The Wednesday, May 30, 2012 • Vol. 23, No. 3 $1.25
Ferry's in. Gold Show's done. School's almost out. KLONDIKE Must be summer. SUN Dawson Reacts to Park's Cuts (see inside)
Apprentice miners dig deep at the Gold Show. See more pix on page 11. Photo by Dan Davidson in this Issue Parks Reaction 3 Highland Games Profile 9 A Fiddleheads Encounter 10 Buy three t-shirts Parks Union requests politcal The Highland Games will soon be Paul Marcotte takes a tumble. get the fourth one free! pressure. here.
See & Do in Dawson 2 The George Black Rides Again 6 TV Guide 12-16 Kids' Corner 26 Uffish Thoughts 4 Time to get Teed Off Again 8 Author interviews 18 & 19 Classifieds 27 Father’s Day is June 17, don’t forget! AG Consults Seniors on Hospital 5 Gold Show Report 11 The Ron james Show 22 City of Dawson 28 P2 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN
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This free public service helps our readers find their way through Get the Rec & Leisure Newsletter & stay up to date. Website: www. the many activities all over town. Any small happening may cityofdawson.ca. Facebook: "City of Dawson Recreation". Contact us at need preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To 993-2353.Bombay Peggy's join this listing contact the office at klondikesun@northwestel. Woah, BeaR!: net.Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) ROMANCE CAPITAL: The Sea- The WestminsterPerforming Hotel Sunday, June 3 from 8 to 10 p.m. At the Confluence Gallery until June 17. sonal Workers Art Collective presents a collection of art pieces based on Live entertainment in the lounge on Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. to experiences of shelter in the north. Closing reception Friday June 14 at Zumba with Katie pearse: close. More live entertainment in the Tavern on Fridays from 4:30 7pm. Gallery hours: thurs-sun, 3-7pm. p.m.The toDowntown 8:30 p.m. Hotel Mondays 6:30-7:30 and Wednesdays piano with Barnacle bob: Live Music - 5:30-6:30 in the ODDfellows Ballroom, $10 drop-in fee. Sign up for piano with Barnacle Bob on : Barnacle Bob is now playing in the Sourdough Saloon ev LIfe Drawing: - The Eldorado Hotel Saturday afternoons. Spaces still available! Contact KIAC to register. ery Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. 7 to 9 p.m. in the 2D Studio at SOVA. 1st and 3rd Mon day of every month. $5 Drop in fee covers drawing board and some Drop-in painting: Food Service Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. Check out drawing tools; paper for purchase. our Daily Lunch Specials. In a rush at lunch? Call ahead and we'll have 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. $5 drop-in fee for your order ready when you arrive, 993-5451. Breakfast is served until Yukon Riverside Arts festival call for submissions: - materials. 1:30Dawson p.m. onCity weekends. Chamber of Commerce Dead Council Meetings: Writing workshop with Tim Falconer line is June 1. See www.kiac.ca/artsfestival for information. Regular meetings on the second and fourth : Wednesday June 6 and Wednesday of each month. Special Meeting times are posted at the 13, 7-9pm in the KIAC classroom, pens and paper included, $30 (plus Webinar series: Family coffee house and open mic night: Post Office three business days in advance. gst) for two sessions. - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is pleased to Saturday, June 2 at Travers chandler and avery county: present the third of several webinars that will focus on the human re the gazebo. By donation, proceeds contributing to a community group. source challenges that chambers and their members face today. This Monday June 11, 8pm, webinar will focus on Connecting Education and Employment. May ODDfellows Ballroom. Tickets available soon! www.averycountyband. Community30th from 1 to Library2 p.m. EDT. SOVA com Storytime at the library: Be a SOVA student!: . With Tina Braga. Drop in Monday from Next application review date is June 15. Reading/presentation by Tim Falconer: rent studio space at sova: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. www.yukonsova.ca, 867-993-6390. A reading/ $175/month, $50/week for a presentation by the Berton House Writer-in-Residence will be held at regular space including an easel, locking toolbox, flat storage Klondikethe Dawson Visitors City Community Association Library on Monday, June 11 at 7 p.m. space and other studio equipment. Larger spaces including a Library Hours commissioners tea and Klondike ball: worktable are also available for $225/month. : Mon/Weds/Thurs 4 to 7 p.m., Tues 5:30 to 8:30 Saturday, June Art Supply Store Hours Aboriginal Day: p.m., Sun 12 to 4 p.m. 12. For more information, call 867-993-5575. : Mon/Tues/Weds/Thurs 12 to 1 p.m., June 21 (solstice). Live music, jigging Conservation Klondike Society contest, face painting, refresments and more, held at the Dänojà Thurs 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Miscellaneous Household Hazardous Waste Day Zho Cultural Centre. Yukon Artist relief Fund: : June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Depot Hours Visit www.facebook.com/Yukon Artist Drop your household hazardous waste at the Quigley Landfill. radio youth broadcasting: - Relief : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m. Con Dawsonrefundables City may Recreation be left on the deck Department during off hours. Info: 993-6666. tact Damien at [email protected], or Andrew at ax_ Murdoch Mysteries Launch Party: ROad Hockey: [email protected]. kids' hiking club: At the Rec. Dept. Mondays 3:20 to 5 p.m. Sunday June 3, 7pm at the Palace Grand. Tickets available at the Visitors Information Centre and Tuesdays, 3:20 to 5 p.m. Bonanza. Free! THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P3 Council Reacts to the Cuts at Parks Story & Photos by Dan Davidson government directive to refocus be aimed at certain Dawson interpretation from live guides public figures who have to self-guided, beginning with downplayed the importance of From the outset, Dawson’s the next year. Parks’ presence in the town and town council was not happy Parks has also been instructed to the tourism industry, which with the announcement of to move to a consistent open is one of Dawson’s economic cuts being made to the Parks season in all units across the pillars. Canada operation in Dawson country. Henceforth it will run Parks has, he said, had a major City. The May 9 council package from the May long weekend role in preserving history here, contained a letter from Anne to Labour Day weekend in in drawing tourists here and in Morin, Park’s Yukon Field Unit September. providing a training ground for Superintendent, which, while Even though the Dawson local artisans and builders as everyone realized it was federal. well as for people who basically boilerplate from on high, raised interned here and moved to Dawson’s council ponders the Parks issue. L-R: CAO Jeff Renaud, the ire of council members serve Parks in other locations Coun. Wayne Potoroka and Stephen Johnson, Mayor Peter Jenkins, The result, after some later on. Coun. Rick Riemer and Bill Kendrick. discussion led by Councillor KNHS will be struggling to Wayne Potoroka, was a carry out its mission in spite resolution which read: of reduced capacity, and may group and is unique among To have it visited by Outside "Whereas Parks Canada is a not be as available to assist in the artifacts in the Yukon. experts with no experience key partner in Dawson City’s community projects, research After spending millions on its or familiarity on an irregular heritage community. Now and other areas as it has been preservation and restoration basis is not, she said, any kind therefore be it resolved that able to in the past. (as part of a program that of reasonable plan. the Town of the City of Dawson Klondike National Historic Simple solutions like is financed to continue this Councillor Potoroka respond to Ms. Morin’s letter Sites Superintendent David privatizing Parks operations summer – but which has no commented that this approach indicating the town is displeased Rohatensky spoke of trying to or contracting out for workers certain funding beyond that) will soon cause a collection of with the impact recent actions fulfill the KNHS mandate in spite were far more complex than it is, she said, folly to fail to historically significant material will have on Parks and the local of reduced capacity. some of the voices he said he interpret it properly. to just become a “bunch of old heritage community, the visitor has been hearing since the stuff.” experience of Dawson City, our announcements seem to realize. Docken, along with economy, and those impacted Few private operators would Rohatensky, took the council’s by job loss.” Historic Complex has been be prepared to take on the resolution of May 9 as a very In addition, council invited identified by Parks as the preservation role as well, and positive sign, but she wanted Klondike National Historic “brand leader” for the Yukon, hiring contract workers after them to take the next step. Sites Superintendent David these cuts mean it has lost, along downsizing union jobs would. “Address M.P. Ryan Leef. Rohatensky to appear at the with the rest of the Yukon, the surely make for an interesting Support the Parks mandate next scheduled meeting on May curatorial staff to manage its series of court challenges and the employees here. Show 23 and provide a briefing on the vast collection of artifacts. The Carrie Docken, speaking as a support and fight these cuts,” impacts to be expected here. mandate to manage, interpret union rep, could say things that she urged council members. That meeting featured and promote them has not her daytime boss could not. Six “I believe you’ve made your two presentations, one by changed, nor does Rohatensky full time jobs are gone from case,” said Mayor Jenkins, but Rohatensky and the other by think it likely that anything will Dawson, she said, and five more Union president Carrie Docken he deferred discussion of an the local union president for be relocated to a central point workers have had their hours urged council to action. actual draft letter until the Parks, Carrie Docken. in the south, as much of what reduced. When it’s all added council’s policy meeting the Rohatensky did not sugar we have here is just too big to up, about $450,000 in wages next day. coat the impact of the recent move. has been pulled from the local Councillor Potoroka announcement, which he said Rohatensky spent some economy. The artifact collection that confirmed that a draft letter of was a result of the budget itself time summarizing the impact Dredge #4, which will only will now be without a specialist support is being assembled and and also increasing financial Parks has had on Dawson since be interpreted by parking lot on site is the second largest will be going out to the Member pressures Parks has been becoming involved here in the signage after this summer, is the collection in the Parks world, of Parliament and the federal experiencing. The changes here Yukon. 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“When shall we three meet The HAC won the wood again? siding argument and lost the In thunder, lightning, or in rain? roofing when its decision was When the hurlyburly’s done, appealed to City Council. When the battle’s lost and None of that was discussed won.” at the hearing, nor was the - Three Wyrd Sisters, in City of Dawson’s recent announcement that it will not be able to afford the operations Macbeth. and maintenance bill to run the plant when it is turned While the Dawson Court over to the town once past the Registry room was hardly initial trial period of two years occupied at all for the latest after the commissioning in court update on the town’s new December of this year. By May 17 the metal siding and most of the metal roofing had been installed on the new Wastewater wastewater treatment plant Nor was there any discussion Treatment Plant. The metal shell is to be reclad in wood. (WWTP), the telephone lines of whether there will even be from Vancouver to Whitehorse a need for the plant once the to Dawson were packed with current federal budget has the Crown’s John Cliffe and for another update, a process which Dawson fails to meet the a baker’s dozen of lawyers, finished removing most of the town’s Tony Crossman to which consumed about half standards of its water licence. government officials and town the protections related to fish assume he had read. He even of the 50 minute meeting, Neither of them was quite councillors. habitat from the Fisheries Act pulled Crossman up short Mr. Cliffe took note of the content that Corix’s proposal The topic was the current in favour of pipelines hither in the construction update, fact that many of the phrases to simulate summer conditions state of construction of the and yon across the nation. Not saying that the most recent used by the City of Dawson would actually tell the tale. WWTP, which is behind that it would actually have photographs were graphic and Corix to predict future Assuming that the schedule, and has been been relevant to the case, since evidence enough. progress contained the construction finishes in time plagued with some delays the town was convicted under Crossman explained that word “anticipated” and was to catch the latter portion in the delivery of structural the law as it was, not the law as there were two steps to the concerned that this was a little of the summer effluent load, steel, as well as a very public it will be. commissioning of the plant vague. Judge Lilles would like to dispute with the Tr’ondëk So the discussion on May once it was finished. The first, It had been intended that see a brief update hearing, Hwëch’in’s construction arm, 17 mainly circled round the using potable water, would the last of these meetings something along the lines of Hän Construction. In addition question of whether the plant simply test the mechanical would take place in December, himself and the two lawyers there was some disagreement actually would be ready on systems. The second would when the huryburly of (with conference lines open between Corix, the contractor, time, after it had already be a full test with biological construction was complete, as on May 17) during which and the town’s Historic had its deadline extended material included. Both of these but if commissioning should the basic discussion would be Advisory Committee (HAC) several times, the most recent should happen between July occur after the summer along the lines of “does it work over the style of metal roofing extension having added and September, though it was season, both the Crown and like it’s supposed to?” the company wanted to use, as another twelve months from conceded that this assumed Judge Lilles were concerned For that we will have to well as the extent to which the last December. an “aggressive” construction that WWTP’s performance wait until either the first two metal clad building would be Judge Heino Lilles didn’t schedule during the next two then would not reflect the weeks or the last two weeks of reclad in wood to adhere to the want to go over all the details months. peak summer activity, which October. Weoriginal want building to plan. hear fromin the you reports,! which he told In attempting to set a date is the actual time frame during
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THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P5 They Didn't Consult with Us Meet Carly Lovett, the Klondike Sun's Student Intern! by Palma Berger (senior reporter) Klondike SunThis summer Carly will be our “They didn't consult with us...” was the refrain heard from a group student reporter at the of seniors who gathered to present their views on the new hospital . She will be collecting news, with the representatives from the auditor- general's office. writing articles, archiving and From it’s official description, “The office of the Auditor-General of keeping up our online presence. Canada is an independent and reliable source of objective, fact-based Carly comes to the Dawson information that the Legislative Assembly can use to hold the Yukon from her hometown of Burnaby, Government to account for its stewardship of public funds.” British Columbia, to which she The two representatives in Dawson were Ronnie Campbell and has recently returned in order Maria Pooley. to continue her studies at Simon Some of the view expressed were as follows: Fraser University where she is • 'Why did they not do a study of the needs of Dawson first?' and pursuing a bachelors degree in- better still, 'Why didn't they do a study of the needs of the whole environmental geography with- Yukon, to see if they could correlate those needs in one overall plan?” a certificate in spatial informa For example, why could they not spend their funds on better tion systems (SIS) and an ex- equipment in Whitehorse Hospital so that the sick senior does not have tended minor in French. to travel all the way to Vancouver for treatment or testing. Carly’s experience with jour • Whitehorse cannot get enough staff to handle their care already, so nalism is one born of necessity.- why are we building a facility that will require 40 staff.? To promote events and to help If we get 40 staff where are they going to be housed? There is a out friends, sheXavieran has written var- housing shortage in Dawson already. ious articles for student papers, • The whole plan was poorly thought out. One person discovered including the , (the stu that the architects drawing showed windows on the north side of the dent paper at St. FrancisThe Peak Xavier building. Why north? South facing windows are best. “Well, isn't that University when she studied the South?” was the response form the architect when questioned. He for one year) and (the- didn’t know the town. student paper at Simon Fraser The illustration showed the new hospital to be lower than the University), as well as commu museum in height. But in reality it is taller. nity newspapers such as the • The first big shock was that they had planned to put the seniors Burnaby Now. Carly has also and emergencies on the second floor. That was certainly tucking them worked in radio, hosting her away out of sight. The group believe that this is no longer the plan. own, weekly radio show on St.- Still they think the present location for the seniors is the best bet. They - Francis Xavier’s campus radio. - can view life on Fifth Avenue, as well as being able to sit in the sun. This will be Carly’s third sum Carly has been enchanted with Carly looks foreword to becom The proposed location at the north end of the building offers them a mer in Dawson City. Since com the endless wilderness of the ing even more acquainted with view of a row of houses. ing up for Music Fest after a Yukon and the subtle quirks of the ins and outs of Dawson City. • Another said,” Why present us with a finished drawing? Couldn’t season of tree planting in 2010, the Dawson City community. they have had a Plan A, Plan B, or Plan C to choose from? To see what fit our needs?'' This was a conscious decision , decided in cabinet, to give us a new hospital. It is as if they are building a monument to Winging It at the Midnight Sun themselves. • The question is are we going to get the care we need? Are they really planning to do away with the nurse-practitioners? These nurses Story by Lisa McKenna are called on at the nursing station for mainly minor problems, and Photo by Dan Davidson can deal with them. If you do away with them, all people will have deep-fried wontons, So again, Happy Birth- to go to the doctors` offices. This is going to cause such a jam in the waiting room. Besides, Nurse Practitioners can go to the homes of the chicken wings, ribs, etc. day, Haine!!! (and thanks house-bound sick people and check on their progress. The sick person etc. It was all good. for the party) does not have to make the effort to come into the doctor’s office to be The Midnight Sun Hotel checked. was rocking all night. I • The proposed location for the ambulance exit is too narrow, as well think it all started with as being in a high density area. The O&M costs are going to be huge. • The proposed atrium, although letting in much needed light, is the 60-cent drafts and going through two floors and is going to chew up a lot of fuel to heat. highballs. That’s right… • As this hospital is catering to areas surrounding Dawson, rooms 60-cents! (from 5 to 7) are to be built in the hospital for visiting family members. One questioned that if we go to Whitehorse with a sick person, we stay in a It was Haine Wing’s, the hotel, albeit subsidised by the Government on the second day forward, owner th of the Midnight so why can't these rules apply here also. Sun, 60 birthday! • The general feeling was that we must take this hospital or no hospital at all, was what we were presented with. There wasn’t a seat to The visitors from the AG’s office said they heard many of the same be had. The place was complaints in Watson Lake. packed. Haine entered the bar to a round of applause just after 5 and personally greeted everyone and thanked them for coming. The drinks continued to flow (transportation was available for those who drank a wee bit too much). Then at about 7 a Photo by Dan Davidson feast was put out. There was a huge veggie plate, P6 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN George Black Reunites Dawson and West Dawson Again Story & Photos by Dan Davidson
It was a fine morning for ferry watching in Dawson on May 16. Preparations to get the George Black into the Yukon River have been going on since before the break-up on May 1, but the inclement weather (snow, rain and cold) has slowed things down a bit. Still, the launch was on the same day as last year; it’s just that the ice was gone a few days earlier this year and so the wait has seemed longer. , The set-up for launching the ferry from its winter berth atop the dyke seems, to the layperson to be less complex than that needed for the extraction in the fall. That requires a careful arrangement of cables, block and tackle and heavier equipment. Stated very simply, the spring operation involves overcoming the inertia that would tend to make the craft stay where it is, on level ground, stuck to the Above – The George Black begins its final slide towards the river. wooden beams on which it has been sitting all winter. Below – Heavy equipment keeps it from entering the water with too much force. Once loose, it’s a matter of pushing it towards the incline on the wooden rail system, and then controlling its plunge towards the river as another of Newton’s Laws is activated and gravity takes over. This still requires half a dozen cats and loaders and a sizeable work crew. Two cats on one side of the boat pull with cables to loosen it, while loaders with heavy wooden beams affixed vertically in place of their buckets, push from the other side. Extra equipment moves in from time to time to balance the load. When it reaches the tipping point, the cats move around to the other side of the boat and the cables are adjusted so they can take up a new role as anchors to slow the slide. A final big push and then it’s on its way, entering the river smoothly. As with last year, the river is low for the middle of May and an extra shove was required to swing the boat out into the river and off the sand and mud near the shore just below the water. It was downstream in its normal position and taking on passengers within a few hours. A line-up had already formed on the west bank by that time. West Dawsonites lost the use of the ice bridge earlier than usual this year and have been champing at the bit to be able to stock up on supplies again. The Highways Dept. advises travellers “the ferry Roache's Corner by Mike Roache runs twenty-four hours per day from approximately mid May to mid September. Mid September to mid October it runs twelve hours per day. The average ferry crossing is six to seven minutes with variations between morning and night traffic flow.” As a rule it moves back and forth about every 15 minutes. At the original time of writing West Dawson and Sunnydale was the only destination for ferry passengers. The Klondike Visitors Association put out a notice on that same day that the border at Little Gold on the Top of the World Highway would not likely be open before Saturday due to the presence of “six to eight foot” drifts on the highway that will need to be cleared away. As it happened, the border was opened on May 22. Lots of snow up there this year.
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Residents may recall the Klondike Development Organization household and business surveys back - in Residents2011 when may we recall asked the you Klondike how the Development Klondike could Organization be improved household as a place and businessto live, work surveys and backdo inbusiness, 2011 when and weyou asked said: you how the Klondike could be improved as a place to live, work and do busi ness, and you said: Household Survey 1st 2nd Changes to improve the area Housing (24%) Recreation (18%) Community viability & resident attraction Housing (37%) Recreation (26%)
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The full reports are available at our website, klondikedevelopment.com. We, and others, have now compiled an extensive library of research on housing in the Klondike and it is evident that there can be no significant socio-economic progress here until such time as we see a quantum leap forward in the supply of housing, and all other initiatives flounder upon this rock. The full reports are available at our website, klondikedevelopment.com. We, and others, have now compiledHome ownership an extensive will onlylibrary ever of researchsatisfy a on proportion housing inof thethe Klondike market, especiallyand it is evident in remote that therelocations. can be no significant socio-economic progress here until such time as we see a quantum leap forward in the The transition period into a new community such as ours is particularly challenging and there will supply of housing, and all other initiatives flounder upon this rock. always be a need for people to settle into the town by renting before buying or building. It is Home ownership will only ever satisfy a proportion of the market, especially in remote locations. Theserving transition this transitional period into market a new that community we see as such critical as ifours we isare particularly to grow our challenging population, and economy, there will sustainability of services and quality of life. However, repeated feasibility research has determined Rose always be a need for people to settle into the town by renting before buying or building. It is serving thisthat transitional there is no businessmarket that case we for see building as critical significant if we are private to grow sector our population,rental developments. economy, sustainability of services and quality of life. However, repeated feasibility research has determined that there is no- businessAt our mostcase for recent building community significant stakeholder private sector partnership rental developments. forum, fruitful discussions were had surroundingAt our most the recent possibility community of a community stakeholder-owned partnership and operated forum, rentalfruitful housi discussionsng project were in Dawson had sur - roundingCity, possibly the possibilityon the now of vacant a community-owned site that formerly and held operated John Korbo rental Apartments. housing project It was in Dawsonfelt that byCity, possiblyfounding on new the housingnow vacant on balsiteanced that formerly local values held John and Korboownership, Apartments. integrated It was community felt that byservice found ingorganizations new housing and on thebalanced inclusion local of values all ages, and ownership,cultural origins integrated and social community circumstances, service organizations we would andmaximize the inclusion community of all pride ages, andcultural buy -originsin and longand -socialterm sustainability.circumstances, we would maximize community- pride and buy-in and long-term sustainability. Photo provided by Humane Society Dawson TheThe primary primary objective objective wouldwould bebe to toprovide provide housing housing for newfor residentsnew residents transitioning transitioning into the into commu the nity, for a maximum of two years before they move out and into ownership or private housing. Serving community, for a maximum of two years before they move out and into ownership or private a diverse range of tenants by mixing traditional market renters with key not-for-profit community housing. Serving a diverse range of tenants by mixing traditional market renters with key not-for- service organizations, college students and seasonal workers was held to be an important principle. A Rose is a one year old, female, black lab cross. She is such a profit community service organizations, college students and seasonal workers was held to be an - number of ground floor units could also be configured as live-work spaces to encourage home-based lovable, playful dog, with a great personality. entrepreneurialism.important principle. A number of ground floor units could also be configured as live-work spaces to - Like any young dog, Rose has a lot of energy. She loves play encourageWe feel that home local-based people entrepreneurialism. working together with government on a community-owned and operated ing in the yard, and going for walks. She walks great on and off rental housing project, utilizing our detailed local knowledge and leadership, can maximize the poten leash, running around but never going too far. tial to meet the housing needs of the entire community, develop new and innovativeTel: (867) 993 business ‐models2306 Rose is great around kids, other dogs, and cats. She is very for the delivery of rental housing in Yukon and leave a lasting [email protected] smart, and trainable. Come out to the shelter to see her Tues- We have only just begun to explore this concept. We are very interestedwww.klondikedevelopment.com in the thoughts and ideas of - Sat,W 12e Need p.m. Yourto 4 p.m.! Help Klondike residents and businesses and we would like to hear from you. To find out more about this or any of our other programs, please contact Mark Wickham, Project Manager, e-mail: klondikedevelop [email protected] , or call (867) 993-2306. The Klondike Development Organization office is above the Humane Society Dawson is involved in the highway clean-up- Klondike Development Organization was formed in 2009 and is a partnership of City of Dawson, Chief bank at 2 and Queen - follow the signs up the steps. fundraiser, and is looking for volunteers to help. 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guarantee of $55,000 was all last July, the other council such as the golfers association year, and Docken says the hope With the opening of the the money they would see from members quickly got on board was the obvious answer to is this will be just enough to newly renamed Dawson City the original loan. with the idea of taking over the problem. Docken says stay in the black. Golf Course set for Saturday DCGA board member Carrie the golf course, and the town’s the DCGA has existed for a “Working with the city was morning (May 26) the board Docken says that things have administration put in many number of years. The current brilliant,” she said. “As soon as members of the Dawson Golf moved very swiftly since the hours making sure that it board includes herself, Gary they had the power to do so, Association (DCGA) have been announcement of an agreement happened without the town Parker, Irwin Gaw and Coleman they were efficient and helpful busy getting the fledgling was made in March. The having to be responsible for any Johnson. and their part of it took all of business on its feet. transfer had appeared to stall of the remaining debt, which “(The association) is made two to three weeks from getting The golf course itself has just after the election and DCGA amounted to almost $400,000. up of volunteers that want to actual paperwork to say that existed under the name Top of members, along with Greg By December the council see golf continue, regardless, they owned it, to writing an the World Golf Course for some Hakonson, had expressed some had given first reading to a in this community,” she said. agreement with us, to putting a 20 years, but the old name for concern in public that the whole bylaw that would allow it to “We’ve been involved for a long cheque in our hands.” the business has encumbrances agreement might fall apart. own a business outside of the time now thinking about junior Danielle Chiasson is back and debts attached to it, which MLA Sandy Silver is on record municipal boundaries. Various golf and keep golf going here, for another year as the course is why the late Bill Hakonson as saying that things were never delays and misunderstandings and in case there would ever be manager and Charlie Bond bequeathed the land and the quite that bad, and that while delayed the final passage of this the need for an organization to continues to look after the buildings to the City of Dawson it was a slow process, it was a bylaw until March. step up. grounds and maintenance, and not the business itself. steady one. Silver says that YTG The town had always made “We wanted to be fully while Coleman Johnson is the It has been known for years officials were actually more it clear that it did not want to functioning and ready if that golf pro. that there was a massive debt helpful behind the scenes than attempt to run the operation eventuality happened.” Docken says the usual list attached to the Top of the World, it appeared they were being or to have it be part of its Bill Hakonson loved the game of tournaments is planned for but the deal reached between from outside the process. recreation department. While and the golf course and kept it the year and some additional th the territorial government and Docken expressed Jenkins initially expressed a running in spite of loses for two ones are being planned due the town shortly before the appreciation for Silver’s desire to have the Klondike decades. He put quite a bit of to popular requests. The 19 2011 territorial election was support, as well as that of Visitors Association take over his own money into it as well as Annual Midnight Sun event is that the town could run a golf Hakonson and Dawson’s town the running of the facility, the the initial government start-up already being advertised for course there and would not council. KVA made it clear that it could loans. Saturday, June 23. be responsible to cover that While council and the town’s not afford to take on a business The DCGA doesn’t expect The newly named course has debt. It was effectively written administration were initially which has always been to make a lot of money on a new telephone number (867- off and YTG was satisfied that caught off guard when Mayor marginal, and usually had not the operation. The town has 993-3585) and a new e-mail Hakonson senior’s personal Peter Jenkins announced broken even during its lifetime. provided $30,000 in seed address dawsongolf@hotmail. Hakonson senior’s bequest A non-profit organization money to get things going this ca. A Message from the Recycling Depot Submitted by CKS - hours of work. Caps can be brought in too if plastic and metal are kept separate. Spring is upon us and the Con- servation Klondike Society (CKS) is -Unfortunately the depot cannot accept happy to have been receiving recy glass jars or corrugated box cardboard at clables by the truck load as people this point. These go out with your garbage clear out their yards for summer. instead. We do accept beer boxes. - As the warmer months arrive -Please do not bring non-recyclables and Dawson’s famed thirst is providing hazardous waste in. This includes Styro plenty of cans and bottles to keep foam and motor oil containers. Hazardous recycling staff busy. materials can be brought to the Hazardous CKS began 20 years ago, and Waste Day at Quigley Landfill on June 2. opened the recycling depot that -Giving containers a quick rinse makes life same year. The mandate of CKS is much more pleasant for the volunteers and to promote the conservation of our staff handling these items at the depot. Only resources, educate the public about empty containers can be accepted. the environmental and social costs -The bags for non-refundable recycling on the rear dock at the downtown depot can of excessive consumption, develop- - and operate a recycling depot and be accessed anytime. Please take the time promote cultural, educational, rec to sort your recycling into the appropri ate bags if you’re bringing it in after hours reational and wilderness values of- the region rather than leaving unsorted bags on the The community support and en dock. Refundable donations are appreciated any time and can be left on the dock in neat ergy we’ve been receiving has been- outstanding. CKS is a small non- piles. profit organization run by a volun Most importantly, get involved! Come teer board and our budget doesn’t by with any suggestions, or better still, always allow us to offer the same volunteer or join the board. Conservation Klondike is a community run organization services you would find in a city- recycling center. For this reason we and relies on your support. Thank you for your enthusiasm! We look very much appreciate your enthusi- asm. forward to continuing to work with you to As the busy summer season ap make a real difference! proaches depot staff are bracing Conservation Klondike receives recycling for the extra work load. Here’s a at two locations- the downtown depot at few recycling tips to help them get 1067 Second Avenue, and at the Quigley through: Landfill. -Sort recycling before bringing it Hours of operation for the downtown in. We often don’t have time do this depot are Sun., Mon., Wed. (starting soon) and Sat. 1-5, and Tues. 3-7. Quigley operates for you. To make things really quick For further information and a recycling Thurs., Fri., and Sat. 12-7. you can count refundable items at guide visit the website at www.conservation- home for an on the spot refund. klondike.org, or call 867-993-6666. -All caps need to be removed, and doing this at home saves busy staff THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P9 Learning our Traditions Story & Photos Fête du patrimoine du by Glenda Bol YUKON t Territorial Heritage Fair These hand crafted dolls The 14th Annual Fête du patrimoine du Yukon Territorial Heritage created by the Grade 4 Fair was held May 3, 2012 at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Hän Language students of Whitehorse. Robert Service School. Participating Schools Included:Christ the King Elementary School, The students created Holy Family Elementary School, Jack Hulland Elementary School, the dolls as a component J.V. Clark School, Robert Service School, St. Elias Community of their Hän Language School, Atlin School. class. The students' Congratulations to our Award Winners handiwork will be on Grade 4/5: Brayden Fellers Richard Fischer display at the Dänojà Zho Emma TomTom Cultural Centre as part of Grade 6/7: Michael Ritchie the Sewing Our Traditions Kwasen Reid exhibition until June 7. Finley MacInnis Grade 8/9: Jared Leary Liam MacInnis Scott Therriault
Congratulations to Special Award Winners
People’s Choice: 4/5: Brayden Fellers 6/7: Kwasen Reid 8/9: Jared Leary
Canada’s History Award: 5: Gavin Winter-Sinnott
History Hunter: 5: Kacie Hastings 5: Teighan Quaile
Best Research & Writing: 5: Richard Fischer
Yellow Truck Award: 5: Daman Kanary
First Nations: 6: Kwasen Reid 7: Mariah MacDonald
Genealogy Award: 5: Brett Walchuk 6: Josh Dulac Top of the World Highland Games Best Graphic Design: 6: Michael Ritchie Young Citizens Award: Kate Storey Jared Leary Athlete Profiles Michael Ritchie Joshua Kearney The Top of The World Highland Games is excited to announce Joy Morin Scott Therriault our Professional athletes for the games have been confimed. Teighan Quaile The impressive list in no particular order is Matthew Doherty, Liam MacInnis Gregory Bell, Rob Young, John Odden and Owen Willems. Over the Wyatt Peterson next few weeks TOWHG will showcase our Proffesional Athletes in the Klondike Sun. Keep an eye out for them and start to pick your The Fête du patrimoine du Yukon Territorial Heritage Fair Steering favorites. The games are coming up soon, June 15-17. Check out our Committee sincerely thanks the following for their generous website topoftheworldhighlandgames.ca or find us on Facebook. support of the Heritage Fair: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Yukon Transportation Museum, Parks Canada, Michael Gates, Midnight Arts, Patricia Halladay Graphic Design, Yukon Arts Centre, Rob Young Sport Yukon, Pizza Hut, Maggie Leary. Canada’s History, Young Citizens. Age Height Weight: 28 Hometown: 6’ 4” Tartan : 300 lbs Years Competing:: Calgary, 5 Alberta Occupation: McKenzie Accomplishments: : Communications
• 2009 North American Amateur Caber- Champion Personal• 2009 Records:North American Amateur Cham pionship, 2nd place A huge thank you to our volunteer judges, helpers, teachers, • 16lb open stone 45' 6" parents and especially to the students who produced amazing • 22lb braemar stone 38’ 5” history projects at the school fairs and the Territorial Heritage Fair. • 56lb weight for distance 72' 4" • 22lb hammer 101' 2" For more information about the heritage fairs program visit the • 16lb hammer 121' 9" website at www.heritagefairs.ca Photo provided by the Top of the World Highland • 56lb weight for height 15' 6" Games P10 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN An Encounter with the Fiddleheads Story & Photos By Dan Davidson The play begins with fiddling and moves to the shadow box stage, where the The Fiddleheads were sea creatures can be seen on the road last week, swimming about. Hearing the showcasing their latest fiddle music, they follow the work, “Encounter”, subtitled enchanting sound to the land ‘A Musical Fantasy”. The first where they have a startling part of their tour took them encounter with the fiddlers. to Eliza Van Bibber School, Both groups are scared but in Pelly and J.V. Clark School the seas creatures follow the in Mayo on May 10 and saw fiddlers to the North, where them at Robert Service they begin to freeze. School in Dawson City the The fiddlers see what is next afternoon. happening and save them “Encounter”, developed with the warming sound of from an idea that was their music. pitched by the young fiddlers At Robert Service School themselves is a combination this presentation became of shadow puppetry and live part of an assembly which action, combined with lots of also featured some short The Fiddleheads play a merry tune. fiddling and a bit of singing. tunes by the Ukulele Class, Musical director Annie some barn dancing by almost Avery says the kids the entire student body and The RSS Ukulele Class. developed the story. They got a demonstration of Duck some assistance in staging Dancing by the primary from Moira Sauer. Singer/ classes, led by elder Tr’ondëk songwriter Nicole Edwards Hwëch’in Elder Victor Henry. provided the songs and the On May 18 the tour fiddle teaching came from continued with performances Amelia Slobogean, Gordon at Ghuch Tla Community Stobbe, and Zav RT. School in Carcross and the The set design and the Teslin School costumes are credited on the program to “everyone”.
Above: Sea Creatures on land. At Left: Shadow puppets told part of the story. When Friends are Abusers Below: Victor Henry directs the Duck Dance by Lisa McKenna
We all have them, those “friends” of ours that ask you for a smoke or a loonie EVERY time you see them. They prey on our sympathies. I don’t think it’s all intentional but it is still a form of abuse. A “friend” may think they can talk to you however they want because you’re not their “old lady” or their “man”. This can include inappropriate comments, or direct name calling , or even constant teasing. Some of our “friends” get into situations were they can’t go home or they have lost their home. So out of the grace of your heart you offer them a place to crash. The problem that most often arises is that they WON’T LEAVE. Another problem arises when you get home from work and go to have a cold beer and begin supper AND… there is no beer! AND… there is no supper because your “friend” has eaten you out of house and home! But it is really hard not to help out people you know. You just have to aware that YOU can make yourself a victim in some situations and not let your ‘friends’ take advantage of you. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P11 Gold Show a Success Story & Photos by Dan Davidson
With a record number of booths and excellent weather beaming on the town, the 2012 Gold Show is being a judged a real success. There were 59 booths inside the arena and another 19 outside; there was a lot for visitors to see. The plant vendors did a brisk business in their new location beside the arena, while inside the industry, government and non-- profit groups were well attended. Acting chamber manager Joanne Rice was full of thanks to ev eryone who participated and made the weekend run so smoothly for her after she had to step into the post just a few weeks before the event.
Dawson Flies the Francophone Flag by Dan Davidson
Deputy Mayor Stephen Johnson can be seen in a window at Dawson City Hall as the town flew the Yukon’s Francophone Flag on May 15 to help the Yukon’s French-speaking community celebrate “Journee De La Francophonie Yukonnaise” in the Yukon. P12 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN
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The Sun obtained funding in late 2009 from the City of Dawson, YTG’s Heritage Branch and the Community Development Fund to conserve and archive early issues and make them available once again in the public domain. This is a great resource for students, writers and historians, and also for prospective tourists with an interest in Dawson City’s life. Each month, we are re-printing our front pages from 20 years ago (seen above) as a souvenir of our lively history. Past issues are available for download on our website, http://klondikesun.com. More will be added periodically throughout the year! P18 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN Alan Cumyn Writes for All Ages BOOKENDS by Dan Davidson { with Dan Davidson } Ottawa What’s in a Name, Anyway? hasbased dipped writer his Alan Cumyn Flam Grub literary pen in a in, the pages of books. Home seems to resent his lot of different ink It helps a lot that the Grubs presence, and why the number wells, producing live in a flat above Turner’s two man there, Bruno Helman, By Dan Dowhal fiction for Bookstore, owned by a rides him particularly hard. young children, Blue Butterfly Books man with the delightfully It is, however, Flam who is young adults appropriate name of Page able to fix the office computers 368 pages and adults. He Turner. Though he was once and while doing so discovers toured the Yukon $29.95 banned from the store by his the misdeeds of a couple of in April as part “What’s in a name? That father, once Grub senior has lowlife employees of the firm. of TD Canadian which we call a rose / By any met his end in an industrial He also figures out how to treat Children’s Book other name would smell as accident, the store becomes them to the fate they deserve Week. sweet,” says Juliet, after she Flam’s refuge and the site of his and salvage the reputation Dear Sylvia is realizes that the young man first gainful employment. of Charlie, his only ally at the Alan Cumyn worked with several student a series of letters who has captured her heart is, Bookstore clerk is not his firm. groups at the Robert Service School on written by young in fact, the son of her family’s long-term goal however. Along the way, as a sort May 8 and 9 and had an intimate evening Owen Skye to the bitter enemies. Flam decides that he wants of therapy, Flam had begun with a small group of adults in the Dawson girl he loves. The It’s not true, of course. If to become an undertaker and working out some of his Community Library extract Cumyn it were, Canola would still enrolls in a community college frustrations by writing poetry. read had to do be called Rapeseed, He composes verses for with the trials and ESSO would never two of the women who of living with have changed its name interest him, and also Owen’s father, to EXXON in order to writes some lyrics for an insurance tense. take advantage of the Charlie’s jazz band. Most salesman who decided to Cumyn didn’t have a large similarity to the name importantly, he writes a become a writer, but whose audience during his evening of the then very popular long poem for “The Girl choice of characters for his reading at the Dawson US President, Richard on the Bus”, and that has first novel is a little too close to Community Library, but he Nixon. a major impact on the reality. Some passages had the made up for that by meeting For that matter, if my turn his life takes near audience giggling. with several classes during the father had had his way the end of the book. Losing It is the story of a same day and more the next my first name would Around the same time middle aged English professor, morning. have been David, and I that he meets Angela, whose affair with one of his Cumyn began writing when think that would have the New Age Wiccan/ students unhinges him, his he was about 15, but he was been very confusing. My Stripper (though he family and most of his life. One trying to write songs at first mother thought so too, doesn’t know about the of the narrative viewpoints is and it didn’t work out all that and put her foot down. last part until later) that of his mother in law, who well. Eventually the lyrics You’d never convince during his comparative has Alzheimer’s. began to turn into stories “and the central character of religion studies, he also “It’s a nice piece to read,” then it was just such a relief not Dan Dowhal’s first novel meets Joe Schneider, an he said, “and it’s also quite to have to write the poetry. (second published, but elderly Jewish gentleman disturbing.” “I’ve been writing stories first written) that names with a fascinating life Tilt is the story of a 16-year- pretty much since then. I’ve do not matter. Nor would story. When Joe dies his old boy. It began for him while done lots of different work but you have been able to will insists that it is Flam he was doing a residency at the I’ve always left room in my life, convince his mother, who should handle his Vermont College of Fine Arts. in my day, for writing. who was responsible funeral arrangements. One lecturer, Louise Hawes, “It’s nice to go around to for saddling him with that course to study that trade. That is the first of a number challenged the others there to schools and talk about stuff, moniker. Despite the claims of his of important connections that write a letter to their younger Just get them to think about She was Mary Flam, you see, abusive father, Flam is happily help to improve Flam’s life. selves about desire. For Cumyn making their own stories.” and pretty much the last of heterosexual, or would be, if he If I say much more I will give what came out instead was The only writer he met the Flam line. She wanted to could manage to get anywhere away too much. Readers will, a vision of playing one on while in school was the late preserve the family name, but at all with the fair sex. He is I think, find echoes of Charles one basketball with himself Judith Merrill, an ex-patriot her ill chosen husband, Steve handicapped by his shyness, his Dickens and John Irving in the before he could start that American writer who moved Grub, would not hear of letting name, his shabby clothes, and way that this man’s life story conversation. to Canada to protest the Viet her keep her own name after perhaps by all the literature is told. The narrator is clearly Teenaged boys, he said, Nam War and whose personal they were married, so she took that he has absorbed over the present in the background bottle up a lot of emotion, and library of science fiction is her last name and christened years. He’s a great romantic and of the story, giving us little he found himself wanting to now the Merrill Collection in her son with it. fantasizes about three women nudges and comments from explore that. In the story Stan the Toronto Library system. Flam Grub. The potential for in particular: one that he meets time to time, but not in any sort has been dealing with being She edited the World’s Best SF public school hell wrapped up in a poetry class; another, older of an annoying way. the man in the family after his annual collections for about a in a name like that is almost woman, that he meets in a class Dowhal was at Berton House father abandoned them all dozen years. beyond belief. The litany of on comparative religion; a third this last winter and returned when he as younger. Now the “She was great. She came for taunts included Grubby, Flam that he sort of meets on the bus in late Aprilto do a community father has returned, bringing four afternoons and met with Chop, Grub-a-dub-dub, Flim- to work every day. tour for the Public Library with him a new, younger son, a group of eight of us for two Flam Man and many others. For he does, indeed, manage Branch as part of the Yukon and all sorts of complications hours each day. She made the Add to it a home life poisoned to score a job at a mortuary, Writers’ Festival. for Stan, his mother and his writer’s life sound like hell … by an abusive father and a though he eventually discovers Dowhal was back in Dawson younger sister. but y’know, three people out mother who diverts most of her that he only got it to begin on April 23 as part of the Cumyn read the section of that group of eight have better urges into the service of with because his mother’s gaggle of authors assembled where Stan and his mother published books and two of us the Church and Flam grows up policeman friend leaned on a for the Yukon Writers' Festival. have a heart to heart (she being have had work short listed for an introverted, insecure child few people on his behalf. He I believe he's setting a new a little bit drunk) about how the Governor General’s Award.” who is at ease only when he is is a long time finding out why speed record for Berton House she and his father met. The surrounded by, and immersed everyone at Morton’s Funeral writers making a return trip. story is both touching and THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P19 The Revolution in Digital Technology: Bill (W.D.) Jackson, 1922-2012 It is with sadness we announce the sudden passing of Bill (W.D.) Jackson on May 1, 2012. Born in Toronto, Ontario on June 3, 1933 to Lillian and Four Steps from the Past to Today George Jackson he was the oldest of four (Gary, Gail and Glenn). Bill is survived by his sons Kevin (Karen), Scott (Linda), Britt (Soula), grandchildren Jenna, Kyle, Shaelyn, Story & Photo Keira, Drew, Troy and predeceased by his daughter Laurelie by Dan Davidson (2010). In 1963 Bill and his young family moved to Temagami, Ontario where he worked as salesman for National Mine Services until 1969 when they moved to Jasper, Alberta. He then began a career as a brakeman and later conductor for CNR until he moved to the Yukon in 1981. Less than two months after his He spent most of his remaining career with Yukon Forestry working in the Berton House residency in the lookout tower on the Fire Dome spotting fires in Dawson City. He was well known winter, Dan Dowhal was back for playing his bagpipes on misty mornings on the Fire Dome and annually on Solstice Day at midnight. In his early days he was a prolific artist and continued to in Dawson as part of the Yukon write novels and short stories until his death. Writers’ Festival, travelling He was an instrumental part of the Jasper Highland Pipe Band and taught his this time on behalf of the Yukon four children to play the pipes and as a result was able to play in his own version of Public Library system. the “Jackson 5”. His bagpipe music was published and played around the world. Dowhal was part of the kick- off event at the Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse and then began his cross-Yukon travels, with stops at public libraries in Watson Apply Now for a Permit Lake, Teslin, Faro, Pelly Crossing and, finally, the Dawson City Hunt Authorization Community Library, on the evening of April 23. In most of the towns Dowhal Submit your 2012 PHA application form in read from his most recent novel, person, along with the appropriate fee, by Flam Grub, but Dawsonites had Dan Dowhal lectured on digital technology at the Dawson close of business June 15 at your nearest heard this book during his Community Library in late April Environment Yukon office. earlier stay, so he came up with something different for his Game Management Subzone details for each species are on the PHA data sheet, which is available at Environment Yukon second public outing here. wishes. to print his or her book through offices and on the department’s website in the ‘Hunting & When he isn’t writing novels, Step three involved the means a print-on-demand feature. Dan is co-founder and partner of storage and distribution, Other companies exist, Blurb- Trapping’ area. Questions? Call Client Services at 667-5652 or in The Learning Edge Corp., a moving from floppy disks Inc. and Xlibris being a couple 1-800-661-0408 X5652. producer of interactive digital of various sizes, though zip- of examples. content, where he works as disks, CD and DVD disks and Dowhal said it was almost Avoid the last minute line-ups. the company’s chief writer, flash drives of various types. pointless to argue over the editor, and creative director. For mobility of data, it’s hard changes brought on by digital For more information, visit: Dan studied both engineering to beat the World Wide Web technology were good or bad. and journalism at Ryerson and the Internet. Information The fact is that they have www.env.gov.yk.ca University, and is on the Board is available, though not happened, and are continuing of Directors of Interactive necessarily free. The location to happen and that people are Ontario, the trade association where all this material is stored using them in creative ways is representing the province’s is decentralized, and most mostly a good thing. digital media industries. recently something called the So, aside from writing, one of Cloud may change things still the things he can speak of with more. some authority is the impact of The Web, Dowhal said, technology and digital media in has enabled some societies today’s world. to leapfrog over earlier He began, occasionally t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s checking his notes on his technologies, and has taken iPad, by saying that Dawson is communications technology to just a natural place for such a places where it might not be yet conversation, being something if the Web did not exist. of an arts and media hub. The fourth stage is something There have been, he said, four he called the democratization major stages in the development of media, exemplified by file of digital technology as applied sharing, by Facebook, Twitter, to the world of words and YouTube and a dozen lesser pictures. social media platforms. There Step one involved the means are claims that social media of production and data capture, was the breeze that fanned the which shifted from typewriters flame of the Arab Spring last to word processors, and from year. film to digital imagery. In the Sociologists he said, maintain case of photography, he said, that we are ultimately a race “you were either on that bus or that thrives in groups and under it.” communities, and social media Similar changes occurred are creating all sorts of new in the transition from film to communities. video and in audio from disk “We’re pushing a billion to tape to CD and, ultimately, Facebook users and hundreds the move from analog to digital of millions of Twitter users, capture and manipulation. with lots of feeds going back Step two was the growth of and forth.” interactivity, which allowed Media used to be controlled people to control their access by business because it took so to the content. Just being able much money to produce a books, to select the order of play of recorded music, newspapers, the songs on an album was a television show or movie. big step. Role playing and video “Everyone of us now has the games have advanced this still ability to publish ourselves.” further and created a low level He noted the existence of sort of artificial intelligence, Amazon’s CreateSpace program, which allows a program to which allows a person to decide respond to the user’s needs and P20 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN Thank You to Everyone Sadie and Paul's Big Adventure: Pt. 2 by Paul Marcotte On behalf of Sis, Clara, Debbie, Louise, Richard and (Last issue Paul and Sadie Billy, I would like to thank everyone for the support me straight to the Grand Forks next operation takes place on went for a walk and Paul had a Hospital, where after x-rays and March 20th, so for all you blog you have given us through the passing of our mother, very nasty fall, ending with a bad some morphine to help ease the followers, I won't be doing one Rita Drugan. break on some part of his leg. As - - pain, I was informed that I had on March 21st, as I will still be in We greatly appreciate all the support you have given we left him, he was trying to get a very serious break. How seri Trail Hospital. During that oper back to the place where he was us. ous? ation, plates and pins will be put house-sitting, using some loose - Drugan Family Well three breaks of the tibia in place and then I am looking at timber as makeshift crutches.) near the ankle, a break of the about two months before I can same bone up near the knee and put any weight on my foot. - finally one break in the fibula In the meantime, I have plenty- I was slogging through heavy for a total of five. Funny, the day of great pets to keep me com Subscribe to The Klondike Sun! snow which didn't make my before was my birthday, and I pany and a priceless view look task any easier, and with the could proudly proclaim that I ing up the valley, so I really can't Only $44 per year! sun beating down I was rapidly had never broken a bone in my complain. Things could have- { (visit klondikesun.com for details) } overheating and my mouth had body and then one day later and been much, much worse, and so become dry as a bone. Each step I've really gone to town. I am counting my many bless was a challenge, and with each By the following day I was ings every day. One of those- step, Sadie would grab the ball heading east to Trail to have an blessings is my neighbours, who and drop it down in front of me operation done, and the journey have cared for the animals dur- FOR SALE hoping I guess that I would pick over was nothing like I've ever ing my absence, and I will be- it up and throw it, or at least kick experienced as every little bump forever grateful to them for be it ahead. "No Sadie, we can't play Lot 21, Pierre Berton Cr., Dome Subdivision along the highway, and there ing here and helping out a to ball right now." Ever so slowly are more than you ever notice, tal stranger. In fact this past 10 Fully scribed 2 story 2,200 sq. foot log home and very painfully I made my caused major pain in my leg. By days I have been surrounded by overlooking the Klondike Valley. The property way back up the hill. I wanted the time I was admitted at Trail very caring people and it warms of .7 hec. is perfect for a family. The house in a serene setting has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a large kitchen with pantry/laundry room. Open cathedral ceiling in living room with circular staircase leading to an open loft. Living room has oak hardwood flooring covering a space 25’x25’ Two wood stoves, full furnace and Toyo monitor. Wrap around decks on three sides with one having a wood ramp. Out buildings consist of a wood shed 14’x12’ with an attached shed 14’x16’ wired and suitable as a work shop or craft studio. Large covered dog kennel. Prepared pad for a garage to be built. Tin for roof already on site. Circular driveway. On water delivery. Property must be seen to be appreciated. Serious prospective buyers only. Viewing by appointment 993-5277. Price $400,000 firm.
Paul Marcotte is a former Dawsonite who writes a blog called the Happy Wanderer. Photo submitted.
I was certainly in the mood for my heart to know that so many to just sit down and wish it was some more morphine. - of them exist. all a bad dream, but I really had To make a long story short, I So over the next few months no choice at this point. I had to was told not to eat anything af at least, I guess the thoughtful get home and get to a phone and ter midnight as I was expected part of my blog will play first call for help. to go into the OR the next day, string to the wanderer part, but It probably took me at least Tuesday. Finally on Friday, I had such is life as it throws lessons a half hour to get back to the- the operation. But this was only at us, and no doubt something- house and as soon as I did I fell the first of two as it turns out. good will come from this one, over on my bad leg, which cer There was so much swelling in even though the price of the les tainly didn't help my mood. I my leg that they had to stabilize son was rather high this time. managed to get up the stairs on the leg first. So as I type these My leg needs a rest, so I will my rear end and into the house words, my right leg is propped end this now and write again on and called next door for help. up on a stool in front of me and March 28th. "Hi, I am your new neighbour, it has what is called an "External P.S. Happy birthday Bill! and I wonder if I could bother Fixator" attached to it. Basically you to come over and take me I have four metal bars through And one more final thought. to the hospital, as I think I have my leg, two near the knee, one- During my last housesit I was broken my leg." in the heel and the other in the nursing poor Felix the cat back "We'll be right over was the arch of my foot. The bars are an to health as he had injured his- response." Another blessing to chored in various bones in order right leg. Maybe old Felix was count. to keep the broken bones stable trying to tell me about my fu Greg the neighbour arrived and help the swelling subside. ture. almost immediately and after I only found out today that the a quick introduction he drove THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P21 When Gordie and Fred Rocked the Hall Story & Photos by Dan Davidson players that made him louder and less pensive than on his Sometimes we get too busy last visit here. One reviewer has here in Dawson and events described his act as “raucous, mount up so fact and furious that slick and gritty” and I guess that important things slip our minds. works. As I write these words it’s been Fans will be able to hear him- almost a month since Gordie with the same lineup at this Tentrees, Fred Eaglesmith and year’s Dawson City Music Fes their bands (which included tival. That’s a set I’ll be sure to some of the same people) blew take in. through town and rocked the Fred Eaglesmith is perhaps what Gordie hopes to grow up ballroom at the Odd Fellows- Hall for an evening. to be. Fred is at home on any The combination of perform stage and if he ever gets asked ers has graced the hall before, to leave one he’ll just turn the though Tentrees’ last visit was experience into stage patter. I Gord Tentrees and friends have, however, heard him play in
Fred Eaglesmith performed at the Odd Fellows Hall on April 30th.
Clearly Fred would have liked cluded after the third or fourth and that probably doesn’t do to spend a little more time on interruption of his stage patter him justice or hit all the bases. his patented comedy delivery during the first 10 minutes of It was a fine show and it held- that evening, but there was a fan his 90 minute set. the audience until the end. with a particularly distinctive- It wasn’t quite like that. He The only excuse I can pos laugh sitting in the front row,- did manage to work in a few sibly make for not putting this and he kept chiming in when stories, but the music was the- enjoyable event on my laptop’s- ever the band was not perform main event. Eaglesmith seems monitor screen in front of me - ing. to cross a lot of musical bound until now is that the Yukon Riv Fred did go so far as to define aries in his act and in his song er chose to break up the next - with one sideman instead of St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the term “monologue” for him, writing. He has been described morning and I’ve been feeling three. Perhaps it was the ad out seriously offending anyone, but it didn’t work. - as a combination of “rock’n’roll, like a one legged man in a three dition of drums and two other so some of his bad boy routine “I see it’s gonna be a musical country, folk, singer-songwriter, legged race every since. A Recently Extinctis just that. Animal:show tonight,”The Eaglesmith Steller’s con Americana, Sea blues and bluegrass”Cow by Lisa McKenna
Their meat was said to be The Sea Cow lived in herds rocks and ice close to veal and it kept longer but maintained strong ties floes. The Steller’s Sea Cow only than other available meats. The between pairs. They lived became extinct in 1768, just fat was said to taste like sweet They sort of look like a seal continually in the 27 years after its discovery almond oil. but they have real small heads, water and fed on in 1741. There were only an They hung around Bering and two stout forelimbs and a tail kelp and other sea estimated 2,000 when they Copper Islands in the Arctic like a whale. Covered by 3cm of grasses…it had no were discovered but with the waters and they were BIG! tough black skin and 20cm of fat teeth! sailors, sea hunters, fur traders They could reach lengths of 8 the Steller’s Sea Cow was well and their small reproduction meters and could be as much prepared for the frigid waters (one pup ever year or so) the as 7 meters around and weigh and avoiding being harmed in Sea Cow was doomed. over 5,000 kg! rough seas by dashing against
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NEXT ADMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 15 Call 867 993 6390 or email [email protected] www.yukonsova.ca for more information on how to apply. P22 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN THIS IS JUST MY OPINION Ron James Packs the Palace Grand with Al Sider by Dan Davidson - Facts Science Refuses to Ron James is a very funny fel low, and very popular one from the size of the audience in the Palace Grand Theatre on May Acknowlege: Pt. 2 of 3 18. The place hasn’t been that- packed since Holland-America stopped making the Gaslight Fol So far in part 1, I have shown some evidence that lies a part of their regular tour points to the possibility that Humans existed upon this itinerary. The only time it’s been- planet at some point long before the period science tells close in recent years is during us. It actually implies that man walked during the time the Robert Service School’s an of the dinosaurs, especially since science claims that nual commencement exercises. dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago. James had been well briefed Further evidence of this will follow; an article written by on local issues when he hit “William R. Corliss, Ancient Man: A Handbook of Puzzling the stage on Friday night and Artifacts, p. 649, 1885: Reprinted in Mysteries of the worked many a Yukon theme- Unexplained; Readers Digest, p. 35, 1982” another distinct into his 90-minute ramble archeological discovery was made, “On the North slope of a across the country, through pol boulder-strewn hill near the mouth of the Little Cheyenne itics and down his own personal- River, South Dakota, lies a flat, dazzlingly white rock of memory lane. Given the speed magnesian limestone, which geologists say was laid down with which he delivers his ma and hardened some 100 million years ago. On it are three terial, you wonder how he ever- prints of moccasined feet. In fact they seem to be those of manages to remember it all. a woman or an adolescent, and to judge from the length One way, I suppose, is to an of the stride (4 ½ and 5 ½ feet) the person who made chor it all to a through-line. In James was presented with a number of gifts at the reception them was running. In one of these prints, moreover, the this case, James had a lot to say following his performance. Photos by Dan Davidson impression made by the heel is deeper than that made by about recent Parks Canada cuts, the ball of the foot, again suggesting that whoever made none of it complimentary to the- - them was running at some speed. federal government, and so the The depth of the prints varies from ½ inch to 1 inch. framework for all of this inflam problems that early pacer min- He comments on this himself, All three clearly show the instep and faint toe marks, and matory comedy (which drew ers must have had after weeks calling it a sure sign of attention- all show the same degree of weathering as the unmarked lots of laughs and applause from panning on the creeks, bounc deficit disorder. surface of the rock. According to an interview obtained in a fairly partisan audience) was ing about as he makes his points An odd feature of James’s rou 1882 with a Mr. Le Beau, who had lived in the area for 26 family camping trips. and then pausing to flash that tine is the lengthy, descriptive, years, local Indians knew nothing of the origin of the prints The federal government came- mischievous grin that tells the quite poetic passages that may but viewed the stone as “Medicine Rock”.” in for a drubbing on a number audience the world’s a bit of a go on for extended runs. While- I will begin my next evidence in my next article as it is of other topics, as might be ex joke and they’re all in on it with- they usually end with something somewhat lengthier than these previous quotations. Still, pected. Much of the humour him. to bring out a laugh, the materi- the evidence presented here in both parts 1 and 2 indicates from people who grew up in the Like many comics he attri al before the punch line is often that some form of humanoid existed on this planet during Atlantic Provinces is salty when- butes his stage persona to his quite beautiful, belying the stac the time of dinosaurs. This evidence strongly opposes the it comes to current events. days in school, when he just cato style of the delivery. commonly held belief by the scientific community that James is quite a bit more ris could not manage to be quiet in a Following the 90 minute show it was not possible for man to exist alongside any of the at the Palace, dinosaurs. If indeed, humanoid creatures left footprints in those who had stone, 20 million to 300 million years ago, then humans or purchased the human-like beings walked side-by-side with the dinosaurs. limited number of Is it any wonder that our modern, conventional science reception tickets does not want us to know about these details? Not at all. If were invited back the general population knew these facts and were exposed to the Dawson to these facts early in life, then it would give people the City Museum, authority to question everything presented as “fact” by the where James scientific community. chatted freely with the guests in To be continued . . . the gift shop area- and AV room and posed for numer Roache's Corner by Mike Roache ous photos. Two fans. Earl Brown and his wife, Sue Hay, had driven all the way Sue Hay and Earl Brown travelled from Toad River to attend this concert from Toad River, BC, to take in this show. They left at the end of Sue’s school day the day qué in his live show than the classroom, and jokes that he has before and arrived in time for toned down version people are managed to make a living acting the show. Earl, who used to do- used to seeing on CBC, but he exactly the way his teachers told the Alaska Highway route for managed to make that variation him would cause him to come to the Milepost for many years be part of the act, openly taunting nothing as an adult. Part of his- fore he retired, is used to driving anyone who looked the least bit schitck is to interrupt himself long stretches, and took the 19- askance at any of his comments. constantly, run off on tangen hour one-way drive in his stride, James seems hardly able to tial topics and spout all of it at but she had to be back for class stand still much of the time, a mile a minute, while somehow es on Tuesday morning after the pacing the stage, dropping into managing to work in spaces for long weekend. a crouch to pantomime the back the inevitable laughter. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P23
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“The Spirit of Dawson” Leading up to the 2012 Dawson City Music Festivall, the Klondike Sun will be giving you a look at some of the performing artists. To see this year's complete line-up and buy your tickets, visit ww.dcmf. com FRIDAY June 1st
Artist Profile: The Deep Dark Woods 6 to 7 p.m. Sports Talk Radio - Steve and Nathan by Mike Chaulk 7 to 8 p.m. This n’ That - Robyn
Some people have described the music of The 8 to 9 p.m. Rockin’ Blues Show - Sonny Boy Williams Deep Dark Woods as, well, dark, but that might be 9 to 10 p.m. Psychedelic - Jim taking the feeling you’ll get while listening too far in one direction. It’s not quite dark, but rather it feels like that time just before it gets dark, maybe SATURDAY June 2nd while driving over the few high, gold-lit hills on the Louis Riel Trail out of Regina. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Story Hour - Simon The impulse to describe The Deep Dark Woods’ 12 to 1 p.m. Youth Broadcast - Sign up at the youth centre! music as one thing is difficult because it balances each quality with its opposition, always bringing 1 to 3 p.m. The Foxy and Folksy Hour - Andy Ladeau two different directions together harmonically.- Coming out of the Canadian prairies, it’s natural 3 to 4 p.m. Face the Music - Tim that they involve themes of seclusion, detach The Deep Dark Woods also put a quick end to the ment, and frozen winters, but, staying true to their CBC’s Great Canadian Songquest with “Charlie’s 4 to 5 p.m. Songs of Freedom - Connor homeland, their tunes are also very intimate and (Is Coming Down),” a tune about the closure of sometimes glow by that special warm and wooden Good Time Charlie’s in Regina. 5 to 6 p.m. Under Pressure - Elizabeth breed of bar lighting. It’s lonely but you never quite- The Deep Dark Woods and their newest album, feel alone. Even the orchestration and songwriting The Place I Left Behind, will be making their way 6 to 8 p.m. OPEN hide complexities in what only seems to be a mini up to Dawson after gracing festival stages across- mal landscape. the continent. Before we sway in the wheat fields 8 to 10 p.m. True North Trance - Robb Beggs The Louis Riel Trail ends in Saskatoon, where they’ll unpack up here, they’ll be playing Bonar- The Deep Dark Woods began. Since then, although roo, Bluesfest, and Bunbury. Afterward, they’ll SUNDAY June 3rd always musically anchored in the expanses of give a bit of Canada to the Tønder Festival in Den Saskatchewan, TDDW has gone places. For their- mark and to England’s End of the Road. So get 1 to 2 p.m. The Cat’s Meow - Rosie and Capri 2009 release, Winter Hours, they won not only yourself ready for this year’s DCMF, where we’ll the award for Best Roots Group at the 2009 West all welcome The Deep Dark Woods and their 2 to 4 p.m. Golden Age of Radio - Kim ern Canadian Music Awards, but also Ensemble of waltzes, ballads, and gritty roots tunes to the end 4 to 5 p.m. OPEN the Year at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards. of our own road. Another Blast from the Past 5 to 6 p.m. Show with Brad - Brad Potoroka by Lisa McKenna 6 to 8 p.m. Meat and Potatoes - Kit
8 to 9:30 p.m. The Spoon with Murphy Douglas - Born in Brooklyn,th New York 9:30 to 10 p.m. Hard Core Troubadour Radio - Josh on Januaryrd 24 , 1941 this Amer ican singer-songwriter was- voted 3 as the most successful Tune your dial to 106.9 FM or adult contemporary artist, pre Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) in Dawson City, ceded by Elton John and Barbra Streisand (withy whom he sang or listen live over the internet at www.cfyt.ca! a duet in 1978). In 1985 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 2011 he entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by 2001 he had sold over 115 million THE KLONDIKE SUN records, and one of his albums spent an incredible 29 weeks at thanks our volunteers! No.1 in Australia! chief writer & editor - Dan Davidson In his younger years he was a fencer, he even won a fencing- webmaster/online assistance - John Steins scholarship to NYU. Today he proofreading - Betty Davidson, Lisa McKenna still warms up with fencing ex ercises before a show. Alyssa Friesen, Tara Borin He has written songs that layout - Dan & Alyssa were played by the Monkees, subscription mailing/retailer deliveries - Elvis Presley, Mark Lindsay (of- Karen MacKay, Palma Berger, Colleen Smith, Paul Revere and the Raiders), (the ‘Fonz’). In 2008 he sang at one who asked. Deep Purple (!), and Cliff Rich the Ohio State University with a Though he's been married Judith Blackburn-Johnson, and Jan Couture ard. case of laryngitis and he felt that- three times, the last time in April He has, on one occasion, he sang so poorly that he offered of this year, I am still a believer opened for The Who. He has to refund the ticket cost to any in Neil Diamond! sung a duet with Henry Winkler P24 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN Remembering the Piper in the Fire Tower by Dan Davidson
Bill Jackson, for many years he moved to the Yukon, again the man in the Fire Tower, left us with the great outdoors being in early May. On the evening of what drew him. He was an May 20 a group of Bill's friends aspiring writer and artist with met at the tower after the a tremendous natural ability to Forestry Crew had cleared the draw. road for us. It was a fine evening His first winter was spent to stand on the viewing deck that in Klukshu, outside of Haines Bill built and share memories of Junction, Yukon. There he the man who loved his work so affectionately attended to his much that he came out of his first family of Irish Wolf hounds, retirement and manned his post Branigan and Rosie, who for another ten years. produced a litter of puppies The memorial service was during the coldest part of conducted by Reverend Laurie the winter. From this litter Munroe and Lay Minister Shirley he kept one pup, which Pennell, with readings by Palma he named ‘Screamer’, his Berger and Kathy Webster and constant companion. Moving memories by many of the dozen from Klukshu he took a job or so in attendance. at Dezadeash Lodge. In the I led the hymns, including process he met Boyd Campbell, "Be Thou My Vision" and "I Feel who like Bill, loved music. the Wind of God Today". Peter They came to become life, long friends, entertaining the guests Menzies performed the song he Bill Jackson serenades the Solstice sun on June 21, 2003. This was the Sun's Front page photo of the lodge and the patrons of once wrote to honour Bill, with that issue. Photo by Dan Davidson its refrain "He Plays the Pipes the Lodge bar, Bill on his pipes to Keep the Fires Away" I sang and penny whistle, Boyd with his favorite song, the McCartney his singing and guitar playing. and Laine composition "Mull of Eventually, the Lodge closed from the air. Tom Burn, who Borealis. realized he made a mistake and Kintyre." and Bill headed to Dawson played Robert Service, would Getting Bill to ‘come off the returned manning the tower What follows is the eulogy that City taking up a position with read the Spell of the Yukon’ hill’ was a struggle. He did so for until his 76th year. was read by Bill's son, Scott, and Forestry as a tower man in June with the sun’s rays at midnight leading the Canada Day parade He retired to Whitehorse his good friend, Shirley Pennell of 1984. in the background. Then Bill with his piping and sometimes where he resided until his *************** The cabin on 2nd Dome or would break in with his pipes. to attend the Commissioner’s passing. . Tower Hill had a view that Not a dry eye in the group. Ball. With the phasing out of some Bill never tired of, either from Later, Bill got permission He was extremely dedicated forestry towers due to modern Born in Mimico, Ontario. the porch or the copula of the to live year round in the to keeping a watchful eye on the technology, he joins the rank of Mimico is an Indian word for tower. Of course his job was cabin, which necessitated the Gold Fields, the Taylor Highway, the rare breed who still ‘climb “the home of the wild pigeons”. to spot ‘smokes’ before they purchase of a snow machine. up and down the river and the to the sky’. He will be missed He was very proud of the fact he flared into major forest fires. For several winter seasons town of Dawson. We were in by his Dawsonite friends, sons was born in a place that had an He was extremely dedicated to he was joined by a professor good hands. and family members. Indian name. his job. His cabin he made into from the University of Tokyo Although he decided to retire From an early age he loved the a home welcoming all who took who was studying the Aurora in his mid sixties, he soon outdoors, camping on the ForksWild the ‘interesting’ drive up the Tundra by Chad Carpenter Woodof the Wisdom Credit River outside of steep grade to the tower. He Toronto, using the book, entertained with a coffee for , a book on Indian all and when asked, the playing lore, as his guide. He learned of the pipes. Many a tourist to play the bagpipes at around stated that he made their stay age 14, partly self-taught, with in Dawson memorable. further instructions from When the wind blew in the Pipe Major Fraser of the 48th right direction, the lit of the Highlanders of Toronto. He pipes could be heard drifting on joined the Junior Forest Rangers the wind as far out as Callison. of Ontario at age 15. Did Sometimes when approaching seasonal work fighting forest the tower after the drive up, fires in north central Ontario. you could hear the music of his Earned his Scaler’s license at age penny whistle or flute drifting 21, and worked as a salesman out the open windows of the for Kingsway Lumber and copula. also at National Mine Service. Bill prided himself in how Moved around 1960, getting a quickly he could go up the job as Park Superintendent of a tower ladder and offered park in Temagami. From there viewing from the copula to any went into a fire tower down Lake brave person who asked. With Temagami for a few summers. permission, he eventually made Eventually, he moved his family a viewing deck for visitors that west to Jasper in late 1969. looked out over the vista. The Worked on construction for a first deck ended up on the couple of years before hiring on Midnight Dome as a viewing with CN rail, where he worked platform, but being missed, he until 1981. While in Jasper, he built another, which bears his joined the Jasper Highland Pipe name. Band, and soon after taught all 4 The Solstice parties on the children to play the pipes. Who longest day were always very in turn joined the band and memorable. Good friends, were all affectionately known great food and always sudden as the “Jackson Five.” In 1981 drop-ins by tourists and even THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P25 The Community Bids Farewell to Willie Danny Gordon by Lisa McKenna
Great Thou Art”. Willie has gone to meet his maker, This is the Willie I will play his fiddle with the always remember… a Willie saints, hug his beloved full of joy and laughter. Nancy, kiss his parents, say St. Paul’s Anglican hi to his brother and hold Church was packed to the his sisters in his arms. rafters; people were lined “Praise the Lord with the up against the walls! My harp; make music to him tears covered my notes, but on the ten-stringed lyre. I wish to thank the family Sing Him a new song; play and the community for skillfully and shout for joy” showing so much respect (Psalm 33:2-3). to A Legend of the North. Then Harmonica George I cannot say it enough. came forward and played, Willie was a gentleman; in and sang, “You are the the term that he respected wind beneath my wings”, all forms, all walks, of life. and yes we know Willie He had great joy from his was our Hero. BUT… do not son Anthony, as well as let your hearts be troubled from his stepsons Justin for he is in the house of our and Jason Van Fleet. Lord. Willie played for the guests at the Golf Course during the Military Attaches visit last June Anthony sent a message Willie “praised the Lord and celebrated New Years at the Pit. Photo by Dan Davidson thanking everyone for his with his fiddle, he sang to or her love and support. It him a new song, and he means a lot to him because shouted for joy”. We were his Dad had touched so asked to celebrate Willie’s others said it was damn many hearts and always joy and then, in time, God good! Willie was offered had a smile on his face and would restore our souls to “Thisto go south proves to hisfurther love this for we learned that Anthony peace. career but he refused. was beginning fiddle Anglican Bishop Larry lessons…let the legend live Robinson, who knew his family and the land.” on. Willie in Inuvik, recalled The service was ended I cannot also write this Willie’s days on the CBC by “Amazing Grace’’ article without mentioning Mom’s Show and said “…Into the blessed rest, Willie’s eyes. He had such he was aware of several into the glorious company beautiful eyes, when he reports on it. Some said of Saints” hit that perfect note it it was “good”, some said Goodbye Willie… see you was an honor to see. His it was really good, and there. eyes expressed his joy in the music and he gave this Willies with his fellow Pit Band members playing at the Dänoja entire joy back ten fold. Zho Cultural Centre on Aboriginal Day last summer. Barnacle referred to Willie as Christ-like and so he was. As Bob so justly put it, Willie lived in love, in kindness, and in humility. We awaited the arrival of Willie and the church was silent … until Barnacle arrived and slammed the door! Awakening us all from our revelry. The service began with Kristen Poenn playing, on the fiddle, “The Old Rugged Cross”, along with Andrew Laviolette on guitar. The choir entered and the Rev. Laurie Munro welcomed us all and read the scriptures of John 11: 25-26, John 14: 1-3, and Romans 8: 38-39. The friends and family then sang to Willie “How P26 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN KIDS' CORNER Stories and illustrations by Lisa Michelle Y Yams -
, called sweet potatoes in Canada and the U.S.A. are very useful vegetables. suited to the climate because a Yam can be stored up to 6 months without refrigera They can be barbecued, baked, fried, grilled, roasted, smoked, and even a yam can be tion. grated and used in a dessert! But don’t think of the Yam as just a potato! Have you ever met a potato that could Yams are a staple crop in Nigeria. (A staple crop is the people’s main source of grow up to 1.5 meters long? And weigh up to 70 kilos? That would make some cool- food. In Asia it was rice and in Ireland it was the potato and the First Nations relied French fries! on corn.) Yams have also been used in Medicine. It was quite common to get rid of head In Nigeria they even have a Yam festival called lri-ji or Iwa-ju, depending on the aches and its chemicals have formed the basis of the modern day aspirin. region you come from. West Africa harvests 95% of the World’s Yams. They are well Yellow-bellied sapsuckers
- yes, these creatures do exist but guess what they are.- They are medium sized Woodpeck ers! They are called sapsuckers because the drill small holes in the bark to feed on the sap within, other birds can then get to the sap. So the Sapsucker plays an important part in the life of the forests it lives in. The Sapsucker lays its eggs, from The Yukon 2 to 7 in a clutch, in holes in trees or has a population of 34,667 people, that’s not even the size of a in a dead branch. small city! Out of these 34,667…26,304 live in the town of Whitehorse. That They do not build leaves only 8,393 people to fill up the rest of the Yukon and 1,881 of them live nests or line them in Dawson, the second biggest town which, by the way, is 535 km away from Whitehorse. with feathers or 80% of the Yukon is still in a natural, wild state. There are still parts of the anything! I think they are just lazy birds! But I bet the chicks are pretty Yukon that have never been traveled! tough. The Yukon’s flower is the fireweed, it is a bright pink and can be seen When the eggs hatch the baby yellow-breast is naked (no feathers) growing along the sides of the roads and rivers. It also grows in the clearings- and completely helpless. Eventually it grows feathers and learns how where there had once been a fire. to fly…then it is on its own. The Yukon’s bird is the raven and you can see these black birds every A sapsucker spends the summers across Canada, but it likes to where and in 2001 the Yukon adopted the sub-alpine fir as its official tree. winter in Florida or Panama, kind of like us Yukoners! There is a small- Sub-alpine firs can grow from 6 meters to 20 meters. population that stays in the Middle East of America but that is due to The Yukon also has a large animal population, with an estimated 190,00 climate and the availability of food. (Sapsuckers, besides sap, eat in caribou, 10,000 black bears, 70,000 moose, 7,000 grizzly bears, and there are sects, fruits, and berries.) deer, elk, goats, wood bison, 22,000 sheep, and 4,500 wolves! + HEY KIDS! JUST FOR FUN Ice cream is back at the Midnight Sun! Send in your pictures or peoms to win a FREE ice cream! Email Lisa at [email protected] Look up Woodpeckercolour on your computer. It's free. It's fun. You can do it over and over again using different colours and it really helps you learn how to control your mouse. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 P27 CLASSIFIEDS Kl o n d i k e Churches Support Mining For rent Ou t r e a c h Jo b Bo a r d ST. MARY’S Many Rivers: WATER LICENCE/LAND USE OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT: CATHOLIC CHURCH services for PERMITS: Open Positions: Corner of 5th and King Counselling and support Located above the CIBC bank Services: individuals, Water license and land use building. Contact Northern Sundays at 10:30 a.m., couples, families or group permit applications for placer Network Security. 993-5644. Auditor Sat. 5 p.m., Tues. 7 p.m., counselling. A highly miners. Call Josée (5 a.m. to Automotive Shop Labourer or 6 p.m.) at 819-663-6754. or Wed. to Fri. 9:30 a. m. confidential service FOUND Automotive Service Apprentice All are welcome. email [email protected] located in the Waterfront Bartenders Contact Father Ernest Building. We are a non- Emeka Emeodi for Busnd Persons profit organization with a MINING EQUIPMENT: UPPER SET OF DENTURES: 2 Cook/Cleaner assistance: sliding fee scale. To make 993-5361 Camp Cook Assistant an appointment call 993- Diesel pumps, aluminum Upper set of denturesThe Klondike found Carpenters, Journeyman & Apprentice 6455 or email dawson@ pipes, hoses and fittings. behindSun, the Downtown Hotel (anticipatory) on April 19. Call DAWSON COMMUNITY manyrivers.yk.ca. See our Highlands Irrigation has Cashier CHAPEL website at www.manyrivers. been supplying miners since (867) 993-6318 or drop by our office in the Waterfront Construction Workers (anticipatory) Located on 5th Ave yk.ca/. 1974. Call 1-800-665-5909 Building on Front Street. Cooks across from Gold Rush or visit our website: www. Custodial Campground. Alcoholics Anonymous: thewaterpeople.com. Customer Service Attendant Sunday worship at 11 Work Wanted Deli Person am. Videoconference meeting at Diesel Mechanic the Dawson Health Centre Everyone is welcome. Dishwashers Pastor Ian Nyland on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. North Star Group meets at the Dishwasher/Prep Cook 993-5507 FIRST AID ATTENDaNT: Comm. Support Centre at Door Security 1233 2nd Ave. on Saturdays Level three. Responsible, Drivers/Swamper at 7 p.m. Call 993-3734 or Equipment Operator ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN dependable and available 993-5095. for remote areas. Fleet Detail Crew CHURCH Contact:250-261-0188. Front Desk Corner of Front & Church Heavy Duty Mechanic Streets Hey Dawson, Host/Hostess Sunday Services: at 10:30 Housekeepers/Room Attendants 1st and 3rd Sundays: Labourers Morning Prayer Classified ads Labourers (anticipatory) 2nd and 4th Sundays: Maintenance Holy Eucharist Manager 5th Sunday: Informal only cost $6! Nanny Contact Rev. Laurie Munro, Painter/Labourer (ph. 993-5381 ) at the Produce Person Richard Martin Chapel, ServersReceptionist/Retail Tues - Thurs. 8:30 - noon Seasonal Representative
Service Station Attendants Positions with Closing Dates: BUSINESS DIRECTORY Tutors Geospatial Technologist: May 31 @ 4 Advertise your business and services with The Klondike Sun! Submit your business card at a Collections Assistant: May 31 @ 4 normal size of 2” x 3.5” -- $25.00 per issue and yearly billings can be arranged. IT Support Technician: June 6 @ 4 Finance Assistant: June 7 Natural Resources Policy Analyst: June Student/Youth: 8 @ 4
¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ Fish & Wildlife Summer Stud. Jr. Joanne Rice, Notary Public Steward: May 30 @ 4 Salmon Project Steward: May 30 @ 4 Positions Out of Town: Phone: 867-993-2490 Joanne Rice Boat Driver Cell : 867-993-3678 Notary Public Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 [email protected] Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 Mining – various • Income Tax Services: Personal or Business [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca ruckFor more driver information, come into • Event & Office Support Service • Payroll • the Klondike Outreach office next to • Resume’s • Small Business Accounting • • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • the Territorial Agent/Liquor Store. (853-Third Street).
Hours Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends and Stat Holidays Contact Info ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ Phone: 993-5176 Fax: 993-6947 Joanne Rice Joanne Rice Website: www.klondikeoutreach.com Notary Public Notary Public E-mail: [email protected] Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll •
¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ Joanne Rice Joanne Rice Notary Public Notary Public Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll •
¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ Joanne Rice Joanne Rice Notary Public Notary Public Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll •
¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ ¨¡Ŷ¨¤¡¨£ Joanne Rice Joanne Rice Notary Public Notary Public Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Box 584, Dawson, YT Y0B 1G0 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 Phone: 867-993-2490 Cell : 867-993-3678 [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca [email protected] www.eventsnorth.ca • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • • Income Tax • Office & Event Support Services • Payroll • P28 WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN
P.O. Box 308 (1336 Front Street), Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0 Tel: (867) 993-7400 ~ Fax: (867) 993-7434 NEW WEBSITE: www.cityofdawson.ca (updated regularly)P.O BOX 308, DAWSON CITY, YUKON Y0B 1G0 PH: (867) 993-7400, FAX: (867) 993-7434
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN (OCP) NEXT STEPS
TOWN HALL Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 5:30 PM At the Recreation Centre Light refreshments will be available
COMMUNITY SURVEY We want to hear from you! Please fill in a community survey by June 8th, 2012 Online at: www.cityofdawson.ca Facebook – Search “Dawson Official Community Plan”
Hardcopies are available at: City of Dawson Office Across the River Consulting Surveys should be returned to the above by June 8th, 2012
NOTICE:NOTICE Rescheduled Council Meeting
The June 13th, 2012 Council Meeting has been rescheduled.
The Next Regular Meeting REQUEST FOR QUOTES of Council will be REQUEST FOR QUOTES TH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 , 2012 The City of Dawson seeks qualified contractors AT 7:00 PM to submit quotations for: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS TO CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING FRONT STREET Request for Quotation packages can be obtained at the City of Dawson Office or on the City of Dawson’s website at www.cityofdawson.ca. Closing Date & Time: Friday, June 1, 2012 at 4:00PM For additional information please contact: Heather Favron, Executive Assistant via phone at 867‐993‐7428 or via email at [email protected]
DAWSON CITY – HEART OF THE KLONDIKE
dawson city – heart of the klondike
dawson city – heart of the klondike