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The Challenger International Soccer Camp was held at ISS last week. This camp gave kids the chance to learn more about the game of soccer and also increase their skill level in the sport. Kids were able to enjoy a full week of fun activities out on the field.

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Livingstone Range School Divison highlights and update School board designates land for Early Learning Centre ~ Outside help for self evaluations FRANK MCTIGHE CONTRIBUTOR

School board designates land for Claresholm early learning centre Livingstone Range School Board last week finalized a site at West Meadow school for a new early learning centre in Claresholm.

The centre will include daycare and preschool services near the elementary school in

Claresholm.

“I think it’s going to be a great addition to help kids with the transition to school,” school board vice-chair Lori Hodges said.

Trustees had approved the idea at their June meeting, and last week reviewed the land that is to be designated.

Associate superintendent of business affairs Jeff Perry made a presen-

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Kids Kollege Preschool would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all our supporters for our 2018/2019 school year. Your donations and continued support is what keeps us going and we are greatly Thankful for that! Thank you to FCSS, Crowsnest/Pincher Creek Landfill, Coleman Lions and the Bellevue Legion for your donations.

We also want to say Thank You to all our amazing and special visitors who joined our classroom last year!

Thank you to our local R.C.M.P. Cpl. Josh Atkinson, Fish and Wildlife Officer John Clarke, the Crowsnest Pass Library, and the Crowsnest Fire Department.

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tation at the school board’s Aug. 12 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“One of the things that we needed to do was provide some clarification on the amount of land the board was willing to look at in putting forward to the Town of Claresholm,” Perry said.

The Town of Claresholm was looking for a location for an early learning centre, and proposed putting it near West Meadow school.

Livingstone Range has a similar agreement in place in Pincher Creek.

“The board had passed a motion designating the site for the daycare and early learning centre,” Perry said. “Since that time management has visited the site with representatives from the Town of Claresholm and identified what their

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 1033, 2019 7:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 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. 1033, 2019, being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 868-2013, being the municipal land use bylaw.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1033, 2019, is to amend the Land Use Bylaw for the purposes of amending the Drive-in Commercial (C-2) Land Use District, found in Schedule 2, Section 1, to include “Temporary Auto Sales” as a discretionary use.

THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No. 1033, 2019 will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 PM on September 10, 2019.

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.

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needs are.”

Perry said in order for the Town of Claresholm to move forward the school board needed a motion to designate the amount of space it would allocate.

The site will encompass an existing portable that has served the before and after school care centre. It belongs to Livingstone Range.

Near the building is a basketball pad and an old playground.

“The Town of Claresholm is looking for that entire area,” Perry said.

The school division will require the Town of Claresholm to relocate the basketball pad to another location to serve the community.

“That pad currently is pretty deteriorated,” Perry said. “Some kids do use it, so we felt it would be important to have it somewhere else on the site.”

Livingstone Range will determine where the pad should go and the Town of Claresholm will take care of the work.

The playground is also somewhat deteriorated but still in use, however few children go there following the opening of the new playground at West Meadow.

Any playground equipment that is still useable will be relocated in Claresholm.

Trustee John McKee wondered about parking for the early learning centre.

Perry said discussions with the Town of Claresholm indicate parking for the centre would be moved to Eighth Street.

“They would no longer need to use the

parking lot at the school, which would reduce congestion,” Perry said.

“That was one of the big things we talked about.”

McKee asked if it had been clarified that the Town of Claresholm’s new office, to be built on the site of the former Claresholm elementary school, will not include space for daycare or preschool.

“It would look rather silly if we were building two separate daycare and preschool facilities in the same town,” McKee said.

Perry said it is his understanding those facilities will not be included in the town’s new building.

School board chairman Brad Toone supported the project.

“Any time we can partner with the towns to provide facilities to benefit our children and our communities that’s a win for us,” Toone said.

Facilitator to help evaluate trustees, superintendent Livingstone Range School Board will have some outside help to evaluate itself and superintendent Darryl Seguin.

Trustees at their Aug. 12 meeting voted to engage Jim Gibbons, an education consultant with the Alberta School Boards Association.

The evaluations of the school board and superintendent will take place Oct. 23.

“In discussion with our superintendent it was deemed favourable to use the same facilitator for our up-coming evaluations,” school board chairman Brad Toone said.

The item was on the

agenda of the school board’s Aug. 12 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“He (Gibbons) is available for our selected date of Oct. 23,” Toone said.

Seguin became acting superintendent Oct. 1, 2017 following the resignation of superintendent Dave Driscoll.

Seguin came to the job with 25 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, school principal, associate superintendent and deputy superintendent.

Seguin’s administrative experience spanned more than 18 years as school principal in three different jurisdictions, and at all grade levels.

Seguin graduated from the University of Lethbridge where he earned both his bachelor of education and master of education in educational leadership and administration.

Seguin also completed a human resource management certificate from the University of Calgary.

Seguin joined Livingstone Range in 2005 as principal of G.R. Davis school in Fort Macleod, where he remained until 2010 when he became principal of Willow Creek Composite high school in Claresholm.

Seguin served in the division’s central office for five years prior to becoming superintendent in roles that included overseeing human resources, career programs, career and technology studies, technology, teacher mentorship and the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education initiatives.

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In the lIne of fIre Between August 19 and August 26, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 62 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Three (3) break and enters (residential), one (1) break and enter (other), one (1) threat/harassment, four (4) mischief (vandalism), one (1) theft of motor vehicle, two (2) thefts, two (2) disturbing the peace, five (5) other criminal code, three (3) other provincial statutes, thirteen (13) driving complaints, five (5) motor vehicle collisions, six (6) assistance to general public, six (6) suspicious occurrences, five (5) lost and found, two (2) abandoned vehicles, two (2) assistance to other agencies and one (1) 911 call (invalid).

Found Cellphone On August 5th, 2019, a cellphone was found at Leitch Collieries. It was turned into Nanton Detachment and has been sent to the Crowsnest

Pass. Anyone who may have lost a phone can contact the Crowsnest Pass office.

Break and Enter On August 19th, 2019, RCMP received a complaint of a break and enter into a residence in Blairmore sometime over that weekend. A 29-year-old male suspect was identified, arrested and charged accordingly. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court.

Theft On August 20th, 2019, there was a complaint of theft of a boys BMX bike stolen from a backyard at 132 Street in Blairmore.

Found Safe On August 20th, 2019, RCMP reported a found safe recovered behind the Frank Slide Interpretive Center.

Thefts On August 21st, 2019, there was a complaint of theft of a laptop from a vehicle and tools from a garage on 226 Street in Bellevue.

~ rCMP news ~

On August 21st, 2019, there was a theft complaint of a 2015 Hyundai Elantra that was parked on 226 Street in Bellevue On August 21st, 2019, RCMP received a complaint of theft of a passport and change from a Ford F150 parked on 222 Street in Bellevue.

Man Charged On August 21st, 2019, A search warrant was executed on a rural property resulting in the recovery of two large flat deck trailers, a large generator and a John Deere skid steer, the total value estimated to be in excess of $100,000.

Currently one adult male has been charged with possession of stolen property, the name will not be released at his time as the matter is still under investigation. The property recovered ranged from Castlegar, BC to Coaldale, Alberta.

A second search warrant was executed on a vehicle as part of an ongoing investigation and resulted in the recovery of various stolen property

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Alberta 2019.

Alberta is a big place. Last week, I did the yearly trip to visit my wife’s relatives up north in a little town called Falher. It reminded me of our towns in the Crowsnest Pass but without mountains. We drove hour after hour through the richest province of Canada moving through the populated cities to the rural areas of the north. First, we saw fields with crops which would make most countries jealous. The huge fields are dotted with oil pumps. Later we entered a forested area full of standing trees and some towns where sawmills are the main feature, again seeing oil and gas activities. We began to see cleared farmland and more oil pumps About seven hours from Calgary. It is an area populated by French people who like the rest of us are proud to be Canadians. The Town of Falher just celebrated its 100 birthday.

The town looks familiar since it has a “main street” which is the business center and the streets and homes on both sides look just like ours. The same phenomenon there as here: a lot of stores for rent, a drugstore or two, a hardware store, barber, little local newspaper, town office, and a school. Of course, there is a senior’s Lodge called “Villa”, senior’s apartments and a second-hand store. Apple is a major shopping place and instead of a chain name supermarket, they have a Coop. The nearest other towns are shutting down. There are no stores, gas stations or any of the services which used to make up a town left. Most grain elevators are gone and the train tracks are being dismantled.

As you go through the rural Alberta areas one aspect is most obvious. The little old farms which made up the communities are mostly gone. There are a few farms still existing but not many.

I sat by the fire with an old farmer who explained the situation. The rural people, farmers, and ranchers used to be the backbone of America and Canada. They could not afford to be as “efficient” as Big Ag, huge corporations who buy and operate farms. The farmers who used to feed America are no longer doing it. The land is producing commodities for export and the food is often imported.

During the last thirty or forty years, Big Ag lowered commodity prices at harvest times and forced little farmers to sell, often buying the farmers' homes and renting back to them. Later the kids left and a way of life was gone. The towns no longer had people and with the reduced tax-base services disappeared. Rural hos-

and a small quantity of cocaine.

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Stolen Bike Charge On August 24th, 2019, a 44-year-old male was charged with possession of stolen bike in Blairmore. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court.

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pitals were gone, government services reduced, businesses closed, police moved away, parishes disappeared, dealerships closed and rural America went into death throes. The only towns that do well are close to cities serving as bedroom communities and look like small cities.

Now the profit from farms is going to big corporations somewhere else, no longer circulating in the communities. The old farmers are waiting to die watching their towns in which they invested their lives disappearing and not being replaced by something better. The old farmer wipes a tear, blows his nose and goes silent.

He sold his land to a corporation based in the city and his farmhouse was moved off the land that his folks pioneered. His kids are in the city and his town may lose its local newspaper that existed for eighty years. He fed the nation, and the nation did not protect him as he always expected they would.

I try to console him by saying that the same process is happening in the city.

Our small businesses are all but gone, and all the services we used to have are disappearing, I say. We no longer even have cashiers in some Walmarts, I tell him.

So-called independent businesses are now a franchise.

I look at the ancient face scarred by wrinkles of hardship, weather, and hard work. The flickering light from the fire reflects not only in his old style glasses but in his somewhat cloudy yet sharp eyes. He is not the kind of person who would utter lies even under stress. He is all of our farmers and ranchers who used to be the backbone of the country and now are seeing the end of their era. The farmers he said, lost to the corporations. We should have never let it happen. He leans closer to me and asks, what is the world coming to?

The fire crackles and embers rise into the night sky. The old farmer keeps explaining. In nature, he says, those who are weaker combine forces and defend themselves in groups. Our quest for being the rugged individual that wins all changed it. Competition was good for us but we let it go overboard. We took away people’s abilities to combat takeovers by a few and used laws to break natural group resistance. We had laws protecting little guys from monopolies but they are mostly gone. Few are doing well, some are working for them and are all right, but many are being set back. We live longer more comfortable lives he said, but it’s a lonely life devoid of emotions. Families are broken and communities are gone.

He points a finger at me and continues: we should also think about the future.

When they no longer need workers, soldiers, and farmers, what will they do with us? Will they allow us to have medicine, social programs, and care as we age?

I drive back from the north to the south noticing the deteriorating farms and shrinking towns. It is a rich province but who does it serve? What will happen when it will be empty of people? I realize that success is based on balance and balance is achieved by matching the people’s power with market forces. We need both. It's no longer capitalism versus labor, it’s a choice of how humanity will be shaped in the future.

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Safety for Travellers reasoning behind speed changes DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Drivers will need to slow down through the Crowsnest Pass now more than before.

The Municipality of the Crowsnest Pass has made several changes to speed limits on highway three in the area after talking with consulting firm ISL Engineering, Alberta Transportation, Volker Stevin and the Solicitor General.

Starting in the east end of the Crowsnest Pass, drivers will now stay at 80km/h following the Bellevue/Hillcrest intersection at 213 Street and 9 Ave. all the way to Frank instead of being able to increase their speed back up to 100km/h after the intersection.

Mayor Painter says the reasoning for this was keeping drivers safer when going through the slide.

“The logic behind the changes around Frank was that people needed to slow down to 80km/h to get through the Bellevue-Hillcrest intersection for a short amount of time before jumping back up to 100. We were having a considerable amount of incidents through the slide where there are people not

paying as close attention to the highway as they should because of the slide. It was suggested by a consultant who did a review on the highway that we stay consistent with the 80km/h through the slide.”

Travellers will now also slow to 50km/h when making their way through Frank.

This change was advised in order to keep all residential areas consistent at 50km/h throughout the community.

“They also suggested the speed limit through Frank should be consistent with other residential areas. So we moved that down to 50km/h. Our residents did have a difficult time, especially when they were heading east trying to access Frank, so a little bit slower and safer is what we're hoping for there,” said Painter.

Drivers will still be able to increase their speed to 80km/h between Frank and Coleman.

The third change to the speeds in the area is at the east end of Coleman.

The 50km/h zone has been extended past the Servus Credit Union.

Mayor Painter says this is another safety change.

“This change was to accommodate the turnout intersection at the Servus so people can make that safely at 50km/h rather than 80.”

The final change is to the west end of Coleman that sees the 60km/h zone extended for Transport vehicles.

“The reason to change the 100km/h zone at the end of west Coleman was to allow transports to get up to 100km/h before they hit that steep grade corner.

They had a hard time achieving highway speeds when they were doing the 60km/h up the incline and then be expected to be at 100km/h right away,” said Painter.

While these changes seem sudden to some residents, Mayor Painter says they’ve been in the works for close to two years as it takes time to get things approved.

Painter says Alberta Transportation and Volker Stevin supported all of these changes.

Residents can also expect more changes to the highway in the area in the future.

“I have been actively soliciting Alberta transportation since I became mayor for safety on highway 3. It was suggested

that we consider traffic lights. It took quite a while before we got our first traffic light. There were definitely complaints from the community about that but I think time has proven itself the traffic light has been a good thing. It's allowed breaks in the traffic so people can actually get on the highway and another safe access point,” said Painter Currently, Painter is looking to add two more traffic lights in addition to the one being constructed at 129th Street and highway 3 by Riversdale.

“It became apparent that we could really solve a lot more of our concerns for safety and ease of movement around the community by our residents if we had traffic

lights at the Bellevue-Hillcrest intersection. We also want another one at highway 40/Kananaskis Road in Coleman. The reason for that is because people coming from the north down that highway have a very hard time making a left hand turn to go east off that intersection. We've had some very close calls there as well. People are taking risks to make that turn and it's just not safe.”

Painter also proposed a centre turn lane in Frank to allow residents to have a safer left hand turn to get into their community and a designated right hand turning lane at the existing lights at the Tim Hortons intersection of 20 Ave and highway 3.

Painter says he is still working on getting these

upgrades to increase the safety for the community.

“We had a meeting with Minister Mason last fall and he agreed that in the interest of safety that it's a project that should move ahead. He taxed his administration to find the funds within the budget to get this done immediately.

His administration was trying to find the funds and then the province went into election mode and nothing happened. It turns out that they agreed to put in the two traffic lights that we asked for and the turning lane in Frank and then if they could find enough funding they would do that dedicated right hand turn.”

There is still no official time frame for when these changes could be made.

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Simply Selles

by David Selles This summer has flown by.

It feels like just yesterday that I was anticipating my holidays and now as I look at my calendar I realize I’ve already been back at work for three weeks.

Time in general seems to be flying by.

Last weekend I made a trip back to Lethbridge to celebrate my niece’s 5th birthday.

As I sat at the party I kept telling myself how crazy it was that she was five already.

The more things I look back on, the more I realize how quick our lives really are.

I now have four nieces and four nephews, with twin nephews on the way in December.

It’s been a year and a bit since I graduated college and four years since I was in high school, yet is all seems merged together into a year’s worth of time.

Seeing how fast my life has been changing over the last four years has reminded me of my need to slow down and truly cherish the time I have with family and friends and to stop taking things for granted.

Later this week, I have some of my siblings and my mom coming out to the Pass for a visit.

This will be some of their first visits since I moved here and I fully intend to take advantage of it.

I think, as a whole people need to slow down and thoroughly enjoy the things that are presented to us in life.

Everyone always seems to be too rushed to finish this chore or finish that project without really enjoying him or herself.

As kids get ready to go back to school, make sure to enjoy the last couple weeks of fun and family before those routines start forming again.

It’s too easy to let things go by without truly enjoying them.

Let’s make sure to enjoy as much stuff as we can.

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Editorial and Opinions Back TO SchOOL Well, all my boys are heading back to high school. Or two of them, anyway.

Keiran left me to start his second year at the University of Lethbridge. He’s packing up his room and I am so proud, yet so incredibly sad. The entire day we packed, I pretty much cried non-stop. I cried most of the day, sad because he’s leaving, but mostly upset because that part of my life, summer jobs where he comes home, is slowly ending. He is funny, kind, brilliant and has an amazing heart. He has the best parts of both his father and I, with the temper of his Papa.

The other day, a friend told me her son wants to be just like Keiran when he grows up. What a beautiful compliment.

When you have no family left, you cling on to what remains, so it’s hard for me to let him go into this big world knowing his brothers aren’t far behind. When they are little, you wish for them to grow up, mostly because you are exhausted, but once they are, you just wish you could cuddle them some more. Keiran’s Grandma once stitched me this saying. I guess it applies today: “Give your kids two things - one is roots - the other is wings.”

So I let him fly but to be honest, it felt like a little bit of myself wilted in the process.

My Aiden is starting Grade 12 and one more step to leaving home as well. He is seriously the kindest, sweetest human being I have ever met. He humbles me every day with his insight into life, his wit and his positivity about everything in life.

His glass is always half full.

He holds my hand at 17, he tells me about his days and he cooks for us all when I am too tired from work or council to handle it on my own. He’s really my best friend. He’s an old soul and wise beyond his age and he will do amazing things in and for this world.

Quinn, on the other hand, is my handful. I love him to bits, but he’s a lot like my mother. He’s opinionated, spunky and speaks his mind. Doesn’t matter if you are the Pope or a pauper, he will let you know his opinion.

He’s starting Grade 8. As I watched him picking out his clothes for the first day, it struck me that he looks too big and tall to only be 13. He’s built like my dad, tall and slim and he has the temperament of my mom. Sometimes when I look at him, it takes my breath away how much he’s inherited from both my parents.

It seems like just yesterday I had a 16, 12, 8 and 4-year-old in the house and now, I’m down to two.

So they are off to another year of growth, two in my house and two as adults and each year, I want to cry that it’s getting closer to being over. I have never been that mom that wishes it over; in fact, I’m seriously considering adopting a girl from somewhere. If only I could...

At least that’s the way I see it.

LS

Letters to the Editor Death by Delay Dear Editor; I have been following this approval process for a little while. It just seems to me this is a "Death by Delay" play by the Government.

I do not think the bureaucracy in our governments want this mine to proceed. After all it doesn't seem to affect their salaries or pension plans.

Riverdale has proven it is a good corporate citizen in this valley and that they seem very concerned about establishing a good environmentally sound mining operation.

I cannot believe the latest requests by this review panel.

How deep does a companies pockets need to be to receive permission to re-open an old mine and provide good employment to men and women in this valley?

Can you imagine what this process has cost them to date? No wonder companies are leaving this province to conduct their business elsewhere.

One of the latest requests, that really got me, is the one that Riverdale must provide information

“Be a participant and not just an onlooker” Dear Editor; Today our world is in a frenzy in every situation, endeavor, happenings, disasters, climate areas that seem to cause us all to consider, “How long can this go on?” Answers seem to be avoiding us. As I think of this dilemma my thoughts of course turn to the Holy Scriptures of Almighty God and His plan – The gospel of John starts out like this – John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Just meditate on that for a moment. Then in John 3:16 it states – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that

whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Then in John 3:3 – Jesus said – “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a man is “born again”, he cannot see the Kingdom of God”.

A spiritual declaration made confessing Jesus as the Son of God, and God raising Him from the dead to sit in Heaven with Almighty God allows a person to be “Born Again” and receive eternal life and his name placed in the “Book of Life” and his assurance of a place in Heaven.

There are also many promises in the word for those who are “Born Again”. Along with your believing in the Sover-

on the role and use of country food sources and how they could affect indigenous food sovereignty, health and culture?

What an abstract request this is. And what does that actually mean?

If approved Grassy Mountain will be an active mining operation and none of us will be allowed access for safety and common sense reasons.

It is these kind of requests that are so abstract that send companies packing.

In this case Riverdale is planning on operating on an existing open pit

mining area.

Providing good jobs and using proven sound environmental operating principals.

Certainly some things may be different in the Grassy Valley but all within acceptable limits. In this province the Government does not approve things "just in case" there might be some risk of change.

Eventually, as a society, we need to wake up and realize that resource extraction is a good thing and is necessary for our survival.

eignty of Almighty God, the maker of all things, our source of all things, the God whose grace is always “more than enough”, the God who is the all time, undisputed, undefeated, “Champion of Love”. He is deserving of us, as “Born Again” believers and baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit of obedience, discipline and total responsibility to the declarations, commands, the statement of faith, the great commissions as written in His Holy Word.

How do you measure up?

How about obedience to the “Commandments”?

How about “Take up your cross and follow me”?

How about “Two Great Commandments” as given in Mark 12:28-31, where He says, “There is

no greater commandment than these”. “How do you measure up?” How do we measure up? Do you (we) really believe and trust in His word?

Do we have enough Faith and Grace to respond with a resounding yes Lord, yes Lord and resolve to follow you and be able to say “I am a participant and not just an onlooker.?

Our Father God is desperately looking for participants throughout our world today. In parts of our world He has found some and “Revivals to His written word” are making great inroads to a better lifestyle for all. Be a participant and not just an onlooker. The rewards are great.

John MacGarva, The Old Logger

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Back-to-school safety guidelines Herald Contributor As children head back to school, they and their parents have lots to do to be ready for the first days of school. Clothing and supplies may be top priorities, but families also should focus on safety as the first day of school draws close.

The following are some key tips families can keep in mind to ensure a healthy and happy upcoming school year.

School bus safety The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that school buses are the safest way for children to travel to and from school. The majority of school bus-related injuries occur while students are boarding and getting off the bus. Over the last 10 years, the NHTSA says nearly two-thirds of school-age pedestrians

who were fatally injured by school buses or other vehicles were hurt after being struck while entering or exiting the bus.

While at the bus stop, children must remember to stay at least five large steps away from the road and wait to board until the driver says so. When leaving the bus, students should make sure there is no oncoming traffic and wait for a signal from the bus driver before crossing busy streets.

While on the bus, observe the rules and stay seated at all times. Keep the center aisle clear of backpacks.

Walking/biking safety Students may walk or bike to school if the school permits. School tends to begin during the morning rush hour, so students must exercise extreme caution when walking or bik-

ing to school. Stick to sidewalks whenever possible when walking. Cyclists should follow the rules of the road, including riding in the same direction as traffic. Choose the safest route as a family and practice it before the first day of school, advises the security company ADT. Backpack safety Choose an ergonomically designed backpack to enhance safety and comfort. Backpacks should weigh no more than 5 to 10 percent of the child’s body weight, advises the National Safety Council.

Rolling backpacks should be avoided since they are a tripping hazard.

With a new school year on the horizon, students and their parents can discuss school safety so the year starts off on the right foot.

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Riversdale Update DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Riversdale Resources provided council with another update regarding the Grassy Mountain Coal Project on Wednesday, August 21.

The update included the topics of recruitment, the regulatory process as well as a short update on the golf course access road.

Claire Rogers, Senior Manager of Public Relations for Riversdale says they are currently looking to expand the team.

“We're currently a team of 23. We are currently recruiting for a CEO and CFO

to be based in Calgary as well as an Engineering Manager for civil and earthworks work for the project team.”

As for where things sit in the regulatory process, Gary Houston, Vice President External Affairs, says the process is continuing to move along.

“At our last meeting we indicated that the Joint Review Panel (JRP) had asked us to respond to a number of questions. On July 12 we provided a 2000 page response. The original application was 7000 pages and we are now up to about 14,000 pages in the entire regulatory application with

all the addenda's so it's fairly significant. The JRP came back on August 2nd and indicated that they would like us to elaborate on a few of the questions.

We are in the process of responding and we expect to file our submission to the JRP before September 6.”

Houston says that once they file that information, Riversdale expects the JRP will post the 2000 plus pages on the website for a 45 day public comment period as well as comments from the federal and provincial regulatory bodies.

“Once the information is posted to the public register we anticipate they will either ask additional questions or they may announce a public hearing,” added

Houston.

As for the golf course access road, Rogers says earthworks is ongoing and construction of the road and the upgrade to the intersection at 129th and highway 3 is slated to begin soon.

Council was also given the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting.

Councillor Ward asked about how soon the public will receive more information regarding the railway location of the rail underpass under the highway and more defined information on the load out itself.

Rogers says there is information on both in the project application and visuals are made available at all public sessions.

“There are conceptual

designs for the loadout in the application, which are available online on the public register. There is also information available on our website. We've had some questions about the exact location for the proposed underpass so we will look at developing a new map to clarify that location.”

Councillor Anctil asked for clarity regarding the dirt on the old golf course visible from the highway and was told that all the dirt seen in that area of the course is excess dirt from the construction of the new golf course access road.

Houston also received one question from the public in attendance regarding the timeframe of approval for the project.

“The process is that we have a hearing that we anticipate will last one or two weeks. After that time the JRP has to write their report and make a recommendation to the federal government who will ultimately approve the final project. It’s very hard to predict when a decision will be made,” said Houston.

The JRP has also requested an aerial tour of the project area as well as a site visit during the week of September 23, 2019 and is giving the public an opportunity to provide comments on the proposed visit until September 4.

Riversdale’s next update will take place on October 16th at 1:30 in Council chambers.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 1032, 2019 7:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 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. 1032, 2019, being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 868-2013, being the municipal land use bylaw.

PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 1034, 2019 7:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 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. 1034, 2019, being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 868-2013, being the municipal land use bylaw.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1032, 2019, is to re-designate NE9 and SE9-8-5-W5 (2413 23 Avenue), containing ±9.03 ha (22.32 acres), from the Direct Control (DC-5) Land Use District to the Non-Urban Area (NUA-1) Land Use District.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1034, 2019, is to amend the land use bylaw for the purposes of including “Kennels” as a discretionary use within the Drive-In Commerical (C-2) Land Use District, re-designate Lots 11-16, Block 15, Plan 185AA (23601 Passburg Drive) from Retail Commercial (C-1) to Drive-In Commercial (C-2), and re-designate Lot 17, Block 16, Plan 0210887 (23651 Passburg Drive) from NonUrban Area (NUA-1) to Drive-In Commercial (C-2).

THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No. 1032, 2019 will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 PM on September 10, 2019.

THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, pursuant to section 692(2) of the Municipal Government Act, to consider the proposed Bylaw No. 1034, 2019 will be held in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Chambers at 7:00 PM on September 10, 2019.

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.

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.

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 August 26, 2019.

DATED at the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in the Province of Alberta this August 26, 2019.

Taylor Felt, Interim Development Officer Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Box 600, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta T0K 0E0 Phone: 403-563-2218 E-mail: development@crowsnestpass.com

Taylor Felt, Interim Development Officer Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Box 600, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta T0K 0E0 Phone: 403-563-2218 E-mail: development@crowsnestpass.com

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Looking Back

By John Kinnear

Retracing the Huttons In March the Herald forwarded an email to me from a researcher by the name of Glen Hutton.

Glen it seems has been hard at work for some time now on what is to be a self-published compilation of fabulous photos, stories, newspaper articles and any other related material he can turn up that is part of the Corbin story.

Since I have done a couple of columns on this remarkable mining camp he asked permission to use them in his book. Glen also inquired as to whether I would consider writing the forward to the book. I then asked him to fill me in on his connection to Corbin and what was motivating him. What was subsequently sent to me then was an amazing 32 page pdf that traced his family from Scotland to the Pass and eventually explained the Corbin connection.

I quickly saw what was driving him to create the “definitive’ work on this remote coal mine story. The Hutton connection to the Pass is huge and he has graciously agreed to let me share it with you the readers.

It begins with the immigration from the Dumbarton area , Scotland of no less than seven of the nine members of their family. Firstly sons John (Jack), George and Isaac travelled to Quebec aboard the Ionian of the Allen Line in 1908. It is not apparent what drew them to the Pass but perhaps other Scots had alluded to the mining opportunity. Two years later sons Hugh and David sailed in April aboard the Grampian and four months later their father and mother, John and Margaret, along with daughter Annie and their son Duncan left Scotland for the Pass once again aboard the Ionian.

In Crowsnest and Its People I found the following comment by John Hutton Sr. on getting off the train at Frank. “Oh, bonnie Scotland, have I left you to come to this.” “This” undoubtedly being the endless piles of rock of the Frank Slide. The boys lived in a shanty in Maple Leaf and all six found work at the Bellevue Mine. Imagine that. Six brothers working in the same mine. God forbid. And oh yes, John Sr., who was 63 when he arrived here, was hired as the night watchman at the mine. That has to be some kind of a record.

Of course they were there when the Bellevue Mine blew up on December 9, 1910. Their respective ages that year from oldest to youngest was 37, 36, 34, 27, 25 and 22. Isaac and Duncan (the youngest) and some other miners moved inwards after the explosion to what they thought was safer air and when they were finally located all were unconscious. Brother’s Hugh and Jack were part of the rescue team that found them and brought them to the surface. As Glen tells it: “Isaac was in serious condition; he was unconscious and his jaw was locked. Jim Cardle was certain Isaac was dying and although Isaac was a Methodist and Cardle a Catholic, Cardle performed the last rites of the Catholic Church. Isaac’s teeth were subsequently broken as nails were used to pry open his jaws.

Mercifully, George and David were on a cross shift and Isaac did survive.

When the call came to defend King and Country four years later four of the Hutton brothers signed up with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. George, Hugh, Isaac and Jack. Sergeant George Hutton was reported: “wounded and missing in action” in November of 1917 in the second Battle of Passchendale. His body was never found. Hugh, Isaac and Jack were all sappers and all survived the war albeit wounded.

According to Glen, Hugh returned home to the mines but his lungs had been terribly damaged by the high levels of carbon monoxide in those godforsaken tunnels under the trenches. Hugh passed in 1925 at the age of 41. Jack was buried in the trench tunnels but being a miner was able to help his group make it to the surface. He spent months recovering in the Colonel Belcher hospital in Calgary, which was a veteran’s hospital for many years.

I should also mention that Hugh Hutton’s wife Jenny and their son Jackie came over in 1911. Jenny passed away at the age of 37 while Hugh was overseas fighting. Jackie, their son, was raised by the grandparents. Jackie Hutton is listed among the Canadian war dead in World War Two as a leading aircraftman with the RCAF. The seventh Hutton son James, who had remained in Scotland, also served with the British Navy during the war, on a mine sweeper. The husband of James’s sister Margaret, who had also stayed behind in Scotland, also saw service.

Isaac returned to Canada after the war with a Scottish bride and returned to the mine for a time. They had a daughter Agnes who married Alexander Lyons McDowell of Blairmore. McDowell was a squadron leader on a Lancaster bomber that was shot down over Kassel, Germany in 1943. Like the Dunlop’s of Frank it seems to me there should be a special acknowledgement of the Hutton family’s service to this country.

The boys all returned to the mine and found their way in the world. The Bellevue Mine database shows that five of the brothers held third class (fire boss) tickets, two held pit boss tickets as well as mine rescue certificates. My grandfather Bill McInnis worked 26 years in the Bellevue Mine and undoubtedly knew some or all of them.

To zero in on author Glen Hutton’s leg of the family we turn to his grandfather David Telfer Hutton who was 22 when he came to Bellevue. It is interesting to note that the Huttons were deeply involved in the Methodist Church in Bellevue and were accomplished singers and piano/organ players. I mention this because the Reverend Peters at the time of the First World War felt that for David to see service was more than should be asked of the family so David and his younger brother Duncan kept the home fires burning so to speak and looked after their ageing parents.

David married Anna Celine (Lena) McIntyre in 1919 and had two sons, George and Gordon. They lived for a time at Lime City which was near the edge of the Frank Slide but in 1930, after the government recommended they move away from the hazard there, they relocated in Bellevue. You can follow the McIntyre connection further in my archives of May 16th, 2018 in part one of the Kerr story. (The Kerr Family Legacy-The Early Years).

David worked in the mines till the 1950’s and both sons went to the University of Alberta. Glen’s dad George was an engineer and married Nice Fidenato, daughter of Rina and the one and only Sesto Fidenato. Sesto was 16 when he landed at Ellis Island in 1913 with $25 in his pocket but made his way to Bellevue where his brother Luigi was running a grocery store.

Credit Glen Hutton for all photos except david , He and partner Tony DeCillia eventually ran the Fidenato and DeCillia (F & D) grocery store in Maple Leaf until 1971. credit Crowsnest Museum and Archives So now to the Corbin connection. Glen’s maternal grandparents, whom he called affectionately Nonno and Nonni (Sesto and Rina), bought an acre of land with a cabin on it in Corbin in 1957. The cabin was in fact an old Eastern British Columbia Hutton family portrait- 1905 - 7 sons, 2 daughters; Railway car. This was the name of the small railway that served the Corbin Mine until it closed in 1935.

I will let Glen tell you in his own words how Corbin became such a huge part of his family’s life. In his books introduction Jackie Hutton, raised by his grandmother MarGlen says: “Today the boxcar has been demolished. My wife, Vicki, and I have built a new cabin on the property which we garet; David Telfer Hutton- Glen Hutton's grandhope our three sons, Gregg, Brett and Alex, along with their families will continue to use for many years to come. My five father; Front page of Corbin book by Glen Hutton; sisters and I bought the adjoining cabin from Russell Montalbetti in 1997. Since 1970 our extended family gets together in Glen Hutton - 62 years a Corbinite Corbin over the August long weekend. Our children and our grand children are making their own memories of their time spent “at the cabin” People often ask Glen why he is so passionate about Corbin and its history. His answer he says is easy: “ I have 62 years (and counting) of wonderful memories of my parents , grandparents, children, grandchildren, family and friends and the great time we have enjoyed together in beautiful Corbin, British Columbia.

Authors Note: Glen is in the final stages of publishing his book which seems to have taken on a life of its own. It will be a very limited printing, perhaps only thirty or more copies which puts the price of this spectacular 11inch by13 inch book with 150 plus pages, well over $100. Some will be donated to museums and schools but if your connection to Corbin is strong and important, this is the book for you. Contact me very soon if you are interested at passbrat@gmail.com or 403-563-3322. Be sure to check the on-line posting for more special pictures and a better look at the book’s layout.

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Pass Product Mike Sanyshyn up for CCMA Award DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

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Fiddler Mike Sanyshyn grew up in the Crowsnest Pass before moving to White Rock BC to continue his fiddle playing. Sanyshyn is currently nominated for the Fiddler of the Year in the Canadian Country Music Awards. The award winners will be announced on Sunday, September 8.

Former Pass resident and Fiddler extraordinaire Mike Sanyshyn is up for the Canadian Country Music Association Award of Best Fiddler of the Year.

Sanyshyn was 8 years old when he began playing fiddle and followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as a third generation fiddle player.

It wasn’t long after he started playing he knew he could do this for a living.

“I started entering fiddle competitions at the age of 9. From that point on when I started competing either in music festivals or competitions and started travelling to different contests and seeing different things I realized when I was about 12-years-old it was something that I

wanted to do for a living.”

His playing has taken him all over the world.

Sanyshyn has spent time travelling Canada, the U.S., Japan and most recently the U.K. and Wales.

Sanyshyn’s journey has taken him not just around the world but they has given him the chance to play with some of country music’s stars like Paul Brandt and Luke Bryan.

Sanyshyn says he’s had some great experiences as a fiddle player.

“Some of the coolest experiences were playing in front of a live audience for the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA's).

I've been lucky enough to do that a few times. The very first road trip I did as a musician was travelling to Japan when I was 15years-old. That was a

milestone event and a bit of a culture shock. Going to the U.K. and Wales last spring was eye opening as well. Just being able to travel and do what I do for a living is great.”

It wasn’t always easy for him though.

Sanyshyn said there were a few moments of doubt about whether or not he’d make it but he was able to shake them off and continue his career.

“I had some moments because being self-employed is quite scary because there's nothing to fall back on. The sense of security isn't quite there as it is with someone who has a stable job but when it comes down to it, I couldn't imagine doing anything else. This is what I feel I was meant to do. I had the support of my family, which helped me.”

For Sanyshyn, most days revolve around his playing including his vacations.

“There isn't a whole lot of time that's not in tours music. It’s practicing, recording, or booking future gigs. Pretty much everything I do is based around music even if it's travelling. Sometimes I'll do a working vacation and go to different music conferences.”

While Sanyshyn used to have more time to teach other young fiddlers than he does now, he’s still seen some of his student’s grow immensely.

“Lately I haven't been doing a ton of private teaching but I have done it throughout the years. I've groomed some students and they've become fiddle champions.”

His views of country music as a whole have changed over his time as a fiddler as well.

“Today, I feel it's changed. Now I feel like it's kind of the furthest it's been away from country.

There are certain artists and songs that people are trying to steer more towards traditional and they're trying to hang on to those roots. I don't necessarily have a whole lot of confidence in today's country music. It seems to be coming around again for fiddle players where artists are using more players again and more traditional instruments.

It's coming around, its just taking longer than I hoped. There was a time when fiddle was used on everything and it went away for a bit but it's coming back full circle.”

Sanyshyn says that his time spent in the Crowsnest Pass has helped him become who he is today.

“I've got many fond memories of living in the Pass and growing up there. Without that start I wouldn't be where I am today.”

Sanyshyn says this year’s nomination brings his total to at least a dozen including a previous win in 2007.

“It's nice to be recognized by your peers and to know that you’re still in the game. It's a great feeling to be acknowledged.”

With this award nomination keeping him in the game, Sanyshyn says he’ll simply continue playing until he can’t.

“I plan on playing as long as I can. This is my option and my only source of income and being a fiddle player and musician is who I am. I can't imagine doing anything else.”

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Service Alberta Minister visits Crowsnest Pass area DAviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish was in the Crowsnest Pass on Wednesday, August 21 to discuss three topics rural areas are struggling with.

This is part of a twoweek journey to gain as much information as possible. “ Today's the second day of our province wide tour. We're going all across Alberta to over 30 locations and over 44 meetings to talk to Albertans on three key issues. One being broadband or rural internet, another one being registries and another one being the mobile home sites tenancies act. These are three areas that are the responsibility of Service Alberta as a ministry and they are three areas where I've been hearing a ton of feedback from Albertans in the last four months,” said Glubish.

Glubish said he has a very set goal from these meetings.

“What I wanted to do was make sure that we went out all around Alberta and heard from folks all across the province on this issue rather than just talking to people in Edmonton. It's really important for me to hear what Albertans have to say on these issues. To understand they're localized concerns and challenges as well as hearing their ideas on ways to make improvements.”

Glubish says the information gathered from these meetings will be very helpful as he works with his department to chart the next steps on these topics.

According to Glubish, the meeting in the Pass

went very well.

“It was very productive for me. I learned a lot.

There were some very passionate and intelligent people around the table.

The first portion of the meeting was on the topic of registries.

Glubish says there’s more work to be done but that both sides seem to be in agreement for how to move forward.

“We've got a lot more work to do there and we'll have a lot more to say on that in the next three to six months once we've completed all of our work at the department but our goal is to modernize registries. To move in a direction where we can deliver a lot of registry services online. But we need to do that in partnership with registries. We don't want government to be competing with them. I think the folks we met with today were very encouraged by that direction. I think we had a very productive discussion and it looks like we're very much in alignment on the path forward.”

The second part of the meeting was based around rural internet and broadband.

Glubish recognizes some of the challenges facing the Crowsnest Pass in this area.

“In this community there are some unique challenges. You've got the mountains, you're on bedrock. You don't have the ability to trench fibre everywhere. It's all very costly.”

Glubish says he understands that fixing these problems in all these different communities won’t be a blanket fix.

“It was important for

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me to understand some of the folks who have been trying to tackle this problem and to get higher speeds out to a larger number of people in rural Alberta so that we can take all of that information back home and work with it to build our strategy and make sure it's tailor made for all of the different communities across Alberta instead of being a one-size fits all approach.”

The steps following these meetings will involve other aspects of research as well.

“Once we've completed these meetings we're going to take that information back to the legislature and work with our department. There's a number of other things that are going on at the same time. We're doing cross jurisdictional analysis all across Canada for policies, regulations and legislation that impact these areas to make sure that we understand who's doing what. Are we middle of the pack, ahead of the pack or behind the pack? That'll help also to inform our decisions as we move forward.”

Glubish says that research is being done into the existing legislation here.

“Depending on the topic we're doing some assessment of the existing legislation here. What are the rules, who is responsible for those rules? Is there some overlap between ministries? Is there some overlap between the provincial government and other levels of government? So these are all important exercises to make sure we have all of the information we need to

CHRISTINE LaPORTE 1951 ~ 2019

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Christine Ursula LaPorte of Coleman, Alberta who succumbed to her illness on August 19, 2019 at the age of 68 years.

Born on June 8, 1951 in Germany, Christine was raised to appreciate the gifts she was given rather than grieve for what she could not have. She blossomed into a graceful and lovely young lady who fell in love and was blessed with a family of her own to cherish and nurture. Christine was generous and compassionate; she had a soft spot in her heart caring for animals in distress. She also enjoyed bingo, Big Macs, Elvis, an evening beer in front the TV, scary movies and most of all, time spent with her family. Christine was a wonderful lady, a devoted mother and grandmother and a dear friend to many.

She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed.

She is survived by her sons, Jim (Luong) Braun of Calgary and Pat (Annette) LaPorte of Hillcrest; her granddaughters, Shawna and Shannon of Calgary; and her extended family and friends.

She was predeceased by her guardian angel, Ella Braun and her parents.

A Graveside Service was held on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 1:00 pm in the Passburg Union Cemetery. Donations in memory of the late Christine LaPorte may be directed to your local SPCA animal shelter, or the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

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make good decisions to make sure the action we take in the future is in the best interest of all Albertans.”

There is no set time-

frame for these studies to be done but Glubish says there should be progress in the near future.

“Each of these topics is going to be different.

Keep your eyes peeled over the next three to six months. We're going into a new session this fall so you may learn more from that.”

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Left to mourn her passing and celebrate her life is her husband, George Holt of Coleman, AB and, during the winter months, of Yuma, AZ; her daughters, Michelle Leroux and her husband, Riley Johnson of Pemberton, BC and Chantal Leroux and her partner, Ryan Warren of Bragg Creek, AB; her sister, Cheryl (Randy) Parsons of Claresholm, AB; her brother, Jim (Mario Salazar) Maruca of Calgary, AB; as well as her extended family and many friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, Gino and Roberta Maruca.

The Memorial Service honouring Claire’s life will be held at the Pass Powderkeg Ski Area Lodge (12402 – 18 Ave., Blairmore, AB) on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:00am with Pastor Al Robinson officiating. Donations in memory of Claire will be gratefully accepted by the Lupus Society of Alberta (www.lupus.ab.ca). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca

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