I suppose that made you suffer a bit as well.

Not really.

I'd assumed that commercial properties would have
sagged a bit

They did. But a number of them changed hands with my help so I
didn't suffer.

H'm, so maybe increased turnover compensated
for a sag in prices, from your point of view.
So your situation is relatively economically
insensitive.

Here, there would have been some kind of
agent on hand to do the actual impound.

There should have been here as well.

I wonder if possession is really 9/10 of the
law, as the saying goes. Could the landlord
have been gotten for theft?

Deline is getting in on the Chinese winter tourism action.
It is located on the shore of Great Bear Lake

Leading to the question How remote is too remote?

Nothing is too remote anymore if you have enough money. Even
Antarctica.

The Chinese are a strangely social bunch, and
I'd be surprised if just those little aircraft
would suffice to create the appropriate
carnival atmosphere. How long is the runway,
if there's a runway at all?

And what will be the eventual consequence
for the town, assuming of course that the
venture flies.

A few service industry jobs. But even a dozen jobs in a community of
500 is a big deal. The airline will have two more flights a week.

Increased cash flow will bring major changes
for certain.

The hotel will need a cook, a waiter, at least one more housekeeper.
There will more part time work for the people doing snowmobile and
dog team tours, ice fishing guides and so on. Increased art,
soapstone carving and souvenir sales including wild caught, hand
crafted traditionally decorated fur hats and mitts at the general
store.

Assuming they're good at promoting, there will
be pressure to expand, and that's what I was
referring to.

Roslind has been there and tells me it is very scenic.

Where has Roslind not been up in the NWT?

Fort Reliance, population 2. But she has been to Rocher River,
population 0. You can Google those places if you're inclined; they
have cool histories.

Well, a town of 2 is likely not to require
counseling services or hairdressing, so that
makes sense. A population of zero doesn't
seem to cry out for same, either.

Some time ago she had a one year contract with the NWT Status of
Women Council to deliver workshops in all 32 NWT communities outside
of Yellowknife on non-traditional job opportunities for women (like
entering the construction trades or becoming haul truck operators at
open pit diamond mines), affirmative action programs, training and
education requirements, courses available at community colleges
including adult academic upgrading for those lacking high school
diplomas, and information on how and where to access student loans
and for single moms to get subsidized day care.

Did she light a fire under any of them
who subsequently became, oh, cops, doctors,
bush pilots?

As well her first husband and FIL were both pilots and liked going
anywhere on the weekend where the fishing was good.

I guess there are a lot of rivers and lakes
up there to choose from.

Baked Salmon
Categories: main, Alaska, fish
Serves: 4

2 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 lemons, juiced and zested
1/4 c white wine
3 Tb olive oil
1 Tb basil
2 Tb fresh Italian parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
4 (6 oz) fillets Alaskan salmon

In a resealable plastic bag, combine first
7 ingredients (garlic to salt/pepper). Close
the bag, and massage it, so the ingredients
mix to form a marinade. Place the salmon
fillets in the bag, and refrigerate 1 hr.

Preheat oven to 375F.

Make 4 packets using tinfoil, and place each
salmon fillet plus a little bit of the
marinade in its own packet. Seal tightly.
Place the foil packets on a baking sheet,
and bake for 20 min, or until fish is flaky.
Serve immediately.

The Cuban Reuben
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)

Deline is getting in on the Chinese winter tourism action.

The Chinese are a strangely social bunch, and I'd be surprised
if just those little aircraft would suffice to create the
appropriate carnival atmosphere.

Part of the appeal is the exclusivity. Only 24 people per week can
go. Apparently next winter is virtually sold out with deposits in
place. The hotel was not going to build an addition without some
real assurances that the rooms would be filled.

It's jet all the way from Beijing to Norman Wells. The last leg of
the trip is about 100 miles further and it would be on a Northwright
Air Beechwood 1900 which carries a maximum of 19 passengers.

How long is the runway, if there's a runway at all?

Every little off-road community, no matter how small, has a runway.
I looked it up and Deline has a gravel runway 3934' long and the
airport has about 2000 air movements per year.

Where has Roslind not been up in the NWT?

Fort Reliance, population 2. But she has been to Rocher River,
population 0.

Well, a town of 2 is likely not to require counseling services
or hairdressing, so that makes sense. A population of zero
doesn't seem to cry out for same, either.

Roslind's future FIL dropped off and later on picked up some
wildlife biologists who wanted to go there about 1970 for a study of
some sort and she went along for the ride.

My BIL Matthew was born there back when it was a prosperous little
community. His mom took the family to Lutsle Ke after a fire burned
down the school and the Hudson's Bay post closed down which was the
beginning of the spiral downwards until it became a ghost town.
There was also a controversial power dam built on a nearby river to
provide power to the Pine Point mine which flooded out a bunch of
Native trap lines and the trappers never got compensated.

workshops in all 32 NWT communities outside of Yellowknife on non-traditional job opportunities for women

Did she light a fire under any of them who subsequently became,
oh, cops, doctors, bush pilots?

Undoubtedly. But there were other initiatives going on as well and
it's difficult to say how many people she influenced in a positive
way. Quite a few I imagine.

Speaking of her northern trips she did another stint in Cambridge
Bay recently and came home with both smoked char and muskox meat.

The char was just $10 per pound up there so she got seven one pound
packages for friends and relatives here. We just retained one for
ourselves. We had half of our package mashed up into a sandwich
filling similar to salmon salad. I mixed up flaked char, minced
onion, capers, mayo and sour cream with just a hint of dill weed,
white pepper, mustard and cayenne and served it on rye toast smeared
with cream cheese. I also fried the skin crisp, broke it into tiny
shards and sprinkled that over the char salad. The other half
ended up in a potato and leek chowder that got enriched with half
the fried skin flakes.

The muskox was a gift from somebody's home freezer. I have had
enough of it in recent years that I re-gifted all of it. We sent a
boneless roast south to Ray and a bag of cubed stew meat went to
Matthew. Muskox is very dark red meat, lean, fine grained and mild.
It is similar in taste to both bison and beef (they're all related).

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Lita's Smoked Salmon Appetizer
Categories: Smoked, Appetizers, Salmon, Cheese
Yield: 6 Servings

8 oz Alaska Lox, Nova or
-Kippered smoked salmon
Herbed Cream Cheese
12 sl Cocktail-size rye or
Pumpernickel bread
1/2 c Thinly sliced red onion
3 tb Capers
Lemon slices
Fresh dill sprigs

Arrange smoked salmon, small bowl of Herbed Cream Cheese and bread
on medium-sized serving platter. Garnish with red onion, capers,
lemon slices and dill.

Herbed Cream Cheese: Beat together until smooth 8 oz. softened
cream cheese, 2 tbsp. milk, 1 tsp. each lemon juice and dill weed,
and 4 to 5 drops bottled hot pepper sauce.

From: Lita Lotzkar

MMMMM


Cheers

Jim


... Most sandwiches don't even have any sand in them at all!

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)