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Alaska Governor Ernest Gruening (seated) signs the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. Witnessing are (left to right): O.D. Cochran, Elizabeth Peratrovich, Edward Anderson, Norman Walker, and Roy Peratrovich.

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t was her Russian name that grabbed my attention as I was casually surfing websites, wondering how Alaskans celebrate Valentine’s Day. I stumbled on the following notice: “Every year on February 16, Alaskans honor Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich (1911—1958) for her courageous, unceasing efforts to eliminate discrimination and bring about equal rights in Alaska” (Alaska Statutes 44.12.065).

I quickly learned she wasn’t Russian at all, but an unnamed Tlingit (Lukaax.adi clan) orphan baby born in St. Petersburg on July 4, 1911. She was adopted

by Andrew and Mary Wanamaker,

also Tlingit, and named Elizabeth Wanamaker. In 1931, at the age of 20, she married Roy Peratrovich (1908-89), of Ketchikan, and the two of them spent their entire lives fighting for the civil rights of Alaska natives. She was one of the main driving forces in ensuring the passing of the territory’s AntiDiscrimination Act of 1945, which was the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.

On Feb. 16, Alaskans honor her memory with gatherings. Some visit the gravesite where she is buried alongside her husband.

Peratrovich has awards, monuments and buildings named in her honor, including the Eliza-

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beth Peratrovich Award and the Peratrovich Gallery in the Alaska House of Representatives. A theater in Ketchikan’s Southeast Alaska Discovery Center is also named after her, and a park in downtown Anchorage is named for her and Roy. On Feb. 6, 1988, the Alaska Legislature established Feb. 16 as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, the day the Anti-Discrimination Act was signed in 1945.

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Alaska history... cont’d

On the Cover Darcy Laliberty and Kylie Campbell show off their ink at the T&M Hotel

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Sourdough Financial Starter ..... 5 Seasonal Recipes ................... 8 Rendezvous on Main ..............10 A History of Mad Trapping .......11

Elizabeth Peratrovich, Tlingit nation, civil rights activist who worked for equality for Alaska Natives

Tomáš Kubínek Show .............12 Living With Wildlife ...............14 Strength and Style ................18 The Bookshelf ......................19

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times in the long battle for equal civil rights in North America.

Your humble and aging liberal Yukon reporter is a tad embarrassed to admit he had never before heard her name, nor knew her courageous story, but that has changed.

From now on, whenever Valentine’s Day pops up out of a snowbank in mid-February like a lost and lonely holiday heart/fart, my thoughts will be of Elizabeth and what she accomplished for all northerners. Might even send a birthday card to St. Petersburg on the 4th of July to honour her memory.

Doug Sack, 71, is the former sports editor of the Yukon News and the Whistler Question and longtime columnist for Ski Canada magazine. Before that, he was young.

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Family fortune tied to the Klondike Gold Rush

A fortune rising from sourdough starter

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He never reached the Klondike Gold Fields; he was hundreds of miles short. Nevertheless, he made his golden stake in Golden, B.C., and in the newly surveyed town of White Horse (originally two words), which was named after the rapids nearby.

Financial Sourdough Starter for the family fortunes to come.

Friedrich Trump was born in Kallstadt, Germany. His father died when he was young and Friedrich started out as a barber’s apprentice, a useful trade. In 1885, while still a handsome teenager and eager to seek his fortune, he sailed for America, in steerage, to join his sister in New York.

He anglicized his name to Fred, and within five years he moved to the young timber town of Seattle and soon had enough cash to buy tables and chairs for a restaurant. His big opportunity came in nearby Monte Cristo, Washington, a gold and silver boomtown where catering to the need for food, shelter and booze was a golden guarantee of profit. Monte Cristo’s boom and bust was a lesson learned and later gave Friedrich a headstart on the Trail of ’98.

Not in a hurry to join the stampede, it was said in several publications that Friedrich grubstaked two of his Monte Cristo buddies to record claims in his name in the Klondike, in 1897. Indeed, there is a record in the Yukon Archives of mining claims with the name Fred Trumpf on it, which is prob-

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prospectors. The drought of the long depression years was over!

Trump’s restaurant in Seattle did a booming business.

In 1898, Fred was ready and sold everything and headed north to Skagway, Alaska, to join the thousands of stampeders on the Trail of ’98 to Dawson.

His ambition was to set up in the business again. Mining was a tough gamble and he knew the odds.

Opportunity came soon after he was on the trail. His tent was turned into a restaurant, cooking up the mandatory year’s stock of groceries.

More could easily be bought from departing greenhorns who gave up the stampede.

Fred, with his pocket full of profits from the trail, smelled another opportunity.

Along with his partner, Ernest Levin, he bought a muddy lot on the lakeshore of Bennett, in the spring of 1899, and put up the Arctic Restaurant and PHOTO: DeYoung’s via Wikimedia Commons Hotel, a spicy establishment—meals for 75 cents; open 24 hours. It was Friedrich Trump a popular hangout for young, is photogaphed fiercely mustachioed customers, bathed in manly aroma and in New York for shrill-voiced ladies, drenched in 1887 in cheap perfume, as enticing, bawdy songs that wafted through the door.

Seattle became a supply city for Americans heading for the Klondike. Money flowed like water for outfitting the hopeful

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Whitehorse EVENTS ART SHOWS

Until Sat. Feb. 23 James Quong Photographer Arts Underground Friends of the Yukon Archives Society presents “James Quong Photographer” 667-5321 Until Sat. Feb. 23 Gadgets and Ancient Treasures Arts Underground The exhibit will look at inventions that have both influenced the course of history and those that have simply had an effect on our daily lives, whether in a practical or a spiritual sense.

Until Sat. Feb. 24 Codex : Canon Arts Underground The exhibit by Owen Williams Until ‘Tue. Mar. 5 Art Exhibit - Love and Light Yukon Artists at Work Gallery A collection of inspired works by three YA@W Artists: Chelsea Ravensdale, Sculptor/Carver, Susanne Hausermann, Textile Artist and Jackie DowellIrvine, Painter.

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. Free and welcoming to all.

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Wed. Feb. 13 Arctic Song - An Evening with Leela Gilday, Elisapie, & Diyet 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre This pan-territorial performance features musicians from across the Canadian Arctic, including special guest: Wesley Hardistry.

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Wed. Feb. 13 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Thu. Feb. 14 Jazz and More 6:30 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant A romantic evening out with Gordon Miller on guitar and Anne Turner on bass setting the mood!

Thu. Feb. 14 Gold Rush Jam 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu. Feb. 14 LIVE: Johnny Pogue 8:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Thu. Feb. 14 Ginger Jam 8:00 PM Epic Pizza Fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest cohosts and performers.

Fri. Feb. 15 LIVE: Zachary Pelland & Guest 9:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Fri. Feb. 15 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat. Feb. 16 Selina Live 7:00 PM The Cut Off Restaurant Live music from Yukons own Selina Heyligers-Hare! Blues, classic rock, R&B, folk, soul and more.

Sat. Feb. 16 Jazz and More 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Lorène Charmetant on vocals and guitar, Andrea McColeman on piano and accordion, Anne turner on bass and Lonnie Powell on drums.

Sat. Feb. 16 Azuline Duo 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Features award-winning young musicians Sara Traficante (flute) and Emma Rush (guitar).

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Sat. Feb. 16 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat. Feb. 16 LIVE: Jack Straw 9:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Sun. Feb. 17 Jam Session 6:00 PM 98 Hotel Bring your instrument and have fun!

Sun. Feb. 17 Open Mic Jam Hosted by Steve Slade 6:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Mon. Feb. 18 LIVE: Ben Mahony 6:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill

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Until Thu. Feb. 14 Singing Valentines Whitehorse, Yukon For a $10 donation we will show up at someone’s home or workplace and sing one of 5 songs. Call 393-5010 or 667-2989 to book a Singing Valentine for your loved one.

Until Tue. Feb. 19 Nonviolence Dispute Resolution - A Way to Distributive Justice 1:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Discussion, readings and group exercises on nonviolence conflict resolution based on Martin Luther King Jr. Free and open to all. Facilitator: Richard Price Until Sun. Feb. 24 Hair Freezing Contest! Takhini Hotsprings ‘UntilThu. Feb. 28 Whitehorse Yukon Community Thrift Store Silent Auctions Whitehorse, Yukon Silent Auctions for valuable, unusual and unique items. Bids taken Friday and Saturday at the store.

Until Tue. Feb. 26 Nonviolence Dispute Resolution - A Way to Distributive Justice 1:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Discussion, readings and group exercises on nonviolence conflict resolution based on Martin Luther King Jr. Free and open to all. Facilitator: Richard Price Wed. Feb. 13 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle

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Wed. Feb. 13 Drinking with Scissors Craft Party 7:00 PM North of Ordinary Experience Center Fun projects suitable for all skill levels. All materials and tools are provided.

Wed. Feb. 13 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed. Feb. 13 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8:00 PM The Guild Hall The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha.

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Wed. Feb. 13 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu. Feb. 14 Stab a Heart Event 5:00 PM Baked Cafe A drop-in event, 20 minutes to make a heart.

Thu. Feb. 14 Quest for the Crown - Her Majesty’s Royal Feast 6:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Enjoy a delicious five course meal prepared by the finest local chefs and caterers. Tickets online or at the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Office.

Thu. Feb. 14 Valentines Painting in Pairs 6:00 PM Arts Underground You and your paint-mate will create a match-up set of landscapes. Appetizers and alcohol are included. To register, drop by Arts Underground or call reception at 667-4080.

Thu. Feb. 14 Cooking For One - Valentine’s Evening for Singles Only 6:30 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Valentines evening cooking class for single people who want to learn new recipes to cook for one person. Register online.

Thu. Feb. 14 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.

Thu. Feb. 14 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Thu. Feb. 14 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8:00 PM The Guild Hall The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha.

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Fri. Feb. 15 Floor Curling Games 9:00 AM Golden Age Society Beginner players are welcome.

Fri. Feb. 15 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!

Fri. Feb. 15 Cribbage Games 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Beginner players are welcome.

Fri. Feb. 15 Afternoon Tea and Hymn Sing 2:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri. Feb. 15 5th Annual Rendezvous Pub Crawl!

7:00 PM Yukon Inn Hop on the Rendezvous bus and join us for the Pub Crawl! Plenty of prizes throughout the night and the Boat Race is back!

Tickets available at the YSR office or online Fri. Feb. 15 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8:00 PM The Guild Hall The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha.

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Fri. Feb. 15 Comedian - Jeff McEnery 8:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub The winner of the Great Canadian Laugh Off and was the Best Stand Up Newcomer at the Canadian Comedy Awards.

Featuring Local Comedians, Kyle Lavoie, Sharon Shorty and Graham Barnie for unbridled and uncensored comedy!

Fri. Feb. 15 Call for the Cup! Sourdough Sams: Lip Sync 8:00 PM The Local Bar Fri. Feb. 15 A Rendezvous Affair - Canadian Playboyz 8:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Canadian Playboyz is the ultimate in Entertainment.

Servicing all of Western Canada, we have the best male dance group in the entire country. Tickets online or at the YSR office Sat. Feb. 16 Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Sat. Feb. 16 A Rendezvous Affair - Canadian Playboyz 6:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Canadian Playboyz is the ultimate in Entertainment.

Servicing all of Western Canada, we have the best male dance group in the entire country. Tickets online or at the YSR office Sat. Feb. 16 Crib Tournament 6:15 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Crib tournaments every Saturday - Member and non-members welcome.

Sat. Feb. 16 5th Annual Rendezvous Pub Crawl!

7:00 PM Yukon Inn Hop on the Rendezvous bus and join us for the Pub Crawl! Plenty of prizes throughout the night and the Boat Race is back!

Tickets available at the YSR office or online Sat. Feb. 16 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8:00 PM The Guild Hall The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha.

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Sat. Feb. 16 Guild Comedy Presents - Sterling Scott! 8:00 PM The Guild Hall A high-energy performer and a crowd favourite, Sterling Scott has become one of comedy’s rising stars, tickets online or at the door.

Sat. Feb. 16 Call for the Cup! Sourdough Sams: Talent/No Talent Show 8:00 PM The Local Bar Sat. Feb. 16 Comedian - Jeff McEnery 8:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub The winner of the Great Canadian Laugh Off and was the Best Stand Up Newcomer at the Canadian Comedy Awards.

Featuring Local Comedians, Kyle Lavoie, Sharon Shorty and Graham Barnie for unbridled and uncensored comedy!

Sat. Feb. 16 A Rendezvous Affair - Canadian Playboyz 9:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Canadian Playboyz is the ultimate in Entertainment.

Servicing all of Western Canada, we have the best male dance group in the entire country. Tickets online or at the YSR office Sun. Feb. 17 Whitehorse Community Thrift Store - Donation Intake North Star Mini Storage Sun. Feb. 17 Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Are you a wordy person, put your words to the test and join the Scrabble Club. Must be 19+ Sun. Feb. 17 Frozen Dawg Plunge 2019 1:00 PM Fish Lake Road Polar plungers will brave the freezing temperatures if ice filled, Fish Lake and endure the pain for the cause: clean water for Kenya!

Sun. Feb. 17 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.

Sun. Feb. 17 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8:00 PM The Guild Hall The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha.

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Sun. Feb. 17 Call for the Cup! Sourdough Sams: Bare N’ Boot 8:00 PM The Local Bar Sun. Feb. 17 Yukon Comedy Festival - Ron Josol Show 8:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Tickets online.

Mon. Feb. 18 Intro to Microsoft Excel 2016 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Call 322-0408 to register.

Mon. Feb. 18 Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon. Feb. 18 Whist Games 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Beginner players are welcome.

Mon. Feb. 18 Scrabble 1:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Beginners welcome!

Mon. Feb. 18 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon. Feb. 18 Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon. Feb. 18 2018 Yukon Heritage Awards Ceremony 7:00 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Light refreshments will be served following the awards presentation.All are welcome! This is a free event.

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Tue. Mar. 5 Nonviolence Dispute Resolution - A Way to Distributive Justice 1:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Discussion, readings and group exercises on nonviolence conflict resolution based on Martin Luther King Jr. Free and open to all.

Facilitator: Richard Price Tue. Feb. 19 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.

Tue. Feb. 19 JCAY Taiko Practice 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary To register by email jcayukon@gmail.com, please mark “Taiko registration” in the subject line.

Tue. Feb. 19 Drop-in Dart League 7:00 PM The Local Bar Mixed dart league. Drop in for some fun.

Tue. Feb. 19 Strength and Style Competition Night #1 7:30 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Call, email or register online. 667-2148

KIDS & FAMILIES

Monday – Friday Learning Together 9:00 AM Elijah Smith Elementary School Ages 3+, play time, games, songs, snacks included. Drop in anytime, call 667-5992 for more info.

Wed. Feb. 13 Toddler Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free drop-in. Contact 667-5239 for more information.

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The usual suspects

Every hero has an origin story. Here are a few from Rendezvous

by Amy Kenny

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endezvous made Marj Eschak move to the Yukon.

It was 1977. She’d only come up for the weekend, but was so impressed, she decided to stay.

“So I’ve been in every one since then,” she said over the phone, a couple weeks before the 2019 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous.

Eschak started volunteering in the Rendezvous office just after she’d had her son. She joined the board. She met and mingled with all the Rendezvous characters, and she was even responsible for inventing some herself, including the Snowshoe Shufflers … even though they were kind of an accident.

It was 1985 when Eschak and fellow Rendezvous enthusiast Mary Fitton tossed around the idea of a special act for the Queen’s Coronation during the festival. She said they got together thinking it would have something to do with Robert Service, but once the red wine started flowing, the act took a completely different shape.

“By the end of the red wine, it had turned into a couple of gals from the claim who, after that long, dark Yukon winter, had a bad case of cabin fever,” she said.

“We put on our cleanest long johns and our prettiest skirts and snowshoed to show those skinny girls how to do the can-can.”

If you’ve ever been to Rendezvous, you know the shufflers.

Dressed in frothy square-dancing skirts and waffled long johns, they stomp out a choreographed dance while wearing snowshoes. These days, there are 11 shufflers, ranging in age from 30s to 60s, but back then, it was only Eschak and

Fitton, and it wasn’t supposed to be an enduring part of Rendezvous. It was supposed to be a onetime thing, but it snowballed from that first year, said Eschak.

“We walked by a place and if there was a group, we would walk in with our cassette deck and I would whistle (I have one of those real great whistles) and we would just dance. We were so mobile.”

So mobile in fact, that they took the act to Yellowknife for the Caribou Carnival, and dropped in, unrequested, to a chamber of commerce meeting between representatives from cities across Canada. She said they plugged in their boombox and did their shuffle once at the front of the room and once at the back. By the time they finished, they had a request to come to Edmonton for Klondike Days.

From there, they appeared at Expo ’86, Festival by the Sea in New Brunswick and trade shows all over the country.

It was that travelling that led to the creation of another wellknown Rendezvous character – Sourdough Sam. When Eschak and Fitton were

in

Edmonton for Klondike Days,

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Jack and Mary McDiarmid were named Mr. and Mrs. Yukon at the 1980 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous

mer. When he had to return to B.C., they kept up a correspondence that was part of the reason he came back to the Yukon, four years later, in the 30s.

Shortly after, the couple married. Together, they did some prospecting, had five children, and moved around the territory, from Dawson to Mayo to Stewart Crossing, where they eventually established the lodge there. They bought and sold Mayo’s Tim-O-Lou Hotel (renaming it North Star) before returning to prospecting and “whatever they wanted,” according to an interview they gave in the 80s.

That’s the kind of effort that nets you the title of Mr. and Mrs. Yukon, and that’s the kind of thing that makes Rendezvous fun, said Eschak. It’s less the event and more about the people and the community that puts the event together and comes out to vie for the coveted titles – the Sams and the Queens and everything in between. Rendezvous is just the venue for getting to know them.

she saw their Dapper Dan contest.

“We looked at each other and said ‘we could do that,’” she said.

“We brought if back here (in 1986) and it was huge.”

“It” was a version of Dapper Dan, reworked for the North, and christened Sourdough Sam. And the first year, the prize for being named Sourdough Sam was a “well-used pick-up truck.”

“We probably used that truck for 15 years because the Sams kept giving it back,” she said.

“Second prize was a night on the town with the Shufflers and they all wanted second prize.”

Another popular title is that of Mr. and Mrs. Yukon.

It’s not really one that you earn, or, at least, it’s not one you know you’re earning.

It’s a sort of dignitary position, offered to you based on your history in the North.

In 1980, for example, the title fell to Jack and Mary McDiarmid – a couple whose romance began in Mayo when they were in their teens. Mary grew up in the community, and Jack was there from B.C., working one sum-

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❑ 1 small onion, thinly sliced

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Onion, garlic, ginger

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Sliced vegetables

❑ ¼ cup water ❑ 2 eggs, beaten ❑ 1 Tbsp soy sauce ❑ 2 Tbsps toasted

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Main squeeze In moving off the downtown street, Rendezvous has been able to expand offerings

By Amy Kenny

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The whipsaw contest taking place on Main Street

t’s been years since the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) was held on Main Street and still, once a month, someone asks – why isn’t Rendezvous held on Main Street anymore? Is it moving back there from Shipyards Park? When?

Why not?

“Times are changing,” said Darren Bartsch, president of the YSR board. In fact, change is one thing that hasn’t changed about the festival. Some may not remember, but the move off Main wasn’t the first location change for Rendezvous.

The annual February event used to be held on Front Street. Before that, it was held on the riverbank, and before that, it was held on the river. Things had to change when the YSR board could no longer count on the river though.

“It’s pretty hard to hold Rendezvous on an unfrozen river,” said Bartsch. “So this isn’t the first location move we have experienced.”

There were plenty of reasons for the move, said Marj Eschak, who’s been involved with Rendezvous for almost 40 years.

First off, she said the move to Shipyards has made life much easier for volunteers who used to scramble to set everything up on Main Street.

“We had a very narrow window from Friday night to Sunday night,” she said. “Many of us were there all night Friday night and Saturday morning … taking down a tent and cleaning up and putting away killed our volunteers. We were killing them.”

Not only that, it was breaking the bank. Some of the set-up

work had to be done by city crews.

That narrow window of time however, meant they too had to work through the night, which meant overtime pay.

“That was a huge cost and part of the rationale for moving,” she said. “So the city crews could, at their leisure, start setting up the (Shipyards) grounds with the snow pads for dog pull.”

Another part of the decision had to do with the fact that the city had specifically developed Shipyards to host events such as Rendezvous – with ample space for activities as well as parking, a must for a lot of people coming into the core in the middle of February.

“The city built that beautiful park down there and parking is so easy. It just made life easier for so many people.”

And while Eschak said Rendezvous did bring business to Main Street, and Bartsch said it definitely got more locals involved when the festival was taking place directly on their doorsteps, there were also complaints from small business owners on the strip.

Many said that people were coming into their shops, sure, but only to get warm or use the bathrooms.

Bartsch said he understand the nostalgia around Main Street-era Rendezvous.

“I grew up in here in Whitehorse and moved here in ’83. My experience of Rendezvous on Main was definitely a good one. It was very traditional in my mind, but I don’t remember such big events as we’re offering today. I remember

there was a truck pull and tug of wars, but I don’t ever remember seeing a big band or performers performing on Main Street, which is what we’re offering to the community these days.”

Not only that, being in Shipyards has led Rendezvous to work more closely with the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (KDCC). This has allowed for additional performances, as well as a Rendezvous craft fair.

“We had a great response on the craft fair, which is a rejuvenated event,” said Bartsch. “We were scrambling to accommodate more people from the communities around the Yukon, and have them become a part of the show and provide space.”

The cultural centre has also provided a backdrop for the Queen’s Coronation ball.

“It’s a wonderful venue,” said Bartsch. “The KDCC has been nothing but great for us, year after year, and working with them is just wonderful … I’m excited to see the facility being used to the fullest extent.”

Working more closely with the centre in the future is just one more change that could come down the pipe for a festival that’s always evolving.

Amy Kenny is the copy-editor for What’s Up Yukon and lives in Whitehorse. If she’s not inside writing, she’s outside running mountains.

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Left: The cover of the 1968 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous program Below: The announcement in the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous program from 1978 – the year the Mad Trapper contest was established

But nowhere near as mad as here during Rendezvous

By Amy Kenny

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hen Mary Fitton placed second in the Mad Trapper competition at the 1978 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR), some of the men complained.

At the time, Mad(am) Trapper didn’t exist as a contest (in fact, it was the first year for Mad Trapper), but any women wanting to compete were welcome to compete against each other.

Fitton said she placed by earning more overall points against the women she competed against than any of the men earned against their competition. She was only bested by first-place finisher Martyn Williams (Jim McPherson finished in third).

Over the course of a weekend, she said each of them competed in five of nine optional events including a one-mile snowshoe, flour-packing, log-splitting, a 10km cross country ski, rifleshooting, the Chilkoot climb (which was up and down the hill behind Whitehorse General Hospital), a snowshoe bush race and

tea boil, the leg wrestle or the circle wrestle.

The options were similar to those that had been in the mix prior to 1978, but they were organized under a single contest banner for supreme bragging rights.

“With an emphasis on good sportsmanship and fun, the event will feature participation in several of the Rendezvous activities,” read the announcement in that year’s program, when events included optionals such as the onemile snowshoe race, a one-mile bush race with tea-making, flourpacking, cross-country skiing, logsawing and splitting, rifle-shooting, leg-wrestling, circle-wrestling and the Chilkoot climb. There were also three compulsories – the snowshoe run-off, log sawing and splitting, and animal calls.

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gotten a bit big for her in recent years, and she can’t compete anymore, but she loved the camaraderie of the events. She loved that Whitehorse was so small at the time, you knew everyone you ran into while you were walking around on Main Street, or slogging through the woods with a pack on your back while you were competing. She liked that feeling, the

fore, you have nothing to compare it to,” she said. “For people coming from down south, you just wonder ‘what the hell is going on up here?’

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Fitton doesn’t remember which five of the nine activities she chose to do in ‘78, but she remembers her prize that year – a new pair of skis, boots and poles.

She also remembers that, partly because of the uproar over her podium finish, Mad(am) Trapper was established in 1980.

In fact, Fitton remembers basically everything that’s happened at every Rendezvous since 1972, when she moved to the Yukon.

Fitton, 75, is originally from England. She’s the only one of her family to have made the move to Canada. She said she bounced back and forth between the Yukon and Vancouver during the 70s, because her boyfriend lived there.

They moved up permanently, in 1993, when they bought a house on 7th Ave. He was killed in a helicopter crash the following year - “I’ve stayed single,” she added. “I can’t find anybody to match up to him.” - but Fitton remains in their house in the Yukon and for decades, she remained a part of Rendezvous.

Besides her Mad Trapper win, she remembers winning the hairiest leg competition in 1983 (she had just been to Hawaii, so her legs were nice and tanned). She remembers being on the YSR board in 1984. She started the snowshoe can-can line in 1986, though she also participated in the regular can-can line. She said she remembers Rendezvous swimming competitions in the hotel pool where the Coast High Country Inn is now located, and rifle-shooting in the basement of Whitehorse Elementary School.

Fitton said the festival has

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omáš Kubínek was just three years old on the August night in 1968 when 250,000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded his Czechoslovakian homeland to crush Alexander Dubček’s liberalization movement, known as the Prague Spring.

“My father was quite outspoken against communism for a long time. So when the occupation happened, he right off the bat said we had to get out of there, otherwise we wouldn’t have much of a life, growing up,” Kubínek recalled.

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More than 50 years later, a faint hint of Central Europe remains in Kubínek’s voice as he describes his impressions on a return trip to Prague at the age of 22, when his homeland was still under Soviet rule.

“It was depressing; it was grey.

When I arrived, it was the May Day celebration, so they had all these red banners up everywhere, with golden writing about how great the Soviet Union was, and how communism was the tonic for the people. It was horrible.”

Despite those grey, depressing roots, Kubínek has devoted his life to bringing joy and laughter to audiences around the world as a solo performer whose promo tagline describes him as “a certified lunatic and master of the impossible.”

“I love laughing and I love humour. I remember, when I was a kid, going to the library. I would get books of cartoons from Punch magazine or Chas Addams or New Yorker cartoons,” he said.

“I saw them as these wonderful riddles that had a little bit of humour at the centre, and tried cont’d on page 13 ...

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The anarchy element ... cont’d to figure out what the joke was. I remember neighbours would have stacks of Reader’s Digest, and I’d always read ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine’ and ‘Humour in Uniform.’”

Kubínek was exposed early to a variety of art forms that would become the basis of his career.

“My Dad would take us to puppet shows and magic shows. As a kid in St. Catharines (Ontario), he took me to the circus. I think I was in kindergarten when we went the first time.

“I just loved all of that stuff.

Anytime I’d go to the library, I’d pick up books about performing and clowns and circuses and magic. I don’t even know what drew me to it. Maybe we have tendencies of where our path is predestined or something.”

At the age of nine, Kubínek gave his first performance before a group of experienced magicians.

Four years later, he had an agent.

He would soon make his circus debut with a duo of Brazilian clowns.

One of his circus highlights was performing with members of the famous European troupe of aerialists, The Flying Wallendas.

“I was a pirate king character, and I would climb one of the masts, where the rigging was attached, and taunt Tino Wallenda to come up and fight me.

“I was on a rappelling harness and we’d kind of struggle around up there. Then he’d throw me over the edge and I’d look like I was falling on the audience, but I would actually swing on the end of a rope and not hit the ground.”

Despite the potential danger, Kubínek trusted his seasoned performing partner.

“We had this private little moment on the high wire. The band would be playing this dramatic music and he would be standing opposite me and he’d always say, ‘are you clipped in?’ And I’d say, ‘yup.’ And he’d say, ‘OK, here I

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Kubínek, whose promo tagline describes him as “a certified lunatic and master of the impossible”, has brought joy and laughter to audiences around the world as a solo performer come.’

“I always loved that little private moment. ‘Are you clipped in?’”

As a solo artist who is equal parts clown, mime, acrobat, contortionist and vaudevillian, Kubínek has learned to fly without a net, “always shooting a little bit higher” than where he finds himself at any given time.

“By getting more proficient at performing and improvising and humour, and also the poetic element of it, I surprise my own self in my shows, and it makes me reach even higher and tune into it more.”

Although not a trained musician, Kubínek does incorporate a ukulele (and sometimes a musical saw) into his performances. He has also made several appearances with symphony orchestras.

“When I started to do it seven or eight years ago, it was pretty scary for my first few shows because you have 70 musicians who have spent their whole lives learning their instruments,” he admitted.

“Nowadays, it’s just a lot of fun because I’m the anarchy element, the crazy guest. I love doing it because I make the musicians laugh behind me and I make

the audience laugh. I just pull it all together and make everybody fall in love with each other.”

Kubínek describes himself as a “travelling, itinerant, dogand-pony puppeteer and flimflam man,” who aims to provide “a kind of theatrical atmosphere that’s alive in every moment and playing off the audience.”

So, what role does the audience play?

“They’re the lover of the evening. They’re who I’m doing it for, who I’m sharing the evening with.

They’re my date for the night.”

But does the date ever go badly?

“I’m pretty good at it,” Kubínek laughed. “I’m a seasoned gigolo.”

His new show, Tomáš Kubínek – Miracle Man, will be on the Yukon Arts Centre mainstage on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. It is recommended for adult audiences only. Other shows are slated for Dawson City and other Yukon communities.

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

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Wed. Feb. 13 Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Sun. Feb. 17 Atlin Ladies Bonspiel Atlin Rec Centre Contact Lynn at 250-651-7663 Sat. Feb. 16 Winter Bazaar & Flea Market 11:00 AM Atlin Rec Centre To book a table call 250-651-7663, concession will be open.

Sun. Feb. 17 St. Martins Anglican Church Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church Sun. Feb. 17 Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Sun. Feb. 17 Hidden Figures 6:30 PM The Globe Theatre Tells the untold story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA Wed. Feb. 20 Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

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

Thu. Feb. 14 Imagining our Burwash Landing: Community Land Use Planning Jacquot Hall Call 841-4274 or email reception@kfn.ca for more information,.

Thu. Feb. 14 Wellness and Education Adult Activity Night 5:30 PM Jacquot Hall Call 841-4274 ext 250 or email reception@ kfn.ca for more information,.

Wed. Feb. 20 Procurement and Contracting Policy Meeting 12:30 PM Jacquot Hall Kluane First Nation invites Contractors to a meeting to review the new Procurement & Contracting policy.

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.

Wed. Feb. 13 Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed. Feb. 13 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed. Feb. 13 Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed. Feb. 13 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed. Feb. 13 AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Feb. 14 CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Feb. 14 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 399-3321 Thu. Feb. 14 Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Feb. 14 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Fri. Feb. 15 AA Meeting Carcross 1:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Feb. 16 Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Feb. 16 Edge of the Knife 6:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building On the remote islands of Haida Gwaii in the 1800s, two extended families re-unite at their annual summer fishing camp.In Haida with English subtitles. 100 Mins Admission by donation. Pay what you decide.

Sun. Feb. 17 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviour’s Church 867-6683129 Sun. Feb. 17 Sewing Sessions 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Feb. 18 Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Feb. 18 AA - Tagish 7:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Feb. 19 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Feb. 19 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 399-3321 Tue. Feb. 19 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue. Feb. 19 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Feb. 19 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue. Feb. 19 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed. Feb. 20 Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed. Feb. 20 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed. Feb. 20 Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed. Feb. 20 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed. Feb. 20 AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building

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DAWSON CITY

Until Feb 22 Only in Dawson... KIAC Members’ Exhibition KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture We invite you to share what you have been inspired, or perhaps driven, to do …only in Dawson.

Thu. Feb. 14 Youth Art Series - Dance Dance Dance 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Explore new dance styles, movement and creativity, aimed at all levels. Ages 12-18 Thu. Feb. 14 Dawson Cult Cinema Presents “The Love Witch” 7:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fri. Feb. 15 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri. Feb. 15 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri. Feb. 15 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri. Feb. 15 Fred Osson in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sat. Feb. 16 DJ Whitebread in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sat. Feb. 16 Roberts & Klein in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sat. Feb. 16 Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat. Feb. 16 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun. Feb. 17 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon. Feb. 18 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon. Feb. 18 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Tue. Feb. 19 Jigging Club 3:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Grades 1-4 Tuesdays held in the RSS Ancillary Room Tue. Feb. 19 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867993-2520

FARO

Wed. Feb. 13 Public Skate 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@ faroyukon.ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Wed. Feb. 13 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu. Feb. 14 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Thu. Feb. 14 Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Thu. Feb. 14 Faro Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu. Feb. 14 Adult Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri. Feb. 15 Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sat. Feb. 16 Public Skate 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@ faroyukon.ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Sat. Feb. 16 Sticks and Pucks 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2728 for more information.

Sun. Feb. 17 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun. Feb. 17 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Mon. Feb. 18 Adult Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue. Feb. 19 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Tue. Feb. 19 Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Tue. Feb. 19 Faro Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed. Feb. 20 Public Skate 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@ faroyukon.ca or call 994-2575 for more details.

Wed. Feb. 20 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting

HAINES

Until Sat. Mar. 30 Art Exhibit - Attu75: War Came to a Wilderness Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Showcasing the work of three artists, this traveling exhibit reflects on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Attu through artistic expression.

Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: Mon-Wed 11-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 1:304:30| Thurs/Fri Closed #907-766-2545 Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Monday, Wednesday & Fridays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Monday, Wednesday & Fridays Homework Help 5:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 13 Rock Band for Teens and Pre-teens 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 13 Board Games 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 13 Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed. Feb. 13 Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed. Feb. 13 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar

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Thu. Feb. 14 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu. Feb. 14 Fun Science 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri. Feb. 15 Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri. Feb. 15 Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri. Feb. 15 Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri. Feb. 15 Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fri. Feb. 15 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri. Feb. 15 Board Games 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri. Feb. 15 American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Sat. Feb. 16 Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat. Feb. 16 Haines Public Library Open 1:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Sun. Feb. 17 Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Sun. Feb. 17 Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church Mon. Feb. 18 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Mon. Feb. 18 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon. Feb. 18 Board Games 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon. Feb. 18 Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon. Feb. 18 Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Feb. 19 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Feb. 19 Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue. Feb. 19 Fun Science 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 20 Rock Band for Teens and Pre-teens 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 20 Board Games 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed. Feb. 20 Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed. Feb. 20 Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed. Feb. 20 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar

HAINES JUNCTION

Wed. Feb. 13 Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments.

Wed. Feb. 13 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Thu. Feb. 14 Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

Thu. Feb. 14 Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu. Feb. 14 Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information.

Thu. Feb. 14 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri. Feb. 15 Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Sat. Feb. 16 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 Tue. Feb. 19 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue. Feb. 19 Sheep Horn Carving Workshop 6:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre CAFN Cultural Programs is hosting a series of Sheep Horn Carving workshops. Every Tuesday evening in February Tue. Feb. 19 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed. Feb. 20 Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments.

Wed. Feb. 20 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed. Feb. 20 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

LORNE MOUNTAIN

Sat. Feb. 16 2019 Lorne Mountain Classic Ski Race 12:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Register by calling 667-7083 or Email lmca@ northwestel.net Mon. Feb. 18 Yoga with Jess Sellers 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For more info call 667-7083 or Email lmca@ northwestel.net Tue. Feb. 19 Creative Dance Classes 5:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For ages 4-7, Drop in - Free

MARSH LAKE

Wed. Feb. 13 Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Feb. 13 Pump Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu. Feb. 14 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Feb. 15 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Feb. 16 Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Feb. 16 Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Tue. Feb. 19 North of 60 Seniors Cafe.

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2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Tue. Feb. 19 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Feb. 20 Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Feb. 20 Pump Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Fri. Feb. 15 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Feb. 17 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon. Feb. 18 Minor hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena For ages 6 and up. Please have ur kids ready to go on the ice at 6 pm sharp. They will need full gear to able to participate on the ice.

Mon. Feb. 18 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. Feb. 19 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

OLD CROW

Thu. Feb. 14 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun. Feb. 17 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue. Feb. 19 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, Wednesdays & Fridays Group Cycling 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Feb. 13 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. Feb. 13 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Feb. 13 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu. Feb. 14 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu. Feb. 14 Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Thu. Feb. 14 Senior Weights 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Fri. Feb. 15 SpinYOGA 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Feb. 16 Bouncy House Fun Time!

1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Sat. Feb. 16 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun. Feb. 17 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Feb. 18 Hatha Yoga w/Sherry- ALL Levels 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Feb. 18 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Feb. 18 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Feb. 19 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Feb. 19 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. Feb. 19 Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Tue. Feb. 19 Senior Weights 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Wed. Feb. 20 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. Feb. 20 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Feb. 20 SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Sunday of every month. September 20th - Trivia Theme is “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’ 399-3407 recreation@ tagishyukon.org Sun. Feb. 17 Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 4:00 PM Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 6334903 tagishcc@gmail.com Mon. Feb. 18 Nordic Walking 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue. Feb. 19 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Tue. Feb. 19 Get and Stay Fit 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Wed. Feb. 20 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed. Feb. 20 Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed. Feb. 20 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

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Fri. Feb. 15 Girls Club 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Fri. Feb. 15 Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Tue. Feb. 19 After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue. Feb. 19 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Tue. Feb. 19 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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Mondays-Fridays Youth Activity Club 3:15 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 5368023 for more info. Closed Dec. 24, 25, 31st & Jan 1st Thu. Feb. 14 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

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Tue. Feb. 19 Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Tue. Feb. 19 Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake

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Wed. Feb. 13 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed. Feb. 13 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

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Mon. Feb. 18 Yoga with Jess Sellers 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For more info call 667-7083 or Email lmca@ northwestel.net Wed. Feb. 13 The Counselling Drop-In Clinic 10:00 AM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed. Feb. 13 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed. Feb. 13 Lunchtime Meditation Group 12:00 PM Whitehorse Wellness Center Call 668-6429 or email edmhayukon@gmail.com to register.

Wed. Feb. 13 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.

Wed. Feb. 13 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. 456-3838 Wed. Feb. 13 Sharing Circles 5:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Men only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed. Feb. 13 Beginners with Experience Yoga 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery An introduction to the fundamentals of yoga including the principles of internal form, breath, and core, To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed. Feb. 13 SomaYoga 5:30 PM Breath of Life Collective Great for those with chronic pain, stress, muscle soreness, busy mind or difficulty sleeping. This is an all levels class.

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Fri. Feb. 22 Canada Winter Games - Red Deer Biathlon Range Sun. Feb. 17 Carcross Kickboxing 12:30 PM Peak Fitness Sun. Feb. 17 Carcross Kids Kickboxing 11:30 AM Peak Fitness Fri. Feb. 15 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Tue. Feb. 19 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 Sun. Feb. 17 Pre School Martial Arts 3:30 PM Peak Fitness Fri. Feb. 15 Strong by Zumba with Lynda 6:00 AM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Combines high intensity interval training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. Call 633-5245 for more info.

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Wed. Feb. 13 Beginner Meditation 5:30 PM Mental Health Association Yukon 6 week Beginner Meditation course is appropriate for people with no experience meditating or some experience meditating. To register call 668-6429 or email edmhayukon@gmail.com Wed. Feb. 13 The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia.

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Wed. Feb. 13 Alignment Bliss Series 7:15 PM Breath of Life Collective Deepen your understanding of the underlying principles of alignment, as described in Eoin Finn’s Blissology yoga, Call or email for more info, register online. 332-3569 breathoflifeyukon@gmail.com Wed. Feb. 13 Better Backs, Hips and Hams 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery Beginner/ experienced beginner – stretch, standing poses, back healing work. To register call or email. Drop Ins Welcome. 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Thu. Feb. 14 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 Thu. Feb. 14 Broga - Beginner Series 7:15 PM Breath of Life Collective This course will begin with basics and move towards more challenging poses (yoga asana). Call or email for more information 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Fri. Feb. 15 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Fri. Feb. 15 Slow, 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. Feb. 15 Yin and Tonic 6:00 PM Breath of Life Collective You will leave this class with a deep sense of self and relaxation.

Email hebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com to register. 332-3569 breathoflifeyukon@gmail. com Sat. Feb. 16 Yin Yoga & Foam Rolling 10:00 AM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga Yin yoga is a gentle, quiet practice suitable for all levels. Foam rollers and/or balls will be used for self-massage & myofascial release.

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Sat. Feb. 16 Red Tara Practice 12:30 PM VajraNorth Everyone welcome. For more info contact 667-6951 (Cheryl Buchan) 6333715 Sat. Feb. 16 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know.

Everyone welcome Sun. Feb. 17 Restorative Yoga 10:30 AM Alpine Bakery To register call or email 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com

Sun. Feb. 17 Gentle Yoga 12:30 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga For the all ages, the stiff and the recovering bodies of life.

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Call or email to register. 334-8599 rootedtreemassage@gmail.com Sun. Feb. 17 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:00 PM 4071 4th Ave (Many Rivers Bdg) Location may vary please contact oayukon@gmail.com.

Mon. Feb. 18 Meditation & Yin 6:45 AM Breath of Life Collective Practice the fundamentals of meditation that arise from the yin yoga practice: breath, attention, and stability. Register online, 332-3569 breathoflifeyukon@gmail.com Mon. Feb. 18 Your Health! Your Way! 10:00 AM Whitehorse Health Centre Call the Chronic Conditions Support Program at 6678733 to register.

Mon. Feb. 18 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon. Feb. 18 Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon. Feb. 18 Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

Mon. Feb. 18 Absolute Beginners 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery An introduction to the fundamentals of yoga including the principles of internal form, breath, and core, To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Mon. Feb. 18 Evening Meditation Group 5:30 PM Whitehorse Wellness Center Call 668-6429 or email edmhayukon@gmail.com to register.

Mon. Feb. 18 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. 6677429 info@hospiceyukon.net Mon. Feb. 18 Hips Hams Core 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email, drop ins welcome 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue. Feb. 19 Rise + Shine 7:00 AM Alpine Bakery To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue. Feb. 19 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 Tue. Feb. 19 Intermediate Yoga 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery To register call or email 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue. Feb. 19 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue. Feb. 19 Full Moon Hypnosis 8:00 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga In this guided hypnotherapy session, you can travel into your deep subconscious to increase confidence, self-heal, and discover your full potential. Register online.

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BALANCE = HARMONY = HEALTH

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Air, Mind, Animals

Earth, Body, Stones

Sugilite is a purple stone that is found with its main deposits in South Africa, but also in Japan and Canada. It is a beautiful opaque stone, that is usually a rich deep purple, but does come in different colours too. The colour in this rare stone come from the manganese traces in the stone.

Its name comes from a petrologist, Ken-ichi Sugi, who discovered it in 1944 in Iwagi Islet, Japan. There are many attributes given to the rare stone, and it has been said that Sugilite is the ‘premier love stone’ of this age. This stone is associated with spiritual growth, and brings gifts of wisdom and spiritual devotion. Sugilite is also said to create a warm, protective “shield of Light,” against negativity and the disharmony of others.

Interesting story: Before the turn of the century, Morning Star, a Hopi elder, fulfilled a 2000 year old Hopi prophecy and travelled to South Africa, to cross the “great salty water” to awaken the eye of the dragon.

The deposit of Sugilite in South Africa was symbolic of the purple “eye” of the dragon.

When we look at the three air signs in astrology, by examining the nature of the air we breath, we can more fully understand what these signs means.

Justin & Bonita Layering into those three signs the three attributes of mutable, cardinal open their and fixed, further enables us to delve more deeply. Gemini is a mutable space and sign, which brings to mind a light playful breeze that swirls around us. The share their passion. desire to find out and explore, but often not staying to dig too deep - yet deep enough to satisfy the quick curiosity that drives this sign. The next sign we find is Libra, a cardinal sign. There, the image is of a ship with sails billowing, as the trade winds move this enormous weight through water to new and different lands. Libra is where we begin to This year, explore Acutonics, Reiki, Reiki Tone and Sound Healing. step beyond the home grounds and choose to explore.

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There are no clinical studies to support this, but rose water has been used for centuries, and it has been said that even Cleopatra used rose water. You can make your own rose water or buy commercial rose water. You will be joining a long list of people over the centuries who have made use of this ‘romantic’ water.

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Fire, Spirit, Human

Fire relates to spirit and to the human world in certain traditions. Looking at the human world, it has been said in certain traditions, that there are the four worlds of the differing peoples on our planet. The Red, Black White and Yellow people. Looking a little deeper, it has also been said that those four worlds sit in four directions. South, West, North and East.

The four human qualities are placed in those directions and therefore line up with the four human worlds.

It would potentially break out as follows: South: Water: Emotions: Red People – the people of the HEART West: Earth: Body: Black people – the people of the BODY North: Air: Mind: White People – the people of the MIND East: Fire: Spirit: Yellow People – the people of the SPIRIT. Something to ponder and possibly contemplate.

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Strength and style Yukoners bust out their best ink on Feb. 19 at the Town and Mountain

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Bonnie Tucker won last year in the hairiest legs category Judge Kate White measures for best beard The coveted Golden Razor is awarded to the hairy winners in the various hair growing categories

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By Dave Blottner

airy legs, bushy beards, interesting and colourful tattoos—that’s just some of what you can expect to see at this year’s Strength and Style Competition during the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous.

After speaking with Bruce Sahlstrom, YSR board champion, I got a better sense of what this event is all about.

“Strength and Style is about Yukoners coming out and sharing a little piece of themselves with us. It’s a chance to learn something new about your neighbors,” Sahlstrom said as he organized the prizes for this year’s competition.

The event has been around for almost 20 years. In that time, it has morphed and changed. Originally, it involved thumb wars and armwrestling. Now it includes events such as best ink.

This year’s competition, presented by Manu Keggenoff Photography, is takes place over the course of two separate nights. On

Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town and Mountain Hotel, the focus is on all things ink—best ink, best tattoo story, best arm tattoo, best leg tattoo and so on.

“People have a lot meaning behind their tattoos, I am excited that this year we added best tattoo story as a category,” Sahlstrom said. Last year’s Strength and Style competition saw more than 20 people participating. They showed tattoos of all sizes, shapes and origins. Rendezvous is hoping to have at least that many participate in 2019.

The second night, held Wednesday, Feb. 20, there’s a return to traditional events including hairy legs, hairy armpit, best beard, best old growth, best new growth and best mustache. Winners of these events will receive the coveted Gold Razor.

When asked how one decides who has the longest beard or leg hair, Sahlstrom smiled.

“We have it down to an art,”

he said. “We have our ways. Our judges have magnifying glasses and rulers and all sorts of different things.”

Judges are selected from the community. They remain anonymous until the competition begins.

The Strength and Style competition seems like it will be a great event. Folks can sign up in advance at www.YukonRendezvous.com or in person the night of the events, both of which take place at the Town and Mountain Hotel. There is an entry fee for each category.

Come on down and check it out. It should be a good time for everyone involved.

Dave “Canuck Chuck” Blottner is the executive director for Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous and a fullfledged sourdough, having lived in the Yukon with his wife and two children for over a decade.

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The Bookshelf with Dan Davidson

A Trip to the City of the Lost - Returning to Rockton Somewhere in the Boreal Forest, there is a small community called Rockton. It’s sometimes called the City of the Lost because it’s inhabited by people who, for one reason or another, really wanted to get away from it all.

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hey may be in a witness protection program. They may be running away from some danger in their lives. In some cases, they may be criminals on the run from the law. In Rockton, they live under assumed names.

They tell as much, or as little, about themselves as they chose.

Dawson City is the closest actual town to Rockton, and it’s generally only accessible by plane. I suppose one could get there overland, but there’s no road.

It would be a long walk in the summer.

It might be easier on a snow machine in the winter, if you had enough gas to make the trip.

Rocktonites (or perhaps Rocktonians) don’t try to make the trip. If they wanted to be in the world, they would not be in Rockton in the first place. They would not have gone to a place so off-grid that there are no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, and very little electricity.

Casey Duncan went to Rockton for a couple of reasons.

One was her own, in that she was a homicide detective who had killed someone. Mainly though, she went to help her friend, Diana, hide from Diana’s brutal ex-husband.

That turned out to have been a mistake, as we learned in the first book, City of the Lost, which was originally released in serial form in several mini e-books a couple of years ago.

(It’s now available as a collected volume.)

Casey managed to put her skills to work, finding employment as a detective working for the town’s sheriff, Eric Dalton. There was a murder to be solved and she proved her worth getting to the bottom of it.

In this second book, she is settled in and close to being happy in the town.

Things get complicated while she and a deputy are out searching for a resident who has bolted from a bout of winPHOTO: courtesy of Dan Davidson ter cabin fever. It’s not so much that A Darkness Absolute is a Rockton they want to bring him back as thriller by Kelley Armstrong, the that they want to save his life. second in her City of the Lost series On this search, they get trapped in a cave in a storm. In

the cave, they find a woman who had gone missing months earlier, and has been held captive all this time. Getting her back to town is the beginning of a very tense period in the community. There are attacks. There is suspicion. People get hurt, and there is a need to find out who is doing all this, and a need to put a stop to it.

Canadian author Kelley Armstrong is better known as a writer of novels with supernatural trappings including werewolves (she wrote the books from which the TV show Bitten was adapted), witches and other supernatural beings. More recently, she has branched off into mysteries and thrillers.

There are three Rockton novels already in print. The third is called This Fallen Prey, and the fourth, Watcher in the Woods, is due out February 2019. Armstrong has produced 43 novels and short story collections since she began publishing in 2001. They’re not heavyweight material, but they’re enjoyable.

Dan Davidson has been writing about books for Yukon publications since 1977. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@ whatsupyukon.com.

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