What's Up Yukon - August 29, 2013

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August 29, 2013 Issue #344

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All Northern. All Fun.

Summer’s Bounty

Community gardeners reap the rewards of a great summer

Yukon Arts Centre offers plenty of arty nights out

Country music stars Ian Tyson and Corb Lund play Whitehorse

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or Yukon musicians wanting to get a career on the road there are many things standing in the way: our geographical location, small population, limited venues, genres, studios and festivals, a limited demographic... At times it can seem downright impossible to make an impact on the local, let alone Canadian-wide music scene.

But our musician brethren need not despair. Despite all the drawbacks, there are also some very special opportunities available in the Yukon.

Read on, and find out just what is available to you as a local musician and, even better, how you can get it.

Music Yukon One of the best-known resources for Yukon musicians is, appropriately, Music Yukon. Open weekdays in downtown Whitehorse, they offer internet, computers and basic office functions like photocopying, printing and scanning.

Musicians can use the space as a meeting and networking place, and for practicesworkshops. daily, Monday – FridayAs an organization, Music Yukon offers various workshops, information sessions, and a place to connect with other music organizations, including Jazz Yukon, Yukon Bluegrass Music Society, Whitehorse Folk Society, the Yukon Women in Music group (, or YWIM) and many others.

YWIM, incidentally, offers 2-hour mentorship sessions on music-related topics, with a focus on cultivating professional skills that will advance a musical career.

YWIM tries to release a compilation CD every two years to showcase the talent of local female musicians.Music Yukon also offers advice and assistance for organizations likewith applying for FACTOR (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records) funding. The application process for FACTOR programs can be gruelling and, at times, baffling.

To get in touch and get more information about Music Yukon, call (867)456-8742, email office@

a minimum of 6 tracks or 20 minutes.

Many local artists, studios and labels have made good use of these recording grants, with this year’s recipients including Jordy Walker for Sauna Music, Megan Haddock, Sarah McDougall, Old Time Machine and Headless Owl Records.

The second program is more about the business side of the industry. It’s called the Enterprise Trade Fund, and it focuses on stimulating Yukon business through development. This can be Photo: Willow Gamberg useful for musicians wanting to travel and showcase Finding funding for music isn’t at festivals or participate in workalways easy, but in the Yukon shops. there is a lot of support.

The Yukon Film and Sound Commission’s website also provides a musicyukon.com, or go to www. resource centre with tools like a MusicYukon.com.

CD planner, information on musical and programs that provide copyright, as well as documents funding for touring and recording from SaskMusic such as how to through the Yukon Film and Sound write a business plan and marketCommission.For more information ing plan. about Music Yukon, call (867)4568742 or email office@musicyukon. Government Arts Fund com.

Finally, we have the Government Arts Fund. The two most The Yukon Film and Sound Com- suitable funds for musicians are: mission The Advanced Artist Award assists This is a government-supported senior level artists with funding organization that administers projects, travel or educational funds. According to their website, pursuits that contribute to perthe commission aims to “...sup- sonal artistic development and to port a sustainable and competitive their community. This can include film and sound recording industry.” festivals, workshops, and record(www.ReelYukon.com). ing or performance projects.

There are six separate fundThe Touring Artist Fund suping initiatives that musicians in ports artists in presenting their the community have already been work publicly at professionally benefiting from, and two programs curated national or international specifically for musicians. exhibitions, concerts, festivals or The first is the Yukon Sound showcases.

Recording Program. This provides Intakes for applications funding for Yukon musicians or re- are the 15th of March, June, cord producers that wish to make September and December. a recording for commercial distri- For more information go to www. bution – and there are two levels tc.gov.yk.ca/af of funding available. The Professional Demo Recording offers up Willow Gamberg is guest editor to $2,000 for producing a CD with this week. She completed a minimum 2 tracks or 5 minutes; Music Business Management and the Professional Sound Record- diploma in B.C. and writes about ing, which offers up to $5,000 with music and the arts.

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Growing a Community

The Whitehorse Community Garden is fertile ground for friendships as well as vegetables

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t’s been a good season for growing vegetables in downtown Whitehorse. Gardeners at the Whitehorse Community Garden celebrated their bounty last Wednesday with a potluck table covered in dishes made with produce harvested from their plots.

There was a chocolate cake made with beets, rhubarb ice cream, Caesar salad with home-grown romaine lettuce, and plenty more.

Shannon Shepherd brought several different dishes, including crab wraps that were rolled in nasturtium leaves.

She’s a hard worker, that one.

While each of the gardeners are required to put in 12 volunteer work hours, she has worked 149 hours so far. Her partner Russell Shields is the same; he’s put in 154 hours.

And that doesn’t include the time they put into their own garden. They’ve got more than 20 vegetables and herbs growing in their 10-foot by 10-foot plot.

“When I put a sign up in our garden that this is our little piece of paradise, that’s exactly what it is,” Shepherd says.

The couple, like most of the community gardeners, live in an apartment and want to be able to grow food.

On top of that, the community garden offers a place to make like-minded friends. This is Shepherd’s second summer in the Yukon, and she brings a wealth of gardening knowledge with her.

Her farm-cred includes such feats as harvesting eight wheelbarrow loads of tomatoes and canning 100 jars of pickles.

Tapping into that kind of knowledge is among the reasons that Erin Sanderson is a member of the community garden.

“I learn from other people,” she says.

This year, for example, Sanderson learned that it’s pretty common in the Yukon for turnips to get maggots, but if you take them out, the rest of the vegetables will be fine.

“The main reason I joined the community garden is for the social aspect of it – I like coming to the work parties,” Sanderson says. “It just makes me feel like I’m a part of the community, and, indirectly, it’s like making the world a better place.”

She and her boyfriend have harvested beets, carrots, mint, and peas from their plot – and kale a-plenty.

The ability to grow an abundance of food is the main reason Kara Johancsik is a member.

“You can pay a lot of money for stuff from the Superstore – and the trucks travel a long way, so it’s not super-fresh,” she says. “Here, you work for it, rather than paying for it.”

The costs are low to have a community garden plot. The annual membership is $20, and there is a one-time deposit of $20 for a garden bed. From there, tools, water, watering cans, and advice is free.

That makes it feasible for Denise Gibbs.

“I’m on a fixed income,” she says. “I really like growing organic herbs and spices, because I can’t afford it at the store.”

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Kara Johancsik harvests vegetables from the Whitehorse Community Garden for donation to the Food Bank.

Inside Yukon Resources for Musicians..... 2 Whitehorse Community Garden.... 3 Art and Orienteering.................. 4 Didee & Didoo.......................... 4 Soles 4 Souls............................ 7 A Klondike Korner..................... 8 LIving with Wildlife...................10 Edible Yukon: Greens................11 Yukon Arts Centre Fall Lineup.....12 Ian Tyson and Corb Lund............15 Transplant: Raspberries.............18 Taking it in Stride.................... 20 My Friend Paddy Sumners.......... 22

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Highlights ...............................5 Whitehorse Happenings..............6 Whitehorse Concerts................ 14 Community Happenings ........... 17 Active Interests ..................... 19

Shannon Shepherd has cultivated a bountiful piece of paradise at the Whitehorse Community Garden.

This is her first season with a garden plot, and it’s been a successful one.

“I think I’m going to have a hell of a lot of potatoes this year,” she says. “And it’s good if you can grow things that you can donate to your friends on a limited budget, and to the Food Bank and

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the Second Opinion Society.”

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Harvesting Vegetables for the Food Bank

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ommunity Garden Coordinator Kathryn MacDonald says they

have donated 253 pounds of produce to the Food Bank so far this year, so they will likely tip last year’s scale at approximately 275 pounds for the whole season.

The gardeners are harvesting a cornucopia of good eating. The donations include beets, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, greens of all kinds, onion, potatoes, raspberries, zucchini and lots more.

“The produce we take to the Food Bank is better than anything you’ll get at the grocery store – it’s organic and so fresh,” she says.

“It may not always get eaten, but it’s well-received. When I drop it off the patrons are pretty excited to see me coming in with all these greens.”

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The Art of Seeing

Art show Featured Features investigates relationships between landscape art and orienteering

by Aimée Dawn Robinson

Hannah Jickling, far right, is spearheading an art project that invites orienteers to curate a landscape art show, called Featured Features at the Yukon Arts Centre. Here she meets with Katherine Sheepway, left, and Sabrina Bouayad on an evening of orienteering.

Thinking I always sit and think And I write it in ink.

I always think lots An’ I write down my thots.

My ideas get bigger When I start to figure.

I don’t like to drink It messes with the way I think.

The past I’ll rewind ‘Cause I have lots on my mind.

I won’t have anything to say

But I can think all day.

Sometimes I daydream An’ sometimes I scheme.

Sometimes my Think Tank Is only a blank.

I know I’ll be smart When I think from my heart.

When I sit and think I look for the missing link.

I always us my mind Just like Mr. Einstein.

Allan Benjamin ,

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ne of the formative lessons in my life came to me through a drawing teacher I had as a teenager. During a still life drawing class the teacher said to us messy, despondent art class kids, “One does not learn how to draw, one learns how to see.”

The art of seeing is at the core of an artist’s practice, no matter what in media her/his vision takes form – whether it’s painting, film, installation, conceptual work, dance, music etc.

And through the artist’s effort to share her/his ways of seeing, art demonstrates the endless variety of visual and conceptual language. Currently in Whitehorse, an art project called Featured Features: Landscape Artworks Selected by Yukon Orienteers reminds me of the importance of looking at how we look at things, and questioning how we see.

Featured Features is an exhibition of 12 landscape works from the Yukon Arts Centre’s perma-

nent collection, which have been selected by 12 Yukon orienteers.

The exhibition explores the relationship between landscape art and the sport of orienteering.

At its core, this speculative marriage of art, sport, and curating asks questions such as: “How do orienteers see the land?”

“What is the relationship between the symbol-based language of orienteering and the language of visual art?”

The project also explores the question “What do art and orienteering have in common?”

A contemporary artist and instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Yukoner Hannah Jickling is the visionary behind Featured Features. Jickling, who has collaborated on other art/orienteering projects with the Columbia River Orienteering Club in Oregon and the orienteering club in Rauma, Finland, grew up in Whitehorse and learned to orienteer with the Yukon Orienteer-

ing Association (YOA) as a youth.

Jickling says sport was one of her early passions, followed closely by art-making. She left the Yukon at age 18 to pursue her art studies at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax. Since then, Jickling has traveled widely with her visual art studies and practice. And she is developing a contemporary aesthetic all her own as she experiments with cross-disciplinary, time-based works; audience participation; site-specific sculptures; and public installations, events and exchanges.

Influenced by performance art, Jickling’s artwork gently skewers status quo ideas about performance, behaviour, and in this case, landscape.

Jickling says landscape, and the idea of landscape, has become a huge export for the Yukon, as images of the landscape travel well beyond the borders of the territory. She questions and cri-

tiques the messages sent along with those exported, majestic scenes. Thoughts like this inform her desire to explore other ways of seeing and participating in the landscape; ways like orienteering.

“YOA coach Brent Langbakk told me that when the YOA is trying to attract orienteers to a particular place for an orienteering event, they will send out images of the landscape – but these images are not picturesque in a way we are used to,” Jickling says.

“For example, the images might be close-ups of white pine, or reindeer lichen. Images like these help the orienteer imagine themselves moving through the space [as opposed to observing the landscape from a distance]. For me, this example of how the orienteer sees the landscape complicates the dialogue of landscape painting.”

Featured Features is part of Traversing Yukon Landscapes curated by Mary Bradshaw at the

Yukon Art Centre, which has several free events, talks, demos and mini-lectures, covering topics such as mapping, navigation, topography and “Orienteering for art lovers.”

The Featured Features exhibition opens on Thursday, August 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with an artist talk by Hannah Jickling beginning at 6 p.m. sharp.

The show runs until Sept. 30.

For more information about Featured Features, go to www.

YukonArtsCentre.com. To see more examples of Hannah Jickling’s artwork, check out her website at: www.HannahJickling.com.

To learn more about orienteering in the Yukon, go to the Yukon Orienteering Association website at www.YukonOrienteering.ca.

Aimée Dawn Robinson is a writer, dancer and visual artist.

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Whitehorse Happenings Art Shows

Sat, Aug 31 Ode To Tea Arts Underground Sat, Aug 10 - Fri, Aug 23 “The Artist’s Journey” Chilkoot Trail International Residency Chilkoot Trail Kara Sievewright has exhibited her comics and books internationally until Fri, Aug 30 Art Under Pressure: The Prints Yukon Arts Centre Guiniveve Lalena 668-6397 At the Studio Theatre. until September Reflections Of The North Northend Gallery 393-3590 Featuring Yukon Artists Originals. until Mon, Sep 2 “Second Season” Yukon Arts Centre Simon James Gilpin explores the Yukon seasons 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 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 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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Thu, Aug 29 Fort Selkirk: A Walk Through Time 1:30 PM MacBride Museum Travel through the history of Fort Selkirk with Ione Christensen.

Fri, Aug 30 Dog Days of Winter - The Yukon Quest 1:30 PM MacBride Museum Fabian Schmitz,presents on the dog days of winter.

Fri, Aug 30 Guild Comedy Season Opener 8:00 PM Guild Hall Your local faves along with special guests Brett Martin and Garret Clark Sat, Aug 31 Guild Comedy Season Opener 8:00 PM Guild Hall Your local faves along with special guests Brett Martin and Garret Clark Mon, Sep 2 Feed The People BBQ 11:00 AM Shipyards Park Sponsored by LOCAL Y010. Everyone Welcome.

Tue, Sep 3 Registration for the Whitehorse Community Choir 6:30 PM United Church If you like to sing we want to hear from you! First rehearsal Sept 9 Wed, Sep 4 Comedy Night Live 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon open mic stand-up Sat, Sep 7 Sun, Sep 8 Professional Development/Creating a Professional Artist’s Portfolio 9:00 AM Arts Underground Instructor: Simon Gilpin. One hour lunch 12-1PM.

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Training available from Sundays Hiroshikai Judo Club 5:00 PM at Holy Fri, Aug 30 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM 6-6:30 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ Church Family School, judoyukon@gmail.com Ages Edgewater Hotel Open Studio for Adults/Acrylic Painting Cathedral, 668-5530 under 15 Fri, Aug 30 The Dave Haddock Band 9:00 Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground Lake Laberge Lion’s Club [2nd & 4th Tues Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at 551 Whitehorse Air Cadets 6:30 PM PM Gold Pan Saloon .

With Neil Graham. each month 7:00] Captain Martin House 668Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Sat, Aug 31 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM Free English Classes 7:30 PM 108 7979 president@lakelabergelions.com afternoon of gymnastics experience Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Introductory Edgewater Hotel Wickstorm Road in Whitehorse. For more Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m.

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Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers Twoonie Race 7:00 PM alternating Mt Mac Wed, Sep 4 Ian Tyson and Corb Lund, Access 7:00 PM 633-4003 Located on Gray 20 minutes Info: 667-2989 or Chadburn with Contagious Mountain Bike Together On Stage 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Mtn Road Range officers on duty Club Centre Tickets are going fast on this great Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts

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11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years Wed, Sep 4 Jamaoke with Ashley & Jackie on site. Please bring your paints, brushes, supports and rags. Contact: 667-4080 old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 8:30 PM Jarvis Street Saloon .

Thu, Sep 5 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 PM Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motor-Cross Track Bring your R/C and meet other hobby Tony’s Pizza . enthusiast Thu, Sep 5 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM Dirty Romp & Run Playgroup 9:30 AM at Northern Pub high energy blend of swingin’ Whitehorse United Church. country blues, bluegrass, celtic, western Learning Together Program 9:30 AM swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and whatever else Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years local produce and arts & crafts (starts May suits old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 16th) Art Smarts Kids After School Art Club Feminist Book Club 5:30 PM Victoria 3:30 PM Arts Underground Marlene Collins Faulkner Women’s Centre a book club for (mcollins@northwestel.net) 667-4080 Ages feminists 7-9

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Soles 4 Souls

Kelowna cobbler reaching into the Yukon to collect shoes for charity

by Glenda Koh

Jim Belshaw has owned Roy’s Shoes for seven years and has collected over 400,000 shoes through the organization Soles4Souls. The charity keeps shoes out of the landfill and on the feet of people who need them.

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obbler Jim Belshaw believes in walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. In fact, he’s made a mission of getting feet around the world into other people’s shoes.

Belshaw owns a shoe repair and retail store called Roy’s Shoes, based in Kelowna, British Columbia.

As one can imagine, cobblers are no longer found on every street corner, and certainly not in remote towns in the interior and northern B.C. Belshaw offers a mail-in shoe repair service to these areas, including Whitehorse and beyond. Customers can send photos of their shoes to Roy’s Shoes, receive an estimate, and mail in their shoes for service.

Belshaw has owned Roy’s shoes for approximately seven years, and in that time, has done his part to keep shoes and boots in good condition. However, what he is recognized across Canada for is keeping hundreds of thousands of unwanted shoes out of landfills and onto needy feet throughout

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“I was following that charity in the U.S. when I bought the shoe store and I thought that once I got organized I was going to do this,” Belshaw says.

Soles4Souls collects gently used footwear and distributes them around the world to people who have none or need better ones.

His plans were accelerated with the 2010 earthquake that

people at risk of infection by such parasites as the hookworm, which commonly penetrates the skin in areas where feces are present on the ground.

As well, lack of proper shoes can put workers at risk of injury.

“There are people doing labour while wearing flipflops,” Belshaw says. “If they sustain an injury due to not having proper footwear, they might become unable to work.”

Belshaw and his wife have had the opportunity to go to Haiti and distribute shoes to orphanages and community centres. He will return in October with other members of their community. In the meantime, he continues to run Roy’s Shoes and is currently looking for a designated drop off location for both shoe repairs and donations in the Whitehorse area.

For more information, visit www.Soles4Soulscanada.com and www.RoysShoes.com.

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struck Haiti. Horrified at the images of loss and disaster, Beshaw began collecting shoes sooner than anticipated.

“The first year, I thought I’d collect a couple of hundred — I got 45,000,” he says. “When I sent them off, the charity, based out of Nashville called me up and said, ‘Holy cow, look at all those shoes!

Who are you and what do you do up there?’”

After that, Belshaw founded the Canadian counterpart of Soles4Souls, and has applied for charitable status. To date, Soles4Souls has collected approximately 400,000 shoes across the country, which are sent down to the charity’s sorting centre in Nevada.

Belshaw explains that the shoes are first offered up locally for free.

“Before we send them down to Nevada, we open the doors to all agencies, so anyone in town or up and down the [Okanagan] Valley are offered anything they want,” he says. “Probably 10 to 15 per cent of the shoes are funnelled back into the community.

At the sorting centre, the shoes are assigned a grade of A, B, or C. Grade A shoes are pre-owned, but are nearly indistinguishable from new. Grade B shoes have been worn, but are still in very good condition, while grade C are clearly worn and possibly damaged, but still useful to someone.

From the sorting centre, the shoes are distributed to agencies on the ground in 129 countries.

There are several reasons why shoes are important in impoverished areas. As Belshaw points out, in some countries, children are not permitted to attend school without shoes, so being barefoot can be a direct impediment to education.

Walking barefoot can also put

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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.

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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.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

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The Outhouse Race marks the end of the season’s events in Dawson

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here was a time when the Great Klondike International Outhouse race featured 12 to 17 teams and was quite a bit more of an extreme sport than it is now. It had a course that began in front of the museum, ran north on Fifth Avenue, up the hill on Church to Eighth Avenue, over to Queen, down the hill (nearly out of control), to Front Street and back around to the museum.

Imagine doing that race with four people pushing or pulling a wheeled conveyance tricked out to look like an outhouse, with a fifth member of the team sitting on the throne for the entire trip.

In 1989, the Klondike Sun recorded the sixth year that the very serious runners in the Downtown Hotel’s entry ran away with the race, taking both the men’s and overall titles. In those days there were men’s, women’s and mixed entries and they came in two types, as I wrote at the time.

“Serious runners, like the winners, run in stripped-down biffies, which have no frills to flap in the breeze. Those that are in the race just for fun vie to sport the most elaborate get-up. This year saw teams like the Persistent Order Of Pioneers, along with a team in oversized top hats, and another in

winter togs pulling an igloo.”

The joker teams sported names like Cash and Carry Crapper, Jackpott, K.V.Eh Slots, the Windbreaker, or the Crapola Crayons, while the speed demons simply ran as White Lightning.

Over the years, the race has become less serious, as various road relays and other events pulled away the dedicated runners and left the novelty teams to carry

limerick suitable for reciting at a family event.

Last year’s entries had names like Royal(e) Duty, the Dung Bats, the Soggy Bottom Boys, Bumkin’s Pumpkins and the (Teenage Mutant Ninja) Turdles. The Turdles were made up of Diamond Tooth Gertie’s dancers from the casino, and these ladies (who are constantly in training) had been the winners for several years in a row.

In 2012, however, they only managed a second place finish, so they’ll be looking for a comeback this year.

This year’s racers will gather out front of Gertie’s around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, and no one will really be sure how many there will be until then.

There may be a game of horseshoes, played with open-ended toilet seats. There may be limericks or chants. There will certainly be people in assorted weird costumes prepared to run a race to amuse both themselves and the visitors to town, folks who have come to see what is the last big public event of the Klondike’s tourist season.

There may be a game of horse shoes, played with open-ended toilet seats. on the tradition. There have generally been fewer than 10 teams in recent years, even though the Klondike Visitors Association provides the outhouses. One or two of the serious entries can still be seen gathering dust in back lanes around town, looking like abandoned mining equipment.

These days, the course is all downtown on flat ground. Sometimes there’s a scavenger hunt as part of the contest. Teams are encouraged to come up with a theme chant or, if possible, a

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THANK YOU!

On behalf of Arts In The Park & Music Yukon, we’d like to thank all of our finale donors, season sponsors, musicians and visual artists, volunteers, media spokespersons, attendees, and YOU! We are sincerely grateful for your community support!

Thanks to our Season Finale Donors: Midnight Sun Coffee Lil’s Place Extra Foods Superstore McDonalds Java Connection Alpine Bakery

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Arts in the Park 2013 Sponsors: Atlin Arts and Music Festival

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Edible Yukon with Kim Melton

Harvesting Joy I n June I patiently await each new plant that emerges from the forest floor along my daily walks. In July, I feast my eyes on colour and pick the odd mushroom or batch of greens for salad.

By August I have felt the signs and allowed my inner ant to take over from my summer grasshopper.

Plastic bags and buckets hanging from my backpack, I get a bit of foraging tunnel vision. In this month, which seems the shortest of months, I have, more than ever, the need to pause and reflect – and the least inclination to do so.

I often find myself, in the midst of picking or pickling, lost in a mental itinerary of what else I ought to do. Deal with the baskets of collected edibles languishing in the root cellar.

Visit berry patches that must surely be missing my attention.

Clear the drying racks so there is space for the next harvest.

I lament that the time I spend putting up my harvest is not spent collecting, and as I for-

age, the anticipated processing time becomes oppressive. When I stand up out of the blueberries to stretch out the kinks, my bucket may be half full, but my cup feels strangely empty. Thankfully, sooner or later, a moment of beauty or wonder occurs and shakes me from this alternating frantic or weary reverie. A dragonfly does a flyby, the whirr of its wings like a miniature spitfire, flashing iridescent blue. I am struck by the absolutely gorgeous green of my kimchi brine.

Then I smile. I break into laughter. I laugh, as Ani diFranco says, because the world is absurd, and beautiful, and small. I laugh at myself for choosing list-making over being present in this glorious moment. I laugh to welcome myself back to here and now, and wake up my senses to this grand world around me.

Then I return happily to the task at hand which, this time of year, often involves fermenting – tossing whatever I’ve gathered into a

crock and returning to foraging, content that it will evolve on its own until the season has slowed and I have time to jar it for the winter.

Kim Melton is an enthusiastic forager and gardener, inspired by all things that make up good, local food.

Lamb’s quarters (aka pigweed), common in gardens and alleys, makes great pesto and ferments.

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Basic Weed-Chi (A Variation on Kimchi)

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Weigh greens. You’ll want 0.5-2% salt by weight, ie: 20g/4kg greens.

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You Should Have Stayed Home: A G20 Romp

The biggest stage in the territory returns with a full schedule of performance

THEATRE

You Should Have Stayed Home: A G20 Romp

It’s been called docu-theatre, as it’s an adaptation of events that took place in Toronto, 2010. During the G20 Summit, Tommy Taylor found himself arrested and locked in a cage without charge for nearly 24-hours. The piece is performed by Taylor himself.

Sept. 12 to 15

One/Un

Written and performed by Iranian Canadian Mani Soleymanlou, the performance details his personal battle with identity, origins, and freedom.

at the Old Fire Hall Oct. 7 to 11

Spin

In a family-friendly production, Evalyn Parry performs the musical history of the bicycle. It focuses largely on Annie Londonderry, the first woman to cycle around the world. Parry is joined on stage by Brad Hart who uses an actual bicycle to play music.

Oct. 24 and 25

The God That Comes

It’s by Juno-winning Hawksley Workman and is a very musical performance.

“He’s terrific,” says artistic director Eric Epstein. “I think people who’ve seen him know – and hopefully others realize – what a charismatic performer and wonderful musician he is.”

The story is of Bacchus (aka Dionysus), the god of wine. Each show will be preceded by a wine tasting to honour the gods.

The God That Comes

Nov. 26 and 27

Pivot Theatre Festival

YAC is co-producing with Nakai Theatre. There will be three professional shows presented at the Old Fire Hall:

Huff

presents a take on hallucinations, video games, and First Nations mythology, by Cliff Cardinal.

Jan. 23 to 25

How to Disappear Completely

is based on the real relationship of son and mother through a battle with cancer, by Itai Erdal.

Jan. 24 to 25

Blue Box

tells the story of a young Chilean revolutionary and her time between Canada and Chile, by Carmen Aguirre. “She’s a very passionate and remarkable performer,” says Epstein.

The Pivot Festival will also feature some local work, as well as parties and workshops.

Jan. 25 to 26

Body 13

One/Un

Another co-production, this time with Gwaandak Theatre. It’s about a diverse group of characters spending the day at the beach, beginning with a funeral and ending with a wedding, and acting as a metaphor for life in Canada. It’s coming to Whitehorse from Kitchener, Ontario, and is directed by Lebanese-born Majdi Bou-Matar.

Jan. 29 to 31

Medicine

A solo performance by TJ Dawe, it’s an account of his experience taking the plant medicine ayahuasca at a retreat lead by Dr. Gabor Mate, centred around healing stress and addiction.

“It’s an interesting spiritual journey into this heavy-duty psychedelic medicine and I think it’ll be quite interesting for a lot of people,” says Epstein.

at The Old Fire Hall Feb. 27 to March 1

The Hours That Remain

YAC is co-producing another show with Gwaandak Theatre at the end of their season. It’s about B.C.’s Highway of Tears and Canada’s missing women. It’s written by Keith Barker, and directed by David Storch.

March 5 to 8

Terminus

The final play of the season. It follows three characters around Dublin on a night full of demons and angels. It’s by Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe and is written completely in verse. It won the best production award at the 2012 Summerworks Festival in Toronto.

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Theatre u Music u Dance u Art u Film u creativity to the stage of the Yukon Arts Centre this season.

es. We’ve broken down the Yukon Arts Centre’s new season into four categories.

by Carl Christensen Carl Christensen is a Whitehorse-based writer.

MUSIC

DANCE

David Myles

Martha Wainright

Boo!

The first real dance performance of the year is suitable for all ages. Expect some mime and clown work as well.

Nov. 20

Danse Lhasa Danse

It’s a tribute to the singer Lhasa de Sela who died on New Years Day, 2010. It’s a large performance, featuring four singers, five musicians, and eight dancers. “It’s a beautiful tribute to an artist who was really beloved,” says Epstein.

Jan. 20

The 605 Collective’s Inheritor Album

The last real dance show. This performance by The 605 Collective will be about the lineage of dance passed along generations.

“This is the hottest dance group in Canada,” says Epstein. “They’re taking aspects of all kinds of dance and creating very much their own thing.”

Feb. 13

Ian Tyson and Corb Lund

Starting the musical season off are two men with a history of playing in the Yukon, and tickets are almost sold out.

“It’ll be a very, very good night for cowboy music,” says Epstein.

Sept. 4

Dave Haddock

Sept. 18

Performing and releasing his new CD.

Kim Barlow

Performing a send-off show as she prepares to depart for Nova Scotia after two decades in the Yukon.

Sept. 29

Old Cabin

A release concert for Jona Barr’s his first full album.

Oct. 4

The Cost of Doing Business

Headless Owl Records and You’ve Changed Records, two artist-run record companies, are putting on this live event. It will feature 10 musical acts including Wax Mannequin, The Burning Hell, Shotgun Jimmie, and Kyle Cashen.

Oct. 11

David Myles

“He’s from the East Coast – very popular, and on the up-swing,” says Epstein.

Oct. 30

Martha Wainwright

ART

The YAC public art gallery features eight different artists this season. The gallery is open Tuesdays to Saturdays and entry is by donation.

Shows running Sept. 12 to Nov. 16

Ken Anderson

“He is considered a Tlingit master carver,” says gallery director Mary Bradshaw. “One of the most talented within the territory. He’s using wood but also some more untraditional material like Plexiglas.”

James Nizam

A photographer with an interest in abandoned houses. “In his most recent series, he literally cut a strip out of the entire house and played with the light pouring in,” says Bradshaw. “It’s almost like an architectural play on light.”

Yam Lau

A Chinese Canadian who does a combination of video and 3D animation, particularly focusing on rooms or places that are uninhabited.

“You see the room as an architectural plan,” says Bradshaw. “Then it spins and you actually see people walking within the space as well. It’s mesmerizing.”

Shows running Nov. 8 to Feb. 22

“It’s very exciting and tickets for that are really going now,” says Epstein. “She was here in 2000. It’s 13 years later and she’s made quite a mark for herself.”

Nov. 4

Jane Isakson

Sarah MacDougall and C.R. Avery

Jennifer Walden

The last scheduled concert, with the two performing onstage together. “It’ll be a really and lovely intimate show,” says Epstein. at the Old Fire Hall Nov. 24 There will also be six operas throughout the year under the title The Met: Live in HD.

Eugene Onegin:

The Nose: Tosca (Puccini):

Oct. 5 Oct. 26 Jan. 6

Falstaff (Verdi): Werther (Massenet): La Bohème (Puccini):

Feb. 15 March 15 June 8

A Whitehorse painter. Will be showing work from a number of national parks.

Based out of Yellowknife. Her display will feature work from a visit to the Canol Road in the Yukon last summer. She works mainly in acrylic.

“Both work on a really large scale,” says Bradshaw. “Both are also dealing with landscapes and with specific places. It will be a fun one to look at.”

Shows running March 6 to May 10

Helen O’Connor

A Whitehorse artist who works with paper, doing large-scale sculptures.

“She’s looking at a theme potentially around a spring solstice,” says Bradshaw.

Michèle Karch-Ackerman

Dave Haddock

She had an exhibition at the YAC a number of years ago, which was about World War I and the people on the home front. This season she will have a similar display, recounting history from the 1920’s to the 60’s.

Rosemary Scanlon

Based in Whitehorse and primarily working with painting and drawing, fantasy and animals being major themes in her work.

FILM

Dave Haddock

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Pipa, guitar and cello November 16, 2013

Eight person vocal chamber ensemble September 21, 2013 Internationally renowned for their warm and engaging stage presence, impeccable musicianship, and unique perspective on ensemble singing, musica intima has earned a reputation as Canada’s most exciting vocal ensemble. But what makes musica intima truly unique is that the singers rehearse, perform and function as a collective. In rehearsal they self-direct, exchanging ideas freely while exploring their own musical creativity. In performance, they engage the audience with a spontaneity and directness all their own. Founded in 1992, musica intima has graced stages throughout Canada, in the USA, Ireland and Denmark and is frequently heard on national and international radio broadcasts. musicaintima.com

Borealis String Quartet String quartet October 19, 2013

One of the most dynamic and exciting world-class ensembles of its generation, The Borealis String Quartet has received international critical acclaim as an ensemble praised for its fiery performances, passionate style, and refined, musical interpretation. Founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in the fall of 2000 and rapidly establishing a stellar reputation, the Borealis has toured extensively in North America, Europe and Asia and performed to enthusiastic sold-out audiences in major cities including New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Rome, Mainz, Shanghai, Taipei, Beijing, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and, of course, in their home town of Vancouver. The Borealis String Quartet has also recorded 6 CDs, 3 of which feature works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Grieg, and Respighi to international critical acclaim. borealisstringquartet.com

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Hailing from Beijing, Yadong Guan is a true musical ambassador who brilliantly masters the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument that is over 2,000 years old. Ms. Guan will be joined by guitarist, Bruno Roussell and cellist, Christoph Lobel to perform the program known as Fréquence pékinoise: an engaging “East-meets-West” concert and an exciting encounter with the Chinese pipa. This concert includes traditional Chinese and Irish music, modern classical works, and selections from the Quebec song repertoire. yadongweb.com

Classical Territory

Local soloists and ensembles January 18, 2014 Whitehorse Concerts celebrates 30 years of presenting classical music by highlighting the versatility and wide range of classical performers in the Yukon. Co-presented with the Yukon Registered Music Teachers Association (YRMTA), the concert will feature a special interpretation of Pictures at an Exhibition — a suite in ten movements originally composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.

Local quartet, My Fantastic String Quartet, will open this special concert.

Maxim Bernard Piano February 11, 2014

Maxim Bernard explores piano works written entirely in the years 1914-18, during World War I. The programme features works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Bartok, Ravel and Fauré. Mr. Bernard offers a remarkable concentration of the musical trends arising at the dawn of the 20th century, announcing a century of unimaginable riches in all the expressions of creativity.

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Ian Tyson and Corb Lund play the Yukon Arts Centre on Sept. 4

by Sharon Shorty

C

orb Lund’s name has been on the lips of many Yukoners. As in, “Did you happen to see Corb Lund’s set at the Frostbite festival?”

That was in 2002, one year after disbanding his wildly popular punk band The Smalls and going country. Since then he has become a well-respected country music star.

He’s well recognized in the wider world as well as in the Yukon and his home province of Alberta – a search for “Corb Lund” on Google produces 379,000 results. He’s a Juno Award-winner, and seven-time Canadian Country Music Awards Roots Artist of the Year winner.

His upcoming show in Whitehorse is billed An Evening of Cowboy Stories & Song with Ian Tyson and Corb Lund, and will take place on Sept. 4 at the Yukon Arts Centre.

Lund has performed with the legendary Ian Tyson in the past – they take turns opening for each other’s shows. Most recently, they performed on August 15th in Calgary at the McMahon Stadium for the Alberta Flood Aid Benefit. “[Tyson]’s nearly 80 and he sounds better than ever,” an enthusiastic Lund says.

Lund’s most recent album is called Cabin Fever, and has been released in the United States. It features some great storytelling through his lyrics, as in the track Gettin’ Down on the Mountain.

This song proposes an end to oil and questions how people will

Alberta country artists Ian Tyson, left, and Corb Lund play the Yukon Arts Centre on Sept. 4.

wearing his full beard and red long underwear.

“I like the frontier feel in the Yukon,” Lund says.

He says Yukoners have a handle on the basics such as food gathering and shelter. We like knowing where our food comes from. Lund recalls the festival hospitality in the Yukon and liking the moose chili provided to him.

As for the evening of cowboy stories, with the decades-long careers of both Tyson and Lund, it will be filled with stories. Lund expects an evening with lots of interaction and enjoying each other’s company as musicians and fellow Albertans.

When Lund returns to his Edmonton home, he will be preparing for a garage sale. Yes, a garage sale on Sept. 6 to 8 during the Canadian Country Music Award weekend. No word as to whether he will haggle on the prices of his memorabilia and even their old touring van that is up for grabs.

The tour with Tyson will then continue on to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on Sept. 12 and wrap up at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Nov. 30.

An Evening of Cowboy Stories & Song with Ian Tyson and Corb Lund takes place on Wednesday, Sept.

4 at 8 p.m. at the Yukon Arts Centre.

gridlocked, you got a shortwave handle? Can you track the deer, can you dig the well? I couldn’t quite hear your answer. I think I see a rip in the social fabric,

Sharon Shorty is a Tlingit, Northern Tutchone and Norwegian storyteller and performer based in Whitehorse.

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Lund writes, “There ain’t no heat and the power’s gone out, it’s kerosene lamps and candles.

The roads are blocked, it’s all

Brother can you pass the ammo?”

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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 PMMayo Wednesday 7:30 PM

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek

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

Sat, Aug 31st LIVE MUSIC Kevin Barr & Company 6 Mile River Resort

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

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

Stroller Mama’s 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Saturday

Stroller Mama’s 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call teslinrec@northwestel.net Agnes 667-7083 for more information Sundays Seniors Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Fridays Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Mondays Community Centre Questions contact Brownies and Girl Guides 5:00 PM Teslin Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@ Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net northwestel.net Crafts and games afternoons 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994Wed, Aug 28 Marsh Lake Community 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre Sunday-Thursday 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Friday Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Community Centre All welcome & Saturday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM Beside the Bonanza Market

Watson Lake

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Weekdays Community Access Program 1:00 PM The Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Drop In Centre

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 Glee Club 1:00 PM DVG School (All grades) PM The Drop In Centre 994-2760 Pajama Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center Best Youth T-Ball: 6:15 PM 7:30 PM Recreation dressed wins a radio bingo package, runner Centre Youth ages 4 to 8 are welcome to up wins a prize! pop by the ball field for a friendly game.

Soccer - Elementary School ages 7:00 PM Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

School Gym Soccer - High School/Adult 8:00 PM Tuesdays

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994- School Gym 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Thursdays Primary Ball Skills 12:30 Del Van Gorder Traditional Lunch 12:00 PM The Drop In School 994-2760 K – 3 Centre

Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In 994-2760 (Grades 9-12) Centre Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Fridays

Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Recreation Centre 994Centre 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Dinner & A Movie Night 5:30 PM Community Hall Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Fridays Saturdays

Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike Centre 668- 6952. Under 15 years Mondays

Sundays Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Centre Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Tuesdays

5km Run/Walk/Nordic Walk 5:45 PM Teslin Rec Centre

Tuesdays

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 5373461 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

Parents & Tots playtime 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Stroller Mama’s 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

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Saturday August 31st - LIVE MUSIC Kevin Barr & Company • 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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Wild Berry Picking In Your Own Backyard Tips for starting a raspberry patch from wild canes

by Aimée Dawn Robinson and keep them dry, and indoors all winter. Growing raspberry plants from seed is best done in the spring.

Transplanting suckers is an autumn task: after the plants are done fruiting, and about to enter the dormant winter phase. Suckers are the shoots the plant sends out along its’ root system, and it’s simpler and faster to grow a fruitproducing plant by transplanting suckers into your garden in the autumn.

To transplant wild raspberries, take suckers sparPhotos: Tamara Neely ingly from large healthy plants, Whitehorse resident Sarah Overington gobbles down some ripe, juicy, sweet raspberries and preferably from her patch. Raspberries can be easily transplanted from the wild into the garden. after the raspberry is done fruiting. Carefully loosen the ate summer and early au- will, given free reign, take over tumn is berry-picking time your garden. The good news about soil around accessible suckers, across the Yukon. Low- and invasive plants is that they are in- using a gardening fork or your high-bush cranberries, soapber- credibly easy to grow. Raspberries gloved hands. Watch out for the ries, Saskatoon berries, blue- have evolved to spread quickly fine thorns that line the cane berries, strawberries, cloudber- through two means of reproduc- (raspberry stalks), and leaves. Excavate the soil at the root level, ries and raspberries are each a tion: by seed and by suckers.

Raspberry seeds, like most wild until you have exposed about sevpicker’s delight. In addition to foraging, you can easily cultivate berries, are spread through scat. en inches of the sucker’s roots on berries in your garden, giving you To grow raspberries from seed, either side of the cane. This exeasy and (hopefully) bear-free ac- set aside some of your foraged cavation won’t take long, as raspcess to berries. Raspberries are berries, then smush them through berries have shallow roots with a fine sieve to separate seeds horizontal spread. Cut through especially easy to grow.

Raspberries are invasive. They from the fruit. Wash the seeds the sucker cane’s root with sharp

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gardening snips, or the head of a spade. Tuck the suckers’ root into plastic bags with the cane exposed to the air. Don’t worry if most of the soil falls from the roots in the process, but do take the cane suckers to their new home for planting as soon as possible. If you have an existing raspberry patch, use this same method for transplanting unwanted canes to other areas of the garden, or for giving them away to your friends. Cover over the soil excavated in the process of digging out the suckers, tamp it down with your foot, recovering the mother cane’s roots.

Back home in the garden, plant the raspberry cane suckers at least 15 feet away from other plants. If you are highly concerned about the invasive nature of wild raspberry, plant canes in raised containers with at least three feet of loose, loamy, and slightly acidic soil. The soil depth is necessary for the over-wintering of the plant, as they need the depth for moisture retention through winter.

Consider lining raspberry containers with an insulating material such as three-inch thick Styrofoam, then staple food grade plastic lining over the Styrofoam before filling the container with soil. When planting cane suckers in either the ground or containers, mound the earth up around the base of the cane for support.

Gently stake the transplants, plant them against a fence, or give them a trellis to lean against, as until they establish their new roots, they’ll be a bit wobbly.

Water the transplanted raspberry often and lightly for one full month after planting. This

watering schedule will set the little guys up for the long winter ahead. However, do not water them deeply with each watering, as raspberries do not like to have wet feet.

The transplanted canes’ leaves will likely be droopy for a few days. These saggy leaves are normal, as transplants go into shock for a time before setting down roots. The canes will perk up eventually. Raspberries are hardy, and they love areas where the soil has been disturbed (roadsides, ditches, former mine sites, fence lines) because they like light, dry, loamy soil.

If you have an existing raspberry patch in your garden, prune the canes vigourously after they have completing fruiting. Using sharp, clean gardening snips, cut the canes down to about nine inches. Make the cut on an angle so the rain can slide off the cut, Otherwise, moisture can get trapped in the cane, encouraging rot and disease.

Prune newly planted canes in the autumn too, but wait until they are over the shock of transplanting to do so.

For the best berry yields, prune new and old raspberries again in the early spring.

Aimée Dawn Robinson began learning about gardening/ farming from her family. She has worked as a professional gardener in Ontario, studied traditional farming in Japan and also studied herbalism, polyculture and permaculture in northern Ontario.

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Active Interest Listings Wed, Aug 28 Yukon’s Great Salt Lake 6:00 PM Beringia Centre This is the place to see rare plants and unique mineralization. Join Bruce Bennett for a walk around the Takhini Valley.

Sat, Aug 31 Archery NCCP Coaching Clinic 9:00 AM Takhini Elementary School At the Gym. No prior experience in Archery is required. An archery club membership is required with Reg. deadline - June 5th.

Sat, Aug 31 Judo Yukon AGM 11:30 AM Sport Yukon Judo Yukon AGM Sat. 31 Aug 2013, 11:30am @ Sport Yukon. For details - check the calendar at www.judoyukon.ca or contact judoyukon@gmail.com Sun, Sep 1 Archery NCCP Coaching Clinic 9:00 AM Takhini Elementary School At the Gym. No prior experience in Archery is required. An archery club membership is required with Reg. deadline - June 5th.

Sun, Sep 1 Paleo Sports: Atlatl Golf 3:00 PM Beringia Centre Are you longing for a lazy afternoon of mini-golf? We have our own version here at Beringia. Come and give it a try!

Mon, Sep 2 Youth Drop in Kayak Sessions 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre .Fri, Sep 6 Sat,- Sep 7 Klondike Trail of ‘98 International Road Relay Skagway to Whitehorse Sun, Sep 8 Yukon Bird Club Field Trip fall migration at Schwatka Lake 9:30 AM Meet at the SS Klondike ybcfieldtrips@ gmail.com Discover fall migration at Schwatka Lake and Hidden Lakes with Ione Christensen.(3 hrs) YBC events are free. Everyone is welcome.

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

Tuesdays - Saturdays

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

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

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.

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

Thursdays

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

Saturdays

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary 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!

Children depend on you to stop when red lights are flashing.

Mondays

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 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

Kn ow Good a L V E Sto r y ?

Wellness Listings Weekdays

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

Wednesdays

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

Thursdays

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

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. 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 667-5724 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. Self-empowering addiction recovery support group.

Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 PM 4071 4th ave. oayukon@gmail.com. Do you have a problem with food?

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 CentreRiverside 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. 6686466. 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)

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.

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.

Sundays

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre

We welcome suggestions for couples to feature.

Email your suggestions to Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com

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.

Tuesday

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

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenailʻs column Yukon Love profiles couples who have a nice love story to tell.

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The next deadline for Touring Artist Fund is:

September 16, 2013

Touring Artist Fund

supports professional artists, ensembles and companies to present their work outside of Yukon.

There are four deadlines per year: 15 th March, June, September and December.

Touring should not begin until 8 weeks after the deadline.

If you are preparing a proposal for this deadline or want to obtain the application package, please contact the Fund Administrator in advance.

Applicants are encouraged to consult with the fund administrator before applying.

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Take It in Stride with Ben Yu Schott

A Little Coaching Goes A Long Way Any level of runner can benefit from some advice from a coach.

Friends, Food & Drinks

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True Goldrush Atmosphere Bar Open 9am to 11pm Off Sales 9am to 11pm 2nd Oldest Liquor License in Canada Reasonable Room Rates Quiet, Clean, and Comfortable

Phone: 867-667-2641 Fax: 867-668-7498 110 Wood Street, Whitehorse Yukon Y1A 2E3

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Aug 9/10 Sarah MacDougall & Co Aug 17 Honky Tonk Rebels Aug 30/31 The Dave Haddock Band

w EVERY THURSDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT Band Hours 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm

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Mondays WILD THANG! Electric Dance Party with DJ Carlo

Wednesdays JAMAOKE with Ashley & Jackie Find us on facebook

OFF SALES WILL BE OPEN THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

W

e all have the capacity to improve in whatever we do in life; running and walking is no exception.

Coaches help Olympic athletes get to peak performance, and recreational and casual athletes can benefit from a coach in the same way.

A running or walking coach can help anyone from a beginner to a seasoned veteran. Their services and advice can be found online, in books or in-person, and can range from a basic training plan that you follow on your own, to daily advice, adjustment and tutelage.

Good coaches care about helping you succeed. They can examine your training more objectively than you can, and can give feedback that will help you push your boundaries. They can tell you when you are going too hard, or not going hard enough. They can tell you when you need to rest, recover, or be more realistic with your goals.

Locally, Don White coaches our junior athletes and regularly offers coaching to the rest of us through clinics like Run for Mom and “Getting started, getting better, getting faster” sessions. He has given me a lot of important tips over the years, from posture to footing to training advice.

Shelley Gellatly is another local coach and athlete who can provide a personalized training plan and other athletic testing for a fee. To increase your speed, you can join the Wednesday night group led by Michael Brooks that meets at the running track in Whitehorse. Another place to start is by following one of the basic programs found in the Running Room’s Book on Running.

I turned to a coach this year – Derrick Spafford, an ultrarunner from Ontario – to help improve my performance and training efficiency as I train for my first 50K race. He provides a personalized training plan delivered through

an online service called Training Peaks. He uploads my workouts every week. As I complete each day, I upload training data from my running watch along with comments about how I feel, my morning heart rate, and any other factors. We correspond daily and mix in video chats as required. We talk through goals, training, racing, fueling, hydration and recovery.

With Derrick’s excellent coaching and my commitment to training, I’ve made great strides and hit personal bests in every distance. There is a cost, and it is not insignificant (slightly more than a monthly gym membership), but it is worth every penny to me.

Working successfully with a coach requires building a relationship and it may take some time to find the coach whose personality and style works best with yours.

If you haven’t considered coaching before, think about adding it to your training toolbox. You may just find that elusive personal best.

Sadly, the twilight of the summer running/walking season approaches. Next up is the Klondike Road Relay on Sept 6-7, and later in September is the Cross Country Championships. Visit athleticsyukon.ca for more details.

Until next time, keep putting one foot in front of the other towards a healthier and happier life.

Had an experience with coaching that you want to share? Connect with Athletics Yukon on our Facebook page or send a note to ben@espressoschott.ca Ben Yu Schott is an Athletics Yukon board member, a running dad and a coffee nut.

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IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN TO DAWSON City, YOU HAvEN’T SEEN THE YUKON. upcoming Events August 30- sept 2 labour day slo-pitch classic

The top mixed teams from Alaska, Yukon and NWT face off under the midnight sun. Come check out the action, or put in a team for yourself!

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The Great Klondike International Outhouse Race

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Teams of 5 dress up an Outhouse (!?!?!) and race to the finish line. Cash prizes awarded to the fastest and best overall teams. Only in Dawson! for information contact KVA 993-5575

Come and check out the most northern talent we can pack into Canada’s oldest gambling hall! Or better yet, get your act together and take part in this incredibly fun event. Interested in learning more? Contact 993-5152.

What will they do this year? Come see Gertie and her Gold Rush Girl perform their last show of the year. This is can-can with a twist. A show you don’t want to miss! Showtimes 8:30, 10:30 and Midnight, each naughtier than the last.

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Sept 6-9 white ram poker tournaments It’s the tournament weekend that you’ve been waiting for! Show off your skills in limit, no-limit and freeze-out games in the largest (and fiercest) Texas Hold’Em Tournament in the North. Visit dawsoncity.ca for info.

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Come visit Canada’s first and friendliest gambling hall!

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Leading a Heroic Life

Jane Jacobs introduces us to one of her favourite people

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ally from Ontario, Paddy worked in the North for many years in mining. Jane – do you know if he was in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut?

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I found him to have the gift of being comfortable and sociable with people he did not know well.

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Paddy Sumners feeds Raisin some almonds during my visit to his cabin in 1992.

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M

y friend Paddy Sumner’s had a past that was rich in memories, a present that was always adventurous and fun, and a future that was full of challenges.

The first time I met Paddy was 24 years ago at a going away lunch in Good Hope Lake, B.C., for the

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school principal and I. I taught preschool/kindergarten in a oneroom school in that community for a year and a half, and had decided to move to Whitehorse. Paddy was working at the gas station.

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Blythe Grimmet makes chapattis.

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Leading a Heroic Life... cont’d Blythe how to build a cabin, how to chop wood with a swede saw, and how to get water. In return, Blythe cooked some of the most delicious dishes that he learned how to make in India, using a lot of almonds and mangoes and not too spicy.

Their remote cabin beside the Cottonwood River was surrounded by tall trees and the Cassiar Mountains in northern British Columbia.

Three years after my move to Whitehorse, I had been laid off from my job in and I was thrilled to have an invitation to visit Paddy and Blythe. I escaped Whitehorse and headed out on the long 12hour drive.

I stayed with them for three weeks in February of 1992. That’s when I learned what cabin life was all about, and I learned about an

Service poem to us.

Paddy didn’t have any “oldtimers” disease; he kept his brain alive by studying. Throughout deep dark November in the freezing cold weather of the North, he studied Hebrew, history, political science and philosophy. I envied his quest for self-knowledge.

One of the things that made Paddy a hero is his achievement of getting himself off insulin shots.

He used visualization and meditation, and he ate wild meat and fresh grown vegetables from their garden.

Paddy was a teacher and had a feminine side to him. He taught me to can raspberry jam and high bush cranberry jelly, to milk goats, and to make yogurt, cottage cheese and a steamed almond.

We would feed the goats almonds,

and then the next day after milking the goats, we made a steamed almond drink. Paddy sewed and knitted hats and socks. He taught me how to get fresh water from mountain springs.

Paddy made his own tiger balm from the black balsam tree.

Paddy was a tough, practical man. He had lived through two world wars and the Great Depression; he fought in the Korean War; and he lived on into the computer age.

He had a Grade 6 education, but throughout his careers Paddy was always a manager and always self-employed.

He had lived in cities and the rural communities. If there is one lesson to learn, one lesson that I will take with me into my old age,

Paddy Sumners’ cabin by the Cottonwood River, BC.

amazing man.

Paddy was in his late seventies, slightly balding, with a full white beard and a round belly. He wore glasses, a baseball cap and striped cover-alls. He took a shower once a year in the springtime. The animals that were part of Paddy’s life were two goats, named Raisin and Candy, a cat named Pussy-Kitten, and two dogs named Ginny and Cindy. He had a strong, loving relationship with all the animals. He talked to them as if they were his family.

Paddy was a hero to me because he was a self-taught person.

He taught himself to play the harmonica, violin, guitar, as well as sing and draw. In cabin life after dinner, we put our plates on the floor and the dogs licked the plates clean. We sipped on Jack Daniel’s and hot Earl Grey tea with a small teaspoon of sugar while Paddy provided the entertainment by playing the harmonica. The dogs sang in time to the music.

Paddy had a full knowledge of academic subjects and was a writer of poetry. I can still hear his deep voice reading a Robert

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it’s that I have to be flexible and adaptable.

He was essentially religious, but a member of no church. He was a grubby gardener, happy hermit and very vocal. We did not agree about everything, and that led to some interesting debates.

I feel richer for meeting Paddy because he was independent, self-taught, and healthy. His way of life made him strong and firm, yet tender; and rough around the edges, yet respected by prominent business people. People from around the world came to visit with Paddy.

In September of 1997 Paddy had a heart attack in his cabin.

Blythe performed CPR, and the

This is me getting fresh water from the mountain spring.

Dease Lake RCMP arrived by helicopter, but Paddy passed away.

“I lost a friend, but I’m grateful for the time we had together, bonded by Paddy’s memories and by deep mutual respect.”

From Paddy Sumners I learned that it’s good to be a generalist, and that looking at the big picture helps to keep you flexible. His is a life so well lived.

Jane Jacobs is holistic health coach and educator in Whitehorse.

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