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On the Cover “You live in the wilderness, Grandma” she said.

I had never thought of it quite like that, but she does live in the city. And even though it is a small northern city, it is different than Grandma’s forest. I love sharing the forest with the little kids.Walking to the Yukon River along the “fox den” trail, visiting the faerie garden down a little path away from the house, crafts with glue, scissors and paper. Just listening to their ideas – wow, when I was that age, did I know who “the other Darwin” was? Did I know about moon eclipses and dead flies under microscopes?

Being a grandma is a delightful experience. Whitehorse is really a safe and nurturing home town. Being a grandma here is extra special.Having my little people live so very close where I can watch them blossom as human beings – I am honoured.

Nellie Dale and her grandkids frolic in the late autumn weather.

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What’s Inside Grandma is My Favourite Word .. 2 Walk About .......................... 4 Didee & Didoo ....................... 4 Flickers................................ 5 Dr. Jim ................................ 6 Gordie Tentrees ..................... 9 Quench ...............................10 Well North ........................... 11 North of Sixty.......................12 Potluck Food Co-Op ...............15 Sound Bytes .........................16 Behind the Curtain ................19

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Aria and Grandma the hospital setting is a foreign concept in the history of human birth, it was a great place to be.

I enjoyed the first few years – cuddling, watching milestones like the first step or the first word. But I love them as little people. At seven years old and five years old – well my favourite stage so far. They are so eager to experience life. I am happy not to be a Skype Grandma. Just spending time – whether a walk in the woods or a sleepover – is very special.

I know quite a few other grandmas in Whitehorse. While

some of us might spend time knitting in our rocking chairs, we are also healthy and active. Walkers, runners, hikers, paddlers, the grandmas I know are setting great examples for the little children in their lives.

My girls grew up north of Whitehorse in the boreal forest.

I was a free range parent back then. The girls spent hours out in the bush making forts and digging in the sand hill created after the building of our house. They learned how to run a dog team with their father. I called them my bush babies.

Now Darwin and Aria are able to come out to Grandma’s place.

Aria recently told me she knows why I like wild animals.

Grandma Nellie lives off the Mayo Road, in the wilderness.

She loves walking, knitting and reading.

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It’s Slow, but It’s So Good For You The joy of walking where you need to go

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f you really think about it, you probably can remember several key life transforming walks that you’ve taken over the years.

They may have been as short as a walk down a church aisle or a month long trek along El Camino de Santiago. These strolls or treks may have confirmed life choices, fulfilled a dream or lead to a major proverbial fork in the road.

Often it is difficult to see the way ahead, but in looking over your shoulder you can most definitely see the path walked to get as far as you did. How did the inspirational landmarks or the beliefs and values motivate you over the years?

For me one walk comes immediately to mind. As a penurious McGill University graduate I had carefully planned an evening out with a young woman that I was smitten by. The needed funds for the date came from selling some of my blood for a lab experiment at the university– I didn’t tell my lady that, though. After a great supper at an Argentine parrilla on Rue St. Denis in Montreal we caught the Metro up to the Rosemont Station, then had a two kilometre walk to the Outremont Theatre.

This great classic pre-Depression theatre, now a National Historic Site, was then, in 1973, a repertory film house showing, as I recall, the Academy Award winning 1960 film Sons and Lovers. I don’t recall much about the film at all – only the jeune belle fille seated next to me.

After the film we chose to walk through Outremont, then on to the campus of the Université de Montréal, followed by a walk down the slope of Mont Royal in front of St. Joseph Oratory before a final parting at the corner of Chemin Queen Mary and Boulevard Decarie with a kiss. During that kilometre walk, the hopes, dreams and stories shared, helped launch our now 40+ year marriage.

Hippocrates, the 5th century Greek physician, famously said, “Walking is man’s best medicine.”

A host of recent scientific studies back-up this basic contention (Check out www.Arthritis.org and click on the Exercise tab under “Living With Arthritis,” the Workouts section features an article called “12 Benefits of Walking.”) . The psychological and spiritual benefits of walking can be easily deduced from this as well.

Walking has become my chief mode of locomotion in the Yukon.

I have not had a car here since 1998. From a health perspective I may have been able to fight off diabetes which has been the

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Michael Dougherty, left, catches a ride on the Whitehorse Transit to return quickly to where his feet brought him from bane of my family and maintain a basic fitness level through just the daily need to get to work and run errands. Nordic Walking poles amplify the benefit of this daily

regime by engaging core muscles and upping calorie burn by 30 to 45 per cent. Local walking clubs and a Nordic walking coach like Suat Tuzlak, Alpine Bakery social entrepreneur par excellence and Slow Food elder, can introduce you to Nordic Walking.

The financial benefits are obvious as well. A $26 senior’s monthly bus pass or a strip of 10 tickets for $10 is a whole lot cheaper than supporting a car. A senior’s bus pass covers my more extended roaming within city limits. Given the option, I prefer my 20 minute walk to work at F.H. Collins from my downtown apartment or the 38 minutes it takes to hike to Yukon College.

Slowing down to walking speed brings you more in touch with the rhythm of the city, too. The chance to exchange a greeting with a neighbour on the street, to take in the smells and sounds around us may just reorient a walker to what, after all, is truly meaningful in life.

We all make decisions everyday that affect our health and the health of the planet. One simple, win-win proposition, is to walk.

And when you can’t, take the bus.

Michael Dougherty is an inveterate walker, community educator and activist.

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rgentinean director Damián Szifron’s 2015 Best Foreign Language Academy Award Nominee Wild Tales is a completely jarring and poetic collection of old wives’ tales and urban legends about vengeance and vulnerability. Its characters plan revenge on instinct, using whatever is at their disposal to aid in their gratification.

The film’s common theme of spitefulness and retribution is conveyed throughout six standalone shorts. Characters countermeasure bizarre and foreseeable situations with illegal but heroic, desperate and violent outbursts in order to gain control of their worlds.

Coincidence and chance become the protagonists throughout, laying oncein-a-lifetime scenarios in front of Szifron’s repressed characters. A forgotten artist is set on teaching a lesson at the same time and in the same place to all of the people who passed him by his whole life.

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The form and feel of this film also deserves mention. Javier Julia’s (The Last Elvis, Armando Bo, 2012) cinematography heightens the visual cues that intensify moments of coincidence; we see what the character feels. This connection between the visual and the emotional charges of these enraged characters is also due to the meticulous sound design.

The original music by Gustavo Santaolalla personifies characters’ horror-turnedamusement in the sequence of events that leads them to moments of calculative madness. Santaolalla’s music evokes sympathy, and then rage.

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This film is clever and the pace feels spontaneous and uncalcuWild Tales plays Oct. 25 at lated. It is a reminder to beware the Yukon Arts Centre of who you cross.

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Jim Zheng would conduct clinics at the Kwanlin Dün Health Centre. Here he is with Jackie Callahan in April

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t’s been a month and a half since the Traditional Chinese Medical practitioner Jim Zheng passed away. Those who he helped will remember him fondly, and those who depended on him to help manage ailments will be wondering how to manage the void he has left in their lives.

“Dr. Jim,” as he was known, amazed people with the things he could know just by looking at their hands/eyes/ears/tongue.

On Aug. 19 Zheng passed away, leaving the community shocked and saddened, and leaving his patients clinging to the lessons they learned from him over the years.

Zheng and his wife, Xiu-Mei Zhang, moved from China to Whitehorse in 1991. Right away the couple started connecting with the community, helping people with acupressure, and making friends – even though they didn’t speak much English. They made the Yukon their permanent home, raised two sons here – David, 23 and Alex, 20 – and opened the East West Health Centre.

In the 24 years the couple have lived in Whitehorse, Zheng has helped many people with many different ailments.

Sheryl Rost Van Tonningan, Zheng’s assistant for the past four

years, said she has witnessed the positive impact he had on people over and over again. Sometimes people would return to the waiting room dancing after an appointment with Zheng.

“We had people come in, and they were grumpy and you could tell they were in pain, and… they’d go in to see Jim, and come out with a big smile on their faces and happy and dancing around the office and swinging their arms and saying, ‘I should have come here sooner.’ And that was not just one person. Quite a few,” she says.

Zheng was passionate about healing. It was more than a job.

He enjoyed helping people, and it was important to him to reach people in remote communities.

He travelled to Inuvik three times per year to meet with patients and he travelled to such places as Fort McPherson, Carcross, Dawson City, and Beaver Creek.

“He was very well-loved,” Rost Van Tonningan says. “I could tell that even before he passed away.”

He was said to have an uncanny intuition, a vast knowledge of the mind and body, and he changed people’s lives. Robin Boynton is one of those people. She and her husband live in Skagway, Alaska, and she had been driving in to

Whitehorse to see Zheng once a month for the past 18 years. Zheng helped her with several health issues, from acute tooth pain, to high blood pressure, to problems with her gall bladder. His program has kept her off medication.

It was her eczema that first brought her to Zheng. She had suffered from eczema on her arms and legs for years, which became pre-cancerous. She had consulted several doctors, but they had not helped.

“Nobody could find out what was going on with the eczema,” Boynton says.

Then she went to see Zheng.

“When I went to him he said, ‘Here’s 10 things to not eat, and here’s 10 things to eat.’ And he said to call him every three days,” she says.

His plan healed her eczema.

The phone calls helped Zheng to refine the program – and helped Boynton realize Zheng just knew things, sometimes.

“He’s very intuitive,” she says.

“Over the years I’d call him, and he’d say, ‘Have you been eating cheese?’ And it was like, how did you know? You’re 110 miles away.”

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Thanks Dr. Jim ... cont’d involved energy and connection.

“He would just look at your hand, and he would know things – he knew right away,” Dr.Zhang says. “I do feel he had something really special.

“He treated people with an open heart, with love, so they could open up and heal. It’s not just technique. It’s a heart and soul connection – that’s how his healing energy could get through.”

The Jim Zheng Cultural Fund was started to give an avenue for people to remember him, and to promote his passion for local Chinese culture and healing work. The fund is managed by the Chinese Canadian Association of Yukon. For more information or to make a donation send an email to JimZheng.CulturalFund@gmail. com.

Jim (Fang-Ping) Zheng – February 9, 1958 to August 19, 2015 Tamara Neely is copy editor for What’s Up Yukon. You can comment on her stories by emailing tamara@whatsupyukon.com.

Xiu-Mei Zhang and Jim Zheng pose in the summer of 2013 with their sons Alex, left, and David, right, during a family trip to Keno City. lost a friend, not just her doctor, she says.

Judging by the memorial service for Zheng held at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Aug. 30, many people are feeling this loss.

More than 500 people attended the service.

Zheng’s wife, a western medical doctor, said people from all walks of life were there.

“Almost all of the available physicians in town went to his celebration of life and they commented on how unusual it is for so many people from different backgrounds to be there,” she says.

“Doctors, First Nations, including Gwich’in and Inuvialuit from the Northwest Territories, Chinese, Christian, Baha’i and (agnostics).

They said that it is unbelievable for these people to all sit in one room.

“I really think that this is proof that healing is universal.”

During the ceremony, Zheng was adopted into the Daklaweidi

Xiu-Mei Zhang and Jim (Fang-Ping) Zheng were married in 1988 in China

Clan, from the Carcross-Tagish First Nation, as a brother to Allen Murray. In addition, former president of the Gwich’in Tribal Council Fred Carmichael flew in from Inuvik to pay respects from that community.

“These traditional Gwich’in and Inuvialuit people, what he said made sense to them – they were so open to (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and responded so well to it,” Dr. Zhang says.

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Thu, Oct, 15, NIA Dance and Fitness 6:30 PM Thu, Oct, 8, Family Fun Fair: National Family Week 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre Hosted by Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks NIA is a choreographed combination of martial arts, dance, YG Health and Social Services.

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Dinner sponsored by Ta’an Kwach’an Council 335-3442 5:00 PM Hellaby Hall Includes Thanksgiving prize Thu, Oct, 15, Yukon Guild of Needlearts: Fall Session 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Meet draws. friends & learn techniques of hand embroidery.

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9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Oct, 10, Bridging the Gap: Art Life: Thu, Oct, 8, Family on the Move & Choose Discerning the Relationship Between Artists a Sport: National Family Week 9:00 AM and Galleries 11:00 AM Arts Underground The Yukon Art Society/Arts Underground are delighted Canada Games Centre Coca-Cola Fieldhouse.

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Thu, Oct, 8, L’attachement pas à pas. Activité Read Books 1:00 PM Well Read Books en français. 11:00 AM Centre de la francophonie Sun, Oct, 11, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Offert par Les Essentielles, “Mamans, papas et Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. bébés en santé” Participants are welcome to use the studio’s Thu, Oct, 8, Math Games: National Family tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long Week 11:30 AM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your lunch and play math games. weekends. $5/hour.

Thu, Oct, 8, Family Literacy Centre: Family Sun, Oct, 11, Singing, story-telling 3:00 PM Free Play Drop-In 12:30 PM Canada Games Heart Of Riverdale Centre Sun, Oct, 11, Movie Night 6:30 PM The Thu, Oct, 8, Theatre Exploration After School Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Come and watch Program 3:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale movies with friends and have some fun!

Thu, Oct, 8, Family Fun Fair: National Family Sun, Oct, 11, Everyman (In HD): Yukon Arts Week 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre Hosted by Centre 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre YG Health and Social Services.

Mon, Oct, 12, Free Computer Drop-In Lab! Thu, Oct, 8, National Family Week: Chili & Bun 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Society Self-Directed Dinner sponsored by Ta’an Kwach’an Council Computer studies. Instructor on site 668.6280 5:00 PM Hellaby Hall Includes Thanksgiving prize x 223 Mon, Oct, 12, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 draws.

Thu, Oct, 8, Singing For Kids-Beginner 5:00 PM AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Heart Of Riverdale Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be Thu, Oct, 8, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids available on site to assist you. 668-6280 or toll Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Oct, 12, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Thu, Oct, 8, Family Swim & Snacks: National Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Family Week 6:30 PM Canada Games Centre Mon, Oct, 12, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 Sponsored by Yukon Child & Youth Advocate PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Office.

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Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

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Taking His Music Around the World

Whitehorse musician Gordie Tentrees plays at home before heading out on a tour of three continents

by Barry “Jack” Jenkins

H

omegrown singersongwriter Gordie Tentrees is releasing his sixth album, Less is More, with a Northern tour this month. Tentrees is playing in Skagway, Dawson City,Keno City, and two shows in Whitehorse.

This Northern tour follows his recent tours through British Columbia, the United States and Australia. In the next six months he plans to tour the Europe and the UK..

“My goal was to write all the songs and want to play them for 10 years,” he says over a coffee. “I’ve got albums where now I only play three or four songs from each record. Now this one I wanted to be able to play the whole thing, so when I do my show at the Yukon Arts Centre on October 19, I’ll be able to play the whole record in it’s entirety from beginning to end, which is something I’ve never done before.”

He sings with a voice that sounds like it has collided with John Prine’s, both in its gravelly timbre and its authenticity, and the songs he’s written for this album match it well.

“All these songs are basically things that have happened to me or that I’ve been through and written about in the last three years,” he says.

One of those songs, “Somebody’s Child,” was written after watching bombs go off in Boston, where his wife, Kelly Proudfoot, was just finishing the marathon.

“I couldn’t find her, I didn’t know if she was still running or if she had finished or if she was hurt.

She actually ran to the finish line about nine minutes before, and then took a right-hand turn.”

That night, lying in a bed-andbreakfast watching the news as she slept, Tentrees took stock of his life.

song.”

Other standout songs include “Wheel Girl,” a song Tentrees wrote for the Yukon’s favourite wheelchair athlete Jessica Frotten; “Camelot Hotel,” a gritty, spooky cover of Mary Gauthier’s song; and “Love in Ink,” co-written and inspired by a friend who inherited his Eastern Ontario family farm, and discovered it had been sold by his great-uncle to his grandfather for the sum of “one dollar plus love.”

On the album, Tentrees, the nimble-fingered guitarist and dobro player, is joined by his nephew, bassist Aidan Tentrees, and fiddle player Fabian Brooks, with harmony vocals by singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan, who is a winner of the East Coast Music Awards. Accompanying him on stage at the Yukon Arts Centre and throughout his Northern tour is multi-instrumentalist Jaxon Haldane.

“We quickly decided that we’re now married on-stage,” Tentrees says.

“We’re such good friends that we travel well together. He’s been around a long time, and he’s an amazing harmony singer and an amazing songwriter.”

Gordon Tentries’ new album Less is More is available in Whitehorse at Mac’s Fireweed Books. Catch his Northern tour Oct. 15-19, which includes performing in the PHOTO: courtesy of Gordie Tentrees Klondike Roots & Blues Festival in Whitehorse on Oct. Gordie Tentrees plays the Yukon Arts Centre Oct 19 16 and at the Yukon Arts Centre on Oct. 19. For more information go His song “Deadbeat Dad” is a “Afterwards the folks at the show to www.Tentrees.ca.

“It takes something like that to jar all of us: things feel good and catchy, jokey, upbeat song about wanted to start a Deadbeat Dads Outstanding tracks: “Wheel suddenly someone close to you is what Tentrees refers to as his Society group,” he says. “I had Girl,” “Deadbeat Dad” and “Camdying or something happens that modern family: he has two kids a young girl come up to me with elot Hotel.” stops us in our tracks,” he says. “It from two previous relationships both sets of parents who came to was a revelation about how certain and is on good terms with their the show together with her. She Barry “Jack” Jenkins keeps things are near and dear, whether mothers. On tour, it’s also an audi- said, ‘I spend Christmas with my close tabs on the Yukon music it’s family or friends or moments ence favourite. mom and my dad and their partscene. Please send comments that you’ve had or moments that He remembers playing the song ners.’ It was one of my first real about his articles to you might not have.” to an audience in Osage, Missouri. experiences of the power of a music@whatsupyukon.com.

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hen your middle brother blows into town, you hang onto your hat and lay on the groceries, especially the Stolichnaya Vodka, or “Stoli,” he calls it. Your brother is a Martini drinker, and particular about his cocktail of choice.

He likes a dry martini, so the vermouth must be dispensed via a tiny spray bottle. If you don’t have one, your sister-in-law will go to the drugstore and buy one for you. He likes a chilled glass—it doesn’t matter what kind, as long as it holds a few ice cubes—so remember, when you’re unloading the dishwasher the morning after last night’s feast, to put glasses in the door of the freezer.

He likes a twist of lemon and a pickled onion, or sometimes a twist of orange and a Kalamata olive. You never know which way whimsy might take him, so better make sure they’re all in stock.

After the martini is served, look to the snacks. There should be carrot or celery sticks; red peppers, sliced thin; or quartered radishes—anything crunchy, anything suggesting health—and a dip to dip them in, which can be store-bought. To balance the crunch, there must be gooey cheese, with the right kind of cracker. There ought to be nuts— but only cashews or almonds; he’s allergic to the rest. If smoked salmon is available, bring it on. And, if you’re visiting him in Toronto, make sure you take a jar of his homemade red pepper jelly back with you so you can serve it to him in Whitehorse. He doesn’t really care for the other kinds.

The thought and planning you must put into this provisioning, though daunting at first, becomes occasion for joy. From long experience you know that, properly fuelled, this middle brother becomes the machine that drives the good times. He says yes to every adventure, from a September paddle that starts with a

hailstorm to driving five hours to visit a friend’s cabin to finishing the dinner dishes while you bone the duck to start the confit for the cassoulet that you will cook

the smokies and the cheeses, the dips, the candy, the bananas. On your second night, when you’re camped at Fort Selkirk and the sun is setting and it’s bloody cold,

When your brother leaves you bananas-make dessert!

together over several hours three days hence. He is always up for it, whatever “it” is.

And, when you visit him, he will procure special wines and cook fabulous meals for you; he’ll pump up the tires on the spare bike and guide you through the Don Valley with the same enthusiasm he hikes the Fish Lake trail in a snowstorm. He is, as middle brothers go, excellent value.

The only, only quibble you have with this excellent brother is his propensity to think that whatever is in the fridge is not quite enough. Left untended he will come home with armfuls of groceries for which there is no room.

You are overstocked. You panic.

But he makes you laugh. So you make room, somehow.

After he and his entourage depart, you are left with an unopened club pack of smokies. Two pounds of smoked salmon candy.

Several artisanal cheeses. Three store-bought dips. A bunch of ripe bananas. You don’t really eat bananas.

You’re going on a river trip the day after they leave. So you bring

Campfire Bananas with Glenlivet 2 tbsp. (30 mL) butter 2 tbsp. (30 mL) brown sugar 2 bananas, sliced in half crosswise and lengthwise 2 tbsp. (30 mL) Glenlivet Melt butter and brown sugar in a cast iron frying pan over the fire. Add bananas and sauté just until the edges start to soften. Flip bananas, add Glenlivet and when the whisky has almost evaporated, dig in with forks. Serves four. you heat butter and brown sugar in a frying pan, add bananas, pour over some Glenlivet, and serve your hot, rich, boozy, welcome dessert straight from the pan. You toast your brother. And you hope, without reservation, that he and his entourage will be back.

Miche Genest is a Whitehorsebased chef and writer. She is somewhat of a gardener.

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Sneak veggies into everything Seriously. Everything. You will be surprised how easy it is and how much it improves the taste and texture of your meal. If you’re serving a salad, blend together a simple dressing of baby spinach, tomato, lemon juice and olive oil.

Add a variety of vegetables to your mashed potatoes by swapping out some of the potatoes for sweet potato and steamed cauliflower.

Instead of a cream-based dip, opt for a hummus blended with greens or pumpkin. The possibilities are endless.

Be a social butterfly Focus on friends and family as the main event. Put your fork down, take an eating break, step away from your plate, and socialize instead. Thanksgiving is about being with those you care about in a way that’s meaningful and memorable.

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Canada are based around a sense of gratitude. When Martin Frobisher landed in Newfoundland in the late 1500’s, he gave thanks for his safe arrival at what was to be the first Thanksgiving in North America. Continuing this tradition of thanks today is a great way to spend the holiday weekend. Research shows that not only does experiencing gratitude increase happiness, satisfaction, and wellbeing, but it can also help strengthen relationships. Building a gratitude practice into your celebration, whether through taking turns counting blessings or writing notes of thanks to one another, can help build bonds among loved ones.

Selene Vakharia is a holistic nutritionist, freelance writer and whole foods cook who loves showing people how easy, fun and delicious being healthy can be. Contact her with your nutrition questions and concerns via editor@ whatsupyukon.com.

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Two Exciting Yukon Lives Highlighting the extraordinary lives of the seniors who live among us

PHOTO: Lori Garrison

Joyce VanBibber (left) and Velma Hull (right) are long-time Yukoners. Their smiling faces now greet newcomers and visitors to the territory through their work at the Visitor Information Centre

was ready to live here permanently the day I got here – the land just drew (me) in,” says Velma Hull.

The day she is speaking of was 57 years ago, when she and her husband - wellknown local handyman and one-time bike shop owner Red Hull - came up the Alaska Highway.

Velma – a spry 83-year-old with a lively face, a shock of white hair and quick hands – was born in central Alberta. She came first to Keno in 1958 back when the town was still a hot-bed for the mining industry. During this time, her husband was a hard-rock miner, an occupation which saw them move again, this time to a town in the same region called Calumet, which no longer exists.

“It was just a little town where the mines were. All you’d see of it is houses on the side of a hill that goes like this,” she says, slanting her hand at a 45 degree angle. Following the No Cash mine fire of 1966, Velma and her husband moved to Alberta. Velma recalls the tragic incident in detail.

“One of the men in the mine was a firebug... an arsonist, I guess you’d say,” she says, shaking her head. “Set the garbage in the lunchroom on fire... the way the mine was built was like a chimney.... my husband was one of the last three men out – four people died in that fire.”

Despite this tragedy, Velma couldn’t stay away from the Yukon for long, and a year later returned to Carcross, where she and her husband lived until 1971, when they moved to Whitehorse so their eldest daughter could attend high school.

“We never had much to do with Whitehorse until we moved here, but it’s grown so much. It’s amazing to see,” Velma says, speaking of the changes which have come since she settled into the territory’s capital.

Velma’s friend and colleague, Joyce Van Bibber, 68, certainly agrees.

“Whitehorse was always a grimy town,” she recalls. “There was paper every where, being blown about by the wind. They’ve done a lot of work (on the town) and now it’s beautiful.”

Joyce moved to Mayo from Edmonton in 1952, when she was just five years old.

She later moved to Watson Lake, where she lived for 30 years before moving to Whitehorse in 2005. She can remember, she says, when the Alaska Highway was just a dirt strip with no place to pull over, no place to go to the washroom, and the dirt so thick people got into accidents on account of not being able to see through the thick cloud the cars in front kicked up.

“They used to sell the dust from the highway for 35 cents in a can (as a souvenir),” Joyce says. “The Yukon has come a long way since I got here.”

Now both senior citizens, these longtime Yukoners are some of the first faces the newcomers and visitors to the territory are greeted with: both ladies work at the Tourist Information Centre on 4th Ave here in Whitehorse and love their job.

“Having this job at my age is really remarkable,” says Velma. “It’s the most fun I’ve ever had in my life, as far as work goes.”

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BOOM • Rick Miller, Toronto October 15, 2015 EUNOIA • Denise Fujiwara Dance, Toronto, October 23, 2015 THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW • RKO Productions, Victoria, November 25, 2015 AINSI PARLAIT (Thus Spoke) • Frederick Gravel, Montreal, January 22, 2016 L’IMMÉDIAT • Camille Boitel, Paris, France, January 27, 2016 SAL CAPONE • THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF Urban Ink, Vancouver, March 18, 2015

Performance in HD Series – The greatest live performances in the world on screen at the Yukon Arts Centre

October 11, 7:00 pm

Everyman

One of the great primal, spiritual myths and a cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives.

This hit, contemporary National Theatre production stars Chiwetel Ejiofor from 12 Years a Slave.

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Friends, Food & Drinks

Potluck Community Co-op and Cliffside Country Store and Greenhouse join forces

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he Potluck Food Co-op is ready for its next step. For the past year and a half the Potluck, focused on good food beginning with local and organic, has run a weekly pop-up shop with online ordering. While breaking even, according to board member Bernie Hoeschele, the little business has been challenged by wanting to offer more convenient hours and a full product line, but unable to afford the space and staff required.

Enter Fay Brannigan, owner of Cliffside Country Store and Greenhouse. Brannigan read about the Co-op’s growing pains in a CBC article on the opening of the new Farmer Robert’s Store, and realised they would be a perfect fit in her new business plan. She is leaving the location she has rented for the last five years and has bought a new property that will allow her to expand from gardening to grocery.

The new location is the old Catholic Church in Hillcrest near the Skky Hotel, and with its vaulted ceilings and many windows it’s not hard to follow along with Brannigan’s vision as she describes all of the aspects she hopes it to become: a community focal point that includes the nursery, a grocery store, a café, event and classroom space, and rental space for small vendors. Discussions with Potluck board members revealed a mutual vision for community engagement, and a plan was hatched for her to become the Co-op’s newest member.

True to its nature as a co-op, no action was taken before consulting the members, who poured in their responses over the last week. They voted overwhelmingly in support of the partnership, and October is slated to be a busy month for both parties with doors scheduled to open on November 1.

While the Potluck will cease to operate a storefront itself, they will still carry out online and bulk orders for their members, and members will receive a discount at the new Cliffside store. The larger facility and higher throughput anticipated through becoming Cliffside’s grocery supplier will give the Potluck the potential to increase its product line to include dairy, eggs and meat.

In an interview with Brannigan and Potluck board member Bernie Hoeschele both spoke to a vision that is about more than good food – in addition to the retail and warehouse spaces, there is a hall that the partners intend to open for community use. The Potluck is looking forward to the opportunity to expand on its mandate for community education with workshops on everything from sprouting to canning, and Brannigan foresees community groups having access for their own workshops, meetings and events. She is beaming as she describes how she hopes the building can become a hub for people living “up the hill”.

The location speaks to Hoeschele as well, who is optimistic that it will help curb any sense of competition with Farmer Robert’s Store.

“We had a lot of good talks with them, and are on the same page with food, but didn’t have much to offer each other,” he said. “Here,

PHOTO: Kim Melton

by Kim Melton

Kay Brannigan stands proudly in front of the new location of Cliffside Country Store and GreenhouseCountry Store and GardenN, which will also house a grocery store stocked by the Potluck Food Co-op. we get to keep being a co-op and staying true to our founding mandate.”

So if the profits do start coming in for the Potluck, where do they go?

“It’s a Co-op,” says Hoeschele, “we’ll be able to start giving returns to our existing members, and begin putting money into a fund to support local food producers.”

If the increase in demand for local and organic food across the country is any indication, there will be plenty of room for all three businesses to flourish in the years to come.

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The Yukon Party Caucus thanks YUKON SENIORS for their countless contributions to life in Yukon.

Our MLAs are working hard on behalf of seniors and their families, to ensure that government continues to provide services and facilities that support the best quality of life possible for seniors.

Aging in place, active living, housing for seniors, home care, and continuing care are just a portion of the important work that must carry on. By continuing to work together with seniors, the Yukon Party Caucus is looking forward to an even better future for Yukon seniors and their families.

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YAC’s Sound Investment

by Darrell Hookey

E

very seat in the Yukon Arts Centre costs the same.

Yet the sound is not the same in each seat.

That is why some people choose seats away from the speakers while others have figured out that there is “muddy sound� in the centre of the house. “Right now, there are four

spots,� says Al Cushing, the Yukon Arts Centre’s CEO. He draws a diagram that shows sound emitting from various speakers. In the triangles, “you have overlap between the outputs. This turns to mud because the frequencies become subtractive instead of additive,� he explains. “We’ve had people walking the

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room using pink noise (he imitates an annoying single note to demonstrate the definition) and it is really obvious where these dropoff points are and that’s where the ‘mud’ is.�

Then there is the simple math that limits the speed of sound to, well, the speed of sound: “It is different from the back to the front and from the right to left,� Cushing says.“The sound, therefore, is coming from the speaker, not the artist, and there is nothing you can do about that; it is mechanical. “If you haven’t been exposed to what (the sound) could be, it isn’t bad; compared to a bar downtown, it is really good sound.�

But if you have experienced the sound in a modern facility, then, “this is a pretty bad sound.�

If all goes well, however, relief

October 8, 2015

Al Cushing, the CEO of the Yukon Arts Centre, is hoping to raise another $50,000 to pay for the new sound system that could be installed at the end of October PHOTO: Darrell Hookey will be arriving at the end of this month.

Indeed, the new speakers have arrived and are ready for the installers. They are in the orchestra pit for now.

Cushing says they are white, smaller and will no longer need to be piled up by the sides of the stage. Instead, many of them will be suspended and out of the line of view of performers and guests.

That’s what you will see, but, it is what you will hear that is the most exciting. “It doesn’t matter where you sit, you will hear the same sound

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in every seat,� says Cushing, following up with the possibility that there may be one or two seats that won’t.

The new system processes the sound for each speaker to deliver the same sound at the same time.

And services for the hearing impaired have been increased dramatically. Receivers will be given to those who need them. Personal ear buds can be plugged into them or headsets that are provided. Or the sound can be delivered directly to a person’s hearing aids. “We are installing an infra-red system,� says Cushing. “So long as you are in the line of sight, the sound will be crystal clear.�

The performers, too, will benefit from the new sound system. “One of the concerns was from the vocal soloists who could not hear themselves,� says Cushing. “We have a very soft house and the sound gets swallowed up and doesn’t get reflected back. “The system gives them the illusion they are getting reverberation from the house. But it is a lot cheaper and more predictable than starting to muck about with the materiality of the room.�

Cushing adds that Jazz on the Wing patrons and performers will benefit from this feature as well.

In all, it costs $350,000. Canadian Heritage’s Cultural Spaces Canada program and the Community Development Fund contributed $260,000.

The Yukon Arts Foundation raised $40,000 and, backing it up with the YAC’s capital reserve fund, the new sound system was ordered.

But the remaining $50,000 still needs to be raised through the Sound Bites fundraising campaign because the YAC’s reserves are needed for the usual upgrades and replacement of equipment. “We are taking every opportunity to bring it to people’s attention,� says Cushing. “There has been some personal targeting; for instance, we got a generous sponsorship from Bell through Erik Hougen. “We are getting there, but it is slow.�

Those who want to help can donate at www.CanadaHelps.org.

Just type in “Yukon Arts Centre� in the search box.

Darrell Hookey is a freelance writer in Whitehorse.

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Active Interest LISTINGS Mon, Oct, 12 Thanksgiving Day 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Mon, Oct, 12 Tai Chi Yukon: Seniors 55+ Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Mon, Oct, 12 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Oct, 12 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Oct, 12 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Mon, Oct, 12 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Tue, Oct, 13 Tai Chi Yukon: Form refinements / push hands 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Oct, 13 RCMP- Carbine Course 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Tue, Oct, 13 Stroller Mamas 10:30 AM Canada Games Centre Dasani Indoor Track. 8 classes / $89 Tue, Oct, 13 Velocity practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Oct, 13 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Oct, 13 Whitehorse Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Oct, 13 Executive meeting 7PM 7:00 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Oct, 14 RCMP- Carbine Course 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club

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Tue, Oct, 13, Tai Chi Yukon: Form refinements / push hands 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Oct, 13, Tai Chi Yukon: Beginners 8:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School Continuing Yang style long form.

Wed, Oct, 14, Whitehorse Connects: Yukon AntiPoverty Coalition 10:00 AM The Old Fire Hall Whitehorse Connects is a Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition initiative which provides free health and human services to the poor and marginalized of Whitehorse four times each year. We typically welcome between 200 and 250 guests to each Connects Day. Wed, Oct, 14, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 AM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Oct, 14, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct, 14, Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Wed, Oct, 14, Hooray for Hooping 7:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Mount McIntyre - Grey Mountain Room. 5 classes / $59 Wed, Oct, 14, The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia.

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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 Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. 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 (OM, NS) 8:00 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 Light of Hope Meeting (OM) 4:00PM Salvation Army - side door 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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Thu, Oct, 8, Tai Chi Yukon: Seniors 55+ Practice 103 Movement Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Oct, 8, Raw Food Classes: MINT SAUCE 6:00 PM Alpine Ayurveda Thu, Oct, 8, Tai Chi Yukon: Continuing Yang Family 103 Movement Form Sections 2&3 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Thu, Oct, 8, Tai Chi Yukon: Beginners Tai Chi 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School Fri, Oct, 9, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Sat, Oct, 10, Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Sat, Oct, 10, Kids Boreal Yoga with Sylvia Gibson 11:30 AM Breath of Life Collective Sun, Oct, 11, Zen meditation and discussion 3:30 PM Alpine Bakery We will do a sitting meditation for 20 minutes, a walking meditation for 10 minutes and a second sitting meditation for 20 minutes.

After that we recite a chant (in English), have tea and a snack, and present a short Zen reading for discussion.

Mon, Oct, 12, Tai Chi Yukon: Seniors 55+ Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Mon, Oct, 12, Tai Chi Yukon: Seniors 55+ Qigong and Yang Style 10:00 AM Golden Age Society 16 movement form.

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

Wed, Oct, 14 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Oct, 14 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct, 14 Hooray for Hooping 7:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Mount McIntyre - Grey Mountain Room. 5 classes / $59 Wed, Oct, 14 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Thu, Oct, 15 Tai Chi Yukon: Seniors 55+ Practice 103 Movement Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Oct, 15 Stroller Mamas 10:30 AM Canada Games Centre Dasani Indoor Track. 8 classes / $89 Thu, Oct, 15 Velocity practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Oct, 15 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Oct, 15 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Oct, 15 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Thu, Oct, 15 NIA Dance and Fitness 6:30 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks NIA is a choreographed combination of martial arts, dance, and healing, set to great music. first class is free! 335-3442

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Instrument of Change

Sax player Duncan Sinclair has been part of major cultural and political developments in the Yukon

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our first perception of Duncan Sinclair may be of a reserved, buttoned-down guy – a civil servant, most likely.

You wouldn’t be wrong. Sinclair spent decades in the territorial public service, rising through the ranks before retiring in 2002 as top dog of the Yukon Development Corporation.

Next time you see him, he has his lips around the mouthpiece of a saxophone, wailing out a jazz riff with the Big Band. Cool dude for a bureaucrat, you’re thinking.

But you still don’t get the flavour of the man until you get him talking about the Yukon’s artistic and cultural potential.

“We have an opportunity to just shoot the moon,” he boasts.

“We’ve got so far we can go, based on the talent pool and the experience and the success that we’ve been enjoying. It really is amazing.”

As a musician, Sinclair is accustomed to the public eye. But try shining a spotlight on his long-time volunteer service to the arts community, chances are he’ll turn tail and run.

In fact, it took weeks of armtwisting and a not-so-subtle hint of blackmail before he agreed to an interview.

“I’m really one of those people who likes to work from behind,” he insists.

Sinclair’s a homegrown product, born in the old Whitehorse General Hospital to parents who met here after his father returned from World War II. “My Dad was Scottish and was sort of into the heritage, so one of the first instruments I learned to play was the bagpipes,” he says.

“The Midnight Sun Pipe Band was training a lot of people, and as a kid I got right into that.”

Next came the ukulele, followed by guitar lessons with local music legend Ray Park of The Canucks.

“I was the typical teenager, playing electric guitar and hanging out with my buddies. Then I got into the high school band, and I guess that’s when I got a little more serious.”

After playing sax throughout high school, Sinclair enrolled in the music program at University of British Columbia, studying clarinet “because the saxophone wasn’t considered a legitimate instrument in those days, in Canada.”

Since UBC encouraged music

Besides being a musician and a voracious volunteer, Duncan Sinclair was at the apex of major constitutional change in the Yukon Territory. students to have more than one string to their bows, Sinclair parlayed his interest in Canadian political science into the equivalent of a double Bachelor’s degree. He would later earn a Master’s in public administration from Queen’s University.

“The political scene here in the Yukon was really very dynamic, with what was to become not just representative, but responsible, government,” he says. “Just about all my papers were written about Yukon-related development and evolution of political parties, and public government as an instrument, and the constitutional changes that were being worked on, and the emergence of land claims – all that stuff.”

While he was knocking off his music degree, Sinclair played incessantly, to the point of burnout. When he returned home, he set his instruments aside for years until Rachel Grantham persuaded him to dust off his clarinet for a production of the musical, Annie.

“There were those 15-year-old reeds sitting there, and they all played well. It was amazing,” he

says. “That got me playing all over again. Later, I joined the Big Band that Henry [Klassen] was leading, and got my sax going again, and just rediscovered the fun of it.”

Meanwhile, in his professional life, Sinclair was on the front lines of historic change as the territory developed its own legislative and administrative structures, often with direct public participation.

“A lot of what we’re still work-

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ing with today emerged in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. I guess the fact that it’s still there means that it was good work.”

In 1979-80, Sinclair sat on a young Whitehorse City Council that was “trying to promote a lot of things in recreation and the arts.” As a member of the Yukon Arts Council, he was also involved with “a variety of activists and visual artists and performing arts

people” who put together an annual two-week Spring Festival, among other things.

“That’s when I started to network all over the place. A bunch of us were involved in forming the Yukon Historical Museums Association during that period. The idea of building what became the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) followed right after we got the Guild Hall going.”

Despite a major recession in the 1980s, “We set up an organization called Arts Canada North, and we attracted a whole bunch of leaders from the Yukon business community to participate. We had a really nice mix of arts and business and community drivers, as well as First Nations representation. It was really, really exciting stuff,” he recalls.

In 1992, with key support from the Yukon Government, the Yukon Arts Centre dream finally became reality.

Since then, with his fingerprints on numerous initiatives, such the YAC board, Jazz Yukon, Music Yukon, the Yukon Arts Foundation and last year’s Yukon Arts Summit, Sinclair’s enthusiasm for the territory’s cultural future remains boundless.

“What I like to say is we don’t have a crab pot here... you know that thing when somebody’s going to get out of the pot, others are going to drag them down. We’re all like, ‘Yahoo, let’s jump on board and go that way, too.’”going to drag them down. We’re all like, ‘Yahoo, let’s jump on board and go that way, too.’”

Freelance writer Ken Bolton telecommutes to work from his home southeast of Whitehorse.

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Community EVENTS Wednesday’s Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesday’s Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

Beaver Creek

Sat, Oct, 10, Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School. Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Oct, 10, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Oct, 12, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Oct, 13, Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School. Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Oct, 13, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

Carcross Thu, Oct, 8, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 399-3321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Oct, 8, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Oct, 8, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Tue, Oct, 13, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 399-3321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Tue, Oct, 13, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Oct, 13, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Oct, 13, Tlingit Design Course 6:00 PM Carcross Carving Shed Lead Carver Keith WolfeSmarch is giving a course in traditional Tlingit design for members of C/TFN. This will be held every Tuesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. See you at the Carving Shed!

Tue, Oct, 13, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Oct, 14, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Oct, 14, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Oct, 14, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM 821-4251 For more Thu, Oct, 15, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 399-3321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Oct, 15, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Oct, 15, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca

Dawson City

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Daily (except Sat) Greatest Klondiker Contest 3:30 PM Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Hatha Yoga with Joanne Van Nostrand KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture In the KIAC Ballroom Mondays: 6:45-8pm , Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm , Saturdays, 9-10:30am. For more info or to register for classes, please contact Joanne Van Nostrand yogawithjoanne@me.com Fri, Oct, 9, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Oct, 10, Hatha Yoga with Joanne Van Nostrand KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture In the KIAC Ballroom Mondays: 6:45-8pm , Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm , Saturdays, 9-10:30am. For more info or to register for classes, please contact Joanne Van Nostrand yogawithjoanne@me.com Sat, Oct, 10, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Oct, 11, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 993-5381 Sun, Oct, 11, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Oct, 12, Hatha Yoga with Joanne Van Nostrand KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture In the KIAC Ballroom Mondays: 6:45-8pm , Thursdays,

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5:30 - 7:00 pm , Saturdays, 9-10:30am. For more info or to register for classes, please contact Joanne Van Nostrand yogawithjoanne@me.com Mon, Oct, 12, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Tue, Oct, 13, Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Tue, Oct, 13, Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12.

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

This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions.

Wed, Oct, 14, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Oct, 14, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Oct, 15, Hatha Yoga with Joanne Van Nostrand KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture In the KIAC Ballroom Mondays: 6:45-8pm , Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm , Saturdays, 9-10:30am. For more info or to register for classes, please contact Joanne Van Nostrand yogawithjoanne@me.com

Faro Thu, Oct, 8, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun, Oct, 11, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Oct, 11, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Oct, 13, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Oct, 14, Wednesday Evening Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Thu, Oct, 15, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Marsh Lake

Fri, Oct, 9, Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome.

Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Oct, 9, Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Oct, 11, Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 All welcome Tue, Oct, 13, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

Wed, Oct, 14, Beginner Bellydance lessons Marsh Lake Community Centre 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

Wed, Oct, 14, Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Mayo

Sun, Oct, 11, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church 667-7746 Mon, Oct, 19, Trapper Training Workshop: Mayo 12:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2265 ext 144 (Ray, Sabo). This course is necessary if you wish to have a registered trapline.

Mount Lorne

Thu, Oct, 8, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Oct, 9, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Oct, 14, Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Old Crow

Thu, Oct, 8, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Oct, 11, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 993-5381 Thu, Oct, 15, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

Tagish Thu, Oct, 8, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Carpet Bowling: Tagish Community Centre 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is welcome!

Thu, Oct, 8, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

Sat, Oct, 10, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Oct, 10, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Oct, 13, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Oct, 13, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Oct, 14, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Thu, Oct, 15, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Carpet Bowling: Tagish Community Centre 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is welcome!

Thu, Oct, 15, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Teslin DAILY Teslin Lake Bird Observatory 7:00 AM Teslin Campground Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work.

Teslin Thu, Oct, 8, After School Fitness: Teslin 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Grade K4-Grade 3. Free.

Snacks will be provided.

Sun, Oct, 11, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Oct, 11, St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church 667-7746 Sun, Oct, 11, Seniors Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Oct, 12, After School Fitness: Teslin 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Grade K4-Grade 3. Free.

Snacks will be provided.

Tue, Oct, 13, After School Fitness: Teslin 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Grade K4-Grade 3. Free.

Snacks will be provided.

Tue, Oct, 13, Yoga in the Mezzanine 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Yoga Sessions 7-8pm every Tuesday at the Teslin Mezzanine. Free to attend.

Wed, Oct, 14, Golden Age Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Teslin 55+ weekly gathering at the recplex for coffee, tea, snacks and various activities and games.

Wed, Oct, 14, After School Fitness: Teslin 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Grade K4-Grade 3. Free.

Snacks will be provided.

Thu, Oct, 15, After School Fitness: Teslin 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Grade K4-Grade 3. Free.

Snacks will be provided.

Watson Lake Thu, Oct, 8, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Oct, 8, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Oct, 11, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service 536-2932 Sun, Oct, 11, Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly!

Mon, Oct, 12, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Mon, Oct, 12, Sivananda Yoga: Hosted by Tracey West 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms

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Haines, Alaska

DAILY Haines Public Library Open 10:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mondays - Saturdays Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Oct, 9, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Oct, 9, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Oct, 9, Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Oct, 9, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Oct, 12, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Oct, 12, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Oct, 13, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Finance Committee Meeting5:30PM 6:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Tue, Oct, 13, Election Canvass 7:00 PM Haines Borough Alaska Tue, Oct, 13, Borough Assembly Meeting 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Tue, Oct, 13, Borough Assembly Meeting 10/13 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Wed, Oct, 14, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Oct, 14, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Oct, 15, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre

Skagway, Alaska

Thu, Oct, 8, Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Oct, 8, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/Katherine/ Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Oct, 8, Culinary Fun: Skagway 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Open Gym: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Thu, Oct, 8, Restorative Yoga: w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Spinning w/ Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct, 8, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Oct, 9, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Fri, Oct, 9, Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 10:00

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Fri, Oct, 9, Rollerblading: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Open Gym: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Oct, 9, SPOGA: 1/2 Spin - 1/2 Yoga w/ Courteny 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Oct, 9, Volleyball For Adults 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Spinning w/ Cindy 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Oct, 10, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Sat, Oct, 10, Bouncy House Playtime: Skagway 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Parent/ Guardian must be onsite for all children under age 12.

Sun, Oct, 11, Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jeanne 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Oct, 11, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Sun, Oct, 11, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ AJ 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Oct, 12, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Mon, Oct, 12, Restorative Yoga: w/ Katherine AL 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Oct, 12, Open Gym: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Oct, 12, TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Oct, 12, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Oct, 12, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Courtney 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Oct, 12, Roller Hockey For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Chair and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Tue, Oct, 13, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue, Oct, 13, Rock Climbing: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Open Gym: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Tue, Oct, 13, Spinning w/ Gillian/Courtney 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Oct, 13, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Wed, Oct, 14, Back/Hip Yoga: All Levels w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Oct, 14, Open Gym: Skagway 3:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Creativity: Skagway 4:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Oct, 14, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Wed, Oct, 14, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Oct, 14, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Climbing Instruction For Belay Certification Class - Signup Required 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Oct, 14, Belay Check For Certification Signup Required 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

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The Golden Age Society is looking for you.

Why? We need new members to come out and enjoy some fun activities.

We have Tai Chi, Yoga, EDGU, Pool, Quilting Crafts and Needle work, Line Dancing, Bingo, Floor Curling and Crib.

To advertise in the next edition of VBYs Volunteering page, contact Dion at: communications@volunteeryukon.ca, or 456-4304

For more info contact Deborah at 668-5538

Senior’s Home and Yard Maintenance Program Assists Seniors to remain in their own homes by providing assistance with home and yard maintenance.

Office hours are Monday to Friday: 9 am – 1 pm Call 667- HELP (4357) Email: YCOA@yknet.ca

Recruiting!

If you like climbing trees, eating pizza, and laughing until your head falls off then Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon is the volunteer opportunity for you! We are currently recruiting 8 Big Brothers for Little Brothers on our waitlist!

If you have a couple of hours to give each month, and want to spend them being a kid again, contact us at: bbbsyukon@gmail.com or 668-7911 today!

Senior Information Centre Assists seniors with Pensions, grants and Finances/Personal enquiries and Notary Services.

Office hours Mon-Fri: 9 am – 1 pm • Call 668-383 668-3383 Office: 4061B 4th Ave. Email: YCOA@yknet.ca

Are you interested in serving as a board member for a Yukon organisation where you can really make a difference? the Yukon Association for

Community Living

#7 Yukon Inn Plaza Whitehorse YT 1 (867) 667-4606 www.ycommunityliving.com

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Fall Festival

A Celebration of Art, Music & Life in the North

Skagway • Alaska

October 15-19, 2015 Thursday, October 15th 1-4 pm

Event Schedule

Sunday, October 18th 9-11 am

Skagway Museum Open 7th & Spring Street

Must be an Elks Member or guest.

5:45 pm – 7 pm

Restorative Yoga Class $5 non-members or Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main $15 for 1-week pass Gentle yoga using props to support the body.

7 pm

$12 (discounts for seniors, kids & families)

9 am – 12 pm FREE! Limit 12 people

Cooking with Canned & Smoked Salmon Skagway Traditional Council – 11th & Broadway Taught by UAF Coopertive Extension

Contact Skagway Traditional Council to reserve your spot (907) 983-4068.

Gordie Tentrees Concert Elks Lodge – 6th & State Yukon favorite returns to Skagway to perform songs from his new album “Less is More”.

Sponsored by The Skagway Arts Council

10 am TBD

Dog Agility Class Seventh Pasture Ball Field – Mile 2 Klondike Hwy

$25 Limit 10 dogs/ participants

Friday, October 16th 8 – 9 pm

Elks Lodge NFL Football Breakfast Elks Lodge – 6th & State

SpinFLEX Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Spinning followed by resistance training. Arrive early to set-up.

Contact CVB to sign up (907) 983-2854

1-4 pm

Skagway Museum Open 7th & Spring Street

3 – 4:15 pm

$5 All-Day Pass for non-members

Gentle Yoga Class Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Gentle yoga using props to support the body.

3 – 4:15 pm FREE!

Piano Sunday at the Library Skagway Public Library – 8th & State

10 - 11:15 am

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Energizing yoga practice combining breath with movement

1 - 4 pm

Skagway Museum Open 7th & Spring Street

4 pm FREE!

Bird Talk with Shelby Surdyk NPS Auditorium – 2nd & Broadway

3:30 - 5 pm FREE!

Kale-abration (Youth cooking class) Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Taught by UAF Coopertive Extension

5:45– 7 pm

Hatha Yoga Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Slower paced flow practice to reduce stress & tension.

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Spoga Skagway Rec Center– 13th & Main 25 minutes of spin, followed by yoga

Monday, October 19th

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Pumpkin Carving Elks Lodge – 6th & State Sponsored by KLGO

8 – 9 pm

SpinFLEX Spinning followed by resistance training.

Arrive early to set-up.

5:30 - 7 pm

Elks Burger Feed Fundraiser Elks Lodge – 6th & State Support Skagway School Intermural Sports

10 - 11:15 am

Restorative Yoga Gentle yoga using props to support the body.

7 - 8 pm FREE!

5:30–6:30 pm

Pressure Canner Gauge Testing Skagway Public Library – 8th & State

Spinning Group cycling class provides a fun, low-impact cardio workout.

8:30 pm FREE!

5:45– 6:45 pm

Game Show Night The Skagway Pizza Station – 4th & Main

Hatha Yoga Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main Slower paced flow practice to reduce stress & tension.

$5 non-members or $15 for 1-week pass

$5 All-Day Pass for non-members

FREE! Pumpkins provided for first 10 or bring your own!

$5 non-members

$5 All-Day Pass for non-members

Saturday, October 17th 8 am FREE!

Bird Watching Walk Pullen Park Shelter – 2nd Ave/ Congress Way Led by volunteers from the Skagway Bird Club

10 - 12 pm FREE!

Knit-wits Knitting Circle Big Dippers Center – 23rd & Main Do you knit? Have you always wanted to learn? Whether you have a current project or want to learn the basics, Knit-wits welcome all interested folks to join their circle.

10 - 12 pm

FREE! Limit 12 people

This event is organized by

Cottage Industry Foods & Beyond!

Skagway Traditional Council – 11th & Broadway Learn the basics of starting a home-based food business.

Includes an intro to DEC Cottage Foods regulations and hands-on practice with “non-potentially-hazardous” food.

10:30–11:30 pm Spinning $5 non-members or Skagway Rec Center – 13th & Main $15 for 1-week pass Group cycling class provides a fun, low-impact cardio workout.

Skagway Museum Open 7th & Spring Street

2-4 pm

Art Party: Painting class w/ Muralist Clayton Conner $20, limit 20 people Eagles Hall – 6th & Broadway 2-4 pm

FREE! Limit 12 people

Canning Your Wild Harvest Skagway Traditional Council – 11th & Broadway Taught by UAF Coopertive Extension Contact Skagway Traditional Council to reserve your spot (907) 983-4068.

4-7 pm

Eagles Auxiliary Fall Craft Market Eagles Social Room – 6th & Broadway

2-4 pm

Martha Redbone in Concert Eagles Theatre – 6th & Broadway Sponsored by The Skagway Arts Council

$15 (discounts for seniors, kids & families)

For more information, please contact Wendy Anderson:

with the help of as many people and organizations we can find who are interested in sharing the joy of living in this beautiful place.

We greatly appreciate all their good work!

Contact Skagway Traditional Council to reserve your spot (907) 983-4068.

1-4 pm

the Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau,

Knit–wits & Ginny Cochran

Annemarie Hasskamp

Skagway Arts Council

Dottie DeMark & Donna Griffard

Skagway Public Library

Julene Fairbanks

Skagway Bird Club

Shelby Surdyk & Elaine Furbish

Skagway Recreation Center

Katherine Nelson

Skagway Museum

Judy Munns

Skagway Pizza Station

Beth Smith

Skagway Traditional Council

Sara Kinjo-Hischer

UAF Cooperative Extension

Sarah Lewis

Paws & Claws Animal Shelter

Katherine Mosley

FOE Eagles #25

Jacy Kern & Kenny Mayo

Skagway Elks Club

Brittney Thomas & Andrew Cremata

Dylan & Nat Healy Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park

Anytime at skagwayinfo@gmail.com or

Dustin Stone & John O’Daniel Jason Verhaeghe

(907) 983-2854 (available 10/13 – 10-16)

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7th & Broadway 907 -­‐ 983 -­‐ 2739 www.skagwaybrewing.com

Kitchen Open Nightly 4:30 pm -­‐ 9pm Mon -­‐ Prime Rib Dip/FF $13.25, Burger/FF & Beer $14.95 Tue -­‐ Two for One Appetizers Wed -­‐ Chicken Fried Chicken $12.95 Thur -­‐ SexiMexi $13.95 Fri -­‐ Prime Rib Dinner $22.95, Halibut Fish&Chips $16.95 Sat -­‐ Spaghetti/Meatballs or Meatball Sub/FF $11.95 Sun -­‐ Any Burger/FF $10.95

Upcoming Fall Events OCTOBER

Delicious Pub Fare. Legendary Hand-­‐Crafted Ales.

Halloween Carnival Saturday, October 24, 1-3 pm

Come shop for the good stuff this Fall at Klothes Rush!

Spine-tingling Contests & GREAT QUALITY Prizes: •

Costume Contests for Spookiest, Most Enchanting, Most Heroic, Best Homemade, and Most Original.

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Swing at the Piñatas for sweet treats and prizes!

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Pumpkin Carving Contest: We will have 2 age groups this year: 14 and up, or below 14

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Cake Walk: Cakes, cupcakes, cookies, creepy creations that are edible are needed! Please drop off by 12:30PM day of event!

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People’s Choice Award Coloring Contest

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KLGO National Park Service Spooky Room

Footwear from Toms, Skechers, & UGG Great selection of denim from Levi & Silver

Spooky Halloween decor & gifts We’re still clearing out End of Season apparel, footwear, and accessories.

Come shop the Sales!

NOVEMBER Thanksgiving Turkey Trot – November 26, 2015

Klothes Rush, 5th Ave, Skagway AK 907-983-2370 Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Closed Sunday

Participate in this casual fundraising walk for the Skagway

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School and feel good about eating that second piece of SKAGUAY NEWS DEPOT & BOOKS Thanksgiving pie. Walk begins at 4th & Main Streets.

HELLO YUKON FRIENDS & VISITORS

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Contact: The Skagway Pizza Station (907) 983-2200

Skagway

Stop in our little independent bookstore Recreation Centre on Broadway!

Keep up with your fitness routine!

Yoga, Spinning, Spoga, TRX, Pilates and more

NEW arrivals: RUN ANYTIME

For full schedule see the communities listings

SUMMERTIME HOURS Open 9-6 daily 3rd & Broadway • 907-983-3354 www.skagwaybooks.com

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Stylish & Functional Winter Boots from Keen, BOGS, & Sorel

Warm Winter Jackets from the North Face and Mountain Hardwear

NEW & USED BOOKS • NEWS • MAGS • MAPS • COLOR COPIES

For Skagway Events See: whatsupyukon.com/communities/alaska

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THE BRANDS YOU WANT AT THE PRICES YOU LOVE:

Duff ’s Backcountry Outfitters, 5th Ave, Skagway AK. 907-983-3562 Winter Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Closed Sunday & Monday

SKAGUAY NEWS DEPOT & BOOKS Alaska Seaplanes Find

Bites On Broadway

us at: Glacier Smoothie NEW THIS SUMMER Skagway News

Skagway Visitor Nowhere Else to Go, butCentre Dyea

the new novel by Skagway’s

RUN IN MAY-JUNE

444 4th St. Skagway

NITA NETTLETON (907)983-2200 $14.95 (now available!)

Rooms as Low as $75/Night

SKAGWAYBOOKS.COM • 907-983-3354 • 3RD & BROADWAY

All Hotel Guest receive 10% off food at the Station, Bar & Grill T-shirts and sweatshirts available in sizes small - 3XL - Kitchen Open Daily

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SKAGUAY NEWS DEPOT & BOOKS NEW THIS SUMMER

Atlin Blue and Miss Scarlet

A children’s book by Emily Grace Willis, Illustrations by Courtenay Birdsall Clifford “An Alaskan fable of great proportions” Only $10.95 (available June 1)

WWW.SKAGWAYBOOKS.COM • 907-983-3354 • 3RD & BROADWAY

FLIGHT SERVICE Throughout SOUTHEAST ALASKA Reservations In Alaska: 907-789-3331 www.flyalaskaseaplanes.com email: info@flyalaskaseaplanes.com

RUN IN JUNE-JULY

SCHEDULED SERVICE TO Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Hoonah, Kake, Juneau, Gustavus, Angoon, Tenakee, Pelican, Elfin Cove and Excursion Inlet

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