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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Sneeziness O

ne of my crosses to bear is hay fever, an allergic reaction to pollen that emerges in the early-summer and crescendos to the point where I am a runny-nosed, puffy-eyed mess — unable to conduct the most basic of enterprises without dragging a snotted handkerchief across my chafed-red schnoz.

which in-and-of itself is only a mild annoyance but becomes psychologically tormenting due to my inability to scratch that particular body part.

But the hay fever symptom that trumps all comers is the itchy eyes.

I start to feel them in the corners— those little crevices closest

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During a hay fever episode, sneezes, which in moderation can be semi-orgasmic little pleasures, attack mid-sentence in rapid-fire succession and render me unintelligible, moderately epileptic and freakishly amusing.

Sometimes these sneezing fits are accompanied by an odd itching sensation in my inner ear,

to the nose where sleep gathers after a night of REM. This is treatable by taking a wetted middle finger and carefully dabbing it against the affected region. But this initial stage is followed by an escalating series of subsequent stages in which the entire eye becomes enflamed with itch.

Take your worst mosquito bite

and multiply it by 10.

At this point a simple middle finger dabbing is all but useless.

Instead, relief must be sought by folding hands into fists and rubbing eyes aggressively in that exaggerated, semi-circular manner made famous by tantruming toddlers.

Following an afternoon of such allergy “treatment” reddish-raw rashes engulf my eyes and my bags underneath rudely protrude from my face.

Meanwhile, my lids lose almost all their ability to open, allowing me only small, weepy slivers from which to view the world.

One question springs to mind: doesn’t a basic drug store carry a variety of medications that deal effectively with the litany of above-mentioned symptoms?

Yes. Claritin.

Reactine, Allegra.

Take your pick, they all work.

But there are a few things about me you should know.

First, I am disorganized and forgetful to an extent that I often fail to act effectively in my own self-interest. I will zip downtown for the sole purpose of raiding the Shoppers Drug Mart allergy shelf, but after grabbing a coffee and running into a couple of friends I will return home having completely failed in my original mission.

Second, I’m enamoured with the idea of the gallant sufferer.

One summer 10 years ago, I was in the habit of picking “ditch flowers” for a girl I worked with.

I would head to the shoulder of the Alaska Highway and return with a handful of dandelions and fireweed. It was a practice that subjected me to the very pollen that caused my suffering in the first place. But in my (misguided?) mind this self-inflicted distress increased the chivalry of the whole endeavour.

To this day the recipient of the ditch flowers still does a killer impression of me handing her a bouquet in the midst of a sneezing fit.

My hay fever may not be appetizing, but at least it leaves an impression that lasts a decade.

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August 1, 2013

Kennedys: Making Waves and Making Headlines

A visit from RFK Jr. prompts a trip down memory lane with Alex Van Bibber

by Tamara Neely

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camp with the newspaper crew, while the Kennedy party headed up and down the mountain.

He recounts that on Day 1 the Kennedy party spent the night at the base camp with them.

On Day 2 they spent the night half way up the mountain. On Day 3 the Kennedy party summitted, then returned to the base camp, arriving after dark.

When they arrived, Van Bibber had 10 gallons of water ready for them.

“I had all day to melt snow,” he says. “There was nothing else to do.

“But they appreciPHOTO: courtesy of Alex Van Bibber ated it when they came Robert F. Kennedy Sr., left, accepts a gold sheep horn bolo tie as a parting back down, all sweaty. They had a gift from Alex Van Bibber in 1965. Van Bibber was a wilderness guide during good wash.”

Then they got word that a Kennedy’s expedition to climb the mountain named after his brother. storm was blowing in.

The next morning an aircraft Yukon Territory since the crema- July, before heading over to Monty whisked everyone to Whitehorse.

Alford’s 90th birthday party. tion of Sam McGee.” After a tour of the town, RobAt the time, Van Bibber was Whitehorse resident Monty ert Sr. and his entourage were Alford and Champagne resident 49 years old, and had been taking ready to fly home.

Alex Van Bibber were there for it. people into the Yukon wilderness “When the party was leaving Well, not at the summit, but on on big game hunts for more than Whitehorse I was there to see the mountain. They were guides 15 years. Erlam must have figured them off and I gave Bobby Kenfor the media groups documenting they’d be safe in his hands. nedy a gold sheep horn bolo tie as “My job was to look after the the climb. a gift,” he says.

The National Film Board called newspaper people in case weather Just three years later, Robert Alford and asked him to lead their set in and they were all there for Kennedy Sr. was assassinated. party, and Whitehorse Star owner any length of time,” says Van BibNow Robert Jr. is visiting KluBob Erlam asked Van Bibber to ber, who is of Southern Tutchone ane National Park, a place that his support the newspaper team: the and Dutch descent. father had a pretty good view of.

And if bad weather did blow in?

Star, Edmonton journal and Time The trip will be run by local “I’d put them on rations,” he Magazine. outfitter Neil Hartling and NahanVan Bibber, 97, recounts the says. “There’s no way of getting ni River Adventures and Canadian story from the Happy Café in food up there. There are no aniRiver Expeditions.

Whitehorse on an afternoon in mals of any kind. Not even birds.”

Robert Jr.’s environmental preVan Bibber figures it might sentation flows from the vision have been too big of a job to keep of Waterkeepers Alliance, which them alive. aims for “fishable, swimmable and Canadian “I’d keep them from freezing, drinkable waterways worldwide.” owned and anyway,” he says.

They are in alliance with comoperated since The weather was reasonable to munity groups patrolling 207 wa1978 start with, although there was a terways in the Americas, Europe, biting wind and plenty of snow.

Australia, Asia and Africa.

“The airplane landed on snow,” “Our Environmental Destiny” Daily, Weekly and monthly rates Van Bibber says. “We had to dig takes place at the Yukon Arts Cendown into the crusted snow a tre in Whitehorse on Monday, Aucouple of feet to set up our tent.”

Flat decks, cube vans, pick-ups, gust 5 at 8 pm.

Van Bibber stayed at the base

he wild beauty of the Yukon is the décor of our daily lives. But when famous types make a special trip to the Yukon, it’s a reminder that this is a special place. We will soon have a Kennedy in our midst, and it’ll be the second visit from the Kennedy family in nearly 50 years.

This month Robert Kennedy Jr. will be here rafting with his family.

An environmental lawyer and co-founder of the non-profit conservation group Waterkeepers Alliance, Robert Jr. will also give a talk.

On Aug. 5 he’ll present “Our Environmental Destiny” at the Yukon Arts Centre.

He is arriving 48 years after his father made headlines for his trip to the Yukon.

Robert Sr. arrived in 1965 on a mission to ascend Mount Kennedy.

The Canadian government named the peak in Kluane National Park after John F. Kennedy, following his assassination in 1963.

At that time no one had reached the summit, and Robert Sr. wanted to be the first.

Robert Sr. was a regular senator, unskilled in the ways of mountaineering. However, flanked by veterans of Mount Everest climbs, Robert Sr. made it to the top, and aerial photos of the summit are the proof.

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A Klondike Kornerof an Arctic Rescue The Challenges

Yukon flying legend Andy Cruikshank’s granddaughter tells the story of the famous MacAlpine rescue

by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

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Andy Cruikshank had jotted notes each day during the search and planned to write the story for posterity, but died in a plane crash – the first fatal one in the NWT – in 1932. Instead, his granddaughter used excerpts of his diary and Pearce’s, together with archival research and other published sources, to create a lively retelling of events.

Historians and amateur enthusiasts alike will appreciate Karram’s descriptions of what the men ate, wore, and how they preserved their food. The author’s background in psychology makes her particularly attuned to the men’s battle with morale: these men are not superheroes, they’re not impervious to despair and disagreements.

She shows their humanity, and how a “slug of Scotch,” PHOTO: courtesy of Kerry Karram a cigarette, or piece of chocolate kept them from going over the brink.

North Vancouver author Kerry Karram notes that it was, howKarram tells the story of a ever, the Copper Inuit who really rescue mission to the Arctic saved the MacAlpine Party’s lives.

There are a few gremlins in the led by her grandfather, Yukon book. Pilot Stan McMillan and geolpilot Andy Cruikshank. ogist E.A. Broadway’s names are spelled incorrectly, for example. ern Canada Aviation Museum, put Nevertheless, researchers will find her on the trail of a rare diary pub- Karram’s index, endnotes, biblioglished by MacAlpine-party member raphy, and cast of characters useRichard Pearce in 1931. ful. And all readers will appreciate Karram tracked down that the 30 black-and-white images diary, along with her grandfather’s, sprinkled throughout the book. which sat in a worn, yellowed enPerhaps most importantly for velope in her mother’s basement “rivet counters”, the manuscript for 80 years. was vetted by many top names

n 1929, the largest aerial search and rescue operation in our country’s history gripped Canadians for months.

That August, a group of eight prospectors led by C.D.H. MacAlpine flew into Canada’s Barren Lands in the Northwest Territories in search of mineral riches.

Instead, they found themselves trapped in an unforgiving landscape without proper equipment or training.

Their rescuers, led by Yukon flying legend Andy Cruikshank, also encountered incredible challenges as they battled bad weather, forced landings, and crashes.

Cruikshank and his wife Esmé had set up Yukon Airways and Exploration Company, the first scheduled air service between Whitehorse and Dawson on wheels, two years earlier. In 1929 he was a captain at Western Canada Airways and considered one of the best pilots in the North.

Kerry Karram brings both sides of the MacAlpine story to life in Four Degrees Celsius: A Story of Arctic Peril.

The seeds for the book were sown when Karram, who lives in North Vancouver, B.C., attended the 2007 Midnight Sun Float Plane Fly-In in Yellowknife for the unveiling of a monument to Andy Cruikshank, the grandfather she never knew. A chance encounter with Gord Emberly, former bush pilot and driving force behind the West-

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This narrative history has much to recommend it, and readers will be carried along by Karram’s writing, as well as the book’s excellent structure and pacing.

In Four Degrees Celsius, Karram has not only documented part of her family’s history in thrilling

HE TOLD US WHEN HE WAS MAULED BY A BEAR AND HE SHOWED THE SCAR ON HIS EAR. LOTS OF DUCKS AND GEESE WE ATE AN WILLIAM HAD BEAVER ON HIS PLATE. I SKINNED BEAVERS WITH MY KNIFE AND THIS WAS THE TRIP OF MY LIFE. IT WAS A HOLIDAY I WON’T FORGET AN’ I STILL TALK ABOUT IT YET. ANOTHER TRIP WE WANT TO PLAN UP TO OUR ANCESTORS’ LAND.

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detail, but an important chapter in Canada’s aviation heritage.

The book was published by Dundurn, and retails for $22.99.

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is a writer, researcher, and historian based out of Edmonton, Alberta.

She is the author of For the Love of Flying: the Story of Laurentian Air Services (Robin Brass, 2009) and is currently at work on her next book, Polar Winds: A Century of Flying the North.

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August 1, 2013

Lost butA Klondike not Korner Forgotten

RCMP honours officers killed in 1963 Carmacks plane crash

by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

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t’s been 50 years since the worst RCMP plane crash in Yukon history.

On July 13, 1963 at 8:10 p.m. a DHC-2 Beaver (CF-MPO) on floats crashed in Carmacks, killing four on-duty RCMP officers — Sgt. Morley Laughland, Cp. Robert Asbil, Const. William Annand and Const.

Laurence Malcolm — and a prisoner, 56-year-old Joseph Philippe Clement Desormeaux, who had just appeared as a trial witness in Mayo.

On that clear, warm summer evening, the plane was returning to Whitehorse from Mayo when Sgt. Laughland, a skilled pilot, tried to land on the Yukon River at Carmacks.

Witnesses reported the Beaver was making a second circle when it rolled over and spun into the ground. It struck the riverbank below the Mayo road and burst into flames. All on board died instantly.

Chuck E. Ford told the Whitehorse Star that the Carmacks basin had unusual wind conditions that could have caused the crash. The inquest jury agreed and recommended the Department of Transport (DOT) install a windsock.

“The RCMP and DOT did not find any mechanical problem,” says Helmer Hermanson, president of the Yukon RCMP Veterans Association and a pilot himself. “Speculation was that it may have been some type of a downdraft or a stall. The Beaver’s a pretty forgiv-

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ing airplane for the most part — but if you lose your lift or your speed it’ll just fall out of the sky.”

Hermanson has been part of the RCMP “M” Division’s committee to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the crash.

For several months, the committee planned the memorial service held on July 13, 2013, which included a piper, RCMP march, and speeches by local elders and dignitaries at the accident site.

“There has been a marker at the site since November 1963,” Hermanson says, “and a cairn in Carmacks since 1966.”

In November 1963, a bronze plaque was also installed at the base of the RCMP flagpole in Whitehorse. One hundred specta-

PHOTOS: Sergeant Jim Giczi, Yukon RCMP Forensic Identification Section

RCMP officers, family members, and dignitaries gathered in Carmacks on July 13 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a RCMP Beaver floatplane crash that claimed the lives of four officers and a civilian. tors joined RCMP and armed services members in braving -25°C

weather while Sgt. Laughland’s widow, Denise, unveiled the memorial.

Fifty years later, the Laughlands’ daughter and son-in-law attended the anniversary service.

The committee worked hard to locate family members of the officers. The men had all been in their twenties and thirties, and three of them left behind young families.

“It’s been gratifying to see the response from people across the country,” says Hermanson. “All these former RCMP officers and Yukoners putting their investigator hats on. In the end, we found a direct family member — daughter, son, brother — from each family to be there.

“This was a good opportunity for the force and the Veterans Association to pay tribute. You don’t want to forget about them. This is part of our history and part of our life.”

Viola Mullett was a young girl when the RCMP Beaver floatplane crashed at Carmacks in 1963. During a moving ceremony she recounted her memories of seeing the accident from across the Carmacks River.

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail was Writer-in-Residence at Berton House in Dawson City in 2010. She is the author of For the Love of Flying and the forthcoming Polar Winds: A Century of Flying the North. www.daniellemc.com

Maintaining Eligibility for Publicly Funded Yukon Health Care

Maintien de l’admissibilité au régime public d’assurance-santé du Yukon

It is important that Yukoners have fair access to publicly-funded health care coverage. And as our health care costs grow, it is essential we spend our collective health care dollars wisely.

Il est important que les Yukonnais aient un accès équitable au régime public d’assurance-santé du Yukon. Les frais liés aux soins de santé ne cessent d’augmenter et il est par conséquent essentiel de planifier judicieusement les dépenses publiques en soins de santé.

The Yukon government is reviewing health care insurance laws and would like to hear what you have to say about the future of our health care.

You need to have lived in Yukon for three months to be eligible for health care coverage. This requirement is standard across Canada and will not change. What we are looking to clarify are the requirements for coverage while Yukoners are away from the territory.

A short survey is being circulated to mail boxes throughout Yukon, but you can also provide your input online at www.hss.gov.yk.ca/hcinsurancesurvey.php.

As part of the survey, you will find an overview of how other jurisdictions deal with maintaining eligibility for publicly-funded health care and a list of frequently asked questions to provide you with more information. Please share your thoughts about a subject that is important to all of us.

For more information, or to fill out the survey, please go to www.hss.gov.yk.ca/hcinsurancesurvey.php by August 30.

Le gouvernement du Yukon entreprend un examen des dispositions législatives qui régissent le régime d’assurance-santé et il vous invite à faire part de votre opinion quant à l’avenir de notre système de soins de santé.

Vous devez avoir vécu au moins trois mois dans le territoire avant de devenir admissible au régime d’assurance-santé. Cette condition est la même partout au Canada et nous n’avons pas l’intention de la modifier. Nous désirons toutefois clarifier les exigences auxquelles les Yukonnais qui s’absentent du territoire devront satisfaire pour maintenir leur admissibilité au régime.

Nous avons préparé un court sondage que vous recevrez bientôt par la poste. Vous pourrez aussi remplir le sondage en ligne, à l’adresse www.hss.gov.yk.ca/fr/ hcinsurancesurvey.php. À titre d’information, nous vous présentons en annexe au sondage une liste de questions et de réponses et un sommaire des conditions prévues par les autres administrations canadiennes en ce qui concerne le maintien de l’admissibilité au régime public d’assurance-santé.

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Whitehorse Happenings Art Shows

until Wed, Jul 31 Moods of Yukon Landscapes 11:00 AM 5:00 PM Yukon Artists at Work 393-4848 by Faro artist Jackie Dowell-Irvine until Sat, Aug 5 James Jerome - Fish Camps through a Gwich’in Lens Arts Underground Sat, Aug 10 - Fri, Aug 23 “The Artist’s Journey” Chilkoot Trail International Residency All Day Chilkoot Trail Kara Sievewright has exhibited her comics and books internationally until September Reflections Of The North Northend Gallery 393-3590 Featuring Yukon Artists Originals. until Wed, Sep 4 Nicole Bauberger “Between” All Day Yukon Artists at Work 393-4848 featuring new landscapes and clay sculptures. until Sat, Sep 7 Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent 9:30 AM MacBride Museum The exhibition will feature components of the Colourful Five Percent along with items from Jim’s extensive private collection. until Sat, Sep 7 30 Years of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race 9:30 AM MacBride Museum This exhibit celebrates the mushers, dogs and the 1,000 volunteers that work together to make this race happen each year. until Tue, Sep 24 LAFY Art Exhibition Centre De La Francophonie Genevieve Gagnon 668-2663, ext 850 Visit our Community Hall to discover the artworks which normally grace the walls and offices of the Centre.

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Fri, Aug 2 Nicole Bauberger “Between” Art Show Opening 5:00 PM Yukon Artists at Work 393-4848 by Nicole Bauberger. Landscapes and clay sculptures. Refreshments.

Fri, Aug 2 Parking Lot Reading series 6:30 PM Whitehorse Coles A free showcase of resident writers under the blue canopy in front of Coles.

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Free Lunches 11:30 AM at Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Wed, Jul 31 Hump Day with Steve Slade French : Zumba or / Zumba Gold 12:00 PM Centre De La Francophonie 6685:00 PM Paddy’s Place 2663 Thu, Aug 1 MacBride Museum’s Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Outdoor Concert Series 5:00 PM Age Society. ¡Bienvenidos!

MacBride Museum Sit and Stitch Nights 5:15 PM Town & Thu, Aug 1 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 Mountain Hotel everyone welcome, must PM Tony’s Pizza be 19+ Thu, Aug 1 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM Whitehorse String Ensemble rehearsal Dirty Northern Pubhigh energy blend of 6:15 PM at Hellaby Hall, 393-2588. New swingin’ country blues, bluegrass, celtic, members welcome. Violin, viola, cello westen swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and and bass whatever else suits Texas Hold ‘em 6:30 PM at 503 Thu, Aug 1 Yukon Jack 9:00 PM Jarvis Steele, Royal Canadian Legion. Steven Street Saloon Grossinger Royal Canadian Legion Fri, Aug 2 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM Texas Hold ‘em Tournament. free poker Edgewater Hotel tournament, all skill levels welcome.

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Thu, Aug 8 MacBride Museum’s Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Outdoor Concert Series 5:00 PM Access 7:00 PM Located on Gray Mtn MacBride Museum Road Range officers on duty Thu, Aug 8 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Tony’s Pizza PM Arts Underground easels and water Thu, Aug 8 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM containers on site. Please bring your Dirty Northern Pubhigh energy blend of paints, brushes, supports and rags. swingin’ country blues, bluegrass, celtic, Contact: 667-4080 westen swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motorwhatever else suits Cross Track Bring your R/C and meet Fri, Aug 9 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM other hobby enthusiast Edgewater Hotel Fri, Aug 9 Sarah MacDougall & Co 9:00 Thursdays PM GoldPan Saloon Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Sat, Aug 10 Tagish Music Jam 2:00 Park local produce and arts & crafts PM Tagish Community CentreCome and (starts May 16th) Perform your Favourite Songs, or Just Feminist Book Club 5:30 PM Victoria Come and enjoy The Entertainment.

Faulkner Women’s Centre a book club for Coffee, Tea, Pop, Juice & Snacks feminists Available.

Sat, Aug 10 GoldPan Saloon 9:00 PM Fridays Sat, Aug 10 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Edgewater Hotel Bank, 334-9317. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) Writing Faith Workshop 5:00 PM United Church food in the middle, stories all around ESL Conversation Club - 5:30 PM MultiCultural Centre on a drop in basis Wednesdays TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Royal Canadian Legion Steven Pizza Peggy 668-7448 goes till we are Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on done!

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Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah 336-4643 Adult Pottery Drop-in 2:30 PM at Arts Underground, 667-2159. Clay is available for purchase. Equipment and tools are provided. Closed Holidays.

Mondays Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM Located on Gray Mtn Road Range officers on duty Tuesdays

Free English Conversation Group 302 Strickland St., lower level. 668-5907.

Bring your own lunch Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall Whitehorse Curling Club, 667-2875 Potluck Food Co-op - Info-Market 4:00 PM 5th Ave, between Wood St. and Jarvis St.

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Wed, Jul 31 Ahhhh Nuts! 7:00 PM Robert Service Campground Meghan Larivee, biologist and squirrel enthusiast,guides you on an evening stroll to learn about the small critters.

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Wednesdays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old.

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Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Tumble Time Playgroup 9:30 AM at Riverdale Baptist Church Kathy 668-7273 or 667-6620 (aged birth to 5).

Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14

Fridays

Young Explorers Preschool Program 10:00 AM at MacBride Museum

Sundays

Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ Church Cathedral, 668-5530 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m.

Whitehorse United Church, 601 Main Street. Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 667-2989

Mondays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Tuesdays

Romp & Run Playgroup 9:30 AM at Whitehorse United Church.

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Art Smarts Kids After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Marlene Collins (mcollins@northwestel.net) 6674080 Ages 7-9

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Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM at 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Kid’s After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Yukon Art Society reception@artsunderground.ca 667-4080 Ages 10-14 until October 25 Northern Lights Judo Club 5:00 PM at Ecole Emilie Tremblay School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Under 15 years Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com.

Ages under 15 Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14

Fridays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Rec Night: manhunt, floor hockey, dodgeball and more. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18

Saturdays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Youth Chef Night we teach recipes for healthy food from scratch. Ages 11-18. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM at Takhini Elementary Yukon R/C 3:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Bring your R/C and meet other hobby enthusiast Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre

Mondays

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Trampoline Training for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 Improve your snowboarding under the supervision of trained coaches. Two Levels available for snowboarders ages 10+ Canoe and Kayak Club Youth Group Night 7:00 PM pre-registered course for information contact current@yckc.ca YCKC Bins 668-4236 Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com.

Ages under 15

Tuesdays

Hiroshikai Judo Club 5:00 PM at Holy Family School, judoyukon@gmail.com Ages under 15 551 Whitehorse Air Cadets 6:30 PM Junior Roller Derby 6:30 PM For girls age 12 - 18. No equipment or experience required. A great opportunity to make new friends, learn a new sport and have fun. www.yukonrollergirls.ca Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Introductory Open House and sign-up for Youth ages 10-19 years. Parental permission required.

Twoonie Race 7:00 PM alternating Mt Mac or Chadburn with Contagious Mountain Bike Club YFC/Youth Unlimited 7:30 PM LePage Park Melissa Teeuwsen 335-8809 Hang out in the park every Tuesday night, rain or shine. All youth are welcome.

Seniors

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM 6209 – 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yukon Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H. Collins BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Yoga In The Alpine “Teen Yoga” 5:30 PM at Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@ northwestel.net Instructor Tammy

Wednesdays

Elderactive Recreation Activities 10:00 AM at Canada Games Centre Qigong & Tai Chi for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814

Yang Family Style long form *resumes Jan 10th* Bingo 1:30 PM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538

Fridays

Floor Curling 9:30 AM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538 Crib Tournament 2:00 PM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538

Saturdays

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. 2 left feet welcome!

Mondays

Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Friendship-Cards, shuffleboard, Wii 1:00 PM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538.

Tuesdays

Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30 AM at Greenwood Place. Lois at 667-6149 Elder/Active Bingo 6:00 PM at Elk’s Hall Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club 7:00 PM at Golden Age Society. Bring your partner

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Thu, Aug 1 YEU Local Y023 (City of Whitehorse) monthly meeting 12:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Aug 1 PSAC Health & Safety Committee monthly meeting 6:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Aug 1 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Dawson City 6672331 Fri, Aug 2 Ta’an Kwäch?än Council General Meeting Feast 6:00 PM Helen’s Fish Camp All TKC citizens are encouraged to attend.

Sat, Aug 3 - Sun, Aug 4 Ta’an Kwäch’än Council General Meeting 9:00 AM Helen’s Fish Camp All TKC citizens are encouraged to attend.

Mon, Aug 5 Yukon Amateur Radio Association Monthly Meeting 7:00 PM EMO Building 60 Norseman rd. denaliort@yahoo.com Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Aug 6 PSAC Aboriginal Peoples Committee monthly meeting 5:15 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Wed, Aug 7 PSAC Racially Visible Committee monthly meeting 5:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Aug 8 YEU Executive meeting 6:30 PM YEU Hall 667-2331

Wednesdays

Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 456-4752 Open to all Whitehorse Midnight Sun Rotary 12:10 PM Yukon Inn Whitehorse Lions Club [2nd Wed each month 6:30 PM Yukon Inn] & [4th Wed each month Captain Martin House]

Thursdays

Sundogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon 633-6228 Open to all

Fridays

Whitehorse Rotary 12:10 PM Westmark Whitehorse

Tuesdays

Lake Laberge Lion’s Club [2nd & 4th Tues each month 7:00] Captain Martin House 668-7979 president@ lakelabergelions.com Rendezvous Rotary 7:00 PM Yukon Inn

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

Exploring Hän Culture

The Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre offers exhibits and seminars that connect everyday life to nature

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he striking Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre was controversial when it was first being built in Dawson City — it’s not exactly a gold rush themed building.

But it was Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in themed, and it’s now thoroughly embedded in the Dawson waterfront scene.

With its stadium seating theatre, Hammerstone Gallery, Gathering Room and gift shop, the centre is a place that every visitor ought to visit.

Each summer the Gathering Room is home to a new display.

This summer the display is called Trees of Life, and is based on spruce (ts’òk) and birch (hät’or) trees.

Pairs of large poles dominate the room. A banner display is fastened between each pair of trees, explaining the things that can be extracted from or made from the

trees, including medicines, boats, snowshoes, shelters, fishing tools, pots, baskets and instruments for ritual practices.

Inset into niches in the large poles are a variety of items: wooden dolls, simple toys, and hunting tools such as a moose caller.

Decorating the walls of the room are fishing spears, boards for stretching skins, a canoe, a bent-wood chair, a variety of ritual tools, snowshoes of various types and sizes, and bow-and-arrow sets.

In keeping with the display, the centre offers themed talks and demonstrations by Fran MorburgGreen.

“Of Land and Sky” explores the journey of the shaman, presented with a selection of wild crafted teas, berry juices and jams. “Wild and Rosie Apothecary” deals with more medicinal subjects: salves, hydrasols, balms, bath salts,

steams and soaks.

The Hammerstone Gallery contains displays that tell the story of the Hän people from the earliest days through to the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Final Land Claim Agreement.

In the theatre you can view several videos that feature spectacular scenery and tell the story of the people and the land. Also in the theatre, contemporary dancer Michelle Olson will be presenting “Frost Exploding Trees Moon” three days a week.

According to RavenSpiritDance. com, “this solo dance piece follows the journey of a woman traveling along her trap line. She finds a place to set up camp, builds her temporary home, and settles into the centre of her world.”

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PHOTO: Dan Davidson

The Trees of Life exhibit on display at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson City introduces visitors to the everyday and spiritual uses of birch and spruce trees. nering with CFYT-FM to produce Radio Zho, to be hosted weekly by interpreters Tish Lindgren and Kim Joseph, with music host Wayne Lavallee. This will also be broadcast via the web at www.cfyt.ca.

You can take a short video tour of Dänojà Zho on YouTube.com – search for “Dawson Before the

Gold: Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.”

For more information about the cultural centre call 867-993-6768.

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

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Everything Old is Beautiful Again

by Glenda Koh

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tuff’s got to be old to make it worthwhile for Tara Hale to hit the pavement bright and early every weekend. Hale and her sister Sandy Schmidt have a standing Saturday morning garage sale date from May to August — no friends, no kids, go light and go fast.

They’re particular about what they’re looking for, though.

“Old stuff, vintage stuff, stuff for my garden,” Hale says. “I wouldn’t wake up at 8 o’clock to buy new stuff.”

The sisters have finetuned their routine for maximum efficiency. They get the paper the night before and highlight the sales they’re interested in. They spurn Internet listings because many older people advertise only in the newspapers.

“We’re a little snobby about where we go — we do Riverdale, Porter Creek, the older neighbourhoods because there are more old people and they have the stuff we like.”

They only go to the ones they’ve highlighted, although they’ve been known to do the dreaded drive by — cruising slowly past a sale to do a quick visual scan before either stopping or driving on.

It’s an practice that can destroy a garage sale holder’s self-esteem.

Once at a sale, they do a quick once over, then split up. This strategy allows them to get through many yards, spending only about 5 minutes at each, unless it’s really good.

For Hale and Schmidt estate sales and church sales are especially rich.

“That’s where the old stuff is,” Hale says. “They just have boxes of things.

They don’t unpack anything, they don’t price anything, you just take a box and take it to the guy and he’ll say five bucks and you’ll take the whole thing.”

What makes a bad garage sale? Hale’s two pet peeves are half-burned candles and free plastic pots that plants come in.

“Our joke is that if we ever see a table of planter pots and burned candles, we’re going to flip the table right over,” Hale says. “You can’t sell a pre-burned candle.

You should give that stuff away.”

Unlike many, Hale doesn’t tend to haggle. She’s willing to pay the sticker price, or just put it back on the table.

“If it’s old people, my sister and I are funny,” she says. “We lost our mom about five years ago, so it seems like every little old lady who we see selling stuff is like our mom, so we want to talk to her and we end up paying like double what she’s asking for because we just think, ‘This is her stuff.’”

Not only that, she loves the people she meets so much, she can end up buying things she might not need.

“There was a lady in Riverdale who had two garage sales two years in a row because she had to downsize to move into a home,” Hale says. “Her kids didn’t want any of her stuff. My sister and I — my god, we bought so much stuff. I have a bag of jewellery downstairs because I thought this can’t go to just anyone. It’s funny how you just take on the story of the people of the things you buy.”

Her big find this season is a huge sign that says, “Thank you. Please call again” which is now mounted on the outside of her house, just above one of Hale’s charming perennial beds.

“The man I bought it from said they used to put it out at the end of their driveway so that people would see it as they drove home from parties.”

Hale uses many of her purchases in her garden, but being a crafter, a florist, and an events planner under the company name the Wishfactory, she often incorporates her treasures into her work.

Her crafts are fibre-based works that use floral and garden motifs and can be checked out on Facebook.

“If I’m using something in an art piece I love the juxtaposition of old rusty stuff with the bright felts, fabrics and sequins.”

Garage sales require commitment, but for Hale, the objects of the past are PHOTO: Rick Massie worth the hunt.

“The quality is always better,” she says. “They weren’t mass proWhitehorse residents Sandy Schmidt, left, and Tara Hale have a standing Saturday morning garage sale duced and the styles of the 50s date. Hale incorporates her finds into gifts she creates through her company, Wishfactory. and 60s were always so kooky.”

Glenda Koh hopes someone will buy her stuff someday.

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Board Games 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Teen Centre Bring games and snacks - Everyone Welcome Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling Recreation Centre Saturdays M.V. Tarahne Tea 12:00 PM & 2:30 PM M.V.Tarahne Atlin Historical Society 250-651-7522 Enjoy tea on the historic M.V.Tarahne

Carcross Wednesdays

Thrift Store 11:00 AM Carcross Thrift Store Healthy Lunches cooking class 11:00 AM Old Daycare across the bridge open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Programming will resume on Aug 20th Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building

Thursdays

Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building

Fridays

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Sundays

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Babies N Books 11:00 AM Ya Dak Du Hidi daycare Snacks provided. open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Programming will resume on Aug 20th

Tuesdays

Tots N Strollers 11:00 AM Meet at the Ya Dak Du Hidi Daycare, walk through town and return to daycare for some snacks. open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Programming will resume on Aug 20th Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM at the Old Daycare Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Community Softball 7:00 PM Carcross Community School Bring a glove if you have 1 your own water and snacks. Everyone welcome Women’s Group Carcross Community Campus 7:00 PM Geraldine James 867-8214251

Fri, Aug 9 - Sat, Aug 10 Mushroom and lichen weekend at tombstone hikes, talks and familyfriendly programming all about mushrooms and lichen. tombstonecentre@gmail.com

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Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre SundayThursday 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Friday & Saturday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM Beside the Bonanza Market

Wednesdays

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9:30 AM Town walking tour “Then and Now” Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 with two interpreters! How has Dawson changed? poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Or not?

Yoga with Jo 5:00 PM Robert Service School 9:30 AM S.S Keno The fleet’s smallest Mondays paddlewheeler was the first and last glimpse of Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool civilization for Dawson each season.

993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 11:30 AM “Hike with Robert Service” Tour Hike Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 the same trails Service did up to a viewpoint above poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca town with his famous verses along the way Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 1:00 PM Strange things done - with two poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca interpreters! How has Dawson changed? Or not?

Hӓn Language Bingo! 2:00 PM Learn a little of the 1:00 PM “Life and poetry of Robert Service” Tour language of our land *subject to availability including a peek in his cute little cabin!

Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM TH Hall 9931:30 PM Before the Rush program Test your 5370 prospecting skills and find out about life before Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 Dawson was a town! poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 2:30 PM Commissioner’s Residence Make Tuesdays pressed flower cards, the way Martha Black did.

Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 2:30 PM Palace Grand Theatre guided tour 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 7:00 PM Guided town tour: “Strange Things Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 Done” The truth really is strange. poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Sunday - Thursday Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 3:30 “The Greatest Klondiker Contest” Palace Grand poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Theatre Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC until Sun, Aug 11 EH TO ZED KIAC Sok Cinema Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff installation Soccer Field age 8 & under until Sept 2 “Dawson As They Saw It” Photo Public Swim 6:00 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 Exhibit Harrington’s Store poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Thu, Aug 1 Adventure Days 9:00 AM 5:00 PM KIAC Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 Trip to Fortymile. Fee required. poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Thu, Aug 1 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management Heather Favron . building Dawson City 667-2331 .

Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Fri, Aug 2 Declan O’Donovan & Claire Ness 7:00 Field PM Palace Grand Theatre Sat, Aug 3 Ladies no limit poker tournament 1:45 PM Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 Thu, Aug 1 New Issue of The Frozen MukLuk Sun, Aug 4 Dawson on Screen 7:00 PM Palace Town of Faro website Grand Theatre Wednesdays Mon, Aug 5 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Library For Dawson Rec Centre 993-2350 Recreation board Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided grants are due the Thursday preceding each Seniors Painting Workshop 1:00 PM CRIC with meeting Jackie Irvine Mon, Aug 5 Committee Of Whole Meeting - City Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 994Council 7:00 PM Dawson City Hall .

2760 (Grades 1-8) Tue, Aug 6 Grow-A-Row 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM DVG School 994Community Garden Help us plant and take care of 2760 our garden plot and then spend some time in the

Carmacks

Dawson City

Faro

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farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Environment Club DVG School 3:45 PM Alternating Thursdays Crafting Club 12:30 PM Alternating Thursdays Co-ed Softball 6:15 PM Recreation Centre Tina Freake -994-2375 Pop by the ball field for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Youth Group Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca

Fridays

Co-ed Softball 2:00 PM Recreation Centre Pop by the ball field for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated

by Jodi Boyd.

Marsh Lake

Saturdays

Sundays

Faro Sunday Church Service 11:00 AM Faro Bible Chapel All are welcome.Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Kaffeeklatsch and Bocce Tournaments 2:00 PM CRIC

Mondays

Glee Club 1:00 PM DVG School (All grades) 9942760 Youth T-Ball: 6:15 PM 7:30 PM Recreation Centre Youth ages 4 to 8 are welcome to pop by the ball field for a friendly game.Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Tuesdays

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Primary Ball Skills 12:30 Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 K – 3 Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 9942760 (Grades 9-12) Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Badminton 7:00 PM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Golden Horn Fridays

Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike 668- 6952.

Under 15 years

Sundays

Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Tuesdays

Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631

Tuesdays

Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Haines Junction

Tue, Aug 6 Summer Films with a northern flair 6:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Vanishing Point - 2012 - Directed Stephen A. Smith & Julie Szucs.

Wednesdays

Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM Mun Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Junction Community Market 3:00 PM Log Church Lawn, Alaska Highway Locally grown foods and more.

Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Campfire talks 7:00 PM Da Ku daku@cafn.ca

Thursdays

Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:30 AM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Southern Tutchone Classes 4:30 PM Da Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Old Da Ku Adult soccer 7:30 School Gym

Saturdays

Campfire talks 7:00 PM Da Ku daku@cafn.ca

Mondays

Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku

Tuesdays

Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Takhini Hall Sewing Circle 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Dä Ku Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne

Sat, Aug 10 LMCA Circus Fair 4:00 PM presented

by Sunshine Art Events Series at LMCA Sat, Aug 10 Evening concert with Aurora Cherian-Kuni & Zipline 6:00 PM

Wednesdays

Kids Craft time 3:00 PM HJ Public Library Northern Circus Art projects 4:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Center making all kinds of arts and craft projects, playing music, dancing, juggling, and sharing ideas.

Thursdays

Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM - Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call Agnes 6677083 for more information

Thursdays

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375

Six Mile River Resort

Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Questions contact Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@ northwestel.net

Mondays

Sunny Sport Activity Days 5:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Center Soccer, Slacklines, Lacrosse, Tennis, Mt. Biking, Skateboarding, Frisbee, Badminton, Orienteering, Parachute, Soft Balls, Yoga, Rubber Chickens and Basketball...we have it all!

Sun, Aug 11 Community Dog Show 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Sun, Aug 11 Potluck BBQ 3:00 PM Little Lakers Playground in New Constabulary 660-4999 Fridays Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre every Fri, Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations welcome: 660-4999 Tuesdays South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time.

North of 60 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 North of 60 - Socialize, play games, meet neighbours!

Mayo

Weekdays

Community Access Program 1:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Wednesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Pajama Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center Best dressed wins a radio bingo package, runner up wins a prize!

Soccer - Elementary School ages 7:00 PM School Gym Soccer - High School/Adult 8:00 PM School Gym Drop In Sewing 7:00 PM Mayo Drop In Centre 9962251. Bring your sewing projects or come to learn how to bead

Thursdays

Traditional Lunch 12:00 PM The Drop In Centre Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Fridays

Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Dinner & A Movie Night 5:30 PM Community Hall Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Saturdays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Mondays

Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Tuesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Old Crow Thursdays

Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Youth Centre

Mondays

Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Saniz at 966-3238

Tagish

Tues. July 30th Yukon College Gardening Course 6:30 PM Tagish Recreation Hall 399-3407

Wednesdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407

Thursdays

Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall Fridays

Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407

Saturdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON

Sundays

Tagish Community Church 7:00 PM Tagish Estates Road. tagishcc@gmail.com Monthly community church service in Tagish

Mondays

Community Biking 6:00 PM meet at Rec. Hall

Teslin

Wed, Jul 31 Slide Show - Pioneer Days 6:00 PM Teslin Public Library Larry Jacobson presents a slideshow and reading of his new book Salmo Stories: Memories of a Place the Kootenays.

Includes a light supper.

Fri, Aug 2 Zip Lining for kids aged 7 to 17 space for 10 register in advance Kelsey 390-2530 Mon, Aug 5 Biggest Loser weight-in 6:00 PM Teslin RecPlex Mon, Aug 5 - Fri, Aug 9 Science camp Teslin RecPlex

Wednesdays

Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM. Seniors Complex

After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Iyengar Yoga 5:30 PM Teslin School Gym richard@ yogawhitehorse.ca ends May 1st

Thursdays

Swimming lessons 2:00 PM bus leaves Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Stroller Mama’s 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Saturday

Stroller Mama’s 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Sundays

Seniors Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Mondays

Brownies and Girl Guides 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Crafts and games afternoons 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Tuesdays

Parents & Tots playtime 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Stroller Mama’s 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Swimming lessons 2:00 PM bus leaves Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net 5km Run/Walk/Nordic Walk 5:45 PM Teslin Rec Centre

Watson Lake Wednesdays

Senior Day (60+) 10:00 AM Drop in Board games, cards, bowling, curling, tea and coffee Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Thursdays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

Fridays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Saturdays

Weight Room 10:00 am - 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Watson Lake Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Produce, baking, cooking, crafts, eggs, etc anything made or grown.

Mondays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Tuesdays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Girl’s Night Out Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.

Teen Night Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.

Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings

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

SOCIETY OF YUKON BIRDS OBSERVATORIES Fundraiser Dinner

Saturday August 10Th * Halibut Louise, rice and vegetable * with Informative talks, and a silent Auction *2 seatings 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM Live Music & a raffle for a Fishing Charter, with BIG FISH YUKON CHARTER

• Cabins l RV sites with hook-ups l Heritage site l Fishing charters • Fishing licenses l Off sales l Small conveniences Fully Licensed Riverfront Restaurant - OPEN 11 to 8 pm daily, closed at lunch on Mondays Located at Tagish Bridge on trophy fishing waters Owned & operated by Mitch & Doug, previous owners of Bocelli’s Pizzeria & Finney’s Fish & Chips

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Mon, Aug 5 Youth Drop in Kayak Sessions 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre .

Tue, Aug 6 Twoonie Race 7:00 PM . info@ cmbcyukon.ca with Contagious Mountain Bike Club Wed, Aug 7 Culture and Archeology Hike With Greg Hare 10:00 AM Meet at Miles Canyon Bridge hikes@ycs.yk.ca yukonconservation.org 668-5678 Go back in time as Archeologist Greg Hare leads a free hike from Miles Canyon to Canyon City.

Sat, Aug 10 Long Lake Triathalon 10:00 AM Long Lake Rick Janowicz 668-2858 1km swim, 15.5km mountain bike and 6km run.

Sat, Aug 10 Circus Camp Workshops For Kids! 1:00 PM Annie Lake Road KM 1 Followed by Circus Fair at 4pm. With Circus Food, Busking, Magic Tricks,Face Painting, Stilts, Juggling, Live Music and more Sat, Aug 10 The Last Ice Age- Beringia Hike 2:00 PM Meet at Miles Canyon Bridge hikes@ ycs.yk.ca yukonconservation.org 668-5678 Join a guest from the Beringia Interpretive Centre for a free hike to learn about the plants, animals and landforms from Beringia.

Tuesdays - Saturdays

Interpretive Hikes to Canyon City 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM Bridge at Miles Canyon hikes@ ycs.yk.ca (867)668-5678 Free historical nature hikes to Canyon City

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Wednesdays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12.

Box Lacrosse Drop-in 4:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 668-2840.

Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary MultiPurpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 This class focuses on the first 2nd section of the 103 Movement Hand Form Adult Biathlon Program 6:30 PM Biathalon Range Judy: 334-6726 or Vern 633-2297 Polarettes Adult/Teen Drop-in 7:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 Yang Family Tai Chi Sword 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034. This class studies the 67 movement Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan sword form. Students should know the traditional hand form.

Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jess 335-3831 Table Tennis Drop in 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave 668-3358

Thursdays

Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Summertime Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Shipyards Park ttntaiji@pamboyde.ca / midnight@northwestel.net Tai chi chuan practise under the midnight sun Athletics Yukon Trail Run 6:30 PM Location varies Nancy 334-6576 Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail.com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349. New members welcome.

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM on Gray Mountain Road range; officers on duty.

Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10-14.

Ultimate Frisbee 9:00 PM Takhini Elementary Kris 333-9393

Fridays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12 Punjabi Bhangra Dance 7:00 PM Family Literacy Centre Gurdeep 336-3344 a natural alternative to Cardio exercises, it requires energetic, rhythmic movements

Saturdays

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary Tai Chi Group Practice 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Janet Maclachlan 633-5287. An opportunity for more tai chi play.

Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction.

Push Hands 11:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. Tai chi partner work.

Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Pat 668-4976. No experience needed.

Drop-in Salsa and Merengue lessons 8:00 PM Leaping Feats 668-6517

Sundays

Crestview Ski Group 11:00 AM free Pine Forest Loop 633-2455 Table Tennis Club 1:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave, 668-3358 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience.

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction.

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Mondays

Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness.

Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jeff, 335-3831

Tuesdays

Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.

Fun Run/Walk 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don 333-9202 Yang Family Tai Chi Hand Form Refinement 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Pam Boyde 633-6034. Hand Form Refinement is where students work on perfecting the movements of the Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form Introductory Yang Long Form (continued) 6:30 PM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. An introduction to Yang Style tai chi chuan, the most popular style of tai chi practiced worldwide today *resumes Jan 8th.

Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail.com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome.

Twoonie Race 7:00 PM info@cmbcyukon. ca with Contagious Mountain Bike Club alternating between the Chadburn Lake course and the Mt. Mac course

Wellness Listings Weekdays

Second Opinion Society Drop-in Resource Centre 11:00 AM 304 Hawkins St 667-2037

Wednesdays

Qigong for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814. Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, health, and meditation. *resumes Jan 9th* Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@ gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Wellness Wednesday 1:30 PM Second Opinion Society 667-2037. Learn practical skills for Mental Wellness.

Yoga In The Alpine “Level 1” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net. Instructor Shannon.

Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop” 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 This class focuses on the first 2nd section of the 103 Movement Hand Form Yang Family Tai Chi Sword (continued) 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 Continued study of the 67 movement Traditional Yang Style Sword Form

Thursdays

Summertime Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Shipyards Park ttntaiji@pamboyde.ca / midnight@ northwestel.net Tai chi chuan practise under the midnight sun Co-dependents Anonymous 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Calvin 334-5863 Spiritual science/Waldorf/Anthropop group 7:30 PM Hillcrest Josef 335-2300 Weekly study group exploring Waldorf/anthroposophy/spiritual science of R. Steiner, various topics. Free

Fridays

Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre.

Creative play activities and recreational programming for moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@ gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services

Saturdays

Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@ gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.

Sundays

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 6687239. Two left feet welcome!

Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@ gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.

Mondays

Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 667-4330.

Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@ gmail.com. Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In.

Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 6675724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details. Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use.

Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness.

SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706. Selfempowering addiction recovery support group.

Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 PM 504 Cook St, upstairs oayukon@gmail.com. This is a 12-step program of recovery from compulsive eating. No weigh-ins, diets, dues or fees.

Yoga In The Alpine “CORE” 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.

Tuesdays

Support Group: Coping with Cancer Stress 12:00 PM Thomson Centre- Riverside Room Join to learn and share ways of coping and reducing cancer related stress Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.

Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 668-6466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Big Book Study Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Thursday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC)

Friday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 9:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Saturday

Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

Sunday

Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

Monday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Tuesday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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This artifact travelled across the vast landscape of the Yukon Territory.

It was designed to carry and protect significant items. The exterior, made from brown leather, hides a luxurious interior of royal purple silk and velvet signifying the importance of the items inside. This artifact and its precious cargo were integral to the mission of the person trekking through the frozen north. On the outside, a stamp reads: F. Reid Maker Gayndah. The object is nineteen centimetres high and fourteen centimetres in diameter. What is it?

Correct answers will be entered into a draw for a Yukon Historical & Museums Association Gift Basket Draw Date: August 7, 2013 See Facebook for answer and winner

Upcoming ExhibitionS: Exhibi� ons

In the theYukon FocusArt Gallery/ >> in SocietyEdge Gallery: Gallery: THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS “How it Felt” OdeDoes to Tea Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

(YAS members show)

>>Opening in the Hougen Heritage 5-7 p.m.

AugustGallery: 2nd YUKON ARCHIVES

Closes August 31st

Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

InOpen the Hougen Heritage Gallery: Sessions PavedStudio with Stories: >> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << The history of the street Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm names$5inperdowntown hour >> Acrylic Whitehorse.

Pain�ng Open Studio << MacBride with Neil Museum Graham every first and third Wednesday of Showing Aug-Oct each month 7 to 9pm $10 per 2 hour session

Kids Summer Camps

To register call: 867-667-4080 Email: recep�on@artsunderground.ca

Young Masters Camp Instructors: Marlene Collins Date: August 5th to 9th Time: 9a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ages: 8-12 Cost: $275 plus GST Clay for Kids Instructor: Patrick Royle Date: August 12th to 16th Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ages:8-12 Cost: $285 plus GST

For more information please contact Arts Underground at 667-4080 orreception@artsunderground.ca

Highlights

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

THE NATURAL & THE MANUFACTURED Paul Griffin (Sackville, NB), Sarah Fuller (Banff, BC), & Robert Bringhurst (Quadra Island, BC) August 15 – September 20, 2013

Arts in the

Opening Reception:

Thursday August 15

Artist Talks: Friday August 16 Lecture: Saturday August 17 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5 pm Location: Located on the corner of 2

Dan Sokolowski July 18 - Aug 11, 2013 An exhibition of photographs, digital video and 16mm film.

Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday, 3 - 7pm Location: The Yukon School of Visual Arts, Queen & 3rd

DAWSON CITYS’ ARTIST MARKET Check out work by local artists, or sell your own wares. The Market happens every Saturday in July and August, 11 am - 3:30 pm in the Community Events Shelter on Front Street.

Email: market@kiac.ca Call, or visit KIAC on Princess and Second to register or for more info.

Tel:(867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

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2013 Arts in the Park

Summer Festival

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Saturdays 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Community Events Shelter on Front Street

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Wednesdays 3pm-7pm Log Church Lawn, Alaska Hwy

Watson Lake Saturdays 3pm - 7pm Wye Lake Cabin 1

Whitehorse Thursdays 3pm - 8pm Shipyard Park

Wed, July 31

Noon Show – ! ZUMBA ! – Dance! Exercise! Fun! Wear loose clothing, bring your running shoes and energize yourself!!

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– Doug Thorseth – the Yukon’s premiere fingerpicker.

Doug comes complete with a half dozen guitars in various eclectic tunings.

Friday, August 2

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Farmers Markets Dawson City

Lepage Park Weekdays at Noon & Wednesday evenings

– TBA – It’ll be good

Athletics Yukon August 4

Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse

Free Drop-In Youth Centre for kids ages 11 to 18 Wednesday to Saturday, 3 to 9 pm.

Supper served daily at 6:00

Available Light Cinema

Thurs, Aug 22 at YAC

7pm From up on Poppy Hill DIR. GORO MIYAZAKI, 2011, JAPAN, 91 MIN

The new animated film from Studio Ghibli ( Spirited Away, Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle ) is a beautiful nostalgia piece about a teenage girl coming of age in 1960s Japan. The English-language version features the voices of Gillian Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Howard and Aubrey Plaza.

9pm Charles Bradley: Soul of America DIR. POULL BRIEN, 2012, USA, 75 MIN

Starting off on his 62nd birthday, this inspiring doc follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album No Time for Dreaming —a rebirth of classic 1960s soul.

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Yukon River Trail Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay Meet at Rotary Park

August 6, 13, 20 Fun Run/Walk

F.H. Collins parking lot Start Time: 6:00 pm Run or walk a 2.5 or 5 Km Don White 633-5671

August 10 Long Lake Triathlon

Long Lake (out the Wickstrom Road).

Race Orientation: 10:00am Race Start: 10:30 am 1.0 km swim, 15.5 km mountain bike ride and 6 km run.

Mon, August 5

– Partrita – is a fine classical trio consisting of three very talented classical guitarists: Danette Readman, Helene Beaulieu & Nicholas Mah.

Tues, August 6

– The Heritage Sessions – wherein we send various local poets, authors and songwriters out to various heritage institutions and they write and perform original pieces about their experience…

Wed, August 7

Noon Show – Helene Beaulieu – armed with a banjo, ukulele and her trusty guitar, 7 PM Show

– TBA –

Thurs, August 8

– Claire Ness – the inimitable Claire Ness returns to our stage in a somewhat more adult mode… who knows what’s gonna happen next?

Friday, August 9

– Grande Finale! – This is it…. The last show... (sniffle, sob)… stay tuned to see what we pack into the last hour…

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This is counter-intuitive because tomatoes need a lot of water to first establish the fruit, but roots that reach deep into the soil for water create stronger fruit with fuller flavour.

Tomatoes, like grapes, pick up flavour from the terroir (“sense of place”).

If you find your tomatoes have yellow leaves, you are killing the plant by over-watering. Overwatering also encourages pests.

To reduce pests and encourage growth, consider planting helper plants beside one another. Good companion plants for tomatoes are basil, onions, leeks and chives. Borage will repel tomato hornworm and marigold will encourage growth.

Some tomato varieties are more likely Illustration: Aimée Dawn Robinson to produce fruit in short-season climes.

Amish Paste tomaLoosely bind tomato plants with soft toes mature in 74-85 days, Black materials, such as nylon stockings Cherry tomatoes mature in 64 (yes, nylons have a purpose after days and the Bellstar tomato, developed in 1981 by Dr. Jack Metall), to support structures such calf of Smithfield Experimental as cages and bamboo stakes.

Farm in Trenton, Ontario, matures Tying the plant too tightly cuts in 65 days. off circulation to the fruit.

Stick to determinate varieties that produce fruit all at once in place large, wide-mouthed glass shorter time periods, as opposed jars over the wee plant, and prop to indeterminate types that conup the opening at soil level with tinue to produce fruit on endlessly a stone, door wedge or piece of growing vines. To increase the wood. This will improve air circu- quality of your harvest, taper off lation and allow for excess mois- fruit production when the growing ture to weep out. Mound earth season is coming to an end. Pinch around the base of the tomato off blooms to encourage already plant to encourage stability and established fruit to fully develop and ripen, otherwise, the plant strong roots.

Tomatoes with spindly roots will expend its energy trying to will pop right out of the soil after develop the newer fruit.

It’s also helpful to harvest toa heavy rainfall and weak roots produce weak fruit. In fact, it’s matoes prematurely and ripen them indoors in paper bags, allowing newer fruit ripen on the vine — saving the extra delicious vine-ripened fruit for your final harvest.

Serve tomatoes in wooden or ceramic bowls because metal will react with the fruit and increase acid content.

Until Christopher Columbus reintroduced tomatoes to Europe as edibles, this member of the nightshade family — which also includes include tobacco, peppers, potato, and eggplant — were considered poisonous, and were grown only as ornamentals.

At the time, wealthy Europeans ate from plates made of lead and other metals. Hence, near-toxic glass bottles - cans acid levels in the produce could have started the rumour that to- and we have a plastic matoes were poisonous.

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If you keep in mind that the tomato plant is native to the warm climes of Mexico and South America, you will be less disappointed when your tomato plants don’t produce bushels of fruit – and you will be more likely to artificially reproduce the hot, sunny environment that tomato plants crave.

Planting tomatoes in containers is helpful, because you can move them to sunny and hot locations. Planting tomatoes directly in the ground is less likely to produce high yields, unless you have used ground warming techniques and devices throughout the early spring and summer.

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Your perfect day is waiting for you in Carcross.

Hands down the most photographed Yukon community, Carcross was originally called Caribou Crossing after the herd of caribou that swam the narrows between Bennett and Nares lakes. At the turn of the last century, these same lakeshores hosted thousands of gold seekers on their way to the Klondike. Carcross is a mecca for hikers, bikers, birders and photographers. Only a 45-minute drive south of Whitehorse, we invite you to come and play for the day.

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