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ometime before the beginning of winter, the old CIBC building on Front Street will turn grey and I’m quite certain that some people will be upset.

The building has been going through changes since the town bought it for $170,000 back in 2013. I don’t think we had any idea how much potentially toxic material would have to be removed, or exactly what shape the roof was in, but we’ve been moving incrementally forward in getting it to the point where it could become useful instead of just being a neglected eyesore.

This summer, we’ve been working on replacing some of the ornamental tin that was used to make a wooden frame building look like stonework. As part of the process, we had to decide what colour to

paint it. In my time here, it’s always been a sort of sandy yellow and I quite like that, but there’s abundant evidence to show that this was not always the case.

Many photographs show that it used to be white. A deeper dive into the research has established that it started out as a sort of rock or slate grey. This is a choice that makes sense when you consider that the original intention was for it to appear to be made of stone.

Still, I expect to hear some people complain about it.

It’s happened in the past.

In the 1990s the restoration of the Commissioner’s Residence gave said residence the fresh yellow coat we’ve known for the last 30 years. But before that, it was white, and quite a few people were unhappy when the Parks

Canada renovations restored it to what the records show were its colours during the years that it actually served as a residence.

Not to pick on Parks Canada here, but the restorations to Robert Service’s cabin a few years later produced another uproar. For many years the grounds around the cabin were neatly kept and visitors enjoyed looking at the sod roof that appeared behind the antlers which Service mentioned in his farewell poem to the cabin.

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Changes are not always welcome, even if they are historically accurate... cont’d made of tin rather than sod.

Not terribly far away from that Eighth Avenue site, there were a couple of similar structures roofed with sod. In the case of Service’s abode, however, it appears that Edna Clarke, the woman from whom he rented the place, had been mindful of Dawson’s tendency to burn down and had gone with the recommended tin roof.

So, in keeping with its mandate, Parks replaced the roof and let the yard become a bit more like the shaggy place it once had been.

There were complaints.

One letter, which appeared in the Klondike Sun, was penned by a former Parks employee who had enjoyed interpreting Service for summer visitors over a number of years.

He was quite upset that the place he recalled so well had been changed.

So maybe you can see why I expect there will be some complaints when the peeling yellow paint on the old CIBC building is finally replaced by a slate grey coat later this season.

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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What’s Inside Klondike Korner ................... 2 Let’s Learn Gwich’in ............. 3 International FASD Day ........... 4 Eye on the Outdoors .............. 5 Dog Culture.......................... 6 Coconut Water ..................... 7 Seasonal Recipes ................ 10 YAAW: Dee Bailey Exhibit ...... 12 Main Street Busts ................ 15 Inuvik Chain Restaurant ....... 21 Living With Wildlife ............. 22

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Metaphors can help people understand the difficulties faced by people with FASD. Imagine that the messages to and from the brain are the road systems we’re all familiar with. You can speed along a clear paved highway because the route is clear and you can get where you need to go efficiently. Messages sent along a pathway not affected by alcohol would be like that, with a

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Sept. 9 was chosen because, as the ninth day of the ninth month, the number represents the nine months of pregnancy. The goal is that this will remind us to pause and consider abstaining from alcohol during that time.

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Murray hangs out on a limb for misunderstood bats better than any birds, though nature can be tough on the bat, with unfavourable weather being one of the biggest contributors to the bat’s short life span. Hail, hard rain, snow and temperature ranges limit the lifespan of the bat. During the winter, the bat will go into a deep sleep and may only breathe once every five minutes. Should it wake due to hunger during this time, there are no insects to eat.

Of course, we pose a threat as well. The introduction of wind mills along the eastern shores of North America has almost eliminated the bat from that part of America. Bats fly into the wind turbulence behind the windmills while trying to catch flying insects. This can cause the thin wing membranes of the bat to be badly damaged.

Hardly how we should treat the creature that controls so many of our most pesky insects. I might suggest we build some simple bat houses. Secure a piece of carpet, or really rip up the wood to line

the bat box so bats can get a good hold while hanging upside down in their rest period. Bat houses should be placed at least 10 feet off the ground on the back of a garage or building.

One final point on the rabies found in bats. Bats do clean themselves with their wet tongues. It’s possible that the rabies can then be on the fur of the bat. If you ever get bitten by a bat (not too likely unless you are bothering their young), get immediate attention by your doctor or hospital. Same goes for other animals though. Rabies has been found in many wild animals. If you see an animal, especially raccoons or fox, acting very strangely, stumbling along, or biting at any objects, avoid the animal and immediately call conservation. Do not approach the animal, nor touch it if you find it dead.

Murray Martin is a former Ontario conservation officer and a longstanding member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada.

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s mentioned in last week’s column, bats across the globe have an undeserved reputation. The little brown bat that inhabits this part of the world is only one of the 2,000 kinds of bats out there. They rest can vary in size from two inches in length to the large fruit-eating bats of the Andes, which have a wing span of four feet.

Our little brown bat (which helps humans out by eating a diet of insects), found throughout North America, came along 95,000,000 years after the bird family and 10,000,000 years after the flying dinosaur. I would have assumed bats predated both and also had a connection to one or the other, but apparently not.

What surprised me most in considering evolution though, is that its closest resemblance is to the ape. Think about the head and the placement of the teeth! So is there any credence to the idea that bats and apes (and therefore human) are connected? Personally, I know a few people I consider rather batty, though, unlike humans, the bat uses echolocation to catch insects for dinner. Bats do this by projecting a squeak wave that bounces off the flying insect, back to the bat, which uses this feedback to catch the bug. Or bugs, as the bats in our part of the world eat half their weight in insects each night.

Most people consider the bat to be a lousy, dirty, infected creature. In reality, I was amazed, while working on a bat project during my time as a conservation officer in Ontario, to discover that bats may even be cleaner than humans! I have watched bats clean themselves for over an hour, meticulously going over each hair on their bodies. I even got to look at bats under microscopes and never saw signs of insects on them.

Equally amazing is the little brown bat’s ability to twist and turn while in flight. They do it

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Workshop 5:30 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Until Sat Oct 12 Art Exhibition: We Are Our Learn the basics of beading, participants will come Language Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre In away with a beaded patch complete with an antler celebration of 2019 as the Year of Indigenous button, includes all materials.To register call or Languages, Held in the Hudę Njú Kú Gallery email. 456-5322 ext 105 Until Fri Nov 22 Art Exhibition: Into the Thu Sep 5 Walk Between Worlds Storytelling Kalevala By Lillian Loponen Yukon Arts 6:30 PM Well Read Books Tellers coming to share Centre A multimedia exhibition that is an stories. experiential interpretation of Finland’s national Thu Sep 5 Chess Corner 6:30 PM Yukon College epic of folklore, Kalevala.

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Leslie Leong Yukon Arts Centre Leslie Leong is a Yukon visual artist focused on recycling and Thu Sep 5 YSR Can Can Line Auditions 7:00 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre The Can sustainability. Ponders the ubiquitous nature Can line is a visible, busy and fun way to be part of technology. It has seeped into every aspect of Rendezvous! For more info email canager@ of our society/lives, even if we choose not to yukonrendezvous.com partake. It is omnipresent.

Thu Sep 5 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri Sep 6 Whitehorse Yukon Community Thrift Store - Silent Auctions 12:00 PM Whitehorse Wed Sep 4 Whitewater Wednesday 6:00 PM Community Thrift Store Silent Auctions for Town & Mountain Hotel Longtime Local jam valuable, unusual and unique items. Bids taken night hosted by Peggy Hanifan Friday and Saturday at the store. Bidding Closes Wed Sep 4 Karaoke Night 9:00 PM The Local 2:00 PM Saturdays, each week.

Bar Come in and sing, show us your talent!

Fri Sep 6 Legion TGIF Dinner 6:00 PM Thu Sep 5 Electric Summer Series - Mega Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Open to Members Krahn 5:00 PM Whitehorse waterfront wharf and signed in guests Meals are $12 unless a steak The free event is for all ages, featuring local dinner which is more.

DJs. Fri Sep 6 YSR Jr. Can Can Line Auditions 6:15 Fri Sep 6 Sarah Hamilton and Brigitte Jardin PM Northern Lights School of Dance Bringing 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn French the spirit of the Can Can line to youth aged Canadian, Bluegrass. Cajun and Old-Time 13-18, a visible, busy and fun way to be part of repertoire.

Rendezvous! For more info call 668-6683 or email Fri Sep 6 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the info@nlsdyukon.com Boiler Room Fri Sep 6 YSR Can Can Line Auditions 7:00 Sat Sep 7 KABN 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Classic blues and rock mixed with fun PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre The Can Can line is a visible, busy and fun way to be part new originals. of Rendezvous! For more info email canager@ Sat Sep 7 Vinyl Therapy 9 8:00 PM Heart Of yukonrendezvous.com Riverdale Bring a record, tickets at the door, Live bands - Local Boy, Darnell Hart, Dalton 149 Sat Sep 7 United Way Plane Pull 2019 10:30 AM Air North Hanger Compete with other teams to & Little Boe see who can go the distance in the shortest time Sat Sep 7 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the possible. Email ness.claire@gmail.com for more Boiler Room info. 333-6929 Sun Sep 8 Jam Session 6:00 PM 98 Hotel Sat Sep 7 2019 Annual Mud Boggs 11:00 AM Bring your instrument and have fun!

Whitehorse, Yukon Mud Action, Family Fun, Show Sun Sep 8 Annie Avery and Keitha Clark 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Swinging and Shine - Good Dirty Yukon Fun Sat Sep 7 Whitehorse Yukon Community Thrift fiddle, ragtime piano and a few stops inStore - Silent Auctions 12:00 PM Whitehorse between.

Wed Sep 11 Whitewater Wednesday 6:00 PM Community Thrift Store Silent Auctions for valuable, unusual and unique items. Bids taken Town & Mountain Hotel Longtime Local jam Friday and Saturday at the store. Bidding Closes night hosted by Peggy Hanifan 2:00 PM Saturdays, each week.

Wed Sep 11 Music at MacBride - Shaggy Sat Sep 7 Legion Crib Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Manes 7:00 PM MacBride Museum Wed Sep 11 Karaoke Night 9:00 PM The Local Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! Register by 6:25 PM, Games Bar Come in and sing, show us your talent!

Start at 6:30 PM. 667-2802 Sat Sep 7 Kombucha 101 6:30 PM Summit Kombucha Learn about the basic 2L method, as well as troubleshooting tips. to register email Until Sep 30 Fossil Favourites from Across summitbuch.yt@gmail.com Canada Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

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Sat Sep 7 YSR Can Can Line Auditions 7:00 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre The Can Can line is a visible, busy and fun way to be part of Rendezvous! For more info email canager@ yukonrendezvous.com Sun Sep 8 Intro to Wicca & Goddess Ritual 10:00 AM Whitehorse, Yukon Learn how ritual and ceremony can deepen your relationship to nature and the Goddess? Call or email for more info. 867-335-0078 Sun Sep 8 Adult RPG Drop-in - Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder and More 12:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Monthly Role-Playing Game (RPG) Free! No experience is necessary.

All supplies provided. Must be 18 years of age or older.

Sun Sep 8 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 Sep 8 Japanese Conversation Class Beginner Level II 3:00 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Perfect for those who have some knowledge of Japanese, or even those who can already carry some basic conversation in Japanese. To register call or email. 393-2588 Mon Sep 9 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 Sep 9 FASD Awareness Day Celebration 11:30 AM Shipyards Park A free BBQ, live music

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Mon Sep 9 Legion Scrabble Meet 1:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Mon Sep 9 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome.

For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon Sep 9 Healthy Lifestyle Workshop 6:00 PM 7th Ray Studio An 8 wk program, we meet weekly, create community to help support and provide accountability and make changes to our lifestyle. Register online or call for more info.

334-9605 Mon Sep 9 Yukon Comic Culture Society: Board Game Drop-in 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Come and check out the YCCS Board Game library! Children and Youth must be accompanied by an adult or guardian who is 19+ Mon Sep 9 Euchre Night 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! 667-2802 Mon Sep 9 Night Sky Presentation and Public Sky Gazing 7:00 PM RASC Yukon Centre Observatory Entry by donation only.

Tue Sep 10 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 Sep 10 Intermediate Sewing: Zippers!

6:00 PM Yukonstruct Innovation Hub Learn how to draft two sizes of zipper pouches onto cotton fabric, cut them out and sew them up in one evening. Sewing machines and tools will be provided. Register online 457-0150 Tue Sep 10 Tarot Tuesdays 6:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Choose a time for your 15-minute reading and sign-up on the sign-up sheet near the Tarot booth. Cocktail specials: Twist of Fate, The Crystal High Ball, and Mystic Sangria! Also featured a fresh tapas menu.

Tue Sep 10 Basic and Beginners Ukulele Group 7:00 PM Music Yukon Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information.

Tue Sep 10 Beginner Salsa and Bachata Class 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Whether you are a couple or single, have fun learning salsa and bachata.

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Wed Sep 11 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed Sep 11 Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:00 PM A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed Sep 11 Home Canning 101 6:00 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Learn basic water bath canning techniques using local beets - take home multiple jars of what you make! Register online, call or email for more info. 633-2665 Wed Sep 11 US & Canada Relations 6:30 PM MacBride Museum How the ALCAN changed us - Cash bar will be available.

Wed Sep 11 Legion Texas Hold’Em 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Wed Sep 11 Whitehorse Pop Choir 7:00 PM Golden Age Society Sing pop, folk, indie, new wave, and rock ‘n roll songs. Past set lists have included Bon Jovi, Nirvana, The Guess Who and many more! No auditions. No experience necessary. Register online.

Wed Sep 11 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed Sep 11 Fall Bhangra Dance Classes 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Facilitated by Gurdeep Pandher, Register online.

Wed Sep 11 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room

Wed Sep 4 Jack Hulland School Council’s AGM 7:00 PM Jack Hulland Elementary Held in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Thu Sep 5 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Thu Sep 5 Entrepreneur Speaker Series with Den Designs’s Erin Holm 5:00 PM Northlight Innovation A compelling story of Den Designs, cocktails and snacks provided. Register online.

Thu Sep 5 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 Wed Sep 4 Basic Manners Class 6:30 PM Wise welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ Canine Training Basic Manners Class is for older gmail.com puppies, teens and adult dogs who need to learn Thu Sep 5 Yukon Bluegrass Music Society the basics. Certified Instruction using positive AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library reinforcement methods. Email for more info For more information call 334-9781 or email Wed Sep 4 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM festival@yukonbluegrass.com Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch Sat Sep 7 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new the Yukon and those are interested are dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family welcome supports.

Sun Sep 8 Hazard Recognition and Control Wed Sep 4 Red Fish, Blue Fish! 6:00 PM 8:00 AM Coast High Country Inn Understand Whitehorse, Yukon Fisheries biologists will lead the principle of hazard recognition and control an evening walk to view Kokanee Salmon in their as well as the methods used to ensure hazards spawning colours. Meet at 10 Burns Road to are identified and adequately addressed in the carpool to Scout Lake (27 km, one-way). workplace. Register online.

Fri Sep 6 Run Club - Youth 5 - 18 3:15 PM Tue Sep 10 F.H Collins School Council and McIntyre Field Running games and fun on Friday AGM 6:30 PM F.H. Collins Secondary Held in afternoons! This is a drop-in activity and snacks room 122, regular meeting to follow. Everyone are provided. Call 334-8718 for more information is welcome to attend. and consent forms.

Wed Sep 11 Northern Voices Toastmasters Fri Sep 6 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Supportive members Call 668-4877 for more information. will help you develop your public speaking, Sat Sep 7 Free Day in the Clothing Room 10:00 communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins AM Church of the Nazarene Children’s, Mens welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ and Womens clothing that was freely received, gmail.com freely we want to give. Call 633-4903 for more Wed Sep 11 Porter Creek Secondary information.

School Council’s AGM 6:30 PM Porter Creek Sat Sep 7 Family Yoga - 9 mths - 3yrs 3:00 PM Secondary School Held in the school library, Long, Lean & Mean Fitness 334-3479 Inclusive, regular meeting to follow. Everyone is welcome fun, energetic and playful yoga classes, focuses to attend. on building community, having fun, and learning yoga principles in an interactive, creative and playful style. Register online. call or email.

Sat Sep 7 Family Yoga - 4-7 yrs 4:00 PM Long, Wednesdays Lean & Mean Fitness 334-3479 Inclusive, fun, The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 energetic and playful yoga classes, focuses on building community, having fun, and learning yoga noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our principles in an interactive, creative and playful Lady of Victory style. Register online. call or email.

No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Mon Sep 9 Puppy Start Right Preschool 6:30 PM Wise Canine Training Build your puppies Thursdays confidence, and get a head start on manners The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 and life skills. Certified instruction using positive noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance. reinforcement training. Email for more info.

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

Tue Sep 10 Fearful Feisty Fido Class 6:30 PM Wise Canine Training For dogs who struggle with fearful or aggressive behavior towards other Fridays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 dogs. Certified Instruction using positive training noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance methods. Email for more info.

Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Tue Sep 10 Free Super Smash 7:00 PM Titan Hospital Road Gaming Cafe All skill levels welcome! Please Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 305 bring your own controller, and if you have a Wood Street - Back Entrance.

Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube controller adapter please bring them so that we can have Saturdays multiple setups.

Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Wed Sep 11 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hospital Board Meeting. all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family Sundays supports.

Wed Sep 11 Basic Manners Class 6:30 PM Wise Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Canine Training Basic Manners Class is for older Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main puppies, teens and adult dogs who need to learn Entrance Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Whitehorse the basics. Certified Instruction using positive General Hospital reinforcement methods. Email for more info

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Wed Sep 4 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 Wed Sep 4 Artificial Intelligence and the Arts 9:00 AM Northlight Innovation This workshop is designed for ALL levels of technical expertise.

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Wed Sep 4 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon AGM 5:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Please RSVP 668-7911 or bbbsyukon@gmail.com 668-7911

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 205 Black Street Suite 120 Phone: AA 1-888-453-0142 (24 hours a day)

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Nuts for coconuts

Is there anything this fruit can’t do?

by Susanne Aichele

M

y fondest memory of Mexico is the availability of fresh coconut water. Over Christmas, I pet-sat a couple dogs on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. In the mornings, I went out to get a fresh coconut off the tree.

I chopped off the top, like I saw the street vendors do. Mind you, I didn’t have a sharp machete or the skills and practice they do.

Besides that, I had the pressure of two dogs breathing down my neck, waiting for their share of the coconut meat, but somehow I managed.

Apparently, coconut water can

be used as an IV to replace fluids.

It is sterile while in the shell, as long as the shell isn’t damaged, but my rusty machete changes that in a flash and adds some iron. Drinking coconut water is like jump-starting my batteries in the morning! Coconut water has glucose, but doesn’t give you the crazy buzz and the crash that white sugar does. For me, it’s the best electrolyte you can get—definitely better than the conventional sports drinks that are generally loaded with white sugar.

Once I was back in the Yukon though, I found myself in a bit of

Susanne used a machete to get into the coconut

a bind when it came to drinking coconut water. Here, you can find it in tetra packs rather than the handy compostable packages of the south. After having seen the amount of garbage that shows up on the shores of our oceans, I try not to add more garbage to the pile. So I was very happy to find a powdered version of coconut water in one of the local groceries. It’s not perfect, but it results in far less garbage than buying coconut water in containers. Plus, it’s easier to take out in the bush.

Imagine a coconut washed onto a foreign shore far away from the coconut tree from which it came.

While the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, the coconut can cross oceans. I love the way that coconut trees send their offspring away with food and water to settle in new places and keep the tradition going. The new coconut trees grow out of the coconut, so no matter where they end up, they have food and water to get a good head start on all the plants that grow from seeds and need to find water first. I think it shows that coconut trees are caring and benevolent plants.

Fat is important for proper body functions and coconut oil is a great source. People often reduce fat in their diet in order to lose weight, but my research and experience shows that the right

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Susanne visited a coconut tree each morning while pet-sitting dogs in Mexico kind of fat actually helps us to lose weight. As the saying goes, a coconut a day keeps the doctor away. Or, at least, that’s my new version of the saying. I was able to lose weight and feel more balanced when consuming an average of two coconuts a day and I didn’t even avoid sugar as much as I usually do!

Coconut fat is an amazing staple in my kitchen. It’s perfect to fry anything, not that I do a lot of that. Most of the time I use water to cook in my frying pan, but coconut fat gives it that nice flavour.

I also don’t have conventional creams at home. I use coconut mixed with sesame oil for my skin, which keeps it moist and supple.

We shouldn’t have to think twice about eating what we put on our skin, as the skin absorbs whatever we put on it. That’s how ointments work in the first place. You can test this by rubbing a clove of

garlic on your feet and see if you can taste the garlic in your mouth.

During one of my conquests to kill off candida, I even made coconut kefir out of young coconuts. I used lauric acid derived from coconut to fight off viruses and bacteria. You can use the shell to scrub your pots. An equal mix of coconut fat and olive oil is a great substitute for butter and has the perfect consistency right out of the fridge. The uses of coconut seem endless.

People sometimes ask what one book you would take to an island. I could easily do without one, but I’d definitely make sure there’s a healthy coconut tree on the island.

Susanne Aichele is passionate about wholistic health care for animals and people. She enjoys being out in nature, collages and creating tasty health foods.

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Peanut noodles with napa cabbage

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Jagged little rocks

Dee Bailey had some work on display at the interpretive centre PHOTOS: courtesy of Dee Bailey

You oughta know about Dee Bailey’s exhibition opening on Sept. 6

by Danny Macdonald

“P

ieces of the Jagged Rocks” by artist Dee Bailey opens Sept. 6 with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Yukon Artists at Work Gallery in Whitehorse.

Bailey’s engaging sculptural paintings look to celebrate wildlife and the landscape. She works with oil-based modelling clay to create paintings with depth. Coloured pieces of clay are carefully shaped and assembled into flower petals, an eagle’s body and even a wolf’s fur. When you view them, you can’t help but pause and wonder at the creative spirit.

“I hope to help people rekindle their own awe for our natural surroundings,” Bailey said. “Looking at art may help people to consider pleasant memories of time spent in nature.”

This show features many works inspired by Bailey’s recent experience as the Tombstone Territorial Park Artist-in-Residence. In July, she spent two weeks living in the park and working in a wall tent studio, which allowed her to explore the flora and fauna of the area. Bailey also gave workshops and demonstrations at the interpretive center. Hiking with the

talented staff, and gathering information and reference material all contributed to her inspiration for this exhibit.

“The most striking part of my July Tombstone art residency was the warm sense of community felt there. And in such a contrast to the location, being at the edge of nowhere, living a very simple and rustic life,” Bailey wrote in an email. “The inspiration was overwhelming at times. I completed a record number of paintings there and continued to produce well after. The staff and visitors I connected with were definitely the

Three of the Tombstone Interpretive Centre staff (Tommy, Paige and Sylvia) took me for an evening hike on Lil Creek, where we found some ice on the trail. Sylvia packed it back in a bear barrel for my food cooler

Dee Bailey’s Canis lupus portrait, Oil-based modelling clay on board, 12x12”, July 2019

highlight. The beauty of that park may bring out the best in people.”

Bailey’s unique process is the result of years of dedicated experimentation and persistence.

Working with oil-based clay, she mixes colours, creates individual shapes and applies the clay as paint with her fingers. She picks up small pebbles and bits of found plastic on her walks to add to her assemblages. The resulting pieces are a unique fusion of painting and sculpture.

Bailey strives to inspire her viewers to reconnect with nature through her art. Her paintings compel viewers to to have a closer

look and to reminisce about their own wilderness experiences. She hopes to evoke feelings and memories of time spent outdoors.

The exhibit opens Friday, Sept.6 and runs until Sept. 29.

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A partnership between sculptor, Harreson Tanner, and patron, Rolf Hougen, continues to bring some famous Yukon faces to life on Whitehorse’s Main Street, with Edith Josie being unveiled on Sept. 12

by Amber Church

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hat do Jack London, Martha Black, Pierre Berton and Ted Harrison have in common? They’ve all been commissioned by Rolf Hougen to be sculpted by Harreson Tanner to populate Whitehorse’s Main Street. This summer, Edith Josie will join them.

Hougen and Tanner’s partnership began with the creation of the bust of Jack London. “I was so nervous at the unveiling,” Tanner said. “Dick North unveiled the work and at that point he was already two years older than God and a Yukon legend—it was very intimidating.

“At the time I thought this was going to be a one-time thing, but then, three months later, I had an email from Rolf Hougen that said ‘another statue. Pierre Berton. Do you want to do it?’”

Unfortunately the bust of Berton did not go smoothly. “I had such a hard time with Berton,” said Tanner. “I’d always found him to be a bit arrogant which made him harder for me to sculpt. I worked from thousands of photos during the creation process and I had a number of artists visit me in the studio to offer advice—something that I

PHOTO: Amber Church

Sculptor Harreson Tanner sits on Main Street with the bust he created of Jack London will never do again.”

Tanner sent the finished sculpture off to the foundry to be bronzed. Then he had an alarming realization when the final piece arrived in Whitehorse. “I opened the box from the foundry and realized that the finished bronze didn’t look like Berton.

It was so humiliating. When the work was unveiled on Main Street it felt like it took a full five minutes before anyone clapped.”

Tanner decided that he had to create a second sculpture of Berton to replace the first.

“I decided I had to make it right. It was an ethical issue for me. Both Rolf Hougen and I were much happier with the second version.”

At the same time, Hougen had Tanner create a bust of Ted Harrison.

“I was really excited to sculpt Ted Harrison,” said Tanner. “He was such an important artist for the Yukon and such a clever wit— I really admired him.”

The Ted Harrison bust was installed first. Soon after, “Pierre Berton II” was installed, but the crew doing the install made a bit of a mistake. Instead of replacing the first Pierre Berton sculpture

with the second, they replaced Ted Harrison. Suddenly there were two busts of Pierre Berton on Main Street, a fact that did not go unnoticed by the local team of reporters at CBC. Eventually the crew sorted out who was supposed to be where and everyone was satisfied.

Awhile later, Duncan Sinclair had a friend visiting him and he took her to see the Main Street busts. She enjoyed the experience, but wondered at the lack of women portrayed in the artworks. Word of this got back to Hougen and it led to another email to Tanner.

“He really took it to heart,” said Tanner. “Soon after he asked me to sculpt Martha Black.”

Martha garnered some local CBC coverage of her own when she disappeared.

“I was in San Miguel, Mexico when my phone rang,” recalls Tanner. “it was CBC in Whitehorse and they asked me ‘where’s Martha Black?’ I laughed and said, ‘at Fourth and Main’ and they said, ‘no, she’s not.’”

A short email exchanged turned up the answer—she was sitting on Rolf Hougen’s desk.

One of Hougen’s employees had

noticed out his office window that the bust was hanging off its pedestal after someone had obviously tried to pull it from its mount. Hougen had Martha Black’s bust rescued from its precarious position and remounted.

The newest member of Hougen’s commissions will take up residence on Main Street later this summer, just across from Martha Black. Edith Josie was a long-time writer at The Whitehorse Star. Her column, “Here are the news,” detailed life in Old Crow. Her bust will be unveiled later this summer.

“Josie was an absolute delight to sculpt,” said Tanner. “My wife and I lived in Old Crow for a period of time and that connection to the community made this a really special piece to create.

Josie’s grave in Old Crow is revered and joyful. It’s always full of flowers and you can tell just by looking at it how much she meant to the community.”

They’re doing something special with Josie’s bust. The foundry has created two bronzes instead of one. One will be installed on Main Street, while the second goes to the John Tizya Centre in Old Crow.

Old Crow’s version will be unveiled first, by Josie’s son, William. Air North is flying the bust to the community for free and Hougen and a family member will travel North to witness the unveiling. The Whitehorse Star will also take part in the ceremony, to create a video of the event that will be shown during the Whitehorse unveiling. Josie’s grandson will have the honour of unveiling the bust in Whitehorse.

“It’s been an interesting ride,” said Tanner of being sculptor to the Yukon stars. “People ask me how it happened and, to be honest, it was all a bit of a fluke. After all, who in this day and age has a patron? It has been a real honour as well though and a really delightful experience to sit with influential Yukoners and try and capture their spirit for others.”

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Main Street or bust... cont’d Rolf Hougen stands beside the bust of Sam Steele that he commissioned Chuck Buchanan to sculpt as part of the centennial RCMP celebration in 1992

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Harreson Tanner shows off the bowtie on “Pierre Berton II”

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he passion to record the Yukon’s history has been a staple of Rolf Hougen’s whole life and has manifested itself in many ways.

The old Hougen’s Building basement on Main Street now houses the Arts Underground and the Hougen’s Heritage Gallery, which displays special exhibits dedicated to the past.

He’s recently bequeathed the Yukon Nuggets to MacBride Museum for posterity. (The Yukon Nuggets are short snippets of Yukon historical tales researched by Les McLaughlin and hosted on the Hougen’s Group of Companies website.)

Several years ago, he donated his entire collection of photographs to the Yukon Archives for safekeeping. His collection includes over 40,000 images, including the original glass plates (negatives) from E.J. Hamacher, who lived to 1937 and photographed events from the Klondike Gold Rush until his death. (Hougen’s own collection started in his teens and covers events around the territory from 1945 onwards.)

But his patronage has provided Whitehorse with one iconic legacy, the beautiful hand-sculpted busts that remember some of the Yukon’s greats. These statues, which have become a marquee attraction for tourists and a mark of civic pride for residents, were not a new concept or idea for Hougen. In fact the whole collection has been decades in the making.

“It all started in my mind way back in 1955,” Hougen said during an interview. “Marg and I were on our honeymoon in Vienna, and I was so impressed with all these statues of musicians of the past.

“They were all in a park, and I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to do something like this in the Yukon?’”

The inspiration rested for decades, until an opportunity presented itself in 1992, when the RCMP were celebrating their centennial year.

Hougen approached the RCMP and commissioned Chuck Buchanan to sculpt the first bust, Sam Steele, for display on the RCMP grounds.

Danny Macdonald is the editor of What’s Up Yukon. be more thankful to Rolf Hougen.”

The bust honours Old Crow Gwich’in storyteller Edith Josie, who shared stories of everyday Gwich’in life in English, while retaining the stylings of her traditional language. Edith’s column in The Whitehorse Star, “Here are the News,” was syndicated and read around the world.

The event was a special for residents Tammy noted.

“My auntie Jane gave the opening and closing prayers,” she said. “My dad, William, said words of thank you and so much gratitude.”

Tammy also said the connection with Old Crow extends to the sculpture artist himself.

Harreson Tanner and his family lived in the community for a few years.

Tammy said her family will travel to Whitehorse for the Main Street unveiling on Sept. 12.

“We’re coming down for the day,” Tammy said. “Might bring some caribou.”

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According to Hougen, the next was Angela Sidney, one of the last Tagish-speaking people. That bust was originally located in the old Whiskey Flats, before being repatriated to near Main Street with the more recent ones.

Buchanan tragically passed away in 2013, having completed three busts. Hougen approached Harreson Tanner to take over the project for future installations and the rest is history.

The subjects are selected by Hougen, from a criteria he has in the back of his mind, still there from the first kernel of his idea in 1955.

“What I have from the outset, with the exception of the first one of the RCMP, I’ve looked for writers, musicians and artists,” he said.

“These are the most prominent, who are nationally and internationally known.”

Hougen notes there are others who have contributed enormously to the history of the territory with iconic books, or music, but he feels that those recognized for a bust need more than just one item. He’s recognizing artists with multiple contributions.

Edith Josie’s bust is a special one, as it marks the first installed in Old Crow, which happened on Aug. 20.

“When we did Edith Josie, we thought we should maybe do something in Old Crow (in addition to one on Main Street),” he said. “We asked the people of Old Crow if they’d be excited to recognize her that way.”

There was definitely support for that.

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The Edith Josie bust was unveiled during a ceremony in Old Crow

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ammy Josie was shocked when the request was made to install Edith Josie’s bust in Old Crow.

“It took me by surprise,” she said. “I was speechless. Couldn’t

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Wed Sep 4 Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed Sep 4 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 8214251 Wed Sep 4 Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed Sep 4 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed Sep 4 AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed Sep 4 School Council 7:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu Sep 5 Executive Council Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu Sep 5 CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu Sep 5 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone is welcome! no fee for community members 399-3321 Thu Sep 5 Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu Sep 5 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Fri Sep 6 AA Meeting Carcross 1:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat Sep 7 Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sun Sep 8 Sewing Sessions 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon Sep 9 Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon Sep 9 AA - Tagish 7:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue Sep 10 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue Sep 10 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone is welcome! no fee for community members 399-3321 Tue Sep 10 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue Sep 10 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue Sep 10 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue Sep 10 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251

DAWSON CITY

Wednesdays & Thursdays Sasquatch and the Unexplained 11 AM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre A North-end walking tour sharing stories of the unfamiliar. Stroll with a heritage interpreter up to the base of the Moosehide Slide for a truly supernatural chat about bush man encounters.

Thu Sep 5 Last Splash Pool BBQ 6:00 PM Dawson City Pool Many fun free activities going on all day, free BBQ. Fri Sep 6 White Ram Poker Tournaments Diamond Tooth Gerties Over $150,000 is handed out in multiple tournaments over a whole week!

Fri Sep 6 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri Sep 6 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri Sep 6 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri Sep 6 Harmonica George in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fri Sep 6 The Executives in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sat Sep 7 Glow Ball Tournament Dawson City Golf Course Call or email for more information.

993-2500 dawsongolf@hotmail.ca Sat Sep 7 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.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Sat Sep 7 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun Sep 8 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun Sep 8 The Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Mon Sep 9 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon Sep 9 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Tue Sep 10 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Tue Sep 10 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

FARO

Wed Sep 4 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu Sep 5 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Thu Sep 5 Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Fri Sep 6 Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun Sep 8 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun Sep 8 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Tue Sep 10 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided

HAINES

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Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: MonWed 11-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30| Thurs/ Fri Closed #907-766-2545 Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed Sep 4 Complementary Colors: Alaska to Arizona by Donna Catotti Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Spotlight exhibit Complementary Colors: Alaska to Arizona, showcasing the work of Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg Wed Sep 4 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed Sep 4 Painting Demonstrations 9:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Live painting demonstrations, Donna will set up her easel and demonstrate on the unfinished oil painting On the Edge of Time.

Wed Sep 4 Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed Sep 4 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Thu Sep 5 Complementary Colors: Alaska to Arizona by Donna Catotti Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Spotlight exhibit Complementary Colors: Alaska to Arizona, showcasing the work of Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg Thu Sep 5 Painting Demonstrations 9:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Live painting demonstrations, Donna will set up her easel and demonstrate on the unfinished oil painting On the Edge of Time.

Thu Sep 5 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu Sep 5 Starvin’ Marvin Gardenin’ 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Thu Sep 5 Family Nutrition 1:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Thu Sep 5 Kid Yoga 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri Sep 6 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Fri Sep 6 Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri Sep 6 Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri Sep 6 Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fri Sep 6 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri Sep 6 First Friday 5:00 PM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Featuring John Hagen photography at the distillery, wire wrapped jewelry by Cassie Miller at Ampersands, Glacier Naturals products at the Magpie, Portrait Study

by Donna Cattoti & much more 907-766-3715 info@alaskaartsconfluence.org Fri Sep 6 American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Sat Sep 7 Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun Sep 8 Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Sun Sep 8 Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church

Sun Sep 8 Mosquito Lake Community Center Market 2:00 PM Haines Borough Alaska Combining our Sunday Market with a harvest celebration. We will have food and drink for sale, as usual, and free games and activities for kids. Call to reserve a table 767-5414 Mon Sep 9 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mon Sep 9 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Mon Sep 9 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon Sep 9 Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue Sep 10 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue Sep 10 Lego Club 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue Sep 10 Aquatic Rangers 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue Sep 10 Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center

HAINES JUNCTION

Wed Sep 4 Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments.

Wed Sep 4 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed Sep 4 Jam Session 6:30 PM Village Bakery and Deli Come along, make some tunes, tell a poem, do a standup comedy routine, or just listen.

Wed Sep 4 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu Sep 5 Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

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

Thu Sep 5 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri Sep 6 Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Tue Sep 10 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue Sep 10 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall

LORNE MOUNTAIN

Sun Sep 8 Northern Foraging, Backyards & Beyond - Honourable Harvest 1:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Gathering, plant talks and identification, nature, attend one or all workshops. Call 667-7083 or email lmca@ northwestel,net

MARSH LAKE

Wed Sep 4 Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Sep 4 Pump Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Sep 4 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu Sep 5 The Not Back To...Potluck for Yukon Retired Teachers 11:45 AM Marsh Lake Contact Pat at 660 4675 for information.

Thu Sep 5 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Sep 7 Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Sep 7 Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Tue Sep 10 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue Sep 10 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue Sep 10 Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre followed by hot apple cider and refreshments. 660-4999

MAYO

Daily, Monday to Friday & Sunday, Public Swimming Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Monday - Friday 2:00 pm 4:00 pm and Sunday at 6:00 am - 8:00 pm Daily, Monday to Friday Parent and Tot Swimming 11:00 AM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Fri Sep 6 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sat Sep 7 Stewart Valley Community Market 10:00 AM Galena Park Produce, eggs, preserves, baking and other homemade goods.

To reserve a table call 334-5131.

Sun Sep 8 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Tue Sep 10 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

Tue Sep 10 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

OLD CROW

TAGISH

Thu Sep 5 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun Sep 8 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue Sep 10 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.

Wed Sep 4 SpinFlex w/Katherine 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance training-must be able to lunge & squat Wed Sep 4 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed Sep 4 Brown Bag Lunch Series Behavioral & Emotional Health Topics 12:00 PM Dahl Memorial Clinic Bring your lunch, and join John Hischer, LCSW every other Wednesday, topics being presented are: Anger Management, Sexual Assault & Harassment Prevention.

Wed Sep 4 Group Cycling w/Therese 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A fun low impact cardiovascular workout with great music that uses endurance, intervals, hills, drills and rhythm to burn fat.

Wed Sep 4 Group Cycling w/Cindy & Emily 4:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu Sep 5 Mat Pilates 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Thu Sep 5 Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu Sep 5 Celebrate Recovery Meal & Fellowship Time 5:30 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our lives.

Thu Sep 5 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri Sep 6 37th Annual Klondike Road Relay Skagway Visitor Center A 110 mile relay race from Skagway Alaska to Whitehorse Yukon, runners from all over the world compete.

Contact Sport Yukon to register. news@ sportyukon.com Fri Sep 6 SpinYOGA 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri Sep 6 Dance Night 9:00 PM Red Onion Saloon The original Dance Night at the Red Onion Saloon Fridays starting at 9pm. There will be a different DJ each week! Come show us your moves!

Sat Sep 7 Group Cycling w/Emily 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat Sep 7 Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Sun Sep 8 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon Sep 9 SpinFlex w/Katherine 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance training-must be able to lunge & squat Mon Sep 9 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon Sep 9 Group Cycling w/Therese 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A fun low impact cardiovascular workout with great music that uses endurance, intervals, hills, drills and rythym to burn fat.

Mon Sep 9 Group Cycling w/Cindy & Emily 4:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon Sep 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 Tue Sep 10 Mat Pilates 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Tue Sep 10 Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue Sep 10 Hatha Flow w. Foam Roller & Pinky Balls 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls.

Tue Sep 10 Hatha Yoga with Foam Rollers & Balls 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Wed Sep 4 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed Sep 4 Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed Sep 4 Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu Sep 5 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Sat Sep 7 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Tue Sep 10 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

TESLIN

Wed Sep 4 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink coffee, chat, and have a good time.

Call Kelsey at 335-4250 or email teslinrec@ teslin.ca Wed Sep 4 Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring yourself for some swift fun! 3354250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Fri Sep 6 Girls Club 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsy 3354250 for more information.

Fri Sep 6 Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 3354250 for more information.

Sat Sep 7 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone welcome!

Tue Sep 10 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Tue Sep 10 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 Tue Sep 10 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone welcome!

WATSON LAKE

Wed Sep 4 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

Thu Sep 5 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu Sep 5 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

Thu Sep 5 Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Fri Sep 6 Watson Lake Creative Playgroup Registration 10:00 AM Watson Lake Family Centre For ages 3-5, held in the playgroup classroom, reminder children must be potty trained.

Fri Sep 6 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

Sun Sep 8 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon Sep 9 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Mon Sep 9 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

Tue Sep 10 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

Tue Sep 10 Body Fit 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023

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Giving the people what they want in Inuvik

Ranger Réduire Organiser Nancy 867 335-5817

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WHITEHORSE FOOTBALL CLUB IS SEARCHING FOR A CLUB ADMINISTRATOR The Whitehorse FC Administrator is responsible for the administrative deliverables of the Club to enable the setup, support, and operations of year round programming as well as two distinct recreational seasons.

You’ll need communication skills, to work with board directors, sponsors and members. Tech savvy ability to manage the clubs website, databases and social media accounts. Understand how to write successful funding proposals and general financial management for the day to day operations.

This is a term position with hourly wage of $22.50. Flexible work with approximately 20 hours per week. A potential decrease in hours/week during months such as April, July and December due to soccer season flow.

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Carey reminisces how a “chain” burger joint first made an appearance in Inuvik

I

arrived in Inuvik for the first time in early July 1972. What first struck me as I toured the town was A) the 24 hours of sunlight and B) how closed off the town felt without a highway. It felt like even more of a no man’s land when I looked at it from a corporate perspective.

Caterpillar puts a strict limit on dealerships, allowing only one dealership per jurisdiction around the world. Puny little Inuvik had two. But the corporate anomaly that most piqued my interest as a 21-year-old was the burger chain that shall remain nameless. How did scrawny little Inuvik, with a population of 2,800, manage to get a chain restaurant?

Over the next few years, working as a taxi driver, I delivered a ton of vittles out of that place.

Then one day, around four years after I had come to town, I noticed there were no corporate signs or logos on the outside of the building. Inside, no signs of a burger chain existed. It was suddenly operating as a mom-and-pop shop.

I wondered, every so often over the years, why they dumped the chain. I was positive it was a very profitable business. I had to wait almost 40 years to find out what actually happened.

If

One day in 1975 or 1976, corporate offices in Vancouver received a call from a woman with a complaint about the Inuvik restaurant.

After she detailed her complaint, she was asked, “Would you give me the store location again, please?”

“Inuvik,” she said.

How did scrawny little Inuvik, with a population of 2,800, manage to get a chain restaurant?

“Where?”

“Inuvik, Northwest Territories.”

There was a long pause. “We don’t have an Inuvik franchise,” said the representative. The woman went ballistic and informed him that they certainly did have a restaurant in Inuvik, she had eaten there a few times and she knew their products when she saw them. The woman sounded genuine, so the company took a chance and flew a representative to Inuvik. In Inuvik, the representative confirmed the woman’s story. Now the company had to deal with whoever was involved with the spurious business.

In the 70s, there were only two ways to get to Inuvik. One was to fly from Edmonton on Pacific Western Airlines. The second was to fly from Whitehorse via Jet Air. This was the route used to supply the Inuvik business. The supplies were shipped to a legitimate franchise in Whitehorse, via truck, and then rerouted by air to Inuvik. To this day, I have never found out what the repercussions were in Whitehorse, but I hope it won’t take another 40 years to find out!

Carey Marshall Is from Whitehorse and has lived on both sides of the mountain north of 60 for almost 50 years.

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Farewell to Summer in Skagway!

Where has the summer gone?

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seems like just yesterday that the trees were budding, the snow began to melt and all the familiar summer faces started rolling into town. Yet here we are in September and with that comes the END-OF-SEASON SALES in Skagway. Many of the shops on Broadway will be offering discounts of 50% or more after Labor Day. Shoppers will find great deals on outdoor gear, Alaskan made goods and souvenirs alike.

For those looking to make a day of it, there are lots of other activities and events happening around town too. Skagway is the starting point for the KLONDIKE INTERNATIONAL ROAD RELAY, September 6th & 7th.

Don't miss the ZOMBIE RUN 5K set for September 14th, sponsored by the Skagway Traditional Council and Emblem Club. Check out the last GARDEN CITY MARKET of the year on September 21st. Or come celebrate with us as we send off the last cruise ship of 2019 on October 3rd!

In addition to all the great sales and events, September is a great time to take in the changing leaves along the South Klondike Highway between Skagway and Whitehorse. Take a moment to stop and pick some blueberries as well. Skagway awaits!

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