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When I was learning to drive, one required skill haunted my dreams.

Leading up to my driver’s test in the summer of 1998 I would go down to the Qwanlin “Mall” park-ing lot, after hours, and set up pylons. Then I’d practice parallel parking in my family’s 1987 Tercel 4wd wagon.

It was boring and frustrat-ing, and despite all my practice I never got good at it.

The fi rst time I took the test the clipboard-jockey found a quiet downtown street for my car and me and asked to see my park-ing technique.

With phony bravado I pulled up beside the car that was in front of the open spot, shifted into re-verse, turned the wheel hard to the right and inched backwards. Then I cranked the wheel hard the other way and ended up perfectly situated between the two brack-eting cars.

Voila.I was feeling pretty good about

my self until the tester opened

the door. The car was two feet from the lip. He didn’t say any-thing; he just made notes on his clipboard.

Perhaps he wrote down the famous line from Annie Hall: “Don’t worry. We can walk to the curb from here”.

In the end I automatically failed that fi rst test because I ex-ceeded the speed limit. I passed the test the second time I took it, but during the parallel parking section I stalled the chariot twice.

Suffi ce to say I avoided this docking method for years.

But over the last half-dozen years my opinion on the matter has evolved.

I don’t actively seek out chan-ces to practice the craft, but when I’m looking for a parking spot and I see a snug little opening on the side of the street, a humble surge of adrenaline courses through me.

Here is what I think now: a

good parallel parking job is one of the most satisfying and aesthetic-ally pleasing experiences a driver can have.

It combines the spatial dexter-ity of Tetris with the thrill of cor-rectly placing a puzzle piece.

At his best, the parallel parker achieves a magical state where the distinction between man and machine melts away — leaving a single entity pursuing a single goal with grace and precision.

Still, I have not perfected the art. Occasionally I still fi nd myself too far away from the curb — but not absurdly so. And I take com-fort in knowing that this is White-horse and there is probably some-one parked much worse than me in close proximity.

But when I do absolutely nail a parking job I exit my car with a little extra spring in my step, as if to say, “How do you like me know, clipboard guy?”

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Yukoners know the following conversational elements all too well:

“So, what brought you to the Yukon?”

“Oh, I came up here for work/to visit friends/as a tourist a few years ago and nev-er ended up leaving.”

The frequent follow up question is, “What do you love about the Yukon so much?”

Sometimes it’s worded differently: “What? You’re staying in the Yukon? Are you nuts?”

Usually the unlucky, which have never been here, use the latter phrase.

My Yukon story is fa-miliar. It took me three visits, but faithful to the cliché, the third time was the charm and my last “visit” to the Yukon ended up keeping me here about nine months. Then four months after leaving, I came back.

Again. Like so many others, the Yukon has staked its claim in my heart and I love it here.

But.What happens when there is a

prior claim?I had the privilege of studying

on the small Caribbean island of Barbados — where Rihanna hails from — many years ago, and it

also worked its magic on me and captured my heart.

Barbados was where I got my degree, fi rst joined a choir, and fi rst got into broadcast media. Af-

ter living there almost 4 years, I returned to Canada but not intact. Barbados had a piece of my heart and soul.

Now I am in the predicament of

needing to be in both the Yukon and Barbados as much as possible, after all, one needs to maintain the claims one has staked.

Until I become a world fa-

mous voice talent, constantly in demand for lucrative voice-over work, bouncing back and forth be-tween the Yukon and Barbados is a daunting prospect, fi nancially.

Yet, there are ways.Singing in choirs is something

I have continued to enjoy both in Canada and Barbados.

Here in the Yukon, choirs seem to operate in paral-lel to the school year. They take the summers off so that people can enjoy the outdoors and the (sometimes) warm weather. In Barbados, with the exception of hurricane season, the weather’s pretty easy to deal with, we might even refer to it here as “year-round summer”, except it’s warm. So there’s no break, not even for hurricane sea-son, those brave Barba-dians.

So when choir is done for the season here in the Yukon, down I go to Barba-dos to keep singing there. And then I come back here when choir resumes in the fall.

When I explain this in person, the reac-tion is often, “Um, you spend winter in the Yu-

kon and summer in the Caribbean? Don’t you have that backwards?”

To me it all comes back to what you love, and how the place you love stakes its claim on your heart.

I don’t think I have it back-wards at all.

RP Singh is the Right Guy at What’s Up Yukon.

by RP Singh

In Barbados choir is a year-round activity

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I’m almost at the Tagish Bridge when 106.7 CFET kicks in and the truck is fl ooded with Es-

tonian pop music. I’m on my way to interview the fellow that makes this happen.

I spent some time growing up in Tag-ish, and it’s there that “Radio Rob” Hopkins continues to be a close neighbour to my family and a friend to me. He is also the person re-sponsible for the fi rst commercial radio station in the Yukon.

It’s been going strong since Labour Day, 1997.

But it all started back in 1992, when Rob needed to send a fax to Thailand. He had to drive all the way into Whitehorse just to send said fax to a fax machine on the other side of the world that may not even have been turned on — and therefore would not re-ceive it. Not one to be held down by earthly limitations, Rob start-ed TagishTel — linking Tagish to Whitehorse with mountain top re-peaters — that same year. Finally, he could send faxes from home.

I remember the summer that Rob put a 70-foot communication tower up in his yard, which he found in the dump.

Rob fi rst came to the Yukon as a professional hobo/scavenger/train hopper; he came north to poach a ride on the White Pass & Yukon Route. The day he arrived was the day that the White Pass shut down.

One of my favourite things in Tagish was Rob’s “cabinet of curi-osities”. It was a vintage glass and stainless steel sterilized sur-gical instrument case from the old Whitehorse Hospital. It’s contents fed my imagination like nothing has since. A few of the objects I can remember offhand were a shrunken head, Burmese leaf money, a Nepalese skull cap, a wooden chain, trade beads, and petrifi ed dinosaur poop — a per-sonal fave of mine, obviously.

While Rob and I talk about all these awesome things he tells me that once he visited Ripley’s Be-lieve It or Not Museum in Niagra Falls, Ontario and saw all of these rare items on its shelves. Super cool.

I asked him where his full-sized

mammoth ivory tusk is now; he tells me that it’s in storage with his collection of old Yukon restau-rant menus.

Before Rob got into the world

of communications, he had an import-export business and spent six months of every year overseas in Thailand, China, and the Philip-

pines scoping out silk scarves and such to sell at the store he had in the old No Pop Shoppe (Antoin-ette’s current location).

He exported such delicacies as maple syrup and smoked salmon back to Asia. This subsid-ized his travel adven-tures and bike trips from 1989 to 1993.

Since then, Rob has done communica-tions for PolarCom, set up cellular net-works in the Yukon and the NWT for Ice Wireless, and has been broadcasting Rock 101 CFMI from Vancouver in Tagish for 12 hours a day.

The things that I’ve come to love in my adult life — bur-lesque, body art, do-

ing what I want, and classic rock, to name a few, are direct infl uen-ces of Tagish’s own “Radio Rob”.

Thank you, Robert.

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Mini-Fibi and Radio Rob in Tagish, circa 1988

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My Survival Cabin

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World Famous in the Yukonwith Fibi Zonnet

I made a cabin of logswhich I hauled with my dogs.My log cabin is warmso the cold can’t do harm.I have a woodstove for firean’ I have rabbit snare.Times will be toughBut I have survival stuff.I have my gun an’ knifethat will save my life.I have my snowshoesan’ I have two canoes.

I can light my candleI have an axe with handle.I have a bow and arrowan’ I can use my wheelbarrow.I will use my pedal bikeor I can go for a hike.I have all kinds of booksnets and fish hooks.When hard times arriveDidoo told me how to survive.


The Yukon Government (YG) fi nally decided to sign on in a substantive way to the push

for UNESCO World Heritage Status for the site designated Tr’ondëk/Klondike.

The press release hasn’t been issued yet as I write these words, but I know, because I was one of the people who posed for the group photo with Premier Pasloski and two cabinet ministers during the Spring Conference of the Tour-ism Industry Association of the Yukon. The press release will be out there by the time this column gets into print.

At the conference, Minister El-aine Taylor announced a $382,000 commitment to this process over the next three years.

This application for World Heritage Status is intended to highlight the Gold Rush and the First Nations history of the area. Taylor said at the conference that this is one of the important de-velopments in the territory right now.

She said the government is pleased to work towards the desig-nation under the name Tr’ondëk/Klondike. YG is also working with

the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and an advisory committee made up of members local organizations, in-cluding the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce, the Klondike Pla-cer Miners Association, the Klon-dike Visitors Association, the City of Dawson, as well as concerned citizens and representatives from several YG departments.

Full disclosure: I represent the Chamber of Commerce on this ad-visory committee, but my involve-ment as a journalist goes back to about 1996, when the late Pierre Berton contacted me to break the story of his original proposal.

Berton was primarily con-cerned with commemoration of the Gold Rush, but the proposal has been expanded to cover the ways in which different cultures have interacted and blended since then. This necessarily brings in both the pre- and post-Gold Rush history of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, who have now taken the lead in promoting the project.

The First Nation employed Paula Hassard, formerly with Parks Canada before the 2012 budget cuts, as project manager. She and the committee, as well

as a number of consultants, have done work that convinced the in-itially reluctant YG to sign on.

“I want to congratulate the ad-visory committee and the really incredible work under way by the advisory committee and stake-holders, as they continue those very important discussions here,” said Taylor.

There is still concern in some quarters that World Heritage status would bring in all sorts of new rules and regulations re-garding construction, mining, building, and land use. UNESCO has no such powers. Mining regu-lations already in place would not be altered, and the core area of Dawson is already a National His-toric Site with municipal regula-tions that have been in place for over 30 years.

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

life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to [email protected].

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Tax return choices-spend or invest?Many Canadians look forward to an annual tax refund from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It’s a mini-windfall-and it’s tempting to spend the money on something frivolous.

But there are other uses for your refund. When you use the money you receive wisely, it can pay big dividends over time. Here are a few suggestions for making the most of your refund.

Invest in an RRSP. Use your tax refund to get an early start on your annual Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contribution. The sooner you get money into your RRSP, the sooner you take advantage of tax-deferred growth.

Make up for missed RRSP contributions. You’re allowed to make up for missed contributions going back to 1991. Using your refund will increase your pool of tax-sheltered assets, potentially boost retirement wealth and create a larger tax deduction this year or in future years.

Pay down or eliminate high-interest debt. Use your refund to pay down credit card balances, personal loans or other expensive debt. You’ll reduce interest costs.

Pay down your RRSP loan. If you borrowed money to make an RRSP contribution, pay down the loan as soon as your refund arrives.

Pay down the mortgage. Every dollar you put toward your mortgage principal is a dollar on which you won’t pay interest for the next 5, 10 or even 25 years.

Contribute to an RESP. Put money into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for your children or grandchildren. An RESP is an excellent tax-deferred vehicle to save for post-secondary education.

Spend a bit on yourself. It won’t hurt to spend a little of your refund on yourself. After all, you have to have some fun in your financial life. But try to limit it to 10% to 20%.

Now here’s the bad news. You don’t really want a refund. That money you get back from the CRA every year is like an interest-free loan to the government. By paying more in taxes throughout the year than you should, you’ve let Ottawa use your money. Plus, you lose out on potential investment returns until your overpaid taxes are returned.

If you regularly receive a refund, consider having the income tax deducted from your regular pay cheque reduced. Obtain a copy of Canada Revenue Agency Form T1213 (Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source) at your local tax office or on the CRA’s Internet site. Submit the form to the CRA, which will send you a letter of authority allowing your employer to reduce deductions during the year.

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The 37th annual Western Can-adian Orienteering Cham-pionships will be held in

Whitehorse and surrounding areas from July 3 to 5 of this year.

This event comes to White-horse once every four years, and represents the best orienteering of the year. The events are typ-ically held on exciting, brand new maps — so it is a fresh challenge for everyone.

There are three different events: Sprint, long, and middle distance races.

The sprint race will be held in the Takhini neighbourhood of Whitehorse: a mix of residential, school grounds, and forest terrain.

The long distance race will be held at the Gunnar Nilsson & Mickey Lammers Research Forest, 20 kilometres northwest of the city centre. This is a great new

area for the long distance race, because it includes a variety of vegetation types and landform complexities.

The middle distance race will be held at the Long Lake north area, one of the most awesome, technically challenging orienteer-ing areas in Canada.

So what is different about these events compared to a regu-lar Wednesday evening meet?

Simply put, it is the very best orienteering event you are going to get for a long time. Areas with brand new orienteering maps, high quality courses that will chal-lenge you, pre-printed maps, and well-organized, fun orienteering.

For local orienteers, there is a choice of competitive or recrea-tional categories. You can choose a recreational category just like regular orienteering events, or if you want an extra challenge, choose a competitive category and test your navigating skills against other orienteers of your age and ability.

Orienteers are coming from BC and Alberta to try the challenge of orienteering in the Yukon. There will also be international visitors including some from Sweden — the birthplace of the sport.

As part of these events the challenge is increased because you don’t get to see the map until you start. Everyone gets an as-signed start time. When the clock counts down to your start time,

you turn over your map and…sur-prise! You see the map and your course for the fi rst time.

You will also get to see some of Canada’s top orienteers compete. For the elite racers, all three events are Canada Cup races. The sprint event on Friday evening will be a particularly good opportunity to see the fast orienteers racing through the neighborhood. The middle distance event is even sanctioned as the world-ranking event for the elite categories. So the elite runners will be vying for improvement in their internation-al standing.

There is still time to sign up for any or all of the events. Go to the Yukon Orienteering Associa-tion website at http://www.yu-konorienteering.ca

for more information and links to the registration page.

Forest Pearson is a member of the Yukon Orienteering

Association. Contact him via [email protected].

The Yukon boasts some of the best orienteering terrain in the country

PHOTO: Forest Pearson

Navigating the NorthThe Western Canadian Orienteering Championships are coming to the Yukon in July

by Forest Pearson


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PM Jarvis Street SaloonThu, May 14 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s PizzaThu, May 14 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fi ddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.Thu, May 14 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hatsThu, May 14 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street SaloonFri, May 15 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy ListeningFri, May 15 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler RoomSat, May 16 Sat’day Celebration “Nicholas Mah” 6:00 PM Antoinette’s RestaurantSat, May 16 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler RoomSat, May 16 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon

Eve nts Fri, Mar 6 The Puckett Family 10:00 AM Arts Underground In the Hougen Heritage Gallery. Life in Whitehorse c.1900-1930.Tue, Apr 28 Steps to Positive Mental Health Walk! 5:00 PM Hellaby Hall 8676682259 join us for a walk and stay for a great BBQ with all the trimmings. BBQ to be followed by MHAY’s AGM.Wed, May 6 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges CaféWed, May 6 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!Wed, May 6 Gardening Workshop: Container Gardening 6:30 PM Yukon College Learn how to grow vegetables in containers. Useful if you don’t have enough space for a full fl edged garden!Wed, May 6 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts UndergroundWed, May 6 Annie 7:30 PM Wood Street School MAD brings you the beloved musical based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.Thu, May 7 Teen Scene: Comics 3:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 Learn the art of storytelling and make your own comics!Fri, May 8 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Luncheon 11:45 AM Health and Social Building Join us for lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building.Fri, May 8 Northern Lights School of Dances Presents Three Musketeers 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Come and watch the thrilling performance of the Three Musketeers!Fri, May 8 Bollywood Party 8:00 PM Leisure On Lewes Complex ALL proceeds will go towards the nearly 1.4million earthquake survivors who are still suffering. All funds will be sent directly to the Nepal Red Cross Relief Fund.Sat, May 9 SPRING FASHION Pay-It-Forward Event 11:00 AM The Old Fire Hall 456-4434 Support empowerment and dignity for the Haiti girls and women in Little Footprints, Big Steps programsSat, May 9 Northern Lights School of Dances Presents Three Musketeers 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Come and watch the thrilling performance of the Three Musketeers!Sat, May 9 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.Sun, May 10 Run for Mom - 5 Km Run/Walk 11:00 AM S.S.Klondike Run for mom is a run against breast cancer. All donations will go towards fi ghting breast cancer. Registration is by donation and starts at 11AM. Run/walk starts 1PM.Mon, May 11 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: [email protected], May 13 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges CaféWed, May 13 Cache Your Story -- Kwanlin

Dün Whitehorse Waterfront Heritage Project 4:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre 633-7802 (Geoff Cowie) It’s time for Kwanlin Dün to tell our own story. Let’s share our voices, photos, artifacts and recordings, on our own terms.Wed, May 13 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!Thu, May 14 Darren Frost The Darkness Within 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Come watch this hilarious comedian do his stuff!Fri, May 15 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Luncheon 11:45 AM Health and Social Building Join us for lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building.Fri, May 15 Darren Frost The Darkness Within 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Come watch this hilarious comedian do his stuff!Sat, May 16 Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction All profi t goes to Mae Bachur Animal ShelterSat, May 16 Darren Frost The Darkness Within 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Come watch this hilarious comedian do his stuff!Sat, May 16 Ladies Breakfast 8:30 AM Andrea’s Hotel 8675362174 for more info, call Cynthia at 536 - 7239Sat, May 16 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

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393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.Sun, May 10 Run for Mom - 5 Km Run/Walk 11:00 AM S.S.Klondike Run for mom is a run against breast cancer. All donations will go towards fi ghting breast cancer. Registration is by donation and starts at 11AM. Run/walk starts 1PM.Sun, May 10 Family Games Drop-In 3:00 PM Heart Of RiverdaleMon, May 11 After school Art Exploration 3:15 PM Heart Of RiverdaleMon, May 11 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: [email protected], May 12 Mother Goose 10:30 AM Heart Of RiverdaleTue, May 12 After school Sing Together 3:15 PM Heart Of RiverdaleTue, May 12 Book Club 7:30 PM Heart Of RiverdaleWed, May 13 Family Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of RiverdaleWed, May 13 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.Wed, May 13 After School Ball Pit Play 3:15 PM Heart Of RiverdaleWed, May 13 Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of RiverdaleWed, May 13 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!Thu, May 14 Open Ball Pit 10:00 AM Heart Of RiverdaleThu, May 14 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.Thu, May 14 After school Theatre 3:15 PM Heart Of RiverdaleFri, May 15 Open Ball Pit 10:00 AM Heart Of RiverdaleFri, May 15 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.Fri, May 15 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.Fri, May 15 After School Building and Sculpting 3:15 PM Heart Of RiverdaleFri, May 15 Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of RiverdaleSat, May 16 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club

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Tiss Clark, a local artist and music teacher, is the organ-izer of the Community Jigging

Square Dance Project in Dawson City. She decided to start the pro-ject after hearing an elder in Fort MacPherson recount dance history in the North.

“Dances used to be for meeting, talking, and socializing with the community,” says Clark.

“There’s a history of that here.” During the 1800s, Hudson’s Bay

Company traders, coming from Scotland, Ireland, and French-speaking Canada brought music with them to the North. The First Nations integrated the music and dance culture into their own, cre-ating a tradition of jigs and square dancing to old-time fiddle music.

Clark got start-up funding from the American Country Dance and Song Society to organize monthly dances, partnered up with the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation in Dawson and invited the local fid-dlers group and jigging group to join in. The next community dance will be held on May 9.

Running the local fiddlers group is Peter Menzies, Robert Service High School’s tech-ed and music teacher. He is also president of the North Klondike Highway Music So-ciety. Because he believes strongly in music education and the value of music in a community, he had the idea 10 years ago to encourage the tradition of fiddling in Dawson.

The current club has seven youth and three tutors, with three volunteer musicians to help out during performances.

Menzies sees the community dance as a forum to perform and a

way to engage with others.“Dances stopped with TV, rec-

ords, and when there were other things to do,” says the fiddle, gui-tar, and banjo player.

“You can’t replace the modern distractions, but I’d like to see the tradition of fiddling being made a part of life, to see it grow where it belongs.”

Menzies points out that learning the songs a certain way is in itself a tradition. Dancers are particu-lar in how they want to hear the tunes, and fiddlers need to learn them that way.

“[The whole thing] gives mean-ing to me because it’s honouring a tradition,” he says.

As the saying goes, where there’s fiddling, there should be dancing.

Victor’s Jigging Club started when, five years ago, local First Nations’ Elder Victor Henry wanted people to remember and learn lo-cal traditional dances. In response,

Tr’ondek Hwech’in partnered with the Recreation Department of Daw-son City to start an after-school jigging club. They named it in his honour.

Ashley Bower-Bramadat, com-munity education liaison coordin-ator for the Tr’ondek Hwech’in Department of Education, has been involved with the club for three years.

“The Tr’ondek Hwech’in do sing-ing and drumming, but didn’t do much jigging until the club start-ed,” says Bower-Bramadat, who also participates in the dancing.

“Some knew the dances but never practiced, but all the kids know the dances are their com-munity culture.”

Members are mostly children from Grades 1 to 5. The group prac-

tices once a week, with the older kids teaching the younger ones the moves and the background of jig-ging. At present count, there are eighteen children involved, half of whom are First Nations.

The group performs at events such as Tr’ondek Hwech’in feasts, first hunts, the Moosehide gather-ing, school functions, and Christ-mas concerts. Some of the trad-itional dances they perform at these events are the circle dance, the red river jig, and the handker-chief dance. They are also prac-ticing a new dance this year, but only after they got the nod from Victor.

“We don’t do anything unless he’s okay-ed it first,” says Bower-Bramadat with a smile.

While all three feel that the community dances held so far have been successful, Clark, Menzies, and Bower-Bramadat are particu-larly excited about the upcoming dance on May 9.

Three traditional fiddlers have agreed to stop in to Dawson to play at the dance before head-ing up to Old Crow to perform. Ed Peekeekoot, Gerald Edzerza, and Keitha Clark are all skilled and seasoned performers and will be celebrating and sharing their music and the tradition of the community dance.

As for long-term plans, Victor’s Jigging Club’s next goal is to travel to other communities so that dan-cers can learn different traditional dances from each other and ex-change moves. They are already planning a trip to Pelly Crossing.

Menzies hopes to encourage other fiddling communities to come to the Moosehide Gathering in 2016 and have a large dance and traditional celebration involving everyone.

He also hopes that one day, “youth will think of the community dance as a cool thing.”

As for Clark, who brought them all together, her dream is to con-tinue to hold a monthly dance that helps build community and shares intergenerational experiences, knowledge, and skills through live music and dance.

The dance is being held at the Tr’ondek Hwech’in Community Hall, starting at 6:30 p.m. on May 9. Admission is by donation.

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring, and writing

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It’s a story as old as the one of the goldThey found in the rivers up north.Why people get stuck and fi nd their luck

In the Yukon wilds ‘round Whitehorse. So this tale, you see, follows Fräulein

Niggy BeeWho one night received a call.“I got stuck on the shores of the great

rivers up north,”Came the voice of her best friend of

all. “Endless forests! Lakes clear! Roamed

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I dream of my hometown.Walking through these streets again,listening to music fl oating from open

windows like light.Harmonica, accordion.Walking these streets where I know

every cornerLike my own body,where I left my thoughts hanging on

walls, buildingsLike a pair of shoes tossed into a tree

I dream taking harmonica lessons again.Walking to the old conservatoire with

my harmonica.Heavy doors of the old brown brick

building push them open,the wooden fl oor cracks, the large win-

dows say welcome back.Music behind closed doors accordion,

harmonicaThe workshop in the basement where I

brought my harmonicawhen there was something wrong with

it.

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window ofthe apartment over the fl ower store

right by the graveyardwith the old chestnut trees.Music holding me like an embrace as I

walk over the cemetery.Home is never home,it’s just a memory and a sound coming

to my eardancing in the air, like dust.And I know, someday, I will play again

my harmonica.

Note: My hometown is Trossingen, Ger-many, where they manufacture harmon-icas and accordions.

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Jazz has come a long way over the decades. What started as a call-and-response song

though the cotton fi elds of the south, has now become an up-tempo beat familiar to most.

In edition to its evolution, jazz has sparked the creation of many sub-genres: Latin jazz, classical jazz, funk, b-bob, acid jazz, and vocal jazz, for example.

While jazz may not be a popu-lar mainstream genre today, its musical roots have set the founda-tion for many popular artists.

Rock n’ roll, R&B, and hip-hop have all been seminally infl uenced by jazz. Further, one of the unique aspects of jazz is the combination of lyrics and sound. Without lyr-ics, jazz can convey many emo-tions. With lyrics, the emotions become more profound.

This spring, Vanier Catholic Secondary School will be explor-

ing the vibrant world of jazz in a musical called Pick Up the Jazz, showing May 7 and 8 in the school’s small gym. This musical is particularly special, because it almost never happened.

“Originally we were not going to do a musical,” says Kim Hart, musical director at Vanier.

However, in the winter Hart reconsidered and thought it might not be a bad idea.

“January 4 is when I decided we were going to do the musical,” she laughs. “I thought it would be awesome for the students to learn through a performance.”

The premise of the musical centres around a group of stu-dents who are working on a jazz project.

“They sort of go through time and explore jazz during different decades. Essentially the students are playing themselves as they ex-

plore the music,” Hart says.Types of jazz covered will in-

clude songs by Miles Davis, and the genres of blues, swing, spiri-tual, b-bob, and funk. The songs will be performed by a group of students, and the school orchestra will be delivering the music. Some portions will involve audience in-teraction.

It’s a very unique approach to a musical; it’s not often that mu-sicals entertain and inform. With rehearsals underway, students are working hard.

The show takes place Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are avail-able at the door.

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There was fog hugging the ground at La Guardia Air-port. Flights had been can-

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I had with me spruce tips, juni-per berries, and Labrador tea for a show-and-tell of Yukon herbs, many of which were featured in the dinner we weren’t at, pre-pared by Chef Will Harris at the National Restaurant in the Benja-min Hotel. Months of planning had gone into this dinner, presented for selected journalists attending the annual Canada Media Market-place conference put on by the Canadian Tourism Commission.

We entered the air over La Guardia. The pilot announced that the fog had descended once more. We circled. I attempted the EnRoute Magazine crossword puzzle.

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Farewell, Yukon dinner. Enjoy the pineapple weed crème brulée with rhubarb compote and goat’s milk yogurt sorbet, you hardened American journalists.

And back we went, to Ottawa, to an empty airport and a lone Air Canada employee who gave us a number to call to reschedule our fl ights, and hotel vouchers for the Delta in downtown Ottawa, a nice hotel with a great bar, where we repaired for a soothing Pinot Gri-gio, and called it a day.

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rived in New York in time to at-tend the second scheduled event showcasing Canadian foods and liquors. The rest of the Yukon team reported that dinner at the National was a smashing success. One hardened American journal-ist, waiting in line for his Sourtoe cocktail, told me, “Based on what I ate last night I would come to the Yukon for the food alone.”

Music to my ears. And then, offi cial duties con-

cluded, we scooted across town to Death & Co., the fabled New York bar I’ve wanted to visit ever since I bought their cocktail cook-book last fall. As expected, the doorman, clad entirely in black, told us there was no room and sent us down the street to their sister bar, taking our cell number. He’d call when we had a table.

The sister bar was a tiny, funky, tiled hallway lit with fairy lights. The suspendered, white-shirted bartender set us up with water. I ordered a Sazerac, a house varia-tion of the classic New Orleans cocktail, made with a blend of several Amaro bitters. It was bitter, sweet, mysterious, and powerful. We relaxed, soaking up the atmosphere, waiting for our call — which did not come.

We were just getting miffed when a bartender from Death & Co appeared, discretely spoke our names and escorted us down the street and into the legend-ary dim, wood-lined space, lit by chandeliers and candles. The abashed doorman had called us several times — but it was the wrong number. Never mind, full marks for perseverance.

We knew every cocktail on the pages-long menu would be su-perb, and we were right. Adam’s classic martini, made with a gin we’d never heard of, was subtle, herbal, and bracing. My Fistful of Dollars was a strange and delicate balance of Old Grand-Dad Bour-bon, lemon Cointreau, Davis Mix #2, Campari, and Bitter Truth aro-matic bitters.

We ate crispy fries layered with blue cheese. We sampled each other’s cocktails. We toast-ed each other, and New York, and

the long and winding road that had brought us here for an experi-ence graced by cheerful doormen and bartenders, uplifted by cock-tails we would not sample again for a long, long time.

Back in Whitehorse I visited the Woodcutter’s Blanket and re-quested a Sazerac from bartender James Maltby.

He said, “I’d like to make you a Sazerac, but I want to get really good at it fi rst. Can I offer you a Pisco Sour instead?”

That is the mark of a truly ex-cellent bartender.

The Pisco Sour was superb. But I still wanted a Sazerac, so

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Sips and Stogieswith Angela Szymczuk What’s Up Yukon’s editorial staff reminds you that

tobacco can be harmful in all its forms.

Mark Twain once said, “If I cannot drink bourbon and smoke cigars in heaven, I

shall not go.”Ah yes, there is something

about that pairing that sends con-noisseurs into a dream world. To-day I will explore this world.

Rather than go for traditional Kentucky bourbon, I’m going to go a different route, with Jim Beam’s Devil’s Cut bourbon. I will be pair-ing it with a cigar called Perdomo Champagne Reserve.

As you can guess, judging by the names, there is quite the con-trast of fl avors — which is what I’m going for. The light, creamy, “angelic” Perdomo is paired with a hellish bourbon that has traces of hot cinnamon.

Before starting the cigar I have a sampler glass of the bourbon to become more acquainted with the taste. The fi rst thing I notice is how smooth it is. I suspect this is due to Devil’s Cut’s six-year aging process.

The smoothness is followed by a spicy cedar and a tart cinnamon candy taste. It’s not overpower-ing, but defi nitely adds a bold character.

Now for the pairing.Perdomo is a household name

in the world of cigars. Based out of Nicaragua, Perdomo makes many varieties. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the company created a cigar called Champagne Reserve. I have chosen the 6 x 60 size — thick and long.

The one thing that stands out for me regarding the Perdomo is the Connecticut shade tobacco wrapper. The tobacco that is used to fi ll the cigar is dark brown, but the wrapper is a light golden brown — typical of the growing conditions in Connecticut. The overall result is a sharp contrast.

The cigar is beautifully con-structed and fl awless. This cigar starts with a light spice and wood

taste, but then quickly transforms into a beautiful cream taste, ac-cented with vanilla.

Time to add the heat. I take a gulp of the bourbon, which I de-cide to drink neat.

Yes, I know, I am asking for trouble. But no sense adding “holy water” to something meant to be wicked. The rich creamy taste of the cigar is perfectly balanced by the intense bourbon. Heaven and hell have found a way to co-exist; Archangel Michael can take the night off.

The creamy taste is consistent for most of the fi rst and second thirds of the cigar. Occasionally a nutmeg taste comes up. Then the last third is a bit of a change.

The cream has gone back to the spice from the beginning. Now it is stronger, and seems to be mixed with a wood and a black currant taste. As the spice persists, I can

feel my eyes starting to water. I am convinced my smooth cigar has become possessed by dark forces. The bourbon isn’t help-ing. I am a trooper, and will fi nish what I started.

Pairing this portion of the Per-domo cigar with the Devil’s Cut is quite the nefarious fl avor experi-ence. For the masters, you will enjoy this trip into Dante’s ninth circle of hell, but will be able to return to the light. For those who are not familiar with bold spice fl avors, this pairing may leave you speaking in tongues.

Angela Syzmczuk is a Whitehorse-based writer.


PHOTO: Angela Szymczuk

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When Kari Johnston worked as a camp cook, she learned to observe

people silently as they tucked into their grub.

“It’s easy to watch what people are eating when everything’s free, and you can just make a whole bunch of food and watch what they want to eat.”

It’s a lesson she and Courtney Quinn heed when they’re planning menus for the 14 Acre Farm, the catering company they operate in

Haines Junction.“We try to make our

catering accessible to everybody, so there’s going to be something on our menu for everyone that’s recognizable and familiar and comforting,” Johnston explains.

“Then we like to throw in ex-citing things, like vegetables that people haven’t seen before, or ways of preparing food that they maybe haven’t seen before. So there’s kind of a blend between those two things.”

In 2012, Johnston and her hus-band, Collin Kallio, were work-ing in a mining camp just north of Dawson City, hoping to fi nd a piece of land where they could live and grow food.

When their online search turned up a 14-acre parcel adja-cent to the former research farm in Haines Junction, they bought it sight unseen. A couple of months later, they moved there and began clearing the land.

At nearly the same time, Quinn was about to relocate from White-horse to the Junction, where her partner had built a house.

“My husband kept talking about this person that I really needed to meet, because we were basically the same person. Then Kari and I met and we got along famously,” Quinn says.

“We look really similar, Court-ney and I. We both have similar features and height and hair, so we’re sort of known as the twins,” Johnston adds.

The pair had so much in com-mon that by the second time they hung out together, the idea of starting a food-related business together had already emerged.

When Johnston was ap-proached about setting up a small vendor’s stall at the Haines Junc-tion farmer’s market in 2013, her new friend “kind of got hauled into it as well,” she says.

“We started doing that at the farmers’ market, and then we were asked to cater a wedding.”

The wedding was in a “stunning location about 45 minutes in the middle of absolutely nowhere,”

Johnston says.“And we just felt

brave enough to take it on together, so we catered a wedding for 110 people with no power in the middle of nowhere.”

Since that daring debut, The 14 Acre Farm has catered numerous events of various sizes. This week, they will share catering duties at the annual general meeting of the Associa-tion of Yukon Commun-ities (AYC) with the new owners of the Village Bakery.

“We’ve been really excited to meet them and hear their ideas and what they’re plan-ning on bringing to the commun-ity,” Quinn says.

Besides their shared love of food and a common background of having parents who owned small businesses, the two caterers both played several sports in school, Johnston in Toronto and Quinn in Smithers, B.C.

Not surprisingly, Johnston falls

back on a sports metaphor when asked to comment on the pressure of catering for a large and presti-gious group such as the AYC.

“It’s always about Game Day. That’s what every catering event is like for us: that exciting Game Day sort of adrenaline push.”

Last November, the business took a big step forward with the purchase of a 30-foot catering trailer at an auction in Edmonton.

“It’s fully customized for what we do and it’s a full commercial kitchen, so that’s where we’re operating out of now,” Quinn says.

“We have community members stopping by all the time to say hello and check it out.”

The trailer’s location is par-ticularly handy on the two days each week when the 14 Acre Farm sells bakery products at the Little Green Apple grocery store right next door.

In its relatively short life, the business has grown to the point that both partners can foresee giving up their part-time jobs in the not-too-distant future.

“We ended up having a very busy fi rst quarter, which we weren’t really anticipating com-pared to our business last year,” Quinn says.

“I’ve worked almost full-time for the past few months, which is great. It was really amazing, because it is primarily local busi-nesses and organizations that are hiring us and asking us to do this work.”

There may even be a 14 Acre Farm cook book down the road, Quinn suggests.

And since they feel strongly about using locally-grown ingredi-ents as much as possible, the time may come when the original 14-acre farm is a signifi cant sup-plier to the catering company that bears its name.

With this year’s rhubarb crop already making its appearance, “I’m sure we’ll have lots of rhu-barb on our menus soon,” John-ston notes.

For more about the 14 Acre Farm, including sample menus, go to http://www.hainesjunction-catering.com/the-farm.html

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Last summer my family took over the city beach in Nelson, BC.

It was sweltering — a sim-mering, dry, proper summer day. The sand burned bare feet and we jumped in the frigid water every 15 minutes to stay cool.

Tim swam across the lake, my dad played guitar under an an-cient walnut tree, my great aunt told my cousins and me stories about my grandma’s succession of crazy boyfriends, and my mom stuck her ice cream cone in her fi rst grandson’s face when his mom wasn’t looking. Dave and Emmett obnoxiously passed a football over us all.

Looking back, it’s glaringly ob-vious that my mom was the only one not going in the water. Usu-ally she’s the instigator, or stays in the longest. She’s always said a good dip is the perfect remedy for anything that ails. I didn’t notice at the time that she stayed on the shore.

A few days later I found out she had a cancerous tumor in her cer-vix. I saw my older brother cry. I had a pretty good feeling she was going to be fi ne, but I didn’t know if I was in delusion.

I’ve never pictured my mom dying. I’ve pictured my dad dying. He’s told me more than once that when he goes he wants us to chuck his body onto the manure pile. He doesn’t like funerals. But if we

insist on getting together, he’s al-ways said, there better be whisky. And you better play Hank Wil-liams. Senior. And Neil Young.

My dad has dominated the dying narrative.

But that’s how it goes. The beam of light gets cancer. She had to get six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy in Kelowna, which is about an hour and forty minutes from where my parents live.

My mom’s sister Barb lives on a slope above Okanagan Lake, in the heart of wine country, just outside of Kelowna. Her property includes a dock and boathouse on choppy, moody, mystical Okanagan Lake. My mom stayed with Barb occa-

sionally during her treatment so my dad didn’t have to commute everyday.

At the outset of the treatment she said six weeks seemed long, she’d just have to put her head down and devote herself to it.

“Besides,” she said, “Barb has stand-up paddleboards, and I’ve always wanted to try one.”

I cried when she said that. But quietly, into the phone.

My mom walked through the vineyards everyday she stayed over at Barb’s. She swam. She went to a different winery every so often. She bought a bottle or two.

She took them home with her on the weekends and stored her wine in the root cellar.

My dad watched it accumu-late but he didn’t say anything. She couldn’t drink wine during her treatment.

He insisted my mom buy a ski pass. He didn’t know if she’d be able to use it, but he couldn’t imagine her without one. I know what he was doing. I’m glad he did it.After the six weeks were up my

mom was in the roughest shape she’s been in. The treatment was worse than the cancer. She looked like she had songbird bones. She couldn’t eat. She napped away the afternoons. But she beat the tumor.

At Christmas, we drank some of the wine. My mom called it her cancer wine.

By the time she came to visit in March, she said the wine was gone.

“You killed it,” I said.“Yeah,” she said. “Just like the cancer.” We simultaneously smiled and

did double thumbs up. My dad shook his head and put his fore-head in his hands.

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During the hour I spend interviewing Maureen Mor-ris and Sandra Grace Storey

I barely ask a question. The paths of the two artists have crossed more than once during their ca-reers, but today is the fi rst time they meet. They sink easily into the same bench and begin sharing techniques and inspirations. I sit across from them, an eavesdrop-per, taking notes.

Storey and Morris are two of the three female artists comprising North End Gallery’s group show, Where the Wild Things Are, open-ing this weekend. Storey is a sculp-tor, and Morris is a carver; both are long-time Northerners whose art is deeply inspired by landscapes and wildlife.

Born in Whitehorse, Storey “fl ed” when she was 17, to study sculpture in Vancouver. She worked at a place that held one of Morris’s early exhibits — an out-rageously successful show with a lineup down the street. She was inspired.

She went on to spend the next 25 years in New Zealand before fi nding her way back to the Yukon in 2006, settling in Tagish, not far up the road from Morris.

Morris grew up in Vancouver, and also studied sculpture there, at the very same school as Storey, years earlier. She settled in Atlin 40 years ago, almost accidentally, during a road trip with her hus-band.

“It was a fl uke,” she says. “We drove in and I said, ‘I’m staying.’”

Although she had been carving

jade at the time, it was here she discovered antler and bone, the materials that have kept her fas-cinated for the last 40 years.

“I tried caribou antler about a week after we got here,” she says. “I never looked at jade again.”

Storey has a similar relation-ship to her own material of choice, which she’s worked with for the full 28 years of her career.

“I never could get away from clay,” she says. “I think if I just ex-plored Tagish Lake and clay for the next 30 years I’d barely scratch the surface.”

And Morris’s work can attest to this. After 40 years working with the same antlers and bones in the same small Northern town, Mau-reen’s carvings continually explore new forms, images, themes, and even textures.

The other artist in the trio is Yellowknife-based painter Jen-nifer Walden. Best known for her large acrylic landscapes, the North End show will explore new terri-tory.

“You’ll still see my landscapes,” she says.

“But I’ve been asking, how does the light hit these wild places? I’m trying to paint light as if it’s a tangible object in the air you can see.”

Hailing from Ontario, Walden has lived in the Northwest Terri-tories for 13 years, and has been working full time as an artist since 2007.

“I’ve painted my whole life,” she says.

“It just hadn’t occurred to me

that anyone would actually buy what I was painting. I didn’t have that faith in myself.”

It was a maternity leave that encouraged her to try it profes-sionally. Away from her job, she rented a space and displayed her work. She sold 95 per cent of her pieces. She’s worked as both a full-time artist and a single moth-er since.

“For me having kids was the motivation I needed to get dili-gent and work hard enough — now I have people depending on me.”

It’s the same kind of story for Storey and Morris. At some point they just stopped working their other jobs.

“I guess you get to a time where you don’t have your whole life ahead of you,” Storey says.

Before that, both Storey and Morris supplemented their in-comes by bartending while prac-ticing their art on the side. It’s a tune I’ve been playing for years.

Storey assures me — “We start-ed where you are now.”

Where the Wild Things Are opens with a reception on Fri-day, May 8 at North End Gallery. The show runs until the end of the month.

Joslyn Kilborn is a part-time Whitehorse-based writer. One day she’ll be Joslyn Kilborn,

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The closest I’ve come to be-ing in a band was brought about through my love of the

Spice Girls. When I was eleven, my friends and I entered a big im-personation contest at the mall, practicing our dance moves and lip-syncing for weeks beforehand.

As we grew older and our tastes evolved, we began visiting all-age music events where boys would play guitars loudly and scream into microphones and people would thrash and punch each other on the dance fl oor below the stage. I only ever saw a girl in one of these bands. She was good at screaming.

When I began dating, my boy-friends always seemed to play gui-tar. My fi rst boyfriend wrote me a song called I Love Joslyn. When I moved to Toronto in my early twenties, an overwhelming ma-jority of the men I hung out with were professional musicians, often in multiple bands. Some had even won Junos.

But I’ve only ever had one or two female friends who dabbled with instruments, mainly alone in their bedrooms. Very few of the women in my life have performed much music on a stage.

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According to Devon Berquist, the Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) assistant producer, the

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Which is exactly why they’re bringing Girls Rock Camp to the Yukon this summer.

You may have heard of it.It began in Portland in 2001, and

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“We want to create a safe space where girls feel comfortable opening up to each other,” says Berquist, who is spearheading the initiative.

“The point isn’t to do a fl awless F chord or 4:4 time on drums, it’s about having fun, being wild and creative, and taking up space in a largely male-dominated music world.”

A team of fi ve lady leaders, including local indie-rocker Sar-ah MacDougall, will be helping young girls march out of their self-consciousness and onto the stage through workshops that range from zine, poster, and but-ton making, to tech 101, to body positivity and a history of women in rock.

On the last day of camp, girls will actually take the DCMF stage

to perform their newly created music.

“There aren’t a lot of camps where you get to share the stage with some of Canada’s top-notch musicians,” says Berquist.

A major aim of the camp is to remain accessible to all Yukon families. To do this, they are run-ning an online Kickstarter fund-raising campaign to cover the ex-penses of low-income and single parent families. They’re currently sitting at two-thirds of their $3000 goal, and they only have until May 15 to raise the remainder. Kick-starter runs on an all-or-nothing model, meaning if the campaign raises any less than the entire $3000, they don’t get any of it. Every single dollar counts.

“It’s about supporting under-represented demographics in the music world,” says Berquist, “and making all-girl bands a norm and not an exception to the rule.”

The Girls Rock Camp runs from July 20 to 25 in Dawson City. For more information go to www.yu-kongirlsrock.com. Visit www.bitly.com/1BK1JJ2 if you’re feeling moved to donate.

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorse-based writer. She could be a

rocker. Contact her via [email protected].

Girls Rock Campby Joslyn Kilborn

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‘KonLitwith Elke Reinauer

Building a bridge be-tween poets and the audience — that is

the idea behind the Kickseld Readings Series, organized by Whitehorse poet Clea Roberts.

On May 21, Victoria-based poet Arleen Paré will read from her book Lake of Two Mountains (Brick Books) at the Whitehorse Public Li-brary, joined by Joanna Lil-ley.

Lake of Two Mountains was part of Paré’s MFA de-gree in creative writing, and it won the Governor Gener-al’s award for poetry.

The collection of poetry is a portrait of a lake, and tells of the author’s relationship with that lake. The lake lies between the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence River, and the poems take the reader into the territory, it’s history, and landscape. It is a refl ection on how places can infl uences humans.

Paré has published fi ction as well; Paper Trail is a book of lyrical prose, and is about Frances, the manager of a large corpora-tion, who becomes overwhelmed by the destructive bureaucratic world she lives in. She loses body parts and has conversations with the ghost of Kafka who writes a manuscript in which she appears.

Paré, who used to work as a social worker says that, “Paper Trail was based on my work and my frustration with working in bureaucracy.”

What does she like more, writ-ing poetry or fi ction?

“I love to write poetry and I love to write lyric prose. They are both so similar that sometimes I can hardly tell them apart, es-pecially these days when genres seem to run into each other so easily, so happily,” Paré explains.

What inspires her to write?“Language mainly, I suppose,

but also I love to have a project to be involved in — a writing project adds so much interest to my life. I learn so much, and am challenged in such a good way,” Paré says.

Winning the Governor General’s Award has changed her life.

“It was an enormous thrill to win,” Paré says.

“It felt completely surreal at the time. It was surprising, hum-

bling, and a wonderful boost. It has meant that my writing is much better known that I could ever have hoped before the award. For instance, here you are inter-viewing me; if I hadn’t won the award, you would not likely know about me at all. This has been true across Canada. I am invited to read and to participate in writing festivals, and to judge contests, and to submit writing to journals. It has been a wonderful time.”

At the moment, Paré is working on two projects.

“The fi rst, a collection of poems, is called, He Leaves His Face in the Funeral Car, will be published this fall by Caitlin Press. The other, called The Girls with Stone Faces, is a collection of poetry about Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, two Canadian sculptors who worked in the fi rst half of the 20th century in To-ronto. It should come out in two

years,” she says.Paré is looking forward to read-

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Kicksled Readings will take place on May 21 at 7 p.m. at the Whitehorse Public Library.

Elke Reinauer is a German writer who is based in

Whitehorse. Contact her via [email protected].

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often you visit Sid van der Meer’s

Bordertown Garage and Museum in Beaver Creek, there is always more to see. Many people visit Sid more than once to hear his stories and discover additional objects in his collection. Sid’s collec-tion is in constant change as he trades, sells, bar-ters, and buys antiques. One thing that remains consistent is Sid’s en-thusiasm for storytelling and touring folks around his museum.

Today, Sid guides us through Bordertown Mu-seum’s themed-rooms into a replica of a pion-eer’s cabin — with wooden fl oors and a beautiful vin-tage stove. Sid has every-thing in the replica cabin: a desk, chessboard, read-ing glasses, boots, long johns, and even clothing irons.

“You heat them up on the stove,” Sid informs us about the clothing irons.

One iron, simple in style, has a very large air vent on the top. Holding it up, Sid explains, “These are the cast-iron ones that you put on the stove and heat up. The stove heats them up then you can use it. They’ll cool off and you put them back on the stove to heat up again.”

Still holding the unusual-look-ing clothing iron, Sid says, “That’s an old, really old one, probably from the early 1800s. I found it

in a barn on a farm in Alberta — an old homestead of a buddy of mine. I found the iron in the attic of the barn in a pile of junk.”

Sid’s good friend let him keep the iron and it has been on display in the museum ever since.

The second iron Sid shows us

is from the, “early 1900s, turn of the century”.

Looking at it more closely, Sid confi rms, “It is solid cast iron from the 1910s, around the time they had early electrical irons. Most people didn’t have electricity so you still had to use the old wood stove ones. Some people lived without elec-tricity until the 1950s.

“I have approximately twenty-fi ve irons around the museum and inside my house. They’re from all different eras — from ones in the 1800s right up to the early, early elec-tric ones. Then there are other ones that you put coals in. Even have gas ones; I have two of them from the 1930s to 1940s. You light up the gas ones just like the coal-oil lan-terns. Caught lots of people’s clothes on fi re. Cast iron were a bit more reliable, hold the heat for a while. It must have been a real adventure back in those days ironing clothes.”

Sid places the iron down and continues on his tour.

These are Sid van der Meer’s stories as dictated to his

granddaughter Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse. Contact them at

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PHOTO: Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse

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The Yukon public is invited to provide comments and suggestions to assist government in the development of a made-in-the-Yukon off-road vehicle policy.The off-road vehicle (ORV) regulations are being developed in response to a recommendation brought forward by the Select Committee on the safe operation and use of off-road vehicles. The recommendation highlights the need for effective regulation and enforcement to protect the environment from damage caused by ORVs.Deadline for comments will be June 22, 2015.The discussion document is available for review online at

www.emr.gov.yk.caWritten comments can be sent to

Land Management Branch (K320), Energy, Mines and Resources, Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6, or by

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Beav er CreekWed, May 6 Craft night 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubWed, May 6 Open Gym 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubWed, May 6 Sports Night 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubThu, May 7 Toddler Gym 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubSat, May 9 Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothingSat, May 9 Family Gym Night 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubSat, May 9 Family Gym 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubSat, May 9 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubMon, May 11 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John SchoolMon, May 11 Youth Gym Drop In 3:30 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubMon, May 11 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubTue, May 12 Toddler Gym 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubTue, May 12 Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothingWed, May 13 Craft night 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubWed, May 13 Open Gym 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubWed, May 13 Sports Night 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community ClubThu, May 14 Toddler Gym 2:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

Carc rossWed, May 6 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfi [email protected], May 6 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity BuildingWed, May 6 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031Thu, May 7 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity BuildingThu, May 7 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfi eld, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinatorSat, May 9 Yukon Bird Club: Carcoss-Scenic Birding 1:00 PM Caribou Crossing Coffee Shop Com and see the birds that live near the Nares Lake!Mon, May 11 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artworkTue, May 12 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old DaycareTue, May 12 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community SchoolTue, May 12 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251Wed, May 13 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfi [email protected], May 13 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031Wed, May 13 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity BuildingThu, May 14 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity BuildingThu, May 14 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfi eld,

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Daws on CityWed, May 6 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!Wed, May 6 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.Thu, May 7 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confi rm a scheduled class, email [email protected], 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.Thu, May 7 Dawson City Burlesque Intensive 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993-5998 This class will teach you all of the knowledge and skills you need to get started as a beginner burlesque performer.Fri, May 8 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness CentreFri, May 8 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness CentreFri, May 8 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth CentreFri, May 8 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!Sat, May 9 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confi rm a scheduled class, email [email protected], 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.Sat, May 9 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth CentreSun, May 10 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381Sun, May 10 Kids Dance!: Jazz 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993 5005 Your child will learn how to Jazz dance!Sun, May 10 Kids Dance!: Creative Dance (Ages 5+6) 1:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993 5005 Your child will learn how to creatively dance!Sun, May 10 Kids Dance!: Creative Dance (Ages 3+4) 2:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993 5005 Your child will learn how to creatively dance!Sun, May 10 Kids Dance!: Parent & Tot 3:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993 5005 Dance with your toddler and have fun!Mon, May 11 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness CentreMon, May 11 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness CentreMon, May 11 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!Mon, May 11 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confi rm a scheduled class, email [email protected], 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.Tue, May 12 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfi t(at)me.comTue, May 12 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 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.Tue, May 12 Dawson City Burlesque Intensive 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993-5998 This class will teach you all of the knowledge and skills you

need to get started as a beginner burlesque performer.Wed, May 13 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!Wed, May 13 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.Thu, May 14 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confi rm a scheduled class, email [email protected], 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.Thu, May 14 Dawson City Burlesque Intensive 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993-5998 This class will teach you all of the knowledge and skills you need to get started as a beginner burlesque performer.Fri, May 15 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness CentreFri, May 15 Dawson City International Gold Show 12:00 PM Dawson City 993-5274Fri, May 15 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness CentreFri, May 15 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth CentreFri, May 15 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Faro Wed, May 6 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be providedWed, May 6 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 6 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 6 Kids Floor Hockey 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 11 and under, equipment provided if neededWed, May 6 Adults Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 12+, equipment provided if neededThu, May 7 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.Thu, May 7 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreFri, May 8 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 8 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre.Fri, May 8 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 8 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 8 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreFri, May 8 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre.Fri, May 8 12+ Sticks and Pucks 7:30 PM Father Rigaud ArenaSat, May 9 Faro Kettle Cafe 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.Sun, May 10 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of ApostlesSun, May 10 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442Sun, May 10 Family Sticks and Pucks 1:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena

Tue, May 12 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.Tue, May 12 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth LoungeWed, May 13 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be providedWed, May 13 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 13 Kids Floor Hockey 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 11 and under, equipment provided if neededWed, May 13 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 13 Adults Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 12+, equipment provided if neededThu, May 14 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.Thu, May 14 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreFri, May 15 Introduction To Silver-Smithing Yukon College Faro Campus with instructor Shelley MacDonald Cost $25, must pre-register age 18+Fri, May 15 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 15 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre.Fri, May 15 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 15 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 [email protected], May 15 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation CentreFri, May 15 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre.Fri, May 15 12+ Sticks and Pucks 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena

Haines JunctionWed, May 6 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5)Thu, May 7 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun KuThu, May 7 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community SchoolSun, May 10 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De BrabandereMon, May 11 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural CentreTue, May 12 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural CentreTue, May 12 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini HallWed, May 13 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5)Thu, May 14 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun KuThu, May 14 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

Mars h LakeWed, May 6 Beginner Bellydance lessons Marsh Lake Community Centre 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.Wed, May 6 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Wed, May 6 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community CentreFri, May 8 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each monthFri, May 8 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community CentreSat, May 9 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community CentreSun, May 10 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 All welcomeTue, May 12 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community CentreTue, May 12 Yoga With Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre (867) 660.4545 Richard is a certifi ed IYENGAR Yoga instructorWed, May 13 Beginner Bellydance lessons Marsh Lake Community Centre 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.Wed, May 13 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community CentreFri, May 15 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each monthFri, May 15 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Mayo Wed, May 6 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School GymWed, May 6 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School GymWed, May 6 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyballFri, May 8 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym nightFri, May 8 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317Fri, May 8 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids

Mt. LorneWed, May 6 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community CentreThu, May 7 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083Fri, May 8 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083Wed, May 13 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community CentreThu, May 14 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083Fri, May 15 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Old CrowThu, May 7 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community CenterSun, May 10 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381Mon, May 11 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238Thu, May 14 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

Tagi shAll events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407Wed, May 6 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community CentreWed, May 6 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418Wed, May 6 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

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Tesl inWed, May 6 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors ComplexWed, May 6 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin SchoolThu, May 7 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin SchoolSun, May 10 St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746Sun, May 10 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec CenterMon, May 11 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin SchoolTue, May 12 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin SchoolWed, May 13 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors ComplexWed, May 13 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin SchoolThu, May 14 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School

Wats on LakeThu, May 7 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!Thu, May 7 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation CentreSun, May 10 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932Mon, May 11 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!Thu, May 14 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!Thu, May 14 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

HainesFri, Apr 3 Spring: A Culture of Eagles Exhibit Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre A cultural exploration of eagles in the Chilkat Valley through history This strong icon permeates Tlingit legend, myth, art, ceremony and even social structure.

Wed, May 6 Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural CentreWed, May 13 Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre

SkagwayWed, May 6 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 Back/Hip Yoga: Level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 After School Creativity & Open Gym 3:15 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 Stretch & Breathe: All Levels w/Jeanne 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 TRX Suspension Training 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 Stretch & Breathe with Jeanne 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 6 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 After School Culinary Arts & Open Gym 3:15 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 TRX Suspension Training w/Katherine 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Spinning with Tom 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Zumba w/Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 7 Basketball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 8 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 8 Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 8 Spinning/Yoga Level 1 w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreSat, May 9 Sea Kayaking 101 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Full one day training program emphasizes safety, enjoyment and skill acquisition for entry level paddlers as well as those needing a refresher lesson.Sat, May 9 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreSat, May 9 Gnat King Kong 9:00 PM Red Onion SaloonSun, May 10 Sea Kayaking 102 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Full one day training program emphasizes safety, enjoyment and skill acquisition for entry level paddlers as well as those needing a refresher lesson. How to maneuver with precision and control when waves and wind picks up.Sun, May 10 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, May 10 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 Restorative Yoga: All Level w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 TRX Suspension Training 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 Soccer for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreMon, May 11 Windy Valley Boys 7:30 PM Red Onion SaloonTue, May 12 Chair and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 After School Rock Climbing & Open Gym 3:15 PM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Spinning with Tom 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Tue, May 12 Dance Fusion w/Charity 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Vinyasa Yoga: Level 1 w/Katherine 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreTue, May 12 Basketball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 Back/Hip Yoga: Level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 After School Creativity & Open Gym 3:15 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 Stretch & Breathe: All Levels w/Jeanne 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 TRX Suspension Training 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 Stretch & Breathe with Jeanne 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreWed, May 13 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

Thu, May 14 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 After School Culinary Arts & Open Gym 3:15 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 TRX Suspension Training w/Katherine 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Spinning with Tom 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Zumba w/Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreThu, May 14 Basketball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 15 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 15 Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreFri, May 15 Spinning/Yoga Level 1 w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation CentreSat, May 16 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation CentreSun, May 17 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!Sun, May 17 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

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Fri, May 15 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon DojoFri, May 15 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn ElementaryFri, May 15 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: [email protected]

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The following excerpt is based on true events that took place around 1980. What’s Up Yukon’s editorial staff would like to re-mind you that there are laws in the Yukon against wasting meat.

Part One was published on Jan. 29, 2015; Part Two on Feb. 26, 2015; Part Three on April 30. This is the fi nal installment. We left the three French guys as they had just retrieved the remains of a moose that other hunters had left behind. Go to www.whatsupyukon.com to see the full story. Look for it in the “Literature” section.

When they fi nally arrived in Whitehorse the sun had long since gone

down and it was almost pitch-black. The moon and stars became lost behind the clouded sky and it started to snow.

Claude said as he pulled into Marcel’s driveway, “We’re going to have to divide the meat up three ways. It has to hang for at least a couple of days; you know, to bleed it out, to bring out the fl avour, and to tenderize it. I don’t have enough room in my place for all of it.”

Marcel shook his head. “Oh no, you can’t expect me to take some of it into my house. I’m a vegetar-

ian, remember? No, it’s absolutely out of the question, not to men-tion, Alicia would have a fi t.”

“But she’s not even here and she won’t be back for another week, you said so yourself. Hang it for a couple of days and then I’ll come by with Jacques to pick it up. You don’t want it to go to waste do you?”

Marcel drew a deep breath and thought it over. He said with a gesture of irritation, “But I don’t even have anywhere to hang it. It’s not like I have a garage like you do.”

“Well, hang it in the house then, wherever you can. A few days and it’ll be done. Come on, don’t be such a little brat about it.”

In the end Marcel gave in, though reluctantly. Lining the fl oor in the kitchen with newsprint he then hung up the meat from the ceiling by hooks, but there was too much of it, so he moved the remainder into the living room. The odor was everywhere. He was upset and angry with himself for allowing Claude to talk him into it. But it would only be for a few days and he would have plenty of time to clean things up before Ali-cia got home.

But what Marcel didn’t know was that Alicia, having wrapped things up early, was at that very moment on her way back to

Whitehorse; in fact, she was al-most there. She never bothered calling because she wanted to sur-prise him.

When Alicia arrived at the house it was already dark. Marcel

was not at home; he was at the KK drinking with his buddies. Rum-maging in her purse for her keys, she couldn’t seem to fi nd them. If only there was some light. Going round back she decided to try the kitchen door, which was often left unlocked. Turning the knob, to her great relief the door opened and she went inside. Exhausted from

her trip, all she wanted was to kick off her shoes and take a long, hot bath.

As she was about to set her luggage on the fl oor, something unexpectedly hit up against her

forehead, and it was wet and slimy and kind of soft. It was the strangest feeling and she didn’t know what to make of it. And there was an odd odor every-where and it was very unpleasant. What was going on? Switching on the light, she froze on the spot; she was horrifi ed by the gruesome scene. There was carnage all over

the place — big red blocks of raw meat hanging from the ceiling, and there was blood on the fl oor. Her face turned a ghost white. She started to scream and she screamed as if the life was being

taken out of her. Neighbours came

rushing out to see what all the noise was about and passersby gathered round the front yard. Someone called the police. When the police ar-rived, Alicia was still screaming. Taking out their guns, slowly, cautiously, starting for the house, the po-lice were convinced some kind of ter-rible crime had been committed in there, maybe even a murder. They were preparing for the worst.

Erma Odrach is an Ontario-based writer. Three French Guys and the Moose is a true story, though fi ctionalized

to some extent. The story is taken from a yet unpublished book she’s currently working on entitled Alaska or Bust and

Other Stories. Contact Erma via [email protected].

PHOTO: kozzi.com

by Erma Odrach

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Friday — after leaving Godlin — was a pretty good day. I can’t remember much of it,

but Saturday, July 11 (the seventh day of traveling) was just horrid!

It was a long day and mid-way my dog got into a porcupine. There were quills in his tongue, throat, face and legs. Naturally, we couldn’t stop all 53 horses, so Ormand and I got some crucial ones out and then we had to wait until evening.

I worried all day and, of course, it had to rain in torrents as we ap-proached our biggest river yet.

The Twitya was deep, fast, and wide. The swim across ruined my Minolta camera because it had been in the saddlebag and it got soaked. There went my photog-raphy career!

Hansel howled as my horse and I swam away. The rain was so thick that I couldn’t see. Leon went back for my dog. Somehow he managed to get Hansel to stay on the horse as he himself got on, and to hold onto him as they swam across.

I was so relieved! But, as I was comforting my pinpricked, wet dog, I lost the rest of the herd. My horse had to fi nd his way on his own. Once, I tried to take com-mand myself and Patches nearly threw me, so I let him do it his own way (he was smarter any-way).

Finally, we did catch up and then we had the fun of setting up camp in the rain — eating in the rain — dishes in the rain — and pulling quills out of the dog in the rain. One of the barbs didn’t come out of the roof of Hansel’s mouth and I think it’s worked its way into his nasal passage now, because he’s been snorting badly.

Sunday was a long and scary day for me, because we went through “Devil’s Canyon”. There were huge boulders, and lots of washed out creek beds that broke

up the trail. This meant that the horses had to sit back on their bums to slide down. Sometimes I closed my eyes. Once the horses tried to cross at the wrong place and they got swept off their feet — an amazing sight!

The fi nal day of trailing in was Monday. Ormand, John, and

I let Leon and Andrew pack up fi rst. They took Perry’s 37 horses, leaving us with Ormand’s 16. It’s something how the horses all fol-low along — some are contrary and never seem to stay in line — but, they all come along eventually. I don’t think they want to get lost in this vast wilderness anymore

than I. Finally, about 1:00 or so, we

set out for our fi nal destination of McClure Lake. We followed the Canol Road ten more miles and then left it going westerly for the fi nal eight miles. This was through the boggy muskeg now. We were in a huge meadow-y type of an

area with the Carcajou River cut-ting through it, but then the slate mountains cut a high line to the north and south of us and hemmed us in. Sheep mountains.

Carolyn Vincent lives in Victoria, B.C. Contact her via [email protected].

Here is my lovely orange home set up at McClure Lake. Sometimes Hansel would sleep inside with me as in late August and September, the temperatures were sometimes below freezing and the dog helped warm up the tent — a bit. I also had a

pack from the horse with my stuff in it. My sleeping bag was huge and warm. I still have it 40 years later!

A Northern DiaryCarolyn Vincent taught in the Yukon in the ’70s and also cooked for an outfitter for a few months in 1976. She typed out a diary of what her life was like during that time. Last time we left her, she was just finishing her first day on the trail to camp. Here is the third excerpt:by Carolyn Vincent

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