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The WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 • VOL. 24, NO.9 $1.25 The plants are shivering... KLONDIKEThe Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Singers SUN Disco Days are over The Jerry Cans The Excelsior was the winning float under the government category. See story on page 6. Photo by Dan Davidson in this Issue Dredge repair 3 KVA pleads for Parks 5 Transformation 20 The nights are getting chilly! Dredge No. 4's stacker arm will KVA asks Leona Aglukkag to Riverside Arts Festival plays with Max's has lots of wool recieve a tuning before winter. consider late season visitors. illusion. to keep you warm. What to see and do in Dawson! 2 Yard Awards 11 Food security question 22 Job Board 23 Uffish Thoughts 4 Authors on Eighth winners 18-19 Business Directory 22 Classifieds 23 Dawson City youth ambassador 5 This Is Just My Opinion 21 Letters 23 City Notices 24 P2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 THE KLONDIKE SUN What to Conservation Klondike Society Depot HOURS SEE AND DO : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of refundables in DAWSON now: Dawsonmay be left on City the deck Recreation during off hours. Department Info: 993-6666. Get the Rec & Leisure Newsletter & stay up to date. Website: www.cityofdawson. Theca. Facebook: Westminster "City of Dawson Hotel Recreation". Contact us at 993-2353. This free public service helps our readers find their way through George mcconkey the many activities all over town. Any small happening may need FridayS & SaturdayS: LIVE muSIC IN THE lounge preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To join this : Fridays in the Tavern, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Eventslisting contact the office at [email protected]. Klondike Kate's : The Pit House Band. WHITE RAM POKER TOURNAMENTS: REStaurant HOURS: September 6-9 at Diamond Tooth HAPPY HOUR: Monday to Saturday, Lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dinner 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Bunch 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dinner 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. TALENTGerties. All NIGHT: tournaments are Texas Hold'em Poker. Limit, No Limit Classic and Freeze Out. Pre-registration available at dawsoncity.ca/thingstodo/whiteram Daily, 5 to 6 p.m. Beer, wine, highballs and $4 daily taco!! Daw- September 11 at Diamond Tooth Gerties, hosted by CFYT and son's most inexpensive, don't miss it! HARVEthe KVA.S TYou MOON have FEa talent!STIVAL: The more outlandish the better! Cash prizes! Sign Ph. (867) 993-6527. Please visit our new website, www.klondikekates.ca up at CFYT or e-mail [email protected]. Chamber of Commerce & Town Council CHAMBER MEETINGS: September 21 at Driftwood Holly's "old farm". Sweet choas, good vibes, excellent food. $10/donation. Musical performance Regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each by Fishead Stew! Event page on Facebook: Harvest Moon Fest 2013. COUNCIL MEETINGS: Meetings month at the Downtown Hotel. IODE DAWSON CITY: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Council Chambers. Public invited to ask Council questions during the question period, Meet first Tuesday each month at home of Joyce Caley CwhichOMMITTEE takes place OF THE towards WHOLE the endMEETING of eachS: meeting. Meetings are also aired on Ratoyal 7:30 p.m.Canadian For info L callegion Myrna BRANCH Butterworth, #1: 993-5353, Joyce Caley, 993-5424. Channel 12. Recess for summer July-Oct. Council will be holding Committee Meet second Thursday each month Yukonof the Whole College meetings on the 1st Monday and 3rd Tuesday of each month. PatIONEER Legion Hall WOMEN (3rd andOF THEKing YSt.)ukon at 7:30: p.m. Contacts Helen Bowie, 993-5526, Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. TRADES EXploration program: Meet third Thursday each month at 7:30 15 weeks, September 9-December 20. p.m. at YOOP Hall. Contact Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. Recess for summer Project management ESSENTIALS: part 1: $513 plus fees. Try your hand at a number of trades. KlondikeJune, July and Aug.Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) October 8-10. $950 plus GST. IN THE ODD: THE natural AND manufactured: New project managers or those without previous formal training, this course pro- vides a comprehensive overview of project management techniques. For info and Paul Griffen and Sarah Klondikeregistration call Visitor's 993-8800 or Association e-mail [email protected] confluenceFuller coordinate gallery on this: projectDCAS MEMBER with a galleryS EXHIBIT installation: and an outdoor ex- hibit at Bear Creek. GertieS CloSING NIGHT: GUITAR WITH NIJEN: Ends September 8. DIAMOND tooth gertieS:Saturday, September 21. A special show produced by Hatha yoga WITH Fridays,joanne 3:30-7:30van NOS p.m..TRAND August: 30 to October 18. $138 those saucy Gertie's Gals! Come early to get a seat! for 8 classes. Open seven days a week. Shows at 8:30 p.m., 10:30 DawSON CITY international FILM FEStival STuesdaysUBMISSION andS OPENThursdays,: Dawsonp.m. and midnight. City HappyMuseum Hour 11 p.m. - midnight. Late night food! 5:30-7 p.m. E-mail [email protected] 24 hours in advance. HOURS: Film in the can? Submit! Don't wait until the last minute. Check out dawsonfilmfest. TombstoneLabour Day Interpretive to September 30, Centre Tuesday to Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. comSOVA for info. ADMIN OFFICE HOURS CENTRE HOURS: Library HOURS CENTRE cloSED for THE SeaSON: : Mon-Thurs, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. September 1-15, Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art Supply Store HOURS : Closed until further notice. Miscellaneous September 16 Dawson City Community: Open during Library Admin Office Hours. wilderness tourism 2-day workshop: berton house writer-in-residence presentation by colleen September 7 & 8. Hosted by the murphy ZDepartmentumba: of Tourism and Culture. Introduction to the sector. $25 and pre- O'Brien Road registration is required. Contact Roy Jantzen at [email protected]. library :HOUR Wednesday,S September 18 at 7 p.m. Murphy has been working on a play entitled , a large family drama set on a farm in PEI. Fun, Latin-inspired fitness program for all ages and abilities! All sum- mer long at the TH Hall. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Drop in or : Monday to Friday, noon to 6:30 p.m. Closed Saturday purchase a 10-pass punch card. and Sunday. From the archives.... THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 P3 Dredge No. 4 will see some repair work done this season A.J. Goddard shipwreck commemorated Press release comprising the Yukon Trans- portation Museum and the In- Whitehorse - The A.J. God- stitute of Nautical Archaeology dard shipwreck was commem- (INA) located the submerged orated as a Yukon Historic Site vessel. in a plaque unveiling ceremony Nixon unveiled the plaque at Lake Laberge today. Tour- with Yukon resident Doug Da- ism and Culture Minister Mike vidge who searched for the Nixon was joined by several A.J. Goddard for many years members of the team who dis- and was part of the discovery covered the wreck in 2008. team. Also present were INA “The discovery and protec- researcher John Pollack and tion of the A.J. Goddard ship- others involved in the site’s dis- wreck has been an exceptional covery and documentation. collaboration among the Yu- The sternwheeler was des- kon government, the Yukon ignated a Yukon Historic Site Transportation Museum and in 2010 under the Historic Re- a dedicated team of research- sources Act. The shipwreck ers,” Nixon said. “The small will remain in the depths of sternwheeler is a legacy that Lake Laberge where the cold reflects the importance of river water has preserved it for over travel during the Klondike Gold 100 years. Recreational divers Rush.” wishing to explore the vessel The A.J. Goddard sank during can obtain a site access permit a severe storm on Lake Laberge form from the Historic Sites of- in 1901. Only two of the five fice. crew members survived. For more information on the Several attempts were made A.J. Goddard and other Yukon The stacker at the rear of Dredge No. 4. Such stackers created the iconic worm tail tailings piles to find the wreck and in 2008 Historic Sites visit www.tc.gov. that mark the Klondike Valley. an international research team yk.ca. Photo & story by Dan Davidson season before winter sets in. “Although it is a bit later in The contract, worth approxi- the year, the scope of the work, mately $90,000, is a far cry from and the contractor’s timeline While Parks Canada is cer- the hundreds of thousands that will allow the work to be com- tainly not spending the money will be needed to complete the pleted within this summer/fall that it has been spending annu- work that was being done to season.” ally on Dredge No. 4, that does deal with rot at the bucket line Total capital investment not mean that nothing is going (or front) end of the vessel up to in KNHS this year will run to to be done by way of repairs the end of last season, but it is about $130,000. and maintenance this season. necessary work nonetheless. David Rohatensky, Super- “The essential outcome of intendent, Klondike National this work,” Rohatensky said, “is Historic Sites (KNHS), has an- to make modifications to cur- nounced that Parks has just rent Dredge stern stacker arm The A.J. Goddard transported goods and passengers on the signed a contract with South- support to allow it to carry full Yukon River from 1898 until it sank in Lake Laberge in 1901.