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Rita Sipary, an Alaska Native elder, is happy to see cultural traditions being carried on by youth at the AWG.Photo By Courtney Procter

Native elders enjoy celebration oftraditional values at GamesBy COURTNEY PROCTERUlu News

Many Native elders remem-ber when the traditional skillscontested at the Arctic WinterGames were a matter of workand survival. They know the tra-dition and history behind manyof the Inuit and Dene events,such as the pole push or theknuckle hop.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribefelt it was up to them to recog-nize the elders and the tradi-tions during the Games.

To honor them, the TyotkasElders Center—a Kenaitze meet-ing place for memories and tra-dition—invited performersfrom around Alaska, as well asfrom visiting contingents tosing, dance, and drum for theElders’ Lunch held every week-day during the Games.

“The elders’ wisdom is valu-able,” said Bonnie Juliussen,director of the Kenaitze IndianTribe’s Elders Program atTyotkas. The elders’ lunch is aregular service of Tyotkas, butthis week the entertainment

celebrates Native culture andthe Arctic Winter Games.

“We mostly serve AlaskaNatives and Native Americans,”said Juliussen. “However, any-one can go and have lunch andwatch the performances,” shesaid.

“This provides the elderswith entertainment from differ-ent cultures,” said Juliussen. “Itis very close to their hearts. Italso gives the youth an opportu-nity to perform for their elders,which is a very big honor,” sheadded.

The Deldumi YouthDrummers performed tradition-al Kenaitze drumming onTuesday. “We do some drum-ming for them, to entertainthem and help them, becauseit’s respectful to help your eld-ers,” said Lara Olsen, the group’sdrum leader. “They interactwith us.”

While the group was per-forming, several of the eldersstood behind the drummersand joined in the songs. As thegroup closed in prayer, eldersgrasped the shoulders of the

circle of drummers, who in turntouched the drum.

“This is just a special thing,”said Olsen, referring to the per-formances this week.

According to Rita Sipary, alocal elder, the performancesare especially important for theGames.

“We have performers offand on and we have even morethis week,” said Sipary. Amongthe performers will be theMento Dancers from Nenana, aswell as traditional throat singersand drummers.

Sarah Frances Lindgren, anelder at the lunch, says sheenjoys seeing the traditionalactivities celebrated at theGames. She remembers whenshe, her brother and her grand-father used dogsleds to haulwood and gear.

“It is wonderful,” Lindgrensaid of the many cultural eventsat the Games. Her friend, LydiaPollard, originally of Kodiak, isoverjoyed at the cultural com-petition and celebration.

“People used to be embar-rassed to be Native,” she said.

“My mother and grandmotherused to speak Aleut—theywould talk so soft because theywere scared of being caught.”

Pollard wishes she hadbeen able to take part in tradi-tional games when she wasyoung. “It was taboo!” she saidof the Native games and tradi-tions.

Lindgren remembers whenshe was growing up; there wasonly one store and one restau-rant she was allowed to go into.

“It feels good to not have tobe afraid to go into a store,”Lindgren added. She alsoremembers the pressure not totake part in her native culture.

“My grandmother was pun-ished. She had to spend onenight in jail because she was try-ing to teach us the Indian lan-guage,” Lindgren said.

The Arctic Winter Gamesserve not only as a sportingendeavor, but as a cultural eventso Native traditions can bepassed on to new generations.According to Native elders, theGames are living up to theirpromise.

Alaska:Gold: 36Silver: 31Bronze: 25Total: 92

Alberta North:Gold: 11Silver: 14Bronze: 14Total: 39

Greenland:Gold: 6Silver: 6Bronze: 2Total: 14

Northwest Territories:Gold: 16Silver: 15Bronze: 22Total: 53

Nunavik Québec:Gold: 7Silver: 5Bronze: 4Total: 16

Nunavut:Gold: 8Silver: 8Bronze: 12Total: 28

Saami:Gold: 3Silver: 4Bronze: 5Total: 12

Yamal-Nenets:Gold: 10Silver: 11Bronze: 5Total: 26

Yukon:Gold: 7Silver: 10Bronze: 19Total: 36

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Team Alaska woman tiesAlaskan high kick recordBy KELLIE MASSAUlu News

Just before the kick, ahush fell over the gymnasiumat Kenai Central High School.With a pause and a rocketingleap, Team Alaska’s Tanya Slimfrom Kipnuk tied the juniorwomen’s Alaskan high kickrecord of 5’10” and will takehome a gold Ulu fromTuesday’s Arctic WinterGames.

Alaskan high kick partic-ipants in the junior men andwomen events included,Alaska, Yukon, Greenland,Nunavik Quebec, Nunavut,Alberta North and NorthwestTerritories.

The junior men’s firstplace winner was won byNunavut’s Bradley Lasutislukwho leaped 6’4”.

Team Alaska’s SimeonAluska, a 13-year-old from

Toksook Bay who stands 5’4”,made his 6’ foot kick with easeand took 4th in the competi-tion.

“Team Alaska junior menare doing good; some comingfrom the villages were a littlenervous at first but are nowbeginning to relax,” said SamStrange, Team Alaska’s juniormen’s coach. “They are 13-and 14-years-old competingagainst boys two and threeyears older than them,” hesaid.

Competing in the Inuitgames is a family affair for sec-ond time Games’ competitor,Veronica McDonald, an 11-year-old from NorthwestTerritories. Her grandfather,Tim McDonald, is a Gamesveteran and her mother hasbeen a competitor in the last10 games. “I compete in all theevents, its cool,” Veronicasaid.

Alaska girls jump over Nunavut in basketballBy CHARLES PULLIAMUlu News

The Alaska girls basketballteam’s aggressive play and offen-sive rebounding led them to a90-44 win over NunavutWednesday at Cook InletAcademy.

The win pushed the girl’srecord to 3-1 in this years ArcticWinter Games, while Nunavutfell to 0-4. It’s the second timeAlaska has beaten Nunavut inthe Games this year, with theprevious meeting resulting in a77-50 Team Alaska win.

The Alaska girls also gainedexperience and confidence aftercoming off their first defeat ofthe games in Tuesday night’s 57-56 loss to undefeated NorthwestTerritories.

“Last night (Tuesday) was anawesome game for us…NWT(Northwest Territories) just out-

performed us, but it helped usout emotionally,” Alaska girlscoach Deb Lowney said. “Thisgame (Wednesday) gave the kidsthat weren’t really digging in orstepping up a chance to performand it really built our bench up.”

Lacey Wortham led Alaskawith a game-high 18 points inWednesday’s win, while EmaleahOlsen scored 12 of her 16 pointsin the first half for Alaska.

“We really mixed up ourlineup. There were several girlsthat needed to step up,” Alaska’sPiper Daugherty said.

Alaska shot just shy of 50-percent from the field netting25-of-57 shots in the second half,while Nunavut was limited to 7-of-34 shooting.

“We tried our best and didall we could,” Aknauigak added.She finished with 11 points. TanisPeterson pitched in nine pointsfor Nunavut.

Lindsay Layland added 13points, Hannah Delaney scored12, Karen Senette scored 11, andApril Heffner had 10 for teamAlaska.

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Curlers in Homer hurrythe house as stones hitthe buttonBy AKIN FRANCISCONEUlu News

From the sounds of thestones echoing through therink, to the vocalizations of thethrowing team encouragingteammates to sweep the stoneinto the house, the Homer IceRink has been the stage forextreme curling action since theGames began.

For those who have notbeen to a curling event, the trip

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“Everyone improves witheach game in a round robincompetition. Combined withthe caliber of players we have inthe games and the Brier ice, it’sjust a great thing,” said PeterGeikie, coach of the Nunavutboy’s team. “I would love to get achance to curl on the Brier Ice,”he said.

“Brier” ice is what the prosuse, just like in the Olympics.With the medal round set tobegin, the ice is ready and theteams are getting along great byshowing good sportsmanship,which is a major part of curling,according to Geikie.

“The Nunavut boys havebeen getting along great withthe Alaskans, and it seems likeall the teams are becoming onebig group with lots in common,”Geikie said.

Nunavut is somewhat of theunderdog, just assembling theirteams in November. Their homeice in Iqaluit is small, but theplayers came prepared to winand are getting more and morecompetitive with every game.

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Team Alaska skiers battle snow whippedslalom course to take gold, silverBy RON MCGEEUlu News

Two Alaska Team men tookhome the gold and silver Ulusin the Arctic Winter’s Gamemen’s slalom event Tuesday atAlyeska Resort in Girdwood.

Alyeska Ski Club memberRichard C. Kelly posted thefastest combined times, withtimes of 47.88 on his first runand 48.43 on his second run.This was the second Games forthe 16-year-old, Anchorageskier. He was a member ofTeam Alaska that took homethe silver medal in the 2004Games in Fort McMurray,Alberta.

Going into this year’s com-petition, the gold-medal winnerlisted his goals as “doing well inmy races and having fun.”

Nathan Ord won the silvermedal, with times of 49.13 on hisfirst run and 49.00 on his secondrun. The 15-year-old skier trainswith his hometown club – theJuneau Ski Club.

Alberta skier JoshuaWatson took home the bronzemedal, with times of 50:18 and52:12.

Alaska skiers definitely hada home-hill advantage, saidDuffy Jensen, a start referee forthe slalom event. Skiers com-peted in the midst of a wintersnow storm.

Wrestlers demonstrate extraordinarysportsmanshipBy KATHERINE WELLSUlu News

The wrestling tournament atthe Kenai Recreation Center hasbeen one of the most sports-men-like competitions DaveCarey has ever seen.

“I have been a wrestlingcoach for 30 years, and this is thefirst time I have seen absolutelyno act of bad sportsmanship,”said Carey, wrestling sportschairperson.

The teams completed com-petitions Tuesday and eachwrestler has wrestled everyonein his or her weight class at leastonce. Individual competitionsbegan Wednesday.

“The wrestlers are friendlywith each other, when just twodays ago they were winning orlosing to each other,” said Carey.

Since only wrestlers andbasketball players are beinghoused at Sears ElementarySchool, Fort Yukon team mem-

bers and other wrestlers are ableto concentrate more onwrestling, said Yukon CoachDon Marrin.

“There is great sportsman-ship between the teams. Theyare getting closer each day. Withall of the wrestlers togetherthere are less distractions,” saidMarrin.

The Yukon team is withoutmuch experience and came tothe Games to improve. Most ofthe Yukon wrestlers have neverbeen in this caliber competition,and are learning a great deal bywatching others, said Marrin.

“They are seeing a lot of themoves being executed for thefirst time. There’s not a lot ofwrestling in the Yukon. The guysare getting better each time theywrestle,” said Marrin.

“The sportsmanship is awe-some. I like helping my team. Ilost my voice from cheering somuch,” said Lynn Emiktowt ofTeam Nunavut.

Alpine skiing❆ Giant slalom, junior femaleGold: Kami C. Cabana, AlaskaSilver: Stephanie Dunn, AlaskaBronze: Katrina Amy Schneider, Alberta

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❆ Junior maleGold: Kevin F. Jensen, AlaskaSilver: Nathan D. Ord, AlaskaBronze: Richard C. Kelly, Alaska

❆ Juvenile femaleGold: Tricia J. Richardson, AlaskaSilver: Petra D. Davis, AlaskaBronze: Justine Elsie Pilger, Alberta North

❆ Juvenile maleGold: Robert J. Lepine, AlaskaSilver: Brien Edward James Davis, Alberta

NorthBronze: Derek Wilson, Yukon

Dene games❆ Finger pull, open coed, junior female,

juvenile femaleNOT AVAILABLE

❆ Junior male, finger pullGold: Kohren H. Green, AlaskaSilver: Matthew Akikuluk, NunavutBronze: Matthew Ross Meneen, Alberta

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Dog mushing❆ Juvenile coed, 10K-5 dogsGold: Rebecca Jean Baxter, Northwest

TerritoriesSilver: Gracie K. Callis, AlaskaBronze: Benjamin L. Kinvig, Yukon

❆ Junior coed, 13K-7 dogsGold: Alyn B. Charlie, Northwest TerritoriesSilver: Beth H. Callis, AlaskaBronze: Sophia Daniels, Yukon

GymnasticsNOT AVAILABLE

Snowboarding❆ Giant slalom, junior femaleGold: Ashley Margaret Egan, Alberta

NorthSilver: Carly W. Chase, AlaskaBronze: Rachelle Marie Rebus, Alberta

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❆ Junior male Gold: Cody Alan Zachariah Burchell,

Alberta NorthSilver: Tuumarsi Olsen, GreenlandBronze: Andrew Matthews, Northwest

Territories

❆ Juvenile femaleGold: Brooke Nicole Voigt, Alberta NorthSilver: Lacy L. Merrill, AlaskaBronze: Wheaton Symington, Yukon

❆ Juvenile maleGold: Pierce Kiyoshi Mimura, Alberta

NorthSilver: Mikkel Kelller Olsen, GreenlandBronze: Matthew Scott Munn, Alberta

North

Snowshoe biathlon❆ 3K sprint, junior femaleGold: Kate Bolivar, Northwest TerritoriesSilver: Kimberly K. Green, AlaskaBronze: Mackenzie R. Wonders, Alaska

❆ Junior maleGold: Noel-Leigh Cockney, Northwest

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together many times throughout the year by

participating in many of our community events.

During the 4th of July holiday,

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fire hydrants red, white & blue.

Numerous American Flags were flown along the streets of Soldotna showing our patriotism.

Kenai Peninsula Winter Games is fun for the whole family & offers ice sculptures, games, a carnival,dog sled races and much more.

There are so many things to do in Soldotna, you’ll need 48 hours in

a day! Fish the Kenai River, camp in one of our scenic campgrounds

or relax at one of the lakes in the area. If you are into a little

exercise, take a hike on one of the many area hiking or canoe trails

or head out for a day of golf at the golf course.

Don’t forget winter activities: There is snow-shoeing, downhill or

cross country skiing and snowmachining.

Great neighborhoods and residential areas.

A great day of fishing on the banks of the

Kenai River near the Bridge in Soldotna.Taking time out for a truly special golfing experience

near Soldotna.

Enjoy peace & serenity while canoeing on one of the

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Proud Host Community ofThe 2006 Arctic Winter Games!

The citizens of the Kenai Peninsula Borough are honored to host the Arctic Winter Games and wishes to thank the thousand of individuals who have joined together during the last four years to help make 2006 the best Arctic Winter Games ever!

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Figure skaters jump their wayto Gold UlusBy COURTNEY PROCTERUlu News

Arctic Winter Games fig-ure skating kicked off Tuesdaywith opening ceremonies atthe Soldotna Sports Center.Once the competition hadended, Team Alaska had skat-ed to two gold Ulus whileYamal and NorthwestTerritories skaters each pock-eted a gold.

Five contingents were rep-resented by the 32 athleteswho competed in the figureskating events of the Games.

Celina Farmer of Alaskatook the Ladies Level One gold,with Northwest Territoriesteam members taking silverand bronze.

Ladies Level Two was dom-inated by Yamal skaters includ-ing spectacular performancesfrom Viktoria Lobanova andTatyana Borisova, who wongold and silver, respectively.Kayla Hallonquist of TeamYukon took bronze.

In Ladies Level Three, itwas clear a clean program wasthe key to medaling, as EllieGottstein of Team Alaska skat-ed to gold with a graceful andpowerful short program.

Northwest Territoriesskater Tara Kaip capturedLadies Level Four gold with adramatic performance andsolid jumps. The gold is Kaip’sfirst medal at the Games,although she competed in the2004 Games at Wood Buffalo.

“It feels amazing to getgold here,” Kaip said.

Her teammate, SarahElke, who took bronze inLadies Level Three, also com-

peted in the 2004 Games. Thisis her first medal at the Games.

“It feels so good to medalat the Arctic Winter Games,” shesaid.

Both Kaip and Elke have

been skating for eight years intheir hometown of Yellowknife,and are looking forward to the2008 Games being held there,although Kaip will be too old tocompete.

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Tatiana Borisova of Team Yamal shows her flexibilityduring her short program on Tuesday afternoon.

Northern Alberta’s Alicia V.R. King performs a wonder-ful routine on the beam.

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Team Alberta tumbles to GoldUlu in women’s gymnasticsBy CHARLOTTE NICOLETUlu News

Northern Alberta won theGold Ulu in the Women’sArtistic Gymnastics TeamCompetition on Tuesday atKenai Middle School.

Alaska, Alberta,Northwest Territories, andYukon competed for themedal on vault, bars, beamand floor exercises.

On the uneven bars, TeamAlberta was meticulous intheir long extensions. Withpointed toes and straightknees they did free hip circlesto hand-stands, then endedwith strong giants, and layoutfly-a-ways for their dismounts.

“On the floor, the girlswere powerhouses as theytumbled from corner to cor-ner with switch-split leaps andstrong choreography,” saidspectator, Tami Oines Koerber,

“You go girl,” was shoutedfrom the audience at everyteam’s start up. And when

International Committee vicepresident Wendell Shifflerand Games general managerTim Dillon presented the Ulumedals, the crowed roared. Asthe hullabaloo quieted, theaudience stood for Alberta’snational anthem.

“The girls did very well,I’m really proud of how theydid. They enjoyed it, had fun,and met gymnasts from otherplaces,” said Coach JonathonMason, Northwest Territory.“It’s my first games and I’mvery impressed on how it wasorganized, marvelous sportsand people that you meet;great event for the children,”said Mason.

Mason’s comments wereshared by many, includingsports chair MelissaDaugherty. “The games wentreally well today,” she said.“Our volunteers pulledthrough; the gymnasts werewonderful; it really cametogether, I felt it at the end”she said.



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Team Yukon over-comes challenges,hones theirBadminton skillsat AWGBy KATHERINE WELLSUlu News

A fledgling badminton teamfrom the Yukon has come to theArctic Winter Games to gain alittle more of something theylack. Team Yukon’s inexperiencemay not be evident when they’reon the court, but truth be told,most members have been play-ing only since last spring.

The Games are a great expe-rience and character builder forthe kids, according to CoachRandy Carlson.

“The team has come herehoping to gain a sense of theGames and mostly to train forthe 2008 Games in Yellowknife,”he said. Team Yukon is learningto rise above technical difficul-ties as well. The gym at SoldotnaMiddle School has lower ceil-ings than the team is accus-tomed to.

“Adjusting to food, facilities,and climate is all part of being acompetitor. I tell the kids to pickout what works for them,” saidthe coach.

Getting the team togetherto practice has been an added

challenge. Four team memberslive in Whitehorse, which is fourhours away from Watson Lake,where Coach Carlson and theother players live. So theWhitehorse athletes had topractice on their own, playingagainst adult players at the localgym, said Janice Carlson.

“Badminton has a ‘back-yard’ stigma. Yet it is a competi-tive and physical sport thatrequires mental skills, which iswhy we like it,” said CoachCarlson.

Though the players hadonly four weekends to practicetogether as a full team beforecoming to the Games, theCarlsons agree that getting herehas been worth the effort.

Dene ancient traditions embodied inGames participantsBy DAWN FITZPATRICKULU News

The Dene Games, part ofthe Arctic Winter Games, wasborn from ancient traditionwith each of the competitionsbased on activities once inte-gral to Native village life. TheGames are keeping these tradi-tions alive with five sportsbeing contested on the KenaiPeninsula.

Participating teams in theDene Games include:Northwest Territories, Yukon,Alberta, Alaska and Nunavut.The Stick Pull, Snow Snake,Finger Pull, Stick Game, andPole Push are the individualevents and participants com-pete in each one. There arefour divisions: open male, jun-ior male, junior female andjuvenile female.

The origin of the Stick Pullbegan as a competition of“grabbing fish out of the nets,”according to Michael McLeod,NWT Minister of Sport. Today’sversion uses a stick tapered onboth ends with Crisco shorten-ing thoroughly rubbed on it.The rules require the arms toremain straight with elbowslocked and the competitormust maintain a straight pos-ture with no knee bending. Theobject is to pull the stick out ofthe other person’s grip. Thereare two separate pulls, one foreach hand, and the stick muststay level with no jerking allow-ing during the pull.

McLeod is here cheeringon his two daughters who arecompeting. Shawna, 14-years-old, was the Silver Ulu winnerin the Snow Snake and Devin,15-years-old, won the Gold Uluin the Stick Pull.

Although she has manyyears of competing in the Inuitgames, this is the first Denegames for Brianna Goins, a 14-year-old with Team Alaska, whois from Ninilchik, a small village40 miles south of Soldotna. Shewas picked at the PeninsulaWinter Games in January tojoin Team Alaska and has driv-en four hours each of the lastfive Wednesdays to be coachedin Anchorage.

“My favorite Dene event isthe Snowsnake,” said Brianna.She feels “with practice shecould get good at it.”

“She was nominated tocarry the flag in the openingceremonies for her leadershipskills and ability to work withthe coaches,” said her coach,Amanda Attla.

Kyle Benjamin, Team

Yukon, is 15-years-old and is“participating for his 2nd time,”according to his mother, KimBlake. “He’s having a good timeand not missing me at all.”

The family is from OldCrow, Yukon, an area onlyaccessible by air. Benjamin’sfirst time entering the DeneGames was in Wood Buffalo/Fort McMurray, Alberta, twoyears ago.

“I’m having lots of fun,”was the reaction of MargaretTukkiapik, a 15-year-old partici-pant form Nunavut. She hasbeen in several other competi-tions in Nunavut.

In part due to the Games,Dene ancient traditions arealive and well, and beingembodied and embraced byour youth. Native elders shouldbe proud.

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Jonah Caesar, Team Yukon, grimaces during the OpenMale Stick Pull.

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Competition and friend-ship were part of the volleyballmatches on Tuesday when theAlberta North Team boys spikedthe Alaska Team in four sets.

“Everybody is extremelyfriendly and very welcoming.We can’t ask for more,” Alberta’scoach Trent Mason said.

When asked if he couldshare some of his secrets andtips on how to get athletes ofAlberta’s caliber he responded:“We are just very lucky to havelots of very good volleyball play-ers in Northern Alberta.”

One of Alberta’s players,James Senetza said that beingpart of the team was good andexciting. He said the team washaving a great time and showingother teams, “how we play vol-leyball in Northern Alberta.”

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Team Alberta volleyballplayers strategize along thesidelines before theirmatch.

With the game board score showing 8-0, Nunavut’shead coach Donovan gave the go-ahead to continueplay into the third period. “We’re here to play,” he said.

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Nunavut iced by NWT,but takes loss in strideBy STAR MCGLASSONUlu News

The Nunavut midgethockey team may have lost toTeam Northwest Territories inmidget men’s hockey, butthey certainly aren’t showingit.

“I’m not disappointed inthe team, we all tried hard,”said Nick Dunphy, assistantteam captain for the Nunavutteam after a 9-0 loss Tuesdaynight.

“We just couldn’t get onein,” said Dunphy. “We weregetting focused at the start ofthe third period, but it wastoo late,” he said.

Nunavut’s head coach,John Donovan, had an oppor-tunity unique to the Games.At the end of the second peri-od, NWT was winning 8-0.According to the Games’rules, at the end of the sec-ond period or any time dur-ing the third period, the gamemay be stopped at the discre-tion of the head coach of the

losing team if the goal spreadis seven or more. At secondperiod’s end, Donovan choseto continue.

“This was the first gamethey had played together,” butwe’re here to play, saidDonovan. “We had fourbreakaways; we just didn’tscore,” he added.

Meanwhile, NWT wascelebrating their first Gamesvictory.

“I can’t wait to tell mymom,” said Elton Ruben, a for-ward for the NWT who scoredthree of the nine goalsagainst Nunavut. Rubenscored the first goal of thegame and another in the firstperiod. He completed his hattrick during the third period.

Ruben said this was hisfirst experience at the Games.“I’m proud of myself and ofhow the team played,” hesaid.

NWT team member, JoeyHiebert, also had a hat trickand one assist.

‘Want some fries with that?’ Foodservers unsung heroes of Games

By BRIAN KEITHUlu News

Saturday marked thearrival of thousands of guestsand participants for this year’sArctic Winter Games, butwhat a lot of people didn’tconsider was how hungrythey all were.

Food service volunteerscertainly noticed, as busloadsof volunteers emptied into theSoldotna High School lunch-room for a well deservedmeal, filled with a hungerbrought on by long airplanerides. The dinner line startedat 4 p.m., and was soon outthe door. By 6 p.m., instead ofgetting shorter, the line hadactually gotten longer, and thepace of the eating quickened.

“It was really slow at 1o’clock. We were having ahard time finding stuff to dountil dinner started at 4 p.m.,and then it got really crazy,”said Telotha Rhinehart, a foodservices volunteer and KenaiPeninsula College student.

“I heard that we servedsomething like 1,000 mealsmore than what was expect-ed,” said Charlene Smith,

another food server. “At firstwe had all this really goodfood. We had lasagna, andsome lemon salmon, andchicken, all kinds of goodfresh fruit.”

The sheer volume of theparticipants combined withtheir understandably largeappetites quickly diminishedthe reserves of the schoolkitchen, causing them toresort to serving school cafe-teria food. Lasagna begotchicken nuggets, lemonsalmon begot burritos, andfresh fruit was nowhere to beseen.

Although the quality ofthe food servers is withoutquestion, the food itselfleaves some athletes wanting.

“In the morning, its kindof greasy,” said Carlo Issaluk, aNunavut hockey player.“There’s a little fruit, likeapples and bananas, and thenfor dinner we have things likehamburgers and French fries.”

“It’s okay; it’s like basiclunchroom food like in a highschool. It’s not bad, but it’snot good to eat it all the time.”added Joey Aqqiaruq, Issaluk’sfriend and hockey teammate.



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