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Tuesday October 6 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... NWT mourns The territorial government issued the following state- ment in response to the passing of former prime minis- ter Pierre Trudeau The Government of the Northwest Territories joins the nation in mourning the death of the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau - one of Cana- das great political leaders and statesmen. Mr. Trudeau was a champion of the rights of all Canadians. ... Issue October 3 2000 20 Years Ago... Record number of voters to cast ballots A record 33000 residents will cast their ballots in this years MLA elections. Tu Nedh returning ofcer Violet Beaulieu says theres been an unusually high in- terest in voters making sure theyre on the voting list. Over 100 names were added after voters in Lutsel Ke and Fort Resolution found they were missed during enu- meration. There are 617 registered voters in Tu Nedh. Issue October 3 1995 30 Years Ago... New hospital for Yellowknife The contract has been let and work should start soon on the new 30-million Yellowknife health centre. The territorial government executive announced Friday it would accept a bid from an Edmonton rm P.C.L. for a total of 30470000. Construction is expected to start in the next few weeks and is slated for completion in the summer of 1988. Issue October 3 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Last year Ty Marten of Fort Smith turned 12 in Zim- babwe. This past August he became a teenager in Sai- gon or as his mom and travel partner Marlene Evans calls it Ho Chi Minh City. Fort Smith teen mom take wanderlust to Vietnam Cambodia Lori Robinson That is so fantastic What great memories for Ty and Marlene A powerful new tool for public engagement the fu- ture of democracy or the fast-lane to its erosion are all possibilities for the software designed to crowd-source opinion on municipal issues in the capital. What is IServeU Depends on which Yellowknifer you ask Nancy Vail Personally I think it is per- haps unintentionally a discriminatory tool of exclusion. By DAWN KOSTELNIK JoelpushespastSimonand yellsatourmomGetthegun getthegunAceischewingup KurtMymomcomesrunning from the kitchen she doesnt stop to question my brother she reaches for the rst gun she sees in the porch. Door ung open wide she brings the gun to her shoulder and takes aim. Its hard to make outwhereKurtstartsandthat goddamed Ace ends. She brings the gun down andthinkstocheckforbullets as she heads out the door the gun is empty where are the bulletswhereintheHELLare the bullets A box of shells sits on the windowsill. She grabs them and tries to load the gun her hands shake in terror and desperation. In haste bullets hit and bounce off of the oor she manages to shove one in the chamber. The bullet jams they are the wrong shells. She grabs the barrel and runs for the door prepared to save her son by using the gun as a club. We are screaming for help dogs are barking howling Ace the lead dog growls deep in his throat. Kurtis is quiet there is no noise. Help help ussomeoneMybrothersJoel andJohnandIalongwithour friend Simon are screaming and yelling and running for the garage. If mom makes it to the dog line with the gun the dog will probably kill her too. We run towards the shop White Girl Biting the hand that feeds you as mom runs toward the dog line. Johnny turns and starts to run with Mom the door to theshopopensandadarkface peeks out. In a ash the door closes and re-opens. Charlie runsfromtheshopwithahuge wrench in his st. My mother has fallen with the gun in her hand the bar- relbreaksawayfromthestock. Sheshavingahardtimegetting upsheishurt.Charlierunsjust out of reach of the dogs snarl- ing at the end of their chains. We have all grabbed big rocks andanytypeofweaponthatwe canndweruntryingtocatch up with Charlie. We will help save our baby brother. Charlie swings the wrench withallofhismightatAcethe dog has a death grip on Kurt. Blowslandwithaloudthudon his hind end but do not seem toaffecthimhehasKurtisby thebackofhisparkieandcon- tinuestoshakehimlikeadead rabbit. Again Charlie swings the wrench and again the dog ignores the heavy armed at- tack.Mymomstandswiththe brokenguninherhandstears streamdownourfacesKurtis isnt moving. Charlie nally lands a blow to a fore leg and the dog drops Kurtis.Mymomgrabshisarm and pulls him quickly out of reach of the dogs jaws. She picks the little body up gently in her arms and we follow her toward the house. Dogs now whimper in the background thereisnomovementorsound from Kurtis. Tears run down our faces no one wants to ask the question... is he still alive What is left of him He is re- ally only a baby. To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca By LONE SORENSEN As winter arrives here North of 60 the last of my harvest has been brought in. Here is a review of what I planted and how it all fared to give you a perspective and perhaps some ideas on what to grow. Allthecabbageswereeaten fresh as I do not have enough land to grow for lasting the entire winter. I constantly have to prioritize and choose my favorites like carrots and potatoes. Potatoes not only produce a much larger yield than most other food plants but they also have good calo- ries and vitamins especially if you keep the skin on them when cooking. The kale is the only vegetable still standing in the garden and this amaz- ing plant will continue to be alive and well until after the snow ies. Before the snow stays and fall has turned to winter I am in deep gratitude for having an abundance of organic veg- etables and berries stocked to last for many weeks to come. Mother nature was very generous this growing season. The broccoli did par- ticularly well but it was not a great potato year some of that due to my pH being too high. The pointed cabbages producedtotheirnormalsize the kales four varieties did very well the carrots that are the sweetest and crispiest on the entire planet were okay but certainly not to their full- est potential. I had a bad pea year with poor germination in the spring for the rst time in 26 years. The green bush beans Provider did great under the protective tunnel I made of exible hoops and covered with floating row covers. The tomatoes did well in the greenhouse. I grew an heirloom tomato given to me by an Indigenous farmer in Minnesota Kootenay and it liked the North of 60 cli- mate in the greenhouse and also outside where I grew just one pot of it to test it out. It ripened before the weather turned cold in September. I must say it is a true joy to use homegrown sage in stufng for turkey. As I look back over the spring summer and fall to summarize the good things and not so good things I realize that my garden has fed me from a small degree to almost completely later on in the summer for a total of 17 weeks so far totally fresh from the garden right onto my plate As well I have stored more than 100 pounds of carrots and 80 pounds of potatoes. In the pantry I still have tomatoes ripening. In jars I have dried mint and sage and in ice cube for- mat I have parsley that I put through the food processor last month. Also the ber- ries that are in my freezer continue to delight me. The many pounds of raspber- ries I picked throughout Au- gust and September I froze quickly by spreading them in a single layer on a cookie sheet so they would freeze individually and not stick. Now when I reach into the ziplock bag in the freezer I can grab a handful to put into my oatmeal or smoothie along with Saskatoon ber- ries that I got from Paradise Gardens in Hay River. There is nothing better in the mid- dle of the long dark winter than to have a sweet taste of summer. To be continued Lone Sorensen is the founder of Northern Roots andhaslivedandgrownfood in Yellowknife for 27 years. Gardening with Lone Grateful for a good growing season