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(Above) Six and 12-year ranger veterans. Rangers assemble for the Operation Mate Graduation. See Page 6. Photos by Dan Davidson in this
Issue Max’s has all the Trek Over the Top 3 The Happy Writer 7 Larry's Reading 20 Easter candy It took him 19 years to come in first Why is this man smiling? What brought all these people to the place Library? you could ever want!
See & Do in Dawson 2 School Carnivale Pix 5 Reconciliation Musings 15 Mann Lecture 17 Uffish Thoughts 4 CO2 Warning 9 TV Guide 10-14 Cruikshank Lecture 19 We will be closed April 1st Teed Off About the Golf Club 5 TV Guide 10-14 Neufeld Lecture 16 Kids' Corner 22 P2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN
Seedy Saturday: What to Saturday, March 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Includes lunch, Percy De wolfe memorial Race: snacks, and guest speaker John Lenart. Bring seeds for the seed swap! March 22-24. www.thepercy.com a n d Call the Rec Dept. for more information on programming, 993-2353. Visit SEE DO www.cityofdawson.ca for a link to sign up for the monthly e-newsletter to or stay current! in d a w s o n now: The Westminster Hotel
Live entertainment in the lounge on Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. to close. MoreThe Downtown live entertainment Hotel in the Tavern on Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This free public service helps our readers find their way through the many activities all over town. Any small happening may need Live Music preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To join this : Barnacle Bob is now playing in the Sourdough Saloon every listingKlondike contact Institute the office of Artat [email protected]. and Culture (KIAC) Cribbage Tournaments Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. JOb posting: The Eldorado Hotel : Every Sunday at 1 p.m. KIAC is hiringa new programs coordinator. Start date is May 22. Deadline to apply is April 13. Contact [email protected] for a copy Dawson city Arts Society Annual General Meeting: The Eldorado Hotel is open! Food Service Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days of the posting and a detailed job description a week. Check out our Daily Lunch Specials. In a rush at lunch? Call ahead Thursday, and we'll have your order ready when you arrive, 993-5451. Breakfast is Film Screening: March 29 at 7 p.m. in the KIAC Ballroom servedDawson until City 1:30 Chamber p.m. on weekends. of Commerce Degrees North, a feature documentary by Dan Council Meetings: Sokolowski. March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the KIAC Ballroom. $10 entry, $5 Regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each Volunteer for the Film Fest! - Housing Fair: for students and seniors. month. Next council meeting: Mar. 28 at 7 p.m. Work bar, take tickets, help at the out Odd Gallery Hosted by the Klondike Development Organization on March door BBQ! Call Dan at 993-5005 or [email protected] to sign up. 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Downtown Hotel. Information for prospective home Filmmaker in residence, Andreas Horvath: - builders, renovators and buyers from contractors, governments and financial "Force Majeure" runs in the ODD Gallery until April 13. business Training fund: - institutions. - A guest of DCIFF, Hor To help employees to work more effectively and vath will screen short films during the festival and work on a new docu Fred Eaglesmith: efficiently, and help Yukon businesses to increase their productivity, the Yu mentary. kon government has committed $75,000 per year, administered through the Coming Monday, April 30th with opener Gordie CommunityWhitehorse Chamber Library of Commerce. Apply at http://whitehorsechamber.ca LIfe Drawing: Tentrees & Hill Country News. Tickets on sale soon! Storytime at the library: - . 7 to 9 p.m. in the 2D Studio at SOVA. 1st and 3rd Monday With Tina Braga. Beginning March 19, drop of every month.. $5 Drop in fee covers drdawing board and some draw Scottish country dancing with Chris Collins: Klondikein Monday fromVisitors 2:30 toAssociation 3:30 p.m. ing tools; paper for purchase. Diamond tooth Gerties winter openings: Monday, 7-9 p.m., Drop-in painting: March 12 to April 30. $57+GST. Bring a partner or come on your own! "Games of Chance and DCMFPotable Spirits" on March 23 and 24, and again on March 30 and 31. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. $5 drop-in fee for Adult jazz/hip hop Dance Class: DCMF Tickets: materials. With Katie Pearse. Tuesdays 5:30 to TH On sale starting March 26. Orchestra with Joe Cooke: 6:30 p.m., until April 17. Registration still open - note change in time! Calling all sledheads: 7-9 p.m. on Wednesdays. New memebers odd gallery exhibition/kiac artist in residence program: - The TH Youth Centre is hosting skidoo and ATV welcome! maintenance and repair workshops for youth every Sunday at 2 p.m. Need a Ap hand getting your machine to the Centre? Call John at 993-3887 or Damien Miscellaneous plicationSOVA deadline: April 1. at 993-7129. Fall 2012 Application Deadline RAW TV Looking for Yukon Crew for Season 3 of goldrush: - : March 31, 2012. Contact us for more Library Hours Shoot inforation at [email protected] or 993-6390. will take place near Dawson this summer and fall. Looking for videog- : Mon/Weds/Thurs 4 to 7 p.m., Tues 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., raphers, sound technicians, assistant location producers, digital DATA Art Supply Store Hours Sun 12 to 4 p.m. logger, first aid/cook/craft services, camp set up personnel, cook help ers, drivers and car cleaners. Contact: Rob Toohey, rtoohey@xplornet. : Mon/Tues/Weds/Thurs 12 to 1 p.m., Thurs Yukon Artist relief Fund: 4Conservation p.m. to 5 p.m., SunKlondike 1 p.m. toSociety 4 p.m. com. Depot Hours Yukon Artist Relief provides short-term financial assistance to professional visual artists living in the Yukon. Good Friday Choir: : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of refundables Visit www.facebook.com/Yukon Artist Relief Dawsonmay be left City on the Recreation deck during off Department hours. Info: 993-6666. Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 12:14 Mulit-level yoga: JJ Van bibber's legacy Project: p.m. at the Richard Martin Chapel. Cheerleading: Sundays, starting March 25 JJ's family is fundraising to publish Gymnastics: Mondays & Saturdays, March 26-May 14 a book of JJ's memoirs and photos. Drop off contributions at Nora's Adult Drop-in skiing: Kitchen or mail Shannon Van Bibber at 33B Dieppe Dr., Whitehorse, Wednesdays or Saturdays, March 24-April 28 radio youth broadcasting: Body blast & Badminton are finished for the Season: These Y1A 3A9, or call 867-332-1784. Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. Meet at the arena. Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m. Local- Coffee house & Open Mic: youth have the chance to try out being a local radio DJ. Contact Damien programs will resume in the fall. at [email protected], or Andrew at ax_laviolette@lau Saturday, April 14, 7 to 9 p.m. at Odd Fellows rentian.ca. Hall. Last one of the season. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P3 NEWS Nineteen Year Trek Veteran Finally Comes in First Story & Photos by Dan Davidson without any trouble.” He said this run was a little slow - he has done the trip in Lyle Myers has been on every about four hours. single annual run for the Trek Six more sleds pulled in while Over the Top from Tok to this interview was taking place. Dawson City, but on March 8, he There were about 90 expected achieved another milestone. He on this second weekend, with was the first to arrive. visitors taking rooms at the The Trek, now in its second Eldorado, Downtown, Aurora year of being run by the and Bombay Peggy’s. Klondike Visitors Association, is Once here, the visitors basically a 200-mile poker run are treated to a number of (one way) at what may be the activities: a poker run, visits tag end of winter, though it has to the museum, shopping, suffered from terrible weather. curling at the Top of the World The vent began as a lark Curling Club, a Texas Hold’em back in 1993, and formalized Poker Tournament and other into a regular run which once gambling at Diamond Tooth occupied three weekends and Gerties and banquets there averaged over 150 trekkers per on both Friday and Saturday weekend. nights. It has suffered somewhat As a special bonus for coming due to America’s military in first, Lyle Myers was ventures (a lot of the trekkers presented with a free pass to were military at one time) and next year's Trek, with the only the economic downturn of condition being that he has to Lyle Meyers the last several years, but the make the trip to collect it. two weekends this year still attracted about 170 visitors, nothing to sneeze at during Dawson’s slow winters. The group, sponsored by the Alaska Trailblazers, left Tok at 9 a.m. Yukon Time and the first two sleds rolled up in front of the Visitors’ Information Centre at about 2:30 p.m. “The run was good,” Meyers said. “It had some cold spots and some warm spots. We encountered some pretty good winds coming around Fairplay before we got to Chicken. “On this side the trail was Canada Customs sets up a temporary service at the VIC. The trekkers are not wearing masks - they cover On site registration and check-in was at the VIC as well just great as it usually is. Cuts sensitive areas of their faces with masking tape to cut down on windburn have been made so we could sail through some nasty areas THE KLONDIKE SUN In-Store Tel: Specials & 993-6567 Subscription & Renewal Form Fresh Coffee Fax: Name: every day! 993-5973 Address: European cheeses and Organic foods City: Province/ State: “It ain’t gold Our Specialties Postal/ Zip Code: Country: but it’s close!” IN A HURRY? Email: Check out our Deli with ALL KINDS of great snacks! Pizza by the slice, gourmet sandwiches and dessert goodies. Annual (25 Issue) Subscription Costs: See daily specials at Bonanza Market on Facebook! Canada $44.00 To find out how you For all your game cutting needs, give Paul a call! U.S.A $75.00 can contribute , just Camp Orders? No order too big or too small. 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election, using an “In/Out” majority or not. calls, it turned out that his +++++++++++++++++++ ploy to allow themselves to With both the Liberals and information was wrong and The most recent news, I had a call from the spend more on campaigns NDP currently in search of that the Liberals weren’t using as of this writing, is that Conservative Party of Canada than was legal. new leadership, neither would the US based call center he Elections Canada is actually a fortnight ago. Well, it wasn’t In that case we know for have wanted to provoke a new had said they were. I noticed investigating 700 of the actually from the party. It certain they did it because election during the last eight that it was not Mr. Harper complaints. wasn’t a “robo-call” either; they plead guilty and paid months, so things would have who rose to apologize for this Also of interest is the CBC there was an actual person on a small fine for their sins. worked out much the same as error. report, echoed in other news the line. It wasn’t a long call. Unfortunately none of the they have since last May. Say what you will about media, that my suspicion She thanked me for my time MPs or Senators involved So far the Conservatives the Liberals, it was their of two weeks ago (when I and signed off as soon as I told were required to resign or are responding to the polling Acting Leader Bob Rae who first wrote this column) that her that, no, I wasn’t a fan of serve time. station issue by doing what took upon himself the task there might be a connection Mr. Harper’s merry band. That was considered a kind they usually do: denying of apologizing for the “Viki- between the survey calls and It’s not the first such call I of misdemeanor by Elections first and then trying to leaks” affair, even though it the robo-calls seems to be have had. There have been at Canada. Actually depriving spin the messaging into a was someone else in his Party more than a slight possibility. least a couple of others over voters of their franchise by counterattack. that did the deed of harassing I don't know about you, the last four years. sending them to phantom Hearing the Prime Minister the Public Safety Minister Vic but I await the results of I wondered, later, whether polling stations would be a declaim that all the calls Toews after his over-the-top that investigation with some I should have told her as much bigger deal. actually came from the defense of the Internet spying interest. much as I did. Now I’m in While close to 31,000 of Liberals made me laugh. If Roache'sbill. Corner by Mike Roache some ReformaTory database these incidents, involving most of the voters targeted and could be the target of a 40 some ridings, have been were Liberal supporters, as so misleading telephone message reported in the news as I write far seems to be the case, why a few years down the line. this column, only the ones would the Grits want them to As luck would have it, the attributed to the amusingly be unable to vote? Klondike riding always has named “Pierre Poutine” and Granted that the Liberals its polling place in the Yukon the ones where the call centre have been plagued by some Order of Pioneers Hall, so staff caught on that they were abysmal lapses of judgement it would be hard to mislead being used to do something in recent years, there really anyone. wrong and stopped doing it haven’t been any indications I’ve been listening to the are definite cases. that they were actually news and the chattering A change of 40 some seats suicidal. pundits about this tale of probably would not change Mr. Harper seemed to be electoral skullduggery and the government. If they all suggesting that they did it can understand why it’s so came from the Conservatives so that they could complain easy to assume the Harperites and went to the Liberals, Mr. about it later. Makes no sense might have done this. After all, Harper would still have at at all. they were the ones who broke least a minority government, Later, when one of the the rules related to campaign and he behaves much the Tory MPs tried to connect Wespending want in to the hear previous from same you way! whether he has a the Liberal Party to the
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Photos by Dan Davidson P6 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN Rangers Hold Graduation Exercise for Operation Mate Story & Photos by Dan Davidson Sergeant Bill Cornish from Commander’s Pennant for their Jonathan Dowdell and Rangers: First Canadian Ranger Patrol role in this rescue. The others RGR Berwyn Larson) • pre-positioned a fuel cache Group in Yellowknife as their were CPL Bob Blanchard, RGR “successfully graduated for a long range Sovereignty The Dawson Rangers trainer and special guest and Melina Tessier Fontaine and from an Avalanche Training Patrol planned for late March completed a 12-Day Training Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in elder Peggy RGR Corrie Loewen. Course presented by Kirstie • conducted rifle Exercise during February Kormendy assisting with the McDonald led in the Simpson of Avalanche North qualifications and weapons and a Graduation Parade presentations. administration of First Aid with her trusty avalanche dog familiarization was held on Feb. 29, with It was also a time to catch that stabilized the victim for Brody. • conducted numerous up on a number of overdue transportation by helicopter “The training is in response local reconnaissance patrols in presentations. from the scene of the accident to the increased risk of an the vicinity of Cache Creek and The Canadian Decoration to the hospital. Blanchard, avalanche incident as we did a Patrol strength Search (CD) for 12 years of service Loewen and Fontaine assisted push patrols into new areas of and Rescue scenario. was presented to Ranger McDonald with the first aid and operation along the Dempster “The Exercise was, named (RGR) Willie Fellers, RGR cut a chopper pad for medivac. Highway. Operation Mate, in memory of Peter Jensen, RGR Darren Fontaine accompanied the “This was a pilot project for Ranger Jack Semple who left Kormendy and Corporal (CPL) victim as a First Aid attendant 1CRPG. The course was a great us this past summer. A simple Mitchell Strid. on the flight. success and another course is ceremony of remembrance The Special Service Medal The crew also recovered the planned for the other Yukon was held in his memory at the (SSM) for six years of service damaged skidoo, brought it to Ranger Patrols in March. conclusion of the Exercise. was presented to RGR Janet town and assisted in repairs. “In terms of participation “It was an excellent Exercise; Bell, RGR Guy Couture, RGR The citation, by Brigadier this was our largest ever since the instructor was pleased Jonathan Dowdell, RGR Doug General J.J.K. Hamel, our standup in 1991,” Mitchell with the performance. Fraser, RGR Jeremy Lancaster, Commander - Joint Task Force said. “A total of 31 Rangers “We’d like to thank the RGR Berwyn Larson, RGR North, read, “For the prompt were out on the land operating Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in for their Kyler Mather, CPL Richard and continued application in Five Sections, including generous provision of the Nagano, CPL Simon Nagano, of First Aid …” that “… five new recruits: Phillippe Community Hall for the class RGR John Taylor and RGR prevented a major injury from Bartholemous, Ron McCready, room training and the use of Melina Tessier Fontaine. turning into a life threatening Jarred Mather, Kevin Hastings the Cache Creek site for our Guy Couture was awarded situation.” and Scott Widmeyer.” operations base.” Top Shot in the Ranger’s rifle Ranger Sergeant John During this Exercise the competition. “Mitch” Mitchell reported Brian McDonald received the that eight Rangers (CPL St John’s Ambulance Award for Bob Blanchard, RGR Guy saving a life after a snowmobile Couture, RGR Melina Tessier Top Shot Ranger Guy Couture accident endangered a fellow Fontaine, RGR Peter Brokking, Ranger. McDonald and three RGR Brad Whitelaw, RGR other Rangers received the Steven Kormendy, RGR Official Opposition Leader Liz Hanson and Yukon NDP MLAs want to hear from you! What are your priorities for this year’s Yukon government budget? What other issues matter to you? Please get in touch and have your say!
Email: [email protected] Phone toll-free: 1-800-661-0408 ext. 7050 Mail: NDP Caucus, PO Box 2703 (A-10), Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6 Sgt. Mitch receives his certificate of par t i c ipa t i on from TH elder Peggy Kormendy
(L to R) Liz Hanson, Kate White, Kevin Barr, Jim Tredger, Jan Stick, Lois Moorcroft
NDP MLAs will hold a public meeting in Dawson City later this year. Please stay tuned!
Commander’s Pennant winners Cpl Bob Blanchard, RGR Brian McDonald and RGR Melina Tessier Fontaine (RGR Corrie Loewen is missing from this photo) THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P7 Berton House is a Productive PET OF THE WEEK Residency, says Dowhal with Andrew Lewis, Humane Society Dawson Story & Photo by Dan Davidson
For someone who wants to really concentrate on his or her writing, Berton House is a great place to be. That’s the verdict of Dan Dowhal, who was in residence from late December to nearly the end of February. “The key is the idea that it is a retreat. I have had, hands down, the most intense period of productivity, just in terms of sheer output, as a writer, while I’ve been up here. “I’ve been writing virtually every day for the nine weeks that I was here. It’s been phenomenally productive not having the distractions, not having to worry about everything else in terms of the day-to-day part of life. That was first and foremost.” Dan Dowhal enjoyed his time at Berton House That was not all, however. The Toronto native found a Banjo new perspective. Now, he finds that a lot of started out with a technical “This is going to sound people relate to him as Dan, background, but combined trite, but I really think except for the members of the interests in writing, Banjo is a male Bernese mountain dog-husky cross, and I’ve discovered my inner co-ed softball team he coaches journalism and illustration, approximately three years old. Canadian up here.” in Toronto. They’re sponsored and found that almost His markings are very unique with the eyebrows of a He’s used to having his by a bar in Parkdale and everything except writing mountain dog, and silvery undertones coming through home town dumped on when when he introduced himself fiction could come together his black coat. he reveals his home, and there, one of his players had under this umbrella. Banjo is fun-loving and very playful. He is loving and on his first night out here had a bad relationship with Dowhal knew he wanted gentle with all visitors, and would make a great addition someone said “Welcome to a guy named Danny, so she to write fiction from an early to any household. Canada” when he said where said, “I’m gonna call you age, but it never seemed to Banjo has been with us for about five months and has he was from. Danno”. Such is the power of be a way that he could make never acted up or misbehaved once on me. He is great “This (place) seems closer bartenders that “Danno” is a living. Still, he was not on and off the leash - he likes to pull when on leash, but I to the spirit of Canada that how he is known in that part satisfied with his life. we try to celebrate when we think that’s a good thing. of town. “But the urge never went Come down to the shelter and take him for a walk! do, when we ask ourselves In Dawson, he’s pretty away. One of things that ‘what is Canada’. Between the much been “Dan”, whether persuaded me it was real was history and the place itself hanging out at the Pit or one that it haunted me so badly. I Roache's Corner by Mike Roache and its lore and all of that, I of the other bars to hear the finally decided to make some just felt that rekindle within music, going to the fitness sacrifices and get serious me. There’s a spirit that’s center on Front Street, or about it.” tangible here.” practicing his wrist shot at He had lots to write about There’s also a busyness the Frye Arena during lunch because he had been storing here that he did not expect. hours. Improving his wrist up ideas for decades. On the day before we sat shot was another goal (so to “I had a backlog, coming up down for this chat, he had speak) that he set himself for with the ideas and sketching found himself triple booked his 60 days in Dawson. out the books. Now I have a with things he wanted to “I started playing hockey bit of a logjam and a sense of do and events he wanted to late in life and the guys I urgency.” attend. play with have all been at it How is he overcoming his Dan has actually gone most since they were five or six. late start? of his life as “Danny”, which My slapshot’s okay, but my “In the end it’s all about was already a change from wrist shot has always been discipline. It’s an art and a the Ukrainian Danilo that he anemic.” craft and sometimes more was christened. When he and He enjoyed the arena. craft than art. “ his publishers decided that “The idea that I’d be able to He says that the time he “Dan” would be better as his go and skate for an hour and spent doing a different kind professional writer’s name, a half, and there’d be just six of writing, as a journalist, he wasn’t prepared for what people on the ice, that’s pretty taught him that it was happened next. unheard of in the city.” possible to function to a “I should have been, given Back in Toronto he deadline and that sometimes Flamthat the Grub importance of names having a deadline was useful klondikesun.com operates the Learning Edge, a Dawson News • Past Issues • Photo Galleries and more! is such a big part of my novel, multimedia company, which in stoking the fires. , but I didn’t think he started with two of his of it.” brothers two decades ago. He P8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN A Blast from the Very Near Past Yukon MS Patients by Lisa McKenna
article. Invited to U.S. The point of this article is five They were locals and they men who dreamed a dream. AND thought they could play music their dream became a reality. Clinical Treatment and sing and write just as good I am talking about Richard as every one else. Know what? Halliday, Willie Gordon (Willie Trials They were right! G.), Gil Benoit, Harmonica There is a lot of talent in the George McConkey,and Gord Yukon and you see them every Policheck, the Walrus. - day. There is Michael, who has savant extraordinaire. There is beautiful flute. I could go on and Please meet the Pointer WHITEHORSE (March 13, a voice from God. There is Gayton (don’t know how to spell on about OUR northern talents Brothers! 2012) —Yukon residents diag Dwayne who was, and still is, a French) who plays the most but that’s not the POINT of this nosed with multiple sclerosis- (MS) are being invited to apply for spots available in the “liber ation treatment” clinical trials in Albany, New York. - Several spots in the clinical trial have been secured for Yu kon residents who are found to be eligible, based on criteria set by the clinical trial hosts. The Albany clinical trial will- examine the effectiveness of the liberation treatment pro- cedure. It will compare people with MS who undergo the liber ation procedure which includes- angioplasty (a technique of- mechanically widening a nar rowed or obstructed blood ves- sel), with people with MS who undergo a very similar proce dure but does not include the- angioplasty. From the eligible Yukon resi- dents with MS who apply, 10- will be chosen through a ran dom selection process to par ticipate in the initial telephone interview that is the first step in the clinical trial’s screening program. From those who are interviewed, it is anticipated that seven or eight will pass the initial screen and then go to Regina for the in-person part of the screening program, which will involve a medical exam, specialized diagnostic imaging and a consent process. Jenny Roberts, president of the Yukon Multiple Sclerosis Association, said that all her members are very excited and look forward to submitting their names for the clinical trial- selection. WANTED: RECHERCHONS : “I believe that our involve LogisTics spEciALisTs SPÉCIALISTES EN LOgISTIquE ment from the beginning has- helped break new ground and “I wanted to pursue a career that would allow me « Je voulais faire carrière dans un domaine qui me paved the way for Yukon’s par to travel and to meet new people. The Canadian permettrait de voyager et de rencontrer des gens. ticipation in these trials. We are Forces offers these opportunities. I’ve done a lot Les Forces canadiennes offrent des possibilités de so excited to be at this point,” of traveling and I get to work with people from ce genre. J’ai beaucoup voyagé et je travaille avec Roberts said. - different countries. I make new friends everywhere. des gens en provenance de différents pays. Je me It is expected that six Yukon- In the Forces it’s like you’re part of a big family.” fais des amis aux quatre coins du globe. Être dans patients at most will be ac Corporal Loren ScaLpLock, Siksika First Nation les Forces, c’est un peu comme faire partie d’une cepted for the final step of par grande famille. » ticipating in the Albany clinical Caporal Loren ScaLpLock, Première nation trial. des Siksikas Eligible Yukon participants cannot have had the treatment before, must be between the ages of 18 and 60 years, must be able to travel to the U.S. and make a two year commitment JOIN US ENGAGEZ-VOUS for follow-ups. - The application form and- details of the trial are avail able from physicians, commu- nity health centres and online. Deadline for application sub missions is April 30.
DND04-PR-OS-12EF.indd 1 12-03-02 11:38 AM THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P9 Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisioning FAMILY NEWS Prepared by with Tim Taylor Jim Regimbal, fire chief My Maritime Queen
What’s the big deal? Carbon monoxide poisoning is the number one cause of accidental poisoning deaths in North America. Know the facts. My grandmother, Nancy Jane Salmon, period (shloshim) and if you are grieving a What is carbon monoxide? passed away a year ago March 17. parent, the mourning process lasts for a year. Carbon monoxide is a gas that you can’t see, smell or taste. It is The first year is always the hardest I questioned the one year grieving process produced by gas or oil furnaces, space and water heaters, clothes when grieving someone. Even though my and it was explained to me that your parent or dryers, ovens, wood stoves and other household appliances that grandmother lived a rich and full life, I the person who raised you, has such a strong, run on fossil fuels such as wood, gas, oil or coal. still find I miss her, especially during those emotional and spiritual connection that it Why is carbon monoxide so deadly? special times when the family always got takes at least a year to accept the loss: “this When you inhale carbon monoxide, it can cause brain damage, together. period of time helps us focus on recognizing suffocation or death. Because you cannot see, smell or taste this I know in the last six months, we have the good that our parents desperately tried to deadly gas, poisoning can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. witnessed the passing of many dear give in the best way that they could.” Everyone is at risk but pregnant women, young children, senior friends in Dawson, who were pillars of our That quotation from ABC’s of Death and citizens and people with heart and lung problems are at greater community. I have grieved the loss of these Mourning by Lori Palatnik sums it all up for risk. If your home is well sealed or not well ventilated, the levels of senior members and although I did not me. It is so easy to be frustrated or angry Warning Signs: carbon monoxide in the air may easily rise to deadly levels. know them well, the letters in the Klondike with a parent, but when it comes to death, I Sun helped me recognize the values, find I can remember so many more positive traditions and lessons that are passed experiences than negative experiences. Carbon monoxide poisoning and the flu seem a lot alike at first. down, just like with my grandmother’s My grandmother didn’t raise me, but we Early warning signs of low-level poisoning include tiredness, legacy. had a strong connection, we always did headaches, dizziness, nausea or vomiting and shortness of breath. Grieving the loss of someone is a process and because of that connection, here I am Your skin may also turn pink or red in response to rising blood as I find myself, a year later, feeling much today, a year later, reminiscing about her and pressure. If you experience any of these symptoms, you may be more at peace with it all. They say there recognizingMy Maritime her amazingQueen qualities and gifts. suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and should call the fire are seven stages that grief must go through Protect Yourself: She was like no other, department at 993-2222 as well as talk to your doctor. until there is a feeling of peace. I have Beautiful in her grace and charm, definitely gone through them: denial, Stubborn, proud, an amazingly strong • Install at least one carbon monoxide detector on every guilt, anger, depression, the upward turn, constitution, level of your home, especially outside sleeping areas. There are acceptance and hope. Her uncanny ability with money, several types of detectors, including battery-operated and plug- I know that on the eve of my Her love of gambling, traveling and dancing. in models. Install the carbon monoxide detector according to the grandmother’s death, I will not all of a She was wise with the affairs of life, manufacturer’s instructions. sudden be over the grieving process, but She stated her opinion, whether you wanted her • Have a qualified service technician inspect and clean your fuel- there is a sense of closure, that life will go to or not. burning appliances, furnace, vent pipe and chimney flues once on and through family conversations, that And in the end, she was usually right! a year. Bird’s nests, twigs and old mortar in chimneys can block wonderful story telling tradition, her spirit Her family was everything, proper ventilation and lead to build-up of carbon monoxide gas in lives on. Maintenance: Even with her children, grandchildren and the home. I always found death a difficult part of great children so many miles away. life to accept until I experienced the loss of She loved her telephone chats and hearing my Hebrew friend’s father. I say fortunate Test your carbon monoxide detector regularly to make sure it about her family’s adventures and because experiencing another faith in is operating properly. The owner’s manual should tell you how to misadventures! mourning, I found it made a lot of sense test your alarm. Remember to check the manual for information She lived a hard and honest life, and it recognized death as a cycle of life. on when to buy a new carbon monoxide detector. She was always so giving to a stranger, a friend I don’t know about you, but I was raised What should you do if the detector alarm sounds? or to family. to mourn, but after the funeral it was time If the detector sounds, you and all members of your household Her wisdom, humility, generosity, laughter and to accept the loss and move on. I suppose should leave your home immediately. From outside the home, loving kindness that is my Scottish-English roots, being call the fire department emergency line at 993-2222. Don’t go I will always try to emulate and never forget. stoic, never letting your guard down, never back inside until the problem has been found and corrected. The crying or showing weakness, especially for Fire Department will inspect your home to find the source of the Carbon Monoxide Detector Placement: men. carbon monoxide. I digress, but in the Jewish faith, they Here’s to you Nan, my Maritime Queen! have a seven day mourning period (Shiva), Proper placement of a carbon monoxide detector is important. which transfers to a one month mourning If you are installing only one carbon monoxide detector, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends it be located near the sleeping area, where it can wake you if you are asleep. Additional detectors on every level and in every bedroom of a home provide extra protection. Homeowners should remember not to install carbon monoxide detectors directly above or beside fuel-burning appliances, as ews of th ike appliances may emit a small amount of carbon monoxide upon N e Klond start-up. Always follow the manufacturer’s instructions when installing Common Misconceptions: your carbon monoxide detector. n internet ! IHere only are need five to commontake precautions misconceptions in winter... which you might find ow o the interesting: n
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Reconciliation Commission In “The Long Way Home” of Canada'sThey recently Came released for the he finds the experience in his interimChildren: report Canada, and a publication Aboriginal Epiphanies personal roots. Other chapters entitledPeoples, and Residential Schools extol the virtues of place, solitude, wonder, and walking, . the latter activity being one Since 2009, the TRC has thought to become a religious which he finds particularly collected more than 3,000 skeptic in the Western world. effective. personalPainful stories but necessary from residential school survivors across Canada. The attitude is as pervasive as Two of the vignettes take This report is what they've produced so far. our penchant for wearing blue place in the Yukon, others jeans and is simply a matter of Gathering these stories is a painful process but it needs to be done. in British Columbia, Spain, going with the cultural flow. As with many tragedies, we need to remember in order to avoid Japan and England. Sibley is It is Robert Sibley’s view repeating the mistakes that were made. Residential schools have particularly fond of walking always been a tough subject matter for me to write about. I used to that the world has become tours and pilgrimages and think they didn't have an effect on me, considering my direct family disenchanted and that has written extensively about line back to my great-grandpa and great-grandma never went to a the potential for religious his experiences in Spain and residential school. experience has been replaced Japan. But I was wrong. by a different kind of faith, one Sure, I grew up without my language and cultural knowledge, On these journeys and in he calls scientism. He contends but what was worse was growing up seeing so many abusive other parts of his daily walk, that here is a need for some relationships, and having parents who didn't know how to show he says he seeks to find a way kind of a sense of the divine. affection. It was only later in life when I became an adult that we've to locate the mysticism of learned to say we love each other. He’s carefully non-specific everyday life; something that But it wasn't their fault. about which faith he means, he feels is essential to help us I've come to realize much of the physical and emotional abuse put A Rumour of God: but he does make reference navigate our way through this upon me was passed down from the generations before who had no Rekindling Belief in an to C.S. Lewis’s dictum that life. way to understand what was done to them. Remember, they were one way to acquire faith is to only children. Age of Disenchantment Robert C. Sibley apparently behave as if you have it. This is how those children were raised so it's how they raised us grew up in Alberta and the Sibley says that we humans too. Yukon and some of his earliest are short-changing our Sometimes it takes decades to resolve images of the past. By Robert C. Sibley jobs were in the territory. One clear memory I have is getting my head dunked repeatedly experience of life unless we In 1970 he had a job in in a sink of water. This act was perpetrated by a residential school Novalis Books allow ourselves to experience construction that required survivor - one of my mom's boyfriends. 375 pages the occasional glimpses of him to drive the Carcross Another memory is being lifted off the ground by my ears and $24.95 the divine in the ordinary Road regularly and be yelled at in my face by a family member who went to residential world. We need to be open to school. I didn't understand so many things when I was a child, but I mesmerized by Emerald Lake. While there is quite a bit of being surprised by joy (Lewis do now. This is part of my legacy, but my past doesn't define me. By 1976 he was employed by a resistance to it, it does seem again) and to the epiphanies of These memories may sound bad but they are bedtime stories mining company doing some true that there is a resurgence everyday life. compared to some of the ones I've heard from some people who exploration near Ross River actually went to residential schools. Some of those stories have kept of interest in spirituality in The seven essays in this and was left alone in a bush me up at night. the world. Sadly, some of it is sometimes dense book address camp for days at a time. In Is it any wonder we've got so many addictions issues in our quite extreme and off the wall, this question. The book can be Whitehorse Star 1977 he went to work at the communities? making it difficult to take it heavy going at times, due in . This is the Some children couldn't overcome the abuses they suffered. seriously, but it’s there. part to Sibley’s habit of quoting year I began scribbling for that And there are still abusers in our communities who are quietly The prevailing worldview a great many other writers spreading their sickness - especially sexual abuse. paper, so we probably shared since the time of Voltaire, if along his journey, but his Reconciliation is a personal journey. space in the odd edition or John Ralston Saul has it right, adoption of a simple bookend Edmonton Today, I sometimes sit and watch my baby daughter play. I wonder two. has been to take religion and style for each essay does help Journal how hard it must have been for parents to let their children go off to He went on to the a residential school at four years old. How could they go on living? things of the spirit lightly, since center the reader’s attention. Ottawa Citizen in 1978 and moved to I've learned good things, too. Like only I am responsible for what they do not easily conform to Simply put, each piece the in 1986. He path my life takes. It hasn't always been easy, but it's been easier a mindset totally devoted to begins and ends with an has worked his way through than most. I am one of the lucky ones compared to some of my reason and rationality. autobiographical experience, a the ranks as reporter, feature relatives. Saul went on to note that time when Sibley experienced The knowledge I've gathered isn't to cast blame but to learn how writer, opinion page editor, Equilibriumrationality is only one type of one of those momentary andFirst where comes the the abuses grief came from. Without truth there can be no editorial writer, columnist reason and devoted a book, flashes of understanding he reconciliation. and, now, senior writer, , to discussing the refers to as epiphanies. You and somewhere along the And before there can be reconciliation there has to be grieving. other types. can’t plan these things, and way he acquired a PhD in Just like the abuse, it could take many more years and several Still there is that prevailing there is no guarantee that political science from Carlton generations to come to terms with the after effects. negativity towards anything repeating the exact experience University, where he is also an I said it years ago and I'll say it again - residential schools were a Theconnected [RAGE] Against with spirituality, God that brought one on will adjunct professor. cultural genocide. as noted by Peter HitchensGod in cause it to repeat. They are Let the stories and the grief come out. Reconciliation will follow His Citizen blog is called Is. and by moments when you simply in due time. “Ideas and Consequences” David Adams Richards in know that there is more to Try to read or listen to one person's story if you can. Reconciliation and contains some interesting They both contend that they this existence than is hinted at isn't only for aboriginal people, but for all Canadians to understand material. He seems to write how devastating to aboriginal people this forced assimilation was. had trouble finding their way in your experience. You catch a series from time to time. His We must reconcile that this is part of our shared history. Then we to faith because they were glimpse of the underglimmer, 15 pieces on the monuments of canColleen all move Simard, forward. an Anishinabe (Ojibway), a writer and a mother swimming in a world in which as Sibley puts it, and it makes Ottawa, as well as some of his of two, lives in Winnipeg’s North End. She is also a columnist for The the prevailing attitude is to be all the difference. travel writings related to his Winnipeg Free Press. She can be reached at colleen.simard@gmail. dismissive of it. The remaining chapters give com walking journeys are available In their view, it doesn’t examples of different types for downloading from the actually require any of situations where this has penetrating analysis or paper’s website.
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! P16WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN Seeing Stories as a Way of Finding Directions Third Year In The Mine Story & Photo A poem by Dan Davidson by Robin T. Platt they could get it loose, spending what his journal describes as a miserable night’s sleep on the Parks Canada historian nearby shore. David Neufeld came to a better “You ugly Tobacco chewing old goat Neufeld used these two understanding of his own tales to illustrate the need If you ever need mouth to mouth resuscitation family history while studying for communication between You’re gonna die with the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. different cultural narratives, Nobody would want to put his mouth on yours He began his talk, “Moving which he saw as having been Snaggle tooth.” Islands and Sticky Sandbars”, the focus of the International during the Myth and Medium David Neufeld at the Myth and Medium Polar Year project that he He took the hard assing easily conference by explaining Conference in late February participated in here. how Mennonites of his Like his life An online description of grandmother’s generation the project records that its looked at the world. maps are marked in grids that focus was on “documenting I hung suspended trapped It helps to understand that Between pipe and wire depend on the imaginary lines, traditional knowledge as it the Mennonites themselves indicating their distance from relates to climate change in 270 volts d/c were a unique people, a the place near London that the territory of the Tr’ondëk Went through me to the pipe branch of the Anabaptist line was considered the center of Hwëch’in First Nation. The strangling screams I heard of Protestant Christianity. the world during the British The resulting insights will They had little use for the I thought were not my own Empire. provide perspective on what hierarchies of either church or For First Nations people, the Aboriginal people in northern I wake up on the rocky mine floor state, and so were persecuted journey was a more important communities value and may and forced to move from th A taste of chewed tobacco in my mouth part of travel than the end help in developing strategies to place toth place during the 16 points of a route. Directions, as adapt and cope with a changing I open my eyes and 17 centuries. Settling in their songs and dances, were environment. “ My angel partner spits and grins. in what is now the Ukraine, full of place names and stories In practice this meant an they prospered there until the about relationships. intense round of community Russian Revolution of 1917. Neufeld never felt closer interviews involved the First Subscribe to The Klondike Sun! To the communists, they were to understanding this than Nation, classes at the Robert Only $44 per year! both religious and economically when he sought Victor Henry Service School, and a number successful – two strikes against { (visit klondikesun.com for details) } for directions to assist him in of graduate students to collect them – and once again they a trip down the Yukon River. the data. were persecuted. Neufeld’s Henry sketched a map in the A lot of material was in story Grozsma Sarah Albrecht , who gravel, but Neufeld found it form, for, as Neufeld put it, it is was born in the late 1890s, told him nothing when he in stories that we make sense came to Canada along with later compared it with his own of the world more than in other many others. cartographer’s maps. ways. Neufeld said she had an What was important in “Management isn’t about interesting way of interpreting Henry’s directions was a story data. It’s about values and it’s the experience and the about how to behave in relation about cultural narratives; it’s hardship. You could talk all you to the land that he was going about stories. How do we make wanted about Marx and Lenin to encounter at a certain point sure that the stories are in and the Revolution, but that in the trip. There were, he was there so that people understand wasn’t how she saw it. told, a pair of moving islands, them?" Mennonites often compared and when he came to them he Consensus is needed, he their wanderings to those of the would need to steer his boat in said, in order to negotiate our Hebrews in the Old Testament, specific directions in order to way through the laws and and drew meaning from that get past them. documents that loom like comparison. In the Bible, the This made no sense to sandbars in the way of making Jews are often told by prophets Neufeld, and he avoided the progress for Yukoners. that they are facing hard times issue completely on the way “You can’t make consensus because of their shortcomings down river by taking a side on data. You can only build as a nation. She saw the exodus channel. On the way back, consensus on stories.” from the Ukraine in the same however, he had no choice, and Neufeld concluded with light. he found, to his amazement, the observation that if we “Her story,” he told his that the islands – two sandbars want to build a society where audience at the Dänojà Zho really – actually did appear “civilization” isn’t a dirty Cultural Centre, “was that the to be trying to move to cut word equated to “alcohol and Mennonites had gone to Russia, him off. Henry’s words came violence” it needs to become they’d settled down, they built back to him, he followed the a word that signifies a place farms, they got rich, they forgot instructions, and, sure enough, “where people talk to each about how they were supposed he did not run aground. other, respect each other and to be living, and God sent the “The map wasn’t very useful, workNote: together.” For a complete version Russian Revolution to put them but the story map was, and it of the mapping portion of back in their place.” worked.” Neufeld’s talk, search online for There was a difference He still claims not to “Learning to Drive the Yukon between the official history of understand the optical River: Western Cartography and the era and the history of this experience, but subsequently Athapaskan Story Maps”, found group of people. learned the American explorer, on pages 16 – 43 of a 2011 Neufeld said there is similar Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, document "Big Country, Big discontinuity between how encountered the same islands Issues: Canada’s Environment, settler culture looks at land during his travels on the Yukon Culture and History", part and how First Nations people River in 1883. Lacking the of the Rachel Carson Center look at land. For people wisdom of the story to guide Perspectives series. raised on European systems him, he got his expedition stuck of thought, maps delineate on the sandbars where they property boundaries and give had to offload their raft before definite directions. Official THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P17 Laura Mann: Museums as Social Institutions Story & Photo by Dan Davidson that we need museums blessing. the two different audiences. For in order that museum The museum board one group we are laying out or professionals might was still uneasy and past and our accomplishments. Dawson City Museum Director have a place to work.’” Mann had to sell the For the other we can be helping Laura Mann’s view of the role of She came to see project. locals understand themselves. museums has changed since she mere collecting and “This was not “Imagine what might happen first embarked on her career collections as being the about the collection,” if one of our institutions did a in 1980 with an internship in tools of the museum’s she told them. “It project on the Peel Watershed, a small museum. Speaking at trade rather than an was about our or what might have happened if the recent Myth and Medium end in themselves. ability to help there had been a project about conference in Dawson, she In the mid-1990s she people understand the location of the new hospital, described her transition and had an opportunity to something that or the sewage treatment facility some of its implications. put some of her new touches virtually here in Dawson? Maybe nothing. “Like every other museum thinking into practice every family. It was Maybe everything. person at the time, I believed when she was asked to about the museum “What if your institutions that a museum’s purpose could head up a team to design being a forum.” became the places where be summed up with five little an exhibit based on the The majority of people automatically went to words: collect, exhibit, research, experiences of survivors the board approved for information?” interpret, conserve. I think I was of breast cancer. It and the exhibit There are problems to be probably far too busy learning helped a lot that some opened in 1997 after solved before these possibilities the language and the systems to of these women were Dawson City Museum Director Laura Mann at the Myth and a year of planning. can open up. Mann cited the consider anything beyond what quite wealthy and were Medium conference People were still gaps in funding and trained staff sounded on the surface like willing to fund the nervous about it, between the larger institutions really lofty goals.” project. but the exhibit was and the smaller ones. Experience and exposure She was a bit horrified a success. People “But I believe the potential is to a variety of people and to find out that the looked at everything, there and I believe that Dawson also more the work of actual philosophies led her to an sponsors had already contacted read everything and came away can be leading the way.” survivors rather than mediated enhanced understanding of the a number of women artists moved. Press coverage was Mann concluded with a few through other people. Blending museum’s role in a community. to produce work based on positive. Staff who had been thoughts from the work of Robert the ideas seemed to offer a “I came to realize that interviews they had done with opposed were converted by the James, who wrote Museums better solution. museums have real potential to survivors. The resulting exhibit outcome. in a Troubled World: Renewal, The project team – four help our communities and our was to be called “Survivors in The slide presentation that ran Irrelevance or Collapse? museum staff, plus about audiences find meaning.” Search of a Voice”. while she was speaking showed James writes that museums fourteen other people from the It was the writing of Stephen She was concerned that an impressive looking exhibit need to be resilient to be able to ranks of breast cancer patients, E. Weil, author of such books the survivors seemed to have that, while serious in its content, adjust to changing conditions, cancer agencies and medical as Rethinking the Museum been struck dumb and weren’t was nevertheless professional misfortunes and situations. professionals – eventually and Other Meditations and really speaking for themselves. and positive in its outlook. The Mann provided a couple of decided to put out a call for Making Museums Matter, Others were concerned that pieces were grouped according quotations to end her talk. submissions and ended up which crystallized her new this had very little to do with to where they fit under such “'As self-professed keepers of with about “130 pieces from understanding. what they felt was the main role headings as Change, Journey the continuum (of history) and 49 women with about a third of “Weil said, ‘If our museums of a museum and would end and Meaning. all those acts which preceded us, them local. There were works of are not being operated with the up producing a sort of victim Mann said that museums in as well as the champions of their art, crafts and writing.” ultimate goal of improving the exhibition. the Yukon, though underfunded, present and future meaning, can The problem at this point was quality of peoples’ lives, on what Mann discovered the existence were at least stably funded, and museums not be the harbingers that the original philanthropists other basis might we possibly of another project on the same our unique mix of tourists in the of an adaptive future?’ were unhappy with the ask for public support?’ topic, called ”Healing Legacies”, summer and locals in the winter “'If museums did not exist, expanded vision of the show and “And, because he had a really which seem to lend itself better made it possible to run two would we reinvent them, and withdrew their offer of support. keen sense of humour, he went to the museum setting, and was different types of programs for what would they look like?’” Extincton, ‘Not certainly on the Animals grounds of the North:This actually turned The out to be Woolly a Mammoth by Lisa McKenna
Mammoths had a great remote and uninhabited. nature reserve" with no carved many holes into the ice adaptation to cold. Their teeth Wrangle Island is also home human occupation except for so the ice would break from The woolly mammoth is an were adapted to the tough to the largest breeding ground scientists, but this was still the mammoth’s great weight. extinct genus of the modern Northern grasses and brush, of the polar bear. It also has strictly limited. In 1999 they The ice broke as the mammoth elephant. It is more closely their hair was 50 cm (20 inches) seals, walruses, lemmings, also included 24 nautical miles stepped on it, the mammoth related to the Asian elephant, long and greased by many numerous bird species, Arctic off the coast of Wrangle. just walked on the bottom of even though the mammoths sebaceous glands in their skin foxes and even Arctic wolves, There are legends about these the river and approached the are believed to have originated (sebaceous means secreting magnificent creatures. Who is people. The woman and her in Africa. oils) which increased their fight to say that they are not true? child ran away, others fell down The mammoth and the against cold. The mammoth An ancient Kaska tale tells as if asleep. Asian elephants split off from also had over eight cm, or three about a woman who saw one of One of these people was a their origins with the African inches, of fat under their skin ! these beasts and scurried back boy, who was mistreated by the elephant about five to six A grown mammoth could to camp to her husband. He did rest, but he had magic trousers million years ago. It is a point weigh up to eight TONS! They not believe her and he went to and a magic bow for he was of interest to note that this is had curved tusks that reached sleep. The woman then cut a a young shaman. He wore a approximately the same time as over five meters long (16 feet A sketch of a woolly mammoth by Erwin Christ- trail through the willows for a moose bladder over his head homo sapiens split from apes. for the non-metrics among us). man. From Men of the Old Stone Age by H.F. fast means of escape, then she and some thought him bald. Most mammoths died at the Their tusks are believed to Osborn. slept with her moccasins on and He jumped and the bladder end of the last Ice Age (10,000 have grown to to enable them her child in her arms. When she burst, revealing his long years ago) and, like the saber to sweep the snow, increasing heard crashing in the bush, she flowing hair. Grabbing his bow toothed tiger, it is not yet known their ability to find food under poked her husband with a stick and arrows he shot the beast on now how this occurred. Was the snow. but this could be due to the but he would not wake up! She one side and then again on the it a lack of food? Was it finally Dwarf mammoths, who only introduction of reindeer (1950) ran with her child as the beast other. The boy kept on until the too extreme of a climate? Was weighed one ton and were only or the musk ox (which was ate her husband. beast was dead. it due to a sickness? Was it 1.4 to 2.1 meters at the shoulder introduced in 1975.) But the beast would not quit The people then loved this annihilation by human kind? (that’s 4.5 to 7 feet) survived Wrangle Island was declared and it followed the woman’s mistreated boy and they gave (Mammoth meat has been on Wrangle Island, which is a World Heritage site in scent. The woman reached him two wives, of which he recorded as being eaten by off of Russia, and only became 2004, although in 1976 the a place where many were accepted only one, and they Homo Sapiens over 1.8 million extinct in 1700 to 1500 B.C. Russian Government had camped and she warned them. made him chief. This is why years ago.) We may never but Wrangle island was very already classified it as a "strict The people of this place then there are chiefs today. know. P18WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN 64 Degrees North Techno-Tonic: Part 1 Story & Photo by Robin Og Bretland wondered? Fish probably. Looking at the menus in passing I realised that the This summer in a secret postcards of horses, puffins and exploration camp within whales were merely serving Yukon’s forests, I wondered, "Is suggestions. there a world beyond labour One bistro boasted “Locally and talking to the bears and shot Polar Bear”. owls?” Iceland perhaps? I met an Islander who Iceland Air, the national informed me that on occasion company, boasted a four- the bears drift over on pack-ice day music festival to be held from Greenland, spinning on in October named “Iceland the North Atlantic Ocean, the Airwaves”, inviting all to a week currents take them to Iceland of debauchery. I could not help where they are dispatched and but imagine if Air Canada were turned into rugs and make to sponsor such an event, that it excellent steaks. would say “come for a week of There was one dish I was moderation”. particularly appalled by: Bjork, my musical heroine, fermented shark. A lady was to play in Reykjavik. My enthusiastically served this friends from Nova Scotia that I delicacy to me and explained in spend Christmas Eve with every warning that I shouldn’t smell it year, along with Caveman Bill, but rather enjoy its texture and in a wee cabin filled with dogs, flavour. put it to me that I must bring The cathedral Hallgrimskirkja, is an expamle of the hibrid arcitecure styles in Reykjavik with giant, volcanic columns. Small white cubes of the her back for Christmas. meat sat in a bowl before me. I A dispute erupted over probed at them with a cocktail dinner between my pals, finally Essential language, stick. The texture likened to doused by, ”Stop arguing or else hotel in Reykjavik. shoppingDawson. and history in I could have done with some tofu, I just had to go beyond the Robin won’t bring Bjork back, Fortunately, someone thought Reykjavik: last winter and not suffered aroma. The flavour as I chewed and we’ll have to listen to that of that - a little booth called terrifying flashbacks of sliding and bravely swallowed this damn porcupine tale that we “Fly Bus”, with a graphic of a down steep mountainsides, throwback food of the Vikings, listen to every year. I want to coach version of “Chitty Chitty O.K., so I got my tickets, and saved only by my trusty ice- was foul, burning my nostrils hear her sing , 'OOohLaa, Woo, Bang Bang” promised to deliver all that was left to do was to get axe which I clung to for dear with ammonia, giving great Hoo oooOh’." me to the door of my hotel. life. After such events my Learningoutfitted toIcelandic survive this land. urge to vomit. Using Michael Palin, BBC Awesome. First, a book and C.D. boss, for reasons of improving This was expected and my gentleman adventurer, as Within the hour I arrived at , which was awareness and safety, would hostess delicately laughed at inspiration, I thought to set out my hotel, a little disappointed of no use as the C.D. refused to question, ”And how did you find my torment, suggesting that in and broaden my horizons. Thus the bus was of standard issue - work, and the book was written that?” future I drink Schnapps with I would travel to the Island, no wings. I dropped my luggage in Icelandic with no suggestion Without giving a detailed the shark. crack some rocks. off and went in search of kaffee how to pronounce some of the account of shopping in the It is strange to think what our I wasn’t thinking about any - that's Icelandic for coffee, arcane vowels which haven’t capitol, one must appreciate ancestors in their various lands of this as winter undecidedly and it all comes at espresso been in use in the English that there are a plethora went through to survive the approached. My friend Jamie strength. language for 800 years. No of stores, everything from different ages. I don’t believe gave assistance installing a The 101 Downtown area is phonetics either, and English Inuit furs and artifacts from mine would have considered stove in my cabin to ready for the swanky part of Reykjavik, syntax an after-thought. Greenland, to locally forged rotten shark. I prefer to another onslaught of winter in with an eclectic mix of old However, I got it down: takk Damascus steel knives, and imagine them consuming the Yukon before my departure Scandinavian architecture, – thanks. Yeow – yeah. Hallo of course, the highly coveted smoked moose accompanied by to that land of fire and ice. contemporary futurist styles – hello. Bjer – beer. Bless – woollen products. cranberry jelly and spruce tip "I think you’re gonna need a borrowed from Bauhaus, and goodbye. There is a strong sense of the beer. door and some windows, it’s influences from nature and Fortunately, some Danes cosmopolitan in Reykjavik - a But as I describe, the fare is gonna be mighty cold when you science. came to my aid. One bar Scandinavian backdrop with large and lamb can often be get back in December,” she said. At a tourist information manager asked me one night independence and culture from found on the table. Less like Jamie had a point. Two years centre, the staff got me onboard after my having said, "Ye eg Europe and America. Until 1, European lamb, the local breed ago I couldn’t seem to keep the with a few options for day tour coupe eine bjer?" 000 years ago, the country is akin in stamina to those of heat in an old shack I’d moved packages. In some apology to “What is it that you are trying was a self-governing body of the Yukon, scaling cliffs and into. After a week of frustration Yukoners who may say, “What? to say?" he replied. Irish and Norse settlers. Then grazing on wild grasses. Their from living in frozen, cramped Get a truck and get out there!", "Why do you bother to learn Norway, and later Denmark, flavour is strong like that of Dall conditions, I moved a bed that unfortunately, though that is Icelandic in a week, it takes ruled the island. sheep. leaned against the wall, only the truer spirit, I am perhaps years and everybody speaks It succeeded in sovereignty Accompanying the mass of to discover an open window the Yukon’s worst driver - English." after the Anglo-American restaurants, it was soon evident pulsating -30C air into the strongly influenced by 80s post- Hey, I thought in defence occupation of WWII. that they are outnumbered place. apocalyptic car chase movies. that I had two weeks and with From the affluent, democratic by the bars. With great zeal, With a little Northern With tickets proudly bunched this adopted language of being days of the first migrants, to revellers quieted around 6 a.m. spirit, as there were only days in hand I headed to the newly able to enter any “drukken” the tyranny of Kings, to a mini on the weekends, and ear muffs left to I’Day - actually that opened Harpa Concert Hall by conversation fluently, as long Ice Age which devastated were strongly advised for those isn’t entirely true - and after the harbour. My jaw dropping as it wasn’t involved and going the population and forest, wishing to sleep. celebrating Thanksgiving in awe, I stared at its 3D beyond skoll. today, good humoured people Strong boots are a must to three times, we got to work on windows refracting light This Communications covered, it live beneath a threat of crunch over broken glass in the “getting ‘er done”. was to be the venue for the was off to the mountaineering earthquakes, biblical flooding streets in the mornings. Clearly After a few days flying forthcoming Bjork concert, and store. and volcanic eruptions. They pint glasses are too bothersome from Dawson City, I landed in in a humble voice I asked, “I’ve The island fabricates a lot stoically shrug their shoulders - to carry at 5 a.m. Keflavik airport, Iceland. Like a Eating out: come a long way and I want a of its own gear with prices it is part of being Icelandic. The bars I visited were duckling, I followed my fellow ticket.” comparable to that of the friendly, similar to Dawson. passengers in search of luggage. I managed to acquire one. Yukon. Crampons were a Most had live music, anything Exiting the terminal, I Succumbing to my appetite, it BAM! All that was left was to must if I was going to traverse from rock to contemporary breathed in fresh Atlantic air was time to go in search of food. invite her for Christmas in glaciers. experimental. and wondered how to get to my What do people eat, I THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P19
Thinking About the Social Life of Stories CYFT 106.9 FM: Story & Photo Dawson City Community Radio by Dan Davidson KIt’saa gong to be like the sun for them, just like that for k’achgóok.” Anthropologist Julie One needs to Cruikshank was one understand, Cruikshank of several speakers at said, that these stories the Myth and Medium are not simply a heritage “The Spirit of Dawson” conference held at the from the past but are also Dänojà Zho Cultural a guide to how to act in Centre. the future, as well as a sheIn discussed two presentations her commentary about the FRIDAY, March 23rd during the conference present. During her second talk, 5 to 6 p.m. Georgia – The High Cost of Low Living experiences working Cruikshank focussed on with the stories of First work she had done in 6 to 7 p.m. Steve and Nathan – Sports Talk Radio Nations women elders Dawson City, with Mary 7 to 8 p.m. Robyn - This n’ That south of Whitehorse and Julie Cruikshank began her career as an anthropologist McLeod and Pat Lindgren, in Dawson City between while recording the stories told by First Nations elder elders from different 8 to 9 p.m. Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show 1974 and 1991. women in the 1970s generations, who had Cruikshank’s first differing perspectives 9 to 10 p.m. Jim – Psychedelic presentation was called on the history of their “The Afterlife of Stories”. people. struggle and about the lives of The task became her Mrs. McLeod spoke of tribal women who had lived through SATURDAY, March 24th career as the result of requests ways and lore, almost as if this extraordinary time, from native women of her own providing a set of instructions, beginning in the 1890s and 12 to 1 p.m. CFYT Youth Broadcast age when she first moved to the especially when it came to the the rest of their lives into the Yukon, not dreaming she would seclusion of young women 1900s.” 1 to 3 p.m. Andrew – The Foxy and Folksy Hour return to university and pursue who were coming into puberty. Instead, she got a course a degree in anthropology. There was very little of the in how to use stories to think 3 to 4 p.m. Capri - The Cat’s Meow Cruikshank’s friends personal in her talking, and about life, an approach she noticed there was quite a bit Cruikshank was left with the 4 to 5 p.m. Connor – Sounds of Freedom went on to illustrate by talking of information being recorded impression that the life of the about one particular story that about the history of men’s group mattered more than the 8 to 10 p.m. Robb – True North Trance was used by Sidney on several lives in the territory, but not life of the individual. key occasions during her life. much about women, so they Kaa Mrs. Lindgren, the daughter The story was that of asked her to begin a series of of Chief Isaac, was born 23 k’achgóok (which can conversations with women The years later and Cruikshank SUNDAY, March 25th be found on pages 28 to 35 elders to record their life Social Life of Stories found her to be a sharp critic of Cruikshank’s book 4 to 6 p.m. Aubyn and Matt – Different Strokes stories. of the practices of the early ). The That is not what the women missionaries, in terms of story involved a journey and a 6 to 8 p.m. Kit - Meat and Potatoes she spoke with wanted to talk naming and marital practices. struggle in which the central about. Instead of telling stories For her, the word characters overcame great 8 to 9 p.m. Ben - The Spoon with Murphy Douglas about their own lives, they “civilization”, as it had been hardship to get back home. wanted to tell the traditional used by her father, meant 9 to 10 p.m. Josh - Hard Core Troubadour Radio Part of their journey involved stories they had grown up alcohol and violence. It was not following the path of the sun, with, the teaching tales that used in a positive way. which took on a great symbolic were used to pass on culture, The other thing she said that value. morality and common sense Cruikshank found significant In 1945 she told the story from generation to generation. was “In my time, this was the as a gift to her son who was As one of the women, Angela first time we had a personal returning from his own struggle Sidney, told her in a phrase life.” This is an observation that in the Canadian Forces during that became the title of the first reflected a great change in how World War II. There was some collection of tales in 1977, “My the people lived and thought of Tune your dial to 106.9 FM or question from elders as to stories are my wealth.” themselves. Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) in Dawson City, whether this was a legitimate It was also Sidney who gave “Before that,” Cruikshank telling, but she was able to or listen live over the internet at www.cfyt.ca! an indication of the importance observed, “she was saying that establish that the story did, in of stories in native tradition it was a community life. (I had fact, belong to her clan, and was when she said, “I’ve tried to live observed that) Mrs. McLeod did therefore a suitable gift. my life right, just like a story.” not talk about herself as having As a result of her research Cruikshank found she a personal life and it made she discovered the story had entered her task with a set me more aware of what Mrs. earlier been used to settle a of questions, things she had McLeod was dong when I heard THE KLONDIKE SUN fractious dispute between been asked to find out by the Pat Lindgren speaking.” two rival Tlingit clans. This younger women who engaged Both women made it clear thanks our volunteers! information also gave her real her assistance. What happened that Dawson was a sort of chief writer & editor - Dan Davidson legitimacy as a storyteller. instead is that her interview First Nations melting pot, a Subsequently she told the webmaster/online assistance - John Steins subjects decided they needed place to which people from story over CBC radio. to teach her what questions up and down the rivers came proofreading - Betty Davidson, Lisa McKenna In 1988 she told it again were important enough to be for various reasons, causing in a public forum, at the Alyssa Friesen, Tara Borin asked and answered, and they a blending of customs and commemorative exercises for layout - Dan & Alyssa did this through the medium of languages. Yukon College, for she said the storytelling. Reflecting on the significance subscription mailing/retailer deliveries - new college was like a sun for “I expected I’d hear stories of the Myth and Medium her people. Karen MacKay, Palma Berger, Colleen Smith, about the Gold Rush, about gathering, Cruikshank “Instead of going to Judith Blackburn-Johnson, and Jan Couture the Alaska Highway, about concluded, Vancouver or Victoria, they’re the missionary activity, and “If these women were alive going to be able to stay here about the movement of the today and could see what you’re and go to school here. We’re not Canadian state into family lives. doing, they would be thrilled.” I expected to hear stories of going to lose our kids anymore. SPORTS with Sam Cheuk
P20WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN TARA'S BIRDS Hill Packs the Library for His with Tara Borin Reading Story & Photos by Dan Davidson
One of the first things that Lawrence Hill did after arriving at Berton House was to sit down at his laptop and finish the first draft of his latest novel, The Illegal. At his public reading in the Dawson Community Library on March 15 he treated a good sized audience of about 40 people to a couple of chapters from this book, but asked that no one should say much about it as it was still about a year from actually being published. It’s safe to say that it does deal with the problem of illegal immigrants hiding out The Trickster in a country that doesn’t want them. And it’s safe to say that Corvus corax Larry, who is a jogger, could apply some of his personal The common raven, , is easily identifiable, knowledge to one of the central particularly in regions with no overlapping, similar species. characters. The book is set They are a large black bird with a heavy, powerful-looking slightly in the future and deals beak and a long, wedge-shaped tail. Ravens are found in all with relationships in a couple Lawrence Hill packed the Library. and revealed that he has a plan for a book set on habitats: from the Arctic coast to forests, mountains and of countries that don’t actually the Alaska Highway deserts. They are often found in large concentrations in exist. municipal dump sites, communities of people, and at large “It’s intended to be sort mammal kills in the wild or along the highway. of Orwellian,” he told his Ask anyone who has lived amongst ravens, and you’re audience. bound to hear anecdotes that may sound like tall tales, but Of greater local interest are most likely true. Ravens are incredibly intelligent and would be the plans he has for innovative. I’ve heard it claimed that a raven can tell the his next novel, plans that will difference between a garbage bag full of garbage, and one full require him to come back to of dirty laundry. I’ve heard stories of them swarming pick-up the Yukon and experience all trucks destined for the dump, and tormenting dog teams in its seasons. His attention has brazen attempts to steal food. I’ve even heard it argued that been captured by the story of ravens use tools, in the way that they place something hard- the African American soldiers shelled on a roadway, and wait for a passing vehicle to break it who were sent north to build open. the Alaska Highway during Ravens also have an extensive vocabulary, making at least World War II, and he already 30 different, distinct sounds. They are great mimics, making has a sort of general plan for the sounds of knocking, cackling laughter and even dripping research in mind. by the Ontario Library the central character, Aminata. water. Their croaking calls can be heard across the distance. Hill’s consuming interest in Association) and the 2009 In Holland, the Canadian and Juveniles will alert one another to the presence of a fresh fiction and non-fiction is to Canada Reads competition. UK title was translated directly carcass. Adult ravens are more territorial, and are likely to deal with the stories of people More significantly, it won into Dutch, and a Dutch citizen keep their finds to themselves. of African descent, whether him the 2008 Commonwealth of Surinamese heritage was so Ravens figure largely in First Nation culture, history and they are full blood or mixed Writers’ Prize, and an audience offended that he organized a mythology. Here in the Yukon, the First Nations are divided race. As one of the latter sort with Queen Elizabeth. book burning in protest. into two matrilineal groups: Wolf and Crow (Raven). Ravens himself, as chronicled in his The title, he explained, Hill presented two short are a common theme in traditional regalia and dances. The memoir, Black Berry, Sweet came from an actual historical sections of the book at raven also plays a part in creation mythology, and is often Juice: On Being Black and White document, the one that listed his reading. The opening referred to as the Trickster. in Canada, he naturally pursues and authenticated the right of framework, in which the topics that end up with titles Black Loyalists to come with octogenarian Aminata, begins like Trials and Triumphs: The the British to Canada – mostly to reflect on her life while Story of African-Canadians, to Nova Scotia – after the working with abolitionists in Conservation Klondike Society and Women of Vision: The Story American Revolution. It did England, is so familiar to him of the Canadian Negro Women’s not occur to him that the title that he hardly needed to look AGM Association. would be a problem. at the pages as he recited it. A The central character of Apparently it did not occur to second section came from her Friday, March 30th an earlier novel, Any Known his American publishers either, arrival as a captured slave in Blood, shares Hill’s mixed race as they listed it that way in America, and amusingly (for 6 p.m. background, and seems to have their advance catalogues, only there can be humour even in at the KIAC drawn on some of his personal to change the name in a panic such a somber story) recounted reactions and experiences, after bookstores across the her first experience of waking Ballroom while still being fiction. United States informed them up on a cold day to see frost (902 Second Avenue) His most recent novel, that they would not stock the coming from her mouth. The Book of Negroes, had book with that title. In the USA, The audience was very taken phenomenal success, was long Australia and New Zealand, with Hill’s reading and there listed for the Giller Prize and it was published as Someone was a lively discussion, which won the 2007 Rogers Writers’ Knows My Name. In translation took the session well past an Trust Fiction Prize, the 2008 it is sometimes published as hour. Evergreen Award (presented either title, or as the name of THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P21 A Trip Outside THIS IS JUST MY OPINION with Al Sider Design vs. Intelligent Design: Part 1
My opinion today, as indicated by the title, concerns a topic which is defended ferociously by both proponents on either side of this debate. However, Intelligent Design vs. Evolution is somewhat misleading, as it is my intention to show that Evolution and Intelligent Design are virtually in full agreement in every aspect, save one. The only area wherein these two disagree is in the timeline. Evolution states clearly that it took billions of years for life to evolve, while Intelligent Design teaches that all was created in six days. In all other aspects the two agree fully. Since the beginning of man's ability to speak, he told stories about the creation of the world. It is a fact that every culture around the world, all of our ancestors, every ancient civilization, kept records (spoken and written) concerning the birth of our planet, and the emergence of man upon the Waves roll ashore at Dallas Beach in Victoria, BC planet. Story & Photos One hundred percent of these ancient civilizations agreed on by Lisa McKenna one principle, that the world and all upon it were created by On the ferry we purchased will always remember. Intelligent Design. This is a Historical Fact, and as such should tickets on a bus that dropped Now David and his wife have be included in historical curriculum in all schools, and should us off one block away from our three kids in addition to the be taught along side the Theory of Evolution. It all began with trying to place where we were going to B&B and a truffle shop, and While all of these Intelligent Design creation stories are get my pets "farmed out", and stay, The Humboldt House! David plays in TWO different considered as Myths and Legends, only one accurately trying to get a lift to the airport The Humboldt House is a bed bands! (One is rock-a-billy, and describes this creation in the exact evolutionary steps that because, as we all know, we no and breakfast, and I'm talking the other is more blues.) I wish Evolutionists and indeed Physicists claim occurred. I will longer have a taxi. eggs benedict, maple crepes, I still had that energy, but I divulge the source of this one Intelligent Design Story at the When I arrived at the airport, fresh juice, even coffee if you digress. end of this article. Air North treated me like gold- like it (I was more into their I went to the Royal BC According to many Physicists, including Steven Hawking, the they even let me use my cane, awesome herbal tea selection). Museum, and they had a photo universe began out of nothing, before the Big Bang. According which has an ice-lug, to go OH! Did I forget to mention spread that was amazing. My to that one Intelligent Design creation story, “From nothing to my seat, but I had to stow the complementary champagne favorite was a picture of a baby was everything made that was made.” it away so it wouldn't strike and truffles? ape that staredhad at the a face camera full Physicists also believe following the Big Bang, the universe anyone in case of an emergency. We were the only occupants with open eyes. He (or she!) had no substantial form or shape. Likewise this Intelligent EMERGENCY? Design story claims, “The earth was without form and void.” IWhy? could I usewas of wrinkles and Then, the scientists claim that the universe was formed as was perfectly safe. old people hands our planet, but due to extreme amounts of ash, dust and cloud, (and they say we the earth was dark. my seat as are not related?). At that time, had one been on the earth, one would not be a floatation Then it was able to see the sun, moon or stars from any viewpoint upon device (kind down to the the earth. While according to this Intelligent Design story, of like putting ocean. The sound “Darkness was upon the face of the earth.” parachutes on of the waves Then science says that the ash, dust and clouds subsided. As the BC Ferries!). CRASHING the dust and ash subsided, light could filter through allowing BUT I must on the shore - light to brighten the days. Still the sun, moon and stars could admit the flight WOW! I collected not be seen from the earth. attendants and a sample of sand Intelligent Design says, “Let there be light, and there was the ground and seaweed and light.” crews were little stones and Science then states that there was a Super Continent which professional. Detail of the Lesislative Assembly of British Columbia brought home, eventually separated becoming the seven continents we have Once I got "up" to the Yukon - a today. to Whitehorse, dozen smells! The Intelligent Design story also states, “Let the waters I was treated We were going under heaven be gathered together in one place and let dry with the same to go on a sailing land appear.” One land mass and one super ocean. amicable courtesy, still allowed of the six-roomed house, so we ship, but the ship captain was To be continued . . . my cane with the ice-lug. Being called ourselves "The Duke and getting his lifeboat recertified. This is just my opinion. a tad more strict than Dawson, Duchess of Humboldt", but we It rained every day except for security removed my nail were treated as such. the last one, but rain is just clippers from my key chain! David, proprietor and snow with an attitude! I was greeted by my friend, chocolatier, joined the family We took the bus back to Joe, at the Vancouver Airport business in 1995 and he started the ferry and to Vancouver and we took a room nearby offering truffles to the guests. International Airport. I got because we had missed the last Word got around and pretty on my plane, with Air North ferry to Vancouver Island. soon people were knocking on treating me like gold again, Early the next day, we rode a his door asking for truffles! arrived in Whitehorse, spent bus to the ferry. I had not been The rooms were themed (I the night because I had missed on a ferry in 15 years! I got lost stayed in the Oriental Room). the connection, and then I flew trying to have a smoke, but all Each room offered a jacuzzi for back here to Dodge. in all, to see the sea and waves two, a wood-burning fireplace What a trip outside! again - wow. and a fridge - it was a vacation I P22WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN KIDS' CORNER Stories and illustrations - by Lisa Michelle Turtles are reptiles that have a very hard shell sur rounding their body. This shell is formed out of the turtles ribs and its function is to protect the turtle. Like all other reptiles, a turtle is cold-blooded. This means that the turtle must regulate its body temperature with outside influences, such as basking in the sun when it feels cold, or diving into the water or seeking shade when it feels hot. - Turtle remains suggest that the turtle has been around for 215 MILLION years - that’s older than snakes, croco T diles and even the Komodo dragon ! The largest turtle is the leatherback sea turtle - it can reach up to two meters (six and a half feet) long. The smallest turtle is the speckled padloper - it only ever reaches about eight cm (three inches). Turtles are thought to have really good night vision. Land turtles have their eyes- pointing down towards the ground to see were they are going, but water turtles have their eyes more towards the tops of their heads so they can hide in the shal lows and still see around. - Turtles have claws but no TEETH! They have rigid beaks instead. A meat eating turtle will have really sharp edges on its beak for cutting through the meat. Veg etarian turtles have serrated edges on thier beaks, like a steak knife, for cutting through tough stems. AND a turtle cannot stick out its tongue! AND they can’t breathe like we do. Instead they swallow the air because their hard shell makes their lungs unable to expand or contract!
When you think of a triangle, you may think of the classic pyramid or your basic right angle triangle (when one side is straight up and down). BUT there are many, many more types. In all triangles, the three angles always add up to 180°, they all have three sides and three angles. Tortoises are a lot like turtles, but they are different. There is the equilateral triangle Some cultures call a tortoise a land turtle, others say they are differentiated by that has three equal sides and three feet or flippers, and still others compare the time the turtle or tortoise spends on equal angles. dry land. There is the isosceles triangle that The tortoise is considered a reptile, just like the turtle, because it is cold-blooded has only two equal sides and two and lays its eggs on land. equal angles. The longest living tortoise recorded was known as Tui Malila, and she was There is the right triangle that has brought to the Royal Tongan family by Captain Cook in 1777. She died in 1965 one angle at 90°. making her a whopping 188 years old. AND, last but not least, there is Another long-living tortoise was brought to England by Charles Darwin. Harriet, the scalene triangle that still only as she was affectionately called, lived to be 176. has three sides, but none of the sides are equal in length and all three corners have different angles. BUT it goes on and on - you can find triangles all through nature. Look at a snowflake or a spider’s web - even a shark’s tooth is triangular! There are plants, like the yellow nutsedge that have three sided stalks. Even the sections of oranges , lemons and limes are basically triangular. Have you ever made a house of cards? It’s all done with triangles! Try it some day and see how many cards YOU can use. JUST FOR FUN: Do you know these guys names?
There are hundreds of different kinds of trees throughout the world. The oldest tree known is a bristlecone. These trees grow in California and it is known that they are almost 5,000 years old! That makes them the oldest living organism on Earth! The banyan is a base tree. Originally from India, it has a base that can take up to 10 minutes to walk around. In a 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe lives- within a banyan. Coastal redwoods are the tallest trees. In 2006 one was measured to be 16 me ters tall (380 feet), making it the tallest plant on Earth! The largest trees on Earth in terms of volume are the giant sequoias of Sierra Nevada, but in Central America, the monkey pod tree can have a canopy of over 60 meters (200 feet). The smallest tree is the Northern Dwarf Willow which can reach a massive height of six cm (two inches)! + HEY KIDS! You can contribute to the Kids' Corner too! Email your pictures, stories and poems to Lisa at [email protected] before Friday, March 30 at noon! THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 P23 CLASSIFIEDS Kl o n d i k e Churches Support Mining Ou t r e a c h Jo b Bo a r d ST. MARY’S Many Rivers: WATER LICENCE/LAND USE CATHOLIC CHURCH services for PERMITS: Open Positions: Corner of 5th and King Counselling and support Services: individuals, Water license and land use Sundays at 10:30 a.m., couples, families or group permit applications for placer Administrative Assistant Sat. 5 p.m., Tues. 7 p.m., counselling. A highly miners. Call Josée (5 a.m. to Baker & Breakfast Cook Wed. to Fri. 9:30 a. m. confidential service 6 p.m.) at 819-663-6754. or Building Maintenance All are welcome. located in the Waterfront email [email protected] Contact Father Ernest Camp Cooks, Head Cooks & Cook Emeka Emeodi for Building. We are a non- Helpers - ANTICIPATORY assistance: profit organization with a LOOKING FOR SAND: Camp Maintenance – ANTICIPATORY 993-5361 sliding fee scale. To make Camp Custodial Staff – ANTICIPATORY an appointment call 993- Looking for 25 lbs. black Cashier/Counter Person 6455 or email dawson@ sand from placer clean-up, no Chef/Professional Baker DAWSON COMMUNITY manyrivers.yk.ca. See our hazmat, must be "clean". Call Chinker CHAPEL website at www.manyrivers. with costs, we pay shipping, Commercial Sewing Machine Operator Located on 5th Ave yk.ca/. etc. (819) 663-6754 or email Cooks across from Gold Rush [email protected] Deli/Counter Person Campground. Alcoholics Anonymous: Dishwashers Sunday worship at 11 IRRIGATION SERVICES: Drillers & Driller’s Helpers Videoconference meeting at am. Driver Guides the Dawson Health Centre Everyone is welcome. Diesel pumps, aluminum Drivers Pastor Ian Nyland on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. North pipes, hoses and fittings. Star Group meets at the Exploration Field Assistants 993-5507 Highlands Irrigation has Comm. Support Centre at Feed & Care Assistant been supplying miners since 1233 2nd Ave. on Saturdays Fleet Detail Crew at 7 p.m. Call 993-3734 or 1974. Call 1-800-665-5909 Front Desk Clerk ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN 993-5095. or visit our website: www. Guest Services CHURCH thewaterpeople.com. Housekeeper/Cleaner Corner of Front & Church Housekeepers/Room Attendants Streets Hey Dawson, Housekeeping Supervisor Sunday Services: at 10:30 Jeep Guides 1st and 3rd Sundays: Kitchen Manager Morning Prayer Classified ads Mining Positions - various 2nd and 4th Sundays: Nanny Holy Eucharist Raft Guides 5th Sunday: Informal only cost $6! Sales Persons Contact Rev. Laurie Munro, Servers (ph. 993-5381 ) at the Substitute Teachers/Tutors Richard Martin Chapel, Timber Framer/Shipwright/Ship’s Tues - Thurs. 8:30 - noon Carpenter Tire Technician BUSINESS DIRECTORY Tombstone Guides Waffle Cone Maker Advertise your business and services with The Klondike Sun! Submit your business card at a YouthPositions Coordinator with Closing Dates: normal size of 2” x 3.5” -- $25.00 per issue and yearly billings can be arranged. Payroll & Benefits Administrator: March 23 @ 4 Maintenance Workers: March 23 Tender Janitorial Worker: March 26 Tender On Call Emergency Plumbing & Heating Contractor: March 26 Custodial Worker: March 26 Fire Crew Members (Anticipatory): March 31 Positions Out of Town: Programs Coordinator: April 13 @ 4:30
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