The Atlin Whisper, March 1, 2023

Wednesday March 1st , 2023

The Atlin Whisper

“Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world.”

Margaret Mead

PLEASE NOTE THE NEXT WHISPER WILL BE ON THE 22ND NOT THE 15TH

The Historic Globe Theatre

LIVE AT THE GLOBE THEATRE

Friday March 3, 2023

To kick off the Atlin Frosty Frolic events, we are having another Atlin Cabaret and you are invited.

Whether you are a performer of music, poetry, dance, comedy or you name it. Perhaps you enjoy the comforts of being a supportive audience member we have a great evening of talent planned for you.

On Yukon Time

Doors Open 7:30 Starts 8:00

Enter By Donation

Performer sign up

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/543305921637

Email exploreatlinsales@gmail.com

Coffee/Tea Service Available by Donation

We are respectfully asking that everyone who attends comes in good health, and is not required to be in quarantine

Facebook: @ExploreAtlin Email exploreatlinsales@gmail.com

Atlin Cabaret

Atlin Historical Society is holding its Annual General Meeting on March 9th, 2023, at 6:30 pm (Yukon Time) at the Atlin Rec centre (in the meeting room upstairs).

AHS Board Elections

President’s report

Financial report

Review of new 5 year AHS Strategic Plan

All welcome!

“I Walk Alone”

There are times I walk alone on a path leading somewhere new to me, so I can see more of the world and a side of me revealing what I’m made of, who I want to be.

I’m adventurous as family, friends are in my corner rooting for me to succeed.

Jeff Salmon

TALK TO THE ANIMALS

Where I Encounter Large Mammals

by Paul Lucas

Atlin,1980s. A guy just can’t sit around playing guitar all day, no matter how comfortable he is sucking back coffee in that seat beside the wood stove. There are chores to do - wood splitting, water hauling and cabin repairs. Today, it was the roof.

It was a clear, quiet autumn afternoon, and I was nailing down an errant piece of roofing material. Job done, I stood up, and the spectacle of Atlin mountain standing etched against the sky stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those moments. One of those pauses between breaths.

It was a pause that wasn’t to last though, because the sound of thundering hooves, approaching fast, suddenly shattered the silence. In a swirl of dust and branches, a moose cow and calf came barreling past the north side of the cabin followed closely by the lightning fast, tawny shape of a cougar.

They disappeared out of sight, but I could still hear them, and the racket over the next few minutes was alarming. The spitting and growling, grunting and thrashing, suggested the mother was trying to fight off the cougar. The racket went on for a while. The cougar wanted his dinner. Then silence. Who knows how it turned out. One thing was for sure. I wasn’t about to go down and find out.

Nature can be surprisingly brutal. It can also be majestic, scary and downright comical. Bears, in particular, seem to have their own perverse sense of humour. Phil Timpany, a fishing guide with a camp on the Nakina River, a prime habitat for grizzlies, told me about a pair of clowns that he had observed since they were cubs. They were troublemakers. They would stand behind trees lining the trail like muggers in an alley, and spring out at the last minute purely for the pleasure of seeing you jump. They became known as the Smothers Brothers.

Another example of the average bear’s sense of humour took place on a little island at the south end of Atlin Lake, which turned out to be on the only trail connecting Teresa Island to Copper Island. The night before, I had pitched my tent in a remarkably convenient clearing.

The next morning, I was sitting on a large rock, clutching a cup of coffee and staring across the small body of water separating the islands, when a big black bear stormed out of the bush and began angrily pacing back and forth on the beach. Every now and then, he would stop and stare up at me with a look that I recognized immediately - a look I’d seen just weeks before on the face of an indignant wine drinker.

On a recent trip to Italy, my wife Ilene and I travelled through the picturesque villages of Tuscany – villages that had maintained their ways and traditions for centuries. We stopped at a local watering hole, and were surprised to find an empty table in the courtyard. The best table, in fact – in a quiet, shady spot that looked out over the rolling Tuscan hills. Our luck was all the more remarkable because all of the other tables in the place were occupied. Sitting down, we turned to find a waiter, and noticed that we were getting the evil eye from everyone in the joint.

Some messages translate across all languages, and this message was clear in every detail:

‘You people are sitting at the Don’s table, and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll leave ... now!

My beach bear was clearly the Don Barzini of this tale, and he wasn’t about to allow some interloper to intrude on his territory. So, not wanting to ruffle any fur, I quietly retreated to the beach, climbed into the boat, and pushed off while he angrily swam the channel, stormed across the island, then swam across to the Copper Island shore.

It wasn’t until he was gone that I realized I had left my guitar standing against the tree near the tent. Oh no! What if he’d decided to swat it? Or sit on it? I beached the boat and hustled back to the campsite only to find that it

hadn’t been touched. Waiting for me there instead, was a token of the Don’s displeasure. Right in front of the tent flap, dead centre, he had left me a huge, steaming gift. There was no doubt about it being a message, the placement and the timing were simply too precise.

Oh the tale he must have told the crew later that afternoon while they were scarfing ants out of the hollow log near Bruno’s place ...

“... so I made the face and scared the skinny white kid off. Then I went up to his tent and left him a wee gifty on the porch, if you know what I mean.”

Raucous laughter all round then Penelope, the cute little female from Sandy Beach, chiming in with,

“Oh Guido, you’re such a card.”

Goats also, it seems, are not without their sense of humour. I remember that early goat hunt with my old pal Jamie: Two Bungalo Bills, fully provisioned, armed to the teeth, with oversize brains and prehensile thumbs. How could success elude us?

We climbed. And we climbed. We climbed all day but never seemed to get closer to our prey. We could see them, but they were always just out of reach. Eventually it occurred to us that they might be toying with us; laughing at this pair of fools – these simpletons who didn’t understand that inept, noisy, clumsy primates were incapable of competing with the mountain goat in his territory.

Worn out and defeated, we tottered on home, convinced we could hear the sound of snickering as we stumbled off the mountain. To add insult to injury we found, when we got back to the boat, that the ground was covered in hoof prints. Evidently, while we were chasing Murph and Marty ‘round the mountain, the rest of the family was partying down at the beach. The irony!

Still, the little buggers are not invincible. One day, I was rounding a big boulder in the high country of the Vancouver watershed, (from downwind I’m guessing), and I ran smack dab into a goat blissfully chewing his cud. Startled and stunned that he had been caught napping, he squeezed out a strangled squeak, jumped four feet straight in the air, and bolted off with that little tail between his legs.

Another incident that gave me some perspective on our nimble, elusive, condescending, cloven hoofed friends, was the time that Alec Sharp and I were bushwhacking down from the Lions - two famous peaks north of Vancouver. There is a trail, but we just couldn’t resist ‘boot skiing’ down this particularly inviting snowfield - great fun but a decision that would end us up in some sort of dense, cliff ridden no man’s land for the rest of the descent.

Picking our way carefully down this minefield, we pulled up when we heard a racket high above us. There followed a short silence, then something heavy hit the deck with a thud. Looking to our left, towards the source of the sound, we saw the body of a mountain goat sprawled on a flat mesa shaped tower. Evidently it had lost its footing and plunged 100 feet or so to its death - landing dead centre on a piece of real estate no bigger than a helicopter landing pad. I guess nimble is as nimble does.

So where were these fumble footed goats when I was out hunting? That’s what I’d like to know.

On the less hilarious side of the ledger I have, over the years, been charged by a bull moose, stalked by a black bear, and treed by a cow moose protecting her calf, (you would be amazed at how fast the average human can get out of a pair of snowshoes and up a largely branchless tree with the proper incentive).

Still, if I had to pick a favourite animal story, it would be the one involving a young black bear and my trusty old Honda Civic. That’s next.

British Columbia Ambulance

Congratulations to Dorothy Odion

Clinical Operations Manager, Northeast District, Jonathan Brnjas presented the now-retired Dorothy Odion with her 25-year pin on November 17, 2022. He was honoured to recognize her dedicated service to the community of Atlin from 1995 through 2021. She was an awesome mentor, navigating the crew through many changes, and a dedicated unit chief always lobbying for patient care. Dorothy retired in 2021. Looking back, she noted that the biggest changes occurred in the last four years of the toxic drug crisis, COVID-19 and the introduction of scheduled on-call. She fondly remembers the camaraderie working in the service. Dorothy, thank you from past and present staff at Station 751. Enjoy your retirement

Sector Resources Canada Ltd

Current Work Opportunities

Seasonal Restart

Sector is accepting applicants for surface equipment operators for the 2023 season.

Applicants must have experience operating the flowing equipment:

Cat 345 excavators

Cat D8L dozers

Toro 40D haul trucks or equivalent

Cat 980 loaders or equivalent

Cat and Manitou telehandlers

Cat graders

Skid steers with attachments.

Applicants must have a current drivers license, and confirmable experience in the equipment or equivalent listed above.

Surface work includes maintaining High density polyethylene (HDPE) pipelines including welding of HDPE pipe connects, building retaining structures, building berms and dams for tailing ponds and ongoing reclamation activities.

Plant operations that include loading of the wash plant, loading haul trucks and trucking washed rock to the specified waste storage area.

Please provide a resume with your previous work experience. Sector treats this as a team position where communication and working with others in a safety conscious, collaborative approach is a requirement. The candidate must demonstrate a positive and efficient work ethic.

Please sends resumes to: brian@sectorresources.ca Or call at 1 603-627-0416 ext. 4

ELECTIONS & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Atlin Community Improvement District (ACID) has the object of operating the following services:

- Drainage

- Solid Waste Disposal

- Fire Protection

- Street Lighting

- Sidewalks

- Waterworks

- Representing the Community in communication with provincial agencies on land use matters and advising or making recommendations to the Minister of Community Development on land use matters

The ACID meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm at the Fire Hall. Meetings are usually 2 hours in length. Each trustee receives an honorarium per regular board meeting (currently $100.00/meeting). Attendance at as many meetings as possible is extremely important.

CALL FOR ACID TRUSTEE NOMINATIONS

March 1 - March 31, 2023

4 Three-Year Terms & 1 Two-Year Term positions are available

ELECTIONS will be held at the AGM on April 18, 2023

Nominees with the highest number of votes will receive the three-year terms.

Persons entitled to vote at an election must be:

• a Canadian citizen

• at least eighteen years of age

• an owner of land in the improvement district

• a resident of the province for the previous six months, or the legal representative of an owner of land in the improvement district who has died, become insolvent or insane.

When more than one person is registered on title as a landowner, each person may vote providing all requirements (set out above) are met.

One vote is also allowed for each board or corporation that owns land within the improvement district. The board or corporation must designate one person to act as authorized agent to vote on its’ behalf. This must be done in writing for the polling clerk to verify the voter’s eligibility.

A person is allowed only one vote irrespective of the number of properties owned. However, a person meeting qualifications as authorized agent (set out above) may also place a vote on behalf of the board or corporation.

Qualified voters of the improvement district are eligible for trustee positions.

NOMINATION & OTHER FORMS are available at the Atlin Service BC Office

Completed Forms are to be submitted to the Atlin Service BC Office

Before 3:00pm March 31, 2023

Atlin Community Improvement District PO Box 388 Atlin BC V0W 1A0

Phone/Fax: 250-651-7582 Email: atlincid@gmail.com

NORTHERN HOMES REAL ESTATE

Warm Bay Road

This gem is off grid, well maintained and absolutely the perfect retreat. 2 bedrooms, large open dining/living room, galley kitchen and spacious pantry. Storage in walk out cellar plus numerous outbuildings. Bonus is a warm spring flowing through year around!

$239,000 Bubbling warm springs

43.6 Acres

Beautifully maintained, inside and out, this cozy 2 bedroom home is so private with a second cottage with sleeping loft (often used as B&B), a third cabin for guests, great garage/workshop, plus various other craft/work shops and much fencing. Mountain views in every direction plus short walk to Atlin Lake sandy beaches. Just waiting for you! Viewing by appointment ONLY!

$597,000

Lake View

A great daily view awaits in this well built, 2 level home with a fabulous open floorplan on the upper level with a master bedroom and so much storage! The lower level boasts 2 extra bedrooms or bedroom and games room. Almost 1700 sq.ft., lots of room for the entire family and guests to enjoy! Double garage on lower level plus another garage for all those extras like boats, quads, sleds

$535,000 SOLD

5 Acres

With power, small log cabin, tenant occupied near the upper end of the acreage, application for subdivision has been submitted/approved to create two 2.5 acre parcels. Slope facing Atlin Lake. Build your dream home to take advantage of the view and keep the tenant as caretaker!

$259,000

Fourth of July

Basic lake side cabin, 3 bedrooms, lots of big windows, hidden in the trees, on .544 acres, leased lot until 2042. Very private! 61,500 SOLD

4th of July

.78 acres of Crown Land lease, gated, partly cleared, the perfect spot to keep your RV and recreational necessities, there for year around enjoyment. Lease term to 2042.

$53,500

HIDDEN GEM

This stunning gem in an Enchanted Forest has been lovingly crafted by the hands of this talented owner – never to be duplicated! On 4 acres with guest cabins and a short walk to hidden lakes plus easy access to the highway,

$399,000 SOLD

STUNNING – Inside and Outside

Incredible views, quiet location and fabulous home. 1700 sq.ft. on main level, beautifully renovated with gyproc interior, lots of updated windows, open floor plan, kitchen, dining area, living room, bar/games room plus 2 bedrooms. Basement offers 3 more bedrooms, two baths, kitchenette and large living room with ground level access. One of a kind waiting for you.

$349,000 SOLD

Mi 43 Atlin Highway

34+ acres of land, surrounded by grazing lease, with 1700 sq.ft., 2 BR, full basement home, great well, septic field, solar and generator plus lots of extras. If you wish, will come with 2 loveable nags who consider this home. Quick possession is possible.

$535,000 SOLD Call Myrna at (250) 775-1019 I will be in Atlin Feb 17 & 18. Leave message via text or email myrnablake1@gmail.com While I am travelling Email via satellite at myrnablake1@zoleo.com Go to northernhomesbc.ca for more details

Informed Consent

The Nuremburg Code, 1947

Article 6, section 1. Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical interventions should be carried out only with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned on the basis of adequate information. If necessary, consent must be expressed and can be revoked by the person concerned at any time and for any reason.

Article 6, section 3: In no case shall the collective agreement of the community or the consent of the community leader or other authority be a substitute for the informed consent of individuals.

The Science

We will follow the science

We will go wherever it takes us

Regardless of hypotheses

Regardless of expectation

We will follow the science

Unencumbered by corporate interest

Unfettered by government influence

Unadulterated by lobbyist money

We will follow the science

We will employ all diagnostic tools

We will conduct thorough autopsies

We will carry out histopathologic post-mortems

We will truly follow the science

We will look at all data

We will discount nothing

We will consider all possibilities

We will study all-cause mortality

We will consider co-morbidities

We will chart excess deaths

We will collate global data

We will request peer-review

We will accept independent audit

We will cross-reference and corroborate

We will conduct complete and exhaustive science

The authorities will stand accountable

The science will be the arbiter

The law will be the judge

The Red Flags

When the truckers say pay attention

Pay attention

When the farmers say pay attention

Pay attention

When the fishers and the miners and the foresters Say pay attention

Pay attention

When the poets and the pundits say pay attention

Pay attention

When the pragmatists and the preachers

Say pay attention

Pay attention

When the Scriptures say pay attention

Pay attention

When doctors and nurses pay attention

Pay attention

When judges and journalists pay attention

Pay attention

When mothers and fathers

And grandmothers and grandfathers

And brothers and sisters

Start to pay attention

You better pay attention

- StephenBadhwar,November2022

BIG WATER SOCIETY COUNSELLING SERVICE

COUNSELLOR: Katie Israel, GN, MA, RCC

At Big Water Society we recognize the realities of human experiences, the diversity of innate worlds and states through these experiences, and we believe that we can, when we connect and share these experiences. Be it traumatic experiences, emotional turbulences, depressive and anxious states, we are here to join hands with you and work through your unique experience. You do not have to go it alone.

Phone: (250) 651-2189; (867)334-9524

Email: bwscounsellor@bigwatersociety.org

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality – Martin Luther King, J r

Please note that requests for same day water delivery must be received no later than 11 am of said day. Thank you!

Water delivery and Sewer Removal are available Monday through Friday

Did you know we sell and service Toyo Stoves? We offer competitive pricing on the latest models. Call the office for more information

Phone 250-651-7463

Email grizzlyhomeservices@gmail.com

Mailing address is Box 318, Atlin BC V0W 1A0

Office hours – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8 am - noon

With thanks, Dana and Mary Hammond

ATLIN LAKE GROCERY STORE

Winter store hours

(starting Jan 1) MST

Monday - Saturday 10am – 5pm

Sunday - 11am – 4pm

~Weekly freight truck run on Mondays and freight runs available upon request~

Did you know that Big Water Society provides the community with FREE professional mental wellness counselling?

If you feel you would like to talk to Katie Israel, please call her at: 250-651-2189 or 867-334-9524

Fishing Charters

SVOP Licence, 24 ft. Boat, Transport Canada Commercial Registration – Insured

Gary Hill, Atlin B.C. V0W 1A0

Licensed, B.C. Guide

Call -250 651-7553 Email garyphill59@gmail.com

$850.00 per day - $550.00 per 1/2 day

Custom Fish Art- Fiberglas and Wood GARY HILL’S FISH ART

GARY HILL’S – CUSTOM, FISH REPRODUCTIONS

PHONE 250 651 7553

EMAIL – garyphill59@gmail.com

7 MONARCH Drive – ATLIN – BC. V0W 1A0

WEB SITE – http://gary-hill.com

Wanted Antiques!

-Turkish/Persian carpets of all sizes

- Wicker inside furniture like chairs, tables, bench.

- Big flower pots

- Wrought Iron outdoor furniture

- L shape outdoor couch, outdoor wicker couch and table set.

- Indoor Victorian style furniture

- oil lamps, candles and candle holder, old framed paintings and old black & white framed pictures of Atlin or gold rush miners

- old radio 1910s-1930s and phones

- a gramophone

- old clocks

-Tiffany lamps, brass decorations, chandeliers, antique mirrors

- Bedroom antique sets for double/queen, and an old wooden dresser

- Old wooden chairs

- Grand piano

If you think you have something interesting for sale or to give away, please call me at 250-651-2111 or email me at: a.remon@me.com

Amélie

Atlin Pet Care

287 Tatlow Street

Yourpetshomeawayfromhome!

Indoor/Outdoor Runs

Heated Kennels

Boarding-Grooming-Pet Supplies

Emergency Care-Veterinarian Referrals

SPCA AGENTS

George Holman 250-651-7717 or Marj Holman 250-651-7758

Atlin Christian Centre

Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada

Service and Sunday

School Sunday 11 a.m.

Come join us!

250-691-0128

St. Martin’s Anglican Church 10 a.m. Sunday Everyone welcome!

The time to get your spiritual instrument in tune is early in the morning before the concert of the day begins. Unknown

Sewing Machine

Cleaning, Repair, &Setup

Terry 250651-7769

Mountain Shack

Café Restaurant

Fast Fancy Food

Great Service

110 Discovery Avenue

In Atlin, B.C.

EAT IN OR TAKE OUT

Wednesday thru Monday

250-651-7789

MOBILE WELDING SERVICE

AVAILABLE

Contact: Alain Vanier

250-651-0037

Reasonable Rates!

Smallwood Enterprises Ltd

We provide Concrete, Drain Rock, Screed gravel, Sand, Topsoil and Septic systems. We also provide Equipment Rentals, Excavations, Covered Storage, Firewood and Snow Removal. Please call (250) 651-2488 or email bobscontracting2020 @gmail.com

The next Whisper is Wednesday March 22nd

Submissions are due no later than Sunday 6pm March 19th

Atlin Community Library

Open Every Friday and Saturday 2-4p.m. BC time

Everyone Welcome The Library is closed at -20 c.

The Purpose of the Atlin Whisper is to encourage, build-up and inform the people of Atlin concerning ongoing community events and happenings. The Whisper is not a political mouthpiece.

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