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Bellecrest Days 2018

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Nothing could put a damper on this year’s Bellecrest Days, as families and children came out to Bellevue’s Main Street to watch the parade (and snag a few sweets) with umbrellas in hand or snuggled into waterproof gear. And a huge kudos to those who marched in the parade, still similing, despite the rain! The Bellecrest Community Association put on a fun-filled weekend with vendor booths and activities, which were moved indoors to the MDM. There were inflatable bouncing playgrounds, human whack-a-mole, live music and toy pony riding for the tots, to name just some of the acitivities to enjoy. See more photos on page 13.

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2 – CrowSneST PASS HerALD – Wednesday, June 20, 2018

CCHS girls participate in Trades & Technology Conference AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

Don't knock it till you've tried it, the saying goes. But unfortunately, most of us don't get to test-try several different career paths before set-

tling on the one we truly have a passion for.

That wasn't the case for 15 girls at Crowsnest Consolidated High School (CCHS) who attended the Girls Exploring Trades and

Thank You The Kubik brothers, Ken Sorenson and their families would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who offered any one of us support in the past couple weeks. We want to add a ‘Nod’ to those special individuals who stepped up last year; have been there throughout and will likely continue to be there for us with the never-ending support throughout the years to come. It speaks volumes about El/Mom/Nana/Sweetie the outpouring of genuine grief (mixed with strength and love) from all who knew her. It is for certain that we all recognize how extremely lucky we are to be loved by such a wonderful lady. we hope you all keep a glint of Elenore Kubik’s sparkling blue eyes and her forever spirit in your memories. Thank you all for honouring her.

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Technologies Conference in Edmonton from May 31 to June 2.

The event, part of the annual Skills Canada National Competition, aims to highlight career options that are available in the trades and technologies.

Career stations were set up all around the Edmonton Expo Centre where students had a chance to meet with mentors, speak with women working in the field, learn about the types of opportunities they would have and try dozens of "Try-ATrade" activities. There was tire alignment at mechanics, pipefitting at the plumbing station, paving a path at masonry or design-your-own-cupcake or cookie tower at culinary arts, to name a few of the skilled work that students had a chance to try out.

"I think being able to meet new people that are actually involved and passionate about what they do and to try it and the hands-on experiences were very valuable to them," says career practitioner Alanna Whitaker, who accompanied the students on their trip.

Each trade also had a Regional Skills Canada Competition, where qualifying teams competed in challenges related to their trade. The masons, for example, built a fireplace, the carpenters built a playhouse, the welders were welding 3D sculptures. The winning teams then move on from regional to a provincial and potentially a national skills competition.

Although CCHS did not have a team participating, two students from

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Several of the CCHS students are shown taking part in pipefitting activities at the plumbing station.

Matthew Halton High School in Pincher Creek competed, Cassandra Dollman in carpentry and Teran Thompson in cooking.

Whitaker says she hopes to enter CCHS students into the skills competition in future years.

Following the tour in the main hall, the girls participated in a round-table discussion with over 20 mentors of whom they could ask questions. For some of the girls, this was their favourite part of the day.

"I liked all the girls and how we were hyped up about how females can be in male-based jobs. I enjoyed the mentor tables and being able to ask oneon-one questions. The photography booth opened up my mind a lot and she answered my questions about univer-

sity," says grade 11 student Tapanga Cargill.

For Meghan Tarcon, also in grade 11, she enjoyed learning about the career paths open to women.

"I really enjoyed the GETT conference. It really opened my eyes to trades that women are in and truly love and learn about careers that I had no idea existed," she says. "I really liked the welding part because it was very fun and exciting, but I truly loved the whole experience."

Even for Whitaker, who had never been to Edmonton or seen the University of Alberta campus, it was an eyeopening experience.

"As a career practitioner, it's hard for me to speak to places I haven't even been to myself. Now I feel that I can endorse

the UofA a lot more," she says. "Part of my job is to pay a lot of attention to the labour market because there's no point in directing someone into schooling when there's going to be no job in the end."

The event was such a successful and enlightening experience for CCHS, that Whitaker says she hopes students can attend the conference each year.

"Thank you to everyone that supported us to go and we are looking forward to making this a yearly event," she says.

"What I said to the girls this year is if they become interested in something, then to come back again because it's not only about trying it and meeting new people, but you start networking and building."

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A run for cancer research and youth empowerment AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

When Terry Fox ran the Marathon of Hope from 1980 to 1981, his cross-country initiative touched and moved Canadians across the country. It's remarkable that decades after his journey, his message and his effort inspire young people today to run in his footsteps.

The Montreal Runners are one such group, a collective of six young men in their early 20s who embarked on a month-long run on June 1 to promote youth empowerment and raise $50,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

Their journey started in Vaudreuil, Quebec and their destination is Vancouver, BC, a 4,632-kilometre route that happens to pass right through Crowsnest Pass this coming Sunday, June 24, 2018 at around noon. They will have a rest spot at the Holy Ghost Cafe & Music Hall in Coleman, where you can meet the group and cheer them on.

The daily objective has been to cover 180 km a day in 5-km relays.

The six runners are split between two vans travelling 5 km apart. One runner from each van begins their run at the same time and when they run their 5 km, they switch with another runner in their particular van.

“We wake up at 5 a.m. every morning," says Akshay Grover, the organizer and lead for the initiative.

"We do morning warmup, eat breakfast and right away we get on our way, usually around 6:30 a.m. To fit 180 km in one day, we really have to go fast and there isn't time to do anything else. While we have both runners running, that's when we brush our teeth and set everything up.”

This isn’t the first fundraising run that Grover has organized. In 2014, when he was 16 years old, he ran solo from Montreal to Toronto with his mother following in the support vehicle. He raised $14,000 for childhood cancer on that run. Then two years later, he assembled a team with three friends who ran from Montreal to Washington, D.C., and the group raised $14,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

"The Terry Fox Foundation kind of took us on after I did Toronto and now, it has become a biannual movement about youth empowerment and cancer research. This one that we're doing now would be kind of the end to the trilogy of runs," says Grover.

Grover met the other team members, all from Montreal, through a common passion for distance running.

"We all met by competing against each other.

Some of us were on the same track team, some of us competed against each other, and we met through track and field, through the love of the sport," says Grover. "Distance running has always been a huge passion of mine and it's because of Terry Fox that distance running has forever been associated with cancer research, so I knew I wanted to use my running for a cause greater than myself, as our whole team does."

Most of the team went through two years of training for this particular journey, participating in half marathons, marathons and squeezing running in throughout the school year in between classes to be as prepared as possible for the cross-country run.

They had their first rest day in Thunder Bay, Ontario on June 10 and it was an emotional destination to reach. That's because the town is near where Terry Fox was forced to end his Marathon of Hope when the cancer had spread to his lungs and Thunder Bay is home to The Terry Fox Monument just before entry into the town.

"Everyone just kind of got entrapped in the moment and it was really emotional for the entire team. It put into perspective what we were doing," says Grover. "I knew it was going to be a big moment, but I had no idea that it would touch them this much. Everyone started crying. For all Canadians, Terry Fox holds a strong place in our society."

Although they still have a long way ahead before reaching Vancouver, Grover says that although things have been going well so far, running downhill has affected two of the team members with minor injuries.

"Four of us are in really good shape. We get the usual soreness, but no injuries. Two of our runners have some knee injuries from the hills around Northern Ontario, but one seems to be healing up and for the other one, we've been doing some extra legs to cover for him for a bit," says Grover. "We're all going to do ice baths tonight."

Luckily, the runners have the flat plains of the prairies ahead and Grover anticipates that to be a helpful reprieve and wel-

come push for the team.

But another difficult stretch of hilly terrain lies ahead on the third to last day before the team reaches Vancouver, a route Fruitvale to from Bridesville, BC. Here, the route climbs to a 1,400metre elevation through two rotations, so it's 60km of constant uphill.

"That's the hill I've been most worried about so far," says Grover.

The team has a total of four rest days planned throughout the 30-day journey, one in Thunder Bay, ON, Winnipeg, MB, Regina, SK, and Fruitvale in BC. Following the run, the team will be making tours to schools to share Terry's message and stories about their own journey.

For Fred Fox, Terry's older brother, the Montreal Runners' initiative is inspirational.

"It's amazing to see young people inspired by Terry to overcome any

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Pictured above are the six Montreal Runners in the Terry Fox Park in Ninette, Manitoba on June 16, 2018, right in the middle of their month-long run from Montreal, QC to Vancouver, BC. The team is made up of lead/organizer Akshay Grover, Keiston Herchel, Muhan Patel, Marc-André Blouin, Matthieu Blouin and Declan McCool.

challenges that they face.

They saw that what Terry did 38 years ago wasn't about Terry Fox, it was about making a difference in other people's lives and they want to play their part in doing that as well," says Fox. "The money that they're raising is definitely going to play a huge part

in supporting the various research projects that are happening across the country in Terry's name.

I'm so inspired by these young guys."

Fox says he's hoping to spend a few days with the group around Creston or Cranbrook, BC, before the group arrives in Van-

couver.

As of Tuesday, June 19,2018, the team fundraising page on the Terry Fox Foundation website indicates that just over $13,000 has been raised so far. To donate to their cause or to learn more about the Montreal Runners, visit runtovancouver.com.

4 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, June 20, 2018

~ Council updates ~

Sidewalks for seniors, community standards, Chinook Arch AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

Sidewalks for new seniors' lodge As the province prepares for the construction of the new York Creek Lodge in Coleman, the municipality has received an inquiry from Alberta Infrastructure regarding what plans the municipality has for sidewalks around the lodge to ensure that it ties in with their construction plans.

Although there has been discussion about a sidewalk system for lodge residents at past open houses, there is nothing currently within municipal plans and nothing within the 2018 budget.

At this time, a sidewalk will come out of the new seniors’ lodge to the south and terminate at 22 Avenue.

"We need to look at the bigger picture of where we're trying to get [the lodge residents] to so that we can look at the best route. Where we want to get them to is an important part of the conversation," said CAO Patrick Thomas.

Council agreed that ensuring that seniors have a place to take walks and go

outside is important, but said that future discussion is needed to determine a destination for seniors to reach. A 200-metre section of sidewalk is expected to cost approximately $60,000.

"We are going to have to have a big conversation because you can't put people up there and not allow them to get somewhere for coffee," said Councillor Lisa Sygutek. "I think we're really going to have to look and find somewhere they can have a coffee or they can socialize, especially the ones that are more able-bodied. I think it's going to be quite a big discussion."

Councillor Dean Ward, while agreeing that seniors need to remain mobile, expressed concern over the price tag associated with sidewalk construction.

"I think that for the seniors that have mobility, it would be good to get them to the drug store in that area, but when I see $60,000 for 200 metres... We need to have more conversation," he said.

Community standards bylaw update At a meeting on May 25, 2018, Council directed Protective Services to take a

more stringent approach when it comes to unsightly properties and upholding the Community Standards Bylaw.

According to Jesse Fox, Fire Chief/Manager of Protective Serivces, an ad camwas launched paign informing residents of the outlined requirements within the bylaw.

"We have made very good progress on many of the problematic areas in many different communities. There is not one community that has no scrutiny," said Fox. However, Council still felt that too much focus was being put on education and wanted to see a stronger focus on enforcement.

"How much longer are we going to focus on education? We've been educating people for five years. When will it come to the hammer coming down?" said Mayor Blair Painter.

Council was in agreement that they wanted to see more timely action be required on the part of homeowners in violation of the bylaw.

"There is nothing concrete to get the problem resolved. We've been talking to people for five years. We

want this community cleaned up and I think it's time we say enough's enough," said Mayor Painter, and suggested that the compliance order states "short and firm dates" by which the order needs to be met before further action is taken.

When Protective Services receives a complaint, the Community Peace Officer (CPO) investigates to determine whether the complaint is anything of substance. If the property owner is in violation of the Community Standards Bylaw, they are charged a $50 inspection fee and the CPO provides a detailed compliance order of what the owner needs to do in order to bring that property into compliance. The owner has between 15 and 30 days to meet the requirements. Exceptions can be granted in extenuating circumstances up to 180 days.

If no attempts have been made to rectify the issue after this period, the person can be charged a $250 fee for the first offence.

Within the bylaw, there is also the option to hire contractor services to bring the property to an adequate level.

As per the bylaw, "if the

required actions are not done within the time specified, the Municipality Work Force will carry out the actions required and charge the cost thereof against the person or persons to whom the Order is directed, and if such person or persons do not pay the costs, the costs shall be charged against the premises concerned as taxes due and owing in respect of that property and recovered as such."

If the owner is found to have violated the Community Standards Bylaw a subsequent time following the first offence, the enforcement officer can issue a $500 fine for the second offence and $1,000 for the third and subsequent offences, in addition to the $50 inspection fee.

Chinook Arch Regional Library System Council heard a delegation from Robin Hepher, the CEO of Chinook Arch Regional Library System, who provided an overview of the network and its services, its budget and funding, highlights from 2017 and future projects.

The Chinook Arch Regional Library System is a network of libraries in Southwest Alberta that allows participating libraries to share resources and reduce costs. According to Hepher, their purpose is "to partner with municipalities

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to raise the level of library service in urban and rural areas." The regional library system focuses on behind the scenes activities to allow local library staff to represent library publicly and serving the public.

Services provided by Chinook Arch include interlibrary loans, IT and fundraising support, staff development opportunities and fundraising support.

"Our Library has a small staff contingency of 2.5 people. But, I feel that the staff at Chinook Arch, and the other Library Managers in the system are all my coworkers, and part of my team. Together we can do so much more," says Crowsnest Community Library manager Diane DeLauw.

Each participating municipality pays a regional library requisition to be a part of Chinook Arch. In 2017, the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass paid $41,666 while in 2018, the budgeted requisition is $42,708. Levies are determined on a per capita basis and changes to the requisition need to be approved by a motion from council.

Chinook Arch operates on an approximately $4 million per year budget where municipal levies account for the main source of funding.

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In the lIne of fIre Between June 11 and 18, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 48 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Two (2) assaults, two (2) threats/harassment, four (4) mischief (vandalism), one (1) impaired driving, one (1) drugs, two (2) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal code, five (5) driving complaints, nine (9) motor vehicle collisions, four (4) assistance to general public, five (5) suspicious occurrences, two (2) lost/found, three (3) assistance to other agencies, four (4) invalid 911 calls, one (1) false alarm and one (1) municipal bylaw.

Found phone On June 12, a VTech

phone was reported found in the mall parking lot Assault arrest On June 12, a 21-yearold female was assaulted.

A male was arrested for the assault and was remanded in custody for Court hearing.

Prank calls On June 15, RCMP received a complaint of suspicious phone calls from what appeared to be from children. The phone number was traced and the property owner was advised of the phone calls.

Suspicious car On June 16, a suspicious vehicle was parked in the mall parking lot. A male and female from Quebec were checked and

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Will the last word ever spoken be ‘why’?

This was a song by Roger Whittaker a number of years ago. “Will the last word ever spoken be ‘why’?” A few months ago, I walked into the Pass Herald and asked Lisa, the owner/editor of the paper, if she would like me to write a column. I said that I am tired of people assuming that we, the people of the Southwest Alberta, are all politically right wing and stated that my articles would be controversial.

Lisa said that controversy is good. Done.

I am writing “The Simple Raven’s post,” and it is well received. There isn’t a day that folks don’t tell me how much they enjoy my post. One person said that it is too long, but I am unable to express my opinions in a tweet.

Sorry, my friend. There are enough people who state an opinion in a sentence or two, but I am not one of them.

Last week, Lisa wrote her personal opinion in an editorial about the recent Ontario provincial elections. The Pass Herald is neutral, but the editor is a person with opinions. I like to differ with her opinion on politics. Thanks to the Pass Herald being a free paper, not owned by corporate interests like the big news media organizations, I can.

Doug Ford didn’t win the popular vote in Ontario. His party was better organized and won the “first-past-thepost”, system which should be done away with. Doug is lying. If all his promises are priced, which he refused to do, Ontario will be in worse debt than it would have been under an NDP government.

The editorial went on to say that hopefully in a year’s time, the Ottawa government will be changed. I agree, but wouldn’t change it to Andrew Scheer. In the last three years, steps were taken by the Liberals to help Alberta out of the economic problems created by oil prices falling; steps were taken to help families with financial issues, bring retirement back to 65, and above all, correct some of the past injustice done to the original inhabitants of this land. Discrimination against non-Christian Canadians stopped and the useless austerity measures based on fictitious “going into debt” reasons reversed. Our economy is growing the fastest in the G7. Our great grandchildren will not be stuck with our debts and thanks to us placing a price on carbon, may not suffocate, be drowned or burned, either.

Are the Northern European countries suffering from crushing debt?

On the provincial front, I have the same take. I am not ready to simply convict the Notley government without looking at the evidence. I prefer the present government to the Redford government, even if I have some problems with Rachel’s direction. I do like the fact that Alberta is leading all provinces economically again, even with the lower price of oil and the lack of access to markets. Calgary is all under construction again, and unemployment is low. A lot has been done to help with daycares, and living wages for the lowest paid workers didn’t increase prices as

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found to have small amount of marihuana, which was seized.

Collision On June 17, a vehicle ran into another parked vehicle on 18 Avenue in Coleman. A 30-year-old male from Lethbridge was arrested for impaired driving. He was released on documents to appear in Pincher Creek Court.

PLUZ vandalism On June 18, RCMP received reports of damaged information signs at various public land use zones in the Crowsnest Pass area, which occurred some time over the past few days. Graffiti was written on the signs and knocked down by a vehicle.

Fraud Persons portraying themselves as from the “Revenue Canada antifraud department” are leaving messages requesting a call back, but the number returns to an unknown business in BC. A reminder that Revenue Canada does not call people.

Found items A duffel bag was found in Blairmore.

Car keys were were found in Blairmore.

Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403-562-2867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800422-TIPS.

predicted. No, Mr. Kenney, you will not get my vote for any emotional reasons, you will have to prove that businesses are leaving Alberta because we didn’t decrease taxes on corporations, not just say so.

The big question is always who is better to create an environment that will make life better for most people without killing the business initiative and without starving the poor and less able amongst us. Business is the driver of our economy and the government must ensure that we live up to our Christian moral code. In my opinion, business should take the lead for growing the economy while government must regulate how much profit business is permitted to take from workers.

If it were up to me, I would not allow corporations to be equal to people. A person (corporation) with only one directive, to increase wealth for shareholders, is an enemy of the people. A political party that is dedicated to the wellbeing of corporations at the expense of people, is not my party. I was a Progressive Conservative but I can no longer support the party since they abandoned my kind. If they are openly the political organization for the corporations, they will have to go without the workers and small family businesses. If they think that all Christians will join them because they restrict abortions and condemn gay people, I wish them luck. Let's count the votes on election day.

By the time Alberta votes again, the country will have seen how Doug Ford will cut taxes by $5 billion and solve hospital waiting lines as well as improve public education without firing people or increasing the Ontario deficit. If he fulfills his promises, good, and if not, he is just another Trump. I predict that Ford will stand in front of the cameras, call us his “friends” and blame everybody else for his failure to fulfill his promises.

We have the ability to provide all of us with all the basic needs, especially if we don’t spend so much on wars.

I will vote for someone who will help my community, and who cares about people. We have the teachings that say “love each other as yourself.” The only question is what motivates us to do what we do and why. Will the last word ever spoken be ‘why’?

This is a link to my blog: thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca. Feel free to check other articles and comment.

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6 – crowsnest PAss HerALD – wednesday, June 20, 2018

Editorial and Opinions Letters to the Editor

a nEw vEnturE In this week’s Pass Herald, you will see a Waterton Herald insert. Our feature writer, Avner Perl, who spends a lot of time in the park suggested we start a little publication in the area for the summer.

At first I though, “Wow, great idea! But we don’t have the resources to pull it off.” If you haven’t noticed, the newspaper industry is on a precipice of change. Local advertising is still great, but the bread and the butter of a newspaper - national advertising - has become nonexistent in small weekly newspapers. Heck, it’s almost non-existent in daily papers, as well.

The minds of national advertisers are very interesting. The biggest advertisers are car dealerships for newspapers. Around five years ago, they decided that if you didn’t have a car dealership in your community, you didn’t warrant ads in your paper. This was a huge blow to the Pass Herald. Gone were the days when local advertising was bonus money, because we made our break-even on car ads. It’s interesting where their mindset is. So if you don’t have a dealership, I guess you don’t buy cars, or I guess you don’t need to know what the deals are?

To keep with times, we had to up our local advertising campaign, cut our staff and try to make it work. We have made it through almost 90 years, but for the first time I was scared we wouldn’t make it.

We still operate close to the line, but by support from our local businesses we are still going.

So when we approached the businesses in Waterton to advertise and have feature writers cover events in the park, we were greeted with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. With a couple of ads in hand, we have produced the first summer issues of the Waterton summer edition of the Herald. Avner Perl and Michael Leeb are writing for our publication and helping with distribution. We are distributing in Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass and Waterton.

For those of you interested in what’s going on in Waterton, what the entertainment venues are, or just need general info, this paper will be your place to go.

We are not sure it’s going to take off, but heck, we are going to try. It’s interesting to me how excited a community without a voice, without a local publication, relishes the opportunity to get their word out.

The park staff and businesses have been great with us. In fact, it is because of them we are even trying.

So, enjoy the first of our publications of the Waterton Herald in this week’s paper. It’s another creative way that we are trying to keep our paper modern and fresh. Losing our national car advertising hurt, but unlike several 100-year-old weekly papers that have shut down throughout Alberta, we are still holding strong.

That’s the way I see it.

LS

A response to e-bikes on the Pass Powderkeg trails?

Dear Editor; I am responding to the article by Jim Lucas on the possible introduction of e-bikes on our trails.

I have been a longtime supporter of our trail system throughout the Crowsnest Pass.

The maintenance and design incorporates easy access for foot traffic and bicycles. These trails were and still are a NON-MOTORIZED path system.

This is simplicity in itself.

Walk, run, pedal bike.

These trails are barely 3 feet wide, often consisting of gravel, and require continuous maintenance throughout.

UROC has incorporated a world-class mountain bike extension of these trails, which are used by bikers, hikers, and meanderers.

The municipality has been involved in some of

this development. We have a perfect balance for locals, tourists and those who might invest in our community available to enjoy.

I suggest Council investigate the many prosperous mountain areas in B.C. and western U.S.A. who have restricted and banned e-bike usage on their trail systems.

I am unaware if the municipality has already

purchased e-bikes. If so, I sincerely hope it was through a local dealer.

I believe the money would be far better spent on existing trail maintenance, as much needs to be done.

Please keep the trails NON-MOTORIZED... We do not need another can of worms.

Susan DouglasMurray

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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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Six townhomes in Coleman available to a qualified buyer for $99,000 each. Tremendous revenue stream in a strong rental market. Please call John for details.

BellevUe Affordable family home, finished up and down. This is a raised bungalow with large windows on the lower level. Very comfortable 4 bedrooms. Large fenced yard and an extra big double car garage. Paved driveway. $269,000

Large corner lot with two driveways and plenty of parking. Extensively upgraded 2 + 1 bedroom bungalow.

Heated attached 24’ x 32’ garage with two 8’ x 9’ automatic doors. and a second single car shop for storage. $249,000 CALL JOHN MLS

39 ironstone drive

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acreaGe near lUndBreck falls Fantastic view. Very nicely appointed 4-bedroom bungalow with a bright walk-out basement. Spacious open floor plan with large windows. Vaulted ceiling, modern kitchen and a covered deck. In-floor heat. Beautiful mature landscape with Douglas fir. Very private setting. $439,000 GST CALL JOHN MLS

- Brand-new luxury home, just finished.

Open, spacious floor plan. Deluxe kitchen cabinets. Quartz counters and GE Profile appliances. Vaulted ceiling.

Solid fir trim. Deck. Large, attached, double garage. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms up plus 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom down. Fantastic media/entertainment room. $399,000 + GST CALL JOHN MLS

coleman acreaGe Magnificent views from this spacious ranch style home on 3 acres.

Beautiful living areas, large rooms, lovely master suite with ensuite and walk-in closet. Main floor laundry.

Fully developed side and back walk-out basement. Great and plentiful water supply. Double car garage. $574,900 CALL JOHN MLS

coleman Well maintained 3+2 bedroom raised bungalow with south facing walkout basement. Recent windows, newer high efficiency furnace, metal roof and nice deck. Main floor laundry with sink. Mature landscaped back yard. Large corner lot with plenty of parking and ample room to build a big garage. $295,000. CALL JOHN MLS

Blairmore Excellent location with a private back yard. This two-bedroom home has two bathrooms, which is unusual for this vintage and size. Solid concrete basement. Newer boiler and hot water tank.

Lots of sun and adequate parking. Ideal location for a mountain get-away or a first home. $159,900 CALL JOHN MLS

timBerline ridGe Prime building lots available at affordable prices, starting at $68,000. Large and fully serviced with all underground utilities. Very sunny location with great view of the valley. If you are thinking about building, now or in the future, Timberline Ridge may be the place. CALL JOHN

valley ridGe Three acre parcel bordering Gold Creek. Skillfully developed as a perfect 3-bedroom 2-bathroom mountain chalet. Spectacular mountain views and a mature evergreen landscape. Deck and covered patio. Secure 8’x40’storage. Very attractive package. $374,900 CALL JOHN MLS

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Blairmore dUplex

Beautifully upgraded two-bedroom mountain home. North side of the valley on a full-size lot. Lots of room to build a garage. New roof.

New floors. Sunny kitchen. Hike up Saskie Mountain from your back door. $156,900 CALL JOHN MLS

Great weekender or revenue property. This permitted non-conforming duplex and double garage is close to shopping, walking and biking trails and the golf course. Walking distance to medical services. A great revenue stream or keep half for your needs and rent the remainder. $165,000 CALL JOHN MLS

coleman Large 4 bedroom home on a corner lot near walking trails and some of the best fly fishing anywhere. The original house has a more recent addition.

Lots of parking and an oversized, deep, single car garage. Beautiful part of town for nature enthusiasts. $179,000 CALL JOHN MLS

coleman Large, sunny corner lot with great mountain views. 3-bedroom, modernized home maintains its original charm. Upgrades include heating, plumbing, electrical. Metal roof, wood-burning stove. Close to amenities and choice walking trails. Big back yard with lots of room for a garage, RV storage and a garden. $239,000 CALL JOHN MLS

14 ironstone drive

Mini Bike Festival Crowsnest Pass Parent Link Centre and Brighter Futures put on a day of biking through an obstacle course for toddlers and tots at the Bellevue Memorial Park, complete with a highway, train tracks and other creative hurdles to bike over.

Pictured left is three-year-old Silas Van Buuren going through the “car wash.”

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Blairmore

Bright 4-bedroom semi-detached bungalow at Ironstone Lookout. End unit. Open floor plan and vaulted ceilings.

Fully developed basement with spacious media room and wet bar. Two gas fireplaces and central air. Large double attached garage. Main floor laundry. Deck and patio. Ample parking. $374,900 CALL JOHN MLS

Beautiful 4-bedroom Linwood home in a prime location for privacy and fantastic mountain views. Triple car garage.

Fantastic living areas and a friendly, open and spacious floor plan. $579,500 CALL JOHN MLS

coleman Exceptionally well-kept and upgraded 2-bedroom home. Level small yard requires little work. The home is clean and ready to be moved into. Parking at the back of the yard and even a small garden. There is also an unheated attic with an extra 135 sq.ft.. Very neat package. $133,500. CALL JOHN MLS

lots & acreaGes for modUlar Homes

3.5 acres HiGHway commercial Highway 3 west-bound.

Zoned C-2 - Perfect for gas bar and convenience stop $249,000 CALL JOHN MLS

one 4-Bedroom ironstone condo for rent

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Before and after The bottom photo shows the newly landscaped east entrance sign to Crowsnest Pass after SpringBreak Flower Farm and Landcraft Design Inc. revamped it last week. The project cost the municipality $10,000.

Herald contributor photo

Municipality of Crowsnest Pass 8502 - 19 Avenue, Coleman Box 600, Crowsnest Pass, AB, T0K 0E0 ph: 403-562-8833 e: reception@crowsnestpass.com www.crowsnestpass.com

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

2018 TAX AND ASSESSMENT NOTICES

Wednesday June 20, 2018 2:00pm – 8:00pm MDM Community Centre 2802 – 222 Street, Bellevue

PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS ARE DUE JUNE 30, 2018

MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN OPEN HOUSE The purpose of the Open House is to gain insight into what the ideal Crowsnest Pass should look like in the future and to hear the public’s view on how we achieve these goals.

The information received will be used as a foundation for the formulation of a new municipal development plan to guide the community over the next 25 years. Relevant information will be displayed and a take home questionnaire will be distributed. Your opinion matters!

MUNICIPAL PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

Methods of Payment: • • • • • •

COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION OPEN HOUSE Thursday, June 21, 2018 7:00pm MDM Community Centre 2802 – 222 Street, Bellevue

At the Municipal Office during regular business hours At any branch of most Financial Institutions By mail, postmarked on or before the due date By postdated cheque, dated on or before June 30, 2018 Do you want the Crowsnest Pass to be one of the most beautiful communities in Alberta?

Tele-banking or Internet Banking.

In the night deposit slot at 8502 - 19 Avenue, Coleman Your Crowsnest Pass Municipal Council believes that the If you are a current pre-authorized payment plan participant, opportunity is here to do just that. To make it happen and your taxes are paid in monthly installments and no payment ensure community values are represented the Crowsnest Pass Parks and Recreation Authority is hosting a public is required at this time. consultation process. We invite you to attend to participate If you have questions regarding your Property Assessment, and contribute your ideas to the “big picture” and to help please contact the Municipal Assessor at 1-800-633-9012 to form the long-term plan to support beautification of the arrange for an appointment.

Crowsnest Pass.

Running concurrently with the Municipal Development All late payments will be subject to a 7% penalty the The evening will be facilitated by Tom Hopkins of Straight Plan open house, the Municipality is also holding a general first business day in July. Check the reverse of your Tax Arrow Consulting.

Municipal Public Open House.

Assessment notice for details. For more information, please 2019 FCSS FUNDING APPLICATIONS Administration and Council will be in attendance to provide contact the tax department at 403-562-8833.

2019 Family and Community Support Services Program a general overview of the services the Municipality provides BRITISH SOCCER CAMP Funding Applications are now available at the Community and to discuss the following topics: Albert Stella Memorial Services Department located at MDM Community Centre For Ages 3 – 16 Arena, Water Meters, Utility Billing, Development Processes, (2802 - 222 Street, Bellevue) and online at https://www.

First Kicks – Mini Soccer – Half and Full Day Camps FireSmart & Wildfire. crowsnestpass.com/living-here/community-services/famiIsabelle Sellon Soccer Fields - Crowsnest Pass ly-and-community-support-services AQUA YOGA Sign up at www.challengersports.

Deadline for Applications is August 31, 2017.

Tuesdays and Thursdays com by July 6 and receive a free July 10 – August 30 jersey.

Please contact Kim Lewis at 403-563-2207 or by email at 7:00am – 8:00am kim.lewis@crowsnestpass.com to find out if your program Call Tracey at 403-563-2208 for meets the FCSS criteria.

Aqua Yoga is a gentle and very low impact aquatic activity more information. that takes the principles and movements of Yoga and STEAK NIGHT AT PASS POWDERKEG adapts them to the water environment. With the release of SUCCESSFUL TOXIC & E-WASTE ROUNDUP AND SERVICE PLUS PROGRAMS gravity the body is able to find the optimum stretch. Water’s Fridays beginning June 22. Doors open at 5:00pm. buoyancy takes weight off your joints.

This year’s Toxic & E-Waste Round-up and Service Plus Buy your steak by the ounce along with 10 class punch card $90.00 + GST Programs were a huge success thanks to all of the Crowsnest fresh, unique sides from Chef Alejandro!

Pass residents who took advantage of these services. We Each week, we will be featuring an Summer Session $160.00 + GST Drop-ins welcome $10.00 + GST look forward to serving you again in the fall!

Alberta partner for drinks, so keep an eye on this page for more information!

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Waterton Stage & Screen presents:

International Adventure Film Festival & Adventure Fair Saturday, June 23 starting at 2 pm

Participating Partners: Alpine Stables, Waterton Outdoor Adventures, Blakiston & Co. Adventure Rentals, Parks Canada, CPAWS

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Welcome to the Waterton Herald

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We are very excited to welcome the Waterton Herald to the Crowsnest Pass Herald family. We will be producing the FREE full colour weekly newspaper every Wednesday from now until September. Watch every week for Waterton news, pictures, advertising and events. If you would like to contribute to the Waterton Herald please email passherald@shaw.ca.

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Waterton is back in business Avner Perl Waterton Herald

For a number of years, Waterton has been my favorite quiet place. I used to be a frequent visitor to Banff in the sixties and seventies, but slowly found myself crowded out by a steady increase in commercialism. For a while, Canmore retained the “little town in the mountains” character, but it didn’t last long either.

Only an hour from a city of over a million people left Canmore vulnerable to a steady push towards mega development and altered its character. The next place that offered majestic mountains, forests in natural state and lakes of fresh mountain water was Waterton.

Here I could still enjoy a one of a kind natural Canadian Rockies beauty, meet thousands of international visitors and enjoy a solitary walk on a natural trail without feeling that enjoyment in life is directly related to my credit card limits.

I live in a mountain forest and I am too old to start looking for another place even if I wanted to.

As much as I try to never even think about my peaceful haven being endangered, I could never forget the warnings of those who made it their business to study major trends in the environment. They predicted that

the increase in greenhouse gasses would eventually cause climate change, and steady increase in floods, droughts and forest fires frequencies. Closing my eyes and burying my head in the sand didn’t help.

One after another weather-related disasters came, each time with a qualifier that these were rare events. Calgary had a hundred year flood, the Crowsnest Pass had floods and fires and now the big one, the Kenow 2017 fire in Waterton National Park. Climate change is assaulting my home and my favorite places. I know that forest fires are an integral part of nature, but natural disasters are speeding up. My political leaders are saying that it should be ignored for economic reasons, but our welllearned experts are disputing the notion and are winning based on evidence.

Last summer we heard the warnings of the weather experts, as we do now every summer. BC was tinder dry and fires were erupting everywhere. Alberta was still recovering from the Fort Mc Murray disaster when the news splashed over the screens. A fire in Waterton Parks coming from Montana and BC. I tried to ignore it so it would go away but I didn’t have an

alternate universe like the President of the United States does. The ranchers were being evacuated from what I call God’s Country, and the huge wall of flames was charging faster than any cavalry towards that peaceful, simple town that I love, Waterton.

Just like a few years prior in the Crowsnest Pass, brave Canadian men and women don their orange suits and shovels in hands went to fight for their country.

Our brave pilots both helicopters, and fixed wings, worked to the point of exhaustion while churches and community halls turned into evacuees centres. Money and volunteers poured from all over and grandmas were baking for displaced families.

A wall of firefighters with determined blackened faces stood their ground against a much bigger wall of flames and smoke and defended the homes of other Canadians they never met but felt a strong kinship with. Whoever or whatever attacks Canada, or any part of it, must know that they will not win against our determination, hardiness and strong sense of unity. We were not melted together in Canada; we “chose” to be one and you see the benefits in action when we face a foe.

Last week I went

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back to see how Waterton is faring after the fire.

Many trees are leafless and the surrounding mountains don’t look like they used to. Everywhere there are scars, but nature and people are fighting back. The lakes are still peacefully blue and the mountains remain majestic as ever. They have been through fires before thousands of times. The ancient people of Waterton, named Blackfoot after their ability to exist after fires, opened a new information center and descendants of pioneers operate the quaint little businesses in the area.

Others are a testimony of new Canadians who brought entrepeneurship from the far east and prospered under our multicultural system. You hardly find any chain

stores or restaurants in Waterton. People don’t come here for the predictable and familiar, but for the unique and creative experience.

I was surprised to see the town already being under construction and even more astonished to see the number of tourists constantly driving in or even arriving in busses.

There are trailers and motorhomes in the full campground and happy faces wherever you look.

Just like every other year before the fire, you hear every language on earth spoken on Main Street.

People are hiking and strolling about, looking with awe at the line that the fire was not able to cross. Just like in our game Hockey, the defense did their job and people are amused by our determination. Every half-

burned tree right on the edge of town is a witness and the majestic hotel, the Prince of Wales, stands defiantly amongst the burnt brush as a background for the thousands of visitors who take “selfies” in front of it.

I watched a wedding party taking pictures with Cameron Falls in the background and got talking to a couple of teenagers who mistook me for a tourist. The girl said wise words that can’t escape my mind. She looked at her relative getting married and said: “it is more important to love than to be loved.” So Canadian and so appropriate in a place they call The Peace Park.

My blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK EVENT CALENDAR June 2018 • International Adventure Film Festival and Adventure Fair - 6/23/2018 • The Missing Piece Rendezvous 2018 - 6/24/2018 July 2018 • Butterfly Bioblitz - 7/16/2018 • 25th Annual Knapweed Rodeo - 7/21/2018 • Lorna MacLaughlan Quintet : Live Concert - 7/21/2018 • Parks Day - 7/21/2018 • Blackfoot Arts and Heritage Festival - 7/23/2018 – 7/25/2018 • Science and History Day - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - 7/24/2018 August 2018 • Heritage Spotlight: Japan - 8/4/2018 September 2018 • "Wild Rose Trio" : Live Concert - 9/2/2018 • Waterton Wildlife Weekend 2018 - 9/13/2018 – 9/16/2018 • Salamander Heroes - 9/15/2018

If you have an event you would like to have included in this event calendar please email info to passherald@shaw.ca

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Blackfoot Information Centre opens Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

The newly purposed Waterton Heritage Centre building has opened this summer as the Blackfoot Information Centre. With the closing of the former museum and information centre that was run by the Waterton Natural History Association (Friends of the Park); the Blood Tribe Band Office administration (Kainai) of Standoff, Alberta now manages the

programs for this building. Visitors will now discover traditional and contemporary Blackfoot Indigenous arts and crafts such as: beaded moccasins; black and white photographs of Blackfoot Indigenous women that resemble the stoic portraiture of Edward Curtis; and even a chess set with bison as the pons, and a checkerboard pattern that has repetitive images of

prairie grass; and several books on Indigenous culture, including children’s books.

The Centre hopes to increase the availability of its’ merchandise for sale, and additional vendors of these arts and crafts will be occasionally available during special events.

In addition, a traditional pow wow will be held on June 21st 2018 (National Aboriginal

Day) from 5 – 9 p.m. on the adjacent lawn just west of the information centre (Waterton 117 Ave.). This pow wow of traditional pow wow dances and an Owl Dance will feature a variety of traditional dances and is a non-competitive performance. Kenzie Twigg (Kainai) who is a summer student at the centre noted that honourariums will be given to the first 50 registered dancers to

help off-set travel expenses to this event.

There will also be a Native Market with a variety of indigenous arts and crafts available.

Other events are planned throughout the summer months such as a Traditional Ecological Knowledge Day on Saturday July 21st that will highlight the oral teachings and stories of an Elder.

This new centre is de-

signed to “help visitors connect with the spirit of Waterton” and learn more about the values, arts and culture of the Blackfoot Indigenous Peoples.

The Blackfoot Information Centre is open from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. except Mondays.

More information about the centre and events can be obtained by telephone at: 403-3945844.

Camp Columbus spared from the wildfire Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

Last year during the Kenow wildfire, this fire threatened the buildings of Camp Columbus, located at its’ Middle Waterton Lake site just south of Waterton Alpine Stables. The fire fortunately was able to be extinguished, just a few short meters from the camp, allowing summer camps and related activities such as hiking, canoeing, and horseback riding, to proceed again this year.

Camp Columbus was founded by the Knights of Columbus in 1956, a fraternal Catholic men’s organization. Construction was completed on July 1, 1957 when Camp Columbus enrolled its’ first students. Youths of all religious affiliations are able to attend the camp, both boys and girls.

Camp Columbus also hosts Grade 5 children

that participate in the Waterton Ecosystem Investigators Camp (ESI).

Students are able to join this camp at no cost since 2011, when a generous grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation was established. During the ESI Camp, students learn about the terrestrial ecosystem and also the Indigenous history of Waterton Lakes National Park as an environmental education program. The ESI Camp is administered

by Parks Canada with applications sent by Parks Canada to school division offices, and then distributed to Grade 5 teachers.

Students are housed in dormitories at Camp Columbus where meals are also provided. In June of 2012, the (ESI) Camp won the Emerald Award for Public Education and Outreach.

Earlier this year in May, members of the

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Knights of Columbus from Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, and the Crowsnest Pass held their annual spring work bee to complete a variety of maintenance upgrades such as:

new exterior photovoltaic lights; restoration of the masonry for the fireplace; and a large, new, custommade stainless steel island for the kitchen; as well as cleaning the build-

ing in preparation for this year’s summer camps.

The Crowsnest Pass Knights of Columbus Council also ensures that there is an ample supply of firewood for evening

campfires. Camp Columbus remains an important legacy for Waterton Lakes National Park, an important heritage that was fortunately spared from the Kenow wildfire.

Alpine Stables Recovers from Kenow Wildfire Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

On August 30th 2017, a lightening strike during an intense thunder storm resulted in a wildfire that severely damaged the corrals, stable, and family home of the Barrus and Watson families. Waterton Alpine Stables was first established in 1969 and has therefore had a longstanding presence in Waterton Lakes National Park. In addition to the loss of buildings, some feed and tack were also lost, however, most of the tack was saved and the horses were able to be relocated before the manda-

tory evacuation. Last month, in May, excavation of the site was accomplished after Parks Canada completed its’ initial environmental impact assessment and survey of the site, and a new temporary barn and corrals have been constructed. Jenika Watson of Alpine Stables noted that her father, who is a welder, was able to fabricate the provisional barn partly from an old metal shipping container.

Jenika then invited me to take a look. The enclosed structure is being used to store saddles, harnesses, and other tack. The barn was filled with beautiful

ambient morning light from clerestory openings and had neatly arranged saddles and tack.

Although Alpine Stables is operational again, the stable has only 25 horses, with less capacity than previously when there were approximately 50 horses available. Jenika hopes that construction of the new stable and homes will commence in September 2018 and mentioned that the architects had visited earlier in the day and had taken a short trail ride by horseback. Parks Canada is currently making arrangements to finalize the design of the

buildings with the architects.

Jenika would appreciate and encourages anyone interested in enjoying a trail ride to please make a reservation in advance, either on-line or by telephone, since Alpine Stables is unable to accommodate walk-ins. In true Western tradition, Alpine Stables is an example of unwavering resiliency and hospitality, and looks forward to sharing a unique experience with visitors of the park.

Trail rides are available for Vimy, Lion’s Head, and Wishbone trails, for day trips only.

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Waterton Heritage Centre closes New Parks Canada Information Centre location

Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

The Waterton Heritage Centre formerly administered by the volunteer membership of the Waterton Natural History Association (Friends of the Park) has closed with the dissolution of this organization earlier this year. Visitors to Waterton lakes National Park will certainly miss the convenience of information services offered by the Heritage Centre, and due to the Kenow wildfire destroying the Parks Canada Visitor Centre last year in August 2017; information is now available at the temporary Parks Canada Visitor Centre located next to the Canada Post Office on Fountain Avenue. The visitor centre at this location will be operational until the newly designed Visitor Centre is constructed, with the sod-turning and commencement of this construction set for early 2019. The former Parks Canada site for visitor services and information at the Waterton town limits has been remediated with the removal of the building’s foundation. Some minimalist landscaping that sloped and leveled the earthen soil has been completed, and the site will now be allowed to revert to a natural landscape without any plantings. The parking lot will still remain available to tourists.

Van Gogh film provides an artistic insight for the Wildflower Festival Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

The Waterton Lakes Opera House recently screened a film entitled: Van Gogh Amid Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies, a sequel on the life of Vincent van Gogh entitled: Loving Vincent; as part of the opening events of the Waterton Wildflower Festival. (June 14 – June 19, 2018). Other first day events included an interpretative hike to visit sites within Waterton Lakes National Park that are now in full bloom.

As a visual artist and writer I was drawn to the opportunity to learn more about the remarkable artist that is Van

Gogh, and so I decided to attend the film.

In addition to being an exceptional artist, Van Gogh was a prolific writer of letters; with both his art and letters expressing his innermost thoughts; the thoughts of “a person who feels deeply.” (Van Gogh). Van Gogh was most interested in the human condition or mankind’s existential reality; and how this reality formed a part of the eternal. As Van Gogh stated in a letter he wrote, his search was to discover whether God existed, or did not exist, whether faith was possible and to this end Van Gogh looked for a “Great

Amen” or an epiphany of wisdom. In his landscapes, that were mostly pastoral, Van Gogh often referred to the “…eternal earth and the eternal sky above…”

His portraits were also often of common farmers and workers such as his work entitled “The Potato Eaters” and “Peasants Planting Potatoes.” Van Gogh believed that these common people were closest to the eternal or what Van Gogh called “the eternal principle” that guided mankind. Ultimately, Van Gogh decided that it was an impossibility to ever fully understand “the eternal,” and his life

ended tragically in suicide at a young age.

Van Gogh’s art has endured though as an expression of his philosophy of life.

Van Gogh’s first use of bold colors took place while he lived in the Montmartre district of Paris, where he painted still life’s of flowers and began to develop his signature style of thick impasto brushstrokes, something he continued to develop during his short lifetime while living

in the Provence region of France. His work was subsequently collected by the art collector Helene Köller-Möller and immortalized in a museum she founded in her name, in the Netherlands, the largest collection of Van Gogh’s work in the world.

As I visited the park and arrived early in the morning under clouded skies, I stopped for a while to admire the carpet of wildflowers blooming in the valley.

The plethora of beauty these flowers conveyed of the eternal seemed readily apparent, with their vastness evoking thoughts of the eternal sky above. After viewing this film, I now like to think that Van Gogh, had he the chance to visit Waterton Lakes National Park during his lifetime, perhaps would have found his “Great Amen” here in the beauty and wonder of the eternal, that is Waterton.

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noTiCE oF puBLiC HEArinG MuniCipALiTY oF CroWSnEST pASS in THE proVinCE oF ALBErTA propoSED BYLAW no. 1006, 2018 7:00 pM Tuesday, July 10, 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. 1006, 2018, being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 868-2013, being the municipal land use bylaw.

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Health Hub launches smoothie bar AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

After changing her lifestyle and losing an impressive 30 lbs, Health Hub owner Sarah-Dash Arbuckle knew she had to find a way to share her strategy with her clients.

That's when the health food store and natural medicine provider launched their new healthy drink bar serving smoothies and freezies.

"I wanted to have that more available for my patients because as I'm educating and teaching them and suggesting that they lose weight, I don’t want to be that hypocrite that sends them on their way with a defeating plan. As I'm working with patients, day after day, that’s what's needed right now.

People know what good and bad foods are, but how do you take someone who has never liked vegetables and make them really enjoy it?" says Arbuckle, naturopathic doctor and the Hub’s business owner. "It's something that I look for when I'm travelling so I figured if I want tourists to stop more often, we have to give them a reason."

As a bonus, now that she has seen first-hand how fruit and vegetable drinks can play in one's body, it also facilitates Arbuckle's own weight loss and health journey.

"I don’t want to undo all the benefits I've gained.

My energy's way up, I feel better in the joints... So I decided that if I created a more supportive environment here to maintain that lifestyle that I started, we would have to create a juice bar," she says.

According to Arbuckle, the difficulty that many people are having is that they are consuming too many convenientlyprepared foods that are low in nutrients, yet extremely high in calories, causing weight gain

which can then lead to chronic medical conditions like obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

"Right now, a lot of the foods that we're consuming that are convenient and fast are devoid of nutrients. They're full of carbs, lots of fat. Just by the nature of what they're providing, they have to be low rancidity, so to make it taste better, they add more sugar and salt and we're never really aware of the calories," she says.

Consuming fruit and vegetable juices is a quick and easy way to get vitamins and minerals, and they come in a variety of flavours, from the tropical to the traditional to the slightly dubious. But don't let odd combinations or ingredients fool you – Arbuckle has worked diligently to create flavours that pack a punch of vitamins without sacrificing good taste, a sort of trial and error of mixing palettes that work together.

"I've been working on this for the past six months. Every time I'm in the city, I try a different Jugo Juice or Booster Juice. I try a bunch of different flavours and I try to recreate the ones that I like," she says. "You're basically pulverizing the equivalent of up to five cups of fruits and vegetables into one beverage, so you're getting really packed phytonutrients and it's very dense in electrolytes."

The Health Hub currently has eight flavours to choose from, plus a "Choose Your Own Adventure" option, where customers can create their own flavours at the store.

One of their smoothie options, for example, is called 'The Hulk', and it's not only for its bright green colour. It's made with pineapple, spinach, cucumber, banana and coconut water.

"This is a way to get

your kids to eat more vegetables and not really know that they are. It has lots of iron with the spinach," says Arbuckle.

Another one, called ‘Beet This’, is made with beets, cranberry, watermelon, berries, apple juice and mint.

"That one's my favourite, but you have to like beets. There is that underlying earthiness from the beet, but all the berries keep it really lights and flavourful. I also really like herbs like basil and mint with berries," says Arbuckle.

There is also the option to add what Arbuckle calls "functional foods" into the smoothie, ingredients that are commonly known as superfoods that pack a punch of a vitamin or macronutrient. For example, collagen is a trendy functional food at the moment, but other common ones are chia seeds, MCT oil, matcha and goji berries.

They also use basil and mint from the Health Hub's very own local planter to create some of the recipes. There is no sugar added to any of the drinks and if a sweeter is needed, they use stevia or maple syrup only.

As a spin-off, the Health Hub will also be selling frozen juice freezies that recently debuted at last weekend's Bellecrest Days. As Arbuckel explains, any extra smoothies are made into frozen freezies placed in zipzicle baggies. The Health Hub will also be selling them at the Community Market on Thursdays.

Continuing on the beverage theme, the Health Hub hopes to roll out drinks packed with functional foods, like collagen coffee with MCT oil, turmeric lattes, macaccinos.

The Health Hub is located at 8341 20 Ave. in Coleman.

THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No. 1006, 2017 will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 PM on July 10, 2018.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that anyone wishing to make a presentation regarding the proposed bylaw should contact the Development Officer. Both written and verbal presentations may be given at the public hearing.

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

DATED at the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in the Province of Alberta this 8 day of June, 2018.

Lisa Kinnear, Development officer Municipality of Crowsnest pass Box 600, Crowsnest pass, Alberta T0K 0E0 phone: 403-563-2218 E-mail: lisa.kinnear@crowsnestpass.com

Anna Kroupina photo

The Health Hub debuted their fruit juice freezies at last weekend’s Bellecrest Days.

Smoothies and freezies, the new products sold at the Health Hub, are made from fresh fruits and vegetables and contain no sugar or artificial additives.

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Obituary

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ANNA MARCONI (NEE ALAMPI)

At the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday, February 1, 2018, at the age of 98. Predeceased by husband John (Jack) in 2000.

Dear mother to John (Martha) and Arlene (Stephen). Also loved by her 8 grandchildren, D'Arcy (Brenda), Robert (Sylvie), Paul (Susan), Carmen, Ezra, Aaron, Micah and Sarah (Emmanuel) and 10 great-grandchildren, Jon (Jennifer), Noah (Morgan), Holly (Stephan), Kerri (Simon), Josée (Paul), Jessica (Jill), Jenna (Luc), Hunter (Phil), Sydney, Olivia and 10 great-great-grandchildren, D'Arcy, Sophia, Bronx, Lydia, Adrian, Henry, Danielle, Annabelle, Aiden, Charlie. Survived by several nieces and nephews, Anna was the last of her generation (Marconi/Alampi).

Anna was born August 28, 1919 in Pellero, Italy to Francesco and Angela (nee Oliva) Alampi.

On Christmas day 1930 at the age of eleven she left Italy with her mother, sisters Josephine and Genoeffa and brother Frank to join her father, sister Giovanna and brother Joseph in Coleman.

On September 2, 1939 she married her next door neighbour Jack. They lived on Main Street in Coleman until 1995 when they moved to Ottawa. In 1999 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends.

Anna was a member of the Coleman Holy Ghost Catholic Church. She was also a charter member of the Crowsnest Historical Society and a volunteer at the Crowsnest Museum. She was an avid landscape painter and a member of the Crowsnest Pottery Club. She continued potting and became a jewelry-maker in Ottawa. Family and friends are the proud owners of many pieces of pottery and jewelry that she created.

She was an active member of Crystal View Lodge where she resided and enjoyed participating in a variety of social activities.

A mass was celebrated at St. Maurice Parish, 4 Perry Street, Ottawa on Tuesday, February 6, 2018.

Interment of ashes and a memorial service will be held in the Crowsnest Pass at a later date.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 998, 2018 7:00 pm, July 10, 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 the following:

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THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a single public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No.988, 2018, will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 pm on July 10, 2018.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that anyone wishing to make a presentation regarding the proposed bylaw should contact the Development Officer. Both written and verbal presentations may be given at the public hearing.

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

DATED at the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in the Province of Alberta this June 6, 2018.

Lisa Kinnear, Development Officer Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Box 600, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta T0K 0E0 Phone: 403-563-2218 E-mail: lisa.kinnear@crowsnestpass.com

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Looking Back

By John Kinnear

A lighter look at the Russians This last weekend, many determined Passites toughed it out in the driving rain to participate in the always fun Bellecrest Days. I’ve seen a lot of parades in my day, but never have I seen such panache as was displayed by those committed paraders in Bellevue as they leaned into the tempest that rolled down Main Street. Everyone got soaked.

Part of the festivities after the parade was an unannounced re-creation of the famous 1920 shoot-out at the Bellevue Café. The intention of this clandestine show was to catch everyone off-guard, just like it probably did 98 years ago. The Bellevue Café was turned into an artist’s outlet for the day, so I had wandered in there out of the rain to check out the offerings. It was only by accident that I happened to be inside talking to a gifted photographer about his display when all hell broke loose.

There was a lot of hollering and jostling and guns going off and lines like, “Drop it or I’ll shoot”, and then several very young banditos burst out the front door into the street, guns a-blazing. I quickly followed and discovered, as I stepped outside, a group of period-dressed Crowsnest Pass High School students blasting away at each other while an astonished crowd looked on. It was great fun and kudos to the students and their teacher, Cole Happell, for reenergizing Bellevue’s equivalent of the O.K. Corral. Later, after the bodies were cleaned up, I posed them up against the café wall and as I prepared to shoot them (with my Nikon) the teacher hollered to all 24 of them to, “Look sombre.”

My February 2015 column entitled “Usher, Bailey, Kyslik and Wynn” took a “sombre” look at this event and coincident with it the murder, in 2015, of Constable David Wynn in St. Albert. It was designed to remind everyone about the thin blue line that stands between us and chaos. So what say, for a change, we take a lighter look at the whole Bellevue Café story using a sort of conduplicatio (repetition of a common word) to inject some humour into it. So it’s “off” we go.

It seems there were these three Russian jokers named Arkoff, Bassoff and Auloff who planned to pull "off" a full blown train heist August 1, 1920. The word is the "Off" gang had heard that the famous entrepreneur and rumrunner Emilio Picariello was heading off on CPR train No. 63, the Lethbridge to Fernie express, and figured he'd probably be packin' a fistful of greenbacks which they intended to take “off” of him.

This nasty Russian trio bought tickets and boarded that train and when it was in an isolated spot west of Coleman around the old Devon sulphur plant area, sounded “off” in the baggage car. With pistols drawn they confronted the conductor Sam Jones who was packing a brand new engraved CPR gold pocket watch. One of the Off’s decided to make the definitive point that they were serious robbers by firing his pistol “off” into the train car’s roof right by the conductor’s head. They then relieved him of his watch and set about taking valuables off of its passengers.

Emperor Pic and his wad of cash were nowhere to be found which really browned them “off”. Once they had cleaned out the train they jumped "off"at Sentinel, just east of Crowsnest Lake and beat it "off" into the bush.

Two days later, two thirds of the "Offs", Bass and Ark, were observed in the Bellevue Café having lunch, like nothing had happened. They were, in fact, preparing to hit the bank in Bellevue which they heard had an unusually large amount of payroll cash on hand to pay the local coal miners “off”.

Enter then, RCMP Corporal Usher and Alberta Provincial Police Corporal Bailey and Constable Frewin who had been tipped “off” that the Russians were in town. A bizarre inside/outside shootout followed in the café in which Bailey, Usher and one third of the Off gang, namely George Arkoff, perished. There were Lugers and Mausers going “off” all over the place. Bassoff was winged by Frewin and headed “off” for the Frank Slide, just about the best hiding place a fleeing criminal could ask for. Bassoff evaded continuous police searches and volunteer posse’s, armed with rifles and guns of various descriptions, for five days until he was grabbed “off” the train tracks just west of Pincher Station.

Side note: The day after the Bellevue shoot-out a special constable named Nick Kyslik or "Big Nick", who was of the same nationality as the “Offs”, was accidentally killed by A.P.P Constable Hidson when his gun went off after hollering at what he thought was Bassoff for refusing to halt when ordered.

Apparently the townsfolk were more afraid of the posse's guns going “off” than of the gang, as these special constables staggered from one blind pig to another with loaded guns and topped off with illicit booze. That trigger-happy constable got off incidentally following a juried inquest and "Big Nick" was buried in Hillcrest, leaving behind a wife and two children.

Bassoff, meanwhile, was tried some months later in Fort Macleod on two counts of murder and one of train robbery, found guilty and went “off” to meet his maker by hanging three days before Christmas of that year.

But what of the third "Off", namely Alex Auloff? Alex took “off” to the U.S. after the train holdup and remained at large for five years before he was picked “off” by an A.P.P. named Schrappe in Portland, Oregon. He may well have never been caught but for that specially engraved CPR pocketwatch he had pawned “off,” leaving a trail to follow. Auloff was returned to Canada and subsequently sentenced to seven years jail for armed robbery. The last "Off", Alex, died “off” mysteriously in prison four years before his sentence expired. According to the distinguished journalist Ted Moser, he died of phthisis which is another word for tuberculosis. I wonder how many convicts back then contracted that deadly disease while in prison before we finally figured out how easily this highly infectious disease was spread.

As an aside, I had the opportunity many years ago to talk to a long-time Bellevue resident by the name of Orestes Serra about the downtown shootout. Orestes was 13 at the time and heard the shots fired and rushed to the scene to find two local businessmen propping up Arkoff's body in the street. He claims a fella named Harry Peters opened Arkoff's shirt to check his heart, thus exposing a terrible lung wound. Arkoff had been shot in the back as he fled and Orestes heard Peters say, "Il est fini" (he is finished), shortly after he arrived whereupon Peter and his friend packed the body“off” over to Wolstenholme's warehouse. Orestes then proceeded to the Bellevue Café where Joe Mah,the Chinese owner, was busy chasing “off” onlookers. He allowed Orestes into the café because Orestes always cranked his ice cream machine for him and Joe liked him.

Orestes discovered a bullet hole in the booth which he subsequently traced through to a wooden stave barrel used for shipping soda pop. With his trusty pocket knife, he made “off” with every boy's dream, a real live slug from a shootout.

When word got to the RCMP that Orestes had a slug from the crime scene, he was hauled off to the chief’s Photos, top to bottom: office. On request, he produced the bullet from his pocket and held it out in the palm of his hand, where- - Reenactment of Bassoff shooting Bailey from doorway - circa upon he claimed the officer swiftly took it off him and replaced it with a thin dime. He was then told, “Get 1920's - courtesy Glenbow Archives - Bassoff standing over Usher in the shoot-out reenactment by the hell out of my office.” So it seems that the last "off" of this bizarre saga was a "payoff.”

CCHS Author’s Note: The most recent release in the Frank Slide’s comic book series – Shoot-Out at the Bellevue - Bailey lies in the doorway, shot by Bassoff 14 times Café - tells this story from young Orestes Serra’s perspective. The artistry of renowned comic book artist - Drama teacher Cole Happell and high school students pose after the shootout reenactment Claude St. Aubin injects a classic comic book feel to Serra’s memories. Copies are available at the Frank - Frank Slide comic book - Shoot-Out at the Bellevue Café Slide Interpretive Centre and are literally flying “off” the shelf (sorry, had to get one more in there).

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Trout Town – Crowsnest Pass, Alberta

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Trout fishing has long been a popular activity in Crowsnest Pass. Numerous rivers and streams in the area have been attracting anglers from near and far for decades. Perhaps the best known of these waters is our very own Crowsnest River. When it comes to trout streams, the Crow is one of the most user-friendly places to fish in the province. It’s almost as if it was created with anglers in mind, particularly those who like to fly-fish.

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The River The river flows from Crowsnest Lake, located along the Alberta – British Columbia border. The upper reaches are very scenic, with awesome views of the High Rock and Flathead mountain ranges. A short distance downstream from here, the river travels through the heart of Crowsnest Pass, as it winds its way past the small, historic communities of Coleman, Blairmore, Frank, Hillcrest, and Bellevue. Once the river leaves our towns, it continues eastward through foothills and ranching country before flowing into the Oldman Dam reservoir.

Altogether, there are about twenty-five miles of

productive trout waters to explore.

Access There are plenty of public access points available on the Crow, making it one of the most accessible streams in the area.

Numerous bridges, walking paths, and parking areas make it easy to get to the water. The river’s smaller size makes it ideally suited to wade-fishing.

Fish A variety of trout species inhabit the river.

Rainbow, cutthroat, and brown trout are present throughout its length. If you’re looking for brook trout, try the upper reaches. Lake trout some-

venture from times Crowsnest Lake into the river, so you never know what you might catch. If you’re chasing bull trout, head downstream of Lundbreck Falls. Mountain whitefish are also present in the river.

Seasons The best fishing of the season usually occurs after the spring runoff (mid-to-late subsides June), through late September or early October.

The river is rich in insect life, which in turn provides an ample food supply for its trout. Fly fishers can do well using nymph and dry-fly patterns throughout the summer months.

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Trout Town – story cont’d Fishing New fishing regula-

and-release fishing only.

area, these folks also pa-

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In addition, there is a total

tronize our gas stations,

postcard from Blairmore.

April, allowing anglers to

bait ban in place.

motels,

camp-

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grounds, restaurants, gro-

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cery, and other retail

fish species depicted in

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fish the full length of the Crowsnest River, year-

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travel from all corners of

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anywhere on the Crow,

every trout town in the

been promoted and pub-

any time of the year. Fish

country, the economy of

licized across Canada and

retention of any kind is

Crowsnest Pass benefits

elsewhere for many years.

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not permitted and the en-

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