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Brenda Kaunak and Barry Kopak are all buddy-buddy while standing over afishing hole during Tusarvik School's outdoor activity day in Repulse Bay this

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Two of Kivalliq's leadingpersonalities in the ongoingdevelopment of sport andrecreation were recognizedin Iqaluit this past month.

David Clark of RankinInlet receivedthe Recrea-tion Leadership

Award from theRecreation andParks Associa-tion of Nunavut(RPAN), whileGlen Ullyotof Baker Lakereceived a Spe-cial Recogni-tion Award foroutstanding contribution tosport.

Ullyot's award was pre-sented on behalf of the Sportand Recreation Division(SRD) of Community andGovernment Services.

Clark said the award is

special to him because itcomes from his community.He said it shows him

people are recognizing thehard work he puts into his jobas recreation co-ordinator.

"That's always nice to hearbecause, sometimes, we tendto focus more on negativeissues, and the comments weget don't always feel so good,"said Clark.

"When you receive some-thing nice like this, it stickswith you and you know you'redoing something right. I'mblessed to have so many

community groups that do somuch on their own.

"In that sense, I firmlybelieve we come from a greatcommunity and I just helpand support these groupswith the great work they do."

Clark said a lot of theextra time he volunteers after

5 p.m. is gearedtoward hockey.

He said he

enjoys coachingand his otherhockey efforts,and he's not paidfor doing them.

"I'm heavilyinvolved withhockey becauseit's my passion.This is my life

and it's my decision to make.I'm not there because I haveto be.

"I'm there because I wantto be."

Clark said the RPANmeetings for recreation lead-ers, held at the same time in

Iqaluit, were constructive.He said he also took partin a number of RSD meetingson territorial sports organiza-tions (TSO).

"I went to the TSO meet-ings, basically, so I couldlearn more about it all.

"It gave me a chance to putmy two cents-worth in and beinvolved learning as much asI could.

"Rec co-ordinators don'tget the chance to meet face-to-face too often, so theworkshops were beneficial.

"I suggested a couple of

hours, maybe, could be setaside at the next meetingfor rec co-ordinators to talkabout their communities andtheir struggles, and to give usa chance to learn from eachother."

Glen Ullyot has lived inBaker Lake since 2005.

He was a soccer coach inBaker for six years, a peeweehockey coach for three, and

has sat on the Hockey Nuna-vut board since 2008 and theboard of the Hockey Northbranch since 2009.

Ullyot said his name wasput forward by Hockey Nuna-vut president Darrin Nichol.

He said it was nice to havesomeone recognize the hourshe's put in for sports duringhis time in Baker.

"Getting this award is veryspecial to me, having put innearly 10 years coaching andvolunteering," said Ullyot."One of the things I was rec-ognized for is the behind-the-scenes work board members

do. People see the coachesout there, but they don't seethe hours put in on confer-ence calls, filling-out fundingapplications, team selection,coach selection at the boardlevel and unsavoury thingslike discipline issues.

"I loved coaching, but youhave to put it aside when youreach the board level if you'regoing be productive."

Ullyot said hockey offici-ating is another area wherepeople don't appreciate thenumber of hours required torun a successful program,

both with skates on the iceand at the boardroom level.

He said a lot of peoplemay not realize referees haveto be properly certified towork sanctioned hockey.

"Somebody had to certifythem, somebody had to takea course, and somebody hadto plan the course they took.

"It doesn't happen like inthe south, where you can just

sign up on a website and thenshow up at the local arena."There's a lot effort that

goes into it in the North andit's not always that easy to puttogether."

Ullyot said doing moreto recognize volunteers maylead to more people willingto get involved.

He said SRD (formerlySport Nunavut) revived theawards program two yearsago and it needs to continue.

"The awards weren't pre-sented for about three or fouryears, or, if they were, peopledidn't know about it.

"People feel good andbecome better volunteerswhen their efforts are recog-nized.

"And it may also encour-age others to get involved.

"People see happy volun-teers out talking about thepositive experience of volun-teering, and then they wantto volunteer and help theircommunity become a betterplace."

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Rankin Inlet recreation co-ordinator David Clark received the Recreation Leadership Award from theRecreation and Parks Association of Nunavut during an awards ceremony in Iqaluit this past month.

Above and beyond effortRankin, Baker men recognized for contributions to sport

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ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE FEDS ADDING $11.3

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Students at TusarvikSchool enjoyed a fun-filledday of outdoor activities thispast month at Old Water Lakenear Repulse Bay(Naujaat).

The outdooractivity day isheld three timesa year at Tusar-vik.

The schoolalso takes num-erous groups ofstudents ice fish-ing and caribou

hunting everyyear, usually around the lasttwo weeks of October orthe first week of November,depending on the weather.

This year's activity day sawa barbecue brought to the lakeby qamutiik for hotdogs to beserved along with juice andcookies.

Vice-principal Julia Mac-Pherson said there was a greatturnout for the event.

She said the communitywas invited to attend for a dayof activities such as ice fish-ing, sledding, a bonfire, funwith a huge soccer ball and a

tug-of-war.

"We try to hold at least

one activity day for the entireschool in November, and wealso try to get out twice duringthe spring when the weather'sa little bit warmer," said Mac-Pherson.

"We holdit at Old WaterLake in the fall,which is just acouple of kilo-metres outsideof town. Thebarbecue was abig hit this year,but, overall, it'sa day set asidefor healthy liv-

ing with the kidsoutside, running around andgetting lots of fresh air.

"It's nice to get out of theschool for a little bit to enjoythe land, and we try to incor-porate some cultural aspectsinto it, as well."

MacPherson said a num-ber of elders usually make anappearance at activity day, asdo members of the RCMP ifthey're available and numerousparents.

She said the visitors enjoywatching the kids having agreat time and sometimes joinin.

"They'll grab the tug-of-war

rope, or go over to the slidinghill with the kids. This year thebonfire was a big hit, so a lot

of parents hung around the fire

with their kids to keep warmduring their visit. It's a day thekids really look forward to and

we get a vast majority of the

students out to participate."The high school students

are usually asked to help set up

the tent, drill the fishing holes

and bring the equipment out,so, most years, they go out a bitearly to get that all done before

everyone else ar rives."

Activity day sees students, elders and parents join together in outdoor fun

Keeping active on the bay


Students Anita Kopak, Rebecca Ignerdjuk , Jennifer Roop (teacher) and Tracey Malliki, from left, lookthrough the ice to see if there's any fish on the go during Tusarvik School's outdoor activity day in RepulseBay this past month.

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PROUD VENDORSThe team of Joe Gaudette (Katudgevik Co-op manager), from left, David Saviakjuk, Clifford Natakok, Charlie Saviakjuk, William Eetuk, Moses Noah, Logan Nakoolakand Johnny Eetuk place a pair of new Katudgevik Co-op vending machines at the Coral Harbour airport terminal building this past month.




A news story promoting a TVdocumentary that showed a num-ber of people in RankinInlet, especially elders,taking food home thatwas tossed into the dumpby the Northern store, hascaused a furore whichis taking the focus awayfrom the important issueof food insecurity.

The documentary, fea-turing Rankin Inlet deputymayor Sam Tutanuak andat least one elder, aired

a day before the auditorgeneral released a reportstating that the Nutrition North pro-gram is not working and that thereis no way to confirm that $60 mil-lion in subsidies are being passedon to the consumer.

A news story on APTN NationalNews referring to the documen-tary, which appears to have beenproduced over time with footagefilmed during the summer, got theattention of Nunavut MP and cab-inet minister Leona Aglukkaq, who

called Rankin senior administrativeofficer John Ng Nov. 26 with herconcerns.

Tutanuak told Kivalliq News thatNg called him to his office andtold him Aglukkaq is upset withthe story and wants an apologyand letter sent to the Conserva-tive party stating that the NutritionNorth program is working. Tutanuakresponded that he will not apologizeor write a letter.

The issue then went to MayorRobert Janes, who met with Ngand the rest of council, and said he

has no comment on what Ng toldhim about the phone conversationand that hamlet council will offi-cially decide what to do at a regularmeeting of council Dec. 2.

Since then Ng has denied telling

Tutanuak that Aglukkaq demandedan apology and letter. Agluk-

kaq on Nov. 28 issueda statement that sheis reviewing her legaloptions, denies request-ing an apology from any-one at the hamlet, andstated that commentsmade by Tutanuak toAPTN are false and mustbe corrected.

This all comes on theheels of an incident in theHouse of Commons Nov.

26 when opposition mem-bers tried to ask ques-

tions on the possibility of people inRankin getting food at the dump.

Three NDP MPs and two LiberalMPs said they heard Aglukkaqrepeatedly holler "that's not true"while heckling questions that wereasked about elders picking throughfood discarded by the Northernstore.

The documentary shows elderspicking through discarded food andquotes an elder saying that manypeople in Rankin Inlet experiencefood insecurity.

There are substantial conflictingstatements between the partiesinvolved. In his latest statement, themayor states the only two thingsTutanuak and Ng agree on is thatthey met privately to discuss aphone call from Aglukkaq.

It should be noted for the recordthat Tutanuak is standing for re-election as a councillor in a hamletelection Dec. 8, that Janes willcontinue as mayor until his termexpires in one year and that Ng

started work as senior administra-tive officer in Rankin Inlet less thanone month ago.

Janes wants to move beyond thecontroversy and said it has gener-ated at least one positive outcome -- bringing attention to the high costof food in the North.

It is a fact that elders have leftthe dump with discarded food itemsand that the auditor general hasidentified serious flaws in the Nutri-tion North program, administeredby Aboriginal Affairs and NorthernDevelopment Canada.

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Feast time for community Arviat

Calm Air is keeping its Kivalliq Christmas traditionalive once again this year.

The airline will fill bellies, give out gifts and put smiles

on many a face in Arviat this holiday season, when it hoststhe annual Calm Air Christmas Feast on Dec. 4.

The Calm Air team will have enough goodies in Arviatto serve 1,000 meals.

The airline also began doubling the Christmas dinnersthis year, serving 800 dinners in Sanikiluaq on Dec. 2.

Elder's party set Rankin Inlet

The annual Elder's Christmas Party will be held at theRankin Inlet community hall on Dec. 19, from 1 p.m. until4 p.m.

The committee in charge of the party is reaching out tothe community to help support the Elder's Christmas Partyby donating promotional items, gifts or funding.

Christmas Cup upcoming Iqaluit/Rankin InletRankin Inlet will be one of five teams vying for the

Iqaluit Christmas Cup senior men's hockey championshipin Iqaluit from Dec. 5 to 7.

Also expected to compete are host Iqaluit, Ottawa, Kuuj- juaq and Yellowknife.

A sixth team that may involve players from Repulse Bayis still possible.

Men arrested for theftCoral Harbour

Two men were arrested in connection to a major breakand enter in Coral Harbour this past month.

The RCMP say a store was broken into on Nov. 17, withmore than $10,000 in merchandise taken by the thieves.

The majority of the goods were recovered during the

course of the investigation.One man was scheduled to make his first court appear-

ance yesterday, Dec. 2, while the other is scheduled to makehis first appearance on March 5.

The RCMP did not release the names of the two mencharged.

Time for the Grinch Arviat

The John Arnalukjuak High School Drama Club willbe performing How The Grinch Stole Christmas on Dec.17 and 18.

Each day will feature a matinee performance for Arviatstudents, as well a public performance in the evening.

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Mayor Stanley Adjuk, right, serves Willie Arua-lak during the 2013 Calm Air Christmas feastin Whale Cove. The airline keeps the traditionalive again this year, with the annual feast scheduled for Arviat.

An ugly battle has brewedbetween the Hamlet of RankinInlet and its deputy mayor,Sam Tutanuak.

Tutanuak appeared in a TVdocumentary depicting eldersin Rankin Inlet scavenging atthe local dump for food itemsthrown out by the Northernstore.

During the 30-minutebroadcast, Tutanuak chargedthe federal government's Nutri-tion North subsidy programwas not working.

Auditor General MichaelFerguson released a report onNov. 25 indicating the programlacked transparency, which isnecessary to see whether the$60 million in federal sub-sidies is being passed ontoconsumers properly by retail-ers.

Both the Northern storeand Arctic Co-ops have issuedstatements saying they com-ply with all regulations andsupport the auditor general'srecommendations to improvethe program.

Tutanuak was contacted bynew Rankin senior administra-tive officer (SAO) Tom Ng onNov. 26, asking him to meet atthe SAO's office.

Tutanuak said Ng toldhim he had received a phonecall from Nunavut MP LeonaAglukkaq.

He said Aglukkaq, by whatNg told him, was upset bycomments he had made on thefood situation in Rankin.

"I was stunned when theSAO (Ng) told me she (Agluk-kaq) was demanding an apol-ogy for what I had said," saidTutanuak.

"Then he said she alsowanted a letter from the ham-let stating that Nutrition Northwas working.

"The rest of the conversa-tion is a little blurry becausethat just floored me.

"All I could think or saywas that I won't apologize fortelling the truth and, as a coun-cillor, will not write any suchletter."

Hamlet council called anemergency meeting for themorning of Nov. 27, duringwhich, according to Tutanuak,a "gag order" was placed onanyone speaking to the mediaabout the issue

Things continued to escal-ate with Aglukkaq issuing astatement denying she had everasked for an apology from any-one.

"The allegations madeagainst me by the deputy mayorof Rankin Inlet in an articlepublished by the AboriginalPeople's Television Networkare completely false and mustbe corrected," Aglukkaq wrotein the statement.

"I was troubled when Iheard reports about families inRankin Inlet struggling to findfood, so I followed up with myconstituents to address theseconcerns.

"I also contacted the SAOin Rankin Inlet to learn moreabout these concerning reports.

"At no time did I, or myoffice, request an apologyfrom anyone at the hamlet.

"The deputy mayor's claimsabout this conversation arecompletely false. I am cur-rently reviewing all of my legaloptions."

Tutanuak said he stands bywhat he said the SAO said tohim.

He said he also stands byhis comments on the NutritionNorth program.

"I agreed to do the TV bitand I commented on NutritionNorth because I was concernedabout the people in this com-munity making $30,000 or less

a year."I don't know why the fed-

eral government continues toinsist Nutrition North is work-ing, when it's obvious it isn't.

"Sure, the feds just shovedin another $11 million, butthat's only going to help ourtwo main stores, the North-ern store and Co-op, maintaintheir profits.

"They keep saying they arepassing all the savings alongto the customers, but, in myopinion, that's BS."

Rankin Mayor Robert Janessaid he needed to get totally upto speed on the issue.

When asked by Kivalliq News what his SAO's recol-lections are on the conversa-tion he had with Aglukkaq thispast week, the mayor said, "Nocomment."

In a published report, theSAO on Nov. 28 den ied he toldTutanuak that Aglukkaq wasseeking an apology.

"We have an idea of wherewe're going from here, but wewon't make an official com-

ment until we've had time to goover everything properly," saidJanes this past Friday, Nov. 28.

"We have a regular meetingof council this coming Tuesday(Dec. 2) and that's the timewe officially decide what we'regoing to do.

"It has to be done by con-sensus at a regular meeting."

Tutanuak said no matterwhat's decided, he refuses toapologize.

He said he believed whatthe SAO told him to be thetruth regarding the requestedapology, and he won't bechanging his mind anytimesoon about the effectiveness ofthe Nutrition North program.

"We had a program thatworked far better with foodmail, and then someone in asuit named Harper decided toscrew it up," said Tutanuak.

"It's getting harder andharder to survive here, anyonewho thinks Nutrition North isworking should come here andtry to survive on $30,000 ayear or less.

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Glen Ullyot of Baker Lake, left, accepts his Special Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to sport from Community and Government Services MinisterTom Sammurtok during the Sport and Recreation Division awards in Iqaluit this past month.




Students at TusarvikSchool had a blast during aspecial day set aside for out-door activities in Repulse Baythis past month.

Tusarvik also holds a num-ber of trips during the schoolyear under its land classesprogram, which focuses ontraditional-based activities.

The outdoor classroom

David Kringayark goes for the big catch. Students have a blast with a giant soccer ball on Old Water Lake duringTusarvik School's outdoor activity day in Repulse Bay this past month.

Charmaine Putulik tries her luck at some icefishing. Old Water Lake is a happening place during one of Tusarvik School's activity days.

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Listed below are the can-didates for mayor (whereapplicable) and hamlet coun-cil, as well as the numberof available council seats, ineach of the seven Kivalliqcommunities in the upcom-ing municipal elections onDec. 8.

ArviatHamlet council:(Five seats)

Eric Jr. AnoeeNathan CaskeyElizabeth U. IssakirakChris MikeeuneakTommy OwlijootPeter ShameeJoseph UlimaumiGleason Uppahuak

Baker LakeMayor:David AksawneeJoedee JoedeeDavid Simailak

Hamlet council:(Four seats)Thomas Anirniq

Alexander AttunglaAngela CookThomas ElytookThomas IksiraqJames KallukJason Putumiraqtuq

Becky Tootoo

Chesterfield InletMayor:Barney AggarkHarry AggarkTony AmauyakJimmy Krako

Hamlet council:(Six seats)Philippa AggarkMark AmarokTony AmauyakMaryann IssalukJimmy Krako

Peter KattegatsiakLeonie MimialikMatilda OmmatokAngeline SimikPeter TautuTrevor Thompson

Coral HarbourMayor:Willie NakoolakJackie Netser

Hamlet council:(Four seats)Rhoda AngootealukSusie AngootealukLizzie PootoolikTanya Nakoolak

Noah KadlakRonnie NingeonganDavid MatooSala EetukMary Matoo

Rankin InletHamlet council:(Four seats)Selma EcclesEvan MorrisonLeo Jr. NauyaHamish TattySam Tutanuak

Repulse BayHamlet council:(Four seats)Elizabeth HaqpiJonathan IgnerdjukBernadette KatokraSata Kidlapik

Dino MablikPeter MannikAlexina NanordlukJoe NanordlukLouise TungilikDavid TuktudjukMonty Yank

Whale CoveHamlet council:(Four seats)Samuel ArualakAgatha EkwalakPercy KabloonaMary Jones-KritterdlukGerard MaktarMary-Anne NakoolakManu Nattar

Sean NipisarMary NangmalikChrystel OkalikSharron OkalikSimona TeenarGlenda Ulurksit

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Greetings, everyone.While there may be lots of hype about gifts, big meals,

etc., it's not about just that. Christmas can be enjoyed as anopportunity to share time with family and friends. It's a timewhen you can eat whatever you like, share what you can with

those less fortunate, and do a kindness whenever possible. So,please, just enjoy this wonderful time of the year.For those looking for a special gift idea, be sure to check

out the penny sales and flea markets coming up, as well asthe various swap-and-sell sites. There's many beautiful itemsto be had out there for sure!

Well, we have some greetings and birthdays to get out, solet's get to them.

Happy birthday to our cousin, Matthew Adams, on Nov.22. We love you and hope you had a great day. Love fromJoachim, Joyce, Pudlu and the kids, especially your littlebuddy, Spike.

Happy belated birthday to John Todd, who also cel-ebrated his big day on Nov. 22. Many more happy returnsof the day.

Happy birthday to our cousin, Susie Gordon, in Kuujjuaq,Nunavik, on Nov. 23. We love you and hope your day wasextra special. Lots of love from Joachim, Joyce and the fam-

ily in Rankin.Happy birthday to our cousin, Donna Adams, in RankinInlet, to Donna Spence in Churchill and to Kenny Tatty inRankin on Nov. 23. We hope you all had a wonderful day.

Happy birthday to Celo Smith on Nov. 24. We hope youenjoyed your day getting the love and attention you deserve

from your dear husband and family.Happy birthday to Joseph Pameolik on Nov. 24. We hope

you got to have a truly great day with family and friends.Happy 54th birthday to our good friend, Nellie Chap-

man, on Nov. 24. Hope you were spoiled a bit on your bigday. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Lots of love fromJoyce in Rankin.

Happy belated 30th birthday to Eliza Sinclair on Nov.25. We hope you had a great day. We love you and wish youmany more happy birthdays. Love from Joyce, Joachim andPudlu.

Happy Nov. 27 birthday to Jackie King. Hope your daywas wonderful and you had time to relax.

Happy birthday to Louise Tungalik and Peter Noodloo

on Nov. 27. Hope you had the best day ever and did whatevermakes you happy. Love from all the family.Happy birthday to our dear friend, Dawn Clarke-Martin,

in Ontario on Nov. 28. We send you all our best wishes andhope you had a fabulous day. Love from Joyce, Joachim andMaureen. Hi to Bernie and Hannah.

Happy birthday to Larrissa Misheralak on Nov. 29.Hope you had a super good day, but were sure to take time tohave some fun. Love from the family.

Happy birthday to Larry (Snow White) White on Nov.30. Hope you didn't have to work, and got to relax and enjoy

all the good things from family and friends.Happy 71st birthday to my dear brother, Dennis Vosper,on Dec. 2. We love you and miss you. Thank you for yourfabulous sense of humour and for being such a wonderfulbrother, husband, father, grandfather and friend. God blessyou. We hope to see you at Christmas. Love from your sister,Joyce, Joachim and the family, and your brother, Rick, inWinnipeg.

Our most sincere condolences to the family and lovedones of the late Edith Angidlik, who passed away tragi-cally on Saturday, Nov. 22 in Rankin Inlet. Our thoughts andprayers are with you as you face the difficult days ahead. MayGod give you the peace and comfort you need.

Heartfelt sympathy to family, relatives and loved ones ofthe late Marcel Autut, who passed away at the Health Sci-ences Centre in Winnipeg after a lengthy illness. We pray thepeace of God upon every heart. Marcel's loving ways, and hishelpfulness and kindness towards his beloved mother, family

members and friends will be greatly missed by all.Well, friends, it's time to say so long for this time.Please be good to yourself and those you love, and do a

kindness for the elders, shut-ins or those recovering.And, please don't forget to keep giving away those smiles

like they were free!!

Lots of birthdays to catch up onTEA talk

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Greetings may be phoned in at (867) 645-4431 or 645-2502.E-mail: [email protected]




November is a month stu-dent science lovers look for-ward to in Rankin Inlet.

Maani Ulujuk Ilinniar-vik (MUI) in Rankin andTusarvik School in RepulseBay are usually the onlytwo Kivalliq schools to hosttheir science fair before theChristmas holiday break.

MUI held its fair this pastweek, and science teachersKatharine O'Connell andJennifer Zeinstra are pleasedwith the results.

O'Connell said about 90projects were entered in this

year's fair, with more than150 students taking part.

She said with the excep-tion of one student whoentered the fair on their owntime, only those enrolled inscience this semester tookpart in the fair.

"Two judges we've hadhere in the past said thequality of projects was bet-ter than previous years," saidO'Connell. "There were a fewthat stood out, but anothergood handful of projectswere all within the samerange of scientific thought.

"To me, that shows the

quality is getting better."Zeinstra said students put

a lot of effort into their projects this time out.

She said it can be hard to

gauge which fair has the bet-ter projects from year to year

due to varying subjects."Project topics change

over time, sometimes dras-tically," said Zeinstra.

"That can make it difficultto rank the projects againstprevious years.

"The students put in a lotof time and effort this yearand it showed in the endresult."

Zeinstra said MUI stu-dents have a good start withthe scientific method process.

She said they've improvedtheir ability to identify pur-pose, hypothesis, materialsand procedure.

"An area they can, per-haps, improve upon is theiranalysis of how projects arerelevant to everyday life.

"That's an area we canfocus on moving forward."

O'Connell agrees, sayinga number of projects in thisyear's fair featured unique, orsomewhat different, topics.

But, she said, the fol-low through on the originalthought can be lacking.

"Some may have had areally cool idea, and theydid some testing," saidO'Connell.

"But, as Jenn said, the

analyses and displaying oftheir data wasn't as clear.

"They'll have pretty solidprojects if they can work onthat area, and we did have

three or four like that."MUI will announce its

winning projects this comingFriday, Dec. 5.

The top four studentswill advance to the Kival-liq Regional Science Fair at

Jonah Amitnaaq SecondarySchool in Baker Lake from

March 27 to 29.The top finishers in the

regional event will advanceto the Canada-Wide ScienceFair in Fredericton, N.B.,

from May 10 to 16.The MUI students

received strong support fromthe community this year.

O'Connell said a goodnumber of parents came toview the projects and watch

the science show."This was one of our best

turnouts."We had more people for

the evening viewing than anytime I can remember duringthe past seven or eight years."

Project quality, community support up for annual event

Fair day for science in Rankin


Grade 9 student Nathaniel Ymana makes sure everything's good to go on his group's project on con-ducting electricity during the Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik Science Fair in Rankin Inlet this past week.


Rankin Inlet

Community: Rankin Inlet

Sport: Futsal

Arsene is this edition's player of the week for his steady per-formance at the regional futsal championship this past month.Way to get it done, Arsene.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ARSENE INNUKSHUK

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Lucas Sammurtok-Kolola"Being excited to bewith my family andgetting presents."

Serenity Tatty-Ussak"Seeing families happywhen they get theirpresents."

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