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traditional Christmas Eve in Dawson City begins with an ecumenical carol and pageant service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, located there simply because it is the largest of the available church buildings and can hold the most people.

By that evening, there will have been open-house-style community events in both St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church and the Dawson Community Chapel.

The Community Christmas Choir started practising its anthems a month earlier. They will be leading all the other singing, but have two solo pieces to prepare.

The participating clergy will have met several times to decide who is doing what during the service. Traditionally, delivering the sermon will have been assigned to whomever is the newest officiant to arrive in town.

The centrepiece of the evening is the Nativity Pageant, which takes the form of a slide show, punctuated by carols.

Many years ago, this was a live event, which was a bit tricky when the preheated building would cool to the point of frosty breath filling the air within about 45 minutes.

That fact prompted the beginning of having the pageant actually be a slide show, the pictures shot to

illustrate a script, and then somewhat adjusted to work in some Dawson themes. Sometimes shepherds became miners, and citizens travelling to be taxed, by order of the Empire, became tourists.

Other times, the organizers simply varied the settings for the traditional story, using the town’s iconic buildings as backdrops.

This year, pageant director Betty Davidson decided to use the buildings along King Street, Second Avenue and Front Street, as the settings. So, on October 27, the volunteers—children, parents, photographers and other helpers—gathered at the Yukon Order of Pioneers Hall, as a base of operations, and fanned out from there, changing costumes and props as needed during the next two hours.

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Ready for Christmas Eve ... cont’d

On the Cover Lauren Humble takes us on a Fish Lake hike Photo: Lauren Humble

What’s Inside Klondike Korner ...................... 2 Didee/Didoo ........................... 3 Art Hacks .............................. 4 Dog Culture ............................ 6 Ride For Dad Comdedy .............. 8 My Mother’s Kitchen ................10 Other Side of The Coin .............11 Grey Matters .........................15 Living With Wildlife .................16 Seasonal Recipes ....................18 Aussie Girl ........................... 20 Winter Wonderland ................ 22 Cosmos North ........................24 Yukon See It Here ...................27 Geezerville .......................... 30 Step Outside .........................32 BGCY Sam Auction ..................33 Santa Claus .......................... 34 Alcan 200 50th Anniversary ......35 My First Christmas in the North ..37 Poetry Corner ........................38

Andrea Magee shoots a close-up of this year’s stand-in for the Christ Child, Theo Pikálek, while the shepherds and the family look on used, and we had to wait for the slides to come back from the developer to find out what we had to use. Then it took two slide projectors to get the best transitions when projecting the show.

Digital cameras became commonplace, with the new century, and PowerPoint productions replaced the cumbersome setups of the past.

The service still takes about an hour to run through, but thanks to several renovation projects at St. Paul’s, including a new wood stove, two oil-fired monitor heaters and, most recently, a new and insulated roof, rushing is not as necessary as it used to be.

Later in the evening, the churches have their individual celebrations, but this is one service where they all get together.

After three decades in classrooms in Beaver Creek, Faro and Dawson, Dan Davidson retired to continue writing, as he had been all those years.

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

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n art college, this subject was embedded in all the studios: textiles, metal works, wood works, ceramics painting, printmaking and jewellery. In each studio practice, there were unique safety needs and precautions. In our foundation year, we had to purchase the “Bible” of safety, The Artist’s Complete Health and Safety Guide

by Monona Rossol. This book is full of facts about the material contents and safe practice to use them. We also needed a book focused on the materials and techniques, so we could learn the composition of the supplies we were working with.

The main things I consider, as a painter, are ventilation, natural light and cleanup. Ventilation is challenging in the Yukon because in the winter you lose so much heat by opening windows. Usually you can install an overhead ventilation system to turn on as you need it. If this is not an option, you can use the overhead fan in most homes and keep your setup closer to the window, opening it up during and after a painting session just to get

that toxic air out.

Another precaution is to keep things covered up. I keep my paint tubes in a box with a lid, and my solvents in glass jars with lids. I buy the least-toxic materials and keep my skin covered when in contact with them. I use a barrier cream on my hands or use well-fitted gloves.

During my first pregnancy, I used a well-fitted gas mask to protect me and baby from harmful fumes, but in the last few years I have used less-toxic thinners and mediums because the technology has changed. It seems to get most toxic when you need to clean brushes.

Citrus Natural Solvent is an excellent alternative to mineral spirits. It is safe and environmentally friendly and powerful enough to effectively do the same work.

It is made of 98 per cent pure citrus peel oil and 2 per cent water— tough enough to remove paint and can be used for a host of other challenging jobs, for which odorless mineral spirits is often used.

Murphy’s Oil is also amazing for the clean-up side of oils.

Powdered pigments, used in painting and ceramics, are really dangerous because they are usually pure in form and contain fine particles (as soon as the lid is opened you are ingesting them). Many have cancer-causing properties, and the fine particles get imbedded in your system almost immediately. In the ceramic studio, these were opened and measured using a small, covered glazing house, with gloved holes for your arms to fit through so you could mix the formulas. Once they were in liquid form, you could transfer it to the open room while wearing a mask.

Each studio faces a unique set of precautions and, if established early on, you will experience years of good safety practices. Memories I have from those informative years are of the jewelers, woodworkers and metal workers who were always wearing their custom-fit safety glasses. Studios that had similar safety needs were grouped together in the same buildings, so cont’d on page 5 ...

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more industrial heavy-duty versus softer-duty like the writers and filmmakers.

To sum it all up, the longer-living, healthy artists have an established plan in mind for longevity.

The ones suffering from lung cancer, emphysema and other related diseases are not living comfortably into their 70s to 90s. Sadly, my grandfather, a commercial signage artist and painter, didn’t get to live long enough to share in my art career … we feel his exposure to neon-sign materials and painting cars in his garage, as well as smoking ciggies and painting war planes with lead-based materials, may have led to his early passing.

My dad, “Mr. Safety First,” is with me and always reminds me of how important it is to practice safe living—period—not just painting! It’s not just yourself that you need to consider, but those who frequent your work space, as well—treasured family members, pets and visiting students.

Longer-living, healthy artists have an established plan in mind for longevity

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Shine those shoes

Canadian comics Lars Callieou and Derek Seguin will share headlining duties at the annual Ride For Dad Comedy Night in mid-January

by Ken Bolton

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f you’re a budding comedian who’s burning to go on the road with Lars Callieou, pay attention to your appearance.

Oh, and don’t forget to show up for the sound check.

These are some of the signs of professionalism the Edmonton comic looks for in performers who open for him.

“It’s a byproduct of what I learned from my parents, who were musicians. Be professional.

Show up on time, iron your shirt and shine your shoes.”

As a world-travelled headliner with tons of career accolades to confirm the meaning of his first name—“crowned with laurel”—Callieou has usually been in the envious position of choosing who gets to share a stage (or a tour) with him.

“Because I had been fortunate enough to work as much as I have, I would always pick the guys and gals who were working the hardest,” he explained.

“There’s so much great talent in Canada. If I work with somebody and I know that they don’t care, they don’t treat it with a certain respect, then I just don’t work with them again. You just go to the next name on the list.”

At the age of 41, Callieou has been performing full-time since 2009, but started doing standup five years before that. He and Montreal comic Derek Seguin will headline Ride For Dad Yukon’s sixth annual Comedy Night in Whitehorse next month.

This will be Callieou’s second stint headlining the local fundraiser for prostate-cancer awareness and research. He has also made two other tour stops in the territory, not to mention visits to more than 25 other countries.

“Every day I wake up and I find it surreal that I get to do this thing for a living. It’s unbelievable. I go from the Yukon back to Australia, back to Asia, back to Lloydminster.

It’s all the hotspots of comedy.”

Asked about his unusual moniker, which juxtaposes a Scandinavian given name with a Norman French surname that contains all the English vowels, Callieou automatically defaulted to funny.

“It’s actually a stage name. I wanted something that’s really hard to spell and difficult to remember,” he laughed.

Among the A-list comedians Callieou has worked with are the likes of Jeff Foxworthy and the late, legendary Joan Rivers, whose

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Edmonton comedian Lars Callieou at a Comedy Monday Night gig in Calgary. Callieou will make a return appearance at the Ride For Dad Comedy Night at the Coast High Country Inn, January 17–19 people first spotted him when he was opening for Martin Short.

“The set went well, and after I walked off the stage, the entertainment staff of the venue said, ‘We’ll be sending you the contract for Joan Rivers tomorrow.’”

He later toured Canada three times with the famously acerbic Rivers, whom he still admires for the respect she showed her fellow performers.

“She used local musicians, local comedians, and always made sure your name was on all the promo.

If there was a billboard or a newspaper article, your name was on it as well, and you got the same star on your dressing room that she had on hers,” he said.

“She was so gracious, and she didn’t need to be. She could have been a diva, she could have been a prima donna, but she was so appreciative, and she loved comedy.

Gosh, I miss her all the time. She was as good as they get. I was lucky.”

Despite his appreciation of the late star’s graciousness, Callieou reverts to mock harshness when reminded that many Canadian comics

credit him with also treating opening acts as his equals.

“The interesting part is that none of them are. These peons are really so far below me that it’s so nice to make them feel special, because they’re a bunch of nobodies,” he said, with a hearty laugh that echoed down the phone line from Edmonton.

“You’ve got to pick them up and carry ’em, because they’re not going to do anything with their lives, so make them feel special for a couple of hours,” he spoofed.

At this year’s Ride For Dad, Callieou will share the three-night bill with the bilingual Seguin, one of Canada’s hottest comedy commodities. There will also be three Whitehorse “host” comedians on hand.

They are veteran George Maratos and relative newcomers Steph Aubé and Oshea Jephson.

According to co-chair Sean Secord, a third evening was added this year, after both Friday and Saturday shows sold out last year.

The change came at the request of sponsors looking for something a little more intimate than the regu-

lar 600-seat show.

“They said they’d kind of like something a bit more relaxed, so this year we added the Thursday night and capped it 200 people, and charged a bit more for the tickets.

That ticket price also includes hors d’oeuvres and table service, adding a “little bit of a different feel,” Secord said.

The Ride For Dad comedy fundraiser will take place from Thursday to Saturday, January 17 to 19 at the Coast High Country Inn, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

As for the content, Secord says it could vary from night to night.

“People like Lars and Derek, who have been doing this for a while, tend to play to their audience. They’ll try something to see how it goes over, and go down a different road a bit more when they see the reaction from the crowd.”

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and former co-editor of What’s Up Yukon.

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Until Feb. 23 James Quong Photographer Arts Underground Friends of the Yukon Archives Society presents “James Quong Photographer” 667-5321 Until Wed. Mar. 6 Art Exhibit - To Talk With Others Yukon Arts Centre Through a diverse range of media, the artists reactivate the document and ultimately continue the conversation surrounding self-determination.

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Sat. Jan. 5 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sun. Jan. 6 Jam Session 6:00 PM 98 Hotel Bring your instrument and have fun!

GENERAL EVENTS

Until Sat. Dec. 22 Spruce Bog Christmas Boutique Westmark Whitehorse A wide variety of gift items from 30 well-known artisans to choose from!

Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Thursdays Chess Corner 6:30 PM Yukon College Chess played in room A2101, beginners welcome, welcome to bring your own ‘lucky’ board. Everyone welcome to sit in on this game of strategy.

Thursdays Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fridays 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!

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

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

Sundays 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+ Wed. Dec. 19 Lights of Life 12:00 PM Elijah Smith Building Write the name of your loved one who has died on a tag and hang it on a Lights of Life tree. 667-7429 Thu. Dec. 20 Dinner, Comedy and a Show 6:30 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant George Maratos and Steph Aube and DJ Dash. For info email reserve@antoinettesrestaurant or call 668-3505.

Thu. Dec. 20 Free Yukoner Day MacBride Museum Every 3rd Thursday of the month.

Valid Yukon ID must be presented at time of admission.

Thu. Dec. 20 Lights of Life 12:00 PM Elijah Smith Building Write the name of your loved one who has died on a tag and hang it on a Lights of Life tree. 667-7429 Thu. Dec. 20 Thursday Night - Movie Night 7:00 PM North of Ordinary Experience Center Thu. Dec. 20 Winter Solstice Celebration 4:00 PM Yukonstruct Innovation Hub Volunteer and Member recognition potluck bring a dish and celebrate!

Fri. Dec. 21 Afternoon Tea and Hymn Sing 2:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri. Dec. 21 Ugly Sweater Party! 5:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Prizes for best sweater, food & drink specials, live music Sat. Dec. 22 Acacia Vintage Whitehorse Holiday Pop Up! 12:00 PM Waterfront Station Sun. Dec. 23 Acacia Vintage Whitehorse Holiday Pop Up! 12:00 PM Waterfront Station Thu. Dec. 27 Thursday Night - Movie Night 7:00 PM North of Ordinary Experience Center Sat. Dec. 29 Acacia Vintage Whitehorse Holiday Pop Up! 12:00 PM Waterfront Station Mon. Dec. 31 2019 New Years Celebration 8:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Vancouver’s dance party band “Wall Street” will playing the best dance music, includes delicious appies and snacks throughout the night. Tickets online.

Mon. Dec. 31 New Years Eve at the Legion 8:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2800 Mon. Dec. 31 NYE 2019 7:30 PM Miner’s Daughter Restaurant Ring the new year in with Fawn Fritzen & Friends, DJ Dash, an interactive evening with champagne, wine and scotch tastings - Tickets at Triple J’s.

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Tue. Jan. 1 Brave New Words 7:00 PM North of Ordinary Experience Center We encourage writers and storytellers from all genres to come read what you have written.

Fri. Jan. 4 Available Light Cinema - Free Solo 8:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Alex Honnold completes the first free solo climb of famed El Capitan’s 3,000-foot vertical rock face at Yosemite National Park.Tickets online or at the door.

Fri. Jan. 4 Available Light Cinema Meditation Park 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A dutiful wife and mother re-examines her veneration of her husband after she finds another woman’s underwear in his laundry.

Tickets online or at the door.

Fri. Jan. 4 Screenwriting Workshop with Mina Shum 5:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Lessons on dramatic structure, character arcs and how to get that idea out of your head and onto paper. Email tech@ yukonfilmsociety.com to register Sun. Jan. 6 Life Drawing Drop-in 7:00 PM Arts Underground Life Drawing is every first Sunday of the Month and is noninstructional. Andew Sharp is the host. A live model will pose each session. Cost is $5/ hour to help pay for the model.

Mon. Jan. 7 Available Light Cinema Roma 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Digital black and white, ROMA subtly explores these ethnic and class divisions with a potent sense of emotional intimacy and historical acuteness. Tickets online or at the door.

Mon. Jan. 7 Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon. Jan. 7 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: 888668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon. Jan. 7 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Tue. Jan. 8 Drop-in Dart League 7:00 PM The Local Bar Tue. Jan. 8 Second-hand Clothing Bazaar 5:30 PM Whitehorse Seventh-day Adventist Church Donations of clean clothing in good condition welcome. All proceeds go to charitable causes. For more info. call 633-3463

KIDS & FAMILIES

Fridays Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Saturdays Family Drop In Gymnastics 3:00 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Call 668-4794 for more information.

Saturdays Young Explorers’ Preschool Program 10:30 AM MacBride Museum 6672709 Designed for parents and children to explore the animal gallery together. Call or email for more information.

Wed. Dec. 19 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant momsto-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Thu. Dec. 20 Youth Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri. Dec. 21 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Sat. Dec. 22 Pokémon TCG League 2:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Earn points towards badges and free cards, trade with other trainers, and play some casual matches to test your decks out!

Sun. Dec. 23 Family Drop-in with Story Time (All Ages) 10:00 AM Family Literacy Centre Thu. Dec. 27 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

Sat. Dec. 29 Pokémon TCG League 2:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Earn points towards badges and free cards, trade with other trainers, and play some casual matches to test your decks out!

Sat. Dec. 29 Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Family Day 1:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Traditional Games, Storytelling, Elders Present. Meals provided with refreshments. All ages welcome.

Location changes call 633-7688 for details.

Wed. Jan. 2 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Thu. Jan. 3 Youth Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri. Jan. 4 Available Light Cinema - Pom Poko 3:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre For ages 9 or 10+ - Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.

Fri. Jan. 4 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Sat. Jan. 5 Free Day in the Clothing Room 10:00 AM Church of the Nazarene Children’s, Mens and Womens clothing that was freely received, freely we want to give.

Call 633-4903 for more information.

Sun. Jan. 6 Sima Sunday’s for Youth 12 - 17 9:00 AM Mount Sima Includes transportation to and from, gear, lift pass, rentals and lunch! Space is limited and weekly registration is required. For more info and to register, contact Kaitlyn Charlie at 334-8728.

Mon. Jan. 7 After School Sports + Activities 3:15 PM Nakwataku Potlatch House Whitehorse Outdoor and indoor activities, skills and snacks, call 334-8728 or email kaitlyncharlie@kdfn.net for more information.

Mon. Jan. 7 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Tue. Jan. 8 Youth Drop In Gymnastics 7:45 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 668-4794 for more information.

Wed. Jan. 9 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Thu. Dec. 27 Legion General Meetings 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Sat. Dec. 29 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Tue. Jan. 1 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.

Thu. Jan. 3 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Thu. Jan. 3 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room A2714. An after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Sat. Jan. 5 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Sun. Jan. 6 Intro to the Recreation and Sport System 12:00 AM Whitehorse, Yukon To learn more or to register call or email. 6698377 Mon. Jan. 7 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organisation BDG Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue. Jan. 8 Technopreneur Series - Be Your Own Boss 4:00 PM (co)space coworking space` Learn how to help foster entrepreneurial thinking. Register online.

Tue. Jan. 8 The Yukon Prospectors Association 7:00 PM Yukon Chamber of Mines Prospectors and those interested in mineral exploration welcome!

Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2nd & 9th Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Supportive members will help you develop your public speaking, communication and leadership skills.

Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu. Dec. 20 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu. Dec. 20 Monthly Coalition Meeting 5:00 PM CYO Hall Monthly Coalition (Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition) meetings are held every third Thursday. Everyone is welcome!

Thu. Dec. 20 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room A2714.

An after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Sat. Dec. 22 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event.

Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Thu. Dec. 27 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu. Dec. 27 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room A2714. An

Fridays 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.

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Wednesdays 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 Alanon Meeting 12 - 1:00 PM, Third Floor, Sarah Steele Building 6th Ave. Thursdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

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

Saturdays Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hospital Board Meeting.

Candlelight Meeting 8:30 PM - 305 Wood St. Sundays 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 Mondays 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 Tuesdays 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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From My Mother’s Kitchen with Murray Martin

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There’s no cookin’ like home cookin’!

Ingredients: 1 pound dates, chopped A dash of mixed peel ½ cup sugar 2 ½ cups flour A splash of lemon extract 2 cups chopped walnuts 1 cup butter 3 eggs 1 tsp. soda in a little water 1 tsp. vanilla Method Mix ingredients and bake in a loaf pan for about one hour at 350℉.

BUTTER TARTS Ingredients: 1 cup corn syrup 3 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla Dash of salt 1 cup brown sugar

GINGERSNAPS

1 dessert spoon white vinegar 1 egg-sized pat of butter Method Put raisins (optional) in tart shells with mixture. Bake at 350℉. until golden brown.

BUTTERSCOTCH BROWNIES Ingredients: ⅓ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, unbeaten ¼ tsp. salt ½ cup chopped nuts ¾ cup pastry flour 1 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. vanilla Method Melt butter and pour into a bowl, then add remaining ingredients. Mix well and spread in a greased and floured 8- x 8-inch pan. Bake for 25 minutes at 350℉. (or until brown).

PHOTO: Pixabay

Murray has a recipe for some tasty butter tarts made from scratch

Ingredients: ¾ cup shortening 2 ½ cups flour ¼ tsp. salt 3 tsp. baking soda 1 cup sugar 1 ½ tsp. ginger 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp. cinnamon 4 tsp. molasses ½ tsp. cloves Method Mix first 5 ingredients. Add sifted dry ingredients. Roll in walnutsized balls, then roll in white sugar.

Flatten slightly. Bake at 350℉. for 12 minutes or until cracks appear on top of cookies.

AUNT NELL’S BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 6-oz. pkg. butterscotch chips Method Cream butter and peanut butter together. Gradually add the white and brown sugar and cream

sat down and followed her notes, and the only thing I could say was yum! What a tasty treat.

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DATE LOAF

here is no dessert like a home cooked dessert.

My mother baked cookies every Saturday and put them on the window ledge in our big stone house (now designated as Canada’s Baseball Hall of Fame), back in St. Marys, Ontario. The stone window sills were about two feet wide (they don’t build them like that any more), so a couple of plates of homebaked cookies could easily sit on them, especially with the windows open.

Of course, the kids used to cut through our yard to go swimming in the St. Marys quarry, in 50-foot-deep spring water that was one-fifth of a mile long, with bass fishing that would send any fisherman to heaven.

Somehow, by the end of the day, almost all of the cookies disappeared. So, in memory of my dear mother, I will pass some of these heavenly dessert recipes along for you to try.

Don’t miss out on Murray’s recipe for Aunt Nell’s Best Peanut Butter Cookies until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until smooth.

Sift flour, measure, then sift again with the baking soda and add into creamed mixture. Beat until smooth. Stir in butterscotch chips. Drop from a teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet and press lightly with a fork. Preheat oven to 350℉ and bake, about 15 minutes.

Makes 6-dozen two-inch cookies (we always had these for our baseball games).

SNOWBALL COOKY BALLS (UNCOOKED) The other day, while in a local store, a lady tapped me on the arm and said she just loved those old recipes in “From My Mother’s Kitchen.” She asked if I had a notepad and then jotted down how to make old-fashioned “Snowball Cooky Balls.” When I got home, I

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RUM BALLS (UNCOOKED) Ingredients: 2 cups vanilla wafers, rolled (crushed) fine 1 cup chopped pecans 2 tsp. cocoa 1 cup icing sugar ½ cup white rum or brandy 1 tbsp. white corn syrup Method Roll crumbs, nut meats, cocoa and sugar together and combine with other ingredients. Roll into balls and dip into powdered sugar.

Store in a cool place. Use after two hours. cont’d on page 11...

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Ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup icing sugar 1 tsp. butter ½ cup walnut meats Shredded coconut, for rolling.

1 cup Rice Krispies Method Mix peanut butter, icing sugar and butter well, then add walnuts and Rice Krispies. Roll into small balls. Mix up thin icing, dip balls in it and then roll in coconut.

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Poetry Corner with Murray Martin

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Murray’s old big stone house, back in St. Marys, Ontario, where cookies cooled on the window ledge every Saturday MOM’S DATE SQUARES Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups oatmeal 1 ½ cups flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup butter ½ tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 1 lb. dates, cooked with ½ cup sugar Method Mix oatmeal, dates, flour, sugar, salt, butter, soda and baking powder together in a large bowl.

Put half of the mixture in a 10- x 14-inch baking pan and spread it evenly in the pan. Add vanilla on top, then add with remaining half of oatmeal mixture. Bake in a preheated oven at 350℉. until golden brown.

MARZIPAN BARS Ingredients (pastry, step 1) ½ cup unsifted flour ⅓ cup shortening 1 ½ tbsp. cold water 1 tbsp. butter ½ tsp. salt

Ingredients (pastry, step 2) Mix together: ½ cup butter ⅔ cup white sugar 2 eggs ⅔ cup rice flour 1 tbsp. almond extract Method Mix together to form firm pastry.

Roll out on a floured board and line a square baking pan with pastry.

Apply a thin layer of raspberry or strawberry jam over the pastry.

Spread mixture in bowl over the jam and pastry layers. Bake in 350℉. oven for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.

Method (icing) Mix together: 1 cup shortening 1 cup icing sugar ¼ tsp. almond extract 1 tsp. vanilla 1 ½ tsp. milk Drop of red food colouring These bars freeze well and add a nice festive colour to your Christmas baking.

Murray Martin shares recipes from the 1940s and ‘50s with us.

Questions or comments about his stories can be sent to editor@ whatsupyukon.com.

n the early 1970s, my brother was killed shortly before Christmas by a drunk driver. His wife died of cancer two years previous.

Now, after being killed by a drunk driver, Arnold ( Rusty) left behind four children, one of whom was a police officer in the city they lived in, back in Ontario.

I sat down and wrote the following poem. It was played over the Orillia, Ontario, radio ... a number of times, just before Christmas, for a number of years.

In the background “Silent Night” was playing.

So, before you take one more snort for the road, I would ask that you read the following poem that I wrote in memory of my brother Rusty.

(Ed. Note: What’s Up Yukon ran this submission last December, but to encourage responsible driving all year, particularly during the holiday season, we are running Murray Martin’s poem again. Be safe everyone.)

On the Other Side of the Coin There are shouting joys of laughter in the local pub this night The closing down of the spot checks have been tied up nice and tight So drink up, my lads, and spend your money fast Let’s toast to the halt of the spot checks ... now isn’t that a blast.

Who says I can’t drink and drive; I’ve done it many times I haven’t had an accident or have I paid a fine So I drink a half a dozen, sometimes more or less.

When half cut, who says I’m not driving at my best Curse those stupid spot checks; we could only drink a few We were forced to save our money; what a stupid thing to do It meant more money for Christmas, and maybe shoes for little Sue I had to miss the merrymaking; and, well, Sue’s old shoes will do.

We don’t need those spot checks; they spoiled all our fun So drink up, my hardies, those spot checks were so dumb Now we can down all we like—the beer, the rye and the rum.

Hell, now it’s time for closing, but we have nothing to fear So, Merry Christmas, and a good old drunk New Year Sure I can drive, Harry; I’ve only had a few A half dozen more or less, and stop saying my time is due.

I can drive with the best of them; I’ve done it time and again I’ll drive right past that cop, and there is not a thing he can do.

What do you mean, “Slow down for that corner” ... I didn’t see no kid Wh-wh-what was that thump I heard, and stop saying I hit a kid Stop saying I shouldn’t drink so much; there is no more spot checks to run So, Merry Christmas and drink up; there is still that fifth of rum.

An hour past and a knock did come upon the household door A policeman, with hat in hand, asked to come in and close the door Your little girl was hit by a car and left there in the snow They say it was a drunken driver, but there is little more we know You see, the spot checks are cancelled, and we have no more control.

PHOTO: Pixabay Murray Martin is a regular contributor to What’s Up Yukon and wishes everyone a Merry, and safe, Christmas.

The hospital was silent, as he walked through the door He reached out and took the hand that seemed to be growing cold I waved to you, dear Daddy, as I saw your car draw near I guess you didn’t see me; it’s your merry time of year He stood there, shocked, as her eyes closed, and her little hand grew cold If only there had been a spot check, he would not have drank so bold.

– Murray Martin

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Active Interest LISTINGS Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays, COBRA Self Defense Age 5 - 12 5:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays, Kickboxing Age 13+ 7:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays & Wednesdays, Judo Age 13+ 6:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays & Wednesdays Ladies COBRA SD 8:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tuesdays Adult Biathlon 6:30 PM Biathlon Range Tuesdays Junior Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Youth aged 10-20, parent permission required, Registration fee applies. Participants will learn about gun safety and marksmanship. 667-6907 Tuesday & Thursdays Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tuesday & Thursdays Ladies Kickboxing 5:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tuesday & Thursdays Muay Thai 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wednesdays Adult Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 6684794 for more information. info@polarettes.org Wednesdays Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 6335245 for more info.

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Wednesday & Fridays Table Tennis 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Enter through the back door, Call 668-3358 or 333-0299 or email TheMurf@northwestel.net for info.

Fridays & Sundays COBRA FS 8:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Fridays & Sundays Ladies Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Fridays Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Sundays BEARS 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Sundays Carcross Kickboxing 12:30 PM N60 Combative Arts Sundays Carcross Kids Kickboxing 11:30 AM N60 Combative Arts Sundays to Fridays, Kickboxing Age 5 - 12 4:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Wed. Dec. 19 Adult Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new workout idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 6684794 for more information. info@polarettes.org Wed. Dec. 19 Boxing 7:00 PM Leisure On Lewes Complex Call 335-3831 or email jess_ staffen@yahoo.com for more info.

Wed. Dec. 19 Daley DanceFit 12:00 PM Avalanche Athletics Daley Dance-fit:Funky, jazzy and a little bit sassy - Drop In. Wed. Dec. 19 Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 6335245 for more info.

Thu. Dec. 20 Advanced Archery 4:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary To register or for more info call 668-2840

Wellness LISTINGS Mondays & Fridays Closed Dec 24th Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Drop-in Recovery Group Meetings 2:30 PM Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services Health & Social Services Just come. We ask that you be alcohol and drug free during the group meeting.

Call for more information. 46-3838 Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant moms-tobe, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Wednesday Dec 19, Jan 2 & 9th Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Saturday Dec. 22, 29 & Jan 5th Red Tara Practice 12:30 PM VajraNorth Everyone welcome. For more info contact 667-6951 (Cheryl Buchan) 633-3715 Thu. Dec. 20 Mental Health Caregivers Support Group 7:00 PM Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services Health & Social Services A support group for family members and friends of individuals with mental illness. Call for more information. 456-3838 Fri. Dec. 21 Cacao Ceremony 7:00 PM Grace Space This is a rich gathering that will feed your soul and more! Call or email for more information. 335-6216 info@gracespaceyukon. com Fri. Dec. 21 Flow/Resto 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery Combination of restorative, moving into accessible Level 1 flow, then toning back down to stretch and restorative. To register call or email, drop ins welcome 393-4440 wallymaltz@ mac.com Fri. Dec. 21 Supported Duo Yin with Muguette 6:00 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga Yin poses done with a partner; be it with a fellow Yinster, a friend, a family member or a spouse.

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Sat. Dec. 22 Solstice Moon Experience 7:00 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga Iantha D. Greer, Hypnotherapist, and Sheila MacLean, blend movement and restorative yoga with spiritual hypnosis. Register online. 334-8599 rootedtreemassage@gmail.com Sat. Dec. 22 Yoga with Sabu 10:30 AM Montessori Borealis Preschool Drop in or Call to register or email. 335-2457 sabu@sabuyoga. com Tue. Jan. 1 Make Your Own Rules Workshop 1:00 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga Accessible yoga and meditation, we’ll slow down and explore our own rules, spend some time chatting, sharing stories, and journalling to ring in the new year - Free

Fri. Dec. 21 Beginner Archery 4:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary To register or for more info call 668-2840 Fri. Dec. 21 Daley DanceFit 12:00 PM Avalanche Athletics Daley Dance-fit:Funky, jazzy and a little bit sassy - Drop In. Sat. Dec. 22 Adult Turkey Shoot 11:00 AM Biathlon Range Sun. Dec. 23 Adult Archery 10:00 AM Whitehorse Elementary To register or for more info call 668-2840 Sun. Dec. 30 2018 Yukon Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge 12:00 PM Yukon Convention Centre All the action starts up at noon, Sun or Snow! Register online, Call us at 668-6511 for more information. Open to all aged 19+ Wed. Jan. 2 Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 6335245 for more info.

Sun. Jan. 6 Intro to the Recreation and Sport System 12:00 AM Whitehorse, Yukon To learn more or to register call or email. 669-8377 info@recnorth.ca Wed. Jan. 9 Adult Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new workout idea, or trying your first cartwheel, Call 6684794 for more information. info@polarettes.org Wed. Jan. 9 Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 6335245 for more info.

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Thu. Jan. 3 Ladies Night at Fassy 7:00 PM FASSY an evening of fun activities and socializing for women of all ages. 393-4948 girls@ycommunityliving.com Fri. Jan. 4 Handle With Care 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre Lunch and childcare provided, free, an interactive program for parents and children from birth to the age of 6. Call 332-5590 for more information.

Sun. Jan. 6 Gentle Yoga 12:30 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga For the all ages, the stiff and the recovering bodies of life. Everyone welcome - Beginners encouraged! Call or email to register. 334-8599 rootedtreemassage@ gmail.com Mon. Jan. 7 Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

Mon. Jan. 7 Hospice Walking Group 6:30 PM S.S.Klondike An opportunity to share your grief experience, or simply enjoy nature and the companionship of others who are grieving.

Call or email for more details. 667-7429 info@ hospiceyukon.net Mon. Jan. 7 Morning Bliss Yoga Intensive 6:45 AM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga 4 mornings of intensive with instructor Sheila MacLean. Call 334-8599 or email rootedtreemassage@gmail. com to register.

Mon. Jan. 7 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM 4071 4th Ave (Many Rivers Bdg) Overeaters Anonymous Meeting every Monday Please ring the buzzer if the door is locked.

Meeting every first and third Monday of the Month Mon. Jan. 7 Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Tue. Jan. 8 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue. Jan. 8 Heated Yoga 7:15 PM Breath of Life Collective 75 minute hatha yoga series creates a healthy foundation in yoga to help stretch, strengthen and tone muscles. Open to all levels, email thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com to register. 332-3569 Tue. Jan. 8 Weight Watchers 5:00 PM Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration, room A2202. 403-473-0645 blong@ weightwatchers.ca Wed. Jan. 9 Energize with Sheila 5:30 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga A freestyle flow class with influences from Tai Chi, Hatha, Vinyasa, and Functional Movement.. Drop in - call 334-8599 or email rootedtreemassage@ gmail.com for more info.

Wed. Jan. 9 Myth of Aging - Somatic Movement 9:00 AM Breath of Life Collective Release chronically tight muscles and get you feeling better in your body. Call 332-3569 or email breathoflifeyukon@gmail.com to register.

Wed. Jan. 9 Sharing Circles 5:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Men only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688

Wed. Jan. 9 The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Joanne 668-7713.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesdays 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 Thursdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

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

Fridays 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.

Saturdays 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.

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Register today for the Yukon’s coldest "Pool Party"!

Yukon's Law Enforcement Torch Run, powered by Whitehorse Home Hardware, presents the

2nd Annual POLAR PLUNGE! Saturday, December 29th in front of the Yukon Convention Centre.

Getting involved is real simple, all you have to do is raise at least $100 in pledges and you can take the plunge to support Special Olympics athletes.

Talk about FREEZIN’ FOR A REASON! All participants will get an Official Polar Plunge toque...proof that you challenged Yukon’s winter to support Yukon’s athletes with an intellectual disability.

1 Return Airfare ticket with Air North (for anywhere they fly, including Ottawa!!!) goes to the person who raises the most money in pledges. (must raise a minimum of $800 to be eligible)

Also, come on out and plunge dressed as your favorite superhero and you can take home a prize fit for a Superhero, like you!

For those of you who want to tackle the “Chilly Plunge” with co-workers, be our guest, the more frozen folks, the better! Let us know you are part of a team and if you collectively raise more than any other team, we’ll give you an office pizza party!

DANCESONIC will be cranking out tunes and a hot tub will be available exclusively for our participants, post plunge. All the action starts up at noon, no matter how cold it is!

All you have to do is call 668-6511 to sign up for what promises to be one of Yukon’s “coolest” events ever!

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On behalf of the board of directors, staff, corporate members and volunteers at Klondike Visitors Association, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

As we approach the end of 2018, we’d like to take this time to thank all of our supporters, especially our fellow community members in Dawson City who continue to lead the way in making our town a one-ofa-kind destination and amazing place to call home.

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WTAY is looking forward to another year representing Yukon wilderness tourism operators. Our fantastic members are leading the way, as socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable businesses, and we hope to continue to foster these beliefs and practices.

The Department of Tourism and Culture wishes our colleagues, industry partners, Yukoners and visitors a very merry and safe holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2019 and wish you all the best for a successful tourism season.

Happy Holidays from the staff and Board of Directors of TIA Yukon. For over 40 years TIAY has been the voice of the Yukon’s tourism industry and we will continue to provide a unified voice for the Tourism Industry in the Yukon. The Tourism Industry is a vital part of our economy and benefits us all. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

Happy Holidays from the Yukon First Nations Culture & Tourism Association!

To all of our friends in the Territory, including those who have yet to visit Dawson City, we hope 2019 brings you health, happiness and multiple visits to Dawson City. Whether it is for one of our Yukonic events, or just to experience the best little-town in the North, know that you are always welcome here!

Merry Christmas Everyone From the board and staff of the Yukon Convention Bureau. Please note our office will be closed December 21, 2018 - January 1, 2019. Re-opening on January 2, 2019. We look forward to what 2019 will bring!

We look forward to another year of growing and promoting the vibrant and sustainable arts, culture and tourism sectors in Yukon. Our office will be closed December 22 - January 2.

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Grey Matters with Susan Clark

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his is a phrase I have said, myself, as I rolled my eyes.

We have all read stories and watched sitcoms where adult children are saying this to their friends, clearly intimating that the upcoming visit will be difficult. And it always was, when my mother came to visit.

But now the shoe is on the other foot. I can almost hear my children saying this! At the same time, I am thinking about the challenges I feel as I plan a visit to my adult child. How do we relate as respectful adults even if we don’t share all the same values?

Parenting never ends. And that is the blessing and perhaps the curse, or, the gift and the challenge.

We spend the first 10 years of our children’s lives in intimate

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Learning to climb with my son

Helping my son learn to walk

day-to-day contact with them, trying our best to love them, guide them and instil certain values in them. Of course, these are our values. Some of these values and patterns we have chosen, but others we inherited in our own families and pass on, hardly knowing it, even ones we may not choose. As the children interact with the world, we begin to see them adopting ideas and behaviours that we would not choose or even approve of. But by the time they are adults, we need to set them free of our expectations and ideas. This is difficult.

A few months ago, I went to spend 10 days with my adult son.

He is currently single and living an “alternative” lifestyle. He lives off-grid, completely, with a cat for company and a full-grown bull

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Mother is coming

Demonstrating my new skills while my son secures me roaming his property. He chooses not to own many things and frequents the landfill, the free store and secondhand stores for what he needs.

He lives in an area where bartering is common and earns just enough cash to live on. I admire him and what he is trying to do very much. But … I was worried about how it would be to live in his space, to relate to his friends, to meet the important people in his life and to allow him to be who he was. I still want to “mother” him and do things to make his life better or easier ... perhaps more like mine?

I was also anxious not to embarrass him or say inappropriate things in front of his friends. I can still remember my mother doing exactly that and how embarrassed

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I was. From my vantage point, now, her faux pas weren’t actually all that serious.

I did have a great visit with my son. We were able to have some important and meaningful conversations. Only once, he chastised me for saying something inappropriate, involving him, to one of his acquaintances. He did it very kindly and respectfully. I was glad that he was able to do it. I never could with my mother. He gave me the gift of sharing some activities that are important in his life, and he taught me some things. And yet, there were still times when I found myself biting my tongue to avoid saying the kinds of things that keep us in a parent-child way of relating.

Being a parent (just like growing old) is not a job for sissies.

When I was still in practice as a family physician, a woman in her late 80s came to see me asking for something for her “nerves.” She was worried about her daughter and couldn’t sleep. Her daughter had left her husband and had come to stay with this woman and was asking for money. In the course of the clinic visit, I asked her how old her daughter was.

She replied that the daughter was 65. My sons were teenagers at the time. That says it all!

Parenting—definitely a challenge; but mostly a gift.

Susan Clark is a retired family physician who has been living in Whitehorse for the last six years and is the mother of three adult sons.

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Bacon-wrapped mushrooms with maple-garlic glaze ... cont’d METHOD

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Aussie Girl in the Yukon with Kylie Campbell

Yukon dining on the wild side

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hat should I wear? The annual Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA) ball was held Saturday 8 December at the Kwanlin Dűn Cultural Centre (KDCC). What do you wear to an outfitters ball? The two terms seem to be in contradiction to each other.

I opted for a little black dress (you can never go wrong there).

I walked into the KDCC, which was decked out for the event, and I noticed immediately the contrast between the attendees. There were cowboy hats and plaid shirts, to ball gowns and babies. Not only was the attire diverse, but so was the clientele—newborns, teenagers, young adults—all age groups were present. It had the feeling of being at a family gathering but just on a much larger scale. The feeling was Come as you are, it doesn’t matter. I did feel a tad bit overdressed, though, and was quite jealous of the jeans, plaid and baseball caps.

Brenda Stehelin, from the YOA, organized the event and I was linked up to sit at the Yukon Big Game Outfitters table, which was overseen by Shawn and Sandra Raymond. Luckily, I knew some people already who were at the same table (childhood friends in Faro), Shawn, and Trudy Amos and her husband, who has helped guide with Yukon Big Game before Jordie Amos.

I was curious to meet hunters and to learn about big-game hunting from those that call it their livelihood and profession. Hunters and outfitters don’t always have the best picture painted of them (similar, I find, to snowmachine or motorized sports). The assumption is that some rednecks pile trophy heads in the back of a red truck and drive around town. But this isn’t the case. As I speak to more of the outfitters and hunters, it’s nothing like that. And if the stereotype is true, they (nor I) have not met

them yet.

The business of outfitting has been a part of the Yukon for more than 100 years, and while the industry is strong, it faces many challenges today. The McDowell Group prepared a study for the Government of Yukon, in 2016, called the Yukon Outfitters Socio-Economic Profile and Situational Analysis.

Within the Yukon there are 15 registered outfitters, each with exclusive concession rights to guide non-resident hunters. Each concession includes large areas of pristine wilderness with healthy and diverse wildlife populations.

The YOA and outfitters operate on an outfitters’ code of ethical standards, noted on their website: “Each outfitter, guide and hunter has a legal and moral obligation to ensure that all edible wild-game meat from harvested animals is not wasted or left in the field. People hunt for a variety of reasons. Some hunt strictly to put wild meat on their table. Others hunt because it allows them to be closer to nature and justifies more quality time spent in the wilderness. Some individuals hunt because it is deeply rooted in the social fabric of their culture. Others hunt to bring home a trophy set and antlers. The reasons people hunt are varied, complex and often overlapping.

However, the basic rule of modern hunting trips is that all edible meat from harvested animals should be eaten.”

The evening’s dishes were 100 per cent membership donations, and Lisa Gifford from Back Woods Catering served up the enormous buffet of wild game. There was grizzly, caribou, sheep, goat, black bear and moose. My favourite dish was the caribou in whisky sauce, with Yukon saskatoons. By the end of the evening, we were all in a “meat coma” and ready for a nap.

The band was getting started for everyone to work off their evening meals.

Every year the outfitters ball is quickly sold out.

Getting to know a Yukon outfitter – Shawn Raymond, owner/operator of Yukon Big Game How and why did you get started in outfitting?

I have been working in the outfitting industry my entire adult life, 25 years. [I was] raised in the small mining town of Faro. I chose the life in the mountains young over the riches of mining [he chuckles]. Wrangler’s and guides and outfitters are involved in the industry as a labour of love, an opportunity to connect with the land, often away from all the the amenities of city life, for extended summers.

Outfitting must be a tough industry to get into.

There’s very few opportunities to become an outfitter in the Yukon. Areas seldom change ownership. Outfitting is about more than sustainable hunting. We are hardworking men and women and engage in communities when we are in our off-season.

How much work is involved in running an outfitting business?

We actually have a very small portion of the allowable harvest of wildlife and our clients do quite well due to the full-time commitment we put forward and the lifestyle we live in the backcountry areas. Many YOA outfitting business are family owned and operated. There are a few that are not owned by families, but they are almost all run like mom and pop operations. It’s a full-time job that requires two full-time people yearround to keep the business running, and a staff during the busy hunting season to help with the workload of clients.

How do outfitters engage with and ensure sustainable harvesting and ties with the communities?

In some ways it’s a lot like farming: we move around our areas with a light footprint. We are the eyes and ears of places seldom vis-

Kylie got to try to some grizzly meatballs at the dinner that had the meat donated by members of the outfitters’ community

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ited. We are all passionate and in love with the remote backcountry and the wildlife it holds. We communicate with the local First Nations in our communities, and the Yukon Fish and Game Association, to ensure we are all on the same page, for the greater [benefit] of the Yukon.

We also meet with government, at many levels, to align ourselves with changes coming forward through the Yukon and to share our input.

When I bought my area, I was asked by the chief who was overseeing the sale why they should sell to me, and my answer was simple: I said, “I feel like I’ve spent my whole life trying to go back to where your people came from”—and that’s the truth.

It must be tough raising a family and running an outfitting business.

My wife Sandra is also from a northern mining town from days gone, by Cassiar, B.C. Our kids all work with us in the business at different times of the year. During the winter we work with a small crew. I spend around four to six weeks travelling to the States to large trade shows, to help market, a very costly part of the operation.

There’s a price we pay, as parents, to be away; and while it’s nice to be gone and get a break from the long winters, our kids and families are often without their father at the dinner table at night, and mothers are left to run the office (and single parent, for some). But we love the outdoors and the connections we have when we travel through the remote small communities, often stopping to take a few locals with us to see the fare remote areas during the winter.

We help where we can, with the local trappers, to support their labour of love, as well.

Some may call us rednecks when then see us with our work clothes on, at the end of a long season, [with our] long beards and worn clothes, but we are largely just ordinary people. Yes, protective of our way of life, and areas, and our camps, but also willing to lend a hand and to donate where we can, for the better of Yukoners.

For more information about the YOA, visit www.YukonOutfittersAssociation.com. You can also find out more about Shawn and Sandra’s outfitting at http://YukonBigGame.com.

■ Brings tourism to the Yukon. Non-resident guided hunters spend $865 per day on Yukon goods and services (not including outfitters fees), with thousands of social media followers.

It highlights the Yukon.

■ Puts meat on the table.

Yukon outfitters provide over 75 tons of wildgame meat, harvested by clients, to community food programs, hospitals, churches, Elders and individuals who cannot harvest for themselves. In 2014, outfitters and clients donated nearly 150,000 pounds of game meat.

Without these donations, recipients would have had to spend at least $1.2 million to buy an equivalent supply of beef, or get by with much less protein in family diets.* ■ Provides income and jobs for Yukoners. Outfitters provide 150 jobs and spend $8 million annually in the Yukon.

■ Keeps hunting sustainable and provide for the communities. Making sure that livelihoods can continue with long term, sustainable wildlife harvests.

“We are the eyes and ears of places seldom visited. We are all passionate and in love with the remote backcountry and the wildlife it holds.”

– Shawn Raymond

*ref: analysis study: McDowell Group, 2016, “Yukon Outfitters Socio-Economic Profile and Situational Analysis”

Kylie Campbell is an Australian writer and photographer exploring the Yukon.

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A mountain of possibilities

Lauren Humble takes us on one of her adventures, this time beginning on Fish Lake Road

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hat’s the best part of winter in the Yukon? Why, it’s sleeping in and still being up at the crack of dawn to go on an adventure, of course.

One of my go-to’s when I need to get out and get some fresh air is Fish Lake. The area hosts endless possibilities for activities, with the large, frozen lake popular for ice fishing and snowmobiling (once the ice is thick enough), to the mountains with hiking trails and valleys to explore. Plus, it’s just far enough away to avoid light pollution, which also makes it an excellent place for northern light hunting late at night.

From town, hop up onto the Alaska Highway, north, and turn left onto Fish Lake Road, a little ways past the Kopper King but before Porter Creek. Once on Fish lake Road, follow it to the very end— the road ends right down by the lake. You can park here or keep driving around to the right, which will take you up a fairly well-driven but bumpy path to a parking area.

There’s a signed trailhead at the parking area and the hike itself is accessible through all seasons.

The trail is easier to follow in the winter as, in the springtime, water running down the mountain can move the trail a bit; but all twists and turns lead to the same place, so it doesn’t really matter which

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way you take when it splits. This is much less noticeable in the winter with bare trees and footprints in the snow to follow.

At the moment, the snow on the trail is pretty well packed down, so footing isn’t too bad and the hike itself is not overly challenging. It’s enough that you’ll feel like you did something and earned some after-activity snacks, but not so much that it feels like a mission.

The hike is only about 45 minutes to an hour up (the down part going a lot faster than the up). You can wear snowshoes, but at the moment they are definitely not needed. I wore winter boots because it was cold, but my friend was comfy enough in hiking shoes.

Once you get up above the treeline you can continue on until you reach the saddle, with a view both over the lake behind you and a massive valley in front of you (an extra-spectacular view of the changing vegetation in the fall).

Fair warning: even on a good day it’s cold and windy at the top, so don’t abandon your layers, as you go up the mountain, if you’re planning on spending any time above the treeline.

This is one of those hikes you can make as long or as short as you want. Once above the trees, there are paths leading to peak of the mountain, as well as down to the

lakes in the valley. Those are lessworn paths, though, but the area is pretty open, so it’s easy to find your way back if you go wandering.

Winter can feel long in the North, but getting outside sure makes it feel a lot more manageable ... so layer up and take a waddle up Fish Lake Mountain to get some fresh air with family and friends.

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Cosmos North with Jim Borisenko

In the realm of the globulars – Ancient companions of the Milky Way M essier 13 (M13), the best and brightest globular cluster gracing our northern sky, resides in the Hercules constellation and is a most-intriguing class of star cluster, so very different from all the open star clusters of our Milky Way galaxy. So with Hercules setting lower in the northwestern sky, every night, we’d better catch a good look at this unique class of star cluster while we still can.

The vast gas and dust clouds of the spiral arms of our galaxy are the birthing grounds of open star clusters. Denser areas of these clouds gravitationally collapse in upon themselves, eventually “turning on” hot new stars, which then blast the remains of their cocooning gas and dust away. These star clusters, as permanent as they may seem in our night sky, do not live forever. The largest stars of the clusters devour their nuclear fuel furiously and supernova out in a blaze of glory in just a few million years, while most of the rest of the stars eventually disperse through gravitational interactions with other stars. Almost all the stars we see in our night sky were born in open clusters.

Globular clusters formed at the same time as galaxies Globular clusters are very different. All globulars, each a huge spherical concentration of hundreds of thousands of stars and averaging 100–200 ly in diameter, are not within the disk of our gal-

axy at all. They are, instead, distributed in a vast halo encircling the center of our galaxy.

But the key difference with globulars is that they are made up of uniformly aged, very old stars, upwards of 12 and 13 billion years old. That is almost as old as the Universe itself! Globular clusters formed at the same time as galaxies, perhaps a billion years after the big bang. They weren’t big enough to become galaxies, but had enough stars to gravitationally hold themselves together over time and, in turn, were held in orbits around the galactic hubs.

The more massive stars within these clusters settle into a dense core teeming with stars. Our nearest star is 4.2 ly away. In a volume of space, with that distance as a radius around our Sun, there are just two star—our Sun and Alpha Centauri. Within the same volume of space in the center of M13 are at least 10,000 stars, most of which are much more luminous than any star of our night sky. If our planet existed in the core of M13, our sky would be dazzling, but I doubt we would know what a dark sky is.

There is very little gas and dust in these clusters for the creation of new stars. It is all locked up in the stars themselves. So, because these clusters are very old, with almost no gas and dust for the creation of new stars, any massive stars that formed during the creation of the globular clusters, themselves, so long ago, have long since expired.

Only a neutron star or black hole from their supernova remains as evidence of their brief but furious lives from the early epoch of globular clusters.

However, astronomers discovered a quirky star that belied this conclusion from the observed evidence—that new stars cannot exist in globular clusters because of the lack of material for their creation.

With refined observing equipment (such as Hubble), astronomers discovered within the dense cores of

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globulars, large blue (hot) stars that had all the earmarks of newly formed stars. Without any gas and dust for their creation, it was a mystery as to where these new stars could have come from. These hot blue stars (that should have long since expired) were hanging around far too long, earning themselves the felicitous moniker “blue stragglers.”

A closer analysis of the cores of globulars, where blue stragglers reside, showed that, with the extraordinary density of stars in the core, stellar collisions actually do happen—averaging once every 10,000 years (the conclusion of one study). That is all but unheard of throughout the disk of our galaxy.

There is simply too much space between the stars for that to happen.

And when two of these old stars do catastrophically collide, their cores spiral in, ever faster, and eventually merge. Their hydrogen atmospheres, which had been too far from the core and unavailable for fusion, are now so thoroughly mixed and begin spiraling down into the much more massive single core. And with this new fuel supply pouring in, fusion ramps up tremendously. So, by merging, these two ancient stars have been given a second shot at life and now blaze forth with youthful vigour as a brand-new, very-hot blue straggler.

Unfortunately, all the ancient stars of globulars, along with the fascinating intricacies of their cores, will remain unseen for you.

Globulars clusters, by the nature of their distribution in a halo outside of our galaxy, are just too far away. M13, for example, is 25,000 ly away. That’s half the radius of our galaxy. So, colossal behemoths that they may be, they will always appear, even in the best binoculars, as a smudge of light. It takes a pretty good telescope to begin resolving individual stars within globulars.

Having said that, don’t be discouraged from searching M13 out,

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A good starting point in your search for M13 is probably the star Vega

The Messier Catalogue The designation of M13 for the Hercules globular comes from the Messier Catalogue of deep sky objects. In the late 1700s, Charles Messier, a renowned comet hunter, grew frustrated with wasting his precious observing time watching fuzzy objects in the sky that would eventually prove to be something other than comets. So, although he had no idea what they were, he compiled a catalogue of all of these “fuzzies.” That way, he and his comet-hunting buddies (it seemed to be a thing in those times) could use their observing time more efficiently in their cometary pursuit. However, what Mr. Messier unwittingly compiled was a catalogue of the mostfascinating and easily observed deep sky objects for all of us modern-day stargazers—open clusters, globular clusters, galaxies and nebula. The Messier Catalogue describes 110 of these objects, and is, today, integral to astronomy, and ubiquitous among stargazers everywhere. for that faint smudge of light is visible to the unaided eye. Just choose your night carefully, for it takes a clear, moonless sky for that. And do have your binoculars on hand if you wish to guarantee a visual confirmation of M13.

A good starting point in your search for M13 is probably the star Vega, unmistakable and brighter than any other in the southwest sky. It will help to print off this month’s sky chart from skymaps. com if you’re having trouble locating Vega. Once you have Vega, refer to the chart here and notice Vega just appearing on the left edge. Now star-hop over from Vega to theta, in Hercules. Four fingers viewed at arm’s length, with one eye will approximately cover that distance. Continue star-hopping to the keystone of Hercules, and just a third of the way down the right

side, you will find the gem of Hercules.

And when you find that little smudge of light, as feeble as it may appear, know that those tired photons have been travelling through space at 300,000 km/sec, for the last 25,000 years, and represent the combined efforts of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars that have been continuously pumping out photons non-stop for the last 13 billion years! The grandest display of consistency ever, I would think.

Jim Borisenko is a happily retired campground maintenance person living in our spectacular wilderness. He also thinks our long dark un-light-polluted night skies is near the top of the list of the many things that makes the Yukon awesome.

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Whether he’s ragging on politics or describing life with his children, he brings us into his perspective without preaching any selfish point of view. His undeniable charm makes him simply fun to watch and listen to and is in large part why he is one of Canada’s most “in demand” comedians

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Steph has been making strangers laugh all her life but over the last two years she’s been doing it on purpose! Her edgy, honest style has quickly made her a favorite on the Yukon Comedy Scene. She is pumped to make her debut on the Ride for Dad stage and is super thankful to have an appropriate forum to talk about butt stuff.

has appeared at the Just for Laughs Festival and has a 1-Hour Comedy Special currently airing on The Comedy Network.

He was just the third Canadian in history to make the Finals of both the San Francisco and Seattle International Comedy Competitions and this past spring he Won ‘Best of the Fest’ at the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival. Lars has also been overseas to entertain the troops 3 times (Kuwait, IRAQ, Kyrgyzstan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and has a weekly comed y radio show on CJSR 88.5 FM that was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award.

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Remembrance Day 2018

THANK YOU from the Whitehorse Legion

TO ALL YUKONERS for supporting the 2018 Remembrance Day activities throughout the Yukon. The City of Whitehorse, Staff

of the Canada Games Centre, City By-law Department and Whitehorse Transit. The parade, colour party and cenotaph guard participants: Veterans and Legion members, Canadian Armed Forces members, RCMP members, RCMP Veterans, Whitehorse Fire Department, Whitehorse Correctional OfďŹ cers, Yukon Regiment Army Cadets and Air Cadet Squadron 551. The Midnight Sun Pipe Band. The Whitehorse Community Choir. The St John Ambulance. Scouts and Guides. All the wreaths layers. All Legion members and non-Legion persons who offered poppies to the public. The businesses that allowed us to leave poppy trays at their place of business and those who displayed Remembrance Wreaths at their businesses. The Yukon schools and senior care facilities for inviting us to participate to their Remembrance ceremonies. The Government of Yukon and the City of Whitehorse for ying the Poppy Flag. OMNI Production.

Our bugler Mr Gareth Howells.

Our Chaplains; Dean SeanMurphy and Father Szwagrzyk. The Legion Staff and the many Legion volunteers.

Fund raised will be used to support Yukon Veterans and their families: By providing PTSD support programs, specialized medical aids, the purchase of a service dog and supporting Honour House; which provides a home away from home to Veterans and their families undergoing medical treatments in Vancouver.

Wreaths will be placed on the headstones of our veterans.

A Veteran is a person who has served as a regular or reservist member of the Canadian Armed Forces or Allied Forces and members of the RCMP; in NATO operations, in UN peace missions and/or at home.

The Whitehorse Legion is forever grateful for the support of the Yukon community. Lest We Forget.

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We can build a snowman We gave a call-out for some readers to submit photos of their snowman-making exploits after the big snowfall in November. Thanks to everyone who sent in evidence of their work.

1/2: Erin Dixon shared these photos of Owen’s snowman (Owen is 3 ½ years old) 3: Helen Booth shared her daughter Laura’s work in the front yard 4: Niki Greenough’s son, Dillon, captured these snowmen lazing about in front of Behind the Barn

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Quest for the Crown: Coronation Ball

Fiddle Show: Shane Cook

Saturday February 23 Doors 6pm

Yukon Arts Centre

Friday February 22 1 pm

Convention Centre High Country Inn

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A Rendezvous Affair: Canadian Playboyz

Call for the Cup: Sam Knighting

Saturday February 16 Doors 9:30 pm Convention Centre High Country Inn Presented by Premier Cabs

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Saturday February 23 Doors 9:30 pm

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Wednesday February 20 7 pm

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>> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery: THE SEVEN TEXTILE To register for anyARTISTS of the “How Does it Felt”

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Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

REBEKAH SENKO Jan. 18 &19

Dec 18 New Member Orientation 5-6pm ………………………..

Woodshop Orientation Sponsored by Home Hardware 7-9pm ………………………..

Dec 20 Mentor Night: Metalwork, Laser and Vinyl Cutting, Sewing ………………………..

Dec 23 Mentor Night: CNC Router, Laser Cutting, Woodworking, Programming ………………………..

Dec 30 Mentor Day: Woodworking, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing ………………………..

Medieval Life Drawing

All Mentor Nights: 6-9pm Open Hours: Wed-Sun 1pm-9pm

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>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << with Neil Graham Intro to Wheel Throwing every first and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm LISA MOORE $10 per 2 hour session

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Screen Printing 101

SHEELAH TOLTON Jan. 29 Intro to Acrylics

Maya Rosenberg Feb. 14

8 pm – Free Solo The action thriller film of year: a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of the free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock… the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park…without a rope. Dir. E. Chai Vasarhelyi + Jimmy Chin, 2018, USA 97 min Tix: yukontickets.com

Visit the FAMILY CANADA GAMESLITERACY CENTRE CENTRE, Upstairs in the September 4, CANADA GAMES CENTRE OPEN 10am-3pm OPEN WEEKDAYS WEEKDAYS 10am-3pm, CLOSED forlunch lunch12-12:30pm 12-12:30pm CLOSED for OPEN SATURDAYS 10am-2pm for OPEN SATURDAY’s 10am-2pm Family Drop-In Programs are are FREE Programs FREE

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Hand-building Pottery Drop-In $10 KIAC Members /$12 Non-Members Basic tools and materials provided Tel: (867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

The Best Things in Life are… Rescued!

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WHITEHORSE COMMUNITY CHOIR AND NEPTUNES (no auditions necessary): Dec 20 Winter Solstice Celebration Xmas Beer o’Clock 4-7pm …………………………...

CoSpace is closed for the Holidays Dec 24- Jan01

Monday JAN 14 and 21 at Whitehorse United Church NEPTUNES (a choir for lower voices) at 6:00 pm WHITEHORSE COMMUNITY CHOIR (a mixed choir for all voices) at 7 pm For information on auditioned small choirs, see the website at:

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: In FreeWhat Teen Drop Ages 11 to 18 Free snack and meal

Free Teen Drop In Tuesdays to Saturdays 3When: PM to 9 PM

Look for the big green door!

Where: 306A Alexander Street Registration: Look for the Contact Khoi Truong, ad@bgcyukon.com green door! orbig 867-393-2824 ext. 202 Contact: Web: bgcyukon.com Facebook: bgcyukon Twitter: @bgcyukon

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CHAMBER CHOIR (mixed voice choir) PERSEPHONES (treble vice choir)

What:

Join us for our

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Register in person at the following rehearsals

Boys and Girls Club of Yukon

Annual Christmas Party The FAMILY LITERACY CENTRE Decwill 21st, 11am-2pm return to the

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Come join the Whitehorse Community Choir

Level 3 Ceramics

Painting in Pairs

6 pm – Meditation Park In this warm and humorous Vancouver-set drama, devoted wife and mother, 60-year-old Maria Wang is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s undergarment. Her efforts to find out the truth send her on an unexpected journey of liberation.

Stars Sandra Oh, Don McKellar, Tzi Ma and celebrated actress of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Cheng Pei Pei. In Cantonese and English with English subs.

Writer/director, Mina Shum will introduce her film. 2017, BC, 94 min.

MakeSpace is closed for the Holidays Dec 24-26 and Dec 31- Jan01, but we are OPEN Dec 27-30

Maya Rosenberg Feb. 21 - Mar. 28

Astrid Kruse Feb. 16, 17, 23 & 24

3 pm – Pom Poko In this classic Studio Ghibli animation, forests are filled with tanuki, mischievous raccoon-like animals from Japanese folklore that are capable of shape-shifting from their standard form to practically any object. The tanuki live happily in the hillsides until the construction of a new Tokyo suburb clears the forest and threatens their way of life. With its sophisticated themes Pom Poko is best-suited for older kids. English dubbed version will be screened.

Dir. Isao Takahata, 1994, JPN, 119 min. Family Pass (up to 5 people): $28

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

8pm Roma – Nominated for 3 Golden Globes and generating serious Oscar buzz, Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece is an immersive, compassionate film that, though set in the 1970s, speaks directly to contemporary Mexican society. An evocation of middle-class household in Mexico City in 1970, this scintillating black and white film focusses on Cleo, a live-in maid, who tends to the two children, cleans and cooks, and observes, discreetly, as her employers’ marriage falls apart. But Cleo’s own love life is just as fraught… In Spanish and Mixteco with English subtitles. Parental guidance for nudity, some disturbing images, and language. 14+. yukontickets.com

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At least I’m not a giraffe’s backside this time

T

he time-honoured English tradition of the Christmas pantomime (known affectionately as just “panto”) was not part of my childhood.

My British father did grow up attending pantos, before going on to become an usher in postVictorian music halls. And one of my Canadian-raised nephews has played and sung the pivotal “Dame” role in many pantos in Hong Kong, where he lives.

Being cueball-bald is apparently no impediment, provided there’s a ready supply of flashy wigs and garish frocks at hand.

For the benefit of those of us who weren’t weaned on this particular theatrical fare, it’s important to bear in mind various traditions, tropes, and stereotypes of an English-style panto.

For starters, it is primarily a children’s holiday entertainment, based on some variation or other of a well-known children’s tale.

It will often include local references, or gags about current events.

There may or may not be music or dancing involved, but there is at least one animal character (played by two heavily-disguised humans) galumphing around the stage.

By tradition, the male lead is played by a female. Take J.M. Barrie’s famous 1904 play, Peter Pan, for example, which came directly from the panto tradition.

The title role of the boy who refused to grow up was usually played by a woman—including the landmark performances on Broadway and TV in the 1950s by Larry Hagman’s mom, Mary Martin.

By tradition, the Dame is played by a male, who may or may not be a sympathetic character, but often has some of the play’s most-withering dialogue. Think of Australian comic actor Barry Humphries, in his alter ego of Dame Edna Everage.

This being children’s entertainment, audience members are encouraged to cheer for the hero (or heroine) and to boo the villain. At

Peter Pan was written in the panto tradition with the male lead played by a female. Mary Martin, played the role on Broadway and on TV in the 1950s least one loud warning of “Behind you!” can be expected from the audience during any panto.

Oh, yes. The other crucial ingredient of this art form is witty dialogue (and action) that can play well on more than one level.

The humour must be broad enough for the youngest audience members to enjoy, yet not enough to bore the adults to distraction.

That’s where the cheeky British tradition of the double entendre comes to the rescue.

The adults might groan at some of the child-friendly material, but—if it’s done properly—the “nudge-nudge, wink-wink” adult

gags will sail right over the children’s heads.

This Christmas season, I get to make my panto acting debut in a delightful, Canadian-flavoured adaptation of the 1790 German story of Rapunzel, written and directed by my talented wife.

Not as hero, or Dame, nor even as the back half of a giraffe. But I’ll be there, anyway, trying to milk a slightly cheeky laugh or two.

Our resident Geezer became addicted to greasepaint at a very young age. He currently lives southeast of Whitehorse.

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church Sundays Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Tue. Dec. 25 Potluck Christmas Dinner 3:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Call Lynn 651-7663 for more information.

BEAVER CREEK

Mondays and Fridays Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tuesdays and Saturdays Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Wednesdays Culture & Craft Night 6:30 PM Jacquot Hall Start a new project, finish an old project, great teachers to help and share techniques with! Held in the Elders Room

CARCROSS

Until Fri. May. 3 Art Exhibit - A Closer Look Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building An exhibition showcasing five new works by Yukon artists, recently acquired for the Yukon Permanent Art Collection.

Mondays AA - Tagish 7:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mondays Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tuesdays and 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 Tuesdays and Wednesdays Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays and Fridays AA Carcross Wed. 6:30 pm, Fri. 1:30 pm, Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thursdays CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thursdays Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Thursdays Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Saturdays Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sundays Sewing Sessions 12:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed. Dec. 19 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed. Dec. 19 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Tue. Dec. 25 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Dec. 25 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Dec. 27 Executive Council Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 1 C/TFN Communication Team Mtng 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 1 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 1 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 1 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue. Jan. 1 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue. Jan. 1 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed. Jan. 2 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed. Jan. 2 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed. Jan. 2 School Council 7:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Sun. Jan. 6 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Mon. Jan. 7 CTRRC Mtng 10:00 AM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 8 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 8 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Jan. 8 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue. Jan. 8 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue. Jan. 8 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed. Jan. 9 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed. Jan. 9 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031

DAWSON CITY

Thursdays Youth Hip Hop Series 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Free, snacks, no registration required - Ages 12-18 Fridays Jesse Smith in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fridays Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fridays Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Friday & Saturday Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Saturdays The Executives in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Saturdays Roberts & Klein in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Saturdays Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and

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painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sundays St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sat. Dec. 22 Open Studio 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Mon. Dec. 24 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Sat. Dec. 29 Open Studio 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu. Jan. 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Tue. Jan. 1 20/20 Anniversary Celebrations KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Tue. Jan. 1 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Mon. Jan. 7 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon. Jan. 7 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon. Jan. 7 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12.

Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting.

This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. 867-993-7400 Tue. Jan. 8 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520

FARO

Tuesday & Thursdays Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Wednesdays Public Skate 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@faroyukon. ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Fridays Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Saturdays Public Skate 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@faroyukon. ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Saturdays Sticks and Pucks 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2728 for more information.

Sundays Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Wed. Dec. 19 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Wed. Dec. 19 Last Minute Christmas Market 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed. Dec. 19 Public Skate 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@faroyukon. ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Wed. Dec. 19 Archery 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre No experience or equipment needed.

Thu. Dec. 20 Archery 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre No experience or equipment needed.

Thu. Dec. 20 Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Thu. Dec. 20 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Sun. Dec. 23 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Thu. Dec. 27 Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Thu. Dec. 27 Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Sun. Dec. 30 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Thu. Jan. 3 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Sun. Jan. 6 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Tue. Jan. 8 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided

HAINES

Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: MonWed 11-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30| Thurs/ Fri Closed #907-766-2545 Closed Dec 24, 25 & Jan 1st Mondays Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays & Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Tuesdays Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tuesdays and Thursdays Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays and Thursdays Fun Science 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wednesdays Rock Band for Teens and Preteens 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wednesdays Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fridays American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Fridays and Mondays Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fridays Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fridays Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fridays Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Saturdays Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sundays Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church Sundays Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Wed. Dec. 19 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Fri. Dec. 21 Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Wed. Jan. 2 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Mon. Jan. 7 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Wed. Jan. 9 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar

HAINES JUNCTION

Wednesdays 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.

Thursdays Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Thursdays Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thursdays Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thursdays Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

Thursdays Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information.

Fridays Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Saturdays Public Skate 12:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Tues/Wed 3:15 - 4:45 pm - Fri 3-6 pm Sat 12-4 pm and Sun 5-7:30 pm Wed. Dec. 19 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed. Dec. 19 Lift Your Spirits - Christmas Connects Days 10:00 AM Takhini Hall Call Angela at 456-6891 for more information. Lunch provided.

Thu. Dec. 20 Open Mic 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Fri. Dec. 21 Christmas Baking 4:30 PM Champagne And Aishihik First Nation - Haines Junction Office Call Annette at 634-5561 for more information Fri. Dec. 21 Christmas Baking - Christmas Connects 4:30 PM Haines Junction Call 6345243 for more information.

Sat. Dec. 22 Christmas Movies - Christmas Connects 2:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Call 634-5243 for more information.

Wed. Dec. 26 Boxing Day Dinner - Christmas Connects Haines Junction Call 634-5243 for more information.

Mon. Dec. 31 First Night - New Years Eve Christmas Connects 7:30 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Call 634-5243 for more information.

Wed. Jan. 2 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun. Jan. 6 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church Service - Info: Mark Ritchie 634-2943 Tue. Jan. 8 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed. Jan. 9 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed. Jan. 9 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

LORNE MOUNTAIN

Sat. Dec. 22 Sparkling Skate Party 4:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Skating to music, a bbq, free event - Just drop in!

Tue. Jan. 8 Creative Dance Classes 5:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For ages 4-7, Drop in - Free

MARSH LAKE

Wednesdays Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wednesdays Pump Fitness 6:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Thu. Dec. 20 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Dec. 21 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Dec. 25 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Dec. 25 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Dec. 26 Marsh Lake Community Society Meeting 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre All Welcome to attend.

Thu. Dec. 27 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Dec. 28 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Jan. 1 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Jan. 1 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Jan. 2 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu. Jan. 3 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Jan. 4 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Jan. 8 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre followed by hot apple cider and refreshments. 660-4999

MAYO

Fri. Dec. 21 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Dec. 23 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Fri. Dec. 28 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Dec. 30 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon. Dec. 31 Gatsby New Years Eve Party 8:00 PM Mayo Curling Arena Contact Chelsea or Nicole for tickets. Costumes encouraged.

Tue. Jan. 1 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus Fri. Jan. 4 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Jan. 6 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon. Jan. 7 Yoga Classes 7:00 PM Mayo Curling Arena Bring your own Yoga mat or borrow ours. Classes are free of charge and drop-ins are welcome. 8979962043 Tue. Jan. 8 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

OLD CROW

Thursdays Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sundays St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue. Jan. 8 Gym Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

SKAGWAY

Daily, Mondays to Fridays, Mom, Dad & Me Toddler Time 9:00 am Skagway Alaska Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free drop-in. Call 907-983-2679 for more info.

Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays Group Cycling 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thursdays Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thursdays Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Thursdays Senior Weights 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Fridays & Wednesdays Group Cycling 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Saturdays Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Saturdays & Sundays Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Dec. 19 Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wed. Dec. 19 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Dec. 19 Christmas Hymn Sing and Caroling 6:30 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway Singing hymns with local musicians and caroling around town Wed. Dec. 19 Pickleball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Dec. 19 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu. Dec. 20 Holiday Party for Kids 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Ages 5-12.

Children under 5 must have a parent or guardian supervising at all times.

Thu. Dec. 20 Relax into Winter 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Celebrate the first day of winter with self care and reflection. All levels are welcome. FREE Thu. Dec. 20 Vision Boards– Dear Santa Collage & New Year Intentions (GRADE K-6) 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Kids grade K-6 can create a collage of all their Christmas present wishes Create the life you want, set goals and manifest your dreams. Combine colorful images and words into a beautiful intention setting collage for 2018.

Fri. Dec. 21 SpinYOGA 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri. Dec. 21 Stretch & Play Yoga 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun. Dec. 23 Christmas Stories with Reba 4:00 PM Skagway Alaska Join the amazing and highly entertaining Reba for an afternoon of storytelling.

FREE Mon. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service 9:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway Join Pastor Ryan Mandeville on Christmas Eve for an evening service Mon. Dec. 24 Eagles Christmas Pageant 7:00 PM Eagles Hall Join family and friends this Christmas Eve to watch one of the most anticipated events of the season. Free Wed. Dec. 26 Family Ski & Bonfire 12:00 PM Skagway Alaska Bring a dish to pass! At the Brady/Alderworks Cabin in Dyea. Dress warm.

Fri. Dec. 28 SpinYOGA 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri. Dec. 28 Stretch & Play Yoga 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Dec. 29 Vision Boards – Dear Santa Collage & New Year Intentions (Teens & Adults) 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre For Teens & Adults, Create the life you want, set goals and manifest your dreams. Combine colorful images and words into a beautiful intention setting collage for 2018.

Mon. Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Party 8:00 PM Elks Lodge Skagway Hors d’oeuvres, live music and dancing guaranteed!

Wed. Jan. 2 Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wed. Jan. 2 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Jan. 2 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri. Jan. 4 SpinYOGA 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Jan. 7 Group Cycling 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Jan. 7 Hatha Yoga w/Sherry- ALL Levels 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Jan. 7 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

Mon. Jan. 7 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Jan. 8 Let it Roll - Hatha Flow with Foam Roller 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls.

Tue. Jan. 8 Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Tue. Jan. 8 Senior Weights 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Wed. Jan. 9 Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wed. Jan. 9 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Jan. 9 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

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Wednesdays and Saturdays, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-341 Closed December 26th Wed. Dec. 19 Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed. Dec. 19 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed. Dec. 19 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thursdays Carpet Bowling 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Thu. Dec. 20 OsteoFit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Fri. Dec. 21 Pickleball 11:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Sat. Dec. 22 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Thu. Dec. 27 OsteoFit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Fri. Dec. 28 Pickleball 11:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Wed. Jan. 2 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed. Jan. 2 Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu. Jan. 3 OsteoFit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Fri. Jan. 4 Pickleball 11:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Sun. Jan. 6 Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 4:00 PM Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 tagishcc@gmail.com Mon. Jan. 7 Carcross Tagish Renewable Resource Council 12:30 PM Tagish Community Centre All welcome to attend.

Mon. Jan. 7 Nordic Walking 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

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Tue. Jan. 1 After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue. Jan. 8 After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue. Jan. 8 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Tue. Jan. 8 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

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Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more info. Closed Dec. 24, 25, 31st & Jan 1st Thursdays Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Saturdays Public Skate 2:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Thu. Dec. 27 Community Kitchen 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre A afternoon of being in the kitchen, cooks some nutritious meals and bake some goodies to take home.

Tue. Jan. 1 Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake Tue. Jan. 8 Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

The cooking fire ...

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lot of folks who are new to camping would rather use one of the new(er) camp stoves that will simmer or rage and that also have an electronic igniter, so you don’t even need a match to get it going. They run on cans of butane or propane, or refills of kerosene or white gas.

Convenience is what makes them so popular, and on a rainy day, convenience is pretty good to have available. They are pretty dependable but lack the ambience created by a cooking fire.

A cooking fire isn’t just a miniature bonfire, and to make a good one takes luck, experience or some advice from someone who’s got a reputation for being a good campfire cook.

The fire can be big enough to keep you and your campmates warm, but that hot part of the fire is not what you cook on. Visualize a keyhole, with the circular part being the large fire. Off to one side (upwind) make a “slot” straight out from the fire. Into this keyhole shape, pull a bunch of coals from the fire, set your grate on stones at either

Wrap the other end of the light chain around the horizontal (or propped-up stick).

Another hook in that end will assist to keep that chain from slipping off the support stick.

You can then hang your (bail-equipped, handle over the top) pots on the lower hook to boil, or on one of the higher hooks to simmer or keep warm. The hookequipped hanging chain can also be shortened at any time by giving it another wrap around the hanging stick.

Of course, none of the campfire cooking is as easy as cooking on a stove, so it depends on what satisfies you personally. Bear in mind that anyone can cook a meal on a stove; but on a fire, now that’s a skill.

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Larry has some tips on how to suspend your pots over an open flame side of the slot and cook on that area. Replenish the coals from the main fire as needed. You can control the cooking heat by adding or removing coals or by moving the grate a little farther from the main fire.

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The ultimate in heat control over an open fire is to hang your pots over the flames. For this, you will need to install a pole,

either level or propped up to be between four and five feet above the fire. In advance, you will have prepared at least three very light chains, with bungee-type hooks at the bottom, and at least one or two more (up a foot each) above the bottom one.

“Step Outside” columnist Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself. He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and a retired hunter-education coordinator for the Government of Yukon.

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A favourite tradition with a fresh face

The Bachelor Auction joins forces with the Sourdough Sams on January 19 at the Kwanlin Dűn Cultural Centre

by Lindsay Cornell

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fter eight years, the traditional Bachelor Auction is getting a makeover! The title sponsor, Beauty Bar Hair & Esthetics Lounge is proud to introduce the first Sourdough Sam Date-off & Auction.

This fresh take on the traditional winter singles event, The Bachelor Auction, promises to host an awesome evening, which will be of interest to all adult Yukoners.

Event guests will be able to appreciate the returning favourites, with unique and exciting twists.

Some highlights include associate sponsor Yukon Brewing Company and Wandering Bison catering, which this year will be served throughout the event. Shannon Mallory is returning as the event DJ and will also be opening the second half with her fabulous comedy show. Event hits suchs as the 50:50 draw, a refreshed and fantastic silent auction, can be expected. Event organizers have expanded the Yukon Singles public stage event with up to four dating games … like old-school TV style, but the main event is still the live auction.

The Beauty Bar is proud to announce some exciting returning date/experience package sponsors such as, Air North’s Date Package for Two, with flights to Vancouver and two nights’ hotel accommodation, as well as the Yukon Wildlife

The Boys and Girls Club of Yukon Bachelor Auction added a dating game last year. The re-designed Sam Auction will again feature new twists Preserve’s, A Wild Night, and Muktuk Adventures’ Dogsled and dinner.

In addition, there are also some exciting and fresh date/experience packages, such as An Evening at the Museum, with a private catered dinner for two, sponsored by the Yukon Transportation Museum.

The real event innovation is in the strengthened connection and support for Boys & Girls Clubs of Yukon programs, including the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Kids-

Fest. With this focus in mind, this year the date/experience packages will not be hosted by the Yukon’s most-eligible bachelors but will be hosted by the Sourdough Sams. (Ladies, don’t get too excited ... the auction only includes the date packages!)

The Sams will gain valuable points in the hunt for the Yukon Sourdough Sam title, which will be gained in two categories. The first will be participation and performance, as each Sam will play “host” to one date/experience package

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on-stage. The second will be in the most funds raised by each Sam on their respective auction items.

The Sourdough Sams have creative control. This new take on an old favourite has taken the fun/love experience and has expanded so all can join as singles, friends or couples.

The Beauty Bar Sourdough Sam Date-off & Auction will be held on January 19th at the Kwanlin Dűn Cultural Centre. All event proceeds will support the operations and programs of the Boys & Girls Club of Yukon (BGCY). “We are excited to continue to support the great work of BGCY and continue on the great tradition of the Bachelor Auction. This year we had to look at the mission of our company and the BGCY, and although we love the Bachelor Auction, it was important for us to host an event that was inclusive and celebrated all individuals being their best selves,” stated the Beauty Bar esthetician Kimberly Graw.

The BGCY currently has two clubs that host the toddler, preschool and youth drop-in centres.

BGCY is currently working with collaborators to support expansion of needed services and to introduce new programs to bet-

ter support Yukon children, families and youth. The impact of funds raised at this event support the continued work, which in 2018 impacted over 400 children and youth, which translates into 18,000 meals, over 60,000 hours of staff time spent engaging, supporting, listening and encouraging children and youth to find and be their best human, whatever.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Yukon executive director stated, “It is phenomenal to continue to work with the great folks at The Beauty Bar and Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous, and all our wonderful supporters! These events and community support are vital to the health and success of BGCY, and all proceeds go directly to our children’s and youth programming.”

The Beauty Bar, located at 2237 2nd Avenue, Suite 100, is the place to get an application to be a single in one of the dating games, and to have a chance to win a date/experience package. Please note: singles will be asked to selfidentify, and all are welcome!

Check out event details for what treasures these tickets include.

“We are proud to work with Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of Yukon, and thrilled with the direction and support of this renewed favourite winter party,” said Kimberly Graw.

So come down, call or email to get your tickets and application, today, to join this great event and support a great cause!

For information on how to apply as a single, to purchase tickets or to find other ways to get involved and support, please email Megan Andre (Beauty Bar) at beautybar. whitehorse@outlook.com or 6681011 or Lindsay Cornell (Boys & Girls Clubs of Yukon) at ed@bgcyukon.com or 393-2824, x201.

Lindsay Cornell is the executive director of Boys and Girls Club Yukon.

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For Nina, the brightest and most magnificent Christmas image that comes to mind is of Santa Claus and the sounds of the bells

hat image appears in your imagination when you think about Christmas? When I think about Christmas, the first thing I imagine are all of the wonderful Christmas movies (like Home Alone).

I think about the smell of fresh mandarins.

I remember my grandparents when they were sitting in front of the TV near the old-fashioned, but very cozy Christmas tree.

I remember the famous CocaCola advertising.

However, the brightest and most magnificent picture that comes to mind is of Santa Claus and the sounds of the bells.

All of us – adults and children – want to believe in a fairy tale!

Sometimes adults need fairy tales even more than kids. Anyway, we have already celebrated Christmas and the New Year. The calendar year is already done, and it’s a good time to remember how it was.

PHOTO: Pixabay The season of holiday preparation officially kicked in high gear with the Santa Claus Parade, held in Whitehorse in the middle of December.

Perhaps for some people this colorful procession is just another traditional marathon and they believe that participation in the event is only a waste of time. However, I’m not among these people. For me, the Christmas season is the most magnificent time of the year, when you want to believe that literally anything you can wish will happen.

When everyone, regardless of their age, believes in fairy tales and expects something bright and good.

It’s time to try something new.

Though I moved here from Toronto, I have never seen the Santa Clause Parade. And it’s really sad, because the parade that was held in Whitehorse was something crazy

and unforgettable. Participants could see flamboyant cartoon characters walking along Main Street and different, colourfully designed themed floats.

Finally, he appeared, the one we’d all been waiting for. Everyone who came to the street on this day came to meet and celebrate him: Santa Claus!

He turned to the right and to the left, gave a fatherly wave of the hand and smiled. He arrived, and that meant we were on a fastslide to Christmas and the New Year. Very soon this kind wizard will open his fairy bag and shower all of us with wonderful gifts.

The City of Whitehorse and organizers of the Santa Claus events tried their best: just a week after the Santa Clause Parade and treelighting ceremony in Whitehorse, a new festival was held. Here, thousands of people had an opportunity to try plenty of drinks and variety of snacks from sponsors, ride a dogsled, take a traditional photo with Santa or choose from several other activities.

Organizers made this event joyful and interesting for all participants, anyone had a chance to find many fun things to do, entertainment and amusement activities.

I was ecstatic of the fabulous atmosphere of Christmas and my

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almost forgotten childhood. There was such a feeling of hope and that’s when you wait for a miracle.

You believe that it will come true and anything you can wish for will come true.

It was my first winter in Whitehorse, the capital city of the Yukon Territory. However, being here, in those moments I truly believed that, yes, there is a real Santa Claus that lives somewhere in the territory. He is very close to us. This is a real Santa who came to the town to meet us. This is not some performance artist, but a real, living magician. He will bring us a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

In addition, I would like to say thank you to City of Whitehorse for a Garbage Truck Santa that brings cheers and holiday spirit to the town.

Being here for Christmas, I felt that I was in a fairy tale, like in my childhood. I literally wanted to cry with happiness.

Thanks to the organizers for bringing fairy-tale particles into our ordinary life and enveloping our lives in a fairy-tale spirit.

Nina Shetsiruli is a What’s Up Yukon reader who contributed this story last January after experiencing a magical time during the holidays season.

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The last great road race

Competitors line up at the start line of last year’s Alcan 200

The 50th running of the Alcan 200 International Snow Machine Road Rally takes place this January 19

by Danny Macdonald

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link and you might miss it.

With top average speeds reaching 121 miles per hour (194.7 km/hour), the fastest riders in the Alcan 200 Road Rally set a blistering pace. You’re not alone in the Yukon if you’ve missed out on this under-the-radar event that has quietly approached its 50th anniversary. The annual event takes place on the third weekend in January, attracting snow-machine enthusiasts from Alaska, the Yukon and northern B.C. The event is organized by the Chilkat Snowburners out of Haines, Alaska, who are responsible for most of the hard work that goes into preparing for a safe and supported race. Snowburners’ president Kathi Lapp has been involved with family, taking part in the race since the early 80s, but has a good perspective on the planning side, having helped organize the event for about the past six years.

“Getting the road permit and insurance paperwork filed,” Lapp said. “That’s the biggest thing.

And then getting all the volunteers organized.”

The event requires a good

number of volunteers to man the various stations along the course.

The course runs from Pleasant Camp, B.C. (Canada Customs) to the turnaround at Dezadeash and then back to Pleasant Camp. Two manned fuel stations are located along the course, where riders must pull to a complete stop, as well as the turnaround point.

Yukoner Wade Istchenko has helped marshall the Dezadeash turnaround for many years and thinks the race is another great example of Yukoners and Alaskans cooperating on a great event.

“Volunteering on the Alcan (200) is a way to help our American cousins,” Istchenko said. “That’s what we call it. We say, ‘Our cousins are coming across the border this weekend.’”

Istchenko noted that the road is closed by B.C. for the race and it’s the longest running annual race that closes the road. “We like to say it’s the last great road race,” he laughed.

He also noted that it’s an economic driver for Haines, during a slower time of the year. Lapp con-

curs that the event and its festivities attracts a good crowd to town for the weekend.

“The drivers all come into town on Friday night for the Calcutta at the Fogcutter,” Lapp said. “The Calcutta is a separate race in the race that drivers can enter if they want.”

In the Calcutta, drivers in each class are auctioned off to either themselves, other competitors or spectators, who bid to secure the rider in the race, Lapp explained.

The pool is shared among the winning bidders.

The race itself is split into seven different classes, depending on the size or type of snow machine the competitor is riding. Each class is considered its own division for prizes, as well as an overall

winner and Red Lantern award for the slowest competitor.

The blinding speeds and logistics require some strong support, as many drivers have a support mechanic to assist with emergency repairs, but it’s not uncommon for sleds to break down during the race.

“There’s an ambulance and a flatbed truck trailing along right behind the slowest machine,” Istchenko said. “If she breaks down, the flatbed is to put the dead sleds on.

“The slowest machine has to go at least 50 miles/hr (80 km/hr).”

Lapp noted that anyone interested in taking in the weekend festivities is welcome to join. The Friday event at the Fogcutter is open to all. On Saturday, there is a

PHOTO: Steve Wort drivers’ meeting at 9 a.m. (Alaska time) and the race starts at 10 a.m. Istchenko notes that the first drivers arrive in Dezadeash about 40 minutes after the race start, for viewing the turnaround. And Saturday evening has a ticketed banquet and awards at the Legion in Haines, Alaska.

For more information, visit their website www.Alcan200.org.

Danny Macdonald is the editor of What’s Up Yukon. He is a lifelong Yukoner who is active in sports, community organizations and the Yukon’s events scene.

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My first Christmas in the North: 1961 Donna found peace, happiness and calmness during her first simpler Christmas in the North PHOTO: Pixabay

by Donna Clayson

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was 11 years old when we moved from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Haines Junction, a community of perhaps 500 residents. It really wasn’t much of a shock leaving what I considered a “big place” for a small community at the base of the St. Elias Mountains. I had adjusted well to the move and was looking forward to my first Christmas in the north.

As the days got colder and the snow fell and hid the lines and crevices on the mountains that I had memorized during the summer, the excitement of the school Christmas pageant kept me occupied.

I had no idea what to expect. I was used to seeing houses decorated with lights and wooden cutouts of Santa on his sleigh being pulled by Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer. It was always exciting going to the stores in Dawson Creek and finding just the right gift for my parents. There was none of that here.

It seemed something was missing.

On the morning of December 1st the thought struck me and I panicked: where was I going to buy gifts with the money I had earned working at my dad’s gas station over the summer months?

More importantly, where were my folks going to buy me a gift?

There was Madley’s store that had everything including the shoe box that the mail was kept in, a little bit of clothing and, of course, food. Nothing that would constitute a gift!

I decided now was the time

to take action. I approached my parents to ask about driving to Whitehorse – 98 miles east – to buy gifts. “No,” I was told. “Too cold to travel that far.”

“Well, there had to be somewhere to shop!”

“No,” I was told, “This year will be different. We will make our own gifts.”

I was horrified.

Maybe moving to The Junction wasn’t such a good idea after all.

I had no gift, and my parents seemed to think I could make something.

Me? Make something? Were they crazy?

All the kids in the school were kept busy practicing for the pageant. There were skits planned and singing of Christmas carols.

If my parents weren’t concerned about a gift for them, then so be it, I wouldn’t worry about it either.

That would sure teach them!

With all the hard work everyone had done preparing for the pageant I knew the parents would all be pleased with the performance.

It was Christmas Eve and as we walked to the school the sound of our boots on the crisp snow reminded me of walking on sharp glass.

The northern lights lit up the sky all around us and were so close that we could hear them crackle and hiss.

I swear I could hear them singing “Silent Night.”

I don’t remember a lot about the pageant. I felt strange somehow.

It seemed I was closer to a religious experience than I had ever been. We never attended church or talked religion in our house, but it felt like God was speaking to me from the mountains and whispering to me through the northern lights.

It’s really hard to explain.

Later that evening as we walked back home I felt at peace, and truly happy. A calmness I have never felt since.

In the morning there was a gift from my parents. A drawing board that dad made out of plywood and two yardsticks and a pencil. I could draw an exact duplicate of a picture by moving the yardsticks.

My mother had burned into the wood the names of family members that couldn’t be with us along with the year of our first Christmas in the north.

My gift to them? I did make something after we had come home from the school pageant – a thank you card to my parents for bringing me to Haines Junction.

For teaching me that material things are not important.

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by Danny Best

I had an amazing experience under the Northern Lights as I recall it was like midnight angels… blanketing full over me with wide rippling bands of ghostly long trailing ribbons

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all dressed-up in the creamy lime greens… sapphire blues… and crimson pinks of a slowly… meandering… aurora borealis

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serenely igniting brightly each… while sauntering their way up through the all but invisible glistening frosty atmosphere

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dancing sky high above me then graciously reaching downward to just shy of within my very own transient… palpably iffy… little space

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Happy Solstice!

almost as though some part of it were attempting to touch me to reach out and… connect with me

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playfully yet obediently colliding head-on against the easy drift and flow… of those brisk (chill-ya-right-down-to-the-damn-bone) invigoratingly raw… northern night winds

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I felt as though I had learned something something that the Inuit know… have always known

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BALANCE = HARMONY = HEALTH NORTH

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Air, Mind, Animals

Earth, Body, Stones

Wishing you the best of health for the new year!

Black Onyx is used by certain healers as a protection stone. There are claims that it absorbs and transforms negative energy, and helps to prevent fatigue.

Black Onyx is used to develop emotional and physical strength and stamina. Also carried by people when grieving.

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From Harvard Medical School Publishing: Our gastrointestinal tract is sensitive to emotions like anger, anxiety, sadness, elation — and they all trigger something in our gut. So our brain, and what we think, has a direct effect on the stomach and intestines.

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Tammy MacKay-Kearney, Intuitive Psychic Healer “Energy, when used with pure intent, has the potential to power your growth, transformation and healing.”

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Fire is the spark of our Creativity, and is linked with the astrological signs of Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.

Fire in Aries is seen as the initial spark that burst Masaru Emoto is a Japanese author and entrepreneur 867-334-8470 theenergeticgrove@gmail.com into flame bringing light and warmth. who says Human Consciousness has an effect on the facebook.com/theenergeticgrove/ In Leo, it is the embers, banked down, with a slow molecular structure of water. If you are nice to water and and steady flow of warmth and radiance. In Sagitarius, it is the wild fire, then freeze it, it will make pretty happy crystals. If you are mean to water and then running and sparking rapidly from one to the other, igniting and exploring freeze it, it will make ugly unhappy crystals. He wrote: far and wide. Those touched by fire can be seen as inspirational, strong, “The result was that we always observed beautiful crystals after giving good self assured. We all carry fire within us, and it is finding the best of it without words, playing good music, and showing, playing, or offering pure prayer to water. getting burnt out, that leads to the best we can offer as creative souls.

On the other hand, we observed disfigured crystals in the opposite situation.”

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