The WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012 • VOL. 23, NO. 4 $1.25 11 Fires? Okay - time for some KLONDIKE serious rain. SUN Welcome to the Summer of 2012 An Ultralite flies by the Midnight Dome at - when else? - midnight! Photo by Paulette Michaud in this Issue Farewell to the Queen 3 Commissioner's Day 6 , 8 & 9 Grocery Airlift 7 Maximilian’s The Yukon Queen II docks in The sun shone on both the Tea and As the highways washed out south Dawson for one last time. the Ball. ans west, the grocery delivery took has Phone Cards! to the the air. See & Do in Dawson 2 TV Guide 10-14 About that Highway Closure 18 Kids' Corner 22 Uffish Thoughts 4 Art at Dancing Moose 16 Palma Dredges up a Comment 19 Classifieds 23 Have a happy Canada Day! New Shop on 2nd 5 Mysterious Dead Legs 17 Literary Events 20 City of Dawson 24 P2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012 THE KLONDIKE SUN L What to Panning Championships and live music at the Gazebo! Get the Rec & Leisure Newsletter & stay up to date. Website: www. cityofdawson.ca. Facebook: "City of Dawson Recreation". Contact us at SEE AND DO 993-2353.The Midnight Sun Hotel in DAWSON now: NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT: Sunday: Yukon Brewing Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Tuesday: Toonie Tuesdays in the Tavern, 9 p.m. This free public service helps our readers find their way through Wednesday: Ladies Night Karaoke Contest, 9 p.m. the many activities all over town. Any small happening may Thursday: Yukon Brewing Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Friday: The Klondike Sons, live music in the Lounge 5 to 8 p.m. need preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To Saturday: Karaoke Night in the Lounge, dj's and dancing in the pub join this listing contact the office at klondikesun@northwestel. Sunday:The Westminster Soul Sunday featuringHotel the Soul Sunday Band, 9 p.m. net.Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) RAVEN SPIRIT DANCE PRESENTS GATHERING LIGHT: Saturday, June Live entertainment in the lounge on Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. to close. More live entertainment in the Tavern on Fridays from 4:30 30. $12 in advance, tickets available at KIAC and Max's. Gathering Light p.m.The toDowntown 8:30 p.m. Hotel (choreographed by Michelle Olson) is a contemporary dance work for FAMILY COFFEE HOUSE & OPEN MIC: three dancers. LIVE MUSIC At the Front St. Gazebo. July 7th TRIPLE INDEX: EQUILATERAL RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE GEN- : Barnacle Bob is in the Sourdough Saloon every Thursday, at 7p.m. ERAL PUBLIC: FridayThe Eldorado and Saturday Hotel from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. At the Confluence Gallery, June 21 - July 15. Gallery hours IN the ODD Gallery: ScOtt rOGerS - MeaNDerS INtO NONe- 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Food Service Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. Check out SUCH PLACE: our Daily Lunch Specials. In a rush at lunch? Call ahead and we'll have ART CAMP: June 21 - July 27 your order ready when you arrive, 993-5451. Breakfast is served until 1:30Bombay p.m. on Peggy's weekends. Ages 6 to 9. Tues, Weds and Thurs, 1 - 4 p.m. June 19 - July ZUMBA WITH KATIE PEArsE: LIVE MUSIC 26. Mondays 6:30-7:30 and Wednesdays Klondike Kate's: Pat LePoidevin, July 11, 9 p.m. LUNCH HOUR YOGA: 5:30-6:30 in the ODDfellows Ballroom, $10 drop-in fee. Fridays and Mondays, 12 to 1 p.m. $8 drop in. All DANCE WITH MICHELLE OlsEN: levels welcome. Now open daily! Monday to Saturday, Lunch 11:30 to 3 p.m., and Dinner 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday Bruch 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dinner 5 p.m. Kids' creative dance, Wednesdays DANCE FOR ADULTS: toDawson 10 p.m. DailyCity HappyChamber Hour of 5 to Commerce 6 p.m.! July 4 - Aug 1. COUNCIL MEETINGS: Tuesdays July 3- 31 (no class July 24). 7 to 8:30 DrOp-IN paINtING: p.m. Regular meetings on the second and fourth 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. $5 drop-in fee for Wednesday of each month. Special Meeting times are posted at the YUKON RIVErsIDE ARTS FESTIVAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: St. Paul's materials. Post Office three business days in advance. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: OPERATION OVERBOARD Dead- ART CAMP: line is June 1. See www.kiac.ca/artsfestival for information. : Planned for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1 to 4 p,m., June 19 July 23-27. Music, Dance, Crafts, Drama, Sports, all for kids aged K-Gr. TODDLER PAINTING: Klondike Visitors Association to July 26. A day camp for ages 6-9. 6. Call 993-5045 for information. YUKON RIVER QUEST: Tuesdays 10 to 10:30 p.m. June 19 to July 24. SOVA $30 for six sessions. Ages 2-5. at the KIAC Ballroom. June 27 - July 1. The longest annual canoe and bOtaNy DayS - tOMbStONe park: OFFICE HOUrs kayak race in the world. See www.yukonriverquest.com LIBRARY HOUrs YUKON GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS: : Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 29 to July 1. : Tues & Weds, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sun, 1 p.m. to 5 July 1. Celebration of our ART SUPPLY STORE CLOSED Parks Canada p.m. Yukon heritage and industry that is still out in the creeks. : Art supplies may be purchased dur- DREDGE NO.4: ingConservation office hours. Klondike Society Hourly tours starting at 10 a.m., last tour at 3:30. French tour DEPOT HOUrs atGR 2:30EATE p.m.ST KLONDIKE CONTEST: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2:30 : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of S.S. KENO: refundablesDawson City may Recreation be left on the deck Department during off hours. Info: 993-6666. p.m. at the Palace Grand - come vote for your favorite! ROBERT SERVICE: CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS: Open daily, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Starting June 16th) daily at 1 p.m. and Tues, Thurs, Sat, Saturday, June 30, pancake breakfast SunCOMMI eveningsSSIONE at 7R p.m.'S RESIDENCE: and bird watching walk. Sunday, July 1, parade starts at 11 a.m, followed Open daily in the afternoons (2-5pm on by flag raising, BBQ and live music at the Dawson City Museum, Gold Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun, 4-5pm on Mon, Wed, Fri) Watch this year for Klondike VisionariesSTRANGE TwhoHIN willGS beTOWN stopping TOU inR to: tell you about their cause! Daily at 9:30am, 7pm on Mon, Wed. Fri. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012 P3 The Yukon Queen II Sails From Dawson One Last Time Story & Photos Yukon Queen II, By Dan Davidson executives that had previously And so the The Yukon Queen II sailed been the front line voices on fitted out with new ocean going issues related to the Queen, equipment and with one of its began to reassess options in washrooms converted back to a from Eagle to Dawson City September, after the boat had shower, has sat in Dawson for a for the final time on June 13, returned to itsQueens winter have berth been in few days, taking on extra water, arriving to pick up some of the Eagle. figuring out where the sleeping gear that was left behind in While both bags and air mattresses are September 2011 when no one the subject of some debate going to go at night and getting knew that it had served its last about river safety, destruction ready for its long farewell summer on the Yukon River. of fish and river bank erosion, cruise. “It’s a repositioningQueen cruise,” complaints ramped up “It’s a 3500 mile journey,” said said Captain Al Bruce. “We’re considerably when the bigger Bruce, “and it should take about taking the out of service boat arrived in 1999, and the two weeks.th We’ll leave here on here in the Yukon, and taking it last ten years have been spent the 20 and we expect to be in Captain Al Bruce in full gear. The hat was seldom worn. down to the Seattle Area where in a series of environmental Seattle – withth ideal conditions - it’s going to, hopefully, be reviews related to its operations around the 4 of July.” transferred to one of our other and, more recently, its water He brought the boat up the company divisions within the license. river in the first place but it’s larger corporation (Carnival When the local office of the been a dozen years since he’s Cruise Lines)” Yukon Environmental and cruised the whole thing and It could end up in Australia or Socio-economic Assessment he expects conditions have in the Bahamas. Board was unable to reach changed. “If none those pan out it’llYukon be a decision about the boat’s Back in the south he offeredQueen I, for has sale been on thesold market.” several operations, the file was will be doing some marine Its predecessor, the bumped upstairs to the YESAB engineering consulting work executive board in 2008. There for a shipbuilder, picking up a times since it wasYQII taken replaced out of was supposed to have been a few more classes at one of the service here 13 years ago after final decision by now, but it marine colleges where he has a 12 year run. The hasn’t happened. been lecturing as an instructor it in 1999.