Crowsnest Pass Herald

- Your Only Locally Owned Newspaper • Serving the CNP since 1930 • March 28, 2018 ~ Vol. 89 No. 13 -

Stones and Bones at the Frank Slide

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Cruz McKee (above) played the part of an archeologist digging for stones, bones and pieces of history at an event hosted by the Archeological Society of Alberta - Lethbridge Centre at the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre on March 24 and 25. The Stones and Bones event was a two-fold opportunity for members of the community to bring in and learn more about some potential artifacts of cultural significance they may have found over the years, but also a chance to help the Archeological Society form a more complete picture of the area’s history. There were events and activities for children to be engaged and, true to its name, there were curious stones of various sizes and bones... big ones!

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2 – crowsnesT PAss HerALD – Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Great Divide Trail information session draws a full house Economic opportunity for Crowsnest Pass grows as trail popularity grows AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

About 50 people gathered for a Great Divide Trail Association (GDTA) information session at Country Encounters on March 21 to learn more about the plans to relocate a section of trail just north of Crowsnest Pass.

There is a section along the Great Divide Trail (GDT) that crosses Teck’s Line Creek mine property that the group hopes to relocate to a Public Land Use Zone (PLUZ) more suitable to hiking.

The planned 44 km of new, relocated trail will begin at Chinook Lake, snaking through the alpine and follows the divide between Alberta and B.C. and connecting with the trail to Tornado Mountain at the Highways 40 and 940 intersection.

Right now, seven sep-

arate trips are set up for this summer between June and August that will involve volunteers building bridges, clearing a path for and then marking the brand new trail.

There are two main types of trips, the signature trip – where all food is included - and the hybrid trip – where volunteers are expected to bring their own food, but cooking utensils and a kitchen area are provided. While both these trips span several days, there may also be opportunity for volunteers to participate in daylong opportunities.

All hand and power tools are provided by the association, but volunteers are required to bring proper clothing, sleeping and camping items and personal toiletries.

A training session for volunteers is scheduled

for May where volunteers will teach safety and technique to working with tools.

“There will be a lot of tread work and brush work up in this section and not so much tree-cutting as it's high-alpine area. We really want to show what you do, how to operate the tools and how to use them safely. The trail will get built and we want you to go home tired, but we don’t want anyone to get hurt," says David Hockey, chairman of the GDTA. In the broader vision, the association is seeking to establish the very first chapter formation of the GDTA in Crowsnest Pass, a group of local volunteers and leaders and “boots on the ground”, as Hockey puts it, who will coordinate and perform ongoing maintenance of the section

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It was a full house at Country Encounters where community members gathered to learn more about plans to relocate a section of the Great Divide Trail from its current location on the British Columbia side crossing Teck mine property, to a section just north of Crowsnest Pass. Pictured left is David Hockey, chairman of the Great Divide Trail Association.

GDT work in the area from Crowsnest Pass north to Window Mountain.

“We would like to see a lot of the decision-making coming from the Crowsnest Chapter, not just out of Calgary although there will be tons of support from Calgary,” says Hockey.

Although some of the upcoming trips are already filled to capacity, there are still some spots left for those interested in volunteering. Email greatdividetrail@gmail.com for information on which trips have openings, or www.greatdivide visit trail.com for resources about the Great Divide Trail.

The GDT follows the hydrological divide between Alberta and British Columbia, spanning some 1,130 km from Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta to Kakwa Provincial Park in BC. The GDT varies from being a welldeveloped, marked trail to an unmarked, cross-country wilderness route where navigation skills are required. The majority of the trail is not officially signed consistently and the route is actually made up of several separate trail systems joined together by ATV tracks, horseback routes, old logging roads, wilderness routes and parts of routes from other established trails.

The Great Divide Trail Association (GDTA) is

dedicated to the promotion and maintenance of the trail. The group organizes regular trail building sessions with the broad vision of having an entirely marked trail recognized by the provincial governments of Alberta and British Columbia.

Economic opportunity A streamlined, properly laid out and marked trail does more than just make the trail safer and easier for hikers to follow.

With 11 resupply spots along the 1,130 km of trail, hikers use these points in different ways along their journey, contributing to the economy of these towns to various degrees.

Coleman is one of those critical access spots and plays an important role in a hiker's journey along the GDT, providing a place to restock on food or supplies and make use of lodging amenities.

So what is the potential for Crowsnest Pass?

“Huge,” said GDTA director Doug Borthwick at the meeting.

Sometimes, hikers send packages to local post offices to pick up along their hike, but most hikers use resupply spots in more engaged ways, like buying brand new supplies from local businesses and using local services like hotels and restaurants.

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Especially along the Great Divide Trail, resupply points play a very important role as hikers may need to cover as much as 250 kilometres between accessible towns.

In fact, there are only four places along the GDT with stores that carry adequate food and supplies for long-distance backpacking, Crowsnest Pass being one of them, along with the Waterton townsite, Banff and Jasper.

These areas play critical roles in planning and succeeding in long-distance journeys spanning several days along the GDT. As the Great Divide Trail Association continues to work hard to promote the trail and hiker interest continues to grow, the potential for Crowsnest Pass increases.

In 2010, Hockey says there were about 20 people who hiked the trail in its entirety from start to finish. Last year, the number of thru-hikers was up to 60 and Hockey says he noticed an evident compounding growth pattern in interest on hits on their website.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - crowsNest PAss HerALD - 3

Pastor’s Pen Outside the walls Finding your faith and walking in it.

Matthew 11;28 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

It’s been a wee while since I’ve written any papers or articles, or preached a sermon.

I am Rev. Philip Costain with AHS EMS Crowsnest Pass. I currently serve as a Primary Care Paramedic and Chaplain here in the South Zone.

You can call me Padre…and yes.....I work outside the walls.

Are you tired?......trying to get through life… .managing work, family and other important responsibilities?

Is your life out of balance or in balance? Are you enjoying your life? Or are you just enduring it? Keeping all the plates in the air, going through the motions…..or are some of the plates starting to fall?

Whether you are a person of faith or not, or if you are undecided on the matter, we have all found ourselves with too much left to do and nothing left in the tank.

Everything in our life suffers when we find ourselves in this place. Our work, our relationships, and

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ultimately our psychological health. Identifying this cycle is vital.

Are you healthy spiritually? Is there strength in that corner of your life? Spiritual strength undergirds all else. Your entire health system is in fact tied directly to your Spiritual health. Your ability to heal both physically and psychologically , but before that, your ability to live your life in balance and thrive.

A crushed spirit occurs when there is nothing left in the tank and you’ve come to the very end of your own strength….. only to find you hadn’t prepared yourself for that.

You didn’t think it was possible. So…… Are you tired?

As a Christian, I have found that when things get out of balance and I’ve run out of energy and answers that I can return to the teachings I was raise with and find strength there.

If you find yourself in this place today and don’t know where to turn, there is one name you can call out to for help. You will be surprised by the answers that come.

I encourage you to explore your spiritual life… and give faith a chance.

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Friends and Neighbours - by Jocelyn Thomas

Jeff Paulsen Born in Cranbrook, B.C., Jeff grew up with four older brothers, (two of whom have passed), whom he said taught him many practical life skills, including discipline. He is grateful to still have his 95-year-old mom. The family had lived in the Jaffray area and so, Jeff attended high school in Fernie.

Jeff claims that his teen years were his most happy and that he had been something of a “social butterfly.” He enjoyed Social Studies, Science and English, and liked to write. He was active in baseball, softball and soccer, and bait fishing in rivers and lakes also became a favourite pastime.

After taking a business law course, Jeff went into the job market while still a teen. In addition, he had trained and become certified as a professional driver, first delivering freight.

Although the family did not travel outside of Canada, Jeff’s fascination with history has fuelled his desire to travel the world and especially “to see where early civilization got started.” The Holy Land would be his favourite destination.

Now divorced, Jeff has two adult daughters of whom he is very proud. He has endeavoured to instil in them the values of integrity, hard work, and the importance of helping others. Having worked for nine years at the funeral home, Jeff set about redefining for himself the true meaning of life: that it is fragile and not to ever be taken for granted.

Being a deeply spiritual man, he considers his life to be a gift from God, as is his strong faith and spirituality. For Jeff, the words of the Bible are to be taken literally, as ultimate truth, and from where he derives a biblical perspective on all aspects of life.

Says Jeff, “My inner faith is a gift from God, and lets me know that I am always loved, as we all are.”

And if he were able to change the world in any way, he would have everyone acquire a similar faith in God and therefore, make a commitment to morality in all things.

Jeff has been in the Pass now for 45 years. The family had moved here because Jeff's late father wanted to set up a trucking operation. Currently, and for the past 17 years, Jeff has been a bus driver for Teck. He looks forward to retiring in a few months time, when he can then devote even more time to his kids. Jeff would also like to be more active outdoors, walking and hiking.

Finally, the people he much admired in life have included JFK, whose demise impacted Jeff as a young boy greatly, and a couple of special teachers. If he could have dinner with anyone living or historical, it would be Timothy Alberino, a researcher, explorer and filmmaker who “travels the world in search of evidence relating to the true narrative of forbidden history.” Alberino has a decade of experience working in the Amazon Basin of Peru.

Jeff's boyhood dream had been to become a lawyer. Always deeply serious about the concept of justice and fairness for all, it is understandable that his favourite film is “Shawshank Redemption.”

Jocelyn Thomas is an artist and writer who lives in Blairmore.

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recipe corner Adults tasked with hosting friends and family at home may want to serve up a homemade concoction for their adult guests. The following recipe for “Jamaican Punch” from Elise Petersen-Schepelern’s “Cool Smoothies” (Ryland, Peters & Small) can be just the thing to set parties apart.

Jamaican Punch Serves about 16 to 20 6 1⁄2 1 3 1 1

limes (3 juiced, 3 sliced) bottle ginger wine bottle wine rum or vodka Sugar, to taste lemons, sliced starfruit (carambola), sliced (optional) pineapple, cut lengthwise into long wedges, then crosswise into triangles Sprigs of mint, to serve

Put the lime juice, ginger wine, rum or vodka, and sugar into a pitcher and stir until the sugar dissolves.

Fill a punch bowl with ice, add the sliced fruit, and pour the ginger wine mixture over. Stir well and serve with sprigs of mint.

4 – CrowsnesT PAss HerALD – Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Thank You

~MTB for Crowsnest Pass~

I would like to thank everyone for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come to my bridal shower and help me celebrate my upcoming wedding! Thank you to all of the hostesses and people who donated, even if they weren’t able to come! We appreciate all of the generous gifts and money/gift cards we have received! The money we received is going to be put away and used towards new appliances in our home! I appreciate all of the love and support from the community. It is very refreshing to be from a small town and see how everyone will come together! A special thank you to Lisa, Sonya and Ali for organizing and putting the shower together, as well as everyone who took the time to help set up, make sandwiches and make the day what it was! I am a very lucky girl to be apart of a community that cares! Thank you once again for all of the generosity!

Mountain bike certification program hopes to put CNP on the map

~ Kassidy DeLisle

THANK YOU The family of Joey Joseph would like to thank the many friends who sent flowers, home cooked meals, sympathy cards, and who made donations to CNP Kidsport in Joey’s honor. Thanks for all who came to celebrate his life with us on March 15th.

Words cannot express the love and support we felt from this amazing community. Thank you to all the doctors, especially Dr. Maritz and all the staff at the CNP hospital for the exceptional care he received. You all helped to make his life a little easier, and ours as well. A big thank you to our employers for giving us the time off so we could all be with Joey in his final days. Thank you to Darrell and staff from Fantin’s Funeral Chapel for going above and beyond during this difficult time.

To Chris’s Restaurant for making his favorite Red Velvet Cake. Pastor Al Robinson, thank you for spending time with Joey and taking the time to get to know him and for the touching service. Always remember him with a smile on your face and laughter in your heart.

Thank you All, we will be forever Grateful.

Rae Joseph Randie, Joey (Kaitlin) Joel (Carly) Jessie & Josiah Joseph Dahrlyne & Adrian Knaus & Garrett Gatto

MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMIT LAND USE BYLAW No. 868-2013 The Development Authority of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass recently approved the following development application(s): 1. DP2018-009; Lot 1, Block 36, Plan 820L; 7901 – 23 Avenue, Coleman Discretionary Use: Detached Garage with Height Variance Any persons claiming to be adversely affected by the above development may file an appeal in writing

by April 11, 2018, to the MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD, BOX 600, CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA T0K 0E0. A fee of $400.00 must be included with the appeal.

Lisa Kinnear Development Officer 403-563-2218 lisa.kinnear@crowsnestpass.com

AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

With an IMBA Epic mountain bike trail on the way, fat bike development at Pass Powderkeg Ski Area and guided fat bike tours a success at our neighbouring Castle Provincial Park, Crowsnest Pass is slowly becoming a hub of adventuring on two wheels.

But while the mountain bike trail options are plenty, there is a lack of certified local instructors to offer accredited workshops and lessons to emerging amateurs and budding professionals alike.

Karey Lee Watanabe, owner of Sweet Riders, a bike tour and cycling clinic company in Crowsnest Pass, is hoping to change that.

She has scheduled a series of clinics in May to certify members of the community through Bike Instructor Certification Program (BICP).

“Our goal is to try to get enough instructors certified so that we can compete with Fernie or other locations in B.C. Fernie is fully equipped to deal with the thousands of bikers that come every year. In Crowsnest Pass, we have the trails, the skills park, the jumps, but we don’t have the staff and the knowledge to implement all the resources we have," says Watanabe, who has hired out-oftown instructors in the past for her clinics in order to accommodate the numbers of participants.

Currently, those numbers have to stay low due to the costs of outsourcing more coaches. Travel expenses and accommodation costs are huge to a small company like Sweet Riders.

Having readily available certified instructors will put Crownest Pass on the map as a legitimate mountain biking destination not only for seasoned

professionals who already have the skills and experience to recreate on their own, but also for newbies to the sport who want to take a course to either learn or advance their abilities.

"This will give our locals more employment opportunities and will help the mountain bike system here grow," she says.

There is actually no national or international body regulating the mountain bike industry, so the legitimacy of the certification is decided by the organization looking to hire an instructor. But certification still has an important place in the industry.

It is mandatory to have when applying for funding or insurance and opens the door to employment opportunities to work as a guide with organizations that require a level of certification, like the government, schools

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or touring companies.

But beyond that, it raises the standards for mountain biking across the province.

“There is no standardization of teaching skills, so this will have the standardization of everyone on the same page and ensure that they are teaching properly," says Watanabe.

Mountain bike certification companies like BICP aim to bring legitimacy to the sport by streamlining industry knowledge.

The Ride Leader course is the first step in certification with BICP. Several teachers from Crowsnest Consolidated High School are already registered for this skills course.

Levels 1, 2 and 3 build on the existing skillset in more areas than just technique. They teach more passive skills like leadership, creating lesson plans, communication with riders.

Shaums March, the owner of BICP, has been competing in mountain biking since he was a kid.

He has since competed all over the globe, nailing top spots at some of the most prestigious races, like the X-Games Downhill event.

Watanabe has her Level 3 certification and will be completing a Level 3 refresher course as hers has expired and is required every three years to keep the certification current. It’s the highest certification you could receive through BICP, she will complete this at the workshop in May. "This course will give me my final observation to be an instructor to certify people. The future plan is that I will be able to run the Instructor Certification Program myself and Shaums will be a guest every year," she says.

As mountain biking interest and opportunities grow in Crowsnest Pass, Watanabe hopes to bring BICP on an annual basis to maintain the level of certification in the community.

To register or for more information on the Bike Instructor Certification Program in May, visit sweetriders.com/bicpcourses or icp.bike.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - crowsnest PAss HerALD - 5

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

More for Less or Cooperation In my younger days, the statement “more for less” was not yet very popular. Actually, people didn’t even think that you can get more of something and pay less. All of us were focused on working harder to get ahead and we tried to price things competitively to provide more work. The people of the past generations valued work and frowned on waste. A farmer got better yields if he put in more hours and a businessman made more money by working harder. Men and women combined their traditional roles in an effort to make the family succeed and thrive.

Those were the days when people were waxing their cars with paste wax that needed to be polished by hand, and neighbours watched if you were removing grass clippings and leaves from your lawn. Leaf blowers and grass catchers became popular. Mothers proudly dressed kids in clothes that needed ironing and many people still prided themselves on drying laundry in the sun, since it smelled better. There was enough for everybody, but not enough to waste senselessly. In or around the 70s, I saw a shift in peoples’ values.

There was a huge increase in the availability of laborsaving devices. As electricity became available, even in remote farming communities, people harnessed its power to do all the muscle work and little gas engines did the rest.

Women became bored and started working outside the home while most physical work lost its luster in social circles. The trend is alarming since technological advance and automation is growing by leaps and bounds. It is estimated that more than 50 percent of the jobs in Canada will disappear or diminish soon when we move to self-driving vehicles.

I read the story of one of the cowboys who drove the last herd of horses from Bar U Ranch to Calgary. After days of riding to bring the horses to market, there was no one bidding on horses. The ranch hands ended up selling the herd of fine working and riding animals to the slaughterhouse for meat.

The dilemma we are facing today is, what will happen to all the humans of average ability when all the jobs they can do disappear and no sector of the modern economy will need their labor? Slaughtering them, as was done with the horses, is not an option since they will fight like hell. Recently. a well-know billionaire was quoted saying that billionaires have nightmares about guillotines and pitchforks.

Solutions must be figured out soon, or we are left with very few options.

Our leaders may be able to invent jobs and pay people to do them, as we are already doing to some degree, or they will have to come up with some sort of universal guaranteed income. Some people will work in service industries, others on new technologies, but there will not be enough jobs and not enough money to hand over to multi-billionaires.

The world of the future will have to be a lot more Christian in nature, focused on the well-being of all without the stars and superheroes we are so used to. Rewards will have to be regulated and real effort rewarded, leaving none behind. We will look at the less advantaged people as an opportunity and pay people to help them if and when needed.

Our goal must not be to have the biggest dog eat all the little dogs, but to improve the well-being of all humans.

We should strive for “more for more”, not “more for less.” There are 7.5 billion of us and there are enough resources to maintain all of us, without destroying the world in the process. We just have to play smarter instead of harder.

It will take a lot of work and we will have people to do the work, but we can’t eliminate those who do not or can’t work.

Not even by making health care too expensive for them to obtain and getting them addicted to sugar as the folks next door seem to want to do.

Just as a teacher strives to lift the last student to his or her best possible potential, our leaders will have to try their best to improve all human beings and find ways to make them useful to society. Being elected is the easiest part of leadership... It can be done with a suitcase full of cash. Solving the problems that plague humankind is much harder. I can give leaders a hint: the problems will not be solved by executing or jailing those who are not productive. In my way of thinking, a leader is a person who uses wisdom to solve problems and leads by a good example.

I am not an economist, not a preacher or a minister, politician or even a simple good old fashioned prophet, but I know one thing for sure. To be healthy a person must have a body in which all parts are functioning well, and the same goes for all humankind. We can fight each other for domination, until we are all extinct, or we can co-operate instead.

Competition is great when played on an even playing field but not otherwise. Our testosterone-infused culture is not doing well, I must admit. The aggressive male spirit was needed to get us to where we are, but now it is time to use the female empathic side effectively. When the two male and female natures will learn to work together, humankind will be complete. When people quit trying to get more for less, in the family, country and the whole world, our biggest problem will be solved.

John Pundyk.CoM

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6 – crowsnest PAss HerALD – wednesday, March 28, 2018

Editorial and Opinions LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WhAT A BEAUTIfUL SIGhT TO SEE

Why won’t you listen to the people

When this community decides to come together, man, do we do a great job.

It seems like just yesterday that Jake’s Golden Ticket took place at Pure Country to help the Burgman family and their son, Jake get a head start on their lives.

Collectively between all the venues, there was over $100,000 raised.

In this week’s Pass Herald, you are going to see another campaign, headed by Deepy Sharma for Derek Sharp, a young man in our community suffering from MS and looking for alternative treatment so he can obtain some quality of life for himself and his three sons.

Two of my sons are the same age as Derek’s boys, both Aiden and Quinn, so I’ve had the unique perspective of watching them grow up while watching Derek get progressively more sick.

Despite his health, and with the amazing help of his family and friends, he’s raising three amazing kids. The two I know personally are smart, kind and funny and I am proud to say they are good friends to my boys. They are the types of kids you want around your children.

Another friend of mine, Tammy Penney, was in a terrible car accident this week.

She received a fractured skull and severe trauma to her face. Tammy’s daugher is best friends with my son Aiden. Again, I can’t put into words how wonderful this young girl is and how happy I am to have her in my son’s life as well.

Tammy doesn’t have coverage under her company, so if she doesn’t work, she doesn’t get paid. I’ve often heard the phrase that for some, they are only one medical crisis or accident away from not putting food on their table. That is the reality of life for some people.

Tammy has a Go Fund Me site where people can donate to help this wonderful woman get on her feet.

I told Tammy to not stress about money because this commuity would come together and help her out.

I know you will do this for both Tammy and Derek. Why, you ask, am I so sure of this? I’m sure because we live in the magnificent place where people matter. We help those who need us. We come to the plate when people are at their lowest and pull them up so they can survive.

This is the reason I am so proud to live in our ‘Garden of Eden’. When everyone in my life started to die and I didn’t want to get out of bed, let alone parent or work, the hugs and thoughts and kind words helped heal my heart. This is what we do for those in our community who are at their worst.

Tammy and Derek need our help and I know that together, we can all make a difference because we are ‘Crowsnest Pass Strong’ and we take care of our people.

That’s the way I see it.

LS

Dear Editor; My name is Donna Mae Skoropad. I own Coleman Convenience store. I am very upset that you plan to cut the Ride Crowsnest bus service. This service is so important to all the residents of this community, young and old. This bus service brings people to our town five days a week and they spend money at our stores and restaurants. Our little town’s businesses are dwindling as it is. By cutting down the days the

bus can come here, it is going to make the businesses that are here suffer even more so.

I am sure I speak for all the small business people here in Coleman, when I say that we would rather have our bus service than some fancy trees, shrubs and flower boxes in our town. They do not bring in revenue. The "cost" of "revitalizing and maintaining" main street will far exceed the cost of the bus service.

You just bought this bus. It takes a few years

for something new to catch on. Some people are still unaware that we even have a bus. The community is just starting to realize that anyone can get on the bus. Because of the past restrictions, and now the current restrictions of what days each town can use the bus, it has made it so confusing that people just don't bother. Give it a fair chance by opening it up completely, for everyone, all days of the week, and watch the ridership grow. This has

been suggested by many!

Don't blame the people for low ridership, take ownership of the reason this service is failing. I can't understand why council will not try this open schedule! You say you have tried everything to make this work, but you haven't tried the one way that may save this service. Were you Councillors not put there by the PEOPLE? Why will you not listen to the PEOPLE? Mrs. Donna Mae Skoropad

Drowning Prevention Lisa DoyLe Health Promotion Facilitator with Alberta Health Services

As winter melts away and spring begins to appear, we experience the spring thaw. Although spring is welcome by all Albertans, it is also the time of year when bodies of water rise, reminding us all about the risks of drowning.

As a young child, I enjoyed exploring the outdoors and escaping into the never-ending fascination of what nature had to offer. Playing near ponds searching for minnows or other new and exciting wildlife brings back some of my favorite memories as a child. Living in the mountains, surrounded by lakes, ponds and rivers, I understand how crucial it is to educate our children about drowning prevention.

According to Parachute Canada, a charitable organization dedicated to preventing injuries, “A young child can drown in as little as 2.5 centimeters (one inch) of water in just seconds.” Thinking back to my days of exploring around large and small bodies of water, I am genuinely grateful that I never had any neardrowning experiences, but it does occur and is, sadly, the second leading cause of death for children within Canada.

Drowning has also been identified by the World Health Organization as the third leading cause of unintentional injury-death globally, making this a crucial topic for discussion. For children, the majority of drowning instances occur when a child is left unsupervised and is the result of drown-

ing in home pools, ponds, rivers, and lakes, according to Parachute.

Drowning is a global health issue, yet there are ways to reduce the risk and to prevent injury and death. The most critical way to prevent children from drowning for parents to always be supervising them when they are in or around water. Parents should be an arm's length away for children under five who are playing in the water and cannot swim well.

Ensuring that you as the parent are a competent swimmer or having an experienced swimmer supervise your child can reduce the risk of drowning. Being trained in First Aid and CPR can also reduce the risk of death due to drowning. It is crucial that young children and inexperienced swimmers wear life jackets, in and

around water as well as on boats. Although a life jacket can save lives, parents should still be watching their children as life jackets do not ultimately prevent drowning.

Getting your child trained and enrolling them in swimming lessons can also reduce their risk of drowning. Check out your community’s leisure centre guide for upcoming swimming lesson dates as well as additional training to help reduce the number of drownings that occur. Finally, talk with your children about the risks of playing around water and help them realize why it is important to be cautious when playing in and around bodies of water.

Lisa Doyle is a Health Promotion Facilitator with Alberta Health Services, and can be reached via e-mail, lisa.doyle@ahs.ca

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Registration night It was that time of year where kids had to make difficult choices - did they want to join lacrosse? Perhaps hockey? Or did parents want them to join a variety of activities at the Boys & Girls Club? Held at the Albert Stella Memorial Arena on March 21, the annual spring Mass Registration Night had all these options and more!

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Community comes together to fundraise for local man with Ms CCHS, GoFundMe and Pure Country fundraisers hope to help Derek Sharp AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

At 25 years old, Derek Sharp seemed to have it all going for him. He was very active outdoors, he ran his own welding business with many high-profile clients in northern Alberta, he was a father to three sons.

So when he first started feeling symptoms of vertigo and nausea, he shrugged them off as a bug.

“It transitioned into numbness in my left side and especially my left leg,” says Sharp. “It slowly got worse from there. I would wake up in the middle of the night and I would be crunched up in a little ball and I'd be sweating profusely and I didn't know why.”

When he went to see a doctor several months after the symptoms first started appearing, he was told the news he didn’t expect or want to hear.

Sharp was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) in 2006.

And that’s one of the reasons why Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is known as “the great imitator,” referring to the disease’s symptoms resembling those of other illnesses, including

the common flu.

“It definitely wasn't what I wanted to hear. I thought I'd be okay, I'd just try to get healthier from that point on,” he says.

Sharp now uses a wheelchair and MS affects him in his daily life.

"The pain is the main one for me and the numbness and tingling in my feet. There are also major intestinal digestive issues that I'm trying to work on through diet,” says the 36year-old. “I also have issues with my eyes getting blurry if it gets too hot. My hands are getting really shaky and it's hard for me to pick up and hold things.

I'm at a point now where I'm at the borderline of not being able to even care for myself.”

But there is a treatment that may allow Sharp to regain some of his autonomy and bring relief to his life. With the help of his supportive group of family and friends, several fundraising campaigns have been started to help raise money for Sharp to pursue a promising stem cell therapy treatment in Panama.

MS is an autoimmune disease affecting the cen-

tral nervous system that damages the myelin sheath, the protective membrane wrapping nerve cells. The Stem Cell Institute treatment transplants umbilical cord stem cells into the patient intravenously or through the lymph nodes. The cells are supposed to repair any damage to the nervous system tissue and stop the immune system from attacking the myelin sheath.

The potential this may have for Sharp is huge. It has the potential to restore his ability to walk unaided, provide pain relief and have more energy and, ultimately, regain pieces of his life before MS. On April 29, Sharp will be travelling to Panama City with a close friend for his May 1 treatment at the Stem Cell Institute.

"I don't feel like I have time to waste,” he says. “I feel like they've been doing it for so long and they have a good track record and I trust them."

Sharp’s longtime friend from school Deepy Sharma organized a Go Fund Me campaign to raise a total of $63,316 that will cover costs for two treatment at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City,

The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival Committee would like to thank the participants and their families, teachers and all the volunteers for their time and commitment in making the 2018 Crowsnest Pass Music Festival a huge success!

We are grateful to the trustees/administrators of these venues for allowing their use, without cost, to the Festival: The Crowsnest Community Christian Centre, Grace Anglican/United Church, Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery, Canyon School Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Consolidated High School, Horace Allen School and Isabelle Sellon School.

We would like to thank Country Encounters for providing such wonderful service to our adjudicators and for the lovely lunches throughout festival week.

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Students at Crowsnest Consolidated High School prepared and sold tacos-in-a-bag during lunch time on March 14 and raised $800 that will go towards Derek Sharp’s stem cell therapy treatments at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City in May.

transportation, lodging and meals for five nights.

For Sharma, helping his childhood friend was a natural and easy decision.

“The thing with Derek is that if this was the other way around, he would totally be doing this for any one of our friends. He has always been caring, the nicest guy around and he's had a lot of hardships in life,” says Sharma.

Crowsnest Consolidated High School (CCHS) has also contributed to Sharp’s quest by hosting a taco-in-a-bag fundraiser on March 14 which raised $800.

Lori Prentice is an English teacher at CCHS who taught Sharp when he was in high school, and actually teaches his 17year-old son Jordan now.

“The school donated all the money to buy the supplies and things. We had students prepare all the food, cook everything, stage it all, lay it all out and they sold taco-in-abag at lunch,” says Prentice. “We thank everybody for their support because I think it’s pretty cool when you can raise $800 over 20 minutes during a lunch time.”

Prentice says she remembers Sharp being funloving but respectful and hardworking, qualities that are reflected in his sons.

“We always thought Derek was a part of the community and his sons certainly are. We all agreed that this was a good thing to do,” she says.

Just days before his big trip to Panama City, Sharma and a group of others close to Sharp have planned a big fundraising night of dinner and music at Pure Country Bar & Grill on April 21.

There will be live and silent auction items available to bid on, live music

by Tynan Groves and Mike Maguire and a din-

ner by Pure Country.

Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at Pure Country in Frank, Sun Life Financial in Blairmore or the Health Hub in Coleman.

To donate to the Go Fund Me online campaign and learn more about Sharp’s journey, visit www.gofundme.com/der ek039s-stem-cell-therapyjourney.

“It's unbelievable. I'm just so grateful. I feel a huge sense of gratitude for Deepy and everybody that's already donated,” says Sharp. “It means everything to me. The support I've gotten from friends, family and the community is incredible and it's really unexpected.”

A long journey Since being diagnosed with MS 12 years ago, Sharp has tried various treatments and therapies that had limited or no effective results.

Immediately after diagnosis, Sharp made changes to his diet and exercise regime that have shown improvements in MS patients but, a year later, the symptoms had gotten too severe to control on his own.

The first medication he was prescribed was Copaxone, a disease modifying medication supposed to slow down the progress of the MS, which he only took for a short time as it had adversary effects on him. He was then prescribed steroids, which seemed to help but is a medication intended for short-term use. In 2010, he travelled to India receive the MS Liberation Treatment, a $17,000 treatment that did not show lasting effects. He then did chemotherapy for a year and a half, receiving a low dosage every two months.

It was around this time that he first heard

about a stem cell treatment that was occurring out of Ottawa, but was unable to get physically strong enough to be accepted as a patient.

In December 2011, things really started to affect Sharp to the point that he had to stop working and make significant changes to his daily life.

“It affects my eyes, my hands, my digestion. It affects every aspect of my life. After the chemotherapy, I think I was just kind of lost. I kind of gave up hope for a while,” says Sharp, who has been using a wheelchair to get around for about two years now.

“I just decided I was going to focus on my family and my diet.”

Now 36 years old, Sharp puts a strong emphasis on regular exercise and following a mostly raw vegan diet. The only drug he is taking is Codeine as a painkiller.

But even with so much attention on leading a healthy lifestyle, the MS symptoms persist and interfere with Sharp’s ability to lead an independent life.

“I'm trying to make everything stronger. I do lots of yoga, but with the fatigue, I can't do enough to make a difference and with the diet, I feel like my body isn't absorbing all the nutrition that it needs,” he says. “That's where I’m hoping the stem cell treatment can come in and give me a bit of a boost before I can start regenerating some of my cells, tissues, muscles and nerves.”

With Sharp’s appointment for stem cell therapy a short month away, the father of three says the treatment offers new hope in treating his condition.

“It's been a long road to learn everything I've had to learn,” he says, “but I think I'm on my way.”

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Another successful season for Crowsnest Pass hockey Herald staff

On Saturday, March 24, Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey held their annual awards banquet and AGM at the Crowsnest Pass Sports Complex.

The room was full of hockey players and their parents celebrating another successful season of hockey in the Crowsnest Pass.

The following is a list of winners for the 20172018 season.

Individual Achievement/Memorial Awards These awards were voted on by the Minor Hockey board members.

Each coach selected a nominee and the winner was voted on by the board.

Joey Mahieux Memorial Award - Best Defence – Quinn Douglas Craig Abtosway Memorial - Most Gentlemanly Player – Branden Anctil Leslie Siray Memorial – Most Improved Player – Adam Farraj Crowsnest Pass Thunder Goaltender of the Year – Axel Safranka Team Awards These following awards were selected by the coaches of their respective teams.

Atoms: Ricky Canderan Memorial - Most Sportsman-

like Player Atom – Tristen Kriger

Player Atom– Ashton Winberg and Harley Uphill

Crowsnest Pass Thunder Most Valuable Player Atom – Zack Uphill

Esso Most Sportsmanlike Player Atom – Ciera Wemp

Crowsnest Pass Thunder Most Improved Player Atom – Caine Jorgensen Atom Rep Line – Goaltender Axel Safranka, Defence Ashton Winberg, Defence Caine Jorgensen, Forward Branden Anctil, Forward Zack Uphill, Forward Tristen Kriger.

Esso Most Improved Player Atom – JJ MacGregor Esso Most Dedicated

Peewee: Mel Bohmer Memorial - Most Dedicated Player Peewee – Logan Jones Cody Hellevang Memorial - Most Improved Player Peewee – Adam Farraj

Kenna Lewis

Gibboney

Esso Most Sportsmanlike Player Pee Wee – Nathaniel Hewison

2016-2017 Hockey family of the year – Jason and Sue-Anne Uphill

Esso Most Improved Player Pee Wee – Quinn Douglas

Referee Awards Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Junior Referee of the Year – Connor Pitt

Esso Most Dedicated Player Pee Wee – Brayden Anctil Adult Awards Keith Houze Memorial- Coach of the Year – Jason Uphill

Crowsnest Pass Thunder Most Valuable Player Peewee – Brayden Anctil

Johnnie Chomyn Memorial- Manager of the Year – Jolie Anctil

Crowsnest Pass Thunder Most Sportsmanlike Player Peewee –

Ken Farn Memorial Volunteer of the Year – Kyla Cytko and Travis

Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Intermediate Referee of the Year– Chris Collings Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Senior Referee of the Year – Colby Snider Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Senior Referee of the Year – Spencer Dorge

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 997, 2018 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers PURSUANT to sections 230, 606, and 692 of the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, Chapter M-26, the Council of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in the Province of Alberta hereby gives notice of its intention to consider proposed Bylaw No. 997, 2018 being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 868-2013, being the municipal land use bylaw.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 997, 2018, is to: • Re-designate Lot 36, Block 6, Plan 0811651 (21351 – 23 Avenue, Bellevue) containing ±0.05 ha (0.12 acres), as shown on ‘Schedule A’, from Retail Commercial (C-1) to Multiple Residential (R-2A); and • Re-designate Lot 37, Block 6, Plan 0811651 (2306 – 214 Street Avenue) containing ±0.04 ha (0.10 acres), as shown on ‘Schedule A’, from Retail Commercial (C-1) to Residential (R-1).

THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No. 997, 2018 will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 PM on April 24, 208.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that anyone wishing to make a presentation regarding the proposed bylaw should contact the Chief Administrative Officer no later than 4:30 pm April 19, 2018. Both written and verbal presentations may be given at the public hearing.

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A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at the municipal office during normal business hours.

Top row, left to right: Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey President and Atoms Head Coach Jason Uphill (left) presenting the Craig Abtosway Memorial - Most Gentlemanly Player to Branden Anctil; Crowsnest Pass Thunder Goaltender of the Year, Axel Safranka.

DATED at the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in the Province of Alberta this 23rd Day of March, 2018.

Bottom row, left to right: Uphill and Pee Wee Head Coach Chad Anctil (right) presenting the Leslie Siray Memorial – Most Improved Player award to Adam Farraj (centre); Quinn Douglas (left) receiving the Joey Mahieux Memorial Award - Best Defence.

Lisa Kinnear, Development Officer Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Box 600, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta T0K 0E0

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GORDON STUART MUNRO February 21, 1926 – March 20, 2018 It is with great sadness that the Munro family announces the passing of Gordon Stuart Munro of Pincher Creek, Alberta on March 20, 2018. He leaves behind his loving wife, Marjorie Patricia, children - Barb Rigney (Gord), Glenn Munro (Janeta), Joanne Zezza (Tony), Judy Munro, Susan Koentges (Rick), 14 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren.

Gordon was born on February 21, 1926, in Owen Sound, Ontario to parents George (Dode) Urquhart Moss and Norman Cuthbert Munro. He was predeceased by his brother, John Wellesly Munro, his parents, his sister, Margaret (Peggy) Malmquist and beloved son, John Norman

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Gordon had a career as a CA, CPA that spanned over 37 years. The joys of his life were his family, work, fishing, camping and golfing and he was an avid sports fan.

Gordon will be lovingly remembered by all his family and friends.

There will be no funeral service at this time. A memorial “celebration of his life” will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions for the late Gordon Munro may be made to the Alberta Children’s Hospital (2888 Shaganappi Trail, Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A8) and/or the John Norman Munro Memorial Award in Music (www.scholarshipscanada.com) University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB T2N 1N4.

Snodgrass Funeral Homes, Pincher Creek, assisting the Munro families with funeral arrangements, (403) 627-4864.

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Hello everyone, This week I want to share the mitigations we intend to have in place for dust pending a favourable regulatory decision.

As this is a common concern for residents, Riversdale will be using modern mining practices to help mitigate the spread of fugitive dust.

On another note, the Riversdale website has been updated! You can now apply online for available jobs, register your company under our Contractors tab, sign up for our quarterly newsletter and view more information on the Grassy Mountain Coal Project.

Have a Happy Easter!

What air monitoring will be in place?

Air monitoring for sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, ozone and dust is already in place in locations around the Crowsnest Pass and the plant site.

Future air monitoring plans will be finalized upon regulatory approvals and expected to be in place at least three months prior to construction.

The Alberta Energy Regulator will review Riversdale’s monitoring plans prior to start of construction – this is expected to be a condition of the permit approval.

Did Riversdale consider the very strong winds that are present in the Crowsnest Pass?

Yes, Riversdale took winds into account in its air modelling. Winds play an important role in determining air quality.

The wind data used in the air modeling includes Environment Canada and Climate Change data as well as site data collected by Riversdale.

How will Riversdale mitigate dust?

Riversdale is proposing a mine that incorporates the following modern mining practices for controlling dust: • the coal processing plant will be contained within an enclosed area; • product coal will be transported to the rail load out via a covered conveyor; • dust generation associated with transferring coal from the conveyor to the stock pile will be minimized by the use of luffing stackers (those that can lower and raise their boom) which will minimize the drop height and drop time of the coal; sub-

sequently, minimizing dust generation; • fugitive dust generation will be minimized at the rail loadout, with full cladding on the sides of the load-out structure Claire Rogers to create a wind shelter, a movable discharge chute of the bin located as close as practical to the coal within the rail cars, and tackifier (a type of varnish) sprayed onto the coal surface of the loaded rail cars; • water is systematically applied to haul roads and to the plant access road to minimize dust using a water truck dedicated to this purpose; • escalating dust management strategy in place for periods of high winds; • a base snow cover will be retained on the road as a mitigative measure during the winter months, unless the cover would compromise the safety of vehicle operations; • gravel or crushed rock will be used on the haul roads. Gravel is observed to produce less dust than clay and sandy surfaces; • use of a grader to maintain the active surface of the road. This procedure is expected to reduce the effective silt content of the portion of the road where the wheels of the haul trucks travel. The grader blade would tend to move the silt particles to the inactive portion (side) of the road; • the mined areas will be progressively reclaimed and back filled with overburden and soil from prestrip areas and then covered by vegetation, which reduces windblown fugitive dust emissions from the barren land; and • trees and bushes will be preserved around mines and the coal processing plant, effectively trapping dust emissions from mining activities and reducing dust concentrations further from mining activities.

Claire will be writing a bi-weekly column talking about what’s ‘on the go’ with Riversdale and answering FAQs. Have a question?

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16 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Grand Concert

In a roundup of some of this year’s most memorable performances that resonated with audiences throughout the week-long Crowsnest Pass Music Festival from March 12 to 16, the Grand Concert and Presentation of Scholarships showed off some of the best talent found in our little musical mountain town.

Top photo: Pyper Nelson performing Castle on a Cloud from the musical Les Misérables. Bottom photo: Isabelle Sellon School Choir performing the beautiful folk song She’s Like the Swallow.

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