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Crowsnest Pass Fire/Rescue Open House

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Crowsnest Pass Fire/Rescue gave the public a chance to learn more about their work at their Open House & Recruitment Event on June 23. Sisters Hannah, 4, and Holly, 2, dressed the part in red fire hats, had fun meeting the volunteers, exploring the fire trucks and testing out some of the equipment that the department uses. The open house was an opportunity for members of the fire department to explain to the public what their job entails, demonstrate some of the equipment they use and hopefully recruit some new members. “We think this is a great place to work and be a part of in the community,” says Fire Chief/Manager of Protective Services Jesse Fox. “It’s a really positive atmosphere.

We provide a lot of training and it’s a chance to be truly contributing to the public and serving something bigger than yourself when people need help.”

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CANADA DAY EVENTS July 1st, 2018

8 To 10 Am – Pancake Breakfast at Coleman 11 Am – Parade – theme is Legends and myths of Crowsnest Pass.

Floats & horses gather at Horace Allen School, Walkers at Flumerfelt Park for Judging at 10 am.

Prizes in several categories.

Following the parade the Cranbrook Bugle Band will be showcasing their performance they will be putting on for the Calgary Stampede Showband Competition.

This will take place on the street in front of the Legion and is sponsored by the Landfill Association.

The Coleman Legion will do a Flag raising immediately afterward followed by Beer Garden, BBQ, Bocce and Karaoke from 1 to 3.

NooN To 3 Pm – Family Fun Day at Flumerfelt

Park (Astro Jump, music, Concessions, Games and Water Park), Cake & Prize draws

1 To 3 Pm – Strawberry Tea & Bake Sale at Seniors’ Hall, $5.00 per person.

ALL DAY – Free admission to the Crowsnest museum (donations welcome) The Rocky mountain Concert Band will be holding a concert with local entertainers the Little Beat Band at the Polish Hall at 4:30 Pm. Following the concert we will be hosting a supper from Chris’ Restaurant at 6:30, cost of $20.00/plate, $10.00 ages 5 to 11, children 4 and under free. Seating is limited so tickets are on a first come, first served basis.

Tickets available at IDA in Blairmore.

Sponsored by: CoLEmAN CommUNITY SoCIETY, CoLEmAN LEGIoN, mUNICIPALITY oF CRoWSNEST PASS, CRoWSNEST PASS AG SoCIETY, CRoWSNEST/PINCHER CREEK LANDFILL ASSoCIATIoN WITH THE PARTICIPATIoN oF THE GoVERNmENT oF CANADA AVEC LA PARTICIPATIoN DU GoUVERNEmENT DU CANADA

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Canada Day in the Crowsnest Pass: what’s on in Coleman?

AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

With the reminiscent rain of the last two weekends pouring down on local celebrations and festivals, let’s keep our fingers crossed for a sunny Canada Day! The Coleman Community Society has been hard at work planning their annual Canada Day celebrations to celebrate the nation’s 151st birthday.

The day kicks off with the pancake breakfast at the Coleman Legion, followed up by the Canada Day parade, this year going with Crowsnest Pass Doors Open & Heritage Festival theme of myths, legends and ghost stories. The parade starts at Horace Allen School, comes down to Flumerfelt Park, goes through the underpass, turns right on 18 Ave., goes two blocks west and comes back around the cul-de-sac onto Main Street to end in

front of the Legion Fun day in the Park will have many activities and food options for kids and adults. Get your sights set on an Astro Jump, the water park, live music by Lani Folkard, food trucks and concessions.

That afternoon, there is Strawberry Tea at the Coleman Seniors Centre, a performance by the Cranbrook Bugle Band and, as is tradition, Canada Day cake donated by Lesley Margetak.

Supper, catered by Chris’ Restaurant (get excited for turkey and trimmings, cabbage rolls and salads), starts at 6:30 at the Polish Hall with an evening performance by the Calgary-based Rocky Mountain Concert Band and the Big Beat Band.

The group will also put on a surprise teaser performance at Flumerfelt Park some time mid-afternoon.

Tickets to the dinner

will be available until Friday, June 29 at $20 for adults, $10 for ages 5 to 11 and free for kids under 5.

Tickets can be purchased at Coleman Remedy’s RX, at Chris' Restaurant or by phoning Jane Ann Reimer 403-563-5408.

The Coleman Community Society has a membership of 25 people, but many more volunteers work hard to put Canada Day celebrations together.

“We have a huge volunteer base," says Francine Kilgannon, the treasurer/secretary of the Coleman Community Society. “We're so lucky because we have friends and family and a lot of our volunteers aren't society members. They're just friends and friends of friends. It's amazing where the volunteers come from when there's a need for it. We can always use hands and ideas.”

See page 2 for a complete list of events.

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Some interesting facts about Canada Day 1. On Oct. 27, 1982, Dominion Day officially became Canada Day. When the change was made, numerous politicians, journalists and authors, such as Robertson Davies, decried the change, saying it was an unnecessary break with tradition.

2. On July 1, 1867, Confederation was celebrated with the ringing of the bells at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto, as well as bonfires, fireworks, military displays and music — not much has changed!

3. In 2013, the week following Canada Day was proclaimed Canada History Week. It’s de-

signed to encourage Canadians to learn about and celebrate their history by visiting museums, talking to veterans and touring national historic sites.

4. Under the federal Holidays Act, Canada Day is observed on July 1, unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case July 2 is the statutory holiday. Celebratory events will generally still take place on July 1, even though it is not the legal holiday.

If it falls on a Saturday, any businesses normally closed that day will usually dedicate the following Monday (July 3) as a day off.

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Examples include Canada D’eh, an annual celebration that takes place on June 30 in Hong Kong, at Lan Kwai Fong, where an estimated attendance of 12,000 was reported in 2008; in Mexico, at the Royal Canadian Legion in Chapala, and at the Canadian Club in Ajijic; and Canadian Forces’ events on bases in Afghanistan.

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Notable moments in the history of Canada Day Each July 1, Canadi-

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the Confederation Build-

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150th anniversary of Con-

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legislative control over

lier.

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federation, takes place. In

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proclamation requesting

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Editorial and Opinions Community Update

WhAt’S not to Like This weekend, I had a reunion of sorts with girlfriends I have had since elementary school.

It was the first of what I hope to be an annual meeting of friends.

It’s funny, as you get older and your children start to become independent, you gravitate back to the life you had before you became a parent.

I seem to value friendships more than I did in the past, most likely because I was just trying to survive while raising four boys in the house.

Regardless, I want to spend time with my friends, friends that knew me at my worst, friends that held my hair out of my face while I had may first foray into alcohol in high school, friends who wiped away my tears during my first break-up, friends who showed up at my parents’ funeral, because they were a part of my life when I had parents.

So, back to my weekend... I kissed my boys on their faces, told them to be kind and not a**holes (yes, I am that mom) and headed off on a five-hour drive to Nelson.

I’ve heard that Nelson was a beautiful area, a tourist mecca. Well, after walking down the main area, I thought it was just alright. First, I had to drive and climb the Salmo Pass. It’s nothing like the fantastic mountain pass through here. It was high, it was slow and I got more rocks thrown at my truck than I’ve ever seen.

So I get to Nelson and yes, it’s pretty. They have maintained the historic facade. The buildings are fantastic and there are a lot of artisan businesses. They took building that weren’t rented and wrapped the empty windows in historic photos of Nelson. The wraps are much the same as you would see on vehicles and I’ll tell you, it looks fantastic. It’s something that I would love to see us do here in the Pass. We have a lot of empty buildings, so why not wrap the windows in this fantastic idea? They also wrapped all their garbage and power recepticles in historic photos of the area. It gave you the feeling of being in a past era. What an amazing idea to hide the vacant emptiness and celebrate the history.

But as beautiful as Nelson is, there were transients and homeless people begging on every block. It was hard to see and hard not to hand over money to every person I saw. My cousin Tryna said that there are so many homeless in the area because a) marijuana is very prevalent in Nelson and b) they have an amazing soup kitchen.

For a town of just over 10,000 people, I was shocked by the amount of homeless people. In fact, there were tents set up as living quarters all over the place. As it got later in the day, Tryna said we should go home because downtown isn’t where she likes to be at night.

So while Nelson is indeed beautiful, there is also a lot of sadness and despair on the streets.

It’s certainly not a place I want to re-visit. I’ll take the same scenery here and enjoy where I live.

That’s the way I see it.

LS

Spray Lake reforestation effort plants 2.7 million seedlings AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

For three straight weeks this June, tree planters have been hard at work, rain or shine, planting over 1 million tree seedlings in the C5 Forest Management Unit (FMU) as part of annual reforestation projects by Spray Lake Sawmills Ltd. Company-wide, Spray Lake will plant over 2.7 million seedlings throughout the summer.

Errol Kutcher is a woodlands forester with Spray Lake and one of his responsibilities is to plan the reforestation efforts each year.

Back in November 2017, Kutcher began planning the reforestation program for the Highwood within the Forest Management Area (FMA) and Porcupine Hills, Isolation Creek, Station Creek and Indian Graves in the C5 FMU. Northern Reforestation out of Slave Lake is the contract company that carried out the planting efforts. On this particular reforestation project, there are 13 support staff and 37 tree planters working, who cumulatively planted between 75,000 and 90,000 seedlings a day. In total, there were about 700,000 lodgepole pine trees planted, 200,000 Engelmann spruce and 100,000 white spruce.

The provincial Timber Management Regulation requires disposition holders to reforest within two years after the end of the year of their cut.

Each year, Spray Lake collects cones from

the trees naturally found in a harvest block, ensuring that they get specimen from that exact "seed zone" particular to that elevation and topography.

The cones are then sent for cold storage at the Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre (ATISC) in Smoky Lake, the main station for forest genetics, tree improvement and reforestation seed programs in Alberta.

Each fall, Kutcher determines how many of each species they will need to replant that year and places an order with the ATISC. The seedlings are then sent to Coast to Coast Reforestation Inc., a tree farm that Spray Lake has partnered with in Medicine Hat, where they are nurtured and grown from December to May. Reforestation projects typically start in June, when precipitation is high and the soil is thawed. The seedlings are transported from the greenhouse to the reforestation sites via quads or city trucks or, if the road has already been reclaimed, by air.

Reforestation standards in accordance with the Regeneration Standards of Alberta (RSA) need to be met to ensure that enough seedlings have taken to their new environment.

Four to eight years after harvest, Spray Lake is obligated to produce and present an Establishment Survey to show that the trees planted are actually growing. Eighty percent of the surveyed plots within a block must be

stocked.

Additionally, 11 to 14 years after harvest, Spray Lake must produce a Performance Survey, which is a physical measurement of how well those trees are growing, measured in the amount of wood produced in cubic metres per hectare.

Kutcher says that reforestation projects are all about sustainability.

"This is the industry giving back. We don't just harvest trees. There's a whole slew of things that goes into it other than us cutting down trees and shipping them to the mills," he says.

Wade Aebli, C5 Woodlands Operations Supervisor at Spray Lake, adds that it goes with just responsible forest management, essentially recreating natural disturbance patterns like fire, blowdown or insects that traditionally happened on a landscape. The result is what he calls a "mosaic of age classes" where a landscape has old growth, mature and immature growth, and new disturbance.

Archeological exploration As Spray Lake begins reclamation on one harvest block, they prepare another for new logging activities.

Before any logging or road-building activities begin in a new Spray Lake harvest zone, the Historical Resources Act requires that an impact assessment examining the area for signs of historical activity is performed.

A two-person

archeological team with Golder Associates just wrapped a five-day investigation in the Vicary Creek, Racehorse Creek, Timber Creek and Westrup Creek in the C5 Forest Management Unit to determine whether there are any sensitive areas prior to harvest.

"We look at Spray Lake's annual plans and we do a screening to determine which areas may need to have an archeological assessment done before they harvest the areas. There are areas deemed high probability archeological evidence," says Vincent Balls, one of the archaeologists on the team. "We visit the target areas and we do walk around, a surface survey and shovel testing to test for buried artifacts."

Light Detection and Ranging data (LiDar) is used to determine which areas have a potential for historic sites.

"Based on our knowledge and background of where sites have been found in the past, we have a fairly good idea of typical land forms that generally people would have used in the past," says Balls.

If an area is deemed as having archeological significance, it is flagged and protected from harvesting and road building.

On this recent survey, one of the artifacts found is a small jade piece suspected of being a woodworking chisel, found on a plateau above the Old Man and Livingstone River confluence.

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Pow Wow

Avner Perl photo/Waterton Herald

On Thursday, June 21, the celebration of Blackfoot culture and National Indigenous People’s Day was held in Waterton National Park, featuring authentic Blackfoot attire, drum circles and dancers. See stories and more photos on pages 2 & 4.

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Waterton Pow Wow, on Solstice day Avner Perl Waterton Herald

Three flags adorn the Pow Wow area. Canada’s red Maple leaf, US stripes and stars and Alberta wheat and mountains on blue. The Blackfoot nation people honor all three since they belong to all in some ways. All they ask is for people to remember that this miraculously beautiful area be acknowledged as their original land. Like all other nations on earth, they are happy to dress in their traditional native attire and sing and dance to demonstrate the beauty and uniqueness of their culture. Those who perform do so for very little pay and they gladly tell their stories. A minority in their own land they seek acceptance and do not want to be portrayed in negative ways. The Pow Wow, based on historical gatherings of the people is a show of pride.

People that have nothing to be ashamed of aside from the misfortune of being swallowed up by bigger and stronger groups of people. The story of most of humanity.

Before the event started, I got talking to a gentleman, Don Bottle, who was wearing a HudsonBay coat, a Métis sash and eagle feathers headdress. He was an organizer who introduced me to the head table and the three coordinators: Sierra Shade, Kenzie Twigg and

Carleigh Grier Stewart, all wonderful young women who played lead roles. Mr. Bottle posed for pictures with the RCMP officers and even demonstrated a knife versus gun confrontation with officer Clark.

They came on to the grass stage in a procession led by their friends in red, two RCMP officers carrying a banner saying S I K S I K A I T S I TA P I , BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY, and a long line of people dressed up in colorful costumes following ready for the dances.

Heavy drumming accompanied the procession and the many onlookers were gathered under umbrellas and blankets. The MC, Tony Delaney introduced an elder at the head table who stood up to pray in the traditional language and English for the benefit of the viewers.

Every gathering of First Nations people includes a mention of the Great Creator and of Spirits and Mother Earth.

The prayers are not contradictory to any other religion, but complimentary.

The elder who said the prayer referred to Waterton in its native name.

I asked him what it meant and he replied, “The lake that is going into the mountains.”

The Pow Wow itself is an impressive event. I chose to pay more attention to the people who gathered for the celebration. It was raining part of

Avner Perl photo/Waterton Herald

the time but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants or the onlookers. The RCMP officer went back to the station to change into his regular uniform. The rain is harmful to the felt hats of the dress uniforms. He came back to watch. Apparently, he grew up in Saskatchewan on a border of a large Reserve and has respect for First Nations culture. Under a tree, I met a lovely young couple sharing a Pendleton blanket. He is Alex Shade and she is Stacy Many Bears. They told me that soon they will have a baby. A little girl

wearing a dancing outfit caught my eye with her friendly smile. She is Laura Lynn McDougal Blood and she is two years old. That is two, with two little fingers up, in case I didn’t know.

A wonderful grandma, Silvia Lowhorn, was sitting on a folding chair conversing in Blackfoot with a number of young children.

She told me that she graduated from a Residential school in grade eight, which used to be like grade 12 today. She returned home and her father, who never went to a school, taught her the

old language. All her children speak Blackfoot, but the grandchildren only understand but don’t speak it. It sounded about the same as most of the minorities in Canada. I snapped a picture of a proud young man, John Potts (15) with a Roach traditional headdress, and tried to converse with a tightly wrapped baby in a soft skin cradleboard named Roman Tailfeathers. He just smiled. God only knows how he got such a European first name.

I couldn’t stay to see the end of the Pow Wow. Health issues prevented

it. I would like to see the next Pow Wow in Waterton and I hope to see many more. Somehow it is a perfect match with the scenery. On Pow Wow days the people who reside and work in Waterton could do the same as Calgarians do at Stampede, and dress native for the day. It would show respect for the aboriginal culture and impress visitors. Even some native artifacts could be sold towards the event and coins minted to be purchased as souvenirs.

Black Foot confederation and Waterton Glacier Peace Park?

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK EVENT CALENDAR 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

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - WAteRton HeRALD - 3

An idyllic pursuit: Cycling the Red Rock Canyon Parkway Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

I set out to pedal from the Pass Creek metal barricade to the second barricade at Bellevue Creek; a distance of approximately 4 km one-way along the Red Rock Canyon parkway. This roadway is open to hikers as well, however, it is closed to vehicular traffic for the summer of 2018, hence the barricade. Parks Canada has deemed it necessary for public safety to close this parkway due to the risks of unstable slopes from possible soil erosion, and compromised trees that could pose a falling hazard, the result of last year’s Kenow wildfire.

Within a short distance of a few meters though, I was obliged to dismount my bicycle, since despite its 18 gears, the steeply climbing switchback necessitated that I push my bike up this grueling slope. I eventually was able to continue pedaling upon reaching the crest of this steep hill and arrived at an elevated plateau with a scenic, slightly undulating meadow, of

prairie grasses and wildflowers, such as lupines and wild roses.

Despite the distant sounds of thunder, and the occasional lightening flash, I forged ahead towards the storm’s epicenter. I passed several hikers and the occasional cyclist returning in the opposite direction. Undeterred I continued forward until I arrived at Bellevue hill with a narrow track ascending the hill through the prarie grasses. Here I met an Asian couple from Edmonton who encouraged me to disregard the closure and continue on.

Since it is prohibited to continue past the Bellevue Creek barricade, I lingered a moment longer, disappointed that I would be unable to view again the beauty of Red Rock Canyon’s geology, as I watched a chipmunk hurriedly gather some tall grass and then I slowly set my bicycle in motion for the return trip back to Pass Creek after bidding my new acquaintances farewell, The storm now seemed imminent with clouds rushing towards

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us. Soon the clouds began to release a steady rain shower, the rain chasing me as I pedaled furiously trying to outrun the storm. My strategy was to pedal fast on the downslopes in order to gain momentum on the up-slopes. This plan was unfortunately only partially successful. I was still obliged to dismount my bicycle on an especially steep hill.

Despite my increasingly manifest fatigue, as I walked to the crest of a hill near the wetlands, I glimpsed a small garter snake, perhaps 8 – 10 cm in length, frantically slithering to cross the asphalt to the safety of the road’s shoulder and the blackened earth beyond with its charred poplars. The juvenile snake quickly disappeared into this scorched earth, while I

was grateful to have seen my first ever sighting of a snake in Waterton Lakes National Park. I quickly set off again and luckily returned to the village of Waterton, rather soaked yet thankful that I arrived before the heavy deluge that followed. I had previously cycled the entire distance to Red Rock canyon a few years ago in the month of October when Parks Canada

would regularly close the parkway to vehicles. I fondly remember this day trip when the canyon had snow banks along its walls. I look forward to the opportunity to cycle this roadway again, an experience that is never the same when the weather often challenges and exerts its vagaries of influence on the landscape; something I take pleasure in rather than abhor.

Park Program to eradicate Knapweed Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

Parks Canada has implemented a program to eradicate knapweed. This initiative has been in progress since May of this year and is a two month long program.

On June 21st last week, several Park’s staff actively were spraying for knapweeds along the main parkway and the adjacent bicycle/walking path. Knapweed tends to thrive at these locations where there is disturbed soil, and since knapweed has long taproots similar to dandelions, selective spraying for knapweed is essential to control these invasive weeds. Taylor, a member of the Park’s staff was spraying several knapweeds when I stopped along the cycle path to talk with her. Taylor explained that she was using a blue colored herbicide that she called: “milestones”, This herbicide is especially effective prior to the knapweed blooming, since once in bloom, the knapweed tops with their blooms must be cut off and collected to prevent seeding itself, and then dug up to remove the roots. Spraying usually takes about a month, with the second month dedicated to removing those knapweeds that are in bloom. A sudden rainstorm ended the day’s work of spraying by mid-afternoon, and despite the rain I was met with cheery smiles from these workers while I pedaled back to the Waterton town-site; all in a day’s work.

Fortis repairs damaged power-line Michael J leeb Waterton Herald

Fortis was busy at work repairing damage to a power line at the power pole located at the corner of Waterton Avenue near the Blackfoot Information Centre. The power line was struck by lightening mid-afternoon during a thunderstorm and a heavy downpour of rain.

While enjoying a sandwich at a fast food vendor, the lights suddenly dimmed momentarily with a loud voltage surge that sounded like an arc welder. A power outage ensued along the south side of Waterton Avenue, with the outage lasting approximately 20 minutes at the Chophouse Restaurant (Bayshore Inn) and

for more than 30 minutes at the Thirsty Bear. Lauren, a hostess at the Chophouse, said that the kitchen was quickly operational again, however some of the computers were not yet up and running, apparently affected by the power surge. There were no apparent injuries caused by the lightening strike.

~ NOTICE ~

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The staff at Hike Waterton (Waterton Outdoor Adventures) located at Tamarack store would like to have mentioned that they also provide general Park information and especially information on Waterton Lakes National park hiking trails.

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Pow Wow Highlights Blackfoot Culture & National Indigenous People’s Day MichAel J leeb Waterton Herald

After a short delay due to the inclement weather, the celebration of Blackfoot culture and National Indigenous People’s Day commenced with two drumming groups performing prior to the Grand Entry of the dancers; the Grand Entrance led by Don Bottle (Kainai) with his distinctive Hudson Bay robe and feathered headdress; and two members of the RCMP carrying a Blackfoot banner, followed by the many dancers of both genders and of varying ages. A Flag Song, the “anthem” of the Blackfoot Peoples, was then sung by the Battle Trail Singers, in honour of past victories. An opening prayer by the Elder Wilton Good Striker was offered in “the language

the Creator gave me.”

Various dances were then performed; including: a tiny tots dance with toddlers; and an Ojibway dance of healing, a dance that is often performed throughout Canada at most pow wows, with women dancing for their own personal journey of healing. Three separate drum groups alternated throughout the pow wow , each taking its’ turn to perform their traditional songs: the Little Rock (Kainai) drummers from Glenwood used a thickly resonant steer hide drum crafted by Lenny, an artist who marks each drum he makes with his signature geometric design; Yellow Gun drum group; and drummers from Standoff that used a smaller octagonal drum of elk rawhide on both drumheads. This drum group was led by

Troy Drummer Boy (Kainai), who told me that he has been drumming since he was 12 years of age, and is from a long lineage of drummers.

Many dancers represented the various dances and their unique performative styles such as: jingle dancers with metal cones on their dresses; traditional dancers; prairie chicken dancers with their feathered bustles; and fancy dancers with ribbon laces, and for the women, shawls with ribbon fringes. It was a wonderful display of traditional costumes, songs, and dance. I was especially interested in some of the contemporary fashion designs that were evident, such as the embroidered figures of Indigenous women on

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the long pleated dress of a young Kainai woman.

This design resembled in an impressive way the ledger drawings of Linda Haukaas (Sicangu Lakota) and Delores Purdy Corcoran (Caddo) that portray traditional and sometimes contemporary designs of Indige-

nous women’s dresses that emphasize these designs by not revealing the woman’s faces, and are therefore invariably shown from the woman’s backside; some of them even depicted with parasols, something that became a necessity during this pow wow due to in-

cessant rain showers though, rather than the harsh sunlight of a sunny day. This pow wow was therefore an impressive spectacle and display of traditional Blackfoot culture, and the emerging contemporary trends of Blackfoot Indigenous fashion.

Waterton in the rain Avner Perl Waterton Herald

I was sitting by the window of Waterton Subway watching a rainstorm with loud thunders. The lights flickered and in some areas went out. I love those storms that roll above the mountain lakes and one time I painted a picture of it. It hangs now in my living room. Places like Waterton exist and prosper for one main reason, their God-given natural beauty. Yes, there was oil, and in the past lumber, but the main attraction is the beautiful arrangement of natural features.

Tourism is one big industry nowadays. People gained the ability to travel great distances in a short time and we are all looking for places to go.

The choices are numerous since we have unlimited data on the internet.

I see my daughter looking at her cell phone searching for places of interest. No library, no brochures like in my younger days, only a quick google search. She reads some text, observes a few pictures and selects

a destination. Now she will be making arrangements, booking hotels and dreaming about the trip. The everyday monotony of life becomes secondary to the visualized trip in the near future.

Wherever she chooses to go is going to be the recipient of her hard-earned dollars.

Transportation, accommodations, food and services will exist and prosper because she and many others chose a destination. For her the destination must be far away requiring air travel. She will not choose a place like Waterton simply because it is less than three hours drive from her home. Yet people from Europe, the Orient or even the south side of North America will make it their escape destination. I meet many Calgarians who have never been to Waterton. At the same time, I see numerous license plates from California, Arizona and Texas in the park.

How do people select a destination for spending their recreation

money is a complicated question. Historical or prehistorical monuments are a major attraction.

The pyramids, Taj Mahal, or stone structures from the Inca culture are a major draw. Great modern glass buildings create interest and modern cities draw people, often if they are situated near nice sandy beaches or other natural wonders.

Places like Las-Vegas were developed to provide recreation and they do. Men can’t make natural wonders and there are relatively a few real beauties on the human’s planet.

There are mountains on all continents and most have some interesting or often mysterious locations. What vacationers mostly look for are places that are accessible and safe while wishing to see scenery that will make them say, “wow how beautiful,” and take away their breath. People are willing to pay handsomely for a little time in a place that is known as a tourist destination.

Looking at Waterton after the great fire of

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2017, I wonder if the fire created a negative or a positive influence. The lakes and mountains, waterfalls and wildlife are still there as breathtaking as ever. The forests that burnt exist but in a different form. Instead of the old forests that used to be a point of interest, now it is a less common picture of what the world looks like after a huge shifting event. People are taking pictures of nature evolving to cope with new conditions. It is an interesting phenomenon and it is not less beautiful than the way it was.

People of our genera-

tion are well aware that nature overall is warming up and that the forests and lakes will not be the natural environment in the future. As humanity conquers and changes nature, what used to be a natural backdrop now becomes an exhibit.

Forest fires, mudslides, floods and rising oceans are everyday occurrences and the curious look for places like Waterton, after the fire, to demonstrate the final battle between humans and nature. Tourists are in, but pictures are highlighting nature in defense

no longer the formidable giant that previous generations used to try and tame.

In the midst of a rainstorm, watching tourists running and talking in many languages, I thanked the Lord for the water falling from the sky. It will prevent fires and make the mountain meadows green around stumps of burnt forests.

Nature is doing its job well if people don’t interfere.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - CROWSNEST Pass HERaLD - 7

Municipality holds open house for community feedback ANNA KROupiNA Pass Herald Reporter

In many ways, Crowsnest Pass is at a crossroads of change and opportunity as new and ongoing projects, both big and small, have the ability to improve the community.

The municipality held an open house at the MDM on June 20 to inform residents on some of the changes and projects coming up. Councillors and members of Administration had an opportunity to connect with the public face-to-face, answer questions directly and gather feedback.

“It's a very influential time in the community right now that will really set the direction that it will be heading in the next decade. We encourage people to give their input and their feedback because these are the processes that are going to decide what services or changes there are and what things are going to be done differently,” says Chief Administrative Officer Patrick Thomas, who highlighted several upcoming and in progress projects like the start of the drafting of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP), Council’s upcoming strategic vision sessions that will set their direction for the community for the next five to 10 years, the Highway 3 Functional Planning study and Travel Alberta’s marketing of Castle Parks and the surrounding region.

Below is a summary of some prominent topics displayed at the open house.

Finance - Utilities billing Starting July 1, 2018, the municipality will be moving from bi-monthly utility billing to monthly statements.

The first monthly bill will be generated on July 31, 2018 and is due on August 15, 2018. Residents may expect to see two invoice amounts on their first monthly bill. This is a carryforward of half the bimonthly bill because both the old bi-monthly and the new monthly statements fall on the same due date.

In order to allow time to reconcile your account, the municipality has waived the late penalty until September 15, 2018.

The municipality is also encouraging residents to sign up to e-send, a way to receive monthly utility bills electronically through email as opposed to a paper copy in the mail.

With e-send, residents can check their statements at any time and make a payment online.

As an incentive to en-

courage residents to sign up, the municipality is also offering a $2 monthly rebate for six months for the first 750 residents who sign up as of July 2018. The promotion would offer a total of $12 reduction over a sixmonth period.

In addition to pre-authorized debit transactions for utility bills, residents can complete all transactions online without having to leave their home and reduce the risk of late payment.

Out of the 3,131 active utility accents within the municipality, 744 are currently registered for e-send billing. According to Ola Oladele, Director of Finance, if 1,500 accounts were on e-send – approximately half of all active utility accounts - the monthly savings for the municipality would be approximately $850, or $10,000 per year.

“The benefit to us is that it’s more efficient,” says Oladele. “It saves staff time and allows us to save money on staff hours, envelopes and postage. If you think about that five or 10 years from now, the more people sign up over the long run, that number does add up.”

Seniors rebate Seniors who own their home and are receiving Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) from the federal government are eligible for a Utility Rate Reduction Program where they pay utility rates two years behind the current year’s rates.

This means that seniors on the Utility Rate Reduction program are currently paying utility rates for 2016.

"This was Council's way of making things more affordable for our seniors," says Oladele.

Municipal planning Representatives from the Oldman River Regional Services Commission (ORRSC) displayed information on population and demographics of the municipality, explanation of the purpose and components of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP), and subdivision and development statistics. ORRSC is currently at the start of the process of gathering information in preparation of drafting an MDP for Crowsnest Pass.

“At this time we are gathering information, providing information and doing data collection exercises,” says Ryan Dyck, a planner with ORRSC. “Once all that’s together we will prepare a background report, review that with council to present our find-

ings, then work with them towards establishing a vision and recommendations for policies, future land use and growth. At this time, we’re in the early phase of collecting information.”

The MDP is a document that provides guidance and direction with respect to land use and zoning. Thomas called it “one of the most important planning documents” for the future direction of the municipality.

According to Thomas, the MDP is typically revisited every five years. The latest MDP for the municipality is from 2001, which he says makes it challenging to provide a consistent direction.

ORRSC expects to host open houses in spring 2019 for public input on an MDP draft.

Water meters Although Council has not passed any motion going ahead with the installation of water meters in the community, the concept is on their agenda.

“We are one of the only communities in Alberta to not have water meters,” says Thomas. “When talking to the province about different grant funding, they mention that we don’t hold any accountability for water consumption. Being in a closed basin and being part of the headwaters, we are getting a strong push that we should be more of a leader in conservation.

Our per capita consumption is three to five times average consumption rates per person in Alberta.”

According to consultations the municipality engaged several years ago, the cost of purchasing and installing water meters is approximately $2.3 million.

For homeowners, the purchase and installation cost is approximately $600.

Council has not decided which, if any, costs to pass on to homeowner, but Thomas says that the intent is not to raise the average person’s bill.

“It’s not looking to make more money, it's looking at being more accountable. Our aim would be to try to set a rate that would generate the same revenue as we’re doing now so that we don’t get a huge influx or deficit. For the average household, their bill would be roughly the same as it is today,” he says.

Thomas points out that as a benefit to the homeowner, water meters have the ability to identify leaks by detecting when there is continuous flow and send a notification on the next bill prompting investigation.

The municipality can also

check flow coming out of reservoirs and identify losses or leaks in the distribution system.

Protective Services Grant Love, the Community Peace Officer for the municipality, has received his appointment from Solicitor General’s office, which means he is able to patrol moving violations.

This also means that you can catch him around town patrolling in the new CPO vehicle, which he was prohibited from doing prior to receiving his appointment.

While awaiting his full designation, Grant says he has been focusing on bylaw violations and resident complaints, reducing the file number from 110 when he first started the position to 90.

At a meeting on June 19, Council requested that Administration look into providing a monthly report on how many tickets the CPO has issued and how many complaints have been dealt with.

Coleman Revitalization The Downtown Coleman Revitalization project is expected to break ground in mid-July and take approximately eight weeks to complete from that point.

The municipality ex-

pects to post for tender with the project this week.

ASMA The public was invited to provide input and ideas on what they would like to see happen with the ASMA facility. ASMA is in need of extensive upgrades and repairs and needs to either be renovated or demolished.

A 2011 study quoted a preliminary renovations estimation at $4.5 million.

"Council is looking for feedback on what sorts of things the community wants so that we can gauge what we should consider.

Should it be a new facility?

Should it be revitalization?

Or is it too much for us and we should wait to replace at a later date? Nothing is for sure,” says Thomas.

At a Governance and Priorities meeting on April 17, the Crowsnest Cultural and Recreation Society (Cando) proposed that Council lease the building to the local group that would operate the facility. They further presented a concept vision of turning ASMA into an adventure park.

“It’s not that these ideas are on or off the table," says Thomas. “It gave council a different look at what could be done and created some interesting discussion on the

topic.”

Community Services The Pass Community Pool has introduced a new “Flex Pass” that allows five consecutive-day access to the pool at a reduced fee than paying the daily rate for five days.

According to Joey O’Brien, Manager of Community Services, this is an option that may appeal to people visiting the community for several days.

The pool will also be hosting themed parties on Saturdays during public swim and on Wednesdays, there will be special events and games for kids.

According to Thomas, renovations on the roof should be complete by the end of this week. Installing the door and minor staining will remain to be done, but once the roof is complete, patrons will be able to use the main front door to access the pool.

The Pass Powderkeg Ski Area has launched their summer programming, hosting a Friday-night Hike & Dine for $99 guided

by Uplift Adventures and weekly steak nights, with both events catered by chef Alejandro Verdi. The municipality has also purchased five e-bikes which will be available to rent.

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In the lIne Of fIRe Between June 18 and 25, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 47 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Three (3) assaults, one (1) break and enter (other), three (3) mischief (vandalism), one (1) theft, one (1) disturbing the peace, one (1) other criminal code, three (3) other provincial statutes, five (5) driving complaints, three (3) motor vehicle collisions, four (4) assistance to general public, five (5) suspicious occurrences, one (1) lost/found, two (2) assistance to other agencies, two (2) invalid 911 calls, seven (7) false alarms, two (2) animal calls and three

(3) municipal bylaws.

PLUZ vandalism On June 18, RCMP received a report of damaged information signs at various public land use recreational areas in the Crowsnest Pass area. The incidents occurred some time over the past few days. Signs were vandalized with graffiti and knocked down by a vehicle.

Storage B&E On June 24, RCMP received a report of a breakand-enter into storage buildings on 214 Street in Bellevue. The incident occurred some time over the past month.

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Stolen wallet On June 15, RCMP received complaint of a stolen wallet from a vehicle parked on 19 Avenue in Blairmore. The theft occurred some time overnight.

Revenue Canada fraud Callers identifying themselves as employees from the "Revenue Canada anti-fraud department” are leaving messages requesting a call back, but the number returns to an unknown business in British Columbia. The callers are also asking people to purchase gift cards for Steam, a digital gaming distribution platform. A reminder that Revenue Canada does

Cheque presentation for UROC

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The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

The oldest question: Am I my brother’s keeper?

My dad told me that men don’t cry; they fight. I stuck by his advice most of my life without fail, but I cried when my mother died, and cried when my baby son died. Over 50 years, it's not much. Now I find myself abandoning my dad’s teachings. It’s a new world we live in and a lot of new rules exist. I see men cry for what was done before they were born and I see a country cry with them. Canada realizes that many innocent people suffered to give us the comfort we enjoy today and apologies are made.

Now, I find that a sob escapes my lips and tears fill my eyes more often. Could it be that I am becoming weak in my old age? Or is it me, with more life experience, starting to see the truth? It happens under two conditions.

One is when I see people unjustly suffer. They are victims and they can do nothing about it. I saw a picture of a two-year-old being taken from her mom by a border patrol agent in the US. The picture went viral and became the cover of some magazines. That terrible despair... The mother, the girl. Later, I discovered that the pictured girl was not one of the 2,300 jailed kids placed in detention camps. My emotion didn’t change. Some kids, like the little girl, are seperated from parents, or jailed with them.

Another thing that makes me emotional is a great act of kindness, one that didn’t have to happen, but did. I was in Calgary last week and saw an old man climbing into a city bus. He had some books and a pile of papers; it looked like a manuscript. The white pages slipped and fell to the ground, some under the bus. A few teenage girls ran over to pick up the papers, some kneeling and getting sheets of

not call people.

Found items A duffel bag was found in Blairmore.

A vehicle key was found in Blairmore.

A found VTech phone was found in the mall parking lot in Blairmore.

On June 25, a wallet found in Lundbreck with no identification was turned in. The owner may claim it by identifying it.

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.

Mayor Blair Painter took a moment out of the United Riders of Crowsnest’s (UROC) busy weekend for a $15,000 cheque presentation, a combination of $3,000 for the maintenance of the Pass Powderkeg Ski Area (PPK) trail system and $12,000 for the skills park renovation, which UROC managed and implemented on behalf of the municipality.

UROC was busy hosting the Rumhead Bikefest & BC Enduro Series at the PPK this weekend. Pictured left to right: UROC Director Brian MacFarlane, UROC Member John Redekopp, UROC President Andrew Fairhurst, Mayor Painter, UROC Past President Jim Lucas and UROC Treasurer Dave Whitten.

paper from under the bus. My lips said, “Thank you, Lord,” and I felt that forbidden feeling of tears running down my cheeks. The old man did not look Caucasian; the girls did.

Am I my brother's keeper? Why is the story of Abel and Cain at the beginning of the Bible? Just like the rest of us, I have a fear that people will take advantage of me. I hate that feeling. I see people begging and I want to go to the other side of the street. The news reports showing people, lots of people, crossing borders looking for a place to stay in the US scare me. Why don’t they fix their own countries instead of coming to where we built up a future for ourselves, I ask? People who look able to work but are living on social assistance worry me. Government workers who make very little effort for very good wages and good pensions upset me. People working for one hour and getting a full day’s wages simply upset me. How could the person who invented Christianity not see that it's not fair to just forgive someone's debts if they didn’t work hard to make money?

On the other hand, I see cruelty at times performed for the pleasure of inflicting it. I watch real wars on TV and soldiers kill a huge number of people, often for their country’s monetary profit. Petro dollars, they call it. People are crushing the world economy simply to come out on top.

Governments are making laws that will inflict poverty on many and enrich a privileged few. I am more scared of greedy powerful institutions than of possible economic migrants infiltrating western countries, or someone cheating welfare. My instincts say, “Let things happen and let the smart people handle things.” The other side of me is persisting in telling the story, just in case nobody else will.

Am I my brother's keeper? Do I have a duty to ignore the need to “fit in” and fight for the disadvantaged? My newly acquired emotions say yes. We should all persistently motivate all people to do their best to support themselves, but we should not lose our humanity in doing so. That guy from Israel they call Jesus was right. No human being exists without making mistakes, and we all need forgiveness at some point.

In my life, things mostly moved forward, from worse to better. I lived in conditions that most of you would dis-

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I worked hard and I am enjoying the results. At the same time, I witnessed many people’s fortunes go the other way, often due to no fault of theirs. A taxi driver showed me his ID one time, indicating that he used to be a doctor in Yugoslavia. He was happy to drive a taxi 18 hours a day in Calgary... and to be alive. Most of his acquaintances did not fare so well. Is there any guarantee that the same faith is not awaiting my family and I? None whatsoever.

The only way to expect mercy and consideration is for us to show some to others and pray that the same will be shown to us in return. If we propel humankind the other way, where the strongest survive at the expense of the weakest, there will always be someone faster or smarter than we and the road to hell is open.

I may not be the smartest person, and you can easily find people more qualified than I to give you advice. Therefore, I don’t give my own advice, but that of a person from a long time ago which survived generations. Be your brother’s keeper and love your neighbor as yourself. Do not support those who preach the opposite since you may bring disaster upon yourself. When you fight, do so in moderation and obey the rules of engagement. When your heart tells you that injustice is happening, cry. Crying is in you for a good reason.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - CROWSNEST PASS HERALD - 9

Beautification open house AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

Beautification is part of Council’s strategic vision for the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, but they have had difficulty identifying just what beautification means for this community and the residents.

Beautification takes all kinds of forms that people think makes a place beautiful, such as cleanup, planting, signage, enhancing historical sites or visual art.

Because of this, getting community consensus on which projects to implement and which projects hold highest value in the community may be difficult, especially when process approvals, time constraints and funding questions come into play.

The Parks and Recreation Authority, an advisory board for the municipality, hosted a beautification open house to gather input on what residents want to see and try to formulate some sort of general direction for beautification in the community.

Tom Hopkins from Straight Arrow Consulting was brought in to facilitate the discussion.

The information collected will also be sent out in an electronic survey for input from those who were unable to attend.

Roundtable exercises The first step of the open house was to identify past beautification projects that residents thought were powerful and effective.

Divided into five focus groups of four to six people, participants shared initiatives from the past that they valued. After the round table brainstorming session was done, all tables had a chance to review everyone’s ideas and vote on the ones that were most significant to them.

The most endorsed idea was by far the Community Trail system, while other popular items were the trails through the Pass Powderkeg Ski Area, the Crowsnest Community Market, the flower planters along main streets and the fact that some unsightly premises have been addressed and rectified.

Next, the groups had the opportunity to suggest new ideas they would like to see the municipality pursue.

As the exercise showed, there are an abundant number of ways to make Crowsnest Pass a more attractive place to live, work and play. Popular themes included enhancing and extending the Community Trail, having murals on empty walls in the community, instituting green initiatives, .

While there were some common themes that arose, some individual ideas stood out.

For example, one participant suggested preserving the iconic Burmis tree in a bronze cast. Although the historic limber pine is not within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass but in the MD of Pincher Creek, it was noted that the Burmis Tree still holds great significance and impact for Crowsnest Pass and could be taken on as a joint project.

Another suggestion was to install artistic bike stands along main streets. According to the concept submission, the purpose would be to “highlight the growing bike culture in town and encourage more people to cycle around town to do small errands. It promotes a healthy lifestyle.”

There were also some divisive ideas, for example surrounding the two concrete and steel totems of a mother and baby crow are stationed at the East entrance of Bellevue and on Blairmore’s Main Street, installed in 1958. Seventeen people voted to restore the crows while a close 13 votes considered the sculptures “past their time” and needing retirement.

The beautification concept that received the most endorsement was to enforce the municipal Community Standards bylaw and address unsightly premises.

“Unsightly premises detract from our community and undo other beautification efforts,” indicated the submission.

Going forward Based on the feedback received at the open house and through the online surveys, Straight Arrow Consulting will produce a 10-page report reflecting the thoughts and ideas expressed by residents to guide Council in project development and funding allocation for beautification projects.

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Large corner lot with plenty of parking and ample room to build a big garage. $295,000 CALL JOHN MLS

CoLEmAN Extensively updated three-bedroom home in Coleman. It shows extremely well with most of the original flooring.

The make over includes kitchen, bathroom, flooring, paint, roof, most of the windows, heating and electrical. Small yard for cutting grass and a deck at the back. Parking front and back. Call your realtor for a closer look. $199,000 CALL JOHN MLS

3.5 ACRES hiGhwAy CommERCiAL Highway 3 west-bound. Zoned C-2 – Perfect for gas bar and convenience stop. $249,000 CALL JOHN MLS

60 iRoNStoNE DRiVE End unit, semi-detached luxury bungalow.

Superior quality materials and detailed craftmanship throughout. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Vaulted ceilings with spacious and open living areas. Two gas fireplaces.

Nice south-facing deck off the kitchen.

Large, attached double car garage and plenty of parking. $389,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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 CALL JOHN MLS

LotS & LAND * BLAIRMORE 11311 – 19 Avenue

$105,000

CoLEmAN Spacious family home on a large corner lot. Great room and large open dining room. Bright kitchen with island. Den and laundry on main floor. Four bedrooms up. In-floor and forced air heat. Heated triple garage plus large shed. RV parking. Beautiful location near the river and walking trails $369,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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* BELLEVUE Timberline Ridge Lots 3.01 Acres – Passburg 2211 Passburg Terrace – 3 acres 4.57 Acres – Passburg 5.88 Acres – Passburg

Starting at $68,000 $134,900 $184,000 $189,500 $219,500

* HWY 507 5.04 acres near Lee Lake

$249,000

* COLEMAN Kananaskis Wilds starting at 8309 - 27 Avenue 2321 – 86 Street 2.55 acres on Crowsnest River 2812 - 90 Street - 3.76 acres

$ 88,000 $ 79,000 $ 89,000 $159,000 $259,000

* FRANK AND VALLEY RIDGE 14902-21 Avenue, Frank

$64,900

CommERiCAL * COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 7720 17 Avenue, Coleman 13047 – 20 Avenue, Blairmore 12955 – 20 Avenue, Blairmore 7801 – 17 Avenue, Coleman

BLAiRmoRE Excellent location close to shopping, medical services and beautiful walking trails.

This 3-bedroom bungalow is situated on a large lot with back lane access and plenty of room for a large garage. Beautifully fenced with a large gate at the rear for RV access. Paved drive and carport. Sunroom off the dining area. $219,000. CALL JOHN MLS

$139,000 $388,000 $377,900 $124,900

Genuine and affordable log home, right on the Pass Powderkeg Ski Hill. Three bedrooms and very high quality kitchen and finishing details. The ski hill is also near a staging area for the ATV and sled trail network. Stainless steel appliances and a great laundry/mud room right off the garage. $595,000 CALL JOHN MLS

oNE 4-BEDRoom iRoNStoNE CoNDo FoR RENt LotS & ACREAGES FoR moDULAR homES CALL JoHn for details

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9-tfn 1 bedroom apartment @ Southern Exposure. Renovated unit, Rent is $650. Water and heat included. Available immediately.

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Collections, Silver & lene at 403-753-5332.

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EVELYN JESSIE REES

Evelyn Jessie Rees passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at 1:55 pm on Unit 62 at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, after a long battle with COPD. Evie was a fighter and was able to remain at home, with the support of her family, right up to the very end.

Evelyn was born on February 23, 1937, in Calgary and spent her early years in Victoria Park. She met Bob and shortly after they married, the first of her four children was born. They eventually relocated to Bellevue in the Crowsnest Pass, which remained Evie’s place of residence long after her children had returned to the city and Bob’s death in 1985. Evie returned to Calgary in 2005.

Evie was many things to many different people – she was an amazing fastball player, a killer pie maker (especially apple pies), an excellent horseshoe player, curler, dart player and bowler; she was a wonderful hockey coach, the creator of “The Rudy Burger”, a cheesemaker, painter, crafter, sewer, joke teller, and she gave really good hugs. She had the loudest belly laugh and a smile that could melt an iceberg.

She loved travelling and spent time in Scotland and Malta, before moving to Australia for a few years. In Australia, she spent time on an outback cattle station flying in a helicopter at high speeds over the desert mustering cattle; she lead horseback tours in the rainforests of North Queensland and she spent time on a sailboat exploring the Great Barrier Reef. Most importantly, she helped one of her daughters raise identical twin girls (and three camels) on an acreage just outside of Darwin, Northern Territories.

Back in Canada, “Granny Backpacka” played a very important role in the life of her three other granddaughters and her only grandson. She was absolutely invested in the welfare of her four children and her six grandchildren and each and every one of her grandkids love her with an intensity that defies description.

She never took herself too seriously and she possessed an endless amount of compassion for those who needed it. She was an absolutely wonderful person who would give the proverbial shirt off her back to any stranger in need; she will be missed dearly by all those who had the good fortune of meeting her.

The life of Evelyn Jessie Rees will be celebrated at a public drum circle in the Inglewood Community Centre, 1740 – 24 Ave SE Calgary on July 13 from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm. Her remains will be cremated and spread in The Crowsnest Pass on the mountain overlooking the town of Bellevue, where Bob’s ashes were spread 33 years ago. There will also be a Celebration of Life for Evelyn later in the summer.

In lieu of donations to any charity, in Evie’s name, we ask that you consider paying it forward. The next time you’re walking to a restaurant, and you see a homeless person, consider buying them a meal. The next time you see a person in need, say hello, shake their hand as you ask them their name, and ask if there’s anything that you might be able to do for them.

Be kind, be compassionate, and be generous. Love life and live every day as if it were your last because one day, it will be.

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~ Council updates ~ Sawback, EDO, Grants, senior’s lodge

AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

Sawback Ridge Development Council heard a delegation from property developers Douglas Bergen and Shane Stewart about the Sawback Ridge condominium project.

The Sawback Ridge development proposes 113 single family residential and multi-family homes selling in the high $300,000s in Coleman.

The subdivision application for Sawback Ridge is reaching expiry this month. Bergen and Stewart indicated that while they are still willing and financially able to proceed with the development project, now is not

an opportune time to go ahead. They pointed to the importance of having a green light on the Riversdale mine, anticipating a huge demand in housing once the mine is approved and moves forward.

They made three requests of the municipality: an extension to the subdivision application preferably of three years, a joint venture with the municipality sharing the costs, or a third option of proceeding with the subdivision immediately subject to the municipality waiving the minimum tax.

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suming, as they would be required to go through the permitting process with Alberta Environment once again.

"It would cost another $40,000 to go through subdivision process again, but problem is timing," said Stewart.

"With Alberta Environment, it took three years to get Sawback Ridge approval in place. To start that again, will miss the mark when the mine comes on and that would be catastrophic from our point of view."

Council indicated that they will be discussing the matter further.

In December 2007, Council passed second and third readings for rezoning the new development from grouped country residential to R1A, single-family residential dwellings.

In April 2013, Council approved a 12-month subdivision extension for Sawback Ridge. In May 2014, an additional 12month extension was granted for the project and in May 2016, Council granted an additional two-year extension.

Bergen and Stewart are also the developers of

the Kananaskis Wilds development across Highway 40 from the proposed site for Sawback Ridge.

EDO officer Council passed a motion directing Administration to develop a report with a proposed budget for an Economic Development Officer (EDO) or marketer for the July 10, 2018 Council meeting.

"There is a need for us to hire a lead person that could direct the municipality in an economic and tourism way to help us promote our community. We've fallen behind other communities. I would like us to proceed and start process to hire an [EDO]," said Councillor Dave Filipuzzi.

Councillor Dean Ward pointed out that the previous EDO position had cost 2 percent of what the municipality collected in municipal taxes.

Councillor Lisa Sygutek said, "I'm hoping that Administration can come prepared with cuts.

This position is one of our more important positions at this moment in the municipality."

Fortis donation Council received a $5,000 donation from Fortis Inc. and decided to allocate the funds towards beautification in front of the municipal office. Fortis' provisions are that the donation must go to are safety, education, environment and wellness.

2018 Flood Readiness Grant Council passed a motion authorizing $147,700 towards items that would enhance the municipality's flood readiness. As part of the 2018 Flood Readiness Initiative that the municipality was approved for, the funds will be reimbursed by The Alberta Emergency Management Authority (AEMA) once the required items have been purchased and received by the municipality.

Equipment that the municipality will purchase include a drone, generators, laptops, stationery supplies, totes, internet cards, charging cables and safety gear.

Disaster recovery The municipality incurred an $80,000 cost as a result of the wildfire west of Coleman that occurred in October 2017.

In December 2017, the municipality applied for financial assistance to Community Recovery

Services requesting financial assistance regarding the $80,000 incurred as a result of the disaster. In May 2018, the municipality was informed that they were denied the financial assistance.

There are three criteria to be eligible for the assistance: the disaster has threated the economic viability of a number of people, businesses or municipality, the cause of the event was extraordinary and the disaster caused damage which is not coverable by the municipality's insurance.

The first criterion was deemed not applicable to the Coleman wildfire.

"In our review of your application, we found that the economic viability of your municipality was not threatened by the emergency operations costs associated with this wildfire event," indicated the response letter by Community Recovery Services.

Administration is going to consider whether to appeal the decision.

Senior's lodge The construction contract to build the new senior's lodge in Coleman has been awarded to the Calgary-based company Golden Triangle Construction Management Inc. Golden Triangle also built Crestview Lodge in Pincher Creek.