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Tuesday September 15 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Renovations this year at Deninoo School Its expected to be a busy school year for teachers and students at Deninoo School in Fort Resolution. The school will be undergoing renovations starting this fall. There will be four portables coming in as the middle of the school is being redone says principal Bill Hurley. Issue September 12 2000 20 Years Ago... Chip gets 9-1-1 As of last Wednesday at 1110 a.m. residents of Fort Chipewyan can dial 9-1-1 the universal number for emer- gencies. All rural communities in the Regional Munici- pality of Wood Buffalo except for Fort Fitzgerald can now dial 9-1-1 and reach a dispatcher in Fort McMurray. Issue September 12 1995 30 Years Ago... Bailey takes notes in USSR The intensity of forest management in the Soviet Union is something Canada could learn from says Bob Bailey head of re management in Fort Smith. Bai- ley who returned Monday from a two-week forest re management study in the USSR said the forest there are intensively managed which helps control res and preserves to trees. Issue September 12 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Heres a good story for Inuvik we can all enjoy. A couple from Vancouver recently visited the Far North community and lost their camera. The letter they sent us recently explains what happened next. Inuvik comes through for Vancouver visitors 18 people liked this. A hunter was airlifted from the Mackenzie Mountains after being dragged down an embankment by a Grizzly bear. Hunter mauled by grizzly at Yukon-NWT border 22 people shared this. By DAWN KOSTELNIK This year for my birthday I dreamofanewparkie.Myold parkie is very long in length way down past my knees t0 keep my legs warm. It has no zipper. Zippers let the wind in so no zippers for practical purposes. It is a solid green colour one of the colours that theCo-ophasplentyof.There are lots of green parkies run- ning around town. I have a basic ruff of wolf fur around my hood to protect my face. When you pull your parkie off over your head the static electricity causes your hair to standstraightupandthenstick to your face. There is no such thingasfashion.Mygreenpar- kie is a little kids parkie or an old womans parkie it is not a groovyyoungwomansparkie. Girls coming back from the hostels in the big cities of Yel- lowknife and Inuvik arrive in high fashion and style They wearjeansandrolltheirgum- bootsdown.Theirparkiesare short and have zippers. Very groovy girls Our pants are stretchy and are weird co- lours. We get whatever the HBC Hudsons Bay Co. has to offer or we can get sent up from the Woodwards cata- logue.Simpsons-Searsdoesnt ship to the North yet. My mother orders what she likes. I look a little strange sometimes.Ilearnthatclothes are only meant to cover our bodies and keep out the cold and wet. Hopefully I dont wear out what few things I possessuntilspringtimewhen the next clothing order is sent out. Mrs. Priest the mission- ary has taught me how to sew on patches though. ButohmyIwouldloveanice parkieagrownupparkieIam thirteenyearsoldnowalmost grownup...Iwouldloveapar- kiewithazipperandnicetrim anycolourbutgreenwouldbe good Myfuronmyverygreen parkie is wolf it stinks pretty badwhenitgetswet.Icanonly imagine having wolverine fur around my hood. It doesnt freeze and stick to your face either. I should not expect a newparkie.Mygreenonestill has lots of life in it there is no reasonforanewone.Icannot imagine getting a new parka just because I dont like my old one we have to wear old clothes out or out grow them in order to get anything new. Everyone is like that. My dad must have heard my thoughts and wishes He comes home with a surprise for me for my birthday. My dad travels a lot in his work. He checks in on communities to make sure things are run- ning smoothly he has just re- turned from Cambridge Bay NWT. I have something for youhesays.Heisexcitedabout hispresent.Itisverybiginthe cleanhoneybucketbag.Icant gureoutwhatcouldbesobig that would be for me To be continued. White Girl High fashion By LONE SORENSEN Acoolingfallwindhasbeen blowing and the season is turning quickly towards win- ter. With just another week or two left before the nal root vegetable harvest it is a wonderful time to enjoy the fresh vegetables even more. Soon enough it will be over If you like me are fortunate to have enough garden space you may have more carrots beets and potatoes than you can keep up with. These veg- etables are great for storing and will keep right through untilnextspringifstoredcor- rectly. My grandparents had a root cellar for this purpose alone but not many people do these days. The root cel- lar provided a perfect mois- ture level and a constant cool temperature above freezing. Potatoes were stored in large wicker baskets and the car- rots in damp sand or sawdust from untreated wood only. I have lived for many years in row housing with no base- ment so though it is not an ideal way I have had an extra fridge for storing vegetables. I have only enough to last me intoearlyDecemberandwish every year that I had more. If I did no doubt I would make sure to have enough carrots beets potatoes cabbages and onions to feed me for the en- tire winter. When harvesting potatoes for storing it is best to do so onadrydaywherethefreshly harvested tubers can dry and the skin harden before put- ting them away. I simply dig them up and let them lay for a couple of hours on a sunny fall day before storing them. Using reusable black fabric shopping bags works really well for storing potatoes. Inregardtocarrotsaspart ofmygardenplanningduring thewinterImakesuretohave onhandvarioustypessome are suited for fresh eating out of the garden summer car- rots while other varieties are better for storage winter car- rots. Any good quality seed catalogueshoulddescribethis and it is easy to select some of either type. Carrots need be stored with a little more moisture than potatoes so I put them in plastic bags with some ventilation holes and I keep checking them to see if they are too moist or getting Gardening with Lone Harvesting for storage toodry.Beetsstorewellinthe blackfabricbagsandcabbage store well but possibly not for as long as the root vegetables. Speaking of beets which willkeepgrowingtillthefrost hits a few degrees below zero I discovered last week that some little unwanted guests hadbeenchewingonmybeets. Theyhadtinyteethmarksand several of the beets were hol- lowedoutbitebytinybite.The voles found my beets and had a big feast The cat that used to hang around the garden had disappeared a few weeks earlier so these little brown mice felt safe to eat my beets. They have been known to destroy entire harvests and not only will they eat the beets they may also eat the carrots and chew their way through cabbage and cauli- ower.SoIdecidedtoharvest my beets a bit early in order to save my harvest. Big pots of beet soup followed and some are now stored safely in my extra fridge. Ihavealsoharvestedalarge amount of parsley which is a very nutritious herb that has many uses. After rins- ing it well I put it in the food processor to chop it up nely. Ithenllanicecubetraywith the chopped parsley and add watertomakeicecubes.After freezing for a few hours the parsley cubes can be popped out and put in a Ziploc bag. It is then super easy to grab a couple of cubes for a bcha- mel sauce or for the soup pot. Pepperminthasbeenabun- dant as of late and makes a fantastic addition to mojitos fresh mint tea or homemade iced tea. The other day I made a fresh berry drink for some kids using fresh lime juice squeezed over the fresh mint soda homemade saskatoon berry juice a dash of maple syrup to sweeten and a hand- fuloffrozensaskatoonberries andfreshlypickedraspberries frommybackyard.Whatajoy it was to see the kids drink a healthy real drink without any sugar preservatives and articial colour. Real food is medicine. Lets keep growing our own and teaching our children before it becomes a lost skill. Lone Sorensen is the founder of Northern Roots andhaslivedandgrownfood in Yellowknife for 27 years.