Needy must now
pay at food bank
Users will have to register with a government ID and pay a fee for food;
organization's chair says it was either that or shutting down
Volume 53 Issue 18
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017
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Questions
raised
about
Inuvik's
political
power
Learning
from Juno
winner
Hunters
pushed
to land
snow
geese
Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
Juno Award winner Greyson Gritt, right, stands with Abe Drennan before the latter's recording session.
Mental
health
gets push
from
students
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Contract #40012157
QUOTE: "It's about reducing the stigma of mental health." –Andrea Brown, manager of mental
health and addictions for Beaufort Delta region NWT Health and Social Services Authority. Please see page 2.
community
2 INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017
Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
Marchers take to the street to raise mental health awareness on a sunny afternoon Monday, May 1.
Bringing attention
to mental health
Empathetic approach works on youth, says teacher
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
For Grade 7 teacher Hayley Rodgers, taking an empathetic approach to mental
health awareness has been
successful in her class.
Her students joined a walk
for mental health awareness
Monday, May 1. The event
kicked off several days of
mental health activities and
promotions.
"I brought the Grade 7
students out for this walk
because I think it's really
important," said Rodgers.
"It's important for the
town, especially the youth, to
see that there are people who
will stand up for them and
there's always somebody out
there who will help them."
She's been teaching a pro-
gram called TAMI, or Talk
About Mental Illness. Instead
of listing facts about mental
illness, it takes an empathetic
approach to look at some of
the negative stigmas associated with it.
"A lot of it is just discussion-based and asking questions," said Rodgers.
She said the youth take it
seriously.
"At first I wasn't sure how
they'd react, but I think the
empathetic approach to it and
talking about how this can
affect you really gets them
thinking."
Ronnie Stewart-Pascal, a
Grade 7 student
at East Three
Secondary
School, said riding his bike was
a good way to
keep tabs on his
mental health.
The event was put together
to celebrate Canadian Mental
Health Week.
"It's about reducing the
stigma of mental health, creating awareness about mental
health issues in
a positive way,"
and showing services are available, explained
Andrea Brown,
manager of mental health and
addictions for Beaufort Delta
region NWT Health and
Social Services Authority.
"Mental health is like our
physical health. It's just as
important. Sometimes that
gets overlooked."
The event was also about
promoting wellness activities,
doing things that bring people
joy and happiness, as well as
building relationships with no
barriers to participation, she
said.
Brown called it amazing
in Inuvik to have so many
organizations together at
once, including the college,
justice advocates, Children
First, East Three School and
more.
"It's just really amazing
to see these different agencies come together to promote such a wonderful
event," she said.
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news
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NEWS
Briefs
Arctic Energy and
Emerging Technologies
trade show planning
The Town of Inuvik will be hosting its second annual Arctic Energy
and Emerging Technologies trade
show June 12-14.
Text on the trade show's website
explicitly references the changing
times in Inuvik, writing that the
region is "faced with new realities
regarding our energy options, our
efficiencies and our participation in
the global economy."
The closing keynote address will
be made by Dr. Roberta Bondar,
Canada's first female astronaut and
the first neurologist in space.
Other sessions and speeches
include topics on nuclear science,
carbon pricing, and bringing LNG
to Arctic communities.
Funding available
for First Nations
and Inuit students
The Government of Canada
announced a funding increase to
the Post-Secondary Student Support
Program by $90 million over two
years, starting in 2017-18.
The program provides funding
for First Nation and Inuit students
to pursue post-secondary education.
It aims to help students succeed
in completing their studies and
accessing better job opportunities by
addressing the pressure of expenses
such as tuition fees, living allowances and otherwise.
"Education is the key to opening many doors and leads to better health and economic outcomes,"
stated Carolyn Bennett, minister of
indigenous and northern affairs, in a
news release.
Youth matter
conference returns
After being fully booked last
year, the YOUth MATTER! conference is returning to Inuvik this
August.
The regional youth empowerment event will provide a week of
workshops and activities under the
theme mind, body and soul.
Youth 12-29 are encouraged to
apply by sending a cover letter to:
[email protected].
All expenses are covered.
Deadline to apply is May 31.
Groups encouraged to
sign up for cleanup
The 2017 community cleanup
will be taking place May 26 to
June 4.
Community groups are encouraged to sign up for one of the 13
zones, which will be given out on a
first-come, first-served basis.
The event provides non-profit
groups and orgnaizations an opportunity to raise funds in exchange for
cleaning part of the community.
Successful cleaning of a zone
will earn a group $400.
Contact [email protected] to
register.
Danica Hogan photo
Environment Canada crew band geese together. From left to right are Trevor Lucas, Jeff Knetter, Marie Fast and Eric Reed.
Hunters, load those rifles
Environment Canada encourages spring
snow geese hunt to keep population at bay
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Environment Canada is encouraging hunters to go to town on snow
geese this spring, as the population's
growth continues to pose a threat to
Northern environments.
"We're trying to encourage hunters to go out and take advantage of
this abundant resource," said Eric
Reed, population management biologist with Environment Canada.
"Our preferred approach for controlling the growth of these populations is to encourage harvest and
consumption of the birds."
To this effect, the organization
has implemented a spring harvest
period in the territory for the third
year in a row.
That timeline extends from May
1 to June 30 on the islands in the territory and May 1 to May 28 for the
mainland.
The rules apply to non-aboriginals, as aboriginal harvesters are not
tied to these regulations in the first
place.
Hunters will need a migratory
bird hunting permit, and any issued
for fall 2016 will still be valid for the
spring season. The daily bag limit
for snow geese is 50 with no possession limit.
Environment Canada is also
opening up the ability to apply for
a permit to hunt snow geese in a
tion measures, such as a spring seamigratory bird sanctuary.
"We want to reverse the increases son," said Reed.
Snow geese damage the environin population size for those overabundant species," said Reed. "That's why ment through their feeding habit, he
we're opening up the
said.
possibility of hunting
In the spring, the
in the migratory bird
geese travel to their
sanctuaries. We want
breeding ground and
to be clear it's not an
uproot wide swaths of
open invitation to go
plants, drying out the
hunt in the sanctuaries.
land and negatively
They need to apply for
affecting vegetation in
a permit, which may or
the area.
may not be granted."
"It's a very long process for vegetation to
Sanctuaries in the
become reestablished
territory are on Kendall Island, Anderin those areas," said
son River and two on
Reed.
Eric Reed
Banks Island.
Later in the season,
There are three
when the plants start
populations of lesser
growing, the geese will
snow geese in Canada. The mid- graze them to the ground.
continent population breeds everyChanges in human agricultural
where east of the Inuvialuit Settle- practices are the main reason for the
ment Region, all the way to Baffin explosion of geese populations, said
Island, and migrate mainly through Reed.
the middle of the continent.
The geese have nearly unlimited
The population that flies through food supplies in agricultural areas
Inuvik and the delta is the Western with no predator threats.
Arctic population, and over 95 per
"Right now they're gorging in the
cent of those birds nest on Banks prairies and accumulating a lot of
Island.
reserves," said Reed. "They can put
"Based on the experience we've on a lot of fat and they bring that up
had in other regions, we determined to the breeding grounds, and they
that it was time to (put) that designa- are able to use those reserves they
tion in place, and that allows us to acquired in spring staging areas to
implement those special conserva- produce a clutch of eggs and to incu-
"We want to
reverse the
increases in
population
size for those
overabundant
species."
bate their eggs."
Because the large geese populations draw attention from other
creatures, shorebirds also become
threatened from foxes encountering
their nests in the same areas as the
geese, he said.
In the 1960s, the Western Arctic
snow goose population was about
105,000. In 2002 it was 570,000. The
last count, in 2013, estimated it to be
429,000.
Including Russia and other nesting areas, there are probably over
one million of the birds overall, said
Reed.
Gwich'in Renewable Resources
Board chairperson Eugene Pascal
said community members harvest
snow geese quite a bit in the spring
and fall.
"They usually migrate over us
during the fall and spring," he said.
"A majority of them fly on the east
side of the delta. We have a few that
fly over the delta and close to the
mountains. Those are the ones we
harvest."
Pascal said he hasn't personally
seen much of the damaging effects
of the snow geese because their route
takes them some distance from the
communities.
"It's something we are concerned
about, the damage that they can do
to the environment because there's so
many of them," he said.
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news
Food bank to charge small fee
'Our other option is just to close down,' says chair of Inuvik Food Bank
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Despite taking measures to
reduce costs last fall and even
a surprise donation from local
charitable group 100 People
Who Care Inuvik, the Inuvik
Food Bank is barely managing
to keep its head above water.
The organization is now
taking more extreme measures
to survive, chief among them
being the move to a model
where users pay a subsidized price for food instead of
receiving it for free.
"The whole thing is really about sustainability," said
Heather Wheating, chair of
the Inuvik Food Bank.
Users will now have to
register with government
ID for every person in their
household who will be receiving food from the food bank.
They will then be able to pay
$10 for a flat of food for each
two people in their household
once per month.
The cost of the flat of
food will be around $40, said
Wheating, representing about
a 75 per cent subsidy to users.
"They're still getting real
value," said Wheating. "It's a
really good way to get good
nutrition at a very reduced,
subsidized cost. That's a big
change. No longer will people
be getting flats at no cost.
They will be getting flats at a
75-per-cent reduction."
The flats will include meat,
potatoes, onions, pasta, skim
milk powder, oatmeal and
soup base. They are meant to
be a foundation that families
can use as a base for their
meals.
That idea was initially
brought up in September,
but the organization tried to
avoid going to such a drastic
measure. But with its financial
picture still gloomy, it will
be implementing the changes
now.
"This is sustainability, so
that this way there's a little
bit of cost-sharing with food,"
said Wheating.
Hours at the food bank will
be changing too.
On the first and third Sundays of each month, users
will be able to register at the
library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and
pick up food at the food bank
from 2 to 4 p.m. Still, users
will be able to pick up only
one allotment per month.
The split with registering
in the library and then getting
the food in the food bank is
so that there is no money held
in the food bank. Users will
pay in the library and receive
a receipt to bring over to the
food bank.
"We realize that this is
quite a change," said Wheating. "We very much recog-
nize that. We also believe this
helps to build capacity and
people can contribute to the
food bank as well as benefitting from it."
On top of reduced funding, the food bank is also
struggling with maintaining
enough volunteers to keep
running. It had to close on a
distribution day last month,
something it hasn't done in
years, said Wheating.
She said there will still be
some superfluous food items
given out for free, but encouraged people who cannot afford
the Inuvik Food Bank to use
the Arctic Food Bank in town,
run by the Muslim Welfare
Centre.
"We spend thousands and
thousands of dollars a week on
food," said Wheating, adding
that the organization cannot
go into a deficit, but has come
close to zero over the last year.
Five years ago the food
bank was giving out 30 flats
per distribution. Now it averages around 100, said Wheating.
"Our costs have risen exponentally and our revenues
haven't," she said.
The changes at the food
bank will run as a trial program over the next few months.
Wheating hopes it can
make the organization
sustainable.
Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
Heather Wheating, chair of the Inuvik Food Bank, outlines some of the changes the organization is making in order to stay alive. Among them is that most
food given out will no longer be free.
opinions
INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017 5
Avoiding the
broad brush
of indigenous
reporting
Northern News Services
It bothers me to ever refer to
One of the most interesting
someone's ethnicity or heritage,
things I was told at the 25th
but as a journalist I can't escape
anniversary for the Gwich'in
the fact "indigenous issues" is a
Comprehensive Land Claim
repeated theme of coverage in
Agreement was that they weren't the North. Almost all the instituhosting any hand games for the
tions, from the government to
evening.
the private sector, use
All of the other comthe same blanket termunities had hand
minology.
games for their corresTo an extent it makes
ponding celebrations.
sense, as the subject of
Purely from my
indigenous history is its
work-driven need for
own niche considering
photography opportunCanada's history, whereities, I was hoping for
as "Canadians" is used
hand games in Inuvik
only as a matter of fact
and curious why they
and identification.
STEWART
weren't on the agenda.
Although many
Apparently not every- BURNETT
indigenous people
one here likes hand
speak proudly of their
games.
aboriginal heritage, I can't help
Some view it, I heard, as a
but wonder if any get tired of
Sahtu tradition. It's not part of
being lumped together as a homthe history of the people here
ogenous group.
and not something many of them
I personally bristle at any sort
want to engage in.
of group identity being placed on
Learning that made me recon- me, whether it's Canadian, causider how I report on indigenous
casion, male or what have you. I
issues in general.
am all of those things but don't
Being non-aboriginal myself,
want to be reduced to one and
it is natural and easy for me to
equated to everyone else who
report on indigenous people as
shares those traits with me.
a block, writing that they are
The same goes for women,
engaging in an "aboriginal tradwho are also often treated by
ition" or showing their "aboriginal the media as a block, as if all
culture."
women think the same and are
Even if I don't personally like to invested in the same issues.
use those kind of blanket terms,
The blunt presumption of using
a fast-paced reporting environgroup identity to determine an
ment lends itself to easy turns of individual's opinions is inaccurate
phrase.
at best and downright offensive
Describing something as a
at worst.
Gwich'in or Inuvialuit tradition
When writing on a deadline,
would be more accurate.
"aboriginal tradition" is an easy
Traditions across aboriginal
way to get through a sentence
cultures are not all the same,
and move on, without being
and neither are traditions across more precise.
other cultures or any other ethniBut surely I owe the same
city. Broad brushes paint a poor
nuanced view I have of myself to
picture.
the people on whom I report.
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6 INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017
Prominent figures express dissatisfaction with style of
government; question benefits of Inuvik having two ministers
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
NNSL file photos
Jozef Carnogursky, president of the Nihtat Gwich'in
Council, says the GNWT needs to remember there
is life outside of Yellowknife.
Joe Lavoie, pictured at his Home Hardware business in Inuvik, says with both MLAs for the area
being in cabinet, there's little ability for residents to
voice concerns. He favours a party politics model
for the territorial government.
Both of Inuvik's MLAs are
in cabinet. But what does that
get Inuvik?
That's a question both Jozef
Carnogursky, president of the
Nihtat Gwich'in Council, and
Joe Lavoie, town councillor
and business person, are wondering.
"Having two ministers
from Inuvik, the question is,
is that a good thing?" asked
Carnogursky.
"Sometimes it can be, but
when you're going through
budget cuts and processes like
we're going through now, you
don't really have anybody that
can advocate for you publicly
because of the governmentcabinet solidarity issue."
Robert C. McLeod, Twin
Lakes MLA, is minister of
Finance, Deputy Premier and
minister of Environment and
Natural Resources.
Alfred Moses, Boot Lake
MLA, is minister of Education, Culture and Employment
and minister responsible for
youth.
Under consensus government, members are elected
to the legislative assembly as
independents who then elect
their peers to cabinet. The premier determines the specific
positions of the people elected
to cabinet.
The idea is that regular
members, who outnumber
members of cabinet, hold
the balance of power in the
legislative assembly, and there
would be more communication
between members of government than in a traditional party
politics system.
Critics worry that members
of cabinet no longer represent
their constituents' interests, as
they become now part of the
ruling government.
Lavoie said he has had
doubts about consensus government for a long time.
"I believe consensus gov-
ernment has run its course
in the territory," he said. "It's
good in theory, like I suppose
all political systems are, but we
don't have the opposition that's
calling the government to task.
Yes, you have your ordinary
members who are sitting outside of cabinet, but most of
their goal is to get inside cabinet."
That means they don't bring
issues to the fore with as much
enthusiasm as they might if
they were in a position of official opposition.
Today, both Carnogursky
and Lavoie find few outlets
to bring up concerns about
GNWT jobs leaving Inuvik,
particularly in the justice sector.
"The government comes out
with a statement, a policy, an
action they're going to take …
(and) because they are in cabinet, if you disagree with what
has been said or proposed,
there's very little alternative in
regards to at least going to your
MLA," said Lavoie.
"Yes, you can maybe voice
it, but it seems like there's
not much they can do because
the decision has already been
made and they have to stand by
cabinet decision."
A lot of grumbling
Lavoie has heard a lot of
grumbling in the community
about losing court employees.
"That has a fairly big
impact on the town," he said.
With devolution resembling
centralization in some ways,
now is a time Inuvik needs
representation on the territorial
level, he said.
"We were under the impression more jobs were coming
to the region, not jobs being
taken away from the regional
communities and reestablished
in Yellowknife," said Lavoie.
Carnogursky said it's very
difficult to get jobs back to
regional centres once they're
cut and moved to Yellowknife.
ALFRED MOSES: Alfred
Moses, Boot Lake MLA,
is minister of Education,
Culture and Employment and minister
responsible for youth.
"Some of our past leaders
and MLAs really fought hard
to keep some of those jobs
localized," he said. "There is
life outside of Yellowknife and
people need to remember that."
Asked if Inuvik is helped at
all by having its MLAs in cabinet, Lavoie paused and said he
doesn't think so.
"Maybe I'm wrong," he
said. "Maybe there's a lot more
out there than I've seen, and
in fairness to our MLAs there
might be a lot more things happening that I'm not conscientious about or aware of and
maybe by having our MLAs
as ministers we have been getting some benefit. I just haven't
seen it at this particular juncture."
If everything gets centralized to Yellowknife, the
regions will eventually die, he
said.
Raise those issues
McLeod, for his part, says
being in cabinet might take
away his ability to stand up in
the house during session and
raise issues, but he can still
raise those issues meeting with
ministers individually.
"It limits our ability to raise
questions in the house, but it
doesn't limit our ability to raise
issues with particular departments," he said.
He said he doesn't necessarily agree with the concern that
members are not enthusiastic
to criticize the government
because they are also playing
for a cabinet position.
McLeod supports the consensus system of government.
"I like the consensus government system because you're
elected based on what you
bring to the table and not what
your party line is," he said.
He said governments
in party systems often have
ROBERT C. McLEOD: Twin
Lakes MLA, is minister
of Finance, Deputy Premier and Minister of
Environment and Natural Resources.
.
majorities, meaning they can
push through budgets and
legislation by strength of numbers. With consensus government, all members get to have
input on government proposals.
"I think Inuvik is wellrepresented in the legislative
assembly," said McLeod.
"Every four years you're
held accountable for the work
you've done the previous four
years, and if you're not doing
what you were elected to do,
then you obviously won't be
elected again."
Moses agreed his position
in cabinet does not affect his
ability to raise constituents'
concerns.
"I just send them an e-mail,
walk down the hall or give
them a call on their cell phone
and let them know what the
concerns are," said Moses
about speaking with other cabinet members, adding that any
concerns brought to him are
sent straight away to the appropriate department.
"You just don't see it played
out in the house. A lot of it is
done by e-mail, by phone call."
He also thinks consensus
government works.
"I think it provides the
opportunity for all individuals
and all regular members to
voice their concerns without
having to be aligned with any
kind of mandate," he said.
Asked about jobs being lost
in Inuvik, Moses pointed to
jobs gained in building East
Three School and the InuvikTuktoyaktuk highway, as well
as hiring by the Department
of Health.
He indicated the perception
of centralization to Yellowknife is not borne out in reality, and that jobs have been
going to the communities in
the big picture.
photo stories
INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017 7
Inuvik has ball at soccer showdown
SOCCER
Feature
with Walter Strong
Northern News Services
Two junior teams from
East Three Elementary School
competed in the Super Soccer
tournament last weekend in
Yellowknife.
The boys won two games
and lost three, being put out in
the playoff game by Yellowknife's William McDonald
school.
Seigna Hult-Griffin, left, Jade Goose, Amber Lennie-Ipana and Livea Mitchener celebrate after a goal.
The girls won five games
but were also put out in semifinal play against a squad from
William McDonald school.
This weekend, three high
school teams from Inuvik will
get their chance in the spotlight, participating in the high
school version of the tournament.
– text by Stewart Burnett
Jade Goose, middle, goes for a kick.
Seigna Hult-Griffin
breaks free from
checkers.
Aeva Grace
Dempster
chases the
ball down the
side of the
court.
Liam Cardinal goes for a big kick with Hamza Mourtada watching.
8 INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017
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Wilma Dosedel, left,
and Rosa Kayotuk run a
successful vendor booth
during the Arctic Market
Saturday, April 8.
Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
photo courtesy of Doreen Carpenter
Most of the community came out to take
part in the kiddies carnival in Sachs Harbour
last weekend.
Annual jamboree
this weekend
Ikaahuk/Sachs Harbour
A kiddies carnival last weekend whet the pallet for
community members before the annual jamboree coming up this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
"It went really good," said Doreen Carpenter, recreation co-ordinator, about the carnival.
"It was a fun day."
The event had to be delayed a day because of a late
freight shipment.
The carnival is often held during the jamboree, but
organizers decided to do it a week earlier this year.
Sometimes it's done on national child day as well.
"Pretty well the whole community showed up," said
Carpenter.
The jamboree this weekend will involve indoor and
outdoor events, a gift bingo, casino night and much
more.
"Pancake breakfasts are always a big hit," said Carpenter.
The community has also begun its annual Father's
Day fishing derby, which began May 1 and lasts until
the end of June.
Prizes will be awarded for heaviest trout, heaviest
char and smallest fish.
Goose hunting season is on
Paulatuk
The recreation team is working on preparations for
Paulatuk's annual jamboree in August, but before then,
community members are enjoying the start of what
should be a great goose hunting season.
"It's getting beautiful and the geese are starting to
make their way," said Lily Ann Green, recreation coordinator.
"Everybody's excited about the spring hunt."
Springtime is mainly for geese hunting, she said.
"Everybody gets enough to last the year until next
spring."
Most peole are spending time out of the community
in their spring camps these days. The ocean doesn't melt
until June, but it keeps getting earlier every year, said
Green.
"The thaw in the ocean is earlier all the time with
global warming," she said. "You have to be careful out
there."
People have been out fishing already, catching a lot
of fish at the lake and some char every now and then.
First aid course available
Aklavik
A standard first aid course, including CPR training,
will be available in several communities during May.
Provided in partnership with the Workers' Safety
& Compensation Commission, the courses are taught
by Canadian Red Cross certified trainers or registered
paramedics.
The two-day, free comprehensive course will provide
participants with first aid certification.
Training days will take place during May in Aklavik,
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Horoscopes
STREET talk
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, finding what you
desire when you haven't made your own mind up
aboutwhat you want can be challenging. Some
soul-searching can probably come up with something promising.
What's your favourite
way to spend spring?
with Stewart Burnett
[email protected]
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Nagging doubts about
an investment may be trying to tell you something, Taurus. Hold off on any bold moves until
you feel more confident with parting ways with
cash.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you have
already committed to something, see it through.
The end result may be something unexpected.
Others are anxious to see what you can accomplish.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Take the emotional
plunge, Cancer. Someone special needs to hear
about it pronto. This is not a week to clam up,
but rather one to share your feelings and let
others in.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Going back to school
might be the best path for you at this time, Leo.
Although this might stretch your schedule to its
limits, youÕll find the time if it's important to you.
Darnell Kitli
"Go camping, go fishing, riding
bikes, schoolwork."
Donald McLeod
"Gym, milk, water and do
math."
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Volunteering can bring
more meaning to your life, Virgo, especially if you
feel yourself struggling right now. Giving back
can sometimes make your problems seem small.
Devin McLeod
"Fishing and camping."
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, trips may seem
like they have to be large undertakings, but that's
not always the case. Try for a short jaunt somewhere and enjoy the scenery.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 The time has come
to spend less time thinking and more time doing,
Scorpio. Turn a page in your life and you'll likely
be satisfied with the results.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 There are a few
friends who have stuck by your side through thick
and thin, Sagittarius. When one comes knocking
at your door for help, give this person the support he or she needs.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you can
find a solution to a problem even if the answer
eludes you for the time being. Don't overthink
what has to be done. This is a time to act.
Thomas Campagna
"Go hunting."
Shaun Campbell
"Skidooing."
Set in
stone?
I'm really a mess and want to know what to do.
I started talking to this guy, Eric, two months ago.
After a bumpy start, things went great. We went on several
dates and talked or texted 24/7.
We fell for each other fast and soon realized we were
practically the same person.
We've both had bad relationships in the past, and he
had just gotten out of a six-year relationship four months
before. His ex cheated on him.
On Monday we hung out all day, and it was perfect. At
the end of the day he told me he loved me. I said it back.
The rest of the night we were on top of the world.
The next day, after sports practice, a friend showed Eric
a picture of his ex-girlfriend. He didn't know how to react
and just froze.
The following day Eric called me and said he wasn't
ready for a relationship because he clearly wasn't over his
ex. It wouldn't be fair to me, he said.
Eric told one friend that saying "I love you" to me hurt
him because the last person he said it to destroyed him. He
says he cares deeply about me, and there would always be
a possibility of an 'us' again. But at the moment he needs
to get through this ordeal alone.
I was heartbroken. I tried to talk him out of it. He was
firm, but he wants to remain friends. Do I give him space,
or support him along this journey? Is there hope for an 'us'
in the future?
Melissa
Descartes Day
"Usually play basketball and
bike."
DIRECT
Answers
with Wayne & Tamara Mitchell
[email protected]
Melissa, when you are on the rim of the Grand Canyon,
you can look down and see layers of time stacked one on
top of another. Those layers tell the story of ancient rivers,
primeval forests and extinct lives.
In a similar way, your letter contains multiple layers
below the surface.
The top layer contains the picture of a woman seen on
a Tuesday. The next layer contains "I love you's" said on a
Monday.
The third layer, the deepest layer, contains six years of
a man's life with another woman.
Going down one layer after another you can see that
Eric is so connected to his ex that all that happened with
you is based on what happened with her. Whatever level of
connection you thought you had, recent events proved you
wrong.
Why did he go out with you? To show her? To get over
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you
always have time to do something for yourself,
but you might need to put that on hold right now
and focus on others. Forge ahead even if you are
met with resistance.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20, Pisces, do not think
about anything but having fun for the next few
days. Others will begin to live vicariously through
you.
her? We don't know. But whatever the reason, the connection to her still holds.
That's why cheating is so bad. People don't get over it.
It changes them. Some people beat themselves up—what's
wrong with me that I couldn't keep this person from doing
this? Other people are so badly hurt it taints the whole
other sex.
Holding a man's hand while he pines over another
woman will only make you more attached to him. You
won't put out vibes to eligible men.
When your man comes along, you won't see him. And
if Eric does come back to you, it will only be because he is
sad or lonely or frisky.
We tell guys they have to learn to take no for an
answer. The same thing goes for women. He gave you a
no. "Sorry, we've already filled the position, but we'll keep
your resume on file," means no.
You can't erase what happened. It's frozen in time. You
can't erase any layer from the Grand Canyon. In that arid
desert, each layer remains frozen in place.
Wayne & Tamara
If you have any questions or comments for Wayne or Tamara, please
forward e-mail to [email protected] or write to Wayne &
Tamara Mitchell, Station A, Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1
Student of the week
CHRISTOPHER WHITE
AGE: 12
GRADE: 7
Grade 7 student Christopher White, 12, says math is his favourite
subject. He likes using equations and calculating to find the answer. "It
uses your brain," he said. In the future, Christopher hopes to become an
engineer of some sort.
10 INUVIK DRUM, Thursday, May 4, 2017
sports & recreation
HEADING FOR THE GOAL
photo courtesy Walter Strong
Hamza Mourtada, left in blue, and Mason MacNeil work to get the ball past the Hay River Predators during the Super Soccer tournament last weekend in Yellowknife. Two junior teams from East Three Elementary School took part in the tournament.
Darts team preps
for nationals
Six women and one man representing
Inuvik on territorial team
good players," she said.
Nationals include both sinInuvik dart players rep- gles and doubles games.
resent nearly half of the 16
Dillon said there are a lot
men and women slotted for of good players in the ternationals in New Brunswick ritory, but not all of them
could make it
this June.
to Inuvik for
"For Inuvik,
the playdowns.
we have pretty
Next year, the
good dart players," said Tanya
territorials will
Dillon, direclikely be held
tor of the NWT
in Yellowknife
Territorial Darts
so it's easier and
Association.
less expensive
Don Gillis
The territorfor players in
ial playdowns
other communities to attend.
were held in
"Next year,
March, where
eight women and eight men when it's in Yellowknife, we'll
came out on top. One spare probably have a bigger turnfor each of the men and out," she said.
The Inuvik team right now
women will also be attending.
Players meet regularly at is fundraising for nationals,
the Royal Canadian Legion to which is a costly series of
practise. Dillon said the skill flights from Inuvik to Eastern
level at nationals is very high. Canada.
Don Gillis, former presi"(The other teams are) top
eight in their province, so it's dent of the darts association,
tough competition, but the has been to nationals in the
NWT darts team are very past.
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
photo courtesy of Louise Kuzman
Northwest Territories dart players are preparing for nationals. Gathered from
left to right, front row are Joy Cathers, Shannon Clarke, Kristin Hynes, Annette
Piercey, Louise Kuzman, Mary Storr, Sam Bohnet, Janelle Cockney and Val
Ross. In the back are Tim Griffin, Dean Willis, Paul Morey, Norm Sanderson, Art
Delagua, Max Kotokak, Steve McCormick, Bob Mitchell and Steve Gooderham.
SPORTS CARD
SPORT
SIERRA MCDONALD
AGE: 13
GRADE: 7
Grade 7 student Sierra, 13, will be competing on the junior girls team at the
Super Soccer tournament in Yellowknife
this weekend. She's stronger than a lot of
her peers and says she can push people
off the ball. She likes practising the game
and cheers for England.
"I lost to some
of the best in
the world."
"I was lucky enough,
some years back, to make the
nationals, get to Toronto and
meet the best in the world,"
he said.
"I lost to some of the best
in the world."
He said it's an honour for
anyone to make the team.
"You can be a big fish in
a little pond," he said about
playing in a small community
like Inuvik. "Nationals are a
level over and above it."
Gillis intends to go to
nationals as part of a vacation
and enter into the open play to
see what he can do and cheer
on the NWT team.
The scene in Inuvik has a
lot of strong ladies, he said.
"We've got a dozen women
here who any day could be in
the nationals and kick ass,"
said Gillis.
Max Kotokak, Shannon Clarke, Kristin Haynes,
Annette Piercey, Louise Kuzman, Mary Storr and Janelle Cockney are representing
Inuvik.
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Greyson Gritt, an award-winning artist, held a
workshop on sound at East Three School last
month. Gritt gained a passion for sound design
through a similar workshop during childhood.
Students
and staff get
Juno advice
Greyson Gritt runs
sound workshop at
East Three School
by Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Greyson Gritt, who makes
up one half of Juno-winning
band Quantum Tangle with
Tiffany Ayalik, gained an
interest in sound through a
high school workshop.
Late last month, Gritt was
in Inuvik providing one just
like it to youth, hoping to
inspire some future sound
engineers or artists.
"The workshop was to
teach the students about the
basics and the fundamentals
of sound, what it is, how it
exists, how to measure it, what
does sound look like, all these
sort of questions," said Gritt.
Students and teachers
gathered around a soundboard
for hours during the last workshop, as Gritt explained how
each of the buttons worked
and participants asked a constant stream of questions.
One of the misconceptions
Gritt runs into is that understanding how sound works is
hard.
"We all have experience
with it," the musician said.
"Once of the first things
I did with the students and
teachers was to ask when
you think about sound, what
words come to mind?"
Through that, participants
find they all have experience
working with sound, whether
it's fiddling with settings on
an iPhone, listening through
headphones, using a car stereo
or playing an instrument.
"People
were
surprised at just how much
they knew," said Gritt.
"That was reflected in the
really thoughtful questions
and remarks both the students
and the staff had. People
might think it's a little dry …
but I think everyone walked
away knowing a lot more
about how sound works."
The workshop Gritt took
in Grade 9 or 10 changed
the musician's trajectory in
life. From that point on, Gritt
worked all the school dances,
did the sound for events and
trained other people to use the
soundboard.
"I felt like it was coming
full circle when I got to go
in (to Inuvik) and hopefully
inspire the next generation to
be part of the technical field
that I'm a part of," Gritt said.
Gritt hopes the workshop can provide the same
sort of inspiration to a youth
in Inuvik.
"I got a lot of joy out of
it, so I hope someone else
gets that same joy," said Gritt,
adding that a lot of career
opportunities exist in the
sound field, from being a
sound engineer to being in a
film crew, editing, working
in radio, recording bands and
much more.
"I think it's the best. And
it relates so much with my
music and has created a lot of
opportunities. If that's something folks want to do, they
can send me a Facebook message. I can talk about it 'till the
cows come home, what kind
of opportunities you might
have."