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n the summers between my years at the University of Lethbridge I would come home and work at the Yukon Transportation Museum (YTM). I sold trinkets in the gift shop, gave tours to visitors, went disc golfing at lunch, napped underneath the train exhibit, put a tip-jar at the museum entrance and generally relished my low level of responsibility; it was a perfect summer job. In those years CF-CPY (the DC-3 weathervane) was not on its current pedestal in front of the YTM because it had been taken down for refurbishing. Instead, it was stored in the giant warehouse at the back end of the museum. On weekends a group of volunteers (mostly men, well past middle-age) would let themselves in and spend a few hours polishing and painting the old aircraft. But when they weren’t there I was allowed to show-off the airplane to curious travelers. It was the best part of my job. Typically these travelers would engage me in the gift shop, with information from an old guidebook. The interactions were comforting in their predictability. “We heard that there’s some sort of DC-3 weathervane around here,� they would say. “Well normally it would be outside on a pedestal with its nose facing into the wind, but unfortunately it has been taken down for repairs,� I’d reply. This rarely failed to produce a change of facial expression — from boyish enthusiasm to worldweary acceptance. I’d let the disappointment sink in for a few seconds (I liked the dramatic effect) before continuing with fauxreluctance. “Well, actually, it’s being stored in our garage at the back
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CF-CPY, in its yarn bombed glory. of the museum. If you’d really like to see it I suppose I could show it to you.� Eager nods and broad smiles all-round. I would lead them back, throw open the doors to the warehouse and watch as their jaws dropped. There was always a moment of silence before the stories started to flow; it turns out that everyone over the age of 60 has a DC-3 tale to tell. Here’s a typical anecdote: “I flew to California in one of those things back in ’54. We went right through a storm and I thought the damn thing was going to fall out of the sky.� No doubt CF-CPY also flirted with disaster on occasion, but the difference between it and many other DC-3s is that between the late 1950s and 1970, when it flew its last flight, CF-CPY serviced Northwestern Canada, one of the most remote regions on Earth. Due to a lack of infrastructural support, the history of aviation in the Yukon is a history of incredibly brave and ingenious men and women who used all available tools and heroic doses of creativity to solve problems as they arose. There was no other option. CF-CPY (now back on the pedestal) is a fitting tribute to our
aviation tradition because the qualities of creativity and ingenuity that were so entrenched in our early aviators were the exact same qualities that a group of airplane buffs utilized to turn an old relic into the world’s largest weathervane. It was first erected in 1981. In the summer of 2012, when YTM curator Casey McLaughlin announced plans to yarn bomb the DC-3 (which basically involved putting a patchwork sweater over its fuselage and wings), the idea was met with grumblings of dissent. I can understand this — after all, to the uninitiated yarn bombing is a weird and hippyish art form. But if you dig a little bit deeper you will see that the exact same qualities that were present in our early aviators and then again in those who envisioned the airplane as a giant weathervane were also present in the team that wrapped CF-CPY in blankets. The yarn bombing of August 2012 was not the death knell of Yukon aviation history, but rather a singular affirmation that the spirit of creativity and ingenuity remain alive and well in our territory.
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Comedians take their new show for a spin around the Yukon by Tamara Neely
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our Whitehorse comedians are putting their stand-up routines to a rigourous test this month. They’re aiming for laughs, and if they get silence, or coughs, they’ll know they’ve got to continue tweaking their show. “It’s good to have audiences, because you know instantly if the joke works,” George Maratos says. He’s one quarter of the comedy troupe Yukon Gold Comics and they’ll be performing their new show A Grizzly Took My Bébé in Haines Junction on Friday and in Whitehorse next week. Having watched plenty of comedy himself, Maratos knows the discomfort of watching a comedian’s jokes bomb. “Bad comedy is really hard to watch – especially for friends who come out to see you,” Maratos says. But if friends laugh, their laughs are real laughs, so says Jenny Hamilton, Maratos’ friend. She’s also a member of the Yukon Gold Comics, along with Steve McGovern and Claire Ness. “A friend can’t fake a laugh three times in a row,” she says. So friends are one of the tests a comedian can use to gauge a show. But the real test is someone who doesn’t even like you. “There was a guy that came to see our XXXmas Comedy and Burlesque Show (on Dec. 28) and he came up to us after and said, ‘Wow, I haven’t seen you guys in, like, a year – you’re really good. I thought you were going to suck,’” Hamilton recounts. “So, we’ve come a long way.” And they’re going a long way, yet. All the way to Australia to
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Yukon Gold Comics Claire Ness, left, George Maratos and Jenny Hamilton are taking their new show A Grizzly Took By Bébé for a test run through the Yukon this month, along with Steve McGovern. perform in a month-long arts festival among 900 other acts from around the world. The troupe found out in the summer that they had been accepted to perform at the Adelaide Fringe in Australia and since then they’ve been fundraising and working on new material to perform. They’re still fundraising – they’ve got $30,000 of the $50,000 needed – but their show is now ready. A Grizzly Took My Bébé features the different comedic styles of Hamilton, Maratos, McGovern and Ness, with each performer stepping into the spotlight individually for 15 minutes. They all do stand-up routines,
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and won’t work in Australia, in particular. Funded by The Guild, his visit is part of the support that the Yukon Gold Comics have been receiving from the community, helping them reach their goal of participating in the Adelaide Fringe, which, by the way, has a purse of $27,000 that will be awarded to the winning participants. The Yukon Gold Comics have also been receiving support in the form of financial donations. They’re grateful to be more than halfway towards their goal, but still need to raise $20,000. “And we’ll take change, anything that jingles – it adds up,” Hamilton says. The Yukon Gold Comics are performing their new show A Grizzly Took My Bébé in Haines Junction on Jan. 25 at the St. Elias Convention Centre. The next day, they’ll be teaching two youth workshops on Jan. 26: improv at 10 a.m. and clowning at 11 a.m. Their Whitehorse shows are at The Guild Hall Theatre on Jan. 30 and 31 at 8 p.m., with two shows on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The Adelaide Fringe runs Feb. 15 to March 17.
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Pivot Festival Sun, Jan 20 Clown Workshop hosted by Bubkus creator, Jesse Buck 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre registration required, space is limited Tue, Jan 22 Bubkus by Jesse Buck 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a lone clown who wakes to discover an audience in his bedroom Wed, Jan 23 Dogtown by Roy Ness and Grant Simpson 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a musical following Trevor the Dog Thu, Jan 24 Dogtown by Roy Ness and Grant Simpson 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall a musical following Trevor the Dog
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Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. 2 left feet welcome!
Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14
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Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30 AM at Greenwood Place. Lois at 667-6149
AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18
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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
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Biathlon Junior Team Training 5:30 PM at Grey Mountain Road. Keith Clarke, ktclarke@northwestel.net, 668-6831
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Babytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library 667-5239 for babies 6 - 24 months (stories, rhymes & songs)
Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah 336-4643
Lawn Bowling 11:00 AM at Canada Games Centre Fieldhouse. Ken 668-2919
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TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Legion Steven Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on Friday nights, with a variety of menu and entertainment formats.
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Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12
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Qigong & Tai Chi for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814
Toddler Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library children 2 & 3 yrs of age (stories, finger plays, craft) Registration only. Space limited.
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Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Rec Night: manhunt, floor hockey, dodgeball and more. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824
Whitehorse String Ensemble rehearsal 6:15 PM at Hellaby Hall, 393-2588. New members welcome. Violin, viola, cello and bass
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Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Age Society. ¡Bienvenidos!
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Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club 7:00 PM at Golden Age Society. Bring your partner
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Dancing on the Tables
Matt Minglewood plays the Jarvis Street Saloon Feb. 1 & 2 by Ken Bolton
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few days before flying to Whitehorse, Matt Minglewood will be in Toronto accepting a Maple Blues Award for lifetime achievement as a bluesman. The eclectic Cape Breton singer-songwriter could just as easily be picking up honours for his work in such genres as country, rock, roots, or folk music. “I’ve never been one to be pigeon-holed and not explore a kind of music just because it’s not expected of me,” Minglewood says. “I play music for music’s sake, I don’t play it for fame and fortune. I do what I want to do.”
After a dozen albums (three of which went gold), plus an honourary doctorate and a lifetime on the road that has included performing for the United Nations in Afghanistan and the “Legends of the NHL” across Canada, Minglewood has scaled down his touring schedule. “I don’t do the big, long threemonth tours any more, on the bus all day going from one end of the country to the other,” he says. “I’ll do one-offs like this western trip, which is three weeks. I don’t mind that at all.” Minglewood’s performing career began at the age of four,
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“I play music for music’s sake. I don’t do it for fame and fortune.” Matt Minglewood When What’s Up Yukon caught up with him recently, Minglewood was in the crawlspace of his 110-year-old home in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, doing electrical upgrades.
when he sang two Gaelic songs his grandfather had taught him. “I had no idea what I was saying. He taught me how to sing them phonetically.” Nearly 61 years later, Mingle-
wood still doesn’t speak his ancestral language — “just the curse words,” he admits. “My mother and grandmother spoke Gaelic whenever they didn’t want the kids to know what they were saying,” he recalls with a chuckle. Surrounded by noted Celtic musicians such as Buddy McMaster, Minglewood took up the fiddle at the age of six. He later moved on to piano before adopting the guitar in Grade 9. Many of his early influences came from country singers he heard on radio, such as Marty Robbins. “Living in Cape Breton, we got a lot of New York stations that would come in at night clear as a bell, so we got a lot of rhythm and blues and stuff like that.” Seeing Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show introduced Minglewood to a musical style that would have a particular resonance for him. “And that led me to guys like Chuck Berry, and led me to the blues. You’re influenced by everything you hear.” The four-piece Matt Minglewood Band — including Moon McInnis (drums/vocals), Grant Leslie (bass/vocals) and Colton Craft (keyboard/vocals) — will appear Feb. 1 and 2 at the Jarvis Street Saloon in Whitehorse. Later, the quartet will play three nights in Fort McMurray, the adopted home of many expatriate Maritimers. Minglewood vividly recalls his first tempestuous stint in the Alberta oil town shortly after RCA Records released his hit album, Movin’, in 1980. “I don’t think they were ready
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January 24, 2013
Our Stories, Our Songs
Men with intellectual disabilities express themselves through music by Kim Beggs
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Yukoners Julien Richard, left, Chris Lee, Wade Kaye, Sydney Stewart, Gaetan Michaud and Frank Marnoch released a CD of original music in December, called Our Stories, Our Songs.
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he Yukon Association for Community Living (YACL) was abuzz with excited people when I walked in from the frozen weather on Wednesday, December 5. It was my first time at the YACL resource centre located in Whitehorse at the Yukon Inn Plaza, though not my first time experiencing the positive impact of this important organization. Tonight was a celebration of a brand new CD that was created by a wonderful group of men, most in their 20s, with intellectual disabilities. They call themselves the Minus 40 Majority. This group of men learns and experiences the world in a way that is different from the way most of us do, but I discovered something that we have in common: the love of music and the mysterious understanding of how it enriches our lives, especially when we share it — which is exactly what Wade Kaye, Chris Lee, Frank Marnoch, Gaetan Michaud, Julien Richard and Sidney Stewart did that night. It was an unusual CD release party because nobody performed – at least not in the musical sense. Making this CD was the Minus 40 Majority’s first foray into expressing themselves lyrically and musically; performing in public was not part of the deal. Not this record deal. No Siree. It’s one thing to create unique songs and music, then record them in a secure environment where they have been made to feel safe about sharing their ideas, feelings and creativity, it’s another thing to recreate those songs in front of an audience. Although there was no “per-
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“Horses in the Mist” is a spoken word story by Julien Richard. It was mesmerizing, with a sincere tone that felt like a blanket of snow. “Drum Song” is the “men in the bush” song. Dave Sutton’s tickle trunk of percussion instruments was dispersed among eleven jamming dudes in the woods, with the record button on. What goes on at Sun Dog stays at Sun Dog, but not everything. “Wild Horses at Canyon Creek” by Sidney Stewart, is the country song of the bunch, with some yippee-ki-yay’s and ki-yo’s going on. It’s fun and catchy. Then there is the heartfelt “Friendship Rap” by Chris Lee and Gaetan Michaud. It was moving at the release party to watch the backs of their heads bobbing up and down as the stereo blasted out their tune for us. They were proud. In fact, all the men were proud. And so they should be. They put their heart and soul into these songs. They took risks. They shared their stories. They are true artists. Only a handful of CDs were made up — enough to give to each artist, and the media (that’s me). If you want to get a copy CD or learn more about this project, which was sponsored by Lotteries Yukon and Yukon Arts Fund, please contact the Yukon Association for Community Living at the Yukon Inn Plaza on 4th Ave, right next to Wines By Design. Kim Beggs is a Yukon singersongwriter, recording artist and community member.
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Wednesdays Board Games 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Teen Centre Bring games and snacks - Everyone Welcome Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling Recreation Centre
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Last Sunday Each Month Catholic Church Mass 8 PM
Carcross Thursdays Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Mondays Open Gym Night 7:00 PM Tuesdays Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Community SoftBall 7:00 PM Carcross Community School Bring a glove if you have 1 your own water and snacks. Everyone welcome Women’s Group Carcross Community Campus 7:00 PM Geraldine James 867-8214251 The group will be every Tuesday
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Sat, Feb 2 - Sat, Feb 16 30th Annual Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Tuesdays & Thursdays Indoor Soccer 6:00 PM
Dawson City
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 Sat, Feb 2 Family Coffeehouse & Open Mic Night 7:00 PM KIAC Admission is by donation with all proceeds contributing to a community group. Everyone is welcome to perform in any medium. Don’t be shy! Sat, Feb 2 - Sat, Feb 16 30th Annual Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Yukon Quest Layover Dawson City Visitor Centre Annual Yukon Quest Layover in Dawson City.
On-Going Events
Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre Sunday-Thursday 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 9932353 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 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 9935794 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 867-9935005 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 993-5435 Family Skate 5:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2350 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 9935794 Cancelled Dec 18 Old Timer Hockey 8:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre
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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 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Figure Skating 4:00 PM Faro Arena farorecreation@faroyukon.ca 994-2375 Adult Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon. ca Thursdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 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
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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 francoyukonnaise 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 NordOuest art exhibit opening: 6 to 8pm Sat. Jan 26 Workshops - Improv with George Maratos - Clownin’ with Claire Ness 10:00 AM to noon For info, contact Junction Arts & Music Fri. Jan 25 Jamberries - Featuring Andrea June - 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 634-4018 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 634-4212 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 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall
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Sat, Jan 26 Carbon Hill Sled Dog Race 11:00 AM Mount Lorne Community Centre Awards ceremony ? and a bowl of arctic char chowder for all- at 3:30 pm Mondays 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
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Wed, Jan 9 Thu, Jan 24 Visuel’ART NordOuest J.V. Clark School collective exhibition, coordinated by l’Association francoyukonnaise 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
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Tagish
Public Skating 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Krista 399-3407 Concession Booth Open Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407 Thursdays Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall Fridays Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 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
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
Wed, Jan 23 Movie Night - Away From Her 7:00 PM Northern Lights Center a film for Alzheimer?s Awareness Month Wed. Jan. 30 & Thurs. Jan 31 Workshop: Growing Herbs, Vegetable & Berries with Ingrid Wilcox 6:30 PM Rec Centre Marie 536-8022 to register no later than Jan. 28th. Sat. Feb. 2 UFC Aldo vs. Edgar featherweight championship 7:00 PM Curling Lounge at Rec Centre. Wednesdays Weight Room 6:30 am - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Aerobics 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 7:40 PM Thursdays Weight Room 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 10:15 PM Fridays Weight Room 6:30 am - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 7:40 PM Saturdays Weight Room 2:30 PM - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 10:15 PM Mondays Weight Room 6:30 am - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Aerobics 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 7:40 PM Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Tuesdays Weight Room 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM WL Rec Centre Yoga 5:30 PM WL Rec Centre will resume in the new year Girl’s Night Out Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 7-9pm. Greyhound Northbound 10:15 PM
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Winter Beer to Warm the Cockles T he weather outside is frightful but a beer could be delightful — even if it’s not the first drink that comes to mind after a brisk day in a wintery wonderland. Most people don’t crave beer after freezing their extremities. Hot chocolate with Baileys? Maybe. Hot toddy? Yes please. Most beer can’t transition from cold-and-carbonated quencher to piping-hot soother. But, if you can get your hands on a bottle of Quelque Chose, a cherry beer brewed by Unibroue Brewery in Quebec, you have a shot at it. This beer has been brewed by the brewery since 1996 and clocks in at 8.0% abv. It is considered a mash-up of a brown ale and a Belgian kriek (cherry) ale. You can heat it up over the stove, pour it into a mug and drink it like a hot cherry cider. It has a sweet and tart cherry character and overtones of spices like cinnamon and clove that harkens some-
thing festive. You can also drink it at cellar temperature (8-12º Celsius) in a tulip glass or brandy snifter if you can’t bring yourself to insult a beer by purposely torching it. But, you don’t have to drink simmery beer to fully enjoy a malted beverage in the depths of winter. Yukon Brewing’s Lead Dog is supposed to be served warmer than fridge temperature; it has a depth of flavour that emerges when it warms up. The same is true of their Midnight Sun Espresso Stout. The snowy season brings on a lot of bigger, darker, spicier beers. Yukon Brewing Co. has their Spiced Winter Ale on tap at the Brewery and if you take a quick jaunt to Skagway you can pick up Alaskan Brewing Co.’s Winter Ale flavoured with spruce tips. Winter is actually the perfect time to be kicking back with big beers, especially the kings of beer, and I don’t mean Budweiser.
Barleywines are beer monarchs that reach wine-like alcohol rates of 12%+ abv, hence the name. A few British Columbia breweries now brew barleywines. Look for Driftwood Brewer’s Old Cellar Dweller, a brew from Victoria, in British Columbian liquor stores for a stellar example of the style — just don’t expect to get them at regular beer prices. The ingredient bill is big and these beers need a bit more aging than your usual lager before they go to market.
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From the Arts with Nicole Bauberger
Expansive Mark-making and Education Joyce Majiski displays two shows at Arts Underground
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hat if a gallery contains only a few works, with room to breathe between them? Whitehorse artist Joyce Majiski’s new shows at Arts Underground offer a refreshing change from the busy salon-style hangings that characterize many art presentations in the Yukon. Majiski offers two shows in the basement gallery until January 29; visit Gros Morne in the front room and continue through to Photo Processes in the back. Majiski’s September 2011 residency at Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland inspired Gros Morne. The show consists of two assemblages and five very large works on paper, using acrylic and pencil. The largest is about 4 x 8 feet in size and the rest are not much smaller. Unframed, they are installed with pushpins. No price is specified; viewers are invited to contact the artist if interested in purchasing a work. In this way, art is allowed space to be an experi-
ence rather than a commodity. Most of the works on paper include marks that seem to be made by a fishnet that’s been soaked in paint and then applied to the paper in big swirling gestures. Wild, watery, splashy marks at the edge of the painted areas evoke the ocean. Majiski plays with mark-making interwoven with representation. She draws or paints boats, seagulls, shorebirds and lobster traps into these exuberant gestures. “Drydock� differs in approach. Majiski renders a realistic boat in rusty sepia and grey paint. The image fades out into the white surrounding area of the paper on all sides. The boat is placed low and to the right, not dead centre, creating a grounded feeling. On closer inspection, the dabbed brush marks and quick pencil lines confer a vulnerable character to this boat. Majiski’s assemblages of beachfound treasures, like most of the
drawings, include fishnet. They’re both based on green-painted books with hollows carved out of their glued-together pages. “Artifacts of Passage I� includes a feather, rock and crab carapace, beach glass and a pop can pull-tab and can-end. “Artifacts of Passage II� includes many paper and aluminium fish shapes sewn or tied into the net, which is laid over beach plastic, including a plastic spoon, assembled with a thick and, in places, bubbly acrylic gel medium. The latter seems to speak to the way we depend on the ocean for much of our food, yet fill it with garbage. In the back room, Photo Processes functions as an introduction to some of the many photobased printmaking processes Majiski uses to create her manylayered art prints. You will find examples and explanations of colour separations, photo etchings, an etched copper plate (itself very beautiful with oxidation around
Photo: Nicole Bauberger
A few large drawings give Majiski’s Gros Morne installation an expansive feeling. it), potassium dichromate prints, prints made using “liquid light,� photo silk-screens, Polaroid pictures in large format, as well as digitally altered photographic and more painterly areas of colour. These things can give the viewer a sense of some of the many methods Majiski layers in creating her one-of-a-kind “monoprints.� The back room was opened as gallery space for the first time during Arts Underground’s “Some-
thing Special� Christmas show. It will normally be devoted to special projects. See Joyce Majiski’s Gros Morne and Photo Processes at Arts Underground on Main St. in Whitehorse until January 29. Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse. Find out where you can see her work at www. nicolebauberger.com.
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Contemporary Art Meets History
Yukon artists invited to apply for Chilkoot Trail residency program by Aimée Dawn Robinson
PHOTO: courtesy of Corrie Francis Parks
American artist Corrie Francis Parks used timed photographic exposures to “capture the undercurrents of history that have settled into the Chilkoot Trail over the centuries”.
PHOTO: courtesy of Corrie Francis Parks
Parks, at work near Lake Lindeman along the Chilkoot Trail last year.
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he storied 53-kilometre Chilkoot Trail crosses the border between Canada and the US and offers spectacular scenery to history buffs and hikers alike. Originally a vital Tlingit trade and travel route, during the Gold Rush it became the “poor man’s route” to the Klondike gold fields. The trail was steep, gold fever was high and so were casualties. For example, in the famous Palm Sunday avalanche of 1898, at least 60 of the 220 hikers on the trail perished in over nine metres of snow. Between 1897-99, the RCMP forbade eager prospectors entry to the trail unless they were carrying enough provisions and gear for one year.A stove, 400 lbs of flour, 150 lbs of bacon, 2 axes with an extra handle and six heavy wool mittens are among the list of 54 items, in total weighing 1 ton, that prospectors were required to bring with them. (Source: U.S. National Park Service.) While folks can now enter the trail without such a heavy load, park officials permit only 50 hikers to begin the trail each day. In an effort to bring contemporary perspectives to this historic site, the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC), Parks Canada, Alaska Geo-
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Each day on the trail Canadian artist Jay White would create six drawings, “at random times, and in random directions” to tell the story of his Chilkoot journey. Here are three of White’s drawings from the 2012 residency. graphic, Klondike Gold Rush NHP and the US National Park Service created the Chilkoot Trail Artist in
Residence Program in 2011. Participating artists spend two weeks hiking the trail while creating new
artwork. This year the deadline to apply to participate in the program is Feb. 1. Three visual artists will be selected: one regional artist from either the Yukon or Alaska, one from Canada and one from the United States. Mary Bradshaw, YAC Public Art Gallery director, says that another unique aspect of the program is that the artists are continuously on the move through the park. “What makes the program stand-out as special is that it is truly a journey,” Bradshaw says. “Artists are not ‘in-residence’ the same way as other residencies (even those based in parks or wild areas) rather, they are moving through the environment. To genuinely experience the Chilkoot, you have to hike it. This is not an easy residency and it definitely isn’t for everyone. But the artists and hikers who have completed the trail have a tremendous feeling of accomplishment and awe.” Bowen Island artist Jay White felt that sense of accomplishment and awe – he participated in the residency last year, along with one other artist, American Corrie Francis Parks. “I remember all the wonderful conversations with people
that I had on the trail, in Skagway, Carcross and in Whitehorse,” says White. “I also remember a particular point on the trail, just as you descend towards the footbridge that crosses over into the Deep Lake Camp. You turn a corner, and for the first time the undulating forested landscape of the Southern Yukon is spread before you. This is the precise place where I fell in love with the Yukon when I first hiked the trail a decade ago. This is the viewpoint that made me quit my job in Vancouver, leave everything and move North. I sat there for a long time and shed a few joyful tears and was extremely thankful. I love that place.” Artists selected to participate will receive USD$500 travel reimbursement; up to USD$200 for art supplies and gear; and a CAD$1,000 honorarium from the YAC. The deadline to apply for the Chilkoot Trail Artist in Residence Program is Feb. 1. For more information visit: www.yukonartscentre.com Aimée Dawn Robinson is a Whitehorse-based writer and dancer.
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Life is in the Blood
Leong’s art show presents spiritual challenge by Glenda Koh
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ou may be alarmed to hear that Leslie Leong’s own plasma is taking top billing in her multi-media exhibit BloodLetting: a Rite of Purification. Don’t worry, her blood is just the stand-in for her soul. Leong’s show is now hanging at Gallery 22, in downtown Whitehorse. The exhibition, which has previously toured Yellowknife and several smaller NWT communities, consists of 25 three-by-four foot panels that combine newspaper clippings with Leong’s stunning photographs and lyrical text. Each panel, underlaid in paint mixed with Leong’s blood, broaches a universal human theme through highly personal stories and reflections. One such panel is titled “Illumination.” The text meditates on the essential wonder and amazement that gives us hope in humanity. The photo is an uplifting shot of a beautiful mountain peak, yet the newspaper clippings tell stories of despair, of how this illumination is being clouded. Another panel, called “Fine Balance,” ruminates on the delicate and constantly shifting balance that the world presents and how humans seek their own balance within this world. An accompanying photo featuring shifting sand attempts to capture this feeling. Leong’s blood is indeed within in the panels. Unable to have it done at a hospital, and wisely unwilling to do it herself, she had two small vials of her blood drawn by the midwife who birthed her sons. The blood was incorporated into the paint. More significantly, the blood symbolizes Leong’s spiritual, emotional and intellectual process of immersing herself in the often-horrifying facts of the world around us through the newspapers that report it. “We read newspapers all the time, but to go into it in depth was another thing,” Leong explains. “I’m not the kind of person who can read newspapers every day because it’s too much. Getting that deeper sense for what was going on in the world was hard
PHOTO: Rick Massie
Whitehorse artist Leslie Leong’s show Blood-Letting: a Rite of Purification, is on exhibit at Gallery 22 until Feb. 3. emotional work.” Creating the panels was a three-part artistic process. Scanning the newspapers was a way of taking in the world around her. Collating the clippings into themes, writing the text and finding images was a process of trying to come to a very personal understanding of these events. Finally, assembling and exhibiting the panels was a way of releasing it back to the world, not just for an audience, but for her own well-being. “It’s not healthy to hold onto that,” Leong says. “For me, doing the exhibit was like purging it, like dealing with the world and coping with knowledge in some way.” Leong’s themes have surfaced throughout human history, literature and religion. Like many forms of spiritual questioning, Leong offers the audience not just her own reflections and experience, but also the opportunity to form and take up their own call to action. “When we as humans, when we
share things our intent is to affect another person,” Leong says. “So my hope is to help people to either continue to, or start to, question things. When we question, we can start to make change on a personal level first and then extend it out there to the world.” To help her audience, the entire exhibition has been reproduced in the form of a small meditation book. For practical reasons, it is impossible to fully absorb the full 25 panels in one visit. The meditation book offers the opportunity to revisit the ideas, stories and images. As Leong says, “Take them home, contemplate them and keep them present in your life.” Blood-Letting: A Rite of Purification is on exhibit in Whitehorse until Feb. 3 at Gallery 22, located upstairs in Triple J’s Music Café. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon until 4 p.m., 2013. Glenda Koh can be found ruminating in Whitehorse.
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&DUHH U )DLU The 12th Annual Young Women Exploring Trades Career Fair which was held on November 16th, 2012 was another great success! 90 grade 8 girls from across the Yukon participated in 8 different workshops which gave them a unique hands-on introduction to the exciting world of trades in a fun and supportive environment. The organizers were delighted to see participants from Atlin, Ecole Emily Tremblay, Haines Junction, Teslin and Watson Lake as well as representation from all Whitehorse high schools attend the fair.
Volunteers: Electrical pre-employment students Canada World Youth volunteers Cheryl Bourgeois Tim Mills Mark Stephens Brandon Solonick Warren Berg Lori Larose This career fair was the result of a dynamic partnership between Yukon Women in Trades and Technology, Yukon College, YTG Depart- Brenda Barnes ment of Education, Women’s Directorate, Highways and Public Works, Robin Hamilton Yukon Energy Corporation, Yukon Employees Union, Yukon Federation Sylvia Reissner of Labour and Local 310 as well as the many private trades people Meagan Christie who contributed their time and knowledge to this remarkable event. Helene Girardeau Katelyn Friendship Major Sponsors: Fabienne Bruelhart Yukon Women in Trades and Technology Amy Jacobsen Yukon College Linda Hillier Government of Yukon— Ann Bowen Department of Advanced Education Harris Cox Government of Yukon—Apprenticeship Branch Cheryl Rivest Government of Yukon—Public Schools Branch Special Thanks Government of Yukon—Women’s Directorate The Honourable Elaine Taylor for her motivational speech. Government of Yukon—Property Management Agency, Kwanlin Dun Elder Jessie Dawson Highways and Public Works for her inspirational address to the students Yukon Employee’s Union Kate White for acting as the dynamic Master of Ceremonies for the day Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board The MAD students for a wonderful and energetic production for Sea of Pink Yukon Energy Corporation and Yukon Federation of Labour Emily Ross for her fantastic musical talent as the lunchtime entertainer. UA Plumbers/Sheet Metal Local 310 Rebecca Edzerza, CA Community Sponsors Thank you also.. A big thank you to all of the community sponsors who so generously The Canadian Ski Patrol for providing expert first aid services during the day donated time, effort and materials to the career fair. Special thanks to all the schools, teachers, administrators and Mac’s Fireweed Books chaperones who encouraged the girls to explore trades as a career option Unitech Sound & Lighting Inc. and made it possible for them to come out and try something new and Total North Communications Ltd. different—we especially value and appreciate your support! Individual Learning Centre Staples Business Depot Salon Centre Yukon Many, many thanks to all the workshop leaders and their teams for sharing their knowledge and expertise with all the girls—you were the ones who really made it happen! Workshop leaders: Nancy Rohaly – Electrical Maureen Moore – Carpentry Mary Binsted – Multi-media Vic Enders –Automotive Marc Gagnon –Plumbing Greg Organ –Culinary Arts Natalie Carter/Devon McAlpine –Hair Styling Nance Jiordano –Sheet Metal A big thank you to all the wonderful people who donated so much time to help out at the career fair, whether it was set-up or takedown, registration, workshop support, meal preparation or support for the youth as chaperones, volunteers and mentors.
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n my other writing life I produce a weekly column called Bookends. As a result I see a lot of books, an increasing number of which are self-published. The results so far have been rather uneven. There have been some that really needed an editorial hand, others where the copyediting was enough to make you cry. Some have had covers that do nothing to invite the reader, typefaces that could have come off a Gestetner and page layouts that scream “amateur�. When Whitehorse resident Roy Ness’s first book, Rutting Season, came my way I did not immediately spot it as a self-published book. Its 360 pages are neatly bound; there’s an attractive photo on the cover; there are only a few typos that caught my eye; the overall production was very good. The book itself only tells you that it was made in Charleston, SC, so I called up Ness to ask him about it.
Rutting Season delves into preconceptions about hunting When an eco-activist white woman gets stranded and nearly dies in the bush north of Ross River, she is rescued by a mixed race hunter. During their trip down the river together both are forced to confront some of their preconceptions about hunting and lifestyle choices.
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He used Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Having been suitably impressed with Rutting Season, I wondered why he didn’t submit it to a regular publisher. “I didn’t have much luck doing that,� says Ness. “I was just about at the point where I was going to try to find an agent.� He was moved to try the indie (as they call it) route after listening to a presenter at one of those
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Whitehorse writer Roy Ness self-published his first book, Rutting Season. periodic writers’ conferences in Whitehorse. “She was very convincing about it,� he remembers. “Talking about all the changes that were happening in the publishing industry, how everything was in flux.� Ness had already worked to make the details of the story accurate. He’s hunted, and hauled horses in a trailer. He and his daughter, Clare, did a river trip on the Macmillan River just to get the geography as accurate as possible. He has taken the book through several drafts. Including a massive restructuring of the presentation of events on the advice of author Stephen Galloway (The Cellist of Sarajevo) after a residency at the Sage Hill Writing Experience in Saskatchewan. He’d reached the point where he wanted to get it out of his hands and into the world. CreateSpace provided a relatively inexpensive way to move on in that direction. Amazon seemed to have the widest possible reach for this approach. The publish-on-demand feature meant he wasn’t going to end up with inventory and yet the book would be available in hard copy or e-book format just about anywhere.
As it happened, it is available through Amazon (paper or Kindle), or Barnes and Noble (paper but not Nook), and several other online booksellers, as well as local bookstores. The website offers both free tools to do-it-yourself and the option to have them do it for you. Ness chose the latter option. Even so, he was pleased with his own participation and the price. “You are involved in every step of the way. The cover design, the fonts and so on — everything was down to my approval.� The downside of going the indie route is that there’s no one out there pushing your book for you. “The word has to get out about the book and that’s basically up to me, to get the word out,� says Ness. “That’s the hard part for me — figuring out a marketing plan.� Still the book is selling and the Kirkus Reviews Agency recently gave it a starred review in its indie category, calling it “An uplifting read that informs, enlightens and satisfies.� So it seems the word is getting out. Rutting Season is now available at local bookstores for approximately $20, depending on where it’s purchased.
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Klondike Institute of Art and Culture MINING THE ARCHIVES: the Biennial DCAS Member’s Exhibition January 24 - February 22, 2013 The ODD Gallery is proud to present another installment of the DCAS Member’s Exhibition, an ongoing biennial project since 2001. This year’s exhibition assumes the thematic title Mining the Archives, seeking to comment on the influence of time and place upon the arts in this small northern community. FILM SCREENING February 3rd 7PM. KIAC Ballroom THE END OF TIME (114 minutes, 2012) Director Peter Mettler in Attendance to introduce and answer questions after the film. From the particle accelerator in Switzerland, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii which have overwhelmed all but one home on the south side of Big Island; from the disintegration of inner city Detroit, to a Hindu funeral rite near the place of Buddha’s enlightenment, Mettler explores our perception of time. ARTIST TALK with Peter Mettler February 4th, 7-9pm KIAC Ballroom Mettler is known for a diversity of work in image and sound mediums – foremost for his films such as “Picture of Light” and “Gambling, Gods and LSD” but also as a photographer and groundbreaking live audio/visual-mixing performer. His work bridges the gap between experimental, narrative, personal essay, and documentary. Tel:(867) 993-5005 | Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca
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Wild Game Banquet, Awards & Dance Saturday, January 26th, 2013 at the High Country Inn Convention Centre Call Jill at the ofďŹ ce 667-4263
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 Carbon Hill Sled Dog Race 11:00 AM Mount Lorne Community Centre Awards ceremony and a bowl of arctic char chowder for all- at 3:30 pm Thu, Jan 31 - Fri, Feb 1 44th Polar Games Whitehorse . Fri, Feb 1 - Sun, Feb 3 International Curling Bonspiel Dawson City Curling Club Annual International Curling Bonspiel at the Dawson City Curling Club. Contact Akio Saito (867) 993-5398 for more information. All are welcome. Sat, Feb 2 - Sat, Feb 16 30th Annual Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race . . Sun, Feb 3 - Sat, Feb 16 Yukon Arctic Ultra Quest Trail “World’s Coldest and Toughest Ultra,� mountain biking, crosscountry skiing and running race that follows the trail of the Yukon Quest Sun, Feb 3 LDAY Snowshoe Loppet 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Mount McIntyre Stephanie Hammond 668-5167 Join us for a 2.5 or 5 km snowshoe course followed by lunch, prizes and a silent auction. Visit ldayukon.com for registration details.
Wednesdays Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12. Box Lacrosse Drop-in 4:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 668-2840. Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 This class focuses on the first 2nd section of the 103 Movement Hand Form *resumes January 9th* Adult Biathlon Program 6:30 PM Biathalon Range Judy: 334-6726 or Vern 633-2297 Polarettes Adult/Teen Drop-in 7:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 Yang Family Tai Chi Sword 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034. This class studies the 67 movement Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan sword form. Students should know the traditional hand form. *resumes Jan 9th* Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jess 335-3831 Table Tennis Drop in 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave 668-3358
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Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 6674531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Local Ice Climbers Night 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Takhini Hot Springs Christopher Gishler 334-3725 Equinox Ice Towers at Takhini Hot Springs Tai Chi Basics 6:00 PM Hidden Valley Elementary Gym Pam Boyde 633-6034. An introduction to the principles and practice of tai chi chuan. Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 1 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Pam Boyde 633-6034. This class focuses on the first 16 movements of the 103 Movement Hand Form. *begins Jan 10th Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca
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. Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction. Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre Everybody is welcomed 668-6517 Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!
Tai Chi Kungfu Fan, Form 1 7:00 PM Hidden Valley Elementary Gym Pam Boyde 633-6034. Created by Grandmaster Li Deyin, this is the most popular Tai Chi Fan form ever practiced in China. Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349. New members welcome. Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM on Gray Mountain Road range; officers on duty. Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10-14. Ultimate Frisbee 9:00 PM Takhini Elementary Kris 333-9393
Fridays Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12
Saturdays Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary Tai Chi Group Practice 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Janet Maclachlan 633-5287. An opportunity for more tai chi play. Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction. Push Hands 11:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. Tai chi partner work. Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Pat 668-4976. No experience needed. Youth Badminton Club drop-in 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Kate Krabel 456-7773
Weekdays
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Second Opinion Society Drop-in Resource Centre 11:00 AM 304 Hawkins St 667-2037
Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.
Wednesdays Qigong for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814. Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, health, and meditation. *resumes Jan 9th* Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8. Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Wellness Wednesday 1:30 PM Second Opinion Society 667-2037. Learn practical skills for Mental Wellness. Yoga In The Alpine “Level 1� 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Shannon. Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop� 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre
Co-dependents Anonymous 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Calvin 334-5863
Fridays Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome). Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. Creative play activities and recreational programming for moms and kids up to age 8. Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services
Sundays
Sundays Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!
Mondays Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome). Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 667-5724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details. Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use. Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner� 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness. SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706. Self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 PM 504 Cook St, upstairs oayukon@gmail.com. This is a 12-step program of recovery from compulsive eating. No weigh-ins, diets, dues or fees. Yoga In The Alpine “CORE� 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.
Tuesdays Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2� 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 6686466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.
Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.
Bus tours at 12pm and 2pm Walking, skiing and snowshoeing any time during open hours. Closed Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs.
At extreme cold temperatures, we reserve the right to close the preserve. When extremely cold, please call ahead the day of your visit to ensure we are open - 456-7300 www.yukonwildlife.ca jake@yukonwildlife.ca
Mondays Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 6674531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner� 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness. Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jeff, 335-3831 Youth badminton club 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Kate Krabel 456-7773
Tuesdays Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2� 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. Yang Family Tai Chi Hand Form Refinement 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Pam Boyde 633-6034. Hand Form Refinement is where students work on perfecting the movements of the Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form. *resumes January 8th* Introductory Yang Long Form (continued) 6:30 PM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. An introduction to Yang Style tai chi chuan, the most popular style of tai chi practiced worldwide today *resumes Jan 8th. Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome. Toonie Bike Race 7:00 PM Mount Mac Contagious Mountain Bike Club info@ cmbcyukon.ca Push Hands 11:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. Tai chi partner work.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study
Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC)
Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 9:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.
Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom
Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom
Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.
Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.
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January 24, 2013
In Praise of Do-it-Yourself Culture by Nellie Dale
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Whitehorse resident Nellie Dale’s home crafting station is fertile ground for ideas.
am a “DIYer.” I like making things for myself, family and friends. My kit includes wool, paper, stickers and beads. Books and magazines give me inspiration. This year I created craft baskets for my youngest friends. The craft baskets included pencils, glue, a few buttons, stickers, beads and construction paper. I used little bits of wool left over from another project to knit Domino Knit swatches and make gift tags and cards. DIY projects span the economic spectrum. Craft supplies can be found at second hand shops. And one winter, when I was living in a cabin with no electricity, I made crafts at the laundromat while I waited for laundry. This year, when my husband asked what I wanted for Christmas I said, “make me something” and suggested a few things. Roger is a fantastic finishing carpenter, both meticulous and careful. Every cut, sanding and installation is completed in the same expert manner. He bought some used pallets a few years ago for our woodpile and he has been saving the best pieces. My gift under the tree? A new cutting board made from these pallets featuring a rainbow of colours and textures. It was just about too beautiful to use. My sister Lorraine in Winnipeg, also a DIYer, dons a Christmas hat and morphs into Mrs. Claus each December. She packs gift bags for my family and myself as well as for her family. All year she looks for small treasures to fill the bags, some of which are garage sale finds. My grandson, Darwin, found Lego in his Mrs. Claus bag. I was sent two wonderful knitting books – and I am already knitting one of
A craft project inspired by Dale’s trip to Spain and Morrocco. the projects from the book. I always have bits of wool left over from knitting projects, for example, lots of sock yarn but not enough to knit another pair. The project I am working on is an Advent sock-calendar, which is allowing me to use the leftovers. I want to make at least two for next Christmas’s gift list. So far I have 12 socks knit; just 36 socks left. This Christmas Roger and I had time to finish a travel-related project. We had a collection of shells and beads from our spring trip to Spain and Morocco. The Berber culture of Morocco includes woodworking, metal and silver work and jewellery making. Doors to buildings are works of art.
We recreated a Berber door for a bathroom mirror frame. Built with leftover wood, we stained it, bought doorknobs and attached shells and beads as decorations. I like the DIY culture because it gives me time to reflect – on a wonderful northern Canadian life, on my children and Roger, on creating new things from bits and pieces passed over by others. It gives me confidence to try new things. All a DIYer needs to do is focus on what he or she can do and then start doing it – for themselves and others. Look out for Nellie Dale, she’s crafty!
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Skiing is Believing with Knute Johnsgaard
Migration Path of the Cross-Country Skier
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Knute Johnsgaard (centre) leads a herd of skiers towards the finish line in an Under 23 sprint race in Thunder Bay earlier this month.
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skier is like a caribou, always on the move. Take the Porcupine caribou herd: each year they embark on an epic trek. They fight the heat, the mosquitoes, the wolves, the hunters and whatever else gets in their way. They’ll do whatever it takes to reach their goal: the calving grounds. Maybe they wont cross the Dempster Highway and reach the Promised Land this year but they’re still headed in the right direction. Here’s where I’m going with this… Every day I think about what I
have to do, where I have to go to be where I want to be. If I’m not racing, I’m training to race faster — always on the move. Every winter, I hike my own migration path (figuratively of course), traveling to the next race site, trying to move up in the ranks. I fight injury, sickness and sometimes my bank account, but like the caribou, I find a way around my problems. Already this year I feel like I’m getting closer to where I want to be. I raced my first World Cup this past December. It wasn’t a breakthrough performance, but no doubt a step in the right direction.
I’ve had posters of these guys in my room and now I’m racing with them. Breakthrough or not, it’s a pretty awesome feeling. It felt good to come home for Christmas, even if it was -30ºC. The trails at Mount Mac were perfect – and with the cold weather I had them almost to myself. Christmas being the gregarious festivity it is, there’s no coincidence that it coincides with flu season. It’s starting to become tradition for me to pick up some sort of illness over Christmas. I kicked my cold just in time as I flew to Thunder Bay, Ontario on December 31. No News Years party
for me; these were the trial races for the World Juniour and Under 23 Championships. Last year Yukon sent a whopping five people, myself included. This year wouldn’t be so easy for me. I was fighting for one of four spots with guys two years older than myself. However, I consistently place near the top of the under 23 category. I didn’t have to have stellar races to qualify, so I thought. Unluckily for me, while I pulled off a decent weekend of races, some other guys had the race of their lives and I was the odd man out.
While I have cut my losses, my friend and teammate Colin Abbott had some great results and will be representing the Yukon, traveling with team Canada in Czech Republic. So I won’t go to the Under 23 World Championships this year. So the caribou didn’t cross the Dempster. They’re still headed in the right direction, and so am I. Knute Johnsgaard is chasing the Olympic dream.
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You Say Goodbye, I say Hello
The Beese Family Vacation in Guatemala This is the first story in a series of three.
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Mayans laugh at our Hollywood-style 2012 fears A Mayan elder from a village near Panajachel performs a ceremony on Dec. 21, 2012 in Guatemala.
the stores in front of which she was conducting the ceremony. At most you could donate candles that would be used in the ceremony. I was very happy not to be among the large crowds at the choreographed and organized ceremonies in Tikal that day. My experience felt much more authentic. Aside from the Mayan ceremonies, there were lots of fireworks. The Guatemalans love their fireworks. They seemed to be going off constantly; they were the lullaby that put us to sleep at night and the alarm going off in the morning. Actually, there did seem to be enough fireworks over
the holidays to spell the catastrophic destruction of a small county, if used improperly. Our family almost brought about the catastrophic end of a gas station with our own fireworks. But that is my son Ben’s story to tell, so if you see him you should ask about it.
The Mayan Epoch PHOTO: courtesy of Mark Beese
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his Christmas I had the great fortune of visiting Guatemala. I really enjoyed answering the question, “Why did you decide to come to Guatemala?” which I was asked by locals more than I had expected. I always answered that Guatemala was the centre of the Mayan civilization and that I wanted to have front row seats for the “end of the world.” This always got a grin and a good laugh most of the time. “Hollywood,” they would say, while they shook their heads. If you thought the end of the 13th Baktun (on December 21, 2012) meant the end of the world, well, the Mayans were laughing at you,
at least any of the Mayans I met. One cycle of the calendar coming to an end doesn’t signify the end of the world in the Mayan culture any more than it does in ours. Okay, so maybe there was some stockpiling of water and canned goods for Y2K. I think we need to get our catastrophobia under control. I didn’t get a really good explanation of the Mayan calendar, but my understanding goes a little like this: There are 20 days in unit of measure that equates loosely with months and there are 18 of these units in a unit that equates loosely with a year. This rolls upwards in units of measure to the end of the 13th Baktuns that were
laid out in the Mayan calendar. At this point catastrophobes thought the world would end, but the rest of us flipped the calendar back to the beginning and started again. Far from the panic and food-hoarding you would expect to see from a population that had predicted imminent demise, there was only celebration in Guatemala. On December 21, 2012, we were privileged enough to be invited to a small ceremony conducted by a single Mayan elder from a village near Panajachel. She was a friend of our host family and frequented the commercial calle (avenue) to sell her wares throughout the year. She had been invited to conduct her ceremony for the end of the 13th Baktun there. Far from a commercial venture, there was no way we could pass money to either the elder, or
A kin is a Day 20 kin = 1 uinal 360 kin = 18 uinal = 1 tun 7200 kin = 360 uinal = 20 tun = 1 kactun 144000 kin = 8000 uinal = 400 tun = 20 kactun = 1 bactun 13 bactun = 1 Mayan epoch 1 epoch ~ 5125.26 years
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