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It's all in
the hands
News
Additional
training for
firefighters
Community
Carving
workshop
offered for free
Sports
Mackenzie
Bandits make it
three straight
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Donald Prince, left, shows Stephen Breen the proper technique for scraping a hide on Aug. 4 at the Western Arctic Regional Visitor
Centre. Prince is conducting the first of a month-long series of workshops on tanning hides.
2 inuvik drum, Thursday, August 7, 2014
community
Going raw
can be
tasty says
dietician
Session at greenhouse
focuses on preparing
a quality meal
to produce the long, thin sections required.
Doing it raw doesn't have
That generated a lot of
to be bland, tasteless or dif- laughter, particularly from
ficult.
Heather Wheating, who didn't
That was the message con- have much success with the
veyed to a small group of technique.
participants who attended an
She was one participant
introduction to
who
was
raw foods July
slightly
22 at the Inutaken aback
vik Community
when Lichty
Greenhouse.
said it was
The session
going to be
was led by dieta hands-on
ician Tabitha Lichty, who had workshop.
come armed with a recipe
"How cute," she exclaimed.
for a raw, vegetarian lasagna
Pesto, which could have
dish.
been made from the ingredients added in the
Lichty said
greenhouse, was
she is no expert
used to substitute
on raw food,
for tomato sauce,
but it is something she has
and a selection
been researchof
toppings,
ing, recognizincluding suning there is
dried tomatoes
interest locally
and hummus,
in the fad that's
was available as
been sweepwell.
ing a good
"The
nice
chunk of North
thing about this
Tabitha Lichty
America
in
is that it's all
recent years.
vegetables, stuff
The idea
you could find
behind eating raw food, she here," Lichty said.
explained, is to improve the
Making pesto from
overall quality of what people scratch had been the subject
eat.
of an earlier workshop.
Some people believe that
All told, the process didn't
cooking vegetables robs them take more than half an hour,
of at least some, if not most, even with people being introduced to it for the first time.
of their nutritional value.
"It's much faster than preIt's part of the backlash
paring a traditional cooked
against processed foods.
"Eating raw is a personal lasagna," Lichty said.
The recipe can also be
choice," she said.
"But eating 100 per cent used to make a cooked dish
raw could be counter-pro- quite easily, she added.
ductive too."
She didn't have a calorie
Lichty said the research count for the dish, but said it
on that point is unclear, would be a fraction of a typbut there's no question that ical lasagna.
Then it was time to sample
people could and should eat
more vegetables and fruits to the end product, which was
help improve their diet and well-recieved with all of the
participants in agreement.
overall health.
"It's really good," WheatThe recipe began with
strips of zucchini that would ing said.
"It's surprisingly tasty,"
substitute for the traditional
said Susan Fielding, who
noodles.
Everyone
present seemed to be a little skeptical
attempted to prepare the zuc- going into the process.
chini strips with a vegetable
Everyone said they were
peeler, but only one, Mary eager to try it again as soon
Aulin, had the proper touch as possible.
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
Patricia Fielding checks out a strip of raw zucchini July 22 during a raw food workshop at the Inuvik Community Greenhouse. The participants prepared their own raw-food, vegetable-only lasagna dishes from
items available at the greenhouse.
coffee
Break
"But eating
100 per cent
raw could be
counterproductive
too."
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Briefs
Fibre line project
contractor chosen
The Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link
project is a step closer to reality with
the news the GNWT has selected a
contractor.
In a media release, Finance
Minister Michael Miltenberger
announced that the Northern Lights
Fibre Consortium has been selected as the “preferred proponent to
design, build, finance and operate
the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link.”
The consortium is comprised
of a partnership between Ledcor
Developments Ltd., LTS Infrastructure Services Limited Partnership
and Northwestel Inc.
“Investing in state-of-the-art
communications infrastructure helps
support economic development for
the Beaufort Delta and the Northwest Territories,” said Miltenberger.
“The fibre link will provide new
opportunities for business, including
in the e-commerce and high-tech
sectors, and allow for the expansion
of the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility, a leader in remote data sensing
with international clients.
"The (fibre link) will also support
more efficient and effective delivery
of government programs and services such as health care and education
to the communities it will connect.”
The fibre link is scheduled to be
in operation by mid-2016. Construction is estimated to cost between $60
million and $70 million.
Festival lineup unveiled
The End of the Road Music Festival has unveiled its lineup. The
festival will run from Aug. 15 to
17 at the Midnight Sun Recreation
Complex and the Royal Canadian
Legion branch and has a strong local
flavour.
Louis Goose and the Big River
Band will perform, along with the
Raven Street Combo, Back Up and
Push and the Inuvik Drummers and
Dancers. Other acts include Five
Fiddlers Flying, Billy Joe Green and
the Inglorious Bluez Blasterz, Wake
Up Hazel, Fagan Furlong and JJ
Lavallee. A Ray Massey Tribute is
also scheduled among the events.
Few turn out for
Species at Risk
A meeting detailing several species listed as being at risk in the
NWT attracted little interest Aug. 3
at Ingamo Hall. The only species relevant to the immediate Inuvik region
is the boreal caribou, which has been
listed as threatened.
The other species are all present
in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region,
but not found locally.
They are the polar bear, the hairy
braya, and the Dolphin and Union
caribou herds found on the north
coast and the high Arctic Islands.
Due to its listing as threatened
under the NWT Species at Risk
Act, a recovery plan for the boreal
caribou is expected to be introduced
within two years.
Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
Ten Inuvik firefighters spent the long weekend being trained on how to detect and protect themselves from flashovers. August
3 was spent practising the techniques in a controlled burn situation.
Hot long weekend
for firefighters
Training session on signs of flashovers hailed as success
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
A group of Inuvik firefighters
found a different way to have a hot
civic holiday weekend.
The 10 firefighters spent Saturday, Sunday and part of Monday
– Aug. 2 to 4 – taking a course
on detecting, preventing and extinguishing what those in the trade
called flashovers, which are among
the deadliest situations a firefighter
can encounter.
During a flashover, the smoke
itself can burn when the temperatures spike suddenly to a lethal
degree and spontaneous combustion
of anything present can occur.
"A flashover is where everything
in the room gets to the point where
it reaches ignition temperature,"
said Warren McEwan, one of the
trainers from Drager Safety Canada, a resource company for fire
departments.
"That's when all the combustibles in that area ignite. So it's a
really high rise in temperature to
the point where everything ignites.
It's a severe release of BTUs and
energy, and that's where firefighters get killed. It's an instantaneous
release of heat."
McEwan said detecting those
conditions is the purpose of the
training. There are four general
indicators that can warn a trained
firefighter of the danger.
Those are an open fire, fingers
of flame in the open smoke, intense
heat, and a change in the colour of
the smoke.
"What we're really trying to
accomplish with the training is
to get the guys to understand the
smoke and fire conditions just
before the severe event that we call
a flashover happens. We're teaching them that once they see those
conditions, is train the hoses on the
smoke and the walls, to try to bring
the temperature down, and then get
out, because it's a situation that's not
safe to continue."
Typically, firefighters might only
receive two or three seconds of
warning, so their reaction has to be
nearly instantaneous, McEwan said.
"They need to cool it and get
out," McEwan said. "So if they do
encounter the signs of what a flashover looks like, they can take some
preventative measures so they're not
going to be injured or killed in the
fire."
Inuvik Fire Chief Jim Sawkins
said he is impressed and pleased
that a complement of his staff would
give up a long weekend for a chance
to train. That showed their "dedication and commitment," he said.
"This is probably the best tool
or resource that we could have provided to the department," Sawkins
said. "Not only for the rookies,
because of what we can do under
safe and controlled conditions, we
can demonstrate how fire progresses through its various levels and
they can see that."
John Ritchie, one of the fire-
fighters participating in the course,
said it was worthwhile after the first
round of demonstrations.
"The four signs of a flashover
were textbook," he said. "It's excellent training."
Jonathon Michel, another of the
firefighters, mentioned the temperature in the flashover unit exceeded
900 F.
"It was good to see the stages of
a flashover under controlled conditions," added Paul Arthorne.
With the help of the trainers,
Sawkins had set up a proper flashover unit to be used in the training
sessions.
Now that the unit is up and running, and several firefighters are
trained as instructors, the entire
department will receive the training.
The Inuvik Fire Department is
also setting itself up as a regional
training centre, Sawkins said, and
the flashover unit will be an important part of that.
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news
Carvers learn hands-on for free
NWT Parks offers program
with talented
of Tuktoyaktuk artist
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
Ron Taylor, a well-respected carver originally from Tuktoyaktuk but now living in Inuvik, helped lead a oneof-a-kind carving workshop at Happy Valley Park on July 29.
There was a unique chance
to work with a talented carver
at Happy Valley Park on July
20 courtesy of the Department of Industry, Tourism and
Investment.
Ron Taylor, originally
from Tuktoyaktuk but now
living in Inuvik, led the free
workshop in introductory
soapstone carving.
While it's unusual enough
to have a chance to work with
a carver of Taylor's calibre,
what made the workshop truly
one of kind was that it was
free. That included the soapstone used to make the carvings.
It's an expensive program,
said parks interpreter and
event planner Wendy Brake.
That's why the number of participants was set fairly low,
although about 10 people
showed up in the end.
The workshop was part of
a blitz by ITI and NWT Parks
begun this summer to raise
the profile of parks in the
region to residents and tourists alike.
Brake and her colleague
Maribeth Pokiak have been
ubiquitous the past few weeks
as they implemented the program. It's the first time in a
few years anything like this
program has been possible,
they said, since last year the
positions weren't filled.
"This is a dream seminar
to hold," Pokiak said. "A lot
of people never get to try this,
especially for free."
Taylor, along with other
members of his family, has
developed into a well-respect-
ed artist in various carving
mediums.
He has appeared at the
Great Northern Arts Festival
and makes his living as a
carver.
Taylor, a soft-spoken, if not
reserved, man, said he was
taught to carve as a child by
his father, and has developed
his own style from there.
He's been carving for 24
to 25 years, he said, in various materials including soapstone. He learned his craft
with whalebone and antlers.
"I use just about everything I can get my hands on
now," he said. "This workshop
is just about trying to show
people what we do, how much
work it is, and get them ready
to go.
"The stone we're working
with today is a soft stone,
which is easy. But they'll see
how much work the artists put
into it. All of them are doing
good so far. They're right into
it, which is good."
Most of the participants
were making miniature inukshuks under his watchful eye.
Jim Stephenson said he
had never carved before, but
was eager for the chance to
try it out.
"This is great," he said,
taking a break from his work.
"I only heard about this workshop this morning."
He looked perfectly at
home working on his soapstone block.
Taylor said currently eight
of his family members are
carvers, and five attended the
Great Northern Arts Festival.
"They're right into it now,"
he said.
opinions
Inuvik Drum, Thursday, August 7, 2014 5
A testament to
top responders
pointing out that not many people
would give up a long weekend for
The sight of 10 Inuvik firefighta training session in what's generers giving up their long civic holially thought of as a volunteer posday weekend will hopefully catch
ition with the department.
the eye of town residents and
In the two-plus years that Sawmake them think a bit.
kins has been chief, he's
A training session,
ensured the department
led by professionals
The
issue:
has access to top-notch
Rich Graeber and WarFire
training, and he's put a
ren McEwan of Draeger
plan in place that's seen
Safety Canada, was going department
some top-of-the-line
well during the field ses- We say:
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sions on Sunday Aug. 3 at Progressive
the department's training organization department as well.
He's also had a hand
facility on Navy Road.
Ellesmere
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that left both men impressed.
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Efforts are
nearing completion
to refurbish Our Lady
of Lords Catholic
Church in
Tuktoyaktuk. The
congregation expects
to hold mass at the
end of the month,
said Andrea Wan.
photo courtesy of Andrea Wan
Summer Bible camp at Kitti Hall
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Rod Harrington, left, the owner of Whipped Dreams, watches as employee Matthew Skinner practises
making dipped ice cream cones while fellow employee Chris Church, right, mugs for the camera.
Food entrepreneur opens ice cream parlour
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
You can't argue that Rod
Harrington is a man with some
cool ideas.
The Inuvik food entrepreneur opened his latest offering, the ice cream parlour
Whipped Dreams, July 30, and
it seems like a good chunk of
Inuvikmiut are more than cool
with his offerings. At some
level, you have to admire a
man who can sell ice cream
in the Arctic. It seems like
an odd combination, but Harrington shrugged and simply
said "there's no off-season for
ice cream."
"I wanted to think a little
outside the box," he added.
It's a decision that seems
more remarkable at a time
when many businesses have
closed around Inuvik.
After several false starts
due to some scheduling and
supply problems, Harrington
opened for the first time in
the evening of July 30 at his
Mackenzie Road location with
little fanfare, but it didn't take
long for people to come running.
By July 31, when the sun
finally reappeared over Inuvik
and the temperature rose to
a comfy 11 C, the shop was
overrun with customers.
The weather on Aug. 1
was rainy and cold, keeping
the shop from being overrun
again, but a steady stream of
people were still coming in.
The shop offers a plethora
of products from ice cream
cones to sundaes to smoothies,
with more products still on tap,
Harrington said.
Initially, Harrington had
planned to open in time for the
tail end of the Great Northern
Arts Festival and the opening of the Inuit Circumpolar
Council assembly and Traditional Circumpolar Northern
Games, but he had to push that
projected date back at least
twice to ensure the shop would
open under satisfactory conditions.
He had made a deliberate
attempt to have the project stay
out of the public eye, although
it was obvious that renovations
were being done at the former
Swag Clothing location.
"Surprisingly, I managed
to keep it secret for the most
part," Harrington said.
He has turned into one of
the kings of food entrepreneurship recently since he also runs
the snack bar at the Midnight
Sun Recreation Complex, the
Cafe on Mackenzie, and a
catering business, so it's not
like he's a newbie to the food
industry.
What he learned from those
locations, though, is that Inuvikmiut had an unmet yearning for more variety in their
food choices. In particular, he
concluded there wasn't anything in town really catering
to the casual dessert market,
other than some stores serving
hard ice cream cones.
He decided to tackle that
niche market, but in a distinctly different manner so as
to avoid competing with the
established businesses.
"I didn't want to step on
anyone's toes," Harrington
explained.
The shop, which can seat
28 people, will operate from
noon until 11 p.m. year-round,
although he's still tinkering
with the hours. There will be
two to three people working
per shift, mostly high school
students and young people,
Harrington said. That's by
design. He said he had in mind
opening a business that could
provide some more employment to that age bracket,
which has limited options for
employment in town.
His customers, so far, are
enthusiastic. Patricia Davison,
who was in the shop Aug. 2,
said, "it's really nice to have
something different in town."
Tuktoyaktuk
About 20 children are involved in the annual Bible summer camp being put on by On Eagle's Wings at Kitti Hall
this week. The camp, which has been run in the community
for about 30 years, is being organized by Andrea Wan, an
18-year-old student from Leduc, Alta., and Carmelle St. Vincent of Whitehorse. It runs from Aug. 4 to 8 from 1 to 5 p.m.
The event involves prayer as well as Bible readings, songs and
games.
The local Christian community is simultaneously looking
forward to the refurbishment of the Our Lady of Lords Catholic Church, which is set to begin holding mass at the end of
August, said Wan. A further official opening celebration is set
to take place next March when Whitehorse-based carpenters
are done resting, said Wan. Details are still developing. Wan
added that the church has undergone a multi-year reconstruction effort over the last five years.
Gas money helps harvesters
Aklavik
An Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee spokesperson said a little more than 30 households made use of
GNWT gas funds to help get harvesters out to land last month.
Michelle Gruben said usually the committee applies
every year for funds from the community harvest assistance
program run by the Department of Industry, Tourism and
Investment. The committee received $27,000 this year, as it
does typically every year. About $7,000 of that money was
made available to harvesters in the community who needed
gas to get out on the land. This can range for anything from
harvesting berries, caribou or fish. Interested parties were
responsible for providing a letter to the committee expressing
the reason they need gas assistance.
“Everyone who provided a letter got $225 worth of gas to
get out on the land,” said Gruben, adding that people who get
the money must agree not to resell the gas or misuse it. The
gas available is only provided once per household and people
must check in with the hunters and trappers committee when
they go harvesting. The agreement also states that a portion of
the harvest is given to the committee so that it can be shared
with community members who can't access the land. Gruben
said there are about five people who have not collected the
gas. Those individuals have until Aug. 11 to get the gas or their
order will be cancelled.
Brothers catch whale
Ulukhaktok/Holman
A three-metre (10-foot) plus beluga whale was caught on
Aug. 5 by brothers Adam Kudlak and Gibson Kudlak. The
whale was Gibson's third of the year and represented the
fourth from the weekend. Over the weekend, whales were also
caught by Ross Klengenberg with son Jacob and friend Kevin
Kuptana, as well as by Rose Kuneluk. Jill Olifie of the Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee said 17 whales
have now been caught in the community.
“Last year I don't think there were any caught and the year
before I believe there were some caught,” said Olifie. “So we
do see them. When it does happen, people are very excited and
they go to the shore and the boats come in when the whale is
caught.”
Man catches his second whale
Ikaahuk/Sachs Harbour
Longtime whale hunter John Lucas Jr., a site manager with
Parks Canada, was excited to catch his second beluga whale
Aug. 1. Lucas has been a whale hunter all of his life and the
last time he caught one was three years ago, he said. The
whale this year was almost four metres (13 feet) long and was
caught with his son Steven and buddy James Harry. Lucas's
whale is the third one caught in the community this year.
Larry Carpenter and Dustyn Carpenter each caught one and
shared it with the community.
photo stories
Inuvik Drum, Thursday, August 7, 2014 7
Children thrilled with visit
Youth
Feature
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Some of the children spending the day at the Children's
First Centre were treated to a
ride on an Inuvik fire truck and
were introduced to some of the
equipment it carries on July 31.
Firefighter Paul Arthorne
faced a barrage of questions
from the enthusiastic children, particularly when he
began showing them some the
intriguing items the fire truck
carries.
Arthorne also took them for
a short ride around the town,
including a chance to blow the
siren briefly.
As well as being fun, the
exercise served to educate the
children on the tasks undertaken by the fire department.
Jake Gardland looks like he is all set for a ride in
the fire truck.
Parker
MacKenzie,
Ryan Debastien and Rachel
Blakeston – youth
with Children First
– are more than a
little excited to see
Arthorne arrive
with the fire truck.
Inuvik firefighter Paul Arthorne visits the Children's First Centre on July 31 to introduce some of the children to the department.
Teacher Trudy Kogiak gathers youth with Children First's Zoe Minakis, left, Saleem Suliman, Jake Gardland, Ryan Debastien, Ryder Wainman, Parker Mackenzie,
Rachel Blakeston, Luc Perry and teacher Tasha Savoie-Esagok with firefighter Paul Arthorne and the fire truck.
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Horoscopes Aug. 7 - 14
street talk
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may have
to make a few minor changes to your original
plan, but other than those minor adjustments
there is nothing standing in your way this
week.
What do you think of the new
Whipped Dreams store?
with Shawn Giilck
inuvikdrum@nnsl.com
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Home improvement projects continue to pile up, Taurus.
Use this week as an opportunity to get everything in motion and on the path to completion.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 A few more tweaks
and your master plan will be complete, Gemini. Now you just need a few able-bodied
volunteers to work with you through some of
the hard labor.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, a late-summer trip makes the perfect finale to a few
good weeks of recreation. A little adventure
is in your future, so make the most of this
opportunity.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, once you have
your mind made up, it is extremely difficult to
sway your opinion. Others will try this week
to get you onto their side. But you're just not
feeling it.
Jody Perry
"I like the atmosphere."
Luc Perry
"I like the chocolate."
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, whether you
have been lucky or unlucky in love as of late,
this is the week for some romantic surprises.
Your entire perspective could be turned on
its head.
Maddysen KingmiaqtuqDevlin
"It's different and seems
exciting."
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 A small disappointment has you out of whack, Libra. Don't let it
get to you for too long. Family members will
help pull you out of a brief funk and get you
on your feet.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you may
be ready to make some really big changes.
Forge ahead with the plans you have created,
and you will be glad for having done so.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Financial
issues come to the forefront of a relationship,
Sagittarius. Keep arguments from escalating
by being open and honest about all purchases. Things can be worked out together.
Madison Parsons
"I like the store."
Patricia Davison
"It's really nice to have something different in town."
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Few things can
wipe away the smile on your face this week,
Capricorn. You are in an eternally good mood,
and your positivity is intoxicating to others
around you.
Candace Parsons
"It's different and I think I like
it."
Trainers teach traditional tanning
Large group attends sessions with traditional lifestyle expert
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
There's a chance to get your
hide tanned in Inuvik over the
next month, but it might not
quite be what you're thinking.
Local traditional lifestyle
expert Donald Prince has
teamed up with the Department of Industry, Tourism and
Investment to offer a monthlong series of hands-on workshops on hide tanning.
The sessions began on the
Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
Stephen Breen of Inuvik tried his hand at
scraping a moose hide
Aug. 4 during the first
of a month-long set of
seminars on tanning
hides.
civic holiday Monday and will
continue in weekly sessions on
Sunday.
More than 20 people gathered at the Western Arctic
Regional Visitor Centre on
Aug. 4, and it was apparent
they were keenly interested in
the process.
Prince, originally from Fort
St. James in British Columbia,
spent much of his childhood
living a traditional lifestyle in
the bush and on the land.
He's continued that connection with his roots by practicing the art of tanning hides,
amongst other things, as well
as through passing the art on
to others.
He said he averages about
20 tanned hides a year. Some
come from his own harvesting,
but he purchases many more
hides and is given some by
people who are supportive of
his teaching efforts.
Earlier this year he offered
a similar session to interested
Inuvikmiut which attracted
more than a dozen participants.
Tanning by traditional
methods has become a dwindling skill, but that's obviously
not due to a lack of interest,
judging by his courses.
Hides tanned by hand in
the traditional manner, Prince
told the group, are generally
superior in quality and durability to commercially-tanned
hides.
That wasn't news to several of the people in attendance. Linda Beaton said she
has worked with leather and
fur for several years making
crafts, mostly clothing, and
she recognizes the difference
between the two methods.
"I'm just absolutely fascinated," she said. "I don't know
much about factory-tanned,
but the quality of it is different. (Traditionally tanned
hides are) better, and it's more
durable, as he said. If you
had a pair of mukluks made
from commercial material,
it wouldn't take long to have
holes in it."
Prince noted that he is still
using a pair of mukluks that he
made 15 years ago that are still
in excellent shape.
"Anything to do with native
traditional practices is really
interesting and a lot of it is
lost," Beaton said. "So I think
coming just to get a little bit of
knowledge is really good. And
he is very entertaining."
Beaton said she would love
to try the entire process if she
could find the raw material.
"I'd love to make my own
leather, but I'm not into the
hunting and capturing," she
said.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you
will have an enormous sense of accomplishment when you finish a task you thought
above your skill level. Always believe in yourself.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 There is little room
for things other than work this week, Pisces.
Now is not the time to take on new chores.
Save them for later.
Patrick Lafleche, an avid
outdoorsman, is also fascinated by what he was seeing.
"I've been to a similar session," he said. "It's very nice
to hear a step-by-step account
from the beginning on how to
do this. And I can appreciate
he's trying to reintroduce a
skill that's largely been lost to
the area."
Lafleche said he's used
some of the skills before, but
not to the extent that Price was
showing.
"I've hunted moose a lot
in the past, and I've actually
done a bit of trapping too. Hide
preparation in trapping goes
through some of those initial
steps too, in terms of fleshing
and stretching. This is just taking it several steps beyond."
Like Beaton, he said he's
owned a few hand-tanned
items, and there's a clear difference in quality.
Michelle Wright was
another Inuvik resident who
showed some keen interest in
the workshop.
"This is something I've
always wanted to do, so it's
nice to see how it's done," she
said. "I've made slippers, and
this is just another thing I want
to do."
"This was just a little part
of it, and it's something I want
to see from beginning to end."
Student of the week
Zoe Minakis
Age: 3
Zoe has a curious mind and likes to explore everything, making her a
quick learner. The staff in her room at the Children's First Centre say she
has a great sense of humour and mischievous grin.
sports & recreation
Inuvik Drum, Thursday, August 7, 2014 9
Shawn Giilck/NNSL photos
The Mackenzie Bandits championship team won its third-straight title at the Midnight Sun Slo-pitch Tournament on Aug. 3. In the front row, from left, are Onida
Banksland, Lynsie Fleming, Erica Lugt, Ashlyn Hendrick, Leah Ipana and Cassidy Lennie-Ipana. In the back row, from left, are Mickey Ipana, Chris Gruben, Curtis
Gruben, Jordan Boutique, Manny Ipana, Kevin McLeod, Andrew Friesen, Cory Cockney and Thomas Anthony.
Family no distraction in final
Mackenzie Bandits win third-straight title at slo-pitch tournament
by Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
There could be some trash
talking going on in the Lugt
households after the conclusion of the Inuvik Slo-pitch
Association's Midnight Sun
Tournament on Aug. 3
That's because the Mackenzie Bandits team, powered
by a confident pitching performance by Erica Lugt, won
its third-straight title over the
Rockin' Robins team, which
Bobby James Lugt, left, and Tootsie Lugt congratulated Erica Lugt Aug. 3 after her Mackenzie
Bandits team took the title in the Midnight Sun Slopitch Tournament for the third straight year.
just happened to feature
Erica's mother, Tootsie Lugt,
and younger brother, Bobby
James Lugt, in its lineup.
The good-natured trash
talking began before the
game, with Tootsie opening the psychological gambit by jokingly suggesting
she'd reveal a family secret to
embarrass Erica.
"She said she was going
to sing my baby song in front
of everyone," Erica spluttered
after the game. "That's not
something I would want the
whole frickin' ball field to
hear."
Tootsie, who opened the
game as a catcher, openly
giggled over the idea, and
then admitted she probably
wouldn't have done it.
"She struck me out the
last time I faced her," Tootsie
said. "She's a good player, but
I taught her everything she
knows."
However, Once the game
opened, the Lugts were all
business.
The family feud wasn't lost
on the spectators either.
"There is no family on the
field," one observer quipped
to general laughter.
Erica continued to work
her magic against her mother,
who didn't succeed in getting on base during the final
game. In her last at-bat, Tootsie thought she finally had a
hit, only to have Erica calmly
throw her out at first base.
The final score was 11-1,
but was by no means as onesided as that score indicated.
The Bandits opened
strongly with a five-run first
inning, and then added four
more in the second inning.
After that, the game turned
into a tight-fought pitcher's
duel and defensive struggle in
a fast-paced contest that took
less than two hours to play.
After the game, the three
Lugts huddled briefly and
spoke to the Inuvik Drum.
"I was nervous. They're my
people, and it's always hard
to play against your people,"
said Erica. "It's always a little
extra-sweet to win though.
"If she won, I wouldn't
hear the end of it," she added,
gesturing to Tootsie, who
nodded in enthusiastic agreement.
Bobby James weighed into
the conversation at that point,
saying, "I just didn't want her
to win because she's my sister.
"It's all right, though. I'm
kind of happy for her, and
glad she won."
"Oh,
shush,"
Erica
responded with a laugh.
"Obviously I got the talent."
Tootsie said it's the second
time she's lost to Erica, so it's
not a new experience.
"The student always beats
the teacher," she added.
Mickey Ipana, a spokesperson for the Bandits, said
the win was "icing on the
cake for a great team with
great sponsors.
"We're a Sunday team,
man. We come together on
a Sunday and do it for each
other. We're really team oriented," Ipana said.
"We're just a bunch of
friends, and teamwork and
base hits and defence will win
any game."
Sports Card
Basketball
age: 5
grade: going into kindergarten
Saleem says his favourite sport is basketball. The staff at the Children's First Centre said he has a great throwing arm and
quick reflexes.
Saleem Suliman
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