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The Hillcrest Fish and Game Association held their 95th Annual Trophy Day Awards at the Hillcrest Fish and Game Hall on Saturday, February 1. The event gave people the chance to recognize and appreciate a successful hunting and fishing season. Many different awards were handed out in both youth and adult categories. You can view the full list of winners on Page 16.

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Looking Back

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Canadian Author has storyline intertwined in Crowsnest Pass DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

John Barr is a writer based out of Vancouver, BC who has ties to the Crowsnest Pass.

“My first wife was from the Pass and my first Father-in-Law worked for one of the coal companies.

I spent a lot of time in the Pass when I was in my 20's and 30's and I fell in love with the place. It's quite a fascinating community.”

For those reasons, Barr’s second book of his trilogy, And Justice For None, features part of the story taking place in the area.

Barr originally started his writing career as a journalist back in the 1960’s at the Edmonton Journal.

As a trained writer and historian, Barr’s first works were non-fiction.

He spent time writing histories about Alberta.

His first was about the rise and fall of social credit and a second was about the origins of western protest.

It wasn’t until after the 80’s and 90’s until Barr truly started his journey as a fiction author.

Barr’s first book, Geronimo’s Cadillac, was published in 2011 and introduces readers to Barr’s fictional character James M Walsh, who’s based on the real James M Walsh.

“I created the character JM Walsh, who's a fictional character but he's a distant descendant of a guy that was actually one of the founders of the Northwest Mounted Police, who's the real JM Walsh. The real JM Walsh

was quite a character. He was a frontiersman and he was kind of a legend on the prairies.”

The idea to use a real person and bring a fictitious character out of it was something Barr always liked.

“I liked the idea of thinking that was then and this is now. What would happen if he had a great great grandson who also got into the Mounted Police and that was like Walsh and what would it be like after he left the police? So the character is in his late 40's or early 50's and he doesn't find retirement a very happy existence. He misses the adventure and the excitement of investigation and he hasn't really landed anywhere comfortable yet.”

Barr continues Walsh’s journey in his second book.

“He's living in Hillcrest, after a failed career as a rancher near Beaver Mines. He's trying to make a living in the Pass and then he gets this assignment that takes him into Calgary and Cochrane and that area.

That's where most of the investigation takes place.

He winds up back in the Pass at the end of the story.”

The main storyline of Barr’s second book is that Walsh agrees to investigate the death of a young Blackfoot woman in a suspicious house fire.

The woman’s father, Chief William Starblanket, wants answers and for some reason, the police are silent.

Suspicions point to

the woman’s husband, a wounded Afghanistan war veteran; his wealthy and reclusive Alberta business family; and a shadowy private “security” firm with a reputation for black ops.

While Barr wasn't always planning on writing a trilogy, he felt the need to continue Walsh’s story.

"It was a big enough challenge just completing my first novel because I wasn't trained in writing fiction. After I finished the first novel I figured I'd like to follow this man's career now. He's had this one great adventure and so I thought I'd like to follow him and see where he goes. I read other novelists who've said sometimes it happens that you create a character and then that character takes on a life of his own in your mind and leads you into further stories and that's what's happened for me."

The third novel is going to take place completely in the Pass and is going to involve sort of a final reckoning between Walsh and the RCMP. Speaking again about how he came to choose the Pass as a location for his books, Barr mentioned that other Canadian novelists have based crime novels in bigger areas across Canada.

“The place emotionally resonates with me.

Apart from that, after I began writing the second novel, I started researching Canadian crime novels and what I discovered was that most of the Canadian writers have chosen some part of Canada for their location.

I thought we need a Canadian series that's based somewhere else other than the bigger locations like Toronto or Montreal and I can't think of a better place in the west for it to be than the Crowsnest Pass.”

According to Barr, it's not necessary for people to read the books in a specific order.

Barr hopes the third book of his trilogy will be completed sometime next year.

Barr isn't sure if there are more books on the way in his future.

"My fantasy would be that there's such overwhelming interest across the world that I'd feel impelled to write a fourth and fifth book but we'll have to wait and see."

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In the lIne of fIre Between January 27 and February 3, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 56 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Two (2) assaults, two (2) fraud/forgery, two (2) threats/harassments, one (1) theft, two (2) disturbing the peace, seven (7) other provincial statutes, fourteen (14) driving complaints, twelve (12) motor vehicle collisions, three (3) assistance to general public, three (3) suspicious occurrences, one (1) lost and found, three (3) assistance to other agencies, two (2) 911 calls (invalid), one (1) false alarm and one (1) municipal bylaw.

Found Wallet On January 2020, a wallet was on 17 Avenue in more. It contains Visa bank card.

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Suspicious Phone Call On January 31st, 2020, there was a complaint of a suspicious phone call from a person asking for money to be transferred to a bank account claiming the complainant would then receive money. No

further money was exchanged after realization it was a scam. A couple days later, the complainant received another suspicious phone call requesting money, which was declined.

Suspicious Phone Call On January 31st, 2020, there was a separate complaint of a different suspicious phone call from a person saying their Social Insurance Number had been compromised and further information was requested. No personal information was supplied.

Theft On February 1st, 2020, there was a complaint of theft of a keg, ice auger and weights from the back of a truck parked on 19 Avenue in Coleman.

The empty kegs were thrown around the back of a business causing damage to a fence.

Disturbance On February 1st, 2020, at approximately 12:20am, there was a complaint of a disturbance at a bar in Blairmore. Police attended and the people involved had left. It is

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Seniors, rebellions and politics I don’t watch TV aside from a bit of news off and on. When I turn on “the Tube” I see great turmoil engulfing the globe looking downright dangerous. What is most obvious is that everywhere people are on the move. Millions of desperate families are migrating, looking for a place to live. Millions of others are demonstrating obviously unhappy with their respective governments. Many others are simply trying to hang on to some rights which are being threatened or taken away from them.

Hong Kong citizens are trying desperately to hang on to the shreds of democracy that China is trampling wholesale. Russians are fighting against all odds to keep Vladimir Putin from becoming dictator for life with the help of Oligarchs. Palestinians running up to get shot by snipers on their imaginary borders. British people desperately attempting to stay in the European Union.

Franch people demonstrating against raising their pensionable age. Australians demanding that the ruling party will take steps to curb global catastrophes that cause the whole continent to be on fire. High school students all over the world demanding a reduction in pollution which will make their lives miserable. Americans fighting for publically funded Health Care and higher education. Ontarians fighting to keep some degree of quality in their public schools and we are dealing with trouble in Alberta. I will get back to it shortly.

The list above names only some of the places where people are mostly peacefully demonstrating for change.

It doesn’t mention the serious wars around the globe

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currently under investigation.

Fight On February 1st, 2020, at approximately 2:20am, there was a separate complaint of a fight in progress at another bar in Blairmore. One male was injured and the incident is currently under investigation.

Found bikes turned into Crowsnest Pass Bylaw Be aware of a new scam. Victims get phone calls from someone pretending to be from Service Canada or another government agency, saying their social insurance number (SIN) has been blocked, compromised or suspended. The call might be one of the latest variations on caller ID in which fraudsters disguises the number seen on the ID display in order to trick victims into answering phone. The person will ask for SIN and other personal info, such as date of birth, address, etc. Victims who provide personal info are at risk of identity fraud.

Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403562-2867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-422TIPS. Reminder to residents of computer scams, credit cards scams, Grandparent scams, Revenue Canada scams asking for money or cash cards and saying warrants out for arrest, do not give out personal information to persons you don't know.

DO NOT OPEN EMAILS if you are suspicious of its origin. Do NOT purchase gift cards for payment to Revenue Canada.

Do not send monies to person claiming you have won a prize and need to send money for delivery.

Crime mapping is available online to residents who are interested can login online at Municipality of Crowsnest Pass website (RCMP crime map for Crowsnest Pass).

Crime mapping shows property crimes that occurred within the past two weeks in our area.

where large numbers of people are getting killed.

Look at Syria, for example.

Isis was taking over the country and America, Turkey and Russia all entered the fray. The Americans and a few Canadians had air forces involved but for political reasons no “boots on the ground.”

They struck a deal with the large minority Kurds to be the ground forces in exchange for protection from the “big guys.” They did their share and now are abandoned to die. Similar stories are happening in many other places but I will stick to Alberta.

Our economy was hurt greatly in 2014 when oil, our main commodity, lost half of its value and we discovered to our great surprise, that we have no way to sell it to anyone but our now main competitor the USA. Immediately we began demanding that the Federal Government will provide a pipeline they are trying to build but can’t do without committing political suicide. Our once-booming economy, based on oil and gas tanked.

We watched helplessly as corporations left and the economy seized growing. Other provinces without oil are doing much better than us.

Instead of learning from those who make do without oil, we began an expensive campaign to try to bring oil revenues back and to lower our own standard of living to save money. I watch billions of dollars drained from provincial coffers in exchange for promises to develop more oilsand projects, oil that we can’t get to markets. I fear that I and other middle-class Albertans will be forced to make up the difference, and I am not wrong.

The morning news shows the Mayor of Calgary saying that Provincial election promises have been reversed and the city is suffering a serious blow at all levels. It will cost jobs and services which will affect city tax revenues. I look at my own local tax bill and the mill rate increase is reasonable but properties are being taxed at new rates. Searching more, I see on the Premier’s tweet account that they are actively privatizing surgery

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units. That means that Pensioners like me will have to wait longer or pay privately while public money will pay in part for the upper-class folks. I am discouraged.

I am hearing from pensioners who support dependants, either mates or grandkids raised by older folks.

They will have to find in their budgets money for private insurance. What next? Probably people with company pensions will lose the government Blue Cross coverage for medications, dental and eye care. I never thought that in my retirement age I will have to demonstrate with a sign in front of provincial buildings, but it's coming to it.

I am in good company. I love to be with the nurses, teachers, young mothers who lost daycare and teens who work for less than minimum wage. I don’t mind being on a picket line with AISH recipients and laid-off provincial workers; I want to support them, anyway. I see their faces but I don’t see the promised projects in the far north which I probably wouldn’t enjoy looking at. I don’t see the promised jobs, nor the provincial debt being reduced. Our credit rating is down and we pay higher interest.

Is it all a bleak forecast for the rest of my life? No, there is a silver lining on every cloud. In the US the “Primaries” are coming and the Progressive candidate is leading. That is an old and proven candidate who intends to bring them Health Care and end the “endless wars” which they never win.

In Canada, the Conservative Party is selecting a new leader who may just happen to be the last Progressive Conservative leader in existence. If he wins, and the US turns back to democracy as it used to be, I may have nothing to protest. The political mood will change.

If it doesn’t happen I guess I better look for a place in BC. My son already moved there. They don’t have huge fertile prairies and oil, but they mostly seem to be happy. Their biggest problem is that investors from outside buy all their homes. We cry over our lost pensions and services, lamenting about how great it used to be when we spent, gave away our resources and never saved for the future.

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Crowsnest Nordic Ski Club questions motorized vehicles Snowmobiles creating dangerous conditions for skiers on the cross-country ski trails Debbie GolDstein Crowsnest Nordic Ski Club board member

This week one or more snowmobiles invaded the non-motorized Chinook Provincial Recreation Area and did extensive damage to the cross-country ski trails.

It’s discouraging to see snowmobile tracks on the cross-country trails in spite of clear signage and boundaries designating them for non-motorized use, especially when there are so many other easily accessible areas where snowmobilers can safely and legally ride. There are many potential risks for skiers when a snowmobile goes on ski trails. If you look at a ski track, there is a place for each ski and skis are more stable moving forward. But when a snowmobile comes through, it tears up the nicely groomed and track-set surface into ruts and large ice chunks. This makes skiing very difficult and dangerous when the groomed, flat surface that allows for control is gone. We’ve had to put up

an advisory on fb because the trails are too damaged to safely use after the snowmobilers came through on them. Two people have already been injured because of snowmobile damage.

There is ample signage clearly indicating that this is a non-motorized area, but perhaps some people don’t understand the dangerous conditions they are creating when sledding on XC ski trails. Most of the sledders have been fairly respectful of our management area. When they see areas that are groomed, they tend to avoid it. We have a good relationship with sledders most of the time, but we also understand that the snowmobile club has no control over what individuals do. Snoriders Club President Kelsey Poelt says, “For any snowmobile users that are uncertain of the Crow Snow Riders designated trails, and riding areas, please visit www.crowsnowriders.ca or email cnpcrowsnowriders@gmail.

com for trail information.

Sledders riding on groomed and set cross country ski trails is a safety hazard, just like 4WD trucks that chew big ruts on the Crow Snow Riders groomed snowmobile trails. While enjoying your winter recreation, please respect all user groups’ boundaries. Have fun and be safe!”

If you see snowmobiles or ATV's on the Allison trails other than our grooming sleds, please report them to the “Reporta-Poacher” hotline at 1-800-642-3800 as soon as possible. We want to keep our trails safe.

Come out February 1st for our annual Flight of the Crows Loppet (a family oriented xc ski race).

Check Facebook for more information or e m a i l cnpcrosscountry@gmail.c om.

Who is the Crowsnest Nordic Ski Club?

The Crowsnest Nordic Ski Club is a notfor-profit group dedicated primarily to promoting

cross-country skiing at the Allison-Chinook cross country ski area in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

The Allison-Chinook cross country ski area is located on public lands on the east side of Tecumseh Mountain at the continental divide. The forested, sheltered and rolling terrain found here provides for a superb cross-country ski experience for skiers of all skill levels. AllisonChinook has fabulous trails as well as basic amenities. The Crowsnest Pass has some of the best cross-country skiing in Alberta's southern Rockies.

Debbie Goldstein photo

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Editorial If you read my editorials at all, you will know that I’d pretty much walk through fire for my boys. They are simply the greatest part of my life and I cherish every second with them.

When Keiran and Tyler left I was definitely lost. Tyler was only with us for a while, but I felt and treated him like he was one of my own. It was easy to let him go knowing he married into an incredible family and that he would never be alone.

Keiran and I are close but he’s the most independent of my boys. He’s not really an affectionate kid and that’s okay. We butt heads often but that part of him that makes him strong makes me know he will be fine as he turns into a man. I gave him the foundation to be kind and he is. He’s funny and has a personality that will take him anywhere in life he chooses to go. He’s in university taking Human Resources but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up in marketing or public relations or selling cars. This kid can talk to anyone!

Quinn, well he’s the most like my parents.

He’s driven, stubborn and strong. He sets a goal and he achieves it. He’s even got the black hair to match my momma and he’s tall like my dad. He’s almost 6 feet tall at 13. I look at him and see both my parents in every part of him. He’s brilliant and driven and he’s the quietest of my brood. I often lament that I’m raising another Gail Sygutek!

My Aiden, he’s my angel from heaven. I always wanted three or more kids. Perhaps it’s because I lost my brother, but I always wanted three in case something happened to one, the other one wouldn’t be alone. I know it’s a weird way to think, but losing a sibling changes everything. I had a hard time getting pregnant with Quinn. We tried for years and the one memory that sits in my head is the day I was taking Aiden to playschool and I looked back and we was reading from his book (he read the Harry Potter series in kindergarten) and the sun was shining in his beautiful blond hair and he smiled at me with his dimples and I thought it’s okay if I don’t have anymore - I can’t do better then this. The next week I found out Quinn was on the way. Quinn is so different from Aiden in personality and looks that he’s made his own impression!

This is my last year with my Aiden; he graduates in May and in October he’s heading out for six months of travelling the world before going to university, perhaps as far away as the University of Toronto. There isn’t a day that goes by I don’t relish any time with him. He’s a big boy and yet every morning he hugs me as he leaves the house and tells me I’m the best mom in the world. I offered to follow him to university and that way I can cook and take care of him. His response, “okay mom, but don’t you think that’s a bit creepy”. I respond, “no way”.

On Friday Aiden had his wisdom teeth out and he was in a lot of pain. We had it done locally with Dr. Nicholas Ehmann and I have to tell you we are one lucky community to have both him and his fiancé Dr. Ma practicing here.

They both bring a level of professionalism and kindness to their jobs that I have rarely seen. Dr. Ehmann called everyday while away on a weekend of skiing to check on Aiden. He is calm and kind and so very good at his job.

If you ever think you can leave town to go somewhere else think again. This team is amazing. The staff at the clinic are just as fantastic.

Stacey Rees, Aiden’s hygienist even checked on him.

I tell you, you wouldn’t get this level of care anywhere in the city. So next time you need dental work I suggest you give Crowsnest Dental a call, you won’t be disappointed. LS

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One way to Heaven dear Editor; I know that some or many people believe that there is more than one way to heaven. I don’t believe that it is true.

I don’t believe in reincarnation and I don’t believe there will be nine virgins in heaven coming

to meet us when we get there.

John 14: 5&6 5) Thomas saith unto him. Lord we know not wither thou goest, and how can we know the way?

6) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the

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truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Jesus says there is only one way to the Father and that is through faith in Jesus.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlast-

ing life.

Romans 14: 11&12 11) For it is written, as I live saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. 12) So then, every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Sandra Price

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John Pundyk.CoM

Simply Selles Musings from you local reporter

Well, Super Sunday is officially behind us.

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV after scoring 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.

While the game itself was fun to watch, thousands of people only watch the Super Bowl for a couple other reasons, the half time show and the commercials.

This year’s half time show had Shakira and Jennifer Lopez take centre stage.

The pairing provided viewers around the globe with an entertaining but divisive half time.

The world of twitter was fairly divided after the performance as some rated the show 10/10 and others much lower.

One of the main talking points was Shakira’s and Lopez’s decision to lip sync instead of actually sing during their performances, while other topics ranged from their wardrobe decisions to Shakira’s Zaghrouta to Lopez sharing the stage with her daughter for a song.

All in all, the half time show was about what people expected.

The commercials were also a hot topic of discussion.

Some commercials received high praise and some seemed to fall flat.

The first commercial to garner a lot of interest was Hulu’s.

It included NFL great Tom Brady starting off the commercial by making it sound like it was his retirement announcement and then quickly shifted to telling people everything they can do with Hulu.

A very smart move by a company who realized who their audience was.

Another commercial that people seemed to enjoy was Hyundai’s.

The commercial featured celebrities, John Krasinski, Chris Evans and Rachel Dratch, along with David “Big Poppy” Ortiz speaking in Boston accents (some say this was the chosen accent due to Hyundai thinking the Patriots might be playing in this game) about the new “smart park” option their vehicles have.

Many people believe Hyundai knocked their commercial out of the park, so to speak.

The third and final commercial I’ll talk about is Google’s.

Google decided to take the approach of hitting people in the soft spot.

Their ad was based around an elderly man asking Google to remember different things his late wife had enjoyed or told him to do.

Twitter blew up after this commercial with comments about how it made people cry and reminisce of loved ones.

Google’s ad did exactly what it was meant to do, which can only be viewed as success.

Super Sunday provided entertainment it always has and I feel there were many office conversations on Monday morning about not only the game, but all that goes with it.

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Community update from our MLA Roger Reid Fair Deal Panel ~ Coffee with your MLA ~ UPC governance update DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Roger Reid will be cohosting a Fair Deal Panel in Fort Macleod on February 6th.

The Panel will take place from 6:30-8:30pm at the GR Davis Administration Building.

Reid says the main purpose for the panel is to provide residents another way for their voice to be heard regarding certain issues.

“The main purpose of the Fair Deal Panel is to give residents of constituencies an opportunity to speak members of the Premiers appointed council about their concerns. Whether it's about Alberta's place in confederation in terms of how they feel Ottawa has taken advantage of us possibly or ways we can find a better deal for Alberta within confedera-

tion. Some of it is also in response to the fact we had three federal parties in the last election that all really had campaigns that not in favour of Alberta's energy industry and not recognizing the economic driver that Alberta is for the country.”

Through other panels so far, Reid says turnout has been positive.

“We've seen a great turnout at all the Fair Deal Panel's that happened through January.

The first ones happened just prior to Christmas and then we've had a number of others that have happened across the province. We found attendance has been very strong. It's a sentiment a lot of Albertans are feeling that we are disregarded or alienated by Ottawa and to have the opportunity to have their voices heard is important

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Reid doesn’t expect the panels in this riding to be any different.

“I'm expecting good turnouts at both panels we're holding in the riding. I'm also holding them in conjunction with two other MLA's. We're holding one at the north end of Livingstone-Macleod with R.J. Sigurdson from Highwood and then we're holding one in Fort Macleod in conjunction with Joseph Schow from Cardston-Siksika. We're also trying to make sure that we're covering as many communities that we can in our rural ridings by having them at each end of the ridings.

We hope to have a great turnout. We'd love to have Albertans come and have their voices heard and be their voices for them in Ottawa.”

Reid will also be hosting an open house in the Crowsnest Pass before the panel on February 6th at

the Elks Hall in Blairmore from 2-4pm.

Reid says it’s important for him to find times to meet with his constituents.

“One of the biggest challenges for me in terms of my job is to be available to constituents.

We've spent a significant amount of time since the election, in Edmonton and just in terms of being able to meet with constituents on a regular basis in such a large riding, we've made it a priority to hold things like our coffee open houses as regularly as we can.”

Reid says he plans to make these open houses a regular occurrence.

“The plan going forward is when I'm not in Edmonton, to try and hold probably three a month. It'll just be a chance for people to come and ask their questions, share their concerns and have a chance to meet face-to-face.”

Reid says he’s already been hearing concerns from his constituents as well.

“We've had lots of constituents in the last couple months reach out in terms of concerns regarding rural health care, which we've been working to address. I've been spending some time connecting with the minister of health. Lots of people are responding to rumors.

I've had lots of people say we're going to close rural hospitals and we're going to do this and we're going to do that. I think our rural healthcare is really essential and a really important part of us maintaining a great standard of living and lifestyle in rural Alberta. We've got that confirmation from the minister of health that it won't be happening in spite of the recommendation form Ernst & Young.

Reid says another topic that he gets asked about quite often is in re-

gards to the provincial budgets.

“People can and have asked questions about budget 2019 or Budget 2020, which will be coming out in March.”

Reid says overall he is pleased with where the government is at so far.

“We've been very busy as a government.

We've worked to pass probably record numbers of legislation. My colleagues and I have been working very hard to make sure we're setting up that framework to get Alberta back on track and to get the balance back to our bank accounts and still make sure we are sustaining and growing essential services for Albertans. It's been aggressive and it's been busy but I think we're doing the right things to make sure that Alberta is open for business, working to get the economy turned around and reignite the job market.

Australia Day fundraiser update Riversdale Resources hosts record breaking fundraiser for new senior bus Sidney Stella

On January 25th, 2020 Riversdale held their 7th annual Australia Day fundraiser. Founded in 2013, the fundraiser is held each Australia Day in support of the community of the Crowsnest Pass and in celebration of the company’s Australian roots. This year, the event was held in support of the York Creek Residents Association to help aid in the purchase of a newer, larger bus for senior citizens.

Riversdale would like to say a huge thank you to the community of the Crowsnest Pass and their continued support of Australia Day. A huge thank you to our sponsors, attendees, volunteers and an incredibly generous donation from our owners, Hancock Prospecting Limited, who matched funds raised up to $25,000 bringing the total to an incredible $56,660.

As a separate fundraiser, Riversdale partnered with Castle Mountain Resort and donated $1 for each person who skied the hill on Australia Day to aid in the relief of the wildfires that have been raging on in Australia.

With proceeds from our Party Table at Australia Day and the Castle Mountain Resort partnership, we are pleased to announce that a total of $4,110 was raised and will be donated to the Australian Red Cross.

Once again, thank you to all the attendees, businesses, volunteers and partners that supported Australia Day again this year!

Turn off the television.

Turn on their minds.

In school or at home, the newspaper is a textbook for life.

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In Loving Memory of our beloved Mother

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You’re not forgotten, Mother dear, Nor ever shall you be As long as life and memory last, We will remember thee.

No one knows the silent heartaches, Only those who have lost can tell Of the grief that’s borne in silence For the one we loved so well.

Love Peter

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~ Buddy Slapak ~ August 13, 1930 Feburary 14, 2017

You gave me many things in life Gifts both great and small But most of all you gave me love The greatest gift of all If I could turn back the clock That's just what I would do And I would live again those happy years That I shared with you A bouquet of beautiful memories Sprayed with a million tears Wishing God could have spared you If just for a few more years I hold you close within my heart And there you will remain To walk with me throughout my life Until we meet again

~ Love and always missed Lisa and the boys and everyone at the Pass Herald

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Crowsnest Pass ProteCtive serviCes

Where the Raven Lives Dan Miller

- supporting a safe community

Head Coach of Crowsnest Martial Arts

Fire & Rescue, Community Peace Officer Program and Agriculture/Field Services

The Crowsnest Pass is deeply liminal place. That is, it exists in the space between places; it is that moment when one has been caught up in the act of stepping out of one room and into another. I call this the geography of the threshold, in that it is not quite here, and nor is it quite yet there. Our home in this valley is less a fortress, and more the forgotten caravan that had along the way found itself hung up, entangled in this ancient corridor of stone and twisted pine. Here, everything exists as if suspended between it’s own departure and arrival, and yet, everything moves regardless, defiant to the core. Even the mountains here are restless and go about tip toeing in secretly during the midnight hour. Everything here is animated and moving, but not because life here is unrestrained and easy, but rather, because everything here is barely hanging on. In this place, stillness only appears accidentally, like the raven who suddenly seems to hang in the torrent of wind like a dropped anchor. Or, like a dead tree gnarled up and crumpled by centuries of stubborn rebellion, and who we, her admirers, refuse to let succumb to the earth by wrapping her up in bandages of steel. I think this is a suiting symbology set at the gate.

Does this description ring true? I hope so. I have a hard time concealing the fact that I am deeply in love with this place, but that doesn’t mean that the love is a comfortable one. No, I am caught in the gravity of something unspeakably beautiful and profound, but in the way that something dangerous is beautiful and profound.

The Crowsnest Pass is an utterly enchanted place, but like all things that are imbued with the magical, it cannot be approached without first having a tremendous respect in place. If you disrespect it, it will devour you, and spit out your bones.

Of course, there will be those who think that my wordplay here, as clumsy as it is, has left me leaning too heavily on the poetic. I think that would be a fair criticism if I were attempting to describe any place other than this one. I really don’t think that you can speak of the Crowsnest accurately without immediately finding yourself forced into the leveraging of the contradictions therein directly. You cannot speak of the endless tragedy here without suddenly finding yourself having to proclaim the endless triumph. If you place the raw and immense beauty of the nature that surrounds us up onto the pedestal, you will quickly be forced into having to look up at it through the spreading cracks of a ghost town. Where we as a community of people are so stubborn and full of pride that we seem dead set on our ambitions see it abandoned and left to crumble away - as long as it is left standing the way we remember it. Not unlike the aforementioned Burmis tree. Honestly, I understand that urge, as to survive here people become forged of cast iron. Along with all of that, it is no secret that there is a lot of suffering here. However, that story has been told, even if it has been kept to a low murmur. I believe, however, that we who live in this sacred valley, need to start telling the other half of our story. We need to let the paradox unfold. Blossom, even. The Crowsnest Pass is a sacred place, and because of that, she is not a safe place. We aren’t Banff, where thousands of people line up and pay admission to wander the crowded trails so that nature may be rendered as safe as the postcard they leave with. We aren’t that, and we will never be that. For over ten thousand years people have made their pilgrimage here because they knew the profound power that lay in wait here. Ages before the pyramids of Egypt were built, countless warriors and mystics found their greatness cracked open here, not in spite of the dangerous beauty, but because of it. We do not live in a place that has a lot of vision quest sites, we live in a place that is the vision quest. I believe that we need to recover this narrative, and start telling and respecting the ancient story that is our home. For those of you here, is there any idea more powerful than you live in an enchanted place? That there is magic to found? I believe in this place.

I believe in the people of this place. I think if we start telling ourselves the whole story, and lean into the juxtaposition instead of away from it, greatness will awaken here. Again.

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Fire Rescue Crowsnest Pass Fire Rescue (and all of you for that matter) have officially made it through January which is arguably the longest month of the year. As a department we are always exhausted after the tremendous amount of community events that we take part in however now that February is upon us, we do take pleasure in knowing spring isn’t too far off.

Like many things in the Pass, we are a special and unique department.

Though we have many similarities to many other fire departments throughout Alberta, there are a few things that make us unique. One of the amazing things about our region is the accessibility to hike, snowmobile, quad and many other backcountry activities. And it’s not just our locals that know about this! The word is out and the backcountry fills up pretty quick, sometimes getting people into harm.

Most fire departments don’t have to train for quad use, high angle rescue, avalanches, or other backcountry rescues. These take a very specialized approach to these rescues and we step up to the challenge each and every time. Come on down to the fire station in Blairmorewe love talking about what we do!

- Jesse Fox-Fire Chief

Vegetation Management Technician Prairie Environmental Services Ltd. is a progressive company near Okotoks and High River that performs vegetation and pest control, consultation and snow removal services all over Alberta for all levels of government and the private sector. Working with us promises a fast paced, learning rich, fun environment. We are currently seeking; committed, talented, hard working individuals looking to advance their careers in the form of a Seasonal Vegetation Management Technician who is responsible for watering landscape vegetation, monitoring and controlling Noxious and Prohibited Noxious weeds under the Weed Control Act of Alberta. Removing annual weeds once thresholds have been met and keeping pristine records by filling and submitting forms and taking photos of the sites. This position may also responsible for properly mixing and applying pesticides to a variety of sites as per regulations to control and or prevent undesirable vegetation.

22nd Annual Trade Show & Convention

Feb 6, 7 & 8, 2020 Cambridge Red Deer, 3310—50 Ave Trade Show Open Feb 6: 3—9 pm & Feb 7: 10am– 3pm Convention Program Educational Trade Show is FREE for anyone & Technical Sessions: interested in wastewater (septic) Feb 6: 8 am—3 pm design, installation & maintenance Feb 7: 10 am—5 pm —over 50 exhibitors Feb 8: 8 am—5 pm More info: toll free 877.489.7471 www.aowma.com

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If you have an 22nd Annual event you need cov-Trade Show & Convention ered contact David Feb 6, 7 & 8, 2020 at 403-562-2248 Cambridge Red Deer, 3310—50 Ave Trade Show Open Feb 6: 3—9pm & Feb 7: 10am– 3pm More info: toll free 877.489.7471

Convention Program Educational & Technical Sessions: Feb 6: 8 am—3 pm Feb 7: 10 am—5 pm Feb 8: 8 am—5 pm Trade Show is FREE for anyone interested in wastewater (septic) design, installation & maintenance —over 50 exhibitors

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Qualifications and Skills include: • 18 years of age with a Grade 12 education or higher • Current class 5 driver’s license • Emergency First Aid Certificate or comparable • Previous spray experience and familiarity with pesticides an asset • Weed identification of the weeds outlined in the Weed Control Act of Alberta an asset • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Self-motivated and able to work independently • Physically capable of lifting 50 lbs or 23 kg and be capable of hiking distances carrying equipment • OHV training an asset • Bear aware training an asset • Willing to work overtime as required The work location for this position is in the Crowsnest Pass Area. The position is from May until October. Please submit resume to: tannas@prairieenvironmental.com.

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~ OBITUARIES ~ Obituary

MARGARET ANN McHUGH January 30, 2020

On Thursday, January 30, 2020 Margaret Ann McHugh of Glendon, Alberta passed away peacefully with family by her side at Bonnyville, AB at the age of 74 years.

Margaret will be forever remembered and loved by her husband of twenty-six years: Bill McHugh of Glendon, AB; three daughters: Jackie Hollingsworth of St. Albert, AB, Cindy (Martin) Landry of Petawawa, ON, Donna Tymchyna (Rob Pitt) of Okotoks, AB; son: David (Deb) Hollingsworth of Surrey, BC; eleven grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; sister: Theresa (Murray) Tetzlaff of Leamington, ON; brother: Cecil (Annette) Somerset of Barrhead, AB. Margaret was predeceased by her parents: Anne & Bus Spaunburg.

At Margaret’s request, no formal funeral service will be held.

Memorial tributes in memory of Margaret may be sent to a charity of one’s choice.

Obituary

JOSHUA HEISIE April 10, 1989 ~ January 25, 2020

Joshua Clayton Heisie (born 4/10/1989) passed away Saturday, January 25th 2020 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Josh will always be remembered as an immensely creative person who harbored a passion for acting, comedy, screenwriting, art, and cinema. At the time of his death, Josh was near completion on the screenplays for his first series of feature films set in a stylized dystopian Canadian future, working as Game Master of a local escape room, and performing with a improv comedy group in Picton, Ontario.

A native of the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Josh’s creative pursuits brought him to Toronto and Prince Edward County where he touched the lives of countless people as a friend, inspiration, and creative muse. His signature can be seen throughout the Pass, in murals at local schools, art at the Crowsnest Museum and Bellevue Underground Mine, and in the minds of those who watched his films like “Egg People from Outer Space” at the local Orpheum. Josh had the ability to create entire worlds in his imagination and draw people into it through his excitement and vision until they could all see and feel it. The loss of his unique outlook on life is tremendous.

He is survived by his parents, Lorna and Stanley Heisie; his brother Matthew Heisie; and his grandparents Charles Heisie and Barbara Basaraba. He is predeceased by his grandmother Patricia Heisie (1943-2019).

The Funeral Mass will be held at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church (13126, 21 Ave., Blairmore, AB) on Friday, February 7, 2020 at 11:00am with Fr. Eric Nelson as Celebrant and Fr. Joseph Nagothu as Concelebrant. Interment to follow at St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetery, Blairmore, AB. Memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Josh Heisie Creativity Fund to support local young artists (www.gofundme.com/josh-heisiecreativity-fund). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

Obituary

BESSIE ROSIA (Née: Poch) December 28, 1928 ~ January 25, 2020

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Bessie Rosia, formerly of Bellevue, AB. Bessie passed away peacefully January 25, 2020 at the Southwood Care Centre in Calgary, AB at the age of 91 years.

Bessie was born in Frank, AB on December 28, 1928 to loving parents, Charles and Mary Poch. She was raised to appreciate all of life blessings, no matter how small, and to treat everyone with kindness and respect. As a young woman, her beautiful smile and caring nature caught the attention of a handsome gentleman, Lawrence Rosia. The happy couple married on November 19, 1949, and over their sixty-five year marriage they raised three wonderful sons and created countless happy memories.

When she wasn’t busy taking care of her family and home, Bessie enjoyed knitting, crocheting, sewing and doing crafts. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and a true friend. More than anything, Bessie treasured her family and time spent with them. Precious memories of her will stay in our hearts forever.

She will be lovingly remembered by her sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Larry and Carol Rosia; Wayne and Sherri Rosia; and Gene and Juanita Rosia; as well as her beloved grandchildren, Tony, Loren, Lisa (Brett), Kyle, Erin, Tanner, Nick, Amanda (Willy), Steven (Melissa) and Annie; her great granddaughters, Taylor, Sydney and Eva; as well as her extended family and many friends.

She was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence; her parents, Mary and Charlie Poch; her grandson, Ryan; and her sisters, Marion and Myrtle.

The Memorial Service was held on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel (13461, 20 Ave., Blairmore, AB) with Rev. Renso Castellarin officiating. Memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Alzheimer Society of AB/NWT (www.alzheimer.ca, or Allendale Professional Centre, 306 – 10430, 61 Ave., Edmonton, AB T6H 2J3). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

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Looking Back

By John Kinnear

The End of the End of the Train I have wonderful childhood memories of watching old steam trains chuffing westward down the rail line towards the old Coleman coal company tipple back in the early 1950’s. I grew up in a house on a hill that overlooked downtown Coleman and it had a perfect bird’s-eye view of the CPR line from Blairmore all the way to West Coleman. It’s hard to describe just how beautiful those big locomotives looked as their steam plumes tumbled up into a crisp winter’s bright blue sky. For a train spotter it just didn’t get any better.

There was always a lot of switching and shunting going on in the tipple yard as empty cars were uncoupled and loaded coal cars were added to make up a new train. What fascinated me most of all was the bright red caboose at the tail end of each train. Inevitably it was uncoupled and left behind at the east end of Bushtown until all the switching and maneuvering had been done. Then the engineer would let out a long blast to signal to the conductor that he was ready to go. The conductor would climb out of the caboose and release its brake whereupon it would slowly roll westward (because of the grade) and join the end of the train.

The red stepped caboose was a remarkable piece of transport design that sadly disappeared in the mid 1980’s. I miss waving to the conductor as he rode up high in the cupola, with his arm hanging out the window. What a great view he had, just sitting back and watching the scenery unfold ahead of him.

How the caboose came to be and why it ceased to exist is an interesting story. The origin of the word “caboose” goes back quite a ways. It comes from the Old Dutch or Low German kabuis, or kaban-huis, literally a “cabin house”.

By late in the eighteenth century the English had turned kabuis into caboose which was the cook’s cabin, located on the foredeck of ships in the merchant marine. They set them up on a square of timbers filled with sand somewhere on the foredeck. The sand was there to keep the cook from setting the ship on fire.

Sounds a little dicey to me.

The French language uses the word cambuse which when translated means storehouse. This eventually transformed into camboose in Quebec as camboose. They were generally cook’s shacks in logging camps and like the ship’s kabuise were also built on a frame of logs filled with sand because the ground around a logging camp was usually under a few feet of wood chips and sawdust. They were more than store rooms and served as a dining, sleeping and recreation centers. These lumber camps were referred to as “camboose camps”.

The first recorded use of a conductor using the last car in a train as a conductor’s lodging goes back to the 1840’s on the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad that ran from Syracuse, New York to the Erie Canal construction. It was a boxcar with the conductor’s flags, lanterns and tools stored in it. After that this practice became common and the last car on a freight train was called a way car, a crummy, a brake van or in Canada a cabin-van.

Crew cars were first used in Canada around 1859 on the Great Western Railway in Ontario. These conductor cars were put into service in response to complaints from train crews who rode on the roofs of freight cars listening for the engineer’s signal to put on the brakes. Probably not a nice job in forty below I’m thinkin’.

They were, as I said, just boxcars that conductors fitted with benches and wood stoves. The Northern Railway of Canada (later to become CNR) put seven “freight caboose cars” into action a year later and after that the name caboose seemed to stick. The design eventually evolved with a cupola added up top for better observation. There are dozens of variations in their design some of which had the sides of the cupola extended out wider than the car body for even better vision, kind of like a bay window in a house. Their cast iron stoves were bolted to the floor so you’d know immediately if you were looking at a caboose stove as it would have no legs and its doors would be double latching.

Out on the western prairies the caboose was a very

common sight and had multiple uses. A windowless cabin built over sleigh runners in winter hauled settlers, freight and school children to and from. Pioneer campers pulled by living engines (horses or oxen) were often equipped with a small stove. There is a lovely replica of a prairie caboose on display at the Remington Museum in Cardston where one can sit in, hold the horse reins and watch the road unfold before you on a screen.

I recall being stuck on the highway at the Corbin turnoff crossing many years ago waiting for a freight train. Because I was at the front of the line I happened to spot and hear a hot box (overheated axle bearing) on a car and as the caboose went by I hollered a warning to the conductor seated up in the cupola. There was no way he could have spotted in on that particularly windy piece of railway.

In 1985 both CPR and CNR applied to phase out cabooses replacing them with computerized boxes at the end of the freight train. They are known as End-of Train Information Systems (ETIS). Lights go on in the locomotive cab when a journal box overheats or there is a loss of pressure in a hydraulic line. So that pretty well put an end to tail-end monitoring and the caboose.

The first cabooseless train left Swift Current on December 14, 1989. The railway union saw that cabooselessness would eventually lead to conductorlessness and they were right. Wayne Grady put it succinctly when he stated in his book “Chasing the Chinook": “A freight train without a caboose seems endless, like a sentence without a period”.

From one end of this country to the other you will find cabooses standing stationary as railway museum attractions, elaborately decorated rentable cabins or even small dining cars. In Pugwash, Nova Scotia one can dine at the Caboose Café, a way car nicely converted to a diner. In Tagamagouche, Nova Scotia their Train Station Inn and Railway Dining Car complex has no less than seven cabooses converted to deluxe accommodations with queen sized beds and fireplaces! Lethbridge’s 437083 wooden caboose on display on Stafford Drive was built in 1943 and was one of 52 cabooses retired in 1987 by CPR. Adolph Hungrywolf, an expert in all things railroad and author of the spectacular Rails In the Rockies (1979), has four cabooses on his property, called Good Medicine Ranch at Skookumchuck Prairie. Both Adolph and his Blackfoot wife Beverly used cabooses as their offices. Incidentally, the Hungrywolf’s live off grid with no running water, telephone or electricity. Of the fifteen of his books he has published on rail history, one focuses specifically on cabooses and is entitled; “Off on a Wild Caboose Chase.” And yes his works were hand-typed on old Remington typewriters. No word processor here.

I found this Carl Sandburg poem on the net called Caboose Thoughts that I found profound. It reads; There will be accidents.

I know accidents are coming.

Smash-ups, signals wrong, washouts, trestles rotten, Red and yellow accidents.

But somehow and somewhere at the end of the run The train gets put together again And the caboose and the green tail lights Fade down the right of way like a new white hope.

Or how about this anonymous contemplation on plurals in the English language!

And consider the goose with its plural of geese; Then a double caboose should be called a cabeese, And noose should be neese and moose should be meese And if mama’s papoose should be twins, it’s papeese.

Yes, I lament the loss of the caboose. It’s just not the same without that fancy red rail car with its prominent cupola and T-bone stove pipe sticking out as it slowly disappearing down the line at the end of the train.

From top: Remembering steam billowing up into the air - courtesy wordpress.com Looking east on CPR from my house on the hill- red arrow was about where caboose stopped - John Kinnear photo 1967 photo of coal car assembling area - Coleman- Port Moody coking coal heading to the coast - Crowsnest Museum photo Shanty cook at camboose - inside a logging camp cook shack - courtesy Friends of Bonnechere Park The Pugwash Caboose Diner in Nova Scotia- John Mayell photo Front page photo: Replica of a prairie school bus caboose at the Remington Museum Cardston - John Kinnear photo

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Thunder Hockey Update Thunder Pre-Novice Laken McKee

This weekend the Crowsnest Pass Pre-Novice Thunder held their annual hockey tournament in Coleman.

Crowsnest Pass hosted Lethbridge, Fernie, Elkford and the two Sparwood teams. All of the teams played incredibly well.

Net minding duties were shared through out the weekend between Abbott Graham, Charlie Hawkins, Garrison Gillard, Griffin Luini and Mikka Kufftinoff. Abbott Graham, Cruz McKee, Ember Cytko, Garrison Gillard, Griffin Luini and Mikka Kufftinoff all scored goals in this weekends tournament.

The Crowsnest Pass Thunder played two games on Saturday February 1st and one game on February 2nd. All teams received a participation medal for competing in the tournament. The Crowsnest Pass plays their next game February 9th at 1:15 PM in Fernie.

Above is a picture of the pre novice with their medals.

Top Left: Coaches David Graham, Shane Pagnucco, Garry Luini and Kyle Cytko.

Middle Left: Garrison Gillard, Noah Burton, Griffin Luini, Charlie Hawkins.

Bottom Left: Ember Cytko, Abbott Graham, Mikka Kufftinoff, Cruz Mckee.

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Peigan Board honours individuals TaWnya Plain EaglE Editor, Piikani Nation News

The Peigan Board of Education (PBOE) launched its inaugural Poster Campaign last week.

The purpose of this campaign is to recognize individuals from the Piikani Nation who have served the community with distinction.

“We wanted to honour individuals who have made their mark in the world,” Committee member Maurice Many Fingers said.

The event took place at the traditional Pow Wow Celebration on Jan. 30 at the Piikani Nation Secondary School Gym-

nasium.

These Piikani Nation members are individuals that the elementary and high school students can look to as role models who have paved the way for the future success of current and future students.

This poster campaign is to recognize, acknowledge and support these individuals to continue to encourage the great work they do.

“This is an opportunity for those recognized individuals to feel accomplished,” Many Fingers said.

Each honouree was presented with a framed poster during the PBOE traditional Pow Wow. Following the presentation, the honoured

guests were also acknowledged with an honour dance.

“Part of the challenge is that some of our students don’t really know the accomplishments of their fellow community members, this is an opportunity to inspire the students to follow suit.”

Posters will be distributed in the PBOE Schools and Classrooms for all students to view.

Many Fingers said that each year the list will grow to continue honouring other Piikani Members who are role models to the community.

The process of selection was done by a vote of all staff and board members from the

Peigan Board of Education in 2019.

Here is a list the honourees that the Peigan Board of Education will recognize as outstanding individuals that have inspired the youth as members of the Piikani First Nation: • (late) Barnaby Provost • Karen Crowshoe • Cowboy Smithx • Tyrone Potts Jr. • (late) Brings Down The Sun • Colton Yellow Horn • Shirlee Crowshoe • Rachel Strikes With A Gun • Herman Many Guns • Macyn Morning Bull

Photo courtesy of Tawnya Plain Eagle Honoured members after they received their poster as part of an inaugural poster campaign.

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child's skeleton is still soft and spongy making it unable to withstand the full force of an airbag deployment and leaving them susceptible to internal injuries. A child under 12 years of age should be in the backseat every ride.

As we’ve heard a large percentage of collisions happen close to home so even a “quick ride” for a school drop off should be treat the same as any other trip. (Melissa Murray CPST) And as a hockey mom my vehicle is usually full

of kids. In those situations I put the oldest child in the front (which is usually my child) and make him put his seat back the farthest it will go. If your vehicle is equipped, you can turn off the air bag on the passenger side. There are always going to be situations that will test our judgement, but keep in mind that you are the adult and your first priority is to keep your child safe. It’s not about them being a certain height or weight, it’s about your child’s bone development

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