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Tuesday July 28 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Governor general to visit North GovernorGeneralAdrienneClarksonandherhusband writer John Ralston Saul will be visiting the Northwest Territories in early August. On Aug. 5 the Governor General will travel to Yellowknife where she will begin her rst ofcial visit to the Northwest Territories. After Yellowknife she will spend time in Tulita Fort Good Hope Holman Sachs Harbour Fort McPherson Inu- vik and Fort Simpson. Issue July 25 2000 20 Years Ago... Drug bust Yellowknife RCMP Drug Section ofcers seized four pounds of marijuana 5000 and a car following a bust in the city in which three people were arrested July 18. Police estimate the street value of the drugs they seized in the bust to be about 30000. Issue July 26 1995 30 Years Ago... Plane crashes near Fort Smith A small airplane crashed while landing on Highway 5 near Bell Rock last Wednesday. The Cessna 202 pi- loted by Leroy Dean 35 of Hay River was attempting to land on the road but was unsuccessful when its front wheel gear gave way on touchdown causing the nose of the airplane to jam into the ground. Issue July 25 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Studentswhoareundecidedaboutmovingorreturning to the NWT have a host of new incentives to lure them back and keep them in the territory starting this fall. New NWT student nancial assistance benets what you need to know Ronald Beaulieu Its not as good as it sounds students that leave the NWT to get a better education are not funded even when they are gonna return after getting there diploma in certain elds.but some students from the south come up north spend one year up here then they qualify for fundingthey get it head south and dont return Shayla Maisonneuve Whats to keep them here after its paid off Also its hard to students to come back because idk about other places but in Hay River theres nowhere to live unless you move back in with your parents or buy a house By DAWN KOSTELNIK In the back of a station wagon five kids pause in their bickering to push noses up against the long side win- dow of the car. Dusk is creep- ingdownthesharpmountain canyons casting a rosy glow over the limestone and shale. Far far below on the curving highway along the Columbia River a huge drive-in-movie screenisashingpictureswe can hear cars honking as the previews for the movie begin todartacrossthescreen. Our most recent favourite song is playing on the radio In the year2525ifmanisstillalive if woman can survive Our car speeds off into the night.Westraintocatchthelast glimpse of the drive-in-movie screen. Chitty Chitty Bang Bangisthefeaturelmtonight weread.Canwegopleasecan we go We are travelling late thisnightlookingforafamily friendlymotelinourshortde- tourofftheCrowsnestHighway onourwaytoVancouverIsland in B.C. Canada. We had own out of Cop- permine a few weeks previ- ously. Our trip began in Fort SmithNWT. Dadhastotake a course there before we can y into Edmonton and con- tinue our summer holidays. Angelina my blood sister is ying from Fort Good Hope to meet us in Fort Smith and will continue south with us. This is her very rst trip away from her home the small vil- lageofFortGoodHopepopu- lationof450nativepeoplelo- cated on the Mackenzie River in the far north of Canada. I have not seen her since April when we moved from Good Hope to Coppermine. I can hardly wait. Lorraine a nurse that was stationedinGoodHopemar- riedJohnthelocalRCMPand they were transferred to Fort Smith. Lorraine is taking us on a tour of Wood Buffalo Na- tional Park. We are touring the park in Lorraines baby blue love bug a VW Beetle. A cloud of dust approaches on the dirt road. Lorraine is a tough Aussie Sheila and she pushes the pedal to the metal - we will nd out rst hand what is causing the cloud. We are engulfed in the ne our powder of dust she hits the brakes. Coughing we rush to close the windows that my little brothers are fascinated with Look look when you turntheseknobsthewindows goupanddown.Amazingthe windows are up the windows are down they dont remem- ber much about cars. As the dust clears we nd ourselves surrounded by behemoth brown bodies. They dwarf the car. Nasty pointed horns could pierce the little Bug and throw us in the air we gure. Shh- h-h quiet dont make them mad. A cow buffalo brings a wild white ringed eyeball right up next to the window. Dont move dont breathe. She snorts in disgust at the smell as the human innards of this strange blue animal struggle to maintain silence inside of the imsy protec- tive shell. Feisty Lorraine decides to push forward. Slowly she edges us out of the herd. We are clear again the pedal is put to the metal and we de- cide that we should look for tamerchallengeslike nding ice cream while we wait for Angeltoshowupontheplane. To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca White Girl Schools out for summer By LONE SORENSEN As summer is reaching its peakandfallwillsoonenough beonitswaythefoodgardenis simplypuredelight.Justlook- ing at the miraculous grow- ing the beauty of the plants that feed us is awe inspiring. All the hard work from many weeks of preparing planting watering thinning weeding and feeding the plants is now really paying off. Thissummerhasbeenalit- tleonthecoolandcloudyside around the Yellowknife area and has slowed the growth somewhat of the green bush beans but my favourite cab- bage which is a super sweet delicious and tender pointed cabbagehasnotmindedatall and has grown nice and big. By next week I will be picking therstoneofthesecabbages andmakingeitheranalllocal coleslaw or maybe Ill steam it and make a European style cabbage stew to go with the caribousausagesthatIwasfor- tunateenoughtoreceivefrom the new Chief in Fort Good Hope What a precious gift. Lots of kale butter lettuce and mesclun mix salads have graced the table lately. Last Saturdaywastherstbigfeed of new potatoes. Broccoli has beenabundantandsotender. Thebeetsneededalittlemore thinning so a few small ten- der ones made it to the table too while the beet tops were given to a neighbour to enjoy. These few precious weeks of eating fresh from the garden aremyabsolutefavouritetime of year. I go to the store very rarelythesedaysandonlyfora bit of milk and cream and the occasional piece of meat or a lemon for the dressing. The peas are ready for har- vestingtooandallthreetypes of peas - the shell peas the snowpeasandthesugarsnaps - all grow and produce really well in this area. Not only are theythemostfabulouslooking plants growing easily ve to six feet tall on the pea fences they are also the juiciest and sweetest peas on the planet. Itisactuallyatruestorythe sweetestontheplanetandI am not just exaggerating like some sherman who might tell a big sh story Manyoftheothervegetables thatgrowNorthof60including Gardening with Lone Reaping the rewards at the peak of summer thecarrotsarethesweetestand mostavourfulandjuicy.The reasonforthisisthatphotosyn- thesishappensformanymore hours in our climate with the many hours of sunshine. The sunshinescarbondioxideen- ters tiny holes in the leaves of the plant the roots eat and drink up the minerals from the soil the leaves discharge oxygen and the best part of all the plant produces lots of sugarsthatenhancetheavour as well as the nutrients in the plant. Here North of 60 we have so much more light than otherplacesontheplanetand thereforewetrulydogrowthe verytastiestandrichestveg- etables. Imagine the potential to feed ourselves and even to produceandexportthishighly nutritiousfoodtootherplaces. Peas make a good snack any time and shell peas of course lend themselves best to be shelled. These peas can easily be blanched and put in the freezer if you cant keep up with eating them fresh or if you simply would like to save some for a special din- ner in the middle of the win- ter blues. Snow peas I nd I enjoybutonlyforalittlewhile andtheydontfreezewelland arelimitedintheiruse.Sugar snapsproducemuchmoreand over a longer period of time than the other peas. They are fantasticasfreshrawsnacks in stir-fries and even freeze decently. For saving some in the freezer I have found that rather than blanching them andmakingthemsoggyjust rinsingandsealingthemintoa ziplockfreezerbagworkswell. They can be taken out of the freezer and put into a pot of boiling water or straight into thewokwithothervegetables easily.Theydotendtogetabit offreezerburnbutIhaveused mine for many months from the freezer. Theresnothingbetterthan still eating your own food throughout the winter and earlyspringthefollowingyear. Reapingtherewardswillcon- tinue for several weeks yet in thegarden.Somuchtoputon ourplatesandmoreyettolook forward to. Lone Sorensen is the founder of Northern Roots andhaslivedandgrownfood in Yellowknife for 27 years. Violet Mandeville P1 students with university degrees do not get govt jobs. They r left with huge debts struggle to pay it off. Some declare bankruptcy Quit lying bringing false hope to our people Leah Blink There is also a lot of people who went south for school and cant get a job and other people from southern provinces get the job.