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and prints subsidizes other services that the coop provides such as garbage pickup water delivery and grocery sales but the art boom has benefitted the native people in more than just an economic sense art is an ex pression of a fascinating culture through colorful prints soapstone carvings and embroidered wallhang ings the inuit record their myth ology and legends through art the older generation passes on its memo ries of a traditional lifestyle to the young people growing up in a changing northland the subject matter in inuit art is usually based on the peoples experience as hunters in a vast wilderness figures of animals bears seals caribou are popular as are images of people hunting fishing sewing and caring for children other pieces are more symbolic depicting visions of the spirit world the soapstone used for carvings varies in density and color from black to green to grey to reddish brown genuine pieces have the weight and feel of real stone and bear a canadian government trade mark tag with the name of the artist and the village he or she comes from other favorite materials are ivory and weathered whalebone some of it more than 100 years oldq by phil oreilly alberta 1978 is bigger than ever xi carnjnonweawi games edmonton 878 calgary and edmonton are rivals but every year they hold the biggest party in north america it begins on july 7th with the world famous calgary stampede this is followed on july 19th by edmontons klon dike days this year ic will be followed by that great international athletic contest the commonwealth games which will run from august 3rd to 12th a little planning and you can take in all three the stampede in calgary has the greatest outdoor show on earth its the main event of the rodeo circuit with broncbusting calfroping bullriding and the famous chuck- wagon races guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat exciting as these feature events arc they arc only part of the picture festivities begin with a parade featuring floats cowboys and indians and marching bands- then the cowboys take over every afternoon and do their thing at the grandstand and just as the sun is beginning to set the thunder of fourhorse teams and their outriders means that the chuckwagon races have begun lets move north now to the thriving city of edmonton pro vincial capital and host city for the 11th commonwealth games but first theres klondike days when virtually the entire town steps back to the gay nineties store fronts are dressed up and people strut about in their finery the range of attractions is wide everything from a night at the citadel theatre watching a genuine oldfashioned melodrama to the sourdough raft race down the twisting north saskatchewan river there was a time when rafting down the swift river was serious business but now its just fun with all manner of weird and colorful craft and crews wearing flamboyant garb floating paddling or rowing their way down the mighty muddy if you have the stamina heres a sampling of other things to sec and do every day top marching bands converge in the centre of town for a halfhour performance strange craft piloted by assistants of questionable skill race down jasper avenue in a daily exercise known as the fun tub derby theres an open air klondike breakfast where you mingle with the people and savor genuine western hospitality the sunday promenade has alber- tans meeting downtown in their finery streets arc blocked oft creat ing one huge mall and a dozen stages alive with entertainment everything from rock bands to barbershop quartets add a huge midway com plete with all the rides and games youngsters thrive on thoroughbred racing and a gambling casino then before you know it its time for the commonwealth games the finest athletes from 48 nations will be competing in the games in 10 sports including track and field gymnastics badminton boxing cycling lawn bowling shooting swimming and diving weightlifting and wrestling this major competi tion attracts many of the best olympic athletes the construction of new facilities ahead of schedule 29