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ing pong might be what prevents Shawn Hall from harpooning Matt Rogers, or keeps Rogers from dismembering his musical partner with an axe.

The duo known as The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer discovered the stress-relieving game in London, England during a recent tour.

“We went to a night club and there were 75 ping pong tables and a bar,” Hall recounts.

“We started playing ping pong and we found that was probably the most therapeutic thing we’ve had together in a while, so maybe ping pong is going to be it.”

The harmonica player jokingly describes his 13-year relationship with guitarist Rogers as “just like any other marriage, minus the romance. It requires a good deal of counselling and therapy to keep that train on the track.”

The two first collaborated on a radio jingle Rogers wrote for a Jamaican pizza restaurant owner, although they were working sight unseen.

“He’s always a busy guy and he sent his guitar parts back via internet. So we started on something before we actually met each other. And this many years later, we still file share.”

When they finally did meet, they founded a band called Cop Shop, and also began collaborating with the guitarist’s brother, singer/songwriter Ben Rogers, with whom they still write much of their material. It was after a Canada-wide tour in 2005 that they decided to form their duo.

“That was probably the beginning of the marriage. Before that, we just courted,” Hall says.

The name they picked combines a line from the Janis Joplin hit, “Me and Bobby McGee” with the colloquial term for a guitar.

Hall admits it causes confusion for some show bookers, who assume they play death metal rather than blues.

“It takes a bit of explaining, and I’m sure it’s going to keep us from ever playing any real, solid kids’ community event or old folks home.”

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flavours to the record. But the seed has got to be genuine, otherwise it’s not going to last and that song is going to burn out.”

For the upcoming album, Hall and Rogers each came up with about 40 song ideas, which had to be winnowed down to 10 or 11 tracks.

“Some of the songs, I would take three of my songs PHOTO: Leigh Righton and marry them together into one song, and they (the Rogers Blues musicians Shawn Hall (“The brothers) would help me choose Harpoonist”, at right) and Matt those and do all of that blood transfusion and stapling of the skin Rogers (“The Axe Murderer”) will get them into brand-new Frankperform at this year’s Atlin Arts and to enstein form.”

Music Festival, which runs July 8-10.

Hall admits he experienced a serious bout of writer’s block while Despite their brand’s violent- working on the new material. sounding imagery, their stock in “The creative muse doesn’t like trade is what Hall calls guttural, operating on the schedule of paremotional, intimate music. enting and doesn’t like being told “A lot of it’s either lusting for when it can and when it can’t. You something, or crying because mix that with exhaustion and it something didn’t work out. Not to just disappears.” dumb it down, but the blues really Both musicians have young address base needs in humanity. children, which adds extra stress That’s why they resonate so well to being on the road for extended with so many people and so many periods. cultures.”

“That beautiful ‘60s dream of So far, the two have produced seeing these rock bands with their four albums together, including partners and their kids in their an unreleased collection of covers backpacks, that’s not a reality called The Blues Can Kill, which now. At least not for us, yet,” he Hall says no one will ever hear. A says. fifth album, with the working title “The truth is, the amount of of Post-Apocalypstick, is due out energy that’s at these festivals is next February. not for kids. It will just blow their The day after giving this inter- fragile souls apart. They’re not all view, Hall was scheduled to take simple experiences and navigating a float plane to Vancouver from them is for adults.” his home in Nanaimo, “to make When The Harpoonist and the a third attempt at singing a song Axe Murderer play at the Atlin Arts that I’ve not gotten right the first and Music Festival, which runs July two times.”

8-10, Hall’s goal is to achieve an With his songwriting and per- adult level of intimacy with the forming partner living on the main- audience. land, Hall says they do a lot of file “If they can walk away feeling sharing, but it’s important to work engaged, sexually aroused and ecface-to-face when they can. static, then holy smokes, we might “For the type of music we do, as well retire after that. But that’s we need a lot of engagement, the desired effect.” we need to be in the same place Details about the annual Atlin when we’re creating a big chunk event can be found at www.Atlinof the elements,” he says. “Once Festival.ca. the seed is planted in the writing, then things can be individualized Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and people can go down their own who lives southeast roads, adding different spices and of Whitehorse.

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A Feast for the Senses

On the Cover Peggy Hanifan is a Whitehorse musician who started the Whitewater Wednesday Jam 20 years ago.

The Atlin Arts and Music Festival features music, art, food and film July 8 to 10

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What’s Inside

by Christine Genier

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he Atlin Arts and Music Festival is preparing for a weekend of music, visual arts, film and food, taking place in Atlin, BC from July 8th to the 10th.

Kim Winnicky is from Whitehorse. She has been the festival coordinator for six years.

“The Atlin Arts and Music Festival is about building community through music and art,” Winnicky says. “It’s a family friendly festival where 2,000 people come together and camp very closely to each other and enjoy a really diverse music lineup, visual arts demonstrations and workshops, and film.”

“We’re going to see a lot of really great music,” says Winnicky, making no effort to hide her excitement, beginning the lineup with a Canadian Icon. “Bruce Cockburn, he’ll be doing a workshop and a mainstage set.

“Also, Tim O’Brien. He’s so great at storytelling and musical storytelling, a great player. He produced the last two albums of Old Man Luedecke, who is also coming up!

“Nefe is a woman from Guelph, Ontario. She’s like a young Tracy Chapman, a powerhouse voice.

Dawn Pemberton is coming up.

She’s playing with Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer. She’s gospel, soul, funk.

“We have Ghost Keepers coming up from Calgary, and they’re more experimental music. From Anchorage we have Pamyua, a four piece indigenous band that incorporates

storytelling and indigenous language and performance art.”

Performers also visiting from outside are Olympic Symphonium from New Brunswick, Paul Lucas and Layton Kramer from Alberta, and Blackberry Wood from Victoria, BC. As with any good northern festival, there is an impressive roster of Yukon talent, too.

“We have Ryan McNally coming with a six piece. Jonah Barr and Old Cabin, Sarah McDougall, Manfred Janssen and Crankshaft. Scott Maynard. Anger Management, Average Joe.” Winnicky rambles off the list with the enthusiasm of a parent listing their child’s accomplishments.

The festival utilizes 250 volunteers to pull off the weekend.

“So much planning of a festival is having the right people in the right area. They understand the challenges and the solutions. Many of them return, they love the festival and they feel very engaged.

And they are, because they create it,” she says.

With so many outsiders descending upon a small town of approximately 450 residents, it is important to maintain a respectful approach.

“They are very supportive, and we try really hard to hear them when there are concerns. We need to do that because it’s their town.

Generally our audience is amazing. When we go to clean up the areas, there is hardly any garbage.

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The audience from last year’s festival under the big tent We really appreciate that because that’s what lets us continue.”

“Our entire board is from Atlin, so they take care of their town.”

Another important aspect of the festival is the visual arts component.

“There are two visual arts coordinators working together this year, Simon Gilpin and Larry Duguay,” Winnicky says. “We have several repeat (artists) every year and we try to bring new people on.”

The artists do demonstrations and interactive workshops at the festival. This year there will be some drop-in workshops, but the main ones will require festivalgoers to register in advance.

There will also be a drop-in art tent with materials and supplies and artists on hand to help people create art.

There will be some varied and wonderful food options through the weekend. “There is a real effort to make sure we have a diversity of food just as we have a diversity of music and art. We fill our vendor spots a year in advance.”

As well as the music and visual arts of the festival, they also offer a film experience at the Globe Theatre in Atlin.

“The Yukon Film Society programs it for us. It is very popular,” Winnicky says.

Among the films that will be screened at the festival are Secret Cinema with a live score by Whitehorse rock duo Soda Pony; When We Were Kings, which is a documentary about the 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, called the Rumble in the Jungle; We’re Still Here: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited, directed by Antonio D’Ambrosio; Flexie! All the Same and All Different, directed

by Calgary filmmaker Gary Burns; and animated short films for kids.

“It’s about all of us being together.” Says Winnicky. “That’s the best part of it.”

For scheduling, ticket and artist information go to www.AtlinFestival.ca.

Christine Genier is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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irector Daniel Cross visits the southern United States with his latest documentary I am The Blues (2016), highlighting living blues legends in the heart of American music origins.

As it became more ingrained into the South’s economy during the antebellum years in the early to late 1800s, the cultivation of cotton brought a heavy concentration of slave labour to the South.

This time period strengthened both the South’s and North’s identities as they become more opposed on issues, eventually leading to the Civil War. Then, with the Civil War over and the North victorious, slavery soon to be abolished and crop sharing on the horizon, African Americans still faced the Jim Crow laws and the journey to rebuild themselves, along with the South itself.

Today the South stills remains poised to bring about economic change and prosperity. Through the richness of southern culture, food, literature, its winding rivers, and most importantly, its blues music, the South has become an integral American icon for visitors.

The film I am The Blues captures the deep connection between blues music and the heart of the American South.

The scene is Bentonia, Mississippi, a garage-sized roadside café called Blue Front Café: proprietor Jimmy “Duck” Holmes strums and sings a blues classic sitting on a wicker chair. The well known Blue Front has been a famous juke joint for over 40 years. A place to play music for a beer or a bite to eat, it became the after-hours church of the “devil’s music” for hard working African Americans.

Holmes himself has been running it that whole time. Its walls

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R.L. Boyce and friends reminisce over a few old time standards covered with names like R.L. Boyce, Carol Fran, L.C. Ulmer, Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn and Lil’ Buck Sinegal – all of whom we meet throughout the film as it weaves through the swamps and counties of the South.

Named after a southern staple of stewed pig intestines, the Chitlin Circuit is the touring route that most of the blues artist played throughout the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Spending just over 60 years on the road, Bobby Rush explains that the “road is his company, his home,” it is how he has made his living for years.

The film shows L.C. Ulmer, who has since passed away, sitting on his front porch sipping Bud Light and pick away on electric guitars, singing about the simple things that are the blues. As Ulmer puts it, “the blues, it is what you got.”

As she plays her rose-gold pickguard guitar with her signature strumming technique Barbara Lynn recalls her first hit that started her career in 1962: “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.”

“The Blues made me, now I’m making the blues,” explains Lil ‘Buck’ Sinegal, as he remembers why he plays the blues and how in

some ways it can’t be taught.

The oldtimers featured in this film have played with all the blues greats, such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, etc. Most are still gigging and playing to make a living, as they have been all their lives.

As Bobby Rush slides into a rhinestone-studded purple velour jacket, he is still, at 80 years old, heckling with venue managers for the agreed rate of pay for his performance. He is reminded of his 20s when he used to play for hamburgers, selling some in order to pay the band.

The music that these people have created during their lifetime is tied to a certain part of American identity that is being slowly forgotten. Cross’s film is a soulful taste of some of the most important music in American history.

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Sharing Words

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n 2015 Victoria-based poet Yvonne Blomer paid a visit to Whitehorse and did a reading of her poetry book, As If a Raven. In her poems she described various types of birds and also amused the audience by imitating the call of a peacock.

Blomer is returning this month and will read at the Atlin Arts and Music Festival, which takes place July 8 to 10.

She will again read poetry from her collection As If a Raven, and will also read some prose from her upcoming travel memoir, Sugar Ride: Cycling from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur. The book will be coming out in the spring of 2017, published by Palimpsest Press based in Ontario.

Blomer’s current focus is on poems about women through history, changes that have slowly occurred and how they have influenced women living today, but also how much has stayed the same.

“I’m reading a lot of Virginia Woolf and books from her period, and interviewing present-day female writers and artists,” she says.

Blomer was born in Zimbabwe and came to Canada when she was two years old. She has published three collections of poetry and is serving as a Poet Laureate for the City of Victoria until December 2018.

tic Circle.

“I am excited to come back,” she says.

“We will take the ferry from Port Hardy to Skagway. My imagination is alive with anticipation at what wildlife we will see, and with how the landscape will shape the journey.”

Blomer says she found inspiration in the PHOTO: courtesy of Yvonne Blomer territory the last time she visited. She also Victoria poet Yvonne Blomer enjoyed Whitehorse.

“It is such a funky, modern will do a reading July 9 at St. town with an interweaving of the Martin’s Church in Atlin. past, the First Nations and gold rush days alongside the present with funky boutiques and vegeBlomer says that she is happy tarian cafés.” to come back to the Yukon. This She loved walking for hours in time she will bring her family deep snow with a friend and then with her and do a trip to the Arc- spending as many hours in the hot spring with ravens overhead, eyeing them.

She loved walking “I’m so looking forward to bringing my son and husband, to for hours in deep camping and exploring, to seeing friends again and experiencing snow with a friend the midnight sun,” she says.

The reading will take place on and then spending as Saturday, July 9 at noon at St. Martin’s Anglican Church in Atlin, many hours in the hot BC.

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We will have door prizes, including an Air North Ticket, a nice breakfast buffet, and a first time ever panel discussion.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

The Strange Story of Mary Hanulik Garden

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awson City blooms in the summer. It’s a process that begins in some local commercial greenhouses and explodes after the horticultural booths at the Gold Show during Victoria Day Weekend in May. It then continues unabated as part of the Farmers’ Market during the summer, and employs several landscaping and gardening firms during the same period.

Standout gardens include the floral displays at the Commissioner’s Residence, which Parks Canada and some contractors have to struggle to bring into bloom in time for the annual Commissioner’s Tea on the weekend nearest to June 13.

Victory Gardens, located just north of the Dawson City Museum, has been a scenic spot for generations. The residents of the old McDonald Lodge, on Fifth Avenue, used to have a good view from their front porch. The new lodge is on the other side of the park, but has been designed so that there is still good viewing from a covered deck.

There are other sites I could mention, but this week I want to focus on one of the stranger and more prominent gardens. Officially known as Mary Hanulik Garden, this one is found on the west side of Front Street, just south of the Commissioner’s Residence, and wasn’t originally intended as a garden at all.

These days it is festooned with flowers, bushes and small trees, and plaques bolted to two boulders on the dyke end of the narrow road leading up the street celebrate the lives of George Mercer Dawson, Joseph Francis Ladue and L.N. “Jack” McQuesten, three individuals who loom large in Klondike lore.

‘Twas not always thus.

The force main from Dawson’s sewage system meets a buried cistern at the top of the hill on which the garden sits. The cistern fills up to a certain point and then triggers a discharge of effluent down to the outflow pipe that opens into the fastest part of the Yukon River’s current. When the dyke was being built there needed to be an access road so that city workers could service the cistern, so a lane just big enough to allow the passage of

Mary Hanulik Garden originated as an access road to service part of Dawson’s sewage system a pickup truck was added.

In the late 1980s, when the dyke was new, the cistern could be quite pungent, and Norm’s Hump, as it was generally known (the Super of Public Works is Norm Carlson) was far from being a landmark.

Since it was so prominent, it was decided to dress it up a bit.

I don’t know if part of the plan might have been to kill the odour, but it seems to have worked out that way. First came the flowers and foliage, followed by the first generation of benches (since replaced with spiffy new designs by Jim Williams), then the boulders and eventually the three plaques.

These days, after further land-

scaping to create a real Waterfront Park, this lane is the natural end of a short walk that might begin at the SS Keno and wend its way past the gazebo and the town clock.

Although the garden did acquire a more upscale name over the years, in memory of a woman whose flower gardens were legendary during her life, I’m afraid lots of locals still call it Norm’s Hump.

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

Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

I SHOOK THEIR HANDS

REGGIE LEACH – NHL HOCKEY PLAYER. GEORGE CHUVALO – PROFESSIONAL BOXER. CHIEF PETER MOSES – BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL. PIERRE TRUDEAU – PRIME MINISTER. GEORGE ATTLA – WORLD CHAMP DOG MUSHER. FATHER MOUCHET – T.E.S.T. SKI FOUNDER. SHIRLEY, SHARON FIRTH – OLYMPIC SKIERS. ADRIENNE CLARKSON – GOVERNOR GENERAL. BRIAN RANDAZZO – ARCTIC SPORTS CHAMP. ROBERT RAMSEY - ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. OVIDE MERCREDI – GRAND CHIEF. ROLAND MICHENER – GOVERNOR GENERAL. ERNEST MONIAS – ABORIGINAL SINGER. PRINCESS ANNE – ROYAL VISIT. BELLE HERBERT – OLDEST GWICHIN, 126 YEARS. ERIC NIELSEN – MP YUKON. REV. JAMES, SARAH SIMON – NATIVE MINISTERS.

THOMAS BERGER – JUSTICE BERGER INQUIRY. C-WEED BAND – ABORIGINAL BAND. ELIJAH SMITH – LAND CLAIMS NEGOTIATOR. BOYD BENJAMIN – ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. EDITH JOSIE – WORLD FAMOUS JOURNALIST. DON BURNSTICK – ABORIGINAL COMEDIAN. FREDDY CARMICHAEL – BUSH PILOT. REV. RICHARD MARTIN – BLIND NATIVE MINISTER. JOE, ANNIE HENRY – LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE. WALLY FIRTH – FIRST ABORIGINAL MP.

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Thu, Jul, 14, Arts in the Park - Allo Gang 7:00 pm LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Thu, Jul, 14, WW JamFest 7:00 pm Epic Pizza So here we are celebrating 20 years of the Whitewater Until Aug 27 Art Show: Bremner, Cote and Wednesday Jam and in order to fit as many Hurcomb Yukon Arts Centre Three photo-based exhibitions exploring the North including circumpolar jammers as possible, we are making this a three day event! Prizes and freebies all thru the 3 day festival. video installations, striking portraiture discussing mental health in our community and a retrospective Thu, Jul, 14, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon of a Northwest Territories photographer.

Thu, Jul, 14, Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam Until Jul, 8, Arts In Park Visual Artist: Deanna 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully Dee Bailey LePage Park Mon, Jul, 11- Fri, Jul, 15, Arts In Park Visual Artist: electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest coHarreson Tanner LePage Park hosts and performers.

Tue, Jul, 12 Yukon Art Tasters with Ann McKenzie 1:00 pm Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Create Your Own Art Piece as you work with local artists. This week try a wet-felting workshop..

Fri, Jul, 1, Adaka Cultural Festival Kwanlin Dun Wed, Jul, 13- Sun, Jul, 17, Arts Up Front Cultural Centre Adäka Cultural Festival shines with Whitehorse waterfront wharf A five-day outdoor awesome energy, arousing inspiration, pride, and festival featuring art classes, artist demonstrations, excitement in the thousands of artists, visitors, live music, breakdancing and a fine art gallery and supporters who attend the Festival each year. featuring the work of Yukon artists.

667-7698 Mon, Jul, 4, RAWK Band Camp with Rock Art too!

8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jul, 7, Arts in the Park - Brandon Isaak 11:30 Thu, Jul, 7, Trolley Talks with jeweller Tania am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Larsson 1:00 pm Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Talks Thu, Jul, 7, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s Pizza are free with a Trolley ticket, but seating is limited and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing Thu, Jul, 7, Birds of Summer 1:30 pm MacBride acoustic guitar music covering almost every style Museum An illustrated presentation with Ione and genre.

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Thu, Jul, 7, Adaka: Pamyua in Concert 7:00 pm Thu, Jul, 7, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre “Inuit Soul Music’ Mark 3:00 pm Shipyards Park Local produce, baked showcasing Inuit culture through traditional/ goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted contemporary song and dance. treasures and more Thu, Jul, 7, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Fri, Jul, 8, Moms and Kids Program 11:00 am Street Saloon Thu, Jul, 7, Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre The summer 2016 Moms and Kids Program is a recreational pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric program for moms and their kids up to age 8. jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Summer activities are held for mothers and children every Friday. It is an opportunity to enjoy nature, performers.

Fri, Jul, 8, Arts in the Park - Claire Ness 11:30 am meet others, talk, eat, play, relax and laugh Fri, Jul, 8, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Fri, Jul, 8, Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 pm 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Fri, Jul, 8, Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Jul, 8, Paris Live 9:00 pm Woodcutter’s Blanket citizens and staff are welcome!

Paris will be performing solo with her electric ukulele Fri, Jul, 8, Escape the Ordinary 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Summer Program for at Woodcutters blanket for the first time, mixing it up between original songs and upbeat unique cover Teens. Each week try out something new! To register for this free program drop by the library, tunes.

Fri, Jul, 8, Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler call 667-8900 or 667-5239, or email yplevents@ gov.yk.ca Room Sat, Jul, 9, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Sat, Jul, 9, Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 am Emergency Sociable Jam 3:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Bring Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 often join.

Sat, Jul, 9, Kate Weekes and Keitha Clark 7:00 Sat, Jul, 9, Imagination Station 10:00 am Family pm Café Balzam Listen to folk and swing tunes Literacy Centre Drop-in for some snacks and while enjoying French cuisine based on local and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library sustainable food products.

Sat, Jul, 9, Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler books! All Ages Welcome 668-8698 /668-6535 Sat, Jul, 9, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Room Mark 11:00 am Whitehorse waterfront wharf Local Sat, Jul, 9, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Street Saloon Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Sun, Jul, 10, Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel Sun, Jul, 10, Every Season Of Life Whitehorse Sun, Jul, 10, Chris Culgin Band 8:00 pm Best Baptist Church Two Times: 10:30 AM or 5:00 PM. Western Gold Rush Inn A Canadian songwriter Focusing on God’s view of each generation and why making words and sounds in country, roots, rock the church needs every generation and roll music.

Sun, Jul, 10, Get Hooked 2:45 pm Beringia Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Arts in the Park - The Olympic Exploring traditional fishing technology, making Symphonium 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch fish hooks, fun for all ages. Call 667-8855 for more hour concert at the park Mon, Jul, 11, Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 pm information. 667-8855 Mon, Jul, 11, Indoor/Outdoor Art hosted by Barb Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Jul, 12, Arts in the Park - Sarah MacDougall Hinton 8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jul, 11, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self the park Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available Tue, Jul, 12, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 8887:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Jul, 12, Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Jul, 11, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com performers.

Mon, Jul, 11, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Wed, Jul, 13, Arts in the Park - Leg Up Hands Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Down 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour Tue, Jul, 12, Sandwich Sessions for YEU Shop concert at the park Stewards 12:00 am Yukon Employees’ Union Hall Wed, Jul, 13, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm 867-667-2331 Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Jul, 13, WW JamFest 7:00 pm Epic Pizza So Tue, Jul, 12, Knee High Nature 10:30 am Middle here we are celebrating 20 years of the Whitewater McIntyre Creek Bring your youngsters out for a different nature-based activity each week. Activities Wednesday Jam and in order to fit as many jammers as possible, we are making this a three day and games are designed for kids ages 4 - 6, but event! Prizes and freebies all thru the 3 day festival. siblings are welcome.

Tue, Jul, 12, Summer Barbecues 11:30 am Christ Wed, Jul, 13, Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 pm Church Cathedral Proceeds to local Food Bank and Jarvis Street Saloon International Refugee Relief. 867-668-5530 Thu, Jul, 14, Arts in the Park - Kim Beggs Band Tue, Jul, 12, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at 7:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon the park Tue, Jul, 12, Grownups Read Things They Wrote Thu, Jul, 14, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s as Kids 7:30 pm The Old Fire Hall Do you still have Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every any of your childhood or teenage writing? Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic style and genre.

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evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers. 19+ Tue, Jul, 12, Book Club 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Jul, 12, Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 8:00 pm The Old Fire Hall Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers.

Wed, Jul, 13, Arts Up Front Whitehorse waterfront wharf A five-day outdoor festival featuring art classes, artist demonstrations, live music, breakdancing and a fine art gallery featuring the work of Yukon artists.

Wed, Jul, 13, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Jul, 13, Underwater Cleanup & BBQ PADI International Women’s Dive Day 6:00 pm Chadburn Lake Celebrate PADI International Women’s Dive Day with a Dive-Against-Debris underwater cleanup at Chadburn Lake, with club BBQ and social!

Wed, Jul, 13, Cypher Fest 2016 Presented

By Breakdancing Yukon Society (BYS) 7:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre inspiring showcases, competitions, and cyphers in breakdancing and other street dance genres, that unites families, youth, and art/sport enthusiasts through the common enjoyment and love for street dance and hip-hop culture Wed, Jul, 13, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Jul, 14, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Mark 3:00 pm Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Thu, Jul, 14, Music Trivia Thurday 7:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Come test your music knowledge, all genres, all age groups. Good fun with good people.

Thu, Jul, 14, Plants and Peshmerga: Botanizing in Iraqi Kurdistan 7:00 pm Beringia Centre Her presentation will include an overview of Kurdish history, as well as the joys and challenges of chasing plants in a region that shares much of the same habitats as the western United States. 6675331

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Fri, Jul, 1, Adaka Cultural Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre 667-7698 Adäka Cultural Festival shines with awesome energy, arousing inspiration, pride, and excitement in the thousands of artists, visitors, and supporters who attend the Festival each year.

Mon, Jul, 4, RAWK Band Camp with Rock Art too!

8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jul, 7, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Jul, 7, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Fri, Jul, 8, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 am MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Jul, 8, Moms and Kids Program 11:00 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre The summer 2016 Moms and Kids Program is a recreational program for moms and their kids up to age 8.

Summer activities are held for mothers and children every Friday. It is an opportunity to enjoy nature, meet others, talk, eat, play, relax and laugh Fri, Jul, 8, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Fri, Jul, 8, Free Summer programs for teens Ages 13-17 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Fri, Jul, 8, Escape the Ordinary 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Summer Program for Teens. Each week try out something new! To register for this free program drop by the library, call 667-8900 or 667-5239, or email yplevents@ gov.yk.ca Sat, Jul, 9, Imagination Station 10:00 am Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome Sat, Jul, 9, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:00 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome

Sun, Jul, 10, Get Hooked 2:45 pm Beringia Centre 667-8855 Exploring traditional fishing technology, making fish hooks, fun for all ages. Call 667-8855 for more information.

Mon, Jul, 11, Twoonie Bike Race 12:00 am Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre These grassroots races are a casual opportunity to challenge your skills and speed on a singletrack cross-country mountain bike course.

Mon, Jul, 11, Indoor/Outdoor Art hosted by Barb Hinton 8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jul, 11, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Mon, Jul, 11, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 4-5 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 6678900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Mon, Jul, 11, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Tue, Jul, 12, Knee High Nature 10:30 am Middle McIntyre Creek Bring your youngsters out for a different nature-based activity each week. Activities and games are designed for kids ages 4 - 6, but siblings are welcome.

Tue, Jul, 12, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Jul, 12, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 5-7 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 6678900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Tue, Jul, 12, Book Club 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jul, 13, Arts Up Front Whitehorse waterfront wharf A five-day outdoor festival featuring art classes, artist demonstrations, live music, breakdancing and a fine art gallery featuring the work of Yukon artists.

Wed, Jul, 13, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Wed, Jul, 13, Baby Talks - July 1:30 pm Whitehorse Health Centre Come in and relax with baby while taking in our sessions and conversations about topics new mothers care about.

Wed, Jul, 13, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 6-8 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 6678900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Wed, Jul, 13, Glacier Bears Swim Camp 4:00 pm Canada Games Centre Must pre-register Youth ages 7 - 11 with Stage 2 experience; ability to swim 50 m with a continuous stroke; focus on swim techniques & turns while having fun in the water with our Glacier Bears coach for 8 x 45-minute sessions; a great way to finish your summer day!

Wed, Jul, 13, Underwater Cleanup & BBQ PADI International Women’s Dive Day 6:00 pm Chadburn Lake Celebrate PADI International Women’s Dive Day with a Dive-Against-Debris underwater cleanup at Chadburn Lake, with club BBQ and social!

Thu, Jul, 14, Ferocious Furious Fun - Day Camp 9:30 am Beringia Centre Travel back in time to the last ice age. Be the top predator. Sharpen your stalking skills and hunt our creatures with your own handmade atlatl.

Thu, Jul, 14, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Jul, 14, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 6678900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Thu, Jul, 14, Music Trivia Thurday 7:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Come test your music knowledge, all genres, all age groups. Good fun with good people.

Mon, Jul, 11, Regular Council Meeting 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council Chambers Tue, Jul, 12, Sandwich Sessions for YEU Shop Stewards 12:00 am Yukon Employees’ Union Hall 867-667-2331 Tue, Jul, 12, Canadian Songwriter Challenge Splintered Craft The workshop will aim to develop songwriting skills of all levels, and will give each of its participants the opportunity to write and perform.

Wed, Jul, 13, Arts Up Front Whitehorse waterfront wharf A five-day outdoor festival featuring art classes, artist demonstrations, live music, breakdancing and a fine art gallery featuring the work of Yukon artists.

Wed, Jul, 13, Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. For info: Glenn herbeeking@hotmail.com 204 880 7245 cell or just show up! 204 880 7245 204 880 7245 Wed, Jul, 13, Toastmasters 12:00 pm Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. For info: Glenn herbeeking@hotmail.com 204 880 7245 cell or just show up! 204 880 7245 204 880 7245 Wed, Jul, 13, Northern Cultural Expressions Society AGM 5:00 pm NCES Northern Cultural Expression Society Everyone welcome to attend and new members are encouraged to join. For more information contact Tanya Silverfox 633-4186 Wed, Jul, 13, Toastmasters 5:00 pm Yukon College Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. For info: Glenn herbeeking@hotmail.com 204 880 7245 cell or just show up! 204 880 7245 204 880 7245 Thu, Jul, 14, Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce AGM 7:45 am Coast High Country Inn The business portion of the meeting will take place between 8am and 9am – a lightbreakfast will be available from 7:45am. The business portion of the AGM will be followed by an informative and important keynote address to the membership.

Thu, Jul, 14, AGM People First Society of Yukon 5:30 pm Yukon Association for Community Living here will will light snacks, reports and elections. If interested stop in, all welcome.

Thu, Jul, 7, Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon AGM 5:30 pm Recreation and Parks Association of Yukon Everyone welcome, refreshments served, please e-mail Anne for more information.

Sat, Jul, 9, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 am Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Sun, Jul, 10, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 pm Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

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.

MEETING & WORKSHOPS

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. 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 (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

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Yukon’s First Lady of Physiotherapy

PHOTO: Glenda Koh

By Glenda Koh

Yvonne Emson has been a physiotherapist for 40 years, and she loves her job

M

entioning Yvonne Emson’s name can trigger a response like my neighbour’s: “Oh, she saved my life! My husband’s, too.”

Physiotherapists are not in the business of saving lives, but for people with severe or chronic pain, getting the right treatment can feel like rebirth.

After nearly 40 years practicing physiotherapy in the north, Emson is happily still treating patients, but she has reduced her hours and sold her clinic to colleague Kristy Lerch.

Whitehorse Physiotherapy was the first private physio clinic in the Yukon, and Emson can still remember her first patient in that clinic: a woman so desperate for treatment that she couldn’t wait for opening day.

“I was painting the walls with (my sister-in-law) Eva and there was paint and sawdust all over

the place.”

A woman walked in with a little girl in tow. Emson told her she could see her once the clinic was open.

“She said no, you can see me now. She lay right down, surrounded by sawdust and insisted I look at her.”

she worked in a veterans’ hospital caring for the last remaining soldiers of the Boer War (which ended in 1902), and First World War victims of mustard gas.

These elderly patients had spent much of their lives inactive and immobile due to their injuries. Mustard gas victims were im-

patients in “iron lungs,” which are large ventilators that helped patients to breathe when polio paralyzed their chest muscles.

At this time, Emson worked largely in the area of neurophysiotherapy, the branch that deals with nerves. At one point, however, she had a moment of truth.

As a new graduate, she worked in a veterans’ hospital caring for the last remaining soldiers of the Boer War (which ended in 1902), and First World War victims of mustard gas That was almost 40 years ago.

“Not that long ago, I saw that little girl with her own granddaughter in the grocery store,” Emson laughs.

Emson’s career as a physiotherapist started before she came to Whitehorse. As a new graduate,

mersed in water for periods of time to prevent dehydration and tightening of their limbs. Physiotherapy was used to maintain their range of motion and bone density.

Emson also worked with polio patients. She recalls wards of 40

“There I was, looking at a large patient lying on the mat and I had to get him back into his wheelchair. Well, just look at me.”

Emson is tiny.

“I thought to myself, I didn’t know if I should do this kind of work anymore.”

She then began working in the field of orthopaedic physiotherapy, which deals with musculoskeletal pain and injuries.

From her experience with polio patients, she had become skilled at the hands-on treatment that involves manipulation of joints and soft tissues, which became known as orthopaedic manual therapy.

Working alongside Emson, Kristy Lerch particularly appreciates the skill she has learned over years of experience.

“She teaches me techniques that she’s used over and over and knows have been effective,” Lerch says.

These manipulations are often no longer taught in formal physiotherapy training.

Lerch and Emson theorize that with so much new information, physiotherapy schools have lessened the focus on the practical techniques that many patients find life-altering. Lerch explains that there is so much emerging knowledge in the field that it can be hard for a practitioner to keep up.

They hope to pass along some of the techniques through professional development among physiotherapists in the Yukon.

Among Emson’s many patients, a few unusual ones stand out, such as the client who used to fly her out every few months to treat him at his home on the Dezadeash Lake, which borders on the Kluane National Park.

The clients she remembers the most are those whose lives have been transformed by physiotherapy – the people who had been told there’s nothing that could be done, but then see progress.

Emson plans to continue working as long as she can.

“As long as I have something to contribute, and I can help people, I will keep working, because I love it.”

Glenda Koh is a Whitehorsebased writer. Please send comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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The Bee Diaries

Here’s Your New Home, Bees PHOTOS: Nellie Dale

by Nellie Dale

July 7, 2016

Bee box as it arrives on Air North

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e saw the queen recently. She wasn’t wearing a crown. She was sporting a big blue dot on her thorax though.

The Cheshire Beekeepers’ Association, founded in 1899, has great information about queen marking on its website. The queen is much easier to locate in the hive when marked.

Queen records are easily kept.

Most importantly, marking the queen indicates to the beekeeper that she has not been replaced.

A good mnemonic to remember for beekeepers is Be Warned You Require Gloves. Blue (2015); white (2016); yellow (2017); red (2018); green (2019). So our

Don and Roger inspecting hive queen with her blue dot was born in 2015. If the hive remains healthy the queen can live up to five years.

The Cheshire Beekeepers’ Association had its inaugural meeting on the 20th of February, 1899.

It has active members still in 2016.

Bees have interested humans for over 5,000 years. Honey was the only sweetener prior to cultivation of cane and beet sugars.

Before the advent of modern moveable hives, bees were kept in straw skeps. Space for bees could be enlarged by adding an extra chamber termed an “eke.”

I am sure we all use the term “to eke out”– a living, perhaps. That

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Most beekeepers were interested in honey production. In earlier times monks became experts for the wax produced. Beeswax candles are superior to candles made from tallow.

Our first hive arrived on June 1, 2016 from Bob Fisher (Westcoast Bee Supply Ltd.) in B.C. It was a warm day so my husband Roger put the box in the cool dark basement for the afternoon and early evening. Just before bed, Roger transferred the bees from their luggage box to the outside hive. If the bees are put outside in the afternoon, they may fly away from the hive and get lost.

We gave the bees sugar water for the first week or so.

Don Mark visited us last week.

The official hive inspection took place. Don and Roger were looking for evidence of eggs. Yes, the queen is laying. They found larvae; probably about three days old.

They inspected the cap brood.

The cap brood is the sealed over larvae developing into baby bees.

Holes in the cap brood indicate disease. Don and Roger were happy with the drawing out (or building) of comb which is used for egg laying. No mites, no disease, calmness in the hive.

Roger was at Air North Cargo on June 20th with 10 other beekeep-

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Borage – bees love this plant ers to welcome 19 nucs. These bees are from Debbee’s Bees, from Ontario. Within these nucs queens travelled in small containers closed with a sugar plug and tape. On day three Roger will remove the tape. The bees will eat the sugar to release the queen on day four.

Peter McPeake came along to watch us transfer the bees to their Yukon hives. Another long time beekeeper, he was impressed with the quality of Debbee’s bees.

Roger is still busy building hive components. He is making his own foundation frames. Well, he purchased the foundation (plastic sheet) but is creating the wooden frames. Foundation frames are added to boxes on the hive as it strengthens. Foundation frames are used by the bees for honeycomb production and brood building.

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A six-month old semi-hard goat cheese with an oiled rind retrieved from my cheese-sitter after a stint away.

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ne of the fun things about fermented foods is passing on bits to others, knowing they will grow and spread like a great idea. It required a bit of a mental leap to go from creating my first ferments to seeing this possibility, kind of like going from growing your own lettuce each year to saving your own seed and swapping with your neighbours; it’s taking things to the next level.

I probably began with dairy, begging a spoonful of yoghurt from a friend to start my own and now after experimenting in all kinds of other departments I’m back on the cheese wagon.

I’ve been making cheese with local milk for a few years now, mostly goat as I can get it, and have had niggling doubts about the freeze-dried cultures I began to use early on. Each is a specific strain or small collection of strains of bacteria that develop particular flavours and textures and most cheesemaking books, even for the amateur, will call for certain com-

binations for each cheese.

My self-sufficiency nerd has wailed, but what if that culture is no longer available? What then? And the inevitable question arises, what did people do before they could go on the internet and order up a package of freeze dried mesophilic bacteria?

So far my only responses have been to use old bits of cheese to inoculate new batches (with some, albeit limited, success), or to scrape the inside of other people’s cheese-forms when they aren’t looking. That approach is going to require more field trips than I can afford if I want to seriously diversify.

Well, my angst has been resolved courtesy of David Asher, guerilla cheesemaker, who visited the Yukon a few weeks ago.

To back up a bit, cheese happens when milk essentially “goes off” in the right sort of way; meaning it achieves the conditions that favour a certain contingent of the microbiotic community already

present in raw milk, or added in to pasteurised milk.

Asher is a proponent of using kefir (a type of symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast that live as a glob suspended in its feeding medium, milk) to de-pasteurise or enliven store-bought milk. The finished product is similar to yogurt, the main functional difference being that the culture responsible for the transformation is not eaten with the final product, but instead the kefir grains are removed and added to fresh milk to continue their transformative work.

The cool thing that was news to me is that there are so many different organisms within the kefir grain that, by varying the conditions, Asher has been able to replicate the entire cheese using this one starter culture. A culture that Asher proudly assures his students descends from the grains discovered in central Asia thousands of years of ago – beats our centenarian sourdoughs by a fair shot!

Asher gave an evening workshop in Mount Lorne during his Yukon visit as a precursor to a fullweekend event in Dawson City, and both were well-attended.

Every participant in either course I’ve spoken to since has been inspired by the cheesemaker, whose mild manner of speaking belies a passionate conviction in the need to reclaim our food traditions. I certainly feel better equipped to carry on my experiments.

I am particularly looking forward to continuing my exploration of aging cheese - friends ask how I can stand to wait instead of gobbling up each cheese as soon as I make it, but I seem to have the opposite problem. I am so curious to see what will happen next (I’m not a very goal-oriented cheesemaker), that I am likely to do no more than nibble on the way because I want to discover what the six-month old cheese tastes like at a year!

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The CypherFest Schedule Wednesday, July 13: Kickoff event at The Old Firehall at 7:00 p.m. featuring local MC’s and DJ’s - $12 Friday and Saturday, July 15/16: Freestyle urban and breaking battles at the wharf from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on both days - Free

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or the sixth year in a row, Breakdancing Yukon Society (BYS) is inviting professional and aspiring dancers from across Canada for a weekend of performances, dance battles and workshops.

This year they are bringing up two renowned dance groups to the Yukon for the festival: OURO Collective and Tentacle Tribe.

OURO is a dance collective located in Vancouver consisting of six dancers with diverse dance backgrounds, ranging from hip-hop to contemporary. The members are Cristina Bucci, Dean Placzek, Maiko Miyauchi, Mark Siller, Antonio Somera Jr., and Rina Pellerin.

Since forming in 2014, OURO has performed all across Canada.

Tentacle Tribe is a Quebecbased dance duo. Elon Hoglund and Emmanuelle Le Phan have experience in almost every form of dance. Both members have performed for and with prestigious companies such as Cirque De Soleil.

BYS also contracted local dance group Borealis Soul (boSo) to perform in the festival’s main show on July 17 at 6 p.m. Every dancer is

from the Yukon, making for a very strong sense of Northern identity that is expressed in the performances. Behind the scenes is allYukon as well; all of boSo’s musical and technical production is done by local artists.

CypherFest has been inspiring youth to start dancing since its debut in 2011.

BYS’s artistic director Andrea Simpson-Fowler is thrilled about the positive growth the festival has sparked in the community.

“More and more kids — teenagers — want to start breakdancing or do hip-hop after they see or hear about CypherFest,” she explained, “this is great because it often means that they’re funneling their energies towards the creation of art and community. And that’s the point—to build community.”

Colton Blackjack is a 15-yearold self-taught b-boy from Pelly Crossing. He says his first breakdancing experience was at the 2011 CypherFest. “I’m excited for this year’s CypherFest. It’s such a great opportunity.”

The Yukon dance scene has grown over the past decade; lo-

Sunday, July 17: CypherFest matinee show at 3 p.m. and main show at 6 p.m at the Yukon Arts Centre. Featuring boSo, Tentacle Tribe, and OURO. -Matinee: Adult $15 Youth $10 -Main: Adult $20 Youth $15

cal dance alumni have gone on to win awards at the national and international level, perform at the Much Music Video Awards and Juno Awards, and blaze a trail from the north to the south for aspiring young dancers.

Simpson-Fowler says CypherFest is a testament to how far dance in the Yukon has come.

“When I moved here, no one was dancing. The fact that we can host such a great dance festival shows the growth of the Whitehorse dance community.”

If you want to see some incredible young dancers and support the vibrant local dance community, going to this dance festival is a great way to do that.

Check out the CypherFest 2016 event page on Facebook. Tickets are available at Arts Underground, the Yukon Arts Centre and at YukonTickets.com.

Colton Blackjack busts a move at a showcasåe event at Shipyard’s Park

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A Family Tradition

Making oil at the Family Hooligan Camp near Haines, Alaska

by Paul Rath

W

hen the hooligan are running, the rivers and harbour In Haines, Alaska host a fiesta of wildlife that congregate to feed on this little fish that First Nations prize for its high fat content. Sea gulls, eagles, sea lions and even whales feast on the bounty when it arrives.

For generations, the local Tlingit people have harvested hooligan and rendered the oil. The Family Hooligan Camp is the place where the fish are rendered into hooligan oil, also known as hooligan grease.

Jason, who prefers not to share his last name, has a reputation for being good at catching hooligan.

He usually uses a throw net to catch hooligan and every year he brings the fish to the Family Hooligan Camp to be rendered.

The camp is situated on the bank of the Chilkat River, not far from Haines. A metal tub with a drain, called a cooker, is strategically placed near the water’s edge and above a fire pit. The fire pit is open on the water side. To raise the temperature of the water more wood is added. To reduce the heat, burning logs are removed.

Above the cooker, a makeshift shelter has been erected to keep those involved in the process dry.

A campfire, which produces more smoke than heat, sits to the left of the cooker. The air is heavy with the pungent aroma of the aging fish wafting up from the pit.

When asked if the hooligan season is over, Martin Willard, a Tlingit Elder who has lived in the area his whole life, says: “Hooligan are

still in the river, but everyone has their pits full.”

Willard, together with Viva Landry, her husband Dave Landry and Jason are tending the cooker, rendering the hooligan oil.

Once caught, the fish are transferred to a pit lined with tarps, where they are aged from five to seven days.

“The longer the hooligan are in the pit, the stronger the flavour,” says Viva, “and the darker the oil.”

In order to render hooligan oil from the fish, the cooker is first filled with water, and heated.

When the water is warm, but cool enough to put your finger into, the hooligan are added from the pit. The hooligan are loaded into a wheelbarrow with a snow shovel and taken to the cooker to be sim-

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Hooligan agining in the pit

mered slowly.

Dave uses a rake to help break the hooligan down so the oil is released. Steam rises from the cooker. When Dave brings up the rake, it looks like he is making fish stew.

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A Family Tradition... cont’d or more from start to finish for each batch. Three wheelbarrows of fish will produce about five gallons of oil. Dave and Jason are at the cooker, ever watchful for signs of boiling.

Skimming is the critical step in oil collection. A board is moved slowly across the top of the cooker from one end to the other. The oil is captured at one end, and then carefully dipped out and filtered through a strainer and cheesecloth into a bucket.

Bears can be a problem. The pungent aroma of aging fish is an irresistible temptation to bears who have only recently emerged from their dens, hungry from their long sleep.

The oil is divided among those who supply the sweat equity in producing it. It is left to settle in the bucket for two days, then placed in jars and stored in the freezer. The oil can be stored indefinitely.

This method of gathering the oil has been passed down from generation to generation.

“If you ask 18 Tlingit how to make hooligan oil, you will get 18 different answers,” Willard says.

“The end result is the same, but the steps to get there are slightly different.”

Hooligan oil is used as as a condiment, flavour enhancer, medicine, traded, given as gifts and used for ceremonial purposes.

Willard likes to add a little oil to the pot when cooking salmon as a flavour enhancer. He also likes to take dried fish and dip it into hooligan oil. Willard, who looks young for his age, claims hooligan oil is responsible. Is hooligan oil the elusive fountain of youth?

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Paul Rath is a freelance writer, who lives on the Haines Highway.

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Fri, Jul, 8, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Aquafit 12:00 pm Dawson City Pool Fri, Jul, 8, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre

Fri, Jul, 8, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Sat, Jul, 9, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Sat, Jul, 9, Painting 1:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat, Jul, 9, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Jul, 10, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Sun, Jul, 10, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 am St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Jul, 11, Public Swim Dawson City Pool 3:305:00 And 6:00 - 8:00 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Mon, Jul, 11, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Mon, Jul, 11, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Aquafit 12:00 pm Dawson City Pool Mon, Jul, 11, Men’s Golf Night 5:00 pm Dawson City Golf Course Stop in anytime after 5pm Tue, Jul, 12, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Tue, Jul, 12, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Tue, Jul, 12, Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 pm Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions.

Tue, Jul, 12, The Olympic Symphonium with the Honey Tree Evil Eyes 7:30 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture See The Olympic Symphonium live at KIAC’s ballroom, moody music, beautiful harmonies and lush soundscapes.

Wed, Jul, 13, Public Swim Dawson City Pool 3:30-5:00 And 6:00 - 8:00 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Wed, Jul, 13, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Wed, Jul, 13, Aquafit 12:00 pm Dawson City Pool Wed, Jul, 13, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Jul, 14, Ladies Golf Day Dawson City Golf Course All day is ladies day Thu, Jul, 14, Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight Thu, Jul, 14, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 pm Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Jul, 14, Art Show: Opening Night Confluence: Fluo 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Fluō explores our relationship with water in a fantastical way. Lindsey Tyne Johnson is a preschool teacher, writer, podcaster and artist living in Dawson City. Lindsey also performs slam poetry and bad ukulele covers on the side.

Her podcast, That Time I Slept Naked Under the Apocalypse is available on iTunes.

Thu, Jul, 14, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe

FARO Until Wed, Aug, 31, Faro Art Show Anvil Range Arts Society Open Daily 1-5 Local artists’ ware on display and for sale Tuesdays - Saturdays Faro Public Swim Hours: Tues-Fri 4-6, Sat 3-5 at the Faro Pool Thu, Jul, 7, Fireside Chat and Bocce Tournament 5:30 pm Campbell Region Interpretive Center Free BBQ, Fun Bocce Ball Tournament for people of all ages ($5) Sun, Jul, 10, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 am Church of Apostles Sun, Jul, 10, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 am Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Wed, Jul, 13, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jul, 13, Faro Market 4:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre 867-994-2728 Ext 5 Handmade crafts and art, garden grown produce, and homemade baked products Wed, Jul, 13, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Jul, 14, Environment Club 3:45 pm Del Van Gorder School

HAINES JUNCTION Daily Shakwak Pool - Family Swim 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Daily Shakwak Pool - Lane Swim 7:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Daily Shakwak Pool - Public Swim 6:00 pm Haines Junction Community Centre Also Open for the public Daily 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Thu, Jul, 7, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Thu, Jul, 7, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Jul, 7, Tone & Stretch 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 7, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Jul, 7, YOGA 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 7, Open Mic 7:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Fri, Jul, 8, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Fri, Jul, 8, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Fri, Jul, 8, Jammin Salmon: Claire Ness 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli 634-2867 Take in the fresh mountain air and gorgeous scenery while enjoying our summer line up of Yukon Musicians Sun, Jul, 10, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 am St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Jul, 11, Speed Control - Youth music workshop St Elias Convention Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Pilates Mat 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Mon, Jul, 11, Get Up And Go Yoga 2:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Mon, Jul, 11, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Mon, Jul, 11, YOGA 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Tue, Jul, 12, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Tue, Jul, 12, YOGA 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Tue, Jul, 12, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Tone & Stretch 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Tue, Jul, 12, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed, Jul, 13, YOGA 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Wed, Jul, 13, Haines Junction Community Market 4:00 pm Church of Our Lady of the Way 867-3359769 Local growers, bakers, crafters and more gather together to sell their wares Wed, Jul, 13, Junction Open Mic Night 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Wed, Jul, 13, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Jul, 14, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Thu, Jul, 14, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Jul, 14, Tone & Stretch 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 14, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Jul, 14, YOGA 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 14, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School

KENO CITY Sun, Jul, 10, Keno Hill Alpine Adventure 10:00 am Keno Alpine Interpretive Centre Bring Lunch, water, and dress to the weather.

MARSH LAKE Fri, Jul, 8, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jul, 9, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jul, 10, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jul, 12, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies. C’mon down!

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Tue, Jul, 12, Local Advisory Council 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

MAYO Sun, Jul, 10, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 am St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Jul, 12, Youth of the Peel BBQ Send Off 5:30 pm NND Government House Youth Of The Peel are about to launch the first trip of their new mentor-ship program! Come join as us we send them off on their incredible journey this summer.

Tue, Jul, 12, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE

Fri, Jul, 8, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sun, Jul, 10, Mt. Lorne Growers Group 1:00 pm Wheaton River Gardens 667-7083 A seasonal approach to gardening skills that will help you grow food. To register, contact Agnes 667-7083 or Email lmca@northwestel.net

OLD CROW

Thu, Jul, 7, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Sun, Jul, 10, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 am St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Jul, 14, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

TESLIN Sat, Jul, 9, Teslin Youth Club (Gr 7-12) 8:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jul, 10, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 am Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Jul, 10, St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 am St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Sun, Jul, 10, Public Skate 2:00 pm Teslin Rec Center

WATSON LAKE Thu, Jul, 7, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Sat, Jul, 9, Watson Lake Farmers Market 12:00 pm Wye Lake Park Crafts, baking, local produce,

HAINES

Daily Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM. No Swim Sundays Mon-Thu Haines Public Library Open 10:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Haines Borough Public Library Hours: Mon-Thu 10-9 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/ Sun 12:30-4:30 | 766-2545 Mondays/Wednesdays/ Fridays Totem Pole Carving 10:00 am Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Thu, Jul, 7, Morning Muscles 6:00 am Haines Community Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 pm Haines Community Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 am Haines Community Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 am Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jul, 8, Water Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Community Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 am Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jul, 8, Story time 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jul, 8, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 pm Haines Community Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 pm Haines Community Centre Sat, Jul, 9, Zumba Toning 10:00 am Haines Community Centre Sat, Jul, 9, Haines Alaska Farmers Market 10:00 am Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) Check out the organic produce, local art and clothing, homemade baked goods and specialty products.

Sat, Jul, 9, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 pm Haines Community Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 am Haines Community Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Water Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Community Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Jul, 11, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 am Haines Community Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 pm Haines Community Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 pm Haines Community Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Morning Muscles 6:00 am Haines Community Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Senior Swim 10:00 am Haines Community Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 pm Haines Senior Center Tue, Jul, 12, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 pm Haines Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 am Haines Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Water Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 am Haines Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Guys Yoga 5:00 pm Haines Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 pm Haines Community Centre Thu, Jul, 14, Morning Muscles 6:00 am Haines Community Centre Thu, Jul, 14, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 pm Haines Community Centre

Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church

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Thu, Jul, 7, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sat, Jul, 9, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

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Tue, Jul, 12, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Jul, 13, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

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food vendors, home based businesses, and lots of fun to be had by everyone.

Sun, Jul, 10, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 am St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Jul, 10, Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 am The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly!

Mon, Jul, 11, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jul, 14, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jul, 7, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Jul, 7, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 7, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Spinning w/ Dena 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jul, 8, Dance Dance Dance Night at the Red Onion Saloon 9:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Dance dance dance, shake it, boogie until you can’t, dance at the Red Onion Saloon Sat, Jul, 9, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Sat, Jul, 9, Skagway Garden City Market 11:00 am Elks Lodge Skagway Skagway Products: Jewellery, Hot Sauce, Candles, Spices, Lip Balms & Salves and more!

Sat, Jul, 9, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jul, 9, Volleyball For Adults 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jul, 10, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Mon, Jul, 11, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 10:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jul, 11, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Jul, 11, Roller Hockey For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jul, 11, Windy Valley Boys 7:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Tue, Jul, 12, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Back/Hip Yoga with Myofascial Release and Acupressure 10:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue, Jul, 12, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jul, 12, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jul, 13, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jul, 13, Humpday 4:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Great BIG Pizza Wednesday nights.

Wed, Jul, 13, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Jul, 13, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Thu, Jul, 14, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 14, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Jul, 14, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 14, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 14, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 7, JoJo and the Band 6:00 pm Skagway Brewing Co. 907-983-2739 JoJo and the band perform live, come for the music and grab a bite!

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en years ago husband and wife Dan and Jenna Misener were at Jenna’s parents’ house for Christmas. The couple was in Jenna’s room, going through a box of childhood memorabilia. They found her diary.

They spent the day reading entries aloud to each other.

It inspired them.

Back in Toronto, the Miseners booked a bar. They invited friends to dig up things they wrote as kids.

Their friends responded. They read childhood writings aloud to each other in public, at the bar.

Since then, the Miseners haven’t stopped. For 10 years they’ve traveled around Canada, booking spaces – like bars, or The Old Firehall – and inviting Canadians to read things they wrote as kids.

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids will be in Whitehorse on July 12. At, you guessed it, The Old Firehall. Dan Misener says they’ve always wanted to come to Whitehorse, but “it’s a long way away.”

Misener is from Halifax and lives in Toronto. “Anywhere in western Canada, especially north western Canada, is far,” he says over the phone from Toronto.

Furthermore, Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is a hobby for the Miseners. A passion.

Through an email, Dan says he and Jenna work day jobs as they tour.

“We’re an indie production, and the show travels on its own dime.”

They tour year-round. The

shows run almost exclusively on evenings and weekends. “It’s a great way to see the country,” says Misener.

At the time of the interview on June 15, Misener said they were still accepting applications from Yukoners who want to read. They want as many applications as possible, because they weed them out, keeping the most varied forms of writing.

“After awhile, all entries by teen girls sound the same,” says Misener.

That isn’t to disuade women with writings from their teenage years to apply. But they want more. Boys’ diary entries, people who aren’t sure what gender they are (were)’s diary entries, book reports, science labs, letters, love notes, notes passed in school, confessions to self, rules to a secret club, political treatises, writing from six or seven-year-olds, poetry, novels – the more variety, the better.

Readers have five minutes.

The readings are recorded, and some of them make it onto a podcast of the same name. These readings are edited down to less than five minutes, and chosen, again, based on variety.

After 10 years of touring Canada, listening to grownups read aloud things they wrote as kids to crowds of people, one on top of Misener’s mind was read recently.

A 94-year-old man got on stage and read a letter he wrote home from camp – a historical docu-

ment. It was replete with fart jokes. Misener said the crowd was in stitches.

“The letter was written in the ‘30s,” he says.

To Misener, it just goes to show, “a fart joke is a fart joke is a fart joke.” They transcend generations. Listening to grown ups read things as kids across Canada, summer after summer, isn’t monotonous, says Misener. That’s why they keep doing it.

And, crowds pack into venues to listen to the readings. Misener says they are a form of authenticity that people crave. “Nobody is hiding behind anything.”

People get on stage and read things that, for the most part, weren’t meant to be read by anyone, or at least, weren’t meant to be shared widely. It’s intimate.

And it takes a form of bravery that “sharing” doesn’t require in this, the era of social media.

Misener encourages Yukoners to pull out childhood boxes and dig up old pieces of writing.

“Or call your parents, get them to send things to you,” he says.

Go to www.GrownUpsReadThingsTheyWroteasKids.com to sign up to read in Whitehorse and see a summary and history of the event, much like the one written here, but by Dan Misener.

Meagan Deuling is the interim editor of What’s Up Yukon.

Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.

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A Music Scene Darling

The Whitewater Wednesday Jam celebrates its 20th Anniversary (July 13-15 at Epic Pizza)

by Kim Beggs

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he music scene in Whitehorse is really something. Full of fresh, creative musical sounds that come straight from the heart and soul of artists who discovered their own voices inside the warmth of their homes in the dead of winter. The diving board for many of these discoveries is Peggy Hanifan and her Wednesday open mic jams. She has been instrumental in setting the stage and welcoming these musicians to express themselves.

Twenty years ago Peggy Hanifan hosted her first jam in Whitehorse. It started at the Kopper King in 1996, but when it moved to the Backwater Lounge (previously The Regina Hotel Lounge), that is when it got its name, Whitewater Wednesday Jam. While Hanifan had worked with others to host the jam, it was the collaboration with Barry Jack Jenkins that allowed her to continue to set the stage for Yukon music.

“He and I met and fell in love 16 years ago and he’s been a huge part of the jam ever since,” she says. “He sets us up and tears us down and makes us sound good each and every week.”

The couple welcomes all who come out for the WW Jam, but Hanifan is definitely the sparkle.

She is silver and diamonds, outgoing and supportive beyond belief. She makes you feel special, no matter what.

Many musicians got their start

arrived up north a few short years ago says, “Peggy has become my Yukon mom in a sense. Supportive of any and all music I’ve brought to her jam.”

I’d like to thank Peggy Hanifan for welcoming me to the stage the summer of 2000 when I finally got up the guts to play. Since then I have recorded seven albums and been blessed with several Canadian Folk Music and Western Canadian Music Award nominees. Thanks Peggy!

Hanifan herself has been writing songs since the age of 11. She’s performed a bit in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, but it was Whitehorse that really brought her music to life. She is super-talanted and a true inspiration to any PHOTO: by Alistar Maitland Photography artist.

“I have a full and happy life Here are just some of the fabulous musicians who have been playing at WWJams in the last 20 years here at my Yukon home and just hosting the WW Jam each week keeps me content and satisfied ... or their chops at WW Jams. I initially-timid Yukon musicians into wrote was, “Whitewater Jam”. I “For now,” Hanifan says. reached out to several songwrit- confident national and internation- recorded it on my first record in She has no concrete plans to reers, here is what some of them had al touring and recording artists 2004. Thanks Peggy for taking me cord, but she’d love to. There’ve to say about the influence Hanifan -The rock polisher for those Yukon past, “Angel from Montgomery”. been a few ideas tossed her way.

Juno Award nominee and taland WW Jams had on their musical diamonds in the rough.”

The 20th anniversay celebraGordie Tentrees, a celebrated ented Yukon recording artist Anne tion for Whitewater Wednesday careers.

Canadian Folk Music and West- Yukon recording artist who tours Louise Genest has this to say, “The Jam will be place from July 13 ern Canadian Music Award nom- the world, and who has six albums Whitewater Wednesday open stage 15, 2016 at Epic Pizza in Riverdale, inee and Yukon recording artist to his name, wrote, “Peggy was was a huge part of my early starting at 7pm each night. You can development as a performer. It sign up for a performance slot by Natalie Edelson with three albums the first person to clap for me in released, wrote in her testimonial public. I returned every Wednes- was so great to have a stage that contacting WW JamFest event on about WWJams, “Whitewater Wed- day for nearly 2 years straight with was open to anyone who wanted to facebook. nesday has been one of those key the goal of learning more songs get up and play.”

Paris Vagabond, an up-andmusic hothouse venues that have to play and really started writing.

Kim Beggs is a Yukon recording been instrumental in transforming Coincidentally the first song I ever coming talented Yukon star who artist.

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