Rock novice team. At right, bylaw officer Kyle Lowew slaps the cuffs on an unruly Jason Tologanak during the event. The fundraiser, held on April 5, raised more than $5,500 for the team which travelled to a Winnipeg tournament last weekend (April 12 to 14).

Jailbirds come through with hard time Jail 'N' Bail raises more than $5,500 for Rankin Rock novice team

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

The Rankin Inlet fire department and bylaw stepped up to help the Rankin Rock novice team fundraise in Rankin Inlet on April 5.

Fire Chief Mark Wyatt said he was approached by Alysha Sateana on behalf of the Rankin Rock minor hockey novice team that was trying to fundraise in order to compete at a tournament in Winnipeg from April 12 to 14.

Wyatt said Sateana asked if the fire department and bylaw would take over the Jail 'N' Bail fundraiser, as the RCMP was unable to pick people up on behalf of the fundraiser.

"She asked if we could help them out and we said yes, of course, to help the kids, so I asked her what

their concept of the fundraiser was," said Wyatt.

"She told me they wanted to hold the event for two hours, have it cost $20 to arrest someone and then have it cost $20 to bail them out.

"I asked her if they had a jail and warrants to add to the whole experience – make it more fun – and pointed out that $20 to bail somebody out really wasn't very much.

"We kind of mapped out the whole idea for them on how they should do it, went and built a jail cell, and then I came up with warrant applications so that people could fill them out to have someone arrested."

Wyatt said he and bylaw officer Kyle Lowe started going around the community picking people up around 10 a.m. and they went right through until 5 p.m.

He said they had about 20 war-

rants each when they started in the morning and they just kept coming in all day.

"I believe it cost $40,000 or $50,000 to fly a team and their parents to Winnipeg for a tournament, and it's simply amazing the amount of money raised in Rankin Inlet each year to send teams out to hockey tournaments.

"As we were going around delivering the warrants, there were a number of people who wanted to take the Indonesian route and just pay the officer right there and not have to go to jail.

"So we took the bribes – I mean the payments – and let people pay their bails but, if they didn't have any money, we put cuffs on them and took them to jail where they could either figure out a way to come up with the money or sit there for an

hour.

"There were actually a couple of people who ran away when they saw us coming, and I pulled a couple of people over and issued them with warrants right on the street. It was a fun day."

Wyatt said a couple of people just wouldn't get into the spirit of the fundraiser and were a bit cranky about everything.

He said he and Lowe tried to make the fundraiser fun for everyone, and if anyone got too cranky he just made the handcuffs tighter.

"Nick Tattuinee got thrown into jail three times I think, and Troy Aksalnik was in there with him.

"There were a few people who, after they paid their bail once or twice, finally said forget about it and take me to jail.

"They had to serve one hour in

lieu of $30 bail.

"I brought one guy in while Nick and Troy were in the cell and I told him if I were you, I'd keep my back up against the wall. He didn't seem to know what to make of that."

The Jail 'N' Bail raised $5,571 for the novice kids.

Wyatt said it was pretty much $50 per person, so that works out to more than 100 people he and Lowe brought in.

He said the novice kids are going to pay a visit to the department when they arrive home from Winnipeg.

"The kids were extremely happy that we did this for them and, now that we have the jail cell, we'll probably do more of them in the future.

"From our perspective, I think I would limit it to once a year because it basically took us right out of the mix for working for a whole day."

ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Arctic Cat-ᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃ 100-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᐸᒍᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᒃᓯᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᑖᖑᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᓂᑦᓯᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᓄᑖᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᖑᔪᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑯᕆᔅ ᑲᓇᓕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓕᐅ (ᑕᓕ) ᖃᓗᔾᔭᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᑲᓇᓕ, 32, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᕐᓗᒎᖅ, 31, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᖃᖓᓗᒃᑖᖅ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᖢᑎᒎᖅ ᓇᒃᓴᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᒐᖅᓰᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕋᒥᒃ ᓇᓂᓗ ᓇᓂᓯᓇᓱᒋᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓗᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. "ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᓚᐅᑎᓂᒃ, ᐅᓕᓂᒃ, ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᕈᔪᖕᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓇᓕ. "ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ, ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᓕᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ

ᓯᑕᒪᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᓱᓇᑖᕋᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᐊᓘᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ. "ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖃᕋᓱᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕆᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᙱᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ. "ᑐᕌᒐᕆᓇᓱᓗᐊᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᑖᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕆᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ. "ᑐᕌᒐᕆᓇᓱᓗᐊᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᑖᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕆᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓗ." ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓇᓗᒃᑖᖃᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᓂᑦᓯᒃ, ᖃᒧᑎᓕᒃ ᓂᑦᓯᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᓖᑦ – ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓗᒃᑖᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᓕᒧᑦ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᕐᒧᓪᓗ. ᑲᓇᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᕐᓗᒎᖅ ᓴᓇᔨᑐᐊᖑᔫᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᔭᓂ, ᐃᕗᕆ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒎᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᓇᔨᑖᕈᒪᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓴᓇᔨᑖᑲᐅᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ.

"ᐃᓚᓯᒋᐊᕈᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᖅᓯᒪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᕆᕙᒃᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᖁᔨᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᖕᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐊᒡᓂᒍ ᐃᒍ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᓂᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓄᑦ. "ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ, ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᐊᒡᓂᒍ ᐃᒍ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᓴᐃᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ 200-ᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᑦᑎᖁᔨᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᒑᓂᒃ, ᐊᑭᒋᓇᔭᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᒪᓂᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᐅᕙᑉᑎᒎᕈᒪᓗᑎᒃ, Home Hardware-ᑰᕈᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ. "ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᒃᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒡᓂᒍ ᐃᒍ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᓯᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᒃ.

Arctic Cat-ᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑐᖄᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᓯᑕᒪᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ" ᑲᓇᓕ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᖅᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ 400 ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ.

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