The WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 • VOL. 24, NO.13 $1.25 Have a Spooktacular Hallowe'en everyone! KLONDIKEThe Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Singers SUN Still not much ice, but the Ferry is done The Jerry Cans Relatively small amounts of ice appeared in front of Dawson last week, but not enough to bother the George Black, and after two days of increasing pans, there seemed to be less on Friday than on Wednesday and Thursday. By Saturday the Highways Dept. had made its decision, shown here, which was amended to read "NOON" by Monday morning. It's later than last year though, and it sure beats the six-hour panic of 2012. Photo by Dan Davidson in this Issue Maximilian's has all kinds of Hospital update 3 What is REM? 10 & 19 A report from Columbia 13 Hospital siding goes on, again. The Rural Experiential Model Anna Vogt reports from Bogota. candles to keep you home Comes to RSS. cozy and bright this winter. What to see and do in Dawson! 2 More info on the Hospital 5 SOVA students hybredize 11 Authors on Eighth entries 20 & 21 Council Tribute to Dick North 3 Legion news 6 TV Guide 14-18 Business Directory & Job Board 23 Uffish Thoughts 4 Tourism roundup report 7 Murphy on Berton House 19 City Notices 24 Happy 26th Birthday Andrea Parent! P2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 THE KLONDIKE SUN What to SEE AND DO in DAWSON now: SOVA ADMIN OFFICE HOUrs This free public service helps our readers find their way through the many activities all over town. Any small happening may need LIBRARY HOUrs : Mon-Thurs, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To join this ART SUPPLY STORE HOUrs Eventslisting contact the office at [email protected]. : Mon-Thurs, 4-7 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. SECOND ANNUAL WINETasTING EVENING: : Mon-Thurs, noon-1 p.m.; Thurs 4-5 p.m., Sun 1-3Dawson p.m. City Community Library Friday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. LIBRARY HOUrs with Peter Turner, Wine Expert and Vino Borealis columnist. Live jazz with the Bob Hilliard Ensemble. Tickets are $45 and include five wine and appetizer : Monday to Friday, noon to 6:30 p.m. Closed Saturday Fpairings.AMILY CTicketsOFFEEHOU availableSE & atO PENKIAC M andIC N Maximilian's.IGHT: A fundraiser for the andConservation Sunday. Klondike Society Dawson City Arts Society. DEPOT HOUrs Saturday November 2 at 7 p.m. in the Odd Fellows Hall. Admission is by donation with all proceeds : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of refundables DINNEcontributingR AND to A a MOVIEdifferent: community group. Everyone is welcome to perform may be left on the deck during off hours. Info: 993-6666. in any medium. Dawson City Recreation Department Sunday, November 3. Dine at Bombay Peggy's Inn & Pub then stroll over to KIAC to watch Highway 61 (1991, directed by Bruce McDondald). Dinner at 6 p.m., movie at 8 p.m. Tickets: $23 (dinner only $18; Get the Rec & Leisure Newsletter & stay up to date. Website: www.cityofdawson. Theca. Facebook: Westminster "City of Dawson Hotel Recreation". Contact us at 993-2353. MmovieARTH onlyA WA $5 INforR DCASIGHT :members, seniors and kids, $8 general public) Limited tickets available at Peggy's or KIAC. Come Home to BEN MAHONY & UNCLE TOUCHY: Mama. November 5 at the Odd Fellows Hall. Canadian born singer Wainright performs from her critically acclaimed record OLD CABIN: Thursday, October 31 in the lounge starting C.R. AVERY AND SARAH MACDOUGALL: at 11 p.m. ONSIE WEDNESDAYS: Saturday, November 23. Doors at Saturday, November 2 in the lounge starting at 11 p.m. FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: LIVE MUSIC IN THE LOUNGE 7:30 p.m. show at 8 p.m. $15 advance and $18 at the door. Location: KIAC's Is back with all day happy hour! Odd Fellows Hall. Tickets Sales info TBA. SMALLIE SUNDAYS Meetings : The Pit House Band. IODE DAWSON CITY: Bombay Peggy's: All day happy hour on small draft! Meet first Tuesday each month at home of Joyce Caley HaLLoWEEn PARTY!: ROYat 7:30AL p.m.CAN ForADI infoAN L callEGION Myrna BRA Butterworth,NCH #1: 993-5353, Joyce Caley, 993-5424. Recess for summer July-Oct. Thursday, October 31, 9 p.m. Come join us at Bombay Peggy's and celebrate Halloween in the haunted whorehouse. Invite your friends! Meet second Thursday each month We have DJ Whitebread Soundwave playing amazing music! Prize for best cos- at Legion Hall (3rd and King St.) at 7:30 p.m. Contacts Helen Bowie, 993-5526, PIONEER WOMEN OF THE YUKON: tume!Chamber Halloween of Cocktails Commerce with creepy & garnishes!Town Council Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. Meet third Thursday each month at 7:30 CHAMBER MEETINGS: p.m. at YOOP Hall. Contact Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. Recess for summer June,Klondike July and Aug.Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) COUNCIL MEETINGS: Regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at the Downtown Hotel. IN THE ODD: UNEARTHLY, UPRISING: MARIGOLD saNTOS: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Council Chambers. Public invited to ask Council questions during the question period, Features 4 metic- which takes place towards the end of each meeting. Meetings are also aired on ulously rendered large-scale mixed media drawings on canvas, whose imagery COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS: Saturday drop-In paIntIng - It'S Back! Channel 12. speak of Filipino folktales and Canadian pop culture. October 3 to November 1. Council will be holding Committee 1-4p.m. in the KIAC Classroom.. ofTr'ondek the Whole meetingsHwech'in on the Government 1st Monday and 3rd Tuesday of each month. F$5.ILM Inspire SELECTION and be S:inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered communIty Support cEntrE'S HaLLoWEEn actIvItIES: Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m., view and rate submissions for the 2014 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. Help us October 30, 3 select the films for the festival. Best committee ever! Show up on evenings when- p.m. Pumpkin Carving! October 31, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kid-Friendly Halloween Party; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Halloween Party! HAeverTH youA YOGcan (noA W minimumITH JOA orNNE maximum), VAN NO watchSTRAND: movies, then leave!!!! No boring Dawson City Museum chit chat, no heavy lifting! Email filmfest[at]kiac.ca to get on the list. DawsON CITY MUSEUM PRESENTS: FILIM SCREENINGS: yukon 48!: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m. E-mail [email protected] 24 hours in advance. HOUrs: Watch for posters of matenee and evening screenings on Saturdays and Sundays for what's coming up! DawsON CITYCreate INTE a RfilmNA TIONin 48 Ahours!L FILM In FpartnershipESTIVAL SU withBMI theSSION YukonS OPEN: Film Soci- ety. November 15-17. Screening on November 20. Stay Tuned for details. MiscellaneousOctober to Mid-May by appointment. Film ZUMba: in the can? Submit! Don't wait until the last minute. Check out dawsonfilmfest. com for info. Fun, Latin-inspired fitness program for all ages and abilities! All sum- mer long at the TH Hall. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Drop in or purchase a 10-pass punch card. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 P3 Hospital gets new siding Photo & story by Dan Davidson ing of the building’s exterior, had a great deal to do with its location, directly behind the Beige-coloured, vertical national historic site which is metal siding covered the top the Old Territorial Administra- section of one wing of the new tion Building that now houses Dawson City Community Hos- the Dawson City Museum. pital on October 21. This ma- At the poorly attended public terial, as noted at the commu- meeting, locals were assured nity hospital meeting here on that the new hospital would fi- October 3, was the final solu- nally be opening, about a year tion for replacing the original late around the end of Novem- CertainTeed imitation wood ber, with a grand opening and siding that failed so badly after facility tour planned for about it was installed last fall. a fortnight after the YHC re- According to the Yukon Hos- ceives the occupancy permit. pital Corporation a thorough In an open letter to be pub- search was made to find some lished in the local newspaper sort of non-metal alternative, YHC’s CEO Jason Bilsky indi- but in the end council and the cates that the building will be Heritage Advisory Committee open to the public on Saturday, were persuaded that nothing December 7. At that time there Metal siding is being installed on the new hospital. more suitable could be found. will be a ribbon cutting, tours The delay, like many associ- and refreshments. ated with the design and finishCouncil’s- Dick North Tribute Text & photo by Mayor Wayne Potoroka finding William Shakespeare’s inkwell or Charles Bu- kowski’s favourite bar stool. Without a doubt, much of Mr. London’s world-changing fictions were imagined in Dawson City and the Yukon lost a special person re- that cabin. Mr. North’s curiosity and determination are cently. the only reason we can visit it today. Mr. Dick North advanced our understanding of ter- Mr. North was later honoured on becoming a member ritorial history with several well-researched books, of the Order of Canada “for his ongoing commitment to including The Mad Trapper of Rat River, The Lost Pa- the preservation and promotion of the history of the Yu- trol and Sailor on Snowshoes: Tracking Jack London’s kon territory” and received the highest of municipal and Northern Trail.