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he way some people talk, you’d think farmers’ markets were a recent invention by eco-conscious millennials spurred to action by reading a book about the 100-mile diet.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

People have been hauling their goods to communal selling and trading places ever since humankind began the transition from hunting and foraging to sustain the clan, to poking seeds into the dirt to see what would come up.

For untold centuries, the market square has been one of the defining features of civilization on every continent, with the possible exception of Antarctica.

The very day after some longforgotten Hamid spread his collection of fresh figs under a tree for his neighbours to admire, his friend Ali was there with a rack of lamb, or a skinful of goat’s milk to trade for them.

So it has been throughout the ages. Long before super stores, or even Superstores, those who tended herds, tilled the soil, or farmed the ocean depths, have

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Once the countryside became networked with roads, enterprising producers started hawking their bounty from door to door, or set up kiosks at their own farm gates. Others invited townies to pick what they wanted straight from the fields, for a price.

Is it my imagination, or is the concept of farm-fresh undergoing a renaissance among generations of North Americans who were brought up to believe food was something that emerged from a freezer, or came already wrapped in Styrofoam and cling film?

In an era when bok choy from China is as readily available yearround as bananas from Ecuador, what’s behind the pull to the community market? Is it the foodies’ demand for fresher taste? An altruistic effort to preserve the environment while supporting the local economy?

Is it the influence of newcomers from lands where daily market-browsing is the norm? Is it a desire to know more about what

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we’re shoveling into our families’ mouths, and about those who produce or process it?

Does it matter if the answer is all of the above, none of the above, or some of the above?

Community markets are just, plain swell.

Personally, I’m not that drawn to hand-carved wind chimes, crocheted hats, designer soap, or polished stones painted with happy faces.

And mouth-watering though they may be, I can usually resist other people’s pies and preserves in favour of making my own.

But I’m glad they’re there.

And I’m thrilled that whole families get up before dawn on market day just to bring me their freshest berries, rutabagas, pickling cukes and lacey dill.

Now, can you please hurry up with that next truckload of sweet corn?

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Slap on a Hat, Slip into this Book

A review of This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

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very summer, Rose and her family pack up and head to their cottage in Awago Beach. There, the long days melt into lake swims and beach fires, counting stars, five-cent candies, watching movies and running around with her summer-sister, Windy.

It’s summertime, and the living is easy, right?

But this year something feels off. In the young adult graphic novel This One Summer, published in 2014, cousins and co-authors, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, depict the season where Rose and Windy start to mature out of childhood, and find it’s not always smooth sailing. Jillian and Mariko are both Canadian. Jillian lives in Toronto and Mariko now lives in Oakland, California.

Beautifully illustrated and bittersweet, the authors conjure a youthful summer holiday in the book’s pages and brilliantly convey the humour and discomfort that accompanies the journey of growing up.

This year’s visit to Awago Beach is palpably tense: Rose’s mom is in fickle and irritable moods, her parents are always fighting and things aren’t as easy as they used to be.

Rose finds solace in the company of her dear chum, Windy, but when the two girls get caught up in an unfolding teenage drama in the small town, a mixture of confusing feelings come with it. The teenagers are cool, aloof and up

to interesting (and from an adult perspective, no-good) teenager things.

As the young girls start on the path of adolescence, they imagine the future and compare boob sizes amidst frequent visits to the corner store where a crush on the boy who works there feeds Rose’s emotional turmoil.

Part of growing up is becoming more aware of other people and your relation to them. As Rose and Windy become more observant of their surroundings, we see them awkwardly relinquish some of the blissful ignorance of their youth.

A terrific part about the novel is how the authors reach their young audience by assuming a level of emotional intelligence. Young adult fiction walks a fine boundary between being too childish or too uncouth, both which would alienate their audience. Some may see the profanity and topics as too mature for young adults (in fact it was banned from libraries in Minnesota and Florida last year due to some of the content). However, This One Summer is written in such an accepting way that it enables a young reader to safely approach the subject matter —

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one of the many wonderful things about storytelling! And it is precisely this expectation of preexisting knowledge — in language and social know-what — that makes the novel such a compatible and sympathetic read for adolescents.

Also, because summer holds a type of warm nostalgia for all of us, pairing the season with the discomfort of growing up makes This One Summer an enjoyable (though more sentimental) read for adults, too.

From reviews in the New York Times to winning a Governor General’s Literary Award in 2014, This One Summer garnered international praise upon its release.

And it’s easy to see why: honest, sweet and relatable, and with gorgeous illustrations, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki created a stirring graphic novel and something that will be continuously enjoyed for many years to come.

This One Summer was published in 2014. While the Yukon Public Library does not have a copy of this book, other graphic novels by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki can be found at the library, including: SuperMutant Magic Academy (Jillian Tamaki, 2015); Indoor Voice (Jillian Tamaki, 2011); and Skim (Mariko Tamaki, 2008).

Vanessa Ratjen is a reader and a writer. She’s done both in Nova Scotia, the Yukon, and on Vancouver Island, where she currently resides in a yurt.

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eather Newman graduated from high school in 2007 from Robina State High School on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Not exactly in 2009 and definitely not in Whitehorse.

All the Whitehorse kids from the class of 2009 seem to be busy this summer; as I haven’t been running into any of them lately. Some might just be in Australia!

Instead, I ran into Heather, and as she looked around 25, the same age as the kids from the class of 2009 in Whitehorse, I asked her for an interview and she accepted.

Heather is 27 and she is spending a year in the Yukon, as part of a two-year working visa. She is working at Otter Falls Restaurant on the Alaska Highway where she is the front-end person.

At the restaurant, I ordered poutine and in between Heather’s other clients we talked, also engaging the Texans who happened to be dining there. After high school, Heather went to work in retail: a Dollar Store and its Australian variations; Stacks and the Reject Store. In Australia, they call these sorts of stores Cheap Shops.

Heather loves Queensland. The area she grew up in, she says, is very beautiful. Queensland is not only how we imagine Australia, but there is also a beautiful rain forest close by: the Daintree Rainforest in tropical northern Queensland.

And closer by, she lived just one and a half hour drive away from the famous Australia Zoo, “home of the crocodile hunter” Steve Irwin, who was a nature expert famous for his and his wife’s wildlife documentaries.

(You might remember his tragic death in 2006, which occurred while he was making an underwater documentary.)

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finally decided to use my tax refund that I had coming, to come over here and do the working holiday that I had wanted to do for the last couple of years.

I finally was able to achieve that.

“Awesome! And last winter was my first ever white Christmas and it was amazing.”

That white Christmas was in Jasper. Back in November 2016, Heather started her two years in Canada.

Heather found a job in Jasper at Marmot Basin Ski Resort.

And after the ski season was over in April 2017 she came to the Yukon.

She didn’t manage to learn to downhill ski when PHOTO: Jozien Keijzer she was in Jasper. “I did attempt to ski, I just was not good at it and I fell over a lot.” she laughs. “I want to try again Heather Newman graduated this winter.” from high school in 2007 So if you don’t make it out to from Robina State High Otter Falls this summer you might School on the Gold Coast in run into Heather in the winter at Mount Sima. It’s one of her goals Queensland, Australia. To to learn to ski properly before refinish off her two years in turning to Australia.

Canada, Heather will travel As I was eating my poutine, I across Canada next April asked her about Canadian food.

She misses Australian lamb chops, she said. For meat, she said that she grew up on lamb, beef and back to school, trying business ad- kangaroo burgers.

On advice from a colleague in ministration and later veterinary nursing. However, she realized Jasper, she will wait to try poutine that school was just not for her. until she is in Montreal… Looking Instead, she liked travelling and at my poutine, it made me wonder made money so she could afford what I am missing out on.

To finish off her two years in to go on cruises. She particularly loved one cruise she took to New Canada, Heather will travel across Caledonia, which is a most beauti- Canada next April. She says, “I’ve ful group of Islands in the South met so many amazing people in Pacific with blue lagoons, sandy my time here in Canada and made many great friends that I hope will beaches and palm trees.

So why relocate to Canada, be lasting friendships. And when you may wonder. “I was working I travel before I head home, I’m my last job back home at a theme hoping to catch up with my new park called Movie World. I left friends.” that job about six months before coming to Canada,” Heather told Jozien Keijzer is a visual artist, writer and avid hiker who lives me. “I just couldn’t find a job and in the Mendenhall Subdivision. after trying for a few months, I

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Gertie’s Begins with a Losing Streak

Part Two

Doug Sack’s experience as pit boss for Diamond Tooth Gertie’s Gambling Hall when it first opened in 1972

by Doug Sack

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f anyone ever tries to tell you the first legal casino in Canadian history – Dawson City’s fabled Diamond Tooth Gertie’s Gambling Hall – was a raging success from the moment the doors first opened in June, 1972, perhaps you should clip and save this article to correct that historical distortion of the truth.

In fact, Gertie’s started on a regrettable losing streak caused by a poor decision that almost ended Canada’s experiment with legalized gambling before it got off the ground. I know because I was her first pit boss, witnessed it all from the box seats and have never forgotten how quickly it all went wrong.

On opening night, under Las Vegas instructor Bob Busey, 20 of us went from students attending dealer school to professional casino employees. Busey then began the second half of his six-week contract which tasked him with getting the legalized gambling part of Gertie’s from a concept to a reality. My new position, pit boss-in-training, made me his assistant in that endeavor and all that entailed, which was considerable.

I still spelled off dealers going on break to keep my card shuffling polished, but my main job was watching how Busey handled the pit and players. It was an on-thejob-training crash course before his contract was finished and I was left on my own for the rest of the season.

Things began grandly. Opening night was a smashing success. The six drop boxes were full of cash – mostly American – at the end of the night and the staff and crew partied until 4 a.m. while custodian Les Butterworth good-naturedly cleaned

the place up around us.

We had done it! Legalized gambling had come to Canada and the Klondike and it couldn’t have gone smoother. The gamblers were a mix of eager locals, happy tourists and partying asbestos miners from nearby Clinton Creek, who behaved like Klondike miners of ‘98 in town from the creeks loaded with gold.

When Busey and I counted the night’s take, not including the front door and bar sales, and took the money down to CIBC’s night deposit, there were five figures in the pouch, but I won’t publish the exact amount.

Suffice to say it exceeded the board of directors expectations by about double.

In fact, the whole first week went that way and it was looking like the experiment was going to be a smashing success as I continued my pit boss tutelage under the direction of Busey, who was surprised and pleased at the kind of money the blackjack pit was generating.

The whole thing was quite exciting and even humorous at times as this yarn depicts. Prior to opening, the Klondike Visitors Association had distributed posters up and down the full length of the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks announcing the inaugural season of Canada’s first casino and listed all the various games offered, including “Strip Darts”. We had all noticed that on the poster, but thought nothing of

it until tourists starting rolling in from everywhere asking what time the Strip Darts show began. Of course, there was no such thing.

It was just something somebody tacked on the posters probably as a gag, but it certainly resonated with the travelling public.

In my own mind’s eye, I couldn’t even imagine what Strip Darts would be like and we never did learn who put it on the posters. It’s still a mystery to this day.

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there was a rumour floating around that the board, comprised of highly respected Dawsonites, was considering drastic measures to increase the gambling income.

One of the ideas was to take the players’ money on a “push” (tie between player and dealer), which astonished Busey.

“If they do that it’ll destroy the casino,” Busey told me before he left. “One hand in 10 is a push. If they collect pushes, the house’s blackjack advantage will jump from two to four per cent to 12 to 14 per cent and nobody in their right mind will sit down at a table and play against those odds.”

But that’s exactly what the board did almost as soon as Busey’s plane was off the ground.

I recall walking out of the board meeting with surprise, but unknowing to how angry the decision would make our customers. The local players were furious. The tourists, all Las Vegas veterans, just laughed, boycotted the tables and enjoyed the cancan shows. The asbestos miners who hoped to get rich and quit their jobs wanted to fight as soon as they got drunk and lost a push.

It got so bad I started bringing a baseball bat into the pits, but never used it. My job changed dramatically from card shuffler

“Nobody in their right mind will sit down at a table and play against those odds.” ginning as Canada’s first legal pit boss.

After the big profits of the first week, the second was only half that, but still good, and the third as Busey finished his contract was half again, below what the board determined to be the break even point. This caused them to sweat because they had taken out loans to get the place open and had a fairly hefty payroll to deal with.

As Busey was packing his bags and handing the pit over to me,

to bouncer, not a good occupation for a guy who recently returned from a 13-month combat tour of duty with daily death counts.

Motivated by self-preservation I recommended my best dealer, Curt Davis, to replace me in the pits and I moved to Grand Forks, at the confluence of Eldorado and Upper Bonanza creeks, to mine gold with Art Fry and operate a 980B Caterpillar loader.

I couldn’t get out of the casino fast enough, which was then temporarily being called Rotten Tooth Gertie’s and Dirty Gertie’s and have never been anything but a customer and disinterested ex-employee since the infamous “Push Decision”.

I can’t even tell you what happened next or how the board corrected their mistake and made the place the great success it has become. Someone else will have to write that story.

This one certainly doesn’t show up on their website under the history tag, but why should it? I heard Curt Davis threatened a full scale strike by all employees if the board didn’t rescind the Push Decision, but I cannot verify that because he committed suicide a year or two later.

Diamond Tooth Gertie’s is a great Yukon success story, but it had to work hard to get there.

And that is the truth.

Doug Sack, 70, is the editor of Sourdough Chronicle, the quadannual newsletter of the Yukon Council on Aging (YCOA).

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Yukon Women in Mining

The future is shiny and bright for Yukon women and youth

by Jessica Simon

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ukon Women in Mining wants to raise the profile of mining as a vibrant career option, especially for Yukon women and youth. To do that in May they launched the Experiential Extravaganza in three Yukon communities.

Over 30 representatives from 20 companies built a travelling exploration camp in Pelly Crossing, Faro and Dawson City to host activities unique to projects active in the area.

“Activities have to be dynamic and engage all ages to connect with the mining industry,” says Lewis, chair and founder of Yukon Women in Mining.

“It was the most unique professional experience I’ve ever had,” she adds.

In Pelly Crossing, 200 school kids moved earth, smashed geodes and tested pH levels in water. That evening, Casino Mining Corporation hosted a community barbecue which drew in approximately 100 people.

“It was great to hear stories about ‘my uncle who used to work at Minto’ or ‘my kid’ who does now,” says Lewis.

The Faro camp featured such artisanal opportunities in mining as jewellery-making and soapstone carving workshops.

“One girl talked to every woman there,” Lewis says. “She was so keen to know about their experiences, the opportunities, and chances for advancement.”

Lastly, they arrived in Dawson City for the International Gold Show. It rained constantly, so Casino Mine donated ponchos.

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“All these kids from Robert Service School in bright green ponchos were running from tent to tent to do the activities,” Lewis recalls. “Kids brought their parents back on Saturday.”

Yukon Women in Mining also distributed Mining Matters teacher kits from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and trained teachers on how to use the resources and activities to inject local content into the curricula throughout the school year.

This is key for Lewis and why she founded the Yukon chapter of Women in Mining in 2012.

“I’m a born and raised Yukoner and at no point in my 12 years at school was mining mentioned as a possible career,” she says. “My parents worked in reclamation, my grandfather in tin mining and there’s this huge history that’s not in our schools.”

Lewis talked to representatives of International Women in Mining and recruited a group of founding directors. Project Coordinator Bonnie Dixon was among them.

“Women need to understand the opportunities in mining,” says Dixon. “There’s lots to do in this industry and potential to succeed.”

Coming in September and October, Yukon Women in Mining is hosting a speaker series of four breakfast talks, to culminate at the Yukon Geoscience Forum in November.

The chapter continues to develop their Champions program, establishing a network of Yukon mentors, trailblazers and role models for women looking to en-

PHOTOS: www.archbould.com, courtesy of Yukon Women in Mining (YukonWIM) ter the industry.

“Eira Thomas is a good example of a Yukon mining champion,” says Lewis of the former president and CEO of Kaminak Gold Corporation.

Thomas has hit pay dirt four times and is known in the industry as Canada’s “Queen of Diamonds.”

As part of Women in Mining Canada’s Ramp-Up initiative, Yukon Women in Mining is producing a series of short videos to help industry overcome barriers such as awareness of job potential and variety that the sector offers.

“We want Yukon women and youth to see mining offers a way to stay and play in the territory for life,” says Lewis.

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p Students and community members participate in Pelly Construction’s “Let’s Go Digging” activity during the Experiential Extravaganza in Pelly Crossing

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Thu, Aug, 31, Exhibition Opening The Builders Project 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A collaboration between Anthony DeLorenzo and Jenn Roberts that celebrates the dreamers and doers of Yukon mountain biking. appetizers and snacks provided, cash bar. Jenn and Anthony will say a few words about their work at 7:15pm.

Until Fri, Sep, 1, Exhibit for Created at the Canyon Northern Front Studio The finished artwork will be on display at the studio from August 2nd to September 1st. 668 5678 Until Thu, Sep, 28, Exhibition - The Builders Project Yukon Arts Centre A collaboration between Anthony DeLorenzo and Jenn Roberts that celebrates the dreamers and doers of Yukon mountain biking. The exhibition will run September 1st28th.

Until Sat, Sep, 30, Exhibit - Colin Alexander Arts Underground In this exhibit Colin Alexander takes the destructive power of fire and uses it to create. His paintbrush is a blowtorch and his pencils a series of tools to scratch and etch copper plates. On display until September 30th Until Sat, Sep, 30, Adaka Festival Exhibit Yukon Arts Centre In the Youth Gallery

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Wed, Aug, 30 Canyon Mountain 5:00 PM MacBride Museum Fivepiece band was the major force igniting the resurgence of acoustic country music in the Yukon in the past decade. Tickets are free with admission, free for members.Cash bar and barbeque available.

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Wed, Aug, 30 Crab Legs, Computer Class, Antarticus 8:30 PM The Beer Tasters’ Social House Thu, Aug, 31 Summer Concert Series - Hank Karr and the Canucks 5:00 PM MacBride Museum Fantastic music that you know and love.Cash bar and barbeque.Tickets are free with admission and free for members.

Thu, Aug, 31 Jam Night with Patrick Jacobson 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu, Aug, 31 Yukon Live Music Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians.

Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Fri, Sep, 1 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Sep, 1 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Sep, 1 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Sep, 2 Driftwood Holly Live on SS Klondike 7:00 PM S.S.Klondike Driftwood Holly and Hank Karr rock the S.S Klondike, for tickets call 3350342.

Sat, Sep, 2 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sun, Sep, 3 Open Mic Night 3:00 PM 98 Hotel Sun, Sep, 3 Ben Mahony 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sun, Sep, 3 Chip’n Aydee (of the Midnight Sons) 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn

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GENERAL EVENTS

Wed, Aug, 30, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Aug, 30, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 PM A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Aug, 30, James Boyle Host Trivia 7:00 PM Baked Cafe 8 rounds of multi-category of trivia, by our own James Boyle. Wine, beer, coffee, and food available. Prizes for winners.

Wed, Aug, 30, Chamber Choir Rehearsal 7:45 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Spring 2017 session for this auditioned a cappella choir for mixed voices, call, or email to schedule an audition or for more information. 667-7049 Wed, Aug, 30, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Aug, 31, Is Naloxone Enough?

12:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A discussion about the stigma of drug users and its relationship to the overdose crisis in Canada.

Snacks & light refreshments will be provided. Call 335-9067 for more information.

Thu, Aug, 31, Art Tasters Series Organic Vessels with Leslie Leong 1:30 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Please call 393-4848 and sign up to confirm your spot, or drop in and check it out.

Thu, Aug, 31, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Thu, Aug, 31, Ragtime Revue Dinner Theatre 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse A weekly revue featuring the ragtime stylings of two piano tornado. All dishes are served family style to your table, and includes coffee, tea and water Thu, Aug, 31, Canada 150 Sock Project 6:00 PM Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store For help learning to knit-crochet, help with already attempted socks, or just to hang out knitting or crocheting.

Call 334-6629 for more information.

Thu, Aug, 31, Chess Corner 6:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Chess played upstairs at the Library, beginners welcome, welcome to bring your own ‘lucky’ board. Everyone welcome to sit in on this game of strategy.

Thu, Aug, 31, Academic Success Boot Camp 7:00 PM Yukon College Learn a variety of tools and strategies to prepare for the upcoming college year, call 668-8720 for more information.

Thu, Aug, 31, Audio Arts Immersion Program 7:00 PM Shipyards Park Bi-weekly workshops where we will learn about different aspects of sound, history, techniques, as well as allow participants to discuss and work on their own projects. Call 457-2582 or email audioart@cjucfm.com for more info.

Thu, Aug, 31, Indigenous Amazon Storytelling and Music 7:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Visitors from the Ecuadorian Amazon share their culture, stories, songs and herbal tea. 604-401-1656

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Fri, Sep, 1, 10 Year Customer Appreciation 12:00 PM Shipyards Park Door prize for every 10th customer...the 100th and 200th customer can expect a very generous gift!

Fri, Sep, 1, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches 12:00 PM Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls for more information 633-7816.

All Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome!

Sat, Sep, 2, Canada 150 Sock Project 10:00 AM The Match Girl For help learning to knit-crochet, help with already attempted socks, or just to hang out knitting or crocheting.

Call 334-6629 for more information.

Sat, Sep, 2, Crib Tournament 6:15 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Crib tournaments every Saturday - Member and non-members welcome.

Sat, Sep, 2, Ladies Night 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sun, Sep, 3, Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Are you a wordy person, put your words to the test and join the Scrabble Club. Must be 19+ Sun, Sep, 3, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Noninstructed 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.

Sun, Sep, 3, Life Drawing Dropin 7:00 PM Arts Underground Life Drawing is every first Sunday of the Month and is non-instructional.

Andew Sharp is the host. A live model will pose each session. Cost is $5/ hour to help pay for the model.

Mon, Sep, 4, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you.

867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-6686280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Sep, 4, Labour Day Feed the People Barbeque 11:00 AM Shipyards Park We need VOLUNTEERS too! Call 667-2331 or email contact@yeu.ca to sing up and help! Bring a box of Mac N Cheese to add to our mass mountain of Mac N Cheese! All donations to the Whitehorse Food Bank will be gratefully accepted.

Mon, Sep, 4, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Mon, Sep, 4, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue, Sep, 5, Signature Tasting Series - Rums Revenge 5:00 PM Woodcutter’s Blanket Sample 8 new rums paired with appetizers with Jonathan Bray. Call 867-667-2000 for tickets Tue, Sep, 5, Intro to Ceramics/ Pottery - Tuesdays 7:00 PM Arts Underground To register, drop by Arts Underground or call 667-4080.

Tue, Sep, 5, Canada 150 Sock Project 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale For help learning to knit-crochet, help with already attempted socks, or just to hang out knitting or crocheting.

Call 334-6629 for more information.

Tue, Sep, 5, Signature Tasting Series - Rums Revenge 7:30 PM Woodcutter’s Blanket Sample 8 new rums paired with appetizers with Jonathan Bray. Call 867-667-2000 for tickets Wed, Sep, 6, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Sep, 6, Amazonian Beading Workshop with Beatriz Caiza 6:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre All materials provided, plus wayusa tea and stories from the jungle!

Wed, Sep, 6, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 PM A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Sep, 6, Intro to Ceramics/ Pottery - Wednesdays 7:00 PM Arts Underground To register, drop by Arts Underground or call 667-4080.

Wed, Sep, 6, The Trained Retrieve - Foundation Level 1 7:30 PM Top Dog Training Academy Call 3347924 or email jdnic07@gmail.com to register.

Wed, Sep, 6, Chamber Choir Rehearsal 7:45 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Spring 2017 session for this auditioned a cappella choir for mixed voices, call, or email to schedule an audition or for more information. 667-7049 Wed, Sep, 6, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room

KIDS & FAMILIES

Mondays - Friday Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30pm Saturdays 10-2pm.

Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome..

Thu, Aug, 31, Dusk’a Head-Start Monthly Luncheon 11:30 AM Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Please join us to celebrate our children’s success each month!

The food is GREAT, our salmon have hatched and the children will be signing a traditional Southern Tutchone song. All families are welcome - “It takes a community to raise a child” For more information call 393-3775 Thu, Aug, 31, Wildlife Viewing: Red Fish, Blue Fish! 6:30 PM Takhini Arena 867-667-8291 Fisheries biologists will lead an evening walk to view Kokanee Salmon in their spawning colours. We will meet at the Takhini Arena parking lot to carpool to Scout Lake (27 km, one-way).

Fri, Sep, 1, Cooking Program for Teens! 2:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 Free summer cooking program for teens! If you love cooking or want to learn how, and are between the ages of 12 and 16. To register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Sat, Sep, 2, Family Drop In 11:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Ages 9 and under, must be accompanied by a parent. Call 668-4794 or email info@polarettes.org for more information.

Tue, Sep, 5, Science Magic Shipyards Park All ages. Have fun with science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.

Lets stretch our minds and grow, free and drop in! Two times during the day at 1:30 - 2:30 pm and 3:15 - 4:00 pm.

Tue, Sep, 5, Come When Called and Leash Handling Skills 6:00

PM Hidden Valley School Ideal for beginners and novice. For more info call 689-5438 or emailinfo@ advancedk9.com

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS Sat, Sep, 2, 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.

Mon, Sep, 4, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organization Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Sep, 5, Executive Meeting 5:15 PM Sport Yukon We produce many newsletters a year, plan and lead river trips, organize the annual whitewater rodeo, and are the Yukon’s sport governing body for flatwater and slalom racing.

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Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 6th Ave Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM 6210 6th ave.

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Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm Hospital Board Meeting.

Sunday Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Whitehorse General Hospital Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave. Phone: AA 1-888-453-0142 (24 hours a day)

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A trip of a lifetime Helen Dewell

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y husband and I met Joe Harrington during a “Battlefields Tour” of Europe. We hit it off, and were fascinated with this avid pilot who had hand-built his own airplanes.

We invited him to visit us in Dawson City one day – and he took us up on the invitation.

This is the story of Joe Harrington and his friend Brian Wilson, who popped in to Dawson City – enroute to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories – in their homemade airplanes.

Turns out one of the reasons that Joe, who lives in Lethbridge, Alberta flies is because of his father’s service in the Canadian Armed Forces. Joe’s dad, an Royal Canadian Air Force flight engineer,

Brian fuels his Avid Magnum at Toad River, BC

built ultralight plane to satisfy his longings to become a pilot. In 2006, Joe attempted to fly the ultralight that his dad built to Tuktoyaktuk, only to be turned back by high winds over the Richardson Mountains. Joe’s terrible experience motivated him to try again, this time in a plane Joe built himself.

Joe’s plane started as a threeinch stack of aluminum sheets piled up in his shop some seven years ago. He built himself a Zenith CH 750. He cut the sections, riveted the pieces together, and spit-polished this beautiful flying machine.

Joe was not alone in his passion for building planes. His friend, Brian Wilson, had spent his childhood years dreaming of becoming a professional pilot until at 17 years of age his vision prevented him from pursuing this dream.

Not to be discouraged, Brian decided to build his own plane (actually three planes) and enjoy flying as a personal passion.

PHOTOS: courtesy of Joe Harrington Brian had his own plane lying on the shop floor for some three years. It was a labour of love to assemble his Avid Magnum. What an amazing feat, to build and fly one’s own plane!

Both Joe and Brian are members of the Lethbridge Sport Flyers, a southern Alberta flying club.

Joe has had his pilot’s license since 1988. He turned in his motorcycle for a plane!

Brian, the veteran, has been on the wing since 1970. Their mutual passion for planes, talent as fabricators, and hunger for adventure brought these men together.

After some discussion the destination of Tuktoyaktuk was selected and Brian and Joe set off, each in their own planes at a cruising speed of 80 mph and an elevation of between 4,500 to 8,000 feet above sea level with some mountain ridges merely 500 feet below them!

Their story encourages us to make our dreams a reality.

Joe’s earlier experience of being turned back by the high winds blowing out of the northeast across the Richardson Mountains, dogged his thoughts while trying to make logistical decisions about reaching Tuktoyaktuk. Multiple small airstrips along the Dempster Highway proved invaluable, giving the pilots a safety net, should the weather force a landing during their journey.

On their way north, they took us up on our invitation for a visit in the Klondike.

Upon touchdown at the Dawson City International Airport, Joe and Brian enjoyed a tour of the local

Joe Harrington, left, and Brian Wilson, standing with their planes that they completed building in 2016 and 2013 goldfields and a trip to an active gold mine, which they called a highlight of their trip!

The experience made Robert Service’s words from “The Spell of the Yukon” come alive: “I wanted the gold, and I sought it; I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.”

The journey began in Lethbridge at 08:45 on June 24. These pilots were amazed and delighted with the daylight hours as they winged their way north during the long lazy, hazy days of a Yukon summer.

Careful calculations and access to in-depth, current weather reports facilitated the flight plans from Lethbridge to Tuktoyaktuk!

Yes, Joe and Brian dipped their toes in the Beaufort Sea! Helen Dewell arrived in the Yukon Territory for a summer job back in 1977. Today, there are three generations living in Dawson City!

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Setting Forth

Old Cabin, aka Jona Barr, has has released one fulllength album and 3 EPs to date. He is currently working on his second album

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New Frontiers PHOTO: Soda Pony

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Soda Pony members Patrick Hamilton and Aiden Tentrees love scoring free store finds at dumps around the Yukon

Catch Old Cabin and Soda Pony at the Elks Lodge on Sept. 9 before they head to Germany to play the Reeperbahn Festival

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ukon musician Jona Barr is pumped. He’s going to Germany – and he’s going to be playing his first set outside of Canada.

“I’ve traveled to a few upper American states while touring Canada, but this is my first international festival,” says the Old Cabin frontman. “It’s surreal being 30-years-old and never having been somewhere that different.”

On September 20th to 23rd, Barr will have the opportunity at long last when he travels overseas to play alongside Yukon musicians and longtime friends, Aidan Tentrees and Patrick Hamilton of Soda Pony, at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany.

“It’s an urban festival, sort of like Break Out West, Pop Montreal or South by Southwest,” Barr explains. “It’s a showcase style event with booking agents, delegates, record labels and a lot of industry people.”

The showcase festival has grown since its inception in 2006 to become one of the largest club festivals in Europe, featuring international emerging and established artists in a wide range of genres. Last year well-known local acts Declan O’Donovan and

Gordie Tentrees were featured musicians at Reeperbahn Festival 2016. This year’s event features over 500 concerts and an action packed programme that includes fine art, film and literature events.

With more than 70 venues, 37,000 people in attendance and 800 events over the course of the four day festival, not to mention a whole lot of industry presence, Barr admits there is some added stress and pressure. Both Yukon bands will have only one set each to showcase their musical chops.

“It’s a lot of planning and strategy, because there are going to be a lot of industry people there,” he says.

“You want to put on a great show and give off a good impression.”

“It’s not just a festival to expressively entertain a bunch of people,” says Hamilton of Soda Pony. “It’s like a business mixer combined with a festival.”

While Canada has proven to be a great stage for Old Cabin, who has toured nationally numerous times, Barr says that breaking beyond the border and tapping into the European music scene just makes sense.

“It costs almost the same or even less to travel from White-

horse to Germany than to Eastern Canada and there are so many more people,” Barr says.

“I needed an opportunity like this to play outside of Canada. I know how to tour Canada, but Europe and the States seems so foreign to me. It’s nice to have a foot in the door.”

While the singer/songwriter/ guitarist’s soulful folk tunes composing the melodies of his stage name, Old Cabin, has been backed by a wide array of band members in the past (more recently Jordy Walker and Micah Smith), for this European excursion, Tentrees and Hamilton will be playing with Barr onstage.

The last time Barr, Hamilton and Tentrees played together was four years ago at Pop Montreal.

While their musical plate might be full, Hamilton, who plays drums and bass synthesizer for Soda Pony, says that backing Old Cabin isn’t too much of a concern.

“I’ve known Jona longer than Aidan,” Hamilton laughs. “When you know someone and you’ve gone through the stages of puberty together, you don’t feel pressure from them.”

For Soda Pony, who has been

collaborating together for four short years (they just released their first full-length album, Sophomore in June 2017), the festival will offer them the opportunity to showcase their most entertaining music to festival goers.

“You don’t get too long, so we have to pack the most fun and excitement we can into about 35 minutes,” Hamilton says.

The most exciting part about the festival for these seasoned young musicians?

Firstly, the music and secondly, the food.

“There’ll be over 400 bands from all over the world,” Barr says. “I’m excited to catch as many bands as possible, check out Hamburg, eat some different foods and take lots of pictures.

Maybe I’ll invest in a selfie stick.”

“I’m excited to see Portugal.

And The Man – an incredible psych rock band from Alaska. I can’t believe they’re playing at the festival,” Hamilton says. “And to just go to Europe really, to eat some nice cold cuts and meats.”

Before they set sail in late September, Old Cabin and Soda Pony will be gracing Yukon audiences with a kick off show, happening at the Elks Lodge in Whitehorse on

September 9th. The all ages show is sponsored by Music Yukon and will feature the recently formed youth band Clairvoyant Felicities.

Tickets are available at the door, but Barr says if you can’t afford the ticket cost, get ahold of him and you can help volunteer.

“I want to say thanks to Music Yukon and our funders who will be helping us, and to Gordie Tentrees and Declan O’Donovan for their guidance,” Barr says. “It takes a lot of people to make these things happen and the community has been so supportive over all these years. It’s awesome.”

Hamilton agrees.

“We’re so grateful. Our Yukon audience makes us feel so beloved and special when we do shows in the Yukon and the amount of confidence that gives us is huge,” he says.

“I have optimism that we’ll be able to make a little wave over in Germany and get some recognition for more Yukon musicians and artists,” says Barr.

Aislinn Cornett is a Yukon born and raised freelance writer, artist and art therapist currently writing and living on the beach in Mexico.

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y husband came home one day with this weird looking plastic gadget that made no sense to me, until my 12 -yearold told me how to use it: it it’s a stuffed burger press. We’ve been making stuffed burgers for years, but this silly little gadget actually works great. It’s messy and a little awkward, but it gives you nicely formed burgers with a perfect hole in the middle, so your burgers cook evenly with a tasty, gooey surprise in the middle!

So here’s what you do with it: 1 glass of wine – white or red, whatever you like 2 pounds-ish lean ground beef 2 eggs 1 Tbsp Montreal steak spice Step 1: Drink some wine.

Step 2: Mush the burger, eggs and spice all up, get your hands in there, squeeze between your fingers – it’s kinda therapeutic!

Filling: You really can do anything you want with this, but make sure that you use a soft cheese rather than a hard one. Softer cheese such as mozzarella, Havarti, goat cheese, etc. will melt better and give you a gooey, tasty burger.

You can stuff your burgers with only cheese, or add tidbits such as chopped tomatoes, Kalamata olives, etc.

Here’s what we do for these burgers: 1 glass of wine – let’s face it, you’ve finished the first glass already 2 onions, finely sliced 2 cups mushrooms, finely chopped 2 Tbsp butter 2 Tbsp olive oil

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PHOTO: Upper lower case Step 4: Grate your cheese. We use an herb and garlic Havarti, but you could use a plain Havarti, provolone or mozzarella. Line up your burger, cheese and onion mix and prepare to stuff.

Step 5: Slap a small handful of burger into your burger press, even it out and then press the top of the burger press into it to form a depression or hole in the burger patty.

Step 6: Put 1 tablespoon of onion and mushroom filling in the hole, then fill with cheese. Don’t overfill your burger or you won’t be able to seal it and the burgers will open when they cook.

Step 7: Flip over the top of the burger press and fill with burger evenly. Then press firmly (don’t go all “Hulk” on it, just press gently).

Then lift the outside of the press and gently pull the burger out.

You will have to fiddle with it to get it out nicely and then make sure that it’s sealed all the way around. You don’t want all of that cheesy goodness spilling out all over your barbeque!

Step 8: Drink more wine, this is messy and time consuming and you’ll need the liquid motivation Step 9: Repeat and grill.

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Note: Cook your burger thoroughly. Ground beef must be fully cooked to prevent the possibility of food poisoning.

This makes huge burgers, so you will only one per person unless you did go all “Hulk” and need more fuel to finish the day. Dress your cooked burgers however you like, adding more cheese if you love it and don’t have high cholesterol. Then enjoy biting into your ooey gooey summer goodness!

If you don’t have a silly messy burger press, you can easily do this just by forming burger patties with your hands and then putting two together, stuffing and sealing the edges. And if you do get a burger press and can’t figure out how to use the stupid thing, I’ll send my 12 year old over to help you!

Bobbi Rhodes is a head case who studies and practices mindfulness and meditation in hopes of one day being sane.

Her sincere hope is to learn and share and maybe help other people find sanity through mindfulness and meditation.

She lives in Whitehorse with her family, two dogs and a hamster.

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Step 1: Drink more wine.

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Émeraude Photography and Design

by Aislinn Cornett

W

hen Yukon born-and-raised photographer and graphic design artist Émeraude Dallaire-Robert was 14-years-old, her dad gave her a camera, and not just any old hand-me-down camera.

The camera was given to her dad in exchange for rent by a tenant who occupied a room in their family home.

Dallaire-Robert was told by her dad that the camera was hers, on the agreement that she earned good grades in school. She laughs at the memory, admitting she actually received the camera before her dad found out her grades.

It was the gift of that camera, as extraordinary and unconventional as its arrival was, that started DallaireRobert on the path of becoming a photographer.

“I got the camera and then I went to Red Rock in the states for rock climbing,” she reminisces. “Those were the first photos I took, and I still think they’re really great.”

Though the photography bug may have caught Dallaire-Robert by surprise, her affinity for art and the outdoors was a gift that she naturally inherited from her French Canadian parents. Her mom is an artist who was an art teacher for much of her career, and her dad is an outdoor education teacher and avid rock climber.

Dallaire-Robert was raised in French and went to École Émilie-Tremblay. When she wasn’t in school, she spent much of her spare time rock climbing and dancing.

Her mom’s hairdresser, who was also a photographer, became Dallaire-Robert’s friend and mentor, and she encouraged Dallaire-Robert to keep taking photos, even when the young shutterbug didn’t believe in herself.

“I was mostly taking photos of friends dancing in the beginning. These friends were comfortable in front of the camera and weren’t afraid to try weird, new things.”

When she was still in high school, she was hired as a photographer at two weddings.

“That’s pretty cool for a 16-year-old!” she says.

It was at this young age that she recognized that photography could be more than just a hobby, but a business as well.

After graduating high school, Dallaire-Robert left for travels abroad, where she continued to take photos and share them online, despite her uncertainty about where her photography would take her and what her photographic style was.

When she returned home to the Yukon, she was surprised to find she was contacted by many people who were interested in hiring her for photo shoots.

“I thought, ‘I think I really like this,’” Dallaire-Robert says of her passion, which was evidently flourishing into a small business.

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Yukoner Émeraude Dallaire-Robert talks about her photography passion-turned-business In 2015 she moved to Vancouver to study graphic design at Emily Carr University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

“I had to take a lot of photos for myself to figure out what my style was and what I wanted to do with it,” she says.

Now, the artistic entrepreneur confidently describes her style in three words: moody, emotional and natural.

Dallaire-Robert takes most of her photos using a Nikon D750, and while she says she may be in a phase, she prefers capturing photos in black and white.

“I think everything looks better in black and white,” she says. “It brings out a mood that I love.”

She also enjoys portraits, and says she gets inspired by observing “real connections” happening between people and nature.

Dallaire-Robert chooses to take most of her photos outdoors because she loves the natural light and imagination involved with figuring out what to do with the creative elements that surround her and photography subject.

“I don’t have a studio because I don’t want to have a studio. I want to take my photos outside,” she says.

More recently, Dallaire-Robert has been falling in love with wedding photography.

“What touches me the most is how the love between those two people is bigger than that day,” she says.

“Every single time I get to attend a wedding as a photographer, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to be part of such a special day.”

In the future, the adventurer, photographer and designer is hoping to work towards an exhibition centred around photographic empowerment sessions, featuring women in water, a subject Dallaire-Robert is passionate about shooting.

For her, a photo shoot goes beyond the technical.

“When you spend enough time with somebody and you go somewhere pretty, you share something more than just photography,” the photographer says. “It’s a real human connection; it’s magical.”

Four days of the week, Dallaire-Robert can be found at Aasman Design Agency, where she started working in in February. The rest of her time is dedicated to her personal design and photography business.

As a longtime Yukoner, Dallaire-Robert says she doesn’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon, and she looks forward to collaborating with others on projects.

If people are interested in hiring Dallaire-Robert for portraits, wedding, or any other creative ventures, they are encouraged to contact her via her website www.EmeraudePhotography.squarespace.com or through her Facebook page.

Aislinn Cornett is a Yukon born and raised freelance writer, artist and art therapist currently writing and living on the beach in Mexico.

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Blessing of the Animals

Whitehorse United Church hosts the Blessing of the Animals service on the first Sunday in August each year Tess Casher

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The congregation and their pets at the Whitehorse United Church’s Blessing of the Animals service on August 6th

A

t 10:30 a.m. on August 6, some members of the congregation at Whitehorse United Church had whiskers, a tail and four legs!

This is because the first Sunday in August was the Blessing of the Animals service. Blessing of the Animals is a service customary across all United Churches in Canada. Though different churches host it on different Sundays, they all follow the same theme: all are welcome. From lizards to geckos, to cats and dogs, to fish and hamsters no animal gets turned away.

For animals that couldn’t make it, people brought in photos of their pets and children brought their stuffed animals toys to receive a blessing.

After the opening hymns, which all had an animal focus, the people and their pets formed a line down the church aisle. At the front was Whitehorse United Church Minister Rev. Bev Brazier.

She placed her hands on the animals and said a blessing. It’s as simple as that.

The Blessing of the Animals

service is not a new occasion. It’s been over a decade since Whitehorse United Church first opened its doors – like Noah’s ark – to animals of all kind. The service originally took place outside. But it was raining one year and in came the animals and it went off without a hitch. So, the service has been indoors ever since.

According to Sue Kemmett, a long-time member of the congregation who helps organize the Blessing of the Animals service, there are normally 20 animals that come each year.

Miraculously, I was also informed that there’s never been a single fight or accident with the animals. There are epic legends of usually-rowdy animals coming to the service only to be perfectly calm upon entering the church.

Whitehorse United Church takes several practicalities into account for the service. There are bowls of water located around the church, and shy pets are allowed to come in earlier to get familiar with the area before it gets loud.

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day bulletin all guests receive a “Saintly Savoury” dog treat!

Now comes the why part of the equation. Why does the Whitehorse United Church annually turn their Sunday service into a zoo? I have never brought a pet to the service, so furthermore, I wondered, why do people bring their pets?

Brazier said the the answer is simply in comfort - that there is a comfort in knowing that our pets are loved. It’s not the easiest thing to wrestle your dogs into the car on a Sunday morning, then worry about them in a public building, but people still do it.

And it’s a celebration. A celebration for the animals that play such a loving and integral part of our lives.

A specific date has not been set for the next service, but the next Blessing of the Animals Service will be held in August 2018.

Tess Casher is an F.H. Collins student who is embarking on her first year in Whitehorse.

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Mon, Sep, 4 Kickboxing Age 5 - 12 4:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Mon, Sep, 4 COBRA Self Defense Age 5 - 12 5:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Mon, Sep, 4 Judo Age 13+ 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Mon, Sep, 4 Kickboxing Age 13+ 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Mon, Sep, 4 Ladies COBRA SD 8:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tue, Sep, 5 Kickboxing Age 5 - 12 4:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tue, Sep, 5 Ladies Kickboxing 5:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tue, Sep, 5 5 Km Fun Run/Walk 6:00 PM F.H. Collins Secondary 2.5 - 5 km’s, for more information call Don White at 633-5671 Tue, Sep, 5 Archery 6 - 8PM 6:00 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Sep, 5 Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tue, Sep, 5 Pound® - Rockout. Workout.

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Tue, Sep, 5 Yukon Mustangs Tryouts 2017 U13 Peewee 6:15 PM Canada Games Centre Call or email for more information. 667-4237 yaha@sportyukon.com Tue, Sep, 5 Muay Thai 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed, Sep, 6 Kickboxing Age 5 - 12 4:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed, Sep, 6 Biathlon Practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Sep, 6 COBRA Self Defense Age 5 - 12 5:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed, Sep, 6 Downhill Biking & Summer Fun! 5:00 PM Mount Sima Email guestservices@ mountsima.com or call the hill at 668-4557 for more info.

Wed, Sep, 6 Judo Age 13+ 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed, Sep, 6 Kickboxing Age 13+ 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed, Sep, 6 Ladies COBRA SD 8:00 PM N60 Combative Arts

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Tue, Sep, 5, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Sep, 6, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic 10:00 AM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Sep, 6, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Sep, 6, Red Tara Meditation 6:00 PM White Swan Sanctuary Everyone welcome. For more info contact Vicky 633-3715

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM 6210 - 6th ave.

Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 305 Wood Street - Back Entrance.

Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hospital Board Meeting.

Sunday Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Sara Steel building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Whitehorse General Hospital Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave. Phone: AA 1-888-453-0142 (24 hours a day)

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The Book Shelf with Dan Davidson

Poking Fun at Some National Icons on Our Birthday D

uring a year when there have been a lot of serious books written about our national identity, it stands to reason that a nation that loves to watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Show and Still

Standing would produce at least one book making fun of the whole business.

J.C. Villamere, who currently works for ET Canada, is a journalist who has worked for Canadian Living and Hamilton Magazine, as

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well as writing for the Globe and Mail, Style at Home, Elle Canada, Flare, The Stoneslide Corrective, Tin Roof Press, Hamilton Magazine, and Interiors, and has decided to take a light-hearted looked at our sesquicentennial exercise in navel gazing with her first book.

Is Canada Even Real?: How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe came out from Dundurn Press just before summer. It’s available in paperback (304 pages) or as an e-book.

It’s set up a bit like a quiz book, structured in five rounds, with 20 chapters distributed through the rounds.

The rounds are: • Haunting Hobos: Which Haunting Hobo Myths are real and which are imagined?

• Beavers: What’s true and what’s a 63 Dam Lie? • Hip Hop: Are any of these scenarios Legit?

• Weirdos: These were actually Canadian Prime Ministers?

• Mascots: Which of these creations were brought to fruition?

Round four is a lot of fun, but we don’t do politics in these pages. Let’s just say it features Macdonald, Mackenzie King, Harper and the current Trudeau and leave it there.

Round one asks us if a longrunning TV show about a German shepherd (The Littlest Hobo) could really be emblematic of Canadian television fare. The essay is followed by a 6-part quiz, which, in turn, is followed by the

answers, which are sort of like quirky footnotes to the essay.

This is followed by an essay about the Quebecois clown named “Sol,” who was the creation of Marc Favreau – and earned Favreau both a National Order of Quebec and an Order of Canada for his work.

Wilf Carter, the Nova Scotia singer who was better known in the United States as the hobo Montana Slim, gets the next chapter.

This round wraps up with an essay/review of a movie I don’t think I ever want to see called Hobo With A Shotgun, which was filmed in Halifax and Dartmouth, and appears to be a Canuxploitation version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Again, each chapter is followed by a quiz, and the responses go off on all manner of related tangents.

There are lots of beavers in round three, including an essay on why The Beaver was an unfortunate original name for the history magazine that is now called Canada’s History. There’s an essay on the origins on the music industry’s CanCon requirements and their relationship to something called the Beaver Hour. There’s even an essay about those Hinterland Who’s Who TV spots, the “Flute Poem” that introduced them, and how the original spots were really pieces of propaganda about how we humans made creatures become extinct.

Is Canada Even Real? turned out to be better than I thought it

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Is Canada Even Real?

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would be after the introduction made me wonder if I had made a mistake. Sometime the writer’s tongue is a little too firmly in her cheek for my taste, but the overall effect is good, and this was good timing during a few months when we have, perhaps, been a little too serious.

Dan Davidson has been writing about books for Yukon publications since 1977.

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

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK

Fri, Sep, 1, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Sat, Sep, 2, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Sep, 4, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Sep, 5, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS

Thu, Aug, 31, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Aug, 31, Guided Hike: Goldensides Trail 7:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug, 31, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 PM Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Sep, 1, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 1, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 1, Nature Walk 2:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Fri, Sep, 1, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Sep, 1, Campfire Program 7:30 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Sep, 2, Guided Hike into the Alpine 10:00 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Sep, 2, 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, Sep, 2, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Sep, 2, Farewell to the Signal: West Dawson Listening Party 10:00 PM Dawson City Bring a portable speaker with radio to tune in and campfire snacks as desired. No dogs Please, little farm creatures live here.

Sun, Sep, 3, Guided Hike: North Klondike Trail 10:00 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Sun, Sep, 3, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Sep, 3, YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Sun, Sep, 3, Soul Sunday with The Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Mon, Sep, 4, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Sep, 4, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Sep, 4, Nature Walk 2:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Sep, 4, Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon, Sep, 4, Guided Hike: Goldensides Trail 7:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Tue, Sep, 5, Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Wed, Sep, 6, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 867-399-3321 Wed, Aug, 30, Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed, Aug, 30, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Aug, 30, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Aug, 30, AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Aug, 31, CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Aug, 31, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Thu, Aug, 31, Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Aug, 31, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Sep, 2, Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sun, Sep, 3, St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Mon, Sep, 4, CTRRC Mtng 10:00 AM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Mon, Sep, 4, Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon, Sep, 4, AA - Tagish 7:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Sep, 5, Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Sep, 5, C/TFN Communication Team Mtng 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Sep, 5, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Tue, Sep, 5, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Sep, 5, Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Sep, 5, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Sep, 5, Tlingit Language Game Nights 6:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Sep, 5, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 6, Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed, Sep, 6, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 6, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Sep, 6, AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed, Sep, 6, School Council 7:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building

Wed, Aug, 30, Fireside Chats and Bocce Tournaments Campbell Region Interpretive Center Wed, Aug, 30, AquaFit 8:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Aug, 30, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Fri, Sep, 1, AquaFit 8:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Sep, 1, Seniors Meeting 5:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All seniors are welcome to attend!

Fri, Sep, 1, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun, Sep, 3, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Sep, 3, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Tue, Sep, 5, Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Sep, 6, AquaFit 8:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Sep, 6, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

CARMACKS

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Mondays-Fridays Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Tue, Sep, 5, Village of Carmacks Council Meeting 7:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

DAWSON CITY

Lane Swim Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed 6:30am8:30am, Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30pm-6:30pm, Tues/Thurs/ Sat/Sun 12pm-1pm Parent and Tot Swim Dawson City Pool Mon/ Wed/Fri 5:30pm-6:30pm, Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun 12pm-1pm Public Swim Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed/Fri 1:15pm-3pm and 6:30pm-8pm, Tues/Thurs 3pm5pm, Fri/Sat 1:15pm-3pm Aquafit Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed/Fri 12pm-1pm and Tues/Thur 5:30pm-6:30pm Thu, Aug, 17, - Sep, 23, The Natural & The Manufactured KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Exhibit showing until September 23, 2017 Wed, Aug, 30, Sasquatch and the Unexplained 11:00 AM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre A Northend walking tour sharing stories of the unfamiliar, stroll with a heritage interpreter up to the base of the Moosehide Slide for a truly super-natural chat about bush man encounters.

Wed, Aug, 30, Wild and Rosie Apothecary Program 2:30 PM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Explore how to create beautiful, natural products with plants from our traditional territory.

Wed, Aug, 30, Bannock and Tea 3:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Aug, 30, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Aug, 31, Guided Hike: Goldensides Trail 10:00 AM Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug, 31, Bannock and Sourdough: Food of the trail 11:30 AM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Learn about the history of these hardy foods of the north and enjoy a cup of campfire coffee or bush tea. Free!

Thu, Aug, 31, Nature Walk 2:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park

FARO

Shakwak Pool - Family Swim Haines Junction Community Centre Mon/Tues/Fri 11:30am-1pm, Sat&Sun 9:30am-11am Shakwak Pool - Lane Swim Haines Junction Community Centre Mon-Fri 6:30am-9am, Sat&Sun 8am-9:30am Shakwak Pool - Public Swim 6:00 pm Haines Junction Community Centre Mon 1pm-4:30pm & 5:30pm-8pm, Tues&Fri 1pm-8pm, Wed&Thurs 5pm-8pm, Sat & Sun 11am-1pm & 5:30-8pm Fri, Sep, 1, - 3, Indigenous Amazon Weekend of Visiting and Ceremony Long Ago People’s Place Themes will include origin stories, colonization/ decolonization, petroleum exploitation , plant medicine, and the path of the spirit. Come along to share in the medicine. Donations will be gladly accepted! 604-401-1656 kspreid@gmail.com Wed, Aug, 30, Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games.

Refreshments.

Wed, Aug, 30, Community Market! 4:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Please contact Jolene at 3359769 for more information. To book a booth contact Kari at 335-0440.

Wed, Aug, 30, Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed, Aug, 30, Floor Hockey 8:00 PM Haines Junction Community Centre Contact elskloppers@ gmail.com for more details, weekly on Wednesday, Friday, until Aug 30 Thu, Aug, 31, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Aug, 31, Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

Thu, Aug, 31, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Aug, 31, Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information.

Thu, Aug, 31, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

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Fri, Sep, 1, Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Fri, Sep, 1, Friday Night Salmon Bake - Diyet 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli Delicious food, live music, call 634-2867 or email villagebakeryyukon@gmail.com for more information.

Sun, Sep, 3, Music Jam 10:00 AM Village Bakery and Deli Sun, Sep, 3, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere 867-634-2360 Mon, Sep, 4, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 5, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 5, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Sep, 6, Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games.

Refreshments.

Wed, Sep, 6, Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed, Sep, 6, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

KENO CITY

Sat, Sep, 2, - 4, Keno Gras 2017 Keno City Hotel Musical Acts include: Patrick Keenan -KABN -Lara and the Danz -Patrick Jacobson Band-Vagitarians and a big Pig Roast on Saturday

MARSH LAKE

Wed, Aug, 30, Marsh Lake Community Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre All Welcome to attend.

Fri, Sep, 1, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Sep, 2, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Sep, 2, Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@ gmail.com Sun, Sep, 3, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 5, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 5, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 5, Yoga 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Drop in Yoga info@ yogawhitehorse.ca Wed, Sep, 6, Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Tues & Thurs Mayo Aquafit 7pm-8pm Mayo Recreation Centre Mon-Sat Mayo Public Swim Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Mon-Fri 3:30pm-5:30pm, Sat 1:30pm-5:30pm Fri, Sep, 1, Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun, Sep, 3, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Sep, 5, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

OLD CROW

Wed, Aug, 30, Community Baseball 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center For more information contact Lindsay Johnston at 966-3261 ext. 275 Thu, Aug, 31, End of the Summer Cookout 6:00 PM Old Crow Community Center For more information contact Lindsay Johnston at 966-3261 ext. 275 Thu, Aug, 31, Community Baseball 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center For more information contact Lindsay Johnston at 966-3261 ext. 275 Thu, Aug, 31, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Sep, 3, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue, Sep, 5, Gym Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wednesdays & Saturdays Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Sep, 2, Pickleball 11:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Sun, Sep, 3, Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 7:00 PM Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 tagishcc@gmail.com Mon, Sep, 4, Carcross Tagish Renewable Resource Council 12:30 PM Tagish Community Centre All welcome to attend.

Wed, Sep, 6, Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca

TESLIN

Thu, Aug, 31, Bootcamp 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, come down for a fantastic workout! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Thu, Aug, 31, Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring your self for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Fri, Sep, 1, Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Tue, Sep, 5, Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:15 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Tue, Sep, 5, Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext.

333 or Melaina.sheldon@ttc-teslin.com

WATSON LAKE

Daily at 12-4pm & 6-8pm Yukon`s Northern Lights Showtimes -Two scheduled shows /day 1pm and 6:30 pm – will show on request for large groups as well.Northern Lights Center Features the amazing phenomena known as the ‘Northern Lights’ or ‘Aurora borealis’, the Northern Lights Centre boasts state-of-the-art panoramic video and surround-sound systems.

Daily Public Swim Watson Lake Dennis Ball Swimming Pool 3:30pm - 5:30pm Wed, Aug, 30, Youth Games 2:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Wed, Aug, 30, Capture the Flag 2:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 31, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Aug, 31, Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Sat, Sep, 2, Arts in the Park 12:00 PM Sign Post Forest Every Saturday, live music and entertainment.

Sun, Sep, 3, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Sep, 4, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Sep, 5, Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Tue, Sep, 5, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake

HAINES

Daily Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM. No Swim Sundays Mon-Thu Haines Public Library Open 11:00 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 Wed, Aug, 30, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed, Aug, 30, Tai Chi 10:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Aug, 30, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Aug, 30, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Aug, 30, Game Time @ the Library 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Aug, 30, DIY Cork Boards 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Aug, 30, Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Aug, 30, Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Aug, 30, Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Thu, Aug, 31, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Thu, Aug, 31, DIY Cork Boards 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Thu, Aug, 31, Tai Chi 5:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Aug, 31, Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Aug, 31, Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 1, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Fri, Sep, 1, Tai Chi 10:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 1, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Sep, 1, Story time @ Library 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Sep, 1, Story time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Sep, 1, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 1, Game Time @ the Library 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Sat, Sep, 2, Klukwan Blueberry Festival Haines Borough Alaska Email klukwanblueberryfestival@ yahoo.com for more information.

Sat, Sep, 2, Haines Farmers Market 10:00 AM Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) Sat, Sep, 2, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Sun, Sep, 3, Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Sun, Sep, 3, St Michael’s - lobby 11:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Sep, 3, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 4, LABOR DAY - CLOSED Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 4, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mon, Sep, 4, Tai Chi 10:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 4, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 4, Mother Goose Stories and Songs @ Library 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 4, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 4, Private Jujutsu Clas 4:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 4, Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 4, Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Sep, 5, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Sep, 5, Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Sep, 5, DIY Cork Boards 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Sep, 5, Tai Chi 5:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Sep, 5, Legion Monthly Membership Meeting at Legion Hall 6:00 PM American Legion Tue, Sep, 5, Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Sep, 5, Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts

Wed, Sep, 6, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed, Sep, 6, Tai Chi 10:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Sep, 6, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 6, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Sep, 6, Game Time @ the Library 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 6, DIY Cork Boards 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 6, Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Sep, 6, CAB - conference rm 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Sep, 6, Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Sep, 6, Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar

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Thu, Aug, 31, Spinning w/ Katherine 5:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 31, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 6:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 31, Mat Pilates 7:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Thu, Aug, 31, Senior Weights with Dana 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Aug, 31, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 31, Zumba with Keara 5:15 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Latin-inspired cardiodance workout that uses music and choreographed steps to form a fitness party atmosphere.

Thu, Aug, 31, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 31, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Sep, 1, - 3, Kids Yoga Teacher Training Skagway Recreation Centre This course will support you to confidently share yoga, meditation and mindfulness with the children in your life. To register call 907-983-2679 or k.nelson@skagway. org Fri, Sep, 1, Gentle Flow 6:15 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A gentle and calming practice that combines breath with movement.

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Fresh Poetic Summer Reads

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

From crime-related haiku to poems about life and death

by Elke Reinauer Auguries,

Whitehorse author Clea Roberts newest book, Auguries, is published by Brick Books.

The title “Auguries” refers to an ancient practice of The Romans: reading the future from the sky considering the birds in the air and their style of flying. It is her second collection of poems and deals with the topics death and birth and the experience of grief and joy.

She describes the joy and love of becoming a mother in her poem “Berry Picking”: A love so big/I can only own a piece of it.

“This new collection is definitely more personal,” Roberts says. “And even though Wordsworth said poetry is ‘emotion recollected in tranquility,’ reading the poems makes me feel very close to particular moments of grief and joy.”

Writing the poetry in this collection was a healing process for Roberts. She says that writing let her slow down and “make some sense of the emotional chaos that can be present during the difficult times.”

Her poems sound melancholic and make readers think about their own experiences.

This book is a good read to take into nature; it takes us into the

Body of Evidence: A Collection of Killer ’Ku, edited by Kathy Munro and Jessica Simon

Auguries,

by Whitehorse poet Clea Roberts cycles of life – birth and death.

It’s a deep read.

Clea Roberts first book of poetry, Here is Where We Disembark, has been translated into German – and recently into Japanese.

“I’m glad the book has been so well received both in the Yukon and nationally. Now I’m looking forward to writing some new poems and branching out into fiction.”

She is not sure if Auguries will be translated into foreign languages as well, but she would love to see it happen.

Auguries by Clea Roberts is available at Mac’s Fireweed Bookstore on Main Street. sion online.

“I would say that within an hour of Kathy sending out the call for submissions, my email account went mental,” Simon says. “Thirty poets sent in between one and a dozen submissions.”

Every year Simon puts on a display at the library to feature National Crime Writing Month in May. For the 2016 display, she also invited library visitors to write a “killer ‘ku.”

“We built the display on May 1st last year, and throughout the month refreshed the poems with late entries and new material, so all the work would be available to the public,” Simon says. “With 100 poems, we had enough to display them in the window at Mac’s Fireweed Books and in the stacks of Canadian crime on the Whitehorse Public Library’s “featured reading” shelf near the circulation desk.”

Kathy Munro says that while they were editing this book, called Body of Evidence, she even found herself working on killer ’ku herself.

Body of Evidence, edited by Kathy Munro and Jessica Simon is available at Mac’s Fireweed Bookstore on Main Street.

PHOTO: courtesy of Kathy Munro

Haiku is traditionally five-seven-five-syllable poems about nature, love and emotions. Haiku has its origins in Japan and a zen-like, peaceful spirit.

How about trying out crime as a subject for haiku?

In June, Whitehorse poet Kathy Munro and writer Jessica Simon published an unusual collection of what they call “killer ’ku,” which has been written by a wide variety of writers.

“When Jessica and I were first discussing the project, I wouldn’t have thought that crime as a topic for haiku was possible,” Munro says. “This is not a theme that I had considered before, although I had written a few haiku that qualified as being crime-related.”

The project started in 2016 when Jessica Simon and Kathy Munro made a call for submis-

PHOTO: courtesy of Clea Roberts

by Clea Roberts

Body of Evidence is a collection of “killer ’ku” edited by Kathy Munro and Jessica Simon

Elke Reinauer is a writer based in Germany with strong ties to the Yukon. Please email comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com

A message from the Minister Welcome back, staff and students. It’s hard to believe it is already time to start a new school year. All of our schools are getting ready to offer exciting opportunities and options to Yukon students in sports, arts, music, science activities, trades, languages and outdoor education.

Schools are the heart of our communities. First Nations, School Councils, families, friends and community groups are always contributing to dynamic and inspiring learning environments.

Thank you all for encouraging students on their learning journeys inside and outside the classroom.

I look forward to a safe, exciting and rewarding school year for all students, staff and families.

Hon. Tracy-Anne McPhee Minister of Education

Reminders Check the key dates for schools www.education.gov.yk.ca/calendar.html Find your school bus route www.education.gov.yk.ca/bus-routes.html We want your feedback about school calendars Visit www.education.gov.yk.ca and help us develop our school calendars for the 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 school years.

Tips for parents School zones in effect: Drive safely! Slow down and watch for children.

Road safety: Show your children the safest routes to walk, and remind them to watch out for cars.

Bus safety: Talk to your children about how to stay safe around school buses. Visit www.education.gov.yk.ca/safety.html to learn more.

Preparation: Your children need snacks and rest to be ready to learn.

Attendance: Plan your vacations so your children don’t miss too much school.

Routines and predictability: A solid routine that includes adequate sleep frees up minds for creativity and learning.

Connect with the school: Take the time to meet the principal and teachers and check in with your children often about how things are going.

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Glück Auf! A Mini-Mining Tour of Germany

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’m not a miner, but on a recent visit to Germany my friends took me on impromptu mining tours of their regions.

First Clemens and I drove 100 kilometres west of Leipzig to Wangen and the Arc of Nebra (Arche Nebra) museum, where the Himmelsscheibe (Star Chart) of Nebra was discovered in 1999.

Dating back 3,600 years to the Bronze Age, the Star Chart is the world’s oldest concrete representation of the cosmos. Archeologists have determined that the Chart, when aligned with the prominent mountaintops of the Brocken in Harz and Kyffhäuser in Thüringen, confirms the position of the sun on May 1 – the start of planting.

The 32 centimetre disk is crafted from copper with a gold full moon (or sun, depending on interpretation), a crescent moon, and 32 gold stars, a number of which are grouped like the star cluster Pleiades. The only mythical symbol is a semi circle on the lower rim, interpreted as a sun boat or the “Arc” of Nebra.

The museum pays homage to our ancestors’ concept of the sky, and atop a tower at the site of the find three kilometres away, visitors learn how the Chart was used.

Of particular interest is the exhibit of artifacts from the early days of underground mining, telling the story of how our modern mining ancestors extracted the ore to create the Star Chart.

A miner, called Bergmann in German, would descend notched logs to reach the pocket of ore. One

false step on this often two-hour climb, after a 10-hour shift, was easily fatal. It’s what led to the Bergmann’s greeting “Glück auf!” meaning “good luck climbing back out.”

According to a display at the Nebra museum’s mining exhibit, miners would cut the smoky gloom with a flaming toothpick, held between his teeth until the light burned out at his lips and was replaced.

Underground (Untertage in German, meaning “under-day”), the Bergmann chipped away at the ore with a short-handled wooden shovel that ended up as bent as he was.

Fast forward 500 years and 250 kilometres east to Altenberg, Sachsen, where in 1458 a caved-in drift from a tin mine from the middle ages was discovered. The St. Johannes Grube, which became the Grube Altenberg, or Altenberg tin mine, is where my friend Gunter worked until the operation ceased in 1991.

Altenberg’s ore came to the surface when “pulpit” mountains rose up as the surrounding landscape dropped in the previous ice age.

All this is explained in a museum maintained by an active miner’s association. They offer a tour of a shaft that describes the production of tin: from discovery, through the industrial revolution, to the peaceful revolution of 1989 that led to Germany’s reunification, (the fall of the Berlin Wall that separated East and West Germany after World War II). Within a year, the bottom fell out of the tin market.

Similarities with underground operations in Keno and Faro abound, but what you’ll never find in the Yukon is a cornerstone carved to commemorate the refuge found in the shafts as villagers fled Napoleon’s army in the War of 1812-13.

At the third stop, in Wolfshagen, 380 kilometres northwest, I came full circle as I celebrated Walpurgisnacht, welcoming the May Queen, and the start of planting, on May 1, with cousins Edith and Reinhold.

To recover from the celebration, we hiked the Spur der Steine. The trail lead to an untouched stone island in the centre. Reinhold recalled the end of every day shift when the crew detonated their charges to loosen material for the gravel mill to process in the next shift, “Every day at 4 o’clock it used to explode here.” Once the main employer in the region, the operation closed in the 1990s and the gravel pit filled with water.

The legacy today is a stone island, known as the Heimberg on the Harzer Wanderweg regional hiking trails.. It offers absolute protection to nesting sites of dozens of unique bird species that make their home only on the Heimberg.

Both Wolfshagen and Altenberg have become resort villages offering trails, camping, glamping, wellness and sport in place of industry.

As a result there’s an appealing mix of hiking and history for a Yukoner in Germany.

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1. Just like the old-timers in the Klondike, an early miner used water and fire to release the ore from the host rock. The depressions visible in this artifact were made by early miners pounding apart chunks of hot ore 2. This is the view from the tower at the site of discovery of the Star Chart of Nebra looking at the axis of sundown on May 1, over Kyffhäuser. By summer solstice the axis shifts to align with the Brocken 3. When Napoleon’s army lay siege in the War of 1812-13, citizens of Altenberg hid in the mine shafts 4. Der Steinbruch, which means the stone island, is the pond below and biotope on top providing refuge for numerous bird species in the middle of a former gravel pit PHOTOS: Jessica Simon

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