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Tuesday May 19 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Science and technology festival a big hit Fort Chipewyan recently completed a jam-packed week of science and technology during the Fort Chipewyan Suncor Science Festival 2000. Bob McDonald of CBC Radios Quirks and Quarks entertained and educated the students of Athabasca Delta Community School on Monday May 8. McDonalds visit was the grand nale in a week of events. Issue May 16 2000 20 Years Ago... Way paved for northern Internet connection Construction of the information superhighway is coming north and offramps should be sprouting off to just about every northern community following a recent agreementbetweenNorthWesTelandNetworkNorthCom- munications. The two northern communication compa- nies signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture service to provide Internet service in the NWT Monday. Issue May 17 1995 30 Years Ago... Three groups will bid for NTCL NTCL is on the auction block again and this time three consortiums have their bids in. They are expecting an answer from the federal cabinet by the weeks end. Two of the hopeful bidders were involved in the last round of buying when the bid by the Northern Industrial Car- riers NIC of Edmonton was successful. That deal has since collapsed. Issue May 16 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Finding out he had cancer during his rst week of college was one of the most unfortunate events to take place in Neil Andersens life. Young cancer survivor on road to recovery Sarah Rosolen Amazing story Local economies forum to focus on sustainable NWT communities Ronald Beaulieu and Linda McBeth Willis like this. By DAWN KOSTELNIK There are brown kids and white kids and ivory kids in this class. I am no longer the onlywhitegirl.Thereliefofthis is overwhelming. I am not the onlyonewhoisdifferenthere. I will not stand out because I am white maybe because I ammouthyandaproudybut not because I am white. I will be judged by who I am not by the colour of my skin Ihadnoideathattherewould bemorelikemeinthisplace.I amsohappyIsmilebackten- tatively. I am directed to my seat at the front of the class Mr. Adams wants to keep an eye on the new student. For once I am not at the front of the class because of my lack of height. Among the Eskimo girls I am almost a giant as they are short statured. Thisisfunthereareincred- ible pictures that the students havecraftedadorningthewalls along the shelves at the side of the class soapstone carvings are on display - the work of these young student artists. I learn the Inuit word for CoppermineisKugluktukwe areallbeingtaughtthewritten languageoftheInuktitutwhich is a syllabary style of writing. TheNorthwestTerritoriesgov- ernment had a true type font developedforitcalledPigiamiq. The little triangles are easy to learn I thinkmuch easier than the spoken word for me. I had become procient in the Slavey language which sings a soft song. The language of Inuinnaq- tun blankets the sub-dialect ofKangiryuarmiutanthelan- guagespokeninCoppermine andisgutturaltome. Itsspo- keninyourthroatitsoundsto memorethanonyourtongue. I have difculty with pronun- ciationanddontlearntospeak thislanguageverywell. Imay have managed more profi- ciency if I had started to learn thisyoungerorhadbeenmore self-assured. Embarrassment is the destruction of puberty and adolescents they are em- barrassed about everything. Have you as parents noticed this I love the written words of Kangiryuarmiutat. I wish I had been more mature in my approach to the language. A classroom has been con- vertedforuseasagym.There islimited ceiling heightsono basketball. The one big win- dowinthisroomhasbeencov- ered with heavy wire mesh to allow us to play oor hockey soccer limited volleyball and thegameofchoicedodgeball. Dodge ball is the passion Grade 7 students range from 13 to 17 years of age. School did not start for some for the kids who lived off of the land until they were six to 10 years old. English is a second lan- guage for the Eskimo kids most of them dont learn it until they attend grade be- ginners. Can you imagine the culture shock Actual levels of grading were based on kids ability to read like a white man and to write like a white man. To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca White Girl From Indians to Eskimos By LONE SORENSEN Before planting make sure your soil is leveled as much as possible so the seeds will not wash away when you water. Each plant will have a differ- entneedsuchasspacing.Seed packagesfromgoodcompanies likeWestCoastSeedshaveex- cellent planting instructions on the back. Read them and you will know what to do with each plant. Ageneralguidelineforplant- ingdepthistoplanttheseedas deep as its size. So if the seed issmalllikeakalemakealine with the end of your rake or a stickthatbarelymarks.Cover only lightly with soil. A potato willneedtobeplanteddeeper than a kale seed. Some North of 60 growing techniquesFindyourbearings astowheresouthis.Plantingin awaythattheplantsareshorter facing south and taller facing north in a tight area will pre- venttallerplantsfromshading the smaller ones. Alistofseedstosowdirectly in the garden Carrots beets peas snow peasshellpeasandsugarsnap peaskaleSwisschardbeans keep covered with floating row cover lettuces mesclun mixes butter romaine aru- gula potatoes turnip rad- ish sow again for later crop in August and September dill. SeedlingsIfyouweregoing tostartyourownseedlingsthat should have been done weeks ago depending on how far Northyoulive andtheyshould be up by now. If you have not hadachancetogrowyourown youmaybeabletobuythemin your community. If seedlings are not available in your com- munityconsiderstartingyour ownnextyear.Youwouldselect andorderseedsinJanuaryand startseedsatdifferingtimesac- cordingtothetimeneededfor each plant. Some plants need starting 4 to 6 weeks before plantingoutsideinthegarden whereas others will need 8 to 10ormoreweeks.Itisverysat- isfyingtowatchyourseedlings coming out of their little pots insidethehousewhenthereis still snow on the ground. Some plants that are good to give a head start by grow- ing them as seedlings indoors areCauliowerbroccolicab- bageredandwhiteChinese Gardening with Lone Things that grow well in a North of 60 garden romainelettuceparsleykale. Planting seedlings tip be- fore planting the seedling cut a brown cardboard roll the inside of the toilet paper roll. Usingoneortwocutpiecesput togetherwraparoundseedling. Thecardboardaroundtheplant protectsitfromcutwormsthat move in the surface of the soil in early spring. Iputoatingrowcoversover everything I plant in the gar- den.Theoatingrowcoverisan acrylicwhitesemisee-through fabricthatallowsenoughlight to come through to the plants but protects against the wind. Thetemperaturewillbehigher under these covers and your plants will be happy campers. Using this technique you can plant some seeds that dont mindthecoolerspringweather. Once your garden has been planted watering regularly sometimes every day is im- portant for good germination andagoodstartfornewplants. Watering in general through- out the entire season is key to good growth for plants. Buy yourself a moisture measurer andletittellyouifyouarewa- tering enough. One of my gardens is in the Yellowknife Community Gar- den. Here in Yellowknife we have very dry weather in the summer sometimes without any rain at all for an entire seasonsoregularandenough waterisabsolutelynecessary. I oftenseeothergardenerscome towatertheirgardenandspend onlyafewminuteswithacou- ple of watering cans. The soil looks wet on the top and that is exactly what it is. Many new gardeners make this mistake thinking they have watered their plants but really they have only added a little moisture on top. It will not benet the plant. I use a veryhandymoisturemeter myngerImakesurethatthe moisturefromthetopmeetsthe moisturefromthebottomthen IknowIhavewateredenough. My daughter who grew up knowingwhatrealfoodtastes like said to me the other day If you were a vegetable you wouldbeacute-cumber.Keep smiling and happy planting. Lone Sorensen is the founder of Northern Roots andhaslivedandgrownfood in Yellowknife for 27 years. Traci Elizabeth Gladue Wow One tough cookie Trenton Phillips THATTA BOY Neil YEE YEEEEEEEEE