Yukon

On March 12, 2005, JOSIE F. YUKON; beloved husband of Reba A. Yukon (nee Downey); loving father of Mary Ann Pencek and her husband Richard; loving grandfather of Rick and his wife Michelle and Juli and her husband Jeff; loving great-grandfather of Dylan and Connor; devoted brother of Mary Barker and Veronica James and the late Michael Orbin and Walter Yukon. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to call Schimunek Funeral Home, Inc. (Perry Hall)

It's a crisp, cold morning. Inside our recreational vehicles, we don fleece jackets and sweatshirts as the temperature hovers just below freezing. Ice has formed on one of the kettle ponds we are parked alongside in the vast Arctic tundra. As we step outside, the red and yellow colors of fall are all around us. It is August in Canada's famed Yukon Territory. Few vistas in this world are as spectacular as the land above the Arctic Circle. The tundra is truly a magical place, stretching as far as the eye can see, a place that few people ever experience.

Hometown -- Baltimore Current members --Denny Bowen, guitar; Nick Podgurski, drummer; Brad Smith, bass; Sam Garrett, guitar Founded in --2004 Style --progressive rock Influenced by --ZS, Sleeping People, Genesis, Captain Beefheart Notable --Since the band's songwriting process is collaborative, writing new music tends to take awhile, Podgurski said. The tracks on the full-length album Mortar focus more on the instruments than the vocals. Quotable --"We wrote three songs in a month once, and that was unheard of," Podgurski said.

If you go Getting there Air Canada (aircanada.com) offers the most direct way to get to the Yukon. There are flights from BWI daily, connecting in Toronto. Getting around Recreational vehicle rentals. Both Canadream (canadream.com) and Fraserway Rentals (fraserway.com) offer a wide range of vehicles, from tow-behinds to self-contained 25-footers. Be careful of using smaller RV rental operations. In my experience, they are unlikely to maintain the vehicles properly and they often make extra money by charging for incidental damages or invented mishaps.

Edgar Nollner Sr., 94, the last survivor of a desperate 1925 dog team relay that carried diphtheria serum to Nome, Alaska, died Monday in the Yukon River village of Galena. The serum relay inspired the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual 1,100-mile run from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nome that began in 1973.

A New Jersey conventioneer found beaten to death Wednesday night in his Fells Point hotel room was identified yesterday as Christopher William Jones, 37, a New Jersey man and an employee of Pfizer Inc.Also yesterday, detectives found his car, a 1999 GMC Yukon, but refused to say where it was found or give other details.Detectives would not say yesterday whether they had established a motive for the killing.Pub Date: 7/03/99

Philadelphia-founded An Albatross' tunes can be heavy cyber thrash or progressive electronic dance. Either way, the group's shows are fast and frenetic. The band plays the Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., tonight along with Jakuta and Carl, Yukon and New Age Hillbilly. The mu sic starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8. For more information, call 410- 662-0069 or visit theotto bar.com.

Kasey Rogers, 80, an actress who was a regular on television shows like Bewitched but was best known for an appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, died July 6 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. Using the name Laura Elliott, Ms. Rogers played Farley Granger's estranged wife, Miriam, who is strangled by the psychotic character in the Hitchcock film. Jonathon Solomon, 74, a Gwich'in tribal leader who for decades helped lead the fight to keep oil drilling out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, died Thursday at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage after an illness, said Luci Beach, executive director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee, representing about 8,000 members of the Gwich'in Nation in Canada and northeast Alaska.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Alcan Highway, and the U.S. State Department has issued an advisory for vacationers that's best summed up in the line "The Yukon may be considered frontier territory in many areas."The 1,500-mile highway starts in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs north and west through Fort St. John and Fort Nelson to the Yukon Territory towns of Watson Lake, the capital city of Whitehorse, and onward into Fairbanks, Alaska.Most of the highway is in good condition, the State Department said, and previously rough sections have been repaired for the "Rendezvous '92" celebrations.

A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.The verse of Robert Service trots along between rhymes like a dog team on the Iditarod Trail, pulling a full load of bathos, pathos and barroom ironies.Service is easy to memorize, fun to declaim, and amusing -- and sometimes touching -- to listen to.At least J. Michael Baish, hopes it's amusing.

Hometown -- Baltimore Current members --Denny Bowen, guitar; Nick Podgurski, drummer; Brad Smith, bass; Sam Garrett, guitar Founded in --2004 Style --progressive rock Influenced by --ZS, Sleeping People, Genesis, Captain Beefheart Notable --Since the band's songwriting process is collaborative, writing new music tends to take awhile, Podgurski said. The tracks on the full-length album Mortar focus more on the instruments than the vocals. Quotable --"We wrote three songs in a month once, and that was unheard of," Podgurski said.

The 75-year-old man who was killed on a downtown Baltimore street this week was hit by a sport utility vehicle when he paused halfway across a busy intersection because the pedestrian light had changed, city police said. Authorities said the man, John Melchiore, of Glen Mills, Pa., was trying to get back to the sidewalk when he was hit Tuesday night. He died at Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Wednesday. Officer Richard McCarthy, with the department's accident investigation unit, said it was 8:10 p.m. when Melchiore and his wife walked into a crosswalk, heading north, in the 100 block of E. Lombard St. at South Calvert Street.

Kasey Rogers, 80, an actress who was a regular on television shows like Bewitched but was best known for an appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, died July 6 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. Using the name Laura Elliott, Ms. Rogers played Farley Granger's estranged wife, Miriam, who is strangled by the psychotic character in the Hitchcock film. Jonathon Solomon, 74, a Gwich'in tribal leader who for decades helped lead the fight to keep oil drilling out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, died Thursday at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage after an illness, said Luci Beach, executive director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee, representing about 8,000 members of the Gwich'in Nation in Canada and northeast Alaska.

Philadelphia-founded An Albatross' tunes can be heavy cyber thrash or progressive electronic dance. Either way, the group's shows are fast and frenetic. The band plays the Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., tonight along with Jakuta and Carl, Yukon and New Age Hillbilly. The mu sic starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8. For more information, call 410- 662-0069 or visit theotto bar.com.

BALTIMORE Police fatally shoot man after chase on east side Police fatally shot a motorist yesterday afternoon on the east side after the driver attempted to escape by striking a squad car, authorities said. The suspect was not immediately identified, said police spokesman Officer Troy Harris. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Harris said. The incident started around 3 p.m. when a early model GMC Yukon passed unmarked police vehicles on Edison Highway, Harris said. Police said they believed the Yukon was traveling at a high speed.

On March 12, 2005, JOSIE F. YUKON; beloved husband of Reba A. Yukon (nee Downey); loving father of Mary Ann Pencek and her husband Richard; loving grandfather of Rick and his wife Michelle and Juli and her husband Jeff; loving great-grandfather of Dylan and Connor; devoted brother of Mary Barker and Veronica James and the late Michael Orbin and Walter Yukon. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to call Schimunek Funeral Home, Inc. (Perry Hall)

The 75-year-old man who was killed on a downtown Baltimore street this week was hit by a sport utility vehicle when he paused halfway across a busy intersection because the pedestrian light had changed, city police said. Authorities said the man, John Melchiore, of Glen Mills, Pa., was trying to get back to the sidewalk when he was hit Tuesday night. He died at Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Wednesday. Officer Richard McCarthy, with the department's accident investigation unit, said it was 8:10 p.m. when Melchiore and his wife walked into a crosswalk, heading north, in the 100 block of E. Lombard St. at South Calvert Street.

Hank Williams Sr. gem unearthedGrand Ole Opry star Boxcar Willie is recording a long-lost song written by the late Hank Williams Sr.The song, "If I Didn't Love You," was found recently by Hillous Butrum, one of Williams' band members in the early 1950s."

There's no better side dish for a picnic than potato salad. I love contrasting creamy, smooth potatoes with crunchy bell peppers, celery, fennel or peas. This offers a wonderful mix of textures in each bite. The variety of vegetable colors together in one bowl is eye-catching. And most of all, I appreciate potato salad for its durability. Many vegetable dishes go limp on the way to a picnic site, but not potato salad. If a picnic's on your summer schedule, I have two potato salads for your menu.

Think of Canada, and vast mountain, valley and ocean vistas flash to mind, punctuated with images of grazing moose, lumbering bear and breaching whales. Often, though, the relationship between travelers and all that great nature is not entirely natural. Glaciers and sea life frequently are viewed from the crowded decks of cruise ships plying the Far West's Inside Passage. The seascapes of Nova Scotia are glimpsed from behind the thick glass of motorcoaches. The majestic Rockies whiz by in a blur outside tourist trains.