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Love and Loss Watching the Irish with Ben Mahony

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ne of the things I like about local man-aroundtown Ben Mahony is that we have managed to construct a solid friendship with little regard for the organization of activities on which most such relationships depend.

I have spoken to him on the phone less than half a dozen times and we have never gone for a hike. But we do enjoy frequenting the same haunts — where we typically meet by coincidence, prop our elbows on the counter and discuss matters of socio-economic importance with ever-diminishing coherence.

Another thing I like about Mahony is that he is of Irish-Catholic descent. I’ve always had an anthropological fascination with his heritage and he has provided me with a valuable portal into the traditions of his people.

So about a month ago, when Mahony informed me that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish would be playing in the BSC National Championship football game on January 7, I knew I had to watch the match with him — even if it meant engaging in the usuallyscorned art of logistical co-ordination. After all, the last time Notre Dame won a National Championship was January 1989 when Lou Holtz led the Irish to a victory over West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl.

Arrangements were made to watch the game at Megan Hill’s apartment and prior to kick-off we plunked ourselves down on her sofa and poured a couple sippers of Jameson.

When someone from Alabama — Notre Dame’s opponent — was featured in a pre-game interview, Mahony muted the television and

Photo: courtesy of University of Notre Dame

Where’s Rudy when you need him? Alabama beat Notre Dame 42-14 in the BSC National Championships.

we watched a YouTube clip of legendary Irish head coach Knute Rockne instead.

“When we get ‘em on the run we’re gonna keep ‘em on the run,” said Rockne. “We’re gonna go, go, go, go and we’re not gonna stop until we go over that goal line.”

An inspiring speech to be sure, but one that was, unfortunately, delivered in 1928. The 2013 Fighting Irish didn’t “go over that goal line” once in the first half, and ended up losing 42-14 to a superior Alabama squad. The bottle of Jameson bore the brunt of our dejection.

But while my disappointment was superficial, Mahony’s ran deep. Whereas I was introduced to Fighting Irish football through the film Rudy sometime in the mid90s, Mahony grew up with “the

ghosts” of Notre Dame. The mythology of the team courses through his veins. He trudged home like a soldier who’d lost his friends in battle.

And yet strangely it was me that envied him. Much like our barstool discussions of Catholicism, I had once again been rendered an anthropologist — an outsider looking in at an event I could only understand in an antiseptic way. It was Mahony who felt the defeat, while I pontificated about it academically.

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January 17, 2013

Capturing Shoppers’ Hearts Five Bucks at a Time

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Nine-year-old Oliver Flegel’s portraits create a stir

by Tamara Neely

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t’s not easy for a nine-year-old to make money in this world says Oliver Flegel’s mom. But the Christmas season proved lucrative for the young entrepreneur, whose income has predominantly been of the $1-per-chore variety.

On Nov. 24, however, Flegel walked away from the KIAC Christmas Arts and Craft Fair in Dawson City with $150 in hand and the kind of confidence that comes from a line-up of customers want-

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ourselves together, but we do have a portrait by Oliver,” says Rensch.

“We’d like to get it framed one day.”

For now it’s stored in an envelope. He’s tempted to put it on the fridge, but doesn’t want to get any schmutz on it.

Rensch appreciates the effort Flegel put into the portraits.

“He was really concentrated,” Rensch says. “He moved his pen really slowly, then back-tracked, then erased a bit… It was very

Inside Jickling’s Jabberings................ 2 Oliver’s Art............................ 3 Middle Row, Centre.................. 5 Didee & Didoo........................ 5 A Klondike Korner................... 7 Eating Alive........................... 8 Best of the Archives................. 9 ODD Art...............................10 From the Arts........................11 Pivot Fest.............................13 48-hour Filmmakers................15 European Correspondent.........18 From the Back Country............21 Step Outside.........................22

Events Whitehorse Happenings............ 6 Community Happenings...........17 Highlights.............................19 Active Interests.....................20

A portrait of Dawson residents Elaine Cordon, left, and Evan Rensch by Oliver Flegel. Note smiles and rosy cheeks, a method Flegel uses to illustrate when a subject is very nice.

PHOTO: courtesy of Evan Rensch

ing a hand-drawn portrait.

Turns out his portraits were finding their way into people’s hearts, five bucks at a time – six bucks if they opted for one of three background designs that cost extra.

ODD Gallery director Evan Rensch is a customer who commissioned Flegel to do a portrait of himself and his girlfriend, Elaine Cordon, at the fair.

“We don’t have any photos of

considered, I would say.”

It’s a meaningful compliment when the director of an art gallery appreciates one’s work.

However, Flegel started out the day with trepidation rather than confidence, his mother Janice Cliff says. Together the pair prepared for exposing their art to the public: Flegel with photos and portraits, Cliff with photo-based artwork.

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But soon a customer came, then another, and at one point there was a line-up.

“I think it says a lot about our community that they’re 100 per cent supportive of kids’ initiatives,” Cliff says.

The demand surprised Flegel.

“When I looked at the portraits after, I didn’t really like them,” he says. “I thought I could do better. But when everyone started coming in and wanting one, I realized I’m a kid and this is how kids draw.”

After completing 20 portraits and earning $150, Flegel and his mom headed home.

While pondering what to do with the money, Cliff learned about an initiative to raise money for a family friend diagnosed with

breast cancer and discussed it with her son.

Flegel wanted to donate nearly his whole earnings to the cause; his mom suggested he just give $25 and Flegel counter-offered $30.

For Flegel, making the donation made him feel good.

“There was a girl, she was just about to have a baby and she was diagnosed with breast cancer and I decided to donate money to her, because my friend Jonathan’s mother just died of breast cancer and I don’t want that to happen to my mom’s friend, her husband or the baby,” Flegel says. “And the money is to help her heal and to buy a wig, because your hair falls out when you get cancer.”

And what’s next for Flegel?

The craft fair turned out to be a good networking experience, too.

Flegel was offered a part in his 11-year-old friend Jack’s musical, which is in the works.

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Middle Row, Centre with Brian Eaton

Indo-Canadian Filmmakers Shine a Light on Contemporary India Two films about India among 30 movies at Available Light Film Fest

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ickets are on sale now for the Yukon Film Society’s annual Available Light Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 4 to 10 at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse.

Among the lineup are two films

by Indo-Canadian filmmakers delving deep into the culture of contemporary India.

Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children is Deepa Mehta’s newest effort. It’s been dubbed as a metaphor for the birth and growth of the modern state of India and is adapted from the sprawling novel by acclaimed Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie, who gained notoriety after Iran’s clergy pronounced a death sentence on him for his supposedly blasphemous Satanic Verses.

The film tells the story of one Saleem Sinai, a fictional character that was born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment that India attained its coveted independence from Britain.

As he grows up he finds himself magically linked to every other Indian child born at the same time, all 581 of them. He accomplishes this feat through his abnormally large nose, which enables him to telepathically tune into the thoughts of his independence-derived cohorts.

Early in the film, we learn that Saleem, son of a poverty-stricken street musician, has been switched

at birth by a kindly nurse. Seeking only the best for him, she swaps him with the newborn son of a rich man, thus ensuring him a decent chance in life. She later becomes his nanny.

Midnight’s Children, which is narrated by Rushdie himself, is a rich and whimsical blend of the historic and the fantastic, with its own special narrative magic that Mehta manages to convey with all of her films.

The World Before Her The film The World Before Her is a documentary study of contrasts from Nisha Pahuja. Pahuja alternates her camera’s eye between the Pantaloons Femina Miss India beauty pageant and the Durga Vahina boot-camp for female Hindu extremists.

We are introduced to Prachi, a 24-year-old tomboy-type, whose traditional upbringing by her harsh and doctrinaire father has produced in her a warrior who is at once submissive and ferocious.

As she troops through town with her fellow trainees, brandishing their rifles and shouting that they’ll kill anyone who doesn’t share their ideals, it’s hard to imagine that they have anything in common with the scantily-clad young women trooping down the runways of the beauty contest.

Yet both groups are the product of an India that is still very male-dominated. Both are being indoctrinated in a set of beliefs in a world where they are suppos-

PHOTO: courtesy of Hamilton Mehta Productions

Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children is an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel. This still shows a scene featuring Saleem, on the left, played by Satya Bhabha, and Parvati, played by Shriya Saran. edly offered independence and freedom of thought, but where they are still prisoners, one of ideology and the other of a traditional male worldview.

With a sharp, perceptive eye Pahuja shifts her focus from themes of female objectification

to infanticide to women’s emancipation, all the while probing the social forces at work in an everchanging and dynamic India.

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Whitehorse Happenings Art Shows

Fri Jan 18 Into the Outside participatory installation by MK McNaughton Cadence Cycle Sat Jan 19 Into the Outside one day show only (and you may get to help build it more too). Cadence Cycle until Fri, Jan 25 The Elements: by Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge Yukon Arts Centre takes a number of artistic conventions and images and reimagines them in terms of contemporary concerns until Fri, Jan 25 City: by Mike Yuhasz curated by Earl Miller Yukon Arts Centre Scenic City consists of a large series of digital photographs shot in and around the Owen Sound area Until Sat, Jan 26 Archival Gold: Favourites From The Vault Yukon Art Society Arts Underground 667-4080 until Thu, Feb 28 30 years of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race MacBride Museum 667-2709 illustrating 30 years of the Quest. until Tue, Jan 29 Gros Morne Inspirations

by Joyce Majiski Yukon Arts Centre . until Sun, Feb 3 Blood-letting, a mixedmedia exhibit by Leslie Leong Gallery 22 . until Sun, Feb 3 Exhibition En Train de Vivre Centre De La Francophonie oeuvres photographiques, prises pendant un séjour de 3 mois en Asie par l?artiste Jean-Pascal Remon until Tue, Feb 5 “Yukon Ho” - works by Amber Church Yukon Artists at Work 3934848 . until Wed, Feb 6 Art Show Yukon Artists at Work New works by Amber Church. “Yukon Ho”, depicting Yukon life and history from a woman’s point of view. 120 Industrial Rd. 393-4848. until Wed, Feb 20 Photo Processes by Joyce Majiski Yukon Arts Society, Arts Underground 667-4080

Fri, Jan 25 Dave Haddock & Friends 9:00 PM Gold Pan Saloon Fri, Jan 25 C H S - Rock Show 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sat, Jan 26 Steve Slade 7:00 PM Burnt Toast Cafe Sat, Jan 26 The Free Radicals 9:00 PM Gold Pan Saloon Sat, Jan 26 Yukon Jack - Premier Country 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon

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Jamaoke with Ashley & Jackie 8:30 PM Jarvis Street Saloon .

Thursdays open-mike night with Dave Haddock 7:30 PM Gold Pan Saloon Bring your voice or an instrument and perform a few song Sgt. Bailey’s open mic club 9:00 PM Bailey’s Pub .

Tuesdays Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats

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Wed, Jan 16 free training and development workshop 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall business@northwestel.ne for Business Owners, Leaders, and Managers hosted by The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce Fri, Jan 18 Sat, Jan 19 Alcan 200 All Day Haines Hwy Karen (907) 766-2051 Snow machine race Fri, Jan 18 Ski Film TGR “The Dream Factory” 7:30 PM Beringia Centre plus Canadian Avalanche Centre Forecaster presentation Sat, Jan 19 Retraite silencieuse et création artistique sur les pertes et le Sun, Jan 20 Clown Workshop hosted by deuil 11:00 AM Centre De La Francophonie Bubkus creator, Jesse Buck 1:00 PM Atelier dédié à la réflexion et l’exploration Yukon Arts Centre registration required, du deuil d’un proche, d?une carrière, de sa space is limited mobilité, etc. Places limitées!

Tue, Jan 22 Bubkus by Jesse Buck Sat, Jan 19 Queer single women’s ski at 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a lone clown Mt. Mac 12:00 PM Mount McIntyre single who wakes to discover an audience in his queer women skiing - meet at Mt Mac in the bedroom wax room at noon and head out to ski at Wed, Jan 23 Dogtown by Roy Ness and around 12:30.

Grant Simpson 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a Sat, Jan 19 Workshops: backcountry musical following Trevor the Dog avalanche safety & Companion rescue Thu, Jan 24 Dogtown by Roy Ness and clinic 12:00 PM Canada Games Centre Grant Simpson 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a plus Canadian Avalanche Centre Forecaster musical following Trevor the Dog presentation Fri, Jan 25 Agokwe by Waawaate Forbister Sat, Jan 19 Arturo Nieto-Dorantes 7:30 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Some mature PM Yukon Arts Centre Hailed as the best content.

Mexican pianist of his generation Fri, Jan 25 The Busker and The Barista: Mon, Jan 21 Life Drawing with Simon A Rock Opera 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a Gilpin pre-register for classes with Arts down-on-his-luck singer-songwriter, falling Underground 667-4080 for the woman who serves him coffee.

Sat, Jan 26 YFGA Wild Game Banquet, Sat, Jan 26 Agokwe by Waawaate Awards & Dance 5:25 PM High Country Inn Forbister 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Some Jillian Mclellan 867-667-4263 YFGA Wild mature content.

Game Banquet, Awards & Dance call Jill 633-5719 Tickets available at 509 Strickland Sat, Jan 26 The Busker and The Barista: Street A Rock Opera 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a down-on-his-luck singer-songwriter, falling for the woman who serves him coffee.

Sun, Jan 27 Kill Me Now 2:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a reading of Brad Fraser’s Wednesdays controversial new script Free Lunches 11:30 AM at Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Age Society. ¡Bienvenidos!

Thu, Jan 17 Film & Chat Series: Dancing Whitehorse String Ensemble rehearsal in the Flames (Marion Woodman) 7:00 PM 6:15 PM at Hellaby Hall, 393-2588. New Sundog Retreat info@sundogretreat.com members welcome. Violin, viola, cello and 633-4183 Everyone Welcome, Free Event bass Texas Hold ‘em 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Legion. Steven Grossinger Royal Canadian Legion - Texas Hold ‘em Tournament. free poker tournament, all skill Fri, Jan 18 Dennis Allen 9:00 PM Gold Pan levels welcome. Training available from Saloon 6-6:30 PM Fri, Jan 18 Tripl3 Threat - Masters of Rock Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Access 7:00 PM Located on Gray Mtn Road Range officers on duty Sat, Jan 19 Arturo Nieto-Dorantes 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Hailed as the best Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Mexican pianist of his generation Underground easels and water containers Sat, Jan 19 Steve Slade 9:00 PM Gold Pan on site. Please bring your paints, brushes, supports and rags. Contact: 667-4080 Saloon Sat, Jan 19 Yukon Jack - Premier Country Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motor-Cross Track Bring your R/C and meet other hobby 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon enthusiast Sun, Jan 20 The New Morgan Childs Fridays Quartet 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Jazz Yukon 867-334-2789 Morgan Child with Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, tenor saxophonist Kelly Jefferson,National 334-9317. Free Hot Lunch for Women Jazz Award pianist David Restivo & bassist (children welcome) Jon Maharaj Writing Faith Workshop 5:00 PM United Thu, Jan 24 Yukon Jack - Premier Country Church food in the middle, stories all around 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon jstueart@yahoo.com

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Sundays Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah 336-4643 Adult Pottery Drop-in 2:30 PM at Arts Underground, 667-2159. Clay is available for purchase. Equipment and tools are provided.

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Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM Located on Gray Mtn Road Range officers on duty Tuesdays

Free English Conversation Group 302 Strickland St., lower level. 668-5907. Bring your own lunch Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall Whitehorse Curling Club, 667-2875

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Tue Jan 22 Building Clay 3:30 PM Arts Underground, Kids After School Classes ages 7-9 Pre-register 667-4080 Tuesday-Friday Learning Together 9:30 to 11:30 at Selkirk School Parents of 3 or 4 year old children. Free drop-in program: storytelling, games, crafts and more.

Accompanying toddlers welcome. 667-3006 FREE DROP IN at Yukon Family Literacy Centre Mon-Fri Noon - 3:00 PM, Mon-Wed 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sat 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (2nd Floor of Canada Games Centre) Colleen/Stephanie 668-8698 Free family learning fun!

Wednesdays Learning Together Program 9:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. MonThurs 667-3006 Toddler Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library children 2 & 3 yrs of age (stories, finger plays, craft) Registration only. Space limited.

Thursdays Learning Together Program 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Tumble Time Playgroup 9:30 AM at Riverdale Baptist Church Kathy 668-7273 or 667-6620 (aged birth to 5).

Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14 Fridays Young Explorers Preschool Program 10:00 AM at MacBride Museum Kids’ Night Out-Young At Art 6:00 PM. Tara, 393-3010 (later pickup can be arranged) Saturdays

Mendenhall Playgroup 10:30 AM at Mendenhall Community Hall, 393-3695 (for children accompanied by parents or caregivers) Kids’ Night Out-Young At Art 6:00 PM Tara, 393-3010 (later pickup can be arranged) Sundays Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ Church Cathedral, 668-5530 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m.

Whitehorse United Church, 601 Main Street.

Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 667-2989 Mondays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Tuesdays Romp & Run Playgroup 9:30 AM at Whitehorse United Church.

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Babytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library 667-5239 for babies 6 - 24 months (stories, rhymes & songs)

Art Smarts Kids After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Marlene Collins (mcollins@northwestel.net) 667-4080 Ages 7-9

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A Klondike Korner

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Building the Klondike Music Puzzle

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Whitehorse resident Hélène Beaulieu meets with a small group of interested ukulele students in Dawson City in December. She will be returning in January.

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eter Menzies likes to think of all the music going on in Dawson City these days as pieces of a puzzle.

Menzies acts as emcee for most of the open mic/coffee house events at the Odd Fellows Hall and also for the various Home Routes house concerts that take place during the year. And nary an event goes by without his patented midconcert community notes.

The latest update occurred on Jan. 5, in the middle of the monthly open mic “KIAC Saturday Night” (there’s’ actually a song to celebrate our coffee houses) and since it concerned a batch of things that are either ongoing or will be happening here during the next several weeks, it seems appropriate to highlight his comments here.

Coming right up is a fiddle workshop with Amelia Rose Slobogean, who is visiting Dawson for the second time in three years on Jan. 13. The fiddle group gets together every Sunday afternoon in the music room at the Robert Service School (RSS) and some of them are regular performers at the open mic evenings.

Menzies is a lead player in this as well, taking online lessons via Skype and passing on what he has learned to the others. One of his instructors has been Zavallennahh Huscroft, better known as Zav RT, who hails from Victoria. You can read a detailed account of her work in our April 12, 2012 online archive of What’s Up Yukon.

In addition to lessons, the fiddlers are honing their chops by providing some of the music for the contra-dancing group that will be meeting during the winter.

Nathan Tinkham recently completed recording sessions with a number of local performers and the CD sampler that came out of those sessions should appear in Dawson before spring. A previous sampler disc was produced about a year ago is always available at the open mics.

The music program at the RSS includes a junior and senior rock band, two choirs and classes working with both recorders and ukuleles. All of these groups have made stage appearances over the last month, either at the open mics, the school’s Christmas concert or the Christmas Music Ex-

travaganza in the hall just before the holidays.

Some of the students in the school’s junior choir are also working with former RSS choir leader Betty Davidson in a new kid’s choir that meets at the Richard Martin Chapel weekly.

January will see an emphasis on ukulele in the Klondike, including both school kids and others within the community who are interested. Hélène Beaulieu visits from Whitehorse to help with this program.

Then there are the remainder of the house concerts that I profiled in the fall, at least one of which – Qristina & Quinn Bachand – will feature a workshop for local musicians interested in Celtic music.

“It promises to be a busy winter,” Menzies concluded, “and these monthly coffee houses are very much a part of it all.”

After 32 years teaching in rural Yukon schools, Dan Davidson retired from that profession but continues writing about life in Dawson City.

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January 17, 2013

Eating Alive with Amoree Briggs

Here’s to a Svelte 2013 Tips for losing weight in the New Year

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ne of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight, but only about 10% of people on a diet succeed in attaining their goals (from The Weight Battlefield by Lisa Tsakos).

Skipping meals to lose weight is a big dieting error. When you do this, your body is signalled to store fat (not burn it), and your metabolism slows down. Four to five small meals during the day is the best option for increasing your metabolism to attain weight loss.

Another big error is succumbing to low-fat food labels.

Most low-fat foods are higher in calories because sweeteners are used to make them more appetizing. These foods are also typically have toxins such as artificial flavour and colors, MSG, hydrolyzed protein and nitrates, just to name a few. These toxins are detrimental to everyone and can hinder weight loss.

The best thing you can do for your health and weight is to avoid these pre-packaged foods and start making your meals from scratch using natural, good quality foods. If you have consumed many processed foods in your past consider doing a cleanse as part of your weight loss program.

Fats are often misunderstood.

Healthy fats, specifically the Omega-3 essential fatty acids, are healthy and necessary for many bodily functions. In relation to weight loss, these fats can displace and help discard unhealthy fats in your body and improve circulation of essential nutrients.

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This will manually break down the food, making it easier on your stomach. This process also adds digestive enzymes to the food

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-Refraining from drinking during meals as it compromises digestion by diluting digestive enzymes.

A good practice is to drink a large glass of warm water or tea 40 minutes before your meal to hydrate and curb your appetite.

-Not eating after dinner. Giving your digestive system this break until morning is healthy in many ways, including for weight loss.

Your body can then focus on cleaning up waste and burning up excess fats.

-Including raw foods in every meal or snack as a source of enzymes to aid digestion -Practicing proper food combining. Eating the wrong combinations of foods will cause your body to spend too much time digesting, instead of doing such tasks as cleaning up and excreting excess fat. For example, do not combine protein and carbohydrates such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, squash, etc. together. The best combination for a meal is protein and vegetables. Eat fruit alone and only eat one type of protein at a time.

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There are also some very important and often overlooked psychological issues surrounding the urge to overeat. Shame, fear, anger and tension often contribute to this urge. Recognizing these feelings, taking responsibility for them and learning coping techniques are a step in the right direction.

If losing weight continues to be a problem, it’s worth getting your thyroid levels checked and adopting a hypo-allergenic diet. Allergies can alter one’s fat burning capabilities and cause unwanted bloating.

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The YWCA residence was built in 1971 to accommodate the increasing number of female workers. (Photo 78/45

The best of the Yukon Archives sees the light of day

by Glenda Koh

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Estate files are another source of family history. They can include birth and death notices, wills, and other administrative documents, but can also include personal items such as letters and photographs.

Diaries are another important area of the Archives. They give an interesting, first hand account of Yukon history from a variety of perspectives. Diaries were kept by all kinds of people, in many languages and formats, even in shorthand, the analog precursor to texting.

The Archives also collects any publication having to do with the Yukon, or sometimes the North in general. Many of these are government or scientific publications, but the Archives also contains PHOTO: Glenda Koh a substantial fiction A replication of Alan Innes-Taylor’s backpack collection. In addition made from pants, by Archives staff Daintry Chapple. to obvious selections from Robert Service The exhibition is an overview and Jack London, there are adof the best of the Archives, which venture novels, historical romanopened in 1972 in the building now ces, and children’s books written known as the building formerly about the Yukon.

The exhibition is an opportunknown as the Whitehorse Public Library. The show features an ity for staff to draw attention to overview of the various categories their favourite acquisitions in the of materials, as well as some spe- Archives. All staff were invited to put forward their favourites cial picks by Archives staff.

These files may not be the and six were chosen for display most used at the Archives, but as with first person narratives by the archivist Carolyn Harris explains, staff. One of these panels fea“They’re not necessarily hidden. tures the Archives’ oldest arteSome collections like the White fact, a map of Vitus Bering’s 1728 Pass and Yukon Route collections voyage through the strait named are pretty familiar to many re- after him.

“A record created yesterday searchers, but there are definitely some things that don’t come to has the potential to be just as valuable as a record created in light very often.”

Because so many users of the a past century,” says archivist Archives are researching family Jenn Roberts. “That said, there histories, genealogical records are is something undeniably powerful about a map that was created particularly important.

“So many different national- more than 250 years ago.”

Another staff pick is the collecities, ethnicities, and religions came to the Yukon, but many of tion of Alan Innes-Taylor, a Yukon those people scattered, so now explorer and historian who was we get people from all over the known for his work in survival world using the Archives,” says training. The collection consists of lecture notes and manuals on Harris. he Yukon Archives has just turned 40 and its greatest hits are available for a limited time only. The exhibit “Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault” is only on display until January 26 in the Hougen Heritage Gallery on Main Street in Whitehorse.

survival techniques, accompanied by intricate and compelling drawings.

One of the unique illustrations is of Innes-Taylor’s “overall pack” — a pair of pants cleverly tied up for use as a backpack, should you ever find yourself in need of extra luggage. Archives researcher Daintry Chapple happens to be a costume designer, so she crafted a fully functional backpack using a pair of heritage brown pants for display at the exhibition.

Finally, for a glimpse of Whitehorse’s more recent history, archivist Lesley Buchan selected the YWCA records. The YWCA made its first appearance in the mid-1950s

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in response to a housing shortage for the growing population of female workers. The four-storey residence, now known as the High Country Inn, was opened in 1971 after several years of fundraising.

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hat would bring people into a local, northern art gallery in the middle of January? This was the question facing the Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS), a volunteer based, non-profit organization, when they opened up the ODD Gallery in Dawson City in 1999.

The answer was a DCAS members’ exhibition, featuring local professional and non-professional artists.

“People might not come out to

January 17, 2013

Dawson City Arts Society brings old and new members together

view a stranger’s work in the cold month of January, but they will come out to see their neighbour’s,” says Evan Rensch, current interim director for the ODD Gallery.

The first members exhibition opened in 2000 and was titled “New Beginnings.” From then on, an exhibition was organized every two years.

Weeks before the show, which takes place this year from Jan. 24 to Feb. 22, the gallery director

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“Mountain Torrent”, a watercolour on paper by John Lodder, 2012.

“September Night on the River”, a mixed-media mosaic by Riley Brennan, 2012. sends out a call for submissions to the membership. Members are encouraged to submit two small works.

Then, keeping in mind that there is a finite amount of space in the gallery, the 8-member committee selects as many pieces of art as possible for the show.

While most submissions come from the current list of DCAS members, Rensch wants to try something a little different this year. He is attempting to contact previous DCAS members who have left town or are not involved in the society anymore. He is naming the show “Mining the Archives.”

Local writer Dan Dowhal was asked to contribute, as well: he will interpret the various works with words, tying all the themes

together and providing a written work of art.

Rensch is also producing a brochure of the exhibition that participating artists can take home at the end of the show as a memento.

“An art show is a temporary thing,” he says. “Work comes together on a wall and then it’s done; it’s like it never happened.

“These are totally diverse artists all in the same room. The brochure is a written record and visual documentation of their work — it should be recorded.”

While Rensch only has a few submissions so far, he is confident that the gallery will be full of art by the time the show opens. He points out that last minute submissions are fairly typical.

“These are people from all walks of life,” he says. “They’re not all professionals and must therefore work their art into their daily lives, which doesn’t always leave them a lot of time. We try hard to accommodate as best we can.”

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From the Arts with Nicole Bauberger

Landscape Through a Troubled Lens YAC exhibits photographic art shows until Jan. 25

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hrough the two photo-based art shows on now at the Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery, curator Earl Miller asks us to look at the troubled side of the landscape.

A well-worn ride-on park toy rusts at the forest’s cut edge; another image draws the viewer into a close-up view of double smokestacks on a coal-fired electrical generating station. The imagery asks us to wonder what we do to the landscape.

The two exhibitions are former Yukoner Michael Yuhasz’s show Scenic City, featuring twenty 30” x 30” photos; and Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge show Recent Works, featuring videos and stills.

Condé and Beveridge are a Toronto-based artistic team whose artwork often looks at work itself.

They create tableaux of posed actors and props, often taking a painting from art history as their script, adding another layer to their statement.

Take the time to put the earphones on and experience “AIRwave.” The video is a spoof of a 1967 video by the famous Canadian artist Michael Snow. His walking woman motif is widely recognized. In “AIRwave” a businessman is cropped in much the same way. This is only one detail in the overall video, which has its own story arc.

The photographs by Condé and Beveridge are ornate and detailed, dramatizing concerns with the environmental changes we collectively cause as a culture.

Bring a friend and play “Where’s Waldo,” picking out a detail and figuring out what it’s meant to symbolize.

By contrast, Yuhasz’ Scenic City photographs include no people at all. They depict human marks on the landscape — old boarded up brick buildings, a bright yellow trailer, a perfectly triangular shrubbery against pale green siding, a new hydro installation on

the edge of the woods.

Yuhasz moved back to Ontario after thirteen years in the Yukon as an artist and arts administrator. Perhaps in these photographs we see the culture shock of his return.

In addition to Scenic City, a trade show booth for Yuhasz’s fictitious Great North Development Group — part photography project, part performance piece — greets viewers with its slogan, “Working Today For Our Tomorrow.”

Upright light tables facilitate use of small plastic stereoscopic viewers. As you peer into these appliances, two images overlap to create a 3-D effect.

One photo depicts model bulldozers tearing through roadways in the foreground with background shots of Mount Monolith from the

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Another lets you look into a model pit mine. This photo is called “Cloudy Range,” the lesserknown name for the mountains right in the Tombstones campground, as well as a model of the proposed bridge spanning the Yukon River in Dawson City.

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by Aimée Dawn Robinson

PHOTO: courtesy of Nakai Theatre

“A

pivot,” David Skelton, artistic director of Nakai Theatre explains, “is the point around which action and movement occurs.”

From Jan. 22 - 27 in Whitehorse, the fifth annual Pivot Festival promises to be the centre point of boundary-expanding theatre works featuring local and national talent.

With an eye toward bringing new works to Yukon audiences and showcasing theatre relevant to northerners, Skelton is enthusiastic about this year’s thought-provoking and diverse line-up.

Skelton curates Pivot, in part, to create opportunities for local theatre artists. “I want to make sure that local works have the opportunity to rub shoulders with performers from Outside to create possible collaborations and inspiration – and to open up artists’ inventory of what’s possible,” he says.

For example, the musical Dogtown, which follows Trevor the Dog “through his life of depravation, international celebrity and ultimate salvation,” has been

shown previously in part at Nakai’s Homegrown Theatre Festival.

But in Pivot this year, the work

by Yukoners Roy Ness and Grant Simpson will develop even further in collaboration with Vancouver director Britt Small (Atomic Vaudeville director of Legoland.)

Four more exciting works comprise the Pivot roster. The play Bubkus, which means “nothing” in Yiddish, by acclaimed Ottawa clown Jesse Buck has toured as far away as Nanjing, China and as close as Victoria, BC. Bubkus tells the story of a “lone clown who wakes to discover an audience in his bedroom,” and like many clown performances it challenges assumptions about language and fantasy.

Skelton feels northern audiences will connect with the “almost-classic Whitehorse story” of The Busker and The Barista: A Rock Opera by local playwright Barry “Jack” Jenkins. In the play, a busker in Whitehorse for the summer falls for the man who serves her coffee and she considers moving to the Yukon. With music performed by post-punk band Speed

Control, Skelton muses that he needs to check the maximum decibel level of the play’s venue.

“The cops came to the Guild twice during previous performances of this musical,” he recalls.

Besides pushing sonic boundaries, Pivot pushes the limits of what kinds of stories we tell. Agokwe by Anishinaabe playwright and actor Waawaate Fobister from Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ontario joins the festival this year.

The heart of Agokwe (meaning “two-spirited” in Anishinaabe) is an unrequited love story between two young Aboriginal men from separate reserves who meet playing hockey for opposing teams.

Co-presented by the Yukon Arts Centre, the play delves into social isolation, lost traditions and community.

Perhaps the most challenging play in this year’s Pivot line-up is a reading of a controversial new work, Kill Me Now, by critically acclaimed playwright Brad Fraser (born in Edmonton, Alberta) This naturalistic family drama explores how,amid their own sexual and health struggles, a single father,

Toronto playwright Waawaate Fobister performs his one-man play Agokwe, exploring unrequited love between two young Aboriginal men from different reserves.

family and friends of a teen with XXXY Syndrome (Klinefelter’s Syndrome) are pushed well beyond social norms in their efforts to support one another through difficult times.

Exploring such issues as social attitudes towards disabled sex and euthanasia, Kill Me Now is funny, tender and vivid. Skelton is planning a post-show discussion in partnership with Yukon Association for Community Living to give audiences a chance to talk together about the complex issues in the play.

Pivot festival venues are Yukon Arts Centre and the Old Fire Hall.

Find out more about the festival at: www.nakaitheatre.com.

Pivot Festival takes place January 22-27

Aimée Dawn Robinson is a Whitehorse-based writer, visual artist and dancer.

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“It can be daunting to think about making a film,” says Sokolowski. “This challenge is a kick-start for people to realize they actually can make films, to not think about it and just do it.”

Sokolowski says the time pressure helps.

“If you make a mistake, you don’t have time to dwell on it.”

With financial support from the Yukon Film and Sound Commission, the festival is co-presented by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), the Yukon Film Society and the Northern Film and Video Industry Association. The final films will be screened on January 26 at the KIAC ballroom in Dawson City and the Westmark ballroom in Whitehorse.

Sokolowski points out that this is the first year that Dawson will be officially collaborating with Whitehorse, making this challenge a Yukon-wide event.

Here’s how the challenge works: participants must register and pay a $15 fee prior to the starter’s pistol. The competition begins at 5:30 pm on Friday, Jan. 18 and ends exactly 48 hours later, when participants are expected to hand in a DV tape or QuickTime file.

Filmmakers may work individually or in teams. There is no age restriction to enter the competition and the films may be of any genre, such as drama, documentary, comedy, experimental, animation. There is no minimum length, but the film cannot be longer than ten minutes. No previously shot footage may be used – it all has to be filmed and edited within the 48-hour timeline.

“If we see some summer scenes of the Dempster highway, we’ll know,” says Sokolowski.

A limited amount of cameras are available at KIAC on a first come, first served basis, although participants are welcome to use their own equipment. All other equipment, such as tripods, lights and sound equipment are available for rent.

KIAC editing rooms will open on Saturday when the first team shows up and will stay open round the clock until the last team is done. A technician will be on standby to help out with technical problems only. Similar services will be made available in Whitehorse at the Yukon Film Society.

After the last entry is submitted on Sunday, copies of the films will be sent between Dawson and Whitehorse for the simultaneous screening, taking place a week later.

A four-person jury – two from Dawson, two from Whitehorse – will decide upon a winning entry the week before the festival. The

The 48 Hour Filmmaking Festival will give local auteurs the chance to strut their stuff...in a hurry. winning entry will be announced on the night of the festival, when Whitehorse and Dawson will be connected live via the web for screenings and awards. Each audience will also each choose an audience favourite.

The winning entry will have the honour of being screened at the 14th Dawson City International Short Film Festival. All other films will be eligible to apply to the Festival.

The Yukon 48-Hour Filmmaking Festival organizers are hoping that by collaborating on this festival and offering Yukoners the challenge of making their own films, a stronger film community will grow within the territory.

The screening on Jan. 26 will start at 7:00 p.m in the Westmark ballroom in Whitehorse, and in the KIAC ballroom in Dawson.

For more information, contact Dan Sokolowski in Dawson at 867993-5005 or by email at filmfest@ kiac.ca For Whitehorse, please contact Neil Macdonald at 867456-2978, or info@nfvia.com Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her eight sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in the Yukon.

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until Fri, Jan 18 Visuel’ART Nord-Ouest ODD Gallery collective exhibition, coordinated by l?Association francoyukonnaise as part of the 2012 Contact Ouest forum Thu, Jan 17 Artist Talk: Jin-me Yoon 7:00 PM ODD Gallery .

Fri, Jan 18 - Sun, Jan 20 Yukon 48 Hour Film Competition KIAC Spend the weekend making a film from start to finish!

Mon, Jan 21 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Recreation Dept office .

Tue, Jan 22 City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers .

Fri, Jan 25 Sun, Jan 27 DCHA REC Hockey Tourney Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Dave Ezzard 993-4425 Annual Dawson City Hockey Association Men’s Hockey Tournament. Open to all teams. Contact Dave for more information.

Sat, Jan 26 Intro to Silkscreening 11:00 AM PM KIAC Different ways of approaching silkscreening will be explored Sat, Jan 26 “Double Bob” Potluck (celebrating the birthdays of Robert Burns & Robert Service) 6:00PM Legion Hall Sat, Jan 26 Yukon 48 Hour Film Competition Screening 7:30 PM PM KIAC .

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On-Going Events

Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre SundayThursday 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Friday & Saturday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM Beside the Bonanza Market Wednesdays Public Skate 2:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Kickboxing & Boxing 6:30 PM Robert Service School mason66@yahoo.ca or brudif@gmail.com Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:15 Robert Service School dcminorsoccer@hotmail.com 7 & under (born 2005/06) Cancelled Dec 19 Yoga with Joanna McDonald 7:00 PM KIAC Film Fest selections 7:00 PM KIAC filmfest@kiac.ca 993-5005 Drop-In Curling 7:30 PM Dawson Curling Club dawsoncurling@gmail.com All Welcome Soccer 7:45 PM Robert Service School 993-2353 13 & under Thursdays Lunch Hour Yoga with Joanna McDonald 12:05 - 12:50 on break until Jan 8th Public Skate 3:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Yoga with Marta 5:30 PM Robert Service School 9932353

Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:15 Robert Service School dcminorsoccer@hotmail.com 7 & under (born 2005/06) Drop-In Curling 7:30 PM Dawson Curling Club dawsoncurling@gmail.com Ladies Curling Adult Drop in Soccer 7:45 PM Robert Service School Ian 993-5122 or Sonny 993-5794

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Fridays Public Skate 3:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Open Gym 6:15 PM Robert Service School 993-2353 Kickboxing & Boxing 6:30 PM Robert Service School mason66@yahoo.ca or brudif@gmail.com Saturdays Preschool Gymnastics 9:30 AM Robert Service School 993-2353 until Dec 1st Kids Soccer 10:30 AM Robert Service School dcminorsoccer@hotmail.com 5 and under Youth Radio Broadcasting 12:00 PM Open Studios/Drop-In Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Classroom kiac@kiac.ca 867-993-5005 Bring your own projects and supplies - on break until Jan 5th Public Skate 2:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Sundays

Drop In Basketball - All Ages 2:00 PM Robert Service School 993-2353 lana.welchman@cityofdawson.ca Family Skate 12:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Drop In Volleyball 1:00 PM Robert Service School Chris 993-6215 Women’s Drop In Volleyball 3:00 PM Robert Service School 993-2353 lana.welchman@cityofdawson.ca Ages 16 and Up Yoga with Jo 5:00 PM Robert Service School Mondays

Hӓn Language Bingo! 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Learn a little of the language of our land *subject to availability Kickboxing & Boxing 6:30 PM Robert Service School mason66@yahoo.ca or brudif@gmail.com Family Drop in Badminton 6:45 PM Film Fest selections 7:00 PM KIAC filmfest@kiac.ca 993-5005 Drop-In Curling 7:30 PM Dawson Curling Club dawsoncurling@gmail.com All Welcome Adult Drop in Badminton 7:30 PM Women’s Drop In Volleyball 3:00 PM Robert Service Mindy 993-5585 Tuesdays Lunch Hour Yoga with Joanna McDonald 12:05 - 12:50 on break until Jan 8th Public Skate 3:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Jigging 3:30 PM Robert Service School Marjorie 9935435 Family Skate 5:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 Yoga with Marta 5:30 PM Robert Service School 9932353 Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:15 Robert Service School dcminorsoccer@hotmail.com 9 & under (born 2005/06) Cancelled Dec 18 Old Timer Hockey 6:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre League Curling 7:30 PM Dawson Curling Club Paul justcruisindawson@gmail.com 993-4426 .

Adult Drop in Soccer 7:45 PM Robert Service School Ian 993-5122 or Sonny 993-5794 Cancelled Dec 18 Old Timer Hockey 8:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre

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Wed, Jan 16 Anvil Range Arts Society (ARAS) AGM 7:00 PM Faro Community Library 2012 Financial report and election of officers Tue, Jan 22 Town Of Faro Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town Office Everyone Welcome, Coffee is on Wednesdays

Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM DVG School 994-2760 Soccer 3:00 PM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Figure Skating 4:00 PM Faro Arena farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca 994-2375 Adult Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Thursdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Environment Club DVG School 3:45 PM Alternating Thursdays next one October 18th Crafting Club 12:30 PM Alternating Thursdays next one October 18th Archery 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Public Skate 4:00 – 5:30 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fridays Public Skate 4:00 – 5:30 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Figure Skating 5:45 PM Faro Arena farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca 994-2375 Pucks & Sticks 7:00 – 8:00 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Youth Group alternating Fridays next one December 21st Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon. ca Saturdays Faro Sunday Church Service 11:00 AM Faro Bible Chapel All are welcome.Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Public Skate 1:00 – 3:00 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Sundays Public Skate 1:00 – 3:00 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Mondays Glee Club 4:00 PM DVG School 994-2760 Tuesdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Public Skate 4:00 – 5:30 PM Faro Arena 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Archery 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Badminton 7:00 PM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

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Wednesdays Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Fridays Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike 668- 6952. Under 15 years Sundays Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Tuesdays Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631

Haines Junction

Fri, Jan 25 - Thu, Jan 31 Visuel’ART Nord-Ouest and local artist exhibit St Elias Convention Centre collective exhibition, coordinated by the Village of Haines Junction Arts Acquisition Selection Committee (AASC) and l’Association franco-yukonnaise as part of the 2012 Contact Ouest forum Fri. Jan 25 Visuel’ART Nord-Ouest and local artist exhibit OPENING 6:00 PM St. Elias Convention Centre Music by Claire Ness - Refreshments Fri, Jan 25 Comedy show with Yukon Gold Comics and Mickey D. 8:00 PM 10:15 PM St Elias Convention Centre Advance tix on sale at VHJ office Come early for the Nord-Ouest art exhibit opening: 6 to 8pm Sat. Jan 26 Workshops - Improv with George Maratos - Clownin’ with Claire Ness For info, contact Junction Arts & Music Fri. Jan 25 Jamberries - Featuring Andrea Routley Music and crafts for preschool children 10:00 AM HJ Public Library No charge Wednesdays

Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca

Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca

Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Thursdays Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:30 AM Mun Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Southern Tutchone Classes 4:30 PM Da Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Family Cooking 4:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Old Da Ku Adult soccer 7:30 School Gym Fridays

Bingo Fridays 7:00 PM Mun Ku Marianne Joe at 6344212 or Will Jones at 634-5263 Play radio bingo together Mondays Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Tuesdays Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Takhini Hall Sewing Circle 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Dä Ku

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Zumba Gold 7:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre 667-7083 Wednesdays Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM - Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call Agnes 667-7083 for more information Kids Craft time 3:00 PM HJ Public Library Fridays Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Questions contact Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@northwestel.net

Marsh Lake

Wednesdays Zumba Drop-in 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre.

660-4999 Thursdays Teen Nights 6:15 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre.

660-4999 (every other week, next Dec 6th) Yoga Drop-in 6:45 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre with Richard (every other week, next Dec 13th) Fridays Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations appreciated: 660-4999 Drop-In Volleyball 9:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Saturdays Tot Drop-in 10:00 AM Bring your ‘toddlers to five year olds’ for a morning of creative play in a safe environment.

660-4999 Knitting Circle with Jacquelin 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sundays Yoga Drop-in with Helen & Jen 9:30 am Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 By donation Badminton Drop-in 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Rec. Director 660-4999 Yoga Drop-in 5:15 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Rec. Director 660-4999 With Richard Meuller Tuesdays

South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 6604999 Parents and Preschoolers social time.

North of 60 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 North of 60 - Socialize, play games, meet neighbours!

Drop-in Floor Hockey (Youth 13 and older; adults) 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre one time equipment fee: $5

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Wed, Jan 9 Thu, Jan 24 Visuel’ART Nord-Ouest J.V. Clark School collective exhibition, coordinated by l’Association franco-yukonnaise as part of the 2012 Contact Ouest forum Thu, Jan 24 Visuel’ART Nord-Ouest closing reception J.V. Clark School collective exhibition, coordinated by l’Association franco-yukonnaise as part of the 2012 Contact Ouest forum Weekdays Community Access Program 1:00 PM The Drop In Centre Wednesdays Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Soccer - Elementary School ages 7:00 PM School Gym Soccer - High School/Adult 8:00 PM School Gym Drop In Sewing 7:00 PM Mayo Drop In Centre 996-2251.

Bring your sewing projects or come to learn how to bead Thursdays Traditional Lunch 12:00 PM The Drop In Centre Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Fridays

Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Dinner & A Movie Night 5:30 PM Community Hall Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Saturdays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Mondays

Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Tuesdays Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Old Crow

Thursdays Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Youth Centre

Tagish

Wednesdays Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Public Skating 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Krista 399-3407 Concession Booth Open Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407 Thursdays Seniors Stay Fit 10:00 AM Rec. Hall Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall CATCH Kids Club 3:45 PM Rec. Hall Fridays

Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Family Skating 12:00 NOON Tagish Community Centre Krista 399-3407 drinks available Saturdays Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Pick-up Hockey 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Krista 399-3407 drinks available Sundays Tagish Community Church 7:00 PM Tagish Estates Road. tagishcc@gmail.com Monthly community church service in Tagish Mondays Stay Fit for Everyone 6:00 PM Rec. Hall

Teslin

Wednesdays Card Games for Adults 1:00 PM. Teslin Health Centre Iyengar Yoga 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@ northwestel.net Thursdays Yoga Challenge with Syrena 7:00 AM Teslin Rec Centre Youth Centre 5:00 PM Yoga 5:30 PM. Teslin Recreation Complex Badminton for Adults 7:30 PM. Teslin School gym Fridays

Youth Centre Drop In 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Sundays Seniors Carpet Bowling 11:00 AM Teslin Recreation Complex Elder’s Fair 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@ northwestel.net Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@ northwestel.net Family Curling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@ northwestel.net Mondays Cardio Blast 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@ northwestel.net Tuesdays Yoga Challenge with Syrena 7:00 AM Teslin Rec Centre Youth Centre 5:00 PM

Watson Lake

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The author’s daughter Lily holds a ripe pomegranate plucked from one of the many trees heavy with fruit in Croatia. The author and her family were in Croatia in September.

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s the temperature on my outside gauge hovers perilously close to the -30°C mark and my heating bill hovers perilously close to the ridiculous mark, it is time to stop, close my eyes, breathe deeply and remember the warmth of Croatia.

Please don’t get me wrong. I love the north. I love the incredibly long days of summer where things grow quickly and intensely. I love that crisp cool fall air when the sky is blue, blue, blue.

So blue, in fact, I named my first child in honour of it.

I also love the incredibly short days in the winter that offer a quality of light known to few.

And thanks to the lovely Miche Genest, otherwise known as the Boreal Gourmet, I have come to appreciate the bounty of the north — the beauty of that wild cranberry hue that Sunkist will never master; the delightful spruce tip that will amaze unsuspecting dinner guests; Salmon so wild and fresh that they may just leap off the plate and go Jimmy Hendrix on you.

But, come on. Let’s get serious.

All over Croatia, we passed lime trees upon limes trees, orange trees, lemon trees, and crazy cross breed of the two, caused by too many fruit trees in the same space.

In Zjuliana, I picked figs warmed by the sun and popped them in my mouth, a sensation all should experience. We passed pomegranate trees dripping with succulent, rich, red seeds. We did not have to even break them open to look at the seeds because they were literally bursting out of their skin.

And olive trees – there is something ancient and eternal about the olive tree. The sight of them made me think of toga-clad Grecians heading to an ancient feast replete with mead, wild boar and inappropriate sexual innuendo.

We identified apricots and kiwis in lesser numbers and were positively stumped by a few other trees that had fruits we did not even know.

Rosemary in Croatia and in

Italy (and likely in a lot of other places that are not Whitehorse) is a hedge, not a tiny little plant I lovingly cultivate on my windowsill. A hedge. It wrapped itself around people’s homes, it created the centerpiece of elaborate hotel lawns, and it lined the driveway of our Italian villa. And our Italian villa driveway was long.

Looooooooooooong.

All that richness can be dangerous though. As we swung in the hammock, for example, attached to twin pear trees, a falling pear missed us by an inch. Later we rested on a bench and narrowly missed being brained by a falling chestnut.

The threat of bear, coyote or itinerant dog in the Yukon is nothing compared to the danger of the bounty of fruit in Southern Europe.

Come to think of it though, it may be how I want to go out – being clocked by a falling chestnut.

Especially if that weather gauge goes past -40°C.

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Crestview Ski Group 11:00 AM free Pine Forest Loop 633-2455 Table Tennis Club 1:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave, 668-3358 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience.

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From the Back Country with Jozien Keijzer

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n the summer I am forever identifying wild flowers, but in the winter it’s animal tracks.

For me identifying animal tracks is a little simpler, but that’s just because I have only one reference book: Field Guide To Tracking Animals In Snow, by Louise R. Forrest.

I am often puzzled trying to determine the maker of the tracks.

More than once I have been surprised by moose tracks, which turned out to be rabbit tracks.

What I call rabbit is of course a snowshoe hare.

Here are some tips I’ve learned about identifying tracks.

Who Goes There?

How to tell which animals are out and about this winter

Snowshoe Hare It’s big hind feet sit side by side and the little front feet will be seen one after the other. A four-print track pattern, but all together at first site one print, hence the confusion, but a better look will show that it doesn’t go as deep as a moose print would.

Also the snowshoe hare jumps so often that the prints are quite far apart, but in a straight line. If you follow the tracks you might come to a resting place under some brush; look for its pellets.

Birds Birds’ prints show the three front toes: grouse toes are close together as a closed hand, while a raven’s three front toes are wide apart as in an open hand.

Lovely for every bird is when you find a wing print, where it took off or landed.

Back Country Weasel PHOTOS: Jozien Keijzer The largest hoof print is from the bison, most often the bison moves around in groups and you know for sure it’s bison when you come upon a big cow-pie.

The hoof print is roundish.

Moose live solitary lives, so their print is often a single track through the woods. Leaving large, “elliptical” prints, according to Forrest. The pellets are big, sometimes over an inch long, and elongated.

Bears

Bear

Unlike years past, this fall I saw quite a few bear tracks.

The bear print is like a human footprint, but wide and without the arch. When it’s as wide as your boot print and slightly shorter, it’s probably a black bear, When it is BIG it’s a griz.

Ungulates In the process of writing this article, a whole herd of elk walked past my house, and as often happens I didn’t see them, but I sure saw their tracks.

Elk prints can be found in big groups – I counted over eighty in the herd that hangs out around my place. Their print is smaller and more slender than the moose’s and the pellets are smaller.

Deer

Deer have small prints, unmistakably pointy. Their pellets are thin.

much smaller than the wolf or lynx.

The wolf and lynx leave bigger tracks, but they are difficult to distinguish which is which. The lynx print is round; the wolf’s is oval. The footpad of the lynx is square at the top, where as wolf’s footpad is a triangular. Lynx hind feet might leave a handle in the print where it looks longer. A wolf’s print may have claw marks, whereas cats retract their claws.

Carnivores

Otters, Beavers and Porcupines

The coyote is most common around here. Their tracks are easily distinguished from a dog by their neatness, stepping the hind paw in the front paw’s print and walking in a fairly straight line.

The print is somewhat oval and

The most interesting print I have seen here is that of an otter that lives along the Mendenhall River. When I first came upon its tracks I thought someone had been sledding with a small sled.

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Elk large, webbed print from the hind feet.

The beaver leaves a wavy, sliding trail and when you catch its paw print it is clearly a webbed foot. With beavers there will also be the telltale signs of a beaver dam and chewed off trees stumps close by.

The porcupine leaves a wavy trail too, smaller, but they live solitary lives in the woods. I most often see their tracks in the forest right under a grassy hill.

rels definitely only like to come out when it is warmer. They have been busy making stockpiles of food – I love the sign they leave behind of hang-drying mushrooms in the trees.

A weasel is similar in size to the squirrel, but leaves a distinctly different trail. A weasel leaves two prints and sometimes they are alternately connected by a slide mark denoting a short leap to a long leap.

A vole’s print is tiny. I love to come upon a tunnel under the snow, showing a vole was on the move. At skidoo trails the voles will run above ground over the packed trail and their trail disappears in a little hole on both ends.

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Small Mammals Last but not least there are the small creatures of the woods. We probably all know the four printed claw marks of the squirrel.

During the cold weather not many animals move around and squir-

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

Dressing for the Cold

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Tips to keep you warm and happy

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Your body provides the heat, but wrapping yourself in insulation holds the heat in and keeps you warm.

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Weatherproof Layer The previous two layers will have minimal value without an outside layer to keep out the wind and rain. Among the best are Gore-Tex and similar waterproof, breathable garments. A simple, inexpensive nylon shell works well in most situations and polyestercotton blend is fine in cold, dry conditions. Any garment used for this layer should fit somewhat on the loose rather than snug side.

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Preparation is half the battle.

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It’s time to pay more attention to my health.

That’s why I’m taking the flu shot — to protect myself and others around me.

Get the flu vaccine.

To see a complete schedule visit yukonflushot.ca

I’m taking a shot

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Wishing Yukoners a Happy & Healthy New Year !

Start 2013 off right with these tools

to help you stay motivated

1. Journaling – Keeping a daily log of what you eat, how much and time of day you eat is a great way to increase your awareness of what food choices you are making and help you stay in control.

2. Goal Setting – Set realistic goals for the New Year. Keep your goals simple and specific so they can be attainable.

3. Plan Ahead – Planning is key to a successful you. Set aside an hour or two to plan your meals and snacks for the week and when you will be able to fit exercise into your daily schedule.

4. Get Active – Regular exercise is key to long term health and wellness. Plan to be active most days of the week aiming to achieve 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week.

5. Control your environment – Out of sight, out of mind right? Adjusting our environment will help us to make healthier choices. Clean out your fridge, pantry and work space from tempting food and replace with healthier options.

Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie A great post workout snack

This serves one. Double the recipe for two or more.

Ingredients 1 cup soy milk or 1% milk 1/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 banana, broken into chunks (preferably frozen) 8-10 frozen strawberries 1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon sugar (optional) Directions: In a blender, combine soy milk, oats, banana and strawberries.

Add honey or sugar if desired for sweeter smoothie.

Blend until smooth Reference: www.heartmindandseoul.com

Join the Calorie Crunch Challenge!

January 14th – February 25

RPAY and the City of Whitehorse challenge you to for 6 weeks to track how many calories you can burn from being active.

Challenge your friends, family and co-workers to get active every day and see if you can reach 10,000 calories burned through exercise.

How does it work?

- Register online at www.rpaychallenge.org - Input your daily activity to calculate your calories burned - Track daily and overall progress - Receive milestone prizes throughout your progress - Every participant who reaches 10,000 calories burned will be entered into a draw to win a 10 Punch Pass from the Canada Games Centre and other great prizes!

For more information contact: Adrienne Marsh 867-668-2328 or Danielle Fendrick 867-668-8677

For more information contact RPAY at 867-668-2389 or Toll Free 1-866-961-WALK(9255)

Did you know...

150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise is equal to approximately 22 minutes of exercise per day or 30 minutes 5 days of the week.

Follow us on Twitter @RPAY1 or Facebook at FACEBOOK.COM/GORPAY

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